cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ice cream chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice cream chairs
Senses: examples: text: Helen Seibold Bohn was extremely pleased to get one of the ice cream chairs when the drug store ceased to exist.
ref: 2007, Mary Wiley Whetzel, Echoes Down the Centuries, page 130:
text: On a chilly Saturday afternoon in mid-November Emil was sitting at a rickety wire ice cream table on a just-as-rickety wire ice cream chair in the ice cream shop.
ref: 2009, A. L. Provost, The Bookmark Murders: Saving Emil Heider, page 122:
text: I had a nice sturdy old fashioned ice cream chair that I kept in a corner of the kitchen because it worked pefectly for many things including using it as a stepstool to reach the upper cupboards.
ref: 2014, Jolene Jones, Dwelling: A Memoir About Addiction and Recovery, page 71:
glosses: Alternative form of ice-cream chair.
ice cream chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice cream chair
ice-cream chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice-cream chairs
Etymology: From the use of this type of chair in ice cream parlors.
Senses: examples: text: Another innovative metal form was the “ice-cream” chair, so called because its portability and inexpensiveness made it practical for use in luncheonettes and ice-cream parlors everywhere.
ref: 1985, Marshall B. Davidson, Elizabeth Stillinger, The American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, page 186:
text: I'd worn a pale yellow blouse and skirt for Grandma's service and now I looked like a Neiman-Marcus sack that had been dragged ostentatiously around the rest of the mall, stuffed with items from Women's Tall & Oversize, crumpled into an ice-cream chair at the food court, and dipped into a fountain while searching for pennies to throw.
ref: 2008, Joe Coomer, One Vacant Chair: A Novel, page 55:
text: At the small table he grasps its matching ice-cream chair opposite Cossetti's, sits and palms a worn deck of cards.
ref: 2012, Georgette Beck, The Song of Sylvania Square, page 26:
glosses: A lightweight armless chair with a circular seat and wire back.
ice-cream chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice-cream chair
Diegos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Diego
Diegos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Diego
alveolarises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of alveolarise
alveolarising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of alveolarise
alveolarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of alveolarize
alveolarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of alveolarize
hair bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair band
hamese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ham + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The jargon of ham radio enthusiasts.
whole-time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: wholetime
Etymology: From whole + time.
Senses: examples: text: Whole-time employees with more than two years of service will be entitled to compensation, [...].
ref: 1941 November, “Notes and News: Abandoning the Clogher Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 514:
topics: business
firefighting
government
glosses: full-time
bunny hunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunny hunts
Senses: synonyms: foxhunt
glosses: A hunt for radio transmitters; radiosport.
bunny hunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunny hunt
infectological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of infectiological.
benthophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benthophages
Etymology: From bentho- + -phage.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any animal that feeds in the deep sea
Related terms: benthophagous
benyvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benyviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Benyvirus
benyviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benyvirus
binormally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bi- + normally.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In a binormal manner
biodecolorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biodecolorizations
Etymology: From bio- + decolorization.
Senses: glosses: decolorization by means of a biological organism
biodegradatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biodegradatory
form: most biodegradatory
Etymology: From bio- + degradatory.
Senses: glosses: That causes biodegradation
biotemporally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bio- + temporally.
Senses: glosses: In a biotemporal manner
branchiospinule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchiospinules
Etymology: From branchio- + spinule.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A branchial spinule
branchiospinules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchiospinule
bromotyrosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromotyrosine
bruchinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bruchinids
Senses: glosses: Any of the subfamily Bruchinae of bean weevils.
bruchinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bruchinid
hencefrom
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hence + from.
Senses: glosses: From this place; herefrom.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
roneo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roneos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roneo.
roneo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roneos
form: roneoing
form: roneoed
form: roneoed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roneo.
whencefrom
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From whence + from.
Senses: glosses: From which place; wherefrom.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
musclegirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musclegirls
Etymology: From muscle + girl, modeled after muscleman.
