cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mediateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mediate
Sindbadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sindbadian
form: most Sindbadian
Etymology: From Sindbad + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sinbadian.
Sinbadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sinbadian
form: most Sinbadian
form: Sindbadian
Etymology: From Sinbad + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Bāqiya begs Walāʼ to stop these Sinbadian journeys which do not particularly succeed; in addition, she asks him to find other means of struggle within the framework of the new political reality and according to the rules governing this reality.
ref: 2002, Ibrahim Taha, The Palestinian Novel: A Communication Study, page 81:
glosses: Of or relating to the fictional Sinbad.
anthocyanotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From antho- + cyanotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or affected by, anthocyanosis.
Roman roads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Roman road
Kilmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪlmɚ/
Forms: form: Kilmers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Kilmerian
killer languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of killer language
took offense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take offense
taking offense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take offense
taken offense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take offense
takes offense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take offense
acqhire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acqhires
Senses: examples: text: Acqhire – When a large company “purchases” a small company with no employees other than its founders, typically to obtain some special talent or a cool concept. (See, also: NFL first round draft signing bonus; book publishing “advance” after publisher bidding-war.)
ref: 2005 May 11, Rex Hammock, “Google acquires(?) Dodgeball.com”, in Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2012:
glosses: Alternative form of acquihire.
acqhire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acqhires
form: acqhiring
form: acqhired
form: acqhired
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acquihire.
Yamaha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 山葉 (Yamaha).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Yamaha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese ヤマハ. Named after Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠 (Yamaha Torakusu)), the company's founder.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate.
Yamaha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yamahas
Etymology: From Japanese ヤマハ. Named after Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠 (Yamaha Torakusu)), the company's founder.
Senses: examples: text: Actually, if you can find an enduro in which non-street-legal machinery can compete, and the event isn't going to be an extremely difficult one, you can ride it on the Yamaha.
ref: 1975 January, Cycle World Magazine, page 71:
text: By the time we were finished, we had learned that these new Yamahas are a lot of things—but that slow and boring definitely are not two of them.
ref: 1986 January, “Yamaha: Back To The Future”, in Cycle World, volume 25, number 1, page 32, column 3:
text: Astride my Yamaha I ride along the Savo road – on my way to the cinema to see the new Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me.
ref: 2009 June 18, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Existence, Historical Fabulation, Destiny, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 181:
glosses: A product manufactured by Yamaha, particularly a motorcycle.
Cheggers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Chegwin + -ers; from the BBC's Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1976–82).
Senses: examples: text: Little Cheggers, his mobile henchman, laughs, gurgles and beats his tiny fists together like a baby on the old-fashioned Cow and Gate tins.
ref: 1977 December 9, Michael Church, “Multi-coloured Swap Shop”, in The Times, page 15:
glosses: Keith Chegwin (1957–2017), English actor and TV presenter.
wikipedia: Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
protochronism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The pseudoscientific idea that Latin (or other languages) are descended from Romanian as opposed to vice versa.
Related terms: protochronist
Dacianism
Dacology
Dacomania
Dacopathy
Thracomania
puttanescas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puttanesca
varyation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varyations
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of variation.
glosses: Misspelling of variation.
pinball machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinball machine
feed the flames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feeds the flames
form: feeding the flames
form: fed the flames
form: fed the flames
Senses: glosses: To provoke further a debate or controversy, a person's anger, etc.
Related terms: exacerbate
bad sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad signs
Senses: examples: text: Nobody was home when I arrived, which was a bad sign.
glosses: An action or thing that suggests something is wrong.
examples: text: She was born under a bad sign.
glosses: An unlucky star sign.
scumfucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scumfuck
symbolic language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symbolic languages
Senses: glosses: A language using symbols, such as hieroglyphs.
glosses: A form of shorthand in scientific or mathematical calculations.
sperglords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sperglord
Parsons code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Parsons codes
Etymology: Developed by Denys Parsons for his 1975 book The Directory of Tunes and Musical Themes.
Senses: glosses: A simple notation used to identify a piece of music through the falling and rising motion of its pitch.
Antartica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Antarctica.
rescous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old French rescousse.
