cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
make every effort
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
text: Such contrivances are of the greatest beauty, for they unite all that could be desired, nay, all that appeared wholly ununitable; they complicate, and yet carry the solution in themselves; they produce restlessness, and yet lead to repose; they succeed in reaching the goal, while appearing to be making every effort to keep from it.
ref: 1914, Kuno Francke (Editor-in-Chief), The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. III:
text: Passers and would-be passers make every effort to be convincing in their chosen gender role […]
ref: 2014, Risa Bear, Homecomings, page 69:
text: When there is a known allergenic food factor every effort should be made either to eliminate exposure to it, or, preferably, to deallergize the patient by means of a Propeptan diet.
ref: 2015, Erich Urbach, Skin Diseases Nutrition and Metabolism, page 424:
text: […] to live as normally as possible while making every effort to learn to live the hurtless, kindly and unselfish life […]
ref: 2015, Max Freedom Long, The Huna Code in Religions, page 191:
glosses: To do one's utmost
vertimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertimeters
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An instrument for measuring the rate of climb or descent of an aircraft.
vertimeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vertimeter.
stink the joint out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To perform or play very poorly.
Related terms: stink out
nigger-knocking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nigger knocking.
ORCL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Oracle (ORCL) reported surging demand for its data center capacity from AI customers, launching the stock into the stratosphere. Shares gained 36% on Wednesday, which was the stock’s biggest single-day gain since 1992.
ref: 2025 September 10, Jordan Valinsky, John Towfighi, “Elon Musk just lost his title as world’s richest person”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Oracle.
WMT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Oracle on Wednesday jumped from being the 13th-most valuable company in the S&P 500 to the 10th most-valuable, surpassing the market value of Eli Lilly (LLY), Walmart (WMT) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM).
ref: 2025 September 10, Jordan Valinsky, John Towfighi, “Elon Musk just lost his title as world’s richest person”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Walmart.
LLY
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Oracle on Wednesday jumped from being the 13th-most valuable company in the S&P 500 to the 10th most-valuable, surpassing the market value of Eli Lilly (LLY), Walmart (WMT) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM).
ref: 2025 September 10, Jordan Valinsky, John Towfighi, “Elon Musk just lost his title as world’s richest person”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Eli Lilly and Company.
JPM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Oracle on Wednesday jumped from being the 13th-most valuable company in the S&P 500 to the 10th most-valuable, surpassing the market value of Eli Lilly (LLY), Walmart (WMT) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM).
ref: 2025 September 10, Jordan Valinsky, John Towfighi, “Elon Musk just lost his title as world’s richest person”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of JPMorgan Chase.
holocall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holocalls
Etymology: From holo- + call.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A holographic video call.
holocalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holocall.
übergeek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: übergeeks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ubergeek.
übergeeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of übergeek
Visagraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Visagraphs
Senses: glosses: A device with an electric eye that scans a printed document and reproduces the text or graphics as raised lines on sheets of foil, allowing them to be read by a blind person.
Visagraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Visagraph.
RRB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RRBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of restricted or repetitive behavior.
RRBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RRB.
masgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masgirls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mascgirl.
chowdah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chowdahs
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of chowder
vitelligerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vitelliferous.
synonyms: word: vitelliferous
vitelliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: vitelligerous
glosses: Bearing yolk.
goonfics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goonfic.
Frogmore and Sherford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England, that includes the named places.
Yablunivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: yəblo͝onēvʹkə
enpr: yăblo͝onēvʹkə
ipa: /jəblʊnˈiːvkə/
ipa: /jablʊnˈiːvkə/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Яблуні́вка (Jablunívka). Compare Jablonaŭka, Yablonevka, and Yablonovka.
Senses: glosses: Numerous settlements in Ukraine, including
examples: text: Ukrainians have reached up to here, at this, on the map. The Russians, on the other hand, have advanced at Yublanivka,^([sic]) which is here. We have them right – Ya'''blunivka – right south of it.
ref: 2025 September 6th, Torsten Heinrich, “New Mig-29 for Ukraine! Germany to Train and Equip 4 Mech. Brigades!”, in Military & History, via YouTube, 2:03–2:17:
glosses: Numerous settlements in Ukraine, including:
A village in Yunakivka urban hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
synonyms: Chervonopraporne
UWU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Uva Wellassa University.
glosses: Initialism of United Workers Union.
