cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
United Micronations
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the United Micronations
Etymology: By analogy with the United Nations. First attested on 20 November 1996 (see quotations), with the earliest-known incarnation founded in March 1997.
Senses: examples: text: (to change the name)
OPTION 1: (1 vote) League of Secessionist States
OPTION 2: (4 votes) World League of Micronations
OPTION 3: United MicroNations Organization
ref: 1996 November 20, Rob Hart, “LOSS Situation”, in alt.talk.hypothetical (Usenet):
text: Starting in the mid-1990's, the Web has spurred the creation of hundreds of new nations. Many have since organized into leagues or assemblies comparable to the United Nations. Most prominent are the League of Secessionist States and the United Micronations.
ref: 2000 May 25, Stephen Mihm, “Utopian Rulers, and Spoofs, Stake Out Territory Online”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: A liason^([sic]) from United Micronations and Airemark declared that they were going to protect the RFN. No one knows if this is a joke...
ref: 2009 November 22, FedoNations, Twitter:
text: Will anyone be interested in forming a United Micronations, so we can make decisions on stuffs as a group of micronations?
ref: 2017 December 27, u/this-place-is-nice, “Forming a United Micronations.”, in r/micronations, Reddit:
text: We have adopted a new flag for the United Micronations.
ref: 2020 October 23, UMMicronations, Twitter:
glosses: A common title used by an individual intermicronational organisation; or, more strictly, an intermicronational organisation founded in emulation of the United Nations.
wikipedia: Angelfire
Related terms: YAMO
brings to the table
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring to the table
bringing to the table
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of bring to the table
nonaccrued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + accrued.
Senses: examples: text: Congress may modify nonaccrued benefits earned under existing Federal pension plans.
ref: 1980, Universal Social Security Coverage Study Group, The Desirability and Feasibility of Social Security Coverage For Employees of Federal, State, and Local Governments and Private, Nonprofit Organizations, page 267:
text: Regulatory authorities, like accountants, would be likely to require treatment as nonaccrued of any interest not received currently because of a limitation on share of exports.
ref: 1985, C. Fred Bergsten, Bank Lending to Developing Countries: The Policy Alternatives, page 168:
text: Wherin the above-stated costs and expenses, whether paid or owed, are not full, complete, and accurate, state the estimated nonaccrued costs that will be necessary to pay completely for the anticipated portion, and itemize the amounts anticipated for each part.
ref: 1998, Scott Baldwin, Francis Hare, Francis E. McGovern, The Preparation of a Product Liability Case, pages 11-40:
text: The entity had loans to executive officers, nonaccrued loans or zero interest rate loans.
ref: 2012, Joanne M. Flood, Wiley Practitioner's Guide to GAAS 2013, page 308:
glosses: That have not accrued; not increased through accrual.
brought to the table
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring to the table
Talomo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Bago Aplaya, Bago Gallera, Baliok, Bucana, Catalunan Grande, Catalunan Pequeño, Dumoy, Langub, Maa, Magtuod, Matina Aplaya, Matina Crossing, Matina Pangi, Talomo Proper — barangays of Talomo
glosses: A district of Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
Buhangin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Acacia, Angliongto, Buhangin Proper, Cabantian, Callawa, Communal, Indangan, Mandug, Pampanga, Sasa, Tigatto, Vicente Hizon, Waan — barangays of Buhangin
glosses: A district of Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
Rewe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9499).
New Corella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Davao del Norte, Philippines.
Paquibato
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Colosas, Fatima, Lumiad, Mabuhay, Malabog, Mapula, Pandaitan, Paquibato Proper, Paradise Embac, Pañalum, Salapawan, Sumimao, Tapak — barangays of Paquibato
glosses: A district of Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
Marilog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Baganihan, Bantol, Buda, Dalag, Datu Salumay, Gumitan, Magsaysay, Malamba, Marilog Proper, Salaysay, Suawan, Tamugan — barangays of Marilog
glosses: A district of Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
hypertapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypertappers
Etymology: From hyper- + tapper.
