cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
salted away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of salt away
sleeper cab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleeper cabs
Senses: glosses: A truck or lorry cab with a bunk behind the seating area, in which the driver can sleep during rest breaks on long journeys away from home.
Related terms: Eurocab
much what
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of muchwhat.
much-what
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of muchwhat.
kick at the can
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kicks at the can
form: kick at the cat
Senses: examples: text: "We're now in a situation where you get just one kick at the can," Mr. Elderfield said.
ref: 2005 June 17, Carol Vogel, “The Modern Buys 'Rebus'”, in New York Times, retrieved 13 Feb 2014:
text: He figured that Canadian political leaders got only two kicks at the can, and he'd now had both of his.
ref: 2011, Paul Litt, Elusive Destiny: The Political Vocation of John Napier Turner, →ISBN, page 389:
text: How many companies get the chance to flail around for 6 years and then get a second kick at the can?
ref: 2012 January 20, Eric Jackson, “In Defense of Jerry Yang”, in Forbes, retrieved 13 Feb 2014:
glosses: An attempt or an opportunity.
kick at the can
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks at the can
form: kicking at the can
form: kicked at the can
form: kicked at the can
form: kick at the cat
Senses: glosses: To make an attempt; to try.
Related terms: carry the can
kick the can
kick the can down the road
dafaq
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: ‘…but did you ever listen to his speech?’ ‘Never! Thank god, I never listened to him that’s why am prospering…’ ‘dafaq… I expected this answer…come, we’ll go inside’
ref: 2018, Jonica E, The Uncut Broken Wings: A Matter of Living or Existing, New Delhi: Educreation Publishing, →ISBN, page 234:
text: “[…] She was so angry to see him taking her phone without her permission. I pulled him back and scolded for taking a girl’s phone like that. Later, they cooled her down, and we sat quite calm all through the journey.” “Hahaha! Who’s that stupid?” “A guy from our department.” “Hahaha! Dafaq! How could he take the phone to see photos? Won’t he have any sense?”
ref: 2018, Sasidhar Kareti, “The Goa Tour”, in Unconditional Uncommitted: Based on a True Story, Chennai: Notion Press, →ISBN:
text: God himself says he is not the author of confusion. So dafaq he's doing obscuring the gospel of Christ?
ref: 2020 February 9, LinuxGal, “I can tell you why Calvinists are liars.”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 May 2025:
text: I hate you and what you’ve done. Our kin look at me like I might fuck an angel next. It’s embarrassing. You’re a skree. Look at you. What even are those clothes—are those angel clothes? Dafaq, Stantin?! You really just walked through the area in angel-fucking-clothes?!
ref: 2021, Ariana Nash, “Severn”, in Infernal Sin (Primal Sin; 3), US edition, Crazy Ace Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dafuq.
anti-Shiite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-Shiite
form: most anti-Shiite
form: anti-Shi'ite
form: anti-Shia
form: anti-Shi'a
form: anti-Shi'ah
form: anti-Shiah
Etymology: From anti- + Shiite.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to Shiites.
Synonyms: anti-Rafidite
anti-Shiite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-Shiites
form: anti-Shi'ite
form: anti-Shia
form: anti-Shi'a
form: anti-Shi'ah
form: anti-Shiah
Etymology: From anti- + Shiite.
Senses: examples: text: they were anti-Shiites and were instrumental in driving a greater wedge between the Shiites and Sunnis
ref: 2002, J B Das Gupta, “Islamic Fundamentalism and India”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Extremists and rabidly anti-Shiites, like Dr. Israr Ahmad of Lahore, who belatedly jumped on the Shariat Bill bandwagon, pleaded for just the same.
ref: 1987, The Concept, page 19
text: Now that the empire of Hindustan is in disarray and its imperial sceptre is changing hands, the addressee [Qutb Shah] should launch a forceful attack on these perfidious anti-Shiites.
ref: 1979, Riazul Islam, A Calendar of Documents on Indo-Persian Relations, 1500-1750
glosses: Someone who exhibits prejudice, discrimination or hostility towards Shiites
anti-Shi'ite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-Shi'ite
form: most anti-Shi'ite
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-Shiite.
anti-Shia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-Shia
form: most anti-Shia
Etymology: From anti- + Shia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anti-Shiite.
synonyms: word: anti-Shiite
anti-Shi'a
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-Shi'a
form: most anti-Shi'a
Etymology: From anti- + Shi'a.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anti-Shiite.
synonyms: word: anti-Shiite
isogetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of eisegetical; see eisegesis.
isogesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of eisegesis.
calesa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calesas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kalesa.