Uwu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ayere (“a Nigerian language”).
synonyms: word: Ayere
extra: a Nigerian language
wide shut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coined in analogy to wide open.
Senses: examples: text: He is usually a perspicuous man, but when it comes to that one issue, he has his eyes wide shut.
glosses: Deliberately closed (off). (figurative) Wilfully closed-minded; unwilling to see the truth.
volta-electricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Voltaic electricity.
vitiligoidea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of xanthelasmoidea.
synonyms: word: xanthelasmoidea
Related terms: vitiligo
Wexner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The financier seems to have acquired much of his wealth in the 1990s and early 2000s through the largesse of ultra-rich friends like [Leslie] Wexner; [Jeffrey] Epstein called Wexner his mentor, and the press has often described him as Epstein’s “only known client.”
ref: 2019 August 7, Marissa Brostoff, Noah Kulwin, “The Right Kind of Continuity”, in Jewish Currents:
glosses: A surname.
posicore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subgenre of hardcore punk music that focuses on positive values such as pacifism and community inclusion.
Novoekonomichne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: nôvōĕkŏnŏmēchʹnā
ipa: /nɔːvəʊɛkɒnɒmˈiːt͡ʃneɪ/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Новоекономі́чне (Novoekonomíčne).
Senses: examples: text: When we go to the Pokrovsk direction, we have the Ukrainians claiming that they liberated Novoekonomichne. This is here, but I have no visual evidence. Now, in the last sitreps we showed you, uh, Ukrainian presence in the centre and to the eastern part. We also recently had the Ukrainians even operating east of it, but we also had Russians operating in the south of it. So, whether or not Novoekonomichne is actually liberated by the Ukrainians, there’s no confirmation from my side.
ref: 2025 September 6th, Torsten Heinrich, “New Mig-29 for Ukraine! Germany to Train and Equip 4 Mech. Brigades!”, in Military & History, via YouTube, 5:41–6:09:
glosses: A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Novoekonomichne starostynskyi okruh, Hrodivka settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1768.
glosses: A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Novoekonomichne starostynskyi okruh, Hrodivka settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1768.
A former selrada of Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, merged into Hrodivka settlement hromada in June 2020.
glosses: A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Novoekonomichne starostynskyi okruh, Hrodivka settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1768.
A starostynskyi okruh of Hrodivka settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, established p. 2021.
Meronyms: sense: constituent settlements of the former selrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Balahan
sense: constituent settlements of the former selrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Fedorivka
sense: constituent settlements of the former selrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Mykhailivka
sense: constituent settlements of the former selrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Mykolaivka
sense: constituent settlements of the former selrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Razine
sense: constituent settlements of the starostynskyi okruh
english: village
translation: village
word: Balahan
sense: constituent settlements of the starostynskyi okruh
english: village
translation: village
word: Fedorivka
sense: constituent settlements of the starostynskyi okruh
english: village
translation: village
word: Mykhailivka
sense: constituent settlements of the starostynskyi okruh
english: village
translation: village
word: Mykolaivka
sense: constituent settlements of the starostynskyi okruh
english: village
translation: village
word: Razine
Udachne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: o͝odăchʹnā
ipa: /ʊdˈat͡ʃneɪ/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Уда́чне (Udáčne). Compare Udachnoye.
Senses: glosses: A few settlements in Ukraine, including:
A village in Yantarne silrada, Kurman Raion, the Crimea, Ukraine.
synonyms: Ishun
Ishiun Esen Baq
examples: text: Apart from that, we have the geolocations from Udachne. This is an area that is considered to be^([sic – meaning to have been]) under Russian control by the pro-Ukrainian Deep State map for a while.
ref: 2025 September 6th, Torsten Heinrich, “New Mig-29 for Ukraine! Germany to Train and Equip 4 Mech. Brigades!”, in Military & History, via YouTube, 8:15–8:23:
glosses: A few settlements in Ukraine, including:
A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Udachne settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1890.
Sherford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A small village in Frogmore and Sherford parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7744).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Morden parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY9193).
glosses: A place in England:
A minor river (the River Sherford) in Dorset that flows into Lytchett Bay.
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb in Taunton parish, Somerset, previously in Comeytrowe parish (OS grid ref ST2223).
