cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
earlobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earlobe
drools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drool
drools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drool
dreamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dreamer
disfiguring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disfigure
debutantes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debutante
crunches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ʌntʃɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of crunch
crunches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ʌntʃɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crunch
crated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: contained in a crate
Derived terms: egg-crated
uncrated
crated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crate
girl talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Discourse between females which is considered to be inappropriate or uninteresting to male ears.
Related terms: boy talk
guy talk
man talk
woman talk
baby talk
crazy talk
something to talk about
collided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of collide
work someone's arse off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works someone's arse off
form: working someone's arse off
form: worked someone's arse off
form: worked someone's arse off
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of work someone's ass off.
work one's tail off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: work tail off
form: works one's tail off
form: working one's tail off
form: worked one's tail off
form: worked one's tail off
Senses: glosses: Less vulgar synonym of work one's ass off.
comebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comeback
work one's fingers to the bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works one's fingers to the bone
form: working one's fingers to the bone
form: worked one's fingers to the bone
form: worked one's fingers to the bone
Senses: examples: text: You work all week long / You work your fingers to the bone / Friday's at an end / I can't wait for Saturday to begin
ref: 1983, “Get Down Saturday Night”, in Saturday Night, performed by Oliver Cheatham:
synonyms: toil
glosses: To work especially hard, usually for an extended period.
bunions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunion
admissability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admissabilities
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of admissibility.
ensmallen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsmɔːlən/
ipa: /ɛnˈsmɔlən/
Forms: form: ensmallens
form: ensmallening
form: ensmallened
form: ensmallened
Etymology: From small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002.
Logical antonym of "embiggen," a humorous neologism popularized by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation.
Senses: glosses: To make smaller.
Synonyms: sense: make smaller
word: debigulate
ensmallens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ensmallen
ensmallened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ensmallen
when in Rome, do as the Romans
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of when in Rome, do as the Romans do.
walk on eggshells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwɔːk ɒn ˈɛɡʃɛlz/
ipa: /ˌwɔk ɑn ˈɛɡʃɛlz/
ipa: /ˌwɑk-/
ipa: /-ɔn-/
Forms: form: walks on eggshells
form: walking on eggshells
form: walked on eggshells
form: walked on eggshells
Etymology: 1800s usage, probably from the imagery that eggshells are easily broken when stepped upon.
Senses: glosses: To be overly careful in dealing with a person or situation because they get angry or offended very easily; to try very hard not to upset someone or something.
glosses: To be careful and sensitive, in handling very sensitive matters.
Related terms: sense: walking
word: on thin ice
word: pussyfoot
word: tiptoe through a minefield
word: tread lightly
walking on eggshells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of walk on eggshells
where there's smoke, there's fire
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: If there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but such rumors should be taken with a grain of salt.
glosses: All rumors are true.
Related terms: no smoke without fire
cockroach theory
where's the fire
Avinash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi अविनाश (avināś, “indestructible”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hindi.
whole kit and caboodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kit and caboodle.
remand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/
ipa: /ɹəˈmænd/
rhymes: -ɑːnd
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: remands
Etymology: From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.
Senses: examples: text: On arrest and unable to obtain bail, could mean that a person may be held in remand prison for six months or more.
ref: 1983 December 31, Gary Phillips, “Gays in Gaol [Jail]: Who Cares”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 15:
text: As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.
ref: 2007, Andrew Ewang Sone, Readings in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code, page 139:
glosses: The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
examples: text: If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […]
ref: 2010, Steven Baicker-McKee, John B. Corr, A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, page 102:
glosses: The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
Derived terms: remand centre
remand home
remand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːnd/
ipa: /ɹəˈmænd/
rhymes: -ɑːnd
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: remands
form: remanding
form: remanded
form: remanded
Etymology: From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”). Compare countermand.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Goodstein has described the majority of leaders of the gay movement as "neurotics" who should be remanded to the "counseling couches where they belong."
ref: 1976 February 7, “A Liberation Publication?”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 5:
text: The number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence.
ref: 2019, Martin Wasik, Core Statutes on Criminal Justice and Sentencing 2019-20, page 74:
text: A former member of the radical anti-capitalist Baader-Meinhof gang arrested in Berlin last week after 30 years on the run has been remanded in custody over three violent attacks in the 1990s.
ref: 2024 March 7, “Daniela Klette of Baader-Meinhof gang remanded in custody”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN:
glosses: To send a prisoner back to custody.
glosses: To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
examples: text: Remand it to its former place.
