cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
grief tech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grieftech
Senses: examples: text: This burgeoning field, sometimes called “grief tech”, promises services that will make death feel less painful by helping us to stay digitally connected with our loved ones.
ref: [2023 July 18, Aimee Pearcy, “‘It was as if my father were actually texting me’: grief in the age of AI”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Then there is the growing field of “grief tech,” aiming “to take the sting out of death,” as a Financial Times headline recently put it.
ref: 2024 [2023], Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Vintage, →ISBN, page 60:
text: For $199, you can live for ever. At least that’s the promise of an app called HereAfter AI, which might let you haunt your family for generations.
The app is part of a fast-growing industry known as grief tech – a cluster of startups exploring how technology can commemorate, simulate or even resurrect the dead.
ref: 2025 March 5, Patricia Clarke, “You and me, we gonna live forever … as avatars, at least”, in The Observer:
synonyms: grief technology
glosses: Technology and services designed to help commemorate or simulate deceased loved ones.
digital ghost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital ghosts
Senses: examples: text: This means there will be a December day when, instead of standing in the kitchen with my mom, I’ll be standing with her digital ghost. I’ll have mourned her physical passing, but will still be able to summon a part of her via my phone, propped up against the flour with one of many smudged and annotated recipe scans on display.
ref: 2023 August 10, Kate Lindsay, “My Mom Will Email Me After She Dies”, in The Atlantic:
text: “If I die and my children access my email account and reanimate me … for me, personally, that’s a horrific prospect,” says Professor Robert Sparrow of Monash University, who has written about the ethics of digital ghosts.
ref: 2025 March 5, Patricia Clarke, “You and me, we gonna live forever … as avatars, at least”, in The Observer:
text: The oddly metallic voice speaking to the ex-CNN journalist Jim Acosta in an interview on Substack this week was actually that of a digital ghost: an AI, trained on the teenager’s old social media posts at the request of his parents, who are using it to bolster their campaign for tougher gun controls.
ref: 2025 August 8, Gaby Hinsliff, “When a journalist uses AI to interview a dead child, isn’t it time to ask what the boundaries should be?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A digital avatar of a deceased person, such as a deathbot.
grief technology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grief tech.
synonyms: word: grief tech
gravel-voiced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gravel-voiced
form: most gravel-voiced
Trump effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trump effects
Etymology: Named after Donald Trump.
Senses: examples: text: Yet since that inauguration, the president also seems to be creating a “Trump effect” on many, though not all, foreign elections, especially among countries that have been important U.S. allies and partners. In general, the effect has been to boost the popularity of left or center-left parties in national elections. Yet sometimes it is not just leftist parties that win, but rather a leader who stands up to Trump the most or seems to the public like the best-equipped figure to handle the White House.
ref: 2025 April 29, “The ‘Trump Effect’ on Elections Is Just Beginning, Including in Japan”, in Council on Foreign Relations:
text: The Trump effect has cruelled Peter Dutton’s campaign.
ref: 2025 May 1, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry, “The Trump effect has left Dutton exposed and Albanese in poll position in this atypical election race”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Any effect, especially international, brought about by the Donald Trump presidencies and subsequent actions of the administration, such as the widespread move away from right-leaning political parties outside of the USA.
wikipedia: Donald Trump
point-and-drool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of point-and-click (implying that such a user interface is preferred by stupid, technically incompetent people)
synonyms: word: point-and-click
extra: implying that such a user interface is preferred by stupid, technically incompetent people
pansexy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pansexy
form: most pansexy
Etymology: Blend of pansexual + sexy.
Senses: glosses: Both pansexual and sexy.
Related terms: bisexy
intersexy
transexy
Heubeck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Meinong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 美濃 (Měinóng).
Senses: glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
quartz monzonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartz monzonites
Senses: glosses: An intrusive, felsic, igneous rock that has an approximately equal proportion of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars.
quartz-monzonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartz-monzonites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quartz monzonite.
quartzmonzonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartzmonzonites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quartz monzonite.
nepheline syenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nepheline syenites
Senses: glosses: A holocrystalline plutonic rock that consists largely of nepheline and alkali feldspar.
nepheline-syenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nepheline-syenites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nepheline syenite.
tinker tailor grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tinker tailor grasses
Etymology: From its use in counting or choosing games, especially those used to divine the profession of a future sweetheart ("tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor…").
