cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
throwing some shapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw some shapes
threw some shapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of throw some shapes
let one's short back and sides down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets one's short back and sides down
form: letting one's short back and sides down
form: let one's short back and sides down
form: let one's short back and sides down
Senses: examples: text: It's on the way home that they let their hair down.' Well, only as much as you can let short-back-and-sides down.
ref: 2008, Tom Gleeson, Playing Poker with the SAS: A Comedy Tour of Iraq and Afghanistan, →ISBN:
text: Even a military man, though, can let his short back and sides down when national pride is to be celebrated.
ref: 2012, Jeff Dawson, Back Home: England And The 1970 World Cup, →ISBN:
text: I'd like to see chef Shaun let his short back-and-sides down and serve that sauce over a rolled, braised veal breast, or a veal cheek (there's a pig's cheek on the 10 course menu).
ref: 2013 September 11, Wilfrid, “Juni: Shaun Hergatt's Second Act”, in At the Sign of the Pink Pig:
glosses: To let one's hair down, especially on the part of a man who is very straight-laced.
dead-eye
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deadeye.
dead-eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead-eyes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deadeye.
world-building
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of worldbuilding.
world building
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of worldbuilding.
genuwine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more genuwine
form: most genuwine
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of genuine, representing dialectal English.
unstand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of understand.
crappos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crappo
neighba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neighbas
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of neighbour.
neighbas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neighba
antidrag
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + drag.
Senses: glosses: That counteracts drag (resistance to movement)
biolocomotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + locomotion.
Senses: glosses: The locomotion of living organisms (and the study of this)
biorheological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + rheological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to biorheology
DfV
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: roguelikes
video-games
glosses: Initialism of dig for victory.
carangiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carangiforms
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the family Carangidae
carangiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing a mode of swimming by such fish in which propulsion is mostly by means of the tail
Derived terms: subcarangiform
Forstner bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Forstner bits
Etymology: From Forstner (proper noun) + bit (noun). Named after American inventor, gunsmith and merchant Benjamin Forstner (1834–1897). First attested after 1886.
Senses: glosses: A kind of drill bit that bores precise flat-bottomed holes in wood, in any orientation with respect to the grain.
Forstner bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Forstner bit
electrotactile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + tactile.
Senses: glosses: Composed of an array of small electrodes that provide stimulation to the skin
duding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dude.
duded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dude.
tiger pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger pits
Senses: glosses: A trou-de-loup.
tiger pits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiger pit
Forstner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Forstners
Etymology: Borrowed from German Forstner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Forstner bit
hexapedal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hexa- + pedal.
Senses: glosses: Having six legs
Atlantic Forest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A terrestrial biome and region extending along the Atlantic coast of Brazil.
vahines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vahine
valgous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: knock-kneed; valgus
veinulet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veinulets
Senses: glosses: A venule or veinlet.
veinulets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veinulet
veinule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veinules
Senses: glosses: A venule or veinlet.
veinules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veinule
velated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of velate.
synonyms: word: velate
vesseling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vessel
vesseled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vessel
save the furniture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saves the furniture
form: saving the furniture
form: saved the furniture
form: saved the furniture
Etymology: An allusion to rapidly removing as much furniture as possible from a building threatened by fire, flood, or a similar disaster. Compare French sauver les meubles.
Senses: examples: text: [S]winging progressives were keen to consolidate the diving Labor vote and save the furniture so that a reasonably-sized progressive opposition party could live to fight another day.
ref: 2013 October 4, Christopher Drew, “Why the Greens were the real election losers”, in ABC News, Australia, retrieved 04 Dec 2016:
text: A week after a headline in a Montreal newspaper suggested the NDP Leader’s numbers are so low it is time to “save the furniture,” he is still battling aggressively.
ref: 2015 October 4, Gloria Galloway, “Mulcair touts NDP as only way for western Canadians to oust Tories”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 04 Dec 2016:
text: In other words, the PLP could unite behind an experienced figure who would take them to a dignified defeat but would save the furniture.
ref: 2016 March 9, John McTernan, “Jeremy Corbyn's days are numbered if MPs stand firm”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 04 Dec 2016:
glosses: To salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party.
