cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Tulsa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌlsə/
rhymes: -ʌlsə
Etymology: From Creek Tallasi (literally “old town”). Compare Tallahassee, from the same or a similar term.
Senses: examples: text: “Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial version.”
ref: 2021 May 20, Ashley Vaughan, “Remembering Black Wall Street: Ways to invest in Tulsa and champion Black businesses”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 May 2021:
glosses: A large city, the county seat of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States; the second largest city in the state.
Derived terms: Tulsa County
Omaha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊməhɑː/
ipa: /ˈoʊməhɑ/
ipa: /ˈoʊməhɔ/
Forms: form: Omahas
form: Omaha
Etymology: Borrowed from Omaha-Ponca Umoⁿhoⁿ.
Senses: glosses: A member of a tribe of Native Americans currently residing in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
Derived terms: Omahan
Omaha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊməhɑː/
ipa: /ˈoʊməhɑ/
ipa: /ˈoʊməhɔ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Omaha-Ponca Umoⁿhoⁿ.
Senses: examples: text: Voters in Omaha were set to make history Tuesday by either reelecting the city’s first female mayor to a rare fourth term or electing the community’s first Black mayor.
ref: 2025 May 14, “Omaha poised to have first Black leader after mayor concedes race”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press:
glosses: The largest city in Nebraska, United States, and the county seat of Douglas County.
glosses: The language spoken by the Omaha tribe.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Omaha hold 'em, any of several poker variants.
Derived terms: Omaha Beach
Omaha-Ponca
Jacksonville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Jackson + -ville; most are named for a person with the surname of Jackson, including many named for former United States President Andrew Jackson.
Senses: examples: text: Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans defended Azeez Al-Shaair after the linebacker was ejected from Sunday’s game for throwing a late hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
ref: 2024 December 2, David Close, “Houston Texans head coach defends Azeez Al-Shaair as the NFL leans toward suspending the linebacker, source says”, in CNN:
glosses: Place names:
A city, the county seat of Duval County, Florida, United States. It is the largest city in Florida and is consolidated with the county.
glosses: Place names:
A city in Calhoun County, Alabama.
glosses: Place names:
A city in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
glosses: Place names:
A town in Telfair County, Georgia.
glosses: Place names:
An unincorporated community in Towns County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: Place names:
A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Illinois.
glosses: Place names:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Indiana.
glosses: Place names:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Shelby County, Iowa.
glosses: Place names:
The former name of a home rule city in Russell County, Kentucky; now Jamestown.
glosses: Place names:
An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, more commonly known as Phoenix.
glosses: Place names:
A village in Randolph County, Missouri.
glosses: Place names:
An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Missouri.
glosses: Place names:
An unincorporated community in Burlington County, New Jersey.
glosses: Place names:
A hamlet in Tompkins County, New York.
glosses: Place names:
A city, the county seat of Onslow County, North Carolina.
glosses: Place names:
A village in Athens County, Ohio.
glosses: Place names:
An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio.
glosses: Place names:
A city in Jackson County, Oregon.
glosses: Place names:
A census-designated place in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Place names:
A city in Cherokee County, Texas.
glosses: Place names:
A village in the town of Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont.
glosses: Place names:
The original name of a town in Floyd County, Virginia; now Floyd.
glosses: Place names:
An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
glosses: Place names:
An unincorporated community in the town of Adrian, Monroe County, Wisconsin.
microcircuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcircuit
microcircuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcircuits
Etymology: From micro- + circuit.
Senses: examples: text: The anti-gay religious, which had threatened an initiative, with microcircuit swiftness gathered 50,000 and 27,000 signatures, respectively, and suspended the County and San Jose ordinances before they could go into effect.
ref: 1974 February 2, Edward Sebesta, “Launching the Gay '80s: Gay Rights Under Siege In Santa Clara County”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 5:
text: The color LED (D8) has a microcircuit that changes the light colors.
ref: 2017 October 24, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, page 48:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electronic device, usually fabricated by photolithography, that is very small and implements several components or their equivalent; an integrated circuit.
steppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stepper
stemmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stemmed
form: most stemmed
Senses: examples: text: The long-stemmed roses didn't fit in the short vase because the stems were too long.
text: a large brown-stemmed silver-bowled pipe
ref: 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:
glosses: Having a stem.
