cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
proctodeum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒktəˈdiːəm/
Forms: form: proctodeums
form: proctodea
form: proctodaeum
form: proctodæum
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “rectum”) + a latinized and nominalized form of Ancient Greek ὁδαῖος (hodaîos, “on the way”). Compare stomodeum, urodeum, coprodeum, and phallodeum.
Senses: examples: text: The proctodeum is slightly larger than the urodeum in most species. It is separated from the urodeum by the uroproctodeal fold.
ref: 2015, Brian Speer, Current Therapy in Avian Medicine and Surgery, page 334:
glosses: The back ectodermal part of an alimentary canal.
Derived terms: proctodeal
Related terms: hind gut
hind intestine
nonculturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + culturable.
Senses: glosses: Not culturable.
unculturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + culturable.
Senses: glosses: Not culturable.
gammaproteobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gammaproteobacterium
exgratia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ex gratia.
exgratia
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ex gratia.
OTA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OTAs
Senses: topics: communication
communications
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of over-the-air.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of operational transconductance amplifier.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Initialism of online travel agency/agent.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of on-time arrival.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of optical tube assembly (of a telescope).
Coordinate terms: sense: over-the-air
word: cable
sense: over-the-air
word: FTA
sense: over-the-air
word: IR
sense: over-the-air
word: RF
sense: over-the-air
word: wireless
sense: operational transconductance amplifier
word: OA
sense: operational transconductance amplifier
word: opamp
sense: operational transconductance amplifier
word: operational amplifier
sense: on-line travel agent/agency
word: travel agency
sense: on-line travel agent/agency
word: travel agent
sense: on-time arrival
word: ETA
sense: on-time arrival
word: ETD
sense: on-time arrival
word: OTD
OTAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OTA
magmalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magmalike
form: most magmalike
Etymology: From magma + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The reason for this was the great acceleration of life itself, the magmalike mixture of everything coming together at once: technology, education, the economy, and the media.
ref: 2002, Joe S. Harrington, Sonic cool: the life and death of rock 'n' roll, page 155:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of magma.
bruxisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bruxism
hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme involved in pyruvate metabolism.
gregoryite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Gregory + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral containing calcium, carbon, oxygen, potassium and sodium.
grisled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grisled
form: most grisled
Senses: examples: text: And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:12:
glosses: Obsolete form of grizzled.
have had one's chips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has had one's chips
form: having had one's chips
form: had had one's chips
form: had had one's chips
Senses: examples: text: He must have had his chips, she thought, and our children will be born fatherless.
ref: 2005, Edward Blishen, Kingfisher Treasury of Super Cool Stories, page 118:
glosses: To be dead or finished.
hypercarnivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypercarnivores
Etymology: From hyper- + carnivore.
Senses: examples: text: Most sharks are hypercarnivores.
glosses: Any animal whose diet is predominantly (more than 70%) meat from animals.
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleobiology
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any creature with an increased slicing component of dentition relative to the grinding component.
Related terms: hypercarnivorous
hypercarnivory
hypercarnivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypercarnivore
hypercarnivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypercarnivorous
form: most hypercarnivorous
Etymology: From hyper- + carnivorous.
Senses: glosses: Being or pertaining to a hypercarnivore.
patientives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patientive
nonlexicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lexicalized.
Senses: glosses: Not lexicalized.
hypersymmetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + symmetry.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: symmetry in more than two dimensions
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: extended supersymmetry
Related terms: hypersymmetric
hypersymmetrical
hyloist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyloists
form: hylist
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “matter”) + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: But, leaving for the present, as far as relates to the material world, the materialists, hyloists, and antihyloists, to settle this point among them […]: we may very safely assert that the esse of happiness is percipi. It exists as it is perceived.
ref: 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, section VII:
glosses: Someone who believes that matter is God, or that there is no distinction between the two; a materialist.