Krishnacore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Krishna + -core
Senses: glosses: A subgenre of hardcore punk that draws inspiration from the Hare Krishna tradition.
revirgin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revirgins
form: revirgining
form: revirgined
form: revirgined
Etymology: From re- + virgin.
Senses: examples: text: Here we peer into the deep heart of the Cailleach, for her power derives from this ability to revirgin herself.
ref: 2010, Patricia Monaghan, The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog, page 39:
glosses: To make a virgin again.
revirgins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of revirgin
revirgining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revirgin
revirgined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revirgin
Google debunker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Google debunkers
Etymology: From Google + debunker. Coined as a pejorative term in 2024 by TikTok creator Filip Zieba, who is known for creating videos on pseudoarchaeology which are labelled as conspiracy theories; Zieba believes that the results displayed on Google, which are often cited as counterarguments to his own theories, are actually misinformation.
Senses: glosses: One who uses the Google search engine to debunk conspiracy theories and misinformation, relying especially on the displayed website previews.
Derived terms: Googledebunk
Googledebunk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Googledebunks
form: Googledebunking
form: Googledebunked
form: Googledebunked
Etymology: Back-formation from Google debunker; analysable as Google + debunk, from the notion that such information can be easily debunked via simply conducting a Google search.
Senses: glosses: To (easily) debunk a conspiracy theory or misinformation.
watcheye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watcheyes
Senses: glosses: A walleye (unusually pale eye) in a horse.
watcheyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watcheye.
Novoselivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Новосе́лівка (Novosélivka). Compare Novosiolovca and Novosyolovka.
Senses: glosses: Numerous settlements in Ukraine, including
examples: text: Further in the Dnipro direction, we have changes. Here, the Russians have likely taken the town of Novoselivka. We have that geolocated here. We have them in the north. This was in the east, the north, and the south, indicating that they were all over the town. That makes it likely that it was taken. And, to complete it, we also have the Russians inside of Yanvarske. This is directly to the east of it; here on the map, it’s still being considered as contested, but with Novoselivka being taken by the Russians, Er… Yer… um, Yarvaske…^([sic]) Yanvarske would be either cut off or it’s evacuated by now. So, the next map correction should probably show that under Russian control as well.
ref: 2025 September 6th, Torsten Heinrich, “New Mig-29 for Ukraine! Germany to Train and Equip 4 Mech. Brigades!”, in Military & History, via YouTube, 8:44–9:27:
glosses: Numerous settlements in Ukraine, including:
A village in Velykomykhailivka rural hromada, Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1783.
synonyms: Shaharivka
we don't talk about bruno
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Derived from a song from the Disney movie "Encanto", referring to Bruno, a member who is shunned by his family as a bringer of bad luck.
Senses: glosses: An expression used to say we are not talking about a specific topic, as to avoid using the topic for various reasons especially in case of people listening in.
body tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a misunderstanding of the phrase “[someone's] body tea,” a colloquial shortening of “[someone's] body is tea,” from tea (“good-looking, sexy”, adjective).
Senses: glosses: An attractive physical appearance; a body that is hot, beautiful or good-looking; physical hotness.
Zeitpyramide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeitpyramide (literally “time pyramid”).
Senses: examples: text: They came to see the latest stage in the construction of the “Time Pyramid” (“Zeitpyramide”), a public artwork that Wemding’s citizens are assembling at a rate of one six-by-four-foot block every decade.
ref: 2023 September 14, Richard Fisher, “Until 3183 A.D., This Public Sculpture Is a Work in Progress”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2023:
text: We can only speculate what Manfred Laber, the artist, had in mind. According to Barbara Schlecht, head of the Zeitpyramide trust, Mr. Laber was fully aware of the consequences of his design.
ref: 2024 March 7, Christoph Bartneck, “Zeitpyramide: When Maths and Art Disagree”, in bartneck.de:
glosses: An unfinished pyramid planned to consist of 120 solid concrete blocks. One block is placed every 10 years. The first block was placed in 1993 and the final block will be placed in 3183.
gag it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "I just paid my parents’ mortgage off." — "Gag it, Crystal!"
glosses: A phrase used when someone is stunned by something, often leaving the person speechless, impressed, or amazed.
Prychidny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Прихідний (Pryxidnyj).