Senses: examples: text: David ‘aGameScout’ MacDonald, one of the top content creators in the community, agrees with Cheez. “Eventually I would think almost all the top players in the scene will be rollers of some kind. There is a building sentiment among the top hypertappers now that they need to learn rolling to keep up.”
ref: 2021 June 16, Tzvi Kalb, “What is Old is New Again: NES Tetris”, in The Science Survey:
text: Joseph Saelee, the first hypertapper to win the championship, holds the controller against his leg and primarily uses his right thumb to hypertap and his middle finger to rotate the pieces, meaning his hand rests above the rectangular controller more like he's typing on a keyboard than holding it in a traditional way. […] His success, and young age, only 16 when winning his first championship, inspired a new generation to take up Tetris, and within a few years dozens of young hypertappers were competing at a high level.
ref: 2023 December 1, Evelynn Kersting, “GAMES AND TIME”, in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, page 251, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2025:
text: While that gives a little breathing room, a run of bad pieces or execution can still put a hypertapper in an untenable position where the pieces start to stack up high, and completing new lines becomes essentially impossible.
ref: 2024 January 2, Kyle Orland, “34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen””, in Ars Technica:
topics: video-games
glosses: A person who uses hypertapping.
hypertappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypertapper
Calinan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
Kauswagan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of Lanao del Norte, Philippines.
branch-water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of branch water.
branch manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branch managers
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: An executive who oversees a division or office of a large business or organization, operating locally or with a particular function.
Marchman Act
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Marchman Acts
form: Marchman Acting
form: Marchman Acted
form: Marchman Acted
Etymology: The act (1993) was named after former pastor Hal Strickland Marchman, Jr., (1919–2009), who advocated for services for substance abusers.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To invoke the Marchman Act, i.e., a means of voluntary or involuntary assessment and stabilization and treatment of a person allegedly abusing alcohol or drugs.
Related terms: Baker Act
section
branch managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branch manager
Marchman Acts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Marchman Act
Marchman Acting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of Marchman Act
Cadeleigh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9107).
Marchman Acted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Marchman Act
Houweling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Houwelings
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Houweling.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
virgin soil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virgin soils
Senses: glosses: Soil that has never been cultivated previously.
Tau Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: By analogy with Pi Day, with 𝜏 (tau) being equivalent to 2π (6.28...)
Senses: examples: text: But all isn’t lost for those looking for a fun day to celebrate math: Tau Day (6/28, or June 28th) is today!
ref: 2019 June 28, Chaim Gartenberg, Tau Day is here: celebrate tau, not pi, as the true circle:
text: So here's to June 28th — Tau Day.
ref: 2018 March 14, Emily Conover, Forget Pi Day. We should be celebrating Tau Day:
text: Tau Day is a time to celebrate and rejoice in all things mathematical.
ref: 2010 June 28, Michael Harti, The Tau Manifesto:
glosses: June 28th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant 𝜏 (tau).
Related terms: Pi Day
self-contradicts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-contradict
self-contradicting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of self-contradict
self-contradicted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-contradict
self-contains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-contain
self-containing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of self-contain
chappish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chappish
form: most chappish
Etymology: From chap + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: She struck him as at once chappish and womanly.
ref: 2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 35:
glosses: Like a chap; mannish, blokey.
corns on the cob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corn on the cob
corn-on-the-cob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: At night, martabak pancakes are thrown like pizzas then filled with an egg and meat batter by vendors who line the northeastern corner, while grilled corn-on-the-cob is available along the eastern side.
ref: 1991, Eric Oey, editor, Java: Garden of the East (Passport’s Regional Guides of Indonesia), Lincolnwood, Ill.: Passport Books, →ISBN, page 181, column 1:
text: Grilled corn-on-the-cob is an all-time favorite, so grill-up extra, and turn it into a fabulous quick soup the next day.
ref: 1993, Kingsford, America’s Best BBQs, Lincolnwood, Ill.: Publications International, Ltd., →ISBN, page 84:
text: As good as plain, grilled corn-on-the-cob is, the addition of fresh lime juice and chili powder takes it to another realm.
ref: 1996, A. Cort Sinnes with John Puscheck, The Gas Grill Gourmet: Great Grilled Food for Everyday Meals and Fantastic Feasts, Boston, Mass.: The Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 175:
text: Grilled corn-on-the-cob is a great summer choice, and this recipe is really simple.
ref: 2009, Kevin Dundon, Great Family Food: More Than 100 Recipes for Delicious Home-Cooked Food, London: Collins, →ISBN, page 134:
glosses: Alternative form of corn on the cob.
Dmitriev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: -s
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Дмитриев (Dmitrijev).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Дмитриев (Dmitrijev).
glosses: A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Dmitrieva.
