cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Baltimoreans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baltimorean
Bambara nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bambara nut
bamboo ferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bamboo fern
bamiehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bamieh
ban hammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ban hammer
appd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of appointed.
glosses: Abbreviation of approved.
banana poses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banana pose
banana spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banana spider
bananabirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bananabird
band chiefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of band chief
bandlos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandlo
bandpowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandpower
band-tailed manakins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of band-tailed manakin
Banglaphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Banglaphile
Banglaphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Banglaphone
cheek up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheeks up
form: cheeking up
form: cheeked up
form: cheeked up
Etymology: See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).
Senses: examples: text: An 'uncle' later offered the young Horatio a position in his solicitor's practice but the stupid boy cheeked up his employer instead of apologizing after making a mistake and informed him that, 'To err is human, but to forgive is divine'.
ref: 2015 02, Yvalanna Gregory, Marjie - The true story of an Edwardian girl, ShieldCrest, →ISBN, page 19:
text: He hesitated for a moment before continuing, “But Reg was too cocky, way too cocky for his own good, and the way he cheeked up the governor on that morning before the execution only served to dig his own grave, as it were.
ref: 2016 April 5, Ralph Spurrier, A Coin for the Hangman, Bookline & Thinker, →ISBN:
synonyms: cheek up to
glosses: To act disrespectfully toward (someone).
cheek up to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheeks up to
form: cheeking up to
form: cheeked up to
form: cheeked up to
Etymology: See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).
Senses: examples: text: She thought of her sister Elizabeth with her eight, and remembered that one who cheeked up to the teachers, so pretty and sulky and shabby, ...
ref: 2001 November 17, Muriel Spark, All the Stories of Muriel Spark, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 44:
text: I suppose the nursing home was glad to get rid of him. He made passes at the youngest nurses and cheeked up to the older ones.
ref: 2012 March 20, Muriel Spark, Reality and Dreams: A Novel, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
synonyms: cheek up
glosses: To act disrespectfully toward (someone).
appetitost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Danish appetitost: appetit (“appetite”) + ost (“cheese”).
Senses: glosses: A Danish cheese made from sour buttermilk.
appl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appls
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of appeal.
appls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appl
appln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: applns
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of application.
applns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appln
appmt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appmts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of appointment.
appmts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appmt
beatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being beatable.
approvability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being approvable.
Arapesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A people of Papua New Guinea.
Derived terms: Abu' Arapesh
Arapesh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to several closely related Torricelli languages spoken by these people.
Araona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indigenous people of South America.
Araona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Cavina
glosses: The language of these people.
Cavina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Araona (“language”).
synonyms: word: Araona
extra: language
arbtrn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of arbitration.
arc cosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc cosines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arccosine.
arc cotangent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc cotangents
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arccotangent.
arc cosecant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc cosecants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arccosecant.
arc cosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc cosine
arc cotangents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc cotangent
arc cosecants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc cosecant
Lindelof
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lindelofs
form: Lindelöf
form: Lindeloef
form: Lindelef
form: Lindeloof
Etymology: From Swedish Lindelöf Literally, “limeleaf”.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish
EAFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EAF
archbp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archbps
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of archbishop.
archbps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archbp
archd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archds
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of archdeacon.
archds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archd
archaeol.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of archaeology.
Archegetes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑɹˈkɛ.d͡ʒɪ.tiːz/
Forms: form: Archigetes
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρχηγέτης (arkhēgétēs, “leader, chieftain”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Leader or founder; an epithet of the god Apollo.
Archigetes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Archegetes.
neurospicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnjʊə.ɹəʊˈspaɪ.si/
ipa: /ˌnʊ.ɹoʊˈspaɪ.si/
rhymes: -aɪsi
Forms: form: more neurospicy
form: most neurospicy
form: neuro-spicy
Etymology: Blend of neuro(divergent) + spicy. By surface analysis, neuro- + spicy.
