cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Nilus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪ̯.ləs/
rhymes: -aɪləs
Senses: examples: text: As looks the ſun through Nilus flowing ſtream,
Or when the morning holds him in her armes.
So lookes my Lordly loue, faire Tamburlaine: […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
text: But afterwards, for that the boates and veſſels uſed upon this ſea in the paſſage thither, were made and wound of papyr reeds like thoſe of the river Nilus, […]
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VI.] The Iland Taprobane.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 129:
glosses: Obsolete form of Nile.
leap week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leap weeks
Senses: glosses: In the calendar reform, a week added to usual 52, such that every year starts on the same day
Related terms: leap year
leap month
leap day
tormogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tormogen
tailcups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailcup
leap month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leap months
Senses: glosses: In the Jewish calendar or other lunisolar calendars, an extra month added to the usual 12 months because the solar year is slightly longer than 12 lunar months.
Related terms: leap year
leap day
intermate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intermates
form: intermating
form: intermated
form: intermated
Etymology: From inter- + mate.
Senses: examples: text: In that moment the interstices of matter were his, and the interfusings and intermating transfusings of matter and force.
ref: 1918, Jack London, The Red One:
glosses: To mate with a member of another species or group.
Related terms: intermarry
CDer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CDers
Etymology: From CD + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I live in the Birmingham, AL area and just started CDing three months ago and I know absolutly^([sic]) no other CDers or even anyplace to go in town. Can anyone tell me of any T friendly places in the area or tell me how I might find some other CDers in the area to talk to?
ref: 1995 March 27, DanielleSA (username), “T* friendly places in B'ham?”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet):
ref: 1996 September 16, Julie (username), “Toronto: CDers”, in alt.sex.trans (Usenet):
text: Hi, my name is Chrissy and I'm still a closet CDer. But I'm looking for other L.I.(Suffolk Co) CDers to help me come out of the closet, […]
ref: 1998 April 25, Chris Binsack (username), “Long Island CDer looking for other CDers”, in alt.fashion.crossdressing (Usenet):
ref: 1998 October 9, Lenora (username), “Manchester CDers”, in uk.adverts.personals.gay-lesbian-bi (Usenet):
ref: 2002 July 13, Jack (username), “Male (occasional CDer) seeks e-mail pen pals with other CDers.”, in uk.people.crossdressing (Usenet):
glosses: cross-dresser
examples: text: Elliee Rosenberg, an experienced CDer from from Boston, summed up her action with these words: "It was great to see all the girls again. And Wall Street was the right place. We were confronting the right people, really confronting them, making them struggle to get into work, making them think about what they do for work."
ref: 1984 December 8, Loie Hayes, “Lesbians, Feminists Take It To Wall Street”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 3:
glosses: One who participates in civil disobedience.
Related terms: CD
CDing
noseprinting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of noseprint
noseprinted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of noseprint
outformations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outformation
sectionaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sectionary
in the club
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Pregnant.
Related terms: in the pudding club
subsisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsister
sequenators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sequenator
unstresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unstress
unstresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unstress
unstressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unstress
unstressfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unstressfully
form: most unstressfully
Etymology: From unstressful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unstressful manner; without stress.
unaccenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unaccent
unaccents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unaccent
unaccents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unaccent
CDers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CDer
Brahms
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brahms
form: most Brahms
Etymology: Shortened from the rhyming slang Brahms and Liszt for "pissed".
Senses: examples: text: Now if we can all avoid getting Brahms at lunchtime, we'll be fine. Actually that is proving less of a problem the more we gig. No one drinks, snorts or smokes anything (other than fags) before shows.
ref: 2010, Luke James, Stairway to Nowhere, page 39:
glosses: Pissed, drunk.
Synonyms: drunk
momma's boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of momma's boy
mummy's boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mummy's boy
algæcide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algæcides
Senses: examples: text: The effect of copper as an algæcide is well known and may be a contributing factor, but the more thorough and more frequent cleaning which these pools receive must also be taken into consideration in the interpretation of this apparent phenomena.
ref: 1918, Stephen DeM. Gage, Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, page 249:
glosses: Archaic form of algicide.
abstrusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈstɹuː.sɪv/
ipa: /æbˈstɹu.sɪv/
ipa: /əbˈstɹu.sɪv/
Forms: form: more abstrusive
form: most abstrusive
Etymology: From abstruse + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: ...and I have given the reader such a dose of mathematics, psychology, and all that is abstrusive, that I fear that he may already have left me,...
ref: 1996, Alexander Durig, Autism and Crisis of Meaning:
glosses: Of abstruse quality.
