cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
out-front
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Lesbians in NOW were tired of being told "You can do all the work but you can't say who you are," which is, of course, a humiliating posture. The out-front lesbians in the organization forced the organization to confront the issue.
ref: 1978 August 19, Tim Cwiek, Karen DeCrow, “Interview: Former NOW President DeCrow Talks About Gay Issues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 7:
glosses: Forthright, explicit, open.
ISWG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of imperial standard wire gauge.
Japanese clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese clocks
Senses: glosses: A mechanical clock designed to tell traditional Japanese time, in which day and night are divided into six periods whose lengths change with the season.
khaleefeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khaleefehs
Senses: examples: text: Ben Shohnah relates, that in the year 456 of the Hejra, in the reign of Kaiem, the twenty-sixth khaleefeh of the house of Abbas, a report was raised in Bagdad, which immediately spread throughout the whole province of Irak[.]
ref: 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 27:
glosses: Obsolete form of caliph.
Japanese clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japanese clock
khaleefehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khaleefeh
Japanese pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese pears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of apple pear.
synonyms: word: apple pear
Chinese pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese pears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of apple pear.
synonyms: word: apple pear
Chinese pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese pear
Japanese pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japanese pear
sand pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand pears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of apple pear.
synonyms: word: apple pear
Korean pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Korean pears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of apple pear.
synonyms: word: apple pear
Taiwan pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Taiwan pears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of apple pear.
synonyms: word: apple pear
sand pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand pear
Korean pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Korean pear
Taiwan pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Taiwan pear
Vienna coup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vienna coups
Etymology: First published by James Clay (1804-1873), who had observed it being executed in the days of whist by "the greatest player in Vienna", whose identity is unknown.
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: An unblocking technique in contract bridge made in preparation for a squeeze play.
Vienna coups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vienna coup
Egyptian blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Egyptian blue
Vestorian blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after its inventor, Vestorius.
Senses: glosses: A form of Egyptian blue pigment.
Türk cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Türk cells
form: Türk's cell
Etymology: Originally described by W. Türk in 1907.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: Downey cell
glosses: A cytotoxic lymphocyte that becomes large as a result of antigen stimulation.
Türk cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Türk cell
Downey cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Downey cells
Etymology: Hal Downey wrote about the features of such cells in 1923.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Türk cell.
synonyms: word: Türk cell
Downey cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Downey cell
Tswa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Xitswa
glosses: A Bantu language of southern Mozambique, related to Ronga and Tsonga.
Xitswa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tswa (“a Bantu language”).
synonyms: word: Tswa
extra: a Bantu language
Tudor arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tudor arches
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A kind of flattened four-centred arch found in English architecture.
Tudor arches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tudor arch
Persian arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Persian arches
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A kind of four-centred arch found in Islamic architecture.
Persian arches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Persian arch
keel arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keel arches
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A kind of four-centred arch with partially straight rather than curved sides, developed in Fatimid architecture.
keel arches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keel arch
Green Christmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Little Christmas.
synonyms: word: Little Christmas
Old Christmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Little Christmas.
synonyms: word: Little Christmas
Occupation Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former public holiday in Rhodesia, held annually on 12 September, marking the anniversary of the arrival of the Pioneer Column at Fort Salisbury in 1890 and their raising of the Union Jack on the kopje overlooking the site. It was renamed Pioneers' Day in 1961.
Novanglian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Novanglians
Senses: glosses: A New Englander.
Novanglian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Novanglian
form: most Novanglian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to New England.
Novanglians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Novanglian
Norfolk Trotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norfolk Trotters
Senses: glosses: A horse of a historical breed once native to East Anglia and Norfolk, England.
Ngadju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ngadjumaya.
synonyms: word: Ngadjumaya
Ngadjumaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Ngadju
glosses: An Aboriginal Australian people of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
New Yorkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more New Yorkish
form: most New Yorkish
Etymology: From New York + -ish.
Senses: synonyms: New Yorkian
New Yorky
glosses: Characteristic of New York City.
New Israel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A new religious movement that grew in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
glosses: A barangay of Makilala, Cotabato, Philippines.
dottedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dotted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being dotted.
New Jerusalemite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Jerusalemites
Etymology: From New Jerusalem + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A Swedenborgian.
