cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
take the front seat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the front seat
form: taking the front seat
form: took the front seat
form: taken the front seat
Senses: examples: text: In survival, clean water takes the front seat.
glosses: to take priority
Related terms: in the driver's seat
take a back seat
take the cake
uranomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ouranomancy
Etymology: From urano- + -mancy.
Senses: examples: text: The chart ... begins with a text description of uranomancy -- diving events by observing natural phenomenon in the sky.
ref: 2014, Jerry Brotton, Great Maps, DK, page 36:
glosses: Divination using the heavens.
Eogene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈiəˌd͡ʒin/
Forms: form: more Eogene
form: most Eogene
Etymology: From eo- + -gene. From Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + γενεά (geneá, “generation”).
Senses: glosses: Former name of Paleogene.
Eogene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈiəˌd͡ʒin/
Etymology: From eo- + -gene. From Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + γενεά (geneá, “generation”).
Senses: glosses: Former name of Paleogene.
ct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of court.
Gatley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8488).
Anez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Áñez.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
DeKalb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DeKalbs
Etymology: From de Kalb.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of DeKalb County.
glosses: A surname. Alternative form of de Kalb.
globie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: globies
Etymology: From globe + -ie.
Senses: qualifier: Flat Earth slang
glosses: Someone who believes that Earth is round, as opposed to flat.
Stone Mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in Appalachians, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, a quartz monzonite dome monadnock former pluton igneous intrusion, containing the world's largest bas relief, of three Confederate leaders on horseback.
glosses: Said carving.
glosses: A city in DeKalb, Georgia, United States. Ellipsis of Stone Mountain Village. Named after the mountain.
glosses: An unincorporated region of DeKalb and Gwinnett, Georgia, United States, surrounding the mountain.
glosses: A mountain in Descartes Highlands, Moon.
Synonyms: sense: mountain
word: Lone Mountain
sense: mountain
word: Crystal Mountain
sense: mountain
word: Rock Fort Mountain
sense: mountain
english: former names
translation: former names
word: Rock Mountain
sense: Stone Mountain Village
word: Rock Mountain
sense: Stone Mountain Village
word: New Gibraltar
sense: Stone Mountain Village
english: former names
translation: former names
word: Shermantown
sense: Rock Mountain (former name)
word: unincorporated region of DeKalb and Gwinnett counties
cassowary plum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cassowary plums
Senses: glosses: A plant, Cerbera floribunda, which uses cassowaries to spread its seeds.
glosses: The fruit of the plant, a poisonous blue plum sized-and-shaped fruit, eaten by the frugivorous cassowaries.
nontextualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A legal theory that rejects textualism.
nontextualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nontextualists
Senses: glosses: An adherent of nontextualism; a legal theorist who is not a textualist.
nontextualists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontextualist
nonoriginalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + originalism.
Senses: glosses: A legal theory that rejects originalism and thus allows interpretations of a legal text other than those intended by its authors.
jewel tone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jewel tones
Senses: glosses: Any of various deep, rich hues.
jewel tones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jewel tone
Bethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Beth + Daryl.
Senses: examples: text: For fans of the “Bethyl” romance, this would also allow Daryl to carry on a relationship with Beth free of the guilt of hurting Carol’s feelings.
ref: 2014 November 17, Lindsay Putnam, “Who will be the next to die on ‘The Walking Dead’?”, in New York Post:
text: While there are many die-hard Caryl and Bethyl shippers who have argued for Daryl’s heterosexuality, others have maintained that Daryl is gay.
ref: 2014 December 1, Amanda Michelle Steiner, “The Walking Dead: Creator Robert Kirkman Finally Reveals Daryl's Sexuality”, in People:
text: And before you know it, you've exploded vicious rhetoric on some poor Bethyl shipper on Tumblr who never saw it coming.
ref: 2016, Kathleen Smith, The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal, unnumbered page:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Beth Greene and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.
Caryl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Carol + Daryl.
Senses: examples: text: As much fun as it would be to imagine a "Darol" or "Caryl" relationship it just isn't true.
ref: 2016, Wayne Yuen, “Gruesome Walkers”, in Wayne Yuen, editor, The Ultimate Walking Dead and Philosophy: Hungry for More, page 247:
text: Richonne just seemed like something all of Tumblr was screaming for but might not ever happen (like Caryl, though I'm still gunning for that one), but now it's actually real.
ref: 2016 March 17, Danielle S. Tepper, “Top Five TV Power Couples”, in Town & Country Gazette, page 40:
text: Kirkman quoted the Internet page "Quotes On Caryl" dedicated to the Carol-Daryl relationship, […]
ref: 2018, Rikke Schubart, Mastering Fear: Women, Emotions, and Contemporary Horror, unnumbered page:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Carol Peletier and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.
tradewind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tradewinds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trade wind.
