cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
in someone's shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I wouldn't personally repose much trust in that boon companion of yours who contributes the humorous element, Dr Mulligan, as a guide, philosopher and friend if I were in your shoes.
ref: Episode 16
glosses: in someone's situation.
raw_tags: used conditionally
Related terms: put oneself in someone's shoes
stand in someone's shoes
step into someone's shoes
know which side one's bread is buttered on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows which side one's bread is buttered on
form: knowing which side one's bread is buttered on
form: knew which side one's bread was buttered on
form: knew which side one's bread is buttered on
form: known which side one's bread was buttered on
form: known which side one's bread is buttered on
form: know on what side one's bread is buttered
form: know on which side one's bread is buttered
form: know what side one's bread is buttered on
form: know what side of one's bread is buttered
form: know what side of the bread is buttered
form: know which side of one's bread is buttered
form: know which side of the bread is buttered
Senses: examples: text: They are all stupid when they are not crafty, and very few of them are crafty. The only wise Republicans are the millionnaires and their conscious henchmen. They know which side their bread is buttered on, and they know why.
ref: 1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter XXIX, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC, page 258:
text: He knows which side his bread is buttered on through in all probability he never realised what it is to be without regular meals.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 576:
text: Many of them must have agreed in their hearts, and applauded his courage secretly. But their foolishness was of the world; they knew which side their bread is buttered on.
ref: 1955 November, “Mississippi Loses a Minister”, in Clair M. Cook, editor, Economic Justice […], volume XXIV, number 3, Columbus, Oh.: National Religion and Labor Foundation, →OCLC, page 5, column 2:
glosses: To be aware of where one's interests lie in a situation.
Related terms: butter one's bread on both sides
welfare hotel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: welfare hotels
Senses: glosses: A hotel where people receiving welfare can stay until permanent housing is found for them.
morning gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morning guns
Senses: examples: 1866 September 8, Carl Schurz, The Logical Results of the War, speech delivered at National Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this version recorded in 1913, Frederic Bancroft (editor), Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz, Volume I,
We have already heard the triumphant morning gun of Vermont, booming with increased volume. Far off San Francisco has merrily responded; old Maine in the North stands ready to send us a cheering echo, and all over the land our hosts are mustering with the inspiring confidence that to march on is to conquer.
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: evening gun
glosses: At military posts, a gun fired at the first note of reveille; the firing of this gun.
Related terms: starting gun
race-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: rac-
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Denoting a racemic mix or racemate of enantiomers.
Synonyms: DL-
Coordinate terms: dextro-
levo-
rac-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of race-; Denoting a racemic mix or racemate (before a vowel)
Synonyms: DL-
Coordinate terms: dex-
lev-
laevo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of levo-.
lævo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of levo-.
lævorotatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of levorotatory.
pocket battleship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket battleships
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any of a class of German cruisers, having guns normally found on a battleship, operated during World War II; a battlecruiser.
evening gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evening guns
Senses: examples: text: That life is not worth living the whole army of suicides declare,—an army whose roll-call, like the famous evening gun of the British army, follows the sun round the world and never terminates.
ref: 1897, William James, “Is Life Worth Living”, in The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: retreat gun
coordinate_terms: morning gun
glosses: The firing of a gun after the last note of the retreat, signalling the lowering of the flag at sunset; the gun thus fired.
Related terms: starting gun
taps
tattoo
revivor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈvaɪvə(ɹ)/
homophone: reviver
Forms: form: revivors
Senses: examples: text: There may be also a bill of revivor when the suit is abated by the death of any of the parties
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties.
examples: text: Where any enactment not repealed by this Act has been confirmed, revived or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such confirmation, revivor or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal.
ref: 1962 Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962 §2(2) Irish Statute Book, No. 29 of 1962
topics: law
glosses: revival into force of a statute which had previously been repealed
spot prize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spot prizes
Senses: glosses: a small prize given informally during an event such as a dinner dance.
siliquas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siliqua
stercorate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɜː(ɹ)kəɹət/
ipa: /ˈstɜː(ɹ)kəɹeɪt/
Senses: glosses: excrement; dung
stercorate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɜː(ɹ)kəɹət/
ipa: /ˈstɜː(ɹ)kəɹeɪt/
Forms: form: stercorates
form: stercorating
form: stercorated
form: stercorated
Senses: glosses: To manure, to apply manure to.
