cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
subby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subby
form: most subby
Senses: examples: text: "That means a lot of people will either be very Dommy or very subby. You need to deal with both, and honestly right now you don't seem able to handle that.” I took in the serious face and lack of pushiness and frowned.
ref: 2013 June 24, Livia Olteano, Blitzkrieg Love, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: The sub wasn't acting very subby, and the wanna-be dom was looking more like a switch. For that matter, so was the sub. Or former sub. Well, whatever he is, it wasn't what Master Thomas needed. Master Thomas is clearly all dom.
ref: 2015 September 16, Bailey Bradford, Gacy Grant, Racheline Maltese & Erin McRae, Cassandra Murphy, S.E. O'Connor, Charles Payseur, CB Potts, Torrance Sené, Dawn M. Sooy, T. Strange, Angelique Voisen, Exchange of Power Anthology, Torquere Press, LLC, →ISBN:
text: That pretty little sub, Kelly, who'd been with Master Thomas for months, was laughing and flirting — […] Kelly wasn't acting very subby, […]
ref: 2017 November 21, Bailey Bradford, Exchange, Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD), →ISBN:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
antonyms: dommy
glosses: Submissive (in regard to BDSM roles).
subbureau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subbureaus
form: subbureaux
Etymology: From sub- + bureau.
Senses: glosses: A district-level public security bureau in China.
subbureaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subbureau
subbureaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subbureau
subcentrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subcentral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subcentral manner.
subeditorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + editorial.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a subeditor.
subjacencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subjacency
submetacentrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submetacentric
submittings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submitting
subsecretary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsecretaries
Etymology: From sub- + secretary.
Senses: glosses: An undersecretary.
subsecretaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsecretary
subterraneanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subterranean + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subterranean manner.
subtilest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of subtile: most subtile
subtropic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtropics
Etymology: From sub- + tropic.
Senses: glosses: A subtropical region.
quanked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quanked
form: most quanked
Senses: glosses: Overpowered by fatigue.
subverst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subverse
fat content
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Soya milk has a low fat content.
glosses: the amount of fat contained in something, usually a food product.
kilotonnage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilotonnages
Etymology: From kilo- + tonnage.
Senses: examples: text: The regions contaminated by local fallout depend critically on local weather conditions, particularly wind, and cannot be accurately predicted, but the total areas are roughly proportional to the size (kilotonnage) of the fission part of the bomb.
ref: 1967, Patricia Joyce Lindop, A Poor Man's Guide to Nuclear Weapons, page 8:
text: In addition, the intense study of the nuclear winter phenomenon now going on in both the United States and the Soviet Union may push the arms competition further into lighter, low-kilotonnage weapons.
ref: 1985 March 24, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, page 32:
text: Nuclear tests were nationally televised, and data on systems, kilotonnages, and weapons were published by major American newspapers.
ref: 2014, Robert A. Pape, Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War:
glosses: The destructive power of an explosive, measured in kilotons.
kilotonnages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kilotonnage
succursals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of succursal
sucuruju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sucurujus
Senses: glosses: An anaconda.
sucurujus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sucuruju
sudaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sudary
sulphas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulpha
sulfas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfa
sulfonyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfonyl
sulfurousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphureousness
form: sulphurousness
Etymology: From sulfurous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being sulfurous.
sulphurousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfurousness
form: sulphureousness
Etymology: From sulphurous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being sulphurous.
summersaulting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of summersault
summersaulted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of summersault
summerier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of summery: more summery
summeriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of summery: most summery
sumphish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sumphish
form: most sumphish
Etymology: From sumph + -ish.
Senses: glosses: stupid; blockheaded
sumpweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sumpweeds
Etymology: From sump + weed.
Senses: glosses: Iva annua, annual marsh elder, a North American herbaceous annual plant in the sunflower family.
glosses: Chorisiva nevadensis
Synonyms: sense: Iva annua
word: pelocote
sense: Iva annua
word: rough marsh elder
Derived terms: taxonomic: Iva axillaris
word: giant sumpweed
taxonomic: Chorisiva nevadensis
word: Nevada sumpweed
sumpweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sumpweed
sunderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunderers
Etymology: From sunder + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who sunders.
sunderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunderer
surasundari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surasundaris
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: In Indian art, a young maiden characterizing feminine beauty and graceful sensuality.
surasundaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surasundari
upsara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upsaras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apsara.
upsaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upsara
yakshini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yakshinis
Etymology: From Sanskrit यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī, feminine of यक्ष (yakṣa)).
