cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
megadata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mega-data
Etymology: From mega- + data.
Senses: examples: text: Experience with "megadata," large collections of remote objects presented to users, suggests that users typically view large collections of icons, but open only a few of them for detailed inspection.
ref: 1995, David Hunter Collins, Designing Object-oriented User Interfaces, page 410:
text: An entity may also be selected by traversing a tree of increasingly specific names, which solves the "megadata" problem of searching one large dataset instead of many small sets [Sims 1994].
ref: 2000, Chris Marshall, Enterprise Modeling with UML, page 102:
text: Rendering and analysis of increasingly precise molecular platforms and bioinformatic tools to manage megadata have galvanized the field of preeclampsia genetics, which promises to revolutionize how we think about the complexity of the complexity of the etiologies, management strategies and prevention of this syndrome.
ref: 2014, Kenneth Ward, Robert N. Taylor, “Genetic Factors in the Etiology of Preeclampsia/Eclampsia”, in Robert N. Taylor, James M. Roberts, Gary F. Cunningham, editors, Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy, page 57:
glosses: Extremely large collections of electronically-stored data.
examples: text: The multiple agencies (state, non-state and hybrid) engaged in surveillance and the various processes, forms and purposes of surveillance that is brought together through information sharing networks or other means (from the sale of access to databases through to secret court orders demanding technology companies transfer megadata to state agencies) to create more intensive and comprehensive surveillance capacities.
ref: 2013, M.G. Michael, Uberveillance and the Social Implications of Microchip Implants, page 160:
text: Examples of megadata-systems are Facebook, eBay, Twitter etc. Such systems raise questions regarding privacy, legality, and ethics, but, at the same time, have already been able to readily provide clinicians with important medical (although uncensored) information, like Google has.
ref: 2013, Ton J. Cleophas, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Machine Learning in Medicine: Part Two, page 4:
text: In nearly every case, each car and SUV and truck and bus was continuously signaling its position for the benefit of commercial collectors of megadata, police agencies—and whoever owned the future.
ref: 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 33:
qualifier: more specifically
glosses: Large collections of personal data that are gathered and maintained by companies for commercial exploitation.
mega-data
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Anyone who finds Data Warehouse Project Management has found for themselves a veritable gold mine, a wealth of wisdom and experience from some real pros who have been there and done that ”from the early days of stored programming devices and transaction automation to the latter days of mega-data devices and knowledge manipulation.
ref: 2000, Sid Adelman, Larissa Terpeluk Moss, Data Warehouse Project Management, page xxiii:
text: Measurement of the statistical reproducibility between biological experiment replicates is vital first step of the entire series of bioinformatics analysis for mining meaningful biological discovery from mega-data.
ref: 2013, Jian Pei, Vincent S. Tseng, Longbing Cao, Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, page 301:
text: In an era of mega-data the balance between privacy and national security has caused problems both for private industry and governments.
ref: 2014, Robert H. Schram, Worldwide Human Corruption:
glosses: Alternative form of megadata.
arm in crook
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: 1849, Anne Beale, Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry, London: George Routledge, No. 5, p. 104,
We were determined not to let go of one another this time, so we went on, arm in crook again;
text: ‘The proper way is for the bridesmaids to walk together,’ suggested Fancy.
‘What? ’Twas always young man and young woman, arm in crook, in my time!’ said Geoffrey, astounded.
ref: 1872, [Thomas Hardy], chapter I, in Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, part V, pages 198–199:
text: Once outside the gate, Frederick and Karl stride ahead, arm in crook, their heads tilted close so as not to drop anything important between them.
ref: 2015, Gavin McCrea, Mrs Engels, Melbourne: Scribe, page 28:
synonyms: arm in arm
glosses: With arms linked together.
raw_tags: of two people
bluestreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluestreaks
Etymology: From blue + streak.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Lestoidea (not to be confused with superfamily Lestoidea), endemic to Australia.
sea-duty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea duty
Senses: glosses: Duty at sea undertaken by personnel in the armed forces or other uniformed services of the United States.
bluestreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluestreak
light-duty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: heavy-duty
glosses: Designed to withstand relatively moderate use, load, or stress.
examples: text: Women should not be penalized or forced out of the workplace simply because they become pregnant. UPS, in fact, has come around to that position. It now offers light-duty accommodations to pregnant women who need them.
ref: 2014 December 3, Editorial Board, “Supreme Court should affirm the rights of pregnant workers”, in w:Los Angeles Times:
glosses: Less physically or mentally demanding than the usual kind.
raw_tags: of work
Coordinate terms: medium-duty
Derived terms: light-duty vehicle
shore duty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: naval service at land bases
succession duty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner.
