cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
deep blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep blue
Sunakian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sunakian
form: most Sunakian
Etymology: From Sunak + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: If Sunak is highly regarded by his colleagues, he does not have a dedicated group of supporters in Parliament: there is no Sunakian equivalent of the Portillistas, the Brownites, or the Friends of Dave.
ref: 2020, Michael Ashcroft, Going for Broke: The Rise of Rishi Sunak, London: Biteback Publishing, →ISBN, page unknown:
text: With the markets duly placated by Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement, some senior Tories even began to worry that Sunakian stability and fiscal orthodoxy would be too boring a platform on which to face Labour at the next election.
ref: 2022 December 7, “The Guardian view on Sunak and the strikes: misreading the mood of the nation”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Of or pertaining to Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.
Related terms: Sunakism
Sunakite
misoptimization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Bad or wrong optimization.
subpriority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpriorities
Etymology: From sub- + priority.
Senses: examples: text: Users of the system can assign subpriorities to each category in a parent category.
glosses: A secondary or subsidiary priority.
subpriorities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpriority
subprioritize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subprioritizes
form: subprioritizing
form: subprioritized
form: subprioritized
Etymology: From sub- + prioritize.
Senses: glosses: To assign a subpriority to.
subprioritization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of subprioritizing.
subprioritizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subprioritize
subprioritizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subprioritize
subprioritized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subprioritize
Portillista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Portillistas
Etymology: From Portillo + -ista.
Senses: examples: text: Yet despite that pedigree, he describes himself as "essentially a Portillista" – liberal on social affairs, centre-right on economics.
ref: 2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian:
text: If Sunak is highly regarded by his colleagues, he does not have a dedicated group of supporters in Parliament: there is no Sunakian equivalent of the Portillistas, the Brownites, or the Friends of Dave.
ref: 2020, Michael Ashcroft, Going for Broke: The Rise of Rishi Sunak, London: Biteback Publishing, →ISBN, page unknown:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political supporter of Michael Portillo (born 1953), British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician.
Klatte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Klattes
Etymology: Variant of Klatt.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Portillistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Portillista
PTMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PTM
post-translational modification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-translational modifications
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posttranslational modification.
AEEU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: One such delegate, who was probably too candid for his own good, confided: "This is an utterly careerist gathering of rightwing networkers attached to the AEEU [Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union]."
ref: 2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union: a British trade union founded in 1992 and merged with the MSF to form Amicus in 2001.
power-dressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In 20 minutes I was approached by a variety of what seemed to be power-dressed young Labour students, who were in fact lobbyists for corporate interests such as Unite, a firm specialising in providing private halls of residence.
ref: 2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Engaging in power dressing.
new-ish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more new-ish
form: most new-ish
Senses: examples: text: More than 250 twentysomethings were crammed into a room at the Hilton Metropole to hear the wisdom of their elders, in the form of the transport secretary, Stephen "Steve" Byers, the new party chairman, David Triesman, and the new-ish chair of Labour Students, Vicky Foxcroft.
ref: 2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of newish.
beardie-weirdie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beardie-weirdies
form: beardie weirdie
form: beardy-weirdy
form: weirdie-beardie
Etymology: From beardie + weirdie.
Senses: examples: text: When he addressed Labour Students' 30th anniversary reception at this year's Brighton conference, he must have been surprised – and probably impressed – by the lack of beardie-weirdies.
ref: 2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A man having a beard and long hair, stereotypically associated with being eccentric or intellectual or holding radical political views.
beardie-weirdies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beardie-weirdie
throws a tantrum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw a tantrum
throwing a tantrum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw a tantrum
threw a tantrum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw a tantrum
thrown a tantrum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw a tantrum
adultwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adultswear
Etymology: From adult + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: It is questioned if related separates sales in the boyswear department can show the increase in sales that has been exhibited by adultwear.
ref: 1944, Textile Technology Digest:
text: “However, since it’s hard to differentiate clothing for this group from other adultwear, no strict standards for flame retardant clothing for older adults have been set yet,” the specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System, said.