Senses: examples: text: (When you're neurospicy, it's even worse because it can become such a long list that it's honestly discouraging.)
ref: 2024, Andrea Samayoa, Lazy Witchcraft for Crazy, Sh*tty Days: Easy Spells and Rituals for When You’re Stressed Out, Wiped Out, Or Just Have No More Spoons to Give, page 129:
text: Neurospicy folks can frequently experience sensory overload (or the feeling of being overstimulated).
ref: 2025, Grace Koelma, The ADHD Focus Friend: A Planning + Productivity Workbook, page 72:
text: For those of us with neurospicy brains, instructions can get tricky, and I have huge compassion for writers who mostly follow directions but miss a step.
ref: 2025, Laura Stanfill, Imagine a Door: A Writer's Guide to Unlocking Your Story, Choosing a Publishing Path, and Honoring the Creative Journey, unnumbered page:
glosses: Neurodivergent.
arc minute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc minutes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arcminute.
arc secant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc secants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arcsecant.
arc second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc seconds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arcsecond.
arc secants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc secant
arc minutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc minute
arc seconds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc second
arc-over
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc-overs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arcover.
arc-overs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc-over
red rags to bulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red rag to a bull
one jump ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of one step ahead.
synonyms: word: one step ahead
Argand burner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Argand burners
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Argand lamp.
synonyms: word: Argand lamp
Argand burners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Argand burner
arrgt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrgts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of arrangement.
arrgmt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrgmts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of arrangement.
arrgts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrgt
arrgmts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrgmt
arrow crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrow crabs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of yellowline arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis)
synonyms: word: yellowline arrow crab
extra: Stenorhynchus seticornis
yellowline arrow crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellowline arrow crabs
Senses: synonyms: arrow crab
glosses: A marine crab of species Stenorhynchus seticornis.
arrow crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrow crab
yellowline arrow crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellowline arrow crab
bank drafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bank draft
excuseflation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by journalists Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal in 2023 (see quotations below). Blend of excuse + inflation.
Senses: examples: text: The key question is, in an economy where the consumer continues to spend freely, how sticky this “excuseflation” proves to be and how high the Federal Reserve will have to drive up interest rates to prompt businesses to lower prices, or at least stop raising them.
ref: 2023 March 9, Tracy Alloway, Joe Weisenthal, “‘Excuseflation’ keeps prices and corporate profits high”, in Bloomberg:
text: The power of excuseflation is that it allows apologists to, well, make excuses. When egg prices shot up in January, Big Egg was able to blame it all on bird-flu.
ref: 2023 March 11, Cory Doctrow, “Excuseflation”, in Medium:
text: It's called, ‘Excuse-flation’, because most of the big brands are using inflation as an excuse, to keep their prices high.
ref: 2023 March 18, B.D. Hobbs, ““Excuseflation” Is The New “Shrinkflation””, in KTRH Newsradio:
text: These may be entirely legitimate reasons to raise prices but the companies engaging in excuseflation are seen as exploiting the situation.
ref: 2023 March 24, Daily Mail City, Finance Reporter, “INVESTING EXPLAINED: What you need to know about Excuseflation – a ploy by companies to hike prices, also known as greedflation”, in Mail Online:
text: Excuseflation
The pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine both had material impacts on the availability of goods and services. […] Executives say they needed to pass along their own increased costs to protect their margins. Skeptics see excuses at play.
ref: 2024 March 7, Enda Curran, “‘Shrinkflation’ and Other Terms for Inflationary Times”, in Bloomberg:
text: 2020 was the first year that a lot of people saw shortage problems in supermarkets. In that situation we are also more likely to accept price increases. So yes, I think there is some excuseflation in that, in a context of shocks and emergencies, it changes the mindset of consumers.
ref: 2024 March 12, Isabella Weber, quotee, “Isabella Weber: ‘It’s time to lower rates’”, in CE Noticias Financieras, English edition, Miami, translation of El Pais by Ignacio Fariza, “Isabella Weber: ‘Es hora de bajar tipos’”:
topics: business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: The raising of the price of a good or service in the wake of an economic, political, or other social change that serves as a justification for the rise.