Senses: glosses: rescue, deliverance
topics: law
glosses: rescue
reseizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reseizers
Etymology: From reseize + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who reseizes.
reseizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reseizer
reseminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reseminates
form: reseminating
form: reseminated
form: reseminated
Etymology: From re- + seminate.
Senses: glosses: seminate again
parabaik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parabaiks
form: parabeik
form: parabike
Etymology: Borrowing from Burmese ပုရပိုက် (pu.ra.puik).
Senses: glosses: The traditional form of paper in Burma, made of daphne bark agglutinated into a kind of pasteboard and blackened with charcoal paste, then folded and written on with a steatite pencil.
glosses: A document or drawing executed on this kind of paper.
parabaiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabaik
Santo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Santos
form: Santoes
Etymology: From Romance.
Senses: glosses: A surname from the Romance languages
etape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etapes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of étape.
swears on a stack of Bibles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swear on a stack of Bibles
swearing on a stack of Bibles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swear on a stack of Bibles.
swore on a stack of Bibles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of swear on a stack of Bibles.
ReDoS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: regular expressions; computer security; regular expressions; computer security
glosses: Abbreviation of regular expression denial of service: the use of a maliciously constructed regular expression that takes a very long time to evaluate.
tear someone a new one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tears someone a new one
form: tearing someone a new one
form: tore someone a new one
form: torn someone a new one
Etymology: Euphemism, for tear someone a new asshole.
Senses: examples: text: Brian, Katie's step-father, had been in the office for over an hour, and Estella, who taught in the class below, had been hard pressed to stop her students from muttering and giggling at the low boom and roar of Mr Morris's voice as he, in the parlance of the day, 'Tore Ben a new one'.
ref: 2016, Helen Callaghan, Dear Amy, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: To express great anger toward (a person) for some perceived offence or shortcoming; to castigate.
Synonyms: word: haul someone over the coals
word: rip someone a new one
word: rip someone a new asshole
word: tear someone a new asshole
veksel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veksels
Etymology: From Russian вексель (vekselʹ), from German Wechsel.
Senses: examples: text: […] veksels - were a dominant form of subnational debt. The popularity of veksels was related to soft regulatory requirements concerning their issue and circulation as well as to additional benefits from seignorage[…]
ref: 1999 January 1, Lev M. Freinkman, Daniel Treisman, Stepan Titov, Subnational Budgeting in Russia: Preempting a Potential Crisis, World Bank Publications, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: A promissory note or bill of exchange, particularly in Russia and Ukraine: a security which entitles its owner to claim certain property of its issuer (the debtor).
noemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The science of the understanding; intellectual science.
wear two hats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wears two hats
form: wearing two hats
form: wore two hats
form: worn two hats
Senses: examples: text: The policeman wore two hats, having an administrative role as well as patrolling the beat.
text: Many a person wears two hats in daily life: friend and coworker, student and teacher, wife and mother, husband and father.
text: Shepard: I wear a lot of hats, Mr. Vargas. Some days I shut down criminals. Some days I defuse nukes. Some days I like to enjoy private vices. You understand me?
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:
glosses: To have two different roles.
Related terms: double-hat
triple-hat
wear too many hats
coinstantiate
factotum
alternative metaphors: bottlewasher
on one's plate
too many balls in the air
Hrabalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hrabalian
form: most Hrabalian
Etymology: From Hrabal + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997), Czech writer.
chamberlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chamberlets
Etymology: From chamber + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little chamber.
Derived terms: chamberletted
chamberlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chamberlet
Kunderian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kunderian
form: most Kunderian
Etymology: From Kundera + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Milan Kundera (1929–2023), Czech-born French writer.
hankey-pankey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "What have you done? Your infernal hankey-pankey has frightened her."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: Can it be possible that that humorous professor of hankey-pankey — may all the maledictions of the accursed alight upon his head! — can have sent Marjorie Lindon, the daintiest damsel in the land! — into the streets of London rigged out in Holt’s old togs!
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
glosses: Alternative form of hanky-panky.