Related terms: stercoration
subvertor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subvertors
Senses: glosses: Someone who subverts
transmeate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transmeates
form: transmeating
form: transmeated
form: transmeated
Etymology: From Latin transmeatus, past participle of transmeare (“to pass across”), from trans (“across, over”) + meare (“to go”).
Senses: examples: text: “The transparency of the air, and of diaphanous bodies in general, is wholly inexplicable, if we suppose that a foreign body, emanating from a source of light, (for instance, the sun,) transmeates them; for this supposition would account for their ..."
ref: 1844, The Dublin University Magazine, page 289:
text: That the space consisting solely of actives of the fourth finite and enclosed by the ethereal volume, can transmeate the atmosphere with a perfectly free current;
ref: 1846, Emanuel Swedenborg, The Principia: Or, The First Principles of Natural Things, page 327:
text: Its consequence is that the above tissue permeability of the root only indicates intrability of the plasm, whereas deplasmolysis experiments show the transmeating of a substance. It is then the permeability of the tonoplast that renders a passive ...
ref: 1948, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde, Proceedings of the Section of Sciences, volume 51, part 1, page 27:
glosses: To pass over or beyond.
ice giant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice giants
Senses: examples: text: The drops became living by the power of him who had sent the wind ; and from them sprang Ymir, the ice-giant.
ref: 1832, Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, editors, Encyclopædia Americana; A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, volume 9, Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, page 317:
text: The three sons of Borr, Othin, Wili, and We, grandsons of Buri, the first man, slay Ymir, the father of the Hrimthursar or Ice giants, and his body serves them for the construction of the world.
ref: 1879, “The Deluge: Its Tradition in Ancient Nations”, in The Contemporary Review, volume 36, London: Strahan and Company Limited, translation of Le déluge et l'épopée babylonnienne by François Lenormant, page 484:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A frost giant.
examples: text: The fifth planet was an unknown, an ice giant in a drunken skewed orbit that took it from just inside the Jovian's orbit almost out to the sixth planet's.
ref: 1976, Larry Niven, “The House Divided”, in A World Out of Time, Holt Rinehart Winston, →ISBN, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021, page 38:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: ice giant planet
Neptunian planet
glosses: A giant planet composed mostly of astronomical ices (condensed forms of volatile compounds) including water, methane, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur, and smaller than a gas giant. (e.g. Neptune and Uranus)
Hypernyms: giant planet
Hyponyms: Neptune
Uranus
super-Neptune
sub-Neptune
Coordinate terms: carbide planet
carbon planet
silicate planet
silicon planet
terrestrial planet
major planet
Related terms: gas giant
minor planet
dwarf planet
giant planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant planets
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planets
glosses: A planet larger than a terrestrial planet, composed mostly of gases and astronomical ices.
Hypernyms: major planet
planet
Hyponyms: word: super-Jovian
word: super-Jupiter
word: sub-Jovian
word: sub-Jupiter
word: Jovian planet
word: gas giant
word: gas giant planet
word: super-Neptune
word: sub-Neptune
word: Neptunian planet
word: ice giant
word: ice giant planet
english: in the Solar System
translation: in the Solar System
word: outer planet
word: supergiant planet
word: superplanet
word: hypergiant planet
Coordinate terms: carbon planet
carbide planet
silicon planet
silicate planet
terrestrial planet
Related terms: dwarf planet
minor planet
silicon planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicon planets
Senses: glosses: a silicate planet
silicate planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicate planets
Senses: glosses: A terrestrial planet composed mostly of silicate minerals.
Synonyms: silicon planet
Hypernyms: terrestrial planet
major planet
planet
Coordinate terms: gas giant
ice giant
giant planet
Related terms: minor planet
dwarf planet
workabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workability
workshyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From workshy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being workshy.
Goddard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname of Norman origin, name of a 10th-11th-century German saint, from Old High German got (“God”) + harti,herti (“hard, strong”). Brought to England by Normans. Compare Gothard, Godard.
* As a French surname, variant of Gaudet.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fleming County, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, named after Robert H. Goddard.
coquaternionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + quaternionic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to coquaternions
coquaternion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coquaternions
Etymology: From co- + quaternion.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of elements of a type of four-dimensional vector space
Synonyms: split-quaternion
coquaternions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coquaternion
hyperfunctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperfunction
hyperfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperfunctions
Etymology: From hyper- + function.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalization of a function.
examples: text: Manifestations of disease may include hypofunction (such as constipation), hyperfunction (such as increased mucus production), or increased mechanical function (such as a seizure).
ref: 2011, Professional Guide to Pathophysiology, Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, page 2
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormally elevated function.
mononucleosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mononucleosome + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mononucleosomes
oligosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligosomes
Etymology: From oligo- + -some.