Derived terms: leafy-stemmed
many-stemmed
stemmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stem
steepness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steepnesses
Etymology: From steep + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The steepness of the hill caused the accident.
glosses: The state or quality of being steep.
glosses: The result or product of being steep.
steeply
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more steeply
form: most steeply
Etymology: From steep + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The two characteristic Italian villages which slumber on its banks, and the equally Italian palazzo whose terraced gardens descend steeply to the lake, hardly break the stillness and even the solitariness of the scene.
ref: 1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough:
text: The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:
text: The station's style included two curved passenger walkways sweeping pierside and a steeply pitched verandah roof running along its inner side.
ref: 2023 March 22, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Grand buildings on the list... and lost: Greenock Princes Pier”, in RAIL, number 979, page 52:
glosses: In a steep manner.
stemless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stem + -less.
Senses: examples: text: If long-stemmed roses are so popular, are stemless roses cheap?
text: The stemless notes could have been cast on a body as short as 4 mm but were probably cast on bodies of the standard 14 mm size for ease of composition.
ref: 1992, Mary Kay Duggan, Italian Music Incunabula: Printers and Type, page 99:
glosses: Lacking a stem, either naturally or because it has been removed.
Derived terms: stemless gentian
stemless thistle
steerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more steerable
form: most steerable
Etymology: From steer + -able.
Senses: examples: text: They'd brought out more sleds, and there was a nice mix of old-fashioned wooden toboggans and plastic discs, plus steerable sleds and crazy carpets. Beth and Rothko piled onto a crazy carpet and barely made it twenty feet before wiping out.
ref: 2019, Ezekiel Boone, The Mansion: A Novel:
glosses: Capable of being steered.
Synonyms: navigable
mits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mit
stirrer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɜːɹə/
enpr: stûrʹər
ipa: /ˈstɝɚ/
rhymes: -ɜːɹə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stirrers
Etymology: From stir + -er.
Senses: examples: text: We're out of coffee stirrers again and I'm not using my finger!
glosses: A device used to stir. (Cardinal types include wood or plastic strips (for beverages) and magnetic objects that react to a spinning magnet nearby (for chemistry beakers).
examples: text: The stirrers in the chocolate factory often get chocolate all over their uniforms.
glosses: A person who stirs something.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: (vulgar) shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger
text: Why would you say something so hurtful? God, you are such a stirrer!
synonyms: word: pot stirrer
word: agitator
word: bad boy
word: bad news
word: bear
word: bhoy
word: blackguard
word: booger
word: boot boy
word: bovver boy
word: brat
word: brawler
word: breedbate
word: buffoon
word: bugger
word: bully
word: charva
word: cutup
word: devil
word: elf
word: enfant terrible
word: firebrand
word: gadfly
word: hell-raiser
word: hood
word: hoodlum
word: hool
word: hoolie
word: hooligan
word: hothead
word: imp
word: inciter
word: initiator
word: instigator
word: jackanapes
word: joker
word: jokester
word: kindle-coal
word: kindle-fire
word: knave
word: lout
word: makebate
word: minx
word: mischief
word: mischief-maker
word: miscreant
word: ne'er-do-well
word: pixie
word: pot stirrer
word: practical joker
word: prankster
word: puck
word: rabble rouser
word: rakeshame
word: rantipole
word: rapscallion
word: rascal
word: rogue
word: roly-poly
word: rowdy
word: ruffian
word: scamp
word: scapegrace
word: scoundrel
word: shit disturber
word: shitmonger
word: shit-stirrer
word: tearaway
word: thug
word: titivil
word: tough
word: troublemaker
word: undesirable
word: vandal
word: wag
word: wagpastie
word: wrangler
word: yob
word: yobbo
glosses: A person who spreads rumours or causes agitation.
examples: text: I heard some early stirrers in the kitchen at dawn, but I saw no reason to get up yet.
text: An early stirrer, by the rood!
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 3:
glosses: One who stirs or moves about, as after sleep.
Derived terms: champagne stirrer
magnetic stirrer
pot stirrer
shit-stirrer
stirrer-up
stirrers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stirrer
Fort Worth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after William J. Worth.
Senses: glosses: A large city, the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
wikipedia: William J. Worth
Io moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Io moths
Etymology: Partial calque of translingual Automeris io.
