cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
knodden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: It bꝛingeth doune floures / it pꝛouoketh neſynge / it kylleth mieſe knodden wyth mele and honye.
ref: 1562, Wylliam Turner [i.e., William Turner], “The vertue of whyte Hellebore”, in The Second Parte of Guilliam Turners Herball⸝ […], Cologne: […] Arnold Birckman, →OCLC, folio 160, recto:
text: After they are hatched you ſhall keep them in the houſe ten or twelve dayes, and feed them with curds, ſcalded chippins, or barley meal in milk knodden and broken[…]
ref: 1665, Robert May, “Excellent Wayes for Feeding of Poultrey”, in The Accompliſht Cook, Or The Art and Myſtery of Cookery, ſecond edition, London: Nathanael Wood, page 457:
text: See OON for th' tale ov a woman as knooad her bread an' forgeet to heeat th' oon till after id were knodden.
ref: 1891, Tum-O'-Dick-O'-Bobs [pseudonym; Joseph Baron], “Kneyd”, in A Blegburn Dickshonary, revised edition, Blackburn: Express and Standard Offices, page 39:
glosses: past participle of knead
fat-shames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fat-shame
fat-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of criticizing or deriding someone's obesity.
fat-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fat-shame
Related terms: bald-shaming
body-shaming
gay-shaming
slut-shaming
fat-shamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fat-shame
bald-shame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bald-shames
form: bald-shaming
form: bald-shamed
form: bald-shamed
Senses: glosses: To criticize or deride someone's baldness or hair loss.
body-shames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of body-shame
body-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of criticizing or deriding someone's physical appearance.
body-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of body-shame
Related terms: bald-shaming
fat-shaming
gay-shaming
slut-shaming
body-shamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of body-shame
bald-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of criticizing or deriding someone's baldness or hair loss.
bald-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bald-shame
Related terms: body-shaming
fat-shaming
gay-shaming
slut-shaming
bald-shames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bald-shame
bald-shamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bald-shame
hoovers up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hoover up
hoovering up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hoover up
hoovered up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hoover up
gay-shame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gay-shames
form: gay-shaming
form: gay-shamed
form: gay-shamed
Etymology: From gay + shame.
Senses: glosses: To criticize or deride someone for being gay.
gay-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of criticizing or deriding someone's homosexual orientation.
gay-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gay-shame
Related terms: bald-shaming
body-shaming
fat-shaming
slut-shaming
gay-shames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gay-shame
gay-shamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gay-shame
Elino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
baizuo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baizuos
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 白左 (báizuǒ, “white left”), derived from 白種人／白种人 (báizhǒngrén, “White person”) + 左派 (zuǒpài, “left-wing”).
Senses: examples: text: Baizuo (literally “white left”) has been around for 10 years or so—but it rose to greater prominence in the wake of Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency in 2017. It means something like “woke”—as said in a sneering tone by conservative critics of progressives.
ref: 2021 March 27, Frankie Huang, “‘Baizuo’ Is a Chinese Word Conservatives Love”, in Foreign Policy:
topics: government
politics
glosses: a Western leftist perceived as condescending or ignorant.
Synonyms: champagne socialist
slacktivist
social justice warrior
wokie
Ghazwa-e-Hind
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gajwa-e-Hind
form: Gazwa-e-Hind
form: Ghazwat ul Hind
Etymology: Partly re-Arabized form of Urdu غزوہ ہند (ġazvā-e hind), from Classical Persian غزوهٔ هند (ġazwa-yi hind), from Arabic غزوة الهند (“battle of Hind [India]”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A prophecy in some hadiths where an Islamic army invades and conquers the Indian subcontinent, as part of the events leading to the eventual apocalypse.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Alleged attempts by Islamist groups to conquer the Republic of India.
Coordinate terms: word: Dar al-Islam
english: the society of the Prophet Muhammad
translation: the society of the Prophet Muhammad
word: Nizam-e-Mustafa
Related terms: Akhand Bharat
the Hindutva scenario of total rule over India and nearby countries
pseudomycetoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudomycetomata
Etymology: From pseudo- + mycetoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A mycosis of the skin resembling mycetoma
Marghita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Marghita.