Senses: glosses: A nucleosome oligomer
Derived terms: oligosomal
trinucleosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trinucleosome
trinucleosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trinucleosomes
Etymology: From tri- + nucleosome.
Senses: glosses: An oligosome containing three nucleosomes
debarrass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈbæɹəs/
Forms: form: debarrasses
form: debarrassing
form: debarrassed
form: debarrassed
Etymology: French débarrasser
Senses: examples: text: Miss Gryce snored at last: […] I was debarrassed of interruption; my half-effaced thought instantly revived.
ref: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter X, in Jane Eyre, 1st edition, pages 156–157:
glosses: To disembarrass, disentangle, or free from.
debarrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debarrass
debarrassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of debarrass
debarrassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debarrass
coutere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: couteres
Senses: examples: text: In the Warwick Roll in the College of Arms are full-length figures of Richard and his queen, the former being in complete armour, the couteres or elbow-pieces being strongly pointed, and his tabard blazoned with the arms of Prance and England ; on his head is an arched crown, and in his right hand is placed a sceptre with florid apex.
ref: 1863, Journal of the British Archaeological Association - Volume 19, page 55:
text: The couteres, smaller on the right elbow, are enlarged by extra raised projections on the left.
ref: 1901, Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Proceedings, page 129:
text: About the 'thirties or earlier begin to appear armours having the left-hand pauldrons and couteres more massive than the right, which are less exposed and require more freedom of action in the use of sword, lance, etc.
ref: 1968, Francis Michael Kelly, Randolph Schwabe, A Short History of Costume & Armour: Chiefly in England:
glosses: Alternative form of couter.
glassify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glassifies
form: glassifying
form: glassified
form: glassified
Etymology: From glass + -ify.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vitrify: to convert a silica-bearing material to a glasslike substance by applying heat.
synonyms: word: vitrify
extra: to convert a silica-bearing material to a glasslike substance by applying heat
glosses: To the convert sand or soil of (a particular geographic area) to a glasslike state using the heat from a thermonuclear detonation.
glosses: To convert (radioactive waste) into a glasslike substance for long-term storage.
Related terms: glassification
dimethylpolysiloxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylpolysiloxanes
Senses: examples: text: The complaint says that a McDonald's nutritional brochure described the fish in its Filet-O-Fish as being "100% cod with a pinch of salt to taste after cooking". But a list of ingredients from by^([sic]) the company includes "modified corn starch, dextrose, cellulose gum, citric acid and an anti-foaming agent called dimethylpolysiloxane".
ref: 2003 February 21, David Teather, “‘McFrankenstein’ returns to haunt fast food chain in new court action”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: With the fries and McNuggets, we enter the polysyllabic realm of ingredients I don’t keep in my kitchen: mono- and diglycerides, tertiary butylhydroquinone, a number of phosphates, dimethylpolysiloxane.
ref: 2009 October 4, Pete Wells, “Happy-Meal Me”, in New York Times:
glosses: Polydimethylsiloxane.
Tanguy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tanguys
form: Tingay
Etymology: Borrowed from French Tanguy, itself from Breton Tangi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Breton].
Philibert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Philiberts
Etymology: Borrowed from French Philibert.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from French.
glosses: A surname from French.
delimitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of delimitate
delimitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of delimitate
delimitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delimitate
delimitator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delimitators
Etymology: From delimitate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, delimitates.
delimitators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delimitator
undelimitated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + delimitated.
Senses: glosses: Not delimitated.
exsuscitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: exsuscitates
form: exsuscitating
form: exsuscitated
form: exsuscitated
Etymology: From Latin exsuscitatus, past participle of exsuscitare; ex (“out”) + suscitare. See suscitate.