Senses: examples: text: There is also the Yakshini; who lies in wait for men and arouses their passions, with the ultimate object of delivering them over to demons or of feeding upon them as a vampire.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 202:
glosses: A female yaksha.
yakshinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yakshini
shalabhanjika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shalabhanjikas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of salabhanjika.
shalabhanjikas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shalabhanjika
salabhanjika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salabhanjikas
form: shalabhanjika
Senses: glosses: In Indian art, a sculpture of a woman with stylized feminine features, standing near a tree and grasping a branch.
salabhanjikas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salabhanjika
sulphanilic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfanilic acid.
sunscreening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sunscreen
sunscreening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sun + screening.
Senses: glosses: Serving to block the sun's rays.
supplementer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supplementers
Etymology: From supplement + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who supplements something.
glosses: A person who takes nutritional supplements.
supplementers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supplementer
surtaxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of surtax
surtaxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of surtax
susceptiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From susceptive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being susceptive.
sutlery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sutleries
Senses: glosses: The trade of a sutler.
glosses: A sutler's shop.
suttletie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suttleties
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of subtlety.
suttleties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suttletie
swaddler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swaddlers
Etymology: From swaddle + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who swaddles.
glosses: A blanket used for swaddling a baby.
glosses: Synonym of souper (“Catholic who converted to Protestantism to receive food aid”).
synonyms: word: souper
extra: Catholic who converted to Protestantism to receive food aid
Derived terms: silver swaddler
swaddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swaddler
swankpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swankpots
Etymology: From swank + pot.
Senses: glosses: A show-off.
swankpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swankpot
svaraj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swaraj.
swarajist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swarajists
Etymology: From swaraj + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of swaraj.
swarajists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swarajist
swarajism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From swaraj + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Support for swaraj.
MVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MV
sweetbriars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweetbriar
Sinn Feiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Sinn Feiners
Etymology: From Sinn Fein + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Put a clay pipe in [Richard] Nixon’s mouth and a hod on his shoulder or a shillelagh in his hand, and there, complete with beetling brows and uptilted nose, is the original of the old cartoon stereotype of the fighting Irishman—the Irishman of the draft riots or of Punch’s version of the Sinn Feiner.
ref: 1960, Stewart Alsop, “How They Got that Way: Nixon”, in Nixon & Rockefeller: A Double Portrait, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 124:
glosses: A member of Sinn Fein.
Sinn Feiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sinn Feiner
swellheadedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From swellheaded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being swell-headed.
grand fromage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɒn ˈfɹɒmaʒ/
Forms: form: grand fromages
form: grands fromages
Etymology: A literal translation of big cheese into French.
Senses: examples: text: The two DJs who I'd seen at that Latics club event turned out to be real grand fromages of the scene, movers, shakers, opinion formers, revered figures.
ref: 2003, Stuart Maconie, “Out on the Floor”, in Cider With Roadies, London: Ebury Publishing, →ISBN, page 69:
text: A CBS executive was sitting in on the meeting. I couldn't remember his name but since the sale of Newsline to CBS a year ago, network grands fromages were becoming a familiar sight around the place.
ref: 2004, Bella [Arabella Rosalind Hungerford] Pollen, Hunting Unicorns, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 18:
text: But when all was said and done, I'd absorbed her belief that a woman was far more attractive, feminine, virtuous, and valuable when supporting and empowering the Grand Fromage, rather than being the Grand Fromage.
ref: 2008 January, Andrea Joy Cohen, “Uncovering a Girl's Ambition: Belleruth Naparstek, L.I.S.W., B.C.D.”, in A Blessing in Disguise: 39 Life Lessons from Today's Greatest Teachers, trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 81:
text: On our next date I tell Him I think he is a big cheese. He laughs and says, "A grand fromage, eh? No, I'm not a grand fromage; I'm what you would call a medium fromage. Something like a Camembert or Époisses." We laugh.
ref: 2015 January, Melissa Kite, The Art of Not Having It All: True Stories of Men, Sex, and Other Disasters, 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 163:
glosses: A big cheese; an important person.
