cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Big Bad Wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌbɪɡ ˌbæd ˈwʊlf/
Forms: form: Big Bad Wolves
Senses: glosses: An evil fictional wolf that appears in fairy tales or fables.
raw_tags: with the
synonyms: bogeyman
glosses: Someone blamed for causing problems; a scapegoat.
Derived terms: word: big bad
Related terms: word: big and bad
Big Bad Wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Big Bad Wolf
Jacob Marley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A fictional man who appears as a ghost in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, warning his former business partner Ebenezer Scrooge against being greedy and selfish.
creationarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From creationary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a creationary manner.
glosses: With regard to creation.
creationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From creation + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: Nay, let us but consider this, that, under a general creationary theory,—before any one evolutionary doctrine, Lamarckian, Vestigian, Erasmo-Darwinian, Carlo-Darwinian, or other, came up,—never, whether in affinities, or embryology, or geology, or geography, or even rudimentary organs, was there a single difficulty felt,—let us but consider this I say, and it will be plain to be seen that all that concerns affinities and the rest constitutes no fee-simple that shall be proper and peculiar to natural selection alone. (p. 151)
But these homologies and the rest we hold ourselves dispensed from the consideration of, simply in view of the fact that they were a material common to all the evolutionary theories, and never on the whole denied even by the creationary ones. (p. 341)
ref: 1894, James Hutchison Stirling, Darwinianism: workmen and work:
text: The evolutionary hypothesis or theory is a much better theory than the creationary theory, but it is still only a theory, and Dr. Straton had only to point out that fact.
ref: 1951, Charles Francis Potter, The preacher and I: an autobiography:
text: These verses are directed to individuals who don't acknowledge the incomprehensible aspects of God as represented by His wondrous creationary power.
ref: 2002, Robert A. Herrmann, Science Declares Our Universe Is Intelligently Designed, page 209:
glosses: Of or relating to creation.
Synonyms: creational
Derived terms: anticreationary
anti-creationary
creationarily
creationary evolution
creationary evolutionism
creationary evolutionist
non-creationary
noncreationary
postcreationary
post-creationary
pre-creationary
precreationary
procreationary
pro-creationary
Fu Manchus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fu Manchu
mythifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mythify
rat rod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rat rods
Senses: glosses: A style of hot rod or custom car that imitates or exaggerates the hot rods of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. It is distinct from the "traditional" hot rod, which is an accurate re-creation or period-correct restoration of a hot rod from the same era.
rat rods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rat rod
title characters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of title character
title character
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: title characters
Senses: glosses: A fictional character whose name or description is present in the title of the work where the character appears.
wikipedia: title character
Related terms: title role
gut feelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gut feeling
gut reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gut reaction
protagonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being a protagonist.
cohabitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohabitors
Etymology: From cohabit + -or.
Senses: synonyms: cohabitant
cohabitee
cohabiter
glosses: One who cohabits.
aloo gosht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aloo + gosht.
Senses: glosses: A South Asian curry made from mutton and potatoes in a casserole
gosht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊʃt/
Etymology: Ultimately from Classical Persian گوشت (gōšt, “meat, flesh”).
Senses: glosses: mutton (or sometimes goat), normally as part of a South Asian curry.
Derived terms: aloo gosht
Tweedle-dees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tweedle-dee
Tweedle-dums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tweedle-dum
consortes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consorte
glam up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glams up
form: glamming up
form: glammed up
form: glammed up
Senses: examples: text: He would become absorbed in what he was doing and forget that they were going out to a reception at the City Hall or somewhere. Stella would appear at the study door all glammed up in her best coat and he would look up from his reading like a startled animal caught drinking at a watering hole.
ref: 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, “Chapter 10”, in Midwinter Break, page 204:
glosses: To make (someone or something) more glamorous.
glosses: To make oneself more glamorous.
Christmas star
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: Christmas Star
Senses: glosses: The Star of Bethlehem.
Ghost of Christmas Past
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ghost of Christmas Past
Senses: coordinate_terms: Ghost of Christmas Future
Ghost of Christmas Present
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
glosses: A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show him his past, especially certain events of past Christmases that contributed to his later distaste for Christmas.
front rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front room
paganry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪɡənɹi/
Forms: form: paganries
Etymology: From pagan + -ry.
