cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
glamourized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glamourize
glamourizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glamourize
glamourizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glamourize
glasnosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glasnost
glassified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glassify
glassified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vitrified.
synonyms: word: vitrified
glassifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glassify
glassifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glassify
glauconitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glauconitic
form: most glauconitic
Etymology: From glauconite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or containing, glauconite.
gleanable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glean + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being gleaned.
gleeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gleed
gleeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gleet
gleets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gleet
gleeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gleet
glented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glent
glenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glent
glimpser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glimpsers
Etymology: From glimpse + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who glimpses something.
glimpsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glimpser
computerware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From computer + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: Some 17 municipalities, select retail chains and Salvation Army thrift stores have been certified to collect junked computerware, television sets, printers and fax machines to bolster existing recycling programs, project organizers said yesterday.
ref: 2009 April 1, Paola Loriggio, “Junking of old PCs to get easier, wiser”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2025:
text: The Canadian ratings program runs the gamut from home appliances, consumer electronics and computerware to doors, windows, furnaces, lighting fixtures and new houses in their entirety.
ref: 2009 September 20, Jad Mouawad, “Energy thieves lurking in our homes”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Computer hardware and/or software.
glioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gliosis
glitzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glitz
globalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of globalism
globalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of globalization
globalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of globalisation
globulites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of globulite
glorifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glorification
gloriousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gloriousness
glossinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glossiness
glossolalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glossolalists
Etymology: From glossolalia + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who exhibits glossolalia; one who speaks in tongues.
Synonyms: tongues-speaker
tongues speaker
Related terms: glossolalia
glossolaliac
glossolalic
glossolalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glossolalist
glucosamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucosamine
glueynesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glueyness
glutaeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gluteal.
glutethimides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glutethimide
gluttonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gluttony
goatweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goatweed
goboes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gobo
goddammed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: “I'll be goddammed if I have any idea,” I said.
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
glosses: Alternative form of goddamned.
godlessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godlessness
godlikenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godlikeness
goitrogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From goitrogenic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being goitrogenic.
goldenseals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goldenseal
goldfinnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goldfinny
goldennesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goldenness
golfings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golfing
golomynka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golomynkas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of golomyanka.
gonenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goneness
gonophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonophore
gorblimy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gorblimey.
gorgonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gorgonises
form: gorgonising
form: gorgonised
form: gorgonised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gorgonize.
gorgonised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gorgonise
gorgonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gorgonise
gorgonising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gorgonise
gorsoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorsoon
gossoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gossoon
gospelized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gospelize
Derived terms: ungospelized
gospelizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gospelize
gospelizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gospelize
gospelise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gospelises
form: gospelising
form: gospelised
form: gospelised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gospelize.
gospelised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gospelise
gospelises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gospelise
gospelising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gospelise
goslarites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goslarite
goutinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goutiness
gracefulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gracefulness
gracelessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gracelessness
gracileness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gracile + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being gracile.
gracilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gracility
graciousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graciousness
gradualisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gradualism
graffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graff
graffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of graff
grainages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grainage
graininesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graininess
graithed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of graith
graithing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of graith
grames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grame
graming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grame
gramed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grame
gramicidins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gramicidin
humancentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humancentric
form: most humancentric
Etymology: From human + -centric.
Senses: examples: text: Others resist this humancentric story of the being of dogs, arguing for dogcentric understandings of what it means to be a dog.
ref: 2024, Erika Cudworth, Animal Entanglements: Muddied Living in Dog–Human Worlds, page 7:
glosses: Focusing on human beings; anthropocentric.
grandiloquences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandiloquence
grandnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandness
ungrandiloquent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungrandiloquent
form: most ungrandiloquent
Etymology: From un- + grandiloquent.
Senses: glosses: Not grandiloquent.
granfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granfers
Senses: examples: text: Tarquol came to sheds where farm machines were stored, and going through a yard, he ran through a gap in a hedge into a garden, where an old man was picking off the tops of his broad beans in a row, muttering about the black-fly on them. Tarquol passed him so near and so swiftly that the granfer’s short clay pipe dropped from between his gums.
ref: 1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of grandfather.
granitise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: granitises
form: granitising
form: granitised
form: granitised
Etymology: From granite + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of granitize.
granitised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of granitise
granitises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of granitise
granitising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of granitise
squiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squier
grantsmanships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grantsmanship
granulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granulator
granulitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more granulitic
form: most granulitic
Etymology: From granulite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or composed of granulite.
graphitizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphitization
gratefulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gratefulness
gratulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gratulate
gratulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gratulate
gratulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gratulate
greenstuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenstuff
greystones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greystone
grievousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grievousness
grigris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grigri
gript
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: grip + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grip
gristliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gristly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being gristly.
griths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪθs/
rhymes: -ɪθs
Senses: glosses: plural of grith
chamottes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chamotte
firesand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fire + sand.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chamotte.
synonyms: word: chamotte
grotesquenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grotesqueness
grotesquest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grotesque: most grotesque
grotesquer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grotesque: more grotesque
groupages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groupage
grouchinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grouchiness
paleaquult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleaquults
Etymology: From pale + aquult.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A pale aquult
paleargid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleargids
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A pale argid
grouter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grouters
Etymology: From grout + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who grouts.
Related terms: come in on the grouter
grouters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grouter
growliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From growly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being growly.
grubbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grubble
grubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grubble
grubbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grubble
grubbinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grubbiness
pallidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pallidectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The electrothermal destruction of the globus pallidus.
Synonyms: pallidotomy
Derived terms: chemopallidectomy
gruffnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gruffness
paraherquamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraherquamides
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of mycotoxins obtained from Penicillium simplicissimum
Derived terms: derquantel
gruntles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gruntle
gruntles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gruntle
grumpinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grumpiness
grutches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grutch
grutches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grutch
grutching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grutch
grutched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grutch
grykes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gryke
paraphyllium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraphyllia
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the tiny branched or stipuliform organs between the leaves of some leafy bryophytes
Derived terms: pseudoparaphyllium
guanethidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guanethidine
guardednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guardedness
guarantied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of guaranty
guarantying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guaranty
guarishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guarish
guarishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guarish
guars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guar
pericardiotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pericardiotomies
Etymology: From peri- + cardio- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: incision into the pericardium
Derived terms: postpericardiotomy
guddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guddle
gueridons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gueridon
guessworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guesswork
peroxygenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxygenases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of an alcohol by reaction with hydrogen peroxide
guidages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guidage
guilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guiler
guiltinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guiltiness
perradius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perradii
Senses: glosses: Any of the primary rays of a medusa
guitarfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guitarfish
gulched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gulch
gulching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gulch
gumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gump
gumptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gumption
gumweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gumweed
guncottons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guncotton
gunites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunite
gunneras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunnera
gunmetals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun metals
form: gun-metals
Senses: glosses: plural of gunmetal.
gurami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guramis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gourami.
guramis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gurami
guttersnipish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more guttersnipish
form: most guttersnipish
Etymology: From guttersnipe + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
gweducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gweduck
gweduc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gweducs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of geoduck.
gweducs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gweduc
gynocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynocracy
gyppie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyppies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gyppy.
gypsyisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gypsyism
gyving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gyve
CIJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Initialism of continuous inkjet.
Related terms: DOD
TIJ
TIJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Initialism of thermal inkjet.
Related terms: DOD
CIJ
forelays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forelay
forelent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forelend
worm food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food for worms
form: worm-food
form: worm's food
form: wormfood
Senses: examples: text: "Say, have ye a drug that will make worm's food of your enemy in an hour?"
ref: 1830, J. Y. A. "The Powder Plot," The Olio Vol. 4, p. 246 (Google preview)
text: At a state clemency board hearing earlier this month, a prosecutor said that Mr. Parker once joked that he had turned the Warrens into "worm food."
ref: 1996 May 29, Kevin Sack, “Awaiting Execution, And Finding Buddha”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Jun 2015:
text: "It's something that you want to do instead of being ashes or worm food, to be some kind of asset instead of being in the ground," she said.
ref: 2007 May 20, Thomas Peipert, “Donors Hope Plastinated Bodies Educate”, in Washington Post, retrieved 24 Jun 2015:
text: [F]or those of us who think that the grave is the end of us, when we shall become food for worms, the sensible course is to make the most of every passing hour.
ref: 2012 June 28, Allan Massie, “At some point your luck will run out”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 24 Jun 2015:
text: Texas Republican Rep. Mike Conaway said, “I can’t imagine an atheist accompanying a notification team as they go into some family’s home to let them have the worst news of their life and this guy says, ‘You know, that’s it — your son’s just worms, I mean, worm food.’”
ref: 2013 December 3, Victoria Bekiempis, “Atheists in Foxholes Want Chaplains, Too”, in Newsweek, retrieved 24 Jun 2015:
qualifier: often darkly humorous
glosses: One or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.