Synonyms: big shot
poobah
grand poobah
very important person
VIP
swindge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swindges
form: swindging
form: swindged
form: swindged
Senses: examples: text: Th' old Dragon underground / In ſtraiter limits bound, / Not half ſo far caſts his uſurped ſvvay, / And vvrath to ſee his Kingdom fail, / Svvindges the ſcaly Horrour of his foulded tail.
ref: 1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: Alternative spelling of swinge.
swindge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swindges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swinge.
swindges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swindge
swindges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swindge
swindging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swindge
swindged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swindge
swinehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From swine + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state or characteristics of being a pig.
rulez
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rule + -z
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of rules.
spatializer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spatializers
Etymology: From spatialize + -er.
Senses: glosses: An algorithm that localizes sounds in physical space.
spatializers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spatializer
trick mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A feature of digital video systems that mimics the visual feedback given during fast forward and rewind operations that were provided by analog systems such as VCRs.
Synonyms: trick play
pregeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + generation.
Senses: glosses: Generation in advance.
pregenerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pregenerates
form: pregenerating
form: pregenerated
form: pregenerated
Etymology: From pre- + generate.
Senses: glosses: To generate in advance.
pregenerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pregenerate
pregenerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pregenerate
pregenerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pregenerate
dependers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depender
shrubby boneset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrubby bonesets
Senses: glosses: Ageratina havanensis
Synonyms: sense: Ageratina havanensis
word: white mistflower
sense: Ageratina havanensis
word: white shrub
sense: Ageratina havanensis
word: Havana snakeroot
sense: Ageratina havanensis
word: mistflower
keystore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keystores
Etymology: From key + store.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A storage area for cryptographic keys.
keystores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keystore
Gregg's mistflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gregg's mistflowers
Etymology: After Josiah Gregg (1806-1850), American naturalist
Senses: glosses: Conoclinium greggii
wikipedia: Josiah Gregg
Synonyms: sense: Conoclinium greggii
word: palmleaf thoroughwort
sense: Conoclinium greggii
word: palm-leaf mistflower
sense: Conoclinium greggii
word: palm-leaf thoroughwort
sense: Conoclinium greggii
word: purple palmleaf mistflower
sense: Conoclinium greggii
word: purple palmleaf eupatorium
syllogist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syllogists
Senses: glosses: A logician who produces syllogisms.
glosses: An author of syllogai.
syllogists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syllogist
sylphy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sylphy
form: most sylphy
Etymology: From sylph + -y.
Senses: examples: text: So swift, so sylphy held the chace.
ref: 1891, Wilson Armistead, Tales and Legends of the English Lakes, page 166:
glosses: sylphlike
symitar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symitars
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of scimitar.
symitars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symitar
A-B loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A-B loops
Etymology: A and B represent the start and end points of the selection.
Senses: glosses: The looping of a subsection of audio or video material.
A-B loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A-B loop
symmetallic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to symmetallism.
hot chats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot chat
Hubbert curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hubbert curves
Etymology: Introduced in geologist M. King Hubbert's 1956 presentation.
Senses: glosses: A symmetric logistic distribution curve that approximates the production rate of a resource over time.
Hubbert curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hubbert curve
Syncom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Syncoms
Senses: glosses: A synchronous communication satellite.
Syncoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Syncom
syncopative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From syncopate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Any page of sheet-music jazz will reveal a number of common simple syncopative formulas applied to melodic purposes.
ref: 1964, Winthrop Sargeant, Jazz: A History, page 58:
glosses: Of or relating to syncopation.
monoazides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoazide
knockdowning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knockdown
syneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synesis
syngamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From syngamy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to syngamy.
reversally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From reversal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a reversal manner; by means of reversing.
stichosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stichosomes
Etymology: From sticho- + -some (“body”).
Senses: glosses: A multicellular organ, very prominent in some stages of nematodes, consisting of a longitudinal series of stichocytes, and believed to be a secretory gland and storage organ.
stichosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stichosome
presuppositionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From presuppositional + -ist.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Of or pertaining to presuppositionalism.
presuppositionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presuppositionalists
Etymology: From presuppositional + -ist.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A supporter of presuppositionalism.
presuppositionalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presuppositionalist
Synroc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Synrocs
Etymology: Short for synthetic rock.
Senses: glosses: A hard, dense, black solid made from titanate minerals, used for safely storing radioactive waste.
Synrocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Synroc
Maximilian sunflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maximilian sunflowers
Etymology: Named after Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, who encountered it on his travels in North America.