Coordinate terms: english: often synonymous
translation: often synonymous
word: greedflation
Related terms: shrinkflation
skimpflation
art object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: art objects
Senses: glosses: Synonym of objet d'art (“artwork”).
synonyms: word: objet d'art
extra: artwork
art objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of art object
dark as pitch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of pitch-dark.
synonyms: word: pitch-dark
asgmt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asgmts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of assignment.
asgmts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asgmt
asgd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of assigned.
slaps on backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slap on the back
slaps on the back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slap on the back
pure as the driven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Aggie Daye's as pure as the driven. On account of her upbringing.
ref: 2008, Mark Gatiss, The Devil in Amber, page 102:
text: Pure as the driven. Good girls. Both could cook, sew, keep a neat house. They never cheated in class at school.
ref: 2013, Darryl Kennedy, The Man Who Cared Too Much, page 108:
glosses: Synonym of pure as the driven snow.
synonyms: word: pure as the driven snow
assembler language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assembler languages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of assembly language.
assembler languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assembler language
associatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to association; associative.
stabs in the dark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stab in the dark
asthmatoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: an asthmatoid cough
glosses: Resembling asthma.
aughties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of aughts (“first decade of a century”).
synonyms: word: aughts
extra: first decade of a century
Auld Kirker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Auld Kirkers
Etymology: From Auld Kirk + -er.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of the Established Church in Scotland.
Auld Kirkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Auld Kirker
interblendings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interblending
aumakua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aumakuas
form: aumakua
Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻaumakua.
Senses: qualifier: Hawaiian mythology
glosses: In Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over descendants.
aumakuas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aumakua
bank effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bank effect
banselas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bansela
Baoruco giant anoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baoruco giant anole
barbatimaos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbatimao
Barbie shippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barbie shipper
Barelvis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barelvi
barmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barmate
aurora yellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cadmium yellow.
synonyms: word: cadmium yellow
sequestrational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sequestration.
autarchically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more autarchically
form: most autarchically
Senses: glosses: In an autarchic manner.
toestrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toestraps
Etymology: From toe + strap.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A strap that goes over the top of the toe end of a shoe to hold a foot in place. Used in sailing or cycling
glosses: An exercise band that fits over toes.
cyclidans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclidan
cyclidan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclidans
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any member of the Cyclida order of crab-like arthropods.
diadenylyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two adenylyl groups
Derived terms: diadenylyl cyclase
oxadiazolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
qualifier: particularly in combination
glosses: A functional group consisting of oxadiazole fused to another ring compound.
deadfold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ability of a packaging material to retain a fold or to stay folded.
triostin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic peptide with IUPAC name N-[(1R,4S,7R,11S,14R,17S,20R,24S)-2,4,12,15,17,25-hexamethyl-3,6,10,13,16,19,23,26-octaoxo-11,24-di(propan-2-yl)-20-(quinoxaline-2-carbonylamino)-9,22-dioxa-28,29-dithia-2,5,12,15,18,25-hexazabicyclo[12.12.4]triacontan-7-yl]quinoxaline-2-carboxamide
WeChatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WeChatters
Etymology: From WeChat + -er.
Senses: examples: text: WhatsApp can be freely downloaded in China. But the app is unlikely to appeal to WeChatters, who have stayed loyal despite the introduction of a slew of Chinese clones and regional competitors like LINE, popular in Japan and Taiwan, and KakaoTalk, popular in South Korea. WeChatters’ loyalty has been well earned, as WeChat already provides a richer user experience than WhatsApp.
ref: 2014 February 27, Rachel Lu, “Chinese say ‘no thanks’ to WhatsApp”, in The Modesto Bee, page A11:
text: The jianghu of BBS-ers (since 1991 with computer-mediated CFido and later Internet-based BBS since 1996), hackers (since 1997), online novelists (since 1998), QQ-ers (since 1999), fansubbers (since 2001), gamers (since 2001), bloggers (since 2005), spoofters (since 2006), human flesh searchers (since 2007) microbloggers (since 2009), and WeChatters (since 2013)—to name just a few—have had their ups and downs.
ref: 2017, Haiqing Yu, “Social Imaginaries of the Internet in China”, in Gerard Goggin, Mark McLelland, editors, The Routledge Companion to Global Internet Histories, Routledge, →ISBN, part 4 (Imagining Community via the Internet), page 247:
text: In July, a “view people nearby” function was launched, which meant users could find other “WeChatters” in the vicinity and add them as friends.
ref: 2022, Winter Nie, Mark J. Greeven, Yunfei Feng, James Wang, The Future of Global Retail: Learning from China’s Retail Revolution, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: A user of the Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app WeChat.
WeChatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WeChatter
Boelk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boelks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Boelke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boelkes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bölke.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Olim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Olims
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Olim.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese of Flemish origin.
have one's pick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's pick
form: having one's pick
form: had one's pick
form: had one's pick
Senses: examples: text: She had her pick of lovers.
text: Go ahead, have your pick.
glosses: To (be able to) choose freely between many options.
Related terms: take one's pick
pick and choose
autocephalicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being autocephalic.
Meena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Meenas
form: Meena
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मीना (mīnā), from Sanskrit मीन (mīna, “fish, synonym of the patron deity Matsya”).
Senses: glosses: A member of a certain tribe of Rajasthan, India.
Meena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मीना (mīnā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Meena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mina
form: Minah
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mina.
automobiliana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From automobile + -iana.
Senses: glosses: Items relating to automobiles, especially collectibles.
Related terms: petroliana
Olims
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Olim
war-ravaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more war-ravaged
form: most war-ravaged
Senses: examples: text: The "Liberation" Locomotive. Reprinted from The Railway Gazette, June 28, 1946. […] This detailed description of the 2-8-0 locomotives built by the Vulcan Foundry Limited for service in the war-ravaged countries of Europe is a record of one of the most remarkable examples of determined co-operative effort in the field of locomotive construction.
ref: 1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 63:
glosses: Synonym of war-torn.
synonyms: word: war-torn
Related terms: war-ridden
Swedish krigshärjad
anti-tennis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-tennis
form: most anti-tennis
form: antitennis
Etymology: From anti- + tennis.
Senses: examples: text: Does it surprise anyone else at the fervor of anti-rowing sentiment at many colleges and schools? What's the deal? Jealousy? Are there anti-tennis or anti-baseball pages? People who are passionate about disliking lacrosse?
ref: 1998 September 12, Andy Anderson, “Ask Doctor Rowing: Are Men and Women Different?”, in Independent Rowing News, volume 5, number 15, →ISSN, page 30:
text: In some areas, tennis fans have struggled to find places to play, discovering their long-held courts suddenly transformed into pickleball havens either temporarily or permanently. It hasn’t helped that some especially avid pickleball fans proudly proclaim that their sport will soon overtake tennis and eagerly boast anti-tennis sportswear.
ref: 2022 October 16, Rachel Simon, “In the tennis vs. pickleball showdown, who’s winning?”, in NBC News:
glosses: Opposing the sport of tennis.
anti-tennis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antitennis
Etymology: From anti- + tennis.
Senses: examples: text: Those of you who are perverse enough to have read along so far are my kind of folks, so you’ll know what I mean when I say that at this point, I thought, Cool. Each guy has played a set of anti-tennis and gotten the demons out of his system. So it’s like, okay, I’ve got an idea!
ref: 2006 June 11, Peter Bodo, “Lost in Translation”, in Tennis:
text: [Novak] Djokovic, by contrast, plays something like anti-tennis. Although he’s recently improved his serve and his volleys and possesses one of the best drop shots in the game, he is fundamentally a conservative, defensive player.
ref: 2021 July 22, Park MacDougald, “All hail Novak Djokovic, king of anti-tennis”, in Washington Examiner:
glosses: A corrupted or unconventional form of tennis.
anti-soccer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-soccer
form: most anti-soccer
form: antisoccer
Etymology: From anti- + soccer.
Senses: examples: text: There were many concerns as to whether soccer players were being sufficiently disciplined. In Brazil, Lima Barreto and Carlos Sussekind de Mendonça promoted drill and rote training as part of their antisoccer campaign.
ref: 2023, Matthew Brown, “Controlled Violence”, in Sports in South America: A History, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 150:
glosses: Opposing the sport of soccer.
anti-soccer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisoccer
Etymology: From anti- + soccer.