Paysandú
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and department of Uruguay.
soul foods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soul food
butter face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butter faces
Senses: examples: text: “She's a butter face,”
Harold looked at her for a minute and then back to Mr. Fink. “A butter face?” Repeated Harold not knowing what Mr. Fink meant.
ref: 2014, S. Michael Siegal, Cop Cohen:
glosses: Alternative form of butterface.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see butter, face.
butter faces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butter face
persnicketily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more persnicketily
form: most persnicketily
form: pernicketily
Etymology: From persnickety + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Claudee Cremer, you amaze me with your absolutely persnicketily perfect work.
ref: 2012, Debra Greenway, Pre-Cut Combo Quilts: 14 Quilts That Blend Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes ...:
glosses: With a great attention to details and precision; in a persnickety fashion.
gibli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giblis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghibli.
giblis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gibli
corrump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: corrumps
form: corrumping
form: corrumped
form: corrumped
Senses: glosses: To corrupt.
Derived terms: corrumpable
corrumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of corrump
corrumped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of corrump
corrumping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of corrump
Dandie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dandies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dandie Dinmont.
synonyms: word: Dandie Dinmont
Dandies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dandie
dastarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dastard
sanguinolency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody.
dawked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɔːkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dawk
dawking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dawk
plusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plus
plussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plus
plused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plus
plussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See plus.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plus
plussed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See plus.
Senses: examples: text: I think the only good form of email address munging is a plussed email address as I have in this message. While I am not automatically bitbucketing email addressed in this way, it does keep it from hitting my inbox and demanding my immediate attention.
ref: 1997, Matthew N. Dodd, “anti-spam e-mail addresses”, in comp.os.vms (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Containing a plus sign.
plussed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A back-formation from nonplussed; see that entry for more on its own sense development.
Senses: examples: text: Jady was rarely nonplussed, normally being very plussed indeed, but Alison's ability to move events without really noticing astounded him. She ran her hair idly through her fingers.
ref: 2000, Barry Tighe, Identity Cards, Barry Tighe, →ISBN:
text: Edgar was a bit not plussed when they asked him about it. Such a problem had never occurred before, he was sure of that, and it would probably have to be […]
ref: 2003, Joy Drinkwater, Kim M. Guzzo, Endings & Beginnings, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 219:
text: Elhugavamp stopped up her ears with cotton wool and continued to smoke her acrid Serbian cigarillo, looking quite plussed and nonchalant, unlike me, for I was nonplussed and chalant, and innocent of cotton wool ear-stoppers.
ref: , Gravitas, Punctilio, Rectitude & Pippy Bags, Frank Key, page 313
glosses: Calm, collected and unconfused; not nonplussed (“bewildered, unsure how to react”).
examples: text: I have received so much contradictory advice that I am quite plussed [sic] but I am inclined to think that that given to me by Mr. the American Ambassador […]
ref: 1970, Laurence Marton Lerner, The Rise of the Impresario: Bernard Ullman and the Transformation of Musical Culture in Nineteenth Century America:
text: […] in time for final boarding call, only slightly non-plussed. Actually, I was quite plussed. It's a scary thought to think what might have happened had we missed our plane, the first of 3 connecting flights.
ref: 2009, Valerie Welbourn, Just Say No to Manchanilla Apples!: A Family Travelogue, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 53:
text: Both Morty and Bloody Mary feigned being non-plussed by the attention [...and] have to school Even Stephen in keeping things low key. He acted quite plussed by the attention. He bathed in the developing cult status of the Supergroup. “Lay low and play the fucking bass,” Morty repeated throughout their tour.
ref: 2015, Donny Levit, Rock n’ Roll Lies: Ten Stories, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: "What the hell is that?" I asked, flabbergasted at her nonplussed responses since I was very, very plussed. “Like, a less serious jack...knife...jack...whatever that thing is you keep saying.
ref: 2021, Elizabeth Hayley, Tag, We're It, Waterhouse Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Bothered, fazed, vexed, or concerned; not nonplussed (“unfazed, unaffected, unimpressed”).
Janus-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Janus-headed
form: most Janus-headed
Senses: glosses: double-headed; two-headed
Related terms: Janus-faced
hand-winged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of wing-handed.
synonyms: word: wing-handed
parabeik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parabeiks
Senses: examples: text: Though a certain kind of paper is manufactured from bamboo pulp, the usual material of the books is the palm leaf, while for ordinary notebook purposes a kind of black tablet, called a parabeik, and a steatite pencil are employed.
ref: 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 556
glosses: Alternative form of parabaik.
parabeiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabeik
jawfeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jawfoot
stereometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stereometric.
synonyms: word: stereometric
stercolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: serolin; stercorin
Ciego de Ávila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ceigo de Ávila
Senses: glosses: A city in Cuba.
glosses: A province of Cuba.
V moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of V moth
ego trips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ego trip
New Zealand yam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Zealand yams
Senses: glosses: The oca, Oxalis tuberosa, a root vegetable introduced from South America.
Synonyms: sense: Oxalis tuberosa
word: yam
ballet boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballet boots
Senses: glosses: A form of fetish footwear that merges the look of pointe shoes and high heels.
ballet boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballet boot
high heel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high heels
Senses: glosses: singular of high heels
gabelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gabled.
gallabea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallabeas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of djellaba.
gallabeah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallabeahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of djellaba.
gallabia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallabias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of djellaba.
gallabiah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallabiahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of djellaba.
gallabieh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallabiehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of djellaba.
gallabiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallabiyas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of djellaba.
gallabiyeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallabiyehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of djellaba.
jalabiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jalabiyas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of djellaba.
gallabeas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallabea
gallabeahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallabeah
gallabias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallabia
gallabiahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallabiah
gallabiehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallabieh
gallabiyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallabiya
gallabiyehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallabiyeh
jalabiyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jalabiya
Okinawan sweet potato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Okinawan sweet potatoes
Senses: glosses: A variety of sweet potato grown in Okinawa that has purple flesh.
gallumph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gallumphs
form: gallumphing
form: gallumphed
form: gallumphed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of galumph.
gallumphed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gallumph
gallumphs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gallumph
gallumphing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gallumph
gemmological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gemological.
generaliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: generalisers
Etymology: From generalise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of generalizer.
generalisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generaliser
zymotechnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to zymotechnics.
southernist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southernists
Etymology: From southern + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of southernism
glosses: A scholar who specializes in the study of the Southern region of the United States
southernist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From southern + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Related to southernism
TOD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TODs
form: ToD
form: T.O.D.
form: T.o.D.
form: T. O. D.
form: T. o. D.
Senses: examples: text: “Now maybe I can get the bodies to the morgue and determine TOD.”
ref: 2015, Katherine Pritchett, What the River Knows:
glosses: Initialism of time of death.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of top of descent.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of transfer on death (the account has a beneficiary).
topics: gambling
games
glosses: Initialism of time-on-device.
topics: transport
qualifier: urban studies
glosses: Initialism of transit-oriented development.
TOD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: ToD
form: T.O.D.
form: T.o.D.
form: T. O. D.
form: T. o. D.
Senses: qualifier: video
glosses: A digital video format by JVC.
mutual organization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutual organizations
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An organization in which members do not contribute to the capital of the company by direct investment, but derive their right to profits and votes through their customer relationship.
Synonyms: mutual
mutual society
Related terms: mutual fund
mutual society
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutual societies
Senses: glosses: A mutual organization.
mutual societies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutual society
mutual organizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutual organization
is all
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From that is all.
Senses: examples: text: All you have to do is ask it the right question is all.
ref: 2011, Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods, And Other Stories 2013, p. 128
text: “Rat poison. Mmm. A nice lingering death!” added Burt with a breathy laugh. “They just taste a bit funny afterwards, is all.”
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: That is all; only, just and nothing more.
law of the sea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The body of international law that concerns the principles and rules by which public entities, especially states, interact in maritime matters, including navigational rights, sea mineral rights, and coastal waters jurisdiction.
Derived terms: alt: UNCLOS
word: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
bank cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bank card
affinity cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affinity card
of course my horse
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: of course, my horse
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of of course.
synonyms: word: of course
southernism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southernisms
Etymology: From southern + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: It is one of the national peccadilloes that anyone who lives north of St. Albans has some kind of prejudice against Londoners — perhaps "prejudice" is the wrong word — or rather not against Londoners but against southernism.
ref: 1954, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Commons official report:
glosses: Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States.
examples: text: I loved his languid, Southern speech and little southernisms, like "you can't put a sequin on a rat's ass."
ref: 1988 April 23, Cindy Patton, “Bob Andrews: A Life Celebration”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
text: Many are known southernisms in the sense that they are also cited in sources such as Dictionary of American Regional English (henceforth, DARE) or Carver (1987).
ref: 2015, Michael D. Picone, Catherine Evans Davies, New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 169:
glosses: A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English.