ref: 1975 September 13, “Flame Retardant Clothing for Elderly”, in The Cotton Gin and Oil Mill Press, volume 76, number 19, page 21:
text: On the ground floor, […] the Royal Irish Silver section (see below); the Irish Lace section (all types of Carrickmacross); the Irish Handknits section (adultwear, $21 up; children’s wear, $9.25 up); the Man’s Shop, which has everything for HIM.
ref: 1971, Fielding’s Travel Guide to Europe, page 792:
text: With the major growth today in adultwear, it was extremely important to maintain the quota levels on both traditional and non-traditional apparel so that the total quota in any category could not be used exclusively for adultwear.
ref: 1978, The MFA and the American Apparel Industry, page 10:
text: The UK childrenswear market certainly needs a fillip - consumer spending on childrenswear grew by just 1.5% in 1997 to reach £3.27bn. in contrast, the adultwear market grew by 7.1% (its highest level since 1988).
ref: 1999, International Textiles, page 36:
text: Estella stocks baby clothes from designers who also do adultwear – from Three Dots, Antik Batik, and Judith Lacroix, among others.
ref: 2003, Shopping in New York, Insight Guides, →ISBN, page 78:
text: The brown tonalities that were favoured in 1880s adultwear were also frequently seen in Jumeau dolls.
ref: 2004, Juliette Peers, The Fashion Doll: From Bébé Jumeau to Barbie, Oxford, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Berg, →ISBN, page 79:
text: Arguably, in an age before childrenswear comprised scaled-down versions of ‘adultwear’, they [shorts] helped children to think and behave like children.
ref: 2011, Josh Sims, Icons of Men’s Style, Laurence King Publishing, →ISBN, page 073:
text: Human ecology determines consideration and impact of toxic materials and their concentration present in clothing, taking into account the application areas (kidswear, adultwear, lingerie, home textiles etc.).
ref: 2020, Yamini Jhanji Dhir, “Sustainable fashion material procurement”, in Rajkishore Nayak, editor, Supply Chain Management and Logistics in the Global Fashion Sector: The Sustainability Challenge, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Clothing for adults.
adultswear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Hand Joined Infantswear […] Hand Joined Adultswear
ref: 1936 March, O. W. Rosenzweig, NRA and Industrial Homework (Work Materials No. 45), page 2E:
text: DESIGNER LABELS / POPULAR HIGH STREET LABELS / BABYWEAR, CHILDRENSWEAR, ADULTSWEAR / UNBELIEVABLE UNREPEATABLE PRICES
ref: 1991 April 12, Lothian Courier, page 24:
text: We decided to concentrate on product areas where we could develop a market leading position – toys, entertainment, childrenswear and household products. As a result, adultswear and food were dropped from the range, as these were areas where we felt that as a general merchandise operator, we would never have been able to establish a market leading position.
ref: 2004, Richard Bell, “Creating a global retail brand: Interview with Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy, former group chief executive, Kingfisher plc”, in Jonathan Reynolds, Christine Cuthbertson, editors, Retail Strategy: The View from the Bridge, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 277:
text: His childrenswear range is supported by his hugely successful adultswear range and profitability is again, not at stake here.
ref: 2006, Environment and Planning, page 16:
glosses: Alternative form of adultwear.
grampie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grampies
Etymology: From grampa + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: If a monster comes running / and flapping her paws / snapping her tail / sharpening her claws / remember these words that my grampie would say to chase all those monsters away: I’m not afraid that monsters want to eat me for their meal. I’m not afraid of monsters 'cause they're not really real.
ref: 2000, Gretchen Kelbaugh, Lollipopsicles, BAJ Books, →ISBN, page 26:
text: My grampie was Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and army.
ref: 2012, Christopher Hilton, quoting William (Billy) Field, “The Prisoner”, in Ordinary Heroes: Untold Stories from the Falklands Campaign, The History Press, →ISBN, part one, page 122:
text: Like my grampie, he was round and bald, and wore gold-rimmed glasses.
ref: 2013, Barbara Leigh Ohrstrom, Searching for the Castle: Backtrail of an Adoption, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse LLC, →ISBN, page 19:
text: The child’s voice issued from the radio again. “I miss my grampie. Why won’t the bad man let him come home?”
