cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
headright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdɹʌɪt/
Forms: form: headrights
Etymology: From head + right.
Senses: examples: text: By 1846 we had moved past the line of settlement, to my father's headright on the Pedernales.
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 4:
glosses: A legal grant to own unsettled land in colonial America, or the land so claimed.
brings forth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring forth
bringing forth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring forth
brought forth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring forth
four-stroke engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of four-stroke engine
pedi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛdi/
rhymes: -ɛdi
Forms: form: pedis
Senses: examples: text: Come on, Clover! Let’s go back to the salon! You can drown your sorrows in a pedi!
ref: 2006 March 16, Therese Beaupre, “The O.P.”, in Totally Spies!: Undercover, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Alexandra “Alex” (Katie Griffin), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:
glosses: Clipping of pedicure.
Coordinate terms: mani
Derived terms: mani-pedi
pedi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛdi/
rhymes: -ɛdi
Senses: examples: text: “We've drilled it into all the fire departments to give us a heads-up with pedi patients. Even Frank knows that.”
ref: 2001, Janice Hudson, Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse, page 79:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of pediatric.
Synonyms: peds
telescopic star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telescopic stars
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a star that is fainter than 7th magnitude in apparent magnitude, and therefore in most cases is not visible to the naked eye.
naked-eye
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the unaided eye, as in unaided sight.
Synonyms: macroscopic
Related terms: telescopic
microscopic
fixed stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fixed star
slop bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slop buckets
form: slopbucket
form: slop-bucket
Senses: glosses: A pail used to hold food waste for disposal, e.g. by feeding to pigs.
glosses: A receptacle used to hold liquid waste.
glosses: A bucket used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot.
Synonyms: word: honeypot
sense: chamber pot
word: chamber pot
trichocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichocysts
Senses: glosses: A threadlike organ in certain protozoans that can be discharged suddenly in order to grasp or sting
becare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: becares
form: becaring
form: becared
form: becared
Etymology: From Middle English bicaren. Equivalent to be- + care.
Senses: examples: text: Counselors becare you. They give you clothes and candy. Joan becares me, Marilyn loves me. My parents don't becare me, they're not counselors."
ref: 1968, Bruno Bettelheim, Love is not enough:
text: Some little patients in the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, in comparing their counselors with their parents, stated that parents love, but counselors "becare."
ref: 1971, Benjamin B. Wolman, Manual of child psychopathology:
text: As is well known, before mechanized agriculture, maize plants, like all New World crops, such as squash or beans, had to be individually hand-planted, becared, consciously selected, and harvested, with Old World type mass sowing, [...]
ref: 2006, John E. Staller, Robert H. Tykot, Bruce F. Benz, Histories of Maize:
glosses: To care about; care for; provide or administer care to; take care of.
volage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more volage
form: most volage
Etymology: From Old French volage, from Latin volāticus.
Senses: examples: text: When Phoebus' wife had sent for her leman,
Anon they wroughten all their lust volage.
ref: c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Manciple's Prologue and Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales:
glosses: Fickle, capricious, reckless.
trapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trapeses
form: trapesing
form: trapesed
form: trapesed
Etymology: Obscure, as is common among colloquialisms. OED mentions possible association with Dutch trappen, to tread or stamp the foot, but objects that the connection is unconvincing.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
trapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trapeses
Etymology: Obscure, as is common among colloquialisms. OED mentions possible association with Dutch trappen, to tread or stamp the foot, but objects that the connection is unconvincing.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
trapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See trape.
Senses: examples: text: He found the sullen trapes / Possest with th' devil, worms, and claps.
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
text: From door to door I'd sooner whine and beg, / Than marry such a trapes.
ref: 1715, John Gay, The What D'ye Call It:
text: Since full each other station of renown, / Who would not be the greatest trapes in town?
ref: 1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published 1741, →OCLC:
qualifier: seldom in use since about WWII
glosses: A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
acetonemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetonaemia
form: acetonæmia
Etymology: From acetone + -emia.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: Presence of excessive levels of acetone in blood, sometimes occurring in cows during the first weeks after giving birth to a calf.