Senses: examples: text: our Lord would exsuscitate and renew the memory
ref: 1663, Cyprien de Gamaches, Heaven opened […] :
synonyms: word: exhilarate
word: animate
word: awaken
word: electrify
word: enflame
word: enkindle
word: enthrill
word: exagitate
word: excite
word: exhilarate
word: exsuscitate
word: fillip
word: fire
word: fire the blood
word: galvanize
word: gin up
word: ignite
word: inflame
word: intoxicate
word: kindle
word: quicken
word: rouse
word: send
word: set fire to
word: set on fire
word: sharpen
word: stir the blood
word: suscitate
word: thrill
word: vitalise
word: wake
word: warm the blood
word: whet
word: wind up
word: work up
word: yerk
glosses: To rouse; to excite.
thoriated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thoriate
thoriated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thoriated
form: most thoriated
Senses: glosses: Treated with thorium or thoria.
thoriate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thoriates
form: thoriating
form: thoriated
form: thoriated
Etymology: From thorium + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: One must thoriate the filament in order for it to be effective.
glosses: To add thorium or thorium oxide to (a substance) in order to increase its thermionic flow.
thoriates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thoriate
thoriating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thoriate
Fehling's solutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fehling's solution
harfangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harfang
enalapril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnæl.əˌpɹɪl/
Etymology: From (ph)en(yl) + ala(nine) + -pril (“angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure.
Derived terms: enalapril maleate
overbitter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overbitter
form: most overbitter
Etymology: From over- + bitter.
Senses: glosses: Excessively bitter.
Derived terms: overbitterly
overwhelmedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overwhelmed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being overwhelmed.
overwhelmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overwhelmers
Etymology: From overwhelm + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who overwhelms.
overwhelmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overwhelmer
piercingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From piercing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being piercing.
pierglasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pierglass
fatigate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfætɪɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈfætɪɡət/
Forms: form: fatigates
form: fatigating
form: fatigated
form: fatigated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fatīgātus, perfect passive participle of fatīgō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: But Fabius being painful in pursuing Annibal from place to place, awaiting to have him at advantage, at the last did so fatigate him and his host
ref: 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
glosses: To weary; to tire; to fatigue.
fatigate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfætɪɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈfætɪɡət/
Forms: form: more fatigate
form: most fatigate
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fatīgātus, perfect passive participle of fatīgō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: he suffre nat the childe to be fatigate with continuall studie or lernyng
ref: 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
text: Requickened what in flesh was fatigate.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
text: The young Englishman […] never fatigate, nor despondent, nor overthrown by any demand.
ref: 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 68:
glosses: Wearied; tired; fatigued.
common glow-worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common glow-worm
stink eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stink eyes
form: stink-eye
form: stinkeye
Senses: examples: text: Miss Mae gave me the stink eye, just on general principle, when I came into the kitchen. She was so good at the stink eye that even if you hadn't done something wrong, you felt like you did.
ref: 2008, Michael Harmon, The Last Exit to Normal, page 35:
text: "Stink eye" is a Hawaiian pidgin expression for a disapproving glance, a mean or dirty look.
ref: 2015, John H. Elliot, Beware the Evil Eye Volume 1, page 24:
synonyms: word: dirty look
word: evil eye
word: shit eye
word: stank eye
word: malocchio
glosses: An unpleasant look (as in a gaze).
promulgatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more promulgatory
form: most promulgatory
Etymology: From promulgate + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: Their thought and passion create rhythms that shall not disguise, but reveal them in absolute nakedness ; nay, more, that shall set them in the most promulgatory light.
ref: 1912, William Norman Guthrie, The vital study of literature, and other essays:
glosses: Pertaining to promulgation.
examples: 2000, Hans Kelsen, The Law of the United Nations: a critical analysis of its fundamental problems, London Institute of World Affairs,
It has been pointed out in another chapter of this study that this formula has the same character as the so-called promulgatory clauses used in statutes to testify that the statute has been issued in conformity with the Constitution; and that in treaties promulgatory clauses, that is to say, clauses that declare that the rules laid down in the treaty have been created by an agreement of states, are superfluous.
glosses: That proclaims; declaratory.
common glowworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common glowworms
Senses: glosses: A wingless larviform female of the European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca, which glows in the dark due to bioluminescence.
hydriae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydria
hydrias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydria
SPG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Anglicanism
glosses: Initialism of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
SPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPGs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of self-propelled gun.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of salt, (black) pepper, and garlic.
glosses: Initialism of sarong party girl.
topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: Initialism of submersible pressure gauge.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Initialism of strong parental guidance.
Related terms: gun motor carriage
turnon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turnons
Etymology: Deverbal from turn on.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of turn-on.
