cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
interwell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + well.
Senses: glosses: Between wells (all senses)
microvariable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microvariables
Etymology: From micro- + variable.
Senses: glosses: Something that possesses microvariability
microvariables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microvariable
omnigeneity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The condition of being omnigeneous
omnigeneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having no orbit-averaged radial magnetic drift
raw_tags: of a stellarator
Related terms: omnigeneity
overdoping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + doping.
Senses: glosses: Excessive doping (of a semiconductor)
pentagraphene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penta-graphene.
quarterwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter-wave
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quarter of a wavelength
seperated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seperate
converse antonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: converse antonyms
Senses: examples: text: Converse antonyms describe the same relation or activity from different perspectives, and follow patterns like: if X is p to Y, then Y is q to X. [...]
a. Bill is Madeline's parent. → Madeline is Bill's child.
b. John gives to Oxfam. → Oxfam receives from John.
c. Scotland is above England. → England is below Scotland.
ref: 2010, M. Lynne Murphy, Lexical Meaning, page 120:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
semantics
glosses: Either of a pair of terms that name or describe a single relationship from opposite perspectives, such as parent versus child.
Synonyms: relational antonym
converse
Related terms: gradable antonym
complementary antonym
contradictory antonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contradictory antonyms
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
semantics
glosses: complementary antonym
pseudoseasonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + seasonal.
Senses: glosses: Having some, but not all, seasonal characteristics
simplicies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of simplices.
facecam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facecams
form: face cam
Etymology: From face + cam.
Senses: glosses: A live recording of the face or faces or a person or multiple people in an online video, especially let's play videos.
face cam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face cams
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of facecam.
in-memory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That resides in memory.
prairie lake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prairie lakes
Etymology: When such a lake dries out, its bed becomes a grassland like a prairie.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of lake that has no inlet, which is fed by rainfall and runoff, and preserved by high water tables, which dries out when water tables drop in dry weather.
on this side of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
nanotemplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanotemplates
Etymology: From nano- + template.
Senses: examples: text: These nanotemplates can be grown through bottom-up approaches using either vacuum or chemical methodologies.
ref: 2010, Gary P Wiederrecht, Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology, →OCLC, page 1145:
glosses: A nanoscale template.
nanotemplated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + templated.
Senses: glosses: Modified, or constructed by means of a nanotemplate
nanotracer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanotracers
Etymology: From nano- + tracer.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale tracer
nanotracers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanotracer
nanovector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanovectors
Etymology: From nano- + vector.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale vector
nanovectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanovector
tectomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tectomers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of self-assembling compounds composed of two, three or four oligoglycine residues surrounding a central hydrocarbon chain
oligoglycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligoglycines
Etymology: From oligo- + glycine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligopeptide composed of glycine residues
thermoreflectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoreflectivities
Etymology: From thermo- + reflectivity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being, or the extent to which something is thermoreflective
thermoreflective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thermoreflective
form: most thermoreflective
Etymology: From thermo- + reflective.
Senses: glosses: That reflects radiant heat
Related terms: thermoreflectivity
trichalcogenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichalcogenides
Etymology: From tri- + chalcogenide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that contains three chalcogenide ions
trichalcogenides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichalcogenide
do-while loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: do-while loops
form: do while loop
form: do/while loop
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: a construction in which a series of commands are performed once initially, and then repeatedly for as long as a specified condition evaluates to true.
Mascot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in southeastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
bally-warche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bally-warches
Senses: examples: text: Th' singers couldn't get forrud for laughin'. One on 'em whisper't to Thwittler, an' axed him if his fiddle had getten th' bally-warche.
ref: 1867, Edwin Waugh, Th' Barrel Organ:
qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: Alternative spelling of bellywark.
belly-wahk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly-wahks
Senses: examples: text: Bayn hez belly-wahk wi cranshin si mich rewbub.
ref: 1899, John Nicholson, The Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, page 93:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bellywark.
bally-wartch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bally-wartches
Senses: examples: text: It edges my teeth wurr nor a railroad whitle when it's yeawlin like a kennol o' clemmed heawnd-shelps, or a donkey wi'th' bally-wartch.
ref: 1865, Benjamin Brierley, Irkdale, or, the Odd House in the Hollow, volume 1, page 26:
qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: Alternative spelling of bellywark.
stockwhipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stockwhip
stockwhipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stockwhip
angree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of angry.
hungree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of hungry.
bradree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of baradari (“Muslim social strata”).
synonyms: word: baradari
extra: Muslim social strata
dystopianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dystopian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The condition of a dystopia (miserable, dysfunctional society).
epicline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiclines
Etymology: From epi- + -cline.