Alabama slammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alabama slammers
Senses: glosses: A cocktail made with amaretto, Southern Comfort, sloe gin, and orange juice.
Mephistophelism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: devilishness
Related terms: Mephistophelean
Merkavah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Merkabah.
menuki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menukis
form: menuki
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 目貫.
Senses: glosses: A decorative grip swell on a Japanese sword.
menukis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menuki
merozygotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merozygote
tosylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tosylation
Mescaleros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mescalero
merlions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merlion
Meritage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɹɪtɪd͡ʒ/
/ˌmɛɹəˈtɑʒ/
Forms: form: Meritages
Etymology: Trademarked marketing coinage. Blend of merit + heritage?
Senses: glosses: A red or white Bordeaux-style wine, usually from the United States.
mesofaunas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesofauna
midsagittally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From midsagittal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: At the middle of the sagittal plane.
Mihanere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mihanere
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori mihinare, from English missionary.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A convert to Christianity.
mijnpacht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mijnpachts
Senses: glosses: A mining lease.
mijnpachts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mijnpacht
Mikasuki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌmɪkəˈsuki/
Forms: form: Miccosukee
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
milksoppish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more milksoppish
form: most milksoppish
Etymology: From milksop + -ish.
Senses: glosses: weak; timid; ineffectual
ipseities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ipseity
Miller-Dieker syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Miller-Dieker syndromes
Etymology: Named for the two physicians, J. Miller and H. Dieker, who independently described the condition in the 1960s.
Senses: glosses: A congenital malformation characterized by lissencephaly.
minakari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /miːnəˈkɑːɹi/
Forms: form: meenakari
Etymology: From Urdu میناکاری (menākārī), from Persian [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: I bent my head for Kausalya to put on the fourteen-stringed meenakari gold necklace.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 165:
glosses: A type of enamelwork Indian jewellery, especially champlevé.
minipill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minipills
Etymology: From mini- + pill.
Senses: examples: text: All hormone contraceptives, including progestagen-only “minipills,” carry a small “excess risk” of breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Oxford, but the overall risk remains low. […] This can serve as a more sustainable and affordable option for long-term pain management for conditions like endometriosis. The minipill is also cited as a safe option for women who are breastfeeding.
ref: 2023 March 21, Jessie Gretener, “Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives, study finds”, in CNN:
glosses: A contraceptive pill containing only synthetic progestogens (progestins), not estrogen.
minipills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minipill
Christmas cactus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas cacti
form: Christmas cactuses
Senses: glosses: Any of various cacti in the genus Schlumbergera.
Christmas cacti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas cactus
schlumbergera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schlumbergeras
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the cactus genus Schlumbergera.
schlumbergeras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schlumbergera
rebetis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebetes
Senses: glosses: A rebetiko musician.
rebetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebetis
rebetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈbɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more rebetic
form: most rebetic
Senses: glosses: Relating to rebetiko music.
minute pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minute puddings
Senses: glosses: An old-fashioned pudding made by stirring flour into boiling milk.
minarchic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more minarchic
form: most minarchic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to minarchism.
million city
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: million cities
Senses: glosses: A city with at least a million inhabitants.
million cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of million city
millionaire's salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because, once the palm hearts are harvested, the entire tree will die — making it a costly source of food.
Senses: glosses: A palm tree, Deckenia nobilis.
lesser arcana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of minor arcana.
synonyms: word: minor arcana
minor arcana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The court cards and numbered pip cards in a tarot deck.
Synonyms: lesser arcana
Related terms: major arcana
minkhound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minkhounds
Etymology: From mink + hound.
Senses: glosses: A scent hound used for hunting mink.
minkhounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minkhound
mink frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mink frogs
Etymology: Because of its strong scent, supposed to resemble that of a mink.
