cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
urodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uro- + dynamic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to urodynamics.
percentile dice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pair of ten-sided dice which are rolled to determine a numeral result as a percentage of 100, usually for a roleplaying game.
detectograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detectographs
Etymology: From detect + -o- + -graph. Possibly originally a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: There were no stenographers and no detectographs in those days, and there is no record of this interview, fraught with such tremendous benefit to Germany and all Europe[…]
ref: 1914, United States Congress, Congressional edition:
text: […]it is taken for granted that the discussions are not significant, otherwise we might consider the advisability of capturing these golden words by the installation of detectographs throughout the club house.
ref: 1915, Journal of the Engineers' Society of Pennsylvania, volume 7:
glosses: An early audio recording device used in wiretaps.
detectographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detectograph
Landau-Ramanujan constant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After its two independent discoverers, Edmund Landau and Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: The constant of proportionality (approximately 0.7642) in the relationship between the number of positive integers less than x that are the sum of two square numbers, for large x, and the expression x/√.
wikipedia: Edmund Landau
Srinivasa Ramanujan
amicable numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amicable number
Wikings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wiking
ethenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: vinyl
Derived terms: ethenylbenzene
eucyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + cyclic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a trimerous pentacyclic floral structure.
Related terms: polycyclic
excogitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of excogitate
excogitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of excogitate
excogitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of excogitate
excogitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛksˌkɒdʒɪˈteɪʃən/
ipa: /ɛksˌkɑdʒəˈteɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: excogitations
Etymology: From Latin excogitatio.
Senses: examples: c. 1672, William Petty - Political Arithmetick, p. 21.
[…] the subtile excogitations of the Hollanders […]
186?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
To the excogitation of this problem, this harmless gentleman had devoted many anxious hours […]
glosses: Careful thought or consideration.
Related terms: excogitate
excogitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excogitation
eductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eduction
epifamily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epifamilies
Etymology: From epi- + family.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A rank between family and superfamily.
epifamilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epifamily
epifloral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epiflora + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to epiflora.
tropaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tropæan.
bleed out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bleed outs
form: bleed-out
Senses: examples: text: There are shootings, stabbings, car wrecks, falls and other accidents that can create a fatal bleed out situation.
ref: 2023 December 3, David Martin Davies, “Stopping the bleed out to save lives”, in Texas Public Radio, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2024:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An instance of exsanguination or of major blood loss.
glosses: An instance of any system or item that loses its necessary components, such as a machine and its fuel or a company and its money.
bleed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bleeds out
form: bleeding out
form: bled out
form: bled out
form: bleed-out
Senses: examples: text: But we never got to take the shot I'd been trained to take, that beautiful single shot that takes out a man's head, or the gutshot—Chris Kyle's favorite—that allows him to bleed out and die a little slower, maybe think about all the ways he might have lived a different and better life.
ref: 2013, Anthony Swofford, Death of an American Sniper, →ISBN:
glosses: To die due to excess bloodloss; to bleed to death.
glosses: To kill by causing such bloodloss.
examples: text: Most slang begins in small communities, but some words bleed out into wider society over time.
glosses: To leak out; to spread.
Synonyms: exsanguinate
Related terms: exsanguination
hypovolemia
endeavorment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endeavorments
form: endeavourment
Etymology: From endeavor + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Act of endeavouring; effort.
endeavourment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endeavourments
Etymology: From endeavour + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of endeavorment.
rumourous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rumourous
form: most rumourous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rumorous.
essentiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪˈsɛnʃi.eɪt/
Forms: form: essentiates
form: essentiating
form: essentiated
form: essentiated
Senses: examples: text: That a number of Self-essentiated Deities plainly takes away the Being of the true God.
ref: 1653, Henry More, An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God, London: […] Roger Daniel, […], →OCLC:
text: [I]f Mr. [René] Des Cartes’s notion be admitted, it vvill be irrational to admit a vacuum, ſince any ſpace, that is pretended to be empty, muſt be acknovvledged to have the three dimenſions, and conſequently all, that is neceſſary to essentiate a body: […]
ref: 1686 (indicated as 1685–1686), Robert Boyle, “A Free Inquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature: […]”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. […], volume IV, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1744, →OCLC, section VII, page 406, column 1:
glosses: To constitute or form the being or essence of (someone or something).
glosses: To become assimilated.
rumorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rumorous
form: most rumorous
form: rumourous
Senses: glosses: Indistinct or confounded in sound; murmuring; vaguely heard.
glosses: Of the natures of rumours; circulated by popular report.
natural light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Continuous runs of patent glazing in the roof and walls, down to some 6 ft. above ground level, provide abundant natural light.
ref: 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766:
text: A bold geometric roof design is planned to allow natural light to flood onto the station concourse.
ref: 2022 March 23, Stefanie Foster, “Updated designs unveiled for HS2's Euston Station”, in RAIL, number 953, page 22:
glosses: Light as supplied by the sun.
examples: text: ...unless we will wink against our own natural Light, we are without any further Scruple to acknowledge That God does exist.
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 22
glosses: Innate wisdom or knowledge.
Synonyms: sense: innate wisdom
word: light of nature
enjoy your meal
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: bon appétit
glosses: Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.
rumourer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumourers
form: rumorer
Etymology: From rumour + -er.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale; gossip, gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
synonyms: rumormonger
glosses: One who rumours; a teller of news; a spreader of reports.
humoural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humoural
form: most humoural
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of humoral.
tumored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tumored
form: most tumored
form: tumoured
Etymology: From tumor + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Affected with a tumor or tumours; swollen; distended; tumid.
nonmaleficence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + maleficence.
Senses: antonyms: maleficence
coordinate_terms: beneficence
glosses: The absence of maleficence.
Related terms: unmalicious
primum non nocere
laudanuming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of laudanum
laudanumed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of laudanum
light of nature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Innate wisdom or knowledge.
Synonyms: sense: innate wisdom
word: natural light
upgrowths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upgrowth
Chapman code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chapman codes
Etymology: Named after English genealogist Colin Chapman.
Senses: glosses: Any of a series of three-letter codes (often abbreviations) for counties and similar administrative units of the British Isles used especially in the field of genealogy
woold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈwuːld/
Forms: form: woolds
form: woolding
form: woolded
form: woolded
Etymology: From Dutch woelde, past participle of woelen.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To wind a chain or rope around in order to strengthen (especially a mast or yard).
woold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwuːld/
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of weld (“dyer's rocket”).
nuclear power plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear power plants
Senses: glosses: A power plant that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions.
Synonyms: nuclear power station
nuclear power station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear power stations
Senses: examples: text: For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.
ref: 2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20:
glosses: A power station that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions.
Synonyms: nuclear power plant
Hypernyms: power station
power plant
goes both ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go both ways
going both ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go both ways
went both ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go both ways
gone both ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go both ways
go both ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes both ways
form: going both ways
form: went both ways
form: gone both ways
Senses: examples: text: [...] people generally went by the railroad; that is, decidedly more than went on the dirt road. Witness had seen men go both ways.
ref: 1907, The Southwestern Reporter, page 571:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, both, ways.
examples: empathy goes both ways
glosses: To be, or be in, a mutual or reciprocal relationship or obligation.
examples: text: I have a straight bitch in the telly going both ways.
ref: 2004, “How We Do”, in Jayceon Taylor, Mike Elizondo, Curtis J. Jackson, Andre R. Young (lyrics), Andre R. Young and Mike Elizondo (music), The Documentary, performed by The Game (featuring 50 Cent), G-Unit Records:
synonyms: word: bat for both sides
word: go both ways
word: swing both ways
glosses: To be bisexual.
examples: text: When Mark sought my supervision, I taught him the terms top and bottom and explained that gay men usually self-identify as either one or the other. Some men go both ways—calling themselves "versatile"—[…]
ref: 2011, Joe Kort, Gay Affirmative Therapy for the Straight Clinician, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: To be versatile, able to act as either a top or a bottom.
raw_tags: of a gay man
Related terms: swing both ways
cut both ways
have it both ways
sprunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɹʌnt/
rhymes: -ʌnt
Forms: form: sprunts
form: sprunting
form: sprunted
form: sprunted
form: splunt
Etymology: Apparently a variation of sprent or sprint.
Senses: examples: text: They acted a Tragedy at Padua when I was there last June 1786 I think: the Actors struggled & bounced, and sprunted as if in Convulsions […].
ref: 1786 August 16, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:
glosses: To make quick or convulsive movements; to start, to jump.
glosses: To make romantic advances; to flirt.
glosses: To make romantic advances; to flirt.