Synonyms: dog meat
corpse
dead
food for worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of worm food.
worm-food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of worm food.
surresponse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surresponses
Etymology: From sur- + response.
Senses: examples: text: The Local Rules do not address the propriety of surreplies or surresponses.
ref: 1995, Charles Harold Haden II, Hunt v. US (CIR), 889 F. Supp. 248
topics: law
glosses: A second response, typically by the defending party in litigation.
Related terms: surreply
surresponses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surresponse
worm's food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of worm food.
Sprincon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The area of Effingham County, Georgia, between the city limits of Rincon and Springfield, Georgia.
ifdef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ifdefs
Etymology: A keyword in various programming languages, short for if defined.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A construct in source code that allows another part of the code to run only if a specified identifier is defined in the program.
ifdefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ifdef
minidemo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minidemos
Etymology: From mini- + demo.
Senses: examples: text: Hi all! You have available another cool minidemo (or intro, as you prefer), with the usual ASM sources.
ref: 1993, Javier Arevalo Baeza, “New intro from VangeliSTeam”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
text: I promise to enter next time, if you keep the compo like it is now ;-) Or... why not alternating between a minigame compo and a minidemo comp ?
ref: 2002, Fabrice Frances, “2002 MiniGame Compo - download and vote!”, in comp.sys.oric (Usenet):
text: Fairlight once made a tiny minidemo where you were able to see a lot of extremely tiny rasterbars. They did it by DMA-ing some REUmemory to always the same address i.e. $d020 (background col register) at a specific rasterline (i.e. in the border).
ref: 2000, Alex Schuetz, “REU - what software uses one?”, in comp.sys.cbm (Usenet):
topics: computing
demoscene
engineering
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A short and simple demo.
minidemos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minidemo
chock-a-block full
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The place is chock-a-block full of old empty bottles on shelves, a collection from around the world.
ref: 2010, Kevin C. Mills, Sons and Daughters of the Ocean, →ISBN:
text: Until I was 16 I had no idea that escalators could terrify me. Then I met the one in the CNN building—steep, multi-storied, and chock-a-block full of people.
ref: 2011, Katharine Miller, 30 Failures by Age 30, →ISBN:
text: I set up a collapsible table, right next to a small, cherry dresser that is chock-a-block full of travel supplies: our world phone, with instructions because we have to relearn how to use it for every trip; battery chargers for laptop, camera and phone; spot remover; blow-up airline pillows; sample-sized toiletries; insect repellant, sunscreen and neosporin; an expandable clothesline; Woolite in travel-size pouches; a mending kit I'v never used (I'm a safety pin girl and loathe sewing); a plastic compression bag for my favorite pillow (yeah, I grudgingly admit that I now travel with my own).
ref: 2013, Carole Davis, From Shaw Island to the Black Sea, →ISBN, page 86:
glosses: Synonym of chock full.
synonyms: word: chock full
chock a block
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chock a block
form: most chock a block
Senses: examples: text: Which is exactly what I wanted because Mi-jami was chock a block full of smokin' hot 'ricans and Cubans and Caucasians and, well, men in general all ripe for the picking.
ref: 2012, James Brock, Tailor Made, →ISBN:
text: We walk around to central world plaza, navigating crowded pavements chock a block with street vendors selling everything from fresh fish to meat on a stick to Thai beer.
ref: 2013, Edward Wilson, Travels With Kirsty: In Search of a Different Life, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: Alternative form of chockablock.
chock a block
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chock a block
form: most chock a block
Senses: examples: text: The cutlery increasing on the drainer, chock a block, While the sink is overflowing as the dishes run amok!
ref: 2010, Sue Allen, Life.....(in General), →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: Alternative form of chockablock.
chocka
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Truncated form of chockablock.
Senses: examples: text: When I lived with my mum, the only thing we ever argued about was her food shopping addiction. Every single cupboard was chocka, the fridge was chocka, the freezer was chocka.
ref: 2011, ITV Studios Ltd., The Loose Women Book for Lovely Mums, →ISBN:
text: So we were more than a bit deflated when we found the hostel, only to be told that it was just about chocka, but that we could have separate rooms for an inflated price if we wanted.
ref: 2012, Chris Brady, Life Begins at 49, →ISBN:
text: It's gone ten, the place is chocka, and Günter's two saisonnières - one skinny girl in Hamlet black, the other plumper, frillier and blonder -- are busy with orders.
ref: 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 141:
glosses: Filled to capacity.
frightmare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frightmares
Etymology: Blend of fright + nightmare.