Synonyms: hylotheist
hyloism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hylo- + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hylotheism.
hyloists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyloist
insert song
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insert songs
Senses: examples: text: Fushigi Yuugi - some of the insert songs are weak, but the BGM and op/ed make up for it.
ref: 1998, jinrou, “[Poll] Series w/ best music”, in rec.arts.anime.music (Usenet):
text: Can anyone tell me the title of the insert song from epsiode^([sic]) 40 that occurs about halfway through?
ref: 2001, Erky the Sanctimonious Pundit, “Card Captor Sakura insert song”, in rec.arts.anime.music (Usenet):
glosses: A piece of incidental music in anime.
insert songs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insert song
Jade Emperor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪd ˈɛmpəɹə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪd ˈɛmpɹə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪd ˈɛmpəɹɚ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪd ˈɛmpɹɚ/
Forms: form: the Jade Emperor
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 玉皇 (Yùhuáng) or 玉帝 (Yù Dì, “Jade Emperor”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The lord of the Celestial Hierarchy, ruling over Heaven, Earth, and Hell.
prepayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + payable.
Senses: glosses: To be paid, or paid for, in advance.
glosses: Able or capable of being prepaid.
Derived terms: prepayability
maledom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪl.dəm/
rhymes: -eɪldəm
Etymology: From male + -dom (“group”).
Senses: examples: text: There is a gender connotation here also, with the second power rhetoric clearly identified with maledom...
ref: 1995, Brian Sutton-Smith, Anthony D. Pellegrini, The future of play theory, page 287:
coordinate_terms: femaledom
glosses: Men considered as a group; mankind.
maledom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪl.dəm/
rhymes: -eɪldəm
ipa: /ˈmeɪlˌdɒm/
ipa: /ˈmeɪlˌdɑm/
rhymes: -eɪldɒm
ipa: /ˈmeɪl.dəm/
rhymes: -eɪldəm
Forms: form: maledoms
Etymology: From male + -dom (“domination”).
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Male domination; a sexual practice in which men dominate women or other people.
examples: text: And these things are better coming from a femsub like her because you so often dismiss criticism from maledoms as proof that they can't take competition.
ref: 1997, Anthony & Joy Hilbert, “Attention Joy gets (was: Woofie on Trust)”, in alt.personals.bondage (Usenet):
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A male dominator in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
Coordinate terms: word: daddy dom
word: femdom
word: femboydom
topics: pornography
media
sexuality
lifestyle
word: futadom
counternotice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counternotices
Etymology: From counter- + notice.
Senses: examples: text: Draper (1990) produced a harsh result for the tenant who responded to a section 25 notice by a counternotice and an application to the court for a new tenancy […]
ref: 1995, Douglas Scarrett, Property Asset Management:
topics: law
glosses: A legal notice sent in reply to an earlier notice from an opposing party.
Synonyms: counternotification
counternotices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counternotice
leaderlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From leaderless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without a leader.
leaderettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaderette
velaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velarium
utinam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utinams
Etymology: From Latin utinam.
Senses: examples: text: now can the Will which hath a power to run into velleities, and wishes of impossibilities, have any utinam of this.
ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10:
glosses: A fervent wish.
the cure is worse than the disease
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From Latin aegrescit medendo (literally “it worsens with healing”) attributed to Virgil in book XII of the Aeneid.
Senses: glosses: The medical treatment for an illness produces a worse net result than the illness does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via adverse effects.
examples: text: Regarding the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act and other repeals of financial regulations, or even in legislating new financial regulations, you have to be careful that the cure is not worse than the disease.
ref: 2014-06-11, Robert Johnson The Real News Network
glosses: The solution or proposed solution to a problem produces a worse net result than the problem does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via unintended consequences.
Igors
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Igor
Igors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Igor
base on balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bases on balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An instance where the batter is allowed to go directly to first base without the possibility of being put out, due to the opposing pitcher delivering four balls.
Synonyms: word: walk
Related terms: catcher interference
hit by pitch
times on base
catcher interference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catcher interferences
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An instance of a hitter being awarded first bases, due to the catcher touching the batter's bat during his or her time at bat.
Related terms: walk
base on balls
hit by pitch
Mb/s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mb/s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mbps.
Marks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mark
Marks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Mark.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.
