cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hereditable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hereditable
form: most hereditable
Senses: examples: text: Any Protestant who became a Catholic forfeited his whole hereditable estate to the nearest Protestant heir.
ref: 1913, “Penal Laws”, in Catholic Encyclopedia:
glosses: Capable of being inherited.
Derived terms: hereditably
artificials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I’ve sold small wares in the streets, and artificials (artificial flowers), and lace, and penny dolls, and penny boxes (of toys).
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
glosses: Things that are artificial.
chills out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chill out
chilling out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chill out
chilled out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chilled out
form: most chilled out
Senses: glosses: Relaxed; not stressed or tense.
chilled out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chill out
heaven tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heaven trees
Senses: glosses: A mythical tree or vine which figures in some primitive beliefs as affording the means of ascent from underground regions to the surface, or from the surface to the sky. Forms of this myth are found in Malacca, Borneo, Celebes, New Zealand, and Polynesia.
glosses: Alternative form of tree of heaven.
Hypernyms: tree
cram school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cram schools
Senses: examples: text: Most of my classmates went to a cram school in order to get ready for the high school entrance exams that you take in the second half of ninth grade.
ref: 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), pages 139-140:
topics: education
glosses: A specialized school that trains students to meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities.
cries for help
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cry for help
cups of joe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cup of joe
cram schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cram school
noncurated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + curated.
Senses: glosses: Not curated.
uncurated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + curated.
Senses: glosses: Not curated.
bikathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikathons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bikeathon.
bikathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bikathon
bikeathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikeathons
form: bikathon
Etymology: From bike + -athon.
Senses: examples: text: The organization welcomes women who wish to participate in the bikeathon as cyclists or drivers of support vehicles; they also need pledges of money for each mile the cyclists travel.
ref: 1980 August 9, “Bike For Lesbian Mothers”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
synonyms: cycleathon
glosses: A charity event in which participants cycle a long distance.
bikeathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bikeathon
unsieved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sieved.
Senses: glosses: Not having been sieved.
dunesands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunesand
sprayproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sprayproof
form: most sprayproof
Etymology: From spray + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to spray (as from the ocean).
antihate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + hate.
Senses: examples: antihate legislation
glosses: Opposing or countering hate.
antielite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antielite
form: most antielite
form: anti-elite
Etymology: From anti- + elite.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover , according to informants , this core of antielite opposition is not only limited but also often split.
ref: 1978, Arthur J. Lerman, Taiwan's politics: the provincial assemblyman's world, page 103:
text: Antielite conspiracism has deep roots in U.S. political culture.
ref: 2000, Chip Berlet, Matthew Nemiroff Lyons, Right-wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort, →ISBN, page 10:
text: This chapter argues that the antielite, prosubaltern activities of the OPC under Gani Adams should be seen as the latest in a series of subaltern generated actions aimed at questioning the dynamics of elite politics within Yorubaland and Nigeria in general.
ref: 2010, Wale Adebanwi, Ebenezer Obadare, Encountering the Nigerian State, page 140:
text: Some commentators have suggested that the activity represented by WallStreetBets and Trumpism are part of the same populist, anti-elite phenomenon, but if Trumpism in general is instructive at all here, it’s as a reminder that self-described anti-elite movements can, in fact, turn out to be much more complicated than that.
ref: 2021 January 29, John Herrman, “Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not”, in The New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Opposing an elite or elitism.
Related terms: antielitism
antielite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antielites
form: anti-elite
Etymology: From anti- + elite.
Senses: examples: text: When, in contrast, elites are only minimally attached to established economic and sociopolitical patterns or they are deeply divided over policy goals, some processes may atrophy (such as state services or economic productivity) and /or the system may become vulnerable to the ideological attacks of antielites who seek to displace the system altogether.
ref: 1976, Leon N. Lindberg, Politics and the future of industrial society, page 170:
text: The model best known so far is the model of counterelites and antielites exercising pressure on their respective governments.
ref: 1981, Johan Galtung, The True Worlds: A Transnational Experience, →ISBN, page 224:
text: The book demonstrates the relationships of Marxism to other philosophies and to populist and reform movements, comments on the compatibility of individual liberty and central authority; indicates how the rise of antielites has reflected a consciousness of problems requiring new political solutions; and notes to what extent Latin American Marxists have contributed to political and social change.
ref: 1986, The Hispanic American historical review, page 448:
glosses: One who is antielite; a proponent of antielitism.
antihierarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antihierarchy
form: most antihierarchy
Etymology: From anti- + hierarchy.