Senses: examples: text: Try and stick to only a few decorative elements, not a 'more is more' frightmare.
ref: 2011, Camilla Morton, A Year in High Heels, →ISBN:
text: It's a Dali-esque frightmare of liquescent forms, a pseudo-organic samplescape congested with scrofulous sound tentacles and slithery slimeshapes.
ref: 2013, Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, →ISBN:
text: 'A cuddly six and a half. Yummier than that Wednesday Addams lookalike Günter's also taken on. Frightmare or what?'
ref: 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 143:
glosses: Someone or something extremely unattractive.
examples: text: Yes, that must have been the way it had happened, Gibby decided — just one long frightmare, part of it filmed in this bedroom.
ref: 1974, Fritz Leiber, The book of Fritz Leiber, page 17:
text: Wednesday morning, Jamie was pacing back and forth in the small kitchen when she decided that she didn't want to be alone after last night's frightmare.
ref: 2011, Fern Michaels, Late Edition, →ISBN, page 223:
text: I sure hope so, I think nervously—because between my too tight costume, this too tight dressing room, and High Priestess Abala's too spooky Vampire Spell, this whole thing is turning into a New York frightmare!
ref: 2014, Deborah Gregory, Hey, Ho, Hollywood!, →ISBN:
glosses: An extremely unpleasant and frightening experience.
frightmares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frightmare
nopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nop
nopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nop
interscorer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + scorer.
Senses: examples: text: Interscorer agreement or reliability has been a major issue in Rorschach methodology throughout the history of the technique.
ref: 2013, John E. Exner, Jr., Issues and Methods in Rorschach Research, →ISBN:
glosses: Between scorers.
Synonyms: interrater
Wishkah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪʃkɑː/
Etymology: From Lower Chehalis
Senses: glosses: A river in Washington, United States, flowing southwards through Grays Harbor County where it empties into the Chehalis at Aberdeen.
Khaleesi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈliː.si/
rhymes: -iːsi
Forms: form: Kaleesi
form: Khalessi
form: Kahleesi
Etymology: Borrowed from Dothraki khaleesi (“queen”), feminine of khal (“king”). Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin for the title of the character Daenerys Targaryen in his book A Song of Ice and Fire (1996) novels. Popularised by the later television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011).
Senses: examples: text: Born just 16 minutes after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s baby was born, 26-year-old Julie Walsh, of Little Walsingham, gave birth to Khaleesi Grace Walsh, who weighed 7lb and 2oz.
ref: 2013 July 24, Andrew Papworth, “King’s Lynn mums-to-be kept up to date with Royal birth”, in Eastern Daily Press, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2024:
text: Clark was seen off by his wife, Vanessa, and their 20-month-old daughter, Khaleesi.
ref: 2014, Gary Cooper, "Sustainers will hit ground running in Kuwait, thanks to ADVON", The Gold Standard (Fort Knox, Kentucky), Volume 3, Number 11, 17 April 2014, page A12
text: The minivan erupted in flames with Lang and her 6-month-old daughter, Khaleesi Lang, inside.
ref: 2014 September 2, Cole Waterman, “Trial dates set for Midland mom accused of causing drunken crash with baby in vehicle”, in The Bay City Times, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2024:
text: But among the anger on social media, was speculation about how parents of the hundreds of Khaleesis and Danys were feeling now. The Daily Beast quoted one parent of a Khaleesi as saying she was “in shock”, while The Cut spoke to another who said “I don’t think she did anything wrong”.
ref: 2019 May 14, Kate Lyons, “Latest Game of Thrones episode sends curveball to children named Khaleesi”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2024:
glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage.
wikipedia: A Song of Ice and Fire
Daenerys Targaryen
Game of Thrones
Related terms: Daenerys
comminutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comminutors
Etymology: From comminute + -or.
Senses: examples: text: First, underground pipes carry used water away from the hotels and offices and into a king-size garbage grinder (comminutor), two parallel screws whose threads are knife blades big enough and strong enough to mince any solids into tiny pieces.
ref: 1988 February 12, Harold Henderson, “A Better Glass of Water”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of machine that grinds up solid materials, especially in waste treatment
Related terms: comminuible
comminute
comminuted
comminution
comminutors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comminutor
dinnit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: "An' I dinnit even do it for money.
ref: 1988 February 12, Josh Karlen, “Home Is Where the Heat Is”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of didn't.
semibearable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + bearable.