Senses: glosses: Lithobates septentrionalis, a small frog native to the United States and Canada.
mink frogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mink frog
Curry Mile
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Curry Mile
Senses: glosses: The part of Wilmslow Road running through the centre of Rusholme in south Manchester, England, known for its large number of restaurants specialising in South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine.
migrainoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more migrainoid
form: most migrainoid
Etymology: From migraine + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling migraine.
migrationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From migration + -ism.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The theory that movements of people from one region to another can account for changes in the culture of the destination region.
Related terms: migrationist
curryless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From curry + -less.
Senses: examples: text: I forked away at my almost curry-less curry[…]
ref: 1966, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 300, page 400:
text: The poor Alderney Islands of Britain were curryless for long and Indian food was flown in on the last flight every day from Guernsey Islands.
ref: 1997, Outlook, volume 3, page 61:
text: Luckily the good folks at Monsoon Cafe listened to the pleas of our curryless citizens and went balls to the wall. We now have enough varieties to keep our tongues tingling into the next millennium.
ref: 2006, David L. Sloan, Christopher Shultz, The Hangover Survival Guide, page 97:
glosses: Without curry (the spicy food).
millenarianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millenarianists
Etymology: From millenarian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A believer in millenarianism.
millenarianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millenarianist
bigamize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bigamizes
form: bigamizing
form: bigamized
form: bigamized
Etymology: From bigamy + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To commit bigamy.
bigamized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bigamize
bigamizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bigamize
bigamizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bigamize
Anglophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Anglophone + -ic.
Senses: glosses: English-speaking
Related terms: Anglophone
Arthus reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arthus reactions
Etymology: Discovered by Nicolas Maurice Arthus in 1903.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A hypersensitivity reaction involving the in situ formation of antigen/antibody complexes after the intradermal injection of an antigen.
Arthus reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arthus reaction
arteriographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arteriography
arteriographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to arteriography.
Derived terms: arteriographically
arteriographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From arteriographic + -ally.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: By means of, or in terms of, arteriography.
jobble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jobbles
form: jobbling
form: jobbled
form: jobbled
Senses: examples: text: At Malta there was a race between little sailing-boats; one boy slung his ballast under the thwart of his boat; there was a slight tumble in the sea; the boat jobbled up and down, but forged away from all the rest and won the race.
ref: 1852, Hunt's Yachting Magazine, volume 1, page 347:
text: Miss Mamie Lee had a big belly that jobbled when she laughed.
ref: 2007, Richard Hall, Long George Alley, page 20:
glosses: To wobble.
jobbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jobble
jobbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jobble
jobbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jobble
Englishified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Englishified
form: most Englishified
Etymology: From English + -ify + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Made English; converted to the norms or habits of England.
Englified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Englified
form: most Englified
Etymology: From Englify + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: […] he's a rare hand at an oration too; none of your Englified chaps that mince their words and speak fine; but plain and out-spoken as I am, when I call the men in to their breakfast or dinner.
ref: 1827, John Gamble, Charlton: Or, Scenes in Ireland, volume 2, page 99:
glosses: Made English; converted to the norms or habits of England.
Englified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Englify + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Englify
art gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: art gums
Senses: glosses: A kind of artist's eraser made of soft, coarse rubber.
Sunday house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sunday houses
Etymology: In reference to church services held on Sundays.
Senses: examples: text: Sunday houses were often made of limestone rock coated with whitewash inside and out.
glosses: In the German immigrant culture of the Texas Hill Country, one of the houses erected by farming settlers for overnight stays while visiting town for supplies and church attendance.
Sunday houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sunday house
hottering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hotter
hottered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hotter
outworlder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outworlders
Etymology: From outworld + -er.
Senses: examples: text: It is a thing no outworlder may know except those very few who have been involved.
ref: 1967, “Amok Time”, in Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, spoken by Spock (Leonard Nimoy):
text: He speaks with the outworlder tongue!
What else were you expecting from a male, sister Dykstra?
ref: 1995, Among Friends And Enemies, Part 3: The Magical Mystery Tour (Gen13), volume 2, number 3 (comic), page 19:
text: Let each government make sure that rich and poor alike, dirtborn and outworlder, Terran and Variant, all have equal access to the outernet and its resources.
ref: 1998, Celia S. Friedman, This Alien Shore:
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: One who comes from another planet, or from a society so culturally foreign as to be a different world.
