cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
congoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He screams, and they all join hands to hips and congo line around the cabin. As they are congoing, Moose puts his keys on a shelf that is located downstage left.
ref: 2001, Doodlebug, →ISBN, page 304:
text: If you can picture the scene: you've got people behind the bar breaking into where the spirits are, handing out free spirits and fags; you've got somebody else in the DJ bit handing out George Michael CDs to people, just pinging them around; you've got other people tipping the fruit machines, handing out 50p pieces left, right and centre; and the rest of them are all congoing and singing, jumping all over the cushions and chairs.
ref: 2004, Cass Pennant, Rob Silvester, Rolling with the 6.57 Crew, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of congaing.
shitcom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitcoms
Etymology: Blend of shit + sitcom.
Senses: examples: text: I can only hope that someone up there at Fox has enough intelligence to yank this shitcom before mid-season, but given their track record it will probably become their next flagship show.
ref: 2006, Alexander Kern, Listen! Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen!!!: Selected Essays from the Best Blog No One Is Reading, →ISBN, page 203:
text: Games World was revamped for a second series, and a character from the competition night, Big Boy Barry, was given his own show, a sitcom. Or as it turned out, a shitcom.
ref: 2012, David Walliams, Camp David, Penguin, published 2013, →ISBN:
text: Ed opened the drapes and the sun revealed the grim scene, the filthy drool-stained pillow on the couch where he'd been sleeping, the TV blaring some horrible shitcom ever since he'd left the dial turned to any old thing, the dog food bag left open in the kitchen so Harry could help himself.
ref: 2013, Brad Vance, A Little Too Broken, →ISBN:
glosses: A low-quality or unfunny sitcom.
bòkò
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bocor.
ex-communication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ex-communications
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of excommunication.
ex-communications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ex-communication
shitcoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitcom
conreport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conreports
Etymology: Blend of convention + report
Senses: examples: text: The reverberations of that Conreport of mine have been wringing in my ears for weeks.
ref: 1951 December, Walter Alexander Willis, “The Harp That Once or Twice”, in Quandry, number 16, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2011:
text: As various other conreports have indicated, the comments of the audience during this show were rich in fannish humour.
ref: 1952 October, Fred J. Robinson, “Contemplations, part 2”, in Straight Up, volume 1, number 5:
text: There are a few pages of fascinating letters and a short convention report by Walter Breen, apart from short articles by Charles Wells, John Baxter and James Blish. Look, don’t let that description of Breen’s conreport throw you. If you like detailed convention reports, this near-perfect blow by blow description of the ChiCon should delight you, no less, all forty odd pages of it.
ref: 1962 December 17, Ron Bennett, “Warhoon 17”, in Skyrack, number 48:
text: Oh, t'was a lovely con. I promise I'll finish the conreport soonest.
ref: 1997 March 13, Jette Goldie, “Re: Season 6 is a go!”, in alt.tv.highlander (Usenet), message-ID <33274b6b.24634312@news.ednet.co.uk>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A report on the events of a convention.
Derived terms: conrep
conrunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conrunners
Etymology: From con + runner.
Senses: examples: text: The convention organisation itself creaked a little (though since this report came from the USSR's greatest conrunner this may be a little like asking Ben Yallow for his opinion of a Unicon), but a good time was had by all.
ref: 1991 October 8, Bridget Wilkinson, “Barcon”, in Fans Across the World, number 8:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A person who organises a convention.
doctorandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doctorandus
Aitolia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aetolia.
Acarnania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Akarnania
Senses: glosses: A region in west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia.
Derived terms: Acarnanian
Aetolia-Acarnania
Akarnania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Acarnania.
faith-lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faith-lifts
Etymology: Blend of faith + face-lift.
Senses: examples: text: If your vision ever becomes cloudy, and you find yourself losing faith, your spiritual makeover suggests you treat yourself to a “faith-lift”!
ref: 2008, Diana Lynn, Soulutions: Your Spiritual Makeover, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 13:
text: They simply believe that we are not called to manage decline but rather to oversee the expansion of the Kingdom of God through the local church. I like hanging out with such people, simply because they give me a much-needed faith-lift.
ref: 2008, Mark Stibbe, Andrew Williams, Breakout: Our Church's Story of Mission and Growth in the Holy Spirit, Saffron House, published 2010, →ISBN:
text: Perhaps you don't fit either of these categories, but you simply need a booster-shot of faith. God's providence to Debbie and me has certainly bolstered ours, so our prayer is that these stories will give a faith-lift as well.
ref: 2013, David Stanford, "That's Not Odd … That's GOD!", WestBow Press, →ISBN, page xiii:
glosses: An act or instance of strengthening one's faith.
faith-lifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faith-lift
Arianator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arianators
Etymology: From Ariana + -ator.