Related terms: inheritance tax
death duty
shutwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shutwings
Etymology: From shut + wing.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Cordulephya, endemic to eastern Australia.
shutwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shutwing
governessship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From governess + -ship.
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of governess-ship.
pericardiodesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒdɪsɪs
Forms: form: pericardiodeses
Etymology: From pericardium + -o- + -desis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A procedure involving the fusion of the layers of the pericardium after the injection of a sclerosant, used in the treatment of recurrent pericardial effusions.
Llanita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Llanitas
Senses: glosses: A female Gibraltarian
Related terms: Llanito
Honnolds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Honnold
non-fungible token
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-fungible tokens
Senses: examples: text: How do you know if you need a fungible or non-fungible token for your use case?
ref: 2020 October 9, Jamiel Sheikh, Mastering Corda, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 298:
synonyms: NFT
coordinate_terms: fungible token
glosses: A cryptocurrency token that records ownership of something.
non-fungible tokens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-fungible token
Nagatas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nagata
McBurnies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McBurnie
galactosylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a galactosyl group
agalactosylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + galactosylic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Not galactosylic
evidence-based
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He told the GWPF Australia needed “evidence-based policy rather than policy-based evidence” and took aim at a 2013 study that showed that 97% of scientists agree humans are driving climate change, “as if scientific truth is determined by votes rather than facts”.
ref: 2017 October 9, Karl Mathiesen, “Tony Abbott says climate change is 'probably doing good'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The spectacle of a prominent vaccine sceptic and wellness crank as secretary of health and human services goes beyond an abandonment of truth; it feels like an assault on human progress. Bans on fluoride in tap water, passed by legislators in Utah and Florida at Robert F Kennedy Jr’s behest, mark a new hostility to the very idea of evidence-based government.
ref: 2025 October 2, William Davies, “A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Based only on actual evidence, rather than tradition etc.
Derived terms: evidence-based medicine
hypermotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + motor.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hyperkinetic.
synonyms: word: hyperkinetic
isoviscosity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + viscosity.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of isoviscous.
peronosporalean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peronosporaleans
Senses: glosses: Any water mold of the order Peronosporales
peronosporaleans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peronosporalean
pseudofungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudofungi
Etymology: From pseudo- + fungus.
Senses: glosses: Any chromist of the phylum Pseudofungi
pseudofungi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudofungus
saprolegnian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saprolegnians
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Saprolegnia of water molds.
saprolegnians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saprolegnian
telecoupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecouplings
Etymology: From tele- + coupling.
Senses: glosses: remote socioeconomic or environmental interaction
teleradiogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleradiograms
Etymology: From tele- + radiogram.
Senses: glosses: An image produced by teleradiography
urfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urflies
Etymology: From ur- + fly.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Archaeophya, endemic to Australia.
urflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urfly
mistfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mistflies
Etymology: From mist + fly.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Pseudocordulia, endemic to tropical northeastern Australia.
mistflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistfly
streamcruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streamcruisers
Etymology: From stream + cruiser.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A species of dragonfly, Hesperocordulia berthoudi, endemic to southwest Western Australia.
streamcruisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streamcruiser
Megia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Megias
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Megia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
McDaris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McDarises
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhruis.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
McDarises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McDaris
Megias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Megia
mosquitohawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosquitohawks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mosquito hawk.
mosquitohawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosquitohawk.
swiftwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swiftwings
Etymology: From swift + wing.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Lathrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
swiftwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swiftwing
Lanterman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lantermans
Etymology: Variant of German Lantermann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
rainforest mystic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainforest mystics
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A species of dragonfly, Austrophya mystica, endemic to northeastern Australia.
rainforest mystics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainforest mystic
Kasinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kasingers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kasinger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kasingers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kasinger
Lantermans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lanterman
fault-finding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faultfinding.
examples: text: Many of the faults reported in all categories should have been cleared by systematic fault-finding. Once a system of fault-finding has been laid down, staff must be made familiar with it and must follow the correct sequence of diagnosis step by step in the way set out in a fault-finding chart.
ref: 1963 February, “Diesel locomotive faults and their remedies”, in Modern Railways, page 103:
glosses: The investigation and location of faults in machinery and equipment.