Senses: glosses: A large yellow moth, Automeris io, found in North America.
metropolitan area
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metropolitan areas
Senses: examples: text: Before the year was out there were, in addition to Redwood's pioneer vehicle, quite a number of motor-perambulators to be seen in the west of London. I am told there were as many as eleven; but the most careful inquiries yield trustworthy evidence of only six within the Metropolitan area at that time.
ref: 1904, H. G. Wells, The Food of the Gods, Book I ch 4:
text: 1911 — Encyclopædia Britannica, "Brisbane"
The population of the metropolitan area in 1901 was 119,907; of the city proper, 28,953; of South Brisbane, 25,481.
text: 1949 — ', Part IX A (c) Article 243P Definitions
"Metropolitan area" means an area having a population of ten lakhs or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area for the purposes of this Part;
text: The metropolitan area of Lima accounts for 43 per cent of gross domestic product, for four-fifths of bank credit and consumer goods production.
ref: 1987 — UN World Commission on Environment and Development, Brundtland Report, sxn A/42/427
coordinate_terms: city proper
glosses: An area of population usually with a central or core city and surrounding towns or suburbs.
Related terms: commuter belt
io moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of io moth
divvy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪvi/
rhymes: -ɪvi
Forms: form: divvies
form: divy
form: divvie
Etymology: Clipping of dividend + -y.
Senses: glosses: A dividend; a share or portion.
Derived terms: divvy duck
divvy van
divvy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪvi/
rhymes: -ɪvi
Forms: form: divvies
form: divvying
form: divvied
form: divvied
form: divy
form: divvie
Etymology: Clipping of dividend + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.
text: It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.
ref: 2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
glosses: To divide into portions.
Derived terms: divvy up
divvy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪvi/
rhymes: -ɪvi
Forms: form: divvies
form: divvie
Etymology: Unclear. Suggested sources include a corruption of Davy lamp as used by miners; dividend as an unemployment benefit; or divot meaning "turf", used euphemistically in place of the vulgar sod.
Senses: examples: text: Put it down and stop being a divvy!
synonyms: word: alcatote
word: asshat
word: arsehole
word: asshole
word: bayard
word: berk
word: birdbrain
word: blither
word: bobchin
word: bonehead
word: bozo
word: buffoon
word: brickhead
word: Charlie
word: chucklehead
word: chowderhead
word: chump
word: clart
word: clown
word: der-brain
word: dill pickle
word: dim bulb
word: dingleberry
word: dipshit
word: dipstick
word: dirtbrain
word: div
word: divvo
word: divvy
word: dolt
word: donk
word: doodle
word: doofus
word: dope
word: dork
word: dote
word: dotterel
word: dullard
word: dumbass
word: dumbbell
word: dumb fuck
word: dummy
word: dunce
word: dunderhead
word: dupe
word: fathead
word: fenderhead
word: fiddle
word: fuckwit
word: fuzznut
word: geck
word: gig
word: gink
word: goober
word: gooseberry
word: gowk
word: gubbins
word: gump
word: ha'p'orth
word: Homer Simpson
word: ignoramus
word: imbecile
word: jamoke
word: jerk
word: jerkoff
word: jolterhead
word: jolthead
word: juggins
word: jughead
word: knucklehead
word: lamebrain
word: mameluke (US (Italian-American)
word: slang)
word: maroon
word: meathead
word: mong
word: moron
word: mug
word: muggins
word: mushhead
word: nimrod
word: nincompoop
word: nit
word: nitwit
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: numskull
word: numps
word: numpty
word: nupson
word: oaf
word: pillock
word: pinhead
word: plonker
word: prat
word: retard
word: shit for brains
word: shithead
word: shitwit
word: schmo
word: schmuck
word: snapperhead
word: softhead
word: sot
word: stupid
word: sucker
word: thickhead
word: tonto
word: tool
word: tosser
word: tosspot
word: twat
word: twerp
word: twit
word: wally
word: wantwit
word: wazzock
word: yampy
glosses: A foolish person.
Derived terms: div
divvo
divvy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪvi/
rhymes: -ɪvi
Forms: form: more divvy
form: most divvy
Senses: examples: text: ‘You'd find,’ the priest said, ‘that it whittled down until the only divvy moment was when you stood waiting in the booking-office for the young man to take the tickets.’
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 36:
glosses: Divine; very pleasant, wonderful.
combined statistical area
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combined statistical areas
Senses: glosses: A metropolitan area with one or more other metropolitan and or micropolitan area components defined with it.
