cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
heteronormalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕ'tərōnôʹməlīz
ipa: /ˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːməlaɪz/
Forms: form: heteronormalizes
form: heteronormalizing
form: heteronormalized
form: heteronormalized
Etymology: From hetero- + normalize, on the pattern of heteronormative and heteronormativity.
Senses: examples: text: As dismayed as I am with Jenks’s editing, it is not, of course, fair to say that he completely heteronormalized Hemingway’s text[.]
ref: 1999, Debra Moddelmog, Reading Desire: In Pursuit of Ernest Hemingway, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 88:
text: That modernist efforts to heteronormalize Iranian society have not focused on the production of the homosexual as a type has had significant repercussions on yet another level.
ref: 2004, Joan Wallach Scott, Debra Keates, Going Public: Feminism and the Shifting Boundaries of the Private Sphere, illustrated edition, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 58, →ISBN:
text: Heterosocial European cultural practices, in other words, heteronormalized Iranian men’s sensibilities.
ref: 2005, Afsaneh Najmabadi, Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity, illustrated edition, annotated; University of California Press, →ISBN, page 54, →ISBN:
text: Kearney reveals not only how riot grrrls became exoticized as young sexy “punkettes,” commodifying their surface appearances, but also how they are repeatedly heteronormalized as straight girls.
ref: 2007, April: Susan Driver, Queer Girls and Popular Culture: Reading, Resisting, and Creating Media, page 209 (illustrated edition; Peter Lang; →ISBN, 9780820479361)
text: In other words, he ontologizes the symbolic and heteronormalizes us.
ref: 2007, September: Mark Bevir, Jill Hargis, and Sara Rushing, Histories of Postmodernism, page 245 (Routledge; →ISBN, 9780415956130)
glosses: To alter so as to be consistent with heteronormativity; render heteronormative.
Demir Kapija
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in southeastern North Macedonia.
Demir Hisar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in southwestern North Macedonia.
glosses: A region in southwestern North Macedonia.
heteronormalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heteronormalize
heteronormalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heteronormalize
Kratovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in northeastern North Macedonia.
Kriva Palanka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in northeastern North Macedonia.
Kruševo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the western-central part of the Republic of North Macedonia.
Makedonski Brod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in western North Macedonia.
Makedonska Kamenica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in eastern North Macedonia.
Negotino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Macedonian Неготино (Negotino).
Senses: glosses: A city in the central south-eastern part of North Macedonia.
Pehčevo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in eastern North Macedonia.
Probištip
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in northeastern North Macedonia.
Sea of Marmara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sea of Marmara
Etymology: Marmara is named after Marmara Island, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).
Senses: glosses: A deep inland sea in north-western Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles.
wikipedia: Marmara Island
Synonyms: Marmara
Propontis
Radoviš
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in southeast Macedonia.
glosses: A city and seat of the municipality.
Resen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in southwestern North Macedonia.
Struga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in southwestern North Macedonia.
Related terms: Black Drin
Sveti Nikole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in the central part of North Macedonia.
adjectivality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adjectival + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: An adjective leave an adjectival trace, […] So if <e> is complement of wax in (66), <e> would have to share the adjectivality of wroth.
ref: 2006, Andrew Rosta, edited by Kensei Sugayama and Richard A. Hudson, Word Grammar: New Perspectives on a Theory of Language Structure, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 189:
glosses: The state or condition of being adjectival.
Related terms: adjectival
adjective
adjectivity
adjectivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjectival
election of remedies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elections of remedies
Senses: examples: text: A defendant has been found liable for taking a plaintiff's car; the plaintiff has an election of remedies between forcing the defendant to return the property, or forcing the defendant to pay the value of the property.
topics: law
glosses: The situation of a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit having multiple options from which to choose as to how the defendant's wrong may be righted.
elections of remedies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of election of remedies
toke tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təʊk tuːb/
Forms: form: toke tubes
Etymology: * From the words toke (“to inhale from a marijuana cigarette”) and tube (“a cylinder”).
Senses: glosses: A marijuana cigarette.
Synonyms: doobie
joint
reefer
toke tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toke tube
doobies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doobie
glosses: plural of dooby
private sectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of private sector
registrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: registrators
Etymology: From Middle Latin, from registro (cognate with registrarius), from registrum 'register', an alteration of Late Latin regesta "list, matters recorded," from the neuter plural of regestus, the past participle of regerere "to record, literally to carry back", itself from re- "back" + gerere "carry, bear".
