cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
channelizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of channelizer
mangotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mango + toxin, so called because the Pseudomonas syringae causes apical necrosis in mango trees.
Senses: glosses: An antimetabolite toxin produced by Pseudomonas syringae bacteria.
rebinned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebin
rebins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebin
rebinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebin
photothrombotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + thrombotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to photothrombosis.
Derived terms: postphotothrombotic
photoimmunotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + immuno- + therapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A kind of light-based cancer therapy
Related terms: photoimmune
photoimmunotherapeutic
photoimmunotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + immunotherapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to photoimmunotherapy.
anthropometrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthropometrist
stygobitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stygobite + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: We discuss the possibility that one stygobitic lineage secondarily regained some of its body pigmentation as adaptation to increased photic conditions after cave collapse and forming of cenotes during the last glacial maximum.
ref: 2015 August 27, “The Evolution of Epigean and Stygobitic Species of Koonunga Sayce, 1907 (Syncarida: Anaspidacea) in Southern Australia, with the Description of Three New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.
Related terms: stygobiont
stygofauna
stygophilic
sawmilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sawmill
epileptogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epileptogenic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: This mainstream hypothesis of the epileptogenicity of hemosiderin provided strong support to our results.
ref: 2015 August 26, “The Role of Hemosiderin Excision in Seizure Outcome in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality or state of being epileptogenic
tracheidogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tracheidograms
Etymology: From tracheid + -o- + -gram.
Senses: examples: text: To allow the comparison of tracheidograms with different number of cells, we normalized the number of cells per tracheidogram to a constant number of cells (S2 Table ), using dedicated R functions (based on the tgram package for R [14 ]) that computes the relative position of each tracheid considering that all rings have the same number of cells.
ref: 2015 August 26, “Plastic Response of Tracheids in Pinus pinaster in a Water-Limited Environment: Adjusting Lumen Size instead of Wall Thickness”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A plot of the radial diameters of tracheids across an annual growth ring of a tree.
tracheidograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tracheidogram
mansplainy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mansplainy
form: most mansplainy
Etymology: From mansplain + -y.
Senses: examples: text: So, have pity on the mansplainer. His is the merely the voice of a patriarchal world eclipsed by a new one ... wait, did that sound mansplainy?
ref: 2014 July 26, Wallace Baine, “A man explains 'mansplaining'”, in Santa Cruz Sentinel:
text: […] in Little Women everyone's favourite tomboy Jo March is eventually tamed into a 'good wife' by the paternally mansplainy Professor Bhaer […]
ref: 2015, Emily Berry, edited by Antonia Fraser, The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, pages 306–307:
text: The nods to how women react to men stripping ranges from the inexplicable […] to the utterly mansplainy, as in the scene in which two men discuss why (they imagine) women like male strippers.
ref: 2015, Maryann Johanson, "Spoiled Beefcake", The Riverfront Times, Volume 39, Number 27, 1 July 2015 - 7 July 2015, page 26
text: It feels churlish — and, to be honest, at least a bit mansplainy — even to introduce the slightest hint of cold water on the growth of women’s soccer. The infusion of money is welcome, no question. The involvement of men’s clubs is, probably, necessary to accelerate the game’s growth. What matters most of all, of course, is the health of the structure as a whole.
ref: 2021 February 26, Rory Smith, “Have You Seen This Man?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Engaging in, featuring, or characteristic of mansplaining.
talkpage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talkpages
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of talk page.
talkpages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talkpage
bucardo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucardos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish bucardo.
Senses: examples: text: In 2008 there was an attempt to revive the Spanish bucardo, a subspecies of ibex.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 308:
glosses: The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica).
bucardos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucardo
warru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The black-flanked rock wallaby (Petrogale lateralis).
Anju
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: änʹjo͝oʹ
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 안주(安州) (Anju).
