cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ipplepen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8366).
lepisphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepispheres
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “blade”) + sphere.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A bladed crystal about 10 microns in diameter.
spicularite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spicular + -ite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Chert composed of spicules of glass sponges and other invertebrates.
Derived terms: spicularitic
spicularitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spicularite + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to spicularite.
megaquartz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mega- + quartz.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: microquartz
glosses: A type of large quartz present as individual crystals and clusters of crystals, as well as overgrowths on detrital quartz grains, found in Quaternary dolomites.
porcelainite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porcelainites
Etymology: From porcelain + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mullite.
synonyms: word: mullite
Related terms: porcelanite
extracrystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + crystalline.
Senses: examples: text: extracrystalline water
text: Also present are extracrystalline cations compensating for fixed anionic lattice sites at the extracrystalline surface of the zeolite.
ref: 1994, M. Stöcker, H.G. Karge, J.C. Jansen, Advanced Zeolite Science and Applications, page 550:
text: The response curve for a liquid phase ZLC system has approximately the form of a two time-constant process with the faster process corresponding to the convective washout of the extracrystalline fluid (purging of the cell and detector) and the slower process corresponding to the desorption process.
ref: 2012, Jörg Kärger, Douglas M. Ruthven, Doros N. Theodorou, Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials, page 499:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: intracrystalline
glosses: Pertaining to the outer surface of a crystal.
boroughitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From borough + -itis.
Senses: synonyms: borough fever
borough mania
glosses: prolific formation of new boroughs in the state of New Jersey in the 1890s
traquero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traqueros
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish traquero, from traque + -ero.
Senses: glosses: A male Mexican-American railroad track worker.
eraillure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eraillures
form: éraillure
Etymology: Borrowed from French éraillure (“scar”).
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A flake removed from a lithic flake's bulb of force.
tripolitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tripolite + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: tripolitic chert
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to tripolite.
Fordite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ford (“Ford Motor Company”) + -ite.
Senses: synonyms: Detroit agate
Motor City agate
glosses: Accumulated, baked automotive paint.
wikipedia: Ford Motor Company
Gamgee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gamgees
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: gamgee
LBC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LBCs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of letter before claim.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of London borough council.
LBC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “No, I wouldn’t approve of it. And no, I don’t think it would get through parliament,” he told LBC.
ref: 2022 October 3, Damian Green, quotee, “Tory MPs plot to avert welfare squeeze after humiliating U-turns”, in The Guardian:
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: Initialism of London Broadcasting Company, a British phone-in and talk radio station.
glosses: Long Beach, California.
raw_tags: with the
Metroidlike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Metroidlikes
Etymology: From Metroid + -like.
Senses: examples: text: So glad I took the time to check out Hollow Knight. $15 is a steal for this gorgeous gem of a Metroidlike (Metroidvania IF YOU MUST).
ref: 2017 March 11, MANvsGAME, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2022:
text: Got this today. The package looks amazing. Lets check this amazing metroidlike
#NintendoSwitch #axiomverge #metroidlike
ref: 2018 April 18, TheRealPit0, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2022:
text: It's too bad nobody remembers the beautiful, redheaded homage to Samus Aran that was Jenosa Arma from Scurge: Hive (GBA / NDS)
Isometric metroidlike action RPG bounty hunter heroine. She's quite wonderful.
ref: 2018 November 2, OhNoItsGlitch, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 May 2022:
text: i love games that are roguelikes and soulslikes, but also metroidbornes and soulsbornes and metroidlikes as well as permabornes, bornevanias and roguevanialikes
ref: 2018 November 26, warm_blankets, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2022:
text: Gato Roboto is a sharp and clever Metroidlike, you're playing a cat named Kiki, they is suiting a mech, to save Gary ! #NintendoSwitch
ref: 2019 December 29, grosguerrier, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2022:
text: metroidvania is a stupid word, castlevania didn't do shit, everything in that genre pulls way more from metroid. anything new sotn brought is barely ever used (also it sux...!!!)
this is my stupid hot take hill i will die on.
also why i passive-aggressively call them metroidlikes
ref: 2021 August 6, NotDolphy, Twitter, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2021:
text: Only castelvania games can be metroidvanias. The rest are simply Metroidlikes. Give credit where it's due.
