cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bambermycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bambermycins
Etymology: From Streptomyces bambergiensis + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A complex of antibiotics obtained from Streptomyces bambergiensis, used as a food additive for poultry and swine.
flavophospholipol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: bambermycin
bephenium hydroxynaphthoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anthelmintic formerly used in the treatment of hookworm infections and ascariasis.
DTTV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of digital terrestrial television.
celestial stem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celestial stems
Senses: glosses: Synonym of heavenly stem.
synonyms: word: heavenly stem
heavenly stems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heavenly stem
celestial stems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celestial stem
electrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From electro- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: gravure printing
glosses: The recording of the electrical activity of part of the body
Related terms: electrogram
electrograph
electrographic
electrophysiology
earthly branches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earthly branch
terrestrial branch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terrestrial branches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of earthly branch.
synonyms: word: earthly branch
terrestrial branches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terrestrial branch
thinkin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of thinking.
waitin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of waiting.
workin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of working.
foolin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of fooling.
motherin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of mothering.
growin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of growing.
sendin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of sending.
dancin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæn.sɪn/
rhymes: -ænsɪn
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of dancing.
screamin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of screaming.
showin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of showing.
feelin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfilɪn/
rhymes: -iːlɪn
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of feeling.
standin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstændɪn/
rhymes: -ændɪn
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of standing.
expectin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of expecting.
burnin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of burning.
draggin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of dragging.
changin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of changing.
accordin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of according.
needin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of needing.
interestin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of interesting.
kickin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of kicking.
keepin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of keeping.
photoduplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoduplications
Etymology: From photo- + duplication.
Senses: glosses: photocopying
false flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false flags
form: false-flag
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A ruse, in the days of sail, in which an attacking ship would fly the colours of its enemy until close enough to open fire.
examples: text: Using what the bureau calls a "False Flag" operation, F.B.I. agents posing as Russian intelligence officers contacted Mr. Pitts in August 1995, long after it believed he had ceased his spying activities, and feigned interest in reactivating him as a means of confirming his spying activities and determining how much information he may have provided to Moscow.
ref: 1996 December, David Johnston, “F.B.I. Supervisor Charged With Spying for Russians”, in The New York Times:
text: Now, that is not just offensive, it’s stupid. If the government had actually hired child actors, there is no way their stage parents would have stopped talking about it. “Well, he didn’t get the Tide commercial, but he did book a leading role in a government-sponsored false-flag attack! It’s the same director who did the moon landing! We’re very excited!”
ref: 2017, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Trump vs. Truth”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 1, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
text: The US has made noncommittal statements so far. Meanwhile, many experts on Russia have raised the possibility that the strike could have been a false-flag operation from Moscow.
ref: 2023 May 4, Jonathan Yerushalmy, Pjotr Sauer, “False flag or genuine attack? What we know about the Kremlin drone incident”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: A diversionary or propaganda tactic of deceiving an adversary into thinking that an operation was carried out by another party.
false flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: false flags
form: false flagging
form: false flagged
form: false flagged
form: false-flag
Senses: examples: text: He instinctively false-flagged Arthur's information. There was no reason to expose the CIA or one of its deep-cover agents.
ref: 1992, Steven Hartov, The Heat of Ramadan, page 424:
text: Some of its best agents have been Arabs false-flagged to believe that they were being paid by some other country or alliance.
ref: 1996, John Laffin, Brassey's Book of Espionage, page 16:
text: We were false-flagged, sir. Obviously the Nationalists and the UDFC
ref: 1997, James H. Cobb, Sea Strike, page 28:
text: "Are you sure your orders came from Hen?"
"You're suggesting I was false flagged?"
"That 'Stop Duck Hunting!' ad could have been placed by anyone with a passing knowledge of our simple letter-drop cipher."
ref: 2010, Keith Thomson, Once a Spy: A Novel, page 182:
text: Lil Jason said that they almost snagged them after he had false-flagged, using fraudulent hand signs. Centuries ago Blackbeard the pirate false-flagged to entice lootful vessels to draw closer.
ref: 2011, Mike Scott, Great American Youth: A True Saga, page 19:
text: Her family were Syrian Kurds from Aleppo, and Scale had false-flagged her by convincing her he was from the GSD, the Syrian internal security service.
ref: 2013, Andrew Kaplan, Scorpion Deception, page 23:
glosses: To target someone or something with a false flag or ruse.