Related terms: faultless
faulty
find fault
fact-finding
inspection
troubleshooting
fault-finding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fault-find
Khare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kɑˈɹeɪ/
/kəˈɹeɪ/
Forms: form: Khares
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit खरे (khare).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Sanskrit.
Piechowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Piechowskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Piechowski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Piechowskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Piechowski
API donut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: API donuts
Etymology: From API + donut; from American Petroleum Institute, and its shape.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: An information table found on cans of motor oil, conforming to U.S. standards, which indicates the weight (viscosity) and type of oil. The central circle provides the oil viscosity rating (ie. 10W50), while the upper annulus section provides the oil type (ie. SP).
wikipedia: en:American Petroleum Institute
Synonyms: API Service Symbol
API service symbol
Khares
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Khare
Payment
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Payments
Etymology: Variant of French Paiement. This surname is mostly found in Canada.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Rapalo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rapalos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Rapalo. This surname is mostly found in Honduras.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Rapalos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rapalo
Payments
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Payment
Minamis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Minami
Polivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Polivkas
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Polívka.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Norrod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Norrods
Etymology: Variant of Norwood. Possibly an altered spelling of German Naurod or Nauroth.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Norrods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Norrod
Polivkas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Polivka
Niznik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nizniks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Niżnik.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Milas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Milases
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Μήλας (Mílas).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Greek.
Milases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Milas
Nizniks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Niznik
McInnis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McInnises
form: Innes
form: Innis
form: McEnnis
form: McInnes
form: McKennis
form: McKinnis
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacAonghais.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Clemmons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Clemmonses
Etymology: Variant of Clemons.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Clemmonses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Clemmons
Thibodeaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thibodeau
McInnises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McInnis
McCulloughs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCullough
Strath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Strathclyde.
Senses: glosses: University of Strathclyde, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
raw_tags: after a qualification
gabbadost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Corruption of Sicilian/Italian capatosta, meaning "stubborn", "with a thick skull", used in Italian-American English.
Senses: examples: text: My mother refuses to learn email. She's a little gabbadost.
ref: 2018, Tony DiGerolamo, F*ck You, I'm Italian: Why We Italians Are Awesome, →ISBN:
glosses: hard-headed, stubborn
Whitemoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The location of a prison and the remains of a railway marshalling yard in March parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England; White Moor is an area of fenland to the west (OS grid ref TL4199).
glosses: A village in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9757).
glosses: A suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5442).
glosses: A hamlet in Biddulph parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England; alternative spelling Whitemore (OS grid ref SJ8860).
glosses: A suburb of Kenilworth, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2972).
Pencourt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Penrose + Courtiour.
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: Barrie Penrose and Roger Courtiour collectively.
Italian English
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian Englishes
Senses: synonyms: New York Italian
Gabagool
American Italian
glosses: A dialect of blended Italian dialects and English, spoken primarily in the USA.
glosses: English as spoken in mainland Italy or as a second language by Italians.
speaks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of speak up
speaking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of speak up
spoke up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of speak up
spoken up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of speak up
St Stephen-in-Brannel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in mid Cornwall, England.
St Stephen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9453).
glosses: A civil parish in City of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England, not to be confused with the suburb of St Stephens nearby.
keyboard army
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyboard armies
Senses: glosses: A group of people paid to defend the interests of their employer on social media platforms.
Related terms: keyboard warrior
troll farm
50 cent army
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifty cent army
form: fifty-cent army
form: 50-cent army
Etymology: A calque of Chinese 五毛黨 /五毛党 (wǔmáodǎng), lit. "the 5 dime party", in reference to allegations that the Chinese government employs online shills paid 1/2 yuan RMB per online post at the time they first came to public attention.
Senses: glosses: Alleged Internet users who are paid by the authorities of the People's Republic of China to spread propaganda and disinformation on their behalf.
glosses: Anyone seen as supportive of China or the Communist Party of China, regardless of payment or compensation.