Derived terms: Finlay-Marks syndrome
Related terms: Bevis Marks
dured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dure
dureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dure + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dure
victorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Victoria + -ium, after the British queen.
Senses: glosses: A supposed chemical element discovered in 1898, later found to be a mixture of rare earths.
vimen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vimina
Etymology: From Latin vimen.
Senses: glosses: A long flexible shoot or branch of a plant.
Related terms: viminal
vimineous
vimina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vimen
Neustadt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Neustadts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Neustadt.
Senses: glosses: A city in Ontario, Canada.
glosses: Any of various cities and towns in Germany.
glosses: Any of various cities and towns in Germany.
A town in Titisee-Neustadt, Baden-Württemberg.
glosses: A habitational surname from German.
Related terms: Neustadt in Holstein
Wiener Neustadt
seponated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seponate
leader of the opposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaders of the opposition
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Alternative form of Leader of the Opposition.
Westminster parliamentary system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Westminster parliamentary systems
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Westminster system.
minority leader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minority leaders
form: Minority Leader
Senses: examples: text: Jeffries, 52, will assume the role of minority leader when the new Congress is sworn in early next year, inheriting the position held for nearly two decades by Pelosi, a towering figure in Democratic politics who was the first female speaker.
ref: 2022 November 30, Lauren Gambino, “House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as first Black leader in Congress”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: In each of the legislative chambers of the United States Congress—the United States Senate and the House of Representatives—the elected member selected by the members of the political party with the second-largest number of elected members, who serves as principal spokesperson for the members of that party in that chamber and who plays a leading role in creating policies and strategies governing his or her party's business in that chamber.
Related terms: Leader of the Opposition
majority leader
Minority Leader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Minority Leaders
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of minority leader.
coatstands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coatstand
coat stands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coat stand
coatracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coatrack
coat racks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coat rack
clothes trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothes tree
hat racks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hat rack
coat trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coat tree
hat trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hat tree
coat-racks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coat-rack
coat-stands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coat-stand
tinstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tinstones
Etymology: From tin + stone.
Senses: glosses: The mineral cassiterite.
tinstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tinstone
hypomanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypomanic
schizophasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizophasias
Etymology: From schizo- + -phasia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Word salad: a nonsensical, often repetitious assemblage of words, typical of mental disorders such as schizophrenia.
Related terms: schizophasic
schizophasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more schizophasic
form: most schizophasic
Etymology: From schizophasia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or pertaining to schizophasia.
schizophasic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizophasics
Etymology: From schizophasia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: One who exhibits schizophasia.
schizophasics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schizophasic
word salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of word salad
Wernicke's aphasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜːnɪkəz əˈfeɪʒə/
ipa: /ˈvɜːnɪkiːz əˈfeɪʒə/
ipa: /ˈvɝnɪkəz əˈfeɪʒə/
ipa: /ˈvɝnɪkiz əˈfeɪʒə/
Etymology: Named after Carl Wernicke, a German neurologist and psychiatrist.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A type of aphasia traditionally associated with neurological damage to Wernicke's area in the brain; the patient speaks with normal grammar, syntax, and intonation, but may use the wrong words or insert non-existent words.
schizophasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schizophasia
Wernicke's area
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wernicke's areas
Etymology: Named after Carl Wernicke, a German neurologist and psychiatrist.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, one of two parts of the cerebral cortex linked with speech (the other being Broca's area).
Derived terms: Wernicke's aphasia
Wernicke's command
Werner complexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Werner complex
Jaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, literally “victory”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the demigod gatekeepers (the other being Vijaya) of the abode of Vishnu.
glosses: The twenty-seventh year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
thugging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thug + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: How do the unions enforce this policy? […] It is enforced by crime, by murder, by arson, by dynamite, by thugging and by the bludgeon.
glosses: thuggery; the behaviour of a thug
thugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From thug + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thug
Middle Easterner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Middle Easterners
Etymology: From Middle Eastern + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person from or originating from the Middle East.
jaylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jaylike
form: most jaylike
Etymology: From jay + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the jay, a bird.
curatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curatrixes
form: curatrices
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cūrātrīx. By surface analysis, curator + -trix.