Senses: examples: text: The Japanese are now holding An-ju and the line of the Ching-chong River.
ref: [1904 March 18 [1904 March 16], “Russian Driven Back from An-ju”, in The New York Times, volume LIII, number 16,912, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 7:
text: The Russian and Japanese scouts are separated only by the Ching-chong River, just north of An-ju.
ref: [1904 March 18 [1904 March 17], The New York Times, volume LIII, number 16,912, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1:
text: NOTE.—Anju is on the great highroad which runs the length of Corea, chiefly near the west coast, and is 50 miles north of Ping-Yang and southeast of Wiju, on the Yalu river. The Ching-Chong river is the northernmost large stream in Corea at the west side of the peninsula, flowing parallel with the Yalu and about 70 miles from it. Just south of the river and parallel with it runs a high mountain range from the west coast to the center of the peninsula, with only one good pass through it, at Souk-Chyon, by which passage is made between Anju and Ping-Yang. These conditions make the line of the Ching-Chong a particularly strong one strategically, and may serve as the first great line of Japanese operations in Corea.
ref: 1904 March 22, “Russia's Lines Falling Back to the Yalu”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 56, number 214, St. Louis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:
text: The following dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexieff, dated Mukden, March 22:
“Gen. Mitchenkow reports that on March 17 our scouts approached Anju and observed on the left bank of the Ching Chong river, opposite Anju, retrenchments made by the enemy.
ref: 1904 March 23 [1904 March 22], Viceroy Alexieff, quotee, “Waiting for the First Collision in the Yalu Region”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 56, number 215, St. Louis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:
text: Kim Yo Jong in her column said the weapons were actually fired from a bridge in the inland city of Anju, and ridiculed South Korean and U.S. military capacities to monitor North Korean missile activity.
ref: 2022 August 18, KIM TONG-HYUNG, “North Korea dismisses Seoul’s aid-for-disarmament offer”, in AP News, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022:
glosses: A city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.
Anju
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: änʹjo͝oʹ
änʹjüʹ
änʹjo͝oʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 安居 (Ānjū).
Senses: examples: text: 'This is the worst drought I've ever experienced,' said Nie Zhongchang, a 61-year-old peasant in Anju district, Suining , one of the worst-hit cities in Sichuan. 'All the paddies have dried up.'
ref: 2006 August 22, Bill Savadove, “Rainfall brings only brief respite to drought-hit regions”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2024:
text: On June 3, 2011, in Buyun Town (Anju District, Suining, Sichuan), four candidates for secretary of the township Party committee were elected by more than 150 representatives of Party members, people and village officials graduated from universities and colleges through secret ballot.
ref: 2012, chapter 10, in The Strength of Democracy: How will the CPC march ahead, China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 264:
glosses: A district of Suining, Sichuan, China.
ginger mingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ginger minger
Calecut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Calicut.
three-step snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-step snakes
Etymology: A person being bitten would supposedly die in the time taken to walk three steps.
Senses: glosses: Any highly venomous snake.
three-step snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-step snake
hairyfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairyfishes
form: hairyfish
Etymology: From hairy + fish.
Senses: glosses: Mirapinna esau, a fish in the family Cetomimidae with unusual fins resembling thorns or hairs.
hairyfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairyfish
inbreeding depression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inbreeding depressions
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The reduced biological fitness in a given population as a result of inbreeding.
ECMO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
flock worker's lung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An occupational lung disease caused by exposure to flock, small fibers that are glued to a backing in order to create a texture.
negro lethargy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sleeping sickness.
sleepy distemper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sleeping sickness.
canine distempers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canine distemper
pedturbation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pedoturbation.
wedge tomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wedge tombs
Etymology: From the wedge shape in elevation.
Senses: glosses: A kind of Irish chamber tomb with the burial chamber narrowed at one end.
wedge tombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wedge tomb
Severn-Cotswold tomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Severn-Cotswold tombs
Senses: glosses: A kind of megalithic chamber tomb, with a trapezoid mound, built by Neolithic peoples in Wales and southwest England around 3500 BC.
puquio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puquios
Etymology: Ultimately from Quechua, meaning "spring of water".
Senses: glosses: An aqueduct built by the ancient Nazca people.
puquios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puquio
Hiwi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hiwi
Senses: glosses: A member of a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of the South American flatlands.
Hiwi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hiwis
Etymology: From German Hiwi, short for Hilfswilliger (“voluntary assistant, one willing to help”).
Senses: glosses: A foreigner who volunteered to serve the Nazis.