Senses: glosses: A registrar or registrant, person or device which registers data
Related terms: register
registrar
registration
registry
ropiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ropy: most ropy
ropier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊpiəɹ/
rhymes: -əʊpiə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ropy: more ropy
glosses: comparative form of ropey: more ropey
this morning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ðɪs ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/
/ðəs ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: This morning is the first of the work week.
text: I came in late this morning.
glosses: The morning of today
Related terms: this afternoon
tonight
lemuroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliː.mə(ɹ)ˌɔɪd/
Forms: form: more lemuroid
form: most lemuroid
Etymology: From lemur + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: A few recent discoveries, however, expand the temporal range of both lemuroid and lorisoid primates back to the early Tertiary.
ref: 2006, Kenneth David Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, →ISBN, page 186:
text: The lemuroid dentition is also closely similar to that of the greater glider in having a greater number of cutting edges on the upper molars compared with the common ringtail.
ref: 1999, Ian D. Hume, Marsupial nutrition, →ISBN, page 195:
text: 1. In the Paleocene we find remains of small animals intermediate between the tree-shrews and the lemurs, and at the end of the Paleocene the first true Primates, small lemuroid forms.
ref: 1980, William Diller Matthew, Stephen J. Gould, “Lemurs Monkeys Apes and Man”, in Stephen J. Gould, editor, Outline and general principles of the history of life, →ISBN, page 222:
glosses: Of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs)
glosses: Resembling a lemur.
Synonyms: lemuridous
lemurine
lemuroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliː.mə(ɹ)ˌɔɪd/
Forms: form: lemuroids
Etymology: From lemur + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: In M. laniger the canine and most anterior premolar are more equal than in any other Lermuroid, or indeed than in any other Primate except Man.
ref: 1832, Zoological society of London, “Mr. St. George Mivart On Microrhynchus.”, in Proceedings of the Zoological society of London (1832), page 155:
text: Supernumary or vestigal mammae may occur anywhere along the mammary line extinding from axilla to groin. Among lemuroids, however (cf. Shultz 1948), usually one but frequently up to three well-developed mammary pairs are pectoral (including axial), one pair abdominal and one or two pairs inguinal.
ref: 1977, Philip Hershkovitz, “4 Some Descriptive, Diagnostic, Quasi-diagnostic, and Primitive Mammalian Characters of Living Primates”, in Living New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) - with an introduction to Primates, volume 1, →ISBN, Mammae, page 18:
text: At a meeting of the Royal Society held on June 15, 1893, C.I. Forsyth Major descirbed the skull of an extinct Malagasy primate, the first to come to scientific attention (Major, 1894). Since that time, the subfossil remains of some six genera and 12 species of extinct lemuroids have been recovered in Madagascar, many of them represented by quite abundant material.
ref: 1987, Russell L. Ciochon, John G. Fleagle, “10 Notes on the Cranial Anatomy of the Subfossil Malagasy Lemurs”, in Primate evolution and human origins, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: A member of the Lemuroidea superfamily of strepsirrhine primates, including lemurs
glosses: An animal that has the appearance or characteristics of a lemur
lemuroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lemuroid
public authorities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public authority
public authorities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The whole of such public authorities, the governmental administration in the widest sense
Synonyms: word: the authorities
public authority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public authorities
Senses: glosses: Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.
glosses: In a wider sense also various chartered organisations holding their authority from the above without being run by public officials
photoceramic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoceramics
Etymology: From photo- + ceramic.
Senses: examples: text: When handled properly, photoceramics are incredibly sturdy. […] If you need to clean a photoceramic, you should use water and a soft cloth.
ref: 2021 February 2, Brynn, “What Are Photoceramic Portraits?”, in Coyle Studios:
glosses: A photograph reproduced upon a ceramic surface.
photoceramic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + ceramic.
