cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Kick 'em Jenny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Even then, if she cannot lie S.E.b.S. at least, her reaching them will be very doubtful, and her best way will be to go through the passage between Kick-'em-Jenny and Carriacou, in order to weather Grenada before she gets into the strong lee current which prevails between that island and Trinidad, and renders it very difficult for ships to fetch Point Saline from the Bocas.
ref: 1841, The Nautical Magazine, volume 10, page 601:
text: The 12 submarine eruptions from Kick 'em Jenny are believed to have been dominantly explosive, although in at least one case a lava dome was extruded.
ref: 2009, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Encyclopedia of Islands, page 34:
text: On the way, I learn from a feisty Jamaican writer that the turbulence one experiences, and to which Marshall gives epic meaning, is actually the result of volcanic action that is producing another island (affectionately called “Kick 'em Jenny”).
ref: 2013, Carole Boyce Davies, Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones, page 33:
glosses: An active submarine volcano on the Caribbean Sea floor, located 8 km (5 mi) north of the island of Grenada, or the strait where it lies.
relistings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relisting
tobelija
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tobelijas
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian tobelija.
Senses: glosses: A sworn virgin.
kid-glove
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See kid glove.
Senses: examples: text: kid-glove handling
text: “Hell’s bells, no!” said the discreetly indiscreet Ambassador. “I’m a diplomat now. I've got to don kid glove manners.”
ref: 1929 June 24, Charles G. Dawes, quotee, “National Affairs”, in Time, volume 13, number 25, page 11:
text: Specifically, Lang and others complain that while the journal has printed many negative articles about HIV skeptics, the orthodoxy has received kid-glove treatment.
ref: 1995 August, Celia Farber, “AIDS: Words from the Front”, in Spin, →ISSN, page 89:
glosses: Marked by extreme care or sensitivity.
kid-glove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kid-gloves
form: kid-gloving
form: kid-gloved
form: kid-gloved
Etymology: See kid glove.
Senses: examples: text: It is the policy of the politician to avoid trouble, to soft pedal on principle so that votes will not be lost. But, as day follows night, kid-gloving criminals leads to anarchy.
ref: 1943, Hon. Clare E. Hoffman, “Better Late Than Never”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 78th Congress, volume 89, United States Government Printing Office, page A3226:
text: ‘They're all pro-German. We should shoot the leaders, pack the rest off to France. In my opinion, there is too much kid-gloving in this country.’
ref: 2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, Scribner, →ISBN, page 491:
glosses: To treat mildly.
Synonyms: wrist-slap
box someone's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boxes someone's ears
form: boxing someone's ears
form: boxed someone's ears
form: boxed someone's ears
Senses: examples: text: "Was it the Matron's practice to box the girls' ears whilst you were at the Home?"
"I have seen her do so. She came into the workroom one day when, I think, A— was there. I know it was one of the bigger girls. I took particular notice, because I had never seen anyone using both hands before."
"You mean in boxing both ears?"
"Yes, first one hand and then the other"
"Was that the Matron?"
"Yes. I did not know anything had happened until presently I heard a noise, and then I walked out of the room." . . .
"Was it a matter of notoriety amongst the staff that the Matron was in the habit of boxing the girls' ears?"
"I think the staff all know it."
ref: 1908 Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. 1908, report of commission Te Oranga Home p.53
glosses: To slap someone on the side of the head, usually as an informal punishment.
hyperabbreviated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperabbreviated
form: most hyperabbreviated
Etymology: From hyper- + abbreviated.
Senses: examples: text: In the hyperabbreviated world of Unix, typing errors can be deadly.
ref: 2002, Michael D. Bauer, Building Secure Servers with Linux, page 128:
glosses: Very highly abbreviated.
telop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləp/
Forms: form: telops
Etymology: A genericization of the trademark TELOP; an acronym of television opaque projector.
Senses: examples: text: A telop can be made simply by printing on a 4 × 5 cardboard, or by making a mat print from a 35mm negative.
ref: 1969, Herbert Zettl, Television Production Handbook, 2nd edition, Wadsworth Publishing, page 259:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A text or image superimposed on a television screen.
TELOP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Telop
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of television opaque projector.