Derived terms: abstrusively
inner cores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inner core
looie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: looies
Etymology: Shortened lieutenant + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: "Dress up that line there," one sergeant with three gold stripes shouted to his company of majors, second "looies," and privates.
ref: 1920, Journal of the Fifty-Third National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, Government Printing Office, page 90:
text: […] any more than a second lieutenant in Fort Dix will have a direct involvement with the doings of Congress. Even the "employers" of the ISTs, the security council, should remain as distant from the characters as the Joint Chiefs of Staff are from that second looie.
ref: 1991, Robert W. Schroeck, GURPS Supers: I.S.T., Steve Jackson Games, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: Lieutenant.
looies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of looie
silent Sam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silent Sams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Silent Sam.
trawlermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trawlerman
temescal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temescals
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish temescal.
Senses: glosses: A sweat lodge or temazcal
Abt system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːpt ˈsɪs.tm̩/
ipa: /æpt ˈsɪs.tm̩/
ipa: /ɑpt ˈsɪs.tm̩/
ipa: /æpt ˈsɪs.tm̩/
Forms: form: Abt systems
Etymology: Named after the inventor, Roman Abt.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A rail system used in mountainous terrain with multiple cograils.
wikipedia: Roman Abt
Abt systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abt system
tankie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /taŋki/
ipa: /tæŋki/
rhymes: -æŋki
homophone: tanky
Forms: form: tanky
Etymology: From tank + -ie.
Senses 1 and 2 were named for the tanks used by the Soviet Union against uprisings in Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Supporting the policies of the Soviet Union or other Marxist-Leninist governments.
Related terms: authcom
campist
hamsick
patsoc
claik
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kleɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: claiks
form: claiking
form: claiked
form: claiked
Etymology: From Scots claik, from Old Norse klaka.
Senses: glosses: To honk or cry like a goose.
claik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kleɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: claiks
Etymology: From Scots claik, from Old Norse klaka.
Senses: glosses: The cry of a goose, or other bird.
examples: text: you might hide with your lass on the top of Ben Nevis and have your bit pleasure there, but ten to one when you got up to go home there'd be Mistress Munro or some claik of her kidney, near sniggering herself daft with delight at your shame.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 79:
glosses: Gossip; a gossip.
glosses: The barnacle goose.
claiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claik
sweat lodge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweat lodges
Etymology: From sweat + lodge.
Senses: glosses: A structure in which people expose themselves to high-temperature air, often combined with steam or aromatic substances, as in a steam bath or sauna.
glosses: A ceremony or ritual using such a structure, generally for purposes of purification.
Related terms: sauna
steam bath
Turkish bath
temescal
temazcal
sweatlodge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweatlodges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sweat lodge.
Karna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa).
Senses: glosses: Name of a warrior who fought for the Kauravas in the Mahabharata; son of Kunti and Surya.
FCPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Abukir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/
other: /ˌæb.uˈkɪɹ/
other: /əˈbu.kɚ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Aboukir.
abukumalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.bəˈku.məˌlaɪt/
ipa: /əˈbu.kə.məˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: abukumalites
Etymology: Named for type locality Abukuma River (in Japan) where it was mined + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral, (Ca,Y)₅(P,Si)₃O₁₂(OH,F), that can contain uranium or thorium. The mineral was renamed britholite-(Y) in 1966 because of its similarity to britholite and because of its yttrium-dominant composition.
Synonyms: britholite-(Y)
abukumalites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abukumalite
aboulomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪˌbju.ləˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
ipa: /ˌeɪˌbu.ləˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
ipa: /eɪˌbu.loʊˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
Etymology: From aboulia + -mania.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A disorder characterized by abulia.
Hydrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hydrids
Etymology: From Hydra + -id.
Senses: examples: text: a similarly bright meteor at 12ʰ 33ᵐ was probably an α Hydrid
ref: 1902, “Section for the Observation of Meteors”, in Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association, volume 12, page 10:
text: The radiant analysis that included orbits from the Croatian Meteor Network Catalogues of Orbits 2007 to 2010 plus the orbits from the SonotaCo catalogues for 2007 to 2011 revealed a possible new Hydrid stream with radiant running parallel to, but distinct from, the sigma Hydrids.
ref: 2013, D. Šegon et al., “A possible new meteor shower - η Hydrids”, in WGN, Journal of the International Meteor Organization:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Hydra.
meadow vole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meadow voles
Senses: glosses: A small rodent (Microtus pennsylvanicus), native to the United States.
glosses: Any vole of the genus Microtus.