ref: 2015, Philip Reed, Off and Running, Brash Books, →ISBN, page 139:
text: That last one struck Natalie—did she really used to be that little girl with the dorktastic pigtails, feet barely able to touch the floor, waiting for Grampie to fix her a milkshake?
ref: 2017, Gillian French, The Door to January, Islandport Press, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: Alternative form of grampy.
mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilanes
Senses: glosses: A coupling agent for various industrial applications.
grammie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grammies
Etymology: From gramma + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Tink had managed to stay the same age for a very long time. “I think that when my grammie was a little girl, Tink was little, too,” said Louisa.
ref: 2013, Margaret McNamara, Rosy and the Secret Friend (The Fairy Bell Sisters), Balzer + Bray, →ISBN, page 70:
text: “The letters you see (near his elbow) is (the name) ‘Lois’ who was my grammie who passed away,” he [Taylor McDermott] said.
ref: 2016, Claudia Schwab, Global Ink: Tattoos as Art Around the World, Buena Vista, Va.: Mariner Publishing, →ISBN, page 28, column 3:
text: “You don’t get to have much fun, do you?” His tone held a note of pity that had her stiffening her spine. She hated when people felt sorry for her. “Between three jobs and looking in on my grammie, no. But I take pleasure in the simple things—a beautiful sunset, an earnest smile, a man who can cook . . .”
ref: 2017, Lori Wilde (pseudonym; Laurie Vanzura), Cowboy, It’s Cold Outside (Twilight, Texas), Avon Books, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: Alternative form of grammy.
runemistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runemistresses
Etymology: From rune + mistress.
Senses: examples: text: By using the runes now, we can hear the runemasters and runemistresses of old speaking directly to us.
ref: 1992, Nigel Pennick, Secrets of the Runes: Discover the Magic of the Ancient Runic Alphabet, Thorsons, published 1998, →ISBN, page 213:
text: A piece of a loom found in Germany was incised, "Blithgund wrote these runes". This was a standard formula for runemasters and runemistresses.
ref: 1997, Sheena McGrath, Asyniur: Women’s Mysteries in the Northern Tradition, Chieveley, Berks: Capall Bann Publishing, →ISBN, page 145:
text: In olden times, a runic practitioner was usually also the village shaman and a fair number of them were women, as is consistent with the prominent place of various goddesses in the Norse pantheon (Freya Aswinn, 1990). It was customary for runemasters and runemistresses to wear red trousers or skirts.
ref: 1997, Joyce C. Gibb, “Runic Knowing: Revisioning the Oracle”, in Tobin Hart, Peter L. Nelson, Kaisa Puhakka, editors, Spiritual Knowing Alternative Epistemic Perspectives (The State University of West Georgia Studies in the Social Sciences; 34), Carrollton, Ga.: State University of West Georgia, →ISBN, page 189:
text: Runes were still cast for divination by tribes and individuals until the eleventh century and the last true runemasters and runemistresses did not die out until about three hundred years ago.
ref: 1998, Cassandra Eason, The Complete Book of Divination: How to Use the Most Popular Methods of Fortune Telling, Judy Piatkus, →ISBN, page 112:
glosses: A female runemaster.
runemistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runemistress
microceleb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcelebs
Senses: examples: text: The Starsearch concept appeared to be that a panel of microcelebs amused themselves by judging a series of very poor amateur talent acts. So we saw some clips of very poor talent acts and Keith Chegwin and the microcelebs wetting themselves about them.
ref: 2000 March 10, Natasha Joffe, “The bigger they come”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2020:
text: While many Web-birthed microcelebs may dabble, [Amor] Hilton was dogged in her pursuit of Tila Tequila—style fame, regardless of the consequences.
ref: 2009 April, Steve Kandell, “What Makes U2 Run?”, in Spin, New York, N.Y.: Spin Media LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 55:
text: Producers recognize this phenomenon, and they facilitate it with crazier, more dramatic content. Because now Demi Lovato isn't just competing with Miley Cyrus for your attention; she's competing with Jessi Slaughter, and Kiki Kannibal (teen webcam microcelebs who were recently targeted by trolls).
ref: 2011, Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web, New York, N.Y.; London: Overlook Duckworth, →ISBN, page 164:
text: This ever-fashionable NYC import is best known these days as a nightclub and lounge that attracts the beautiful people and microcelebs with money to burn.