Derived terms: false flagger
Related terms: agent provocateur
false flagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false flaggers
form: false-flagger
Senses: glosses: A person or group that engages in a false flag operation.
calombo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calumba.
variant reading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variant readings
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
textual-criticism
glosses: Any of the observed differences when comparing different versions of a single text.
Synonyms: varia lectio
vl
VR
various reading
Avicennian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Avicennan.
Irgunist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irgunists
Etymology: From Irgun + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A member of an early Zionist paramilitary group which envisioned a greater Israel and was a forerunner to the Likudists
Irgun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew ארגון (irgún, “organization”).
Senses: glosses: A Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948.
geoportal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geoportals
Etymology: From geo- + portal.
Senses: glosses: A form of web portal that handles geospatial information
six-pointer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: six-pointers
form: six pointer
Senses: examples: text: Sammy Lee has gone from Bolton and Fulham's Lawrie Sanchez is talking about six-pointers.
ref: 2007, Stuart Barnes, Sanchez's six-pointer stalemate, The Guardian
text: Manuel Pellegrini believes Arsenal are still in the title race but sees Saturday's clash as a six-pointer that could allow his side to open up a 12-point gap on Arsene Wenger's side.
ref: 2014, Arsenal match is a six-pointer, insists Pellegrini, ESPN
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A match between two teams on a similar number of points (in a league using the three points for a win system), such that the difference between a side winning and losing the match is a six-point swing relative to their opponents.
hetaireia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hetaireias
form: hetaireiai
Senses: glosses: A unit of the Byzantine emperor's bodyguard.
SBU
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: People entrusted with SBU information must safeguard it and employ the most stringent access control available.
ref: 2005, HR 285, Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2005, Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page IV-7:
text: At the outset, let me say that at least some uses of control markings (such as SBU) for nonclassified information are intended to address real concerns about the release of information in relation to the need to protect privacy and security.
ref: 2008, Patrice McDermott, Who Needs to Know? - The State of Public Access to Federal Government Information, Bernan Press,, →ISBN, page 124:
text: Since 2008, in response to a presidential memorandum that replaced SBU information with "controlled unclassified information (CUI) as the single categorical designation for SBU infoemation, the executive branch is attempting to overhaul its CUI framework.
ref: 2011, John K. Needham, Contractor Integrity: Stronger Safeguards Needed for Contractor Access to Sensitive Information, DIANE Publishing,, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Initialism of sensitive but unclassified.
SBU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian СБУ (SBU), initialism of Слу́жба безпе́ки Украї́ни (Slúžba bezpéky Ukrajíny, literally “Security Service of Ukraine”).
Senses: examples: text: Ukraine’s SBU security service and police have raided a 1,000-year-old Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv as part of operations to counter suspected “subversive activities by Russian special services”. […] The SBU did not give details about the outcome of Tuesday’s raid.
ref: 2022 November 22, Lorenzo Tondo, “Ukraine’s security service raids Russian-backed monastery in Kyiv”, in The Guardian:
text: Ukraine’s domestic intelligence service, the SBU, said one of the soldiers was captured on Thursday.
ref: 2025 January 11, Cassandra Vinograd, “Ukraine Says It Captured 2 North Korean Soldiers Fighting for Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The Security Service of Ukraine, the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian government.
inactinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From in- + actinic.
Senses: glosses: That does not produce photochemical reactions (and can be used as a safelight in a photographic darkroom) (of light)
sunporch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭn'pôrch
ipa: /ˈsʌnˌpɔɹt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: sunporches
Etymology: From sun + porch.
Senses: glosses: A porch used for its abundant sunlight
Related terms: sunroom
limnonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limnonyms
Etymology: From limno- + -onym.
Senses: examples: text: Importantly, however, the final *b in *sub 'water' is represented as (*)g [ɣ] in all the Turkic languages of the region, which is why it is unlikely that the Mongolian shape of the limnonym could derive from these languages […]
ref: 2015, Tom Eriksson, Juha Janhunen, “On the limnonyms Khövsgöl and Kosogol and their ethnic implications”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, number 2, page 89:
glosses: The toponym of a lake.
Murano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mʊˈɹɑːnəʊ/
Forms: form: Muranos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Murano.
