cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
despeckler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: despecklers
Etymology: From despeckle + -er.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A process or algorithm that removes speckles.
despecklers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of despeckler
unmigratable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + migratable.
Senses: glosses: Not migratable.
oldies but goodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oldie but goodie
Ketanji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre.
ref: 2022 May 12, Dave Davies, “Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?”, in NPR, spoken by Nicholas Confessore, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023:
glosses: A female given name from Hindi.
needle ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Needle-shaped columns of ice formed from groundwater by capillary action when the soil's surface temperature is above freezing and the air's surface temperature is below freezing.
ketates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ketate
needle match
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needle matches
Senses: examples: text: Our department was doing pretty well in the inter-departmental cricket competition and we had a needle match fixed against the current leaders on Monday evening.
ref: 2011, Derek Rosser, Earning a Crust, page 23:
glosses: A contest between bitter rivals.
needle matches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needle match
ethical wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethical walls
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Chinese wall (“information barrier protocol”).
synonyms: word: Chinese wall
extra: information barrier protocol
ethical walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethical wall
Chinese wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese walls
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Chinese Wall.
Chinese walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese wall
ethical screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethical screens
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Chinese wall (“information barrier protocol”).
synonyms: word: Chinese wall
extra: information barrier protocol
ethical screens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethical screen
resputter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resputters
form: resputtering
form: resputtered
form: resputtered
Senses: glosses: To re-emit deposited material during a sputter deposition process, by ion or atom bombardment.
resputtered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resputter
resputters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resputter
resputtering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resputter
sputterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sputter + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for use as material in a sputter deposition process.
table-maker's dilemma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the table-maker's dilemma
Etymology: Coined by William M. Kahan, in allusion to the construction of mathematical tables.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The problem of the unknown cost of rounding transcendental functions.
table-hops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of table-hop
table-hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of table-hop
table-hopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of table-hop
quasi-stellar radiosource
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-stellar radiosources
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quasi-stellar radio-source.
quasi-stellar radio source
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-stellar radio sources
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quasi-stellar radio-source.
McDick's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mc- + dick.
Senses: examples: text: We called it Mickey's or McDick's or Mickey D's—a frequent stop on our aimless nocturnal rambles.[…]Mostly, there was talk of parties. You went to McDick's when you wanted to find out whose parents were out of town.
ref: 2007 December 18, Rich Cohen, Lake Effect, Vintage, →ISBN, page 36:
text: McDick's is a little busier than the rest of town.
ref: 2012 October 1, Craig Marriner, Stonedogs, Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited, →ISBN:
text: I mean I doubt I would make more working at a McDick's or sweeping floors or something.
ref: 2021 October 23, Conor Kerr, Avenue of Champions, Harbour Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).
Synonyms: sense: McDonald's
word: McDonald's
Gisburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8248).
Derived terms: Gisburn Forest
tachankas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tachanka
upstairs-downstairs
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the practice of servants living on the lower floors or basements of grand houses, while their employers live on the upper floors.
Senses: examples: text: In Gilded-Age Newport, an upstairs-downstairs romance between a well-born son and a humble maid is cut short of marriage.
ref: 2015, Antoinette Stockenberg, Time After Time:
text: How different the thrust of a college education is today. It is broadly accessible and egalitarian. But an upstairs-downstairs syndrome still exists in American higher education.
ref: 2003, John A. Flower, Downstairs, Upstairs: The Changed Spirit and Face of College Life in America, page 166:
glosses: Involving or relating to divisions or relations between different social classes, especially domestic servants and their upper-class employers.
barn egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barn eggs
Senses: glosses: An egg produced by a hen allowed to roam within a barn.
Related terms: free-range
barn eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barn egg
jazz garter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazz garters
Senses: examples: text: Occasionally at a bush dance, when the elderly folk were conspicuous by their absence, the M.C. would throw a jazz-garter on the floor, point at some lucky fellow, and shout, 'You have ten seconds to find its mate. A packet of cigarettes if you do'.