Senses: glosses: A surname
Kolodny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodney
form: Kolodnyi
form: Kolodnyj
form: Kolodnyy
Etymology: From Ukrainian Колодний (Kolodnyj), Russian Колодный (Kolodnyj).
Senses: glosses: A surname
Kolodney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodny
form: Kolodnyi
form: Kolodnyj
form: Kolodnyy
Etymology: From Ukrainian Колодний (Kolodnyj), Russian Колодный (Kolodnyj).
Senses: glosses: A surname
Kolodnyi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolodney
form: Kolodny
form: Kolodnyj
form: Kolodnyy
Etymology: From Ukrainian Колодний (Kolodnyj), Russian Колодный (Kolodnyj).
Senses: glosses: A surname
6-7
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭks′sĕv′ən
ipa: /ˌsɪksˈsɛv.ən/
ipa: /ˌsɪksˈsev.ən/
ipa: /ˌsəksˈsev.ən/
ipa: /ˌsɪksˈsɛv.en/
Forms: form: 6 7
form: 67
Etymology: Originally used in the line "6-7, I just bipped right on the highway (Bip, bip)" in drill rap song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by Skrilla with phrase in the song referring to gun violence (10-67 being the code for report of death). The song segment became widely used video edits featuring professional basketball players and divorced from the original meaning.
Senses: glosses: A reference to 67th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A reference to the six-foot-seven height of professional basketball player LaMelo Ball.
glosses: A nonsense word, used randomly for humorous effect.
examples: text: Teacher: "Did you do your homework last night?" Student: "6-7." Teacher: "What does that even mean?" Student: "6-7."
glosses: Occasionally a nonsense word used by children as a prank on their elders, the latter of whom are frequently confused by the former's word choices; as the elders will be confused about the meaning of "6-7", it serves as an inside joke among the children.
Coordinate terms: gobbledygook
skibidi
Bohomol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bohomols
form: Bogomol
Etymology: From Ukrainian богомол (bohomol).
Senses: glosses: A surname
Bogomol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bogomols
form: Bohomol
Etymology: From Russian богомол (bogomol) or nonstandard transliteration of Ukrainian богомол (bohomol).
Senses: glosses: A surname
stutterier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stuttery: more stuttery
stutteriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stuttery: most stuttery
little fingernail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little fingernails
form: little finger nail
form: little finger-nail
form: little-finger nail
Etymology: Blend of little finger + fingernail.
Senses: examples: text: It took him more than a thousand tries to properly fit together the pieces—many tinier than your little fingernail—of the sky-colored jug.
ref: 1991 October 10, “Piecing Together Shards of History”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025:
text: Every year, thousands of citizens get a criminal record for possessing dope. I was fined £5 back in 1968 for being caught with a piece of hash the size of my little fingernail.
ref: 2016 March 11, Janet Street-Porter, “The Lib Dems should vote to legalise drugs. That would give us something to smile about – and believe in”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022:
text: “For the vast majority of people, maybe a blister the size of your little fingernail is the worst thing that can happen to you,” a physicist, David Willey, said in a phone interview on Thursday.
ref: 2022 June 17, Alex Traub, “Walking on Hot Coals: A Company Event Goes Wrong”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
synonyms: little nail
glosses: The nail of the little finger.
examples: text: And I remember the way the whole movie plays through the eyes of the children. I just remember seeing their dirty little fingernails and their dirty faces and the way they're running around, playing in the courthouse.
ref: 2002 February 1, Rick Lyman, quoting Sissy Spacek, “WATCHING MOVIES WITH/Sissy Spacek; In the Arms Of Memory”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2014:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, fingernail.
Related terms: little toenail
little fingernails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little fingernail
little finger nails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little finger nail
little finger nail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little finger nails
Senses: examples: text: The feminine adornments are partly primitive, partly decadent and, considering the tools with which they were executed, represent tremendous labor. One is made entirely of tiny frogs carved from stones no bigger than a man’s little finger nail.
ref: 1932 June 12, “Dates Early Man Back 8,000 Years: Dr. Requena Holds Discoveries Indicate Venezuela Was Civilization’s Cradle. […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025:
text: One morning, however, I arrived to find the still damp sand bordered by a creamy yellow edge of what appeared to be dried foam. It turned out to be nothing so mundane. Instead, it was composed of hundreds of thousands of tiny shells of all colours and types, most of them half the size of my little finger nail and so delicate as to be translucent.