Hyponyms: Schidlovsky's vole
Nārada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit नारद (nārada).
Senses: glosses: A divine sage who plays a prominent role in a number of the Puranic texts, especially in the Bhagavata Purana.
Nārada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit नारद (nārada) or Pali Nārada.
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The name of the 12th of 27 named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama.
Baumkuchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaʊmˌkuːxən/
Etymology: From German Baumkuchen (literally “tree cake”), because the concentric layers resemble tree rings.
Senses: glosses: A kind of layer cake, traditionally baked on a spit, in which the layers resemble concentric tree rings.
wikipedia: Baumkuchen
makara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makaras
Etymology: Sanskrit मकर (makara)
Senses: glosses: An aquatic monster in Hindu mythology.
declared abundance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈklɛ(ə)ɹd/
ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/
ipa: /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: An undertaking to take all thirteen tricks with no trump suit.
royal abundance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɔɪ.l̩/
ipa: /ˈɹɔɪ.jəl/
ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/
ipa: /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: An undertaking to take all thirteen tricks with the suit of the face-up card as trump.
Bahá'í Faith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baháʼí Faith.
abundant year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩t jɪɹ/
ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩t jɪɹ/
ipa: /əˈbn̩.dn̩t jɪɹ/
Forms: form: abundant years
Senses: glosses: In the Jewish calendar, a year of 355 days or a leap year of 385 days; perfect year.
abundant years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abundant year
isotope effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isotope effects
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The effect that differing masses of different isotopes of the same element have on the physical and chemical properties of that element
isotopic labelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The labelling of a molecule with a radioactive isotope so as to track its metabolism in an organism
nuclear binding energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear binding energies
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: The energy needed to split an atomic nucleus into its component parts; equivalently, the energy value of bringing all the nucleons together.
Related terms: binding energy
aburas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abura
aburachan seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑ.bə.ɹəˈt͡ʃɑn sid/
Forms: form: aburachan seeds
Etymology: From Japanese 油瀝青 (アブラチャン, aburachan), from 油 (あぶら, abura, “oil”) + ちゃん (chan, “pitch”).
Senses: glosses: The seed of a Japanese shrub, Lindera praecox that yields an aromatic oil.
aburachan seeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aburachan seed
aburagiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑ.bə.ɹəˈɡɪ.ɹi/
Forms: form: aburagiris
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 油桐 (アブラギリ, aburagiri), from 油 (あぶら, abura, “oil”) + 桐 (キリ, kiri, “paulownia”).
Senses: glosses: A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that produces candlenuts.
aburagiris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aburagiri
commission bid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commission bids
Senses: glosses: A bid at an auction placed by the auctioneer on behalf of a bidder not present in the room up to a pre-agreed maximum.
pre-agreed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + agreed.
Senses: glosses: Agreed beforehand.
nouveau pauvre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nouveaux pauvres
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau pauvre (“new poor”), modeled on nouveau riche (“new money”).
Senses: glosses: A newly impoverished person; somebody who has recently become poor.
nouveau pauvre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau pauvre (“new poor”), modeled on nouveau riche (“new money”).
Senses: glosses: Similar to or having the qualities of a nouveau pauvre.
nouveaux pauvres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nouveau pauvre
vushka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vushko
Etymology: From Ukrainian ву́шка (vúška), plural of ву́шко (vúško, “little ear”), diminutive of ву́хо (vúxo, “ear”).
Senses: examples: text: Vushka (Tiny Dumplings) (Вушка) Vushka are tiny varenyky about the size of a walnut, having their two corners joined together. This particular shape gives them a peculiar resemblance to tiny ears from which the name “vushka” is derived.
ref: 1957, Savella Stechishin, Traditional Ukrainian Cookery, Winnipeg: Trident Press, published 1980, page 210:
text: Next came borsch with small pieces of triangular-shaped dough called vushka floating in the soup bowls.
ref: 1978, Marguerite V. Burke, The Ukrainian Canadians, Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN, page 48:
text: An excellent accompaniment to borsch or broth is Vushka (little ears) which are tiny dumpling about the size of walnuts and filled with various kinds of fillings for example, meat or mushrooms. These little ears are joined at the corners and take [. . .]