Haussa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Hausa.
Haussa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Hausa.
judiciary astrology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Judiciary astrology was one of those sciences, in which Carathis was a perfect adept.
ref: 1816, William Beckford, Vathek, Oxford, published 2013, page 8:
glosses: Judicial astrology.
isolation transformer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isolation transformers
Senses: glosses: A transformer used to transfer electrical power from a source of alternating current (AC) power to some equipment or device while galvanically isolating the device from the power source, usually for safety reasons.
Zutara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Zuko + Katara.
Senses: examples: text: Five times, reviewers ensured the author this was the best Zutara story they had read.
ref: 2014, Rincke de Bont, "The Appreciation of Storybending: An Exploration of Reviewing Practices in Online Avatar Fan Fiction", thesis submitted to Tilburg University, page 45
text: Ships are often given names, such as HMS Harmony (for Harry Potter and Hermione Grange from the Harry Potter universe) or Zutara (for Zuko and Katara, characters from the animated television show Avatar: The Last Airbender).
ref: 2016, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, page 11:
text: Konietzko, for his part, suggests a great awareness: “There were plenty of Makorra shippers out there, so if we had gone back on our decision and gotten those characters back together, would that have meant we caved in to those fans instead?....Trust me, I remember Kataang vs. Zutara.”
ref: 2017, Jake Pitre, "Rated Q for Queer: The Legend of Korra and the Evolution of Queer Reading", Reader Feather Journal, Volume 8, Number 2, Fall 2017, pages 29-30
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Zuko and Katara from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
wikipedia: Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Zuko
Jate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Jack + Kate.
Senses: examples: text: For example, a Jate shipper would say that “Jack and Kate are my OTP.”
ref: 2008, Jon Lachonis, Amy J. Johnston, Lost Ate My Life: The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other, unnumbered page:
text: Of course, 'Jate' fans may hope that she is destined to marry Jack, and become the 'Shephard' listed on the wall.
ref: 2010, Robert Dougherty, Lost: It Only Ends Once: An Unofficial Last Look, page 44:
text: I really enjoyed this episode – Jack and Kate get caught in a net (Loved the Jate this episode.)
ref: 2012, Erin Leslie, Lost After Lost, page 67:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Jack Shephard and Kate Austen from the television series Lost.
Derived terms: Jater
Saionjis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Saionji
Jater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jaters
Etymology: From Jate + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Jaters and Skaters started out like any other shipper groups, but as the seasons have progressed, so has the intensity level of the group members.
ref: 2008, Jon Lachonis, Amy J. Johnston, Lost Ate My Life: The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other, unnumbered page:
text: For five years, spanning a few hookups and many breakups, there was no answer – until the show made up its mind for the 'Jaters.'
ref: 2010, Robert Dougherty, Lost: It Only Ends Once: An Unofficial Last Look, page 240:
text: I am a complete Jater, but I can't deny Kate and Sawyer's connection.
ref: 2012, Erin Leslie, Lost After Lost, page 15:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A shipper of Jack and Kate from the television series Lost.
file managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of file manager
fragmentors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fragmentor
FPUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FPU
glass snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glass snake
ground hogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground hog
ice cream scoops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice cream scoop
cut-purse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut-purses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cutpurse.
cut-purses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cut-purse
Skater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Skaters
Etymology: From Skate + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Jaters and Skaters started out like any other shipper groups, but as the seasons have progressed, so has the intensity level of the group members.
ref: 2008, Jon Lachonis, Amy J. Johnston, Lost Ate My Life: The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other, unnumbered page:
text: The episode turned out to be the last hurrah for 'Skaters' as Kate finally gave up on Sawyer due to his Juliet-mourning.
ref: 2010, Robert Dougherty, Lost: It Only Ends Once: An Unofficial Last Look, page 241:
text: Sawyer asks Kate if she's ready to get wet. Skaters cheer loudly.
ref: 2010, Nikki Stafford, Finding Lost, Season Six, unnumbered page:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A shipper of Sawyer and Kate from the television series Lost.
tigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tig
Fat Thursday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fat Thursdays
Senses: examples: text: Rome celebrated its Giovedi Grasso, the Fat Thursday before Lent, with public mummery and carousing and did not listen to the prophets of political gloom.
ref: 1959 February 6, “Rome Celebrates Pre-Lenten Fete”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: Shrove Tuesday
glosses: The Thursday before the start of Lent.