ref: 2011 July 14, Christine Smith, “Country diary: Eriskay”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2015:
text: Usually when you explain the size of them as well, that they’re only 4-5mm, smaller than your little finger nail, the fear seems to subside a little bit with them.
ref: 2022 May 22, Douglas Whitbread, quoting Jamie Thorpe, “A bug’s life: photographer captures beauty of insects in his back garden”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of little fingernail.
little finger-nail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little finger-nails
Senses: examples: text: Mr. M. Y. betted Mr. G. R. dinner and wine for a dozen friends, that the latter did not succeed in getting one of his finger-nails to grow an inch and a half from the end of the finger. Since that time Mr. G. R. has been in London, and, having taken particular care of his little finger-nail, it has now arrived to an inch and three-eighths in length.
ref: 1831 October 31, “Novel Wager”, in Nicholas Byrne, editor, The Morning Post, number 18,998, London: […] Nicholas Byrne. […] Thomas Payne, […], →OCLC, page [3], column 2:
text: My royal master was so pleased with the respectful bearing of one of these good people, that he held forth his little finger-nail to be kissed, which, with some trepidation, only proper on the part of the Sirloinian, was reverently saluted.
ref: 1844, Douglas [William] Jerrold, “The Chronicles of Clovernook”, in Douglas Jerrold, editor, The Illuminated Magazine. […], volume III, London: […] Proprietors, […], published 1845, →OCLC, page 127, column 2:
text: Yes, sir, with my little finger-nail I can remove the mortar from the outside of that wall, and you can judge whether on the inside it is hardened or not.
ref: 1852 April 8, Mr. Walker, quotee, “Congressional. Deferred Debate.”, in Andrew J[ackson] Donelson, editor, The Daily Union, volume I, number 303, Washington, D.C.: A. J. Donelson and Robert Armstrong, published 11 April 1852, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [2], column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of little fingernail.
little finger-nails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little finger-nail
little-finger nail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little-finger nails
Senses: examples: text: Mr. M. Y. betted Mr. G[.] R. dinner and wine for a dozen friends, that the latter did not succeed in getting one of his finger-nails to grow an inch and a half from the end of the finger. Since that time Mr. G. R. having taken particular care of his little-finger nail, it has arrived to an inch and three-eighths in length!
ref: 1831 December 22, “An Irish Wager”, in The Bath Chronicle, volume 74, number 3625, Bath, Somerset: Printed for H. E. Carrington, […], →OCLC, page [3], column 1:
text: They are small, light-brown moths with a somewhat slower flight pattern than other moths and are about the size of your little-finger nail.
ref: 2000 June 5, Phil Mulkins, “Dousing pantry with bug spray not best idea”, in Tulsa World, final home edition, Tulsa, Okla.: World Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A 2, column 2:
text: The smallest I’ve worked with are finch eggs, which are not even the size of my little-finger nail.
ref: 2018 March 18, John Berger, quoting Eileen Tokita, “Aloha: On the Scene with John Berger”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 137th year, number 46, Honolulu, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D2, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of little fingernail.
little-finger nails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little-finger nail
soap-dispenser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soap-dispensers
Senses: examples: text: [T]he unfortunate few who suffer from it [ejaculatory anhedonia] are incapable of deriving any pleasure whatsoever from orgasms. They make a bit of mess while staring impassively into the middle distance, and that's it. Like the human equivalent of a pushdown soap-dispenser.
ref: 2008 September 1, Charlie Brooker, “I am increasingly concerned that at the centre of my soul lurks a terrifying blankness. Any suggestions?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020, page 5, column 2:
text: One of the owners was looking for a unique soap-dispenser, … and the business took off from there.
ref: 2012 June 29, Harriett Hendren, quoting Jacqui Van Ham, “Artist sees light others might not”, in Weekender (Lexington Herald-Leader), Lexington, Ky., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 4:
text: Some customers have legitimate claims. But most lawsuits involve a minor technicality, such as the height of a soap-dispenser or the width of a parking spot, which has little bearing on the accessibility of a business, says Martin Orlick, a property lawyer in San Francisco who specialises in ADA compliance.
ref: 2015 April 25, “Hobbling businesses”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2019:
glosses: Alternative form of soap dispenser.
soap-dispensers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soap-dispenser
pro-Europeanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pro-Europeanisms
Senses: antonyms: anti-Europeanism
glosses: A position supporting the ideals of the European Union.