Senses: glosses: Paganism.
examples: text: [Afonso de] Albuquerque, throughout his career, favoured the Hindu paganry against the Hindí Moslems, finding the former much less intractable.
ref: 1881, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “Historical”, in Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads. A Commentary […], volume I, London: Bernard Quaritch, […], →OCLC, § 2 (D.D. Joam II. and Manoel), footnote 1, page 292:
text: Yet you could hunt for slaves in the countries round about: Celtic Christians of the far West, generally treated as heretics; Islam; Slavonic, Baltic or Finnish 'paganries'
ref: 1960, J. D. Chambers, “The Place of Economic History in Historical Studies”, in N. B. Harte, editor, Study of Economic History: Collected Inaugural Lectures 1893-1970, published 1975, page 240:
text: missionary progressives ready to teach the paganry the rudiments of tithing and toothbrushing
ref: 2008, Bill Kauffman, Ain't my America, page 41:
synonyms: heathenry
glosses: A body of pagans.
tangientially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tangentially.
Solarium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Solarium Augusti (“Solarium of Augustus”).
Senses: synonyms: Horologium
glosses: A large monument in ancient Rome and its modern ruins.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A former constellation located between the constellations of Horologium, Dorado, and Hydrus
axial point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axial points
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any point that lies on any of the axes of a coordinate system
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: nodal point
stump orators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stump orator
housie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaʊzi/
Forms: form: housie-housie
Etymology: From house + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Aficionados continued to play housie for the rest of the decade, but always under the threat of criminal prosecution.
ref: 1994, David Grant, On a Roll: A History of Gambling and Lotteries in New Zealand, page 138:
text: She ran raffles, card games and housie to raise money for Māori welfare.
ref: 2001, Patricia Grace, Irihapeti Ramsden, Jonathan Dennis, The Silent Migration: Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club, 1937-1948, page 119:
text: Thursday night was housie night at St Monica′s hall.
ref: 2010, Kate Howarth, Ten Hail Marys, University of Queensland Press, page 98:
text: 2010, Michael Caulfield (editor), The Voices of War: Australians Tell Their Stories from World War I to the Present, unumbered page,
He was very officious—universally hated—and bingo, then called housie, was illegal, because we had a housie game and we used to play this on deck and we were all up on deck in our shorts and we′d give warning if he was coming.
glosses: A gambling game similar to bingo.
glosses: one who is not homeless
cutting rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutting room
Ghost of Christmas Present
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ghost of Christmas Present
Senses: coordinate_terms: Ghost of Christmas Future
Ghost of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
glosses: A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge accompanied by a great feast in order to show him events of the current Christmas.
reading rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reading room
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Senses: synonyms: Ghost of Christmas Future
coordinate_terms: Ghost of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Present
glosses: A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; it visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show his impending fate of death and loneliness in a future Christmas that is ultimately avoided.
Ghost of Christmas Future
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ghost of Christmas Future
Etymology: The character first appeared in the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, written in 1843, and called Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The name Ghost of Christmas Future was coined by analogy with Ghost of Christmas Past and Ghost of Christmas Present.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
synonyms: word: Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
nins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nin
delapse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: delapses
form: delapsing
form: delapsed
form: delapsed
Etymology: Latin [Term?]
Senses: examples: text: Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
Of the delapsed crown from Philip.
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
glosses: To sink down.
Related terms: delapsion
depraver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depravers
Etymology: From deprave + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who depraves or corrupts.
questionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: questionists
Etymology: From question + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person preparing for, or taking, their final exam at university.
glosses: An inquisitive person, a questioner.
questionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of questionist
beaver dams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beaver dam
darning mushrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of darning mushroom
radio dramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Stressing American ideals, seven San Diego City high schools last spring presented a series of weekly radio dramas based on the lives of Great Americans.
ref: 1948, Flora Baer, “Radio Dramas by High School Students”, in Secondary Education. A Quarterly Bulletin, volume XIV, number 1, page 3:
glosses: plural of radio drama
great powers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great power
escargatoire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escargatoires
Etymology: Borrowed from French escargatoire.
Senses: glosses: A nursery for snails.
glosses: A large number of snails.
escargatoires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escargatoire
mainland Chinese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainland Chinese
Etymology: From mainland + Chinese.