Suliet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Sawyer + Juliet.
Senses: examples: text: The Suliet and Skate “shippers” (those who want to see Sawyer and Juliet or Sawyer and Kate together) went to war about whether Juliet was right or not.
ref: 2009, Nikki Stafford, Finding Lost, Season Five, unnumbered page:
text: If you’re a Suliet fan, then the defining moment is probably the dock scene from “LaFleur,” when Sawyer — using all his impossible powers of charm — convinces Juliet to stay on the island for just two more weeks.
ref: 2013 March 22, Darren Franich, “'Lost': Sawyer, Kate, and Juliet - Best TV Couple of All Time?”, in Entertainment Weekly:
text: But her heartfelt proclamation of love for Sawyer and his reaction to her imminent demise made many of us dig Suliet for the first (and last) time.
ref: 2015, James O'Ehley, Erin Willard, editors, The Take2 Guide to Lost: The Ultimate Compendium, unnumbered page:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Juliet Burke from the television series Lost.
flush mounting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: electrical installation
glosses: A type of mounting of a fixture, e.g. a socket so that the body of the fixture is inside the wall, leaving only a cover plate on top of the surface of the wall.
Holmes Chapel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally Hulme or Holme, with the addition of chapel.
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7667).
Prestbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9077).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Cheltenham borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9723).
fishman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishmen
Etymology: From Middle English fisscheman; equivalent to fish + -man.
Senses: examples: text: Without an exception, save ourselves, the boat was occupied by fishmen and fishwomen, returning from effecting their purchases at Billinsgate, and who availed themselves of this new mode of transit to reach the West End, without having the barriers of Fleet-street, the hills of Holborn, or the other localities which have to be traversed to reach from the city to the quarters where they had their business and connection.
ref: 1846, “Our Tattler”, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, page 175:
text: We arrived in the night, and all were asleep and still. But in the morning, what a Babel of sounds assailed and stunned us! There were fishmen and fishwomen in “schools”—boatmen and boatwomen—sailors, of every nation, “pulling and hauling”—artisans of every description plying the hammer and the axe—all mechanical powers in noisy operation—ponderous wagons of most thundering construction—men, women, and children yelling to the very top of their voices, to outcry each other in selling their wares.
ref: 1856, George Foxcroft Haskins, “Chapter V. — Marseilles”, in Travels in England, France, Italy, and Ireland, Boston: Donahoe, Patrick, page 29:
text: Fishmen and fishwomen, costermongers and other small traders, spit on their “hansel” (the first money they take); and boxers spit on their hands to make them deliver winning blows.
ref: 1899, William Thomas Fernie, Animal Simples: Approved for Modern Uses of Cure, page 412:
text: The butcher, the baker, the greengrocer, the old eggwoman, the vegetable dealer from the country, the fishman, every one who in any way purveyed to my little household, came to lay presents on the sunny engawa.
ref: 1907 April, Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, “At Home—Colonel and Mrs. Vladimir von Theill”, in As The Hague Ordains: Journal of a Russian Prisoner’s Wife in Japan, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 303:
glosses: A man who sells fish.
Hypernyms: word: fishmonger
word: ichthyopolist
Coordinate terms: alt: fishmongress
word: fishmongeress
word: fishwife
word: fishwoman
word: piscatrix
Related terms: Fishman
fishmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishman
VKA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VKAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Vitamin K antagonist.
all the sudden
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: set phrase
glosses: Alternative form of all of a sudden.
coppicer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coppicers
Senses: glosses: A person who coppices.
coppicers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coppicer
Tadjoura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Tadjourah.
Senses: glosses: A town in Djibouti.
Tadjourah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Tadjourah.
Senses: glosses: A region of Djibouti.