Senses: glosses: The region above a slope or boundary
ethnopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + -poiesis.
Senses: examples: text: Ethnopoiesis is, therefore, a much more fitting term. If identities, or more precisely: ethnicities are made in a process of ethnopoiesis, they are consciously shaped, reshaped or perpetuated; they become part of tradition, if they are found they are heritage.
ref: 2016, Stefan Burkhardt, Norman Tradition and Transcultural Heritage:
glosses: The process of establishing an ethnic group
exhaustify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: exhaustifies
form: exhaustifying
form: exhaustified
form: exhaustified
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To make exhaustive (include all possibilities).
exhaustifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exhaustify
exhaustifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exhaustify
exhaustified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exhaustify
edgelord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edgelords
Etymology: From edge (“the limit of acceptable behavior”) + -lord
Senses: examples: text: Given that I have a certain personality that draws in a certain type of person, I have a ton of people on my feed who are Wiccan, Pagan, Satanist or some other kind of fringe religion or cult member. […] They make extra sure to remind you that they never take down their Halloween decorations, because, in the dark, black heart of an edgelord, every day is Halloween.
ref: 2018 October, Brad Cox, “Top 5 Things That I Hate About Halloween”, in Exotic, volume 26, number 4, Portland, OR: XMAG LLC, →OCLC, page 54:
text: But the joke, in the end, is that there is no joke. The sensibility of the edgelord—who pushes the boundaries of offensive humor—is really one long tumble into the abyss.
ref: 2019 March 19, Talia Lavin, “The Death of Fascist Irony”, in The New Republic, →ISSN:
text: [Felix] Kjellberg knew plenty of edgelords — he was a gamer, after all — but he never considered himself one of them. Sure, he cursed and shouted while playing video games, but that was normal behavior.
ref: 2019 October 9, Kevin Roose, “What Does PewDiePie Really Believe?”, in The New York Times Magazine, →ISSN:
text: This is the man who aspires to save our planet and get us a new one to inhabit: clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman, cad[…]
ref: 2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
text: The good thing about the music industry being so against this is that it seems pretty easy to strike things down. But I also think it’s good for there to be one edgelord moment.
ref: 2023 May 24, Joe Coscarelli, quoting Grimes, “Grimes Invited Anyone to Make A.I. Grimes Songs. Here Are Her Reviews.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Someone who tries to appear edgy by doing or saying provocative, controversial, taboo, or offensive things.
Related terms: don't cut yourself on that edge
over the edge
self-own
edgelord
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: edgelords
form: edgelording
form: edgelorded
form: edgelorded
Etymology: From edge (“the limit of acceptable behavior”) + -lord
Senses: examples: text: The Crimson doesn't name any names, probably because no one wants to be known as the kid who almost went to Harvard except they edgelorded too hard.
ref: 2017 June 5, Sarah Jeong, “Students Lose Acceptance to Harvard Over Racist Memes”, in Vice:
text: Logan is a great example of the false depth that comes from denying morals just for the sake of edgelording.
ref: 2018, Richard Greene, Joshua Heter, editors, Westworld and Philosophy: Mind Equals Blown, Open Court Publishing, →ISBN:
text: I have personally used and enjoyed the Perl language for nearly 30 years, and it's distressing to see the bigotry and edgelording coming from prominent elements of the community—not to mention the board's failures to respond decisively.
ref: 2021 August 14, Jim Salter, “The Perl Foundation is fragmenting over Code of Conduct enforcement”, in Ars Technica:
glosses: To behave like an edgelord; to provoke with risque behaviour.
coöperations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coöperation
stoppit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of stop it.
exquisite corpse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exquisite corpses
Etymology: Calque of French cadavre exquis. First coined in 1925 by surrealists André Breton, Marcel Duhamel, Jacques Prévert, and Yves Tanguy in a similar manner to consequences; the first example was constructed from the following prompt: Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau (“the exquisite corpse will drink new wine”).
Senses: examples: text: […]had collaborated on the Surrealist game of cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse), in which artists made collective collages of words or images.
ref: 1983, Janet A. Kaplan, Remedios Varo (1913–1963): Spanish-born Mexican Painter, Woman Among the Surrealists, page 25:
glosses: A collective art game in which several collaborating artists assemble a sentence or image, usually by following a prompt, or being allowed to see the only last contribution.
examples: text: Breton insisted that the collective endeavor to compose an exquisite corpse leads to a pool of epiphanies, analogies, connections that would have been impossible otherwise.
ref: 2019, Kate Haanzalik, Nathalie Virgintino, editors, Exquisite Corpse: Studio Art-Based Writing Practices in the Academy, Parlor Press LLC, →ISBN, page xvi:
glosses: A sentence or image created as a result of this game.
apple juices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple juice
transactional analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transactional analyses
Etymology: Coined by Eric Berne to reflect the roots in psychoanalysis and the transactions that are the target of the therapy.