Senses: glosses: Opposing a hierarchy or hierarchies in general.
antihierarchical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antihierarchical
form: most antihierarchical
Etymology: From anti- + hierarchical.
Senses: glosses: Opposing a hierarchy or hierarchies in general.
editings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪtɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of editing
intervalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intervalic
form: most intervalic
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of intervallic.
Daniels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdænjəlz/
Etymology: From Daniel + -s.
Senses: examples: text: Judge George Daniels on Wednesday said the worsening coronavirus pandemic provided more urgency.
ref: 2020 July 29, Priscilla Alvarez, “Judge blocks administration from implementing ‘public charge’ rule for immigrants during pandemic”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name from the male given name Daniel.
glosses: A ghost town in Baltimore County and Howard County, Maryland, United States, named by the Daniels Company.
glosses: A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Daniel Johnson.
glosses: A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: plural of Daniel
Derived terms: Daniels County
Danielsville
one for all, all for one
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /wʌn fəɹɔːl ɔːl fə wʌn/
other: /wɒn/
Senses: glosses: Each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of each individual.
Synonyms: all for one, one for all
Related terms: Three Musketeers
Mareks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marek
alabastrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alabastra
form: alabastrums
Senses: glosses: An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A flower bud
alabastra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alabastron
alapa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alapas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alap.
alapas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alapa
hedgepigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedgepig
TDRS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TDRSs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.
Related terms: TDRSS
spyproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spyproof
form: most spyproof
Etymology: From spy + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: The Kure Navy Yard was surrounded by a spyproof high fence, and the workers lived their whole lives inside the fence.
ref: 1947 January 20, LIFE, volume 22, number 3, page 19:
text: If a game does not have a saddle point, minimax strategies are not spyproof, and each player can outsmart the other...
ref: 1992, John E. Freund, Mathematical statistics, page 336:
glosses: Safe from being overcome or compromised by spies.
unsuggestive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsuggestive
form: most unsuggestive
Etymology: From un- + suggestive.
Senses: glosses: Not suggestive.
uncoffined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + coffined.
Senses: examples: text: Their bones were buried uncoffined.
glosses: Not placed in a coffin.
circumstant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circumstant
form: most circumstant
Etymology: From Latin circumstāns, present participle of circumstō.
Senses: examples: text: And then he will perceive the reason why light is darted from the body of the sun with that incredible celerity wherewith its beams fly to visit the remotest parts of the world, and how of necessity it gives motion to all circumstant bodies […]
ref: 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises:
glosses: Standing or placed around; surrounding.
circumstant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circumstants
Etymology: From Latin circumstāns, present participle of circumstō.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An adjunct.
pythonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Pytho + -n- + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.
ungendered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gendered.
Senses: glosses: Without gender; not gendered.
ungendered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ungender
genderqueers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genderqueer
Yukon Time
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yukon Standard Time.
build upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪldʌpɑn/
ipa: /bɪldʌpɔn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Forms: form: builds upon
form: building upon
form: built upon
form: built upon
Senses: examples: text: However, while reusing the existing alignment was considered, it was ultimately discounted for several reasons - not least because some sections have been built upon, particularly approaching Cambridge from the south, while the section through Bedford now forms part of a country park.
ref: 2023 November 15, Chris Howe, “East West Rail and the Cambridge connection”, in RAIL, number 996, page 56:
glosses: Synonym of build on.
synonyms: word: build on
bra burner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bra burners
Etymology: After protests against bras and other emblems of femininity in the 1960s; see Bra burning.
Senses: glosses: A strident feminist.
wikipedia: Bra burning
Related terms: bra-burning
bra burners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bra burner
don't let the door hit you on the way out
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.