Senses: examples: text: Prior to the photoceramic portrait, miniature paintings were all the rage.
ref: 2021 February 2, Brynn, “What Are Photoceramic Portraits?”, in Coyle Studios:
glosses: Of or relating to photoceramics.
public life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: life; daily life, real life
text: Meronym: work life
text: He was a native of Hua-t’ing, Kiangsu Province, and was director of education at K’un-shan, but retired on account of his dislike of public life.
ref: 1927, John C. Ferguson, Chinese Painting, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 148:
antonyms: personal life
private life
;
dream life
nightlife
love life
sex life
glosses: The aspects of social life which occur in public, in the open, as opposed to more private social interaction within families, private clubs, etc.
glosses: Politics, as in the profession of being a politician or political activism in general.
baptismal name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baptismal names
Senses: examples: text: 1685, Charles Cotton (translator), Essays of Michael, Seigneur de Montaigne, London: T. Basset et al., Volume 1, “Of Names,” pp. 538-539,
Will not Posterity say, that our Modern Reformation has been wonderfully exact, in having […] proceeded so far, as to quarrel with the Ancient Baptismal Names of Charles, Lewis, and Francis, to fill the World with Methusalems, Ezekiels, and Malachies, of a more Scriptural sound?
text: A custom had generally obtained, of giving a new name, upon adopting a new member into a family. […] In imitation of this common practice, the old christians gave baptismal names to their children, which were intended to point out their heavenly adoption, as their surnames distinguished their temporal alliance.
ref: 1779, William Gilpin, Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England, London: R. Blamire, Volume 1, Lecture 1, p. 9:
text: “John Walter Ardworth, commonly called Walter; he, like me, preferred to be known only by his second baptismal name. […]”
ref: 1846, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter 6, in Lucretia, volume 2, London: Saunders and Otley, page 234:
text: they had been lovers—if you could give that name to a relationship in which she had never used his baptismal name
ref: 1940, Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory, London: Heinemann, Part 2, Chapter 1, p. 85:
glosses: A name given at baptism (christening).
Synonyms: baptismal
Christian name
saint's name
Hypernyms: given name
first name
calling name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calling names
Senses: topics: communication
communications
glosses: The name associated with the telephone number or similar identifier of a caller.
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The name by which a person is normally identified in conversation.
Related terms: CNAP
name-calling
caller ID
girl's name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girls' names
Senses: glosses: A given name for a girl.
Related terms: maiden name
boy's name
boy's name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boys' names
Senses: glosses: A given name to a young male person or boy.
Related terms: girl's name
fele
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: feel
form: feele
form: fell
Etymology: From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”).
Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full, few.
Senses: examples: text: For they bring in the substance of the Beere / That they drinken feele too good chepe, not dere.
ref: 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
glosses: greatly, much, very
fele
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: feler
form: felest
form: feel
form: feele
form: fell
Etymology: From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”).
Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full, few.
Senses: examples: text: This cruel monstre, […] Infect with fell venoum;
ref: 1513, Gavin Douglas, Eneados:
text: So fele shippes this yere there ware / That moch losse for vnfreyght they bare.
So fele ships this year there were / that much loss for unfreight they bore.
glosses: much; many.
Derived terms: word: feelefold
english: the majority
translation: the majority
word: the felest
word: most
fele
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: feel
form: feele
form: fell
Etymology: From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”).
Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full, few.
Senses: glosses: many (of).
public-relations
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: public relations, with a hyphen added to change a noun phrase into an adjective phrase
Senses: examples: text: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
ref: 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
glosses: public relations (in attributive use)
Moneygeddon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mŭ'nēgĕʹdən
ipa: /ˌmʌniːˈɡɛdən/
Etymology: Coined by Danielle Ward and a public-relations think-tank for the first episode of the first series of Newswipe with Charlie Brooker, first televised on Wednesday 25 March in 2009 on BBC Four: money + -geddon, from Armageddon (“the end of the world”).
Senses: examples: 2009: “Graham Thurlwell”, alt.tv.farscape (Google group): Crisis – what crisis?, the 22ⁿᵈ day of May at 9:55pm
Meanwhile, The Minister For Women and Equality is busy banging on about how there aren’t enough women in the City and HMG should force companies to hire more women at the highest level because women wouldn’t have brought about Moneygeddon – no, honest they wouldn’t.
glosses: The late-2000s world economic recession.
wikipedia: BBC Four
Danielle Ward
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker
hateworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪtˌwɜːði/
ipa: /ˈheɪtˌwɝði/
Forms: form: more hateworthy
form: most hateworthy
Etymology: From hate + -worthy.