Senses: examples: text: I, and surely the other Arianators, cannot wait to see what Ariana Grande has to offer next.
ref: 2013, Victoria Smith, Yours Truly review, Verity, Fall 2013, page 35
text: On a more popular note, something that will surely get many new 'Arianators' pumped for this holiday season would be her new EP, released in mid-November.
ref: 2013, Katie Whalen, "A 21st Century holiday season; Out with the classics and in with the new", The Scituation (Scituate High School, Scituate, Massachusetts), Volume 2013-2014, Issue 2, December 2013, page 8
text: According to a father of two hardcore "Arianators" as her fans are called, Ariana was extremely rude to the girls and barely spoke to them.
ref: 2014, Jessica Lyons, "Let's Talk Music", The Billerica Beat (Billerica Memorial High School, Billerica, Massachusetts), Volume 30, Issue 1, 9 October 2014, page 1
text: The year before, Ariana Grande's fandom, the Arianators, turned on a journalist who had called the star “a spoiled white girl”.
ref: 2025 October 25, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “Call yourself a fan?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the American singer, songwriter, and actress Ariana Grande.
Arianators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arianator
cratedigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹeɪtdɪɡə/
ipa: /ˈkɹeɪtˌdɪɡəɹ/
Forms: form: cratediggers
form: crate-digger
Etymology: From crate + digger.
Senses: examples: text: Serious vinyl collectors will have a minor epiphany at Car City Classics[…], where notorious crate-diggers like the UK's Kirk Degiorgio (a.k.a. As One) have been known to close the store.
ref: 1998 April, Scott Sterling, “Localzine: Detroit, Michigan”, in Scott Frampton, editor, CMJ New Music Monthly, Great Neck, N.Y.: College Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 77:
text: Our audience tends to be what I would call ‘crate diggers’—people who like digging for new stuff.
ref: 2001 November 3, Brian Garrity, quoting Derrick Oien, “MP3.com Recasts Itself as Tech Outfit, Promo Vehicle”, in Timothy White, editor, Billboard: The International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment, volume 113, number 44, New York, N.Y.: Billboard Music Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 71, column 4:
text: A little crate-diggers’ paradise for collectors of Latin and easy listening music on vinyl.
ref: 2003, Fiona McAuslan, Matthew Norman, Sarah Lazarus, “Havana and around”, in The Rough Guide to Cuba, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 154:
text: Long a crate-digger’s grail and never before available on CD, this is one obscurity that really lives up to the hype.
ref: 2008, Signal to Noise: The Journal of Improvised and Experimental Music, South Hero, Vt.: Pete Gershon, →OCLC, page 103:
text: But it was a chance encounter with Gilles Peterson, an influential U.K. radio personality and cratedigger with a knack for discovering raw talent, that helped move his [José James's] career into high gear.
ref: 2010 April 3, David J. Prince, “All that Jazz: Jose James Covers the Classics”, in Craig Marks, editor, Billboard, volume 122, number 13, New York, N.Y.: e5 Global Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27, column 1:
text: The Beehive is half of a two-room shop that also contains Casbah Records, where cratediggers can flick through stacks of vinyl records while their friends or partners try on clothes next door.
ref: 2013 May, Frances Ambler, Emily Bick, Samantha Cook, Nicholas Jones, Lara Kavanagh, “South London”, in Wayne Hemingway, editor, The Rough Guide to Vintage London, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, part 1 (Shopping, Eating and Drinking), page 94:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: digger
glosses: A person who habitually looks through crates of vinyl records at music shops, especially in pursuit of interesting or rare records.
wikipedia: Beat Museum
cratediggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cratedigger
crate-digger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crate-diggers
Senses: examples: text: Serious vinyl collectors will have a minor epiphany at Car City Classics[…], where notorious crate-diggers like the UK's Kirk Degiorgio (a.k.a. As One) have been known to close the store.
ref: 1998 April, Scott Sterling, “Localzine: Detroit, Michigan”, in Scott Frampton, editor, CMJ New Music Monthly, Great Neck, N.Y.: College Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 77:
text: A little crate-diggers’ paradise for collectors of Latin and easy listening music on vinyl.
ref: 2003, Fiona McAuslan, Matthew Norman, Sarah Lazarus, “Havana and around”, in The Rough Guide to Cuba, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 154:
text: Long a crate-digger’s grail and never before available on CD, this is one obscurity that really lives up to the hype.
ref: 2008, Signal to Noise: The Journal of Improvised and Experimental Music, South Hero, Vt.: Pete Gershon, →OCLC, page 103:
glosses: Alternative form of cratedigger.
crate-diggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crate-digger
Vaticanology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Vatican + -ology, coined by British Catholic theologian Charles Davis in 1957 in analogy to Kremlinology.