Senses: glosses: Helianthus maximiliani
syntan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syntans
Etymology: Short for synthetic tannin.
Senses: glosses: A synthetic tannin.
syntans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syntan
syntonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the same frequency; syntonic.
reversalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reversalisms
Etymology: From reversal + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: The idea that what is true about the universe is the exact opposite of what a person or group of people believes.
glosses: An act of reversing or a state of being reversed.
Related terms: reversalist
reversality
reversalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reversalism
reversalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reversal + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: Of or pertaining to reversalism or to reversalists.
reversalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reversalists
Etymology: From reversal + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: A supporter of the idea of reversalism.
supralinearity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supralinearities
Etymology: From supra- + linearity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being supralinear
reversalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reversalist
Fall aster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fall asters
Senses: glosses: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, a plant native to parts of central and eastern United States formerly classified in the genus Aster.
Synonyms: sense: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
word: aromatic aster
sense: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
word: aromatic American aster
sense: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
word: wild blue aster
sense: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
word: shale aster
reversality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reversal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state, property, or quality of being reversed.
Related terms: reversalism
Cramers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cramer
zecchine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zecchines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zecchino (gold coin)
zecchines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zecchine
Cramer's rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cramer's rules
Etymology: Named after the Swiss mathematician Gabriel Cramer, who originally published the formula in 1750.
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An explicit formula for the solution of a system of linear equations with as many equations as unknowns, valid whenever the system has a unique solution.
wikipedia: Gabriel Cramer
Cramer's rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cramer's rule
Kaffre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kaffres
Senses: examples: text: In South Africa, where the caracal abounds, its hide is made by the Kaffres into skin cloaks, known as karosses.
ref: 1878, "The Caracal" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 81
glosses: Alternative form of Kaffir.
Kaffres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In South Africa, where the caracal abounds, its hide is made by the Kaffres into skin cloaks, known as karosses.
ref: 1878, "The Caracal" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 81
glosses: plural of Kaffre
kisses goodbye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kiss goodbye
kissing goodbye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kiss goodbye
kissed goodbye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kiss goodbye
exponencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exponency
dopp kit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dopp kits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dopp kit.
Maximilian sunflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maximilian sunflower
Fall asters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fall aster
wide-ons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wide-on
ctr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ctrs
form: ctr.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of centre.
glosses: Abbreviation of center.
ctrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ctr
CTRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CTR
glass sponges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glass sponge
BPaaS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: process#Noun
;
service#Noun
glosses: Acronym of business process as a service.
Related terms: BaaS
CCaaS
CPaaS
DaaS
DBaaS
DRaaS
FaaS
IaaS
IDaaS
MBaaS
PaaS
PCaaS
SaaS
StaaS
UCaaS
WaaS
anodyspareunia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ano- + dyspareunia, introduced in a 1998 academic journal (see also ).
Senses: glosses: Pain accompanying receptive anal sexual intercourse.
literary inquisition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: literary inquisitions
Senses: glosses: The persecution of intellectuals on the basis of their writings as practiced in imperial China.
literary inquisitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of literary inquisition
DICaaS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: computing#Noun
;
service#Noun
glosses: Acronym of data-intensive computing as a service.
Related terms: BaaS
BPaaS
CCaaS
CPaaS
DaaS
DBaaS
DRaaS
FaaS
IaaS
IDaaS
MBaaS
PaaS
PCaaS
SaaS
StaaS
UCaaS
WaaS
IDaaS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: identity#Noun
;
service#Noun
glosses: Acronym of identity as a service.
Related terms: BaaS
BPaaS
CCaaS
CPaaS
DaaS
DBaaS
DICaaS
DRaaS
FaaS
IaaS
MBaaS
PaaS
PCaaS
SaaS
StaaS
UCaaS
WaaS
oversophistication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + sophistication.
Senses: glosses: the condition of being oversophisticated.
analagously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of analogously.
mock out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mocks out
form: mocking out
form: mocked out
form: mocked out
Senses: examples: text: Now that we know we have mocked out the objects and verified that the method we expected was called, we are ready to write a unit test.
ref: 2011, Scott Millett, Jerrel Blankenship, Matthew Bussa, Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM (page B-18)
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To replace (source code or other software elements) with a stub that exhibits the desired behaviour, typically for use in automated testing.
spiralise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spiralises
form: spiralising
form: spiralised
form: spiralised
Etymology: From spiral + -ise.