Synonyms: topics: medicine
sciences
veterinary
zoology
pathology
biology
natural-sciences
word: ketosis
topics: medicine
sciences
veterinary
zoology
pathology
biology
natural-sciences
word: ketonemia
Derived terms: acetonemic
acetonuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acetone + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
werst
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: wûrst
ipa: /wɜːst/
ipa: /wɜɹst/
ipa: /wøːst/
ipa: /wɛɹst/
ipa: /wəːʳsʈ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
homophone: worst
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of worst.
werst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wûrst
ipa: /wɜːst/
ipa: /wɜɹst/
ipa: /wøːst/
ipa: /wɛɹst/
ipa: /wəːʳsʈ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
homophone: worst
Forms: form: wersts
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of verst.
wersts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werst
undispensable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undispensable
form: most undispensable
Etymology: From un- + dispensable.
Senses: glosses: Indispensable.
how do you say … in English
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A request for a translation of a word or phrase into English.
venous star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: venous stars
Senses: glosses: A red nodule under the skin formed by a dilated vein due to increase in intravenous pressure.
Related terms: venous lake
inferior planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inferior planets
Senses: glosses: A planet that orbits the Sun within the orbit of the Earth, and thus does not show retrograde motion when viewed from Earth
superior planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superior planets
Senses: glosses: A planet that orbits the Sun beyond the orbit of the Earth and thus shows retrograde motion when viewed from the Earth
venous stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of venous star
retrograde motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrograde motions
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Motion of a body (either real or apparent) in a direction opposite to that of its normal motion, or to that of other similar or related bodies
Ukonu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Igbo.
Senses: glosses: A West African surname from Igbo which originated and is chiefly found among the Igbo-speaking people of Nigeria.
scratching posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scratching post
cat trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cat tree
nonoverlap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + overlap.
Senses: glosses: The state, property, or extent of not overlapping.
agrément
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agréments
Etymology: From French agrément. Doublet of agreement.
Senses: examples: text: There can be nothing imagined more charming, more fascinating than this Colony. Between their Sufferings and their agrémens, they occupy us almost wholly.
ref: 1793, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 359:
text: America does not offer the agréments to a tourist which almost any part of Europe offers.
ref: 1904, William James, letter, 1 January
glosses: Pleasant qualities, charms.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Grace notes.
examples: text: It is customary […] to sound a foreign government privately before making a formal application for an agrément.
ref: 1939, Harold Nicolson, Diplomacy:
text: Under diplomatic protocols, when a new ambassador is proposed if the accepting country does not officially accept the appointment – known as agrément – it is supposed to be understood that the appointment is rejected, the situation in Dayan’s case.
ref: 2016 March 28, Peter Beaumont, The Guardian:
glosses: Formal approval given by a state government to a diplomat from another country.
unheld
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + held.
Senses: glosses: Not held.
Related terms: unhold
polar questions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polar question
inclusible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Suitable for inclusion.
Synonyms: includable
includible
ass cracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ass crack
anal clefts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anal cleft
butt cracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butt crack
arrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arret
debendification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + bendy + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The replacement of bendy buses with non-articulated buses.
tapets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapet
haglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haglet
destitutely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more destitutely
form: most destitutely
Etymology: From destitute + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a destitute manner
paltrily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more paltrily
form: most paltrily
Etymology: From paltry + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a paltry manner
multigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + grade.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil)
topics: education
glosses: Relating to students of differing grade levels
Related terms: monograde
multigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multigrades
Etymology: From multi- + grade.
Senses: glosses: An oil having a viscosity specified for multiple temperature ranges.
votation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəʊˈteɪʃn̩/
Etymology: From vote + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Yet there is some reluctance to do this partly because coming to decisions, even the simple yes/no of a votation, can prove difficult.
ref: 2003, C. Church, The Politics and Government of Switzerland, page 149:
text: The first votation would establish whether the Jurassian people did indeed wish to create their own canton, but given the internal division of the Jura people between separatists and loyalists, no district or commune would be forced to stay with the old canton or go with the new one against its own will.
ref: 2010, W. Linder, Swiss Democracy: Possible Solutions to Conflict in Multicultural Societies, page 74:
text: Nonetheless, the failure to resolve the problems created by the 9 February forced people, and cantons, to consider a new votation.
ref: 2016, Clive H. Church, Political Change in Switzerland: From Stability to Uncertainty, page 153:
glosses: The act of voting, especially when not to elect a government or head of state.