Senses: glosses: the study of the politics, decisions and functioning of the Vatican
Derived terms: Vaticanologist
Vaticanologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vaticanologists
Etymology: From Vaticanology + -ist, coined in analogy to Kremlinologist.
Senses: examples: text: Anyone who writes on the contemporary Catholic Church is in the debt of Peter Hebblethwaite, Vaticanologist extraordinary and expert on modern Catholicism.
ref: 1986, Paul Collins, Mixed blessings: John Paul II and the Church of the eighties:
synonyms: Vaticanist
glosses: One who practices or studies Vaticanology.
Vaticanologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vaticanologist
china pencil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: china pencils
Senses: glosses: A wax-based pencil used for writing on shiny surfaces.
Synonyms: english: brand name
translation: brand name
word: chinagraph
word: grease pencil
word: wax pencil
chinagraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chinagraphs
Senses: examples: text: His chinagraph pencil was clenched between his teeth as he listened with a look of furious concentration to the disc on the playback turntable, as if divining his future there.
ref: 2018, Kate Atkinson, Transcription, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: A Chinagraph brand grease pencil.
Synonyms: china pencil
grease pencil
wax pencil
grease pencil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grease pencils
Senses: glosses: A wax-based pencil used for writing on shiny surfaces.
Synonyms: word: china pencil
english: brand name
translation: brand name
word: chinagraph
word: wax pencil
wax pencil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wax pencils
Senses: glosses: A wax-based pencil used for writing on shiny surfaces.
Synonyms: word: china pencil
english: brand name
translation: brand name
word: chinagraph
word: grease pencil
Islamophobically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Islamophobically
form: most Islamophobically
Etymology: From Islamophobic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: What does it mean to experience the world Islamophobically?
ref: 2017, Ghassan Hage, Is Racism an Environmental Threat?:
glosses: In an Islamophobic manner.
Islamophobics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Islamophobic
Aga Khanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aga Khanite
religionistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more religionistically
form: most religionistically
Etymology: From religionistic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: 2009, John Hinnels, The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion
For Durkheim, religion is to be accounted for sociologically and 'religionistically' –with the sociological element predominant.
text: Not just “religionistically” (notice that this is different from religion), but because life crowded in and pushed divine reciprocation out.
ref: 2009 Sylvia Brown, Sylvia Browne's Book of Angels - Page 190
text: Julito M. Kanoy observes that the vast majority of the Filipinos remain religionistically Hispanized, politically and militarily Americanized and economically Japanized, not to mention industrially multi- nationalized and IMFinanccally caponized.
ref: 2008 Philippine Values Digest - Volumes 5-6 - Page 1
glosses: In a religionistic manner
Falestinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Falestinians
Senses: examples: text: Suppose you were a Falestinian today, and you were to hear of things 55 years ago […]
ref: 2003, Pat Kohli, “Re: Revisionism Evolves, from Lehi to Likud”, in talk.religion.bahai (Usenet):
text: THE PLO stole the name Falestinian and gave it to some Arabs, in the 1960's […]
ref: 2004, Susan Cohen, “Re: Palestines stuggle for Nationalism”, in soc.culture.palestine (Usenet):
text: Falestinian would be lucky to have a smart man like Sharon instead you have an old killer and liar leading you and he isn't even one of you!
ref: 2001, Albert Reingewirtz, “Re: Sharon ... about to be killed”, in soc.culture.palestine (Usenet):
glosses: Palestinian
raw_tags: used by Muslims and Arabs
Falestinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Falestinian
apicolabial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪbiəl
Etymology: From apico- + labial.
Senses: glosses: linguolabial
apicolabial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪbiəl
Forms: form: apicolabials
Etymology: From apico- + labial.
Senses: glosses: linguolabial
linguolabials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linguolabial
apicolabials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apicolabial
interdentals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interdental
forehander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forehanders
Etymology: From forehand + -er.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
racquet-sports
sports
glosses: A shot played forehand.
examples: text: The morning brought an increased swell; long, perfect, down-the-line, 6-8' freight trains — a forehander's dream and a backhanders nightmare
ref: 1990, Surfer - Volume 31, Issues 7-12:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A surfer who approaches a swell facing the wave ("on their forehand") rather than with the wave behind them ("on their backhand").
examples: text: Then he heard the wailing cry of the forehander as the crowd manned the braces.
ref: 1940, Roland Barker, Jonah's Ark, page 59:
text: I had not been below ten minutes when I heard Mr. Hughes shouting orders; then there came the cries of the forehander, and the creaking of brace blocks, as the yards were trimmed once more.
ref: 1959, Tusitala, page 56:
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: The crew member in charge of managing the foresail.
forehanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forehander
unsarcastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsarcastically
form: most unsarcastically
Etymology: From unsarcastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Without sarcasm.