Synonyms: word: turnon
Hyponyms: word: fetish
Related terms: word: fixation
word: soft spot
word: weakness
word: amulet
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Das Reich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Das Reich / Das Reich.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The 2nd SS Division.
qualifier: historical and pseudohistorical fiction
glosses: The Third Reich.
tinea pedis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: athlete’s foot
Wiking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wikings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Viking.
Wiking
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The 5th SS division in Nazi Germany.
scrubeenie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrubeenies
Senses: examples: text: While Jason Blake continued his goal-popping ways with a brace in the third, only 19 seconds apart, a clutch of other Leafs proved mettle: Vesa Toskala, so shaky to start, settled down and denied Pittsburgh anything after the 8:34 point of the game; scrubeenie defenceman Luke Schenn recovered from an unfortunate bounce off his skate that Matt Cooke converted into Pittsburgh's first goal; and Matt Stajan re-established favour with his bench boss, mounting a solid performance topped off by a goal and an assist.
ref: 2009 February 15, Rosie DiManno, “Antropov answers Burke's call”, in Toronto Star:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: substitute
bingtuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mandarin 兵团 (bīngtuán, “army unit, army formation”).
Senses: examples: text: The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the state enterprise that runs the bingtuan, the vast farms set up in the 1950s and afterward by the People’s Liberation Army to help populate the frontier region, reported a drop in the number of migrants going to Xinjiang after the July riots.
ref: 2009 August 22, Edward Wong, “Workers Return to Restive China Region”, in New York Times:
glosses: In China, a construction and corporation composed of soldiers, especially working-class ones.
runscorer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runscorers
Etymology: From run + scorer.
Senses: examples: text: South Africa's leading runscorer Jacques Kallis, who captained the side for one Test against Australia in Johannesburg three years ago, will be skipper in Cape Town.
ref: 2009 March 13, AAP, “Aussies relax amid Proteas' captain chaos”, in Herald Sun:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone who scores runs.
postdraft
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + draft.
Senses: examples: text: A large contingent  many wearing jerseys with Casspi’s name spelled in Hebrew  turned out for a postdraft rally.
ref: 2009 July 19, Howard Beck, “From Israel to the N.B.A., Missing the Hummus”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: happening after a draft.
jabberfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jabberfests
Etymology: From jabber + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: During the last decade, with the proliferation of Web news and 24/7 cable jabberfests, the old ratio of news supply to demand was upended.
ref: 2009 August 9, Kurt Andersen, “Pop Culture in the Age of Obama”, in New York Times:
glosses: A period of time where people indulge in mindless conversation.
operettic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From operetta + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: For the campy, operettic purposes of Little Mary Sunshine indubitably.
ref: 2007 December 23, Liesl Schillinger, “Sleeping With the Enemy”, in New York Times:
glosses: of or relating to an operetta
binoculared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From binocular + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Sporting binoculars
perspirate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perspirate
form: most perspirate
Senses: examples: 1967, Transatlantic Review, Issues 26-29,
Terse and perspirate, Murphy's wife takes a swipe at the pistol, but Michael moves out of her reach, and keeping it trained on the back of his father's skull, he repeats his question: Why don't you come back daddy?
glosses: Sweaty; moist with perspiration.
perspirate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: perspirates
form: perspirating
form: perspirated
form: perspirated
Senses: examples: text: The sun bursts out in furious blaze, / I perspirate from head to heel ; / I'd like to hire a one-horse chaise — / How can I, without cash at Lille ?
ref: 1883, William Makepeace Thackeray, The complete poems of W.M. Thackeray:
text: 1886, Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye, Remarks,
"So we stood Brown up agin a tree and poured hot ashes down his back till he begun to fit his cloze pretty quick, and then we laid him down in the tent and covered him up with everything we had in our humble cot. Everything worked well till he begun to perspirate, and then there was music, and don't you forget it. That kind of soaked the ashes, don't you see, and made a lye that would take the peelin' off a telegraph pole.
glosses: To perspire; to sweat.
Derived terms: perspiratory
cesarevitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cesarevitch
pan bagnat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan bagnats
Etymology: Occitan pan (“bread”) + banhat (“wet”), past participle of banhar.
Senses: glosses: A sandwich originating in southern France, composed of Niçoise salad in a circular bun.
runscorers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runscorer
metretae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metrete
slumdog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slumdogs
Etymology: From slum + dog; first appeared in the 2008 British romantic comedy film Slumdog Millionaire.