Related terms: outworld
outworlders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outworlder
outworlds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outworld
overlavishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more overlavishly
form: most overlavishly
Etymology: From overlavish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is overlavish.
overlavishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overlavish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being overlavish.
overhead transparency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overhead transparencies
Senses: glosses: A transparency for use with an overhead projector.
Cambrian explosion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkam.bɹɪ.ən ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/
ipa: /ˈkæm.bɹi.ən ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
Forms: form: Cambrian explosions
Etymology: Of unclear origin, inspired by George Gaylord Simpson's description of "explosive" evolution. The earliest known use is in a BSCS high school biology textbook written in 1961 under the direction of paleobotanist Wilson Steward.
Senses: examples: text: There has been a Cambrian explosion of cryptocurrencies.
text: When we examined the detailed history of the evolution, we fond large gaps of time in which little happened at all. Then we saw the sudden appearance of a key circuit (an enabling technology) and quick use of this for further technologies. A full adder circuit might appear after say 32,000 steps; and 2-, 3-, and 4-bit adders fairly quickly after that. In other words, we found periods of quiescence, followed by miniature "Cambrian explosions" of rapid evolution.
ref: 2009, W[illiam] Brian Arthur, The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves, London: Allen Lane, Penguin Group, →ISBN:
text: Before the Web, it was hard to imagine alternatives to management orthodoxy. But the Internet has spawned a Cambrian explosion of new organizational life forms—where coordination occurs without centralization, […]
ref: 2011 November 16, Gary Hamel, “Gary Hamel on ‘Hacking Management 2.0’”, in Saba Software; quoted in Marco Minghetti, “Foreword”, in Collaborative Intelligence: Towards the Social Organization, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, →ISBN, page xxix:
text: The men and women of the Renaissance period likely had little inkling of the truly titanic changes that were unfolding around them, let alone the ability to predict where it would all end up. Nevertheless, many of their legacies remain with us today: the birth of modern nation-states; the expansion of political rights and freedoms; the rise of the university, the media, and the industrial corporation; and a Cambrian explosion of science, medicine, knowledge, and cultural expression.
ref: 2012, Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams, “Five Principles for the Age of Networked Intelligence”, in Macrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planet, paperback edition, London: Portfolio/Penguin, →ISBN, part I (From Wikinomics to Macrowikinomics):
text: With the advent of mass media in the 1960s, immortalized in the TV series Mad Men, the pace of brand introduction, sophistication, and importance accelerated dramatically. The world has witnessed a "Cambrian explosion" of brands.
ref: 2017, Jan-Benedict Steenkamp, “The Cambrian Explosion of Brands”, in Global Brand Strategy: World-wise Marketing in the Age of Branding, London: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2:
text: The internet has caused a Cambrian explosion of creative expression by allowing artists to execute and distribute their visions with unprecedented ease.
ref: 2025 May 5, Spencer Kornhaber, “Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
glosses: The rapid appearance of anything.
hypermutant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypermutants
Etymology: From hyper- + mutant.
Senses: glosses: An organism resulting from hypermutation.
hypermutants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermutant
overbullish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overbullish
form: most overbullish
Etymology: From over- + bullish.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Excessively bullish.
overextravagant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overextravagant
form: most overextravagant
Etymology: From over- + extravagant.
Senses: glosses: Too extravagant.
overlend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overlends
form: overlending
form: overlent
form: overlent
Etymology: From over- + lend.
Senses: glosses: To lend too much.
overlends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overlend
overlending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛndɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overlend
overlent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overlend
overlegislation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + legislation.
Senses: glosses: excessive legislation
ouzeria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ouzerias
Senses: examples: text: Evdokia, rather like a Greek goddess herself, was our guide, recommending all those lesser-known tavernas, ouzerias and cafés that are the lifeblood of our Long Weekends series.
ref: 2016, Rick Stein, Rick Stein's Long Weekends, page 17:
glosses: Alternative form of ouzeri (“Greek taverna”).
ouzerias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ouzeria
overoaked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overoaked
form: most overoaked
Etymology: From over- + oaked.