Synonyms: don't let the door hit you in the ass
don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you
builds upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of build upon
buildouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buildout
foetal alcohol syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foetal alcohol syndromes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fetal alcohol syndrome.
Kerouacian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌkɛrʊˈækiən/
/ˌkɛrəˈwækiən/
Forms: form: more Kerouacian
form: most Kerouacian
form: Kerouackian
Etymology: From Kerouac + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Jean-Louis "Jack" Kerouac (1922-1969), American beat novelist and poet.
build on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪldɑn/
ipa: /bɪldɔn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Forms: form: builds on
form: building on
form: built on
form: built on
Senses: examples: text: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger knew victory was essential here to build on the foundations of last week's 5-1 demolition of Everton and also to keep up the pursuit of a place in the top four.
ref: 2018 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Arsenal”, in BBC:
glosses: To add additional elements or components to (a framework, a concept, a device, etc.) in order to extend it.
double happiness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Chinese ideogrammic compound 囍, often used as an ornamental symbol in Chinese celebrations.
buildability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From build + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being buildable.
glosses: The project management technique of constructibility.
constructability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of constructibility.
ideogrammic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ideogrammic
form: most ideogrammic
Etymology: From ideogram + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Being, or pertaining to, an ideogram.
builds on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of build on
builds up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of build up
building up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women.
ref: 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223:
glosses: present participle and gerund of build up
building on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of build on
build into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪldˈɪn.tuː/
ipa: /bɪldˈɪn.tu/
ipa: /bɪldˈɪn.tə/
ipa: /bɪldˈɪn.tʊ/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: builds into
form: building into
form: built into
form: built into
Senses: glosses: to add components to a larger entity without interfering with the purpose or functionality of the larger entity
Synonyms: build in
built on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of build on
dekagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dekagram
build in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /bɪldˈɪn/
Forms: form: builds in
form: building in
form: built in
form: built in
Senses: glosses: to add components to a larger entity without interfering with the purpose or functionality of the larger entity
glosses: to build something in the interior of an entity
Synonyms: sense: to add components to a larger entity without interfering with the purpose or functionality of the larger entity
word: build into
Related terms: built-in
build a fire under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: builds a fire under
form: building a fire under
form: built a fire under
form: built a fire under
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of light a fire under.
prebuild
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prebuilds
form: prebuilding
form: prebuilt
form: prebuilt
Etymology: From pre- + build.
Senses: examples: text: We need to prebuild these cabinets before the installers arrive.
glosses: To build ahead of time.
prebuild
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + build.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pre-build.
Piet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Piet.
glosses: An esoteric programming language whose programs are bitmaps that look like abstract art.
glosses: A surname.
descramblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of descrambler
man of the hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men of the hour
Senses: synonyms: man of the moment
toast of the town
glosses: A man who has recently caught the attention of, or is being admired or honoured by, a large number of people.
cuspiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cuspy: most cuspy
winding sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winding sheet
complexant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complexants
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A substance that readily forms complexes with molecules or ions (of a specified kind).
screw pile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screw piles
Senses: glosses: A steel pile having a wide helical blade attached towards the base to provide a large bearing area when fixed in the ground.
Synonyms: helical pile
Derived terms: screw-pile lighthouse
cyclidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyclide + -ic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: of or pertaining to a cyclide
some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: One cannot always overcome a powerful adversary.
isocapacitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + capacitary.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the same capacity; applied to the problem of finding an extremum for an integral over a space of a specified capacity.
capacitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Relating to capacity.
Derived terms: isocapacitary
horocyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In two-dimensional Euclidean geometry using a polar coordinate system, horocyclic flow is either the circular convergence toward or away from a point or the rotational flow around a point.
text: Hence the regular polygon ABCD ... can either be a convex n-gon, a star n-gon, a horocylic apeirogon or a hypercyclic apeirogon.
ref: 1984, Coxeter-Festschrift [Mitteilungen aus dem Mathem[atisches] Seminar Giessen], Giessen: Gießen Mathematischen Institut, Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen, page 247:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Relating to a set of points that are all equidistant (keeping other coordinates constant) from some constant point.