To seek to gain the affections of a person.
info_templates: extra_data: words: after
expansion: [with after]
Derived terms: sprunt up
sprunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɹʌnt/
rhymes: -ʌnt
Forms: form: sprunts
form: splunt
Etymology: Apparently a variation of sprent or sprint.
Senses: glosses: A sudden movement; a leap or jump.
glosses: Something bouncy or perky.
sprunt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɹʌnt/
rhymes: -ʌnt
Forms: form: more sprunt
form: most sprunt
form: splunt
Etymology: Apparently a variation of sprent or sprint.
Senses: examples: text: As for that little sprunt piece of the Brain which they call the Conarion...
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 35
glosses: Active; lively; vigorous.
conarion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conarium
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κωνάριον (kōnárion), diminutive of κῶνος (kônos, “pine cone, pine nut”).
Senses: examples: text: Is it themselves, or the Brain, or that particular piece of the Brain they call the Conarion or Pine-kernel?
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 33
glosses: pineal gland.
praytell
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pray tell.
clackity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: clackety
Etymology: From clack + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Nonce variation of the word clack, usually indicating one of a series of clacking sounds.
Related terms: clickety
clickity
clickity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: clickety
Etymology: From click + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Her stick made a little clickety noise on the flagstones.
ref: 1911, Marguerite Audoux, Marie-Claire, page 51:
text: As so many times before one finds a cozy corner in a coach, props oneself on an elbow and gazes out the window as the scenery goes speeding by to the cadence of clickity, clickity, clickity, click as the wheels strike the spaces between the rails with increasing speed.
ref: 1984, Charles Sauriol, Tales of the Don, page 61:
text: The SWOOPER started to move faster and faster and soon they were swooping along a dark tunnel, clickity, clickity, clickity-clack.
ref: 2003, Tom Condon, The Sandman: Stories to Read to Children, page 5:
text: When I was about halfway through the hatch, the engine went “clickity, clickity, clickity, and boom,” igniting the gasoline vapors in the compartment into a huge fireball.
ref: 2009, Alton McVey, Dancing with the Bear, page 198:
text: Instead of a raft floating down the Mississip,' it'll be a clickity clack across the desert.
ref: 2010, Jerome Peterson, Thumb Flagging, page 162:
text: As she walked to JoJo's house, Katie ran a stick along a fence. She liked the clickity-clackity sound.
ref: 2015, Fran Manushkin, Katie's Noisy Music, page 8:
glosses: Nonce variation of the word click, usually indicating one of a series of clicking sounds.
Related terms: clackety
clackity
flappity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From flap + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Jest then in come Mrs. Pelto with one of them French sisters with the flappity caps, the same as 'ad been in the mornin', and come from the 'Ospital.
ref: 1878, Arthur Sketchley, Mrs. Brown at the Paris exhibition, page 108:
text: ‘Flappity, flappity, flappity,’ the thin man sang. ‘Cut it out,’ Grissom said.
ref: 1991, Don Dickinson, Blue Husbands, page 66:
text: ... I was mindful of the hissings and shoutings coming from the cave and thought an interesting foreign gentleman would be a good distraction for them, even if he did land up going flappity, flappity down the mountain on little webbed feet.
ref: 2004, Nelson Mandela, editor, Favorite African Folktales, page 216:
glosses: Nonce variation of the word flap, usually indicating a series of small or ineffective flaps.
humpity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From hump + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Nonce variation of the word hump, usually indicating a bumpy action.
thumpity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From thump + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Nonce variation of the word thump, usually indicating a bumpy action.
crappity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From crap + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Nonce variation of the word crap, usually used as an intensifier.
slappity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From slap + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Nonce variation of the word slap, usually used to indicate a series of small slapping actions.
hoppity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From hop + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Nonce variation of the word hop, usually used to indicate a series of small hopping actions.
hoppity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hop + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The board game halma.
Related terms: hippity-hoppity
jumpity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From jump + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Nonce variation of the word jump, usually used to indicate a series of small jumping actions.
grumpity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From grump + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Nonce variation of the word grump, usually used as an intensifier.
snuggle bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snuggle bunnies
form: snuggle-bunny
Senses: examples: text: "So you're wanting to find a little 'intense physical affection'?"
"Oh, my! That's a bit crude, isn't it?"