The girls would squeal and giggle and start running; […]
ref: 1965, R. H. Conquest, Horses in the Kitchen: True Tales of Outback Australia, page 37:
text: Arousal and orgasm are no longer thought necessary; they would be a symptom of frivolity merely, like jazz garters or beauty spots.
ref: 2011, Elaine Craig, Troubling Sex: Towards a Legal Theory of Sexual Integrity, page 147:
glosses: A decorative garter worn by women during the Jazz Age.
jazz garters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazz garter
Jazz Age
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Jazz Age
Etymology: Popularized by F. Scott Fitzgerald in Tales of the Jazz Age (1922).
Senses: examples: text: This is a story that has it all[:] a Jazz Age background, a pleasure-loving president surrounded by booze and chorus girls, boomtown capitalists from the Wild West, conniving politicians, mysterious suicides and a glamorous star witness named Roxy.
ref: 2008 February 13, William Grimes, “There Will Be Scandal: An Oil Stain on the Jazz Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles rapidly gained nationwide popularity in the United States.
wikipedia: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tales of the Jazz Age
Related terms: Roaring Twenties
Mòoré
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of More (“the Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people”).
Moré
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of More (“the Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people”).
Moshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of More (“the Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people”).
glosses: A city in Kilimanjaro Region, north-east Tanzania.
trizygotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + zygotic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: trizygous
glosses: Derived from three eggs that have been separately fertilized.
double downing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of double down
trizygous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + -zygous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trizygotic.
synonyms: word: trizygotic
double downed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of double down
Frafra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subset of the Gurunsi peoples living in northern Ghana.
Frafra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Farefare
form: Farefari
Senses: glosses: The language of the Frafra people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Farefare terms
non-repayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + repayable.
Senses: examples: text: The £4.56m comes from: […] ■ At least £771,000 from local landowners and Oxfordshire County Council as a non-repayable grant contribution.
ref: 2023 February 22, Mel Holley, “Network News: Full business case for 2026 Oxford-Cowley reopening”, in RAIL, number 977, page 23:
glosses: Alternative form of nonrepayable.
Thorverton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9202).
Albatses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Albats
Morebath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9524).
Letca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Letca.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Sălaj County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Letca, Sălaj County, Romania.
RusADA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of RUSADA.
RusAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Russian Athletics Federation.
RUSAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of RusAF.
NADA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: ADA
coordinate_terms: WADA
glosses: Initialism of National Anti-Doping Agency.
ration coupon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ration coupons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ration stamp.
synonyms: word: ration stamp
Viking ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Viking ships
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A marine vessel of unique structure, used in Scandinavia from the Viking Age through the Middle Ages, and generally slender and flexible boats, with symmetrical ends with true keel.
Viking ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Viking ship
of a mind
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: I am not of a mind with him.
text: He and I are not of a mind on the matter.
glosses: Alternative form of of one mind.
examples: text: If you're of a mind, the work can be observed while quaffing a pint in the Rat Race pub in the old station buildings on the existing platform.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:
glosses: So inclined (to do something), in the mood.
down on one's knees
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Wake up, kids, we got the dreamer’s disease / Age fourteen, they got you down on your knees / So polite, we’re busy still saying please
ref: 1997, “You Get What You Give”, in Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too, performed by the New Radicals:
glosses: Begging or pleading for something desperately.
squeaky wheel system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squeaky wheel systems
Etymology: Derived from the saying "the squeaky wheel gets the grease".
Senses: examples: text: The problem with the squeaky-wheel system is that the production of the squeaking diverts efforts from other activities, potentially of more benefit to the firm.
ref: 1993, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Managing With Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations, Harvard Business Press, →ISBN, page 406:
text: According to Schmitz, the "squeaky wheel system" severely limits consumers’ rights because it discriminates against consumers based on their socioeconomic status.
ref: 2013, “Schmitz Explains Squeaky Wheel System at Scott Lecture”, in Colorado Law:
text: It's easy to operate on the “squeaky wheel” system too, focusing on what causes distress in the moment. It takes conscious effort to live a day of clear intention.
ref: 2011, Margaret J. Shepherd, The Visionbuilders' Manual: 9 Steps To Panoramic Success For Your Company, Career or Cause, Morgan James Publishing, →ISBN, page 174:
text: As I have argued, pre-dispute arbitration clauses have been particularly powerful in the US to perpetuate differential access to remedies and justice in business-to-consumer dealings, producing a 'squeaky wheel system' in which only the most sophisticated squeaky wheels are sufficiently proactive in pursuing their complaints to get the limited assistance, remedies and other benefits that companies provide.
ref: 2020, Leonardo de Oliveira, Sara Hourani, Access to Justice in Arbitration: Concept, Context and Practice, Kluwer Law International B.V., →ISBN, page 22:
glosses: The strategy in organizations of only responding to filed complaints while ignoring known but unvoiced issues.