Senses: glosses: A series of islands on the northern edge of Venice.
examples: text: [H]e knew that, counting from the hemp or flax seed, the paper with which they were covered took much more time and labour before it was finished than the finest and clearest Murano glass.
ref: 1999, Jakob Grimmelshausen, translated by Mike Mitchell, Simplicius Simplicissimus, Dedalus, published 2016, page 18:
text: Vivienne would have liked to see glassmakers and buy a Murano vase.
ref: 2005, Canoe Gandilhon, The Emperor's Bracelet, page 68:
text: Fifties film posters hung above Moroccan leather floor cushions, a Murano glass light fitting over a salvage yard chair, effortlessly gathered in a pick 'n' mix assembly that mysteriously became a unified whole.
ref: 2009, Monica Ali, In The Kitchen:
glosses: Designating or pertaining to the glassmaking industry of Murano.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
neuroheadset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroheadsets
Etymology: From neuro- + headset.
Senses: examples: text: Modern wireless EEG devices include high-resolution neuroheadsets that record user's brain activity via electrodes that are placed on the scalp. Brain activity is translated into various aspects of emotion.
ref: 2014, Andrew Schall, Jennifer Romano Bergstrom, Eye Tracking in User Experience Design, page 99:
glosses: A headset capable of reading electrical signals from the brain.
neuroheadsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroheadset
enrobers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enrober
Cowgill's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Indo-Europeanist Warren Cowgill.
Senses: glosses: A law of sound change, stating that a former /o/ vowel in Proto-Greek becomes /u/ between a resonant (/r/, /l/, /m/, /n/) and a labial consonant (including labiovelars), in either order.
glosses: A law of sound change, stating that a Proto-Indo-European laryngeal /h₃/, and possibly /h₂/, turns into /k/ when directly preceded by a sonorant and followed by /w/.
gliptins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gliptin
gliptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɪp.tɪn/
Forms: form: gliptins
Etymology: From -gliptin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any of the class of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, a class of oral hypoglycemics that block DPP-4.
berberines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berberine
teneligliptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -gliptin (“dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-IV inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular gliptin drug used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus.
gemigliptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -gliptin (“dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-IV inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular gliptin drug.
dutogliptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -gliptin (“dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-IV inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular gliptin drug.
snowbrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowbrushes
Etymology: From snow + brush.
Senses: glosses: A brush for dislodging accumulated snow.
glosses: Ceanothus velutinus, a rhamnaceous shrub native to western North America.
snowbrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowbrush
pinegrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinegrasses
Etymology: From pine + grass.
Senses: glosses: Calamagrostis rubescens, a perennial bunchgrass native to western North America.
pinegrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinegrass
microsegment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsegments
Etymology: From micro- + segment.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A very precise division of a market.
Related terms: microsegmentation
microsegmented
microsegmenting
micromarketing
microsegments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsegment
micromarketing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + marketing.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: The use of marketing strategies that focus on specific small markets (microsegments) or individual consumers.
Related terms: microtargeting
unchuffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌft
Forms: form: more unchuffed
form: most unchuffed
Etymology: From un- + chuffed.
Senses: glosses: Not chuffed; not pleased or satisfied.
catamitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to catamitism or catamites
sunporches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunporch
USian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈɛs.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɛsiən
Forms: form: more USian
form: most USian
Etymology: From US + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Driving through the USian landscape is like walking through cobwebs in an attic. No one is dying of hunger, but no one seems to be doing anything either. The only illegal migration taking place is from the USA into Canada.
ref: 2003, Joseph Raphael, The Trial of Alois Barda: The Saga of Uncommon Man, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 6:
text: Before developing this idea of "counter-worlding" any further, I would also note that as a postcolonial-oriented comparativist of Canadian and Québécois literatures, I am inevitably drawn to considering such an approach vis-à-vis the United States – especially within the immediate context of greater pressures on Canada and Quebec to integrate within the USian imperial nexus in terms of national, continental, and international policies and values, […]
ref: 2007, David Leahy, “Counter-Worlding Alaméricanité”, in Winfried Siemerling, Sarah Phillips Casteel, editors, Canada & Its Americas: Transnational Navigations, McGill-Queen's University Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 63:
text: I am a member of the Liberal Democrats, a British political party that are liberal in the British, rather than the American, sense – while for the most part the beliefs of the party as a whole (though not of every member) tend to overlap with the USian definition, […]
ref: 2011, Andrew Hickey, Sci-Ence! Justice Leak!, Lulu, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the United States.