LaVeyans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LaVeyan
blackline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blacklines
Etymology: From black + line; compare redline, greenline.
Senses: glosses: A document indicating the differences between two versions of another document.
examples: text: A second squad uses drip torches to begin burning a 15- to 20-foot barrier or “blackline” inside the wetline.
ref: 2011, Colorado Outdoors, volumes 49-50, page 11:
text: The helicopter is used to burn blacklines when the relative humidity is above 50%, temperature is below 50 degrees F, and wind speed is less than 6 mph.
ref: 1991, Rangeland Technology Equipment Council Annual Report, USDA Forest Service:
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A line of deliberately burned material created to stop the advance of a larger fire.
blackline
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blacklines
form: blacklining
form: blacklined
form: blacklined
Etymology: From black + line; compare redline, greenline.
Senses: glosses: To compare versions of (a document) by this method.
Related terms: blackline tilefish
blacklining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blackline
blacklined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blackline
blacklines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackline
blacklines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blackline
congoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congoer
conreports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conreport
conrunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conrunner
concrud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of con crud.
FDE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: Adobe
glosses: Initialism of Frame Development Kit, a proprietary environment associated with Adobe Systems' FrameMaker product.
FDE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: OD
glosses: Initialism of flat dark earth: a brownish color used for clothing, uniforms, tools, and equipment.
Micawberly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈkɔːbəli/
ipa: /mɪˈkɔbɚli/
ipa: /məˈkɑ-/
Forms: form: more Micawberly
form: most Micawberly
Etymology: From Micawber + -ly (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, having the sense of ‘behaving like, or having a nature typical of [what is denoted by the noun]’) (see origin of name there), from the character Wilkins Micawber – noted for his naive optimism, always confident that “something will turn up” – in David Copperfield (1849–1850) by the English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870).
Senses: examples: text: […] not growing a single spiritual inch, for putting forth his powers as a man should; just amiably Micawbering along, and most Micawberly devoted to somebody he would like well enough to marry when the times comes and things "turn up;" […]
ref: 1872, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Sights and Insights: Patience Strong's Story of Over the Way, volume 1, J.R. Osgood & Company, published 1876, page 151:
text: The marriage of Grand Duke Alexis in his proper station in life is indefinitely postponed, and Count Shouvalod and his imperial master must wait, Micawberly, for something to turn up.
ref: 1875 January 31, “Grand Duke Alexis”, in Galveston Daily News, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, page 1, column 2 (bottom):
text: Covenant doggedly searches for a way out of his predicament and vows to keep moving in the hopes that, macabrely (as opposed to Micawberly) put, something will turn up.
ref: 1995, William A. Senior, Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: Variations on the Fantasy Tradition, Kent State University Press, page 176:
glosses: in an upbeat and optimistic way, in the face of seemingly hopeless circumstances
wikipedia: Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Wilkins Micawber
Related terms: Micawber
Micawber effect
Micawberesque
Micawber frontier
Micawberian
Micawberish
Micawberism
Micawber-like
Micawber principle
Micawber threshold
ornerily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ornerily
form: most ornerily
Etymology: From ornery + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I, being ornerily inquisitive, was forced to read The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, What Shall I Tell My Child? for my perfunctory sex education, and Sinclair Lewis's Main Street to learn how to survive peaceably living in small-town America.
ref: 2011, Susie Duncan Sexton, Secrets of an Old Typewriter: Stories from a Smart and Sassy Small Town Girl:
glosses: In an ornery manner.
blackline tilefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackline tilefishes
form: blackline tilefish
Senses: glosses: Caulolatilus cyanops, a tilefish native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Micawbering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Micawber
Micawbered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Micawber
extraornery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of extraordinary.
gobbly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒbəli
Forms: form: more gobbly
form: most gobbly
Etymology: From gobble + -y.
Senses: examples: text: As Shadrach watched, a vat came free of its moorings, the gobbly flesh within screaming as the vat fell into the gullet, bouncing off one side, then the other, before disappearing into a pink and hungry darkness
ref: 2005, Jeff Vandermeer, Veniss Underground:
text: She was a gobbly kisser, or at least this kiss was a gobbly kiss. He liked it, he even liked the way she made up for her thin lips by gobbling.
ref: 1999, John Casey, The Half-Life of Happiness:
text: "And this is a gobbly mouthful — this ! " he added, holding up the bill. The undertaker's lips smacked softly, as though in truth he were waiting for the mouthful.
ref: 1898, Norman Macleod, Donald Macleod, Good Words - Volume 39:
glosses: Typical of or characterized by gobbling.
dickitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dick + -itude.