Senses: glosses: A person living in or originating from mainland China.
mainland Chinese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mainland + Chinese.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mainland China.
is that so
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I used to be a millionaire back in the '80s. ― Is that so?
glosses: Really? Is it true?
Synonyms: no kidding
no way
really
you don't say
all good things come to an end
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: all good things must come to an end
Senses: synonyms: nothing gold can stay
glosses: Nothing good lasts forever.
judication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: judications
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iudicatio, iudicationis.
Senses: examples: text: From this mode of bringing forward evidence, arises that last kind of dispute which we call the judication, or examination of the excuses alleged. And that is of this kind: whether it was right that his mother should be put to death by Orestes, because she had put to death Orestes's father?
ref: 1853, Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by C. D. Yonge, On invention:
text: Moreover it is clear that in Cicero's time judication in civil as well as in criminal cases enhanced a man's dignity, which was dear to every upper-class Roman.
ref: 1988, P. A. Brunt, The fall of the Roman Republic and related essays:
text: Judication is a process in which each party offers facts and arguments to a judge or executive in order to persuade that arbiter to render an authoritative decision on its behalf.
ref: 1990, M. Afzalur Rahim, Theory and research in conflict management:
glosses: The act of judging, judgment.
Related terms: adjudication
letter openers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of letter opener
kakizome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 書き初め.
Senses: glosses: The first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year.
degrees Fahrenheit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of degree Fahrenheit
synandrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synandria
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An androecium of which the anthers have been fused.
synandria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synandrium
kails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kail
foreby
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of forby.
Semnani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of languages spoken in the Semnan province of Iran
mitrailleuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmiːtɹəˈjɜz/
/ˈmiːtɹəˌjɜz/
Forms: form: mitrailleuses
Etymology: From French mitrailleuse, from mitrailler (“to fire grapeshot”).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.
Related terms: mitraille
mitraillade
mitrailleur
mitrailleur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mitrailleurs
Etymology: From the French term mitrailleuse.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A rapid-fire team-served musket or rifle.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The person in charge of such a weapon.
Synonyms: english: American English
translation: American English
word: battery gun
Hyponyms: Gatling gun
Related terms: mitraille
mitraillade
mitrailleuse
mitrailleurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitrailleur
balanephagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bălənēʹfəgəs
ipa: /bæləˈniːfəɡəs/
Forms: form: balanophagous
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek βαλανηφάγος (balanēphágos, “acorn-eating”), from βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”) + φαγ- (phag-, “eat”).
Senses: examples: text: The man with whom we take shelter has his wife and children, and his sons’ wives and all their children, to the number of twelve or fifteen, in the tent. Milk and misíthra is their only food: “We have milk in plenty,” they tell me, “but no bread.” Such is the life of a modern Arcadian shepherd, who has almost reverted to the balanephagous state of his primitive ancestorsᵃ. The children, however, all look healthy, and are handsome, having large black eyes and regular features, with very dark complexions.
ref: 1830, William Martin Leake, “chapter 11: Messenia — Arcadia”, in Travels in the Morea: With a Map and Plans, volume 1, pages 487–488:
text: The one region of the earth where balanophagy attained its richest development was aboriginal California. I say “richest,” because there the methods of ridding the acorns of the objectionable tannin were most developed and moreover many species were eaten, putting to shame the balanophagous propensities of the Arcadians.
ref: 1936, Robert Harry Lowie, editor, Essays in Anthropology: Presented to A. L. Kroeber in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday, June 11, 1936, University of California Press, page 95:
text: During the winter months, when hunting and fishing were difficult and fresh vegetal foods unavailable, consumption of stored acorn products may have exceeded that of all other foods. Thus it is hardly an exaggeration to categorize native economies of this area as balanophagous (acorn eating), or, in view of the dense populations associated with them, to consider this adaptation as paralleling in importance the development of agriculture in other areas.
ref: 1984, Mark Nathan Cohen, George J. Armelagos, editors, Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 440:
text: In earlier Milling Stone times, both men and women gathered and probably processed plant foods. Now, women shouldered the entire burden of pounding, storing, and cooking acorns. During the critical weeks of harvest, everyone — men, women, and children — worked flat out. But, once the harvest was over, acorns were women’s work. Survival literally depended on their balanophagous activities.
ref: 2004, Brian M. Fagan, Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants (Rowman Altamira; →ISBN, 9780759103740), page 145
text: The San Francisco Bay Ohlones shared the same technique of tannin leaching as employed by all the other balanophagous Californians.
ref: 2008, Philip J. Dreyfus, Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: Acorn-eating.
exterritorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more exterritorial
form: most exterritorial
Etymology: From ex- + territorial.