Zarutska
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Ukrainian Заруцька (Zarucʹka).
Senses: examples: text: Iryna Zarutska fled Ukraine in 2022 with her mother, sister, and brother to escape the war with Russia “and she quickly embraced her new life in the United States,” her obituary states.
ref: 2025 September 10, Holly Yan, Jeff Winter, “Suspect in Charlotte train stabbing that killed a Ukrainian refugee is charged with a federal crime. Here’s what we know”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
Davis-Barnes effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Davis-Barnes effect
Etymology: Named after Bergen Davis and A. Barnes.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A supposed behavior of alpha particles interacting with electrons in a magnetic field, later identified as observer error.
wikipedia: Bergen Davis
Stuhlmann's golden mole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stuhlmann's golden moles
Senses: glosses: A golden mole of species Chrysochloris stuhlmanni.
Congo golden mole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Congo golden moles
Senses: glosses: A golden mole of species Huetia leucorhina.
Major's long-tailed tenrec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Major's long-tailed tenrecs
Etymology: Named after Swiss zoologist C. I. Forsyth Major.
Senses: glosses: A tenrec of species Microgale majori, endemic to Madagascar.
Major's long-fingered bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Major's long-fingered bats
Etymology: Named after Swiss zoologist C. I. Forsyth Major.
Senses: glosses: A vesper bat of species Miniopterus majori, found only in Madagascar.
bitch bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitch baths
Senses: examples: text: A bitch bath with an ammo can of hot water wasn't the same as a shower, but it was a fuck of a lot better than splashing in the stream. Every third day was enough […]
ref: 2015, Michael Z. Williamson, A Long Time Until Now:
glosses: A makeshift washing of the body with any available water.
Synonyms: birdbath
bitch baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitch bath
compassionateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compassionate
clickskrieg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of clicks + blitzkrieg, alluding to the clicking of a computer mouse.
Senses: glosses: Cyberwarfare.
crudload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crudloads
Etymology: crud + load.
Senses: synonyms: word: crapload
word: shitload
glosses: A large amount.
crudloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crudload.
fungineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fungineers
Etymology: Blend of fun + engineer. Used mainly in reference to a specific role at U.S. clothing retailer Zappos.
Senses: glosses: A person employed to develop fun experiences.
wikipedia: Zappos
Related terms: Imagineer
fungineers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fungineer.
fluviarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluviarchies
Senses: glosses: A network of waterfalls, specifically that in Milford, Pennsylvania, United States.
depthscraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depthscrapers
Etymology: From depth + -scraper.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of earthscraper (“type of underground building”).
synonyms: word: earthscraper
extra: type of underground building
depthscrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depthscraper.
Californy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: It 'lows as you're not as homely as a buckthorn hedge, yet stakes his reputation that you'll just come back and settle down in Californy.
ref: 1896, Cassell's Magazine, volume 13, page 54:
glosses: California.
solomonari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solomonar.
solomonars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solomonar.
on the boob
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Sure, you could go with the German sock stuff – but that’s just heathers and you don’t want the woman depressed, for chrissake. A kid on the boob’s plenty.
ref: 2003, Lorna Mary Jackson, A Game to Play on the Tracks, →ISBN, page 13:
text: Toast, pastries or cereal bars are an easier on-the-move/on-the-boob option (and always choose a buggy you can drag around one-handed so that your other hand can accommodate toast – there’s no shame in it).
ref: 2018, The Mumsition: Your Friendly Companion to the First Year of Motherhood, →ISBN:
text: I had a lot of milk, I spent all my time with the baby on the boob, I learned to dress him, to hold him, to give him the boob, to bathe him, everything that I was so scared of because I didn’t know how to do it.
ref: 2024, The Art of Breastfeeding, 9th edition, →ISBN:
glosses: Breastfeeding, nursing at the breast.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, boob.
Allison effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Allison effect
Etymology: After physicist Fred Allison.