Senses: examples: text: Clodoaldo condemned the “inefficiency” and “lack of heart” he saw, especially in the midfield. Shockingly, the country of Pelé and the beautiful game had fallen into playing antisoccer—that is, trying to destroy the opponent's game with little thought of putting together effective attacks.⁸⁷
ref: 2014, Roger Kittleson, “Playing Modern: Efficiency over Art, 1971–80”, in The Country of Football: Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 108:
glosses: A corrupted or unconventional form of soccer.
Moulin-à-Vent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moulin-à-Vents
Etymology: From French Moulin-à-Vent (literally “windmill”).
Senses: glosses: A variety of Beaujolais wine.
Kelmentsi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Ке́льменці (Kélʹmenci).
Senses: glosses: A town, the administrative center of Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine.
bitfilter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitfilters
Etymology: From bit + filter.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A specified subset of a sequence of bits.
bitfilters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitfilter
autosuccession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autosuccessions
Etymology: From auto- + succession.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: An ecological succession, in which a species promotes its own continuation. So initial population and climax is the same.
autosuccessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to autosuccession.
phonophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phonophobic
form: most phonophobic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to phonophobia.
flybarless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Without a flybar.
flybar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flybars
Etymology: From fly + bar.
Senses: glosses: A stabilising bar on a helicopter rotor.
chemonaïve
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + naïve.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of chemonaive.
powersports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: plural of powersport
powersports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From power + sports.
Senses: glosses: The class of all powersports.
Hypernyms: sports
Coordinate terms: english: a class of competition sports involving vehicles with engines or motors
translation: a class of competition sports involving vehicles with engines or motors
word: motorsports
survival instinct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: survival instincts
Senses: examples: text: The instinct most likely to intrude on the survival instinct is the instinct of sex, which stands in the same relation to the preservation of the race as does the survival instinct to the preservation of the individual.
ref: 1911, Christian Archibald Herter, Biological Aspects of Human Problems, page 99:
text: The "every man for himself" attitude, for example, is typical of this type of basic instinct. It is usually triggered by a state of panic. Although this selfish survival instinct may seem abhorrent in action, it is nevertheless a natural aspect of human behavior.
ref: 1989, Robb Huff, Michael B. Farley, Sea Survival: The Boatman's Emergency Manual, page 175:
text: The prey drive, or chase instinct, is another survival instinct.
ref: 1993, Liz Palika, Fido, Come!: Training Your Dog with Love and Understanding, page 25:
text: You are born with a survival instinct that helps you take care of yourself and your loved ones.
ref: 1996, Christine Adams, Ernest Fruge, Why Children Misbehave and what to Do about it, page 5:
text: This is a primitive survival instinct to guard against predators and potential danger.
ref: 2004, Irfan Ahmad, Digital and Conventional Dental Photography, page 72:
text: As with all mammals, the survival instinct is innate in humans. We always strive to preserve our health and our lives, have a great need for security and protection and are constantly on the lookout to avoid danger.
ref: 2021, Martin Luntig, Survival Instinct:
glosses: Any of various unlearned, unthinking responses that serve to preserve one's life or make it difficult to risk one's life.
examples: text: The Cicadas' must be one of the most chillingly vivid of all of Elizabeth's narratives of sexual predatoriness, emotional vulnerability, and the mean-spirited but triumphant survival instinct that forms the jungle of human struggle.
ref: 1990, Thomas W. Shapcott, Biting the Bullet: A Literary Memoir, page 246:
text: The better approach is to show them that their survival instinct is tied to cooperation, not turf.
ref: 2000, David L. Goetsch, Stanley Davis, Quality Management, page 430:
text: Hunger, deprivation and humiliation were our constant companions, and only hope and our survival instinct kept us going.
ref: 2003, Wendy Whitworth, Survival: Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Story, page 139:
text: Bayet seems intent on distinguishing the survival instinct from the political instinct. I submit that in the context of a substantial power imbalance between groups reified by a calculated legal framework, the survival instinct cannot be assumed distinct from the political one.
ref: 2003, Harvard Blackletter Law Journal - Volumes 19-20, page 156:
text: Trapped between two hostile platoons in the woods, Rubakhin obeys the survival instinct and covers the prisoner's mouth and nose to keep him silent.
ref: 2007, Byron Lindsey, Tatiana Spektor, Routes of Passage: Essays on the Fiction of Vladimir Makanin, page 102:
glosses: The will to live and thrive.