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
glosses: To send back.
Derived terms: on remand
remandee
remandment
whistle in the dark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whistles in the dark
form: whistling in the dark
form: whistled in the dark
form: whistled in the dark
Senses: examples: text: Those who seriously believe ‘There'll always be an England’ are whistling in the dark.
ref: 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 6:
glosses: To make a show of bravery despite one's fears; to put on a brave face.
glosses: To speak of something despite having little knowledge of it.
Synonyms: sense: make a show of bravery
word: whistle past the graveyard
sense: speak of something without knowledge
word: talk through one's hat
sense: speak of something without knowledge
word: talk out one's ass
Related terms: whistle down the wind
whistle in the wind
whistle past the graveyard
whistle Dixie
pull an all-nighter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls an all-nighter
form: pulling an all-nighter
form: pulled an all-nighter
form: pulled an all-nighter
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: burn the midnight oil, elucubrate
text: OK, let's order some pizzas and get comfortable, because we're gonna be pulling an all-nighter to get this emergency help put together.
glosses: To stay awake throughout the night, usually when working or studying.
Related terms: late-night
whistle past the graveyard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whistles past the graveyard
form: whistling past the graveyard
form: whistled past the graveyard
form: whistled past the graveyard
Senses: glosses: To attempt to stay cheerful in a dire situation; to proceed with a task, ignoring an upcoming hazard, hoping for a good outcome.
glosses: To enter a situation with little or no understanding of the possible consequences.
Related terms: whistle Dixie
whistle down the wind
whistle in the dark
whistle in the wind
Clintonista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Clintonistas
Etymology: From Clinton + -ista.
Senses: glosses: A devoted admirer of one or more of the U.S. public figures in the Clinton family: Hillary, Bill, or Chelsea.
Derived terms: Clitonista
Related terms: word: Clintonite
word: Clintonian
english: Whitewater (controversy)
translation: Whitewater (controversy)
word: Whitewatergate
walk the talk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks the talk
form: walking the talk
form: walked the talk
form: walked the talk
Senses: glosses: To perform actions consistent with one's claims.
Related terms: talk the talk
walk the walk
two Americas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A juxtaposition of haves and have-nots in the United States originally drawn by John Edwards in 2004.
glosses: The affluent English-speaking US and Canada vs Latin America.
glosses: North and South America.
eggshells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eggshell
phylogenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phylogeny
keep one's eye on the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's eye on the ball
form: keeping one's eye on the ball
form: kept one's eye on the ball
form: kept one's eye on the ball
form: keep one's eyes on the ball
Etymology: From general sporting advice to look at the ball when playing it, particularly a golf ball on the tee.
Senses: examples: 2006 Feb 18, Michael Holden quoting Sir Alan Sugar in The Guardian, You can call me Sir Al
My ethos has always been to be very straight with people, tell it as it is. It doesn't often make people happy but I found that over a period of time it's better to be that way. So being straight, also being very focused on your objectives, keep your eye on the ball and not get deflected away from it.
glosses: To maintain one's concentration fixed on one important theme.
take one's eye off the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one's eye off the ball
form: taking one's eye off the ball
form: took one's eye off the ball
form: taken one's eye off the ball
form: take one's eyes off the ball
Etymology: From general sporting advice to look continuously at the ball as it moves.
Senses: examples: text: One of the keys to success in business is never to take your eye off the ball.
text: But I regret the eye has been off the ball in recent years, and reliability, as well as service provision, is poor.
ref: 2022 December 14, Barry Doe, “NRT review meets Christmas deadlines”, in RAIL, number 972, page 43:
glosses: To lose one's concentration on what is most important.