Related terms: horocycle
itacism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: itacisms
Etymology: Named after iotacism, shifting the pronunciation of the name of letter η (eta) from /ɛːta/ to /ita/ in Greek.
Senses: examples: Hodges and Farstad, Introduction to The Majority Text
At [Revelation] 2:25 the family reading is αχρις ου ανοιξω [until I open], instead of αχρις ου αν ηξω [until I come]. Not only is ανοιξω unintelligible here, but it is a transparent itacism οι for η.
glosses: Alternative form of iotacism.
wikipedia: eta
terper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terpers
Etymology: From terpsichorean + -er (“the Variety -er”).
Senses: examples: text: Gene Nelson, Warner Bros fleetfooted terper, is going to try going straight in more than one sense. In Don't Cry Baby he won't dance except to a theoretical piper
ref: 1952 November 13, “Nelson Sidesteps Dance”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: It's adieu for terper Cornelius Carter who will leave our shores in a fortnight to become assistant director of the dance program at Harvard University
ref: 1993 May 2, “Disney Co. Wants in on Riverfront Action”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
text: Ditto for Broadway terper Tommy Tune, who did his turn at the American Theatre
ref: 1997 July 18, “St. Louis Model Rrecalls Versace”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
glosses: A dancer or singer in the entertainment industry.
at cost
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I will sell you the apples at cost.
text: It is no part of my purpose to make gain from this work. I had hoped to publish it in permanent form and distribute it among my friends as a present but it has grown to such proportions that that will not be practicable and I do hope that I maye be able to sell enough copies at about cost to materially assist in the publication.
ref: 1915, Laban Miles Hoffman, “Preface”, in Our Kin, Being a History of the Hoffman, Rhyne, Costner, Rudisill, Best, Hovis, Hoyle, Wills, Shetley, Jenkins, Holland, Hambright, Gaston, Withers, Cansler, Clemmer and Lineberger Families, Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., published 1980, →OCLC, page 9:
topics: business
coordinate_terms: at a loss
at a profit
glosses: At the purchasing price; without any markup.
Related terms: come at a cost
Trojan point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trojan points
Etymology: Derived from the term Trojan asteroid
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: the L4 and L5 Lagrange points of the Sun-Jupiter orbital configuration
topics: astrophysics
glosses: by extension, any L4 and L5 Lagrange points
Synonyms: topics: astrophysics
word: stable Lagrange point
topics: astrophysics
english: generalized
translation: generalized
word: stable Lagrangian point
Hypernyms: topics: astrophysics
word: Lagrange point
topics: astrophysics
english: generalized
translation: generalized
word: Lagrangian point
Derived terms: topics: astrophysics
word: trailing Trojan point
topics: astrophysics
word: leading Trojan point
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan moon
topics: astrophysics
english: generalized
translation: generalized
word: Trojan planet
Related terms: topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan asteroid
Trojan asteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trojan asteroids
Etymology: Derived from the names of the first three Trojan asteroids found (Achilles, Patroclus, Hektor)
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: an asteroid occupying the Trojan points of the Sun-Jupiter system
topics: astrophysics
glosses: by extension, any asteroid occupying a Trojan point
Synonyms: topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan
Hypernyms: topics: astrophysics
english: generalized
translation: generalized
word: Langrangian asteroid
Hyponyms: topics: astrophysics
word: Greek camp
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan camp
Derived terms: topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan point
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan moon
topics: astrophysics
english: generalized
translation: generalized
word: Trojan planet
Trojan moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trojan moons
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: A pseudo-moon that occupies a Trojan point of a system.
Hypernyms: topics: astrophysics
word: Lagrangian moon
Related terms: topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan point
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan asteroid
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan planet
Trojan planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trojan planets
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: a planet that occupies a Trojan point of a star system
Hypernyms: topics: astrophysics
word: Lagrangian planet
Related terms: topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan point
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan asteroid
topics: astrophysics
word: Trojan moon
Lagrangian point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lagrangian points
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: Alternative form of Lagrange point.
neckwarmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckwarmers
Etymology: From neck + warmer.