Senses: examples: text: At Fifty-six Eden Street the parched front lawn was scattered with dry cocksfoot seeds and faded tinker-tailor grass.
ref: 1984, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 171:
text: I'd make a daisy chain for the fairies or play with the tinker tailor grass, or just dream the time away.
ref: 2012, Durelle Dean, Ravaged Innocence, page 82:
glosses: Any of several types of grass-like plant having individual ears or seeds, especially ryegrass (genus Lolium), or ribwort plantain (genus Plantago).
dodderier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of doddery: more doddery
dodderiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of doddery: more doddery
Neimen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 內門 /内门 (Nèimén).
Senses: glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
granny's bonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granny's bonnets
Senses: examples: text: [G]oing up the O.s' path past the granny's bonnets to the front door, I'd enter this house of grey people washed with sweat and tears, and I'd feel the gentle flow of sunlight and morning drained away.
ref: 1984, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 222:
glosses: Any of various flowering plants thought to resemble Victorian bonnets, especially a columbine (genus Aquilegia).
Yongan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yo͝ongʹänʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān).
Senses: examples: text: The Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office ruled on Friday that a man in his 70s whose body was found on a beach in Yong'an District, Kaohsiung a day earlier after swimming in the ocean, was mauled and killed by three stray dogs.
ref: [2025 July 4, Huang Hsueh-kuang, Kay Liu, “Swimmer in 70s mauled, killed by 3 stray dogs in Kaohsiung”, in Focus Taiwan, sourced from Kaohsiung (CNA), archived from the original on 04 Jul 2025, Society:
glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Mituo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 彌陀 (Mítuó).
Senses: glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Gangshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: gängʹshänʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 岡山 (Gāngshān).
Senses: glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yanchao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yěnʹchouʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 燕巢 (Yàncháo).
Senses: glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Dashe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹshûʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 大社 (Dàshè).
Senses: glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Renwu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 仁武 (Rénwǔ).
Senses: glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Hermitage Water
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: It may be named after Hermitage Castle, the hamlet of Hermitage is also by the river.
Senses: glosses: A river in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, a tributary of Liddel Water.
wikipedia: Hermitage Castle
Dashu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹsho͞oʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 大樹 (Dàshù).
Senses: glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Sanmin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 三民 (Sānmín).
Senses: glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Related terms: Sanmin zhuyi
Ibicencan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ibicencan
form: most Ibicencan
Etymology: From Spanish ibicenco (“pertaining to Ibiza”) + -an.
Senses: examples: text: I stood in my room smelling the pervasive Ibicencan smell that I could not yet identify […].
ref: 1985, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 341:
glosses: Pertaining to the Mediterranean island of Ibiza.
Ibicencan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ibicencans
Etymology: From Spanish ibicenco (“pertaining to Ibiza”) + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ibiza.
Beimen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: bāʹmǔnʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 北門 (Běimén).
Senses: glosses: A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
blintses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blintse
kreplakh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The great feature of Shevuos is the dairy dishes served in all possible combinations—blintses, kreplakh with cheese, pot cheese and sour cream, cheese strudel with raisins and cinnamon.
ref: 1952, Mark Zborowski, Elizabeth Herzog, “Gut Yontev”, in Life Is with People: The Jewish Little-Town in Eastern Europe, New York, N.Y.: International Universities Press, →OCLC, page 391:
text: Which comes first—kreplakh, pirogi, ravioli, or wonton soup? Each country seems to have its own version of a filled egg-noodle dough, either fried or boiled in water or soup. […] The meat of the kreplakh symbolizes inflexible justice; the soft noodle dough denotes compassion.
ref: 1979, Joan Nathan, “Meat Kreplakh”, in The Jewish Holiday Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Schocken Books, →ISBN, “Yom Kippur” section, page 97:
text: Various regulations and observances have meant that some ingredients or procedures were not permitted for certain periods or days. Working with these restrictions encouraged the development of such characteristic foods as gefilte fish (specially cooked fish ball), matzah balls (dumplings for chicken soup), kreplakh (meat filled dough used in chicken soup) and kugel (noodle or potato pudding).
ref: 1981 April 22, Susan Sullivan, “Jewish foods provide a sense of history […]”, in St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Mo., →OCLC, “Daily Living” section, page 1, column 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of kreplach.
kreplekh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Yiddish קרעפּלעך (kreplekh).