Related terms: CSA
divvies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divvy
glosses: plural of divvie
divvies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of divvy
divvying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of divvy
divvied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of divvy
slagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slag
slagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slag
blither
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɪðə/
ipa: /ˈblɪðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: blithers
form: blithering
form: blithered
form: blithered
Etymology: The verb is a variant of blether (Northern England, Scotland), blather (“to say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way; to babble (something); to talk rapidly without making much sense; to cry loudly, blubber”), from Middle English bloderen, blotheren (“to babble; to cry loudly, blubber”), from Old Norse blaðra (“to talk foolishly or inarticulately”), from blaðr (“nonsense”); further etymology uncertain.
The noun is a variant of blether, blather (“foolish or nonsensical talk”), either from blether, blather (verb), or from Old Norse blaðr (“nonsense”): see above.
Senses: examples: text: Personality is what I am aiming at, not mere manners. That is not strong enough for a man who "blithers" as you do.
ref: 1898 October 1, “Olla Podrida”, in The London Figaro, number 2226, […] Odhams [for] George Slater, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:
text: If he was to blither, it was only fair that she should bleat back.
ref: 1903, Jerome K[lapka] Jerome, chapter I, in Tea-table Talk, London: Hutchinson & Co. […], →OCLC, page 20:
text: He called you man, but he blithered a lot, you would hardly heed at all what he said— […]
ref: 1933 July, Lewis Grassic Gibbon [pseudonym; James Leslie Mitchell], “Stratus”, in Cloud Howe, London: Jarrolds Publishers […], →OCLC, page 164:
text: I mean, how does one blither? How can one stop blithering? How do I know when I am blithering? Or is blithering perhaps a useful core activity these days?
ref: 1989, Miles Kington, “Meaningless Phrases”, in Welcome to Kington: The Selected Columns of Miles Kington, London: Canelo Digital Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN:
text: Andrews was blithering now. It was sad, really, to watch a skilled professional sink so quickly into the quagmire.
ref: 2002 September, Julie Garwood, chapter 5, in Killjoy, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 78:
text: You've reduced me down to the dregs / You won't seduce me, though I stand here and beg / I'm blithering, you're dithering, I'm your slithering fool.
ref: 2009, Arthur Phillips, chapter 13, in The Song is You […], New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 85:
text: Mary the maid blithered away, worrying about the state of the coppers in the kitchen, who would collect the hens' eggs […]
ref: 2020, Richard Holledge, “Betrayal”, in Voices of the Mayflower: The Saints, Strangers and Sly Knaves who Changed the World, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 61:
synonyms: blether
glosses: To talk foolishly; to blather.
Derived terms: word: blitherer
word: blithering
blither
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɪðə/
ipa: /ˈblɪðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ)
ipa: /blaɪðə/
ipa: /blaɪðəɹ/
ipa: /ˈblɪðə/
ipa: /ˈblɪðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ)
Etymology: From blithe + -er (suffix forming the comparative forms of adjectives).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blithe: more blithe
intersexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.tə.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/
ipa: /-sjuː-/
ipa: /ˌɪn.təɹ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/
rhymes: -æləti
Etymology: From inter- + sexuality.
Senses: synonyms: intersex#Noun
glosses: The state of having the physical features of both sexes, or of having ambiguous sex, i.e. not unambiguously male or female.
midship
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + ship.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the middle of a ship or boat.
midship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + ship.
Senses: glosses: The middle of a ship or boat.
Derived terms: amidships
midship coefficient
midships
midships
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more midships
form: most midships
Senses: examples: With the design allowing the engine to be placed so far forward the holds are more midships and this gives a better trim.
glosses: Alternative form of amidships.
midships
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amidships.
ooh la la
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈuː.læ.læ/
ipa: /ˈuː.læ.lɑː/
ipa: /u.lɑˈlɑ/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: oo-la-la
Etymology: French oh là là / ouh là là, an exclamation of surprise, concern, or dismay. The French exclamation lacks the connotations of the English, either of snobbery or raciness; these emerged in English owing to stereotypes about the French.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, they were serving croque-monsieurs, now were they? Ooh la la.
glosses: A reply implying pretentiousness; often in response to another person's use of a big word, especially a loanword that English got from French.
examples: text: Ooh la la, monsieur, you do have big muscles after all.
text: Well, what are we gonna tell your mama? / What are we gonna tell your pa? / What are we gonna tell our friends / When they say, "Ooh la la!"
ref: 1957, Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, “Wake Up Little Susie”, performed by The Everly Brothers:
glosses: An exclamation of surprise, sometimes with strong sexual connotations.