Senses: glosses: Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.
Synonyms: extraterritorial
Derived terms: exterritorialize
exterritorially
balanophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bălənŏʹfəgəs
ipa: /bæləˈnɒfəɡəs/
Etymology: Respelling of balanephagous, influenced by -o- (-o- immediately precedes -phagous in most words that feature that suffix).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of balanephagous.
vicarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaɪˈkɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /vɪˈ-/
ipa: /vaɪˈkɛɹi.əl/
ipa: /vəˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Forms: form: more vicarial
form: most vicarial
Etymology: From vicar + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a vicar
glosses: Delegated; vicarious
boycottage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: First of all boycottage, but rigorous and relentless boycottage, for Italy, in committing an act of piracy by seizing Tripoli, has made herself an outlaw as concerns international rights, […]
ref: 1911, The Literary Digest, volume 43, page 728:
glosses: The act of boycotting.
esport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esports
Etymology: From e- + sport.
Senses: examples: text: While these esports are often framed as battles of mental strategies and mechanical skills, how players juggle their hundreds, or thousands, of simultaneously ticking clocks and timers defines their ability to succeed in cutthroat competitions. […] The most popular turn-based esport is the virtual card game Hearthstone.
ref: 2023 December 1, Evelynn Kersting, “GAMES AND TIME”, in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, pages 9, 225, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2025:
topics: video-games
glosses: Alternative form of e-sport.
motocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motocycles
Senses: glosses: A horseless carriage.
Related terms: motorcycle
equinoces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equinox
Tenterfield whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tenterfield whistles
Etymology: After the town of Tenterfield in NSW Australia.
Senses: glosses: A particular type of fox whistle.
fox whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fox whistles
Senses: glosses: A whistle designed to mimic the sound of a distressed rabbit in order to lure foxes towards a hunter.
cunnilingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌnɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/
Forms: form: more cunnilingual
form: most cunnilingual
Etymology: From cunnilingu(s) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Raw clams, I am convinced, have a latently cunnilingual character that many find repugnant.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
glosses: Pertaining to cunnilingus.
prosocially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prosocially
form: most prosocially
Etymology: From prosocial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a prosocial manner.
arrogantness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arrogant + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The verse may be thus literally rendered, —
We have heard the arrogance of Moab; Very arrogant has been his insolence and arrogance; Yea, his arrogantness and the loftiness of his heart.
ref: 1847 John Calvin (transl. by John King), Calvin's Bible Commentaries: Jeremiah and Lamentations, Part V, page 505
glosses: arrogance
taijutsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Japanese 体術, literally "body skill" or "body art".
Senses: glosses: Japanese martial arts techniques that rely on a set of body movements without weapons.
wildcarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wildcard
groundshare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundshares
form: ground share
Etymology: From ground + share.
Senses: examples: text: The groundshare between the two teams began in 1975.
ref: 1997, Peterjon Cresswell, Simon Evans, Dan Goldstein, European football: a fans' handbook: the rough guide:
text: The groundshare has been far from unproblematic and has been extremely costly to the new club, although it has fulfilled the basic requirement of competing in English football (and indeed most sport) of having a 'home' ground.
ref: 2010, Silke Steets, Stadium Worlds: Football, Space and the Built Environment, page 169:
glosses: The sharing of a sports ground between two or more teams.
groundshare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: groundshares
form: groundsharing
form: groundshared
form: groundshared
form: ground share
Etymology: From ground + share.