Senses: examples: text: “Only Russian Cafe in St. Louis / My Grandma’s recipes for Borsht, Piroshki, Kreplekh, and home made pastries.” Ibids […] only / Russian Cafe / in St. Louis […] Borsht - Piroshki - Kreplekh
ref: 1995 June 14, “Dining”, in St. Louis Jewish Light, volume 48, number 22, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11A, columns 2–3:
text: Daniel was pacing in front of the stove. Mama was rolling out dough for kreplekh, trying to ignore him.
ref: 1997, Elana Dykewomon, “A Tall, Serious Girl”, in Beyond the Pale, Vancouver, B.C.: Raincoast Books, published 2003, →ISBN, part 1, page 97:
text: There should be dairy dishes, cheese kreplekh. Secular Jews like fine food just as much as religious Jews.
ref: 2006, Morris Alexander, translated by Barnett Zumoff, “A Secular Table of the Laws”, in Barnett Zumoff, Karl D. Zukerman, editors, Secular Jewishness for Our Time: A Three-Part Symposium by Three Generations of Writers, Educators, and Cultural Activists in 1938–40, 1968–69, and 1998–2000, New York, N.Y.: Forward Association, →ISBN, part II (1968–69), page 170:
text: The extrusive details scattered throughout the book without comment about material goods, clothes, places, and the like are valuable precisely because they are unremarked: their unquestioned acceptance by the reader (or more precisely the reader’s presumed unquestioned acceptance on the writer’s part) may suggest these items’ circulation within social discourse.⁵³
ref: 2010, Jeremy Dauber, In the Demon’s Bedroom: Yiddish Literature and the Early Modern, New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, →ISBN, pages 107 (The Seyfer Mesholim: The World of Fable) and 301 (Notes):
text: “The stories remind us of the wide range of dairy dishes,” [Ben] Katchor writes. “The potato knishes, the milkhiker borscht, the cheese kreplekh, the varnishkes, the pirogen, blintzes, buttermilk, and for dessert pudding and poppy cakes — the food of a Jew’s pastoral dream.”
ref: 2020 March 16, Dwight Garner, “An Illustrated Love Song to Jewish Restaurants of Old”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2020:
glosses: Alternative form of kreplach.
Shevuos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Shevuos,* the Jewish Feast of Weeks, also called Pentecost, because it is celebrated on the fiftieth day after the second day of Passover, as we shall presently explain it, is also called the Feast of Harvest—“Yom Havicorim”—the day of the first ripe fruits, as on this day the first fruits were brought as offerings in the temple.
ref: 1866 May 19, Richmond Times, volume IV, number 24, Richmond, Va., →OCLC, page [3], column 1:
text: Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, Jews observed the festival of Shevuos in celebration of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses, the children of Israel, and through them to all mankind.
ref: 1980 May 24, Harold L. Gelfman, “Ten Laws Given to Moses Are Key to Our Survival”, in Saturday Telegraph and News, 154th year, number 145, Macon, Ga.: Macon Telegraph Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 4B, column 4:
text: Thus what’s especially wonderful at this time, this year, Shevuos comes out on Sabbath and they will both be celebrated together. […] Services will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, the two days of Shevuos and will be ushered in on Thursday night and Friday night at 8:00 p.m.
ref: 1996 May 23, “Temple Shaare Emeth”, in Canarsie Courier, volume 76, number 21, Brooklyn, N.Y., →OCLC, page 36, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of Shavuot.
Shovuos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Next Sunday is termed, according to the Jewish law, the “Feast of Weeks.” It is in commemoration of the anniversary of the giving of the law on Mount Sinia,^([sic]) and is known in Hebrew as Shovuos Sunday.
ref: 1899 May 13, “Will Be Strengthened in the Hebrew Faith: Thirty-Nine Applicants to Be Confirmed. […]”, in The San Francisco Call, volume LXXXV, number 164, San Francisco, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 1:
text: On the second evening of Shovuos, they gather to read the Psalms, for it is believed that King David, who is said to have written some of them, died on the second day of Shovuos.
ref: 1941, Mamie G[oldsmith] Gamoran, “Shovuos: After Seven Weeks”, in Days and Ways: The Story of Jewish Holidays and Customs (Union Graded Series), Cincinnati, Oh.: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, →OCLC, page 159:
text: Tomorrow, 9 a.m., commence festival of Shovuos at 9:05 p.m. Sunday, first day of Shovuos, service at 9 a.m., light festival candle at 9 p.m. Monday, second day of Shovuous, 9 a.m.
ref: 1985 May 24, “Synagogue services”, in Staten Island Advance, volume 100, number 21,617, Staten Island, N.Y.: Advance Publications, →OCLC, page B 10, column 5:
text: Pesach began as an observance of the coming of spring. Like the holiday of Shovuos, it is a season of the grain harvest.
ref: 1994 March 25, Alan Koshar, “Passover: Greatest and oldest of Jewish festivals”, in Napa Valley Register, 131st year, number 225, Napa, Calif., →OCLC, page 3D, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of Shavuot.
shtrudel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shtrudels
Etymology: From Hebrew שְׁטְרוּדֶל (shtrúdel) and Yiddish שטרודל (shtrudl).