Related terms: save the day
aqua bike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aqua bikes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aquabike.
aquabike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquabikes
form: aqua bike
Etymology: From aqua- + bike.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jet ski.
synonyms: word: jet ski
glosses: Synonym of water bicycle.
synonyms: word: water bicycle
glosses: Synonym of waterbike.
synonyms: word: waterbike
Related terms: hydrobike
water bike
waterbike
show flat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show flats
Senses: examples: text: It was a show flat. The living room windows have a heavy curtain. The bathroom does not have an outside window. There is no glass in the front door.
ref: 2010, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Committee for Privileges and Conduct, Stationery Office, The conduct of Baroness Uddin, →ISBN:
text: Regardless of where the show flat is, developers have come up with techniques to make the flats look a lot larger than they actually are.
ref: 2015, Yujing Fun, Cloaking White-Collar Crime in Hong Kong's Property Sector, →ISBN:
text: A show flat was built in the premises of the school run by the mediating NGO. For the DDA engineer interviewed, the show flat was a way to explain the housing project to Kathputli Colony's residents. The explanations provided by a manager from the private firm stressed another point: the purpose of the show flat was to present it to the DDA for its approval, and not to elicit residents' views.
ref: 2015, Véronique Dupont, David Jordhus-Lier, Catherine Sutherland, The Politics of Slums in the Global South, →ISBN:
glosses: A newly built, decorated, and furnished flat that is intended as an example rather than to be rented.
show flats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show flat
KL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /keɪ ɛl/
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Sultan and the Mentri Besar, the British Adviser, the crowd from K.L., God knows how much royalty from all over the Federation.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 159:
glosses: Initialism of Kuala Lumpur: the capital of Malaysia.
examples: text: Kerala (KL) is classified as “high capacity.” In Kerala the grassroots deliberative process was preceded by an important “People's Campaign,” which created effective systems of participatory planning accompanied by significant devolution of funds and power.
ref: 1956, Paromita Sanyal, Vijayendra Rao, “Political Construction, State Enactments, and Citizen Performances”, in Oral Democracy: Deliberation in Indian Village Assemblies, Cambridge University Press, published 2018, page 66:
glosses: Abbreviation of Kerala: a state of India.
Derived terms: sense: the capital of Malaysia
word: K-Hell
hand-basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand-baskets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of handbasket.
hand-baskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand-basket
biotemperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotemperatures
Etymology: From bio- + temperature.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The mean value of daily mean temperature above 0°C, divided by 365.
biotemperatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biotemperature
low-resolution
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lower-resolution
form: lowest-resolution
form: low-res
Senses: glosses: Having a low resolution; for example, having a small number of pixels per unit area.
Derived terms: lower-resolution
Related terms: low-definition
low definition
lower-resolution
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of low-resolution: more low-resolution
lowest-resolution
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of low-resolution: most low-resolution
idioadaptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From idio- + adaptive.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing the evolution of an organism that does not give rise to a different species
interassessor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + assessor.
Senses: glosses: Between assessors
intraprotocol
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + protocol.
Senses: glosses: Within a particular protocol
microcircumferential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + circumferential.
Senses: glosses: Having a very small circumference
policy pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: policy patterns
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Synonym of strategy pattern.
synonyms: word: strategy pattern
policy patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of policy pattern
micromorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + morphic or Blend of microscopic + amorphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a micromorph
micromorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromorphs
Etymology: Blend of microscopic + amorphic
Senses: glosses: Any material that is composed of microscopic amorphous particles
Derived terms: micromorphic
microrotational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + rotational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to microrotation
midshank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midshanks
Etymology: From mid- + shank.
Senses: glosses: The middle of a shank
monoplanar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + planar.
Senses: glosses: Having all its (functional) elements in the same plane
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay Negara Brunei Darussalam, from negara (“country”) + Brunei + Arabic دَار اَلسَّلَام (dār as-salām, “house of peace”).
Senses: glosses: The full name of the nation of Brunei.
daddy long-legs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daddy long-legs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of daddy longlegs.
daddy longlegs spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daddy longlegs spiders
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of daddy long-legs spider.
brothel-keeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brothel-keepers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brothelkeeper.
nongradient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + gradient.
Senses: glosses: Not gradient
nonsagittal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ædʒɪtəl
-ɪtəl
Etymology: From non- + sagittal.
Senses: glosses: Not sagittal
nonsegmentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + segmentation.