Senses: glosses: A city in Bihor County, Romania.
SMBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SMB
life rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪts
Senses: examples: text: Netflix paid you $320,000 for your life rights to the series, and you consulted on the project.
ref: 2022 February 14, Emily Palmer, “Anna Sorokin on ‘Inventing Anna’ and Life After Rikers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An agreement with a person (or a deceased person's estate) to create fictionalized accounts of their life.
Căiuți
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Căiuți.
Senses: glosses: A river in Bacău, Romania, tributary to the Trotuș.
glosses: A commune of Bacău County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Căiuți, Bacău County, Romania.
Dănicei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Dănicei.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Vâlcea County, Romania.
Năruja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Năruja.
Senses: glosses: A river in Vrancea, Romania, tributary to the Zăbala.
glosses: A commune of Vrancea County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Năruja, Vrancea County, Romania.
Pănet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Pănet.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Mureș County, Romania.
armplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armplates
Etymology: From arm + plate.
Senses: examples: text: The gunners no longer wore armplates while the lancers wore only breastplate and shoulder pieces.
ref: 2011 11, Ruth Turner Wilcox, Five Centuries of American Costume, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 29:
text: […] which included the gorget, breastplate (and sometimes a backplate) and armplates. When available and permitted by the regiment, leg armor, mail, and various helmets would be worn. Knights still wore full harness,[…]
ref: 2014 January 10, Nick Jamilla, Sword Fighting in the Star Wars Universe: Historical Origins, Style and Philosophy, McFarland, →ISBN, page 153:
glosses: Plate armour worn on one's arms.
armplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armplate
shinplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shinplates
Etymology: From shin + plate.
Senses: examples: text: This helmet is part of a set of armour, also comprising collar, pair of pauldrons, vambraces (armplate) and greaves (shinplate). The pieces come as field armour fitted with extra pieces for lighter field use.
ref: 2003, David Starkey, Elizabeth: The Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random:
text: The dwarven priest followed, keeping his distance, and trying to time his crunching steps in steel plate armor and […] Azenairk looked up, his shinplate just having kicked into a rock on the side of the trail, the two men drawing[…]
ref: 2010 05, Jason R. Jones, The Exodus: Of Spiders and Falcons, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 139:
text: His armored feet dug chunks out of the wall as he scrambled toward the very top. Finally, when gravity would let him rise no more, [... he] slid the hidden knife out of its sheath in his shinplate. He wrenched himself upward, over the lip,[…]
ref: 2018 August 7, Paul Tassi, Herokiller: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: An item of plate armour covering the shin; a greave.
Related terms: schynbald
shinplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shinplate
non-compliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Wearing a face covering also remains a requirement on all Transport for London services, where it has become a Condition of Carriage. This means that while non-compliance is no longer a criminal offence and punishable with a fine, passengers can still be asked to leave or prevented from boarding.
ref: 2022 February 9, “Network News: Regulations on face coverings risk leaving passengers confused”, in RAIL, number 950, page 6:
glosses: Alternative spelling of noncompliance.
acceptorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acceptor + -less.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Lacking acceptors; having no acceptor.
ENR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of European New Right.
steak commando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steak commandos
Senses: examples: text: Some observers' jaundiced view that Aquino has done little to change the basic political climate are buttressed by the legions of "steak commandos" (a derisive Manila word for comfortable Filipinos self-exiled in the US during the Marcos years) flocking home since February 1986.
ref: 1987 January 22, James Clad, “The 5th Column”, in Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 135, number 4, Hong Kong: Far Eastern Economic Review Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32, column 3:
text: By the summer of 1983, people were calling Ninoy "a steak commando" who was having a good time in the States while his countrymen were suffering, recalled former Senator Francisco Rodrigo.
ref: 2000, Peter Ackerman, Jack DuVall, A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, New York, N.Y.: Palgrave, →ISBN, page 376:
text: He might have sounded to some like a steak commando, urging compatriots to fight while he slugged his beer in California.
ref: 2006, Journal of the Geological Society of the Philippines, volume 61, number 1, page 61:
text: The response signed by the Filipino diplomat noticeably focused on poisoning the well, calling Manglapus a "discredited politician," a "steak commando" and a "political has-been."
ref: 2022 August 21, Larah Vinda Del Mundo, “How Marcos suppressed the truth behind Ninoy Aquino's assassination”, in VERA Files, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2023:
glosses: Someone who advocates for conflict and radical action while themselves living in relative peace and luxury.