Senses: examples: text: Transactional analysis is best done in therapy groups; or conversely, it may be said that the natural function of therapy groups is transactional analysis.
ref: 1979, Eric Berne, Transactional Analysis, →ISBN, page 87:
text: In transactional analyses, clients rely upon the analyst's advice and opinions in order to negotiate, structure, and consummate actual commercial transactions.
ref: 1998, Robert F. Reilly, Robert P. Schweihs, Valuing Intangible Assets, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: A psychotherapeutic system involving analysis of relationships and interactions in terms of ego states that correspond to the roles of parent (critical and nurturing), adult (rational), and child (intuitive and dependent).
wikipedia: Eric Berne
Related terms: archeopsychic
exteropsychic
neopsychic
jennyass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jennyasses
Senses: examples: text: But a man who holds so tightly to what he calls his rights over what he calls his debts will hold tightly also to what he calls his rights over her whom he calls his wife. No sir smile neighbour shall covet his ox or his wife or his manservant or his maidservant or his jackass. / —Or his jennyass, Buck Mulligan antiphoned.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: […] old rope is for tethering your jennyass […]
ref: 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford, London: Hutchinson, Part One:
glosses: Alternative form of jenny-ass.
CBO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CBOs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of criminal behaviour order.
glosses: Initialism of community-based organization.
CBO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: On spending, the biggest option CBO outlined was recalculating what the government pays Medicare Advantage health insurance plans in relation to their participants’ health ($1.05 trillion over 10 years).
ref: 2024 December 28, Jonathan Nicholson, “Yes, There Are Ways To Cut The Budget Deficit. 'DOGE' Hasn’t Found Them So Far.”, in HuffPost:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Congressional Budget Office.
taken for granted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take for granted
Jehovan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Jehova + -an.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jehovian.
Jehovan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jehovans
Etymology: From Jehova + -an.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jehovian.
job satisfaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A feeling of contentment that employees derive from their work.
dduk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Note : Tteok (Korean rice cakes, also spelled dduk or toppoki) are available in Asian markets.
ref: 2009 September 23, “Tteokbokki  Korean Rice Cakes with Red Chili Sauce”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 May 2021:
glosses: Synonym of tteok.
synonyms: word: tteok
gatoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: No gatoring on campus, though.
ref: 2009 September 23, Maureen Dowd, “Where the Wild Thing Is”, in New York Times:
glosses: The act of almost completely submerging oneself in water to resemble an alligator
knafah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knafahs
Senses: examples: text: AS a young student at the multinational Aramco school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Fadi Jaber, a son of Palestinian refugees, always preferred his American classmates’ cupcakes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies to his mother’s pastries: knafah, qatayef and baklawah.
ref: 2009 September 23, Anna Louie Sussman, “Yes, We Speak Cupcake”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of kanafeh.
kanafeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnɑːfeɪ/
Forms: form: kanafah
form: knafeh
form: kunafa
form: kunafeh
form: künefe
form: kunefe
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كُنافة (kunāfa), itself possibly from Coptic ⲕⲉⲛⲉⲫⲓⲧⲉⲛ (kenephiten).
Senses: glosses: A Middle Eastern dessert composed of a cheese pastry soaked in syrup.
ploussard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ploussards
Senses: examples: text: I think my favorite of all Jura reds, though, is Jacques Puffeney’s Arbois Vieilles Vignes, a blend of pinot noir, trousseau and ploussard that is the epitome of Arbois terroir, inspiring and invigorating.
ref: 2009 September 23, Eric Asimov, “From Jura, Geeky but Versatile Wines”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of poulsard.
synonyms: word: poulsard
poulsard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poulsards
Senses: synonyms: Olivette
glosses: A black grape variety from Jura.
savagnin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savagnins
Etymology: Uncertain, but compare French sauvignon.