Senses: glosses: A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm.
heart-warmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heart-warmers
form: heartwarmer
Senses: glosses: Something that is heart-warming.
cateran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkatəɹən/
Forms: form: caterans
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic ceatharn (“troop”), ceathairne (“peasantry, yeomanry”).
Senses: examples: text: And the great-grandson of Cospatric, he joined the English against the cateran Wallace […].
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song:
text: They found the hire of lawyers more cost-effective than the maintenance of caterans.
ref: 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 41:
glosses: A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan.
glosses: A freebooter, marauder.
caterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cateran
boothose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boot hose
form: boot-hose
Etymology: From boot + hose.
Senses: glosses: An item of clothing worn over the stockings, in fashion in the 17th century.
earlap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earlaps
Etymology: From Old English ēarlæppa. Equivalent to ear + lap.
Senses: examples: text: ...of boring the Earlap, which is performed in Germany, not merely for the purpose of inserting earrings, but as a method of counter-irritation in ophthalmic diseases
ref: 1850, British and foreign medico-chirurgical review: or, Quarterly journal of practial medicine and surgery, Volume 6:
glosses: The ear lobe.
examples: text: Everyone looked over at Shevchuk, who was shifting from one foot to the other, rumpling his well-traveled hat with its missing earlap
ref: 1981, Vladimir Voĭnovich, translated by Richard Lourie, Pretender to the throne: the further adventures of private Ivan:
text: The people at the game were dressed in woolen hats, mackinaws, fur-lined coats, gloves and caps with earlaps — heavy winter clothing.
ref: 1999, Marty Glickman, Stan Isaacs, The Fastest Kid on the Block: The Marty Glickman Story:
glosses: A flap connected to headgear to protect the ear (against the cold, or physical harm); an earflap.
cheesable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːzəbəl/
rhymes: -iːzəbəl
Forms: form: more cheesable
form: most cheesable
form: cheeseable
Etymology: From cheese + -able.
Senses: topics: video-games
antonyms: uncheesable
glosses: Of a level, obstacle, opponent, etc.: able to be defeated or overcome by cheesing.
crackow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crackows
form: cracow
form: crakow
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English crakou, crawcow, named after Cracow in Poland, where they were first worn in the 14th century.
Senses: examples: text: The crackows or piked shoes of Richard II. were rivalled in absurdity by the sleeves which came into fashion in the beginning of his successor’s reign, […]
ref: 1827, Emma Roberts, Memoirs of the rival houses of York and Lancaster, volume I, Harding and Lepard, page 242:
glosses: A type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.
glosses: The pike on this shoe.
Synonyms: sense: shoe
word: poulaine
sense: pike
word: poulaine
cheeseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cheeseable
form: most cheeseable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cheesable.
Derived terms: uncheeseable
garpike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garpikes
form: garpike
Senses: glosses: A gar or garfish:
A freshwater fish in the family Lepisosteidae.
glosses: A gar or garfish:
A saltwater fish in the family Belonidae.
herbal teas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herbal tea
pikehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pikeheads
Etymology: From pike + head.
Senses: glosses: The head of a pike (the weapon)
glosses: A type of mouthbrooder (fish) of the family Luciocephalidae.
garpikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garpike
Boteler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English boteler, from Old French boutellier.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation, cognate to the common noun butler.
white-collar crimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-collar crime
Titoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tito + -ism, named after Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito.
Senses: glosses: The political ideas or policies associated with Josip Broz Tito; in particular, an adaptation of Marxist-Leninist ideology, characterized by experiments with workers’ self-management instead of central planning and a foreign policy of independence from both the Soviet and Western blocs.
uncheesable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈt͡ʃiːzəbəl/
rhymes: -iːzəbəl
Forms: form: more uncheesable
form: most uncheesable
Etymology: From un- + cheesable.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Not cheesable.
Hoxhaism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hoxha + -ism, after Albanian leader Enver Hoxha.
Senses: glosses: A form of antirevisionist Marxism-Leninism.
wikipedia: Enver Hoxha
montroyalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for type locality Mount Royal in Montreal, where the mineral was discovered, + -ite.