Related terms: café revolutionary
champagne socialist
chickenhawk
steak commandos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steak commando
autochemotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + chemotaxis.
Senses: glosses: chemotaxis due to a chemical stimulant released by the organism itself
multiseeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + seeding.
Senses: glosses: seeding with multiple types of seed
NTHi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
Kharnakling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ladakh, India.
Hechi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: hŭʹchûʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河池 (Héchí).
Senses: examples: text: Over the past 2 years or so, Hochih Region has cultivated about 15,500 new minority-nationality party members, 95 percent of the total number of new party members there.
ref: [1973 July 2 [1973 June 29], “Kwangsi Region Nationalities”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 127, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Nanning Kwangsi Regional Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, page D 10:
text: During a news conference in Hechi on Friday, officials said that 90,000 pounds of fish and more than a million fry had been killed and that several hundred villagers downstream had consumed river water for five days before they were notified about the dangers.
ref: 2012 February 4, Andrew Jacobs, “China Fires 7 Officials After Spill”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2012, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
La Cognata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /la.koˈnjɒ.ta/
Forms: form: La Cognatas
form: La Cognataes
form: la Cognata
form: la-Cognata
form: La-Cognata
form: Lacognata
form: Lacognata
form: laCognata
Etymology: From Sicilian La Cognata, a surname derived from cugnata (“hatchet”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Sicilian.
Gilruth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gilruths
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sors
Etymology: Borrowed from Khmer ស (sɑɑ).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Khmer.
nosejob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosejobs
Senses: examples: text: Admires Diana Ross so much he had six nosejobs and four skin grafts to look like her.
ref: 1992 March 4, Punch, volume 301, number 7883, page 46:
text: Northeastern women want breast implants but (generally) not big ones. When they have nosejobs, they’ll want more tip work.
ref: 2005, Cap Lesesne, Confessions of a Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon, Gotham Books, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., →ISBN, page 103:
text: Her name is on the screen in blue so he clicks on that and then, again, sees the ‘Before’ and ‘After’ videos and too the pictures that he’s already seen. It’s a ‘Before’ and ‘After’ gallery. He is the Scrolling Man. Boobjobs, nosejobs. Now you see the dorsal bump and now you don’t.
ref: 2013, Niall Griffiths, A Great Big Shining Star, London: Vintage Books, published 2014, →ISBN, page 155:
glosses: Alternative form of nose job.
nosejobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nosejob
work one's way up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: works one's way up
form: working one's way up
form: worked one's way up
form: worked one's way up
Senses: glosses: to climb something effortfully
examples: text: He worked his way up from janitor to regional manager.
glosses: to reach higher positions through effort after starting at lower levels or the very bottom
glosses: to reach higher positions through effort after starting at lower levels or the very bottom
to climb the figurative corporate ladder
glosses: to reach higher positions through effort after starting at lower levels or the very bottom
to rise within a hierarchical order
Related terms: work one's way
rise through the ranks
innegligible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not negligible.
slutshamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slutshamer
cambacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camback
cambacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of camback
cambacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of camback
cambacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of camback
salient point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salient points
Senses: glosses: A prominent feature or detail.
salient points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salient point
Jews' pitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jew's pitch.
nose-job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose-jobs
Senses: examples: text: I happen to believe that each of us has the right to find enjoyment, as long as we do not harm anyone else. If a nose-job will do it, why not?
ref: 1970 August 7, Peter J. Steincrohn, “Ask The Doctor”, in Akron Beacon Journal, 132nd year, number 115, page B 19:
text: But the reader is right: I don’t know any of these Rich & Beautiful People personally, so I shouldn’t judge them by their face-lifts and nose-jobs
ref: 2014 May 5, Larry Woody, “Some people just don’t see the humor in humor”, in The Murfreesboro Post, page 16:
text: Your high school graduation photo might be flattering, but if it was taken in 1949 and retouched it might be considered somewhat disingenuous by dating purists. Sending a more recent photo taken just before your botched nose-job too might be more up-to-date but is still questionable.
ref: 2014 August 30, Jim Foster, “Dating sites could use a bit of help”, in North Bay Nugget, page A3:
glosses: Alternative form of nose job.
nose-jobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose-job
carpe the diem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carpes the diem
form: carpeing the diem
form: carped the diem
form: carped the diem
Etymology: See carpe diem.