Dongning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɔŋ.nɪŋ/
ipa: /dɒŋ-/
enpr: do͝ongʹnǐngʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 東寧 /东宁 (Dōngníng).
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, according to official information, fighting occurred on the night of August 17, at Tungning,¹²⁹ south of Suifenho. Tungning was then occupied by Soviet troops possibly “consisting of Koreans, Buriats and Magyars” as front-line formations.¹³⁰
ref: [1959, Peter S. H. Tang, “Consequences of Soviet Railway Policy”, in Russian and Soviet Policy in Manchuria and Outer Mongolia, 1911-1931, Duke University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 223:
text: Tungning, one of the most isolated towns in all Manchuria, is four hundred miles east of Harbin. To get there, I went by rail to the border town Progranichnaya, where the Chinese Eastern Railway enters eastern Russia (Siberia), then traveled sixty miles south through wild mountains on the Manchuria-Siberia border, a journey of one day by bus or two days by Russian wagon.[…]
At Tungning we found a well-to-do Christian who was the leading carpenter of the town. He was known by all as a believer. Although the population of Tungning was large (40,000), no one knew of any missionary or other Christian worker having ever been there. They did know of some Korean Christians in a village nearby. Tungning was a real frontier town, and the only one in all China where we had seen no heathen temple.
ref: [1969, Charles Alexander Leonard, “Pioneering on the Chinese Frontiers”, in Repaid a Hundredfold, Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 102–103:
text: Chinese authorities have locked down an area of more than 250,000 people after half a dozen coronavirus cases were confirmed near the Russian border in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang. Checkpoints have been set up in Dongning and Suifenhe, and people were told not to leave unless necessary. Bus service has been suspended, schools closed and production halted at factories not making daily necessities. Restaurants were told to stop dine-in service and residential communities to control entry. Four cases have been confirmed since Thursday in Suifenhe and two in Dongning.
ref: 2020 December 13, “Asia Today: Japan, S.Korea set new daily records, mull steps”, in AP News, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2020:
text: The northeastern cities Huichun^([sic – meaning Hunchun]) and Dongning, both along the border with Russia, have suspended from mid-November some non-essential imports by highways, such as wine, milk and chocolate, to reduce infection risks.
ref: 2021 November 30, Roxanne Liu, Gabriel Crossley, Beijing Newsroom, “Two Chinese border cities limit rail imports amid COVID outbreak in the north”, in Christopher Cushing, Edwina Gibbs, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2021, Commodities:
glosses: A county-level city of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China, formerly a county.
Muling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 穆稜 /穆棱 (Mùlíng).
Senses: examples: text: Peasants and cadres of the (Szuping) production brigade of the (Pamientung) commune in Muling County started to sow wheat on 11 March with the revolutionary spirit of seizing the day and seizing the hour.
ref: 1970 March 19 [1970 March 16], “Party Branch Activities”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 54, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Harbin Heilungkiang Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Northeast Region, page G 2:
text: KMJP 7/3/72 carries a case from Mu-ling hsien, Heilungkiang, where peasants invited UYs to New Year’s feasts.
ref: [1977, Thomas P. Bernstein, Up to the Mountains and Down to the Villages: The Transfer of Youth from Urban to Rural China, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 321:
text: Love could not be won by the subjective desire and zeal of one side alone. Ri had expelled the girl who had broken his heart to Muling County and had had a love affair with another woman before coming to Wangqing.