Related terms: drop the ball
cue up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cues up
form: cuing up
form: cueing up
form: cued up
form: cued up
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.
glosses: To set up people or things so as to be ready for their cues (such as backstage).
glosses: To set up a recording to start at the correct time.
cue up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of queue up.
alite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named by Alfred Elis Törnebohm in 1897 after examining Portland cement through a microscope.
Senses: examples: text: After heating in the kiln, the melted material is cooled rapidly to form an assemblage of the silicates alite (also known by the cement chemistry notation C3S) and belite (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C4AF), known as clinker.
ref: 2020 September 22, G. Habert, S. A. Miller, V. M. John, J. L. Provis, A. Favier, A. Horvath & K. L. Scrivener, “Environmental impacts and decarbonization strategies in the cement and concrete industries”, in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment:
glosses: An impure form of tricalcium silicate.
wikipedia: Alfred Elis Törnebohm
mortier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortiers
Etymology: From French mortier.
Senses: glosses: A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France.
respot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: respots
form: respotting
form: respotted
form: respotted
Etymology: From re- + spot.
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: To replace a ball on its correct spot on a snooker, billiards or pool table.
examples: text: Should a pin fall in removing the dead wood it must be respotted, and pins knocked over by pin or pins rebounding from any other alley must be respotted.
ref: 1928, Louise Patterson Van Sickle, Physical Education Activities for High School Girls, page 105:
text: The pins are respotted and the player bowls again.
ref: 1968, Donald Rex Casady, Marie Liba, Beginning bowling, page 29:
topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To replace a pin to its correct position prior to a player bowling.
examples: text: This method insures that the stopping of cars will not gradually fall out of tolerance with a consequent loss of time to respot.
ref: 1963, Central Railway Club of Buffalo, Chronicle, volumes 72-76, page 79:
text: Cars with individual loading hatches have to be respotted several times, depending on length, and have their loading spout relocated.
ref: 1963, Railway Purchases and Stores - Volume 56, page 27:
text: Sanding should be performed in conjunction with fueling to avoid respotting locomotives.
ref: 1990, American Railway Bridge, Building Association, Proceedings, page 109:
text: The Sara frantically respotted fighters for launch, even while Fletcher and Kinkaid warily tracked the suspected enemy group circling to the southwest.
ref: 2013, John Lundstrom, Black Shoe Carrier Admiral, →ISBN:
glosses: To move a commercial or military vehicle or vehicles into a new position in order to make room for other activity or to allow the moved vehicles to be worked on.
examples: text: Tack the work pieces with one spot and check for proper relative position of pieces. Sometimes the pieces can be separated and respotted if necessary.
ref: 1966, George L. Ritchie, Electronics Construction Techniques, page 33:
text: Next, the body is conveyed to another special conveyor for loading the roof manually, welding the roof using robotics and fixed automation, respotting the entire body using thirty robots, and some minor operations.
ref: 1992, Donald Gerwin, Harvey Kolodny, Management of advanced manufacturing technology:
text: Up to 32 clamping robots and six welding robots can be installed in one box. Respotting of the bodies then follows in nine respotting boxes.
ref: 2012, Koichi Shimokawa, Ulrich Jürgens, Takahiro Fujimoto, Transforming Automobile Assembly, →ISBN:
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: To perform the final welds on a manufactured item.
respot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: respots
Etymology: From re- + spot.
Senses: examples: text: Final recovery, respot and servicing may be conducted after this period.
ref: 1980, A Collection of Technical Papers: AIAA Aircraft Systems:
text: At 0850, he directed her commanding officer, Captain Frederick C. Sherman, to ready a combat patrol, a needless order because Sherman had already begun a massive respot of the crowded flight deck to facilitate the launch of Fighting Two.
ref: 2013, John B. Lundstrom, The First Team, →ISBN:
glosses: An operation in which commercial or military vehicles are respotted.
examples: text: As pretacked bodies approach the automatic respot line on the body build trucks, the latches that hold them to the trucks are manually released.
ref: 1979, William R. Tanner, Industrial Robots: Applications, page 154:
text: Reaching for a T- Wagon body, robots at Chrysler, Windsor, make automatic respot welds where roof bows meet body sides.
ref: 1984, Welding Design & Fabrication - Volume 57, Issues 7-12, page 44:
text: The Body Assembly plant in São Bernardo was organised in three separate production areas up to the Respot Line (final welding).
ref: 2002, Jose E. Cassiolato, Hubert Schmitz, Hi-Tech for Industrial Development, →ISBN, page 165:
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: The final welding on a manufactured item.
frame ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frame balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The ball that will take the player's score past the theoretical winning point, even though the frame is not finished and there are still some balls remaining on the table.
digue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /diɡ/
Forms: form: digues
Etymology: Borrowed from French digue. Doublet of dike.