Senses: glosses: An absence of segmentation
photoreflexive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photoreflexive
form: most photoreflexive
Etymology: From photo- + reflexive.
Senses: glosses: That reflects light
Synonyms: photoreflective
podotactile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pedotactile.
synonyms: word: pedotactile
pedotactile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pedo- (“foot”) + tactile.
Senses: glosses: That can be felt with the feet.
postfailure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + failure.
Senses: examples: text: The significance of this is that an array of hydrofractures in the rupture nucleation site provides a reservoir of overpressured fluids with ready access to the fault postfailure.
ref: 1995, James G. Buchanan, Basin Inversion, page 13:
glosses: Following a failure
Reingold-Tilford algorithm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reingold-Tilford algorithms
Etymology: Introduced in a 1981 paper by Edward Reingold and John Tilford.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An algorithm that generates aesthetically pleasing drawings of binary trees (and by extension, n-ary trees).
postmultiply
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: postmultiplies
form: postmultiplying
form: postmultiplied
form: postmultiplied
Etymology: From post- + multiply.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To multiply (the elements of a vector or matrix) by a following factor
postmultiplying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of postmultiply
poststenotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + stenotic.
Senses: glosses: Following stenosis
preswing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + swing.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, if an individual has less than 60° of knee flexion, for example, it should be made clear to the individual that it is essential to first have enough motion to walk before considerations for running is possible. supporting limb lands on the ground and at preswing when the body mass accelerates to propel the leg and body forward.
ref: 2011, Peggy A Houglum, Brunnstrom's Clinical Kinesiology, page 555:
glosses: The part of a gait In which weight is removed from a limb prior to it being swung forward.
retinacular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a retinaculum
true stress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: true stresses
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The instantaneous stress caused by a load acting on a unit cross section
true stresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of true stress
rheogoniometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rheo- + goniometry.
Senses: glosses: The use of a rheogoniometer
semidigested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + digested.
Senses: glosses: Partially digested
wip mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wip mills
Etymology: From Dutch wipmolen.
Senses: glosses: A kind of post mill whose main post is bored to take a driveshaft, so that the mill can drive machinery in the base or roundhouse.
wip mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wip mill
craftsfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: craftspeople
craftsfolks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: craftspeople
desanitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desanitizes
form: desanitizing
form: desanitized
form: desanitized
form: desanitise
Etymology: From de- + sanitize.
Senses: antonyms: sanitize
glosses: To remove the cleanliness from something; to dirty.
Kingu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Qingu
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀭𒆥𒄖 (ᵈkin-gu).
Senses: glosses: A god in Babylonian mythology, the son of Abzu and Tiamat.
servoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of servo
Derived terms: visual servoing
visual servoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
robotics
sciences
glosses: The control of a robot by using visual feedback.
spatiogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spatiograms
Senses: glosses: A histogram that contains additional spatial information
spatiograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spatiogram
dudeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dude.
subcarangiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + carangiform.
Senses: glosses: Describing a mode of swimming by fish in which most of the propulsion is provided by the tail but some is provided by movements of the body
thermoeffect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoeffects
Etymology: From thermo- + effect.
Senses: glosses: A thermal effect
thermoeffects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermoeffect
transpedicle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + pedicle.
Senses: glosses: Across or through a pedicle (or pedicel)
Anoia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A comarca in central Catalonia
baby carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby carriers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of child carrier, especially a baby sling.
synonyms: word: child carrier
extra: especially a baby sling
MOTW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Mark of the Web.
citeriour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It [Spain] was divided by the Romans into two provinces, Citeriour and Ulteriour, nearer and farther, that is, from Rome.
ref: 1827, William C[hanning] Woodbridge, Emma Willard, “Hispania or Spain”, in Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern; on the Principles of Comparison and Classification, 2nd edition, Hartford, Conn.: Published by Oliver D. Cooke & Co. J. & J. Harper, printers, →OCLC, page 23:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of citerior.
exhibition match
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exhibition matches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of exhibition game.
synonyms: word: exhibition game
exhibition game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exhibition games
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A practice game which does not count on a team's record.