New Jerusalemites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Jerusalemite
ultravigilant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultravigilant
form: most ultravigilant
Etymology: From ultra- + vigilant.
Senses: glosses: Very vigilant.
hog-backed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hogbacked.
Swainson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Swainson pea
Swainson-pea
Swainson's hawk
Swainson's thrush
ninjas cutting onions
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Stupid invisible ninjas cutting onions while I'm watching Toy Story 3.
ref: 2012 February 25, @jadeann_, Twitter:
text: I felt tears in my eyes as I started to relax. Didn't that always happen? It was like if you slowed down, your emotions could catch up with you. ¶ “Upset?” Jacob asked, without taking his eyes off the road. ¶ “Ninjas cutting onions,” I replied, trying to make the light of it.
ref: 2018, Emery C. Walters, A Broken Cup, JMS Books LLC, →ISBN, page unknown:
glosses: A lighthearted excuse for why one is crying.
harlequinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harlequinisms
Etymology: From harlequin + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The antics of a harlequin or pantomime fool; clownery.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of harlequin-type ichthyosis.
synonyms: word: harlequin-type ichthyosis
harlequinisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harlequinism
high-def
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of high-definition.
hydro-airplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydro-airplanes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of seaplane.
synonyms: word: seaplane
sensation-monger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sensation-mongers
Senses: hypernyms: shitmonger
shit-stirrer
glosses: A peddler of sensationalism (lurid material).
tanaim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tna'im.
tanoas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanoa
tariqah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tariqahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tariqa.
tariqahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tariqah
tapman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapmen
Etymology: From tap + -man.
Senses: examples: text: The tapman draws beer to fill the order and exchanges it for cash with the waiter, who then serves it to the customer, by whom he is paid.
ref: 1971, Labour Arbitration Cases, page 47:
glosses: Synonym of tapster.
synonyms: word: tapster
tapmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapman
tarekats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarekat
teruot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teruah
teruos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teruah
milly
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪli/
Forms: form: millies
form: millie
Etymology: Influenced by -y. Compare mil.
Senses: examples: text: The betting on my dog’s light, which is O. K. by me, since it means a juicy dividend on the few millies I sprinkle on her nose, if ——
ref: 1934, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 206, Philadelphia, Pa.: Curtis Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 121, column 1:
text: Sir David Attenborough has broken the record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram, reaching the milestone in just over four hours, according to the Guinness World Records. ¶ That means the 94-year-old naturalist has surpassed the previous record set by Aniston, who reached the one milly mark in five hours and 16 minutes.
ref: 2020 September 25, Rachel Thompson, “Sir David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Aniston’s Instagram record”, in Mashable:
glosses: Clipping of million.
temporalistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From temporalistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of temporalism.
temporalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to temporalism.
thioindigos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thioindigo
Congham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7123).
thioindigoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thioindigo + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Thioindigoid dyestuffs containing the trifluormethyl grouping.
ref: 1948, D. B. Andrews, German Dyestuffs and Dyestuff Intermediates, page 220:
text: The thioindigoid chromophore serves as a nucleus for a wide range of red to violet pigments including such as Pigment Reds 86, 87, 88, 181, and 198 […]
ref: 1957, Paint and Varnish Production:
glosses: Derived from, or resembling, thioindigo.
thesaurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thesaurers
Senses: glosses: A treasurer.
thesaurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thesaurer
three-high
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-highs
Senses: examples: text: For every section it is necessary to insert a special finishing roll in the stage lying next the large engine, while the three-highs in the other two stages contain the roughing rolls for all six profiles.
ref: 1896, Engineering Review, volume 4, page 169:
glosses: A series of three rollers in a roller mill, stacked one above the other.
three-highs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-high
tobacco-roader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tobacco-roaders
Etymology: From Tobacco Road + -er.
Senses: glosses: A poor, uneducated inhabitant of the rural American South.
tobacco-roaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tobacco-roader
Busby Babe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Busby Babes
Etymology: Named after Matt Busby, the manager of Manchester United Football Club.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A member of the Busby Babes.
wikipedia: Manchester United Football Club
Matt Busby
tawhero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of towai (“Pterophylla sylvicola”).
synonyms: word: towai
extra: Pterophylla sylvicola
Fergie's Fledgling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fergie's Fledglings
Etymology: Named after Alex Ferguson, nicknamed Fergie
Senses: glosses: One of the Fergie's Fledglings
wikipedia: Alex Ferguson
QTPOCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QTPOC
Fergie's Fledglings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fergie's Fledgling
trainasium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of training + gymnasium or similar.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An assault course raised some height above the ground, used for training paratroopers.