Bolham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Tiverton parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9514).
glosses: A hamlet north of Retford, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7082).
stirfrys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stirfry
apothekes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apotheke
cafenion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cafenions
Senses: examples: text: Even in the early 20th century only a few buildings, primarily stone-built warehouses or apothekes and a cafenion, existed at Pacheia Ammos, so there was little settlement flanking this coastal route to the east of Kalo Chorio in the 18th and 19th centuries.
ref: 2004, Barbara J. Hayden, Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete (University Museum Monograph 119), volume 2 (The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies), Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, →ISBN, page 4:
text: Tourists lounge outside the harbor cafenions writing postcards, drinking seltzer.
ref: 2006, Nick Hammer, The Lunatic, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 187:
text: People love to sit in our tavernas and cafenions, laughing and pointing as they watch the fashion victims walk by. It makes them feel good, thinking how superior they are to the masses.
ref: 2020, Jeffrey Siger, Island of Secrets, Naperville, Ill.: Poisoned Pen Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of kafenio.
cafenions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cafenion
Barle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in western Somerset, England, which joins the River Exe at Exebridge on the Devon border.
Port Alberni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔɹt ælˈbɛɹni/
Etymology: Named after Spanish officer Don Pedro de Alberní who commanded Fort San Miguel at Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island's west coast.
Senses: glosses: A city in British Columbia, Canada, in Vancouver Island.
wikipedia: Fort San Miguel
Pedro de Alberní y Teixidor
corpography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpographies
Etymology: From corp- (“body”) + -o- + -graphy (“writing”).
Senses: examples: text: In discussing the modern experience of battle, Derek Gregory has developed the neologistic concept of ‘corpography,’ explaining that ‘the radically different knowledges that the war-weary soldiers improvised as a matter of sheer survival [constitute] a corpography: a way of apprehending the battle space through the body as an acutely physical field in which the senses of sound, smell and touch were increasingly privileged in the construction of a profoundly haptic or somatic geography.’
ref: 2023, Mary Allitt, “Corpography: Reconceptualising Somatic Geographies” (chapter 1), in Medical Caregiving Narratives of the First World War: Geographies of Care, Edinburgh University Press, pages 30-65:
text: What he calls ‘corpography’ implies a constant re-mapping of landscape through the soldier’s body.
ref: 2018, Eileen Rositzka, Cinematic Corpographies: Re-Mapping the War Film Through the Body (Cinepoetics, Vol. 3), De Gruyter, →ISBN:
glosses: a means of conceptualizing a battlefield or war through the physical forms of soldiers
examples: text: Their improvisational knowledges were intensely corporeal and constituted a ‘corpography’ whose constructions relied primarily on sound, smell and touch.
ref: 2015, Derek Gregory, “Gabriel’s Map: Cartography and Corpography in Modern War” (chapter 4), in Peter Meusburger, Derek Gregory, Laura Suarsana, editors, Geographies of Knowledge and Power (Knowledge and Space, Vol. 7), →ISBN, pages 89-121:
text: Space in the Francophone literature of the 20th century acts as an active player in the narratives here studied. This is where my use of the concept of “corpography” provides a new methodology to study representations of space within novels as it is conceived, perceived, and lived by characters in retracing their movements.
ref: 2023, Alicia Rodriguez, Women in Motion: Corpographies of Francophone Narratives:
glosses: the study of the experience of living in a body
corpographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corpography
vatnyk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vatnyks
Etymology: From Ukrainian ва́тник (vátnyk).
Senses: examples: text: Resort to using old, Soviet rhetoric which remains an effective means of influencing the zombie population of vatnyks.
ref: 2018 May 30, “Useful Idiots: Kremlin's scheme to legalise the occupation of Ukraine in Europe is failing”, in Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Iraq:
text: Kharkiv, Mariupol, Slovyansk will start to become Ukrainian in front of our eyes. Because it is already unprestigious to stay “vatnyk” (literally — “a jacket quilted with cotton wool” — means “russian follower”).
ref: 2022 March 14, Olegh Bondarenko, “This will be completely new Ukraine”, in Medium:
text: I personally like the acronym LGBTCIA. some deranged vatnyk buffoon called me it on tumblr and I thought it was funny.
ref: 2022 August 19, u/RepresentativeLink95, Reddit, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2024:
text: We went back inside and then the house’s owner arrived, a sullen vatnyk whom Dmytro paid off to keep his house available for billeting, like we were doing. The vatnyk was holding a ten-liter can of water, one of the soldiers asked him to light the stove, he muttered a refusal and left.
ref: 2023 December 17, Szczepan Twardoch, “Darkness over Donbas: Nine stories about war”, in The Point:
glosses: Alternative form of vatnik.
vatnyks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vatnyk
somniferosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɒm.nɪ.fəɹˈɔs.ɪti/
Etymology: From somniferous + -osity.