Synonyms: wumaos
Hypernyms: keyboard army
menshevism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menshevisms
Senses: examples: text: The subdivisions of socialism (populism, menshevism, bolshevism) are of course very well known: there is an enormous and valuable literature, both in the Soviet Union and the West.
ref: 1957, Atti del X Congresso internazionale, Roma, Congresso internazionale di scienze storiche, page 655:
text: While unknown men of the masses inside Russia were leading strike waves, peasant insurrections, mutinies in the armed forces, in closest cooperation between adherents of menshevism, bolshevism and the Social Revolutionary Party, the leaders in exile continued their battle of factions.
ref: 1961, Bertram David Wolfe, Three who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History, page 302:
text: Little was known about that curious outfit, which had been devised by Lenin to keep control of a small bolshevik conspiratorial group in the Caucasian fortress of menshevism.
ref: 1967, Edward Ellis Smith, The Young Stalin: The Early Years of an Elusive Revolutionary, page 156:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Menshevism.
mushballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mushball Etymology 2
subcompany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcompanies
form: sub-company
Etymology: From sub- + company.
Senses: examples: text: With large credits borrowed in the name of Charlottenhütte he managed to gain control over the Rhein-Elbe Union, another large steel firm which in 1926 consolidated with one of its subcompanies, the old and respected Gelsenkirchen Mining Company, and assumed the latter’s name.
ref: 1997, James Pool, Suzanne Pool, chapter 8, in Who Financed Hitler, U.S.A., →ISBN, page 432:
glosses: A company forming part of a larger company.
Thoresby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in Perlethorpe cum Budby parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6471).
glosses: An abandoned medieval village in Carperby-cum-Thoresby parish, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England, within the land on the farm presently known as High Thoresby (OS grid ref SE0390).
Related terms: North Thoresby
Thorsby
Perlethorpe cum Budby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England.
Perlethorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Perlethorpe cum Budby parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6471).
Budby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Perlethorpe cum Budby parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6170).
on the wrong foot
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: My relationship with my neighbours started off on the wrong foot, but we're very close now.
glosses: In a state of misunderstanding or inadvertent poor relationship with someone.
raw_tags: in expressions such as 'start off on the wrong foot'
examples: text: In this legal battle we were on the wrong foot from the start.
glosses: In a disadvantaged situation, or following a mistaken course of action.
Related terms: word: wrong-foot
english: translation hub
translation: translation hub
word: start off on the wrong foot
Bilsthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6460).
evolution of the gaps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: By analogy to God of the gaps.
Senses: examples: text: Well, this is 'evolution-of-the-gaps.' Some scientists merely insert evolution when they don't understand something. “Look —we may not understand everything about these biological systems, but we do know some things. We do know that ...
ref: 2009, Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God, Zondervan, →ISBN:
text: It is therefore clear how an evolution-of-the-gaps could be just as metaphysically motivated for an incautious atheist as a God-of-the-gaps could be for an incautious theist. For materialists there simply must eventually be a solution in terms of ...
ref: 2010, Michael L. Peterson, Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, Oxford University Press, USA:
topics: creationism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Evolution, when used as an explanation for anything that is yet unexplained by science.
Laffont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laffonts
Etymology: From French Laffont.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Related terms: Font
Fontaine
Lafont
Lafontaine
Clipstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5963).
glosses: A hamlet in Eggington parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9426).
overpolice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overpolices
form: overpolicing
form: overpoliced
form: overpoliced
Etymology: From over- + police.
Senses: examples: text: First, many veterans of protest marches believe that the police overpolice these events. Second, why are the police still willing to protect a St. Patrick's Day Parade if security concerns and costs are suddenly so important?
ref: 2003 February 15, “The Fundamental Right to March”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
text: Black people in America fit that description of being overpoliced and oversentenced.
ref: 2016 January 7, Cory Doctorow, “White House plan to use data to shrink prison populations could be a racist dumpster fire”, in Boing Boing:
text: Part of the difference in attitudes comes from African Americans’ experiences within a racially biased criminal justice system that overpolices black and brown neighborhoods and rarely holds officers accountable for reported mistreatment, excessive force, or even killing African Americans.
ref: 2016 August 5, Victoria M. Massie, “Cops don’t need to hand out ice cream. They need to end racist policing practices.”, in Vox:
text: So if you live in a zip code that has been overpoliced historically, you are going to have overarresting. And we know that the overpolicing and the overarresting happens in Black and Latino communities. That's just a fact.
ref: 2023 July 19, Brianna Scott, Ailsa Chang, Jeanette Woods, “How AI could perpetuate racism, sexism and other biases in society”, in NPR:
glosses: To police too much, as by patrolling a neighborhood excessively or meting out a punishment incommensurate to the severity of a crime.
love language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləv ˌlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: love languages
Etymology: Popularized in The Five Love Languages (1992) by Gary Chapman.