Transitus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin trānsitus (“passage, crossing”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The time of passage through death to eternal life.
topics: education
glosses: A school year serving as a bridge between primary and secondary education.
transls.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transl.
treasr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treasrs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of treasurer.
treasrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treasr.
treflée
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French tréflé(e). See trefoil. Doublet of trifoliate.
Senses: examples: text: Gaddi: Azure, a cross treflée or.
ref: 1901, Howel Wills, Florentine Heraldry: A Supplement to the Guide-books, page 118:
text: 3. ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES. The Royal arms as above, differenced with a label of three points argent, over all, barry of ten or and sable a bend treflée vert (Saxony).
ref: 1921, Edward Alfred Webb, The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and of the Church and Parish of St. Bartholomew's the Great: West Smithfield, page 478:
text: Vert, a cross treflée (or flory) argent between four open crowns or, in a canton of the second the Blessed Virgin holding the Holy Child proper. (Woodward, Ecclesiastical Heraldry.
ref: 1927, Notes and Queries, page 82:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Trefoiled, trefly.
bend over backward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bends over backward
form: bending over backward
form: bent over backward
form: bent over backward
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bend over backwards.
trencher-fed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a hunting dog: lodged at the homes of individual farmers, rather than in kennels, and brought to the hunt as required.
trilacunar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + lacunar.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to three lacunae.
adag.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of adagio.
adag.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of adagio.
aeroderivative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeroderivatives
Etymology: From aero- + derivative.
Senses: glosses: A relatively small and light gas turbine based on those used in aircraft.
aeroderivatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeroderivative
aleph-bet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aleph-bets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aleph-beth.
glory lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glory lilies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gloriosa.
synonyms: word: gloriosa
glory lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glory lily
Danube sturgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Danube sturgeons
form: Danube sturgeon
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Russian sturgeon.
synonyms: word: Russian sturgeon
diamond sturgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamond sturgeons
form: diamond sturgeon
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Russian sturgeon.
synonyms: word: Russian sturgeon
Danube sturgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Danube sturgeon
diamond sturgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diamond sturgeon
quater-imaginary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a nonstandard numeral system using the imaginary number 2i (= √–4) as its base.
San Serriffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From sans serif.
Senses: glosses: A fictional island nation invented as a 1977 April Fools' Day hoax by the Guardian newspaper, and since widely referenced in humorous writing generally.
nepitrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The 7-glucoside of nepetin.
nepetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The 6-methoxy derivative of the pentahydroxyflavone 6-hydroxyluteolin, an O-methylated flavone. It can be found in Eupatorium ballotaefolium.
take one's eyes off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one's eyes off
form: taking one's eyes off
form: took one's eyes off
form: taken one's eyes off
Senses: examples: text: The old stomach sickness clutched me. put one hand on the edge of the house to steady myself. My lips seemed suddenly dry and I moistened them against the need of speech. Nor did for an instant take my eyes off him.
ref: 1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
text: You're just too good to be true / Can't take my eyes off of you / You'd be like heaven to touch / I wanna hold you so much
ref: 1967 April, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio, “Can't Take My Eyes Off You” (track A5), in Frankie Valli: Solo, performed by Frankie Valli:
glosses: To stop looking at (something).
Benwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A western suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2164).
glosses: A surname.
uncleave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + cleave.
Senses: glosses: To unstick; to separate.
unamo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unamu
Senses: glosses: The palm tree Oenocarpus bataua.
unamu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unamo.
undeviable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undeviable
form: most undeviable
Etymology: From un- + deviable.
Senses: glosses: Not deviable.
unforest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unforests
form: unforesting
form: unforested
form: unforested
Etymology: From un- + forest.