Senses: examples: text: Priya, 17, has chosen to be a slumdog, and her life reads like a film script.
ref: 2009 January 10, Randeep Ramesh, “For India's real slumdogs, dream of a better life is not just something in the movies”, in The Guardian:
text: "I am poor, but don't call me slumdog," said Rekha Dhamji, 18.
ref: 2009 January 23, “Protesters demand Slumdog name change”, in Toronto Star:
text: “India is not really about ‘Slumdog Millionaire.’ It’s about slumdogs versus millionaires, and that’s what you’re seeing in Delhi now.”
ref: 2010 September 28, The Associated Press, “Delhi Hides Workers and Beggars as Games Near”, in New York Times:
text: This trope appeals to audiences and award juries alike, while avoiding the obvious issue that there’s a lot of slumdogs who will never become millionaires.
ref: 2010 December 9, Sarah Boslaugh, “Review:Waste Land (Arthouse Films, NR)”, in Play by Play, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2010:
glosses: A person who lives in the slums of cities.
wikipedia: Slumdog Millionaire
immobilisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immobilisation
indicatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indicative
black olive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black olives
Senses: glosses: An olive picked after it has ripened; as opposed to a green olive which is picked before ripening.
glosses: Terminalia buceras, a tree of the Caribbean.
green olive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green olives
Senses: glosses: An olive picked before it has ripened; as opposed to a black olive which is picked after ripening.
palmites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palmite
palmite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmites
Etymology: From Spanish and Portuguese palmito. Doublet of palmetto and palmito.
Senses: synonyms: palmiet
palmite rush
glosses: Ellipsis of palmite rush (Prionium serratum), a robust evergreen semiaquatic flowering plant of southern Africa.
slumdogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slumdog
jabberfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jabberfest
turnons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turnon
parts company
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of part company
black olives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black olive
green olives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green olive
perspiratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪɹətəɹi
-aɪɹətɔːɹi
Forms: form: more perspiratory
form: most perspiratory
Etymology: From perspirate + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: The perspiratory glands of the skin are scattered everywhere throughout the integument, being most abundant on the anterior portions of the body.
ref: 1859, John Call Dalton, A Treatise on Human Physiology:
text: The true skin is highly sensitive, being supplied with countless nerve-fibres and endings. It is also highly vascular, being supplied by those innumerable tiny blood-vessels called capillaries, though they are far finer than any hair, of which I spoke just now. It contains the perspiratory or sweat-glands, the sebaceous or oil-glands, and the roots of the hair, which are fed by the latter.
ref: 1885, Ada Sarah Ballin, The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice:
glosses: Of or pertaining to perspiration.
World Cup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: World Cups
head_nr: 1
form: Men's Cricket World Cup and Women's Cricket World Cup
head_nr: 2
Senses: examples: text: Newark: LNER temporarily changed the name of Northgate station to Newark Southgate, to honour England's World Cup manager Gareth Southgate.
ref: 2022 December 14, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Eastern”, in RAIL, number 972, page 24:
head_nr: 2
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of world cup, usually used as part of a proper noun, e.g. the Beer Pong World Cup or World Cup of Freckle Counting.
wikipedia: FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA World Cup
Men's Cricket World Cup
Women's Cricket World Cup
World Cups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of World Cup
world cups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of world cup
chaolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chao- + -lite.
Senses: glosses: An allotrope of carbon (an extended polyyne) believed to form in meteorite impacts.
piscinae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piscina
protestator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protestators
Etymology: Compare French protestateur.
Senses: glosses: Someone who makes protests; a protester.
Chinyanja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Chichewa.
synonyms: word: Chichewa
choir boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choir boys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of choirboy.
choir boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choir boy
chocolate cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocolate cakes
Senses: glosses: A cake flavored with melted chocolate or chocolate powder.
Hyponyms: chocolate nemesis
devil's food cake
Derived terms: German chocolate cake
chocolate cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chocolate cake
reed bunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reed buntings
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird, Emberiza schoeniclus, sparrow-sized but slim and with a long, deeply notched tail.
Derived terms: common reed bunting
reed buntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reed bunting
ipsative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɪpsətɪv/
Etymology: From Latin ipse (“of the self”).
Senses: examples: text: Myers-Briggs uses ipsative measures, whereas the Five-Factor Model uses normative measures.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Denoting a measure that forces a person to choose among multiple desirable options.
topics: education
glosses: Comparing a measure of a person against that person’s previous assessments.