Senses: examples: text: Messed up grammar will mess up the hearts of folks who experience this love language. Show you care by intentionally misspeeling taxts to yuour sweeety.
ref: 2019 February 14, James Folta, Kasey Borger, “New Love Languages”, in McSweeney's Internet Tendency:
text: Her husband’s love language was kind words and positive affirmations.
ref: 2022 August 27, Alisha Haridasani Gupta, Luis Mazon, “The Sixth Love Language Does Not Exist”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A medium through which one shows appreciation of or affection for another, such as complimenting, giving gifts, or spending time together.
wikipedia: Gary Chapman (author)
The Five Love Languages
Wi-Fis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wi-Fi
Wi-Fis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Wi-Fi
Wi-Fied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Wi-Fi
wified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wifi
wifi-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wifi
WiFis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WiFi
WiFis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of WiFi
WiFi-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of WiFi
WiFied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of WiFi
de Villiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: de Villierses
form: deVilliers
form: DeVilliers
form: Devilliers
form: Villiers
Etymology: From French de Villiers.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French
du Plessis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: du Plessises
form: du Plessis
form: du Plesses
form: Deplessis
form: DePlessis
form: dePlessis
form: De Plessis
form: de Plessis
form: Duplessis
form: DuPlessis
form: duPlessis
form: Du Plessis
form: Leplessis
form: LePlessis
form: lePlessis
form: Le Plessis
form: le Plessis
form: Plessis
Etymology: From French du Plessis.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French
petaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of petal
Malherbe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Malherbes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Malherbe.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Boughton Malherbe
Yaleman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yalemen
Etymology: From Yale + -man.
Senses: examples: text: “The average Yaleman, Class of '24,” Time magazine reported last year after reading something in the New York Sun, a newspaper published in those days, “makes $25,111 a year.”
ref: 1955, William Gordon Leary, James Steel Smith, Thought and Statement, page 158:
text: My graduate dean, himself a Yaleman, accepted without hesitation the primacy of the other boy's claim and the priority of his announcement.
ref: 1987, Vince Clemente, John Ciardi: Measure of the Man, page 197:
text: “Where did you go to college?” “I'm a Yaleman,” I said.
ref: 1987, Robert Vickrey, The Affable Curmudgeon, page 9:
glosses: A man who attends or graduated from Yale University
Yalemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yaleman
slumpstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slumpstones
Etymology: Originally a brand name
Senses: examples: text: Slumpstone is used for the chimney and a pair of steel rods should be bridged across the top to support the front row of slumpstones.
ref: 1965, The Practical Handyman's Encyclopedia, page 212:
text: However, with adobe brick, slumpstone, or rubble walls, heavier framing will give a better appearance for the roof structure.
ref: 1967, Paul Corey, Holiday Homes, page 106:
text: Textured and casual finishes are more at home in most gardens than slick and precise types. The effect has a Spanish or Mediterranean feel and fits in well with rough plaster, slumpstone and tile roofs.
ref: 1987, Ken Smith, Western Home Landscaping, page 43:
glosses: Large concrete blocks with a rough-hewn texture that imitates field stone, or a single such block.
slumpstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slumpstone
Eggington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eggingtons
form: Eginton
Etymology: Recorded as Ekendon in the XII and XIII centuries, the placename derives from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + dūn (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9525).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
infinity transmitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infinity transmitters
Senses: examples: text: If we have our harmonica with a single note at any remote activation place, we can trigger the infinity transmitter on.
ref: 1976, United States. National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance, Commission Hearings, page 1268:
text: Different models of infinity transmitter operate in slightly different ways, although a single unit will often offer the user the choice of one of several options and he can pre-set it accordingly.
ref: 1984, John Wingfield, Bugging, a Complete Survey of Electronic Surveillance Today, page 62:
text: The invention of the infinity transmitter was conceived several years ago.
ref: 1996, Paul Brookes, Electronic Surveillance Devices, page 19:
glosses: Synonym of harmonica bug.
synonyms: word: harmonica bug
infinity transmitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infinity transmitter
PBRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PBR
halfexpect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: halfexpects
form: halfexpecting
form: halfexpected
form: halfexpected
Etymology: From half- + expect.