Senses: examples: text: But if you're some uptight straight dude who wants women in the kitchen and gays in the closet, then you need religion, because you can constantly foist responsibility for your own dickitude onto god.
ref: 2010, Amanda Marcotte, Get Opinionated: A Progressive's Guide to Finding Your Voice, page 236:
text: A stash of weapons a gangbanger would drool over, monsters trying to kill me, and a shirt that advertised my dickitude to the world.
ref: 2011, Rob Thurman, Blackout: A Cal Leandros Novel:
text: I kept trying to talk only to Mark, but Dan's been drinking since before the party started, so his natural dickitude is amplified.
ref: 2012, Lucas Klauss, Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse, page 240:
glosses: The condition, quality, extent, or measure of how much of a dick someone is; dickishness.
Soviet Russia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The unofficial term used for the former Russian Republic for a short period after its collapse - from 7 November 1917 (October Revolution) to 19 July 1918 (1st RSFSR Constitution) or to 30 December 1922 (Treaty on the Creation of the USSR). Also used to refer to the Soviet Union as a whole in the early stages.
glosses: Soviet Union
glosses: RSFSR (the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) (1917–1991), largest republic of the USSR.
tika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tikas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tilak (“Hindu caste mark on forehead”).
khata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.tə/
/ˈkæ.tə/
Forms: form: khatas
form: khatag
form: khatak
Etymology: From Tibetan ཁ་བཏགས་ (kha btags); compare Mongolian хадаг (xadag), Nepali खतक (khatak), Chinese 哈達 /哈达.
Senses: glosses: A traditional ceremonial scarf in Tengrism and Tibetan Buddhism, symbolizing purity and compassion.
service provider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: service providers
Senses: examples: text: "In terms of the regulatory structure, we're called a 'service provider'. We're not an infrastructure manager, like Network Rail, the Core Valley Lines or HS1. We provide a service for freight operators to use our branch line so, effectively, we are on a par with something like a freight terminal. We've never had a light railway operator act as a service provider. That's unique."
ref: 2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 34:
glosses: A company that provides a service.
Synonyms: word: SP
Hyponyms: Internet service provider
online service provider
cheirolepidiaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Cheirolepidiaceae + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the family Cheirolepidiaceae of extinct coniferous plants.
simits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simit
bills of credit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bill of credit
rationalisation hamster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rationalisation hamsters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rationalization hamster.
moon rune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon runes
Etymology: Compound of moon + rune. Possibly influenced by moon-letters, a secret writing system in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit.
Senses: examples: text: Pull the lever to turn the Moon Rune bridge around so you can get the Moon Rune.
ref: 2000, Mel Odom, Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm official strategy guide
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moon, rune.
A runestone or similar object associated with the moon.
examples: text: This knowledge, then, was to come – as the Moon rune, or rune of the night, signified – in the form of dreams.
ref: 2011, David Bilsborough, The Wanderer's Tale, page 73:
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moon, rune.
A rune or other writing indicating or associated with the moon.
examples: text: You know this freaky-creepy weird vase up here that has that moon rune writing on it?
ref: 2014, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Son of No One: Hellchaser #6:
glosses: Incomprehensible writing; moonrunes.
podfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podfics
Etymology: From iPod + fic.
Senses: examples: text: While smaller percentages (5 to 25 percent) participate in creating or listening to podfic (audio recordings of fan fiction), filk (fan music), or fan mixes (music playlists tailored to a source or fan work), […]
ref: 2013, Robin Brenner, "Teen Literature and Fan Culture", Young Adult Library Services, Volume 11, Number 4, Summer 2013, page 35
text: […] they may role-play; they may craft collaborative narratives via blogs or microblogging sites such as Twitter, perhaps writing from the point of view of a character; they may record their stories as podfic; […]
ref: 2014, Karen Hellekson, “Fan fiction”, in Marie-Laure Ryan, Lori Emerson, Benjamin J. Robertson, editors, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 188:
text: In her oral history, jinjurly (2012), who founded and maintains the Audiofic Archive, the largest online archive of podfic, describes podfic as the physicalization of fan fiction, which she acknowledges some fans find distasteful and off-putting.
ref: 2016, Abigail De Kosnik, Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom, page 265:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Fan fiction read aloud and made into audio files available for streaming or download.