If you use "Roguelike" (named after the game Rogue), you can suck it all the way up and give Samus her credit!
ref: 2021 October 29, parkerrsimmons, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2021:
text: They're all called Metroidlikes going forward because we're not going to dignify Konami any longer.
ref: 2022 February 3, ziggybull, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2022:
glosses: Synonym of Metroidvania.
synonyms: word: Metroidvania
wikipedia: Metroid
Metroidlikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Metroidlike
aruhe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori aruhe.
Senses: glosses: The rhizomes of Pteridium esculentum, used for food by the Maori.
screech tunnel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screech tunnels
Senses: glosses: The screaming crowds near Wellesley College during the annual Boston Marathon.
concrete-head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concrete-heads
head_nr: 1
Etymology: Purportedly from a calque from Japanese 頭(あたま)が固(かた)い (atama ga katai, “resistant to new ways of thinking”, literally “having a hard head”). Possibly originally from unattested Taiwanese Japanese *頭(あたま)コンクリート (atama konkurīto, literally “concrete-head”), which can be reconstructed from the phonetic borrowing of Taiwanese Mandarin 阿達馬孔固力／阿达马孔固力 (ādámǎ kǒnggùlì, “concrete-head”).
Senses: examples: text: As far as I can determine, I am a bleeding heart liberal. Personally I think that's way preferable over a concrete-head conservative, if given a choice between the two.
ref: 2004 January 5, Rainy, “Does anyone know”, in alt.fan.keanu-reeves (Usenet), retrieved 02 Aug 2022:
text: "So get dressed and stop scowling. I'll tell you about it later." He hoped that would be enough but her scowl deepened. He met it with a grin. "I regret nothing."
"Of course not, you're a concrete-head. Have you heard anything from Enrique?"
ref: 2014 September 19, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, Black & Orange, Bad Moon Books Digital:
text: It had taken his little ten year-old sister telling him to stop being a concrete-head to get him to fly across the solar system. Now, the only thing keeping him from returning to the two most important people in his life was this asshole dragging his heels.
ref: 2016 July 7, Wesley Chu, Time Siege, Duncan Baird Publishers, →ISBN:
head_nr: 2
glosses: A stupid person; sometimes one who is being stubborn to the point of stupidity.
topics: management
head_nr: 2
glosses: A person who is stuck in their ways; one who is unwilling to try new ideas.
concrete-heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concrete-head
peopley
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From people + -y.
Senses: glosses: Crowded or bustling with many people.
Pelosis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pelosi
camptown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camptowns
Etymology: Compound of camp + town, calque of Korean 기지촌(基地村) (gijichon).
Senses: synonyms: gijichon
glosses: A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
people's war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: people's wars
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A Maoist military strategy where the basic concept is to maintain the support of the population and draw the enemy deep into the countryside where the population will bleed them dry through a mix of mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare.
people's wars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of people's war
keep it moving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps it moving
form: keeping it moving
form: kept it moving
form: kept it moving
Senses: glosses: To continue or advance notwithstanding any issue or obstacle.
red-linked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: blue-linked
qualifier: wiki jargon
glosses: Marked by a red link (a hyperlink that directs to a nonexistent wiki page).
blue-linked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: red-linked
qualifier: wiki jargon
glosses: Marked by a blue link (a hyperlink that directs to an existing wiki page)
Owerri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city and state capital of Imo State, Nigeria.
Birnin Kebbi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city and state capital of Kebbi State, Nigeria.
Lokoja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city and state capital of Kogi State, Nigeria.
Ilorin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city and state capital of Kwara State, Nigeria.
Ikeja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Lagos State, Nigeria.
Lafia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city and state capital of Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
Akure
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Yoruba Àkúrẹ́.
Senses: examples: text: He had not even stopped for lunch at Akure which was the normal half-way house for travellers from Eastern Nigeria to Lagos, but had driven numbly, mile after mile, from morning till evening.
ref: 1963, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, Penguin Classics (2010), page 111:
glosses: The largest city and state capital of Ondo State, Nigeria.
Osogbo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oshogbo
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Osun State, Nigeria.
Oshogbo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Osogbo.
Ife
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city in Osun State, Nigeria.
Laksberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laksbergs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Roseburrows
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Roseburrow
Roxburghs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Roxburgh
mi-parti
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /miːˈpɑːti/
ipa: /ˌmiːpɑːˈtiː/
ipa: /ˌmiːpəˈtiː/
ipa: /miˈpɑɹti/
ipa: /ˌmipɑɹˈti/
ipa: /ˌmiːpɚˈti/
Forms: form: miparti
Etymology: Learned borrowing from French mi-parti (literally “divided down the middle”), from Middle French mi-parti, from Old French miparti, past participle of mipartir (“to split in half”), from mi (“middle”) + partir (“to split”); compare medial and party (“divided”). Though the term is mentioned beginning in the 17th century, actual use is apparently only recorded from the 19th century onwards.
Senses: examples: text: They are all parted per pale, or (to vſe Scohier's word, mi-partie, that is, parted longwiſe in the midſt, or perpendicularly parted, but yet ſeuerally affected in the partings […]
ref: [1610, Edmund Bolton, Edm: Bolton his Elements of Armories, London: George Eld, page 95:
text: The extreme uncertainty of engraving the horizontal line of division in shields makes it quite reasonable to suppose the division which we see in Panwitz to have been made to look mi-parti in error.
ref: 1871 April 15, D. P., “New German flag”, in Notes and Queries, volume 7, number 172, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →DOI, page 323:
text: Almost all the indoor servants were given three ells of coloured shortcloth, together with three ells of striped cloth for their suits, which must have been, therefore, mi-parti.
ref: 1980, Stella Mary Newton, “VIII: Livery and the Dress of the Poor”, in Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince: A Study of the Years 1340-1365, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 67:
topics: business
clothing
fashion
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
monarchy
nobility
politics
textiles
glosses: Vertically divided into distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; party per pale.
mi-parti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /miːˈpɑːti/
ipa: /ˌmiːpɑːˈtiː/
ipa: /ˌmiːpəˈtiː/
ipa: /miˈpɑɹti/
ipa: /ˌmipɑɹˈti/
ipa: /ˌmiːpɚˈti/
Forms: form: mi-partis
form: miparti
Etymology: Learned borrowing from French mi-parti (literally “divided down the middle”), from Middle French mi-parti, from Old French miparti, past participle of mipartir (“to split in half”), from mi (“middle”) + partir (“to split”); compare medial and party (“divided”). Though the term is mentioned beginning in the 17th century, actual use is apparently only recorded from the 19th century onwards.
Senses: examples: text: All the colors of the Universe radiate off the walls and floor of this room. The being here is dressed in a miparti...
ref: 1987 May 5, Roe R. Adams III, Wizardry: The Return of Werdna - The Fourth Scenario, Ogdensburg, New York: Sir-Tech Software, Inc., Apple II, level/area: floor B11:
text: It was certainly of western origin, but had also been adopted in the East; and whereas in the West the mi-parti had by the middle of the thirteenth century become the clothing of servants and squires, in the East it was instead worn by wealthy people […]
ref: 2020 January 31, Nada Hélou, “Notes on Donor Images in the Churches of Lebanon”, in Balázs Major, Denys Pringle, Peter Edbury, editors, Bridge of Civilizations: The Near East and Europe C. 1100–1300, Archaeopress Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 239:
text: 'Correct,' echoed the third fop, in red and blue mi-parti. 'To begin with, we'll tan the hide of that peasant in the European style. Come on, gentlemen, your canes! And may none of us shirk!
ref: 2020 October 27, “Chapter Nine”, in Andrzej Sapkowski, translated by David French, The Tower of Fools, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: A garment vertically divided into two distinctly-coloured or patterned halves.
mi-partis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mi-parti
miparti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mipartis
Senses: glosses: Rare form of mi-parti.
Darbinyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Darbinyans
form: Darbinian
form: Tarpinian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Դարբինյան (Darbinyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
mipartis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miparti
Darbinian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Darbinians
Etymology: Variant of Darbinyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Darbinians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Darbinian
Darbinyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Darbinyan
Ollerton and Boughton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, which includes these two villages.
Related terms: Boughton
Ollerton
Bonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒnɪzəm/
ipa: /ˈbɑnɪzəm/
Etymology: From Bon + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bon (“a Tibetan indigenous religion”).
synonyms: word: Bon
extra: a Tibetan indigenous religion
taking to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take to
Sicangco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sicangcos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Senior Counsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Senior Counsel
form: Senior Counsels
form: SC
Etymology: From senior + counsel.