Senses: examples: text: The women will offer every kind of “goodies,” including cakes, rolls, shtrudels, and pastries, as well as home-made bread.
ref: 1934 December 21, “Bake Sale Planned by Vaad Auxiliary”, in The Jewish Press, volume X, number 47, Omaha, Neb., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 4:
text: Always there’s shtrudel, the pastry that is as Jewish as puff pastry is English. Shtrudel is made of paper-thin dough filled with fruit, cheese, or nuts generously sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, then rolled in jelly roll fashion. Shtrudels have always been regarded as too difficult for the average cook to master with the rules demanding that the delicate dough be stretched so thin you can almost see through it.
ref: 1940 September 29, Ruth McAllister, “Festive Jewish Delicacies Prepared for Yom Kippur”, in The Grand Rapids Press, volume 69, number 21, Grand Rapids, Mich., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 1:
text: Her mind, busy as a computer, put together a menu for tomorrow’s supper that would dazzle the chef of a fancy hotel. Cold spinach borscht, blintses with sour cream, and for dessert, apple and raisin shtrudel which she had made this morning while awaiting the moment to go out and meet . . . fah! H. Schenkle.
ref: 1977, Bess Kaplan, chapter 6, in Malke, Malke, Winnipeg, Man.: Queenston House, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: Alternative form of strudel (“pastry”).
raw_tags: in Jewish contexts
shtrudels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shtrudel
Xinying
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shǐnʹyǐngʹ
Forms: form: Hsinying
form: Sinying
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 新營 (Xīnyíng).
Senses: glosses: A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
tuftlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tuftlike
form: most tuftlike
Etymology: From tuft + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tuft.
devilsclub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of devil's club.
devil's-club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of devil's club.
eggs Florentine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There are hundreds of recipes based on poached eggs. The recipe here is for eggs Florentine, a classic in which the eggs nestle in a bed of creamed spinach.
ref: 1998 January 14, Barbara Kafka, “A Way to Poach Eggs to Perfection”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2011:
text: If your eggs Florentine have chalky yolks, or if your dessert crêpe tastes oddly of oregano, well, so what? This is not destination dining; you’ve got places to be.
ref: 2011 June 16, Lila Byock, “Lina Frey”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 May 2025:
text: For that [a social occasion] he prefers the Brooklyn outpost of Cafe Mogador, where he orders an “Über-breakfast” of pancakes, eggs Florentine, avocado, and bacon.
ref: 2013 September 27, Molly Young, “‘It Was the Biggest Game of Chicken I’ve Ever Seen.’”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2013:
glosses: A variation of eggs Benedict with spinach, sometimes in place of bacon.
polygamodioecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being polygamodioecious.
polygamomonoecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being polygamomonoecious.
trimonoecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: trimonoecism
glosses: The condition of being trimonoecious.
synoecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being synoecious.
euryoecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being euryoecious.
autoecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being autoecious.
stenoecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being stenoecious.
triecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trioecy.
monecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monoecy.
folk saint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folk saints
Senses: examples: text: The shrines of the Virgin of Luján and the Virgin of Itatí are far more commercial than most folk saint shrines, as is (among innumerable examples) the annual fiesta to the Lord of Miracles in Lima.
ref: 2007, Frank Graziano, Cultures of Devotion: Folk Saints of Spanish America, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 70:
synonyms: popular saint
glosses: A deceased person or otherwise spiritually powerful entity venerated as a saint, but not officially canonized.
paroecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being paroecious.
folk saints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of folk saint
Houbi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 後壁 (Hòubì).
Senses: examples: text: The firewood consists of bamboo charcoal produced in Tainan's Longci District, while the rice is championship quality from Houbi and Liujia districts.
ref: 2019 November 15, Chang Jung-hsiang, Elizabeth Hsu, “Tainan to give top model 12 products as wedding gifts”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2019:
text: The firewood consists of bamboo charcoal produced in Tainan’s Longci District (龍崎), while the rice is of championship quality from the Houbi (後壁) and Lioujia (六甲) districts.
ref: 2019 November 16, “Tainan to present 12 dowry gifts to Lin Chi-ling, groom”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2020, Taiwan News, page 2:
glosses: A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
andromonecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of andromonoecy.
gynomonoecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being gynomonoecious.
gynoecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being gynoecious.
baldcypress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baldcypresses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bald cypress.
bald-cypress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bald-cypresses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bald cypress.