ref: 1979, Carole Eberly, Our Michigan: Ethnic Tales & Recipes, Shoestring Press, →ISBN, page 151:
text: Although few foods or dishes are named in Ukrainian after parts of the body, their appearance and shape are sufficiently suggestive to stimulate the articulation of the connotations they bear from time to time. In this connection it is interesting to note that miniature varenyky are made as a condiment for borsch at such special occasions as Christmas; these are called vushka (“little ears”).
ref: 1985, Robert Klymasz, “Male and Female Principles as Structure in the Ritual Foodways of Ukrainians in Canada”, in Journal of Ukrainian Studies, volume 10, number 2, Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, page 27:
text: “He was speaking to the cashier in Russian I think? He ordered some stuff called Rosolnyk and Vushka and something else called Varenyky? He looks paranoid or something?”
ref: 2011, Fitzgerald Jones, Cold Call, Baltimore: Publish America, →ISBN:
glosses: Small dumplings from Ukrainian cuisine, typically filled with mushrooms and served in borshch at Christmas Eve dinner.
unfightable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfightable
form: most unfightable
Etymology: From un- + fightable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be fought.
frightenable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frightenable
form: most frightenable
Etymology: From frighten + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being frightened.
Derived terms: unfrightenable
unfrightenable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfrightenable
form: most unfrightenable
Etymology: From un- + frightenable.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of being frightened.
geneat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geneat
form: geneats
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ġenēat (“companion, follower, follower in battle; dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord”). Cognate with German Genosse (“comrade, etc.”)
Senses: examples: text: The tenants, cotsetlas, geburs, and geneats, were the highest among the semiservile.
ref: 1861, C. H. Pearson, Early & Middle Ages Eng. I. 201:
text: The right of the husbandman was a share right, his name was Geneat or sharer in the vill.
ref: 1872, E. W. Robertson, Hist. Ess. 101:
text: In each manor there is the same division into land in demesne and land in villainage, the inland and the geneat land.
ref: 1892, F. Seebohm in Hist. Rev. July 458
glosses: A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent.
Derived terms: geneatland
geneats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geneat
aburton
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɝː.tn̩/
ipa: /əˈbɝ.tn̩/
Forms: form: a-burton
Etymology: From a- (“in”) + burton (“athwartship”).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: With the length athwartship.
aburton
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɝː.tn̩/
ipa: /əˈbɝ.tn̩/
Forms: form: a-burton
Etymology: From a- (“in”) + burton (“athwartship”).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: With the length athwartship.
a-burton
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɝː.tn̩/
ipa: /əˈbɝ.tn̩/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aburton.
a-burton
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɝː.tn̩/
ipa: /əˈbɝ.tn̩/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aburton.
Cape
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Capes
Etymology: English surname, from the noun cape. Also found in French as Capé.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cape
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Cape
Etymology: English surname, from the noun cape. Also found in French as Capé.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope.
examples: text: This is my maat Marius; he just moved to Joburg from the Cape.
glosses: Ellipsis of Cape Province: a former province of South Africa, split into three in 1994.
glosses: Ellipsis of Cape Cod.
glosses: Ellipsis of Cape Colony.
qualifier: space flight
glosses: Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral: a peninsula in Florida, United States, where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located.
Derived terms: sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape ash
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape boxwood
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape Colony
sense: Cape of Good Hope
taxonomic: Physalis peruviana
word: Cape gooseberry
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape gum
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape lion
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape Malay
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape Muslim
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape Province
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape saffron
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Capesize
sense: Cape of Good Hope
word: Cape sparrow
sense: Cape of Good Hope
taxonomic: Motacilla capensis
word: Cape wagtail
sense: Cape Province
word: Eastern Cape
sense: Cape Province
word: Northern Cape
sense: Cape Province
word: Western Cape
withstay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: withstays
form: withstaying
form: withstayed
form: withstayed
Etymology: From with- (“back, against”) + stay.
Senses: examples: text: Death, careful of my learning, hath withstayed His final presence.
ref: 1854, S. T. Dobell, Balder iii. 10:
text: It filled the passage of the rising glade, And there withstayed the sun in dazzling sheen.
ref: 1885, R. Bridges, Eros & Psyche iii. v. 29:
text: More interestingly the shock has sufficiently high temperatures that nuclear binding cannot withstay and matter is ejected as free protons and neutrons from the neutron star surface.
ref: 2008, Aldo Covello, Società italiana di fisica, Struttura Dei Nuclei Lontano Dalla Valle Di Stabilità:
glosses: To hold back; oppose; withstand.