Senses: glosses: To deforest.
unforests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unforest
unforesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unforest
have something over with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has something over with
form: having something over with
form: had something over with
form: had something over with
Etymology: get + over with
Senses: examples: text: I am going to let the evidence (T-3745) stand for whatever it is worth and you may go ahead and put the other one in too and then we will have that over with, and you can go ahead and put the other one in.
ref: 1949 April 22, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, published 1950, page 4847:
text: Best to have it over with. Let us have done with the ghastly business by all means.
ref: 1923 July 24, Hermann B. Deutsch, “The Man Who Did Not Matter”, in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan, page 118:
text: Rosellen wished she and Darius had this over with.
ref: 1997, Ivan Doig, Bucking the Sun: A Novel, page 404:
text: One part of him knew that this is what she really wanted, to get out of this world, have it over with, to end her pain.
ref: 2013, J.R. Hunter, Over the Edge, page 82:
text: We were anxious to have it over with.
ref: 2015, Matthew J. Davenport, First Over There: The Attack on Cantigny, America's First Battle of World War I, page 163:
glosses: To experience the ending or completion of something.
Related terms: get something over with
unendued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unendued
form: most unendued
Etymology: From un- + endued.
Senses: glosses: Not endued; unendowed.
unpedestal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpedestals
form: unpedestaling
form: unpedestalling
form: unpedestaled
form: unpedestaled
form: unpedestalled
form: unpedestalled
Etymology: From un- + pedestal.
Senses: glosses: To bring down from a (figurative) pedestal; to lower the reputation or importance of.
unpedestalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpedestal
unpedestals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpedestal
unpedestaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpedestal
unpedestalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpedestal
unpedestaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpedestal
verdaccios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verdaccio
wacks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wack out
wacking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wack out
wacked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wack out
wacked out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wacked out
form: most wacked out
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whacked-out.
vulture hock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulture hocks
Senses: glosses: Any of the stiff feathers projecting downwards behind the leg in some breeds of poultry.
Related terms: vulture-hocked
vulture-hocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having vulture hocks.
vulture hocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulture hock
voicecast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voicecasts
Etymology: From voice + -cast.
Senses: examples: text: Voicecasts from the territory's special representatives at the 26th Session of the Trusteeship Council were also successfully relayed over the Atlantic telephone cable to London, and thence by radio.
ref: 1960, Great Britain. Colonial Office, Report by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Tanganyika Territory, page 74:
text: A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have portable tape recorders.
ref: 1964, European Broadcasting Union, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 83, page 22:
glosses: A voice broadcast.
voicecasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voicecast
wipes up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wipe up
wiping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wipe up
wiped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wipe up
washer-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washers-up
Senses: glosses: One who does the washing up.
water-fast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more water-fast
form: most water-fast
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of waterfast.
waterworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more waterworthy
form: most waterworthy
Etymology: From water + -worthy.
Senses: hyponyms: oceanworthy
riverworthy
seaworthy
glosses: Of a watercraft: fit for service on the water.
thereafters
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thereafter (“after that; from then on”).
thereafters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thereafter
oceanworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oceanworthy
form: most oceanworthy
Etymology: From ocean + -worthy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of seaworthy.
synonyms: word: seaworthy
wave-mechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to wave mechanics.
Alphonsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Alphons(us) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Four characteristics of nineteenth-century European moral theology stand out—the dominance of the manualist tradition, the general acceptance of the Alphonsian approach, a growing ultramontanism stressing the primacy and central role of the papacy in the Church, […]
ref: 2008, Charles E. Curran, “The Nineteenth Century”, in Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History, Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, →ISBN, page 6:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: Of or relating to Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787), Italian Catholic bishop, writer, and theologian.
in-grouped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of in-group
in-grouping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of in-group
we-group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: we-groups
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: An ingroup, from the perspective of its members.
unified atomic mass unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unified atomic mass units
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: dalton
atomic mass unit
glosses: A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of an atom of the ¹²C isotope of carbon.
windgalled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a windgall.
Alfonsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Alfonso + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Much similar to Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (r. 1220–1250), […] with whom Alfonso happened to be related (his mother was Elisabeth of Swabia), many of the written works compiled at the Alfonsian court were based on translations of Arabic sources (fig. 2.2).
ref: 2021 March, Michael A. Conrad, “When Warriors Become Teachers: Alfonso X's Cultural Endeavors and the Crusade Ideology”, in Francine Giese, editor, Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe: Cultural Negotiations and Artistic Translations in the Middle Ages and 19th-century Historicism (Visualising the Middle Ages; 13), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 18:
synonyms: Alfonsine
glosses: Of or relating to Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284).
xanthenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Addition of Xanthenyl Chloride to the Ethylenes
ref: 1970, Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London:
text: Xanthenyl radical itself is obtained in equilibrium concentrations when 9,9′-bixanthenyl is thermolyzed in suitable inert solvents. […] Others have also performed calculations on xanthenyl radical.
ref: 1981, Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, volume 27, page 50:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from xanthydrol, C₁₃H₁₀O⁺.
xeroplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Daubenmire (1947) supported this view indicating that xeroplastic features were induced by drought and so only occurred under dry conditions […]
ref: 1955, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, page 44:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Induced by a dry environment.
infocast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infocasts
Etymology: From info- + -cast.