Synonyms: english: conversion of acronym into noun
translation: conversion of acronym into noun
word: telop
Telop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of TELOP.
telops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telop
restrategise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restrategises
form: restrategising
form: restrategised
form: restrategised
form: restrategize
Etymology: From re- + strategise.
Senses: glosses: To form a new strategy.
restrategises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restrategise
restrategising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restrategise
restrategised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restrategise
strategiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strategisers
form: strategizer
Etymology: From strategise + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who strategises.
strategisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strategiser
plumed partridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plumed partridges
Senses: synonyms: mountain quail
glosses: Oreortyx pictus
plumed partridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plumed partridge
mountain quail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain quails
form: mountain quail
Senses: synonyms: plumed partridge
glosses: Oreortyx pictus, a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family.
synonyms: Himalayan quail
glosses: Ophrysia superciliosa
mountain quails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain quail
dillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilling
Duffing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Duffing equation
Duffing's equation
Duffing oscillator
Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare familial form of vitamin B₁₂ deficiency caused by malfunction of a receptor in the terminal ileum.
horsings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsing
marlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marling
nervings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nerving
overweenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overweening
Porter-Duff compositing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Thomas Porter and Tom Duff, who developed the technique at Lucasfilm.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A technique for image compositing using an alpha channel.
wikipedia: Lucasfilm
steanings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steaning
Boko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a word in the Boko language.
Senses: glosses: A people of Benin and Nigeria.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: Boo
glosses: A Mande language spoken by the Boko people.
Boko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bokos
Etymology: From a word in the Boko language.
Senses: synonyms: Boo
glosses: A member of the Boko people.
Boko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A shortening of Boko Haram.
Senses: glosses: Boko Haram.
Boko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Niangoloko Department, Comoé Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso.
Boko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district in the Pool region of southeastern Republic of the Congo.
Boko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hausa boko.
Senses: glosses: The Latin script alphabet used for the Hausa language.
Related terms: Mboko
swashings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swashing
antiliberty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiliberty
form: most antiliberty
Etymology: From anti- + liberty.
Senses: examples: text: He observes the contradiction in some laws in regard to the treatment of those enslaved, yet does not decry the antiliberty aspects of such enslavement.
ref: 2013, Joe Feagin, Systemic Racism: A Theory of Oppression, page 102:
glosses: Opposing or working against liberty.
Synonyms: antifreedom
warrantings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warranting
Jeconiah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Iechonias, Ancient Greek Ἰεχονίας (Iekhonías), from Hebrew יְכָנְיָה (y'khonyá).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An ancient king of Judah, the son and successor of King Jehoiakim, who was dethroned by the King of Babylon in the 6th century BC and taken into captivity.
Synonyms: Jehoiachin
tuskings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tusking
trumpings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trumping
strowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strowing
EVGA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Extended Video Graphics Array, a computer display standard of the 1990s, supporting non-interlaced graphics at a resolution of 1024×768 pixels.
Related terms: CGA
EGA
SVGA
VGA
XGA
Bokos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boko
starlores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starlore
starmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starman
leaf-sprung
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leaf + sprung.
Senses: glosses: Fitted with leaf springs.
mohua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mohuas
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori mohua.
Senses: glosses: Mohoua ochrocephala, a small insectivorous passerine bird endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.
Synonyms: yellowhead
mohuas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mohua
Bieberly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Compare Bieber.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bieberish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bieberish
form: most Bieberish
Etymology: From Bieber + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Lots of girls in our school think he's cute because of his Bieberish hairstyle.
glosses: Similar to or resembling Justin Bieber.
Related terms: Bieberesque
Bieberesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bieberesque
form: most Bieberesque
Etymology: From Bieber + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: a Bieberesque teen with bangs in his eyes and hair on his shoulders
ref: 2013, Chuck Thompson, “Religion”, in Better Off Without 'Em, pages 24–25:
text: [Y]ou whisper in your wristwatch receptor: "Beam me out, Justin!" (...[I]n the near future, your mate will change his name to something less Bieberesque.)
ref: 2014, Mark Brake, “Teleportation”, in Mark Brake's Space, Time, Machine, Monster, page 63:
text: To the tune of Bieber's 'Despacito', he criticizes Trump by singing 'Desperate Cheeto' while wearing a blond Bieberesque wig.
ref: 2020, Lyndon Way, Analysing Politics and Protest in Digital Popular Culture:
glosses: In the style or manner of Justin Bieber.