Derived terms: ipsatively
ipsatize
nonipsative
sitient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sitiēns (“thirsting, thirsty”).
Senses: examples: text: So that (as I apprehend) theſe Famelick, Eſurient, and Sitient Spirits are not the Ferments product of Concoction in the Ventricle, but only incentives, ordained by nature to render us deſirous of Aliment, to repair the decaying frame of our Body.
ref: 1685, Samuel Collins, “Of the Serous Ferment of the Stomach”, in A Systeme Of Anatomy, Treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects, and Plants. […], volumes I (Containing the Parts of the Lowest Apartiment of the Body of Man and Other Animals, &c.), in the Savoy [London]: Printed by Thomas Newcomb, →OCLC, book I, 2nd part (Of the Three Appartiments of Mans Body, […]), page 306:
text: Oh, Christopher rheumatism doth not seem to have made thee less esurient or sitient, when the hospitality of Glasgow, or of other gormandizing and boozing places, is within thy reach.
ref: 1820 December, letter from Leighton Buzzard to Christopher North, published in 1821 January, Semihorae Biographicae No. III, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 8, page 358
glosses: Thirsty.
sudarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌs(j)uːˈdɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌsuˈdɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: sudaria
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sudarium. Doublet of sudary.
Senses: examples: text: […] Watt, faithful to his rule, took no more notice of this aggression than if it had been an accident. This he found was the wisest attitude, to staunch, if necessary, inconspicuously, with the little red sudarium that he always carried in his pocket, the flow of blood, to pick up what had fallen, and to continue, as soon as possible, on his way, or in his station, like a victim of mere mischance.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
text: This cloth, known as the Veronica or the vera icon, was kept in St. Peter's in Rome, where its presence is documented with some certainty from the mid-twelfth century onward. At first, however, the existence of the Veronica was recorded not as an image but as a textile, a sudarium.
ref: 2012, David Engel, Studies in Medieval Jewish Intellectual and Social History:
text: Most interestingly, scientific analysis has shown that the stains of the sudarium match those on the head portion of the Shroud, a notion first suggested by Monsignor Ricci in 1965.
ref: 2016, J. Douglas Kenyon, Missing Connections: Challenging the Consensus, page 154:
glosses: A napkin or handkerchief.
Synonyms: sudary
sudaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sudarium
so long, and thanks for all the fish
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: so long and thanks for all the fish
Etymology: From the title of a comic novel by Douglas Adams in 1984, in which it is the last message left by dolphins for humankind before escaping a doomed Earth.
Senses: examples: text: When it was at last time to push off, he and his companion shook our hands and wished us luck, and by way of saying so long and thanks for all the fish, I gave each of them the postcards we'd had printed back in the UK
ref: 2005, Paul Grogan, Barbed Wire & Babushaks: A River Odyssey Across Siberia, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 48:
text: […] Templates” badge, which you can request by mailing a self-addressed stamped envelope filled with 100 dollar bills to me directly. Please allow 52-104 weeks for processing and delivery. That's all there is. So long and thanks for all the fish.
ref: 2007, Zac Woodall, The Rational Guide to Microsoft Office Access 2007 Templates, Rollinsford, NH: Mann Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 247:
text: I pursed my lips and blew a kiss out into the New York air to mingle with the cab fumes. 'So long, and thanks for all the fish, beautiful, beautiful New York.'
ref: 2008, Bella Vendramini, Biting the Big Apple, Sydney, N.S.W.: Hachette Livre Australia, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 314:
text: I lived my life, people, and I expect you to live yours. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
ref: 2013, Chris Kluwe, Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies: On Myths, Morons, Free Speech, Football, and Assorted Absurdities, New York: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252:
text: So long and thanks for all the fish (I don't even know what that means but I heard it somewhere once and it feels right). Yours sincerely, Tuesday Cooper
ref: 2015, Elanor Wood, My Secret Rockstar Boyfriend, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 266:
glosses: Goodbye, farewell.
wikipedia: Douglas Adams
gun-brig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun-brigs
Etymology: From gun + brig.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small two-masted vessel during the Age of Sail, typically carrying 12 guns, comprising two long guns in the chase position and ten carronades on the broadsides.
gun-brigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun-brig
catechizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catechizers
form: catechiser
Etymology: From catechize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who catechizes.
tetragram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĕ′-trə-grăm'
ipa: /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌɡɹæm/
Forms: form: tetragrams
form: tetragramme
Etymology: From tetra- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A group of four letters.
glosses: In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice. Each sequence is interpreted as an element of the sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (⚋ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (𝌀 for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.