Senses: glosses: A female curator, guardian, or custodian
examples: the curatrix of diseases
glosses: A female who cures.
Synonyms: curatress
curatrixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curatrix
curatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curatrix
curatress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curatresses
Etymology: From curator + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female curator.
Synonyms: curatrix
curatresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curatress
donkey vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donkey votes
form: donkey-vote
Etymology: From donkey (“fool”) + vote. Donkeys are typically depicted as clumsy and lacking intelligence (see ass), and donkey voters are typically people who know little about politics.
Senses: examples: text: The share of preferences going from the Progress Party to the Democrats was swollen, if not almost wholly accounted for, by donkey votes.
ref: 1979, Howard Rae Penniman, editor, The Australian National Elections of 1977, page 325:
text: Examination of the 1984 and 1987 federal elections showed the donkey vote to be worth about 0.65% of the formal vote (Peetz 1989:469).
ref: 1993, John Craig, Australian Politics: A Source Book, page 178:
text: This needs to be tempered somewhat: Voting systems that require electors to express preferences they may not in fact possess are susceptible to random effects such as the so-called donkey-vote phenomenon observed for federal elections in Australia, in which some electors simply number sequentially from 1 onward down the ballot paper.
ref: 2000, Shaun Bowler, Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta Under the Single Transferable Vote, page 56:
glosses: The act of casting a vote, in an election using a preferential voting system, by specifying the candidates in the order in which they are listed on the ballot paper (i.e., by numbering the choices sequentially from top to bottom, ignoring what they represent); a vote so cast.
Hypernyms: vote
Related terms: donkey voter
donkey voter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donkey voters
form: donkey-voter
Etymology: From donkey vote + -er (agent noun suffix).
Senses: examples: text: One is the donkey vote, which is thought to account for three per cent. of all votes cast. Donkey voters mark their papers one-two-three straight down the ticket.
ref: 1963, Nation, numbers 110-134, page 83:
text: We can estimate the numbers of donkey voters because the ALP Senate candidate Healy headed the Senate list at the same election.
ref: 1967, Raewyn Connell, Florence Gould, Politics of the Extreme Right: Warringah 1966, page 89:
text: The Senate vote for any party in any State will benefit from a ‘windfall’ from the ‘donkey voters’ (ie those who vote straight down and across the ballot) if that party wins the first place on the ballot paper — which is decided by lot.
ref: 1983, Leslie Finlay Crisp, Australian National Government, page 219:
glosses: A voter who casts a donkey vote.
donkey votes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donkey vote
donkey voters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donkey voter
unspankable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unspankable
form: most unspankable
Etymology: From un- + spankable.
Senses: examples: text: Flat, unspankable buttocks. Large aureoles on tiny breasts. Unlike his gold engagement ring, she isn't made to measure.
ref: 1994, Craig Raine, History: the home movie, page 181:
glosses: Unsuitable for spanking.
semifictionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + fictionalized.
Senses: glosses: Partly fictionalized.
Martian poetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Martianism
type safety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From type + safety.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
software-compilation
glosses: The extent to which a programming language is type-safe.
Related terms: typesafe
type-safe
Martianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Martian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a kind of surrealism in which familiar things are described in unfamiliar ways.
Synonyms: Martian poetry
Unwinesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Unwinesque
form: most Unwinesque
Etymology: From Unwin + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), British comedian and inventor of a playful style of gibberish called Unwinese.
Blankshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From blank + shire.
Senses: examples: text: "Dooced good fishing in Blankshire," threw in Charlie Mayne.
ref: 1878, John Byrne Leicester Warren, Salvia Richmond:
text: That might, however, turn into, 'A senior officer today said that Blankshire District Council spends too much time and money in training'.
ref: 1999, Mark Fletcher, Managing communication in local government, page 84:
glosses: Used as an anonymous placeholder for the name of a British county.
blanknesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blankness
vblank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vblanks
Senses: topics: broadcasting
computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
television
glosses: Abbreviation of vertical blanking.
hblank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
television
glosses: Abbreviation of horizontal blanking.
mirrory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mirrory
form: most mirrory
Etymology: From mirror + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Do not be mean, I am ready for enormity. / Let us sit down to it, one on either side, admiring the gleam, / The glaze, the mirrory variety of it. Let us eat our last supper at it, like a hospital plate.
ref: 1962, Sylvia Plath, A Birthday Present:
glosses: Resembling a mirror; reflective.