Jiangjun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chiangchun
form: Jiangjyun
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 將軍 (Jiāngjūn).
Senses: glosses: A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
sheet flood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheet floods
Senses: glosses: The turbulent flow of water that moves downslope across the land surface.
sheetflood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheetfloods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheet flood.
back stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back stamps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backstamp.
back stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: back stamps
form: back stamping
form: back stamped
form: back stamped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backstamp.
funeral biscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funeral biscuit
unfaulted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: un- + faulted
Senses: glosses: Not faulted.
halokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to halokinesis.
salt tectonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of geometries and processes associated with the presence of significant thicknesses of evaporites containing rock salt within a stratigraphic sequence of rocks.
halotectonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of salt tectonics.
synonyms: word: salt tectonics
halokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of salt tectonics.
synonyms: word: salt tectonics
halotectonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to halotectonics.
breccio-conglomerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breccio-conglomerates
Senses: glosses: A sedimentary rock that contains a mixture of rounded and angular gravel clasts.
post-chorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-choruses
Senses: glosses: A section that appears after the chorus.
postchorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postchoruses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of post-chorus.
unbrooched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + brooched.
Senses: glosses: Not wearing or not adorned with a brooch.
unbriefable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbriefable
form: most unbriefable
Etymology: From un- + briefable.
Senses: glosses: Not briefable.
unbrief
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbrief
form: most unbrief
Etymology: From un- + brief.
Senses: examples: text: I believe in brief therapy. I teach brief therapy. In fact, I think I'm getting better at brief therapy. But some clients claim unbrief therapy — like Linda.
ref: 2014, Thorana S. Nelson, Terry S. Trepper, Frank N. Thomas, Tales from Family Therapy: Life-Changing Clinical Experiences (page 220)
glosses: Not brief; long in duration; drawn out.
uncivic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈsɪvɪk/
rhymes: -ɪvɪk
Forms: form: more uncivic
form: most uncivic
Etymology: From un- + civic.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, as civic Americans die off and are replaced by uncivic, the task of explaining civic disengagement gets transformed into a mere matter of actuarial calculation.
ref: 2002, Scott L. McLean, David A. Schultz, Manfred B. Steger, Social Capital (page 148)
glosses: Not civic.
undim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undims
form: undimming
form: undimmed
form: undimmed
Etymology: From un- + dim.
Senses: examples: text: […] with a light yearning to undim the blackness of a cross there in the mud.
ref: 2002, Albino Pierro, Luigi Bonaffini, Selected Poems (page 131)
glosses: To make no longer dim; to brighten or illuminate.
undims
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undim
sheetfloods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheetflood
unelidible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + elidible.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unelidable.
Ibicencans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ibicencan
unforcibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unforcibly
form: most unforcibly
Etymology: From unforcible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unforcible manner.
palaeogeothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleogeothermal.
photocurability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + curable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being photocurable.
rosy-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rosy-eyed
form: most rosy-eyed
Senses: examples: text: A rosy-eyed optimist
text: Heubeck concludes: "It's not because of some rosy-eyed view of what railways used to be like, and we are only wanting to reopen it because there used to be one. It's because the railway would make a practical difference to the prospects of people not yet born and young people here today in this fantastic part of the country."
ref: 2025 April 30, Andy Comfort, “£10 million closer to Carlisle”, in RAIL, number 1034, page 43:
glosses: Optimistic; idealistic.
Related terms: rose-coloured
rose-tinted
tetties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetty
US of America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the US of America
form: U.S. of America
form: U. S. of America
Senses: examples: text: I felt that we would all be better off if we could tell the story through the person of a sophisticated, intelligent, worldly citizen of the US of America in 1977—that we’d understand him in a minute because he is obviously one of us, and if we liked him we could then go into his story.
ref: 1977 April 18, Stan Margulies, interview by Quincy Troupe, Los Angeles, Calif.: David Wolper Collection, University of Southern California, pages 34–35; quoted in Matthew F. Delmont, “Producing Roots”, in Making Roots: A Nation Captivated, Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press, 2016, →ISBN, page 104:
text: We may note three particular features in the composition of this Special Committee. First, it included no representative from the US of America.