raw_tags: in the context of Switzerland
votation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəʊˈteɪʃn̩/
Senses: examples: text: However, it must be emphasized that close control of the processing temperature of the emulsion during votation, by maintaining a narrow operating range, is as important as specifying a narrow range for either an SFI or an SFC curve when defining the slope of the solids in the incoming oil.
ref: 1990, David R. Erickson, Edible Fats and Oils Processing: Basic Principles and Modern Practices : World Conference Proceedings:
text: Basically, the solid fat profile, votation processing, and subsequent tempering of the product give the desired characteristics to the fat.
ref: 2008, Y. H. Hui, Bakery Products: Science and Technology, page 25:
text: The required consistency of the spread is obtained by cooling in a scraped surface heat exchanger, a process called 'votation'.
ref: 2012, Viggo Norn, Emulsifiers in Food Technology, page 85:
glosses: The processing of margarine by means of a votator.
wippen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wippens
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A component of the action of a mechanical keyboard instrument such as a piano or organ
Synonyms: sense: piano action component
word: whip
sense: piano action component
word: whippen
clitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clitter
Polonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polonizations
form: polonisation
form: Polonisation
form: polonization
Etymology: From Polonize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of Polonizing.
Related terms: Poland
Pole
Polish
Polonisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polonisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Polonization.
Polonisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Polonisation
Polonizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Polonization
Polonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Polonize
Polonising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Polonise
Polonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Polonizes
form: Polonizing
form: Polonized
form: Polonized
form: polonise
form: Polonise
form: polonize
Etymology: From Polonia + -ize, perhaps after French poloniser.
Senses: glosses: To make Polish as to custom, culture, language, or style; to adapt to the norms of the Republic of Poland.
Derived terms: re-Polonizing
Related terms: Polonization
Polonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Polonises
form: Polonising
form: Polonised
form: Polonised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Polonize.
Polonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Polonise
Polonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Polonize
Polonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Polonize
Polonized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Polonized
form: most Polonized
Senses: examples: text: The orthodox clergy everywhere preached a crusade against the Jesuits and Uniates, and everywhere the peasants rose against the Polish or Polonized pans.
ref: 1886, Alfred Rambaud, The History of Russia from the Earliest Times to 1877:
text: Germans arriving in rural parts of Prussia and Poland became Polonized, and though they predominated in the towns, this was not invariably the case and by the sixteenth century, German was no longer understood in Cracow.
ref: 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 96:
glosses: Made Polish.
Polonised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Polonise
magnesiochromite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnesiochromites
Etymology: From magnesio- + chromite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chromite species with the formula MgCr₂O₄.
run a red light
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs a red light
form: running a red light
form: ran a red light
form: run a red light
Senses: topics: automotive
road
transport
vehicles
glosses: To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated.
Synonyms: run a stoplight. run a light
French paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the French paradox
Etymology: Coined by Dr. Serge Renaud of Bordeaux University in 1992.
Senses: glosses: The observation that the French suffer a relatively low incidence of coronary heart disease, despite having a diet relatively rich in saturated fats.
ovolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovolos
form: ovoli
form: ovulo
Etymology: From Italian ovolo, from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovule.
Senses: examples: text: Decoration inside: six linked palmettes with 9 petals around a band of ovolos between incised lines, surrounded by 13 palmettes linked around a band of ovolos.
ref: 2001, Adolfo J. Domínguez, Carmen Sánchez, edited by Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Greek Pottery from the Iberian Peninsula: Archaic and Classical Periods, page 196:
text: Each of the pairs is connected by a kind of web, and each pair stands clear of the ovolo and astragal mouldings which form a kind of extension to the column shaft and complete the essential construction of the capital. Ovolo and astragal are enriched with egg and dart and bead and reel respectively, the setting out related to a fluting pattern of twenty-four flutes to the column shaft circumference, as shown on the plan.
ref: 2005, Robert Chitham, The Classical Orders Of Architecture, 2nd edition, page 76:
text: Using a template or a good eye to guide the paring chisel, slice off the corners of the tenon ovolos at 45 degrees.
ref: 2008, Roy Underhill, Eleanor Underhill, The Woodwright′s Guide: Working Wood With Wedge and Edge, page 112:
topics: architecture
glosses: A classical convex moulding carved with an egg and dart ornament.