Senses: glosses: a whitish brittle translucent fibrous crystalline mineral with the empirical chemical formula Sr₄Al₈(CO₃)₃(OH)₁₃F₁₂•10.5(H₂O)
Venetian blinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Venetian blind
TCL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TCLs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of transverse carpal ligament.
corban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corbans
form: corbanot
form: corbanoth
form: korban
form: qorban
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κορβᾶν (korbân), from Hebrew קורבן \ קָרְבָּן (korbán, “offering, sacrifice”). Found in the Bible at Mark 7.11. Doublet of Qurbana.
Senses: examples: text: but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];
ref: 1901, The Bible, American Standard Version, 7:11
glosses: An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
glosses: An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
Värmland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A county in west-central Sweden, which borders onto Norway.
Kristinehamn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Värmland county, Sweden.
SIPRNET
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Siprnet
form: SIPRnet
form: SIPRNet
Senses: glosses: The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network: the U.S. Department of Defense's largest network for the exchange of classified information and messages at the SECRET level.
RNTM
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Initialism of right next to me.
befile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: befiles
form: befiling
form: befiled
form: befiled
Etymology: From Middle English befilen, from Old English befȳlan (“to befoul, defile, make dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *bifūlijan (“to make foul”), equivalent to be- + file. Cognate with Scots befile (“to befile”), West Frisian befûlje (“to dirty”), Dutch bevuilen (“to soil, dirty”), German Low German befulen (“to soil, pollute”). See also defile.
Senses: glosses: To make filthy; befoul; soil.
tooner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tooners
Etymology: From toon (“cartoon”) + -er (Variety “-er”).
Senses: examples: text: In Hollywood, director Chris Columbus is still high on making Marvel's Fantastic Four for summer of 98 - the same target for German tooners
ref: 1997, Film review:
text: A 1986 animated movie was based on the original "Transformers" television show, which was based, of course, on the popular multiform robot toy line. It didn't go over well at the boxoffice. (That tooner, incidentally, was set in 2005.)
ref: 2007 June 29, “Transformers an exciting thrill ride”, in Reuters:
text: A dozen or more 3-D films, five of which hail from Europe, hit Cannes' market. At least 20 3-D indie pics, including pioneering Euro 3-D tooners "Holy Night!" from Spain's Dygra, and Pascal Herold's "Cinderella," are now in production.
ref: 2009 June 12, John Hopewell, “3-D reaches a tipping point in Europe”, in Variety:
text: Disney's 3D tooner "Toy Story 3" grossed $6.8 million in fourth place on Friday
ref: 2010 October 14, Carl DiOrio, “'Despicable Me' tops Friday with $21.7 mil”, in Hollywood Reporter:
topics: economics
entertainment
entertainment-industry
lifestyle
sciences
glosses: An animated film or TV show.
examples: text: Tooners must also be able to appeal to children without talking down to them or talking over their heads. There are many different kinds of animation writing.
ref: 2004, Laurie Rozakis, The complete idiot's guide to creative writing, page 235:
glosses: A person involved in the production of animated works or cartoons.
glosses: A fan of cartoons or animated works.
beflea
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈfliː/
homophone: beflee
Forms: form: befleas
form: befleaing
form: befleaed
form: befleaed
Etymology: From be- + flea.
Senses: examples: text: One of those bores
Who beflea'd with bad verses poor Louis Quatorze.
ref: 1848, James Russell Lowell, A Fable for Critics:
glosses: To pester, as fleas do.
M-W
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: MW
glosses: Initialism of Merriam-Webster.
paracusia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paracusias
form: paracuses
Etymology: From para- + -acusia, alternative form of -acusis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: otolaryngology
glosses: A form of hallucination that involves perceiving sounds without auditory stimulus.
Synonyms: auditory hallucination
Derived terms: paracusia acris
paracusia duplicata
paracusia localis
paracusia willisii
disputator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disputators
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in a dispute; a disputant or debater.
corn bunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corn buntings
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and female plumages are (untypically for buntings) similar.
corn buntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corn bunting
Northeast Caucasian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language family spoken primarily in the eastern part of the Caucasus mountains.
Related terms: Nakh-Dagestanian
retarted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of retarded.