Derived terms: U.S.iana
USian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈɛs.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɛsiən
Forms: form: USians
Etymology: From US + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In Canada, it seems we are much more experienced with strategic voting than USians.
ref: 2005, Mike Carr, quoted in Mark D. Whitaker, Toward a Bioregional State: A Series of Letters about Political Theory and Formal Institutional Design in the Era of Sustainability, iUniverse (2005), page 21
text: The form chilli is probably closest to the Náhuatl original, and it is the preferred form among historically minded USians and in Australia.
ref: 2008, Justin Thyme, HOT! - Make Your Own Sauce!, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 12:
text: Or that Americans, Canadians, and Québécois are so alike as late-modernist or postmodernist peoples - our consumerist lifestyles so analogous – that cultural production from Canada or Quebec can barely be of interest to USians, that it is not exotic or troubling enough to warrant more attention.
ref: 2007, David Leahy, “Counter-Worlding Alaméricanité”, in Winfried Siemerling, Sarah Phillips Casteel, editors, Canada & Its Americas: Transnational Navigations, McGill-Queen's University Press, published 2010, →ISBN, pages 66–67:
synonyms: American
glosses: A citizen or resident of the United States.
rambolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rambolts
Senses: glosses: A large nail or bolt fired or fixed into hard materials, such as steel and concrete, and used to hold or anchor them in place.
rambolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rambolts
form: rambolting
form: rambolted
form: rambolted
Senses: glosses: To fire or fix such a fastening.
Synonyms: ramset
direct fastening
comma bacillus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comma bacilli
Senses: topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A bacillus shaped like a comma, of species Vibrio cholerae.
pew-opener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pew-openers
Senses: examples: text: Her entrance into church on Sunday is always the signal for a little bustle in the side aisle, occasioned by a general rise among the poor people, who bow and curtsey until the pew-opener has ushered the old lady into her accustomed seat.
ref: 1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC, chapter II:
glosses: An usher in a church.
from off
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: a live coal […] taken with the tongs from off the altar
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 6:6:
text: Taking an envelope from an inner pocket of his ulster he began to wipe the blood from off the blade.
ref: 1900, Richard Marsh, The Houseboat:
text: I thought that was some bloke from off the telly until I tapped his name into a search engine and found out that he was this amazing revolutionary who really rocked the beret and got a lot of stuff done.
ref: 2015, Tamsyn Murray, Completely Cassidy – Star Reporter:
synonyms: from off of
glosses: off from; off
Derived terms: off of
smock mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smock mills
Senses: glosses: A windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind. It is different from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post.
directers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of directer
dragoon bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragoon birds
Senses: glosses: An umbrellabird (Cephalopterus spp.), of South America.
glosses: A noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor), of Australian, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
dragoon birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragoon bird
at rack and manger
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: At that Time, his Lordship took his Brother into his Family, and a Coach and Servants aſſign'd him out of his Equipages; and all at Rack and Manger, requiring only 200 l. a Year
ref: 1742, Roger North, The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North […] :
text: tearing out the bowels of St. Edmundsbury Convent (its larders namely and cellars) in the most ruinous way, by living at rack and manger there.
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, (please specify |book=I or IV, or the page):
text: For we are not as other hypocrites, reprobates, and enemies of the state, but unto us thou hast given, from them thou hast taken, (blessed be thy name A Lard) they are at rack and manger, but we are at full meal
ref: 1859, Henry Morley, Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair:
glosses: plentifully and at another's expense.
unflicked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + flicked.
Senses: glosses: Not flicked.
blightings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪtɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of blighting
clustereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From cluster + -eth.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cluster
careenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of careening
surrenderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surrendering
endurings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enduring
insultings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insulting
round to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rounds to
form: rounding to
form: rounded to
form: rounded to
Senses: examples: text: In less than an hour she was close to the reef, where she rounded to, and backed her topsails in order to survey the coast.
ref: 1857, R. M. Ballantyne, The Coral Island:
text: 1899', Henry Billings Brown, The New York
she received a signal of two blasts from the steamer Burlington, which, with four barges in tow, had gone down the Canadian side of the river, and was then rounding to at the coal dock on the American side, exhibiting her masthead and green lights to the Conemaugh.
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: come to
head up
glosses: To turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed.
hambeast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hambeasts
Etymology: From ham + beast.