Senses: glosses: To share a sports ground with another team
claytonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claytonia
middlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more middlingly
form: most middlingly
Etymology: From middling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a middling manner; averagely, moderately.
pretrigger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + trigger.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Prior to the activation of a trigger.
pretrigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pretriggers
Etymology: From pre- + trigger.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A short pulse issued in advance of a longer one
pretriggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pretrigger
bridons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridon
mitrailleuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitrailleuse
motocycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motocycle
vandalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /vænˈdælɪk/
Forms: form: more vandalic
form: most vandalic
Etymology: From vandal + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having the nature of vandalism.
inundant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inundant
form: most inundant
Etymology: From Latin inundans, present participle of inundare.
Senses: examples: text: Thy voice, hydropic Fancy! calls aloud
For costly draughts, inundant bowls of joy,
Rivers of rich regalement, seas of bliss
ref: a. 1763, William Shenstone, Economy: A Rhapsody, addressed to young poets:
glosses: overflowing
inundator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inundators
Etymology: From inundate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A device that saturates the sand with the appropriate amount of water when making concrete.
foodfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodfishes
form: foodfish
Senses: examples: text: While the present conservation of Maryland fisheries is largely concerned with the oyster, which promises such great future returns, the foodfishes should not be neglected.
ref: 1904, “Report of the Conservation commission of Maryland for 1908-1909”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), number 3:
text: There was little discussion of tilapia as a foodfish during the 1950s and 1960s, but there was interest in using some tilapia species for weed control.
ref: 1996, Robert R. Stickney, Aquaculture in the United States: a historical survey, page 186:
text: Most of the 30 or so emperors are valuable foodfishes in the Indo-Pacific region.
ref: 2003, G. K. Yearsley, P. R. Last, Robert D. Ward, Australian seafood handbook: an identification guide to imported species, →ISBN, page 64:
text: Reported harvests were in the order of 19 600 tonnes for fishmeal, 1 250 tonnes for processed sharks, 150 tonnes for shells, and 1 300 tonnes for foodfishes.
ref: 2006, Cassandra De Young, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Review of the state of world marine capture fisheries management: Indian Ocean, →ISBN, page 216:
glosses: Alternative form of food fish.
Related terms: fish food
foodfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Propagation and distribution of foodfishes were aquaculture activities
ref: 1996, Robert R. Stickney, Aquaculture in the United States: a historical survey, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: plural of foodfish
malefit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malefits
Etymology: Attested from 1700s. Learned borrowing from Latin malefit, modeled on benefit. Equivalent to French malfaire.
Senses: examples: text: However, if there are elements of similarity or dissimilarity, such as benefits and malefits to mankind, it can be useful to make such a comparison even if it cannot be made quantitatively.
ref: 2013, Lawrence Kamm, Radical Ideas:
synonyms: encumbrance
hindrance
nuisance
obstacle
drawback
antonyms: benefit
advantage
aid
assistance
boon
foredeal
help
glosses: A detriment or disadvantage
all bets are off
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Originally used by sports bookmakers, and in particular horseracing. The bookmaker is not taking any more bets and all existing bets placed on the competition are now null and void. This may have been because the race was cancelled, the starting lineup was substantially changed, or due to an irregularity in the conduct of the race.
Senses: glosses: Indicates that a future event appears uncertain, especially one that before seemed more certain, and where any prior agreements are no longer valid
glosses: Anything can happen; any previous preconceptions about what might happen are dismissed.
'zat
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Oh hangin' my stockin'
I can hear a knockin'
 'Zat you, Santa Claus
ref: 1953, Louis Armstrong, 'Zat You, Santa Claus?:
glosses: Is that
bed bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed bugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bedbug.
entracte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entractes
Senses: examples: text: I remember smoking in the entracte at Covent Garden Opera with my friend Paul, […]
ref: 2019, Russell Fraser, Moderns Worth Keeping:
glosses: Alternative form of entr'acte.
handphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handphones
form: hand phone
form: hand-phone
Etymology: From hand + phone. For the sense of mobile phone, compare with Chinese 手機 /手机 (shǒujī, literally “hand machine”) and Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”).
Senses: glosses: A mobile phone.
glosses: A telephone receiver or handset.
handphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handphone
sculpturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sculpturable
form: most sculpturable
Etymology: From sculpture + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The native dress clung to her limbs in sculpturable lines, and her consecrated ambitions seemed more insistent than ever.
ref: 1899, Sara Jeannette Duncan, The Path of a Star:
glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, being sculpted.
pair up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pairs up
form: pairing up
form: paired up
form: paired up
Senses: glosses: To put into pairs; to put into a group of two.
examples: text: God creates us and we pair up
Looking for that puzzle piece
ref: 2025 July 19, Pacifik, “You Could Be Better”, in Wonderfool, performed by Pacifik:
glosses: To get into pairs; to join together to make a group of two.