Synonyms: challenge match
exhibition match
friendly
friendly match
preparation match
preseason game
scrimmage
warmup match
multibuyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multibuyers
Etymology: From multi- + buyer.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A customer who makes more than one purchase.
multibuyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multibuyer
Reingold-Tilford algorithms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reingold-Tilford algorithm
wool classing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The work of a wool classer, sorting and assigning grades to wool according to its quality.
iggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iggies
Etymology: Diminutive iguana + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Even young iguanas can scratch and claw pretty effectively. Keeping your iggie's claws trimmed makes life much more pleasant for both of you.
ref: 2007, Lenny Flank, Iguanas: Their Biology and Captive Care, page 139:
glosses: An iguana.
Related terms: iggy
spending power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Bad loans on bank balance sheets reflect that millions of people have lost jobs, eliminating spending power, while companies have seen sales evaporate.
ref: 2016, Peter S. Goodman, “Italy Just Handed the Global Economy Another Giant Variable”, in The New York Times:
topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: purchasing power
glosses: The income available to households for spending.
birb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːb/
ipa: /bɜɹb/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: birbs
Etymology: Alteration of bird. Possibly coined by Katie Gouldin on the humorous Twitter account @ProBirdRights in a 2012 tweet, although it did not become widely used until 2014.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: birdie, birdlet, birdling
text: The here-then-gone-then-here-again appearance of the #birb (as Twitter loves to lovingly refer to pretty, pretty birdies) plus the internet’s instant oatmeal obsession with him inspired WIRED’s Paris Martineau to propose a different nickname for the fowl: duckboi
ref: 2018 October 10, Emily Dreyfuss, “Glamour Duck and the Internet's Rabid Love of Wild Animals”, in WIRED:
text: Violent or unseemly behavior doesn’t disqualify a bird from birbness: the aggression of hummingbirds […] and brain-eating of Great Tits are immaterial to their round fluffiness. You could post a picture of any of these on reddit under "murder birb" and nobody would blink.
ref: 2019 December 12, Asher Elbein, “When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide”, in Audubon:
glosses: A bird, especially a small and cute one.
wikipedia: Twitter
knucklesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: nŭk'əlsəm
ipa: /ˈnʌkəlsəm/
rhymes: -ʌkəlsəm
Forms: form: more knucklesome
form: most knucklesome
Etymology: From knuckle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: He was wearing his high school ring, a Florida ring, an ugly garnet stone with a turd shape engraved on it—a manatee, the high school mascot— which caused Kiwi to look down at his own naked, knucklesome fingers in alarm.
ref: 2011, Karen Russell, Swamplandia!:
text: It was in my early non-league days at Hayes, Wycombe Wanderers and Hendon where I learned my more knucklesome trade.
ref: 2015, Dave Bassett, Wally Downes, The Crazy Gang:
qualifier: literal and figurative
glosses: Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly.
acylaminoamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylaminoamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyl derivative of an aminoamide
acylaminoamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acylaminoamide
acylhydroxylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylhydroxylamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyl derivative of a hydroxylamine
acylhydroxylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acylhydroxylamine
unadulteration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of not being adulterated.
unadulterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That cannot be adulterated.
adulterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Susceptible to being adulterated.
swozzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swozzles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swazzle.
swozzles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swozzle
slogginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sloggy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Lack of proper drainage facilities on downstream side, resulting in bulging and general slogginess along the toe.
ref: 1960, The Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India):
text: The actor's uncompromising work stands in stark contrast to the rest of the film, which has a liberal-humanist slogginess.
ref: 2000, New York - Volume 33, page 45:
text: He shook off the remaining slogginess of the deep sleep he was in and realized that the nightmare he stared at in the smartphone's screen was indeed real and not just another freaky dream segment.
ref: 2014, David B. Hayze, Black Side of the Green Line: Halcyon Siege, →ISBN:
glosses: The property or state of being sloggy; A failure to flow or operate freely and smoothly.
aldoximate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aldoximates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any anion derived from an aldoxime (R-CH=N-O⁻)
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any neutral isomeric form (>C=CH-N=O)
aldoximates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aldoximate
alkenylzirconocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkenylzirconocenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkenyl derivative of a zirconocene
alkenylzirconocenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkenylzirconocene
alkylbenzimidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylbenzimidazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl derivative of benzimidazole
alkylbenzimidazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkylbenzimidazole
alkylhydroxylamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylhydroxylamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl derivative of a hydroxylamide
alkylhydroxylamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkylhydroxylamide
hydroxylamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxylamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound of general formula R₂N-OH
Partee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Partees
form: Purtee
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Partees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Partee
senilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: senilizes
form: senilizing
form: senilized
form: senilized
form: senilise
Etymology: From senile + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Although the climate tends to quickly senilize the soil weathered from it, the frequent rejuvenations by the eruptives from Bromo and Semeroe keep the soils relatively juvenile.