Hiwis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hiwi
video recorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video recorders
Senses: examples: text: NHTSA should also require that all buses and trucks over 10,000 pounds be equipped with onboard video recorders that record parametric data associated with an event.
ref: 2024, NTSB, NTSB Finds Multiple Safety Lapses in 2022 Fatal Collision Between Truck and Party Bus:
glosses: An electronic device for recording video signals, for example onto magnetic tape or videodisks.
Hyponyms: videocassette recorder
Vichy France
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: French State
glosses: The pro-Axis collaborationist government headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain from 1940 to 1944 during World War II, based in the small city of Vichy (although with Paris remaining the official capital).
Coordinate terms: Free France
Derived terms: Vichy French
underseller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undersellers
Etymology: From undersell + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The undersellers resented the restrictions which prevented them from lowering the price to customers at their discretion, which might result in more sales overall.
ref: 2010, Isabella Alexander, Copyright Law and the Public Interest in the Nineteenth Century, page 116:
glosses: One who undersells.
undersellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underseller
varicellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From varicella + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to varicella, or chickenpox.
palaeocerebellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From palaeo- + cerebellar.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleocerebellar.
membranellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From membranelle + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a membranelle.
panstellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + stellar.
Senses: examples: text: The leader bared his impressive teeth. A panstellar carnivore gesture, Jake noted impersonally.
ref: 2004, Nancy Kress, Crossfire:
text: It alone could survey the full sweep of galactic history and experience the development of knowledge on a panstellar scale.
ref: 2012, Laurence Foss, The End of Modern Medicine:
glosses: Across the stars; throughout all star systems.
neocerebellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From neo- + cerebellar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the neocerebellum.
Clytemnestra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstɹə/
ipa: /ˌklaɪtəmˈnɛstɹə/
Forms: form: Clytaemnestra
Etymology: From Latin Clytaemnēstra, Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes
neocerebella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neocerebellum
metascutellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + scutellar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the metascutellum.
metascutella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metascutellum
underteller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undertellers
Etymology: From under- + teller.
Senses: glosses: A lower-ranking teller, or bank clerk.
undertellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underteller
vaccinationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaccinationists
Etymology: From vaccination + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: What, then, must they think of the law which requires that a like foul virus shall be perforce injected into their own veins, to befoul the whole current of their blood and to introduce all manner of diseases? “But care is taken to have the lymph fresh and pure from the heifer,” say the vaccinationists.
ref: 1882 February, Henry Bergh, “The Lancet and the Law”, in The North American Review, volume 134, number 303, page 166:
text: That smallpox could ravage London in the mid-nineteenth century, despite the existence of a new medical measure to prevent it, was a source of great frustration to the vaccinationists. In 1840 the epidemiologist William Farr railed against the fact that five children a day were dying of smallpox in London.
ref: 2013, John Rhodes, “The Teeming Humanity of Nations”, in The End of Plagues: The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease, New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 59:
synonyms: word: pro-vaccinationist
word: pro-vaxxer
word: vaxxer
antonyms: word: anti-vaccinationist
word: anti-vaxxer
glosses: A person who supports vaccination.
vaccinationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaccinationist
pedicellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pedicel + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a pedicel.
undercellar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undercellars
Etymology: From under- + cellar.
Senses: examples: text: The middle courtyard and its buildings are a fortress. The walls consist of six feet of reinforced concrete. There are cellars and undercellars, or whatever you might call them; and there are wells, storerooms, and powerhouses within the fortress.
ref: 1953, John Coates, Faithful in my fashion, page 319:
glosses: A lower cellar.
undercellars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undercellar
Clytaemnestra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Clytemnestra.
Dönmeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Donmeh
form: Dönme
form: Donme
form: Dunmeh
Etymology: From Turkish Dönme, from Ottoman Turkish دونمه (dönme), of a root prefix meaning "turn" or "convert".
Senses: glosses: A group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who, to avoid imprisonment after declaring arrival of the doomsday messiah, converted publicly to Islam, but retained their Jewish beliefs in secret.
Troad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹəʊ.æd/
/ˈtɹəʊ.əd/
Forms: form: the Troad
form: Troas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τρῳάς (Trōiás).
Senses: glosses: The Biga peninsula in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey.
Troas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Troad.