Senses: examples: text: When he held Judah's arm or touched his shoulder he felt the knob of bone and halfexpected the creak of an old door when Judah stepped or reached.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 28, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 147:
glosses: Alternative form of half-expect.
harmonica bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmonica bugs
Etymology: From harmonica for the tone that activates or deactivates the device, and bug (an electronic eavesdropping device).
Senses: examples: text: The most interesting device for tapping a telephone, though, is still the old reliable “harmonica bug,” which was invented in the early sixties by an electronics wizard from Lower Manhattan, Emanuel Mittleman.
ref: 1975, Alan LeMond, Ron Fry, No Place to Hide, page xii:
text: Whoever invented the harmonica bug realized that it's nearly impossible to find a bug that isn't operating, so he devised one that can be turned on and off by remote control.
ref: 1975, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Surveillance Technology, page 18:
text: It is, of course, tough to find a bug that isn't operating, which is at the heart of the harmonica bug principle.
ref: 1982, Sonny Kleinfield, The Biggest Company on Earth: A Profile of AT & T, page 240:
text: The misplaced telephone receiver suggests they may have left a harmonica bug.
ref: 1985, Vernon Tom Hyman, Giant Killer, page 78:
synonyms: infinity transmitter
glosses: An electronic eavesdropping device (bug) that attaches to a landline telephone and is activated or deactivated by a specific tone. When activated, it prevents the telephone from ringing but activates its microphone to transmit to another telephone at a remote location.
harmonica bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmonica bug
halfopen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Judah's door was halfopen and Nick pushed it with his foot.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 28, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 150:
glosses: Alternative form of half-open.
gubbish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of garbage + rubbish, coined by Philip K. Dick in his 1964 novel Martian Time-Slip.
Senses: examples: text: But by the time the novel is over we are left with the perception that the autistic boy is living in a kind of precog vision of a future decaying into “gubbish,” into a dead simulacrum from which all animating spirit has been leached ( a key Dickian concept ), as real or more so in some sense than the consensus reality of the other characters.
ref: 1990, Norman Spinrad, Science Fiction in the Real World, page 208:
text: All that kipple, gubbish, garble and abomination which Alice James Raccoona Tiptree Sheldon, Jr., showed for what it is when she appeared, smiling a little uncertainly, from her postbox in McLean, Virginia.
ref: 1992, Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood, The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction, page 184:
text: It rained gubbish, now; all was gubbish, wherever he looked.
ref: 2016, Michael Bérubé, The Secret Life of Stories, page 105:
text: How'd you get your information, the stuff on the index cards? Which, anyway, is probably all gubbish.
ref: 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 102:
glosses: Anything worthless or incomprehensible; junk.
wikipedia: Martian Time-Slip
Philip K. Dick
look over one's shoulder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks over one's shoulder
form: looking over one's shoulder
form: looked over one's shoulder
form: looked over one's shoulder
Senses: examples: text: Once I visited the Kings Cross office on an extremely foggy day and about 3.45 I was looking over the shoulder of the Section Controller for the Kings Cross-Finsbury Park stretch.
ref: 1962 May, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 343:
text: Nick walked over and touched the brass knob, looked over his shoulder as if Judah may be watching from the doorway.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 28, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 150:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, over, shoulder.
examples: text: This is a cutthroat industry. You have to constantly look over your shoulder.
glosses: To check obsessively out of excessive caution or fear of a perceived danger.
nexusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They may be looked upon as forms, ideas, or archetypes; or they may be looked upon as bonds of union, or nexus (nexusses), by which the attributes are held together.
ref: 1862, R. G. Latham, “Roots.—Attributes and Substances.”, in Elements of Comparative Philology, part II, London: Walton and Maberly, […], pages 728–729:
text: Progress already made in understanding the nature and extent of iconic intention in Palaeolithic art -- i.e. the relative absence of fictive spatial/temporal nexusses of significant extent and hence of most narrativity in the usual sense; the relationship between figuration and its material substrate, etc. -- offers pointers for work in this direction.