Senses: examples: text: Musclegirl Alex Rain (Sue Price) awakens on the East African plain with no memory, having been shot clean through the head.
ref: 1997, Edmond Grant, Ken Fox, The Motion Picture Guide: 1997 Annual (The Films of 1996), page 265:
text: She thinks of Samantha Grimes, and suddenly Julie raises her fists above her head, elbows bent, and assumes a musclegirl pose, admiring herself in the cloudy silver glass.
ref: 1998, Terry Hermsen, Robert Fox ·, Teaching Writing from a Writer's Point of View, page 170:
text: She wasn't the ginormous musclegirl I'd envisioned.
ref: 2007, Gena Showalter, Red Handed, page 92:
glosses: A strong and muscular girl or woman, especially one who is a bodybuilder.
water-lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water-lilies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of water lily.
water-lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-lily
Llanrwst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hlænˈɹuːst/
ipa: [ɬanˈrust]
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A small market town and community with a town council in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH8062).
whithertofore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From whitherto + fore.
Senses: glosses: Up which to the present time; until which thereabouts date and time; from the beginning to which point or position.
glosses: wheretofore
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
Hurst Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ7327).
glosses: A place in England:
A green and suburb in Brightlingsea, Tendring district, Essex (OS grid ref TM0916).
glosses: A place in England:
A village in Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6838).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb of Oxted, Tandridge district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ3951).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb of Halesowen, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9885).
iPhoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iPhoners
Etymology: From iPhone + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Since Instagram became available for Android users yesterday, a lobby of "but that was OUR app!" tweets are starkly highlighting the rift between iPhoners and Androiders.
ref: 2012 April 4, Emily Dreyfuss, “iPhone users: Android is ruining our Instagram club”, in CNET, CBS Interactive Inc., published 2012, retrieved 01 Mar 2020:
glosses: iPhone user
Petersham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːtəʃəm/
Senses: glosses: A village in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1873).
laughs like a drain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of laugh like a drain
laughing like a drain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of laugh like a drain
laughed like a drain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of laugh like a drain
cries like a baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry like a baby
crying like a baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry like a baby
cried like a baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cry like a baby
cries like a little girl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry like a little girl
crying like a little girl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry like a little girl
cried like a little girl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cry like a little girl
Barrow upon Trent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3528).
Bishopthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5947).
Little Ponton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Little Ponton and Stroxton parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9232).
Related terms: Great Ponton
graffitus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graffiti
Etymology: Back-formation from graffiti, as if using the Latin -ī plural, thus, graffiti + -us to create a singular.
Senses: glosses: A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense.
Besford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (served by Defford and Besford Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9144).
uncharted territory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uncharted territories
Senses: glosses: An area of land that has not been surveyed.
examples: text: Echoing the rhapsodic prog-rock vibes of Pink Floyd circa ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’, the new track marks an ambitious step into uncharted territory for Coldplay, though not eschewing too far from the alt-rockers’ standard fare.
ref: 2021 July 23, Ellie Robinson, “Coldplay shoot for the stars with their cinematic new track ‘Coloratura’”, in NME:
text: UN agency says El Niño and human-induced climate breakdown could combine to push temperatures into ‘uncharted territory’[.]
ref: 2023 May 17, Fiona Harvey, “World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of uncharted water (an unknown situation).
synonyms: word: uncharted water
extra: an unknown situation
uncharted territories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncharted territory
Carriacou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.kuː/
rhymes: -æɹəkuː
Etymology: Derived from the Kalinago toponym Kayryouacou, which translates to "land of reefs".
Senses: glosses: An island of Grenada.
Hypernyms: Grenada
Derived terms: Carriacouan
Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Related terms: Petite Martinique
stirs the pot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stir the pot
stirring the pot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stir the pot
stirred the pot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stir the pot
Cathiron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in Harborough Magna parish, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4678).
stirs up the animals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stir up the animals
stirring up the animals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stir up the animals
stirred up the animals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stir up the animals
Grenadinese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a person from or the people of the Grenadine Islands or Grenadine Parish of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (in contrast with the people of Saint Vincent)
glosses: a person from or the people of the Grenadine Islands belonging to Grenada
stir plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stir plate
name-drops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of name-drop
Petite Martinique
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛ.ti mɑː(ɹ).tɪˈniːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Etymology: Derived from French petit (“small”) and the toponym Martinique. The island was named for its resemblance to Martinique. Compare Petit Canouan, Petit Nevis, Petit Saint Vincent, Petite Dominique and Petite Mustique.
Senses: glosses: An island of Grenada.