Senses: examples: text: The two Senior Counsels, who were very familiar with each other, were addressing one another as ‘Mister’, while I was addressing both by their Christian names.
ref: 2013, Peter Quinn, “Becoming a Target”, in The Outsider, Lucan, Dublin: Irish Sports Publishing, →ISBN, page 187:
text: He’s a deputy director of public prosecutions, one of only three Senior Counsel in his division, with an office on the sixth floor of the Innes Court building on Pritchard Street in downtown Johannesburg.
ref: 2016, Alex Eliseev, chapter 28, in Cold Case Confession: Unravelling the Betty Ketani Murder, Johannesburg: Pan Macmillan South Africa, →ISBN, page 149:
topics: law
qualifier: Commonwealth outside of the realm
glosses: An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer).
Related terms: King's Counsel
Queen's Counsel
take silk
Gauchard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gauchards
Etymology: Borrowed from French Gauchard.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
cavemanny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cavemanny
form: most cavemanny
Etymology: From caveman + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It doesn’t seem reasonable that they should have thus comported themselves when they believed the lady was a poor, addle-pated, inferior, little creature, who wasn’t allowed to be educated, was understood to have no political significance, was weak and yielding and gratefully ready to throw herself upon the mercy of any good man’s protection—and then go and get bossy and brazen and cave-manny and crude in an age when he may at least seriously doubt her complete inferiority and significance.
ref: 1923 October 8, Alma Whitaker, “The Last Word: Nice Old-Fashioned Men”, in Los Angeles Times, volume XLII, part II, page 20:
text: Kenneth Preuss returned home from a hunting trip with a ten-day beard last Sunday, very cave-mannny, but it will take more than that to subdue Edith’s literary exaltation these days.
ref: 1929 August 18, Alma Whitaker, “Sugar and Spice”, in Los Angeles Times, volume XLVIII, part III, page 23:
text: Thank goodness for sweat and the glands that produce it. Without them, we’d still be running around all furry and cavemanny.
ref: 2007 August 18, “Now sweat? Not even”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin, page D1:
text: I’d just read a news story about how women are getting more and more beautiful while men remain as pathetically cavemanny as ever.
ref: 2011, Stuart Jeffries, “Don’t stray from that towpath”, in James Randerson, Peter Walker, editors, Cycle Babble: Bloggers on Biking, Guardian Books, →ISBN, chapter 3 (My daily ride), page 70:
text: I get the impression that there were a lot of volcanoes in those olden times, although I might be thinking all the way back to cavemanny times.
ref: 2015, Jim Benton, Live Each Day to the Dumbest (Dear Dumb Diary: Year Two), Scholastic Inc., →ISBN:
text: That dark voice tugged at her. Connor, her bodyguard. Her big, strong, cavemanny bodyguard.
ref: 2016 January, Shayla Black, Lexi Blake, Seduction in Session, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 38:
text: He was beginning to sound a little cavemanny and it made her stomach tickle.
ref: 2018, E.M. Gayle, Gabe’s Reckoning (Purgatory Masters Book 5), Gypsy Ink Books, →ISBN:
text: “I guess I remember there was something very physical, very masculine, about a group of 100 dudes going into the woods to train,” he [Russell Harbaugh] says. “(Coach) Creighton would take us to these camps to start the year. Wouldn’t use a ball. It was a week of obstacle courses, up to your knees in mud. Like, it got kind of cave-mannny, and I liked that feeling, but I think that’s different from what you’re talking about.[…]”
ref: 2018 April 8, Gregg Doyel, “QB or movie director? Harbaugh defies labels: Ex-Wabash star earns praise for his debut film”, in The Sunday Star, volume 115, number 273, page 7C:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a caveman.
Synonyms: cavemannish
companimal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: companimals
Etymology: From blend of companion + animal.
Senses: examples: text: Did we always keep pets and “companimals”? How did the question of animal welfare become a mass movement, and how was it politicized?
ref: 2023, Richard J. Miller, The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation, page 183:
glosses: An animal pet; a companion animal.