Senses: glosses: A form of magneto-optic spectroscopy used to detect supposed new chemical elements, later found to be spurious.
wikipedia: Fred Allison
stand and stir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cooking
food
lifestyle
media
television
synonyms: chop and chat
glosses: A style of cookery television show in which the host demonstrates the preparation of food at a counter or a stove.
chop and chat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cooking
food
lifestyle
media
television
glosses: Synonym of stand and stir.
synonyms: word: stand and stir
Methley Junction
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement south of Methley, City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, named after a railway junction there (OS grid ref SE3926).
digital versatile discs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digital versatile disc
digital video disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital video discs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of DVD.
synonyms: word: DVD
digital video discs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digital video disc.
untenuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untenuous
form: most untenuous
Etymology: From un- + tenuous.
Senses: glosses: Not tenuous.
unpyramidalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + pyramidalized.
Senses: glosses: Not pyramidalized.
heptanitrocubane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hepta- + nitro- + cubane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An experimental high explosive based on the cubane molecule and closely related to octanitrocubane.
cast member
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cast members
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of castmember.
cast members
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cast member.
lower mouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lower mouth.
culilawan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aromatic bark from the tree of species Cinnamomum culilawan.
Keally
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish
ctenophoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a ctenophore.
ctenostomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a ctenostome.
cubocalcaneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: cubo- + calcaneal
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cuboid bone and calcaneus.
Cremona group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cremona groups
Etymology: Named after Luigi Cremona.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The group of birational automorphisms of the n-dimensional projective space over a field.
Related terms: Cremona transformation
Cremona groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cremona group.
cubited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: cubit + -ed
Senses: examples: text: […] the twelue cubited man (as Iacobus à Voragine measureth his length) or the twelue-footed man (as he is measured by Petrus de Natalibus) […]
ref: 1616, Richard Sheldon, A Survey of the Miracles of the Church of Rome, page 303:
text: This Reed therefore becoming a Seven Cubited Reed, by the Six and 6 Hand Breadths united, and running through the measure of this whole Frame, turns all into Sabbatism; […]
ref: 1690, Thomas Beverley, The Pattern of the Divine Temple, Sanctuary, and City of the New Jerusalem, page 16:
glosses: Measuring the specified number of cubits.
cumberlandite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cumberlandites
Etymology: Cumberland + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of melatroctolite.
cumberlandites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cumberlandite.
melatroctolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melatroctolites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A melanocratic troctolite.
melatroctolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melatroctolite.
cuminseed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuminseeds
Etymology: cumin + seed
Senses: examples: text: The kitchen maid would lay out the ingredients: bunches of herbs, a jar of cuminseeds, the bearded leeks, garlic, the honey jar, the olive-oil cruet—and, of course, the liquamen.
ref: 2018, Betty Wason, Cooks, Gluttons and Gourmets: A History of Cookery:
glosses: The seed of the cumin plant.
cuminseeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuminseed.
ABCB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) has been beaten down lately with too much selling pressure. While the stock has lost 9.8% over the past four weeks, there is light at the end of the tunnel as it is now in oversold territory and Wall Street analysts expect the company to report better earnings than they predicted earlier. […] The heavy selling of ABCB shares appears to be in the process of exhausting itself, as indicated by its RSI reading of 25.66.
ref: 2025 January 2, “Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) Loses -9.76% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why a Trend Reversal May be Around the Corner”, in Yahoo! Finance, United States, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Initialism of Ameris Bancorp.
Mukti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit मुक्ति (mukti).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
reggay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I want to do the reggay with you / Come onto me, do the dance
ref: 1968, Toots Hibbert, “Do the Reggay”, performed by The Maytals:
glosses: Dated spelling of reggae
cuneators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuneator.
blue-beat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bluebeat
blue beat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In February 1964, Melody Maker reported that blue beat was going to be the next big craze to sweep England with a headline that proclaimed, “It is going to be a blue beat year!”
ref: 2021, Alexandra M. Apolloni, Freedom Girls: Voicing Femininity in 1960s British Pop, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 119:
glosses: Alternative form of bluebeat
Yuvraj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit युवराज (yuvarāja).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
radiocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiocracies
Etymology: From radio- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: An organization or system of government continuously listening to the leader on the radio.
Related terms: radiocrat
radiocratic
Needle Galaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Needle Galaxy
Etymology: By surface analysis, needle + galaxy, named for its flat shape and rotation relative to Earth only allowing for a side profile of the galaxy to the naked eye.