Senses: examples: text: Oxygen is an accomplice, not a foe, in the production of vin jaune, which is made of the savagnin grape, a Jura staple.
ref: 2009 September 23, Eric Asimov, “From Jura, Geeky but Versatile Wines”, in New York Times:
glosses: A variety of green grape from the Jura used to make white wine
savagnins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But some savagnins, made in the style of a vin jaune but with less aging, are almost as remarkable.
ref: 2009 September 23, Eric Asimov, “From Jura, Geeky but Versatile Wines”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of savagnin
toppoki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toppokis
Senses: examples: text: Note : Tteok (Korean rice cakes, also spelled dduk or toppoki) are available in Asian markets.
ref: 2009 September 23, “Tteokbokki — Korean Rice Cakes with Red Chili Sauce”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 May 2021:
glosses: Synonym of tteok.
synonyms: word: tteok
tteokbokki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɒkˈbəʊki/
rhymes: -əʊki
Forms: form: tteok-bokki
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 떡볶이 (tteokbokki), from 떡 (tteok, “rice cake”) + 볶이 (bokki, “stir-fried and seasoned food”).
Senses: examples: text: At the Momofuku restaurants, David Chang made his name by layering the intense flavors of Korea into Japanese and American dishes; at Ssam Bar, his version of tteokbokki is crossbred with Italian gnocchi in a light, fiery, herb-spiked pork sauce.
ref: 2009 September 23, Julia Moskin, “Culinary Diplomacy With a Side of Kimchi”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2021:
glosses: Stir-fried sliced tteoks (Korean rice cakes) seasoned with red pepper paste.
chhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Usually she makes my father’s favorite dishes along with poori, samosas, chhole and sweets.
ref: 2009 September 27, Natasha Singh, “My Mother’s Imposed Fast: I Feel Her Hunger”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of chana.
synonyms: word: chana
manspreader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manspreaders
Etymology: From manspread + -er.
Senses: glosses: someone who manspreads
melzanosalata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This consists of piping-hot toasted pita bread with a picture-pretty display of four zesty spreads: hummus, ktipiti (hot pepper, feta cheese and olive oil), taramosalata (carp caviar) and melzanosalata (an eggplant, peppers and vinegar dish also known as melitzanes salata).
ref: 2009 September 27, Patricia Brooks, “Accents of Greece, Behind a French Name”, in New York Times:
glosses: Misspelling of melitzanosalata.
manspread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmænˌspɹɛd/
Forms: form: manspreads
form: manspreading
form: manspread
form: manspread
Etymology: Backformation of manspreading.
Senses: glosses: To splay one's legs open whilst sitting on public transport, thus occupying more than one seat.
raw_tags: of a man
Synonyms: mansplay
Derived terms: manspreader
social policy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social policies
Senses: topics: government
human-sciences
politics
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The sociopolitical guidelines that deal with communal issues.
Related terms: government
public policy
welfare state
social policies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social policy
rachmones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish רחמנות (rakhmones, “mercy”).
Senses: examples: text: We all haven’t been lucky enough to have been born Jews, you know. So a little rachmones on the less fortunate, okay?
ref: 1969, Philip Roth, “The Jewish Blues”, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 75:
text: Jews are liberals because of rachmones, often translated as compassion, but really so much more.
ref: 2009 September 27, “‘Why Are Jews Liberals?’”, in New York Times:
glosses: Mercy, compassion, pity.
telecops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As portrayed by the marvelous actor Michael Kitchen in the British series “Foyle’s War,” he is sometimes so reserved — not eerily quiet or threateningly quiet, just quiet — that he actually appears to be thinking, something few American telecops are likely to be accused of.
ref: 2009 September 27, Mike Hale, “Smarts and Stiff Upper Lip in Times of War and Murder”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of telecop
telecop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecops
Etymology: From tele- + cop.
Senses: examples: text: OK gossip mongrels, see what you can make of these bits of scurrilous gleaning.
#1- Which young telecop isn't re-signing further series options?
ref: 1998 July 6, peeby, “**BLIND ITEM FUN**”, in aus.tv (Usenet):
text: The brain scooping has been occuring^([sic]) in situ. The evidence cited by the FBI woman was that that it happened in that room. When hiro finds' Isaac in the future, there's blood and stuff around him. By comparison, the telecop was drugged and taken to a laboratory where he received some not terribly invasive monitoring. Completely different modus operandi.
ref: 2006 October 18, William George Ferguson, “Re: 1st Season Heroes - Collision - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
text: As portrayed by the marvelous actor Michael Kitchen in the British series “Foyle’s War,” he is sometimes so reserved – not eerily quiet or threateningly quiet, just quiet – that he actually appears to be thinking, something few American telecops are likely to be accused of.
ref: 2009 September 25, Mike Hale, “Smarts and Stiff Upper Lip in Times of War and Murder”, in The New York Times:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A police officer (especially a detective) as portrayed on television.