"Well, then may I suggest my favorite euphemism: 'snugglebunnies'."
ref: 1985 January 12, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County, January 12, 1985 (retrieved 22 Jan. 2019)
text: Howie is a 3-month-old brown rabbit that is available for adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, 2536 Bountin Dr. Howie is housebroken, affectionate, calm and makes a great snuggle bunny.
ref: 2000 Aug. 2, "Snuggle Bunny," Southeast Missourian, p. 8B (retrieved 12 Sep. 2011)
text: “He ain't throwing us over for some little snuggle-bunny with pimples on her tits.”
ref: 2003, Stephen King, Wizard and Glass: The Dark Tower IV, →ISBN, page 181:
text: “With Matthew going to be six in January and Leah three in June, I think it will feel good to have a snuggle bunny around again.”
ref: 2006, Ida Nelle Daily Hollaway, Lydia's Life, →ISBN, page 273:
text: “How is my little Murry Wurry snuggle bunny, by the way?” . . .
“[T]he last time I spoke with him, he was missing you.”
“Aaawww, I miss him too,” Stupenagel cooed. “He's going to be one worn-out lover boy after I get home.”
ref: 2009, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Capture, →ISBN, page 172:
glosses: A romantic partner, child, pet, stuffed animal, etc. which is an object of affection and which provides comfort through physical contact.
Synonyms: cuddle bunny
cuddle-bunny
cuddle bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuddle bunnies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of snuggle bunny.
synonyms: word: snuggle bunny
cuddle-bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuddle-bunnies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cuddle bunny.
snuggle-bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snuggle-bunnies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snuggle bunny.
serose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more serose
form: most serose
Senses: examples: text: But the Butter is not pressed at all, as appears in that no serose humour is squeezed out of it...
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 45
glosses: serous
Horikawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
pre-Apennine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + Apennine.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the foothills of the Apennines
preshave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-shave
Etymology: From pre- + shave.
Senses: glosses: Designed for application before shaving
preshave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preshaves
form: pre-shave
Etymology: From pre- + shave.
Senses: glosses: A lotion used to prepare the skin for shaving, especially when using an electric shaver
torcularious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tôr'kyo͞olâʹrĭəs
ipa: /ˌtɔːkjuːˈlɛəɹɪəs/
Etymology: From the Latin torculārius.
Senses: glosses: Of or belonging to a (wine or oil) press.
machine wash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: machine washes
form: machine washing
form: machine washed
form: machine washed
form: machine-wash
Senses: coordinate_terms: hand wash#Verb
glosses: To wash using a machine; especially, to wash (clothes) in a washing machine.
machine wash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machine washes
form: machine-wash
Senses: examples: text: This garment tolerates machine washes.
coordinate_terms: hand wash#Noun
glosses: A wash in a washing machine (of clothing etc.)
nine-to-fiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nine-to-fivers
Etymology: From nine-to-five + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And the welders and the drivers
And the old nine to fivers
And the regular Joe's of the world
ref: 2011, Toby Keith, Clancy's Tavern:
glosses: Someone who works a nine-to-five job.
nonsense word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsense words
Etymology: From nonsense + word.
Senses: examples: text: George Bernard Shaw's classic joke about English spelling is that his nonsense word ghoti should be pronounced fish. He explained: gh = like the gh in cough = fo = like the o in women = i ti = like the ti in nation = sh ghoti = fish.
ref: 1983, Michael E. Adelstein, Wendell Keats Sparrow, Business communications:
glosses: A neologised word that does not have a given meaning, or that has been invented without any etymological sense.
Related terms: neologism
non-word
nonce word
protologism
pseudoword
nose out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: noses out
form: nosing out
form: nosed out
form: nosed out
Senses: examples: text: Trained to nose out anything from a hidden handgun to a cache of dynamite, the dogs are employed to check important trains like Rajdhani Express or Ashram Express when they arrive at the platform.
ref: 2011 September 12, Yogesh Avasthi, “It’s a dog’s life for railway sniffers”, in Ahmedabad Mirror:
text: In the second place, do sharks really follow ships, when there are corpses on board, more than they do at other times ? and if so, by what particular organisation does a fish in the water continue to nose out the particular origin and direction of an effluvium...
ref: 1837, Charles F. Partington, The british cyclopedia of natural history:
glosses: To find using one's sense of smell.
glosses: To find by searching.
examples: text: We were nosed out for the pennant that year,
ref: 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post:
text: Rashnaa nosed out Amiable Grace to finish a distant third in a field reduced to seven after the scratches of Comic Marvel and Dance to the Moon...
ref: 2011 September 3, Ron Gierkink, “Atlantic Hurricane beats Embur's Song”, in ESPN:
glosses: To defeat by a small margin.