Senses: glosses: To seize the day
breastlift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breastlifts
Etymology: From breast + lift.
Senses: examples: text: So I started doing those breastlifts and implantations, and others, with an even lighter anesthesia where, ninety seconds after the drip is turned off, the patient is close to fully awake.
ref: 2005, Cap Lesesne, Confessions of a Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon, Gotham Books, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., →ISBN, page 117:
text: Breastlift surgery is performed under general anaesthetic in hospital.[…]Specific breastlifts fall into the more traditional incision pattern and modified or scar-saving techniques, which have gained popularity in the last decade.
ref: 2007, Wendy Lewis, Plastic Makes Perfect: The Complete Cosmetic Beauty Guide, Orion Books, →ISBN:
text: As Rochelle retrieved her phone so they could exchange numbers, Mariah stood up and began to brush crumbs off her clothes. Her way of showing off her newly purchased plump Brazilian booty and breastlift while giving Li’l Man a whiff of her Dolce & Gabbana Sicily perfume.
ref: 2010, Chunichi, Karen P. Williams, B.L.U.N.T., Around the Way Girls 7, Urban Books:
glosses: Any operation designed to lift a woman’s breast.
Synonyms: mastopexy
breastlifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breastlift
Gilruths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gilruth
necklift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necklifts
Etymology: From neck + lift.
Senses: examples: text: The endoscopic forehead lift may be performed separately or in conjunction with a necklift or composite facelift.
ref: 1996, Tina S. Alster, David B. Apfelberg, editors, Cosmetic Laser Surgery, Wiley-Liss, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Dr. Sundine specializes in facelifts, necklifts and browlifting, eyelid surgery, as well as rhinoplasty, which involves both technically exacting skill and a keen eye for aesthetic balance.
ref: 2008 January, Orange Coast, page 190:
text: Once the patient and surgeon have decided to proceed with a necklift, each tissue type (skin, muscle, fat) involed in aging the neck is considered for its role in a given patient’s appearance and its amenability to surgical correction. Procedures to rejuvenate the neck represent a cumulative advance up the ladder from liposuction (addresses fat) to submentalplasty (addresses muscle and fat), to full necklift (addresses skin, muscle and fat; the necklift incision is completely postauricular, and addresses the jawline and inferior).
ref: 2019, Alan Matarasso, Darren M. Smith, “The Aging Neck”, in Gregory R. D. Evans, editor, Operative Plastic Surgery, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 262:
glosses: Plastic surgery to the neck to remove wrinkles, fat or other signs of aging.
necklifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necklift
Stapeleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stapeley
Harehills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3234).
Quarringtons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Quarrington
cookie cutterish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cookie cutterish
form: most cookie cutterish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cookie-cutterish.
Seacroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A southern coastal suburb of Skegness, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5661).
glosses: An eastern suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3536).
Perișani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Perișani.
Senses: glosses: A river in Vâlcea, Romania.
glosses: A river in Galați, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Vâlcea County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Perișani, Vâlcea County, Romania.
Pleșoi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Pleșoi.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Dolj County, Romania.
Sadu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Sadu.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Sibiu County, Romania.
glosses: A river in Gorj, Romania.
glosses: A river in Sibiu, Romania.
poofster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poofsters
Etymology: From poof + -ster.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poofter.
Isverna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Isverna.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Mehedinți County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Isverna, Mehedinți County, Romania.
stack-and-pack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æk
Senses: glosses: Of a type of city planning with many residences in high density in many-story buildings.
Thorpe Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A theme park near the village of Thorpe, Runnymede borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0368).
glosses: A business park in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (approx OS grid ref SE3733).
jōyō kanji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jōyō kanji
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji).