Strines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Strine
Strines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9786). Its railway station was formerly in Derbyshire.
unicorn puke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There is a bowl of what looks to be unicorn puke on one of the snack tables and I decide I will be the one who dares to try it. I dip the serving mug and pour the contents into my glass. A small crowd gathers to see if I will die. I sip. 'How is it?' a scarecrow asks. 'Fantastic,' I say. 'But I don't think it has alcohol in it.' 'I think it's just rainbow sherbet and Mountain Dew,' someone says. It's getting hard to tell who's who. 'I can fix that,' I say. I grab a bottle of vodka and tip a lingering pour into my unicorn puke. It adds just the perfect bite to the mix.
ref: 2016, Andy Futuro, Josephine Wins Again: A Novel, June Day Press, →ISBN, page 84:
text: The pizza is garnished with edible rainbow glitter, also known as 'unicorn puke.'
ref: 2018 June 27, Shelly Insheiwat, “Dagwoods serving up 'unicorn puke' rainbow glitter pizza”, in FOX 11 Los Angeles:
text: “Are you eating a pink glitter cupcake?” (..) He nods. “Honey, you wish you had this much fun right now.” She rolls her eyes. “Really? You're gonna eat that unicorn puke?”
ref: 2019, Cassie Faber, Frozen Memories, →ISBN, page 70:
text: I slide onto the stool across from the bartender and glance at the fine collection of liquor assembled across a 4-tiered shelf. On the very top row stand clear glass bottles with swirling liquids ranging from neon yellow and blue to unicorn puke.
ref: 2020, Alesha Escobar, The Wayward Wizard, Creative Alchemy, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: Synonym of unicorn vomit.
synonyms: word: unicorn vomit
sponge tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sponge taxes
Senses: examples: text: Following various versions of the Massachusetts estate tax in response to the changes in the Internal Revenue Code, in 2002, the Legislature amended § 2A to use a "sponge tax" calculation based upon the Federal credit for State death taxes that would have been allowable to a decedent's estate in 2000.
ref: 2020, Elspeth B. Cypher writing for the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Shaffer v. Commissioner of Revenue, case number SJC 12812https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2020/07/10/q12812.pdf
topics: law
glosses: An estate tax imposed by a state that was credited against the federal estate tax, raising revenue for a state without increasing the overall tax burden.
Styal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /staɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
homophone: stile
homophone: style
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8383).
hoobae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoobaes
form: hubae
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 후배(後輩) (hubae, “junior”). Doublet of kohai.
Senses: examples: text: I love Korean culture, especially the sunbae/hoobae relationship. And in baseball, you are always someone's sunbae or hoobae.
ref: 2010, "The Man in the Middle", Busan HAPS, October/November 2010, page 9
text: It is expected that hoobaes treat their sunbaes with respect.
ref: 2012, Seung Hee Yoo, David Matsumoto, “Korean Culture Explored Through Survey Research”, in Anastacia Kurylo, editor, Inter/Cultural Communication: Representation and Construction of Culture, page 400:
text: The sunbaes and hoobaes want to engage in an unofficial meet-and-greet mentoring session, especially to help the incoming freshmen.
ref: 2014, Ted Oh, "Korean Student Association makes promise for more inclusion", 30 October 2014, The Georgetown Voice (Georgetown University), page 14
text: Lea and Megan, my hubaes, thank you for the shared joy of all things K-drama and K-pop as it’s instilled a whole new level of love and appreciation for writing romance.
ref: 2022, A.J. Pine, Holding Out for a Cowboy, Sourcebooks, →ISBN:
glosses: An underclassman or junior, in the context of Korea.
qualifier: South Korean idol fandom
glosses: A newer or less experienced idol.
Coordinate terms: sunbae
sunbae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunbaes
form: seonbae
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 선배(先輩) (seonbae, “senior”). Doublet of senpai.
Senses: examples: text: When students start their freshmen year in college, they are taken care of by their sunbaes, who give them various advice about school.
ref: 2012, Seung Hee Yoo, David Matsumoto, “Korean Culture Explored Through Survey Research”, in Anastacia Kurylo, editor, Inter/Cultural Communication: Representation and Construction of Culture, page 400:
text: On September 14-15 of this year, led by their sunbaes (upperclassmen), excited students wearing blue for Yonsei and red for Korea University converged upon Jamsil Sports Complex to support their athletic teams in the tradition-laden sports competition.
ref: 2012, Tatyana Yun, "The Sound And The Passion: Yonko Games 2012", The UIC Scribe (Underwood International College, Yonsei University), Winter 2012, page 46
text: Minwoo was an active participant in Korean sporting clubs, hung out with Korean sunbaes [seniors] in his department and lived with Korean roommates in his dormitory.
ref: 2016, Julie Choi, Creating a Multivocal Self: Autoethnography as Method, page 55:
text: How many people had told her these things? She’d lost count. Family. Friends. Colleagues. Seonbaes.