ref: 1995, V.V. Veeder, “The UNIDROIT Rome Draft 1936”, in Martin Hunter, Arthur Marriott, V.V. Veeder, editors, The Internationalisation of International Arbitration: The LCIA Centenary Conference, London: Graham & Trotman/Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, part A (The Changing Perspective: The Last 100 Years), “Two Arbitral Butterflies: Bramwell and David” section, page 19:
text: Billy had to remind himself of the little bit of history he knew about teddy bears. They were invented way back in horse times in honor of a real president of the US of America named Teddy Roosevelt, […]
ref: 2016, William Joyce, “CHARGE!!!”, in Ollie’s Odyssey, Moonbot Books; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 261:
text: I didn’t have a father that would protect me from the evils of the world. Well, I had one, but he was summoned to provide his time elsewhere. Not for any prestigious military branch that so proudly served the US of America, but for the department of corrections.
ref: 2017, L. Marie, “Lex Bailey”, in When Loyalty Is Lost, [United States]: Natavia Presents, →ISBN:
glosses: Abbreviation of United States of America.
Related terms: US of A
U.S. of America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the U. S. of America
Senses: examples: text: It has to be understood, that when one U.S. dollar buys one EU, then we do not see any significant changes in the trade, between Europe and the U.S. of America, but when for example one U.S. dollar only buys say .25 cents, or 25% of the Euro, then we have a significant shift, and money is then being pumped in to the U.S. economy, draining Europe.
ref: 2008, Anthony M. Townsend, Nassira Townsend, “It Is Time for a New World Order to Begin Now”, in The Collapse of America: A Ruined State?, Indianapolis, Ind.: Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 79:
text: How about getting back to the U.S. of America, the "us," and stop the illusory rhetoric that divides us like who is more patriotic?
ref: 2011 January 24, Laura Mola, “U.S. of America”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 04 May 2025:
text: The Jewish Community in the U.S. is kind of worried, lest it should also be accused of disloyalty to the U.S. of America.
ref: 2011 May 5, Mati Alon, “Jonathan Pollard”, in The Return to Zion, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 104:
text: A handout at the Democratic offices here for volunteers speaking with voters stressed that Mr. Walz is a “lifelong hunter and gun owner” and “believes in Midwest common sense, being a good neighbor and allegiance to the U.S. of America.”
ref: 2024 September 24, Catie Edmondson, “Baldwin, With Shapiro in Tow, Looks For ‘Trump-Tammy Voters’ in Wisconsin”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2024:
glosses: Alternative form of US of America: abbreviation of United States of America.
U. S. of America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the U. S. of America
Senses: examples: text: The several states, now composing the U. S. of America, were, from their first establishment, separate & distinct societies, dependant on no other society of men whatever.
ref: 1792 March 18, Thomas Jefferson, “Report on Negotiation with Spain”, in Paul Leicester Ford, editor, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, volume V (1788–1792), New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, published March 1985, →OCLC, page 461:
text: To the memory of / RICHARD THOMSON Esqʳ / late Consul from the U. S. / of America to Canton.
ref: 1824, XXVII., in Edward L. Clark, compiler, A Record of the Inscriptions on the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Collins, […], published 1864, →OCLC, Section P., page 514:
text: The U. S. of America is not what it is so often represented to us, so inexactly and so falsely, specially^([sic]) in regard to the inherent problem of Dam construction.
ref: 1920, Gandenzio Fantoli, translated by M[ichael] M[aurice] O’Shaughnessy, “Conclusive Allusions to Rock Dams”, in Report to the Supreme Council of Water-Works Concerning the Argument about Rock-Fill Dams and the Problem of the Reservoirs in Italy, Rome: Press of the “Unione Editrice” […], →OCLC, page 82:
text: France and Italy have recently returned to the gold standard. The credit and good-will of the U. S. of America was extended to them so that their return to the gold standard may be vouchsafed.
ref: 1938 October, Basavarsu Ramachandra Rau, “General Return of Gold”, in Present-Day Banking in India, 4th edition, [Calcutta]: University of Calcutta, →OCLC, chapter XVIII (Banking Management), page 515:
text: Citizenship in the U. S. of America is a privilege and to vote is a duty.