ref: 1985, Abstracts and Program Statements for Art History Sessions, page 29:
text: While there is ample analysis of globalisation, conflict, intervention, the new wars, and a new imperialism and ‘empire’ in economic books now, specific analyses of the nexusses between / • economic theory / • and conflict, war, and terrorism, / • military spending, arms production and financial markets, / • macro- and sectoral economic implications of military spending and arms production, / as well as on civilian alternatives from an ‘economically enlightened’ perspective seem still to be lacking.
ref: 2007, Wolfram Elsner, editor, Arms, War, and Terrorism in the Global Economy Today: Economic Analyses and Civilian Alternatives, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: plural of nexus
Laubscher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laubschers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Laubscher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Spinkhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4578).
plasmise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plasmises
form: plasmising
form: plasmised
form: plasmised
Senses: examples: text: The intense gamma and X-rays from the fission reaction start to plasmise the air of the developing fireball.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To turn (an object or material) into plasma (the state of matter).
coronasceptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coronasceptic
bed-closet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed-closets
Senses: glosses: a closet opening off a bedroom
glosses: a small bedroom
Clerk of the Closet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Clerks of the Closet
Senses: glosses: an ecclesiastic privately attending upon a monarch, a royal confessor.
closet-chapel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closet-chapels
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: a closet used for private devotion; a private or small chapel.
closet of the heart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closets of the heart
Senses: glosses: the pericardium, which encloses the heart.
glosses: a chamber within the heart
closet-keeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closet-keepers
form: closetkeeper
Senses: glosses: a person charged with keeping or maintaining the contents (esp. valuable items) of a closet.
closet-picture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closet-pictures
Senses: glosses: a picture of a type suitable to be kept in a private chamber or cabinet
eco-thriller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eco-thrillers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ecothriller.
quarter circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter circles
Etymology: From quarter + circle.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A quarter of a circle. The shape formed from an arc that is a quarter of the circumference of a circle.
Related terms: semicircle
sea-piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-pieces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seapiece.
Moyano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moyanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Moyano.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Boeding
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boedings
Etymology: Probably a habitational surname, from German Böding.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Boedings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boeding
Moyanos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Moyano
Belling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bellings
Etymology: Borrowed from German Belling.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bagg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Baggs
Etymology: Variant of Bagge.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Baggs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States.
Baggs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bagg
Bellings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Belling
Arcement
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Arcements
Etymology: Of French origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Arcements
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Arcement
Barnases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Barnas
Weatherington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Weatheringtons
Etymology: Variant of Witherington.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Winning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Winnings
Etymology: Scottish altered form of Finan.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Winnings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Winning
Weatheringtons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Weatherington
Valasek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Valaseks
Etymology: From Czech (Valášek) and Slovak (Valašek) surname, a derivative of Valach.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Vadala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vadalas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Vadalà.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Vadalas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vadala
Valaseks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Valasek
Welshans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Welshanses
Etymology: Ultimately of Irish origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Warmuth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Warmuths
Etymology: Borrowed from German Warmuth.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Warmuths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Warmuth
Welshanses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Welshans
Tugwells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tugwell
Sammises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sammis
McBurney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McBurneys
form: McBurnie
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Biorna.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Grajales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grajaleses
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Grajales. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Grajaleses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grajales
McBurneys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McBurney
Bensham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2462).
sweet talker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈswiːt ˈtɔːkə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: sweet talkers
form: sweet-talker
Etymology: Compound of sweet + talker
Senses: examples: text: Although she knew he would break her heart, she couldn't resist the sweet talker with his southern charm.
synonyms: charmer
flatterer
glosses: Someone who uses insincere flattery; a flatterer.
sweet talkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweet talker
Gilbey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gilbeys
Etymology: Variant of Gilby.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
let lie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets lie
form: letting lie
form: let lie
form: let lie
Senses: glosses: To leave a problematic situation untouched; to fail to react to prevent further harm.
Related terms: let sleeping dogs lie
Futcher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
funbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funbags
form: fun bag
Etymology: From fun + bag; US 1965.
Senses: examples: text: "Just look at them funbags," Balen said, ogling Eirene's breasts. Leering, the four men closed around her.
ref: 2001, Catherine Spangler, Shamara:
text: Bags under the eyes in the morning means you've had funbags knocking your face all night, doesn't it? Eh?
ref: 2008, Stefan Laszczuk, I Dream of Magda:
glosses: A woman's breast.
vaccinally
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vaccinal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a vaccinal manner; by means of vaccination
zootechnically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a zootechnical manner