blargon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡən
Forms: form: blargons
Etymology: Blend of blog + jargon
Senses: examples: text: There were columns on blogosphere blargon, tarnation-heck euphemisms, dastardly subjunctives and even Barack and Michelle Obama ’s fist bumps.
ref: 2009 September 28, Robert D. Mcfadden, “William Safire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language, Dies at 79”, in New York Times:
glosses: The jargon of the blogosphere.
fontinella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fontinellas
Senses: examples: text: The easy-to-share $25 selection offers a choice of five from more than a dozen possibilities that include lean prosciutto, bresaola and hot or sweet soppressata (all dewy fresh  no dry end cuts or edges here) as well as cheeses like fontinella, provolone and Gorgonzola served at perfect temperatures.
ref: 2009 October 4, M. H. Reed, “A Trip Through Italy, With Some Surprises”, in New York Times:
glosses: A creamy Italian cheese, somewhat like fontina, sometimes used to make fonduta
fregula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fregulas
Senses: examples: text: Herbed chicken, also too long in the oven, nonetheless came with harmonious sides of yielding fregula and sturdy chickpeas.
ref: 2009 October 4, M. H. Reed, “A Trip Through Italy, With Some Surprises”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of fregola.
mafaldine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Among the many notable pastas, mafaldine, a narrow ribbon pasta with ruffled edges perfect for capturing sauce, snags the prize.
ref: 2009 October 4, M. H. Reed, “A Trip Through Italy, With Some Surprises”, in New York Times:
glosses: A narrow form of mafalde
mafalde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mafaldine
form: mafalda
form: reginette
Etymology: From Italian Mafalda.
Senses: glosses: A type of fettuccine that has curly edges
rippchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: More enticing are the sauerbraten, marinated in red wine; a Kasseler rippchen (smoked pork chop); and the fork-tender schweinshaxe pork shank, the restaurant’s premier dish ($12.50 to $19.50).
ref: 2009 October 4, Christopher Brooks, “Hearty German Fare, and Beer”, in New York Times:
glosses: A German form of spare ribs
schweinshaxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schweinshaxes
Etymology: From German.
Senses: examples: text: More enticing are the sauerbraten, marinated in red wine; a Kasseler rippchen (smoked pork chop); and the fork-tender schweinshaxe pork shank, the restaurant’s premier dish ($12.50 to $19.50).
ref: 2009 October 4, Christopher Brooks, “Hearty German Fare, and Beer”, in New York Times:
glosses: A German form of ham hock.
gojuchang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 3 tablespoons Korean chili paste (gojuchang)
ref: 2009 October 7, “Korean Fried Chicken (Yangnyeom Dak)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of gochujang.
deep fried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deep fry
deep fried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deep-fried.
karaage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹɑː.ɡeɪ/
ipa: /kɑˈɹɑː.ɡeɪ/
rhymes: -ɑːɡeɪ
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 唐揚げ (karaage). Likely from 唐 (kara-, “Chinese, foreign”) + 揚げ (age, “deep-fried food”), although the etymology of kara is disputed.
Senses: examples: text: Although Japan’s culinary lexicon did not include deep frying until the Portuguese introduced it in the 16th century, the country now has at least three distinct fried chicken styles: katsu, with super-crisp panko or bread crumbs, is used for pounded breasts; karaage, ginger-and-garlic-marinated thighs in a light, puffy crust of sweet-potato starch; and Nagoya-style tebasaki, or wings.
ref: 2009 October 7, Julia Moskin, “Fried Chicken: A Migratory Bird”, in New York Times:
glosses: Japanese or Korean food that is dipped in flour and then deep-fried, typically but not necessarily made from boneless chicken meat.
minicrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minicranes
Etymology: From mini- + crane.
Senses: glosses: A small crane that can be used inside a building being constructed
minicranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The cut beams will be lifted to the floor by minicranes, which will place the steel into specially designed containers.
ref: 2009 October 7, Charles V. Bagli, “Demolition of Ex-Deutsche Bank Building to Resume at Ground Zero”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of minicrane
tebasaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Although Japan’s culinary lexicon did not include deep frying until the Portuguese introduced it in the 16th century, the country now has at least three distinct fried chicken styles: katsu, with super-crisp panko or bread crumbs, is used for pounded breasts; karaage, ginger-and-garlic-marinated thighs in a light, puffy crust of sweet-potato starch; and Nagoya-style tebasaki, or wings.
ref: 2009 October 7, Julia Moskin, “Fried Chicken: A Migratory Bird”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Japanese form of deep-fried chicken wings
HTML5
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Hypertext Markup Language Version 5.