ref: 2013, “Tao Venetian”, in Time Out Las Vegas, London: Time Out Guides, →ISBN, page 147:
text: Real heads know Huell Howser, the longtime host of California-specific travel shows on PBS. His enthusiasm for and confusion about literally everything on the planet made him a microceleb in CA, as well as an early impression of comedian James Adomian.
ref: 2022 April 17, Bethy Squires, “Relive Coachella of Days Yore With This Vintage Ep of California's Gold”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 23 May 2022:
glosses: Clipping of microcelebrity.
microcelebs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microceleb
Gornichec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gornichecs
Etymology: American spelling of Croatian Gorničec.
Senses: glosses: A surname of Croatian origin.
Moeran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
net-neutral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In a net-neutral future it should still be possible, theoretically, for anyone with a camera and some willing friends to shoot a D.I.Y. video and put it online.
ref: 2011 March 25, Mike Hale, “A-List Stars Invade Digital Auteurs’ Space”, in The New York Times:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Characterized by net neutrality.
Ombersley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Ombersley and Doverdale Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8463).
glosses: A rural locality in Colac Otway Shire and Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.
Doverdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (served by Ombersley and Doverdale Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8666).
work-athon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: work-athons
Senses: examples: text: On the agenda: a “work-athon” to discuss the road map for improving the main Facebook app, including a revamp that would change how users browse the service.
ref: 2022 July 26, Mike Isaac, “‘Operating With Increased Intensity’: Zuckerberg Leads Meta Into Next Phase”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of workathon.
Hadley and Leegomery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England.
Leegomery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in Hadley and Leegomery parish, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6612).
Colac Otway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Colac is the former City of Colac and Shire of Colac, Otway refers to the former Shire of Otway.
Senses: glosses: A local government area in south-west Victoria, Australia; in full, the Shire of Colac Otway.
wikipedia: City of Colac
Shire of Colac
Shire of Otway
Surf Coast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area on the surf coast of south-west Victoria, Australia.
horonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horonyms
Senses: glosses: The name of a territory, region, district, or region.
Related terms: toponym
hydronym
Baghal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani بَاگَھل (bāghal) / बाघल (bāghal).
Senses: glosses: A village in Kotkhai tehsil, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, India.
glosses: A princely state during the British Raj.
do bits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does bits
form: doing bits
form: did bits
form: done bits
Senses: examples: text: And you and Clarko you did bits and I heard that this bird got nits.
ref: 2017 November 7, “Courtney Jade Reply (Freestyle)”performed by Soph Aspin:
text: “The accent really took over when I started watching the show,” she said. “It blew the accent the fuck up, and everyone was obsessed with their cute little sayings, like ‘doing bits.” (For the uninitiated, that means getting intimate but not having sex.)
ref: 2023 May 15, Alaina Demopoulos, “Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To engage in nonpenetrative sexual activity.
rye wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rye wolf
dahabeeya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dahabeeyas
Senses: examples: text: Together they organized an expedition by dahabeeya down the Nile, where they did considerable shooting and Cory made important additions to his collection of birds.
ref: 1922, The Auk - Volume 39, page 153:
text: Engaging William Prime's (q.v.) dragoman, he visits the bazaars, mosques, and Pyramids before sailing in the dahabeeya Rip Van Winkle up the Nile.
ref: 1992, Martin R. Kalfatovic, Nile Notes of a Howadji, page 243:
text: They had gone on foot just for the chance to be free of the confines of the constantly rolling rhythm of the dahabeeya.
ref: 2010, Barbara M. Moskaitis, The Eye of the Lioness:
glosses: A large, slow, flat-bottomed boat with a sail at one end, used on the Nile river for carrying passengers, hauling cargo, or as a houseboat.
dahabeeyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dahabeeya
dudeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dudeships
Etymology: From dude + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: To cut the matter short, I was measured and in due course of time my regalia of dudeship was sent home, none of the minutest details being omitted.
ref: 1884, “How I Became a Dude”, in Grip, volume 22, page 23:
text: Come on, Toney, shed your dudeship and get into the clothes of a man.