Related terms: Bieberish
Bieberism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bieber + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The fandom of Justin Bieber.
Synonyms: Belieberism
fanhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ænhʊd
Forms: form: fanhoods
Etymology: From fan + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The fans of a sport, activity, work, person, etc., taken as a group; a fandom.
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being a fan (admirer); fandom.
fanhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanhood
Belieberism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Belieber + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Among my faves this Christmas were two Justin Bieber tunes. Experts also found that Belieberism takes control of the subject's mind and strives to infect as many people as possible.
ref: 2012, Maria-Elana Kassab, "Treble Clef", RAGMAG, March 2012, pag e 48
text: Yet this no more means anti-Semitism is rampant in France than that Belieberism has infected the United States.
ref: 2014 January 3, Robert Zaretzky, “How 'Quenelle' Salute Creator Dieudonne Built Bridge to Anti-Semitic Far Fight”, in Jewish Daily Forward:
text: The first non-Purpose performance of the night was the Bieber classic "Boyfriend," and at this, the crowd perked up; Belieberism is strongly rooted in its original texts.
ref: 2016 March 10, Dylan Rupert, “Justin Bieber Finds New 'Purpose' at Seattle Tour Kickoff”, in Billboard:
glosses: The fan phenomenon of Justin Bieber viewed as a religion or epidemic.
Synonyms: Bieberism
moaner's bench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A bench in a church for people who regard themselves as sinners and are waiting for the Holy Spirit to enter them.
mohar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mohars
Senses: glosses: The currency of the Kingdom of Nepal and adjoining parts of Videha from the late 17th century until 1932, subdivided into dams.
mohars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mohar
bitch goddess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitch goddesses
Senses: glosses: Success, especially in terms of wealth and fame.
glosses: Someone, specifically a woman, who has such success; a rich and/or famous woman.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bitch, goddess.
bitch goddesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitch goddess
Videha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient Indian kingdom in Mithila, now in the eastern Indian state of Bihar and souther Nepal.
Videhan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Videhan
form: most Videhan
Etymology: From Videha + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ancient kingdom of Videha.
Videhan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Videhans
Etymology: From Videha + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Videha.
Videhans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Videhan
flivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fliver
juice joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juice joint
e-language learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: e-learning for the purpose of learning to communicate in a different language
wordflows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wordflow
requestives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of requestive
capacitorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From capacitor + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without capacitors.
Porkulus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of pork + stimulus, coined by Rush Limbaugh in January 2009. See pork barrel (“local or regional state funds”).
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
macroproteinuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + proteinuria.
Senses: topics: medicine
nephrology
sciences
glosses: The presence of a large amount of protein in the urine.
hemiataxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemi- + ataxia.
Senses: glosses: ataxia on one side of the body.
warped wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warped walls
Etymology: From warped + wall from the curved nature of the wall.
Senses: glosses: a type of wall obstacle in obstacle course racing with a curved bottom that is used as a ramp to run up, similar to a half-pipe or quarter-pipe, which then curves back over beyond vertical.
Related terms: ladder wall
rope wall
tsunami wall
tsunami wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tsunami walls
Senses: synonyms: tsunami barrier
glosses: A protective barrier that is used to protect against and impede the travel of a tsunami wave
glosses: A type of wall obstacle in obstacle course racing with a curved bottom that is used as a ramp to run up, similar to a half-pipe, with a reverse side that is also similar to a half-pipe where you slide down, and ending in a pool to splash to a stop.
Coordinate terms: snow fence
avalanche fence
avalanche shed
avalanche wall
Related terms: seawall
harbour wall
tidal barrier
ladder wall
rope wall
warped wall
rope wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rope walls
Etymology: From being a wall with a fixed rope to assist in overcoming the obstacle.
Senses: glosses: A type of wall obstacle in an obstacle course with a flat straight vertical wall and a rope that is used to assist in climbing up the wall, and another rope to assist descending the reverse side of the wall.
Related terms: ladder wall
tsunami wall
warped wall
nongestural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-gestural
Etymology: From non- + gestural.