Related terms: self-preservation
Hellerup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Copenhagen in Gentofte municipality, Denmark.
whipnose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whipnoses
Etymology: From whip + nose.
Senses: glosses: An anglerfish of the family Gigantactinidae.
Gentofte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality and suburb therein, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
couchlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: In a state of couchlock
kyabajo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kyabajo
Senses: glosses: A hostess at a kyabakura
Benington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2923).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3946).
glosses: A surname.
Joscelyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cwm Gwyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh cwm gwyn.
Senses: glosses: A western suburb of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6393).
glosses: A number of Welsh valleys, in Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Bridgend borough county borough, Wales.
even a stopped clock is right twice a day
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of a stopped clock is right twice a day.
imprintability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being imprintable.
accommodation house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accommodation houses
Senses: glosses: A building offering board and lodging to travellers.
examples: text: Subsequently, being recalled, he testified that "the phrase 'is keeping an accommodation-house,' when applied to a woman, in Jasper county, in his opinion, mean the same as a house of ill-fame, or house of prostitution." On cross-examination, he said, "the phrase 'is keeping an accommodation-house,' when applied to a woman, means the same in Jasper county as it would in Newton county, or anywhere else. […]"
ref: 1883, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Indiana, Indiana: Supreme Court, page 276:
text: […] it provides what is now accepted as a clearly authentic and valuable record of the Victorian sexual underworld and the people who frequented it. His descriptions are often vivid, such as his account of a visit to an accommodation house one summer morning […]
ref: 1972, Michael Pearson, The Age of Consent: Victorian Prostitution and Its Enemies, page 27:
glosses: A building offering rooms to prostitutes and their clients for a short period in exchange for payment.
accommodation houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accommodation house
aerodynamicness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aerodynamic + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It affects a lot of things. Such as strength, weight, stiffness,
aerodynamicness of wheel, and whether or not a tennis ball gets stuck in
your wheel (a penalty).
ref: 2004 December 13, TheObieOne3226, “spokes?”, in rec.sport.unicycling (Usenet):
text: .[…] dress fare and heavy duty leggings — both made out of a special material Leah and I had devised to enhance my aerodynamicness.
ref: 2018 July 3, Sarah Kuhn, Heroine's Journey, Astra Publishing House, →ISBN, page 25:
text: I find this stack to be the best combination of
stability and aerodynamicness.
ref: 2007 May 16, Bob A., “Roof Racks: 3-board Stack?”, in rec.windsurfing (Usenet):
glosses: Synonym of aerodynamicity.
synonyms: word: aerodynamicity
comprehensive distancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An earlier form of acceptance and commitment therapy.
aerodynamicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aerodynamic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Haircuts threw off a ballplayer's equilibrium, because they subtly altered the weight and aerodynamicity of his head.
ref: 2011 September 7, Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding: A Novel, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: Look, I get that aerodynamicity is a prerequisite for superhero uniforms. But consider this: Superman: chin to toe coverage. Batman: head to toe coverage. Spiderman:^([sic]) face to toe coverage. And not one of them is photosensitive.
ref: 2018 July 31, Justina Chen, Lovely, Dark, and Deep, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN:
text: It has been speculated that this is the effect of an evolutionary adaptation to the environment, preventing the formation of biofilms that affect the aerodynamicity of such insects [24,26–28].
ref: 2021 January 14, Maria Beatrice Coltelli, Serena Danti, High Performance Functional Bio-based Polymers for Skin-contact Products, MDPI, →ISBN, page 161:
synonyms: aerodynamicness
glosses: The quality of being aerodynamic.
acceptance and commitment therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: ACT
glosses: A form of psychological therapy based on acceptance and mindfulness strategies.
Related terms: comprehensive distancing
accomplishment quotient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accomplishment quotients
Senses: glosses: Synonym of achievement quotient.
synonyms: word: achievement quotient
accomplishment quotients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accomplishment quotient
achievement quotient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achievement quotients
Senses: topics: education
synonyms: word: accomplishment quotient
word: AQ
glosses: The ratio of an individual's actual score in a test to their potential score based on capability.
achievement quotients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achievement quotient
according to one's lights
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Well, there's her statement of her case, and according to her lights, it's a just one. She's got a slum-bred mind."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 164:
glosses: Synonym of by one's lights.
synonyms: word: by one's lights
accrd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of accrued.
ace K
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clipped compound of acesulfame K.