ref: 1926, Oliver Hezzelwood, Poems and a Play: "The Invisible Urge", page 143:
text: ...his dudeship languidly informs myself that once-very- is the Russian wife of a Turk, alias the chiefly hatwearer...
ref: 1958, Edward Estlin Cummings, Eimi, page 381:
text: "Never mind the cigar," said his dudeship; "I can't smoke the beastly things. I'll take ten cents."
ref: 1976, Comments on Etymology - Volumes 27-29, page 40:
glosses: The quality or condition of being a dude.
gyassa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyassas
form: gyassi
Senses: examples: text: What was worse, the gyassa , laden with stores and spare kits, belonging to an Egyptian battalion which was just about to start forward, was blown clean over, and everything shot into the river.
ref: 1898, George Warrington Steevens, With Kitchener to Khartum, page 236:
text: Meanwhile the sunken gyassa was kept at the surface by the tackle fastened on to our mast.
ref: 1899, Winston Churchill, Francis William Rhodes, The River War, page 242:
text: The characteristic sailing craft of Bermuda, Norway, Denmark, Holland, and other European countries and waters are sketched and described, including the Venetian fishing-boats, with their richly colored sails; the rich dahabeahs and gyassi, with their graceful sails.
ref: 1900 February 22, “Fitzgerald's Exploorations in the Andes”, in The Nation, volume 70, number 1808, page 152:
text: The most convenient way in most cases is to charter a special steamer from the Sudan Government, but those wishing to be quite independent can buy a nuggar or sailing gyassa which can sail up stream on the prevailing wind but must be towed back.
ref: 1931, The South and East African Year Book & Guide, page 838:
glosses: A sail trading vessel of the upper Nile, with one mast and a very large lateen sail on a yard twice as long as the mast and as long as, or longer than, the vessel itself.
gyassas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyassa
gyassi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyassa
dudeships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dudeship
carvability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carveability
Etymology: From carve + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The clinical characteristic selected for this test was the "limit of carvability," the amalgam consistency at which the dentist feels that further carving embodies an excessive risk of fracture. A punch test approximating pure shear loading was selected to measure this property. Results of hand-carving tests made on specimens indicate that the clinical limit of carvability is approximated closely by that time at which the load required for punching is 25.5 lb.
ref: 1956, Army Medical Service, “Oral Disease. RDB Project Card Continuation Sheet.”, in Consolidated R&D Annual Project Report, United States Army, page 610:
text: None of the specifications, however, contains any method for determination of the carvability of the amalgam, and so far no correlation seems to have been shown between an objectively measurable property of dental amalgams and their carvability. It is the purpose of this work to investigate whether the carvability of amalgam is correlated with its tensile strength.
ref: 1969, KD Jorgensen, K Isenoumi, “The relationship between tensile strength and carvability of dental amalgams”, in Acta Odontol Scand, volume 27, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, pages 47–54:
text: Dentine owes its strength and carvability to its composite nature—pure hydroxylapatite is brittle but cracks in ivory are stopped where they run from the crystals into the organic part of the material.
ref: 2023, Michael Denis Higgins, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Science, Engineering and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: The quality of being carvable; workability with regard to carving.
Ribbs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ribbses
Senses: glosses: A surname
boot manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boot managers
Etymology: From boot + manager.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of boot loader.
synonyms: word: boot loader
boot managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boot manager
Johanssen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Johanssens
Etymology: From Norwegian Johanssen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Related terms: Johansen
Johanson
Johansson
Johnson
megainfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megainfluencer
Nobilo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nobilos
form: Nobiloes
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Nobilo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian
Related terms: Nobil
Nobila
Nobile
Nobili
Badami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Kannada ಬಾದಾಮಿ (bādāmi), from Old Kannada ವಾತಾಪಿ (vātāpi), from Sanskrit वातापि (vātāpi, “friend of the wind”), from वात (vāta, “wind”) and आपि (āpi, “friend”).
Senses: synonyms: Vatapi
glosses: A city in North Karnataka
Prysby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Prysbys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
kinosseur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkinəˈsɝ/
ipa: /ˌkinəˈsʊɹ/
ipa: /ˌkiːnəˈsɜː/
ipa: /ˌkiːnəˈsʊə/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: kinosseurs
Etymology: Blend of kino + connoisseur
Senses: examples: text: Why, yes, I DO own a few Criterion Collection LaserDiscs! I'm something of a kinosseur myself.