Senses: examples: text: […] it is more prudent his nomenclature should dormitate in lethargic somniferosity beneath the […]
ref: 1867, “The Lecture”, in The Dublin Saturday Magazine, volume 2:
text: […] state of the sonorous somniferosity […]
ref: 1895 July 5, “The Test of Patience”, in Leaf-Chronicle Weekly, page 4:
text: Somniferosity [Title]
ref: 1928 August 25, “Somniferosity”, in The Barre Daily Times, page 2:
synonyms: somniferousness
glosses: The property of being somniferous.
monosialotetrahexosylganglioside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycosphingolipid found in high concentrations in nerve cell membranes.
Synonyms: GM1
microoptoelectromechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more microoptoelectromechanical
form: most microoptoelectromechanical
Senses: glosses: Very small, optical, electrical, and mechanical.
somniferousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɒmˈnɪ.fəɹ.əs.nəs/
Etymology: From somniferous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] that destroyed somniferousness […]
ref: 1882 October 4, Messenger and Examiner, volume 3, page 1:
text: […] a dozy state of somniferousness […]
ref: 1871 January 5, “The Cost of a Wake in Philadelphia”, in Monmouth Democrate, volume 38, page 1:
text: […] producing almost every effect but somniferousness.
ref: 1908 January 26, “Wilder's Monologue”, in The Honolulu Adviser, volume 6, number 265, page 8:
synonyms: somniferosity
glosses: The property of being somniferous.
arabinoxylo-oligosaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arabinoxylo-oligosaccharides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arabinoxylooligosaccharide.
arabino-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Derived from arabinose.
Derived terms: aminoarabinose
arabinobiose
arabinocytosine
arabinoflavin
arabinofuran
arabinofuranohydrolase
arabinofuranose
arabinofuranosidase
arabinofuranoside
arabinofuranosyl
arabinofuranosyladenine
arabinofuranosylcytosine
arabinofuranosylcytosines
arabinofuranosylpurine
arabinofuranosyltransferase
arabinofuranosyluracil
arabinogalactan
arabinogalactin
arabinoic acid
arabinonate
arabinonucleic
arabinonucleic acid
arabinonucleoside
arabinonucleotide
arabinopyranose
arabinopyranoside
arabinopyranosyl
arabinos
arabinose
arabinosic
arabinosidase
arabinoside
arabinosis
arabinosuria
arabinosyl
arabinosyladenine
arabinosylated
arabinosylation
arabinosylcytosine
arabinosyltransferase
arabinoxylan
cephalothoracoomphalopagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Joined at the head, thorax, and abdomen.
raw_tags: of conjoined twins
counternarcoterrorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-narcoterrorism
Etymology: From counter- + narcoterrorism.
Senses: examples: text: They used counternarcoterrorism to catch the culprits.
text: He worked with the counternarcoterrorism division.
qualifier: often noun adjunct
glosses: The enforcement of laws against narcoterrorism.
virgin soils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virgin soil
chinchillada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪn.t͡ʃɪˈlɑ.də/
rhymes: -ɑːdə
Forms: form: chinchilladas
Etymology: Blend of chinchilla + enchilada
Senses: examples: text: My friend Martin desperately wanted me to make “chinchilladas,” using chinchilla meat, though try as I might, I couldn't find the stuff anywhere. If you've ever seen one of these animals, you might know why—talk about the cuteness factor!
ref: 2008 March 18, Scott Gold, The Shameless Carnivore: A Manifesto for Meat Lovers, Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, →ISBN, page 94:
text: Grant keeps calling them chinchilladas which it think is a cross between an insect and Mexican food.
ref: 2012 August 22, Benny Goodman, Grant Goodman, 16 Sundays in France - Cycling from Calais to Montpellier, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 81:
text: “For your information, we're working on a plan to earn enough money to pay you, and to get new wings, so...” “It better not be chinchilladas!” “Oh, my God.” (laughing) “Oh, my God.” “See?” “Chinchilladas? I'd forgotten all about that.” “It's not chichilladas!” (laughing) “Jesus Christ...”