Senses: examples: an overoaked wine
glosses: Excessively oaked.
cafones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cafone
ghayr muqallid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ghair muqallid.
muqallid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /muˈkʌl.ɪd/
/mʊ-/
Forms: form: muqallids
Etymology: From Arabic مُقَلِّد (muqallid).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: One who follows taqlid.
Derived terms: ghair muqallid
muqallids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muqallid
wide game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wide games
Senses: glosses: Any of various games played by groups in a large area, such as a field or woodland.
arthron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăr′thrōn′
ipa: /ˌæɹˈθɹəʊn/
ipa: /ˌaɹˈ-/
ipa: /ˌæɹˈθɹoʊn/
ipa: /ˌɛɹˈ-/
ipa: /ˌɛɹˈθɹoʊn/
ipa: /ˌæɹˈθɹəʉn/
ipa: /-ˈθɹɐʉn/
ipa: /ˌɛɹˈθɹɐʉn/
ipa: /ˌaɹˈθɹon/
ipa: /ˌæɾˈt̪ɾoːn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: arthra
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρθρον (ắrthron, “articulation, joint”). Compare New Latin articulus and New Latin arthrītis.
Senses: glosses: An articulation or joint.
arthra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăr′thrä′
ipa: /ˌæɹˈθɹɑː/
ipa: /ˌaɹˈ-/
ipa: /ˌæɹˈθɹɑ/
ipa: /ˌɛɹˈ-/
ipa: /ˌɛɹˈθɹɒ/
ipa: /-ˈθɹɑ/
ipa: /ˌæɹˈθɹɐː/
ipa: /-ˈθɹaː/
ipa: /ˌɛɹˈθɹɐː/
ipa: /-ˈθɹaː/
ipa: /ˌaɹˈθɹa/
ipa: /ˌæɾˈt̪ɾaː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Senses: glosses: plural of arthron
sweeped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sweep
pied-piping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by John Robert Ross in reference to the Pied Piper of Hamelin, mythical figure who lured rats (and children) by playing his flute.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A phenomenon of syntax whereby a focused expression takes an entire encompassing phrase with it when it is "moved".
wikipedia: Pied Piper of Hamelin
wanted poster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑntɪd ˈpoʊstɚ/
ipa: /ˈwɑnɪd ˈpoʊstɚ/
ipa: /ˈwɒntɪd /
Forms: form: wanted posters
Etymology: wanted + poster
Senses: synonyms: wanted notice
glosses: A poster that is distributed to the public, informing them of a person whom the authorities wish to apprehend.
exaptational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exaptation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to exaptation.
adaptationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -eɪʃənəli
Etymology: From adaptational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, adaptation.
Dodonovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: from Russian Додо́ново (Dodónovo)
Senses: examples: text: Dodonovo was founded in 1949.
glosses: A village near Zheleznogorsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Zheleznogorsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: from Russian Железногорск
Senses: examples: text: The town Zheleznogorsk was established in 1950 for the production of weapons-grade plutonium.
glosses: A closed town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
closed town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed towns
Senses: glosses: A relatively small closed city
closed city
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed cities
Senses: examples: text: [A] man with a gravelly, slow-talking, New Mexico drawl, Glassmire had built a career as a respected scientist who had worked as an engineer for Los Alamos National Laboratory in the mid-fifties, when Los Alamos was still a closed city.
ref: 2017 January 3, Douglas Preston, The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:
antonyms: open city
glosses: Any of several settlements, especially in the Soviet Union (historically) or Russia (today), that have travel and residency restrictions, typically because they house sensitive nuclear or defense facilities.
Gaboon viper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gaboon vipers
form: gaboon viper
Senses: glosses: A large venomous viper, Bitis gabonica, found in African rainforests.
quarter-bloke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter-blokes
Senses: examples: text: ‘A private is ordered to complete some deficiency in his kit, and he goes to the quarter-bloke for it and gets nothing but abuse for his trouble.’
ref: 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 128:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A quartermaster, or quartermaster sergeant.
quarter-blokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter-bloke
cuntstruck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cuntstruck
form: most cuntstruck
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cunt-struck.
anti-Sunni
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-Sunni
form: most anti-Sunni
Etymology: From anti- + Sunni.