Senses: examples: text: In November this Year, happen'd a Storm at North-Weſt[…]; and ſeveral Breaches in the great Digues near Enchuyſen, and others between Amſterdam and Harlem, made way for ſuch Inundations as had not been ſeen before by any Man then alive, and filled the Country with many Relations of moſt deplorable Events.
ref: 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs, page 408:
glosses: Alternative form of dike.
Alva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.və/
rhymes: -ælvə
Senses: glosses: A small town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8897)
glosses: A village on the island of Gotland, Sweden.
glosses: A census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Woods County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Alva Adams (governor).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Crook County, Wyoming, United States.
Alfreda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally a variant of Elfreda, used as a feminine form of Alfred since the 19th century.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Old English.
Elfreda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Ælfþrȳþ (from ælf (“elf”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)); later partly merged with æþel (“noble”) + þrȳþ (“strength”) ( =Audrey).
Senses: examples: 1914?, Jessie Graham Flower, Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
“When you are at Wayne Hall do as the Wayne Hallites do,” quoted Miriam, who had followed Elfreda into the room.
glosses: A female given name from Old English borne by a medieval English queen; rare today.
Related terms: Alfreda
screw back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: screws back
form: screwing back
form: screwed back
form: screwed back
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see screw, back.
Synonyms: screw
to tell the truth
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: synonyms: word: to be honest
word: to tell you the truth
word: TTTT
word: actually
word: all things considered
word: as a matter of fact
word: by right
word: come to think of it
word: fact is
word: forsooth
word: frankly
word: honestly
word: in actuality
word: in fact
word: in faith
word: in point of fact
word: in reality
word: in truth
word: indeed
word: literally
word: properly
word: really
word: right
word: simply
word: soothfast
word: soothly
word: to tell the truth
word: truly
word: truthfully
word: verily
word: wis
glosses: An attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of an associated statement.
Related terms: not to put too fine a point on it
Potteries
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Potteries
Senses: glosses: An area in the West Midlands of England, based around Stoke-on-Trent, a centre of the pottery industry.
potteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pottery
conflagrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkänfləˌɡrāt/
Forms: form: conflagrates
form: conflagrating
form: conflagrated
form: conflagrated
Etymology: First attested in 1657; borrowed from Latin cōnflāgrātus, perfect passive participial of cōnflāgrō (“to be consumed by fire; (rare) to set aflame”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: synonyms: word: go up in flames
word: catch on fire
word: catch fire
word: combust
word: conflagrate
word: fire
word: go up in flames
word: go up in smoke
word: ignite
word: light
word: spunk
word: take fire
glosses: To catch fire.
synonyms: word: ignite
word: kindle
word: alight
word: conflagrate
word: fire
word: fire up
word: ignite
word: inflame
word: kindle
word: light
word: light up
word: set ablaze
word: set afire
word: set aflame
word: set alight
word: set fire
word: set on fire
word: torch
glosses: To set fire to something.
Derived terms: conflagratory
Related terms: conflagration
adiabatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From adiabatic + -ally.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: In an adiabatic way.