ref: 2018 May 9, Adam Reed, “Different Modes of Preparing the Fruit” (10:42 from the start), in Archer, season 9, episode 3, spoken by Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin):
text: But being funny has never been Archer’s problem; the weakest episodes earn that distinction through faulty plotting mechanics, never for a dearth of magnificent one-liners. (This episode’s chinchilladas bit, for instance, is beautiful. The fur farm practically gave them the meat for free!)
ref: 2018 May 9, Charles Bramesco, “Archer: Danger Island Recap: Anyone for Chinchilladas?”, in Vulture.com, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022:
glosses: An enchilada made with chinchilla meat.
language delay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language delays
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
medicine
psychology
sciences
glosses: A condition where a child does not acquire language skills within the typical age range.
language education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The teaching of a second or foreign language.
language planning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A purposeful endeavor to shape the function, structure, or acquisition of languages within a speech community.
coffin rider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffin riders
Senses: examples: text: mainly because he came into the business as an Elvis Presley coffin rider and then allowed himself to be turned into a heartthrob for the over-the-thrill set.
ref: 1983, CBS Magazines (publisher), Hi Fi/stereo Review - Volume 48, page 10:
text: "And besides," Sophee Anne said, "financially speaking, Stella was worth way more to us all alive than dead, even with the coffin-rider sales. No one had a reason to want her killed."
ref: 2020, Faith Hunter, Spells for the Dead, page 64:
text: Surely the organizers had provided training for the coffin-rider gig.
ref: 2022, Sam Cheever, An Unconventional Mourning (A Fun and Quirky Cozy Mystery with Pets):
glosses: A person who enriches himself through the exploitation of the misery, suffering, or deaths of others.
coffin riders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffin rider
treetrunk coffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treetrunk coffins
Senses: glosses: A coffin hollowed out of a single massive log.
treetrunk coffins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treetrunk coffin
language delays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of language delay
traveller's tales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traveller's tale
traveler's tale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traveler's tales
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of traveller's tale.
traveler's tales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traveler's tale
Salatiga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Salatiga.
Senses: glosses: A city in Central Java, Indonesia.
Sawahlunto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Sawahlunto.
Senses: glosses: A city in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Singkawang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Singkawang.
Senses: glosses: A city in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Solok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Solok.
Senses: glosses: A city in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Sorong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Sorong.
Senses: glosses: A city in West Papua, Indonesia.
Ma Tau Chung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 馬頭涌 (maa⁵ tau⁴ cung¹).
Senses: examples: text: At last Ti Cheng and Ti Ping and their soldiers and ministers reached Mirs Bay, just east of Hong Kong. From there they moved to Lantao and a little later to Ma Tau Chung in Kowloon. At Ma Tau Chung a palace was built for the young Emperor Ti Cheng. On a nearby hill the Emperor and his brother used to shelter in the shade of a great rock.
ref: 1965, Gwenneth Stokes, “The Last Days of the Sung”, in Hong Kong in History, Hong Kong: Government Printer, →OCLC, page 21:
text: Soon the link to the Indian prison camp at Ma Tau Chung was exposed, then the drivers to the other camps were hauled in for questioning.
ref: 1994 October 29, “Death of a spy ring”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2024, Latest:
glosses: An area of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Mazdarati
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Mazda + Maserati
Senses: examples: text: “Hey, hey, hey! Get away from my Mazdarati!” “I thought it was a Porsche.” “Parts! It's both! Mostly Honda!”
ref: 2021 May 9, Katie Crown, “Steal Magazine-olias” (20:15 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 11, episode 20, spoken by Dr. Yap (Ken Jeong):
text: For example, say you have $50,0000 in the bank. You may think ‘Hurrah! I can buy a new ‘Mazdarati’!’ However, if you aren't recording your bills into MYOB in a timely manner, how can you know what you have available to spend?
ref: 2023 October 3, Sonya Prosper, “The Part of Tens”, in MYOB For Dummies, 9 edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 447:
text: Steve inevitably crashed the car again and was sacked. The car he drove was a two litre Mazda and was a beautiful car to drive at first so good and fast someone nicknamed it the Mazdarati. I drove the car one day when Steve was busy in the office and no other vehicle was available and it was a joy to use. I drove it later after Steve left and it was absolutely hell to drive, noisy when running, pulling over to one side and making a clicking sound and did not change gear easily at all.
ref: 2023 November 15, Derek Fairey, A Modern Fairey Story, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
glosses: A low-end vehicle being shown as a sportscar.