Senses: examples: text: Two days after his resignation from the CIA unit in charge of fomenting anti-Sunni sentiments among the Shia community […]
ref: 2013, Ali Alizadeh, Transactions:
text: Are these Shia bad guys, militia-types, anti-Sunni?
ref: 2012, Eamon Kolarity, The Book on Joshua: Love at War in Iraq, page 546:
text: In multiple interviews the International Crisis Group found that “Iraqis relate countless stories of anti-Sunni violence by Security forces despite a nearby U.S. presence […]
ref: 2012, Rogers Smith, Varieties of Sovereignty and Citizenship, page 88:
glosses: Opposed to Sunnis or Sunnism.
single jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single jacks
Senses: glosses: A short-handled sledgehammer used with one hand, with a head weighing 3-4 pounds and two flat faces.
double jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double jacks
Senses: glosses: A long-handled sledgehammer used with both hands
Related terms: single jack
pilliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pilly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being pilly.
teazed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of teaze
teazing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of teaze
teazing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teazings
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of teasing.
teazes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of teaze
teazes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teaze
Tripuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tripuris
form: Tipperah
form: Tipra
Senses: glosses: Any of the original inhabitants of the Kingdom of Tripura in northeast India and Bangladesh.
Tripuri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tipperah
form: Tipra
Senses: glosses: Their language.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Borok
Derived terms: Early Tripuri
Tripuris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tripuri
muhurta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muhurtas
Etymology: Sanskrit मुहूर्त (muhūrta)
Senses: glosses: A unit of time measurement in the Hindu calendar, approximately 48 minutes.
muhurtas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muhurta
shahanshah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shahanshahs
form: Shahanshah
form: Shāhanshāh
form: Shahan Shah
form: Shahinshah
form: Shah-in-Shah
form: Shahenshah
form: Shah en Shah
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهَنْشَاه (šāhanšāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾn mlkʾ /⁠šāhān šāh⁠/, “king of kings”), which see for more.
Senses: glosses: King of kings; a title given to the rulers of ancient Persia and sometimes of Armenia.
Related terms: shah
shahanshahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shahanshah
Anals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anal
fast-forwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fast-forward
fast-forwarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fast-forward
fast-forwarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fast-forward
cafe curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A style of curtain where both the lower half of a window and the top are covered, but with a gap in the upper half.
film at 11
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: "11" means 11 o'clock. This phrase originated from the U.S. television news broadcasting industry, where the late evening news is traditionally broadcast at 11 o'clock. In short promotional advertisements during primetime, announcers provided tantalizing bits of a story and end with the phrase as a teaser to encourage viewers to continue watching.
Senses: glosses: The video footage of a breaking news story will be screened later that evening.
examples: text: The popcorn you're eating has been pissed in. Film at 11.
ref: 1977, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, The Kentucky Fried Movie:
glosses: More information will follow in the future.
examples: text: Rich people consume more than poor people on an absolute basis, film at eleven.
ref: 2024 March 29, Patrick McKenzie, Anatomy of a credit card rewards program:
qualifier: sarcastically
glosses: This news story (etc) is unsurprising, typical, or should be obvious: more at eleven.
examples: text: “I hope to see you tonight; tonight, I'm going to screen a film at 11 pm in the auditorium.”
ref: 2021 April 15, Rahul Kumar Gautam, SEEK & FIND, Blue Rose Publishers, page 91:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see film, at, 11.
Related terms: eleventh hour
more at eleven
watch this space
double full
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double fulls
form: double-full
Senses: qualifier: freestyle skiing
glosses: an aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with two complete twists
Derived terms: double full-double full
double full-double full-double full
double full-full
full-double full
full-double full-full
lay-double full
lay-double full-full
Related terms: english: backflip with twist
translation: backflip with twist
word: full
adzhika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of adjika.
summersaults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summersault
Ubykhia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Убыхия (Ubyxija).
Senses: glosses: The former political unit of the Ubykh people, or the region they governed, centered on modern Sochi, Russia.