ref: 2008 [1935], Kim Il Sung, “With the Conviction of Independence”, in Kim Il Sung Works, volume 48, Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House, →OCLC, page 116:
text: 1902: During the Russo-Japanese war, soldiers reported sightings [of] a winged cave-dwelling dragon, 40 mi. from Muling, in Heilongjiang province.
ref: 2009, Michael Newton, Hidden Animals: A Field Guide to Batsquatch, Chupacabra, and Other Elusive Creatures, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 153:
text: A man in Muling, a city administered by Mudanjiang, has been arrested on suspicion of killing his father-in-law, who died after drinking wine containing poison,[…]
ref: 2014 December 29, “Evidence of 'missing link' in domestication of cats found in China”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, China Insider:
glosses: A county-level city of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China, formerly a county.
OUI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OUIs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of organizationally unique identifier.
OUI
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of operating under the influence, a synonym of driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
OUIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OUI
couthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From couthie + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being couthie.
cropsickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cropsick + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cropsick.
datableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dateable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being dateable.
beepy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: beepier
form: beepiest
Etymology: From beep + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a beeping sound.
beepiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beepy: most beepy
beepier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beepy: more beepy
cheepy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cheepier
form: cheepiest
Etymology: From cheep + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It gave a cheepy sort of whistle and dived below the boat, coming up the other side, and with a smack of its tail raced off to join its family.
ref: 2015, Tom Guise, Loudmouth, page 74:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cheeping sound.
cheepiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cheepy: most cheepy
cheepier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cheepy: more cheepy
featureliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From featurely + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being featurely.
hoofiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hoofy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being hoofy.
groundliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From groundly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: This concerns the quality of plans, i.e. their groundliness and balanced character, the quality of managerial work, from the primary links of the production mechanism to the national economic bodies, […]
ref: 1976, The Daily Review, volume 22, page 2:
glosses: The quality of being groundly.
immanifestness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immanifest + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being immanifest.
obedientialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From obediential + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being obediential.
oppositiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oppositive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being oppositive.
oppositives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oppositive
potentialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From potential + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being potential.
pretensiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pretensive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being pretensive.
servicelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From serviceless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being serviceless.
sunburntness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sunburnt + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being sunburnt.
supersensuousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From supersensuous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being supersensuous.
supersensuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more supersensuously
form: most supersensuously
Etymology: From supersensuous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a supersensuous manner.
supersensually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more supersensually
form: most supersensually
Etymology: From supersensual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a supersensual manner.
Croslandian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Croslandian
form: most Croslandian
Etymology: From Crosland + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (1918–1977), British Labour politician and author.
uncommandedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uncommanded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being uncommanded, or voluntary.
theothanatologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theothanatology
theothanatological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to theothanatology.
theoterrorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theoterrorists
Etymology: From theo- + terrorist.
Senses: glosses: One who commits theoterrorism.
theoterrorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theoterrorist
Kabirpanthi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kabirpanthis
Senses: glosses: A follower of Kabir Panth (Path of Kabir), a Sant Mat denomination and philosophy based on the teachings of Kabir.
Kabirpanthis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kabirpanthi
hyperplasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pə(ɹ)plæzmə/
Forms: form: hyperplasmas
form: hyper plasma
form: hyper-plasma
Etymology: From hyper- + plasma.
Senses: examples: text: Somewhere in the midst of searing, blinding pain a tiny mode of coherence bobbed, buffeted on shrieking data currents. O’Neill felt cosmic fingers trying to rip her self apart, to abolish her mind orders and meld her with the formless hyperplasma of the universe’s beginning.
ref: 1986, Victor Milán, The Cybernetic Samurai, Berkley, →ISBN, page 139:
text: A concentrated hyperplasma of Energon, drawn via a transdimensional gateway from the endless supply of Energon that enlivened the planet Cybertron itself.
ref: 2010, Alexander Christian Irvine, Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron, Titan, →ISBN, page 198:
text: The big thing about the hyperplasma torp is that all of it's ^([sic]) torps are destructible, so against any enemy with AOE, they're completely worthless.
ref: 2015 February 10, alexea56, Mastajdog, “Tricobalt torpedo's ^([sic])”, in reddit.com:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Very advanced and powerful plasma; superplasma.
laws merchant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of law merchant
Kimballs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kimball
Qingu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kingu (“Babylonian god”).
hyperplasmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperplasma
kittenship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kitten + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of a kitten; kittenhood.