Rojava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /roʒˈɑvə/
ipa: /roʒəˈvɑ/
ipa: /roˌʒɑˈvɑ/
Etymology: From Northern Kurdish rojava (“west”).
Senses: glosses: A de facto autonomous region in northern and northeastern Syria populated mainly by Kurds.
Alba Longa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Alba Longa (literally “long white [city]”).
Senses: glosses: An ancient city in Latium, in central Italy, destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC.
WAPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of World Apple and Pear Association.
barracks emperor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæɹəks ˈɛmpəɹə/
ipa: /ˈbæɹəks ˈɛmpəɹɚ/
ipa: /ˈbɛ-/
Forms: form: barracks emperors
Senses: examples: text: The next twenty-nine emperors, who ruled Rome for ninety-two years, or until a.d. 284, were known as the Barracks Emperors, because most of them owed their elevation to the purchase of favors from the soldiers. A few of these men were of unblemished character, but most of them encouraged the progress of corruption and aided the downfall of Rome.
ref: 1924, Charles H[erbert] Sylvester, “The History of Rome”, in The Writings of Mankind: […] Twenty Volumes, volume V (Greece·Latin), Kansas City, Mo.: The Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority, National Headquarters, →OCLC, page 2481:
text: While Iran and Mesopotamia therefore enjoyed relative security in the third century a.d., the internal cohesion of the Roman state showed signs of serious disrepair. The civil war between 193 and 197 a.d., which brought the first "barracks emperor" to power, was a mere prelude to the distresses of the years 235 to 285 a.d., when recurrent struggles between rival candidates for the imperial throne opened the gates to barbarian invasion accompanied by pestilential disease of unusual severity.
ref: 1963, William H[ardy] McNeill, “Barbarian Onslaught and Civilized Response, 200–600 a.d.”, in The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, part II (Eurasian Cultural Balance 500 B.C.–1500 A.D.), page 387:
text: Abraham Lincoln had only one thing in common with a Roman barracks-emperor: that he had risen, as had Diocletian and others, from a poverty-stricken rural background.
ref: 1974, Russell Kirk, The Roots of American Order, Malibu, Calif.: Pepperdine University Press, →ISBN; republished Newburyport, Mass.: Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2014, →ISBN:
text: Who was the first "barracks emperor" of Rome? […] The "barracks emperors" were Roman military leaders of this era who seized supreme power in the field or were elevated to the throne by the army against their will. They were often uncultured or semieducated, or natives of backward provinces, like Maximinus Thrax ("the Thracian"), the first common soldier who rose through the ranks to become Roman emperor.
ref: 2010 March, Peter D’Epiro, “Third Century”, in The Book of Firsts: 150 World-changing People and Events from Caesar Augustus to the Internet, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, Random House, →ISBN, question 18, pages 56–57:
glosses: An emperor who seized power by virtue of his command of the army.
wikipedia: Capitoline Museums
Imperial Roman army
Legio IV Italica
Maximinus Thrax
Praetorian Guard
Roman emperor
barracks emperors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barracks emperor
palaeowater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + water.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleowater.
paleowater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + water.
Senses: glosses: fossil water
attritionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more attritionary
form: most attritionary
Etymology: From attrition + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Causing or relating to attrition.
beehive tomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beehive tombs
Senses: glosses: A dome-shaped tomb, or tholos.
beehive tombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beehive tomb
Morlach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morlachs
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian morlacco, New Latin Morlachus, probably from Greek Μαυροβλάχοι (Mavrovláchoi, “Black Vlachs”), cf. Vlach.
Senses: glosses: A member of a rural community in the Lika and Dalmatian hinterlands.
Morlachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Morlach
Cluilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cluilian
form: most Cluilian
Etymology: From Cluilius + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gaius Cluilius, king of Alba Longa during the reign of the Roman king Tullus Hostilius in the middle of the seventh century BC.
dick smoker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dick smokers
form: dick-smoker
form: dicksmoker
Etymology: From dick + smoker.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cocksucker (both senses).
synonyms: word: cocksucker
extra: both senses
Cinderella State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After the fairy-tale character of Cinderella, who is abused and neglected by her stepfamily.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A state (of Australia) that is financially or politically disadvantaged or neglected.
unholy water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined as an opposite to holy water, which is supposed to be effective against demons etc.