Senses: glosses: a spiral galaxy, NGC designation NGC 4565, in the Coma Berenices.
curlewberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curlewberries
Etymology: curlew + berry, since it is eaten by those birds.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crowberry (“Empetrum nigrum”).
synonyms: word: crowberry
extra: Empetrum nigrum
curlewberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curlewberry.
4-7-8 method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the 4-7-8 method
Senses: glosses: A breathing exercise for relaxation that involves a repeated cycle of inhaling through the nose for four counts, holding the breath for seven counts, and exhaling forcefully through the mouth for eight counts.
444 breathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A breathing exercise for relaxation that involves a repeated cycle of inhaling for four counts, holding the breath for four counts, and exhaling for four counts.
Related terms: box breathing
4-7-8 method
from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Kashmir is at the northern part of India, while Kanyakumari is at Tamil Nadu, at the southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent.
Senses: glosses: Throughout India.
cobelief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobeliefs
Etymology: From co- + belief.
Senses: glosses: Joint or shared belief.
Related terms: cobeliever
cobeliefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobelief.
mid-calf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of midcalf
mid-calf
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of midcalf
mid-calf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mid-calves
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of midcalf
Magdalene Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Magdalene Islands
Senses: glosses: An archipelago of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec, Canada
Joxun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Joxuns
form: Jaxxon
form: Jaxson
form: Jackson
form: Joxxun
Etymology: Variant of Jackson
Senses: glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Jackson.
Related terms: Jack
Jacks
Jackson
Jason
Jax
Jaxon
cockmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockmates
Etymology: Uncertain first component + mate.
Senses: glosses: A partner or companion.
cockmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockmate.
coconqueror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coconquerors
Etymology: From co- + conqueror.
Senses: glosses: A joint conqueror; one who conquers with another.
coconquerors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coconqueror.
cocontractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocontractors
Etymology: From co- + contractor.
Senses: glosses: A contractor working jointly with another contractor.
cocontractors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocontractor.
Caesarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Caesarizes
form: Caesarizing
form: Caesarized
form: Caesarized
Etymology: From Caesar + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make like Julius Caesar, ancient Roman general and dictator.
Caesarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Caesarize
Caesarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Caesarize
Caesarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Caesarize
cagester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cagesters
Etymology: cage + -ster
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cager (“basketball player playing in a wire mesh enclosure”).
synonyms: word: cager
extra: basketball player playing in a wire mesh enclosure
cagesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cagester.
Caingua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Guarani-Kaiowá (“an indigenous people of Paraguay”).
synonyms: word: Guarani-Kaiowá
extra: an indigenous people of Paraguay
allarum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allarums
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of alarum.
Cakebread
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
time-bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-bars
Senses: glosses: A bar representing a block of time in a Gantt chart or similar.
time-bar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: time-bars
form: time-barring
form: time-barred
form: time-barred
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To invalidate or disallow (a lawsuit or claim) because a legal time limit has passed.
time-bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time-bar.
prepageant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + pageant.
Senses: glosses: Before a pageant.
postpageant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + pageant.
Senses: glosses: After a pageant.
calendarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a calendar.
calendarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calendarians
Senses: glosses: One who studies or uses a calendar.
calendarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calendarian.
callitype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callitypes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kallitype.
callitypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callitype.
Sprotbrough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Sprotbrough and Cusworth parish, City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5402).
boyl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boyls
form: boyling
form: boyled
form: boyled
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of boil.
boyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boyls
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of boil.
Sprotbrough and Cusworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, that includes the named places.
cannoe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cannoes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of canoe.
duffil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duffils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of duffel.
Cusworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Sprotbrough and Cusworth parish, City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5404).
pussying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pussy
pussied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pussy
nkunya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The timber of a tree of species Manilkara obovata.
African pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: African pears
Senses: glosses: A tree of species Manilkara obovata.
glosses: A tree of species Dacryodes edulis.
Related terms: African pearwood
African pearwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tree of species Baillonella toxisperma.
Related terms: African pear
Caloris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Short for Caloris Planitia.
Caloris Planitia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Caloris
glosses: A plain within a large impact basin on the planet Mercury, surrounded by mountains.