Senses: glosses: Worthy of being hated, detestable, despicable.
may the Force be with you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: may the force be with you
Etymology: From the Star Wars film franchise, in which "the Force" is an omnipresent energy that can influence events and may be harnessed by gifted individuals.
Senses: examples: text: What thoughts are you sending into the universe? Are they seeking the results you want, or are they attracting the things you don’t? The mental sharks will be drawn to you as surely as the results you desire. To be certain, be aware of the messages you are sending, and may the Force be with you, whatever you conceive it to be!
ref: 2007, Layton Park, Get Out of Your Way: Unlocking the Power of Your Mind to Get What You Want, 1st edition, Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87:
glosses: Used to wish someone luck with a difficult endeavor.
Synonyms: sense: good luck
word: MTFBWY
sense: good luck
word: God be with you
sense: good luck
word: good luck
sense: good luck
word: lots of luck
sense: good luck
word: lotsa luck
Derived terms: may the Force be without you
may the Force not be with you
May the Fourth be with you
Related terms: Star Wars Day
Lyrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.ɹɪd/
/ˈlɪɹ.ɪd/
Forms: form: Lyrids
Etymology: From Lyra + -id.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A shooting star or meteor observed as originating from the constellation Lyra, and belonging to the meteor shower seen each April.
Sabellianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sabellian + -ism, after Sabellius.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A Christian belief which holds that God the Father and God the Son are one and the same, the latter often being termed Patripassianism in that it implies God the Father personally suffered on the Cross.
wikipedia: Sabellius
Sabellic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin Sabellus + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sabellian.
synonyms: word: Sabellian
Derived terms: Proto-Sabellic
in order that
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: In order that I wouldn’t be late I had to hurry.
text: I am always trying new recipes, in order that I may become a better cook.
text: I’m sending the parcel express in order that he gets it before the weekend.
glosses: So that; used to indicate purpose
Related terms: in order to
social capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If [the individual] comes into contact with his neighbor, and they with other neighbors, there will be accumulation of social capital, which may immediately satisfy his social needs and which may bear a social potentiality sufficient to the substantial improvement of living conditions in the whole community.
ref: 1916, L.J. Hanifan, “The rural school community center”, in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 67: 130:
glosses: The goodwill, sympathy, and connections created by social interaction within and between social networks.
glosses: The value created by social relationships, with expected returns in the marketplace.
Balkan Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Balkan Peninsula
Senses: synonyms: Balkans
glosses: A geographic region and large peninsula in southeastern Europe, surrounded by water on three sides: the Adriatic Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea (including the Ionian and Aegean Seas) to the south and the Black Sea to the east. Its northern boundary is often given as the Danube, Sava and Kupa rivers.
soft spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft spot
law of the tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: How close the Psalmist came to the proper law of the tongue when he exclaimed: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord"
ref: 1922, Louis Albert Banks, The new ten commandments, and other sermons, page 16:
glosses: Appropriate control of one's words.
transactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transactive
form: most transactive
Senses: examples: text: In a smart energy network linked by a new transactive network, such niches could be discovered and filled.
glosses: Of or pertaining to exchanging or trading.
Derived terms: transactivity
pelurious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pelurious
form: most pelurious
Etymology: Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce in his novel Ulysses. From Anglo-Norman pelure (“pelt, fur, animal skin”) + -ious.
Senses: examples: text: […] York and Savoy, and trays of onions, pearls of the earth, and pumets of mushrooms and custard marrows and fat vetches and bere and rape and red green yellow brown russet sweet big bitter ripe pomellated apples and chips of strawberries and sieves of gooseberries, pulpy and pelurious, and strawberries fit for princes and raspberries from their canes.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 282:
glosses: Hairy.
wikipedia: Fritz Senn
The Lilliput Press
vitrescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more vitrescent
form: most vitrescent
Etymology: From Latin vitrum + -escent.
Senses: examples: text: “You from deep cauldrons and unmeasured caves / Blow flaming airs, or pour vitrescent waves […].”
ref: 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 14:
glosses: Becoming glass; glassy, vitreous.
highjacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highjackers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hijacker.
highjackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highjacker
hyperbaric chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperbaric chambers
Senses: glosses: A vessel containing air at an elevated pressure, especially one used to administer oxygen to a patient
obijime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obijimes
form: obijime
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 帯締め (おびじめ, obijime).