ref: 1949 June 30, “Legion Post News Notes”, in Walton Advertiser, volume 35, number 26, Walton, Ky., →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
text: The NARTB Radio Broadcasters’ Creed (revised 1955) declares: We believe: That American Broadcasting in the U. S. of America is a living symbol of democracy; […]
ref: 1957, “The NARTB”, in Lois J. Anderson, editor, compiled by Clayton T. Griswold and Charles H. Schmitz, How You Can Broadcast Religion, New York, N.Y.: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, →OCLC, chapter VIII (Understanding the Industry), page 106:
text: Printed in U. S. of America
ref: 1958, Helen Fine, “One Year Old”, in G’dee, New York, N.Y.: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, →OCLC, copyright page:
glosses: Alternative form of US of America: abbreviation of United States of America.
long-tailed paradise whydah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-tailed paradise whydahs
Senses: synonyms: eastern paradise whydah
viuva
glosses: A bird of species Vidua paradisaea.
viuva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viuvas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long-tailed paradise whydah.
synonyms: word: long-tailed paradise whydah
eastern paradise whydah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eastern paradise whydahs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long-tailed paradise whydah.
synonyms: word: long-tailed paradise whydah
viuvas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viuva
vocaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vocallers
Etymology: vocal + -er
Senses: examples: text: Let things alone, and presently that young lady discovers that she is not likely to get cracked up as a vocaller.
ref: 1890, Sir Walter Besant, James Rice, The Golden Butterfly (page 147)
glosses: A singer; a vocalist.
vocallers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vocaller
vocification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Vocalization; voice production.
Vot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Vote (“person from Votia or of Votic descent”).
synonyms: word: Vote
extra: person from Votia or of Votic descent
Vod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vods
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Vote (“person from Votia or of Votic descent”).
synonyms: word: Vote
extra: person from Votia or of Votic descent
Votians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Votian
Vods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vod
Vots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vot
vulnerative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vulnerative
form: most vulnerative
Senses: glosses: Relating to vulneration or wounding.
auditopsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: visuopsychic
glosses: In associationism, denoting part of the brain thought to process auditory input and associate it with other sensory data, past experiences, etc.
visuopsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: auditopsychic
glosses: In associationism, denoting part of the brain thought to process visuosensory input and associate it with other sensory data, past experiences, etc.
auditosensory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛnsəɹi
Senses: glosses: Relating to the sensing of auditory impulses.
superhallucinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superhallucinogens
Etymology: From super- + hallucinogen.
Senses: glosses: An especially potent hallucinogen.
superhallucinogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superhallucinogen
Mairasi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Faranyao
Kaniran
glosses: A Papuan language of the Bomberai Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia.
violinette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: violinettes
Etymology: violin + -ette
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kit violin.
synonyms: word: kit violin
violinettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of violinette
violacean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more violacean
form: most violacean
Senses: glosses: Of a violet colour.
vintress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vintresses
Senses: examples: text: SCENE III. Enter again the VINTRESS and DRAWER with wine and fruit.
ref: 1875, Hazlitt, The Rebellion, page 345:
synonyms: vintneress
glosses: A female vintner.
vintresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vintress
ed/ad ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ed/ad ratios
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: The ratio of editorial content to advertising content, usually expressed as a percentage.
Related terms: flatplan
advertorial
news hole
vintlite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A quartz-porphyrite mineral found in dykes near Unter-Vintl in the Tyrol.
visionize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: visionizes
form: visionizing
form: visionized
form: visionized
Etymology: From vision + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: To visionize the insistent wordless train / Of flame-tipped tongues that clamor in thine ears?
ref: 1907, Magazine, volume 9, Appleton, page 427:
text: […] you gentlemen very kindly permitted me to visionize and dream this morning, but those are concrete facts, and I do not think this Government can afford to ignore them any longer.
ref: 1918, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Water Power, Water Power: Hearings Before the Committee... (page 375)
glosses: To visualize, or engage in visionary schemes or daydreams.
visionics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of vision + electronics, perhaps modelled on avionics.
Senses: examples: text: There have been technological advances in flight controls, electronics, avionics and visionics (sensors), which are now more efficient in terms of their requirements and uses of space, weight, power, form, fit and function. With respect to visionics, in particular, these reductions have made the "black box" hardware and associated software attractive for use in helicopter warfare.
ref: 1987, Review of Current Military Literature, page 83:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The use of electronic sensors to acquire visual data.