filler word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filler words
Senses: examples: text: One of the most frequent words we hear is the one we attach to nerves. This word is often described as a 'filler word'. For example, when we are asked to do something that makes us a little nervous […] all of a sudden, we notice we fill any pause or nervous point with our 'filler word'. For many people it is 'umm'; however, this differs with each person.
ref: 2021, Amy Jacobson, chapter 8, in Emotional Intelligence, page 92:
text: Instead, the speaker tries to fill the silence with unintelligible guttural sounds or meaningless words. Such noises are called filler words or vocalized pauses.
ref: 2020, Blake J. Neff, chapter 8, in Proclamation!, page 129:
text: i love how your filler word isnt “like” or “um” its just “meow”
ref: 2023 December 20, @hazumiaileen, Twitter:
text: Also known as discourse markers, filler words are what we use when we don’t know what else to say. More often than not, they’re unintentional; we use them subconsciously to fill the space or time while we prepare our main message.
ref: 2022 September 15, Matt Ellis, Grammarly Blog:
glosses: A word used to fill space in conversation, especially when one is thinking or is uncertain.
Synonyms: filled pause
Afro-Dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afro-Dutch
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Black Dutch (“Dutch citizen with sub-Saharan African ancestry”).
synonyms: word: Black Dutch
extra: Dutch citizen with sub-Saharan African ancestry
Batherm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A minor river in Somerset and Devon, England, which joins the Exe near Bampton (Devon).
filler words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filler word
Gunthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England:
A northern suburb of the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1802).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Owston Ferry parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8097).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG0134).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6744).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet and civil parish near Manton, Rutland (OS grid ref SK8705).
Owston Ferry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally two settlements, Owston, and (West Kinnard's) Ferry, it was not known as Owston Ferry until the early 1900s. A ferry used to operate across the Trent, and a settlement on the opposite bank is named East Ferry, which may be historically significant.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8000).
chickeneater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chickeneaters
Etymology: From chicken + eater.
Senses: glosses: A pollotarian.
miliarensia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin mīliārensia.
Senses: glosses: plural of miliarense
nomismas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nomisma
East Bridgford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6943).
Related terms: West Bridgford
failgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪlˌɡɜːl/
ipa: /ˈfeɪlˌɡɜɹl/
rhymes: -eɪlɡɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: failgirls
Etymology: Compound of fail + girl.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of girlfailure.
synonyms: word: girlfailure
girlfailure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɜːlˌfeɪ.ljə/
ipa: /ˈɡɜɹlˌfeɪ.ljəɹ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lfeɪljə(ɹ)
Forms: form: girlfailures
Etymology: Compound of girl + failure. Coined in 2021 as an antonym to girlboss.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
synonyms: girlfail
failgirl
antonyms: girlboss
coordinate_terms: boyfailure
glosses: A fictional girl or woman who is endearingly pathetic or inept.
Related terms: poor little meow meow
knyaginya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knyaginyas
form: kniaginia
Etymology: From Russian княги́ня (knjagínja).
Senses: examples: text: Although the above documents show the knyaginya’s activity, preserved and documented only under her name from the second marriage, with the exception of the will of Fedor Sanguszko, they do simultaneously present her character.
ref: 2013, Bogusław Andrzej Baczyński, Małgorzata Baczyńska, “The Testament Donation of Knyaz Fedor Sanguszko for the Monastery of St. Paul of Xeropotamou on the Holy Mount Athos (9ᵗʰ November 1547)”, in Studia Ceranea, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, page 200:
text: She said that it was certainly a kingly feat to dispatch one’s own brothers from the world, as her husband Yaroslav the Wise had done, but as knyaginya, she found it far less honorable for Yaroslav to have four wives in addition to herself, as well as seven concubines.
ref: 2016, Halldór Laxness, translated by Philip Roughton, Wayward Heroes, New York, N.Y.: Archipelago Books, →ISBN, page 410:
text: As the remembrance formula is more developed in the second edition, we present it here: […] for the right-believing Ladies and Great Knyaginyas Maria Nikolaevna, Olga Nikolaevna, and for her husband: […]
ref: 2022, Lucian Petroaia, “The Great Litany”, in The Hieratikon, a Treasure of Orthodox Culture and Spirituality: Study on Romanian Editions (Forum Orthodoxe Theologie; 21), Münster: LIT Verlag, →ISBN, chapter IV (The Content of the Romanian Hieratikon. Liturgical and Theological Analysis), section “The Evolution of the Office of the Holy Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, in the Romanian Hieratikon”, pages 279–280:
text: It should be noted that we believe it is absolutely certain that all these miliarensia, handed out so generously by the Byzantine emperor to the Russian knyaginya and different members of her entourage on this visit, which took place in 946, were of the type “Constantine VII with Romanos II”, whose production had begun only about a year and a half earlier.
ref: 2022, Vladimir Penchev, “What the coins from the Preslav treasure can tell us about the social status of its owner”, in Contributions to Bulgarian Archaeology, volume XII, →DOI, →ISSN, page 72:
glosses: A Slavic princess consort.