Vujicsics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vujicic
form: Vujičić
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Вујичић (Vujičić).
Senses: glosses: a Serbian surname.
Vujičić
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vujicic
form: Vujicsics
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Вујичић (Vujičić).
Senses: glosses: a Serbian surname.
Vujicic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vujičić
form: Vujicsics
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Вујичић (Vujičić).
Senses: glosses: a Serbian surname.
sole provider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sole providers
Senses: glosses: An only guardian of a minor, usually a single parent.
Related terms: single parent
sole providers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sole provider
Euclidean norm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euclidean norms
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A norm of an ordinary Euclidean space, for which the Pythagorean theorem holds, defined by ‖x‖=√
Hypernyms: sense: norm of a Euclidean space
word: p-norm
Helmholtz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Helmholtz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Gibbs-Helmholtz equation
Helmholtz coil
Helmholtz free energy
Helmholtz function
Helmholtz-Kohlrausch effect
Helmholtz resonance
Helmholtz resonator
fire trench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire trenches
form: firetrench
Senses: examples: text: One night in particular the front line was stubbornly pounded with minenwerfers (it was a ‘minnywafer’ sector, and one often turned cold in the firetrench as one heard the approaching swish of these monsters).
ref: 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 79:
text: Just before they reached the fire-trenches they stood aside to allow a stretcher-party carrying down a man to pass.
ref: 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 218:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A deep trench from which one can fire on the enemy.
fire trenches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire trench
fire bay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire bays
Senses: examples: text: Presently Corporal Hamley motioned him forward into the next fire-bay.
ref: 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 219:
text: In the third fire bay he found Sawdon and Towers crouched down over a small fire made out of shredded sandbags and candle ends, coaxing the flames.
ref: 1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 138:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A trench, or section of a trench, with a concealed parapet from which soldiers can fire on the enemy.
fire bays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire bay
concept albums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concept album
Zagreus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ζαγρεύς (Zagreús).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An obscure figure in Greek mythology who, according to Orphic tradition, was the son of Zeus and Persephone who was destroyed by the Titans but reborn through the intervention of Zeus as Dionysus.
embuias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embuia
emphyteuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛmfɪˈtjuːsiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of emphyteusis
imbaubas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imbauba
tonneladas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonnelada
daifuku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daifuku
Etymology: From Japanese 大福 (daifuku, “very filling”).
Senses: examples: text: It’s easy to grab plastic-wrapped daifuku at Japanese grocery stores in New York, and to spot boxes of mochi ice cream in supermarket freezer aisles.
ref: 2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean paste.
doiras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doira
doira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doiras
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dayereh.
defease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: defeases
form: defeasing
form: defeased
form: defeased
Etymology: Back-formation from defeasance.
Senses: glosses: To annul or render void a contract or stipulation; to abrogate.
Related terms: defeasance
defeasement
gurab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gurabs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grab (“type of sailing vessel”).
defeases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defease
defeased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defease
defeasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defease
defeasement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defeasements
Etymology: From defease + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Defeasance.
defeasements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defeasement
Borok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Борок (Borok).
Senses: glosses: Name of several rural localities in Russia.
Borok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of the Tripuri.
Derived terms: Kokborok
biomedicalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomedicalizations
Etymology: From biomedical + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of making something biomedical; a shift to a viewpoint based on biomedicine.
Related terms: medicalization
biomedicalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomedicalization
horseradish tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horseradish trees
Etymology: From horseradish + tree. The scent and flavor of some parts resembles horseradish.
Senses: glosses: An economically useful tree, Moringa oleifera, probably native to India, but grown throughout the tropics.
Synonyms: ben
drumstick tree
malunggay
moringa
Hypernyms: tree
drumstick tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drumstick trees
Etymology: drumstick + tree. The immature pods are long and cylindrical like drumsticks
Senses: glosses: An economically useful tree, Moringa oleifera, probably native to India, but grown throughout the tropics.
Synonyms: ben
horseradish tree
moringa
Hypernyms: tree
Osee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hosea (“Biblical prophet”).
synonyms: word: Hosea
extra: Biblical prophet
malunggay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tagalog malunggay.