Related terms: southernist
fiended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fiend
lues cerebri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin luēs (“syphilis”) + cerebrī (“of the brain”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: cerebral syphilis
microbacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪɹiə
Senses: glosses: plural of microbacterium
place cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: place cells
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A type of pyramidal neuron within the hippocampus that becomes active when an animal enters a particular place in its environment (known as the place field).
Synonyms: topocyte
lax bro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lax bros
Senses: glosses: A stereotypical male lacrosse player.
lax bros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lax bro
Nueva Granada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Nueva Granada.
Senses: glosses: A town in Usulután department, El Salvador.
Nuevo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
control variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: control variables
Senses: examples: text: There are different ways of analysing equations and I prefer to look at elements involved as often either fixed or control variables.
topics: sciences
glosses: A factor that is held constant in a series of experiments in which other factors are varied
Coordinate terms: english: also known as controlled variable.
translation: also known as controlled variable.
word: independent variable
word: dependent variable
place cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of place cell
repayables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repayable
wikiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wiki + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: To coin a phrase, I wasn't exploiting the wikiness of the wiki that had attracted me in the first place; to put it another way, I wasn't being true to the wiki's essence.
ref: 2009, Matthew Barton, Robert Cummings, Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom:
text: […] users who don't have the permissions necessary to deactivate features on the site can accidentally disable the “wikiness” of the home page […]
ref: 2011, C. A. Callahan, Mastering Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010:
text: In fact, the wikiness of Central Desktop is sort of obscured, but many people include it in lists of wikis. Features for project management, shared calendars, and discussions are all free for up to five users and two workspaces.
ref: 2011, Dan Woods, Peter Thoeny, Wikis For Dummies, page 100:
glosses: The property of being a wiki, i.e. a collaborative website with built-in editing facilities.
calibrateable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calibrateable
form: most calibrateable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calibratable.
calibrable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calibrable
form: most calibrable
Senses: glosses: Synonym of calibratable.
synonyms: word: calibratable
Dignitas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin dignitas (“dignity”).
Senses: glosses: A Swiss organization that helps people with terminal illnesses to die with little pain
take one's life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one's life
form: taking one's life
form: took one's life
form: taken one's life
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take one's own life.
southernisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southernism
northernism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northernisms
Etymology: From northern + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Anything characteristic of the northern part of a region.
northernisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northernism
southernists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southernist
ultrasupernatants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultrasupernatant
narpoo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of napoo.
unpolitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unpolitically
form: most unpolitically
Etymology: From unpolitical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not political.
studiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more studiable
form: most studiable
Etymology: From study + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being studied; fit for study.
dissensual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dissensual
form: most dissensual
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to dissensus; in a state of disagreement.
uvulopalatopharyngoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
trihydroxymethylanthraquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trihydroxymethylanthraquinone
acylglycerophosphoethanolamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acylglycerophosphoethanolamine
artichoke heart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artichoke hearts
Senses: glosses: The edible base of an artichoke, prepared by removing the outer leaves and the inedible choke covering it.
Synonyms: artichoke bottom
artichoke hearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artichoke heart
sledging biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sledging biscuits
Senses: glosses: A kind of dense, high-energy biscuit eaten in Antarctica.
Synonyms: word: sledgie
sledging biscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sledging biscuit
sledgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sledgies
Etymology: From sledge + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Some of us may have begrudged some of the goodies they took with them. and feel if one is prepared to brave the rigours of extended field trips. one should live on the time honoured pemmican and sledgies.
ref: 2000, Bernadette Hince, The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English:
glosses: A sledging biscuit.
sledgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sledgie
Mason jars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mason jar
easternism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: easternisms
Etymology: From eastern + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Something that is characteristic of the eastern part of a region.
westernism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: westernisms
Etymology: From western + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Something that is characteristic of the western part of a region.
easternisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of easternism
westernisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of westernism
summon auntie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌmən ˈɑnti/
ipa: [ˈsa˧.mən˦ ˈan˧.ti˦]
ipa: [-i˦˧]
note: using the pronunciation of saman in Malay
ipa: /ˈsɑmɑn ˈɑnti/
Forms: form: summon aunties
form: saman auntie
Etymology: Compound noun formed with the English word summon (see summons, noun) and auntie (“term of familiarity or respect applied to elderly women”).