Hypernyms: Grenada
Derived terms: Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Related terms: Carriacou
lexical scope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexical scopes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lexical scoping.
synonyms: word: lexical scoping
Synonyms: lexical scoping
static scoping
static scope
lexical scopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lexical scope
static scope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: static scopes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lexical scoping.
synonyms: word: lexical scoping
Synonyms: lexical scoping
static scoping
Wallyford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3672).
nose-nipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose-nippers
Senses: examples: text: I had the Arab diver with the nose-nipper alongside this morning, and told him to let me see how long he could remain under water, and I carefully timed him; one minute and forty-nine seconds, which is the longest dive on record on these banks or beds.
ref: 1893, Archibald Sinclair, William Henry, Swimming, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 102:
text: But TLC sold me this attractive little nose-nipper and it just fits right over my nose.
ref: 1999, Deb Margolin, Of All the Nerve: Deb Margolin Solo, A&C Black, page 59:
glosses: A facial attachment that is fitted with a clasp pinching the nose.
examples: text: He saw the old man lift his head from some writing so sharp that his nose-nippers fell off...
ref: 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page v. 29:
glosses: pince-nez
groundgame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundgames
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ground game.
groundgames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groundgame
Coedkernew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh Coedcernyw, probably from coed (“wood”) + carn (“cairn, enclosure”), meaning something like "wood of the cairn," "enclosure wood."
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) in the city and county of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST2783).
South Hylton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, on the south bank of the River Wear (OS grid ref NZ3556).
Related terms: North Hylton
Japanolatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Japan + idolatry
Senses: examples: text: THESE three books, each in its own manner and degree, are excellent examples of the Japanolatry characteristic of this rococo age.
ref: 1895, The Athenaeum, page 249:
text: Mr . Norman is not free from the prevalent Japanolatry . At p. 360 (e.g) Japan did not provoke the late war; at p. 376 she is dubbed a "first class military power"; and at p. 377, one of her buglers blows, apparently for a long time (with a bullet in his chest), till breath fails — which anyone can tell would be an immediate result.
ref: 1895, Asian Review, page 218:
text: The beauty of a Japanese garden is a step to take, and it is a real step, quite as far apart from the vulgar and uneducated Japanolatry of some years since as from the cold contempt into which more recent taste seems to be reacting.
ref: 1912, GC & HTJ. - Volumes 51-52, page 330:
text: Japanolatry in the West coincided with victory in the Sino-Japanese War, and, ten years later, the defeat of Russia.
ref: 1967, Geoffrey Bownas, From Japanology to Japanese Studies:
text: For twenty years his taste confined itself to the fashionable families that married well with Louis XV furniture and to the Japanese wares then in vogue as a result of the decorative rage in France known as Japanolatry.
ref: 1981, Pearl Violette Metzelthin, Ruth Reichl, Gourmet - Volume 41, Issues 1-6:
glosses: An admiration for Japan or items that reflect Japanese culture.
examples: text: Finally, the complex and multi-dimensional character of any performance gap can be explored further by introducing cash flow per vehicle produced as a third performance measure; this series shows the limits of Japanolatry because, on this measure, average car companies in Japan as well as America have real problems.
ref: 1994, Karel Williams, Cars: Analysis, History, Cases, page 216:
text: Let me take an example from a recent American bestseller, which is intended, it seems clear, as a counterblast to all the Japanolatry now running riot through American business schools.
ref: 2013, Ronald Dore, Taking Japan Seriously: A Confucian Perspective on Leading Economic Issues:
text: We have attempted to confront each of these broader issues elsewhere, in work which questions the exaggerated and uncritical Japanolatry of much Western social science (Williams et al., 1991, 1992).
ref: 2016, Anthony J. Berry, Jane Broadbent, David T. Otley, Management Control: Theories, Issues and Practices, page 222:
qualifier: more specifically
glosses: A belief in the superiority of Japanese business practices and management style.
kaiser roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaiser rolls
Senses: examples: text: The bread is shaped like a kaiser roll but crowned with a mantle of seeds and coarse salt so abundant that it crunches audibly when bitten.
ref: 2007, Jane Stern, Michael Stern, Roadfood Sandwiches:
text: It's a hard roll, more specifically a crusty kaiser roll, sprinkled with caraway and coarse salt instead of the more familiar poppy seed topping.
ref: 2011, Donald A. Gazzaniga, Maureen A. Gazzaniga, No-Salt, Lowest-Sodium Soups, Salads, and Sandwiches, page 195:
text: So I go into the girls' bathroom, eat the kaiser roll as quickly as I can, and throw the paper bag in the trash for tampons.