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: A person who watches and appreciates films, especially those considered kino.
Humpy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Humpys
form: Humpies
Senses: glosses: A nickname:
A nickname for someone with a deformity.
glosses: A nickname:
A nickname for someone who is very sexually active.
glosses: A nickname:
A diminutive of the male given names Humphrey or Humphry.
Related terms: hump
Hump
Humph
Humphy
humpty
Humpty
humpy
lap-top computer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lap-top computers
Senses: examples: text: Competition in the portable lap-top computer market is heating up as manufacturers scramble to pack the right punch into an affordable briefcase-size machine.
ref: 1985 March 12, David Climie, “Price, power, performance keys to winning market for lap-top computers”, in The Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page G20:
text: First, I must figure out how to use the lap-top computer I bought for $10 at a garage sale.
ref: 1997 August 3, Leonard Bishop, “Things to do on my return”, in The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kan., page D3:
text: “With DVD, you can watch a movie on a lap-top computer while you’re traveling cross-country on an airplane,” he [Trevor Hendrickson] enthuses.
ref: 2000 January 1, Melody Parker, “DVD vs. VHS battle continues”, in The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, page E3:
glosses: Dated form of laptop computer.
lap-top computers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap-top computer
palumboism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Palumboism.
feminicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more feminicidal
form: most feminicidal
Senses: examples: text: I had looked out for an elegant count, something in the Almaviva style; but the Hazebrouck authorities preferred a model after the fashion of our Henry VIII., only not quite of so burly and feminicidal an aspect.
ref: 1855 December 1, “The Count of Midlent”, in William Chambers, Robert Chambers, editors, Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, volume IV, number 100, London; Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers […], published 1856, page 343, column 2:
text: “[…] Father puts up with them, because their husbands are good shots, and I always want to say wicked things to them. They might drive me to feminicide.” […] “Yes,” she continued, “I assure you they give me feminicidal ideas. They both knew me as a child, they did not approve of my extremely modern education and they are delighted that I have turned out badly.”
ref: 1912, Pierre de Coulevain, “Lausanne”, in Alys Hallard, transl., The Heart of Life, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Company […], page 137:
text: The lack of sufficient data makes it impossible to establish a systematic link between the cartels and feminicidal murders.
ref: 2013, Ingrid Spiller, “Civil Society’s Strategies to Confront Growing Insecurity and Violence in Mexico”, in Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Regine Schönenberg, editors, Transnational Organized Crime: Analyses of a Global Challenge to Democracy (Political Science; 17), Bielefeld, N.R.W.: transcript Verlag, →ISBN, section 6 (Mexico), page 172:
glosses: Alternative form of femicidal.
Shaanzhong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a modified form of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陝中 /陕中 following the pattern of Shaanxi.
Senses: examples: text: A man from Shaanzhong, Mr. Jia, sent a matchmaker to Ms. Lan and persuaded her to marry him in Wang's house.
ref: 2014, Songling Pu, “Jinse”, in Arthur Zhu, transl., The Painted Skin: Selected Stories from The Remarkable Stories Told at a Chinese Salon (Liao Zhai Zhi Yi), page 128:
glosses: The central part of Shaanxi, China.
bodywashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodywash
cell bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cell body
Döhle bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Döhle body
vermiwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vermiwash
wash bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wash bag
washomats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washomat
washerettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washerette
wheel washes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel wash
white-knights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-knight
white-knights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of white-knight
white-winged parakeets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-winged parakeet
whittawings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whittawing
wind parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind park
wind vanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind vane
windgrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of windgrass
wind-grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind-grass
drug runners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drug runner
modified push-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modified push-up
mitsugakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitsugake
mole-rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mole-rat
miteys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitey
myelosuppressants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myelosuppressant
perfectly elastic supplies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfectly elastic supply
perfectly inelastic supplies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfectly inelastic supply
primary life support systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primary life support system
water thrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water thrush
support positions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of support position
supplementary characters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supplementary character
supplementary motor areas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supplementary motor area
supply chain visibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supply chain visibility
supporting actresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supporting actress
water supplies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water supply
Brues' soldier flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brues' soldier fly
bruxites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bruxite
W-9s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of W-9
weazons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weazon
bryophilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bryophilin
false number 9s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false number 9
bryophillins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bryophillin
running sores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of running sore
buccal pits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buccal pit
Saabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saab
lab assistants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lab assistant
landsurfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landsurfer
land-yachts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land-yacht
landyachts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landyacht
midsurfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midsurface
prenylsurfactants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prenylsurfactant
surface combatants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surface combatant
couchsurfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couchsurfer
couch-surfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couch-surfer
Gaussian surfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaussian surface
land-grabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land-grab
labour lawyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labour lawyer
Koreaphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koreaphile
knee-pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knee-pad
jewelled blennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jewelled blenny
jagging wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jagging wheel
jack salmons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jack salmon
ivy gourds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ivy gourd
iuells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iuell
isotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isotome
Itureans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iturean
iudges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iudge
iudges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of iudge
interruptees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interruptee
national schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of national school
schoolruns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schoolrun
vernacular schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vernacular school
separate schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of separate school
memeticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memeticists
Etymology: From memetics + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Why do memeticists always apply their methods to doctrines that they dislike, such as religions[?]
ref: 2006 March 25, NewScientist, page 24, column 4:
glosses: A person who studies memetics or memes.
memeticists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memeticist
western cattle egrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western cattle egret
trump of doom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The shed blew with a sound like the Trump of Doom.
ref: 1981, No-Frills Book: Western, page viii. 55:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A trumpet signal indicating the moment of God's final judgement on Earth.
American muffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American muffins
Senses: examples: text: An American muffin is usually yeastless bread baked in a cupcake shape; although defined in some British dictionaries as a sweet.
ref: 1989, Ofelia García, Ricardo Otheguy, English across Cultures. Cultures across English: A Reader in Cross-cultural Communication, page 239:
text: The American muffin looks something like a large cupcake, but has a rounded top instead of a flat one and is never toasted.
ref: 2008, Charis Cotter, Terry Durack, 1001 Foods: The Greatest Gastronomic Sensations on Earth, page 825:
text: American muffins are chemically leavened, enriched, semi-sweet quickbreads baked in individual portions. Although American muffins can be split, warmed, toasted, and spread with dairy products or fruit preserves, they are generally consumed "as is" at room temperature for breakfast, brunch or light snacks.
ref: 2015, Darra Goldstein, editor, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, page 465:
text: Nineteenth-century editions of Cassel's Dictionary of Cookery, published in London, defined the "American muffin" as a "yeast-raised griddle bread."
ref: 2017, Stella Parks, Brave Tart: Iconic American Desserts:
glosses: A cupcake-shaped baked good.
chollor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chollors
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of choler.
bristle snail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bristle snails
Senses: glosses: An Australian land snail of the genus Austrochloritis.
SPMTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SPMT
SPMT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPMTs
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of Self-Propelled Modular Transporter.
QUALY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QUALYs
Senses: examples: text: A QUALY is a measure of health based on people's attitudes toward various conditions. It rejects the concept of monetary evaluation of health; instead, it focuses on how people value various health states.
ref: 1999, Cass R. Sunstein, Free Markets and Social Justice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144:
related: word: QALY
coordinate_terms: DALY
glosses: Acronym of quality-adjusted life year.
QUALYs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QUALY
enough already
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From enough + already.
Calque of Yiddish גענוג שוין (genug shoyn).
Senses: glosses: Exclamation telling someone to stop.
Lower East Side
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Lower East Side
Senses: examples: text: It was a dark Saturday night last month on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Saturday nights can get very dark, but Sabrina Brier, in a rhinestone necklace and strapless plaid pantsuit, was agleam onstage at a basement comedy club called Caveat warming up the crowd.
ref: 2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: LES
glosses: A neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
Related terms: East Side
Upper East Side
OOTDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OOTD
show-run
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: show-runs
form: show-running
form: show-ran
form: show-run
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of showrun.