Aceldama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɛldəmə/
ipa: /əˈkɛldəmə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀκελδαμάχ (Akeldamákh), from Aramaic חקל (“field”) + דמא (“blood”).
Senses: glosses: The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood.
Aceldama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɛldəmə/
ipa: /əˈkɛldəmə/
Forms: form: Aceldamas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀκελδαμάχ (Akeldamákh), from Aramaic חקל (“field”) + דמא (“blood”).
Senses: examples: text: […] a regiment already for some hours glorified and hallowed to the ear of all London, as lying stretched, by a large majority, upon one bloody aceldama […]
ref: 1849, Thomas de Quincey, The English Mail-Coach:
text: Our own trenches had been knocked silly, and all the area of attack had been turned into an Aceldama.
ref: 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 42:
glosses: A field of bloodshed, a place of slaughter.
Aceldamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aceldama
acetacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acetoacetic acid.
ac etiam
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ac etiam (“and also”). First attested in 1717.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Used to introduce the statement of the real cause of action, in those cases where it was necessary to allege a fictitious one.
AC Plonks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AC Plonk
aceto-orcein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acetoorcein.
pitz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pok-ta-pok.
synonyms: word: pok-ta-pok
on the stand
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Testifying at a trial; speaking as a witness during a court case.
examples: text: What’s the last great book you read?¶ Goodness. You do put a chap on the stand, don’t you!
ref: 2025 June 19, Scott Heller, quoting Stephen Fry, “Stephen Fry Knows He’s Become a Middle-Aged Cliché”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025:
glosses: Synonym of on the spot (“having to answer or decide without warning or preparation”).
synonyms: word: on the spot
extra: having to answer or decide without warning or preparation
digital blackface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In truth, the show is a farce of Black intellect, and as for the image of brazen ignorance Cita so proudly flaunts – if she is an apt representation of a silly-sassy sister – she's not the type of image Black folks should look to for “unique views,” especially when, comparatively, the computer-generated character Cita is just a case of “digital blackface.”
ref: 2002 January 17, A.J. Bowser, “BET’s ‘Cita’: Dumb or digital bamboozle?”, in New York Amsterdam News, page 23:
text: Thankfully, it's a rare in-person performance today that features a white actor made up as a minstrel. But what some call “digital blackface” is all too common.
ref: 2017 August 11, Molly Roberts, “What white people missed about FaceApp’s ‘blackface’ filters”, in The Washington Post, page A.17:
text: “[W]e have the new phenomenon of Digital Blackface in the tech space,” explained Sedgrid Lewis in his article “Top 3 Types of Digital Blackface.” “Digital Blackface is the practice of non-Black people's claims of Black identity through social media sites and technology. […]”
ref: 2018 July 13, Bobbi Booker, “‘Digital blackface’ unmasks social media unease”, in Philadelphia Tribune, page 2B:
text: “It’s a concerted effort to put on basically a digital blackface,” Shireen Mitchell, founder of Stop Online Violence Against Women told The Daily Beast. Mitchell said she’s been observing these impostor accounts since 2013, long before Trump’s ascendancy.
ref: 2019 February 8, Kelly Weill, “‘Digital Blackface’: Pro-Trump Trolls Are Impersonating Black People on Twitter”, in The Daily Beast, Tech:
glosses: The practice where nonblack people co-opt online expressions of black imagery, slang, catchphrases, or culture, often to convey comic relief or express emotions.
Related terms: blackvoice
vocal blackface
Devil's Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Devil or devil and island
* (Bermuda): Calque from Portuguese. From the calls of the cahow (“Bermuda petrel”), mistaken for calls of ghosts and spirits
* (French Guiana): Calque of French Île du Diable From the notorious conditions on the penal exile island
Senses: synonyms: Isle of Devils
Isles of Devils
Devil's Islands
glosses: Former name of Bermuda: an archipelago of North America in the Atlantic.
glosses: A former settlement, a penal colony in Devil's Island, Salvation Islands, Kourou, French Guyana, South America in the Caribean.
glosses: An island of the Salvation Islands, Caribbean, Atlantic.