Related terms: fancy
highfalutin
hoity-toity
lah-di-dah
my ass
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Probably abbreviated from kiss my ass.
Senses: examples: text: She'll use my money to buy a new car, my ass!
text: You're his brother, my ass! You look nothing alike.
text: And then I found out. "Single" he told me? Single, my ass! Not only was he married, oh, no, he had six wives!
ref: 1975, “Cell Block Tango”, in Fred Ebb (lyrics), John Kander (music), Chicago:
glosses: Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief, often with a tone of disregard, disdain, or disgust, referring to the buttocks.
Synonyms: like hell
the hell
fiddlesticks
horsefeathers
pull the other one
bullshit
Related terms: my arse
my butt
my eye
my foot
my ass
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: My boss screwed up again, and of course it's my ass that has to deal with it.
text: Now I gotta drag my ass to work. He says it's fine, but get real—you know it'd be *my* ass on the hook, if anything happened.
glosses: I; me; myself; oneself in the third person.
Coordinate terms: your ass
his
her ass etc
front page
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front pages
Senses: examples: text: Congratulations, Dave, you made the front page.
glosses: The first, and initially visible, page of a publication.
Synonyms: front cover
mind game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mind games
Senses: examples: text: Denmark coach Morten Olsen's pre-match warning that the Netherlands were simply better than his side could easily have been dismissed as mind games.
ref: 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
text: Your mind games hit like grenades
ref: 2013, “Choose Your Battles”, in Prism, performed by Katy Perry:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
examples: text: The crosswords and mind games are my favourite part of the newspaper.
topics: games
glosses: A game or puzzle involving logical thinking.
Related terms: word: gaslight
word: mind fuck
mind over matter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I'll untie this knot one way or another. It's just a question of mind over matter.
text: Mind over matter is magic, I do magic / If you think about it, it'll be over in no time
ref: 2016, “White Ferrari”, in Blonde, performed by Frank Ocean:
glosses: The application of willpower or mental effort to overcome a physical problem.
examples: text: Geller's "mind over matter" abilities were what really excited the crowds. A bent spoon or key, apparently done without applying any substantial force (just a light stroking of the metal so that it would weaken or "melt" to the point that in some cases it would break), appeared to be "objective" evidence of that which was impossible by any normal standards.
ref: 2016, J. Douglas Kenyon, Lost Powers: Reclaiming Our Inner Connection:
glosses: Telekinesis.
mind-reader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mind-readers
Senses: examples: text: You need to tell me these things, honey. I'm not a mind-reader.
text: ‘Lemon curd!’ said Adrian. ‘And what was I saying only this minute, Tom?’ “If only we had some lemon curd for our guests.” You’re a mind-reader, Bollocks.’
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 18:
glosses: Synonym of telepath: one who is able to read others' minds.
synonyms: word: telepath
extra: one who is able to read others' minds
Related terms: mind-reading
have eyes in the back of one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has eyes in the back of one's head
form: having eyes in the back of one's head
form: had eyes in the back of one's head
form: had eyes in the back of one's head
Etymology: From Latin in occipitio quoque habet oculos ("she has eyes even on the back of her head"), from Plautus, Aulularia (The Pot of Gold), act 1, scene 1.
Senses: examples: text: It's so busy at our office you need eyes in the back of your head to work here!
text: Don't think you can misbehave while I'm cooking dinner. I have eyes in the back of my head.
glosses: To be particularly, especially uncannily, observant, as if able to see in all directions at once.
Dead Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Dead Sea
Etymology: Calque of Latin Mare Mortuus, under influence from Byzantine Greek Νεκρά Θάλασσα (Nekrá Thálassa) and Arabic اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت (al-baḥr al-mayyit).
Senses: glosses: A lake in the Middle East in Palestine and Jordan, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest land-based elevation on Earth.
Synonyms: Salt Sea
Sea of Sodom
Lake Asphaltites
Derived terms: Dead Sea apple
Dead Sea effect
with all the salt in the Dead Sea
Titicaca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lake Titicaca
Senses: glosses: A lake in the South American Andes, in both Peru and Bolivia, noted for being the highest lake in the world.
Derived terms: Lake Titicaca frog
Titicaca frog
Titicaca water frog
Chinese burns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese burn
Indian sunburn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian sunburns
Senses: glosses: The prank of grabbing a victim's forearm in both hands and twisting the skin in opposite directions.