Senses: glosses: Not gestural; not using gestures.
non-gestural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nongestural.
over-and-under
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: over-and-unders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of over and under.
ladder wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladder walls
Etymology: From ladder + wall from the construction of the wall akin to a ladder and the action needed to pass the obstacle, climbing it like a ladder.
Senses: glosses: A type of wall obstacle in obstacle course racing composed of a vertical wall of crossbeams with space in between the beams, where competitors must climb up the wall, go over, and climb back down.
Related terms: rope wall
tsunami wall
warped wall
product rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A formula used to find the derivatives of products of two or more functions: (f·g)'=f'·g+f·g',!
butterlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From butterless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being butterless.
Vamachara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vamacharas
Senses: examples: text: The Dravidians, mild inhabitants of India, worshipped Pitrus (forefathers) and other iconographic representations of deity, emphasizing the hierophantic side of worshipping idols, which included Vamacharas, left-hand practices of the Shakti cult, etc.
ref: 1970, Curran De Bruler, Nataraja Guru, Unitive Understanding, page 58:
text: "The initiated Bhatta (Kashmiri Brahmin) bent upon taking liquor, being addicted to Vamachara by which the pride of his own clan has been set at naught, with a plate of fish in his hand, approaches the house of his teacher[…]."
ref: 1975, K. N. Dhar, Glimpses of Kashmiri Culture, volume 3, page 67:
text: The Aryanised socio-religious culture had degenerated into Vamachara Tantric practices, the cult of sex and palate.
ref: 1993, Binay Bhattacharya, Kamakhya Hills and Elsewhere, page 9:
glosses: Alternative form of vamachara.
examples: text: The Dakshinacharas emphasised the male principle while the Vamacharas paid more attention to the female principle. But, both exalted sex to a religious principle.
ref: 1967, K. Damodaran, Indian Thought: A Critical Survey, page 235:
text: Above all, in the medley of Aryans, Mongols and aborigines, which it created, it unconsciously led the way to some of the hideous Vamacharas.
ref: 1993, Venkateswarier Subramaniam, Buddhist-Hindu Interactions: From Śakyamuni to Śankarācarya, page 73:
text: The Vamacharas follow texts like Kularnava, Kamika, and the Parasurama agamas among others.
ref: 2009, V. R. Parthasarathy, Indu Parthasarathy, Devi: goddesses in Indian art and literature, page 65:
topics: lifestyle
religion
qualifier: tantric religion
glosses: A follower of the vamachara path.
Kohonen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Kohonen map
Kohonen network
transtrender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transtrenders
Etymology: Blend of transgender + trender or transgender + trend.
Senses: examples: text: Many of the genderqueer kids in today’s liberal America are what Charlotte Wolf calls “transtrenders,” using gender as a form of social provocation or subcultural bonding.
ref: 2015 March 23, Mark Gevisser, “Engendered”, in The Nation:
text: Threads on the social media giant Reddit occasionally discuss or condemn "transtrenders" […]
ref: 2017, Lee (Molly) J. Fraser, "Reblogging Gender: Non-Binary Transgender Subjectivities and the Internet", thesis submitted to the University of Western Ontario, page 92
text: These latter trans people are often accused of being "fakers." They are "transtrenders." Their trans identity is the result of social contagion, not Gender Dysphoria™.
ref: 2019, Rachel Anne Williams, Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics, page 79:
text: However, these conversations often reproduce hegemonic conceptions of masculinity, perpetuating white supremacy, heterosexism, and the idea of a "transtrender" fad.
ref: 2014, National Women's Studies Association 2014 conference program, page 198
text: In fact, it would do a great disservice to the participants of these communities and social spaces to portray them all as teenagers, because it would contribute to the erasure of people who have been non-binary before the internet and potentially legitimize the "transtrender" panic, […]
ref: 2017, Lee (Molly) J. Fraser, "Reblogging Gender: Non-Binary Transgender Subjectivities and the Internet", thesis submitted to the University of Western Ontario, page 33
text: Whereas there is no transtrender subreddit, r/transmed and r/truscum both exist. Those who advocate for a strict interpretation of the dominant medical narrative feel comfortable to self- identify with monikers that identify them as such, whereas those who either do or are accused of flouting those medical narratives do not.
ref: 2019, Jessica Rae Fisher, "Transgender Digital Embodiments: Questions Of The Transgender Body In The 21st Century", thesis submitted to Kennesaw State University (May 2019), page 64
antonyms: trutrans
hypernyms: genderspecial
glosses: A person who affects a transgender or non-binary gender identity for perceived social benefit.
transtrenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transtrender
Aeniania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰνιανία (Ainianía).