ref: 2023, Hawon Jung, Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea’s Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women’s Rights Worldwide, BenBella Books, →ISBN:
glosses: An upperclassman or senior, in the context of Korea.
examples: text: While it did seem like TWICE was set on the fast track to stardom – after all, the JYP darlings were expected to follow in the footsteps of their 'Tell Me' sunbaes – their road to success was far from smooth-sailing.
ref: 2017 May, Chew Hui Ling, “All About The TWICEcoaster”, in Teenage, page 43:
text: Winner and iKon learned and grew by following their sunbaes' (seniors) footsteps.
ref: 2019 June 23, Sabah S. Themis, “YG Bows Out From His Entertainment Company”, in BusinessMirror, page 5:
text: The members were decked out in classic 90s fashion which was very reminiscent of their sunbaes H.O.T.
ref: 2019 August, Helen Rodgers, “NCT 127: Live In London”, in UKP Magazine, page 12:
qualifier: South Korean idol fandom
glosses: An older or more experienced idol, viewed as a veteran, mentor, or predecessor.
Coordinate terms: hoobae
beauty sleeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beauty sleep
Sough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Kelbrook and Sough parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9045).
Kelbrook and Sough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.
Related terms: Kelbrook
Sough
slow-down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slow-downs
Etymology: Deverbal from slow down.
Senses: examples: text: SR Operations Director David Simpson told RAIL that owing to social distancing and a slow-down in the supply chain, the '153s' had been delayed because the 'build phase' had not progressed as quickly as hoped.
ref: 2020 July 1, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: ScotRail's 'active travel' '153s' set for August arrival”, in Rail, page 24:
glosses: Alternative form of slowdown.
Friday night lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: high school football.
McDermott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McDermotts
form: MacDermot
form: McDermitt
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Diarmada (“son of Diarmaid”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Wombwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: local
ipa: /ˈwʊmwəl/
Forms: form: Wombwells
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Wamba or *Womba + wella (“well, spring”).
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3902).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Neapolitan wafer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neapolitan wafers
Etymology: Coined by Josef Manner (founder of Manner, who invented this type of wafer) in 1898. The hazelnuts they used were imported from the Naples region, hence "Neapolitan".
Senses: glosses: A layered wafer biscuit usually filled with chocolate cream.
wikipedia: Neapolitan wafer
bukakke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bukakke
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bukkake (sense 2).
globies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of globie
Ado Ekiti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city and state capital of Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Ondo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ondos
Etymology: Borrowed
* either from Basque ondo (“deep valley, ravine, gully”),
* or from Hungarian Ondó, from the given name Ond + -ó (archaic diminutive), hence unrelated to ondó (“semen”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Ondo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Yoruba Òǹdó.
Senses: glosses: A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Akure.
glosses: A city in Ondo State, Nigeria.
glosses: A historical kingdom in Nigeria.
glosses: A dialect of Yoruba spoken in Ondo State.
Ondo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Yoruba Òǹdó.
Senses: glosses: People of Ondo City, Ondo State, and/or Ondo Kingdom, collectively.
Ondo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Yoruba Òǹdó.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Ondo City, Ondo State, Ondo Kingdom, their people or their cultures.
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Ondo dialect of Yoruba.
heat-ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heat-rays
Etymology: The fictional sense was coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1896 in The War of the Worlds.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: ray-gun, ray gun, death ray, energy weapon
text: In the other cases the shells had missed, and the batteries had been at once annihilated by the Heat-Rays. Heavy losses of soldiers were mentioned[.]
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 125:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature.
glosses: Synonym of calorific ray.
synonyms: word: calorific ray
heat-rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heat-ray
wire gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wire guns
Senses: examples: text: Guns were in rapid transit from Windsor, Portsmouth, Aldershot, Woolwich - even from the north; among others, long wire guns of ninety-five tons from Woolwich.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 126:
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A former type of canon the construction of which included an internal layer of wire windings.
wire guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire gun
uncrisp
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncrisp
form: most uncrisp
Etymology: From un- + crisp.
Senses: examples: text: […] if a second crop was taken from the same ground without fertilizing it, the melons would be small and what we called soapy; that is, soft and smooth, utterly uncrisp, and without a trace of the lively freshness and sweetness of those raised on virgin soil.
ref: 1913, John Muir, chapter 6, in The Story of my Boyhood and Youth,, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 200:
glosses: Not crisp.