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: magical water with the property of harming or cursing that which is good
galdr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galdrar
form: galdrs
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse galdr (“witchcraft, sorcery, magic arts”), akin to Old English ġealdor (“incantation, magic”). Related to English gale, yell.
Senses: glosses: An ancient form of shamanic chanting, an improvisational magical song, especially for a protective effect. Compare the custom of the joik and other chanting traditions among the Sámi shamanic noaidi who shares mutual influence with the Norse shamanic vǫlva and other Norse magical customs.
examples: text: There are different kinds of galdr; the most common is runegaldr, which consists of singing the various names of a single rune with Intent.
ref: 2012, Raven Kaldera, Galina Krasskova, Neolithic Shamanism: Spirit Work in the Norse Tradition:
glosses: A similar style of chanting that is a modern reinvention of Norse and later magical traditions.
ass sucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass suckers
form: arse-sucker
form: arse sucker
form: ass-sucker
Senses: glosses: A subservient person.
anaconda mortgages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anaconda mortgage
studio monitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studio monitors
Senses: glosses: A loudspeaker specifically designed for audio production applications.
studio monitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studio monitor
uncared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cared.
Senses: examples: text: Ursula knew that Palmer had been astir at dawn, but not to attend to his usual duties, for she pityingly had freed the thirsty, uncared for sheep; many of these were now bogged in the various water-holes along the river.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 273:
text: Thus, patients who are severely depressed and failing to improve may be more likely to feel misunderstood and uncared about by their therapists than patients who are improving more rapidly.
ref: 1996, Paul M. Salkovskis, Frontiers of Cognitive Therapy:
glosses: Not cared (for, about, etc.).
untotalled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + totalled.
Senses: glosses: not totalled
unflown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + flown.
Senses: glosses: not flown
unfarmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + farmed.
Senses: glosses: not farmed
inappropriacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inappropriacies
Etymology: From inappropriate + -cy.
Senses: glosses: inappropriateness.
ineffectivenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ineffectiveness
black fax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black faxes
Senses: examples: text: They also pranked the Church of Scientology members by sending hundreds of pizzas to the headquarters in Europe, and some sent black faxes (i.e., black sheets of paper sent to a fax machine in an endless loop to drain the ink and damage the machine) to the Los Angeles headquarters.
ref: 2016, Jarice Hanson Ph.D., The Social Media Revolution: An Economic Encyclopedia of Friending:
glosses: A prank fax transmission whose pages are entirely filled with a uniform black tone, so as to waste the ink of the recipient.
lefthanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lefthander
black faxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black fax
oldy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oldies
Etymology: From old + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oldie.
reprocessings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reprocessing
southeasterners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southeasterner
highspeed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of high-speed.
Russian salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Russian salads
Etymology: After the country of origin. Cognate with Italian insalata russa, Spanish ensalada rusa, Portuguese salada russa, French salade russe, Serbo-Croatian rȕskā saláta.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Olivier salad.
synonyms: word: Olivier salad
worriedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From worried + -ness.
Senses: glosses: worry, the state of being worried
rewrit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past of rewrite
fasting spittle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Buck reports that the Swabians also believe in the efficacy of fasting spittle for sore eyes; and our never-failing Pliny records the Roman belief that ophthalmia may be cured by anointing the eyes every morning with fasting spittle.
ref: 1891 July, Fanny D. Bergen, “Animal and Plant Lore”, in Popular Science, page 377:
glosses: Saliva produced first thing in the morning, before breakfast, once believed to be useful in treating diseases.
crux decussata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: A diagonal cross, resembling the letter X.
dmg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: video-games
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Abbreviation of damage.