Synonyms: echinus
quarter-round
Related terms: astragal
egg and dart
ovoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovolo
bittings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitting
key bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key bits
Senses: glosses: bitting
clinical diagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinical diagnoses
Senses: glosses: The estimated identification of the disease underlying a patient's complaints based merely on signs, symptoms and medical history of the patient rather than on laboratory examination or medical imaging.
godets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godet
espagnolette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: espagnolettes
Etymology: Borrowed from French espagnolette.
Senses: glosses: A locking device normally mounted on a pair French windows or casement window.
espagnolettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of espagnolette
eradiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eradiations
Etymology: From e- + radiation.
Senses: glosses: emission of radiance in all directions
Related terms: eradiate
adrenosterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hormone, originally isolated from the adrenal cortex, that has weak androgenic effects.
radio galaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio galaxies
form: radiogalaxy
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: RG
glosses: Type of galaxy that is very luminous at radio wavelengths.
Hypernyms: galaxy
Hyponyms: giant radio galaxy
Related terms: giant quasar
radio galaxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radio galaxy
thaumasmus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek θαυμασμός (thaumasmós, “a wondering”).
Senses: glosses: The presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way.
malms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malm
osts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ost
policlinic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: policlinics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”) + English clinic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital.
slangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slanger
uroboros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uroboroi
form: uroboroses
Senses: examples: text: While Jung mentions the uroboros archetype several times, his concept of the uroboros is more general than that postulated in this work.
ref: 2015, James P. Driscoll, The Unfolding God of Jung and Milton, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 210:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ouroboros.
scale ruler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scale rulers
Senses: synonyms: architect's ruler
drafter's ruler
glosses: A ruler marked with a range of calibrated scales (ratios) for drawing and measuring from reduced scale drawings, such as blueprints and floor plans.
musico-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: music
encryptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encryptors
Etymology: From encrypt + -or.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of encrypter.
encryptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encryptor
decryptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decryptors
Etymology: From decrypt + -or.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decrypter.
decrypter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkɹɪptə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: decrypters
form: decryptor
Etymology: From decrypt + -er.
Senses: antonyms: encrypter
glosses: A person or a thing, such as an algorithm, program, or device, that decrypts.
Related terms: decrypt
decryption
architect's ruler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: architect's rulers
Senses: glosses: A scale ruler
drafter's ruler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A scale ruler.
decryptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decryptor
day of reckoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: days of reckoning
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The final and eternal judgment by God of all nations; Final Judgment.
examples: text: The Storm. The Great Awakening. An Avalanche of Truth. There are many names QAnon conspiracy theorists ascribe to the day of reckoning they believe, perpetually and without any substantiation, to be imminent.
ref: 2018 December 5, Molly Roberts, “QAnon Says Dec. 5 Will Be Banner Day for Conspiracy Theory, 'The Storm' has Yet to Arrive”, in Newsweek:
glosses: Any time or event at which responsibility will be assigned.
Synonyms: topics: Christianity
word: Armageddon
topics: Christianity
word: end times
topics: Christianity
word: end of the world
topics: Christianity
word: judgement day
Hyponyms: day
Related terms: rapture
headies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: head (from the notion that it gives a head high) + -ie + -s (possibly either genitive or plural).
Senses: glosses: High-grade marijuana.
Synonyms: kine bud
KB
KBs
heads
Coordinate terms: mersh
regs
schwag
mids
middies
headies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headie
gate crashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gate crash
gate crashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gate crash
gate crashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gate crash
domestic ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domestic duck
gene-napper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gene-nappers
Senses: examples: "No degree of personal vigilance can prevent gene-nappers from wreaking havoc in the private lives of others." -- Jacob M. Appel, American bioethicist, 'Gene-nappers,’ like identity thieves, new threat of digital age, 2009
glosses: A person who appropriates DNA or other genetic material from another human being without permission with the intent of uncovering private information
Arnold Schwartzenegger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "But I vill be back," he said with an Arnold Schwartzenegger accent. Then his accent changed to Frankenstein. "After I recharge my battery in your light la-bor-atory.
ref: 1996, Beatrice Sparks, Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets, page 62:
glosses: Misspelling of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Marilyn Monroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marilyn Monroe
gene-nappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gene-napper
Freudism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Freud + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Freudianism.
loreleis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lorelei
policlinics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of policlinic
spiffiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spiffy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being spiffy.
undersheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undersheets
Etymology: From under + sheet.