Related terms: knyaz
dezionification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: de-Zionification
Etymology: From de- + Zion + -ification. At least in some uses formed by analogy with denazification.
Senses: examples: text: It was on this basis that mainly non-Arab advocates of the undoing of the State of Israel as constituted in 1967-70 insisted on its ‘de-Zionification’, and its replacement by a bi-national Palestinian State.
ref: 1971, P. J. Vatikiotis, Conflict in the Middle East, Allen & Unwin:
text: Their internal dezionification process has more to do with washing their hands of the accusing images pointed at them by others than any solidarity they might have with Palestinians.
ref: 2017, Marc H. Ellis, The Heartbeat of the Prophetic, Wipf & Stock, page 311:
text: Comments on social media ranged from sympathy with the tourists to criticism of their decision to travel to Israel for tourism despite the Israeli occupation and the mistreatment of Palestinians. “Dezionification of the UAE is needed,” one user tweeted.
ref: 2022 August 4, Mera Aladam, “Israeli police accused of racial profiling after arrest of Emirati tourists”, in Middle East Eye:
glosses: A process of rendering something less Zionist, the abandonment of Zionist ideology, or the removal of Zionists from power.
Related terms: dezionize
dezionization
low-beams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low-beam
full-beam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full-beams
form: full beam
form: fullbeam
Senses: glosses: Synonym of high-beam.
synonyms: word: high-beam
full-beams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full-beam
Ruscist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ruscist
form: most Ruscist
Senses: examples: text: The parliament intends to address the Prosecutor General, the Justice Ministry, and other government offices on taking immediate measures against “manifestations of Ruscist ideology and revanchist politics on Ukrainian territory.”
ref: 2023 May 2, “‘Ruscism’ defined and condemned in Ukraine’s official language”, in Meduza:
glosses: Alternative form of russist.
Ruscist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ruscists
Senses: examples: text: According to the investigation, the Ruscist did not just give criminal orders; he personally captured civilians in the villages of Mokrets and Zavorychi and tortured them.
ref: 2022 August 13, Svitlana Chorna, “High-ranked Ruscist: «Kill them all! If there are civilians there – kill everyone!»”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Alternative form of russist.
Ruscists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ruscist
Rashist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rashist
form: most Rashist
Senses: examples: text: The reaction of the Rashist propagandists is obvious.
ref: 2022 October 12, Vita Dumanska, “Lies of Rashist Propagandists: from "Preparations" for Explosion of Crimean Bridge to "Bombing" of Verkhovna Rada”, in Ukrainska Pravda:
glosses: Alternative form of russist.
Monsees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Monseeses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Monsees.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ortwein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ortweins
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ortwein.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ortweins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ortwein
Monseeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Monsees
Olliff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Olliffs
Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Óláfr or its variant Óleifr.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic [in turn from Old Norse].
O'Lear
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: O'Lears
Etymology: Variant of O'Leary.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
O'Lears
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of O'Lear
Olliffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Olliff
Xing'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪŋˈɑːn/
enpr: shǐngʹänʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 興安 /兴安 (Xīng'ān).
Senses: glosses: A former province of China.
glosses: A district of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.
glosses: A county of Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Related terms: Hưng Yên
Pennel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pennels
Etymology: Variant of Pennell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Redifer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Redifers
Etymology: Perhaps a much altered variant of Radford.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Redifers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Redifer
Pennels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pennel
data-processing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: data processing
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to manipulation of data, usually on computers.
Rann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ranns
Etymology: Borrowed from Southern German Rann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Related terms: Rann of Kutch
Vardrid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: La Liga club Real Madrid, regarded as being unfairly favoured by VAR.
Ramsburgs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ramsburg
Ranns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rann
Pruit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pruits
Etymology: Altered form of Pruitt.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Plucker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pluckers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Plücker.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
transput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɑːnz.pʊt/
ipa: /ˈtɹænz.pʊt/
Etymology: From trans- + put, modeled on input and output.