Kitunahan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ktunaxa (“language”).
synonyms: word: Ktunaxa
extra: language
knoppy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more knoppy
form: most knoppy
Etymology: From knop + -y.
Senses: glosses: lumpy; knotty
Koeri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koiri
form: Koiry
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कोइरी (koirī).
Senses: glosses: A traditionally agricultural Indian caste also referred to as Maurya and Kushwaha in northern India.
Koiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koeri.
Koiry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koeri.
Koitapu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koitapus
form: Koitapu
Senses: glosses: A member of a certain tribe of Papua New Guinea.
Derived terms: Koitapuan
Koitapuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Koitapuan
form: most Koitapuan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Koitapu tribe.
Koitapuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koitapuans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Koitapu.
synonyms: word: Koitapu
Koitapuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of the Koitapu tribe.
Koitapus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koitapu
Koitapuans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koitapuan
kooliman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koolimans
Senses: glosses: A trough-like vessel for holding water, made from stringybark by the Aboriginal Australians.
koolimans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kooliman
kolokolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊloʊˈkoʊloʊ/
Etymology: From Tuvaluan [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A kind of string made from coconut fiber, used in Tuvalu.
Related terms: kolose
Koreishite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koreishites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qurayshite.
Koreishites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koreishite
koromika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of koromiko.
Koroa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French Akoroa (also Courouais), most likely from a Native American word.
Senses: glosses: One of the groups of indigenous nations who lived in the Mississippi Valley prior to the European settlement of the region.
Related terms: Tioux
Tunica
kreistle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kreistles
form: kreistling
form: kreistled
form: kreistled
Senses: glosses: To cause (a person) to shudder; to disgust.
kreistled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kreistle
kreistles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kreistle
kreistling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kreistle
Kristinaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an early name by which they were known to the French.
Senses: glosses: The Eastern Cree people.
krobylos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: krobyloi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρωβύλος (krōbúlos).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Athenian hairstyle in which the hair was rolled up into a kind of knot on the crown of the head, and fastened with golden clasps in the shape of grasshoppers.
krobyloi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of krobylos
FIZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FIZes
form: FIZs
Senses: topics: economics
geography
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of free industrial zone.
krouchka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: krouchkas
form: kroushka
form: krushka
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кружка (kružka).
Senses: glosses: An old Russian liquid measure, one tenth of a vedro.
krouchkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of krouchka
kroushka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kroushkas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of krouchka (“Russian liquid measure”).
krushka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: krushkas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of krouchka (“Russian liquid measure”).
kroushkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kroushka
krushkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of krushka
1ˢᵗ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 1st.
krosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: krosas
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit क्रोश (krośa). Doublet of koss.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gavyuti (“ancient Indian unit of distance”).
synonyms: word: gavyuti
extra: ancient Indian unit of distance
krosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of krosa
kryptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρυπτικός (kruptikós, “obscuring”). Doublet of cryptic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to krypsis.
Kubachi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.
Related terms: Kubachi ware
Kubachi ware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kubachi wares
Etymology: Named after the town of Kubachi in Dagestan, modern-day Russia, though that place is no longer believed to be the origin.
Senses: glosses: A style of Persian fritware pottery, believed to have been created during the Safavid Period in the northwestern part of what is now Iran.
Kubachi wares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kubachi ware
kulakism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kulak + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The condition or state of the kulaks.
kulangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kulang
kromeskys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kromesky
juste-au-corps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʒuːstəʊkɔː/
Forms: form: juste-au-corps
Etymology: From French justaucorps.