Senses: glosses: Any of the kanji in a list of common kanji prepared by the Japanese government.
butted heads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of butt heads
butts heads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of butt heads
butting heads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of butt heads
dry well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪˌwɛl/
Forms: form: dry wells
form: drywell
Etymology: From dry + well (in both open compound and solid compound form).
Senses: topics: business
civil-engineering
construction
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: absorbing well
drain well
negative well
dumb well
dead well
blind well
glosses: An underground structure (for example, a pit filled with gravel) that disposes of unwanted water (most commonly surface runoff and stormwater and in some cases greywater) by holding it and dissipating it into the groundwater.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry, well. Any kind of well that is dry.
Related terms: rain garden
sump
drywell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drywells
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dry well.
drywells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drywell
dry wells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry well
sphyg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sfɪɡ/
Forms: form: sphygs
Etymology: Clipping of sphygmomanometer
Senses: examples: text: They use a slightly different method of measuring the blood pressure which involves putting on the sphyg cuff and pumping it up until the radial pulse is obliterated. They then release the pressure until the radial pulse returns, giving a rough (but reasonably accurate) measure of the systolic pressure.
ref: 2001 March 5, Daniel Edgcumbe, “Feeling the pulse”, in sci.med.cardiology (Usenet):
text: In other news, I've got some Schwartz chopped chilli paste that I'm going to hfr to molish my wednesday Hooter King burgre edible. I just hope my steth and sphyg arrive before so I can observe first hand the efects of fatty foods on my BP...
ref: 2004 July 21, X Kile M Thompson, “Re: Research”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet):
text: We have these Sunbeam Health-at-Home BP cuffs around these days..... The automated cuffs always read like 140 over 110, but I know from watching the dialysis techs do readings that a mercury sphyg is more accurate, and will read about 10 or 15 points lower.
ref: 2005 October 8, tubeguy, “What did you eat for lunch today?”, in alt.bored (Usenet):
glosses: A sphygmomanometer.
steth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steths
Etymology: Clipping of stethoscope
Senses: examples: text: When he coughs, I can hear movement through my steth.
ref: 2004 December 14, ZPL, “Back to the vet”, in alt.pets.ferrets (Usenet):
text: I'm listening to various clicks, rubs, and thumps that have been what I currently consider "normal" since hitting the E.R. (After having doc stick a steth on 'em and declare 'em to be "normal, considering")
ref: 2008 June 15, Don Bruder, “And now, in our "Awww, shit!" department...”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet):
text: I had an aneroid cuff w/ built in steth, but the dang meter changed zero over time, so could no longer trust it.
ref: 2011 March 24, notbob, “[PING] rfc nurses”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet):
glosses: A stethoscope
Tantlinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tantlingers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wipe oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wipes oneself
form: wiping oneself
form: wiped oneself
form: wiped oneself
Senses: glosses: To try to remove fecal matter from one's buttocks after defecation by wiping.
electrical field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Physical field that surrounds electrically charged particles and exerts force on all other charged particles in the field.
examples: text: True there is, in many cases, something to boast about, but the way in which many of our otherwise estimable contemporaries in the electrical field talk about themselves, their energy, progress, and enterprise, makes us smile, sadly smile, to see such excellent, well-conducted journals depart so far from the paths of modesty.
ref: 1889 March 15, The Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review, volume 24, number 590, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 291, column 2:
text: Philip Dodd is among the best known men in the electrical field.
ref: 1913 September, “Personals.”, in Electrical Engineering, volume 45, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 418, column 2:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see electrical, field.
Synonyms: electric field
surface discharge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A partial discharge that appears at the boundary of different insulators when there are changes in the electric field.
partial discharge inception voltage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The lowest voltage where partial discharge starts to occur.
partial discharge extinction voltage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The highest voltage where partial discharge starts to cease to occur.
international standards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of international standard
sweatshorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sweatpants cut off at the knee.
intermundia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermundium
bungholing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bunghole
Kudela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kudelas
Etymology: From Czech Kúdela or Kuděla, Slovak Kúdeľa and Polish Kudela.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
kererū
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kererū
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kereru.
maymay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maymays
Etymology: Corruption of meme.