Synonyms: Chinese burn
Indian burn
Mariana Trench
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Mariana Trench
Etymology: After the Marianas Islands.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
synonyms: Marianas Trench
glosses: A submarine trench in the North Pacific Ocean, noted for having the deepest known point on Earth.
Related terms: Mariana snailfish
Indian sunburns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indian sunburn
al-Qaida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of al-Qaeda.
rillettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rillette
breakeven point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breakeven points
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of break-even point.
vanity number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanity numbers
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A phone number that is registered as a mnemonic whose letters translate into numbers.
surfactants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surfactant
asomatognosia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asomatognosias
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A deficiency in the awareness of parts on one's own body.
circumflexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumflex
Potomac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtoʊmək/
Etymology: European spelling of an Algonquian name, variously claimed to mean "river of swans", "place where people trade" or "place to which tribute is brought". The natives called the river above the falls Cohongorooton, "river of geese", and that area was renowned in early years for an abundance of both geese and swans. The spelling of the name has been simplified over the years from Patawomeke to Patowmack in the 18th century and now Potomac. The river's name was determined officially as Potomac by the US government's Board on Geographic Names during 1931.
Senses: examples: text: The Potomac surges against the banks, flush with this morning’s rain.
ref: 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 298:
glosses: A river that flows along the borders of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, and through Washington, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The asteroid (1345) Potomac.
Skraeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹeɪlɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ
Forms: form: Skraelings
form: skraeling
form: Scraeling
form: scraeling
form: Skræling
Etymology: After Old Norse skrælingi (of disputed etymology), the Norse name for the native inhabitants of Greenland and continental North America (Eastern Canada).
Senses: examples: 1974, H. F. McGee, Native Peoples of Atlantic Canada, Carleton University Press, page 2,
This time all the staves were being swung anti-sunwise, and the Skraelings were all yelling aloud, so they took red shields and held them out against them.
2005, Jonathan Clements, A Brief History of the Vikings, Constable & Robinson (Robinson), unnumbered page,
The Skraelings were soon back in greater numbers, and openly hostile. The Vikings killed many of them in the ensuing battle, and witnessed a Skraeling chief hurling a captured Viking axe into the lake – purportedly in fear of its magical properties.
2014 [1911, William Heinemann], Arthur G. Chater (translator), Fridtjof Nansen, In Northern Mists, [1911, Nansen, Nord i Tåkeheimen], Cambridge University Press, page 80,
A valuable piece of evidence of the Norsemen having early had intercourse with the Skrælings in Greenland is a little carved walrus, of walrus-ivory, which was found during excavations on the site of a house in Bergen, and which appears to be of Eskimo workmanship.
topics: anthropology
ethnology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians.
Related terms: Vinland
Skraeling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹeɪlɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ
Forms: form: skraeling
form: Scraeling
form: scraeling
form: Skræling
Etymology: After Old Norse skrælingi (of disputed etymology), the Norse name for the native inhabitants of Greenland and continental North America (Eastern Canada).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A little-known language once spoken by the now extinct Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland (also called Beothuk or Red Indian).
impresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impress
impresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impress
ninjas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ninja
ninjas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ninja
dykes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪks/
rhymes: -aɪks
Etymology: See dyke.
Senses: glosses: plural of dyke
dykes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪks/
rhymes: -aɪks
Forms: form: dikes
Etymology: Likely a blend of diagonal + cut, with influence from dyke and dike.
Senses: examples: text: If you use undersized dykes to cut large wire, you can damage or break them.
ref: 2008, John Hechtman, Audio Wiring Guide: How to Wire the Most Popular Audio and Video Connectors, page 15:
text: For cutting lead came, you’ll need ‘lead came dykes,’ which are simple nippers designed to avoid crushing the lead.
ref: 2022, Neile Cooper, Kicking Glass: A Creative Guide to Stained Glass Craft, page 40:
glosses: Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire cutters.
stuffed up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stuffed up
form: most stuffed up
form: stuffed-up
Senses: examples: text: My nose is stuffed up because of my cold.
glosses: blocked; stuffy; congested
glosses: In a terrible state; messed up.
stuffed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stuffed-up
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stuff up
servicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of service
servicing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: servicings
Senses: examples: text: How many servicings has your car had this year?
text: The shed encloses three inspection pit roads, each able to hold a six-car set, and has been designed to permit future extension for the servicing of nine-car trains if this is required.
ref: 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 713:
glosses: The act of performing maintenance on something.