Senses: examples: text: Some people invest considerable credibility in the same media others discount. […] There are sizable numbers of viewers who believe sensational infocasts such as “A Current Affair” over more conventional network newscasts.
ref: 1994, Gary W. Selnow, High-Tech Campaigns: Computer Technology in Political Communication (Praeger Series in Political Communication), Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 192:
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: A broadcast of information.
Janvrin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Janvrins
Etymology: Borrowed from French Janvrin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
yea-say
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yea-says
form: yea-saying
form: yea-said
form: yea-said
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yeasay.
yea-said
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yea-say
yea-says
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yea-say
yea-saying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yea-say
infocasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infocast
Mancunianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mancunianism
Floresca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Florescas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Floresca; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
yewberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yewberries
Etymology: From yew + berry.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed the form, as well as the foliage of the shrub — it is not worthy of being called a tree — is very like that of a Yew. The fruit, when ripe, is the same colour and size, and has about as much taste as a Yewberry.
ref: 1895, The Boy's Own Annual, volume 18, page 587:
text: Amongst the herbs to be administered when the charm was sung over him were a yew-berry, lupin, helenium, marsh mallow, dock elder, wormwood and strawberry leaves.
ref: 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 16:
glosses: The berry of the yew tree.
yewberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yewberry
Florescas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Floresca
Janvrins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Janvrin
Baptistdom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Baptist faith; the Baptist denominations of Christianity.
actual cost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actual costs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The entire expense incurred in acquiring an item, including freight, duty, etc.
actual costs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actual cost
Fallert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fallerts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fallert.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Baptistism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Baptist faith; the Baptist denominations of Christianity.
Feltus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Feltuses
Etymology: Variant of Feltes or Fieldhouse.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Feltuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Feltus
Fallerts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fallert
bedtime procrastination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Dutch researcher Floor M. Kroese in 2014.
Senses: examples: ref: 2014 June 19th, Floor M. Kroese, Denise T. D. De Ridder, Catharine Evers, Marieke A. Adriaanse, “Bedtime procrastination: introducing a new area of procrastination” (article № 611), in Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, →PMCID, article title
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A failure of self-regulation wherein one fails to go to bed at the intended time, despite no external circumstances preventing one from doing so.
Derived terms: revenge bedtime procrastination
acorn weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acorn weevils
Senses: synonyms: nut weevil
glosses: Any weevil of the genus Curculio.
nut weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nut weevils
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acorn weevil (Curculio spp.)
synonyms: word: acorn weevil
extra: Curculio spp.
acorn weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acorn weevil
nut weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nut weevil
Birch reduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Birch reductions
Etymology: Named for Arthur Birch, a chemist who developed this reaction.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic reaction in which an aromatic ring is reduced to a 1,4-cyclohexadiene with an alkali metal (e.g. sodium) in liquid ammonia in the presence of an alcohol.
Bruuns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bruun
Brunker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brunkers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Brünker. It could also be a variant of Brunger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Canutos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Canuto
Brunkers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brunker
fore-runner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fore-runners
Senses: examples: text: From thence we came without the Eaſtern gate, (ſtanding on a low Banke, called the daughter of Syon, that over-toppeth the valley of Iehoſaphat,) unto an immoveable ſtone, upon the which they ſaid St. Stephen was ſtoned to death, the firſt Martyr of the Chriſtian faith; and the faithfull fore-runner of many noble followers.
ref: 1640, William Lithgow, “The Sixt Part”, in The Totall Diſcourſe, Of the rare Adventures, and painefull Peregrinations of long nineteene yeares Travailes from Scotland, to the moſt famous Kingdomes in Europe, Aſia, and Affrica […], London: I. Okes, page 249:
glosses: Archaic form of forerunner.