Derived terms: nonadiabatically
airwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airwoman
Pirani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Piranis
Etymology: Borrowed from either Italian Pirani or Persian پیرانی; the gauge is named after Marcello Stefano Pirani, a German physicist (1880–1968).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Pirani gage
Pirani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Piranis
Etymology: Borrowed from either Italian Pirani or Persian پیرانی; the gauge is named after Marcello Stefano Pirani, a German physicist (1880–1968).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A Pirani gauge.
surviver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: survivers
Etymology: From survive + -er.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of survivor.
for keeps
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: When we gamble at poker, we play for keeps.
topics: games
gaming
glosses: With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.
examples: text: "We both got a job to do. They play for keeps and we play for keeps too," Haggans said.
ref: 2007 Dec. 7, "Steelers' Defense Anticipates Patriots Matchup," KDKA.com (Pittsburg)
glosses: With a strong competitive resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.
examples: text: The Griswold trophy was presented to its winner, for keeps, since it was the third time she had won it.
ref: 1925 August 10, “Golf: Shenecossett Invitation”, in Time:
glosses: Permanently, so that one can keep something indefinitely.
Synonyms: for good
once and for all
acquired taste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acquired tastes
Senses: examples: text: Like many another Italian War hero, young Dino Grandi had turned to the post-War Fascist movement to satisfy an acquired taste for action.
ref: 1939 July 24, “Italy: Home Again”, in Time:
text: Curiosity and ambition require that we discuss acquired taste. Acquired taste is distinguished from discovered taste. Discovered tastes are those which may be considered innate, basic, or automatic, such as those tastes for bland, salty, […]
ref: 2018, Joshua Zeunert, Tim Waterman, Routledge Handbook of Landscape and Food, Routledge, →ISBN:
antonyms: natural taste
glosses: A taste which is not natural or innate, but which has developed through habit or learning.
examples: text: Since most adults do not share this director's unquenchable optimism, even his best movies tend to be an acquired taste.
ref: 1978 May 29, Frank Rich, “Cinema: Joyride”, in Time:
text: This research seemed to suggest that the product's acquired taste which they had been fuelling could also be a latent disadvantage. The advertising campaign implied that Guinness was an acquired taste for the discerning drinker; […]
ref: 1998, Joe Nicholas, John Price, Advanced Studies in Media, Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 177:
text: NBA Hall of Famer Arnold "Red" Auerbach was an acquired taste for most people who had to deal with him on a regular basis. Inexplicably tactless one minute and charming the next, he ran the Boston Celtics as a compassionate dictatorship, his rough edges becoming part and parcel of his storied success.
ref: 2006 October 30, Phil Elderkin, “Red Auerbach, an off-court legend”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 30 Aug 2009:
text: Mr. Farzan, who eats as many as 100 pawpaws a year in various dishes, acknowledged that the flavor is an acquired taste.
ref: 2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Something that is appreciated only after having initially been regarded as unappealing or unpleasant; a person who is regarded as difficult or dislikable but of whom at least some have grown to approve.
scintillator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪntɪˈleɪtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌsɪntəˈleɪtəɹ/
Forms: form: scintillators
Etymology: From scintillate + -or.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any substance that glows under the action of photons or other high-energy particles
Related terms: word: scintillate
word: scintillating
word: scintillation
smectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Etymology: From Latin smecticus, from Ancient Greek σμηκτικός (smēktikós), from σμήχειν (smḗkhein, “to wipe, to cleanse”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
Senses: glosses: Cleansing.
glosses: Astringent; detergent.
examples: text: The smectic phases, which are found at lower temperatures than the nematic, form well-defined layers that can slide over one another in a manner similar to that of soap.[…]There are many different smectic phases, all characterized by different types and degrees of positional and orientational order.^([Wikipedia])
text: Before studying the fluctuations and defects of the bilayers in the smectic phase, one should first characterize the equilibrium structure of the simulated lamellar phase.
ref: 2005, Claire Loison, Numerical Simulations of a Smectic Lamellar Phase of Amphiphilic Molecules, Cuvillier Verlag, page 31:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Whose molecules are aligned in layers, with the molecules lying perpendicular to the plane of the layers.
raw_tags: of a liquid crystal
Derived terms: smectic phase
Related terms: cholesteric
nematic
smectic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Forms: form: smectics
Etymology: From Latin smecticus, from Ancient Greek σμηκτικός (smēktikós), from σμήχειν (smḗkhein, “to wipe, to cleanse”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
Senses: glosses: A liquid crystal having the molecules aligned in this way; a phase of a liquid crystal in which the molecules are so aligned.
potter's wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potter's wheels
Senses: glosses: A turntable type of machine used by a potter to form round pieces of pottery from wet clay.
incliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incliners
Etymology: From incline + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that inclines, especially an inclined dial.
cheese wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheese wires
Senses: glosses: A wire which is sufficiently strong, yet fine enough to cut through cheese easily. Normally with either a wooden handle at each end, or fixed to a board at one end, with a wooden handle at the other.
cheesemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheesemakers
Etymology: From Middle English chese-maker, chese-makere, equivalent to cheese + maker. Displaced Old English ċīeswyrhta.