Senses: glosses: A sheet, especially a bedsheet, that lies underneath something else.
undersheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undersheet
porkburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porkburgers
Etymology: From pork + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A burger made with pork instead of beef.
porkburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porkburger
festally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more festally
form: most festally
Etymology: From festal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a festal or festive manner
oarswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oarswoman
coallike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coallike
form: most coallike
Etymology: From coal + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of coal.
swimmist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swimmists
Etymology: From swim + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A swimmer.
swimmists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swimmist
she-bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of she-bear
she-asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of she-ass
mooings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mooing
she-wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of she-wolf
she-devils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of she-devil
devillike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more devillike
form: most devillike
Etymology: From devil + -like.
Senses: glosses: Like a devil; diabolical.
nonuniquely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonunique + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonunique manner.
ords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ord
know someone from Adam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows someone from Adam
form: knowing someone from Adam
form: knew someone from Adam
form: known someone from Adam
Senses: examples: text: 'Who is she, anyway? Interfering . . . pestering . . . you must know.' 'I don't know her from Adam,' the Boy said.
ref: 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock:
text: "Well," he said, "do you know me from Adam?"
ref: 1963, Audrey Lillian Barker, The joy-ride and after:
synonyms: know someone from Adam's off ox
know someone from Eve
know from a bar of soap
know someone from a can of paint
know someone from a hole in the ground
know someone from a hole in the wall
know someone from the man in the moon
glosses: To know or recognize someone at all.
outdoorswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outdoorswomen
Etymology: From outdoors + -woman.
Senses: hypernyms: outdoorsperson
coordinate_terms: outdoorsman
glosses: A woman who spends time in outdoor pursuits or sports.
Derived terms: outdoorswomanship
Related terms: word: outdoorsy
outdoorswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outdoorswoman
groundswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundswomen
Etymology: From grounds + woman.
Senses: glosses: The female equivalent of a groundsman.
groundswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groundswoman
groundsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹaʊndzmən/
homophone: groundsmen
Forms: form: groundsmen
Etymology: From grounds + -man.
Senses: glosses: A male groundskeeper.
groundsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹaʊndzmən/
homophone: groundsman
Senses: glosses: plural of groundsman
folderols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of folderol
unmute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unmutes
form: unmuting
form: unmuted
form: unmuted
Etymology: From un- + mute.
Senses: synonyms: unsilence
antonyms: mute
glosses: To restore the sound output (on a speaker or other audio device), having previously muted it.
unmuted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unmute
unmuted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmuted
form: most unmuted
Senses: examples: text: Geographically, this area has in common an exposure to the elements in their most unmuted form. North of the protective barrier of the Gulf Islands, the waves are allowed as much play as the Strait of Georgia will permit.
ref: 2011, Theo Dombrowski, Secret Beaches of Southern Vancouver Island, page 26:
glosses: Not muted.
unmutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unmute
unmuting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unmute
greenify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: greenifies
form: greenifying
form: greenified
form: greenified
Etymology: From green + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: ...to preserve social ethics, establish a new social mood, greenify the country and change previous states of disorder, uncleanliness and deficiency.
ref: 1983, United States, China report: economic affairs, Joint Publications Research Service:
text: ...the resources needed to greenify the rocks of Waziristan further to the west...
ref: 2000, Alan Warren, Waziristan, the Faqir of Ipi, and the Indian Army:
text: This is the case of the many initiatives to 'greenify' transport corridors, to make business environments more pleasant.
ref: 2008, Sylvie Nail, Forest Policies and Social Change in England:
glosses: To make green, especially by the addition of trees and other plants; to make environmentally friendly
Derived terms: greenification
greenified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of greenify
greenifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of greenify
caretlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more caretlike
form: most caretlike
Etymology: From caret + -like.
Senses: examples: text: On the succeeding segments the stem of the T becomes progressively shorter until the T is reduced to a caretlike angle with the apex inward...
ref: 1947, Austin Hobart Clark, Ailsa McGown Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids:
text: When he released her, Marian reached up and smoothed the caretlike quirk in his eyebrow and then put her hand back in his.
ref: 1968, Maggie Rennert, A moment in Camelot:
text: And caretlike omission signs have been found on Greek documents dating back at least as far as the fourth century BC.
ref: 1992, Patrick Huyghe, Columbus was last:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a caret.
misreadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From misread + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being misread.
blittable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blit + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The lack of ambiguity in how they are marshaled is another characteristic of blittable types. A 32-bit signed integer is marshaled as a 32-bit signed integer. A single byte (8-bit unsigned integer) is marshaled as a byte.
ref: 2006, Bruce Bukovics, .NET 2.0 Interoperability Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Capable of being blitted.