examples: text: Other suggestions included “Fan work tags as high level mandatory categories with appropriate related characteristics, i.e. length and/or size for vid and podfic instead of word count...” This refers to the fact that the Archive accepts other types of fanwork than fic, including art, videos and “podfics,” or recordings of fic, which, much like audiovisual items requiring different catalog records than books, would benefit from different “fields.”
ref: 2012, Kelly Lynn Dalton, "Searching the Archive of Our Own: The Usefulness of the Tagging Structure", thesis submitted to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, page 53
text: Creating and distributing fan videos, podfics (audiorecorded fan fiction), and filk (fandom-specific songs) required considerable expertise and complicated, expensive technology in the 1980s and even the 1990s.
ref: 2014, The Fan Fiction Studies Reader (Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse), University of Iowa Press (2014), pages 193-194
text: All types of fan works were auctioned: fiction, digital art, videos, podfics, and fan labor including betaing (i.e., reading and editing) or translating stories.
ref: 2018, Jennifer Wojton, Lynnette Porter, Sherlock and Digital Fandom: The Meeting of Creativity, Community and Advocacy, page 152:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An individual work of recorded fanfic.
Derived terms: podficcer
podfics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podfic
once and awhile
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of once in a while.
play of words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plays of words
Senses: examples: text: 1683, William Atwood, Three Letters to Dr. Sherlock Concerning Church-communion, Jonathan Robinson, page 16,
Great is Diana of the Epheſians, and great is the uſe of the word Church, when good Crafts-maſters have the handling of it; and of all Men thoſe of Rome have ſucceeded beſt at this play of words.
text: 1988, Span, Issue 26, University of Queensland, page 104,
At the outset the reader is fascinated by the complex surface play of words. In the poem 'Paraphrase' the play of words is likened to the play of imagery on the surface of a lake; words 'beckon' and 'whisper', luring the reader towards an undisclosed meaning or goal.
text: The components of that analysis will be: characterization of a main figure in the narrative, the use of time and the patterning play of words.
ref: 2000, John A. Beck, Translators as Storytellers, Peter Lang, page 81:
text: 2000, Stephanie Quinn, Why Vergil?, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, page 3,
In addition, the selections are organized to make a case for the value of the play of words and for their power, about ideas and history, and art.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: The ordering of words in a text, speech, etc., taking regard for both the individual words (their meanings, sounds, etc.) and the interplay between them.
examples: text: 1695, "P. H." (translator), "Pierre Boher", The Art of Knowing Ones Self: Or, a Diligent Search After the Springs of Morality, Part II, Richard Bentley, page 47,
For to ſhew that all this is but a Play of Words, it muſt be ſuppoſed, that there are two ſorts of Love which one may have of God, a Love of Intereſt, and a Love of pure Amity, as the Theologians call it.
text: 1964, Explorations, Volumes 1-13, Explorations Publishing Company, page 29,
"Plays of words" in our culture are usually clever, abstract constructs, whereas in these stories the multiple meanings of a term or the similarity of terms refer to experienced, meaningful realities.
text: Proust is then "like Leda", receiving the swan: but by an unconscious play of words, resembling the plays of words in dreams, Marcel is also he who has received the sign ("signe" = "cygne") of literary genius, certainly, but also of homosexuality, of hermaphroditism, even of Judaism.
ref: 1976, ADAM International Review, Volumes 40-41, page 54:
glosses: Alternative form of play on words.
Related terms: wordplay
queerbaiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queer-baiting
form: queer baiting
Etymology: From queer + baiting.
Senses: examples: text: Queerbaiting is erasure. It’s telling queer people that they don’t exist, or that our stories aren’t worth telling, and it’s harmful.
ref: 2013 October 7, Matthew Ellison, “Queerbaiting”, in Salient, volume 76, number 23, Victoria University of Wellington, page 39:
text: Some feel that fan pressure to emphasize Buffy and Spike’s relationship spoiled the last few seasons of Joss Whedon’s show, and many fans were alienated by Teen Wolf’s recent queer-baiting.
ref: 2013 November 20, Mollie Forman, “Eat the executive”, in Post, Brown University:
text: Criticism of queerbaiting also does not imply that creators need to be dictated to by fans on how to run their show; […]
ref: 2014 June 29, Maneesha Dullewe, “A brief guide to queerbaiting”, in Ceylon Today:
text: And as a much better NYT comment piece on queerbaiting put it last year: “As self-serving as some celebrity caginess can be, you can’t build a world in which everyone feels free to self-identify by ordering everyone to self-identify.”
ref: 2024 January 10, Laura Snapes, “Taylor Swift’s people shut down speculation about her sexuality – but risked rebuking her LGBTQ fans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The practice of creating homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work (particularly a television series) without the intention of ever developing it into an actual same-sex relationship or explicitly addressing the question of either character's sexuality.