Hypernyms: HTML
Ascot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæskət/
Etymology: From Old English ēast (“east”) + cot (“cottage, hut”). Doublet of Eastcote.
Senses: glosses: A town in Sunninghill and Ascot parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, and the location of the famous Ascot Racecourse.
Derived terms: ascot
Ascot cap
Ascot scarf
ascot tie
Related terms: Ascott
bellywarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellywark
manspreads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of manspread
FSes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of FS
preplants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preplant
autofluoresces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autofluoresce
hangs over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hang over
misconsters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misconster
phasey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phasey
form: most phasey
Senses: examples: text: Tone all phasey, woozy, wicky-wacky.
ref: 2009 October 11, Ben Ratliff, “Doom Metal, Melodic Jazz, Boiled-Down Funk”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: distorted by phase
wheelstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: But the car that outscored them all was the outrageous, wheelstanding Little Red Wagon pickup, which went for more than half a million dollars.
ref: 2009 October 11, Paul Stenquist, “A Market for Cars Born to Run”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
glosses: present participle and gerund of wheelstand
guoxue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡwoʊˈʃweɪ/
Etymology: From Mandarin 國學／国学 (guóxué, literally “country learning”).
Senses: examples: text: In recent years, education officials have made a number of proposals, including revising elementary and middle school textbooks to increase the proportion of guoxue, or the study of Chinese culture, and reducing the importance of English on some versions of the gaokao, or university entrance examination, in favor of a greater emphasis on the Chinese language.
ref: 2015 September 30, Amy Qin, “A Fervor to Glimpse ‘China’s Mona Lisa’”, in New York Times:
glosses: Knowledge of the culture of a country (especially of China).
glosses: Sinology; Chinese studies.
cuchufli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish cuchuflí.
Senses: examples: text: There were plants from the Atacama Desert, like the pink petals of the fragrant Rosa del año, used to enliven a cuchufli, a tubular wafer usually sold by street vendors, and guanaco, an undomesticated relative of the alpaca, sliced thin and paired with murtilla, sometimes called Chilean guava.
ref: 2015 October 7, Nicholas Gill, “Charting New Frontiers in Chilean Cuisine”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Spanish tubular dessert flavoured with vanilla
gypsobelum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by British malacologist John W. Taylor ca. 1900, from γύψος (gúpsos, “lime”) + βέλος (bélos, “dart”).
Senses: examples: text: On the one hand, there’s the slug, who comes equipped with a gypsobelum, or “love dart,” that it fires, like a “hormone-slick porcupine quill to subdue the object of its desire.”
ref: 2015 October 9, Emily Eakin, “Bonnie Jo Campbell’s ‘Mothers, Tell Your Daughters’”, in New York Times:
glosses: A love dart
bibliophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibliophobes
Etymology: From biblio- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: Now, the author of this book is probably the world's greatest bibliophobe, having ordered the burning of many books and having again and again placed himself on record against intellectuals including writers.
ref: 1942, The Retail Bookseller: Trade News for the Book Buyer, volume 45, page 37:
text: Wordsworth’s genius is fully honoured, but he is also the proud bibliophobe - sacrilegiously cutting open precious pages with a used butter-knife on the kitchen table - as well as the supremely competent manager of his own interests.
ref: 2006, Dominic Head, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 925, →ISBN:
text: The bibliophobe, therefore, becomes a problem for bookmen only when he is active, as I shall now proceed to show.
ref: 2001, Holbrook Jackson, The Fear of Books, Urbana; Chicago: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9, →ISBN:
glosses: One who fears and hates books, book-learning or reading.
love dart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love darts
Senses: glosses: A calcareous spicule that a gastropod mollusc drives into the body wall of its partner prior to copulation.
Synonyms: gypsobelum
spiculum amoris
Related terms: dart sac
scetavaiasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Grasping a tinkling scetavaiasse, a wooden stick covered with cymbals, Dominico Spinelli, 39, a podiatrist from Capri who had made the trip with the Italian folk band, was marching in celebration of something else entirely.
ref: 2015 October 12, Sarah Maslin Nir, “On Columbus Day in New York City, the Party Is No Longer Just for Him”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of scetavajasse.
scetavajasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʃeɪtəvaɪˈɑːseɪ/
rhymes: -ɑːseɪ
Forms: form: scetavaiasse
Etymology: Borrowed from Neapolitan scetavajasse (literally “maid-waker”), from sceta (“wake up”, imperative of scetà) + vajasse (“maids, female servants”, plural of vajassa).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A Neapolitan percussion instrument composed of two wooden sticks, a serrated one and a smooth one, played by rubbing the former on the latter.
penny university
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penny universities
Etymology: From penny + university. From the cost of a coffee being pence and the debating that took place within the premises on all topics great and high.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coffee shop or coffeehouse (“cafe”).
synonyms: word: coffee shop or coffeehouse
extra: cafe
yuzukosho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柚子胡椒.