Related terms: visionic
visionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In order to obtain objective data on visionic systems, it is necessary to observe targets against different backgrounds to determine the effects of […]
ref: 1959, Illuminating Engineering (volume 54, issues 1-6)
text: […] future experimental studies […] will be concerned with active and passive ground and airborne night-vision systems, high-gear systems, and visionic systems.
ref: 1969, Army Research and Development, volume 10, page 29:
glosses: Relating to visionics.
visceroperitoneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From viscero- + peritoneal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the viscera and peritoneum.
milker's nodule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A skin lesion caused by contact with cattle that are infected with pseudocowpox.
paravaccinia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: para- + vaccinia
Senses: glosses: An infection resulting in milker's nodules, caused by contact with cattle that have pseudocowpox.
real quick
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: ... one single car had gone by yet, he decided to go to the bathroom real quick before the early morning rush starts. As soon as he got into the outhouse and began doing his business he heard the sound of a car coming down the road. Not[…]
ref: 2005 May 10, Colleen Dione Taylor-Rowe, Captured Moments in Time: And Songs from the Heart, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: quickly, right away
Related terms: right quick
pseudopox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: pseudo- + pox
Senses: glosses: A disease of various types of fruit, causing depressions and protuberances in the fruit.
vesicule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vesicules
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vesicle.
vesicules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vesicule
culturelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more culturelessly
form: most culturelessly
Etymology: From cultureless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without culture.
Vestigian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, vestige + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Nay, let us but consider this, that, under a general creationary theory,—before any one evolutionary doctrine, Lamarckian, Vestigian, Erasmo-Darwinian, Carlo-Darwinian, or other, came up,—never, whether in affinities, or embryology, or geology, or geography, or even rudimentary organs, was there a single difficulty felt, […]
ref: 1894, James Hutchison Stirling, Darwinianism: workmen and work:
glosses: Of or relating to Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, an 1844 work of speculative natural history and philosophy by Robert Chambers.
nonfirstorderizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-firstorderizability
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:nonfirstorderizability.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of not being able to be formalized in first-order logic.
Related terms: firstorderizable
non-firstorderizable
nonfirstorderizable
New Marlborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Marlborough in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Senses: glosses: A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
GiveSendGo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From give + send + go.
Senses: examples: text: It was discovered in September 2020 that Cosgrove was raising money on the “Christian crowdfunding site” GiveSendGo to fund his retirement.
ref: 2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN:
text: Specifically, this policy brief confirms that the platform GiveSendGo is central to the crowdfunding of participation in such extremist-led mass protest events, being the host of 95.7 percent of the 255 distinct fundraising pages collected.
ref: 2024 December 24, Rebecca Visser, “Crowdfunding Conspiracists: Grassroots Giving to January 6 Participants”, in International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, page 1:
text: Wilson is right that GiveSendGo operates differently than GoFundMe, which prohibits fundraisers for the legal defense of violent crimes. GoFundMe removed pages for Anthony, Rittenhouse, and Penny. GiveSendGo allowed all three to stay active.
ref: 2025 April 10, Bobby Burack, “GiveSendGo's $300,000 Page For Karmelo Anthony Is Consistent With Company Policy”, in OutKick:
glosses: A Christian crowdfunding website that allows people to raise money.
GiveSendGo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GiveSendGos
Etymology: From give + send + go.
Senses: examples: text: This pattern is repeated by the organisation “Condemned USA”, itself run by a January 6 convict, which raises money through nine GiveSendGos for defendants/convicts.
ref: 2024 December 24, Rebecca Visser, “Crowdfunding Conspiracists: Grassroots Giving to January 6 Participants”, in International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, page 8:
glosses: A fundraiser on this website.
GiveSendGos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GiveSendGo
islandry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: island + -ry
Senses: glosses: People from an island; islanders.
isochronical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: isochronal
Izdubar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an incorrect deciphering of the script.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Gilgamesh
Italical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Italic.
italically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In italic type.
civilizationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From civilization + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The new civilizationism is a paradoxical combination of “identitarian” Christianity, secularism, philo-Semitism, Islamophobia, and even some elements of liberalism such as support for gender equality and gay rights.
ref: 2017 December 6, Rogers Brubaker, “The New Language of European Populism”, in brubaker.scholar.ss.ucla.edu, page 2:
glosses: An ideology that highlights a perceived threat to a civilization from external influence.
Related terms: civilizationist
civilizationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civilizationists
Etymology: From civilization + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Civilizationist populism was first pioneered a decade and a half ago by the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. […] At the same time that they invoke Christian identity, the civilizationists also stress their secularism. But there is no contradiction between the populist right’s Christianism and its secularism, since both derive from a preoccupation with Islam.
ref: 2017 December 6, Rogers Brubaker, “The New Language of European Populism”, in brubaker.scholar.ss.ucla.edu, pages 3-4:
glosses: A proponent of civilizationism.
civilizationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civilizationist