Synonyms: mirrorlike
moccasined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From moccasin + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: To be sure, there was an exception in the curate, who would receive unblenching the information that the meadow beyond the orchard was a prairie studded with herds of buffalo, which it was our delight, moccasined and tomahawked, to ride down with those whoops that announce the scenting of blood.
ref: 1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 3:
text: The Bishop stood watching the flowing, supple movements of their arms and shoulders, the sure rhythm of their tiny moccasined feet, no larger than cottonwood leaves, as without a word of instruction they followed the irregular and strangely-accented music.
ref: 1927, Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Book VII, section 4, page 233:
glosses: Wearing moccasins.
Derived terms: bemoccasined
mocassined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of moccasined.
moonshiny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moonshiny
form: most moonshiny
Etymology: From moonshine + -y.
Senses: examples: text: When Trim, as his custom was, after he had put my uncle Toby to bed, going down one moon-shiny night to see that every thing was right at his fortifications—in the lane separated from the bowling-green with flowering shrubs and holly—he espied his Bridget.
ref: 1759, Laurence Sterne, chapter 17, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume II:
text: “Oh, the falls!—they are a thing to be looked at on a moonshiny night, by your Aunt Sarah and that gay old bachelor, Colonel Singleton; but a fellow like myself never shows surprise, unless it may be at such a touch as this.”
ref: 1821, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 35, in The Spy:
coordinate_terms: sunshiny
glosses: Moonlit; lit by moonlight.
examples: text: Canvassing it was like fishing for salmon: you might throw out anything in the shape of a fly, the most gaudy, the most moonshiny, the most unlife-like and unrealizable thing that could be fastened upon a hook […]
ref: 1853, Broomhill: Or, The County Beauties, page 7:
glosses: Crazy; nonsensical; ludicrous.
Synonyms: sense: moonlit
word: moonlight
Bukovina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bucovina
Etymology: From a Slavic language, literally, “beech forest”, see Russian Букови́на (Bukovína) for more.
Senses: glosses: A historical region of Eastern Europe on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and adjoining plains, currently split between Romania and Ukraine.
Bucovina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bukovina: A historical region of Eastern Europe on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and adjoining plains, currently split between Romania and Ukraine.
movieland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From movie + -land.
Senses: glosses: The industry of films and filmmaking.
glosses: The fictitious world where films are set.
Synonyms: filmland
Related terms: slumberland
stageland
storyland
videoland
filmland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From film + land.
Senses: glosses: The industry of films and filmmaking.
glosses: The fictitious world where films are set.
Synonyms: movieland
Related terms: slumberland
storyland
videoland
Shotokan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Japanese 松濤館流, Shōtōkan-ryū.
Senses: glosses: A style of karate based on strength and power.
storyland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From story + -land.
Senses: examples: text: Thanks also go to my husband for his tireless support—for reading early drafts, brainstorming, and proofreading, and for making sure we have food, clean dishes, and, most important, cat food whenever I'm lost in storyland.
ref: 2010, Allyson James, Stormwalker:
glosses: The fictitious world where stories are set.
Related terms: dreamland
filmland
movieland
slumberland
mudder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mudders
Etymology: From mud + -er.
Senses: synonyms: mudlark
glosses: A racehorse that performs well on muddy or wet tracks.
mudder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mudders
form: MUDer
form: MUDder
Etymology: From MUD + -er.