Senses: glosses: A thin rope attached to an obi.
stupid is as stupid does
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Apparently modeled on handsome is as handsome does. Attested since at least 1862, but popularized (perhaps independently) by the 1994 film Forrest Gump.
Senses: examples: 1882 Anthony Trollope: Orley Farm
As long as a man can pay twenty shillings in the pound and a trifle over, what does it matter
if all the judges in the land was to call him stupid?' said Snengkeld.
"Stupid is as stupid does." said Kantwise.
"Stupid be d--." said Moulder.
"Mr. Moulder, there's ladies present." said Mrs. Smiley,
glosses: Stupid behaviour indicates stupidity.
wikipedia: Forrest Gump
corridos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corrido
proof-of-concept
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proofs-of-concept
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of proof of concept.
stinkin'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stinkin'
form: most stinkin'
Senses: glosses: stinking
Polack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊlɑk/
ipa: /ˈpəʊlæk/
homophone: polac
Forms: form: Polacks
form: Polak
form: Pollack
form: Pollock
form: Polock
Etymology: From Polish Polak (“a Polish person”). Cognate to French Polak, and akin to Swedish polack.
Senses: examples: text: which to him appear'd / To be a preparation 'gainſt the Poleak
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 260, column 2, line 63:
text: So leuied as before, againſt the Poleak.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 260, column 2, line 75:
text: First therefore was he employed into Poland, where by Sigismund, the king of Poland and of Suecia, he was received with great magnificence and applause both of the Polack himself and of his people.
ref: 1610, Thomas Middleton, “Sir R. Sherley Sent Ambassador, etc.”, in Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume VIII, published 1886, page 307:
glosses: A Pole, or person of Polish descent.
Synonyms: sense: person of Polish descent
word: Pole
sense: person of Polish descent
word: Polish person
Polack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊlɑk/
ipa: /ˈpəʊlæk/
homophone: polac
Forms: form: Polak
form: Pollack
form: Pollock
form: Polock
Etymology: From Polish Polak (“a Polish person”). Cognate to French Polak, and akin to Swedish polack.
Senses: glosses: An anglicized Polish surname from Polish, from Polak (“Pole”).
Related terms: palooka
Nieuw-Amsterdam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Emmen municipality, Drenthe province, Netherlands
glosses: A fortress, village, ressort, and capital of Commewijne, Suriname
honourary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of honorary.
wambly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: wamblier
form: wambliest
Etymology: From wamble + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "[…]Come ben the house to a bit whisky. Ye're fair wambly wi' the fright o't.”
I went shaking into the house with him,[…].
ref: 1911, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, volume 88, page 482:
text: She needs explaining, Markham—and a dashed lot of it.—And Rex, with his projecting parietals and his wambly body and his periodic fits.
ref: 1928, S. S. Van Dine, “The Greene Murder Case”, in The Philo Vance Megapack: 12 Classic Mysteries, published 2013, page 563:
text: 1989, Down East, The Magazine of Maine, Volume 35, Issues 6-11, page 8,
The food is as good as people deserve who are willing to eat in such restaurants. Their menus are designed not to offend even the most wambly of tourists.
glosses: Shaky, unsteady, dizzy, queasy, nauseous.
Synonyms: sense: shaky, dizzy or nauseous
word: wimbly-wambly
Related terms: wamble
corner kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corner kick
matcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæ.tʃə/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃə/
rhymes: (UK) -ætʃə
rhymes: (US) -ɑːtʃə
Forms: form: matchas
form: maccha
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).
Senses: examples: text: And that’s not all – EGCG in matcha can help improve insulin sensitivity, which aids in blood sugar control, and may help to reduce inflammation related to Alzheimer’s disease.
ref: 2021 December 14, Lisa Drayer, “Delicious winter drinks to get you through the holidays and cold weather”, in CNN:
glosses: A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.
Derived terms: matchatini
Related terms: amacha
chanoyu
sencha
tencha
tea whisk
dotations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dotation
resigner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: resigners
Etymology: From resign + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who resigns.
resigners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resigner
financière
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From French (à la) financière, literally, in the manner of a financier, a reference to the expense of the ingredients.