Colthrop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Thatcham, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5366).
inner automorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inner automorphism
innervators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of innervator
inosamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inosamine
inosinomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inosinome
inseminatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inseminatee
interbehaviours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interbehaviour
intercalibrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intercalibration
intercatenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intercatenation
interdigitizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interdigitization
internet brigades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of internet brigade
intertropical fronts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intertropical front
intracorrelations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intracorrelation
Kitassato flasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kitassato flask
Javan rhinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Javan rhino
Javan mynas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Javan myna
jasmonoyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jasmonoyl
Japanese maple trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japanese maple tree
Japanese mandolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japanese mandoline
Orser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orsers
Etymology: Americanized form of Dutch Aertse.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Odland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Odlands
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Odland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Derived terms: Odland body
Odlands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Odland
Orsers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Orser
Needs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Needses
Etymology: Variant of Nead.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Napolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Napolitans
Etymology: Reduced form of Napolitano.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Napolitans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Napolitan
Needses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Needs
Nesser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nessers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Nesser.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: An unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Mesker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Meskers
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Mesker.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Meskers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mesker
Nessers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nesser
blun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blinned
Senses: glosses: past participle of blin
Mummey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mummeys
Etymology: Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Mumme.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Pinkhasov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pinkhasovs
Etymology: Jewish eastern Ashkenazi surname from the Hebrew personal name פִּינְחָס (Pīnəḥās) + the Russian suffix -ov.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
Pinkhasovs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pinkhasov
Mummeys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mummey
Palmerton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Palmertons
Etymology: Possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
A borough of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois, United States.
Plaugher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Plaughers
Etymology: Americanized form of German Plocher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Plaughers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Plaugher
Palmertons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Palmerton
Privott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Privotts
Etymology: Variant of Privett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lannemezan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Lannemezan.
Senses: glosses: A town in Hautes-Pyrénées department, France.
Froxfield and Privett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England, which includes Froxfield Green and Privett.
Related terms: Froxfield
Privett
Ramdeen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ramdeens
Etymology: Variant of Ramdin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hindi.
Ramdeens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ramdeen
Privotts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Privott
McCathern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCatherns
Etymology: Probably an altered form of McCahern or McGahern, both variants of McEachern.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Napolitanos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Napolitano
McCatherns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCathern
Pont-Saint-Martin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Pont-Saint-Martin.
Senses: glosses: A town in Loire-Atlantique department, France.
IDVA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪdvə/
Forms: form: IDVAs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of independent domestic-violence advocacy.
glosses: Acronym of independent domestic-violence advisor.
BotW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: BOTW
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Breath of the Wild, short for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Related terms: TLOZ
IDVAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪdvəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of IDVA
astromythology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astromythologies
Etymology: From astro- + mythology.
Senses: glosses: Astrological mythology.
astromythologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astromythology
auroscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auroscopes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of otoscope.
synonyms: word: otoscope
codeposit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: codeposits
form: codepositing
form: codeposited
form: codeposited
Etymology: From co- + deposit.
Senses: glosses: To deposit along with another
codeposited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codeposit
codeposited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: deposited along with another
cryptographics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cryptography.
synonyms: word: cryptography
Related terms: cryptographic
fluoroboroaluminosilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any mixed fluoride, boride and aluminosilicate
holometamorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From holo- + metamorphic.
Senses: glosses: Related to holometamorphosis
isonutritive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + nutritive.
Senses: glosses: Having the same nutritive value
ligamentization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The formation of ligament tissue.
monoelementary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + elementary.
Senses: glosses: Having a single element
nonneovascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + neovascular.
Senses: glosses: Not neovascular
organopathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + pathological.
Senses: glosses: organic and pathological
polymaltose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymaltoses
Etymology: From poly- + maltose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymeric carbohydrate composed of many maltose units
swinecress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swinecresses
form: swine cress
form: swine-cress
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Lepidium (syn. Coronopus).
untransmittability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + transmittability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being untransmittable
Synonyms: untransmissibility
haemosiderinuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemosiderinuria.
and'll
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈændl̩/
enpr: ăndl
Etymology: Contraction of and will.
Senses: examples: text: It costs $15 and'll ship in 5 days.
glosses: and will
Point Judith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after either Judith Thatcher or Judith Hull. See Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: A village and cape in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
wikipedia: Point Judith, Rhode Island
perpera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perper
Glenorchy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Glen Orchy, Scotland.