Senses: glosses: A person skilled in the art of making cheese
Synonyms: cheeseman
cheesewright
fromagier
Related terms: cheese
cheesemaking
cheeseman
cheesemonger
cheesewoman
cheesewright
maker
deprivations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deprivation
monopolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monopolist
propagandists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propagandist
deeded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The purchaser of a deeded ownership interest will continue to own an interest in the underlying property as a cotenant along with all other owners of deeded timeshare interests in that underlying property.
ref: 2010, Abraham Pizam, Judy Holcomb, International Dictionary of Hospitality Management, page 71:
glosses: Transfered by deed.
Derived terms: undeeded
deeded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deed
Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of circuit, with respect to a circuit court.
Derived terms: 10th Cir.
11th Cir.
1st Cir.
2d Cir.
3d Cir.
4th Cir.
5th Cir.
6th Cir.
7th Cir.
8th Cir.
9th Cir.
D.C. Cir.
Fed. Cir.
Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of circa.
DCA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DCAs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of district court of appeal or appeals, in various jurisdictions.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dichloroacetic acid.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of dollar cost averaging.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of dual-capable aircraft.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of defensive counter-air package
thermotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermotropisms
Etymology: From thermo- + -tropism.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Thermotropic movement of a plant or plant part in response to changes in temperature.
Related terms: thermotropic
2-D
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of two-dimensional.
sniffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sniff
sniffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sniff
stockpiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockpilings
Senses: glosses: The process of building up a stockpile.
stockpiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stockpile
stockpiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stockpile
sired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪə(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sire
secretions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secretion
unblended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + blended.
Senses: examples: text: My favourite drink is unblended broken orange pekoe tea.
glosses: In a pure state; not mixed with other substances.
Synonyms: nonblended
scepters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scepter
unbreathable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbreathable
form: most unbreathable
Etymology: From un- + breathable.
Senses: examples: text: The atmosphere on Venus is an unbreathable mixture of carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid, amongst other things.
text: The air was not just thick, it was unbreathable.
ref: 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 19:
synonyms: irrespirable
glosses: Not suitable for breathing.
examples: text: an unbreathable fabric
glosses: Not letting air seep through.
romantics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romantic
rollerblading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The pastime or sport of skating on rollerblades.
rollerblading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rollerblade
repaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repay
redecorated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redecorate
quizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quiz
quizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quizzings
Senses: examples: text: He knew that he had spoken the truth, though it had cost him a severe pang; and whilst he felt much grief at the thought of the jeers and quizzings he should meet with[…]
ref: 1846, Richard Cobbold, The History of Margaret Catchpole: A Suffolk Girl, page 83:
glosses: The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery.
glosses: The asking of questions; interrogation.
Derived terms: quizzing glass
pummeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pummel
pummeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pummelings
Senses: glosses: A beating.
prides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaɪdz/
rhymes: -aɪdz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pride
prides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaɪdz/
rhymes: -aɪdz
Senses: glosses: plural of pride
potshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potshot
playmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playmate
photocopied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photocopy
asteroid belt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the asteroid belt
form: Asteroid Belt
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: main belt
main asteroid belt
glosses: The main asteroid belt, the region of the orbital plane of the Solar System located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter which is occupied by numerous minor planets (asteroids) and the dwarf planet Ceres.
asteroid belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asteroid belts
form: Asteroid Belt
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A set of orbits in a region that contains asteroids or similar minor planets arrayed as an annulus around the planetary system's orbital center.
Hyponyms: Main Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
Kuiper belt
Nanaimo bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nanaimo bars
Etymology: Probably from the name of the city Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada).