Cortorreal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cortorreals
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Cortorreal; this surname is predominantly found in the Dominican Republic.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Caiola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Caiolas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Caiola.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].
Caiolas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Caiola
maloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maloids
Senses: examples: text: Assessing the evolutionary impact of the versatile breeding behavior of maloids also requires not only more robust measures of its frequency in natural populations but also much further study of the cellular mechanisms of apomixis, and its association with polyploidy, self-compatibility, and hybridization.
ref: 1991, Timothy A. Dickinson, “Evolution in the Maloideae (Rosaceae) -Introduction”, in Systematic Botany, volume 16, number 2, Oromo, M.E.: American Society of Plant Taxonomists, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 301, column 2:
glosses: A species in the Maloideae subfamily, which includes apples and pears.
maloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Other maloid genera with hard nutlets are Cotoneaster, Hesperomeles, Osteomeles, and Pyracantba, but each of these is quite different from Mespilus and Crataegus.
ref: 2003, James B. Phipps, Robert J. O'Kennon, Ronald W. Lance, Hawthorns and Medlars, Portland, O.R.: Timber Press, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: Relating to the Maloideae subfamily.
maloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maloid
Cortorreals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cortorreal
Couse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Couses
Etymology: Patronymic surname, from the medieval English personal name Kouse, Kause, corresponding to Old Norse Kausi, a nickname meaning "tomcat".
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Lhotecký Šefel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Czech Lhotecký Šefel.
Senses: glosses: A hill, with a maximum elevation of 692·7 m, near the village of Machovská Lhota in the Czech Republic.
Related terms: Machovský Šefel
Cornias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cornia
Couses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Couse
Machovský Šefel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Czech Machovský Šefel.
Senses: glosses: A hill, with a maximum elevation of 590–607 m, near the market town of Machov in the Czech Republic.
Related terms: Lhotecký Šefel
Baptism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Whereas Landon Carter was disgusted with his overseer's proselytizing in 1776, his nephew Robert, who originally shared his skepticism, saw the light in 1778, converted to Baptism himself, and spent much of the next decade encouraging his slaves to follow suit — much to the annoyance of several of his overseers.
ref: 2009, Peter Kolchin, Unfree Labor, page 220:
glosses: The Baptist faith; the Baptist denominations of Christianity.
Fieldhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fieldhouses
form: Felthouse
form: Feltus
Etymology: From fieldhouse, a toponymic surname for someone who lived in an isolated house surrounded by fields.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Felthouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Felthouses
Etymology: Variant of Fieldhouse.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Felthouses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Felthouse
Fieldhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fieldhouse
moloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moloids
Senses: examples: text: The moloids are without pelvis or ribs; they have the body truncated behind, the caudal region aborted, and the jaws without median sutures.
ref: 1890, “Molidea, n. pl.”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language […], volume IV, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 3825, column 3:
text: The latter are divided into two clades, one of which is composed of the remaining scleroderms, with Balistidae + Monacanthidae (balistoids) as sister to Aracanidae + Ostraciidae (ostracioids); the other is composed of the gymnodonts, with Triodontidae (triodontoids) as sister to (Tetraodontidae + Diodontidae, tetraodontoids) and Molidae (moloids); the tetraodontid genus Canthigaster was recognized as familially distinct from the Tetraodontidae, and immediate sister to it.
ref: 2003 December 2, Francesco Santini, James C. Tyler, “A phylogeny of the families of fossil and extant tetraodontiform fishes (Acanthomorpha, Tetraodontiformes), Upper Cretaceous to Recent”, in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 139, number 4, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 568:
glosses: A species in the Molidae subfamily, which includes molas and ocean sunfish.
moloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: geph-y'ro-cer"cal. […] Having the caudal fin formed by the dorsal and anal uniting over the aborted axis of the body, as in moloid sunfishes.
ref: 1894, Isaac K[aufmann] Funk, editor, A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, volume I, New York, N.Y. […]: Funk & Wagnalls Company, page 758, column 2:
glosses: Relating to the Molidae subfamily.
moloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moloid
flower-de-lis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowers-de-lis
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of fleur-de-lis.
flower de lis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowers de lis
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of fleur-de-lis.
willy warmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willy warmers
form: willie warmer
form: willie-warmer
form: willy-warmer
Senses: examples: text: It was beautifully knitted, a long thin stocking with a little drawstring at the end. […] ‘It’s a Willy Warmer . . . for them long winter nights.’