Senses: examples: text: […] Neal, was very sick and debilitated. I asked the kitchen staff to make a chicken tinola with lots of ginger, green papaya, chile, and malunggay leaves; within a few hours Neal was back on his feet.
ref: 2012, Amy Besa, Romy Dorotan, “Chicken Tinola”, in Memories of Philippine Kitchens: Stories and Recipes from Far and Near, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Treasured Family Recipes), page 165, column 3:
glosses: A tree with flavorful and nutritious leaves, the moringa or horseradish tree, Moringa oleifera.
draw weight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draw weights
form: drawweight
Etymology: From draw + weight.
Senses: examples: text: The enormous draw weight of the English longbow required archers to train from a very young age to be capable of using it.
text: She figured her bow had only a forty-pound draw weight, but it was enough.
ref: 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 27:
topics: archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: The force (weight) required to draw a bow to its fully-cocked position.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The force (weight) of delivering a stone required for it to come to rest in the house (to draw).
dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants
form: dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants
Etymology: Calque of Latin nani, gigantum humeris insidentes.
Senses: synonyms: pygmy placed on the shoulders of giants
glosses: One who discovers by building on previous discoveries.
Derived terms: stand on the shoulders of giants
adsorption calorimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of the heat exchanged when molecules are adsorbed on a surface
allyl alcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated aliphatic alcohol CH₂=CH-CH₂-OH
Synonyms: propenol
funk hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funk holes
Senses: examples: text: Major Whittlesey came out of his funk hole, and went among the men, spreading the cheering words.
ref: 1919, Americans Defending Democracy: Our Soldiers' Own Stories, World's War Stories Inc., p332 from the Story of the Lost Battalion
text: The cellar was comfortably furnished as it had apparently been used as a funk-hole before, and by people of more importance than its present occupants.
ref: 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 237:
text: If you could reach your funk-hole, and crouch in it, there was a fair chance of your coming out of it alive next day to run the gauntlet of the Bapaume Road again.
ref: 1965, Charles Carrington, Soldier From the Wars Returning:
text: All along the trench men were crawling out of funk holes.
ref: 1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 138:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A concealed place where one can hide in safety, especially during a war; a dugout.
funk holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funk hole
dichloroargentate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The silver chloride anion AgCl₂⁻; any salt containing this anion
kete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ketes
Etymology: From Maori kete.
Senses: examples: text: He leans over his seat and picks up the kete, full of sandwiches and teamaking gear.
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 157:
glosses: A traditional Maori woven basket.
pseudogeneric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + generic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a pseudogenus.
examples: text: the pseudogeneric use of "he" to refer to a person of either sex
glosses: Apparently, but not actually, generic.
prefield
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + field.
Senses: examples: prefield preparation for a linguistic study
glosses: Before embarking on fieldwork.
fieldsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fieldsites
Etymology: From field + site.
Senses: glosses: A site where fieldwork is carried out.
fieldsites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fieldsite
Briarcliff Manor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪəɹklɪf/
Etymology: briar + cliff (ancestral home of early settler)
Senses: examples: text: Plans were approved on February 21, 1920, for proposed extensions io the temporary sewage disposal plant serving the village of Briarcliff Manor.
ref: 1921, Annual Report of the State Department of Health of New York:
glosses: A village in Westchester County, New York, on the Hudson River.
overhelp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overhelps
form: overhelping
form: overhelped
form: overhelped
Etymology: From over- + help.
Senses: examples: text: Modify homework and independent projects to the child's instructional or independent level, so that parents are not forced to overhelp the child.
ref: 2008, Rich Weinfeld, Michelle Davis, Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book:
text: Gilbert and Silvera (1996) found that overhelping can be used to spoil another person's identity by causing onlookers to attribute the other's success to the help.
ref: 2012, Mark R. Leary, June Price Tangney, Handbook of Self and Identity, page 561:
glosses: To supply with too much help.
overhelping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overhelp
overhelps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overhelp
overhelped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overhelp
palintocia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The refunding of interest; restitution for usury.
substitute teacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substitute teachers
Senses: glosses: A supply teacher.
relief teacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relief teachers
Senses: glosses: A supply teacher.
substitute teachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substitute teacher
relief teachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relief teacher