Senses: examples: text: Today, Nanaimo's signature cuisine is a little sweeter. That would be the Nanaimo bar, a layered custard, coconut and chocolate confection that originated in 1952 and put the little town on the map.
ref: 2009 October 8, Reb Stevenson, “Travel: Rejuvenated Nanaimo now a place to be”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 26 Jan 2016:
glosses: A chilled dessert confection consisting of a chocolate crumb-based layer, covered by a layer of custard icing, and topped with a layer of smooth chocolate.
wikipedia: Nanaimo
intricacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intricacy
injuns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of injun
incisors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incisor
growed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊd
Senses: examples: text: As he growed in might and strength.
ref: 1816, Richard Polwhele, The History of Cornwall:
text: Growed, Mas'r Davy bor'? Ain't he growedǃ said Ham.
ref: 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:
text: I s'pect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me.
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC:
text: See how praoud an' tall he's growed, with them arms of his'n straight aout an' them leetle chillen of his'n spraouting up raound him.
ref: 1895, Francis Hopkinson Smith, A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others:
text: Well, sir, the idea growed and growed and by the late 1920's there was Knights of the White Magnolia lodges all over Texas and parts of Oklahoma.
ref: 1976, Preston Jones, The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia:
text: November 27, 2007, House M.D. Season 4 Episode 9, Games, 36 minutes and 39 seconds in on a Blu-Ray disk.
He thinks he's gonna be great once he's all growed up.
text: 2011, “All Growed Up”, Rugrats (name of an episode of the show)
text: Baby come and get it, cos you know I've got that hot stuff / baby come and get it cause you know that I growed up.
ref: 2015?, Gucci Mane (Radric Delantic Davis), Hot Stuff (song)
text: Us was goody goody garden workers… us growed pretty floweries for our fairy.
ref: 2023, Vivian French, “An Enchanted Garden”, in Bibi and the Box of Fairy Tales, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: simple past and past participle of grow
compromisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compromisations
form: compromization
Etymology: From compromise + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The advance of malignant disease in the organs adjacent to the pelvic brain is so profound in its traumatism and compromisation of structure and function that practically paresis, paralysis or death of its structure and function rapidly ensues.
ref: 1907, Byron Robinson, The Abdominal and pelvic brain, page 151:
text: The opening of the glandular abscess, or the removal of the offending gland, is frequently accompanied by some compromization of the blood supply […]
ref: 1920 June 24, Abraham O. Wilensky, “Surgery of the abdomen, exclusive of hernia”, in Progressive Medicine, volume 2, page 81:
text: This policy is at best being maintained with only superficial aspects of success and through a constant series of compromisations and acts of expediency.
ref: 1952, Technocracy Digest, numbers 146-161, page 20:
text: Perfect systems resist inversion through ignorance while imperfect systems are based on the belief that compromisation is beyond the economic means of any interloper.
ref: 1988, Luke J. O'Connor, Jennifer Seberry, Public key cryptography: cryptographic significance of the knapsack problem : plus exercises and solutions:
text: Wiskott – Aldrich syndrome (WAS)
It is yet another X-linked recessive immunodeficiency affecting male children. The disease is associated with severe compromization of mature T and B cells. Patients develop various types of complications, which includes thrombocytopenia, bloody diarrhea, eczema and susceptibility to bacterial infections.
ref: 2005, C V Rao, “Immunodeficiency Diseases”, in Immunology: A Textbook, Alpha Science International Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 363:
text: Supernumerary teeth should be extracted if they cause crowding or compromisation of the adult dentition.[…]
A supernumerary mandibular left premolar 4 has lead to crowding and compromisation of these teeth. The affected teeth should be extracted.
ref: 2006, Cedric Tutt, “Exodontics”, in Small Animal Dentistry: A Manual of Techniques, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 137, 142:
text: Children and elderly are more predisposed to infectious diseases because of the compromization of the immune system.
ref: 2009, Larry Holmes, Jr., “Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health”, in Basics of Public Health Core Competencies, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 177:
text: If cryptographic algorithm was compromised it may happens that all of digitally signed documents created before compromization will not be trusted since falsified document which has the same hash value may be created.
ref: 2008, Paul Cunningham, Miriam Cunningham, Exploiting the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications and Case Studies, Part 1:
glosses: The act or result of compromising.