Derived terms: opportunity servicing
serviced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːvɪst/
ipa: /ˈsɝvɪst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of service
cavaliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavalier
infallibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more infallibly
form: most infallibly
Etymology: From infallible + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The pope speaks infallibly ex cathedra.
text: [I]n such way [the formation of political clubs], most infallibly of all, does Social Unrest exhibit itself; find solacement, and also nutriment.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter V, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 30:
glosses: In an infallible manner.
at all hours
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: At all times of the day; around the clock.
examples: text: It's hard to sleep with the neighbors playing the radio so loud and that dog barking at all hours.
glosses: Late into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.
jist
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /d͡ʒəst/
note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /d͡ʒɜst/
note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /d͡ʒɛ̈st/
Senses: examples: text: 'Mister Muntlehiney,' said the man. 'Wot's come on him? Is he at home?'
'He is above stairs, I believe,' replied Kate, a little reassured by this inquiry. 'Do you want him?'
'No,' replied the visitor. 'I don't ezactly want him, if it's made a favour on. You can jist give him that 'ere card, and tell him if he wants to speak to ME, and save trouble, here I am; that's all.'
ref: 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
text: They get all their chawing by borrowing—they say to a fellow, "I wisht you'd len' me a chaw, Jack, I jist this minute give Ben Thompson the last chaw I had"—which is a lie pretty much every time;
ref: 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXI, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 210:
text: The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul.
ref: 1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13:
text: Throth they wor tarra; jist the five months oul".
ref: 1983, William Forbes Marshall, John the Liar:
qualifier: others
glosses: Nonstandard spelling of just.
jist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /d͡ʒəst/
note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /d͡ʒɜst/
note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /d͡ʒɛ̈st/
Forms: form: jists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gist.
market anarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of social organization where individuals are free to trade for any commodity, including those usually reserved for the state.
glosses: A form of social organization where individuals are politically free.
Related terms: value system
value system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: value systems
Senses: glosses: A hierarchy of values that all moral beings have, reflected in their choices. Most people's value systems differ. It's an individualistic concept. One's value system is molded by one's virtues or vices, and experiences.
examples: text: ‘Why was that self-sacrifice?’ ‘Because they were mine!’ said Ford, crossly. ‘I think we have different value systems.’ ‘Well, mine's better.’
ref: 1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 18, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 166:
glosses: A person's standards and self-discipline set, based on the common sense and wisdom of knowing what the proper moral rules and discipline are, and the amount of willingness to see themselves and others abide by them.
Related terms: moral code
phagocytizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phagocytize
dispute resolution organization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dispute resolution organizations
Senses: examples: text: In addition, where the ADR process is being conducted under rules of a dispute resolution organization (like the American Arbitration Association), ...
ref: 2002: Jay G. Martin, Ann L. MacNaughton, and American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Environmental Dispute Resolution: An Anthology of Practical Solutions, page 268
text: The second outcome, the degree to which ASEAN believed that enlargement would lead it to become an even more effective dispute resolution organization, ...
ref: 2003, Zachary Abuza, Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror, page 241:
text: The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Committee (CIETAC) has been designated by CNNIC as the dispute resolution organization ...
ref: 2005, James M. Zimmerman, China Law Deskbook: A Legal Guide for Foreign-invested Enterprises, page 228:
glosses: A business or group that provides alternative dispute resolution services such as conciliation, mediation, arbitration, or negotiation, sometimes as a private alternative to public judicial courts and litigation.
phagocytizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phagocytize
phagocytized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phagocytize
phagocytise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phagocytises
form: phagocytising
form: phagocytised
form: phagocytised
form: phagocytize
Etymology: From phagocyte + -ise.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
immunology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: phagocytose
glosses: To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.
phagocytises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phagocytise
phagocytising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phagocytise
phagocytised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phagocytise
monocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monocyte
pseudopods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudopod
cytoplasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytoplasm
vacuoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacuole
vesicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vesicle
protoplasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protoplasm
cytosols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytosol
coalesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkəʊ.əˈlɛst/
ipa: /ˌkoʊ.əˈlɛst/
ipa: /ˌkəʉ.əˈlest/
Senses: examples: text: The rebel units coalesced into one army to fight the invaders.
text: According to the process that may have formed the Solar System planets, the surrounding discs of material around the gas giants gradually coalesced into moons.
glosses: simple past and past participle of coalesce
Derived terms: uncoalesced
cytoskeletons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytoskeleton
organelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organelle
nucleuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclei
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleus
acetylcholine receptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acetylcholine receptor
powers that be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the powers that be
form: powers-that-be
Etymology: After Romans 13:1 in the Tyndale Bible and the King James Version.