ref: 1951, Marinus Johaness Dijkman, Hevea: Thirty Years of Research in the Far East:
glosses: To advance in time of life.
senilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of senilize
senilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of senilize
senilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of senilize
senilise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: senilises
form: senilising
form: senilised
form: senilised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of senilize.
senilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of senilise
senilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of senilise
senilised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of senilise
to little avail
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: With little success or benefit.
Synonyms: to no avail
sloppery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sloppery
form: most sloppery
Etymology: Blend of slippery + sloppy or from slop + -ery (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The roads will be a bit sloppery, but Dobbin isn't too old to splash through them at a rattling pace.
ref: 1886, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral Romance, page 232:
text: Thanks to the discipline of daily habit, my hands and jaws performed their accustomed tasks, but my mind was in a condition alternately comatose and chaotic, so much so that it was a matter of surprise to me when I found my eyes resting on the bones of my sole and the sloppery trail of a departed omelette.
ref: 1902, Robert Marshall, The Haunted Major, page 108:
text: When, pressures be to our hoary frother, the pop gave his sullen bulletaction and, bilge, sled a movement of catharic emulsipotion down the sloppery slide of a slaunty to tilted liftyelandsmen.
ref: 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake:
text: Sendak describes the "slippery, sloppery, curvy, altogether delicious Art Deco palazzos [that] invited you to slide and bump along, in and out of flaming colored mazes [. . .], and past grand, even apocalyptic, oceans and skies."
ref: 2005, Philip Nel, Dr. Seuss: American Icon, →ISBN, page 89:
text: 'Could you take a message for him, please?' he said in Trevor Dann's distinctive Midlands tones. 'Could you tell him I think he's a big load of sloppery old bollocks.'
ref: 2010, Lucian Randall, Disgusting Bliss: The Brass Eye of Chris Morris, →ISBN:
glosses: Slippery and messy.
sloppery
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sloppery
form: most sloppery
Etymology: Blend of slippery + sloppy or from slop + -ery (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The investigator was expected to determine whether the place was "run sloppery, was it a messy looking place or not ..." and also if the premises were reasonably safe.
ref: 1953, Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California:
glosses: In a messy and poorly done manner; sloppily
slopperies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloppery
biochronometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biochronometers
Etymology: From bio- + chronometer.
Senses: glosses: biological clock
moneyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From money + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The system of using money to make decisions.
snowflake generation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the use of snowflake for a hypersensitive young person who sees themselves as unique and special.
Senses: examples: text: The Snowflake Generation — they are all special and unique!
ref: 2008, Hart's E and P - Volume 81, page 150:
text: Much has also been made of the psychological impact on the only children born since 1979—the “precious snowflake” generation, lavished with love and attention by their parents and without siblings to share life with.
ref: 2014, Georg Vielmetter, Yvonne Sell, Leadership 2030, →ISBN:
text: Students who demand protection from controversial views are the product of a mollycoddled ‘snowflake generation’, the Government’s behaviour tsar has warned.
ref: 2016 February 20, Eleanor Harding, “Mollycoddled 'snowflake generation' of students are fuelling campus zealotry, education tsar warns”, in Daily Mail, Australia:
text: Miraculously, they did this without any input from the so-called snowflake generation.
ref: 2016 November 14, Richard Brooks, “In defence of generation snowflake- everyone's favourite punching bag”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: The generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, viewed as being hypersensitive and needlessly treated as special compared with previous generations.
examples: text: At an early stage of snowflake generation in the upper convective cell, the growth of snow aggregates seemed to occur considerably rapidly.
ref: 1957, Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics - Volumes 8-9, page 197:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snowflake, generation.
blerry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blerry
form: most blerry
Etymology: Representing a South African pronunciation of bloody.