Senses: glosses: A small Ancient Greek district to the south of Thessaly (which it was sometimes considered part of), in Central Greece. It was associated with Oetaea.
Derived terms: Aenianian
Oetaea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰταία (Oitaía).
Senses: glosses: A small upland district located south of Thessaly (of which it was sometimes considered a part). It was closely linked with the district of Aeniania, sharing a location in the valley of the Spercheios.
zoopharmacognosy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zoo- + pharmacognosy.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
sciences
zoology
glosses: The non-human knowledge and practice of medicine and medicaments (non-human animals' own knowledge, behaviours and culture, involving their own treatments of their own ailments).
pharma-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Back-formation from pharmaceutical.
Senses: examples: text: Although I was not surprised by the pervasiveness of pharmaceutical company advertising or the pharma-sponsored components of the health education events I attended over the years, they were impossible to ignore.
ref: 2018 January 2, Samantha D. Gottlieb, “9. The “Tragically Underused” Vaccine”, in Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine. Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: Pertaining to pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, or the pharmaceutical industry.
Derived terms: PharmaCare
Related terms: pharmaceutical
pharmacology
pharmaco-
pharma
teleiophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From teleiophilia + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: adultophilic
normophilic
glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting teleiophilia.
AOCR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AOCRs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of age of criminal responsibility.
pole vaulters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pole vaulter
hammer thrower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hammer throwers
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athlete who competes in the hammer throw.
hammer throwers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hammer thrower
half-marathoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-marathoners
Etymology: From half marathon + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who runs a half marathon.
synchronized diver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synchronized divers
Senses: glosses: Someone who practices synchronized diving.
synchronized divers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synchronized diver
fakegasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fakegasms
Etymology: From fake + -gasm.
Senses: glosses: A feigned instance of excitement.
glosses: A feigned orgasm.
Synonyms: sense: feigned orgasm
word: fauxgasm
G-spotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of G-spot
akh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑːk
Forms: form: akhs
Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣḫ.
Senses: examples: text: Their abode is heaven; and the Akh, by contrast with the Ba, does not retain any relation to the body.… It is a deceased, a transcendent being, without earthly or material ties; and, as such, it is the most spiritualized of the various concepts of the dead.
ref: 1948, Henri Frankfort, Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature, page 64:
text: After spending the night asleep in their tombs, the akhs would wake each morning at sunrise and “come forth from the necropolis” to enjoy an ideal life, free from the cares of physical existence.
ref: 2000, James P. Allen, Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, page 33:
text: The akh would later become the state achieved when the ba and ka are rejoined.
ref: 2005, Gary A. Stillwell, Afterlife: Post-Mortem Judgments in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, page 118:
text: If a person’s ka and ba were not reunited and akh failed to develop, then everlasting life would not occur.
ref: 2009, Janet Balk, “Egyptian Perceptions of Death in Antiquity”, in Clifton D. Bryant, Dennis L. Peck, editors, Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience, page 399:
text: Different postmortem aspects of the individual are mentioned in ritual texts, so that it is unclear how they relate to one another: the ka (what leaves the body when death occurs), the ba (the personality of the individual), and the akh (a glorified bodily form).
ref: 2015, “Afterlife”, in Eric Orlin, editor, Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, page 17:
glosses: In Egyptian mythology, (roughly) a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife.
akh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑːk
ipa: /æk/
rhymes: -æk
ipa: /ɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑːk
Forms: form: akhs
form: akhi
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”). Doublet of ock.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Brother; a close male friend or associate.
half-marathoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-marathoner
field hockey player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field hockey players
Senses: glosses: One who plays field hockey, especially professionally.
chresmology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrismology
form: chrismologion
Etymology: From either Ancient Greek χρησμολογία (khrēsmología) or χρησμολόγιον (khrēsmológion), derivations of χρησμός (khrēsmós, “oracle, prophecy”), from the root of χράω (khráō, “to declare”).
Senses: glosses: the study of prophecy
glosses: a collection of prophecies
dickride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dickrides
form: dickriding
form: dickrode
form: dickridden
Etymology: From dick + ride.