Synonyms: gainstay
withstrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪn
Forms: form: withstrains
form: withstraining
form: withstrained
form: withstrained
Etymology: From Middle English withstreynen, equivalent to with- + strain.
Senses: examples: text: Even when this is known, [only] with difficulty is the multitude withstrained from doing sacrifice to a Paul and a Barnabas.
ref: 1889–1892, in Cambridge Sermons: Preached Before the University in St. Mary's Church 1889-1892, page 215
text: The sailors surrounded him, laying hands on him, withstraining him, the while they guffawed and cheered.
ref: 1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, page 22:
text: Her ambition became boundless and her patriotism an obsession. Her pride was in her power and she held weakness in contempt. Withstrained by no scruples she placed her reliance in the sword, […]
ref: 1919 August, in The Pacific Unitarian, volumes 27, number 7, page 2 (170)
text: Warren withstrained her, placing a hand gently on her shoulder, allowing it to drift over her back caressingly.
ref: 1963, Robert Colby, The Faster She Runs, page 102:
text: He was barely able to withstrain himself from killing them right there and now, Darien knows a lifetime and more of torment will bring them much more pain.
ref: 2005, Jeremy Bechen, The Lost Lands of Reljae:
synonyms: word: curtail
word: suppress
word: behedge
word: guard
word: bind
word: chasten
word: check
word: contain
word: vanquish
word: cork
word: curb
word: bury
word: curtail
word: dampen
word: hamshackle
word: hold back
word: hold down
word: limit
word: repress
word: restrain
word: restrict
word: shackle
word: stay
word: stifle
word: stop
word: straiten
word: subdue
word: suppress
word: throttle
word: underbring
word: withhold
word: withstrain
glosses: To restrain.
satellite phones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satellite phone
withdrove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of withdrive
withdriven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of withdrive.
Mulder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌl.də(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ʌldə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Mulders
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Mulder.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Miller.
Derived terms: Mulderangst
Muldergate
Mulderian
Muldertorture
Scully
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scullys
form: Sculley
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Derived terms: Scullyangst
Scully
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Sculley
Etymology: Named after Dana Scully, fictional FBI agent in the American science fiction series The X-Files, who acts as a skeptical foil to the conspiracy theories of fellow agent Fox Mulder.
Senses: examples: text: When she complains in another episode that Giles is refusing for once to consider a supernatural explanation, she says, "I can't believe that you of all people would Scully me,"
ref: 2005, Rhonda Wilcox, Why Buffy matters: the art of Buffy the vampire slayer, page 28:
text: She Scullied me and I'm sure the word “macrobiotics” never made it into my medical file; it's an unexplained disappearance of cancer.
ref: 2015, Denny Waxman, The Complete Macrobiotic Diet, →ISBN:
text: If you feel strongly about Scullying this situation and avoiding anyone who believes in made-up sky magic, that’s your prerogative, but you should know that you’re preemptively x’ing out a LOT of the queer population you might otherwise click with!
ref: 2019 February 19, Rachel, “How to Talk to Your Hot Gay Crush About Astrology When You Don't Believe In It”, in Autostraddle:
glosses: To be skeptical toward (a person or situation) with ideas that do not coincide with conventional wisdom.
Duchovny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Duchovbot
Duchovnik
metahuman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metahumans
form: meta-human
Etymology: From meta- + human.
Senses: examples: text: A metarchy is a government by supers. Almost all the metarchies currently in existence are dictatorships, ruled by a single metahuman.
ref: 1991, Robert W. Schroeck, GURPS Supers: I.S.T., Steve Jackson Games, →ISBN, page 73:
text: For example, imagine if research offered hope of a different intelligence-enhancing therapy, one that would allow individuals to gradually "upgrade" their minds to a metahuman-equivalent level.
ref: 2010, Ted Chiang, “The Evolution of Human Science”, in Stories of Your Life: And Others, Small Beer Press, page 203:
glosses: Superhuman.
metahuman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metahuman
form: most metahuman
form: meta-human
Etymology: From meta- + human.