Not possessing firmness and freshness or brittleness (especially of foods).
synonyms: limp
soft
examples: text: […] from time to time a sort of unhealthy almost-light leaked from the large uncrisp corpse of the sky, returning for a moment to our view the ruined landscape.
ref: 1922, E. E. Cummings, chapter 12, in The Enormous Room, New York: Boni and Liveright, page 250:
glosses: Not crisp.
Not quick, precise, accurate or well-defined.
synonyms: messy
sloppy
blurry
examples: text: His light brown hair fell, in thin, uncrisp locks, about his white, prominent temples,
ref: 1855, Mary Anna Needell, chapter 2, in Catherine Irving, volume 1, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, pages 35–36:
glosses: Not crisp.
Not curling in stiff curls or ringlets (of hair).
synonyms: straight
uncrisp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncrisps
form: uncrisping
form: uncrisped
form: uncrisped
Etymology: From un- + crisp.
Senses: examples: text: [The] metal [of the coach], jouncing on the track, massaged his behind and his pants, uncrisping, were as wet from the mangy dog as from the sweat pouring out between his legs.
ref: 1978, Doris Schwerin, chapter 1, in Leanna,, New York: William Morrow, page 14:
glosses: To become less or not crisp.
examples: text: When his miserable life is over they lay him out—that is, they pull his legs, and try to uncrisp his fingers,
ref: 1858, George Augustus Sala, chapter 12, in A Journey Due North,, London: Richard Bentley, page 189:
text: She also lay white and twisting on a couch, crisping and uncrisping her little hands.
ref: 1900, Maurice Hewlett, The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay, London: Macmillan, Book 2, Chapter 4, p. 265:
synonyms: relax
straighten
glosses: To stop contorting or tensing (a part of one's body); to cause to be no longer contorted or tensed.
examples: text: She saw his fingers uncrisp, then grip the shelf again.
ref: 1919, John Galsworthy, Saint’s Progress, New York: Scribner, Part 3, Chapter 3, p. 252:
synonyms: relax
glosses: To stop being contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
examples: text: Behold your Neptune, with his Trident there,
Vncrisps the Billows, smoothing them like Glass;
ref: 1683, Thomas Shipman, “An Hystorick Poem”, in Carolina, or, Loyal Poems, London: Samuel Heyrick and William Crook, page 61:
glosses: To stop (something) from rippling or undulating.
uncrisping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncrisp
uncrisps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncrisp
uncrisped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncrisp
uncrisped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncrisped
form: most uncrisped
Senses: examples: text: [God] hath designed such naturall, and vnadorned, or vncrisped Haire vnto vs as is most comely, proper, and behoofull for vs:
ref: 1628, William Prynne, The Unloveliness of Love-Lockes, London, page 54:
text: 1843, Ezekiel Bacon, Recollections of Fifty Years Since, Utica, NY: R.W. Roberts, p. 19,
plain unfrizzled and uncrisped locks
text: And yet the bush, with leaves uncrisped, uncurled,
Was just as green and fresh as if the breath
Of early spring were kissing every leaf.
ref: 1901, Frances Harper, “Moses”, in Idylls of the Bible, Philadelphia, page 23:
glosses: Not crisped.
Alake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alakes
Etymology: Yoruba Alake
Senses: glosses: A traditional ruler of the Egba people.
Farmer Giles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A personification of a typical farmer
Farmer Giles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: piles (haemorrhoids)
Cheddar Man
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Mesolithic man, the skeleton of which was found in a cave in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset
Cheddar Gorge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A limestone gorge near the Somerset village of Cheddar
sbrinz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sbrinzes
Senses: glosses: A hard Swiss cheese similar to parmesan
Neapolitan wafers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Neapolitan wafer
Lal Draman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kashmiri لال (lāl, “red”) and Kashmiri درامن (drāmn, “meadow”).
Senses: glosses: A hill station in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Dimocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dimocrats
Senses: examples: text: I've no doubt, Mr. Chairman, but what Governor Marcy is a good sound sort of Dimocrat, and has done good service in the party[…]
ref: 1858, “My Thirty Years out of the Senate”, in Emerson's Magazine and Putnam's Monthly, volume 6, page 153:
text: Bryan knows what he wants, and he is the greatest leader the Dimocrats ever had.
ref: 1898, Ernest Jarrold, “Mickey Finn's Financial School”, in Money, page 123:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of Democrat.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of dumbocrat.
synonyms: word: dumbocrat
lungsickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lung + sickness.