Derived terms: immunocompromisation
aughts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /oːts/
ipa: /ɒts/
ipa: /ɔts/
ipa: /ɑts/
rhymes: -ɒːts
rhymes: -ɔːts
rhymes: -ɑːts
Forms: form: oughts
Etymology: From the sense of aught to refer to the number zero.
Senses: examples: text: The 20th Century’s Aughts and Teens: OPERETTA [chapter title]
ref: 2010, Michael G. Cunningham, “The 20th Century’s Aughts and Teens: OPERETTA”, in Gilded Songs (Berlin to Bacharach): The Gig Instrumentalist’s Guide to the Golden Era of American Popular Song (1920 to 1979):
text: When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts.
ref: 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
glosses: The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties.
Derived terms: mid-aughts
late-aughts
Related terms: 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s
1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s
2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s
2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s
00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s
'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s
00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's
zeros
zeroes
aughts
noughties
oughts · oneties
tens
teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties
Hungry Forties · Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties
aughts
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /oːts/
ipa: /ɒts/
ipa: /ɔts/
ipa: /ɑts/
rhymes: -ɒːts
rhymes: -ɔːts
rhymes: -ɑːts
Forms: form: oughts
Etymology: From the sense of aught to refer to the number zero.
Senses: examples: text: Dialup internet is so aughts.
text: Meyer and his team collected the participants in a very aughts way — through Craigslist.
ref: 2017 March 22, Tanya Basu, “Scientists figured out a big mystery about smell”, in Inverse, retrieved 14 Jun 2021:
text: He's testing out new experiments with knotting and macramé too, tying up dresses and trousers for a look that feels very aughts—and very now.
ref: 2020 October 19, Steff Yotka, “Dion Lee: Spring 2021 Ready-to-Wear”, in Vogue, retrieved 14 Jun 2021:
glosses: From or evoking the first through tenth years of a century (chiefly the 2000s).
gazelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gazelle
furies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fury
firsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜːsts/
enpr: fŭrsts
ipa: /fɝsts/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sts
Senses: glosses: plural of first
firsts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜːsts/
enpr: fŭrsts
ipa: /fɝsts/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of first
faxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æksɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fax
faxing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æksɪŋ
Forms: form: faxings
Senses: examples: text: […] the faxings, the phone calls, and the strategy sessions that resulted, for instance, in there being enough shade for trout in Taneum Creek […]
ref: 2005, Paul J. Lindholdt, Derrick Knowles, Holding Common Ground (page 68)
glosses: The sending of a fax message.
doodling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of doodle
doodling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doodlings
Senses: examples: text: So the persistent researcher may still track down at least a few of Wilde’s own annotations and doodlings and wine stains and broken spines, parsing them for whatever they may reveal.
ref: 2009 August 9, Michael Shae, “Wilde’s Library”, in New York Times:
glosses: Something doodled; a careless sketch.
dockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of docker
docker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑkɚ/
Forms: form: dockers
Etymology: From dock (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who performs docking, as of tails.
glosses: One who engages in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).
Derived terms: docker hole
dockerin
roller docker
docker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑkɚ/
Forms: form: dockers
Etymology: From dock (noun) + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dockworker.
synonyms: word: dockworker
denials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denial
Q&A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q&As
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Q and A.
green state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green states
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A U.S. state perceived as environmentally friendly.
examples: text: Indeed, the emergence of a debate about the nature of the green state has been one of the most significant contemporary developments in green political theory.
ref: 2007, Neil Carter, The Politics of the Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy - Page 60
topics: government
politics
glosses: The environmental policies in a given nation state which drive economics.
Related terms: blue state
purple state
red state
dashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dasher
creepiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of creepy: most creepy
creepier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of creepy: more creepy
croaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of croak
croaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of croak
chakras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chakra
caramels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caramel
braised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹeɪzd/
rhymes: -eɪzd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of braise