Senses: examples: text: Dudes, if you ever tried to do this to your drunken buddy who's grinding with some hambeast you won't save him. You'll let him enjoy his drunken bliss until he wakes up the next morning; […]
ref: 2006, Taz Dhariwal, "Left to their own de-Vices", The Nugget (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology), Volume 44, Issue 6, 12 October 2006, page 10
text: During the course of the year, your roommate will wake up lying next to a hambeast he swears he thought was a 10 the night before.
ref: 2007 February 19, Andrew Solomon, “Compatibility paves the long road to housing bliss”, in The Vanderbilt Hustler, volume 119, number 18, Vanderbilt University, page 5:
text: I don't mess around with big ol' hambeasts like ya aunt.
ref: 2010, Teresa D. Patterson, Project Queen, Edit Again Publications, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: An obese person.
hambeasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hambeast
USians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of USian
bunheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunhead
fag rags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fag rag
fag mags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fag mag
pudwhackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pudwhacker
lurkerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lurkership
fauxminists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fauxminist
cybermartyrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybermartyr
Fansons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fanson
anti-fandoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-fandom
hatedoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hatedom
anti-fans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-fan
godbrothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godbrother
Aberzombies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aberzombie
fauxgasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fauxgasm
glampires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glampire
sparklepires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sparklepire
YouTubians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of YouTubian
textversations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textversation
swordstresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swordstress
swordsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swordster
religofascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of religofascist
wikiphobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wikiphobe
next friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: next friends
Senses: examples: text: Then leave-taking was not long about; and Miss Twinkleton, in saluting each young lady’s cheek, confided to her an exceedingly neat letter, addressed to her next friend at law, “with Miss Twinkleton’s best compliments” in the corner.
ref: 1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: A person who represents another person who is under disability or otherwise unable to maintain a suit on their own behalf, and who does not have a legal guardian.
Synonyms: litigation friend
prochein ami
Related terms: next of kin
next friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of next friend
goatfucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goatfuck
color-coordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: color-coordinates
form: color-coordinating
form: color-coordinated
form: color-coordinated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of color coordinate.
colour-coordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colour-coordinates
form: colour-coordinating
form: colour-coordinated
form: colour-coordinated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of colour coordinate.
colour coordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌlə(ɹ)koʊˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/
ipa: /ˈkʌlə(ɹ)koʊˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/
Forms: form: colour coordinates
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth standard spelling of color coordinate.
colour coordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌlə(ɹ)koʊˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/
ipa: /ˈkʌlə(ɹ)koʊˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/
Forms: form: colour coordinates
form: colour coordinating
form: colour coordinated
form: colour coordinated
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth standard spelling of color coordinate.
color coordination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colour coordination
Senses: glosses: The act or process of color coordinating.
glosses: The state of being color coordinated.
colour coordination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of color coordination.
calabreses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calabrese
cabrestos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabresto
go bitchcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes bitchcakes
form: going bitchcakes
form: went bitchcakes
form: gone bitchcakes
Senses: examples: text: I'm sure you're going bitchcakes on me, be-atch. That's what I'm sure of. If you don't cool it, I'm not going to explain Sarc Three to you.
ref: 2004, Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons, Picador, published 2005, →ISBN, page 134:
text: Ladania is a blowhard. She loves to go bitchcakes in public and watch people cringe.
ref: 2011, Joseph Heywood, Force of Blood, Lyons Press, →ISBN:
text: He got me, he got my autopilot reaction of going bitchcakes when I got scared because it was the only way I could function without falling apart.
ref: 2011, Jesse Petersen, Eat, Slay, Love, Simon & Schuster UK, →ISBN:
glosses: To go crazy; to get extremely angry; to flip out.
Synonyms: go apeshit
Related terms: bitchcakes
sednoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sednoids
Etymology: From Sedn(a) + -oid. In turn, from Inuktitut ᓴᓐᓇ (sanna, “Inuit goddess, the Mother of the Sea”). Named after the dwarf planet, the prototype of its class.
Senses: examples: text: Scientists are beginning to discover more sednoids thanks to better search efforts.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A trans-Neptunian object of the inner Oort cloud, that is, one with a perihelion greater than 75 AU.
Hypernyms: trans-Neptunian object
Hyponyms: 2012 VP113
2013 SY99
2019 EE6
2021 RR205
Leleākūhonua
Sedna
zipas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zipa
zipa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zipas
Senses: coordinate_terms: zaque
glosses: A ruler in the southern area of Muisca.
zanzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zanza
zanze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zanzes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zanza (musical instrument)
zanzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zanze
polylobate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + lobate.