Derived terms: nonblittable
Tessy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛsi
Forms: form: Tessie
Etymology: From Tess + -y.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Theresa or Teresa.
Related terms: Tess
interminableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From interminable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being interminable.
intermingledness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From intermingled + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being intermingled.
parsings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parsing
inseminable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inseminable
form: most inseminable
Senses: examples: text: Woman is dethroned as the primary and supreme sex, debased into inseminable hetaera.
ref: 1971, Gottfried Benn, E. B. Ashton, Primal vision: selected writings:
text: No subject better brought to light the relationship between benevolence, sympathy, and oppositional thought than that of the wronged woman, particularly if she was of inseminable age and fetchingly vulnerable to male wiles.
ref: 1996, V. A. C. Gatrell, The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People:
glosses: Able to be inseminated or impregnated.
buslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buslike
form: most buslike
Etymology: From bus + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The man who put cornflakes on America's breakfast tables enjoyed the latest recreation vehicle, a plush, buslike house car designed to his specifications.
ref: 2000, Roger Byron White, Home on the road: the motor home in America:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bus (vehicle).
noninseminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + inseminated.
Senses: glosses: Not inseminated.
Tessie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tess + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tessy.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Teresita or Teresa, from Spanish.
Tessie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tessies
Etymology: Clipping of Tesla + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: I've driven “Tessie” (Tesla EV) through the Red Centre from Darwin to Sydney via Adelaide.
ref: 2018 June 24, David Cann, “Exchange”, in Horizons, page 8:
text: Beep-beep, is that my bestie in a Tessie?
ref: 2021, Saweetie, Doja Cat, Asia Smith, Kaine, Lukasz Gottwald, Rocco Valdes, Theron Thomas, “Best Friend”, performed by Saweetie ft. Doja Cat:
glosses: A Tesla (vehicle).
housecar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housecars
Etymology: From house + car.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of motor home.
synonyms: word: motor home
housecars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housecar
haploids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haploid
beercan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beercans
Senses: examples: text: All horizontal surfaces were occupied by at least one open beercan stuffed with cigarettes saturated in some reeking liquid.
ref: 1966, Richard Fariña, Been down so long it looks like up to me:
glosses: Alternative form of beer can.
beercans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beercan
Boaco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Carazo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Chinandega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Chontales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Estelí
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Jinotega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
nonmercenary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mercenary.
Senses: glosses: Not mercenary.
nonaccounting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + accounting.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to accounting.
Madriz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Masaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Matagalpa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Cacaopera (“language”).
synonyms: word: Cacaopera
extra: language
glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Matagalpa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Cacaopera (“people”).
synonyms: word: Cacaopera
extra: people
Nueva Segovia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
glosses: An archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.
Rivas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Río San Juan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nicaragua.
nonkiller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonkillers
Etymology: From non- + killer.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, does not kill.
nonkillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonkiller
differential diagnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of differential diagnosis
echolocational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From echolocation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to echolocation.
nonecholocating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + echolocating.
Senses: glosses: Not using echolocation.
Disneylands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Disneyland
nonincluded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + included.
Senses: glosses: Not included; excluded.
nontrigonometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + trigonometric.
Senses: glosses: Not trigonometric.
bunny boilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunny-boilers
Senses: glosses: plural of bunny boiler
nonparaffin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + paraffin.
Senses: glosses: Not of, pertaining to, or containing paraffin.
nonparaffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonparaffins
Etymology: From non- + paraffin.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is not a paraffin.
Fortranlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fortranlike
form: most Fortranlike
Etymology: From Fortran + -like.
Senses: examples: text: A wide variety of variable transformations can be accomplished in SPSS by means of simplified Fortranlike statements constructed by the user.
ref: 1975, Norman H Nie, SPSS: statistical package for the social sciences:
text: Other design languages also use Fortranlike statements and can be used with FORTRAN routines.
ref: 1986, Michael F Hordeski, CAD/CAM techniques:
text: They solve problems on explicit state space form, x = f(t,x), if the user defines a Fortranlike procedure which calculates f(t,x).
ref: 1992, Mohammad Jamshidi, Charles J Herget, Recent advances in computer-aided control systems engineering:
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of Fortran.
pop shield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pop shields
Senses: glosses: A pop filter.
pop shields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pop shield
pop rivets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pop rivet
real ale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: real ales
Etymology: Coined in 1973 by CAMRA.