Senses: examples: text: The semibearable heaviness of Philip Kaufman, at least in his last three features--Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Wanderers, and The Right Stuff--is largely a matter of an only half-disguised didactic impulse, a notion that he's got something to teach us.
ref: 1988 February 12, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Unwarranted Heaviness”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Somewhat but not entirely bearable
semigratuitous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semigratuitous
form: most semigratuitous
Etymology: From semi- + gratuitous.
Senses: examples: text: Making Sabina and Franz more marginal--in effect, characters who matter only in relation to Tomas and Tereza--the film never knows quite what to do with them; Franz, in particular, seems stranded in a semigratuitous Gig Young part, and the movie drops him like a hot potato the first chance that it gets.
ref: 1988 February 12, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Unwarranted Heaviness”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Somewhat but not entirely gratuitous
ultrapersonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + personal.
Senses: examples: text: This ultrapersonal approach is best seen in Bangs's many pieces about his idol and nemesis Lou Reed, which are collected in Psychotic Reactions under the wisely chosen chapter title "Slaying the Father.
ref: 1988 February 12, Chris Morris, “Reading: Lester Bangs Played Typewriter”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2015:
glosses: Extremely personal
unparaphrasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + paraphrase + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Movement like this suggests images and meanings, yet refuses to dictate--it is movement with unspecified or unparaphrasable content, but content nonetheless[…].
ref: 1988 February 12, Cerinda Survant, “Simple Magic”, in Chicago Reader:
text: The language of a poem is not a vehicle for conveying a thought that is independently expressible; it conveys a thought that is encapsulated in the vehicle. Poems create hyperintensional contexts, with content that is unparaphrasable,[…]
ref: 2015 May 14, John Gibson, The Philosophy of Poetry, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: Impossible to paraphrase
womanchild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: womanchildren
form: womenchildren
Etymology: From woman + child.
Senses: examples: text: Where the Henley heroine comes across as an awkward, desperate, emotionally battered womanchild, the knockoff's simply dumb, needy, and infantile.
ref: 1988 February 12, Anthony Adler, “Send in the Hicks”, in Chicago Reader:
coordinate_terms: manchild
glosses: An immature woman.
womanchildren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of womanchild
habitableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From habitable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being habitable.
habitabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of habitability
habituations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of habituation
hackbolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hackbolt
hacklers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hackler
hackworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hackwork
hagiologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hagiology
hagioscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hagioscope + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The 'hagioscopic passage' and 'lowside' window are noticeable, though the latter has been injured by the removal of the mullion in recent times.
ref: 1906, John Jeremiah Daniell, A Compendium of the History and Geography of Cornwall, page 425:
glosses: Relating to a hagioscope.
hailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hailer
daruma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːɹʊmə/
Forms: form: darumas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 達磨 (daruma), from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “law; morality; code”), used as a clipping of 菩提達磨 (Bodaidaruma, “Bodhidharma”). Doublet of Dharma.
Senses: examples: text: Like a daruma doll, you knock it over and it rights itself.
ref: 1988 February 19, Janice Perrone, “A Gloom of Their Own”, in Chicago Reader:
text: This combination of piety and fun also accounts for the continued popularity of roly-poly darumas, popular doll-like figures named after Bodhidharma.
ref: 2012, Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, Suzanne Gay, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization, page 255:
synonyms: Dharma doll
glosses: A hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism.
darumas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daruma
hairinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairiness
funkmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funkmasters
Etymology: From funk + master.
Senses: examples: text: Some of us have been waiting a long time to hear them live, forced to fill the gap with endless spins of their Twin-Tone debut, Take It (produced, oddly enough, by New Orleans funkmaster Allen Toussaint)[…].
ref: 1988 February 19, Renaldo Migaldi, “Wallets”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A masterful performer of funk music.
funkmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funkmaster
hairstylings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairstyling
halachas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halacha
halakhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halakha
halakhot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halakha
halazones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halazone
tityra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tityras
Etymology: Originally a genus name used for the Black-tailed Tityra, Tityra cayana, of South America, referring to the rustic shepherd character Tityrus in Virgil's Eclogues, in allusion to the noisy, aggressive behaviour of the bird.
Senses: examples: text: In the scrubby woods that cover most of the Yucatan, suboscines such as the masked tityra, the bright-rumped attila, and the boat-billed flycatcher are all common.
ref: 1988 February 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A bird of the genus Tityra.
tityras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tityra
posthospitalization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + hospitalization.