Hogwartians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hogwartian
DeSantisian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more DeSantisian
form: most DeSantisian
Etymology: From DeSantis + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: It was all very Trumpian. Or, perhaps it is more accurate to say, very DeSantisian. Because this governor was on a mission. If Trump decided to bid for the presidency again in 2024, the word was, DeSantis wanted to be his running mate.
ref: 2022, John Nichols, “Ron DeSantis’s Imperial Overreach”, in Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis, London: Verso, →ISBN, page 165:
text: In a thread responding to her friend’s tweet, by the way, Mandel echoed DeSantisian politics, suggesting that those who disagreed with her might be groomers.
ref: 2023 March 15, Philip Bump, “A viral moment reinforces the hollowness of ‘woke’ as an attack”, in The Washington Post:
text: Marge exclaims that David is a masterpiece. 'It's filth! It graphically portrays parts of the human body which, practical as they may be, are evil,' replies one of the DeSantisian sisters.
ref: 2023 April 8, Atanu Biswas, “How Michelangelo’s David continues to scandalise many”, in The Economic Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Of or pertaining to Ron DeSantis (born 1978), American politician.
Venarey-les-Laumes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
wikipedia: fr:Gare des Laumes - Alésia
Sullivanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sullivanians
Etymology: From Sullivan + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The 39-year-old Sprecher, a computer programmer, was a Sullivanian for twelve years. He left the group in 1986. But the case is not really about Paul, Dee Dee, or even David. It's about the group.
ref: 1989 June 19, Phoebe Hoban, “Psycho Drama: The Chilling Story of How the Sullivanian Cult Turned a Utopian Dream into a Nightmare”, in New York, volume 22, number 25, →ISSN, page 41:
glosses: A member of an unorthodox and controversial psychotherapy group in New York City from the 1960s to the 1980s, led by Saul B. Newton, promoting a distorted version of psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan's views.
Sullivanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Sullivan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to this therapy group.
Mosney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and townland in County Meath, Ireland.
Sullivanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sullivanian
double wedding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double weddings
Senses: examples: text: Instead of a dénoûment consisting in the establishment of a common-school system in Acadian Louisiana, we have a double wedding; the artist was too much for the theorist, and we are heartily glad of it.
ref: 1888 June, “Recent American Fiction”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A double ceremony where two engaged couples, often friends or siblings, arrange for two simultaneous or consecutive weddings.
double weddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double wedding
brachyaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbrækɪˈæksɪs/
Forms: form: brachyaxes
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The shorter lateral axis of some crystals.
Bridge of Don
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Located north of the bridge over the Aberdeenshire River Don, near the river's mouth.
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9410).
Blackdog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, north of Aberdeen, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9514).
call-sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call-signs
Senses: examples: text: “I think you will see us again on that side,” said Kapustin, who introduced himself by his call-sign White Rex and is known for his far-right views.
ref: 2023 May 24, Julian Borger, “Wagner chief warns of revolution and says 20,000 fighters killed in Bakhmut”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of call sign.
call-signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of call-sign
spotlighty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spotlighty
form: most spotlighty
Etymology: From spotlight + -y.
Senses: examples: text: And there was this: The measure of her fame was not a direct connect with the measure of how much she liked being famous. Lindsay lapped up, thrived on, bloomed under every spotlighty ray of attention.
ref: 2007 July, Randi Reisfeld, Partiers Preferred (Summer Share), New York, NY: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Nicholas looked up from the faerielight he was working with. It was glowing a soft, steady yellow red spotlighty kind of color.
ref: 2011, Penny Blubaugh, Blood & Flowers, New York, NY: HarperTeen, →ISBN, pages 292–293:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of spotlights.
tourist-trappy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tourist-trappier
form: tourist-trappiest
form: tourist trappy
Etymology: From tourist trap + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Spiaggia chef Tony Mantuano’s new Italian bar and eatery in the old Bistro 110 space just off Michigan Avenue is a good enough reason for locals to brave one of the tourist-trappiest parts of downtown.
ref: 2012 January 27, Lisa Arnett, “Review: Bar Toma”, in RedEye:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tourist trap.
digging sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digging stick
pretexturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pretexture
pretextured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pretexture
carveability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From carve + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carvability.
don't mess with success
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Cited in print in 1964. Popularized in the 1960s.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
synonyms: word: if it ain't broke
word: don't fix it