Senses: examples: text: Under a full dress coat […] appeared a waistcoat of glod-flowered brocade, the flaps reaching to his knees, and made, I am persuaded, in the reign of Louis ci-devant le Grand.—What appeared of his breeches, under this magnificent juste au-corps, was of red velveret, forming a happy contrast to a pair of black worsted stockings.
ref: 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 126:
glosses: A tight, knee-length men's coat worn in the late 17th and early 18th century.
glosses: A tight women's riding coat of the late 17th and early 18th century.
glosses: Any tight-fitting garment, specifically a coat or waistcoat, of the second half of the 17th century.
arch-chief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arch-chiefs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of archchief.
arch-chiefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arch-chief
Cannedy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cannedys
Etymology: Variant of Kennedy.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
evenizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evenizer
evennights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evennight
evidements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evidement
evilworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evilworker
even-christians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of even-christian
even-servants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of even-servant
Capitos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Capito
Cannedys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cannedy
Castellanis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Castellani
stroke mag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stroke mags
Senses: examples: text: As far as reaching the most people, a gay writer can't do better than writing for the gay stroke mags.
ref: 1987 February 1, T. R. Witomski, “Zeitgeist or Poltergeist? Why Gay Books Are So Bad”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 8:
text: I agree that the lack of distinction between a stroke mag and some other work is an oversight in this ordinance, though.
ref: 1996 November 6, CatharinaK, “Lefty Defends Dworkin - Like thats a big surprise”, in alt.feminism (Usenet), retrieved 23 Mar 2022:
text: Christ, that's like waking up and finding that dickless fuck Bob Dean's tongue in my mouth. Pleaeagh! Pleaagh!!! Will someone please hold the hose while I steam-clean my genitals, I feel so DIRTY! Sis D has an excellent excuse, she's a walking stroke mag of glistening beauty, but you? Next thing you know, iceknife will be asking for a pair of my undies to sniff while he wanks to reruns of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
ref: 2001 March 28, HellPope Huey, “Why does "BoB" hate me?”, in alt.slack (Usenet), retrieved 23 Mar 2022:
text: Gabriella is reading what could be a letter to the editor for a stroke mag as the movie opens.
ref: 2001 December 23, rogr...@newsguy.com, “Rog Reviews- YOUNG STUFF”, in rec.arts.movies.erotica (Usenet), retrieved 23 Mar 2022:
text: In fact, why ANYONE is buying a stroke mag these days is beyond me, since there's an ocean of tits & clits to be had all over the erotica newsgroups for free (and the fare's a lot more interesting than the ten or eleven poses these mag photographers have been doing over and over for decades).
ref: 2002 May 7, mhirtes, “Joe Christ: Fanboy Stomper”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet), retrieved 23 Mar 2022:
glosses: A pornographic magazine.
stroke mags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stroke mag
Burklund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Burklunds
Etymology: Probably a respelling of various Scandinavian surnames, such as Birkelund, Björklund or Bjerklund.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bustle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bustles
Etymology: Possibly an Americanized spelling of South German Bastl or a variant of Bussell.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bustles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bustle
Burklunds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Burklund
Briski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Briskis
Etymology: Variant of German Briske.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kottenbrook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kottenbrooks
Etymology: Possibly derived from Dutch Kattenbroek.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Cliver
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Clivers
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Kliewer or Kleiber.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Maddrey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maddreys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Clivers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cliver
Briskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Briski
Kottenbrooks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kottenbrook
Moerke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moerkes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bitten off more than one could chew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bite off more than one can chew
bit off more than one could chew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bite off more than one can chew
biting off more than one can chew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bite off more than one can chew
bites off more than one can chew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bite off more than one can chew
dogette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogettes
Etymology: From dog + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: We have two of them [a longhair (about 8lb) and a shorthair (about 5 lb)]., plus a small terrier (about 10lb) and a biiiig dog (lab/doby mix). Both rat-dogs are excitable, but not nasty. It is hard to sit down in my house without a "dogette" wanting to jump in your lap. All they want is to be petted and to sleep in your lap.
ref: 1997 November 28, Tim Shurtleff, “Equus caballus (was Arab)”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet), retrieved 23 Mar 2022:
text: There is signs saying 'dogs must be kept on leads' though......to which most people ignore.....but I never have mine on the lead but thats up to me so when they come up and my dog really pests there little toy dogette type thing they cant say anything snotty like keep your dog under control cause they know really they shouldn't be there - cheecky buggers.......so I just let my dog do what he wants - funny
ref: 2000 January 11, Sandy, “hey - why not explore my horse's field?”, in uk.rec.equestrian (Usenet), retrieved 23 Mar 2022:
text: Awww - a dogette. I wonder how much of the weight is the hair? My dog's foot is bigger than that dog ;)
ref: 2007 March 19, Tracym, “Re: Internet relationship--wanting to marry”, in alt.visa.us.marriage-based (Usenet), retrieved 23 Mar 2022:
glosses: A small dog.
dogettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogette
Diveley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Diveleys
Etymology: Variant of Divilly.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Diveleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Diveley
Durland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Durlands
Etymology: Perhaps a respelling of French Dorland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Echeveste
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Echevestes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Echeveste, Castilianized form of Basque Etxebeste. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Echevestes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Echeveste
Durlands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Durland
Critz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Critzes
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Kritz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Patrick County, Virginia, United States.
Dern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Derns
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dern.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dern
Critzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Critz
xenobot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenobots
Etymology: Blend of translingual Xenopus + robot.
Senses: topics: biology
computing
engineering
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
robotics
sciences
hypernyms: biot
biobot
biorobot
coordinate_terms: anthrobot
bot
robot
bioroid
cyborg
cybot
qualifier: artificial life
glosses: An artificial construct built from cells extracted from Xenopus embryos, and designed to move, consume, and build piles.
O'Such
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: O'Suches
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ravenstine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ravenstines
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Pessl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pessles
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ansbacher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ansbachers
Etymology: From German Ansbacher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Rahaim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rahaims
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Polister
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Polisters
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tawni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tawnis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Schieve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schieves
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Heimark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heimarks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kuney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kuneys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bushkuhl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bushkuhls
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Garritano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Garritanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Garritano.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Mazziotti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mazziottis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lunny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lunnys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Scolamieri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scolamieris
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Engmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Engmanns
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Caliguiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Caliguiris
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ahrold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ahrolds
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Beauduy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beauduys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
electrophenotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrophenotypes
Etymology: From electro- + phenotype.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of electropherotype.
Faella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Faellas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dallin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dallins
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
Golick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Golicks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kordenbrock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kordenbrocks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ludtka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ludtkas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
McDole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McDoles
Etymology: Variant of McDowell.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Ogron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ogrons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Oliverios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Oliverio
Paplin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Paplins
Senses: glosses: A surname.
McDoles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McDole
Redell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Redells
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Shargo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shargos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
phenylalanylglycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The dipeptide formed from phenylalanine add glycine
Verbi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Verbis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
piemento
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We must not therefore be surprised ... that all these barbarous Nations support Nakedness without Pain, use such large Quantities of Piemento to give their Food a Relish, and drink like Water the strongest Liquors of Europe.
ref: 1761, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind, page 34:
text: The natural products of Jamaica, besides sugar, cacao, and ginger, are principally piemento, or, as it is called, allspice, or Jamaica pepper.
ref: 1765, Edmund Burke, William Burke, chapter III, in An Account of the European Settlements in America in Six Parts, volume 2, page 70:
text: The piemento tree grows spontaneously, and in great abundance, in many parts of Jamaica.
ref: 1819, Bryan Edwards, The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British West Indies, 5th edition, Volume 2, Book V, Chapter IV, page 369:
glosses: Archaic spelling of pimento.
Woolrich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Woolriches
Senses: glosses: A surname.
DiBlasi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DiBlasis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Blasi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
DiBlasis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of DiBlasi
Yevak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yevaks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lisowskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lisowski
O'Suches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of O'Such
Bratsenis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bratsenises
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Barty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bartys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
Sadurni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sadurnis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hymenolepidosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hymenolepidoses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: infection with tapeworm of the genus Hymenolepis
Nyanzi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nyanzis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kirungi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kirungis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Groundhog Daying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Groundhog Day
Groundhog Dayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Groundhog Day
HHT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: Initialism of handheld terminal
Rendu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rendus
Etymology: Borrowed from French Rendu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: HHT
Osler-Weber-Rendu disease
Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
glosses: A rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that leads to abnormal blood vessel formation.
Derived terms: HHT
Galdieri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Galdieris
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Nevas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nevases
Senses: glosses: A surname.