Senses: examples: text: Another basic goal was to separate the responsibility for uniform and correct synchronization and protection from that for efficient representation and transput.
ref: 1978 May 24, Guy Almes, George Robertson, “An extensible file system for hydra”, in ICSE '78: Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Software engineering, IEEE Press, →DOI:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of input/output.
synonyms: word: input/output
Pluckers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Plucker
Pruits
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pruit
Kilgus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kilguses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kilgus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Vishakha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vishakhas
Etymology: From Sanskrit विशाखा (viśākhā).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: the 14th (later 16th) lunar asterism (figured by a decorated arch and containing four or originally two stars under the regency of a dual divinity, इन्द्र and अग्नि ; it is probably to be connected with the quadrangle of stars ι, α, β, γ Librae.
Vishakha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit विशाखा (viśākhā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Keelins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Keelin
Kilguses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kilgus
Riddiford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Riddifords
Etymology: Probably a habitational surname from a lost place in Gloucestershire, from Old English rīdere (“rider, horseman”) + ford (“ford”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Alveston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alvestons
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Ælfwīġ + stān (“stone”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6388).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Alvestons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Alveston
Riddifords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Riddiford
Geikies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Geikie
Chilham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0653).
Geekie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Geekies
form: Geikie
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Geekies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Geekie
babblemouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babblemouth
Mountain Street
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet on a lane of the same name in Chilham parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0652).
Rybolovlev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rybolovlevs
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Рыболовлев (Rybolovlev).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Рыболовлев (Rybolovlev).
ship of state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The governance of a state or country, viewed through the metaphor of steering a ship at sea.
armchair travellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armchair traveller
camelrider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camelriders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camel rider.
camelriders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camelrider
Pango Pango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pago Pago.
seller's remorse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: buyer's remorse
glosses: A feeling of anxiety or regret after making, or after promising to make, a sale, especially a sale of a highly valuable object or commodity.
Dajasha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
tri-tone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + tone.
Senses: examples: text: A tri-tone chime whistle, operated from the cab by a flexible cable passing down the right hand handrail, is mounted on the top of the smokebox immediately behind the chimney.
ref: 1951 June, “British Railways Standard Class "5" 4-6-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 399:
glosses: Alternative form of tritone.
nonacculturated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + acculturated.
Senses: examples: text: Proexorcist forces such as the military and those with vested interests in Indian lands and resources fought unsuccessfully to make a distinction between acculturated and nonacculturated Indians, whereby only the latter would enjoy the rights guaranteed to Indians in the Constitution.
ref: 2001, Jonathan W. Warren, Racial Revolutions: Antiracism and Indian Resurgence in Brazil:
text: The results, displayed in figure 3.3, show that increasing acculturation is associated with significantly higher probabilities of many types of violence: Youth who live in fully acculturated households are significantly mroe likely to hit someone, throw objects at someone, and be in a gang fight than those from nonacculturated households; while youth from partially acculturated households are significantly more likely to hit someone and be in a gang fight than those from nonacculturated households.
ref: 2006, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Abel Valenzuela, Jr., Immigration and Crime: Ethnicity, Race, and Violence, page 47:
text: Diets of these nonacculturated societies differ from acculturated societies—containing less socium, simple sugars, and saturated fats and containing more complex carbohydrates, fibers, and potassium.
ref: 2010, Harry Preuss, Sensuke Konno, Maitake Magic:
glosses: Unacculturated; not having fully acquired all aspects of the dominant culture.
chickeneaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chickeneater
face swap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face swaps
form: faceswap
Senses: examples: text: Ariel, Nikolai, and Ally are doing Snapchat face swaps, while Max and I text with Jerzy and Jordan, who are restless at the Best Western, wanting to meet up.
ref: 2017, Joe Berkowitz, Away with Words: An Irreverent Tour Through the World of Pun Competitions, New York, N.Y.: Harper Perennial, →ISBN, page 224:
text: I did write the blog about Maisy, but I definitely didn’t do any of the really horrible things like nasty face swaps or putting horrible comments on her selfies or sending her online messages during lessons.
ref: 2017, Tamsin Winter, Being Miss Nobody, London: Usborne Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, pages 307–308:
text: Deepfake videos that have been digitally manipulated, from face swaps to filters, may look authentic to the untrained eye.
ref: 2022 February 4, YY, “Identifying deepfake videos”, in Science, volume 375, number 6580, American Association for the Advancement of Science, page 511:
glosses: An instance of swapping faces in an image or video.
Related terms: word: face-swap
face swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face swap