Derived terms: Devil's Triangle
menage-a-trois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menages-a-trois
form: menages-a-trois
Senses: examples: text: Fleming had gone to the yacht for a "menage-a-trois" with her then lover, David Brown, and his wife Nemone, the court heard.
ref: 2011 October 6, Caroline Davies, “Woman jailed after using drill to sink estranged husband's £75,000 yacht”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of ménage à trois.
ménage-à-trois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ménages-à-trois
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ménage à trois.
menages-a-trois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menage-a-trois
ménages-à-trois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ménage-à-trois
TGC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of time gain compensation.
shelter-halves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelter-half
halfa grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfa grass
gram sansads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gram sansad
gram-molecular weights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gram-molecular weight
halonitriles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halonitrile
skip-grams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skip-gram
no-skips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-skip
oograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oogram
halonitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halonitriles
Etymology: From halo- + nitrile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that has both halide and nitrile groups.
Hyponyms: bromonitrile
chloronitrile
fluoronitrile
halonitroalkanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halonitroalkane
halonitroalkane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halonitroalkanes
Etymology: From halo- + nitro- + alkane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkane that has both halide and nitro groups.
Dixie Alley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Dixie + Tornado Alley. Coined by American meteorologist Allen Pearson in 1971. Modelled after Tornado Alley. From being in Dixie (“U.S. South”) with a concentration of tornado strikes.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
synonyms: South Alley
glosses: A region of the Gulf of Mexico coast United States which experiences a large number of tornado occurrences.
Hyponyms: Carolina Alley
Hoosier Alley
Motspur Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Motspur is a corruption Motspur < 1865 Mosper < 1823 Motts Spur < 1627 Motes Firs, which related to the 14th century Mot family whose fields contained furze.
The station was named after the nearby Motspur Farm, with Park added (matching neighbouring stations, all using the phrase to evoke high-class housing).
The town quickly took the name of the station, abandoning the previous name for the area (West Barnes).
Senses: glosses: A railway station now in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England, added in a rural pocket known as West Barnes in the Merton and Morden Urban District in Surrey, England in 1925 to an existing railway (opened 1859) to encourage use of local land for housing (OS grid ref TQ225676).
glosses: A suburban town now partly in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, and partly in the borough of Merton, both in Greater London, England, but prior to local government reorganisation in 1965, partly in the Merton and Morden Urban District and partly in the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe both in Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2267).
parachloralose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + chloralose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic isomer of chloralose with IUPAC name (1R)-1-[(2S,3aR,5R,6S,6aR)-6-hydroxy-2-(trichloromethyl)-3a,5,6,6a-tetrahydrofuro[2,3-d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl]ethane-1,2-diol
Synonyms: β-chloralose
beta-chloralose
unfluorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fluorinated.
Senses: glosses: Not fluorinated.
Related terms: unfluoridated
unfluoridated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fluoridated.
Senses: glosses: Not fluoridated.
Related terms: unfluorinated
devilweed aster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devilweed asters
Senses: glosses: A spiny flowering plant of the western United States, Mexico and Central America related to asters, Chloracantha spinosa.
phenoxyacetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phen- + oxy- + acetone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An ether derived from phenol and hydroxyacetone.
dodecylbenzyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dodecylbenzene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical group derived from dodecylbenzene.
iodomethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodomethane
greenhart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenharts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of greenheart.
cogwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cog + wood.
Senses: glosses: A type of tree (Chlorocardium rodiei) native to Guyana.
subperforate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + perforate.
Senses: topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Partially perforated.
thiophosphorylamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thio- + phosphoryl + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The thiophosphoryl derivative of ammonia or an amine.
chlorophosphines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorophosphine
supernucleophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supernucleophilic
form: most supernucleophilic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to supernucleophiles.
barn-stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barn-star
hadbote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hadbotes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hadbot.
PMSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: initialism of Port Moresby Soccer Association