ref: 2013, Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead:
glosses: Alternative form of Kaiser roll.
kaiser rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaiser roll
lunarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lunar + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: The melting conditions in the lunarite were evidently different from those in the lunabase, on account of the difference in chemical composition; and from analogy with terrestrial conditions, the latter melted more easily.
ref: 1948, Josiah Edward Spurr, Geology Applied to Selenology: Lunar catastrophic history, page 48:
text: On this reading of the situation, apart from the water of hydration, there will be very little chemical difference between lunarite and lunabase.
ref: 1960, Valdemar Axel Firsoff, Strange world of the moon:
text: Lunarite slopes at greater angles than lunabase, and the difference is due, it is suggested, to the lavas of the lunarite being relatively viscous.
ref: 1965, Gilbert Fielder, Lunar geology, page 85:
glosses: The substance that forms the lighter portions of the lunar surface, as opposed to lunabase.
lunabase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The melting conditions in the lunarite were evidently different from those in the lunabase, on account of the difference in chemical composition; and from analogy with terrestrial conditions, the latter melted more easily.
ref: 1948, Josiah Edward Spurr, Geology Applied to Selenology: Lunar catastrophic history, page 48:
text: On this reading of the situation, apart from the water of hydration, there will be very little chemical difference between lunarite and lunabase.
ref: 1960, Valdemar Axel Firsoff, Strange world of the moon:
text: Lunarite slopes at greater angles than lunabase, and the difference is due, it is suggested, to the lavas of the lunarite being relatively viscous.
ref: 1965, Gilbert Fielder, Lunar geology, page 85:
text: Some crater rings show faintly through the lunabase; others just break surface. Some lunabase areas such as the floor of Petavius are faulted, which may reasonably be attributed to very thin, plastic lunabase cover over a brittle substratum.
ref: 2014, Frederick I. Ordway, Advances in Space Science and Technology, page 42:
glosses: The substance that forms the darker areas of the lunar surface, as opposed to lunarite.
Whitley Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3572).
lustrify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lustrifies
form: lustrifying
form: lustrified
form: lustrified
Etymology: From luster + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Ointment, wherewith she sprinkles o'er her face, And lustrifies her beauty's dying grace.
ref: 1864, Robert Chambers, The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities, page 42:
text: So transformed, transfigured, lustrified, The Tip-tops' mighty halls, They were dumb, the Tip-tops, mystified, In their own treasured walls.
ref: 1883, V. Lescribleur (pseud.), The great anti-crinoline league, page 73:
text: And that the ladies furthermore had a choice assortment of waters to make their faces shine, confections to clarify their skins, lip salves and scarlet cloths for the cheeks, and ointments for various purposes of lustrifying and beautifying the complexion.
ref: 1887, All the Year Round - Volume 39; Volume 59, page 79:
glosses: To give luster to; to make lustrous.
examples: text: Well now, p'raps you can lustrify my officials?
ref: 1850, Howard Taubman, Fashion; or Life in New York. A comedy in five acts, page 2:
text: After the introduction, which could be always raised from some immediate circumstance—he announced: “ Now in de flrs' place I'se gwine to 'splain dis her tex; second, I'se argufy de subjec ob de same; furd, I'se bound to lustrify de obscurities ob de passage; and in de fort and lass place I puts on de powerful rousin's.
ref: 1865, Heywood and Son's Up-to-date Collection of Nigger Songs and Recitations74:
text: To lustrify, sposen I done gone ober to 'Square Jones' some moonlight ebenin and borry a watermelyun.
ref: 1895, E.E. Rogers, “What is one and one and Nothing”, in Book-keeper, volume 8, number 6, page 9:
glosses: To illuminate or clarify.
lustrifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lustrify
lustrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lustrify
lustrified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lustrify
monkey-puzzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey-puzzles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of monkey puzzle.
monkey-puzzles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey-puzzle
monkeypuzzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkeypuzzles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of monkey puzzle.
monkeypuzzles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkeypuzzle
Monkwearmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌmʌŋkˈwɪə(ɹ)məθ/
Etymology: From Wermuth Monachorum (1291), from Latin monachorum; see also Wearmouth.
Senses: glosses: An urban area in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, on the north side of the River Wear near its mouth (OS grid ref NZ3958).