Senses: examples: text: “He's not the sort of man you can order about. If He wants you to suffer, you blerry well suffer.”
ref: 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 90:
glosses: Bloody.
biochronometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biochronometer
alkylsulfanyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylsulfanyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl derivative of a sulfanyl radical
alkylzinc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylzincs
Etymology: From alkyl + zinc.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl organozinc compound
allenylsulfone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allenylsulfones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any allenyl derivative of a sulfone
allenylsulfones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allenylsulfone
amidinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidiniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cation formed by protonation of an amidine
Derived terms: bisamidinium
amidiniumation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidiniumations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Reaction with, or formation of an amidinium cation
amidoalkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidoalkyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amido derivative of an alkyl radical
fat bike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfætbaɪk/
ipa: /ˈfætˌbaɪk/
Forms: form: fat bikes
form: fatbike
Etymology: From fat + bike, from the fat tires such bicycles are equipped with, and their correspondingly wider frames needed to accommodate the width of the tires.
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: winter sports
glosses: A bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres and a wider frame to accommodate them, which provides better traction on off-road surfaces such as sand or snow.
Derived terms: fat biker
Related terms: skibike
snowbike
amidoalkylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidoalkylations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Formation of, or reaction with an amidoalkyl radical
aminoalcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoalcohols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of amino alcohol.
aminoalcohols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoalcohol
aminooxindole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminooxindoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of an oxindole
aminooxindoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminooxindole
aminooxygenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminooxygenations
Etymology: From amino- + oxygenation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction in which an amine and an oxygen radical are added across a double bond
fatbike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fatbikes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fat bike.
aminopalladation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminopalladations
Etymology: From amino- + palladation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that adds an amino group and a palladium atom across a double bond
amphiphilically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From amphiphilic + -ally.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: By means of amphiphilic substances
anomerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: anomerisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anomerization.
antifreezing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + freezing.
Senses: glosses: That prevents freezing.
Related terms: antifreeze
arylacetaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylacetaldehydes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aryl derivative of acetaldehyde
arylacetaldehydes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arylacetaldehyde
arylboronate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylboronates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aryl boronate
arylboronates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arylboronate
arylimidazol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylimidazols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aryl derivative of imidazol
arylimidazolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylimidazolides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aryl derivative of an imidazolide
imidazolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imidazolides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An N-anion derived from imidazoline
arylthioacetamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylthioacetamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aryl derivative of thioacetamide
arylthioacetamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arylthioacetamide
astrobiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From astro- + biologically or astrobiological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in reference to astrobiology
astroseismicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astroseismicities
Etymology: From astro- + seismicity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being astroseismic
unevolvable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unevolvable
form: most unevolvable
Etymology: From un- + evolvable.
Senses: glosses: Not evolvable.
astroseismic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪzmɪk
Etymology: From astro- + seismic.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: relating to the seismic activity of a star
Related terms: astroseismology
monomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + motor, probably borrowed from Continental European applications; compare with French monomoteur.
Senses: examples: text: Model of the new 2,800 h.p. diesel-electric C-C with Alsthom monomotor bogies, of which the first is about to be delivered to the V.R.
ref: 1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R. in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 419, photo caption:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Having a single traction motor driving the axles on a bogie.
gynophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gyno- + -phagy.
Senses: glosses: The eating of women.
Hypernyms: cannibalism
androphagy
vaulting table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaulting tables
Senses: examples: text: Judges take deductions for insufficient height or distance from the vaulting table; messy form in the air; low chest position on the landing; finishing too far to the side; and steps, hops or falls.
ref: 2024 July 27, Maggie Astor, “Your Guide to Olympic Gymnastics: Vault”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024:
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An apparatus featuring a flat, large, and cushioned surface almost parallel to the floor sloping downward at the end closest to the springboard.
Synonyms: vault
Related terms: vaulting horse
pommel horse
plain ball
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: play the shot plain ball
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: Hitting the cue ball in the center.
raw_tags: of a shot
plain ball
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a plain ball shot
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: Hitting the cue ball in the center.
raw_tags: of a shot
gawds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaud
overbreathe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overbreathes
form: overbreathing
form: overbreathed
form: overbreathed
Etymology: From over- + breathe.
Senses: glosses: To hyperventilate.
overbreathing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overbreathe
overbreathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overbreathings
Etymology: From over- + breathing.
Senses: glosses: Hyperventilation.
glosses: Excessive breathing.
overbreathes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overbreathe
overmother
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmothers
form: overmothering
form: overmothered
form: overmothered
Etymology: From over- + mother.