Senses: examples: text: For mudders like myself (an AI researcher), ’bots and their associated likely behavior patterns are old hat.
ref: 1993, Leonard N. Foner, “What's an Agent, Anyway? A Sociological Case Study”, in MIT Media Lab, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022:
text: You will not find any stock. You will not find any easy mobs. You will not find any +100 dam 'big swords of I win'. You will not find twink mudders. You will not hear about how Jim the Kewl dOOd scored last night at his sister's birthday party. You will not find bots.
ref: 1997, Gov't Cheeze, “[AD/REQUEST] Builders and Players (twinks need not apply)”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet):
glosses: A participant in a multi-user dungeon.
mudder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mudders
Senses: examples: text: What about me? I wanna be in your myorsical! I can be the orphan! Oh, where is my mudder-dee-doo?
ref: 2006 August 14, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “No Hands On Deck!”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Coach Z (Matthew Chapman):
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of mother.
silverskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverskins
form: silver skin
Etymology: From silver + skin.
Senses: glosses: A silverskin onion.
glosses: A thin inner skin of a coffee bean.
glosses: The tough, thin membrane of muscle, especially as found in preparing meats.
silverskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silverskin
mucousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mucous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being mucous
Synonyms: mucosity
murally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mural + -ly.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: With a mural crown; found chiefly in the phrases murally crowned and murally gorged.
Related terms: extramurally
intramurally
mushmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mushmouths
Etymology: From mush + mouth.
Senses: glosses: Someone who has a muffled or otherwise unclear voice.
glosses: Synonym of skipjack tuna.
synonyms: word: skipjack tuna
Related terms: mushmouthed
nonanswerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + answerable.
Senses: glosses: Not answerable.
mutest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mute: most mute
muther
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muthers
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of mother.
narcissistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more narcissistically
form: most narcissistically
Etymology: From narcissistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a narcissistic manner
mushmouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mushmouth
neology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neologies
Etymology: From neo- + -logy. In the theological sense, originally implying its proponents were innovators departing from religious tradition.
Senses: examples: text: The word burned through the thin, dry-timbered wall of political neology in 1984, as Senator John Glenn’s campaign manager in South Carolina, John Lawson, told the A.P. that Glenn’s campaign “considered six Deep South states to be the crucial states for Glenn — the fire wall, if you will, between Mondale and the nomination.”
ref: 2008 February 24, William Safire, “Bird-Dog Minute”, in New York Times:
glosses: The study or art of neologizing (creating new words).
examples: text: What else can be the tendency of such miserably gratuitous assertions, but to plant the pernicious germs of Continental and Anglican neology and rationalism in the breasts of fledgling “ministers” of the Church?
ref: 1876, Moses Margoliouth, The Lord’s Prayer No Adaptation of Existing Jewish Petitions […], page 146:
text: Neology was the most influential religious movement during the second half of the eighteenth century in Protestant Germany. […] The adherents of the movement sought true Christianity, or natural religion, by way of historical-critical study of the Bible and critical examination of Christian doctrines.
ref: 1995, Sabine Roehr, A Primer on German Enlightenment […], →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: A reformist school of 18th- and 19th-century Christian theology influenced by doctrinal rationalism and the methods of historical criticism.
Derived terms: neological
Related terms: nealogy
neologian
neologism
neologist
neologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neology
commonish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more commonish
form: most commonish
Etymology: From common + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: His mother, you know, was a commonish sort of person.
ref: 1855, Ann Sophia Stephens, The old homestead, page 248:
glosses: Somewhat common or vulgar.
neologizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neologizers
form: neologiser
Etymology: From neologize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The most verbally innovative of our authors and our all-time champion neologizer, Shakespeare made up more than 8.5 percent of his written vocabulary.
ref: 1999, Richard Lederer, The Miracle of Language, page 87:
text: For most words, the neologizer (or neologizers -- new words, like teenage trends or the calculus, are likely to pop up at the same time in very different places) is anonymous, although there are some exceptions.
ref: 2002 August 25, Erin McKean, “THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 8-25-02: ON LANGUAGE; Neologist”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Someone who neologizes; a coiner of new words.
Synonyms: neologist
neologiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neologisers
form: neologizer
Etymology: From neologise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who neologises; a coiner of new words.
neologizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neologizer
neologisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neologiser
need-to-know
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 10 to 2 a.m., X, Yogi DMT and a box of Krispy Kremes
In my need-to-know post just outside of Area 51
Contemplating the whole "Chosen People" thingy
When just a flaming stealth banana split the sky
Like one would hope, but never really expect to see in a place like this
ref: 2006, “Rosetta Stoned”, performed by Tool:
glosses: (of information) given to another only when necessary.
need-to-know
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: need-to-knows
Senses: glosses: Something that one needs to know; a piece of necessary information.
