cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
shining ones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally used in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, 1678.
Senses: examples: text: "You're very welcome here, you two strangers," she said. "But we would say to you that we want outward reverence. We respect the shining ones and we will not have them insulted." "I assure you we are very earnest and fair-minded," said Malone.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
qualifier: often preceded by definite article
glosses: Angels or other celestial beings.
wikipedia: The Pilgrim's Progress
guardevine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guardevines
Senses: glosses: A cellaret.
guardevines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guardevine
burerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burerks
form: burick
Senses: glosses: A woman, sometimes one who is showily dressed.
burick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buricks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of burerk.
burerks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burerk
buricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burick
muck-snipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muck-snipes
Senses: glosses: A bankrupt, especially someone ruined by gambling.
muck-snipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muck-snipe
Scotch coffee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ship's biscuits toasted and boiled in water.
-bactam
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.tæm/
Etymology: Contraction of beta-lactamase.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of β-lactamase inhibitors.
market horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: market horses
Senses: examples: text: [N]othing is easier than to make sure […] that the horse selected, in the event of the public fancying him, shall be made a market horse, and be “milked” for the benefit of those interested: the losing of a race may at any time be ensured, and there are scores of “turf dairymen” who are reputed adepts in the use of the milking pail.
ref: 1892, James Glass Bertram, A Mirror of the Turf, page 271:
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A horse kept in the betting-lists for the sole purpose of being betted against.
market horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of market horse
Irish whiskey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irish whiskeys
Senses: coordinate_terms: Scotch whisky
glosses: Any whiskey distilled in Ireland, most commonly made from malted barley.
Related terms: Irish coffee
Irish cream
Irish whiskeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Irish whiskey
Ned Stokes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: The four of spades.
all sixes and sevens
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of at sixes and sevens.
synonyms: word: at sixes and sevens
Cubitopolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cubitt + -o- + -polis, after the builder and developer Thomas Cubitt (1788–1855).
Senses: glosses: The Warwick Square and Eccleston Square districts of London, England.
wikipedia: Thomas Cubitt
royal cubit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: royal cubits
Senses: glosses: An ancient Egyptian unit of length, approximately 21 inches or 53 centimetres.
royal cubits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of royal cubit
ostikanate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostikanates
Etymology: From ostikan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Senses: glosses: The region governed by an ostikan.
ostikanates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ostikanate
dandyprat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dandyprats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dandiprat.
dandyprats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dandyprat
dandypratt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dandypratts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dandiprat.
dandypratts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dandypratt
jotunite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jotunites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A charnockitic monzodiorite
monzodiorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monzodiorites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of diorite that has less than 5% quartz
swivel eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swivel eyes
Senses: glosses: A squinting eye.
glosses: A pair of lashing points connected with a swivelling joint.
Related terms: swivel-eyed
swivel eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swivel eye
kamafugite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamafugites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any a series of ultrapotassic igneous rocks, between kalsilitite and leucitite
Related terms: kamafugitic
tackles for loss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tackle for loss
geomuseums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geomuseum
lamproitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or composed of lamproite
rag, tag and bobtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pl
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tag-rag (“lowest class of people; the rabble”).
synonyms: word: tag-rag
extra: lowest class of people; the rabble
tag, rag and bobtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pl
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rag, tag and bobtail.
tag-rag and bobtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Fancy marrying a woman of low rank of life, and having your house filled with her confounded tag-rag-and-bobtail of relations! Fancy your wife attached to a mother who dropped her h’s, or called Maria Marire! How are you to introduce her into society?
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 7, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of rag, tag and bobtail.
ragtag and bobtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rag, tag and bobtail.
latite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of igneous, volcanic rock
Related terms: latitic
latitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or composed of latite
lavafield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lavafields
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lava field.
lava field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lava fields
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A flat expanse of solidified lava flow
ledmorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ledmorites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A coarse-grained nepheline syenite characteristic of the Ledmore river in Scotland
grasshopper mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grasshopper mice
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Onychomys of rodents, found in North America.