Senses: examples: 3 February 2017, Deborah Orr writing in The Guardian, Veg crisis, what veg crisis? If we can’t have courgettes, then let us eat kale
Let them stop fretting about vegetables denied by the weather and eat chilli powder. Just explain to them that they really shouldn’t think about spiralising it, because that doesn’t work.
glosses: Alternative spelling of spiralize.
V4
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From V(isegrád) + 4 (the number of countries involved).
Senses: examples: text: There was fury among V4 members when, the day after the Brexit result was revealed, only the foreign ministers from the EU’s six founding states were invited to Berlin by the German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to pledge their support for an “ever closer union”.
ref: 2016 July 23, Kate Connolly, The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The four Visegrád countries of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, who have a European political alliance.
V4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V4s
form: V-4
Etymology: From V- + 4.
Senses: topics: automotive
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: An internal combustion engine with four piston cylinders arranged in two rows of two, arranged in a V-shape.
coatigan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coatigans
Etymology: Blend of coat + cardigan.
Senses: examples: text: And it doesn't stop there: greige, skorts, coatigans, recessionistas, glunge, glamping – all these linguistic mashups began life on the pages of fashion magazines or style blogs and have since gone more mainstream than a Louboutin stiletto.
ref: 2013 May 10, “The trouser is so now in the singular world of fashion”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2023:
text: Oh my god, you should see them. It is actually the most hilar thing I have ever seen in my life. Even more hilar than the coatigan Gran made before.
ref: 2015, Arabella Weir, Testing Times for Tabitha Baird, London: Piccadilly Press, →ISBN, page 148:
text: Coatigans can be found at all price levels from a variety of retailers, including Amazon, J. Crew and so on up to the very haute.
ref: 2023 September 25, Vanessa Friedman, “Should I Wear a Fleece to the Office?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2023:
glosses: A garment that is a hybrid of a coat and a cardigan.
facelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facelets
Etymology: From face + -let.
Senses: examples: text: If you have a picture on the face with a definite orientation of the center facelet, you have to solve for rotations of the center facelets as well as for the usual Rubik's cube movements.
ref: 1996 August 14, David and Enid Karr, “Re: Rubik's variants”, in rec.puzzles (Usenet):
glosses: Any of the individual coloured squares making up one side of a Rubik's cube; the face of a cubie.
examples: text: When creating a Java web project using JSF, a facelet is automatically generated.
ref: 2015, David R. Heffelfinger, Java EE 7 Development with NetBeans 8, page 58:
qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: An element of an open-source Web template system for JSF.
facelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facelet
do gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does gooseberry
form: doing gooseberry
form: did gooseberry
form: done gooseberry
Senses: glosses: Synonym of play gooseberry.
synonyms: word: play gooseberry
does gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do gooseberry
doing gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do gooseberry
did gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do gooseberry
done gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do gooseberry
plays gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play gooseberry
playing gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play gooseberry
played gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play gooseberry
Old Gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Devil; Satan.
Synonyms: Old Harry
Old Nick
Old Scratch
Derived terms: play Old Gooseberry
play Old Gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays Old Gooseberry
form: playing Old Gooseberry
form: played Old Gooseberry
form: played Old Gooseberry
form: play up Old Gooseberry
Senses: glosses: To suddenly put a stop to a disturbance by force or threats.
examples: text: I'll play old Gooseberry with the office, and make you glad to buy me out at a good high figure, if you try any of your tricks with me.
ref: 1843–44, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit:
glosses: To play the devil; to make mischief.
Synonyms: sense: make mischief
word: play Old Harry
plays Old Gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play Old Gooseberry
playing Old Gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play Old Gooseberry
played Old Gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play Old Gooseberry
play up Old Gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays up Old Gooseberry
form: playing up Old Gooseberry
form: played up Old Gooseberry
form: played up Old Gooseberry
Senses: examples: text: Sandy's the boy, if once to it they fall, / That will play up old gooseberry soon with them all.
ref: 1819 March 24, Thomas Moore, Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress, page 22:
glosses: Alternative form of play Old Gooseberry.
plays up Old Gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play up Old Gooseberry
playing up Old Gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play up Old Gooseberry
played up Old Gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play up Old Gooseberry
mixtiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mixtiform
form: most mixtiform
Senses: examples: text: The General […] glances, only with the eye, at that so mixtiform National Assembly
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter XI, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book VII (The Insurrection of Women), page 274:
glosses: Of a mixed character.
carbon dioxid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of carbon dioxide.
carbondioxid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Carbonic acid is composed of carbondioxid and water loosely held together, but they are nearly always together. The amount of carbondioxid in the atmosphere is small, only three or four parts in ten thousand.
ref: 1922, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science:
glosses: Archaic form of carbon dioxide.
strawperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strawpersons
form: strawpeople
Senses: glosses: Synonym of strawman.
synonyms: word: strawman
strawwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strawwomen
Etymology: From straw + -woman, modelled on straw man.