Senses: examples: text: Camra’s campaign was about preserving a great British tradition. It focused, necessarily, on the past. It has been a success; more than 11,000 real ales are now brewed in the UK, accounting for more than 8% of a beer market that has shrunk by a third overall since 1980.
ref: 2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Beer brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide.
overcategorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcategorizations
form: overcategorisation
Etymology: From over- + categorization.
Senses: glosses: The act, process, or result of overcategorizing.
overcategorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcategorization
unbarbecued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + barbecued.
Senses: examples: text: I want to eat some good old-fashioned unbarbecued food that has been cooked in pots over electric elements.
ref: 1956, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine, volume 141:
glosses: Not barbecued.
real ales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of real ale
Reaganesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Reaganesque
form: most Reaganesque
Etymology: From Reagan + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: The problem with those who denounce Reaganesque Big Tentism is twofold.
ref: 2010 February 25, Mark A. Isaacson, “Beck, Party of One”, in The Harvard Crimson:
glosses: Reminiscent of Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911–2004), 40th president of the United States (1981–1989) and 33rd governor of California (1967–1975), or his policies.
nontransmissible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + transmissible.
Senses: examples: a nontransmissible disease
glosses: Not transmissible.
Synonyms: nontransmittable
nontransmittable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + transmittable.
Senses: examples: a nontransmittable disease
glosses: Not transmittable.
Synonyms: nontransmissible
nonmissile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + missile.
Senses: examples: a nonmissile head injury
glosses: Not of, pertaining to, or caused by a missile.
silverplated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of silver-plated.
nonchronological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chronological.
Senses: examples: text: One must never speak ill of nonchronological storytelling in America, where it is considered innately more serious than the other kind.
ref: 2009 September 13, B. R. Myers, “The Caged Bird Sings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not chronological.
Derived terms: nonchronologically
nonchronologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonchronological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonchronological manner.
nonchromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chromatic.
Senses: glosses: Not chromatic.
Derived terms: nonchromatically
nonchromatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonchromatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a nonchromatic manner.
nontiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tiled.
Senses: glosses: Not tiled.
Londonesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Londonesque
form: most Londonesque
Etymology: From London + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the British capital city of London.
repro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːpɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹipɹoʊ/
Forms: form: repros
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of reproduction.
examples: text: There has also been a shift in the places where repro is carried out.
ref: 2014, Helmut Kipphan, Handbook of Print Media: Technologies and Production Methods, page 526:
glosses: Clipping of reprography.
examples: text: This reproduction proof, commonly called the repro, is sent to the designer for pasting on to the mechanical.
ref: 1982, David Gates, Graphic Design Studio Procedures, page 124:
text: This will be a complete image of the advertisement, with all the elements correctly positioned and every word of copy printed and pasted down; such printed type (called 'repro') is obtained from a blockmaking and typesetting house by the typographer in exactly the same way that he will obtain the proof of a letterpress advertisement.
ref: 2013, W. A. Evans, Advertising Today and Tomorrow:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page.
examples: text: Here's a simple repro that illustrates what I'm seeing...
ref: 2014, S, “Memory bloat in Celery worker (with minimal repro)”, in celery-users mailing list:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A method for reproducing a bug or problem.
Derived terms: non-repro blue
repro
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːpɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹipɹoʊ/
Forms: form: repros
form: reproing
form: reproed
form: reproed
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: We cannot repro the bug in the latest version, so we are marking it as fixed.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To reproduce (a bug or problem).
repros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repro
godforsakenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more godforsakenly
form: most godforsakenly
Etymology: From godforsaken + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a godforsaken manner.
nonbreeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbreeders
Etymology: From non- + breeder.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a breeder.
nonreproducing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + reproducing.
Senses: glosses: Not reproducing.
nonbreeders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbreeder
godawfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more godawfully
form: most godawfully
Etymology: From godawful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a godawful manner.
noncolored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + colored.
Senses: glosses: Not colored.