MMORTS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of massively multiplayer online real-time strategy.
testicled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From testicle + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Before the scandal broke, she had suggested to him that Rumsford was a candidate to play the part of 'Iron Face McQuire', the hairy-testicled, bullfrog-voiced, hero of The Golden Lane.
ref: 2002, Linton Morrell, The Golden Lane:
glosses: Having a specified kind or number of testicles.
anused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anus + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Cleon is conceived as a camel-anused monster with filthy balls […]
ref: 2016, Donald Lateiner, Dimos Spatharas, The Ancient Emotion of Disgust, page 27:
glosses: Having (or having the characteristics associated with) a specified form of anus.
motion designer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motion designers
Senses: glosses: A graphic artist who creates animated sequences.
motion designers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motion designer
vulvaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vulva + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a specified form of vulva.
clitorised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clitoris + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a specified form of clitoris.
ovaried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ovary + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a specified form of ovaries
kidneyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kidney + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having (or having the characteristics associated with) a specified form of kidneys.
Derived terms: fat-kidneyed
foreskinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foreskin
urined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of urine
urining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of urine
fatu-liva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fatu-livas
Etymology: Perhaps named from the island of Fatu Hiva, which means "strange rock" in the Marquesan language.
Senses: glosses: A fictional bird invented as a hoax in the 1920s, said to lay cubical spotted eggs resembling dice.
Related terms: gillygaloo
fatu-livas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatu-liva
spermed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The golden-spermed dragon was the most fertile animal in the land.
glosses: Having (or having the characteristics associated with) a specified form of sperm
spermed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sperm
sperming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sperm
kasuyu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kasuyu
Senses: glosses: A traditional axe-like weapon from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Synonyms: zappozap
handicamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handicamps
Etymology: Blend of handicap + camp
Senses: glosses: A camp (recreational event held in temporary accommodation) for disabled people.
handicamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handicamp
lowling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lowlings
Etymology: From low + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: By “you” he meant people of her class, lowlings who believed in witches and the goodness of the King, who thought the trials were honest and fair and other stupid things.
ref: 2003, Jude Deveraux, Velvet Song, page 197:
text: They were all garbed in the usual one-piece gown to the calf, but where most lowlings wore drab, usually so filthy what color it began was not even discernable, these folk were in greens and various shades of brown, even a couple in gold.
ref: 2012, Jean Rattay, The Kirkfield Heiress, page 18:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A low-ranking person; a commoner.
Related terms: netherling
lowlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowling
sell oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sells oneself
form: selling oneself
form: sold oneself
form: sold oneself
Senses: glosses: To promote oneself, to big oneself up.
examples: text: She'd never been forced to sell herself, she'd always had a secure home and job where she was valued, with no real responsibility.
ref: 2011 February 3, Lesley Pearse, Belle, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: sell one's body
word: turn tricks
word: gill
word: hustle
word: jazz
word: peddle one's ass
word: prostitute
word: sell one's ass
word: sell one's body
word: sell oneself
word: turn a trick
word: turn tricks
word: whore
glosses: To work as a prostitute.
megadouche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megadouches
Etymology: From mega- + douche.
Senses: examples: text: While he orders two sodas, I ignore him and watch for Stamp. It's hard to find him because he looks just like every other megadouche in the joint […]
ref: 2013, Rusty Fischer, Zombies Don't Forgive, page 138:
glosses: A highly objectionable person.
megadouches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megadouche
parentally challenged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parentally challenged
form: most parentally challenged
Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged.
Senses: glosses: Lacking one or both parents, or having parents who are inadequately supportive or caring.
raw_tags: of a person
garlic chewer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garlic chewers
Etymology: The French are stereotypically fond of garlic in their food.
Senses: glosses: A French person.
garlic chewers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garlic chewer
hopenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊpˈnəʊsɪs/
Etymology: Blend of hope + hypnosis, in reference to the Barack Obama "Hope" poster.
Senses: examples: text: But what should the Obama Cult do now? The man has turned off the switch on the "Hopenosis" and has revealed the "Change Brigade" for the useful idiots they were.
ref: 2009 January 22, Alex Knepper, “Obama's cabinet appointments contradict with message”, in The Mirror (Fairfield University), volume 34, number 15, page 3:
text: they've all by ^([sic]) hopenotized by the hopenosis of the obamanation.
ref: 2009 February 27, AllEmailDeletedImmediately [username], “Re: What's Up With Food Prices?”, in misc.consumers.frugal-living (Usenet):
topics: government
politics
glosses: Credulous political enthusiasm for Barack Obama.
wikipedia: Barack Obama "Hope" poster
Related terms: hopeium
5150ed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of 5150
Kizzuwadna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kizzuwatna.