Senses: glosses: Having many lobes
portego
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portegos
Etymology: From Venetan pòrtego. Doublet of porch, portico, and porticus.
Senses: examples: text: The arrangement of the middle windows is a transferring, as it were, of the mediæval portegos into the artistic conditions of the Renaissance.
ref: 1895, [Theodor] Gsell-Fels, translated by J. Albert Swallow, Venice (Bruckmann’s Illustrated Guides; 2–5), Munich: A. Bruckmann, […], page 12:
text: In the portego of the second floor are the only two canal views by Canaletto on show in public galleries in Venice.
ref: 1998, Jonathan Buckley, Hilary Robinson, The Rough Guide to Venice, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 114:
text: Gilded console tables were set against the long, side walls of the portego.
ref: 2002, Paula Weideger, Venetian Dreaming, New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 146:
glosses: A characteristic compositional element of the Venetian civil buildings built during the years of the Republic of Venice, similar to a reception hall but having peculiar features.
wikipedia: Andrea Tirali
awrah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: awrahs
form: awrath
form: awrat
form: aurat
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The parts of the body that are required to be covered for reasons of modesty, with the specific areas varying by sect, gender, and context (such as in the presence of men versus women).
mahram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mahrams
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَحْرَم (maḥram).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A family member who is haram to marry.
daughtering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From daughter + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: She has spent her days and nights putting her mothering and daughtering hands to healing her own children and her own parents at home.
ref: 2002, Paula Lawrence Wehmiller, A Gathering of Gifts, page 22:
text: But Unwyrm needed one task performed. The daughtering of Peace.
ref: 2003, Orson Scott Card, Wyrms, page 261:
text: As I read the chapters of this book, I thought not only about the connection between me and my mother, but also about the effect that my mothering has on my daughter and that her daughtering has on me.
ref: 2012, Alice H. Deakins, Rebecca Bryant Lockridge, Helen M. Sterk, Mothers and Daughters: Complicated Connections Across Cultures, page xi:
glosses: The action of behaving dutifully as a daughter; the action of a female child in caring for or otherwise relating to her parents.
McKenzie friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: McKenzie friends
Etymology: Named after the 1970 case McKenzie v. McKenzie.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: One who assists a litigant in person in a common law court, whether legally qualified or not.
Related terms: next friend
McKenzie friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of McKenzie friend
worryings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worrying
quellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quelling
wrinklings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrinkling
simperings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simpering
croppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cropping
ragings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raging
lingerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lingering
lyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lying
tamperings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tampering
comfortings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comforting
tuel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuels
Senses: examples: text: When you do administer a Glister, you shall set the Horses hinder parts somewhat higher then the foreparts, and then you shall put the Glister-pipe in at his Tuel into his Fundament up to the head, and having the confection within the Bladder, wring it with a very good strength into his body. A Glister would be administred to a Horse when he is rather empty than full paunched, whether it be in the fore-noon or after-noon. Now for the retaining or holding of the Glister in the Horses body, three quarters of an hour is sufficient, of what quality soever it be. Now you are to note by the way, that as soon as the Glister is administred unto the Horses body, you must draw out the Pipe with all the gentleness that may be, and suddenly clap his tayl to his Tuel, and so hold it with your hand, without any moving or stirring of the Horse, till the Medicine hath his full time of working.
ref: 1610, Gervase Markham, Markham’s Masterpiece, London, Lib. 1, Cap. 100:
text: Goats when they are sucking on their dams or when they are new Kidded, will commonly have a great lax or squirt so that the ordure which cometh from them, if it be not well cleansed and taken from them, it will with their own naturalheat so bake and dry, that it will stop the Tuels, so that they cannot dung, which if it be not holpen, the Kid will dye. The cure is to cleanse the place, and open the Tuel, and then put into it an Inch or thereabout of small Candles end dipt in hony, and then anoint all the Tuel with Capons grease.
ref: 1614, Gervase Markham, Cheap and good husbandry, London, Lib. 1, Of Goats, Cap. 9:
text: .