Synonyms: tetragraph
Coordinate terms: monogram
digram
trigram
hexagram
Related terms: word: 𝌆
word: 𝌇
word: 𝌈
word: 𝌉
word: 𝌊
word: 𝌋
word: 𝌌
word: 𝌍
word: 𝌎
word: 𝌏
word: 𝌐
word: 𝌑
word: 𝌒
word: 𝌓
word: 𝌔
word: 𝌕
word: 𝌖
word: 𝌗
word: 𝌘
word: 𝌙
word: 𝌚
word: 𝌛
word: 𝌜
word: 𝌝
word: 𝌞
word: 𝌟
word: 𝌠
word: 𝌡
word: 𝌢
word: 𝌣
word: 𝌤
word: 𝌥
word: 𝌦
word: 𝌧
word: 𝌨
word: 𝌩
word: 𝌪
word: 𝌫
word: 𝌬
word: 𝌭
word: 𝌮
word: 𝌯
word: 𝌰
word: 𝌱
word: 𝌲
word: 𝌳
word: 𝌴
word: 𝌵
word: 𝌶
word: 𝌷
word: 𝌸
word: 𝌹
word: 𝌺
word: 𝌻
word: 𝌼
word: 𝌽
word: 𝌾
word: 𝌿
word: 𝍀
word: 𝍁
word: 𝍂
word: 𝍃
word: 𝍄
word: 𝍅
word: 𝍆
word: 𝍇
word: 𝍈
word: 𝍉
word: 𝍊
word: 𝍋
word: 𝍌
word: 𝍍
word: 𝍎
word: 𝍏
word: 𝍐
word: 𝍑
word: 𝍒
word: 𝍓
word: 𝍔
word: 𝍕
word: 𝍖
tetragrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetragram
batanopride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiemetic benzamide drug.
interception tries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interception try
hyperslice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperslices
Etymology: From hyper- + slice.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A set of concerns in aspect-oriented programming.
hyperslices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperslice
cardiofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From cardio- + facial.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: describing a syndrome
glosses: Exhibiting both facial and cardiac defects.
Derived terms: Cayler cardiofacial syndrome
Related terms: cardiofaciocutaneous
velocardiofacial
hypersomnias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypersomnia
poor man's copyright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of mailing a sealed, dated copy of one's work to oneself as a proof of copyright ownership, rather than registering the work with a copyright office.
designerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From designer + -less.
Senses: examples: text: While Wilson and Dawkins maybe^([sic]) the favorite examples of the devil incarnate for those who would not accept the designerless universe they depict, it is their perspective that lies at the foundation of most modern professions.
ref: 2001, Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo, Portraits of human behavior and performance: the human factor in action, page 60:
text: The style of no style has to look designerless. No self to express, no showy demonstration of technical craft or expertise.
ref: 2003, Rudy VanderLans, Rant, page 66:
glosses: Without a designer.
headfuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headfucks
Etymology: From head + fuck.
Senses: glosses: Anything confusing that interferes with the usual functioning of the brain.
Synonyms: word: brainfuck
word: mindfuck
word: mindscrew
Derived terms: headfuckery
skipathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skipathons
Etymology: From skip + -athon.
Senses: examples: text: In 2006 a mass skipathon had 7632 children skipping continuously for three minutes at 85 locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
ref: 2009, Adam Hart-Davis, Stringlopedia, page 51:
glosses: A charity event in which participants jump rope.
skipathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skipathon
antibiotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antibiotic + -ally.
Senses: examples: an antibiotically active compound
glosses: In terms of antibiotic effect.
examples: antibiotically treated rats
glosses: By means of antibiotics.
headfucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headfuck
keirins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keirin
Cowardesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cowardesque
form: most Cowardesque
Etymology: From Coward + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of Noel Coward (1889-1973), English playwright and actor, or his works, characterized by flamboyant wit.
nonfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + feed.
Senses: examples: text: In the United States, nonfood and nonfeed uses of field crops account for only 10 to 20% of the total value of field crops.
ref: 2003, Maarten J. Chrispeels, David E. Sadava, Plants, genes, and crop biotechnology, page 502:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to animal feed.