Senses: glosses: A local government area of Tasmania, Australia; in full, the City of Glenorchy.
glosses: A suburb of Hobart, within the City of Glenorchy, Tasmania.
glosses: A small town in the Shire of Northern Grampians, western Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A settlement at the north end of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown-Lakes district, Otago, New Zealand.
(800)
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 800
Senses: glosses: Clipping of 1-800.
Qaeda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The tape of the Qaeda leader, creepily invoking polemical filmmaker Michael Moore, was played in the war room at Kerry headquarters in Washington.
ref: 2004, Evan Thomas, Eleanor Clift, Jonathan Darman, Kevin Peraino, Peter Goldman, Election 2004: How Bush Won and What You Can Expect in the Future, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 177:
text: Nineteen members of the Qaeda network seized control of four commercial airliners and used them as suicide missiles against selected targets.
ref: 2004, Stephen E. Atkins, “Al-Qaeda”, in Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups, Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 259:
text: The killing of the top Qaeda leader offers lessons on 20 years of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.
ref: 2022 August 1, David E. Sanger, The New York Times:
glosses: Clipping of al-Qaeda.
invadees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invadee
inverted palls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inverted pall
iodoacetophenones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodoacetophenone
iodoadamantanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodoadamantane
iodoalkoxylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodoalkoxylation
iododestannylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iododestannylation
iodoanilines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodoaniline
Frissung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Frissungs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
profit motive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: profit motives
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The pursuit of financial gain as a motivation for individuals and firms to conduct business.
community organizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: community organizers
Senses: glosses: One who leads other people who live in proximity to each other or share some common problem into an organization that acts in their shared self-interest.
Related terms: community organizing
1-555
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 555
form: (555)
Etymology: From 1, used to dial long-distance numbers and 555, the North American code for the provision of directory assistance.
Senses: glosses: Of telephone numbers dialed in North America, widely used for fictional numbers in television shows, films, and other media.
distant starlight problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of starlight problem.
synonyms: word: starlight problem
young-earth creationism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Young Earth creationism.
young earth creationism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Young Earth creationism.
young Earth creationism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Young Earth creationism.
YECism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Young Earth creationism.
old-earth creationism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Old Earth creationism.
old earth creationism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Old Earth creationism.
old Earth creationism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Old Earth creationism.
OECism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Old Earth creationism.
OEC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OECs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Old Earth creationism.
glosses: Initialism of Old Earth creationist.
Old Earth creationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Old Earth creationists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Old Earth creationism.
Old Earth creationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Old Earth creationist
Xinbei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪnˈbeɪ/
enpr: shǐnʹbāʹ
Forms: form: Hsinpei
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新北 (Xīnběi).
Senses: examples: text: The councilors were divided, however, over what the county should be called after it becomes a municipality. Some favor “Xinbei City” (新北市) or “New Taipei City,” while others said that county residents should be allowed to decide the new name.
ref: 2008 July 24, “Taipei County councilors frown at 'quasi' labeling”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2008, Taiwan News, page 2:
text: Xinbei, which until late 2010 was known as Taipei County, is a microcosm of Taiwan. It has densely populated urban areas, steep uplands dotted with tiny aboriginal villages and everything in between. Danshui and Sanxia in Xinbei are towns rich in history.
ref: 2010, Steven Crook, Taiwan: The Bradt Travel Guide (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 115:
text: One Democratic Progressive politician considered a leading presidential contender, Su Tseng-chang, was soundly defeated in his bid to become mayor of Taipei by the incumbent, Hau Lung-bin. Mr. Hau took 56 percent of the vote in a race that many had said earlier was too close to call. The Kuomintang also won races in Xinbei City and Taichung.
ref: 2010 November 27, “Taiwan Ruling Party Wins 3 of 5 Votes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2022, Asia Pacific:
text: In 2009, President Ma appointed Chu deputy premier. In 2010, Chu resigned from that position to run for mayor of Xinbei.[…]
During the campaign analysts looking at the two candidates for mayor of Xinbei noted that they were very similar in many ways.
ref: 2013, John F. Copper, “Taiwan's 2010 Metropolitan City Elections”, in The KMT Returns to Power: Elections in Taiwan 2008 to 2012 (Asian Studies; Political Science), Lexington Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119:
glosses: Synonym of New Taipei.