ref: 1980, Brian Shakespeare, Fox: Part One, London: New English Library, page 25:
text: The kind of sex Ann Summers sells is of the nudge-nudge, wink-wink, oom-pah-pah variety – all Babylove Crotchless Briefs in pink and black lace, or the sheep willy-warmer that bleats hopefully.
ref: 2002 November 16, John Stoddart, “Business Before Pleasure”, in The Times, page 17:
text: My first spot in the show involved a monologue on the trials and tribulations of being the parent of a misunderstood flasher and I stood at the microphone, knitting a long woollen willy warmer as I spoke.
ref: 2008, Julie Walters, That's Another Story: The Autobiography, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 171:
hypernyms: cock sock
glosses: A woollen novelty garment designed to cover the penis.
willy warmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of willy warmer
rheumatoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rheumatoid
goddessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From goddess + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of goddess-ship.
synonyms: word: goddess-ship
rheumatoid factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rheumatoid factors
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: RF
glosses: An autoantibody directed against the Fc fragment of immunoglobulin G (IgG), often elevated in certain conditions including rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome.
rheumatoid factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rheumatoid factor
multi-faith
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + faith.
Senses: examples: text: Glasgow Central also has other facilities that are rarely found elsewhere, including a multi-faith prayer room and taps for topping up drinking water bottles.
ref: 2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow”, in RAIL, number 994, page 35:
glosses: Alternative form of multifaith.
class list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: class lists
form: classlist
Senses: examples: text: McGill's current preferred name policy (when it works) is limited to students' classlists, McGill emails, and myCourses. Outside of those three platforms, there is nothing.
ref: 2016 October 17, Florence Ashley, “Enforcing the deadname”, in The McGill Daily, Montreal, Que.: Daily Publications Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2023:
text: My class list started with 23 six-year-olds, but after four weeks became an intimate group of 12 learners in the room. Eight of them then opted for the virtual classroom; three more students left within the first four weeks of COVID-19 school.
ref: 2020 November 25, Gisela Koehl, “How do you teach in a pandemic? Masks, face shields and patience, endless patience”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2022:
glosses: A list of all the students in a class.
class lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of class list
classlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classlists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of class list.
classlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classlist
Tipler time machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tipler time machine
tie breakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tie breaker
tongue ties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tongue tie
white-paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-papers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of white paper.
white-papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-paper
tss
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: [t͡sːː]
Forms: form: tsss
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: When the woman held the sausage over the open fire, the drops of fat went tss-tsss on the coals and the flames turned a lovely blue colour.
ref: 1964, Felix Vincent Lategan, Michael Wallendorf Smuts, Hymne Weiss, Afrikaans Short Stories, page 173:
text: "Tss tss!" the girl hissed softly through her teeth. The monkey turned, leaped directly onto her shoulder, and gazed around […]
ref: 2011, Dianne Hofmeyr, Eye of the Moon:
glosses: A hissing sound.
tsss
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Tsss!" the old man suddenly hissed. "He saw you bend down. Wait!"
ref: 1928, Griffith Ogden Ellis, American Boy Adventure Stories, page 306:
glosses: Alternative form of tss (“hissing sound”).
biotypological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to biotypology.
biotypologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of biotypology.
bloodcurdler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodcurdlers
Etymology: From blood + curdler.
Senses: glosses: A work of fiction that causes great horror or terror.
Related terms: bloodcurdling
bloodcurdlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloodcurdler
bluebell of Scotland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluebells of Scotland
Senses: glosses: The harebell, Campanula rotundifolia.
bluebells of Scotland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluebell of Scotland
Scottish bluebell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scottish bluebells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bluebell of Scotland.
synonyms: word: bluebell of Scotland
Scottish bluebells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scottish bluebell
body-shamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body-shamers
Senses: glosses: One who body-shames.
body-shamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of body-shamer
Arrol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bottle-nosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bottle-nosed
form: most bottle-nosed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bottlenosed.
fire-retarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Made fire-retardant.
floatsam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floatsams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flotsam.
floatsams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floatsam
Fordize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Fordizes
form: Fordizing
form: Fordized
form: Fordized
Etymology: From Ford + -ize, named after American industrialist Henry Ford (1863–1947).
Senses: glosses: To convert (an industry, etc.) to Fordism.