Senses: examples: text: Or in being cast in the shade by a one-bite mille-feuille whose crisp layers of rye pastry, sprinkled with green tea powder, hold lush yuzukosho béchamel and briny little globes of trout roe.
ref: 2015 October 13, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Momofuku Ko in the East Village”, in New York Times:
glosses: A fermented Japanese condiment made from chili peppers, yuzu peel, and salt.
busiate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian busiate.
Senses: examples: text: Also appreciated was a hearty portion of busiate, a long local noodle curled in on itself, served with Trapani’s signature garlic, tomato and almond pesto.
ref: 2015 October 15, Paul Greenberg, “In Sicily, Tasting Seafood With a Skeptical Son”, in New York Times:
glosses: A form of trofie pasta from the region of Trapani.
kargyraa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tuvan каргыраа (kargyraa).
Senses: examples: text: Mastery of throat-singing techniques like sygyt and kargyraa, the first an overtone-saturated whistling style, the second a deep, droning growl, are no longer the exclusive province of Mongolian tribesmen.
ref: 2015 October 15, Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, “What’s That Sound? It’s Tough to Tell”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A deep form of Tuvan overtone singing
overtone singing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of singing in which the individual singer manipulates the resonances of the voice to produce notes independent of the fundamental frequency
Synonyms: throat singing
huzun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish hüzün.
Senses: examples: text: It floats on a cushion of huzun, the way an air-hockey puck hovers above the game table.
ref: 2015 October 20, Dwight Garner, “Review: Orhan Pamuk’s ‘A Strangeness in My Mind’”, in New York Times:
glosses: melancholy
agbero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agberos
Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba agbèrò.
Senses: glosses: A labourer (manual worker).
examples: text: In fact, most of the hubs of Lagos’s night life from the last century have disappeared. Mr. Adé’s own Ariya nightclub closed in 2003, when agbero boys (local hoodlums) started extorting the visitors and vandalizing their cars.
ref: 2015 October 23, Femke Van Zeijl, “Running Deep, the Roots of King Sunny Adé”, in New York Times:
synonyms: area boy
glosses: A thug, typically a jobless male youth who threatens tourists.
tisese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Narua tisese (“walking back and forth”).
Senses: examples: text: Known in Mandarin as zouhun, or walking marriage, tiesese is an alternative to matrimony in which men visit women at night to fulfill the need for procreation and sexual gratification.
ref: 2015 October 25, Amy Qin, “‘Kingdom of Daughters’ in China Draws Tourists to Its Matrilineal Society”, in New York Times:
synonyms: zouhun
glosses: The practice of walking marriage.
zouhun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mandarin 走婚 (zǒu hūn, “walking marriage”).
Senses: examples: text: Known in Mandarin as zouhun, or walking marriage, tiesese is an alternative to matrimony in which men visit women at night to fulfill the need for procreation and sexual gratification.
ref: 2015 October 25, Amy Qin, “‘Kingdom of Daughters’ in China Draws Tourists to Its Matrilineal Society”, in New York Times:
synonyms: tisese
glosses: walking marriage
fingerprint recognition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Technology that detects different fingerprints, and if a specific fingerprint is found then proceeds to do something (such as unlocking your phone).
rat bastid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rat bastids
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of rat bastard.
quarroms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarromses
Senses: examples: 1612, attributed to Thomas Dekker, "O Per Se O" in A. B. Judges (ed.), The Elizabethan Underworld - a Collection of Tudor and Early Stuart Tracts and Ballads, Routledge, 1930, reprinted 2002, p. 371, https://books.google.ca/books?id=3e77AQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
The abram cove is a lusty strong rogue, who walketh with a slade about his quarroms trining to his hams, bandolierwise, for all the world as cutpurses and thieves wear their sheets to the gallows, in which their trulls are to bury them.
glosses: Alternative spelling of quarrons.
quarromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarromeses
Senses: examples: text: Bene Lightmans to thy quarromes in what lipken hast thou lipped in this darkemans, whether in a lybbege or in the strummell.