Related terms: queerbait
queerbaity
HoYay
queer-baiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Although Katy has admitted to being bi-curious in the past, the reason a lot of fans wanted clarity on her sexuality was to ensure she wasn't queer-baiting and benefiting from a culture she isn't actually part of.
ref: 2023 September 14, Grazia Contributor, “This Is Why Katy Perry’s Sexuality Can Be A Controversial Talking Point”, in Grazia:
glosses: Alternative form of queerbaiting.
queer baiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of queerbaiting.
DISH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.
diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: calcification of ligaments near their attachment points to the spine
Synonyms: word: Forestier's disease
word: DISH
Forestier's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Forestier disease
form: Forestier's
form: Forestier
Etymology: Named for Dr. Jacques Forestier, the French neurologist who discovered it.
Senses: glosses: calcification of ligaments from the attachments to the spine
Synonyms: english: DISH
translation: DISH
word: diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Forestier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Forestiers
Etymology: From French Forestier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Coordinate terms: english: equivalent surname in English
translation: equivalent surname in English
word: Forester
Forestier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French Forestier.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Forestier's disease.
Forestiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Forestier
Forestier disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Forestier's disease.
Forestier's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Forestier's disease.
Erasmine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹæzmaɪn/
ipa: /ɪˈɹazmʌɪn/
Etymology: From the Latin Erasmīnus, from Erasmus + -īnus; equivalent to Erasmus + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: In the Erasmine and Benedictine editions of Jerome’s Works.
ref: 1839, William Thomas Lowndes, The British Librarian, part I, § 1.4.38 (column 33):
text: The text of this edition…adopts 9 readings from the Complutensian, 4 from the Erasmine, 3 from both in common, and 9 entirely new.
ref: 1880, A. Calvin, A General Catalogue of the Stock of C. J. Stewart, § 1,412 (page 116):
glosses: Of or pertaining to Desiderius Erasmus’s Novum Instrumentum omne (his authoritative revision of the Bible’s New Testament [five eds., 1516–1535]), its text, or its variae lectiones.
Related terms: Benedictine
Clementine
Complutensian
v.l.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vv.ll.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of varia lectio.
vv.ll.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: v.l.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of variae lectiones.
Dubaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dubaites
Etymology: From Dubai + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Someone who comes from Dubai
Dubaites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dubaite
go along way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of go a long way.
relaxacons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relaxacon
relaxicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relaxicons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of relaxacon.
relaxicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relaxicon
waryfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waryfishes
form: waryfish
Senses: examples: text: Waryfishes are near-bottom (demersal) fishes at 200–3000 m of all oceans.
ref: 1989, C. D. Paulin, New Zealand Fish: A Complete Guide, page 107:
glosses: A deep-sea aulopiform fish of the family Notosudidae.
waryfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waryfish
wallago
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑ.ləˌɡoʊ/
Forms: form: wallagos
Etymology: From the translingual genus name Wallago, from Telugu వాలగ (vālaga).
Senses: glosses: A member of the genus Wallago of catfishes of the family Siluridae, native to Asia.
velvetfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velvetfishes
form: velvetfish
Etymology: From velvet + fish, from its skin texture.
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of scorpaeniform fish (Aploactinidae).
vimba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vimbas
Etymology: From taxonomic name Vimba.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Vimba of cyprinid fish.
Derived terms: Bavarian vimba
Macedonian vimba
Menderes vimba
velvetfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velvetfish
wallagos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallago
vimbas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vimba
bajadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bajada
headscratcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headscratchers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of head-scratcher.
headscratchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headscratcher
making-of
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˌɒv/
ipa: /ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˌʌv/
Forms: form: making-ofs
form: making of
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A documentary about how a film or television show was made, with behind-the-scenes footage.
JNA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Java Native Access, an API that provides Java programs easy access to native shared libraries without using the Java Native Interface.
riddlemeree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riddlemerees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of riddle me ree.
riddle me ree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riddle me rees
form: riddlemeree
Senses: glosses: A riddle, a verbal puzzle.
glosses: Fuss; rigmarole.
riddle me rees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riddle me ree
riddlemerees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riddlemeree
antiannexationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiannexationists
Etymology: From anti- + annexation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who is opposed to annexationism
antiannexationist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiannexationist
form: most antiannexationist
Etymology: From anti- + annexation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to annexationism
antiannexationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiannexationist
authoritarianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: authoritarianists
Etymology: From authoritarian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of authoritarianism
authoritarianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of authoritarianist
self-determinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-determinists
Etymology: From self- + determinist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of self-determination.
self-determinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-determinist
antiimperialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiimperialists
form: anti-imperialist
Etymology: From anti- + imperialist.