synonyms: word: New Taipei
glosses: A district of Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
FitzMaurice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname; alternative form of Fitzmaurice.
take a picture, it'll last longer
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of take a picture, it will last longer.
death riding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of death ride
death rode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of death ride
wanktard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wanktards
Etymology: From wank + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: What's the point in you living, but you still do it, wanktard?
ref: 2006 February 12, Spudley =-@cun*20plus.com -= Spudley =-, “2006 Quote of the Year - February Edition”, in aus.net.access (Usenet), retrieved 03 Aug 2022:
text: We've got a support ticket open with this bunch of wanktards to do with a replication issue with FDY Freire 2K5. Over the last three months we've tried a few things that have singularly failed to work (and in at least one case made things worse). I keep getting the feeling that they actually don't know that much more than I do, and I don't know that much.
ref: 2008 September 26, Jim, “Microsoft strikes back”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet), retrieved 03 Aug 2022:
text: Fuck you, limey wanktard.
ref: 2017 December 25, Colonel Edmund J. Burke, “Merry Christmas everybody”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet), retrieved 03 Aug 2022:
glosses: An obnoxious or contemptible person.
brings forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring forward
bringing forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring forward
wanktards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanktard
interview under caution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interviews under caution
Etymology: From the mandatory caution given by the police to the suspect at the beginning of such interviews: “You do not have to say anything. But, it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.”.
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
qualifier: criminal law
glosses: A formal interview of a suspect by the police as part of a criminal investigation, for which the suspect is entitled to legal representation. Used to determine whether or not to prosecute the suspect, and most commonly conducted following arrest, though sometimes in other circumstances.
interviews under caution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interview under caution
rolls in the aisles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roll in the aisles
rolled in the aisles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roll in the aisles
dies laughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of die laughing
dying laughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of die laughing
died laughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of die laughing
mishoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mishoons
Etymology: From Massachusett or a related Eastern Algonquian language.
Senses: examples: text: There were many mishoons beached there. We stepped ashore and at once heard the unholy commotion […]
ref: 2011 May 3, Geraldine Brooks, Caleb's Crossing: A Novel, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: The sky was a bruised purple, and a gusting wind enveloped them so that it was a struggle to keep the mishoon from getting swamped. The waves were immense, as big as English houses. They lifted the small boat upward[…]
ref: 2014 August 15, Tim Weed, Will Poole's Island, namelos llc, →ISBN, page 32:
text: […] and it's easy to imagine how this mishoon will take shape (Fig. 8.2). Two more mishoonash are mostly sunken into the water at the edge of the Eel River Pond a few steps away; Kerri notes that because it can still freeze,[…]
ref: 2019 October 31, Sidney I. Dobrin, Sean Morey, Mediating Nature: The Role of Technology in Ecological Literacy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 121:
text: They shifted in the mishoon, made room in the middle, and waved him on board, sitting ahead of Habbamock. There was only a single exchange crossing the marsh. “Why K-lib here?” Habbamock asked from behind him in the mishoon.
ref: 2020 June 29, Karl H. Schumacher, The Village: Stories 1637-2097, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A dugout canoe.
mishoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mishoon
Simblr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪm.blə/
ipa: /ˈsɪm.blɚ/
Etymology: From Sim + -blr.
Senses: examples: text: About a year ago, a friend invited me to Tumblr, and met the Simblr community.
ref: 2013, Shokoninio, quoted in AsiaShaMecca, "Designer Showcase: Shokoninio", SF Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 23 (2013), page 28
text: The conventions of posting, tagging, sharing, and reblogging mentioned above are often enacted in particular ways within Simblr, along with a series of aesthetic conventions relating to gameplay, sim modeling, and photo editing.
ref: 2015, Ruth A. Deller, "Simblr famous and SimSecret infamous: Performance, community norms, and shaming among fans of The Sims", Transformative Works and Cultures, Number 18 (link)
text: In many communities, Halloween has been cancelled this year due to COVID-19 concerns – but for the Simblr community, it will be the best treat this year!
ref: 2020 October, “Porchlight on”, in SimmedUp Magazine, number 2, page 15:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The community of Simmers and Sims-related blogs on Tumblr.
Simblr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪm.blə/
ipa: /ˈsɪm.blɚ/
Forms: form: Simblrs
Etymology: From Sim + -blr.