Senses: examples: text: Summon Auntie is a Singlish phrase that describes meter attendants, usually middle-aged women, who give parking fines to cars that are illegally parked
ref: 2011 October 18, Willis Wee, “iPhone App Spots Parking Meter Attendants in Singapore”, in Tech in Asia, retrieved 28 Mar 2016:
text: ‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park. A video of a female car park attendant chasing off two bikini-clad girls sunbathing at the top of a multi-storey car park in Redhill has gotten people talking.
ref: 2013 October 3, Azilah, “‘Summon auntie’ chases off bikini-clad sunbathers at Redhill car park”, in Yahoo! News, retrieved 28 Mar 2016:
text: The New Paper recently wrote a story on Feb. 4 about the plight of parking enforcement officers, also known as parking wardens or summon aunties
ref: 2014 February 5, Belmont Lay, “This Will Convince Everybody Why No One Should Ever Become a Summon Auntie”, in mothership.sg, retrieved 28 Mar 2016:
text: Take, for instance, the summon auntie who dishes out fines to cars parked illegally - she's someone everyone recognizes
ref: 2015 July 10, Lim Min Zhang, The Straits Times::
glosses: A parking enforcement officer who goes around public parking spaces to issue parking tickets to illegally parked cars
summon aunties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summon auntie
fatty bom bom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛti(˦)ˌbɔm(˨)ˌbɔm(˨˦)/
Forms: form: fatty bom boms
form: fatty fatty bom bom
Etymology: Derived from slang fatty (“a fat person”) + bom bom ("a sound imitative of the noise a fat person makes when walking").
Compare West Indian/Caribbean slang fatty bum-bum ‘a very fat person, esp. a woman with large buttocks’ (Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 1996), and Australian slang fatty boom-bah or fatty-boom-bah-sticks ‘a taunting nickname for a fat person’ (The Essential Lingo Dictionary of Australian Words and Phrases, 2015).
Senses: examples: text: He skips 500 times a day and runs three kilometers a day to chase away his fatty bom bom blues.
ref: 1990 June 2, Chua Chong Jin, The Straits Times, page 28:
text: “My family and friends were quite upset for me when they read it, but I don’t take it seriously,” said the 79kg heavyweight, who told us there were worse disparages like a “Go Home, Fatty Bom Bom” message posted on the Talentime forum.
ref: 2001 November 30, Jeanmarie Tan, The New Paper, page 42:
text: I remember, too, a ditty: "Fatty, fatty bom bom, curi curi jagung; mata-mata tangkap, masuk dalam lokap" (the fat one steals the corn, gets arrested by police and is thrown into the lock-up.
ref: 2006 January 10, Kathirasen, New Straits Times:
text: I particularly liked: Fatty bom bom, meaning a fat bottomed person.
ref: 2007 November 7, Rosie Milne, “Trouble and strife: Singlish”, in The Telegraph, retrieved 28 Mar 2016:
text: Soon, there were all sorts of derivatives - fatty, fatso, fatty bom bom, Trim and Fit club (arguably not the children's fault) - so much so that by the time someone reaches adulthood, the term had become a source of deep emotional pain.
ref: 2014 October 20, Jeremy Au Yong, “Who are you calling fat?”, in The Straits Times:
text: “Fatty bom bom” refers to an Ah Pui; “bom bom”, as the sound a heavy, wobbling body makes, dramatizes fatness.
ref: 2015 November 11, Gwee Li Sui, “SinGweesh on Wednesday: Kiam Chye Char Loti”, in The Middle Ground, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2016:
glosses: A fat or overweight person.
boat show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boat shows
Senses: glosses: an exhibition where (usually) new boat models are on show to the public.
Related terms: motor show
auto show
fatty bom boms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatty bom bom
great Caesar's ghost
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: great Caesar's ghost !
Etymology: Allusion to the play The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar by William Shakespeare, in which Roman leader Julius Caesar’s ghost appears to Brutus. Used as euphemism in place of good God or similar expressions. Made popular in the 1940s and 1950s by the Superman radio program and comic books as a catchphrase of the character Perry White.