Senses: glosses: rare spelling of anti-imperialist
antiimperialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiimperialist
form: most antiimperialist
form: anti-imperialist
Etymology: From anti- + imperialist.
Senses: glosses: rare spelling of anti-imperialist
antiimperialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiimperialist
foundation stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foundation stone
Alevism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Alevi + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The doctrines of the Alevi Muslim denomination.
Alevite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alevites
Etymology: From Alevi + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Follower of the teachings of Alevism (Alevi Islam).
Alevites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alevite
essential supremum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: essential suprema
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The supremum (least upper bound) of a function which holds almost everywhere. In symbols, ess sup f= inf M:μ(x:f(x)>M)=0
essential infimum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: essential infima
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The infimum (greatest lower bound) of a function which holds almost everywhere. In symbols, ess inf f= sup m:μ(x:f(x)<m)=0.
tenocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenocyte
Kimilsungism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kim Il Sung + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Juche, the political thesis formed by the former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.
Related terms: Kimjongilism
Monster group
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: monster group
Senses: examples: text: We next consider the possible #92;Z#95;n orbifoldings of #92;mathcal#123;V#125;² with respect to elements of the Monster group M [Tul].
ref: 1996, Michael P. Tuite, “Monstrous Moonshine and orbifolds”, in K.T. Arasu, J.F. Dillon, K. Harada, S. Sehgal, R. Solomon, editors, Groups, Difference Sets, and the Monster: Proceedings of a Special Research Quarter, Walter de Gruyter, page 443:
text: We note that c(1)#61;196883; this is not just a numerological coincidence, but follows from a branch of mathematics called moonshine theory which arises from string theory and relates the Monster group and modular functions.
ref: 2008, L. J. P. Kilford, Modular Forms: A Classical and Computational Introduction, Imperial College Press, page 106:
text: They were also crucial in understanding the Monster and Moonshine phenomena, which refers to the fact that the dimensions of the irreducible representations of the largest sporadic finite group, the monster group, show up in the q-expansion coefficients of the elliptic modular function j.
ref: 2014, Martin Schlichenmaier, Krichever-Novikov Type Algebras: Theory and Applications, Walter de Gruyter, page 340:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The largest sporadic group, of order 2⁴⁶ · 3²⁰ · 5⁹ · 7⁶ · 11² · 13³ · 17 · 19 · 23 · 29 · 31 · 41 · 47 · 59 · 71 (approximately 8 · 10⁵³), denoted M or F₁.
Synonyms: sense: the largest sporadic group
word: Fischer–Griess Monster
sense: the largest sporadic group
word: friendly giant
Derived terms: baby monster group
Related terms: monstrous moonshine
supersingular prime
suicide tourist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicide tourists
Senses: examples: text: The Swiss researchers write that “the six right-to-die organizations assist in approximately 600 cases of suicide per year; some 150 to 200 of which are suicide tourists,” or people coming to Switzerland seeking aid-in-dying.
ref: 2014 August 27, Julie Beck, “'Going to Switzerland' Is a Euphemism for Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: One who takes part in suicide tourism.
suicide tourists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicide tourist
euthanizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euthanizers
Etymology: From euthanize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who administers euthanasia.
euthanasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From euthanasia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to euthanasia
euthanizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of euthanizer
weddedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wedded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being wed or wedded; matrimony.
zombocalypse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɒmˈbɒkəlɪps/
ipa: /zɒmˈbɑkəlɪps/
Forms: form: Zombocalypse
Etymology: Blend of zombie + apocalypse.
Senses: examples: text: The makers of "Zombieland" disagree though, and their film is an excellent argument that even the zombocalypse can be funny.
ref: 2009, Nate Knife, "'Zombieland' awakens laughter", Clarion (University of Denver), Volume 116, Issue 19, 6 October 2009, page 12
text: "Dawn of the Dead," the second and arguably best in Romero's canon, depicts survivors that try to wait out the zombocalypse in a monument to consumerism.
ref: 2009, Mike Riechers, "Dawn of the Dead", in "Frightful, funny films for Halloween", The Daily Cardinal (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 30 October 2009 - 1 November 2009, page 6
text: So we all expect that post zombocalypse earth will see us ditch our smartphones, […]
ref: September 2014, Terrence Jarrad, “Hotware”, in PC PowerPlay, number 231, page 78:
qualifier: horror
glosses: The breakdown of society as a result of a zombie outbreak.
Synonyms: zombie apocalypse
Zombocalypse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zombocalypses
Etymology: Blend of Zombie + apocalypse
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of zombocalypse.