Kizzuwatna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kizzuwadna
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Hittite 𒆳𒌷𒆠𒄑𒍪𒉿𒀜𒈾 (KURᵁᴿᵁki-iz-zu-wa-at-na /⁠Kizzuwatna⁠/) possibly from [script needed] (kēz, “from here, on this side”) + 𒌓𒉈𒂊 (utnē, “land”), translating to the equivalent of "the land on this (to the) side".
Compare Neo-Assyrian 𒌷𒆠𒋢𒀜𒉌 (ᵁᴿᵁki-su-at-ni /⁠Kisuatni⁠/), Egyptian q-A-DA-wA-d:n-xAst (qꜣḏꜣwꜣdn) and qd-d:y-xAst (qdy), and Ancient Greek Καταονία (Kataonía).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Anatolian kingdom situated in the highlands of southeastern Anatolia, near the Gulf of İskenderun in modern-day Turkey, and centered on the city of Kummanni.
battle taxi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battle taxis
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: armored personnel carrier
battle taxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battle taxi
privishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of private + publishing
Senses: examples: text: Where there is a clearly defined specialist audience, privishing may be quite sufficient to reach government's intended informees.
ref: 2007, Christopher C. Hood, Helen Z. Margetts, The Tools of Government in the Digital Age, page 36:
glosses: Small-scale or unadvertised publication of a book, so that it is not easily available to the public.
privishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Blend of private + publishing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of privish
trigonometrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trigonometrists
Etymology: From trigonometry + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: During his next visit, very proud of herself, the young trigonometrist began to speak about the book to its author.
ref: 2011, Michele Audin, Remembering Sofya Kovalevskaya, Springer Science & Business Media, page 34:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: One who does trigonometry.
trigonometrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trigonometrist
e-edition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-editions
Etymology: From e- + edition.
Senses: examples: text: Despite these setbacks, some universities are encouraging students to use e-editions of required textbooks where these are available, as being more portable, and are encouraging publishers to sell widely used textbooks in this form.
ref: 2006, Rowena Cullen, Health Information on the Internet, page 52:
glosses: An edition of a publication in electronic form.
e-editions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-edition
dog whistles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog whistle
comedies of errors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comedy of errors
comedogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From comedogenic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being comedogenic, or acne-producing.
carnapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carnap
carnaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carnap
cisgenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cisgender
SCBU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SCBUs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of special care baby unit.
SCBUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SCBU
shitshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitshows
Etymology: From shit + show.
Senses: examples: text: [Johnny] Mercer was blunter still about the current government, despite calling himself “inherently a team player”. “But when you go home from here on a Thursday and go for a run across Dartmoor or whatever, and you’re stripped to your core being, I mean, yeah, you realise it’s a shitshow,” he said.
ref: 2018 October 18, Peter Walker, quoting Johnny Mercer, “Leading Tory backbencher hits out at May's government”, in The Guardian:
text: At the Social Democratic party’s (SPD) conference on Saturday, Michael Roth dispensed with diplomatic etiquette to condemn what he called the “big shitshow” of Brexit.
ref: 2019 April 1, Philip Oltermann, quoting Michael Roth, “UK 'silver spoon' cabinet will escape Brexit fallout, says German minister”, in The Guardian:
text: One leading figure involved in the talks with Gove described the new rule book as a "complete shitshow".
ref: 2021 January 10, Toby Helm, “Baffling Brexit rules threaten export chaos, Gove is warned”, in The Guardian:
text: “What’s happening at the CDC should frighten every American Regardless of whether you are MAGA, MAHA, neither, or don’t give a damn about labels or politics. It’s unclear whether the CDC director—confirmed just weeks ago—has been fired or not. Absolute shitshow,” Dr Craig Spencer, an emergency medicine doctor and professor at Brown University School of Public Health, posted.
ref: 2025 August 28, Robert Mackey, quoting Craig Spencer, “CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of shit show.
shitshows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitshow
young guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of young gun
barbecue stoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbecue stopper
CFLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CFL
CFLers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CFLer
climbing walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climbing wall
hardstep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hard + step.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A subgenre of drum and bass music characterised by a gritty production style and urban feel.
health tourism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of medical tourism.