Synonyms: sense: find by sense of smell
word: sniff out
sense: find by searching
word: sniff out
sense: defeat by a small margin
word: edge out
predestinarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predestinarianisms
Etymology: From predestinarian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief (or doctrine) that one is powerless to change one's destiny.
etymologism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etymologisms
Etymology: From etymology + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A word constructed as a translation of a foreign word by using the etymology of the foreign word
Preface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Prefaces
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of preface (“prayer before the canon of the Mass”).
potato salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potato salad
Midianitish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Midianite + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 25:14:
glosses: Of the Midianites.
alangst
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of alongst.
alangst
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of alongst.
ænigmatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ænigmatically
form: most ænigmatically
Senses: examples: text: The fact is, that the superior strength and size of the celebrated heroes of antiquity can only be accounted for satisfactorily, by having recourse to that recondite wisdom of the ancients, which was first discovered in the colleges of the Ægyptian priests, and was afterwards delivered ænigmatically by Pythagoras, […]
ref: 1824, Pausanias, The Description of Greece, notes on the first Volume, page 237
glosses: Obsolete form of enigmatically.
same-sex marriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: same-sex marriages
Senses: examples: text: Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday conceded that its objections to same-sex marriage are ideological rather than legal in a statement declaring it “against the natural order.” The comments, included in the court’s full 12-page ruling against a challenge to the charter’s prohibition of same-sex marriage, angered proponents and supporters of marriage equality and has sent #ConstitutionalCourtisSexist trending atop Thai Twitter since last night.
ref: 2021 December 3, “LGBTQ couples, families and marriage are ‘against the natural order,’ Thai Constitutional Court rules”, in Coconuts Bangkok, Bangkok: Coconuts Media Limited, retrieved 03 Dec 2021:
glosses: Marriage between two people of the same sex.
Synonyms: gay marriage
same-gender marriage
homo marriage
homo-marriage
homomarriage
Related terms: marry
gay marry
marriage equality
equal marriage
bleeds out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bleed out
same-sex marriages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of same-sex marriage
traditional marriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traditional marriages
Senses: examples: text: For the first time in Gallup's tracking of the issue, a majority of Americans (53%) believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages.
ref: 2011, Frank Newport/Gallup, For First Time, Majority of Americans Favor Legal Gay Marriage, link:
glosses: A heterosexual marriage; a social or legal union between two people of opposite sex.
examples: text: The third set is the African traditional marriage as well as the Islamic marriage and the Hindu marriage. This is considered to be a potentially polygamous marriage.
ref: 1993, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2661:
text: A great deal has been written about polygamy as a traditional marriage system in all Africa of which Iboland is a part.
ref: 1974, Edmund Ilogu, Christianity and Ibo culture, page 220:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see traditional, marriage.
traditional marriages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traditional marriage
civil unions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civil union
hep E
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of hepatitis E.
hepatitis E
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: an acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by the orofecal route.
Derived terms: hepatitis E virus
hep E
hepatitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪtɪk
Forms: form: more hepatitic
form: most hepatitic
Senses: examples: text: Hepatitic diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatitis A are preventable through a healthy lifestyle including vaccination and good diet.
glosses: Related to hepatitis and other liver diseases.
examples: text: HIV+ patients really have to be careful and get their hepatitic levels checked every four months.
glosses: Related to the laboratory samples and enzyme levels in the liver.
Derived terms: antihepatitic
posthepatitic
præterition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præteritions
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of preterition.
double sharp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double sharps
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step higher.
double flat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double flats
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: double sharp
glosses: An accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step lower.
double sharps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double sharp
double flats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double flat
præcordium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præcordia
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of precordium.
augmented fourths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of augmented fourth
there's no point crying over spilt milk
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: it's no use crying over spilt milk
form: it's no good crying over spilt milk
form: no use crying over spilt milk
form: there's no use crying over spilt milk
Senses: glosses: It is useless to be upset over something that cannot be undone.
Related terms: cry over spilt milk
spilt milk
what's done is done
C-spine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C-spines
Etymology: From cervical + spine.