Senses: examples: text: Simblrs may contain a range of content from downloadable mods, sims, houses, and custom content to stories, gameplay shots, animated GIFs, and personal blog posts.
ref: 2015, Ruth A. Deller, "Simblr famous and SimSecret infamous: Performance, community norms, and shaming among fans of The Sims", Transformative Works and Cultures, Number 18 (link)
text: I'm sure you will be impressed by the content of this Simblr: downloads, pictures, a legacy challenge...
ref: 2015 March, “Simblrs”, in Sims Vita, number 2, page 71:
text: I only have a few close friends who know my Simblr, and they haven't spoken to me about it yet […]
ref: 2018, Reshaaa, quoted in "Say It Loud", Vibez Sim Magazine, Issue Four (2018), page 22
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A Tumblr blog focused on The Sims.
-blr
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-blə/
ipa: /-bləɹ/
Etymology: Clipping of Tumblr.
Senses: coordinate_terms: -sky
-Tok
-Tube
-twt
glosses: Combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of posts on the social media platform Tumblr.
down to earth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of down-to-earth.
writeblr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From write + -blr.
Senses: examples: text: I was on writeblr before I found Twitter, lol. This is new to me. I've been here less than a month.
ref: 2018 June 28, Adamayurka_writes (@Adamayurka), Twitter:
text: There's this trend on writeblr, where on saturdays we all answer questions about our wips, and I think it'd be cool to do it here too!
ref: 2020 May 16, carmen (@carumens_writes), Twitter:
text: Since joining writeblr I've learned to really enjoy writing for myself.
ref: 2020 November, “Conversations with the writeblr hive”, in Red Bean Press, page 20:
glosses: The community of writers and creative writing-related blogs on Tumblr.
writeblr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writeblrs
Etymology: From write + -blr.
Senses: examples: text: I am super new to the twitter writing community so I know only one other writer which is @girlishnovels and I am obsessed with her writeblr as well omg
ref: 2019 April 23, Reva K (@ReyaK3), Twitter:
text: to make a writeblr or to not make a writeblr, that is the question
ref: 2021 January 29, bri (@maesvp), Twitter:
text: here's a collection of my unhinged writing from my (inactive) writeblr
ref: 2021 April 9, @rainbokuto, Twitter:
glosses: A Tumblr blog focused on creative writing.
Khosrowshahi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian.
vitligo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of vitiligo.
proactivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + activism.
Senses: examples: text: So was the cellist Charlotte Moorman, muse to Nam June Paik and proactivism champion of all things fringe.
ref: 2015 September 7, Holland Cotter, “Exhibitions Where Moral Force Trumps Market Forces”, in New York Times:
glosses: Support for activism.
Deppford wife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Deppford wives
Etymology: Blend of Depp + Stepford wife.
Senses: examples: text: The court transcripts are all publicly available for anyone to read. I've read them, but Deppford Wives either have clearly read none of them or decided to willfully ignore them, because they STILL claim all his evidence was unassailable and definitely proved his innocence.
ref: 2021 July 1, A Penny For Your Thots (@ThePurrrple), Twitter:
text: genuinely concerned for all the deppford wives in the replies
ref: 2022 April 26, brooke cardinas funko pop (@akabeguiled2017), Twitter:
text: Nothing makes me happier than seeing people drag Depp and his idiotic fans. I've seen a lot of ill-behaved fans but nothing like Deppford wives.
ref: 2022 July 31, Virginia WOolf (@VirginaWoolf6), Twitter:
hypernyms: Depplorable
glosses: A female fan who fervently defends Johnny Depp.
Depplorable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Depplorables
Etymology: Blend of Depp + deplorable.
Senses: examples: text: I hope she kicks his ass in court, but this glaring fact can only be ignored by Depplorables.
ref: 2018 May 16, Lexi (@animalhugger91), Twitter:
text: I feel like this, right here, is the most important part of the story that the Depplorables ALWAYS leave out.
ref: 2022 July 27, Carla Robinson (@thingscloves), Twitter:
text: I'm so sorry, I completely misread your tweet at first 🤦♀️ Too many Depplorables in my quotes.
ref: 2022 July 30, Amelia Rose (@AmeliaR10879986), Twitter:
glosses: A fan who fervently defends Johnny Depp.