Senses: examples: text: Lungsickness is still bad at the farm Coleford; 22 heade of cattle have died up to date.
ref: 1901, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 2, page 68:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
CBPP
glosses: A contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides.
iodophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodophore
medievalistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From medieval + -istics.
Senses: qualifier: humanities
glosses: The study of the Middle Ages; medieval studies.
medievistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mediev(al) + -istics.
Senses: qualifier: humanities
glosses: The study of the Middle Ages; medieval studies.
Balkan studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: Balkanology
word: Balkanistics
glosses: A field of academic study concerned with the Balkans.
Balkanistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, Balkan + -ist + -ics.
Senses: qualifier: humanities
glosses: Balkan studies.
Russistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, Russ(ian) + -ist + -ics.
Senses: qualifier: humanities
glosses: Russian studies.
beach bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach bars
Senses: examples: text: Like a beach bar or a seaside campsite, most heritage railways rely on seasonal trade.
ref: 2020 July 1, Daniel Puddicombe, “How can heritage lines recover from enforced closures?”, in Rail, page 30:
glosses: A retail business that sells drinks and food on or by a beach.
beach bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beach bar
CBPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia.
glosses: Initialism of Commons-based peer production.
CBPP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In 2018, the EITC and CTC kept 10.6 million people out of poverty, according to the CBPP, and the evidence shows they improve health, education and long-term employment outcomes, especially among children.
ref: 2021 July 14, Sherrod Brown, Peter Edelman, “It’s time to make these expanded tax credits permanent”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Initialism of Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Koreanistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Korean + -istics.
Senses: glosses: Korean studies.
starting over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of start over
cutting corners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cut corners
cuts corners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cut corners
Dingwall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dingwalls
Etymology: Probably from Old Norse þing (“assembly”) + vǫllr (“field, meadow”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A town and royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5558).
glosses: A placename:
A coastal community in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Holyoake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
dholl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dholls
Senses: examples: text: The next class of farinaceous foods are the Pulses, as peas, beans, and lentils of this country, and the dholls and grams of India.
ref: 1870, Henry Letheby, On Food, page 22:
text: As a reviver for exhausted soils dholl is one of the most effective things that can be grown on the Coast Lands.
ref: 1901 April 12, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 68:
glosses: Archaic form of dal (“pigeon pea”).
biliary fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Biliary fever. — Three imported Shires developed this disease a few days after their arrival.
ref: 1901 April 12, “Veterinary Departmental Report for February, 1901”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 87:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An infection of the liver with Babesia canis, most often affecting dogs.
XUAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The decision to establish the XUAR was approved by the State Council and ratified by the NPC Standing Committee on September 13, 1955.
ref: 1979, Donald H. McMillen, “The Administrative Elite in Xinjiang to 1966”, in Chinese Communist Power and Policy in Xinjiang, 1949-1977, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 45:
qualifier: sometimes preceded with the
glosses: Initialism of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang).
under-representation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + representation.
Senses: examples: text: The factors behind this disturbing industry figure are not fully understood, but they are believed to include employees' increased exposure to the stress of traumatic incidents, and the under-representation of women in the workforce (suicide is the single biggest killer of men aged under 45 in the UK).
ref: 2020 July 1, Paul Stephen, “Vital Connections”, in Rail, page 41:
glosses: Alternative form of underrepresentation.
Related terms: under-represent
GZAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
raw_tags: with the
NHAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, an administrative region of China.
raw_tags: with the
XAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, officially Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, an administrative region of China.
raw_tags: with the
Synonyms: XUAR
MSAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Macao Special Administrative Region.
Coordinate terms: HKSAR
SAR
SEZ
shambuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shambuks
Senses: examples: text: […]many a time has the little game been tried upon me, and I have found it sometimes necessary to use my shambuck, to bring the imposter to a sense of right.
ref: 1870, Charles Edward Hamilton, “Visit to Baboons”, in Sketches of Life and Sport in South-Eastern Africa, page 245:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sjambok.
East Coast fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease of cattle, sheep, and goats caused by the parasite Theileria parva, transmitted by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus.
Synonyms: word: amakebe
word: pyrosomal disease
word: theileriosis
pyrosomal disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrosomal diseases
Senses: examples: text: Yellow fever, proved recently to be due to infection by the mosquito, elephantiasis, malaria of sparrows, bats, etc. furnishing an instance of the infection of the lower animals by the mosquito) the pyrosomal disease (red-water) due to the tick, and Ngana or Tsetse-fly disease, and the various instances brought forward from time to time of the spread of disorders by the punctures of fleas, bugs, all instancing the power of insects to produce disease[…]
ref: 1901 April 26, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Horse-sickness investigation”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 4, page 98:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Tick-borne diseases of livestock caused by Apicomplexa.