Senses: glosses: meme
BPhil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B.Phil.
Senses: synonyms: BPh
glosses: Abbreviation of Bachelor of Philosophy.
B.Phil.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of BPhil.
BPh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B.Ph.
Senses: synonyms: BPhil
glosses: Abbreviation of Bachelor of Philosophy.
B.Ph.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of BPh.
Brs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Br.
horcrux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horcruxes
form: Horcrux
Etymology: Coined by author J. K. Rowling through random "transposition of syllables," though fans have pointed to the possible influence of Middle English hore (“iniquity, evil, sin”) and English crux (“the central or essential part”). The term first appears in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005).
Senses: examples: text: They stared at it as if it was the one ring or the holy grail or a horcrux, or perhaps all of them rolled into one. An empty, plastic cat food bowl.
ref: 2013, Adam Rawlins, The Strange Encounter of Sally Shakespeare and Toby Tinker, page 24:
text: They were standard fit, vintage wash, pretty expensive, and I showed them to him and I said, “These are yours if you want them.” And do you know what he did? He actually flinched. Like these were haunted pants or something. Like these were Horcrux jeans with a piece of Lord Voldemort’s soul in them.
ref: 2013, Teddy Steinkellner, Trash Can Days: A Middle School Saga, page 20:
text: Again, he didn’t say anything and she asked him about the arrowhead—was it his Horcrux or something? was there a piece of his soul trapped inside it?—and he shrugged it off.
ref: 2016, Joe Halstead, West Virginia, page 38:
synonyms: phylactery
glosses: In Harry Potter, an object in which a wizard has concealed a part of their soul through magic, rendering them immortal until the object is irreparably damaged or destroyed.
examples: text: When I read manuscripts, I feel very aware that some part of the writer's soul lives in the pages—like a good Horcrux, say—and if I’m turning one down, I need to do so with thoughtfulness and respect.
ref: 2016, Cheryl B. Klein, The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults, page 338:
text: And I loved the way they looked, all those journals lined up on a single bookshelf in my room, carving a path through time that you could follow, like a trail of bread crumbs, from that first day in Dr. Milton’s office right up to the present. It was as if I’d archived myself inside them—my own private horcruxes.
ref: 2016, Tommy Wallach, Thanks for the Trouble, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:
text: Via nostalgia and sentimentality, objects act for humans as unwitting mnemonic horcruxes (my analogy, not Schwenger’s), storing parts of our memories inside themselves for our later involuntary retrieval.
ref: 2021, Curt Cloninger, Some Ways of Making Nothing: Apophatic Apparatuses in Contemporary Art, page 383:
glosses: Something in which one has invested a part of one's self; an object which allows for the preservation of memory, culture, etc.
horcruxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horcrux
Nordicentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntɹɪk
Forms: form: more Nordicentric
form: most Nordicentric
Etymology: From Nordic + -centric.
Senses: examples: text: Danger Mouse checks his program again...
"Don't tell me I got the Daylight Savings correction wrong..."
After a couple of minutes he looks up again. "Nope, I got it right. For winter, of course. When it's summer (in the southern hemisphere, you nordicentric people!! :-) ) then Shonias' reckoning is correct. But since it's now winter, my calculation stands."
ref: 1992 July 1, David Mar, “HoloMuck VR Gathering every Wednesday 8 PM EDT”, in alt.callahans (Usenet), retrieved 15 Feb 2022:
text: I am American of Irish ancestry hence not a Semite. But unlike the racists I will not twist history to get a Nordicentric lie.
ref: 2000 January 27, vonquark, “The Historical Errrors of the Racists!”, in alt.discrimination (Usenet), retrieved 15 Feb 2022:
text: "Holy" used sarcastically to illustrate that Orientals are unfortunately popular not only on the "White left", but also in some precincts of the "White right" as well. Conservatives certainly fit this description, but also some of the "Nordicentric" type of "racial activists" seem....enamored of Orientals as well. Regardless of these preferences, nonWhite is nonWhite...East is East and West is West and, in theory, the two should never meet.
ref: 2002 April 23, National Front, “Thoughtcrime II: April 23, 2002”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet), retrieved 15 Feb 2022:
text: > So, until 2013 Mark will lead this table. Should we bestow upon him the symbolic distinction of being UCPS "Summer Champion"? :-)
"Winter Champion" please; there's no reason to be Nordicentric here!
ref: 2012 October 16, Abubakr, “(R/T) Conmebol WCQ, Round 10”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet), retrieved 15 Feb 2022:
hypernyms: Eurocentric
glosses: Focused on Nordic countries or the people thereof.