Synonyms: couple up
control rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of control room
Takamagahara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 高天原, literally "the plain of high heaven".
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A place in Japanese mythology, the dwelling-place of the kami, said to be connected to the Earth by a bridge.
one million
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The number 1,000,000.
shimmy on down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shimmies on down
form: shimmying on down
form: shimmied on down
form: shimmied on down
Senses: glosses: To go somewhere.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: boogie on down
boofhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊfhɛd/
Forms: form: boofheads
Etymology: From (obsolete) bufflehead (“buffalo-head, stupid person”). Boofhead was the name of a cartoon character in a Sydney newspaper during the 1940s.
Senses: examples: text: 'And he looks fit. Strong. I worry about you here alone. There are some real boofheads in this building.'
'Harmless boofheads. Anyway, I'm safer with boofheads down the hall than some religious nut-job muscle man in the flat with me.'
ref: 2010, Emily Maguire, Smoke in the Room, page 2:
text: "Stop it, you daft thing." He draws me into a warm hug. "I might be a bit of a boofhead but I do understand."
My arms wrap tightly around him. "You′re not a boofhead. You′re a very nice man and I′m glad you′re my friend."
ref: 2010, Cathryn Brunet, Three Over Par, unnumbered page:
glosses: An idiot; a fathead.
examples: text: I'd recognise that dark crew cut on his big boofhead disappearing up under his black hunting cap anywhere.
ref: 2011, Peter Docker, The Waterboys:
glosses: An oversized head.
glosses: A person with an oversized head.
boofhead
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊfhɛd/
Etymology: From (obsolete) bufflehead (“buffalo-head, stupid person”). Boofhead was the name of a cartoon character in a Sydney newspaper during the 1940s.
Senses: examples: text: 'Ah, if it isn′t the grunter and his boofhead mate, Biff,' said Matt, standing between Specky and the two Sovereign Grove thugs.
ref: 2007, Felice Arena, Garry Lyon, Specky Magee & the Spirit of the Game, unnumbered page:
glosses: Fatheaded; stupid; dimwitted.
Derived terms: boofheaded
boofhead tortoise
boofish
boofy
connect the dots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: connects the dots
form: connecting the dots
form: connected the dots
form: connected the dots
Etymology: From the children's pencil and paper puzzle “Connect The Dots”, also known as “Join The Dots”.
Senses: examples: text: To connect the dots, use a pen or pencil and draw a line from dot 1 to dot 2, from dot 2 to dot 3 and so on until all the dots are connected. You can try to guess what kind of animal is shown in the picture before you connect the dots.
ref: 1991, Roberta Collier, The Little Animal Follow-The-Dots Coloring Book, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: To attempt to complete a puzzle in which dots on a paper must be connected in a specific order so that the joining lines form a picture.
examples: text: If only the Bush team connected the dots, it would see what a nutty war on terrorism it is fighting, explains Mr. Prestowitz.
ref: 2003 September 25, Thomas L. Friedman, quoting Clyde Prestowitz, “Connect The Dots”, in New York Times:
text: “I started just connecting the dots between extreme weather and climate change, and then the volume of pushback started to increase quite dramatically,” he said in an interview with the Associated Press.
ref: 2023 July 9, AP, quoting Chris Gloninger, “‘You should have seen this note’: US meteorologists harassed for reporting on climate crisis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To make connections in one's mind, in order to arrive at a more holistic understanding of a situation.
Synonyms: join the dots
Related terms: dot to dot
put two and two together
connects the dots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of connect the dots
connecting the dots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of connect the dots
connected the dots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of connect the dots
flobby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: flobbier
form: flobbiest
Etymology: From flob + -y.