Senses: examples: text: When placing a C-spine on you must measure the person's neck precisely.
topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: A neckbrace.
examples: text: Always maintain C-spine if there is even a chance that someone has hit their head or fallen.
topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: The position in which a trauma patient's cervical spine is immobilized to prevent possible or further spinal injury.
glosses: Abbreviation of cervical spinal immobilization.
C-spine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: C-spines
form: C-spining
form: C-spined
form: C-spined
Etymology: From cervical + spine.
Senses: examples: text: His neck is broken you must C-spine him now!
glosses: To immobilize a person's neck and head.
neckbrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckbraces
form: neck brace
form: neck-brace
Etymology: From neck + brace.
Senses: topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.
Synonyms: cervical collar
Sakyamuni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shakyamuni
form: Śākyamuni
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit शाक्यमुनि (śākyamuni, “sage of the Śākyas”).
Senses: glosses: The Gautama Buddha.
Synonyms: Gautama
Shakyamuni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Power of The Dzogchen Buddha Path Four Noble Truths
When I trust The Four Noble Truths of the Enlightened,
I open the pure Dharma Eye of Wisdom.
When I hold The Four Noble Truths of the Enlightened,
I directly perceive the Victorious Buddha Shakyamuni.
Sarwa Mangalam! [meaning: May all be auspicious!]
ref: 2012, Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, Dzongchen Buddha Path Four Noble Truths, Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche and Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of Sakyamuni.
downarg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: downargs
form: downarging
form: downarged
form: downarged
form: donnarg
Etymology: From down- + arg (“to argue”).
Senses: glosses: To gainsay or contradict in an overbearing, domineering manner; browbeat; assert violently.
nom de Web
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒm də ˈwɛb/
Forms: form: noms de Web
form: nom de web
form: nom-de-Web
Etymology: From nom de plume.
Senses: examples: text: Friedberg — whose nom de Web is StinkE — is an 18-year-old, hip hop-loving Hiero fan who started his site in August, 1995 as a tribute to his favorite crew.
ref: 1996, Vibe, volume 4, numbers 7-10, page 378:
text: On the same day, Barista of Bloomfield Avenue, the nom de Web of Debbie Galant, who lives in a suburban town in New Jersey and is one of the most esteemed "hyperlocal bloggers" in the country, led with a picture from her recent vacation in the Berkshires.
ref: 2006, The New Yorker, volume 82, numbers 20-28, page 48:
text: We are smitten with Nemo Wolfe. That's the charming nom de Web of Mercantile Library executive director Albert Pyle (our own Dr. Know) when he posts on their delightfully omnivorous blog.
ref: 2009 December, Cincinnati Magazine, page 93:
glosses: A pseudonym used when publishing on the World Wide Web.
Synonyms: word: handle
word: nom de clavier
word: username
ROAH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ROAHs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of restraining order after hearing.
Related terms: EPO
TRO
preludia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preludium
protoconversation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protoconversations
Etymology: From proto- + conversation.
Senses: glosses: An interaction between an adult (typically a mother) and baby, that includes words, sounds and gestures, that attempts to convey meaning before the onset of language in the child
Related terms: protoconversational
instructrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instructrix
enclude
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: encludes
form: encluding
form: encluded
form: encluded
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of include.
calorique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French calorique.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of caloric.
amœne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amœne
form: most amœne
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of amene.
shoe-leather
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃuːˌlɛðə/
ipa: /ˈʃuːˌlɛðɚ/
Forms: form: shoe leather
Etymology: From shoe + leather.
Senses: examples: text: When we set out to produce the site full time, everything we did went on the site, but the reporting for the site hasn't changed. I don't think it ever will. It's basic shoe leather reporting, hunting down sources and documents and confirming authenticity.
ref: 2008 April 23, Mark Glaser, “Public Documents + Shoe Leather Reporting = The Smoking Gun's Staying Power”, in Mediashift, Public Broadcasting Service, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2012:
text: The book, wrought from old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting of a type that's disappearing faster than nonfranchised lunch counters on Main Street, isn't chiefly a tale of drugs and crime, of dysfunction and despair, but a recession-era tragedy scaled for an "Our Town," Thornton Wilder stage and seemingly based on a script by William S. Burroughs.
ref: 2009 July 5, Walter Kirn, “Wasted Land”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2014:
text: Yes, old school, shoe-leather reporting uncovered the Watergate and Pentagon Papers scandals. But it was disturbingly ineffective during the McCarthy witch hunts and the US invasion of Iraq.