Related terms: on a need-to-know basis
eyes-only
neologise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: neologises
form: neologising
form: neologised
form: neologised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of neologize.
Derived terms: neologiser
netphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netphones
Etymology: From net + phone (from a trademark?).
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A telephone that connects through the Internet.
Synonyms: webphone
topman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topmen
Etymology: From top + -man.
Senses: examples: text: There, when not actually engaged on the yards yet higher aloft, the topmen, who as such had been picked out for youth and activity, constituted an aerial club lounging at ease against the smaller stun'sails rolled up into cushions, spinning yarns like the lazy gods, and frequently amused with what was going on in the busy world of the decks below.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The man stationed in the top on a sailing vessel, responsible for the setting of the sails
glosses: The uppermost sawyer in a sawpit; a topsman.
examples: text: Back in the alcove I watched as a bearded daddy type whipped a guy who was bent over the sawhorse. The topman kept the tip of his tongue poked between his lips like a little kid hard at work in a coloring book.
ref: 1989 February 12, Christopher Wittke, “A Leather Belt Is The Perfect Accessory...”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 30, page 8:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A top, dom.
webphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webphones
Etymology: From Web + phone (from a trademark?).
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A telephone that connects through the Internet.
Synonyms: netphone
patchworky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more patchworky
form: most patchworky
Etymology: From patchwork + -y.
Senses: glosses: Like patchwork; untidy, variegated, higgledy-piggledy.
patchworked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of patchwork
neurolemma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurolemmas
form: neurolemmata
Etymology: From neuro- + lemma.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.
Synonyms: neurilemma
sheath of Swann
Derived terms: neurolemmal
neurolemmocyte
neurolemmoma
neurolemmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurolemma
blahdy blah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blah blah blah.
netsplitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of netsplit
netsplitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of netsplit
blahdy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blahdy
form: most blahdy
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of bloody.
topmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topman
Newf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Newfoundland.
gianduja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒænˈduː.jə/
ipa: /d͡ʒɑnˈdu.jə/
rhymes: -uːjə
Forms: form: giandujas
form: gianduia
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian gianduia, gianduja, named after Gianduja, a Piedmontese stock character in the commedia dell'arte, in reference to its place of origin. From Piedmontese Giandoja (literally “John-o'-the-jug”).
Senses: glosses: A Piedmontese preparation of chocolate containing about 50 percent hazelnut and almond paste.
New Norwegian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Nynorsk; Norwegian as spoken after 1500, and the written language that is based on this
Related terms: Bokmål
Norwegian
Old Norwegian
DiGeorge syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after pediatric endocrinologist Angelo DiGeorge, who described the syndrome in 1968.
Senses: qualifier: medical genetics
glosses: A syndrome caused by the deletion of a small piece of chromosome 22 in humans, associated with various birth defects.
Synonyms: word: CATCH 22 syndrome
New Forest pony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Forest ponies
Senses: glosses: A horse of a breed indigenous to the New Forest in Hampshire, England.
Synonyms: New Forester
New Forester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Foresters
Etymology: From New Forest + -er.
Senses: glosses: A New Forest pony.
glosses: Someone who lives in the New Forest.
Hampshirite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hampshirites
Etymology: From Hampshire + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: But April is a whimsical month when Vermonters and Hampshirites alike are disposed to antic adventures such as trekking to Boston to get married or to New York to see the sights.
ref: 1959, Charles Morrow Wilson, The Magnificent Scufflers: Revealing the Great Days when America Wrestled the World, Stephen Greene Press, page 60:
text: He had to keep his mutually jealous Hampshire and Berkshire supporters in reasonable alignment, had to fight the county patriotism of the Hampshirites and their desire to give the palm to a native son, and had to counteract the foul rumor spread by a Deerfield minister that he was a Deist.