Senses: glosses: Occurring after hospitalization
posthospitalization
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + hospitalization.
Senses: examples: text: Most all-female units are halfway houses, where women are sent posthospitalization.
ref: 1988 February 19, Janice Perrone, “A Gloom of Their Own”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: After hospitalization
singerly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more singerly
form: most singerly
Etymology: From singer + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Dietrich and Lenya lacked a number of singerly virtues, but their strengths lay in a kind of extramusical quality of feeling and experience.
ref: 1988 February 19, Chris Morris, “Marianne Faithful--Strange Weather”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2021:
glosses: Proper to or characteristic of a singer
jazzercize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They won't include aerobics, jazzercize, or jogging.
ref: 1988 February 26, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jazzercise.
halloaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of halloa
halloas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of halloa
halloaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of halloa
hallucinoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hallucinosis
liberalese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From liberal + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: This is the bottom line of revolution, and the very alphabet of liberalese.
ref: 1988 February 26, Tom Boeker, “The White Plague”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2020:
glosses: Language used by political liberals.
Synonyms: libspeak
liberalspeak
halms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halm
halogenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halogenation
haloperidols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloperidol
hammadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hammada
handsomenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handsomeness
handtowels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handtowel
hanepoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanepoot
hanseled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hansel
hanseling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hansel
hantles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hantle
harborers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harborer
harbourers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harbourer
hardstandings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardstanding
hareem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hareems
Senses: examples: text: But every day after dinner, for an hour, we were all together, and then the Favourite and the rest of the Royal Hareem competed who should most beguile the leisure of the Serene Haroun reposing from the cares of State […]
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
glosses: Dated form of harem.
hareems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hareem
meaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mead + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Each time they arrived somewhere, they'd be greeted with a glass of meaded wine.
ref: 1988 February 26, Holly Greenhagen, “Glogg”, in Chicago Reader:
text: Kris spoke clear and distinctly—between some occasional sips of meaded water—as if he was giving a testimony in court .
ref: 2007, Jason Pratt, Cry of Justice, →ISBN, page 348:
glosses: Flavored with mead
cofilmmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofilmmakers
form: co-filmmaker
form: co-film-maker
Etymology: From co- + filmmaker.
Senses: examples: text: If Blank and his collaborators (cofilmmakers Maureen Gosling, Chris Simon, and Susan Kell) are ultimately done in by their arch uses of film rhetoric, Luc Moullet and Antonietta Pizzorno attempt to eliminate film rhetoric from their discourse entirely--which is of course impossible, although their calculated disdain for "technique" almost makes this idea begin to seem plausible.
ref: 1988 February 26, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Form Counts”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: One who makes or directs a film together with someone else
cofilmmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cofilmmaker
harims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harim
harmalines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmaline
harmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmer
skinterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skintern
gospelphile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gospelphiles
Etymology: From gospel + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: They're no strangers to Chicago--many gospelphiles will remember them from ChicagoFest.
ref: 1988 February 26, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
glosses: A fan of gospel music
gospelphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gospelphile
harmines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmine
harmfulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmfulness
harmotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmotome
harslets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harslet
hartened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harten
hartens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of harten
hartening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of harten
jackroller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackrollers
form: jack-roller
Senses: examples: text: The backup team would be crouched in some tiny broom closet, with sweat rolling down their faces and their backs growing stiffer, and the jackrollers would just walk by.
ref: 1988 February 26, Jack Clark, “Who Killed Jay Brunkella?”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A criminal who robs those who are drunk or asleep
glosses: A perpetrator of male gang rape of women (jackrolling).
jackrollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jackroller
hasheeshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hasheesh
hastinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hastiness
hatcheled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hatchel
hatcheling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hatchel
sometyme
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes it'll make a leitmotiv of a famous line like Thomas Wyatt's "They fle from me that sometyme did me seke," flashing the line again and again in different contexts.
ref: 1988 February 26, Anthony Adler, “Anything Goes, Everything Fits”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2020:
glosses: Archaic spelling of sometime.
sometyme
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The records of Stepney parish note the burial of Henry Rainsford "an old sailer sometyme beadle of Ratclife and now a pencioner."
ref: 2002, Cheryl A. Fury, Tides in the Affairs of Men:
glosses: Obsolete form of sometime.
hatefulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hatefulness
hausens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hausen
haustella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlə
Senses: glosses: plural of haustellum