ref: 2009 September 23, Erica Noonan, “Reporting on the threat posed when reliable reporting fades away”, in Boston.com (The Boston Globe), archived from the original on 26 Oct 2012:
text: Since then, China's two major Twitter-like microblogs have posted an astounding 26 million messages on the tragedy, a potent amalgam of contempt for railway authorities, suspicion of official explanations and shoe-leather journalism by citizens and professionals alike.
ref: 2011 July 28, Michael Wines, Sharon LaFraniere, “In baring facts of train crash, blogs erode China censorship [print version: In China, tweets shake the hold of state media: Microbloggers’ reaction to train crash shows new influence on government, International Herald Tribune, 29 July 2011]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2014:
glosses: Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk.
protoconversations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protoconversation
mixed-sex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a mixed-sex school
glosses: Comprising both males and females.
Related terms: mixed-gender
gender-diverse
misfuel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misfuels
form: misfueling
form: misfuelling
form: misfueled
form: misfueled
form: misfuelled
form: misfuelled
Senses: examples: text: Misfuelling happens more than 400 times a day.
text: The cost of misfueling
text: To avoid misfuelling, diesel car owners could get a device that replaces the conventional fuel cap and prevents the petrol nozzle fitting in the tank.
ref: 2015 September 12, Miles Brignall, “£9,000 bill for misfuelling has both driver and engine spluttering”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To fill a vehicle with the wrong type of fuel (usually petrol for diesel)
unhazardous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhazardous
form: most unhazardous
Etymology: From un- + hazardous.
Senses: glosses: Not hazardous.
hazarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hazarders
form: hasardour
Etymology: From Middle English hasardour, from Middle French hasardeur.
Senses: examples: text: Meeting his doom so, the great hazarder fulfils a destiny for which his whole life was prelude.
ref: 1913, W. Compton Leith, Sirenica, page 58:
glosses: One who ventures or hazards.
glosses: A player at cards or dice; gamester.
hazardable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hazardable
form: most hazardable
Etymology: From hazard + -able.
Senses: examples: text: How to keep the corpse seven days from corruption by anointing and washing, without exenteration, were an hazardable piece of art, in our choicest practice
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC:
glosses: Liable to chance or hazard; exposed to dangers; risky or uncertain.
glosses: Capable of being hazarded or risked.
magazinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magazinists
Etymology: From magazine + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who writes in a magazine.
Synonyms: magaziner
Maotai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 茅台 (Máotái) Wade-Giles: Mao²-tʻai², reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.
Senses: examples: text: MAOTAI CAPTURED BY SZECHUAN FORCES
The Szechuan pursuit forces, after recapturing Maotai, western Kweichow, crossed the Chihshui Ho (River) and we now reached Tsaochihpa, near the Kweichow-Szechuan border.
ref: 1935, The China Weekly Review, volume 72, →OCLC, page 147:
text: Here in Maotai, where the pungent odor of fermenting sorghum is overpowering and almost everyone works for the distillery, spiking prices have become a point of pride.
ref: 2011 February 13, Andrew Jacobs, “Fake Liquors Flow as Demand Soars for China’s Fabled Sorghum Spirit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, Asia Pacific:
text: Signage for China Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co. baijiu liquor lines a road at the company’s facility in the Maotai section of the Renhuai District in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China, on Thursday, April 7, 2011.
ref: 2021 August 26, Evelyn Cheng, Eustance Huang, “Chinese baijiu liquor stocks tumble amid regulatory concerns”, in CNBC, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2021:
glosses: A town in Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
glosses: Alternative form of Moutai (liquor)
simun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of simoom.
alsakharovite-Zn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of Aleksey + Sakharov + -ite + Zn (“zinc”). Named after Aleksey Sergeyevich Sakharov (1910–1996), a Russian geologist who worked on the Lovozero massif where the mineral was discovered.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An extremely rare alkaline strontium zinc titanium silicate mineral from the cyclosilicates class, with formula written as NaSrKZn(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·7H₂O, from alkaline pegmatites.
wakefieldite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wakefieldites
Etymology: After Wakefield Lake in Quebec, Canada, + -ite (now known as Lake Saint Pierre).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.
wikipedia: Lake Saint Pierre
wakefieldites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wakefieldite
plush toy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plush toys
Senses: synonyms: plushie
stuffed animal
glosses: A soft toy with a soft, plush covering.