Senses: examples: text: Galactic Gates! These six all scan positive for the presence of meta-human ability!
ref: 1988 December, Keith Giffen, Bill Mantlo, “The Alien Alliance”, in Invasion!, volume 1, number 1, DC Comics, page 6:
glosses: Superhuman.
metahumans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metahuman
Kurzweil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəɹts.vaɪl/
Forms: form: Kurzweils
Etymology: From German Kurzweil.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Kurzweilian
Kurzweil singularity
reinventing the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The action of taking the effort to devise a solution to a problem, unaware of the fact that someone else has already devised the same solution to the same problem.
reinventing the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reinvent the wheel.
white supremacists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white supremacist
HMTD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of hexamethylene triperoxide diamine: a high explosive.
drooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Scots drookit, of uncertain origin. See drook, drouk.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drook
drooked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more drooked
form: most drooked
Etymology: From Scots drookit, of uncertain origin. See drook, drouk.
Senses: examples: text: And then a queer thought came to her there in the drooked fields, that nothing endured at all, nothing but the land she passed across […].
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 122:
glosses: Drenched, soaked.
Merlots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Merlot
Merlot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɝˈloʊ/
ipa: /mɛɹˈloʊ/
Forms: form: Merlots
form: merlot
Etymology: From French, a diminutive of merle (“blackbird”).
Senses: glosses: A dark-blue variety of wine grape.
glosses: A dry red wine of a certain French type, made from Merlot grapes.
tochers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tocher
whins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whin
clecked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cleck
losh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒʃ/
Etymology: From Scots losh.
Senses: examples: text: and then he said Chrissie! Tired? and she said Losh, no, and my name's Chris, Ewan.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 130:
glosses: Expressing surprise, wonder etc.
losh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒʃ/
Forms: form: loshes
Senses: glosses: An elk hide
losh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒʃ/
Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of loach.
Senses: glosses: The burbot.
wastry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪstɹi/
rhymes: -eɪstɹi
Etymology: From waste + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Syne Chae had the toddy made and he handed a glass to Ewan first, as was right with a man, and another to Chris, with three spoonfuls of sugar in it, Mistress Strachan might have had something to say about that if she'd seen such wastry.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 136:
glosses: Extravagance, wastefulness.
Synonyms: wastery
wastry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪstɹi/
rhymes: -eɪstɹi
Forms: form: more wastry
form: most wastry
Etymology: From waste + -ery.
Senses: glosses: wasteful, extravagant
oukie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oukies
Etymology: From Afrikaans outjie, via Namibian German Oukie.
Senses: examples: text: If you won't take us to the zoo / Then what the heck else can we do / But go on out and moere all the oukies next door
ref: 1962, Jeremy Taylor, “Ag Pleez Deddy”:
glosses: guy; man
Related terms: Okie
public eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The chief function of an English journal is that of all other journals the world over: it must keep the public eye fixed admiringly upon certain things, and keep it diligently diverted from certain others.
ref: 1892, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter X, in The American Claimant, New York, N.Y.: Charles L[uther] Webster & Co., →OCLC, page 97:
text: [T]here had been the heavy work of seeing the interviewers, signing autograph-books, sitting to photographers, writing testimonials for patent medicines, and the thousand and one other tasks, burdensome but unavoidable, of the man who is in the public eye.
ref: 1909, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 10, in The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England:
text: It would be too much to imagine that improving stations will alone create a much needed new image in the public eye; a smartly turned out station staff is a very necessary complement to a smart station.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 255:
text: The president and her advisers seem convinced that by keeping the issue of the Falklands in the public eye she can embarrass London into eventual negotiations.
ref: 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, “Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'”, in The Guardian, UK:
text: “As any author who is moderately in the public eye, you do always worry that if you get into a fight with someone on Twitter about politics or sports or even a Marvel movie, some angry fans might go leave one-star reviews in retaliation,” he said.
ref: 2023 June 26, Alexandra Alter, Elizabeth A. Harris, quoting Lincoln Michel, “How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The focus of public attention; the limelight.
Related terms: limelight
Goffmanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Goffmanian
form: most Goffmanian
Etymology: From Goffman + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Erving Goffman (1922–1982), influential Canadian-born sociologist and writer.
Marcusean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Marcusean
form: most Marcusean
form: Marcusian
Etymology: From Marcuse + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German-American Marxist philosopher.