Senses: examples: text: […] add a good financière ragoût (No. 89) of cocks’ combs, fat livers, truffles, and some mushrooms; […]
ref: 1834, Henderson William Brand, Simpson’s Cookery, Improved and Modernised. The Complete Modern Cook, Containing a Very Extensive and Original Collection of Recipes in Cookery, […]., London: Baldwin and Cradock, […]; Longman and Co.; Hatchard and Son; […], page 139:
text: Fill six vol-au-vents made with feuilletage paste (No. 1076) with a quart of financière garnishing (No. 246), and serve them on a dish with a folded napkin.
ref: 1889, Alessandro Filippini, The Table: How to Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It, New York, N.Y.: Charles L[uther] Webster & Company, page 271:
text: The classic version of financière sauce is rather esoteric, a tomato-and-Madeira-flavored brown sauce with elaborate garnishes.
ref: 2011, Jacques Pépin, Essential Pépin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 334:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Involving a heavy sauce flavored with truffles, mushrooms and Madeira wine, and garnished with one or more of olives, kidneys, quenelles, sweetbreads, livers, and cockscombs.
rescue mission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rescue missions
Senses: glosses: A mission, operation to reach and rescue people in urgent need, as after a disaster
glosses: A religious mission set up (usually in poor city quarters) to rescue human 'derelicts' from a wasted life of sin, the final aim being conversion
Related terms: missionary
Bouaké
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bouake
Senses: glosses: A city in Ivory Coast.
mulato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mulatos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mulato. Doublet of mulatto.
Senses: glosses: Capsicum annuum, a chili pepper related to the poblano and usually sold dried.
mulatos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mulato
misfare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈfɛː/
ipa: /ˈmɪsfɛː/
Forms: form: misfares
form: misfaring
form: misfared
form: misfared
Etymology: From Old English misfaran, corresponding to mis- + fare.
Senses: glosses: To go astray; to transgress, to sin.
glosses: To fare badly; to be unlucky.
misfare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈfɛː/
ipa: /ˈmɪsfɛː/
Etymology: From Old English misfaran, corresponding to mis- + fare.
Senses: examples: text: Whereto great comfort in her sad misfare / Was Amoret, companion of her care […].
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Misfortune, ill fate.
Temple Mount
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Temple Mount
Senses: glosses: One of the hills in Jerusalem, where King Solomon built his great temple, which was destroyed twice (the hill ultimately leveled, leaving only the Wailing Wall venerated by Jews) and today an Islamic compound/courtyard enclosing the Foundation Stone atop which sit the Dome of the Rock, and containing the Al-Aqsa Mosque and other Islamic-era structures.
Synonyms: Haram al-Sharif
Noble Sanctuary
photodermatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photodermatitides
Etymology: From photo- + dermatitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: sun poisoning
glosses: Dermatitis caused by or aggravated by exposure to sunlight.
Hypernyms: dermatitis
Derived terms: phytophotodermatitis
photodermatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photodermatoses
Etymology: From photo- + dermatosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: dermatosis caused by or aggravated by exposure to light
quadriller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrillers
Etymology: From quadrille + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who dances the quadrille.
claudicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: claudicates
form: claudicating
form: claudicated
form: claudicated
Senses: glosses: To limp as a result of claudication.
mason bee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mason bees
Senses: glosses: Any of the bees of the genus Osmia, which have the habit of making compartments of mud in their nests.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Osmia lignaria
word: orchard mason bee
taxonomic: Osmia bicornis
word: red mason bee
cabri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabris
Senses: glosses: A pronghorn.
rideaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rideau
rus in urbe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin rūs in urbe.
Senses: glosses: Country in the city.
RUS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Rural Utilities Service.
opsigamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀψέ (opsé, “late”) + -gamy.
Senses: glosses: marriage at an old age
échelon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: échelons
Senses: examples: text: As soon as the infantry had replenished their ammunition, they wheeled to the left in échelon of brigades, and began to march towards Surgham ridge. The movements of a great force are slow. It was not desirable that the British division, which led the échelon, should remain in the low ground north of Surgham—where it was commanded, had no field of fire, and could see nothing—and accordingly both these brigades moved forward almost together to occupy the crest of the ridge.
ref: 1899, Winston Spencer Churchill, “The Battle of Omdurman: September 2, 1898”, in F[rancis] Rhodes, editor, The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 89 Paternoster Row, →OCLC, pages 145–146:
glosses: Alternative form of echelon.