Clay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: Clays
Etymology: From a Middle English occupational name for a clay worker, or a habitational name, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
examples: text: When he was about five years old some kids asked Clay why his mother had called him that. And he did not know. But began to wonder.
ref: 1968, Patrick White, “Clay”, in The Burnt Ones, Penguin Books, page 114:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Jefferson County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A home rule city in Webster County, Kentucky, named after Henry Clay.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Adair County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Onondaga County, New York, named after Henry Clay.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Burleson County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Clay County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in the town of Komensky, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clay Township.
glosses: Ellipsis of Clay County.
Derived terms: Clay Center
Clay County
Clay Cross
clothespin vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clothespin votes
Etymology: From the idea of figuratively holding one’s nose and voting.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A vote that is cast for a given candidate despite personal reservations or a distaste for that individual.
che sara sara
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪ səˌɹɑː səˈɹɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: che sera sera
form: que sera sera
Etymology: First constructed in the 16th century for English heraldic mottos, and notably quoted as che sera sera by Christopher Marlowe in his 1604 play Doctor Faustus (Act 1, Scene 1). From standard Italian quel che sarà, sarà (“what will be, will be”), ignoring the correct spelling and grammar (according to which a pronoun such as quel, quello or ciò is compulsorily needed at the very beginning of the sentence).
Popularized by the 1956 song “Que Sera, Sera”, which adopted a Spanish-like spelling.
Senses: examples: text: All serve to show that all things are possible to us, provided we are not content to fold our bands and cry with the fatalists “Che Sara Sara”.
ref: 1892 March 17, Cigarette, “Giant Discontent”, in Otago Witness:
text: Is it a phase of old world fatalism that prompts the Englishman to breathe “Che sara sara,” don the colours of the side he thinks will win instead of that he wishes to, and be cheerful?
ref: 1910 January 31, Evening Post:
synonyms: whatever happens, happens
whatever will be, will be
glosses: Used to express a personal philosophy of fatalism and acceptance of the future.
wikipedia: Christopher Marlowe
Doctor Faustus (play)
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
che sera sera
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.
ref: 1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:
glosses: Alternative spelling of che sara sara.
aircraft engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aircraft engine
Brass Monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A brand of inexpensive liquor.
Brass Monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brass Monkeys
Senses: glosses: A cocktail of vodka, rum and orange juice, sometimes with the addition of Galliano.
inwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English *inwork, *inwerk, from Old English inweorc (“indoor work”), from Proto-West Germanic *inwerk, equivalent to in- + work. Cognate with Scots inwark, inwork (“domestic work, indoor work”).
Senses: examples: text: Many respondents saw their earnings as a marginal, even though often essential, contribution to the household budget and one outside the formal constraints of inwork.
ref: 1981, Cragg, Dawson, Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Qualitative research among homeworkers:
glosses: Indoor work; work done inside the home.
inwork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inworks
form: inworking
form: inwrought
form: inwrought
form: inworked
form: inworked
Etymology: From in- + work. Compare Dutch inwerken (“to affect, orient”), German einwirken (“to influence, impinge”).
Senses: glosses: To work in or into.
glosses: To work or operate within.
Derived terms: inworking
inwrought
dry seasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry season
inwone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inwones
form: inwoning
form: inwoned
form: inwoned
Etymology: From Middle English inwonen, from Old English *inwunian (“to dwell in, inhabit”), suggested by Old English inwunung (“residence, habitation, dwelling”). Equivalent to in- + wone.
Senses: glosses: To dwell in; inhabit; hold.
Synonyms: reside
occupy
heat waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heat wave
inworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inworkings
Etymology: From inwork.
Senses: examples: the inworking of the Holy Ghost
glosses: Operation within; energy exerted inwardly, as in the mind or soul.
inworking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From inwork.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inwork
Goli otok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barren island off the northern Adriatic coast of Croatia, formerly used as a political prison.