Senses: examples: text: yeah,but look at how many people dickride rakim,nas,slick rick,krs-one,and the roots?they probably have never even heard their music........
ref: 1999 April 1, Always with Wings, “Re: 2pac was better than Biggie”, in alt.rap (Usenet):
text: Go dickride every single band to ever emerge from England between the years 1987 to the present. Oh wait, you already do!
ref: 1999 August 4, Arnold Layne, “Re: Ray Cappo on the Blair Witch Project”, in alt.music.hardcore (Usenet):
text: I think the problem is that a lot of people who +do+ dickride don't realize the fact they are cutting their favorite artists slack.
ref: 1999 November 26, OHHLA Webmaster: 'Flash', “Re: Goodbye RMHH, Hello alt.rap”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet):
text: you think im about materialism cause i dont dickride wu tang and i like money.
ref: 2003 May 19, JuiceRoc, “Re: One of the Dumbest Incidents In Hip Hop History”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet):
glosses: To behave in a submissive, subservient, or overflattering manner toward.
Derived terms: dickrider
dickriding
Related terms: be on someone's nuts
do tricks on it
meatride
pole-jocking
queen out
dickriding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dickride
goes the distance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go the distance
going the distance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go the distance
went the distance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go the distance
gone the distance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go the distance
takes a dive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a dive
taking a dive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a dive
took a dive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a dive
taken a dive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a dive
chrismon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrismons
form: chrisma
Etymology: From Medieval Latin crismon (New Latin chrismus, chrismum, chrismos), of uncertain origin.
In the 18th century adopted in German as Chrismon or Chrismum, plural Chrismen. English in the 19th century.
The word was revived for a type of Christmas decoration in the mid 20th century, now with a popular etymology of its being a portmanteau of Christus + monogram.
Senses: examples: text: The sacred monogram or chrismon was extensively used by Constantine […] a crown of gold, enclosing the chrismon or mysterious monogram
ref: 1869, Chambers's Journal, page 818:
glosses: A Christogram.
examples: text: The document usually begins with a verbal invocation (such as In Dei nomine, amen) or a chrismon (often Christ's monogram formed from the letters XP)
ref: 1970, Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 7, page 478:
topics: biology
epigraphy
geography
history
human-sciences
literature
media
natural-sciences
palaeography
paleogeography
paleography
paleontology
publishing
sciences
glosses: A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.
examples: text: Chrismons were first made as tree decorations by members of the Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Daville, Va., in 1957.
ref: 1964, The Lutheran Witness, volume 83, page 548:
glosses: A Christmas decoration with explicitly Christian religious symbolism.
knocks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock out
knocking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock out
knocked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock out
take the count
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the count
form: taking the count
form: took the count
form: taken the count
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To be knocked out.
examples: text: Apparently ignorant of the rules of the ring which permit a fighter knocked to the floor to take the count of nine, he staggered to his feet, only to be met with another blow before he could collect his senses sufficiently to 'cover?'
ref: 1916 December 19, Chris Cozzone, Jim Boggio, quoting Rocky Mountain News, Fighter is Killed at National Club by Blow on Head, 2013, quoted in Boxing in New Mexico, 1868-1940, →ISBN, page 184:
text: But if a boxer is knocked down, he can always take an 'eight' count and not get up after two or three seconds. Those extra five or six seconds give you a chance to clear your head. To try to gather your reflexes, come to yourself. A friend of mine, Ruby Kessler in Ebbets Field, we fought in the same show that night. And Pete Scanlon dropped 'im. And Ruby jumped right up, and he was shakin' and they were hollerin' from the corner, 'Get down, get down, take the count, take the count.'
ref: 2011, Allen Bodner, quoting Herbie Kronowitz, When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 143:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.
examples: text: He led his men with great dash and when hit the first time declined to take the count. Instead, he drew his revolver and called for further effort. Again he was hit,but struggled on, but a third shot finally bowled him over.
ref: 1916, Tom Parry, quoting letter to the Yorkshire Post, “Football heroes of England and Wales lined up for far deadlier battle 100 years ago”, in Daily Mirror, published 2016:
glosses: To lose or fail.
takes the count
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take the count
taking the count
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take the count
took the count
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the count
taken the count
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the count
sure as shooting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Absolutely certain.
sure as shooting
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Most certainly; definitely.
vamachara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /'vɑːmɑːtʃɑːrə/
Forms: form: vamacharas
form: vāmācāra
form: vāmāchāra
form: Vamachara
Etymology: From Sanskrit वामाचार (vāmācāra, “left (-hand) path; left-handed attainment”).