ref: 1965, Richard E. Welch, Theodore Sedgwick, Federalist: A Political Portrait, Wesleyan University Press, page 67
text: Though [John] Stark might thumb his nose at Schuyler, the hated Dutchman, who begged the temperamental Hampshirite to bring his following to the Continental camp, he would fight in command of his own kind, in defense of his own soil.
ref: 1977, Don Higginbotham, The War of American Independence: military attitudes, policies, and practice, 1763-1789, page 192:
text: [...] and even the poorest farmer saw enough fraud and subterfuge in the business dealings of his neighbors to recognize double dealing and extortion when he saw it. One militant Hampshirite put New York's seemingly generous offer of half-fees in perspective remarking that it would make as much sense to him if a man who "owned a tract of land in Boston town ... might apply to the Governor of New York to give him a grant for half fees."
ref: 1980, Vermont History, volumes 48-49, page 82:
text: Of course, her associations with other leading civic groups, etc., could provide a terrific liaison among Hampshirites who take their civic duties seriously and make CDP all the more effective.
ref: a. 1985, in J. William Pfeiffer (editor), A Handbook of Structured Experiences for Human Relations Training, volumes 1-4, University Associates (1985), page 55
glosses: Someone from New Hampshire, USA.
Related terms: english: someone from the US state of New Hampshire
translation: someone from the US state of New Hampshire
word: New Hampshirite
tadpolish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tadpolish
form: most tadpolish
Etymology: From tadpole + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The swampy pools, such as the jungle abounds in, seem to be her ideal. The eggs in due course of time hatch out into tiny tadpolish larvae.
ref: 1912, Arthur Bullard, Panama: the canal, the country and the people:
text: In the case of the human figure, the lowest level of the scale represents a global or tadpolish figure...
ref: 2004, Claire Golomb, The child's creation of a pictorial world, page 306:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tadpole.
Synonyms: tadpoley
nose grind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose grinds
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
glosses: Alternative form of nosegrind.
nosegrind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosegrinds
Etymology: From nose + grind.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
glosses: A trick where the skater grinds with only the front truck of the board.
nosegrind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nosegrinds
form: nosegrinding
form: nosegrinded
form: nosegrinded
Etymology: From nose + grind.
Senses: glosses: To perform a nosegrind.
noseslide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noseslides
Etymology: From nose + slide.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
glosses: A boardslide performed on the nose.
noseslide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From nose + slide.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
glosses: to perform a noseslide
decollation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decollations
Etymology: From the Latin decollatus, from de + collum.
Senses: examples: text: She was borne Jan. 29ᵗʰ, morning, scil. the day before the anniversary-day of the king's [Charles I of England] decollation.
ref: 1669–1696 (date written), John Aubrey, “Deborah Aubrey”, in Andrew Clark, editor, ‘Brief Lives,’ Chiefly of Contemporaries, […], volume I (A–H), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1898, →OCLC, page 34:
text: His Majeſty K. Ch. the firſt; to whoſe body after his decollation in the latter end of Jan. 1648 he put his hands to open and embalm, and when that was done, he ſewed his head to his body
ref: 1691, [Anthony Wood], Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the End of the Year 1690. […], volume II (Completing the Whole Work), London: […] Tho[mas] Bennet […], →OCLC, column 765:
text: The epoch of the Martyrs here [in Cordova] began with the decollation of the priest Perfecto, in 850.
ref: 1912, J. D. M. Ford, “Spain”, in Charles G[eorge] Herbermann, Edward A[loysius] Pace, Condé B[enoist] Pallen, Thomas J[oseph] Shahan, John J[oseph] Wynne, editors, The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, volume XIV (Simony–Tournely), New York, N.Y.: Robert Appleton Company, →OCLC, page 178, column 1:
glosses: The act of beheading someone.
glosses: A picture of a decapitation, especially of the head of St John the Baptist on a charger.
glosses: The festival of the Baptist, celebrated on 29 August.
Related terms: decollate
nose slide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose slides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of noseslide.
nonsyncopated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + syncopated.
Senses: glosses: Not syncopated.
disapparates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disapparate
disapparated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disapparate