Charing Heath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement near Charing, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9249).
zilant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zilants
form: Zilant
Etymology: From Russian Зилант (Zilant), from Tatar yılan/елан (yelan, “snake”).
Senses: examples: text: The creature zilant is depicted. Part snake, part dragon, it has wings and a curled tail, for example on the coat of arms of Kazan dating from 1730. While some of the legends associated with the zilant link it to Bulgar conceptions of "flying snakes" found in trees, others legends connect the zilant to the Altai mountains, and specific Turkic ancestors of the Tatars, the Kypchaks.
ref: 2008, Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, volumes 47-48, page 93:
text: "I called her while you were watching the zilants out your window."
ref: 2012, Steffan Becker, The Mysterious World of Eddy Shade, →ISBN, page 17:
text: […] her eyes locked on the zilant, she unscrewed the vial and waved it under the zilant';s nostrils. Its eyes glazed over and it bowed its head. Hecate had won the battle of wills by blocking the zilant's resistance. The other zilants would follow her […]
ref: 2017, Christina Clarry, The Great Wizard Wars, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: A winged snake- or dragon-like creature in the mythology of the Russian, Tatar, Chuvash and Mari peoples around Kazan.
zilants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zilant
stoor worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoor worms
form: Stoor Worm
form: stoorworm
Etymology: The first element may be stoor, stour (“large, stout”) (cognate to Old Norse stórr), or it may be from Old Norse Storðar-gandr (literally “world-monster”), an alternative name for Jörmungandr, from poetic use of storð to mean "earth", whence storðar men, "earth's necklace", i.e. "sea" (storð more often meant "wood" and storðar-gandr more often meant "wood's bane" i.e. "fire"). The second element is worm (“sea-dragon”).
Senses: examples: text: But with regard to the Stoor Worms (which I have oftener heard called Sea Worms by the Norwegians), those who totally discredited the existence of the Kraakens told told me, they believed them really to exist: […]
ref: 1771, Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World, page 41:
text: Madness, like a Stoor Worm, moved continuously under their feet, making every step they took full of terror. Phelim peered at each face, but could see no one who resembled his dimly remembered father. Besides, it was difficult: […]
ref: 2000, Geraldine McCaughrean, The Stones are Hatching, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 181:
text: The Muckle Mester Stoor Worm was the father of all the terrible stoor worms that lived in the sea - huge sea monsters that destroyed ships and breathed poison over the land.
ref: 2003, Donald Omand, The Orkney Book, Birlinn Publishers:
text: Now, I don't suppose that you are familiar with the internal plumbing of a stoor worm, so I had better explain. There was a large tunnel that ran right through the stoor worm, but here and there were smaller tunnels running off the big one […]
ref: 2014, Tom Muir, Orkney Folk Tales, The History Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A giant sea serpent or sea dragon in Orcadian folklore, which had putrid breath, probably an Orkney version of Jörmungandr.
Zilant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zilants
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of zilant.
Stoor Worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stoor Worms
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of stoor worm.
Stoor Worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stoor Worm
Zilants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zilant
stoorworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoorworms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stoor worm.
stoorworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoorworm
stoor worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoor worm
takes to the streets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take to the streets
taking to the streets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take to the streets
took to the streets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take to the streets
taken to the streets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take to the streets
marks off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mark off
marking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mark off
marked off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mark off
rolls the dice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roll the dice
rolling the dice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roll the dice
rolled the dice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roll the dice
xanbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzænbi/
ipa: /ˈzænbi/
rhymes: -ænbi
Forms: form: xanbies
Etymology: Blend of Xanax + zombie.
Senses: glosses: Someone who acts like a zombie after consuming large quantities of Xanax or other benzodiazepines, often in combination with alcohol.
xanbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanbie
leafpile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafpiles
Etymology: From leaf + pile.
Senses: glosses: A pile of leaves.
hereagainst
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From here + against.
Senses: glosses: In opposition to this or that; contrary on this or that; against this;
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
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whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
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whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
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wherearound
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whereat
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wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
whaten
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:whaten.
glosses: Alternative form of whatten.
whatten
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: /wɒtən/
/wɑtən/
Etymology: Originally a contraction of what kind (of) (the DSL traces the Scots cognate back to Middle English whatkin, whatkyn, but the MED's only example is of the two-word collocation what kyn), later used in place of bare what.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:whatten.
glosses: What.