Marcusean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marcuseans
form: Marcusian
Etymology: From Marcuse + -an.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of the ideas of Herbert Marcuse.
line spectrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: line spectra
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A spectrum, typically produced by a luminous gas, that consists of separate lines typical of particular elements
cascarón
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cascaróns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cascaron.
joha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A suspension of salvarsan in iodipin and anhydrous lanolin.
backward compatibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backward compatibility
mass fraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass fractions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The fractional proportion of a substance in a mixture, by weight/mass.
mass difference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass differences
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: mass defect
Temple
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəl
Forms: form: the Temple
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Any of the former chief temples to YHWH in Jerusalem, particularly Solomon's Temple.
examples: text: Up to his five-and-twentieth year he had been industrious and steady, had kept his terms in the Temple, and studied late and early.
ref: 1860, Ellen Wood, East Lynne, Penguin, published 2005, page 5:
glosses: Either of two of the Inns of Court in London (the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple), built on a site once occupied by the Knights Templar.
abusua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.əˈsu.ə/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈsuː.ə/
rhymes: -uːə
Forms: form: abusuas
Etymology: Borrowed from Akan abusua.
Senses: topics: anthropology
ethnography
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A matrilineal exogamous clan among the Ashanti.
abusuas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abusua
Utsul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Utsuls
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group from Hainan, classified as Hui by the PRC but constituting a distinct group, many of whom speak Tsat.
Utsuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Utsul
abutt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌt/
ipa: /əˈbʌt/
rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: abutts
form: abutting
form: abutted
form: abutted
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of abut.
abutts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abutt
ab utili
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /æb ˈju.tl̩.i/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ab utili (“from utility”)
Senses: glosses: From utility.
Swabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swabes
Etymology: Compare German Schwabe.
Senses: examples: text: A Brandenburgher will hardly understand a Misnian, or a Swabe either of them.
ref: 1745, Thomas Salmon, Modern History Or the Present State of All Nations, volume 2, page 29:
text: […] the same horse had once carried two travelling Swabes from Kosteinitza to Sarajewo […]
ref: c. 1846-1848, an Austrian medical office [name not given], "A Peep at Bosnia", in Sharpe's London Magazine, volume 2/3
glosses: A Swabian.
jeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jeon
form: jeons
form: jun
Etymology: From Korean 전(煎) (jeon).
Senses: glosses: A fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea
Derived terms: kimchee jeon
jeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jeon
form: jun
Etymology: From Korean 전(錢) (jeon).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jun.
Swabes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swabe
PPN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Proto-Pama-Nyungan.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Proto-Polynesian.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: PPNA
PPNB
glosses: Abbreviation of Pre-Pottery Neolithic.
Proto-Polynesians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Proto-Polynesian
Lapita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined 1952 by Edwin Gifford from Haveke xapeta'a (“place where one digs a hole”), believed to be in reference to archeological excavations in New Caledonia.
Senses: glosses: An ancient material culture of Oceania who may have spoken Proto-Oceanic and were the ancestors of many modern peoples in the region.
ni-Vanuatu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ni-Vanuatu
form: Ni-Vanuatu
form: ni-Van
form: Ni-Van
Etymology: From Bislama ni-Vanuatu, from French né (“born”) + Vanuatu.
Senses: glosses: Citizen of Vanuatu, regardless of specific ethnic group (but usually referring to native Melanesians)
Ni-Vanuatu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ni-Vanuatu
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ni-Vanuatu.
Ni-Van
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ni-Van
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ni-Van.
ni-Van
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ni-Van
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ni-Vanuatu.
electrical energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Energy made available for consumption or consumed in the form of electricity or electric power; electricity.
Synonyms: electric energy
pussy magnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pussy magnets
Senses: examples: text: Not only did he almost kill his close friend on Sunday when he totaled his Supra; but this accident also marked the end of Hogan's (aka Nick Bollea) "pussy magnet."
ref: 2007 Aug. 30, Mischalova, "Nick Hogan Crashed His P***Y Magnet," Hollywood Gossip (retrieved 4 Jan 2013)
antonyms: pussy repellent
glosses: Something that attracts or is hoped to attract women, such as a fancy car, or a guitar which one can play.
Related terms: babe magnet
chick magnet
fanny magnet
panty dropper
Upper Egypt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: coordinate_terms: Lower Egypt
glosses: The southern portion of Egypt.
topics: Egyptology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The part of Ancient Egypt south of Memphis, so named because the Nile flows south to north.
Derived terms: Upper Egyptian
Lower Egypt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Egyptology
history
human-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: Upper Egypt
glosses: The half of Ancient Egypt north of Memphis, the Nile Delta, so named because the Nile flows South to North.