Good morrow to thy bodye, in what house hast thou lyne in all night, whether in a bed or in the strawe?
ref: 1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors, T. Bensley, published 1814, page 66:
glosses: Alternative spelling of quarrons.
whips out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whip out
fakes out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fake out
scrapes along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape along
splits up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of split up
switches on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of switch on
Islamizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Islamizers
form: Islamiser
Etymology: From Islamize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who Islamizes.
wedders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wedder
denatured alcohols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denatured alcohol
chiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiff
herd behaviours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herd behaviour
grand staffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grand staff
popular votes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popular vote
hemalums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemalum
haemalums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemalum
longanisa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longanisas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish longaniza. Doublet of lucanica.
Senses: examples: text: If the cooking at Phil-Am Kusina is sometimes distracted, that may be because Mr. Imperial is busy these days; he also manages his parents’ grocery store, and this year started a food truck called Sisig City, currently stationed in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and offering the likes of lechon sliders and longanisa sausage “mini dogs,” for delivery only.
ref: 2016 June 30, Ligaya Mishan, “Phil-Am Kusina, a Ray of Philippine Sun on Staten Island”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Spanish sausage similar to chorizo.
pirachkich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pirachkichs
Senses: glosses: A kind of fritter stuffed with mashed potato etc
pirachkichs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A couple of feet away, Fariza Isakova, 32, a refugee from Grozny, Chechnya, who fled first in 2004 but arrived in France more recently, was rolling neat circles of dough for pirachkichs, which she was stuffing with a mixture of finely chopped cabbage, carrots, dill, parsley and onion.
ref: 2016 July 5, Alissa J. Rubin, “From Refugee Chefs, a Taste of Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of pirachkich
semur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semurs
Etymology: From Indonesian semur.
The Indonesian word comes from Dutch smoren ("to smother").
Senses: examples: text: The semur is made the way Ms. Pratiwi’s grandmother and mother taught her to make it, though Ms. Pratiwi braises the beef more gently, in the oven, until it’s very tender and glistening all over with a dark, mellow sauce.
ref: 2016 July 5, Tejal Rao, “Ending the Ramadan Fast With an Indonesian Feast”, in New York Times:
glosses: An Indonesian stew normally made with beef
somyeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sōmen
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 소면 (somyeon).
Senses: examples: text: Usually made with cold buckwheat noodles, naengmyeon, or thin wheat flour noodles, somyeon, it’s also good with Vietnamese rice noodles (or so I say, but I’m a heathen).
ref: 2016 July 1, David Tanis, “Spicy Cold Noodles Offer an Antidote to Summer Heat”, in New York Times:
glosses: A kind of Korean noodle made with wheat flour.
Synonyms: somen
inquisitory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inquisitory
form: most inquisitory
Senses: examples: text: Called into being probably because of the continued emigration of Puritans to New England, the complaints against the Massachusetts charter, and the growth of Independency in that colony, it was in origin a coercive, not an inquisitory, body, in the same class with the courts of Star Chamber and High Commission, and the Councils of Wales and the North.
ref: 1908, Herbert Baxter Adams, The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science:
glosses: In the manner of an inquisition or inquiry.
Synonyms: inquisitorial
EOLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EOL
macrothrombocytopenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrothrombocytopenia
quadrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadralities
Senses: glosses: A relationship between four objects.
quadralities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadrality
fractional crystallizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fractional crystallization
coconstructions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coconstruction
dominable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dominable
form: most dominable
Etymology: From dominate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: One part of the science of God is dominable by reason, is capable of being rationally cognised : this is the natural science of God, metaphysics.
ref: 1861, Isaak August Dorner, History of the Development of the Doctrine of the Person of Christ:
text: Geertz, a pioneer of these processes (they are not yet frozen into "methods"), recognizes them as ways of handling the new world that has borne itself since World War II: a world of colliding cultures no longer dominated by Europeans and Americans, and no longer dominable by anyone.
ref: 2003, Philip Auslander, Performance: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, →ISBN, page 289:
text: DuBois was slowed and occupied by the paralyzing madness of "Europe gone mad," "the terrible soul of white culture — back of all culture — stripped and visible" but still dominable.
ref: - 2009, C. Boyd James, Garvey, Garveyism, and the antinomies in Black redemption, page 130:
glosses: Subject to domination; able to be dominated.
examples: text: An important tool for the study of laterally complete Riesz spaces is the notion of the dominable set, which is introduced next.
ref: 1978, Charalambos D. Aliprantis, Owen Burkinshaw, Locally solid Riesz spaces, →ISBN, page 170:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Order bounded in the universal completion.
bisnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of beestings (“first milk after giving birth”).