Senses: examples: text: The other vamachara does indeed exist here with all its objectionable practices, in the name of the worship of innumerable petty female deities such as Mariyamman.
ref: 1977, Saiva Siddhanta, volume 12, page 65:
text: 2002, Vamachara, entry in James G. Lochtefeld, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z, page 736,
Within the tantric tradiion itself there is a long-standing debate about the propriety of such acts, and whereas the vamachara practice uses these elements in their actual forms, in the dakshinachara ("right-hand") practice other items are substituted for the forbidden ones.
text: She also predicted the tantric sadhanas I would do in the future, both vamachara and dakshinachara.
‘Vamachara? I have no such plan, Mother.’
'You will have to do lata sadhan, mahacheen kram, kaulik sadhana and mahamudra.'
She laughed, for she had just named sadhanas that required a female consort.
ref: 2014, Om Swami, If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir, unnumbered page:
topics: lifestyle
religion
qualifier: tantric religion
glosses: A path to bliss through practices, including meat-eating, breaking social taboos and indulging in sex and intoxicants, that are sometimes considered immoral.
examples: text: Side by side with popular saivism, which was being guided by tantras, including those of vamacharas, from a fairly earl[y] period[…].
ref: 1981, Ca. Vē Cuppiramaṇiyan̲, S. V. Subramanian, Na Kaṭikācalam, editors, Literary Heritage of the Tamils, page 367:
text: […]he strongly reproves the yogic ideal of rejection of household life, indulgence in mortification of the body and the vamacharas for the realisation of so-called Mahasukha.
ref: 1994, H. Kumar Kaul, Aspects of yoga, page 201:
text: It is said that one is born into one of the dakshinacharas, but that one must be initiated into any of the vamacharas.
ref: 2012, Stephen E. Flowers, Lords of the Left-Hand Path: Forbidden Practices and Spiritual Heresies, unnumbered page:
glosses: Any such path, set of practices or individual practice.
Synonyms: sense: tantric path
word: vamamarga
Coordinate terms: dakshinachara
Related terms: panchamakara
quizzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quizzles
form: quizzling
form: quizzled
form: quizzled
Etymology: From quiz (“to whiz”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
Senses: examples: text: As soon as he finished speaking, Ngoh stood up and marched out of the farmland, but his name continued to quizzle in the men's lips— the same story-listeners to whom he used to narrate a sexual incident between himself and the Manager's wife.
ref: 1992, Komben Emmanuel Ngwainmbi, Dawn in rage:
glosses: To make a whizzing sound
examples: text: As long as there are people to quizzle over tweedle-dee and tweedledum and to appeal to the ignorance and prejudice of the legislators, it is possible that the word "ammonia" may become an obsolete term in fertilizer analysis in spite of the fact that ammonia may continue to be the real form of the greater part of the nitrogenous plant bought and sold in the trade.
ref: 1924, The Oil Miller - Volumes 19-22
text: Ker quizzled again at Simon's effeminate walk. But reaching no untoward conclusions.
ref: 2005, David Poyer, A Country of Our Own:
text: He came from here, as much as you or me. Look at him now, running with the girlen, wrestling with the boys. He's one of us, sure enough.” “Then what was he doing in the woods?” Old Nanny Nettleye quizzled.
ref: 2015, David Greygoose, Brunt Boggart:
glosses: To ponder
glosses: To suffocate
Aenianians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aenianian
Aenianian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Aeniania + -n.
Senses: glosses: Relating or pertaining to Aeniania.
Aenianian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aenianians
Etymology: From Aeniania + -n.
Senses: glosses: A citizen of Aeniania
washies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washy
dakshinachara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dakshinacharas
form: Dakshinachara
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit दक्षिणाचार (dakṣiṇācāra, “right-hand path”).
Senses: glosses: A Tantric sect that does not engage in practices considered heterodox according to usual Hindu social norms.