Senses: examples: text: 'By the great Caesar's ghost, I believe you! You're the stupidest dunderhead I ever saw or ever heard of, so help me Moses! The idea of you being a pilot—you! Why, you don't know enough to pilot a cow down a lane.'
ref: 1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “A Cub-pilot's Experience”, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:
text: Great Caesar's ghost, what is it this?
ref: 1936, F. Hugh Herbert, The Case of the Black Cat, spoken by Perry Mason (Ricardo Cortez):
text: Great Caesar's ghost! Look at this place.
ref: 2007 October 1, Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady, Robert Cohen, “The Big Bran Hypothesis”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Sheldon (Jim Parsons):
glosses: An exclamation of astonishment; good Lord.
wikipedia: Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (play)
Perry White
Superman
William Shakespeare
Synonyms: great googly-moogly
good golly
wow
unpoliticizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpoliticizable
form: most unpoliticizable
Etymology: From un- + politicizable.
Senses: glosses: Not politicizable.
politicizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more politicizable
form: most politicizable
Etymology: From politicize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being politicized.
Derived terms: unpoliticizable
lagerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lagerlike
form: most lagerlike
Etymology: From lager + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of lager beer.
diplomalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diplomalike
form: most diplomalike
Etymology: From diploma + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a diploma.
curselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more curselike
form: most curselike
Etymology: From curse + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a curse.
express office
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: express offices
Senses: glosses: An post office reserved for packages for express delivery.
Derived terms: express officer
express offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of express office
Cruyff turns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cruyff turn
dispatch cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dispatch case
connie agates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of connie agate
connies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of connie
kolak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Indonesian dessert made with sugar, coconut milk, and pandanus leaf.
thick as pig shit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: thick as pigshit
Senses: synonyms: word: thick as a brick
word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely stupid.
thick as pigshit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thick as pig shit.
tighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tight
tighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It was a daring exhibition of tighted thighs and ladies voluptés that inaugurated sophisticated musicals in the United States […]
ref: 1942, Douglas Gilbert, Lost Chords: The Diverting Story of American Popular Songs, page 45:
glosses: Dressed in tights.
tighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tight
arbalet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arbalets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arbalest.
arbalets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arbalet
Thermogene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Trade name, perhaps from thermo- + -gen.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of medicated wadding pinned inside the clothes to treat rheumatism, lumbago, etc.
clothes maidens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothes maiden
Steel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːl
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Steelville
Steel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːl
Forms: form: the Steel
Etymology: From Bastille.
Senses: glosses: Bridewell Prison in London, England.
tinker's fart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tinker's damn.
synonyms: word: tinker's damn
railwaywoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railwaywomen
Etymology: From railway + woman.
Senses: examples: text: Some 100,000 railwaymen have been released to join the fighting forces, 90,000 are training as Home Guards in addition to their railway work, 170,000 members of the railway staffs have been fully trained in A.R.P. duties, and 100,000 railwaywomen are now employed.
ref: 1943 March-April, John R. Hind, “The British Railways at War”, in Railway Magazine, page 95:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: railwoman
glosses: A woman who works on a railway.
railwaywomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of railwaywoman
heart to hearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heart to heart
seed crystals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seed crystal
thigh-slapping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thigh-slapping
form: most thigh-slapping
Senses: examples: text: The packed opening night of Twain’s first UK tour since 2004 is an impressively barnstorming, thigh-slapping, eye-searing revue that marries her bulletproof back catalogue with a cautious sprinkle of new material.
ref: 2018 September 20, Graeme Virtue, “Shania Twain review – barnstorming, thigh-slapping spectacular”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Uproariously funny, in a way that provokes boisterous mirth.
Related terms: thigh-slapper
gumbooted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gumboot + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing gumboots.
macintoshed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macintosh + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a macintosh.
wellingtoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Wellington + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing Wellington boots.
mellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meller
Wodenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Woden + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Odinism, especially related to Anglo-Saxon neopaganism.
Related terms: Theodism
affrontings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affronting
aislings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aisling
aitus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aitu
allayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allaying
arcings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arcing
bangsring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bangsrings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of banxring.
bangsrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bangsring