Senses: glosses: full of saliva
picture dictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picture dictionaries
Senses: synonyms: pictorial dictionary
visual dictionary
glosses: A dictionary that includes pictures to help identify things.
opsonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ŏpsŏʹnĭk
ipa: /ɒpˈsɒnɪk/
enpr: ŏpsŏʹnĭk
ipa: /ɑpˈsɑnɪk/
Etymology: Formed as opsōn- (the present stem of the Classical Latin obsōnō, opsōnō (“I purchase provisions, I cater”) + the English -ic; compare the contemporary English opsonin and the slightly later French opsonique.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, produced by, or involving opsonin.
Derived terms: nonopsonic
calamanco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkæləˈmæŋkoʊ/
Forms: form: calamancos
form: calamancoes
form: calimanco
Etymology: From Spanish calamaco, from Late Latin calamaucus (“skullcap”).
Senses: examples: text: What a fuss thou makest!—as if it concern'd the good people to be inform'd, That a man with pale face, and clad in black, had the honour to be driven into Paris at nine o'clock at night, by a postilion in a tawny yellow jerkin turned up with red calamanco———
ref: 1765, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman:
glosses: A glossy woolen fabric with striped or checkered designs.
interstacked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + stacked.
Senses: examples: text: These modular boxes can be interstacked and will fit 40" x 48" and 48" x 48" pallets.
glosses: Stacked together.
Related terms: interstack
interstacking
interstack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + stack.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, differences in interstack coupling are expected to give rise to differences in the phase-transition temperature […]
ref: 1978, Joel S. Miller, Arthur J. Epstein, Synthesis and properties of low-dimensional materials, page 227:
glosses: Between stacks.
Related terms: interstacked
interstacking
gluestick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gluesticks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of glue stick.
gluesticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gluestick
goalbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goalboxes
Etymology: From goal + box.
Senses: glosses: The compartment of a maze etc. that the animal subject is intended to reach in a psychology experiment.
Related terms: startbox
startbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: startboxes
Etymology: From start + box.
Senses: glosses: The compartment of a maze etc. into which the animal subject in a psychology experiment is initially placed.
Related terms: goalbox
goalboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goalbox
startboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of startbox
safebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safeboxes
Etymology: From safe + box.
Senses: glosses: A safe-deposit box.
safeboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safebox
boxable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From box + -able.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, it has been said, and probably without exaggeration, that the average crop of apples grown in commercial orchards in this country does not include more than 15 per cent, of fruit of boxable quality.
ref: 1922, Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, The Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture: Volume 29
glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, placing in a box.
examples: text: Some people are more easily boxable than others.
qualifier: fighting
glosses: boxfightable, punchable
Derived terms: unboxable
inulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inulin
velocardiofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From velo- + cardio- + facial.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: describing a syndrome
glosses: Exhibiting velar, facial and cardiac defects.
Related terms: cardiofacial
cardiofaciocutaneous
astroballistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From astro- + ballistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to astroballistics.
antigropelos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, “wet”) πηλός (pēlós, “mud”).
Senses: glosses: Waterproof leggings.
quetch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quetches
form: quetching
form: quetched
form: quetched
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quitch.
antimine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + mine.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Countering or opposing mines (explosive devices).
antiquation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiquations
Etymology: From Late Latin antīquātiō, antīquātiōnem, noun of action from past-participle stem of antīquāre.
English antique + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming antique or obsolete.
examples: text: What to Planck and to many of his contemporaries seemed perfectly indifferent antiquations, have again come to be regarded as questions of engrossing interest and vital importance[…]
ref: 1874, Alexander Ferrier Mitchell, John Paterson Struthers, Minutes of the sessions of the Westminster assembly of divines:
glosses: Something that is antique or obsolete.
Related terms: antiquate
anticorrosion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + corrosion.
Senses: glosses: Preventing corrosion.
Synonyms: anticorrosive
antisag
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + sag.
Senses: examples: text: When a high yield value is desired in a plastisol, a thixotrope or antisag agent may be added.
ref: 1982, J. Kern Sears, Joseph R. Darby, The technology of plasticizers, page 241:
glosses: Preventing sagging.
antisepticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: antisepticizes
form: antisepticizing
form: antisepticized
form: antisepticized
form: antisepticise
Etymology: From antiseptic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make antiseptic.
antisepticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of antisepticize
antisepticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of antisepticize
antisepticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of antisepticize
antisnob
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisnob
form: most antisnob
Etymology: From anti- + snob.