مَرَاثٌ and ↓مَرْوَثٌ (M., Ḳ) The part whence the رَوْث (or dung) issues; (M;) the خَوْرَان [i.e. rectum, or the tuel,] of a horse. (Ḳ.)
ref: 1863-1893, Edward William Lane, “tuel”, in Arabic-English Lexicon (in Arabic and English), London: Williams & Norgate, page 1177b
glosses: Alternative spelling of tewel.
chitterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chittering
graspings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grasping
robings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of robing
scorchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorching
pork scratching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pork scratchings
Senses: glosses: A snack food, normally available in pubs, made from cured pork skin that has been salted and deep-fried.
Synonyms: word: pork rind
pork scratchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pork scratching
semi-period
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-periods
Etymology: From semi- + period.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Half of the period of a wave etc; typically the time taken for part of a wave to be replaced by a similar part that is out of phase.
pumpings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌmpɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of pumping
Vaid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vaids
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਵੈਦ (vaid).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Punjabi.
bonnetstring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonnetstrings
Etymology: From bonnet + string.
Senses: examples: text: He was actually afraid of her; her glove, her shoe, her needle, thread, and thimble, her bonnetstring, everything, in short, she wore or touched became invested with a mysterious charm.
ref: 1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Minister's Wooing:
glosses: A string that fastens a bonnet on the wearer's head.
bonnetstrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonnetstring
staurotheke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staurothekes
Etymology: From stauro- + Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, box”).
Senses: glosses: A reliquary containing fragments of the True Cross.
gripings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of griping
crawlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crawling
quaverings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quavering
reddeningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more reddeningly
form: most reddeningly
Etymology: From reddening + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Desdemona, instead of thus asserting her opinion, would have reddeningly and timidly inquired that of another, with which, when she had heard it, perhaps venturing to believe she agreed[…]
ref: 1838, The Metropolitan, volume 23, page 146:
text: The daemon wind died down, and the bloated, fungoid moon sank reddeningly in the west.
ref: 1921, H. P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City:
text: A blister of pus formed over it after a few days and when that popped I soaked my foot in skin-reddeningly hot water until the wound opened far enough for the sliver to sink from it and be gone.
ref: 2011, David Hancock, Jackalope Hunting, page 116:
glosses: While turning red.
trampings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tramping
crumblings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crumbling
cheatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of cheating
prayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praying
spurrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: banns of marriage
canadiano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canadianos
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Canadiano.
missings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of missing
burblings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burbling
candil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”).
disguisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disguising
maskings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masking
polyvagal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + vagal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a theory that specifies two functionally distinct branches of the vagus, or tenth cranial nerve: a primitive branch eliciting immobilization behaviors (e.g. feigning death) and a more evolved branch linked to social communication and self-soothing behaviors.
antimasking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + masking.
Senses: examples: text: The middle ear muscles, when contracted, serve an antimasking function by dampening the background noises and improving the ability of mammals to detect conspecific vocalizations.
ref: 2010, The Handbook of Life-Span Development, Social and Emotional Development:
glosses: Preventing or counteracting masking.
allospecifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From allospecific + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Between or across different species.
masquings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masquing
constrainings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of constraining
symbolizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symbolizing
mashings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mashing
revoltings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revolting
vannet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vannets
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A bearing representing a hingeless scallop shell.
slanderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slandering
imprintings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imprinting
judgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of judging
sinnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinning
doffings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doffing
brawlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brawling
endarkenment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endarken + -ment, or as a contrived opposite to enlightenment.
Senses: glosses: The act of endarkening, or making darker.
reassurings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reassuring
overshadowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overshadowing
hurrahings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hurrahing
underdisciplined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underdisciplined
form: most underdisciplined
Etymology: From under- + disciplined.
Senses: glosses: disciplined too little
overdisciplined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overdisciplined
form: most overdisciplined
Etymology: From over- + disciplined.
Senses: glosses: disciplined too much
buggerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buggering
hymnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hymning
dataspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dataspaces
Etymology: From data + space.
Senses: glosses: A collection of data that is less formally structured than a database.
dataspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dataspace
interlinkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interlinking
applaudings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of applauding
retreatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retreating
protestings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protesting
promisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promising
divulgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divulging
challengings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of challenging
Araboid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Araboids
Etymology: From Arab + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Arabid.
adjustings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒʌstɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of adjusting
subracial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + racial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to subraces.
thrummings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrumming
pukings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puking
menacings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menacing
bribings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪbɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of bribing
subornings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suborning
pinchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinching
tracheide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tracheides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tracheid.
surmisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surmising
contendings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contending
suggestings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suggesting
tootlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tootling