échelons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of échelon
Slave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Slavey.
glosses: Synonym of Sclavia.
synonyms: word: Sclavia
Slave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Slaves
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Slavey.
examples: text: Slaves or Slavì of Pomerania, with their confederates defeated near Lunden in Scania, […]
ref: 1766, An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, volume XLIV, index:
text: Moldavia and Wallachia, inhabited by Slaves nominally belonging to the Turkish empire, are in the actual military occupation of Russia. Servia, inhabited by the Slavic Serbs, is avowedly disloyal to the Porte, […]
ref: 1850 December, “Russian Ambition”, in The American Whig Review, page 622:
text: It extended then far into Hungary, and the ancient limits of the land of these so-called Pannonic Slaves are the same which at present mark the extent of the language. […] A considerable number of Slaves in the Russian province of Silesia are said to speak the same languages slightly modified.
ref: 1853, Maximilian Schele De Vere, Outlines of Comparative Philology, page 350:
glosses: Obsolete form of Slav.
Slaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Slave
pomelloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomello
hoar-frost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoar-frosts
Senses: examples: text: And novv the mounting ſun diſpels the fog; / The rigid hoar-froſt melts before his beam; […]
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 156, lines 1166–1167:
text: On Sunday night, January 23, ſeveral things vvere laid out at the Obſervatory, ſuch as ſheets of brovvn paper, pieces of boards, plates of metal, glaſſes of ſeveral kinds, &c. vvhich all began to contract hoar-froſt ſeemingly as ſoon as each body had time to cool dovvn to the temperature of the air. The ſheets of brovvn paper being ſo thin acquired it ſooneſt, and vvhen beheld in candle-light they became beautifully ſpangled over by innumerable reflections from the ſmall cryſtals of hoar-froſt vvhich had parted from the air.
ref: 1780 April 20, Patrick Wilson, “XXVI. An Account of a Most Extraordinary Degree of Cold at Glasgow in January Last; together with Some New Experiments and Observations on the Comparative Temperature of Hoar-frost and the Air near to It, Made at the Macfarlane Observatory Belonging to the College. […]”, in Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London, volume LXX, part II, London: […] Lockyer Davis, and Peter Elmsly, printers to the Royal Society, →OCLC, pages 468–469:
text: The mean temperature of the day and night at which injurious hoar-frosts may occur, may, relatively to the freezing-point, be very high.
ref: 1857, “HOAR-FROST”, in John M. Wilson, editor, The Rural Cyclopedia, or A General Dictionary of Agriculture. […], volumes II (D–I), Edinburgh; London: A[rchibald] Fullarton and Co. […], →OCLC, page 657, column 1:
text: The fields and hedgerows around Austhorpe were white with wintry rime, and all the trees were fairy-trees wreathed with hoar-frost.
ref: 1880, [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “At the Sugar-loaves”, in Just as I Am […], volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell […], →OCLC, page 183:
glosses: Alternative form of hoar frost.
cresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cress
Chinese grapefruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese grapefruits
Senses: examples: text: One rather unusual citrus fruit is the large-fruited pomelo or Chinese grapefruit, C. maxima. This is larger than a grapefruit, pale green when ripe, and has thick soft rind and quite sweet flesh. It is commonly grown in southern China.
ref: 2008, Martin Walters, Chinese Wildlife: A Visitor’s Guide, Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 25, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of pomelo (“SE-Asian citrus fruit”).
synonyms: word: pomelo
extra: SE-Asian citrus fruit
Chinese grapefruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Walnuts, chestnuts, apples, Chinese grapefruits and oranges each added their stamp of approval to that celebration.
ref: 1989, Corazon S. Alvina, Santa María, Halupi: Essays on Philippine Culture, Capital Publishing House, page 411:
glosses: plural of Chinese grapefruit
letting one's hair down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of let one's hair down
lets one's hair down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of let one's hair down
stock vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock vehicles
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A vehicle that is kept and maintained to legal specifications.
descendible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more descendible
form: most descendible
form: descendable
Etymology: From descend + -ible.