Hypernyms: soft toy
plush toys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plush toy
neckbraces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckbrace
C-spines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of C-spine
HIV negative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I was lucky to test HIV negative after not having used condoms consistently with multiple partners.
synonyms: HIV-
neg
antonyms: HIV positive
HIV+
poz
glosses: Not infected by HIV.
Related terms: seropositive
HIV-
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of HIV negative.
HIV+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of HIV positive.
HIV-positive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: There have been other drugs since reticulose that I became aware of the successes of, some even able to claim "cure," even turning people from HIV-positive to negative.
ref: 1998, Gavin Dillard, In the Flesh: Undressing for Success, page 141:
glosses: Alternative form of HIV positive.
HIV-negative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of HIV negative.
test site
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test sites
Senses: examples: text: The Nevada test site is contaminated with radiation after years of nuclear testing.
glosses: A place where products or weapons are tested.
examples: text: The free teen clinic is a very welcoming HIV test site.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A clinic or office where medical testing takes place.
examples: text: Connie took her bar exam at the University of Texas test site.
topics: education
glosses: A room dedicated to the administration of exams, especially for certifications.
poz
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒz/
ipa: /ˈpɑz/
rhymes: -ɒz
homophone: pause
homophone: paws (cot-caught merger)
Etymology: Clipping of positive.
Senses: examples: text: Her test results were poz.
text: At a contentious public meeting to discuss barebacking in New York in 1999, an interesting statement came from a man who described himself as the manager of the nation's largest moderated bareback computer list. He stated almost in passing that the list was “about 98 percent poz guys.”
ref: 2002, David Nimmons, The Soul Beneath the Skin, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 74:
text: I recall when we exchanged our HIV statuses at one point; not tonight. He's poz.
ref: 2010, Rick Reed, Tales from the Sexual Underground, page 61:
synonyms: pozzed
antonyms: neg
qualifier: LGBTQ slang
glosses: HIV positive.
Derived terms: pozphobe
pozphobic
poz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒz/
ipa: /ˈpɑz/
rhymes: -ɒz
homophone: pause
homophone: paws (cot-caught merger)
Forms: form: pozzes
form: pozzing
form: pozzed
form: pozzed
Etymology: Clipping of positive.
Senses: examples: text: However it’s hard to tell the truth from fantasy in the chats, which don’t include Boone talking of killing anyone, defence lawyer Ian Carter put to Lapointe. “During these hundreds of pages as part of that sexual fantasy of chasing, stealthing, pozzing or whatever you want to call it, he never indicates he wants to kill anyone?” Ian Carter asked her. “That’s correct,” said Lapointe, noting Boone does talk about giving people HIV and people dying of the disease.
ref: 2012 October 15, Megan Gillis, “'Poz' lover lied to fulfill fantasy”, in Ottawa Sun:
text: Boone discussed his criminal exploits and said he became sexually aroused by “stealth pozzing,” or infecting unsuspecting partners.
ref: 2016 March 9, Gary Dimmock, “'Poz vampire' gets 9 years for attempted murder”, in Ottawa Sun:
text: He talked about his ex possibly giving him an STD. The medicines in the cabinet. And the incubation period seemed to fit the timeline. My heart stopped for a second. What if he pozzed me? It was a horrifying thought, and it consumed me
ref: 2018, Scott Farrell, Scott Farrell's Biography, or, Triumph, Tears, and Tales of the Stage, page 256:
synonyms: poz up
qualifier: LGBTQ slang
glosses: To infect (someone) with a sexually transmitted infection; especially HIV.
examples: text: What on earth happened to the gallant tradition of “pozzing”: making positive remarks? What’s wrong with single guys going up to women in clubs to shout above the loud music, “Your delicate beauty has captured my heart” before presenting them with a single rose? But no.
ref: 2015 January 21, Peter Bradshaw, “A brief history of pozzing and negging”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: compliment
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: To say something positive to someone about themselves.
Related terms: poz friendly
pozphobia
pozzed
pozzies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pozzie
PFPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of patella femoral pain syndrome.
patella femoral pain syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
medicine
pathology
sciences
sports
glosses: A sports injury causing chronic pain in the kneecap.
Synonyms: PFPS
octatonic scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octatonic scales
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A scale that has four half step intervals and four whole step intervals that alternate.