Related terms: Nordicentrism
pentamannoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentamannose
B and D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
synonyms: B & D
B/D
BD
glosses: Abbreviation of bondage and discipline.
B & D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: BiM needs Bi or Gay Master (M or F) to train me in mild B&D. I will serve you.
ref: 1977 April 9, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
text: Tattoed^([sic]) &/or pierced submissive woman wanted by handsome, hung, dominant man, 42, for B & D fun.
ref: 1993 December 3, “Variations”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume 22, number 49, Boston, Mass.: The Phoenix Media Communications Group, Adult Services, page 3:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
synonyms: B and D
B/D
BD
glosses: Abbreviation of bondage and discipline.
B/D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
related: word: BD
word: B&D
word: B & D
word: B+D
word: B and D
glosses: Abbreviation of bondage and discipline.
streamer discharge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of high voltage transient electrical discharge which forms at the surface of a conductive electrode in an insulating medium.
electrical polarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Representative of electric potential at the ends of a circuit which consists of positive and negative polarities.
Related terms: electropolar
charge storage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Electrical polarization in a dielectric material inside electric field which results in the increment of capacitance.
Pockels effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pockels effects
Etymology: Named after Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels.
Senses: glosses: An effect that changes or produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by electric field.
wikipedia: Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels
horizontal standard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horizontal standards
Senses: glosses: A technical standard which is applicable to all industries in general.
apparent charge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The electric charge used in partial discharge test that if injected between the terminals of the device under test would change the voltage across the terminals by an amount equivalent to the partial discharge event.
device under test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devices under test
Senses: glosses: A manufactured product undergoing testing, either at first manufacture or later during its life cycle as part of ongoing functional testing and calibration checks, which can also include a test after reparation to establish that the product is performing in accordance with the original product specification.
theyfriend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈðeɪfɹɛnd/
text: -
Forms: form: theyfriends
Etymology: From they + friend, modelled after boyfriend and girlfriend.
Senses: examples: text: She'd never had a boyfriend or girlfriend or theyfriend, not in her entire life.
ref: 2018, Talia Hibbert, Wanna Bet? (Dirty British Romance; 2), [United Kingdom]: Nixon House, →ISBN:
text: Janithor is my non-binary theyfriend [title] […] so prwned^([sic])
ref: 2021 October 21, Skeeter, “Janithor is my non-binary theyfriend”, in alt.slack (Usenet):
text: "And I know as soon as I get in it'll be all 'Do you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend or a theyfriend?'" Olivia sighs. "And my high school squad is going to be even worse."
ref: 2022, Anna Meriano, “Just Tell Them You Play Soccer”, in Laura Silverman, editor, Game On: 15 Stories of Wins, Losses, and Everything in Between, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 196:
synonyms: enbyfriend
joyfriend
coordinate_terms: boyfriend
girlfriend
glosses: A non-binary partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
shielded room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shielded rooms
Senses: glosses: A room which has protection against various external interferences (e.g. electromagnetic signals) for critical application use.
Sanatani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sanatanis
form: sanatani
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सनातनी (sanātanī, “of the eternal [way], Hindu”).
Senses: glosses: a Hindu
topics: government
politics
glosses: a traditionalist Hindu
Related terms: word: Sanatana Dharma
word: kattar
english: a non-Hindu
translation: a non-Hindu
word: non-Sanatani
supersonicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supersonicates
form: supersonicating
form: supersonicated
form: supersonicated
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ultrasonicate.
synonyms: word: ultrasonicate
Related terms: supersonication
supersonicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supersonicate
supersonicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: ultrasonicated
enbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enbies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of enby.
enbie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: As an enby transgxrl, and an enbie lesbian, the lesbian community needs to show [more] validation towards those who are both non-binary and lesbians.
ref: 2018 August, Peach Delosreyes-Yu, quoting Evee Sams, “A Stream of Consciousness on Self-Acceptance”, in Leif Tobias Gifford, editor, ENBY Magazine, number 2, [Canada]: ENBY Magazine, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2024, page 7, column 2:
glosses: Alternative spelling of enby.