Senses: examples: text: The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor transferable, nor annihilable, but are deſcendable only; and it is not in the power of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the deſcent.
ref: 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, page 129:
topics: law
glosses: Of property: able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.
examples: text: Used most often in backcountry and extreme skiing lingo, where finding a descendible line may well ensure your survival.
ref: 2009, Marcia McFee, Karen Foster, Spiritual Adventures in the Snow:
glosses: Able to be physically descended.
Derived terms: descendibility
interrupt requests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interrupt request
metrologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metrology
wrap in the flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wraps in the flag
form: wrapping in the flag
form: wrapped in the flag
form: wrapped in the flag
Senses: examples: text: Both parties wrap themselves in the flag every election.
text: He manages to wrap every bit of pork for his district in the flag.
glosses: To claim as deserving support for patriotic reasons.
Related terms: flag-waving
patriotism
getting to the point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get to the point
got to the point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get to the point
in place of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: In place of snappy banter, there is cod philosophy about destiny and choice, and in place of Lalo Schifrin's adrenaline-pumping classic theme, there are orchestral minor chords on the soundtrack.
ref: 2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC:
glosses: instead of
Synonyms: in lieu of
Related terms: in place
in places
in place
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: In an original position.
glosses: In a proper position.
glosses: Established; in operation.
in place
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The girders were carefully set in place.
antonyms: out of place
glosses: Into a proper or intended position; into place.
examples: text: New procedures were put in place.
text: He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
ref: 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162:
text: Asked if such a service could be put in place again, rather than buses, Mellors said: "I think the key thing is the first two weeks of January are pretty unique, in so far as the renewal of a bridge over the M6 at Penrith is very much a once-in-a-generation project.
ref: 2025 October 1, David Stubbings, “News: S&C to carry AWC services during West Coast closure”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 17:
glosses: Into a state of deployment or implementation.
examples: text: They ran in place with full packs for an hour.
text: In the event of a radiation leak, shelter in place: do not attempt to find a community shelter.
glosses: Without changing position.
glosses: To a particular place; so as to be present or nearby.
Related terms: in place of
in places
Aral Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːɹəl siː/
Etymology: From Kazakh арал (aral, “island”), referring to the more than 1,500 islands that once dotted its waters.
Senses: glosses: A saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.
beats around the bush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat around the bush
beating around the bush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat around the bush
beaten around the bush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beat around the bush
yot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yots
Etymology: From Greek γιοτ (giot), from German Jot. Doublet of iota.
Senses: glosses: The letter Ϳϳ, an uncommon variant of Jj used in Greek linguistics.
yot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yots
form: yotting
form: yotted
form: yotted
Etymology: Probably from an alteration of yet, yote (“to melt, weld”). More at yet, yote.
Senses: glosses: To unite closely; to fasten; to rivet.
Synonyms: fay
Saan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of San.
accountholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accountholders
form: account holder
Etymology: From account + holder.
Senses: glosses: Someone who has an account, as with a bank.
accountholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accountholder
Petro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Petwo
Senses: examples: text: Whereas the Rada drumming and dancing are on beat, the Petro are offbeat, sharp, and unforgiving, like the crack of a rawhide whip.
ref: 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 49:
glosses: In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of uncertain origin, chiefly associated with fierceness or aggression.
Petro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Petros
Etymology: Ultimately from Koine Greek Πέτρος (Pétros).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Петро́ (Petró), equivalent to Peter.
glosses: A surname.
kibbes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kibbe
descendibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: descendability
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The characteristic of being descendible; inheritability by an heir.
Rus.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Russian.
Rus.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Russia.
glosses: Abbreviation of Russian (language).
step-uncle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step-uncles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stepuncle.
step-niece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step-nieces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stepniece.
step-nephew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step-nephews
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stepnephew.
antepaenultimate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Latin accent attaches itself to the long paenultimate or antepaenultimate syllable of a word.
ref: 1894, Transactions of the Philological Society, page 415:
text: In Greek the main stress falls on the antepaenultimate syllable, in French on the last syllable.
ref: 1997 April 17th, Marianne Ahrne, rec.gardens.roses, “Re: Unusual colors”, (see the original message)
glosses: Rare spelling of antepenultimate.