Coordinate terms: vamachara
Dakshinachara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dakshinacharas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dakshinachara.
non-backtracking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonbacktracking.
cratonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From craton + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process during which a craton is formed.
stumbles across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stumble across
stumbling across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stumble across
stumbled across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stumble across
mixtil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mixture of wheat, barley, and rye.
bases on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of base on
basing on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of base on
based on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of base on
based on
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Based on his assessment of the designer's intent, he ordered that the welds on the support beams be built up larger than those seen in the prototype.
text: She wanted to investigate further, based on some things that she had overheard.
text: The legal remedies vary based on jurisdiction. [ = The legal remedies vary by jurisdiction.]
glosses: On the basis of; because of; due to; according to; on the strength of; as per.
Birk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Birks
Etymology: From the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh, burg (“fortification, city”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
Related terms: Birks
Birx
greesings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare gree and grice.
Senses: examples: text: The next day, being the 14th of January, all the visitors (only Christopherson elect of Chichester, excepted) came to the King's college; where, first going into the church, and there making their prayers at the greesings, they so proceeded into the stalls, there sitting all the mass time […]
ref: 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Steps.
drollings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drolling
get someone's Irish up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets someone's Irish up
form: getting someone's Irish up
form: got someone's Irish up
form: got someone's Irish up
form: gotten someone's Irish up
Etymology: From a supposed propensity of Irish people to be easily and severely angered.
Senses: examples: text: "It's so crazy I've got to believe they're either paranoid or trying to get his Irish up so he will run [and split the anti-Carter vote in the primaries]. My guess is it's paranoia."
ref: 1979, David Garth, New York Magazine, page 14:
qualifier: potentially offensive
glosses: To anger or annoy someone.
Synonyms: annoy and Thesaurus:enrage
Young dewberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Young dewberries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of youngberry.
synonyms: word: youngberry
Young dewberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Young dewberry
whizzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whizzles
form: whizzling
form: whizzled
form: whizzled
form: wizzle
form: weezle
Etymology: From whiz + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare quizzle.
Senses: examples: text: The chargers spun round each other, biting and striking, while the two blades wheeled and whizzled and circled in gleams of dazzling light.
ref: 2008, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company:
glosses: To whiz or whirl along; to move with a hissing sound.
glosses: To go about one's way carelessly or heedlessly.
whizzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whizzles
form: wizzle
form: weezle
Etymology: From whiz + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare quizzle.
Senses: glosses: A whizzing sound.
minutiose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more minutiose
form: most minutiose
Etymology: From minutia + -ose.
Senses: glosses: Characterized by minutiae, or small details.
redbay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redbays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of red bay.
red bays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red bay
redbays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redbay
retinomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From retino- + motor.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to movement of the retina.
revolvered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From revolver + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Armed with a revolver.
unextradited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + extradited.
Senses: glosses: Not extradited.
non-lemmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-lemma
non-lemmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-lemma
up-gun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: up-guns
form: up-gunning
form: up-gunned
form: up-gunned
form: upgun
Etymology: From up- + gun.
Senses: examples: text: Hitherto, up-gunning British tanks had been prevented because of a basic design parameter.
ref: 2001, David French, Raising Churchill's Army:
glosses: To equip with additional guns or more powerful guns.
upgun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upguns
form: upgunning
form: upgunned
form: upgunned
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of up-gun.
sex doll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex dolls
Senses: glosses: Synonym of love doll.
synonyms: word: love doll
sex dolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex doll
complexone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complexones
Etymology: From complex + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A substance that aids in forming coordination complexes, especially a potent chelating ligand such as EDTA, EGTA, or iminodiacetic acid.
complexones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of complexone
untreasonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untreasonous
form: most untreasonous
Etymology: From un- + treasonous.
Senses: glosses: Not treasonous.
blue angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue angels
Senses: synonyms: blue dart
glosses: A blue flame produced by lighting one's flatus.
glosses: A mollusc of genus Glaucus.
blue angels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue angel
reitbok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reitboks
Etymology: Afrikaans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of reedbuck.
synonyms: word: reedbuck
reitboks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reitbok
electroing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electro
electroed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of electro
embanker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embankers
Etymology: From embank + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who embanks.
embankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embanker
bluebooking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bluebook
bluebooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bluebook