Related terms: whatna
full pelt
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fʊl ˈpɛlt/
rhymes: -ɛlt
Forms: form: at full pelt
Etymology: From full + pelt (“act of moving quickly, rush”).
Senses: examples: text: It's a good day off us anyhow, and they're all going south-west by south full pelt as hard as they can go.
ref: 1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Battle of the North Atlantic”, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC, § 1, page 146:
glosses: Very quickly.
calorifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calorifiers
Senses: glosses: An apparatus that generates hot water
calorifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calorifier
cambivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cambivores
Senses: examples: text: Other nutritional subgroups, represented in smaller numbers, were cambivores (phloem and cortex feeders), detritrivores (necrophagous species) and wood borers (xylophagous species).
ref: 2015, Jon Andersson, “Wood-inhabiting beetles in low stumps, high stumps and logs on boreal clear-cuts: implications for dead wood management”, in PLoS One:
text: On average, obligate predators were more negatively affected than cambivores and facultative predators.
ref: 2017, Jonas Victorsson, “Stump extraction in the surrounding landscape: predatory saproxylic beetles are more negatively affected than lower trophic levels.”, in Forest ecology and management:
text: Assemblages of clear-cut and old-growth stands were similar, with groups of 'cambivores' and 'obligate saproxylics' differing from those of uncut stands, and related to greater abundance of the latter in old growth habitats with large volumes of suitable dead wood.
ref: 2018, Tim R. New, Forests and Insect Conservation in Australia, page 15:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that consumes the cambium of plants.
cambivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cambivore
cantharoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantharoids
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Cantharoidea
Senses: glosses: Any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.
cantharoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantharoid
capillarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: capillarizes
form: capillarizing
form: capillarized
form: capillarized
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo capillarization
capillarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of capillarize
cavernosography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: radiography of the corpus cavernosum
cebrionid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cebrionids
Senses: glosses: Any click beetle of the subfamily Cebrioninae
cefataxime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cefotaxime.
chemoimmunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + immunity.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of being chemoimmune
chemolitholysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + litholysis.
Senses: glosses: chemical litholysis
chlorococcalean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorococcaleans
Senses: glosses: Any green alga of the order Chlorococcales.
choriocentesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choriocenteses
Senses: glosses: A less common name of the procedure that involves the sampling of cells from the chorion in order to detect birth defects; CVS
chromatotrophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromatotrophins
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of hormones responsible for colour change in some crabs
chromatotrophins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromatotrophin
chromopeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromopeptides
Etymology: From chromo- + peptide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any peptide that has an added chromophore (typically an azo compound)
chromopeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromopeptide
chronotypology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chrono- + typology.
Senses: glosses: The characterization and analysis of chronotypes
clavoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clavoids
Etymology: From Clava + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Any hydrozoan of the genus Clava
cleptoparasitoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleptoparasitoid
clinicoradiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From clinico- + radiologically.
Senses: glosses: In a clinicoradiological manner
clinograde
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clino- + -grade (“variation”).
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
geography
geology
limnology
natural-sciences
glosses: Varying vertically.
Coordinate terms: orthograde
cochromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + chromatography.
Senses: glosses: The simultaneous chromatography of two or more materials
componentwisely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a componentwise manner
conetainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conetainers
Etymology: Blend of cone + container
Senses: glosses: A conical container typically used for growing seedlings.
conetainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conetainer
contactability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contactabilities
Senses: antonyms: uncontactability
glosses: The condition of being contactable.
corynemycolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mycolic acid present in Corynehcterium
coselection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coselections
Etymology: From co- + selection.
Senses: glosses: The simultaneous selection of two or more things
cryogenized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Treated with a cryogen
cryostress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryostresses
Etymology: From cryo- + stress.
Senses: glosses: stress caused by low temperatures
cryptogonimid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptogonimids
Senses: glosses: Any trematode of the family Cryptogonimidae
cryptogonimids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptogonimid
curarisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curarisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of curarization.
curcumene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrocarbon 2-methyl-6-tolyl-2-heptene
Related terms: curcumine
curcumenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tricyclic sesquiterpene alicyclic alcohol 5,8-epoxy-5-beta-guiaia-7(11),9-dien-8-alpha-ol
Blunsdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England. Blunsdon railway station is to the west of it.
Bower Ashton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small area in the city and county of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5671).
Related terms: Ashton Gate
Ashton Vale
Long Ashton