Karangetang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a volcano located on the north side of Siau Island in Indonesia
Synonyms: Api Siau
Siau Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Krakatoa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹɑ.kəˈtoʊ.ə/
ipa: /ˌkɹæk.əˈtoʊ.ə/
Forms: form: Krakatau
Senses: glosses: a volcanic island made of ʻaʻā lava in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia
Sunda Strait
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsʊndə ˈstɹeɪt/
Forms: form: Sunda Straits
Etymology: From Sunda + strait.
Senses: glosses: The strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.
Meronyms: Krakatoa Archipelago
rusticle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rusticles
Etymology: Blend of rust + icicle, coined by Robert Ballard, who first observed them on the wreck of the Titanic in 1986.
Senses: glosses: An icicle-shaped rust formation, formed on shipwrecks etc. by underwater microbes that consume iron.
Sunda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Most terms: Indonesian Pasundan (“former Sunda Kingdom area such as West Java, Banten and western Central Java”)
Other terms
Senses: glosses: Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago
glosses: Sunda Strait, the strait between Java and Sumatra
glosses: Sunda Shelf, part of the continental shelf of Southeast Asia
glosses: Sundaland, a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia
glosses: a kingdom that existed in west part of Java island from the 7th century to the 16th century
glosses: the Sundanese people
glosses: the language of the Sundanese
glosses: the Sundanese script
glosses: Sunda Kommuna, a municipality in the Faroe Islands
glosses: a clan (gotra) of Jats in India
glosses: a clan (gotra) of Nath in India
glosses: an Asura brother of Upasunda
Derived terms: Sunda clouded leopard
inwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inwheels
form: inwheeling
form: inwheeled
form: inwheeled
form: enwheel
Etymology: From in- + wheel.
Senses: examples: B. and PI, Pilgrim, i, 8.
Heaven's grace inwheel ye, and all good thoughts and prayers dwell about ye.
glosses: To encircle.
inwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inwheels
Etymology: From in- + wheel.
Senses: glosses: The inner wheel of a mill.
enwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enwheels
form: enwheeling
form: enwheeled
form: enwheeled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inwheel.
Sundaland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sunda + land. The geographical use derives from Dutch Soendaland.
Senses: topics: biogeography
biology
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age
topics: biology
geography
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleogeography
paleontology
sciences
glosses: The area of the Sunda Shelf exposed during ice age glacial periods.
glosses: Sunda (region)
Synonyms: english: abbreviated form
translation: abbreviated form
word: Sunda
word: Sunda Land
word: Sundaic region
inwrap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inwraps
form: inwrapping
form: inwrapped
form: inwrapped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enwrap.
CTS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Common Time System.
CTS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of carpal tunnel syndrome.
qualifier: navigation
glosses: Initialism of course to steer.
topics: academia
scholarly
sciences
glosses: Initialism of copyright transfer statement (“a contract with which the author of a work cedes copyright to a publisher”).
glosses: Initialism of cracked tooth syndrome.
repitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repitches
form: repitching
form: repitched
form: repitched
Etymology: From re- + pitch.
Senses: examples: text: In many breweries the casks are repitched every time before use.
ref: 1940, Herbert Lloyd Hind, Brewing: science and practice, Volume 2, page 855:
glosses: To apply a new coating of pitch (oil and tar distillate) to.
examples: text: Sample-based synthesis exploits the ability to repitch by a change of playback rate, to create simulations of existing instruments from digital recordings.
ref: 2010, Nick Collins, Introduction to Computer Music, page 69:
glosses: To change (a sound) to a different pitch.
examples: text: There was no choice but to repitch the tents and radio their failure to cross.
ref: 1999, Rick Ridgeway, The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2, page 147:
glosses: To set up (a tent) again.
examples: text: For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle. Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."
ref: 2005, Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac, page 299:
glosses: To propose or promote (an idea) again.
repitching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repitch
repitching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repitchings
Senses: examples: text: The roof needs frequent repitchings.
glosses: The application of a new coat of pitch.
examples: text: This four months' lastingness would doubtless be sensibly reduced if the tent were subject to numerous transportations and repitchings.
ref: 1873, Thomas Wiltberger Evans, Edward A. Crane, John Swinburne, History of the American Ambulance Established in Paris During the Siege of 1870-71:
glosses: The act of pitching something again, or differently.