Derived terms: Lower Egyptian
pyramidions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyramidion
bride token
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bride tokens
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bride price.
synonyms: word: bride price
legal-size
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of paper: in sheets measuring 8.5 × 14 inches (215.9 × 355.6 mm).
coldrife
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coldrife
form: most coldrife
Etymology: From Scots cauldrife, from Old Scots "cauldrife", a compound of "cauld" and the (Scots) suffix "-rife" (compare "auldrife", "warkrife", "spendrife" etc.), from the adjective rife.
Senses: examples: text: Long Rob began to glint his grey eyes at her, he'd have to think of getting married himself, he said, fine it must be to sleep with a slim bit the like of herself those coldrife winter nights.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 147:
glosses: Cold, chilling.
buchts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucht
abv.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of above.
abwab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈwɑːb/
ipa: /əbˈwɑb/
rhymes: -ɑːb
Forms: form: abwabs
Etymology: From Hindi अबवाब (abvāb), from Persian ابواب (abvâb), from Arabic أَبْوَاب (ʔabwāb, “doors, sources of revenue”), plural of بَاب (bāb, “door”).
Senses: glosses: A tax, or impost, levied by a chief on a landowner.
abwabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abwab
abwatts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abwatt
Srikalahasti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit श्री (śrī) + Telugu కాళహస్తి (kāḷahasti).
Senses: glosses: A holy town and municipality of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Synonyms: Kalahasti
Kailasa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kailash.
squirrelcide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squirrelcides
Etymology: From squirrel + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: After the second squirrelcide (which downed my laboratory's primary computer system for 4 days), SRI established a cogeneration plant that was supposed to guarantee uninterruptible power, with appropriate isolation between the standby generators and the local power utility.
ref: 1994, Peter G. Neumann, Computer-Related Risks, Addison-Wesley Professional:
text: each of those assumptions can be vitiated by a wide variety of circumstances -- including insider misuse, penetrations that exploit design flaws and code bugs, and other forms of subversion, as well as nontolerated failures in hardware and software, power failures, interference, acts of God, and squirrelcides.
ref: 2004, Peter G. Neumann, Principled Assuredly Trustworthy Composable Architectures:
text: Did I mention I volunteer at a squirrel-cide hotline? I talk suicidal squirrels off the ledge.
ref: 2011, Gitty Daneshvari, “School of Fear 3: The Final Exam”, in Inc., Hachette Digital:
glosses: Squirrel suicide, often with connotations of taking human equipment with it.
Hypernyms: sciuricide
arpillera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arpilleras
Etymology: From Spanish arpillera (literally “burlap”).
Senses: glosses: A patchwork picture made predominantly by women in Chile, especially as a form of underground protest during the military dictatorship (1973–90) of Augusto Pinochet.
Related terms: arpillerista
overfloods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overflood
overflooding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overfloodings
Senses: examples: text: The causes may be easily stated; there is more land, more ice, and less water—I mean in a fluid state; the overfloodings of the rivers produce the former, and the increase of cold the two latter; […]
ref: 1821 January 10–22, John Dundas Cochrane, “To the President and Secretary of the Royal Society”, in Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] Charles Knight, […], published 1824, →OCLC, Appendix, page 334:
text: The beauty and fashion congregate on this Alameda, which is constantly injured by overfloodings.
ref: 1845, Richard Ford, “Granada”, in A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain, and Readers at Home. […], part I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 385, column 1:
text: How now I can understand the inconceivable before where worlds have been gained or lost in no more than a kiss, if it be a kiss such as this. I feel the overfloodings of our worlds, the unleashings of trapped winds and the release of stormclouded sunshine.
ref: 2013 April, Paul Argentini, chapter 15, in A Matter of Love in Da Bronx: A Novel: A 1950’s Diary, Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Sunbury Press, →ISBN, page 178:
glosses: The act by which something is overflooded.
overflooding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overflood
satans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satan
word golf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The number of steps taken to reach the goal word is likened to the number of strokes used as a score in golf.
Senses: glosses: Word ladder puzzles generally.
deobfuscate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deobfuscates
form: deobfuscating
form: deobfuscated
form: deobfuscated
Etymology: From de- + obfuscate.
Senses: glosses: To remove the obfuscation from.
Derived terms: deobfuscator
Related terms: deobfuscation
deobfuscates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deobfuscate
deobfuscating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deobfuscate
deobfuscated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deobfuscate