synonyms: word: medical tourism
examples: text: THE NHS is facing calls to clamp down on the so-called health tourism sham which sees foreigners land in Britain to abuse our free health service and return home leaving UK taxpayers to foot the bill.
ref: February 4 2017, “Health tourism outrage”, in Daily Mail:
glosses: The practice of travelling to a country to take advantage of its state healthcare system.
heat exhaustion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She was flushed and grey at once, and not sweating as much as she should have—Mahit tried to remember the symptoms of incipient heat exhaustion and figured being unable to remember them was a symptom in and of itself.
ref: 2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 293:
hypernyms: condition
coordinate_terms: heat stroke
glosses: An illness caused by overheating and excessive sweating, characterised by nausea, headache, thirst, weakness, and high body temperature; prognosis is good if cooling and hydration are pursued promptly.
Related terms: cooling center
HVAC
International Klein Blue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after French artist Yves Klein (1928–1962), who first mixed it.
Senses: examples: text: So crucial was this to him that he even went to the lengths of taking out a patent on the color he had invented, IKB, or International Klein Blue (p. 17).
ref: 2001, Hannah Weitemeier, Klein, Taschen, →ISBN, page 19:
topics: art
arts
synonyms: IKB
glosses: An intense deep blue hue achieved by means of ultramarine pigment and a binder.
kitchen rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitchen roll
lobster palace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lobster palaces
Senses: glosses: An ostentatiously elegant restaurant in New York City.
lobster palaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lobster palace
refoulment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refoulments
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of refoulement.
soft coral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft corals
Senses: glosses: Any of the order Alcyonacea of corals that do not produce calcium carbonate skeletons.
soft corals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft coral
non-refoulment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of non-refoulement.
nonrefoulment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-refoulment.
Shackletonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shackletonian
form: most Shackletonian
Etymology: From Shackleton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.
Young-Earther
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Young-Earthers
Etymology: From Young Earth + -er.
Senses: glosses: An adherent of Young Earth Creationism.
Paranan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Palanan
Senses: glosses: A Northern Luzon language of the Philippines.
Palanan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Paranan.
ultrasheer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrasheer
form: most ultrasheer
Etymology: From ultra- + sheer.
Senses: examples: text: When dressing up for a night out, let's not forget the sex appeal, allure, and slenderizing effect of ultrasheer black hosiery under that little black dress.
ref: 2012, Rebecca Apsan, Lessons in Lingerie: Finding Your Perfect Shade of Seduction:
glosses: Extremely sheer.
little black dresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little black dress
hosieries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hosiery
paranatellon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paranatellons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρανατέλλων (paranatéllōn, “rising besides”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō).
Senses: glosses: A star or constellation that rises (above the horizon) at the same time as another.
churidar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: churidars
Etymology: From Punjabi ਚੂੜੀਦਾਰ (cūṛīdār).
Senses: glosses: A pair of tight-fitting trousers, worn by men and women in South Asia.
churidars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of churidar
chossy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chossy
form: most chossy
Etymology: From choss + -y.
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Unsuitable for rock climbing, e.g. because it is too soft, unstable, or overgrown.
raw_tags: of rock
endomembranous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmbɹənəs
Etymology: From endo- + membranous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the endomembrane.
interleading
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + leading.
Senses: glosses: Leading between; especially applied to doors, corridors, etc. that connect private spaces.
papsak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papsaks
Etymology: Afrikaans
Senses: examples: text: ‘I wasn't…’ she starts in a voice so little and pathetic, I have to lean in to hear her. Her breath is ripe with cheap papsak.
ref: 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: Cheap wine sold in a bag.
papsaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papsak
slenderization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slender + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: A few years ago a craze for slenderization swept the United States. The corset industry was ruined.
ref: 1932, Morris Fishbein, Fads and Quackery in Healing, page 331:
glosses: The process of slenderizing.
Fishbeinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fishbeinian
form: most Fishbeinian
Etymology: From Fishbein + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the physician Morris Fishbein (1889–1976).
microplasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + plasticity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The property of a solid body whereby it shows plasticity (undergoes permanent change due to stress) in local areas while globally showing elasticity (maintaining the ability to return to its original shape and size).
mill drills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mill drill