Edgcumbes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Edgcumbe
Kudelas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kudela
Congletons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Congleton
Teaford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Teafords
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Tiefert or Tiffert.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Sawka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sawkas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Sawka.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Sawkas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sawka
Teafords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Teaford
VLOS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Staying within visual line of sight (VLOS) is one of the key principles of commercial drone operations, [...].
ref: 2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 51:
glosses: Visual line of sight.
Related terms: BVLOS
Schweppe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schweppes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schweppe.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Senechal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Senechals
Etymology: Borrowed from French Sénéchal.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Senechals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Senechal
Schweppes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schweppe
Seyoum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seyoums
Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ሰዩም (säyum).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Amharic.
Revelo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Revelos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Revelo. This surname is predominantly found in Ecuador.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: An unincorporated community in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States.
Revelos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Revelo
Seyoums
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Seyoum
Rodier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rodiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French Rodier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Rodabaugh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rodabaughs
Etymology: Probably a variant of Radabaugh.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Rodabaughs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rodabaugh
Rodiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rodier
well-beaten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Thoroughly beaten.
examples: text: Using the [drone] camera, the operator was able to advise 'there's a well-beaten track here - I suggest you go and check that'.
ref: 2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 51:
glosses: Worn through use by people, being visible and easy to follow.
raw_tags: of a path or track
Boyadjian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boyadjians
Etymology: Variant spelling of Boyajyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Boyadjians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boyadjian
teletrophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teletrophones
Senses: glosses: An early telephone-like device invented by Antonio Meucci
Worsts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Worst
Bartkus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bartkuses
Etymology: Borrowed from Lithuanian Bartkus.
Senses: examples: text: According to the LAist, Bartkus appeared to describe himself as being promortalist and misandrist on a website that surfaced after the bombing and could be heard in an audio recording saying, “Basically I’m anti-life. And IVF is like kind of the epitome of pro-life ideology.”
ref: 2025 May 21, Manisha Krishnan, “IVF Clinic Bombing Suspect Was Linked to ‘Anti-Life’ Ideology. Experts Fear Its Growing Influence”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 21 May 2025:
glosses: A surname from Lithuanian.
gastrocnemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gastrocnemic.
Bartkuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bartkus
Baraneks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Baranek
intermetastatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + metastatic.
Senses: glosses: Between metastases
intraoxygenator
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + oxygenator.
Senses: glosses: Within an oxygenator
McGinly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McGinlys
Etymology: Variant of McGinley.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Echezuria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Echezurias
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Echezuria, Castilianized form of Basque Etxezuria. This surname is predominantly found in Venezuela.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Boyajyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boyajyans
form: Boyadjian
form: Boyajian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Բոյաջյան (Boyaǰyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Boyajyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boyajyan
Echezurias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Echezuria
McGinlys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McGinly
wych-elm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wych-elms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wych elm.
Catherwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Catherwoods
Etymology: Variant of Calderwood.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
AVGP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AVGPs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of aviation group.
topics: automotive
government
military
politics
transport
vehicles
war
glosses: Abbreviation of armoured vehicle, general purpose.
Sandham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Manipuri ꯁꯥꯟꯙꯝ (sāndham).
Senses: glosses: A Meitei surname from Manipuri
Related terms: Kanglei
Meetei
Oinam
Sandha
Sandhamba
Sandhamcha
Sandham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sandhams
Senses: glosses: A surname.
stone's throws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stone's throw
Darmon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Darmons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mickleburgh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mickleburghs
Etymology: Probably a habitational surname from a lost place in England, from Old English miċel (“big, large, great”) + burg (“fortified place, stronghold”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
spade fork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spade forks
Etymology: From spade + fork.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of digging fork.
synonyms: word: digging fork
spade forks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spade fork