Texas fever.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Tick-borne diseases of livestock caused by Apicomplexa.
East Coast fever.
pyrosomal diseases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrosomal disease
Bonchester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A soft Scottish cheese with a white rind, made from unpasteurized Jersey cows' milk in Bonchester Bridge, Roxburghshire.
IMDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IMD
dark as the inside of a cow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely dark; pitch-black.
goozoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: obeah, folk magic
panyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panya
sluits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sluit
polonaised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polonaise
polonaising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polonaise
Rhubarb Triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rhubarb Triangle
Senses: glosses: A region of West Yorkshire, between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell, famous for producing early forced rhubarb.
Lacovia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, located on the Black River between the Upper Morass and the Lower Morass.
palenka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palenkas
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A fishing tool comprising numerous small lines with hooks.
palenkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palenka
bammie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bammies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bammy (“cassava flatbread”).
calabans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calaban
bankras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bankra
yampe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yampes
Senses: glosses: A reddish vegetable, a form of yam with a vine that twists from left to right, the opposite of the ordinary yam vine.
yampes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yampe
hyperpalatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperpalatable
form: most hyperpalatable
Etymology: From hyper- + palatable.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: delicious, scrumptious
hypernyms: palatable#Adjective
<
appealing#Adjective
desirable#Adjective
glosses: Extremely palatable; often applied to ultraprocessed foods designed to appeal to consumers.
Related terms: hyperpalatability
addictive
habit-forming
irresistible
Ixopo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
glosses: A river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
hyperpalatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, hyper- + palatability, or by surface analysis, hyperpalatable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: deliciousness, scrumptiousness
text: When Breanna was obese, she wouldn't eat a vegetable because, according to the way her brain was wired, it was competing with the hyperpalatability of the scientifically manufactured foods.
ref: 2015, Heidi Bond, Jenna Glatzer, Who's the New Kid?, page 173:
hypernyms: palatability#Noun
<
desirability#Noun
appeal#Noun
glosses: The property of being hyperpalatable.
Related terms: addictiveness
irresistibility
plausible deniability
impresh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impreshes
Senses: examples: text: Ming and Ling, fresh from a successful Latin Quarter stay here, went thru their standard comedy and series of vocal impreshes.
ref: 1947 June 21, Billboard, page 44:
text: Somehow I got the impresh — well, you know the impresh one gets — that you and Katey weren't pulling all that steamingly well in harness.
ref: 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman:
glosses: Clipping of impression, in various senses.
impreshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impresh
buzzer-beater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buzzer-beaters
form: buzzer beater
Etymology: In the sense of beating out the buzzer which ends a game.
Senses: examples: text: The Knicks immediately went 7-0 upon Lin's insertion in the lineup. He dropped 38 against the Lakers and beat Toronto with a buzzer-beater.
ref: 2013, Pete Birle, On the Hardwood: New York Knicks, MVP Books, →ISBN, page 40:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shot that wins (or in some usage, ties) a game at the last possible moment.
buzzer beater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buzzer beaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of buzzer-beater.
Spanish wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spanish walls
Senses: glosses: A style of wall made from pieces of stone stuck together with lime, clay, etc. and then plastered or whitewashed.
Spanish walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spanish wall
buzzer-beaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buzzer-beater
buzzer beaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buzzer beater
vote-a-rama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vote-a-ramas
form: votarama
form: vote-arama
Etymology: From vote + -a- + -rama.
Senses: examples: text: What started as a routine but laborious day of amendment voting, in a process called vote-a-rama, spiraled into a round-the-clock slog as Republican leaders were buying time to shore up support.
ref: 2025 July 1, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown, “Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ passes Senate by tie-breaking vote”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate.
speat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speats
Senses: examples: text: Many of these devices leave unsightly holes in the fish, and wooden tenter sticks, metal speats, etc., are difficult to keep clean.
ref: 2012, Georg Borgstrom, Fish As Food V3: Processing: Part 1, page 93:
glosses: One of the rods on which fish are placed to drain before being smoked.
speats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speat
reverse logistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The transportation of goods backwards through the supply chain, for example returning them to the manufacturer for disposal or refund.
polinck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polincks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polink.
polincks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polinck