Senses: glosses: A false caricature of a woman.
gooseberry-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gooseberry-eyed
form: most gooseberry-eyed
Etymology: From gooseberry + eyed.
Senses: examples: text: He was a small, smug-faced, gooseberry-eyed man, quick in his movements, glib with his tongue, and full of the quaint shop-courtesy of eighty years ago […]
ref: 1871, Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, The Member for Paris, page 31:
glosses: Having prominent and dull grey eyes.
Related terms: gooseberry eye
gooseberry-grinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooseberry-grinders
Senses: glosses: The buttocks.
Synonyms: buttocks
Derived terms: ask Bogey, the gooseberry-grinder
gooseberry lay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooseberry lays
Senses: examples: text: I soon had some kids in working order, and we done a good business - this was in the winter, and we all vent on the gooseberry lay - that means taking things from clothes lines - and ye see they would talk about it ven dey comes home, so that the landlord could hear 'em sometimes - being only a thin board partition between our room and his'n. […]
ref: 1865, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, page 315:
text: How long have you been off the gooseberry lay, son?
ref: , Dashiell Hammett, early manuscript of The Maltese Falcon, quoted in 2020, Study Guide to The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (Influence Publishers)
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: The stealing of linen hanging on a line.
gooseberry season
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooseberry seasons
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories.
Synonyms: silly season
gooseberry tart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooseberry tarts
Etymology: UK circa 1860.
Senses: glosses: A tart filled with gooseberries; a sort of gooseberry pie.
glosses: Heart.
gooseberry-picker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooseberry-pickers
Senses: glosses: One who works on behalf of another person who takes the credit for the work.
examples: text: The Solicitor-General: I understand that a gooseberry-picker is the person who stands by whilst a young man and young woman are making love (laughter).
ref: 1869, Susannah M. Saurin (plaintiff.), Extraordinary Trial by a Sister of Mercy: Saurin Versus Starr (page 78)
glosses: A chaperone.
Hypernyms: sense: one who works on another behalf
word: surrogate
Hyponyms: sense: one who works on another behalf
word: ghost writer
gooseberry pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooseberry puddings
form: gooseberry pudden
Etymology: UK circa 1857. Based on a forced rhyme and dialectal pronunciation of pudding and woman.
Senses: glosses: A pudding made with gooseberries.
glosses: A woman.
glosses: A wife.
gooseberry wig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooseberry wigs
Senses: glosses: A large, frizzled wig.
pick gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks gooseberry
form: picking gooseberry
form: picked gooseberry
form: picked gooseberry
Senses: glosses: Synonym of play gooseberry.
synonyms: word: play gooseberry
Related terms: english: chaperone
translation: chaperone
word: gooseberry-picker
'longst
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alongst.
'longst
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alongst.
gooseberry-grinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooseberry-grinder
gooseberry lays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooseberry lay
gooseberry seasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooseberry season
'midst
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amidst.
gooseberry tarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooseberry tart
gooseberry-pickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooseberry-picker
gooseberry puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooseberry pudding
gooseberry wigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooseberry wig
picks gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pick gooseberry
picking gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pick gooseberry
picked gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pick gooseberry
Athabaskanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Athabaskanists
form: Athabascanist
form: Athapaskanist
Etymology: From Athabaskan + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A linguist who studies the Athabaskan languages.
Synonyms: Deneology
Athabaskanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Athabaskanist
lava bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lava bears
Senses: glosses: A non-existent bear species that was once thought to inhabit the lava beds of south central Oregon.
push string uphill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes string uphill
form: pushing string uphill
form: pushed string uphill
form: pushed string uphill
Senses: glosses: To perform a difficult and thankless task.
spin button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spin buttons
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of spinner (arrowed control for changing a numeric value)
synonyms: word: spinner
extra: arrowed control for changing a numeric value
spin buttons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spin button
gnisrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪsɹæp/
Etymology: From parsing spelled backwards. Introduced by Thomas R. G. Green in a 1987 paper.