The phrase is a translation of the Ancient Greek αἱ οὖσαι ἐξουσίαι (hai oûsai exousíai, “the existing authorities”). “Be” is the archaic third-person plural present indicative form, equivalent to the modern “are”, not a subjunctive.
Senses: examples: text: [I]t appeared as though the hospital at Barchester would fall into abeyance, unless the powers that be should take some steps towards putting it once more into working order.
ref: 1857, Anthony Trollope, “Hiram’s Hospital According to Act of Parliament”, in Barchester Towers. […], volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, →OCLC, page 20:
text: Whoever you elect, he will legislate in favor of ‘law and order,’ to protect things as they are. The main concern of the powers that be is that the people should continue to believe in and uphold the existing system.
ref: 1929, Alexander Berkman, chapter 10, in Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism, New York: Vanguard Press, →OCLC:
text: Time is truly wastin', there's no guarantee / Smile is in the makin', we've got to fight the powers that be
ref: 1975, “Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)”, in The Heat Is On, performed by The Isley Brothers:
text: The powers that be, they trick us / Loopholes to evict us
ref: 2021, “Skyline”, in Parallel World, performed by Cadence Weapon:
glosses: The holders of power or the authorities in a given situation, especially if seen as being faceless or unreasonably bureaucratic.
wikipedia: King James Version
Tyndale Bible
Derived terms: TPTB
PTB
Related terms: establishment
the man
broad-spectrum antibiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broad-spectrum antibiotic
antibiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antibiotic
diverticulectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: diverticulectomies
Etymology: From diverticulum + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
Welsh yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welsh yards
Etymology: A calque of Welsh llath (“rod”), similarly distinguished within Welsh as the llath Gymreig (“Welsh rod”).
Senses: glosses: The llath, a former Welsh unit of length equal to about 40 inches (about 1 m).
fundectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: fundectomies
form: fundusectomy
Etymology: From fundus + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
fundusectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: fundusectomies
form: fundectomy
Etymology: From fundus + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
hemorrhoidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: hemorrhoidectomies
form: haemorrhoidectomy
Etymology: From hemorrhoid + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of hemorrhoids
haemorrhoidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemorrhoidectomies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemorrhoidectomy.
haemorrhoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemorrhoids
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hemorrhoid.
Derived terms: haemorrhoidal
hepatectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: hepatectomies
Etymology: From hepat- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of all or part of the liver.
Derived terms: hemihepatectomy
hepatectomised
hepatectomized
mesohepatectomy
posthepatectomy
varix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varices
Etymology: Via Middle English varix from Latin varix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers-. See also Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršus (“top”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.
examples: text: In the personid genus Distorsio, varix formation is accompanied by a reorientation of the aperture.
ref: 1995, Geerat J. Vermeij, A Natural History of Shells, page 31:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture.
Related terms: variceal
hepato-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: hepat-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἠπᾰτ- (ēpăt-), the stem of ἧπᾰρ (hêpăr, “liver”); compare hepar.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the liver.
Derived terms: hepatocholangioenterostomy
hepatocholangiojejunostomy
hepatocholangiostomy
hepatocholangitis
hepatodysentery
hepatoflavin
hepatogenous jaundice
hepatojugularometer
hepatojugular reflux
hepatolenticular degeneration
hepatolienography
hepatolienomegaly
hepatolithectomy
hepatolithiasis
hepatomalacia
hepatomelanosis
hepatomphalocele
hepatomphalos
hepatonecrosis
hepatonephric
hepatonephric syndrome
hepatonephromegaly
hepatoperitonitis
hepatopexy
hepatophrenic
hepatophyma
hepatopneumonic
hepatoportal
hepatorrhaphy
hepatorrhexis
hepatosplenitis
hepatosplenography
hepatosplenopathy
hepatostomy
hepatotherapy
hepatotomy
hepatotoxemia
hepatovirus
lumpectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: lumpectomies
Etymology: From lump + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst from a breast.
Synonyms: tylectomy
Derived terms: lumpectomized
immunostimulants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunostimulant
nephrectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: nephrectomies
Etymology: From nephr- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of a kidney.
Derived terms: heminephrectomy
nephrectomise
nephrectomize
uninephrectomy