Senses: glosses: To mother somebody too much; to mollycoddle.
overmothered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmother
overmothers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmother
overmothering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmother
soap scum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You can purchase one of the numerous cleaners on the market specifically formulated to dissolve soap scum or use a variety of home remedies for ridding tile, showers and bathtubs from the dull gray film.
ref: 1999, Jeff Bredenberg, Clean It Fast, Clean It Right, →ISBN, page 349:
text: Clean soap scum off a tub or shower stall by applying hot vinegar with a sponge or rag, then scrubbing hard with a stiff-bristled scrub brush.
ref: 2007, Ellen Sandbeck, Organic Housekeeping, →ISBN:
text: Bars made of real soap (sodium salts of fatty acids) are still very popular products for showering and whole body bathing, however, and using these products will produce soap scum. It is interesting to speculate on whether soap scum becomes less of a problem as use of shower gels continues to increase.
ref: 2008, Uri Zoller, Handbook of Detergents, Part E: Applications, →ISBN, page 96:
glosses: The buildup of insoluble calcium or magnesium fatty acids from the use of soap with hard water, which leads to a dulling of surfaces and acts as a matrix for trapping soils.
intercourser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intercoursers
Etymology: From intercourse + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When Congress in March 1809 abandoned the complete embargo and partial non-importation, and sub- stituted a complete ban on commercial intercourse with the French and British Empires, Schenck seized twenty intercoursers in 1809, and twenty-three in 1810.
ref: 1941 November, Herbert Heaton, “Non-Importation, 1806–1812”, in The Journal of Economic History, volume 1, number 2:
text: By this my Lady may judge what reasons I had to write what I did of the practising of the padri, amongst whom Mr. Jo. Ger[?ard] was by the gentleman precisely named to be one of the parties that was a chief intercourser.
ref: 1980, Robert Cecil marquess of Salisbury, Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., &c. &c. &c:
text: He was to be the elite social intercourser for all the others who could only lead drab dull lives, slightly comfortable at most, full only at moments.
ref: 1992, Michael R. Als, No Half a Loaf: Novel, page 142:
glosses: Someone or something that engages in social or business intercourse.
examples: text: Thus, though he went with a procession of women, his behavior with them led him to see that "I am not an intercourser," a phrase which he then wore out until it lost its meaning
ref: 1954, The Yearbook of Psychoanalysis, page 192:
text: As Sartre himself put it, "I was more a masturbator than an 'intercourser' of women" (CA, p. 385).
ref: 1986, Susan Rubin Suleiman, The Female Body in Western Culture: Contemporary Perspectives, →ISBN:
text: He claimed innocence; he had done nothing wrong, and had done nothing to provoke anyone else. Pointing an accusatory finger toward the other man, he said that he and the woman were in an apartment, “just starting intercoursing, when that guy busted through the door.” As the reader may have surmised, the guy busting down the door was the husband of the female intercourser.
ref: 2016, David W. Donovan, Variety, the Spice of the Job, →ISBN:
glosses: Someone who has sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: copulator
lamestreamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamestreamers
Etymology: From lamestream + -er.
Senses: glosses: A mainstreamer.
softgrain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪn
Forms: form: soft-grain
Senses: examples: text: Despite efforts by independent retail bakers to increase bread range and quality, the report highlights the strength of both the softgrain and premium white bread markets.
ref: 1995, Food Processing - Volume 64, page 28:
text: People in industrialized countries eat between 14 and 15 pounds of food additives every year It's the kind of lunch that people across the Western world eat every day: a ham and mustard sandwich on softgrain bread, packaged neatly in a little plastic triangle; a bag of salt and vinegar chips; and a bottle of orange fizzy drink.
ref: 2011, Jessica Williams, 50 Facts That Should Change the World 2.0, →ISBN, page 99:
text: In 1986, Allied Bakeries introduced softgrain white bread, which contained significantly more fibre than ordinary white bread (Maslowska 1991). The softgrain white bread market, which surged in the late 1980s, foreshadowed the return of white bread and the premiumization of the sector that was to follow in the 1990s.
ref: 2016, André Magnan, When Wheat Was King: The Rise and Fall of the Canada-UK Grain Trade, →ISBN:
glosses: Composed of white flour with kibbled grains added for extra texture.
raw_tags: of bread