Senses: examples: text: Similarly we believe our model could handle the different 'psychological complexity' levels of certain drawing programs to which Kiss and Pinder draw attention. In fact, our approach has much in common with theirs at the gnisrap end, but they do not consider the parsing side.
ref: 1987, Human-computer Interaction — INTERACT '87: Proceedings..., page 69:
text: Green et al (1987) have proposed a number of extensions to Rist's model. In their parsing/gnisrap model of coding, they describe the process by which a skeletal plan is instantiated in a programming notation.
ref: 1996, Wayne D. Gray, Deborah Ann Boehm-Davis, Empirical Studies of Programmers: Sixth Workshop, page 60:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The cognitive process of creating a mental model of a computer program by reading the code.
lava bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lava bear
oxopropanoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxopropanoates
Etymology: From oxopropanoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A salt or ester of oxopropanoic acid.
oxopropanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxopropanoate
tubeway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubeways
Etymology: From tube + way.
Senses: examples: text: As usual, he relished the order and tidiness of the Complex; the sterile unscented air, the empty white tubeways, the featureless blocks and cubes that lined the outer walls.
ref: 1995, Gareth Roberts, Zamper:
text: The piezoelectric pedestrian tubeways depicted for Shanghai 2121 will provide all-weather pedestrian transportation citywide.
ref: 2016, Alan Marshall, Ecotopia 2121: A Vision for Our Future Green Utopia in 100 Cities:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A system of interlinked tubes serving as a transport network.
tubeways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubeway
sbornik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sborniks
form: sborniki
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian сборник (sbornik).
Senses: examples: text: Lenin is said to have discussed with Plekhanov and Axelrod the need to publish a Social Democratic newspaper abroad, but it seems that the final agreement was to increase legal publishing and to prepare a number of sborniks (books containing contributions by several others).
ref: 2017, Stefan T. Possony, Lenin: The Compulsive Revolutionary:
glosses: A collection of manuscripts; an anthology.
sborniki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sbornik
sborniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sbornik
syllogai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the plural of Ancient Greek συλλογή (sullogḗ, “collection”).
Senses: glosses: Notebooks used to collect sketches and inscriptions.
cosmic jokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmic joker
top cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top cats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of top dog.
synonyms: word: top dog
top cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top cat
10.0s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 10.0
Zadoq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zadok.
Zadok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zadoq
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew צדוק (“righteous”).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A priest, said to be descended from Eleazar the son of Aaron, who aided King David during the revolt of his son Absalom and was subsequently instrumental in bringing King Solomon to the throne.
khachqars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khachqar
aughting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aught
aughted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aught
miracle fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miracle fruits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of miracle berry.
synonyms: word: miracle berry
mentacide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of menticide.
Pyrenean ibex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pyrenean ibexes
Senses: glosses: A recently extinct subspecies of the Iberian ibex (†Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica).
Synonyms: bucardo
karez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karezes
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian کاریز (kârêz).
Senses: glosses: A qanat, in parts of central southern Asia.
Synonyms: qanat
numerolatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From numero- + -latry.
Senses: examples: text: His warning would not have been necessary today for we have moved to the opposite pole and risk falling into 'numerolatry', the idolatrous worship of numbers.
ref: 1989, F.J.M. Laver, Information Technology: Agent of Change, →ISBN:
text: René Padilla feels that the “excessive emphasis on numbers” in church growth becomes “numerolatry.”
ref: 1998, C. Peter Wagner, Church Growth and the Whole Gospel: A Biblical Mandate, →ISBN:
text: What is the reason for this numerolatry, the worship of numbers?
ref: 2003, Arthur Herzog, The Church Trap, →ISBN:
text: I have even heard the use of numbers called “numerolatry,” a particularly serious accusation because it implies a form of idolatry.
ref: 2008, C. Peter Wagner, The Book of Acts: A Commentary, →ISBN:
text: My most extreme condemnation was a public affirmation thatIwas committing “numerolatry.” The literal sense of that word isthat I was actually worshiping numbers.
ref: 2013, C. Peter Wagner, This Changes Everything (The Prayer Warrior Series): How God Can Transform Your Mind And Change Your Life, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: worship of numbers