Senses: glosses: Opposing snobbery.
antisnob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisnobs
Etymology: From anti- + snob.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes snobbery.
antisnobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisnob
antipot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipot
form: most antipot
Etymology: From anti- + pot.
Senses: examples: text: Anyone seen as being antipot is now considered to be ignorant, oppressive, and hypocritical. Many teens feel adults have lied to them about drugs...
ref: 2003, Timmen L. Cermak, Marijuana: what's a parent to believe?, page 72:
glosses: Opposed to the use of marijuana.
praecognita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præcognita
Etymology: From Latin praecognitus, past participle of praecognoscere (“to foreknow”). See pre- and cognition.
Senses: examples: text: It having been the common received Opinion amongſt Men of Letters, that Maxims were the foundations of all Knowledge; and that the Sciences were each of them built upon certain præcognita, […]
ref: 1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Menston, U.K.: Scolar Press, published 1970, page 323:
text: It is not true that we have either innate ideas or moral instincts that impel us to a love of virtue; for in such cases the most savage tribes among mankind would be the most virtuous; their præcognita, or innate ideas, being but little disturbed by foreign ideas, acquired by education or extensive commerce with the world; and their moral instincts as little disturbed by foreign habits acquired from the same causes.
ref: 1826, John Mason Good, The Book of Nature, volume 3, London: Longman, page 205:
text: As a perfect understanding of our subject depends upon a clear and precise knowledge of that part of the body, concerning whose injuries we are about to treat, and as their features and treatment derive importance from a correct idea of the structures implicated, I have not hesitated to enter upon the subject with an anatomical sketch of the component parts, and, if possible, thus, by showing "how parts relate to parts, and these to whole," to start with certain præcognita.
ref: 1849, Thomas Callaway, A Dissertation upon Dislocations and Fractures of the Clavicle and Shoulder-Joint., London: Samuel Highley, page 5:
text: The "character studies" which purport to represent his life abound in philosophical, ethical, theological, and political praecognita which he himself would not have found tenable or even theoretically congruent.
ref: 1962, Fulton Henry Anderson, Francis Bacon, His Career and His Thought, Los Angeles, C.A.: University of Southern California, page 3:
text: There are no praecognita, therefore anything which is thought to be knowledge is either itself an unjustified assumption, or derived therefrom.
ref: 1967, Sean O'Connell, Four Sceptical Tropoi, Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta, page 117:
glosses: Things previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else.
praescient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more praescient
form: most praescient
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of prescient.
Scotistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scotistic
form: most Scotistic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Scotism.
Salvadorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Salvadorian
Salvadorans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Salvadoran
præliminary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præliminaries
Senses: examples: text: The Prerogative of Popular Government: A Politicall Discourse in Two Books. The former containing the first præliminary of Oceana, inlarged, interpreted, and vindicated from all such mistakes or slanders as have been alledged against it under the Notion of Objections; the second concerning ordination, against Dr. H. Hamond, Dr. L. Seaman, and the authors they follow.
ref: 1658, James Harrington, The Prerogative of Popular Government: A Politicall Discourse in Two Books (Printed for Tho. Brewster at the three Bibles at the West end of Pauls Church-yard), sub-title
glosses: Obsolete spelling of preliminary.
præliminary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He writ an excellent Latin Satyr, which I ſince Printed, wherein he excuſes the precipitation of our Intelligence, ſo ſuddenly come to perfection, ſaying, that being to have ſo ſhort continuance, as being begun ſo late, (for we were both full grown Men, and he ſome Years the older) there was no time to loſe; nor was ti’d to conform it ſelf to the example of thoſe ſlow and regular Friendſhips, that require ſo many precautions of a long præliminary Converſation.
ref: 1711, Michel de Montaigne, translated by Charles Cotton, Essays, in Three Books, 4th edition, page 262:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of preliminary.
ofc
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Kristine Froseth plays a 26-year-old woman who is new to sex and starts an affair with her older boss. Ofc, drama ensues.
ref: 2022 November 22, Katherine J Igoe, Rachel Varina, “20 Sexiest Movies of 2022 and Where You Can Stream ’Em All Yourself”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: word: oc
glosses: Abbreviation of of course.
glosses: Abbreviation of of fucking course.
between jobs
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Unemployed.