Derived terms: northern grasshopper mouse
southern grasshopper mouse
grasshopper mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grasshopper mouse
leucitite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucitites
Etymology: From leucite + -ite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of igneous rock that contains leucite.
Derived terms: plagioleucitite
Related terms: leucititic
leucitites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucitite
leucititic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of leucitite
slammock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slammocks
Senses: glosses: A slattern or awkward person.
slammocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slammock
leucodiorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucodiorites
Etymology: From leuco- + diorite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A pale diorite
Related terms: leucodioritic
leucodioritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leuco- + dioritic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of leucodiorite
catch bet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catch bets
Senses: glosses: A bet made for the purpose of entrapping the unwary by subterfuge.
catch bets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catch bet
leuconorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leuconorites
Etymology: From leuco- + norite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A pale norite
Related terms: melanorite
melanorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanorites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A dark norite
Related terms: leuconorite
pillbox hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillbox hats
Etymology: Named after the small cylindrical or hexagonal cases in which medicinal pills used to be sold.
Senses: glosses: A small hat, usually worn by women, with a flat crown, straight, upright sides, and no brim.
pillbox hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillbox hat
loweite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: löweite
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An alkaline sulphate that is a volcanic sublimation product
macromosaic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macromosaics
Etymology: From macro- + mosaic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A rock composed of a mosaic of relatively large pieces of a mineral, typically quartz
cockylorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockylorums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cockalorum.
cockylorums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockylorum
magmatological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to magmatology
cock-and-hen club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cock-and-hen clubs
Senses: glosses: A casual gathering of men and women for singing, dancing, etc.
Related terms: cock and hen
free and easy
magmatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the formation and properties of magma
Related terms: magmatological
cock-and-hen clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cock-and-hen club
magmatologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magmatologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies magmatology.
magmatologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of magmatology.
magmatologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magmatologist
melanephelinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanephelinites
Senses: examples: text: Seven samples from monchiquite dykes analysed chemically by Upton et al. (1992), including trace elements and, for three rocks, Sr and Nd isotope data, were classified on chemical grounds as olivine melanephelinite […]
ref: 2019, A. R. Woolley, Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World (part 4, page 450)
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A dark nephelinite.
leuconephelinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leuconephelinites
Etymology: From leuco- + nephelinite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A light nephelinite
melilitite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melilitites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of melilite containing less than 10% olivine
melilitites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melilitite
melilitolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melilitolite
mesocenozoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + Cenozoic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the middle of the Cenozoic era
metachert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacherts
Etymology: From meta- + chert.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: metamorphosed chert
metadolerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metadolerites
Etymology: From meta- + dolerite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: metamorphosed dolerite
Derived terms: metadoleritic
metagabbro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metagabbros
Etymology: From meta- + gabbro.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: metamorphosed gabbro
Related terms: metagabbroic
metagabbros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metagabbro
metanorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metanorites
Etymology: From meta- + norite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: metamorphosed norite
microvein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microveins
Etymology: From micro- + vein.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A very narrow vein
microveins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microvein
Sienko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sienkos
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Sieńko.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
ipodate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.pəˌdeɪt/
Forms: form: ipodates
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of iopodate.
Bason
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Basons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Bason Bridge
Bishara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bisharas
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بشارة (bišāra).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Sienkos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sienko
Basons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bason
Bisharas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bishara
like winkin
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He can run like winkin.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very quickly.
sodium iopodate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsoʊ.di.əm ˈaɪ.əp.əˌdeɪt/
Forms: form: sodium ipodate
form: ipodate sodium
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A compound that is administered for use as a radiopaque medium in cholecystography and cholangiography.
John Blunt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A straightforward, honest, outspoken man.
Beilfuss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beilfusses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Beilfuss.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
iopodic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪ.oʊˌpɑd.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
rhymes: -æsɪd
Forms: form: ipodic acid
Etymology: Related to iopanoic acid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of sodium iopodate.
synonyms: word: sodium iopodate
Derived terms: iopodate
Winborn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Winborns
Etymology: Variant of Winborne.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Winborns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Winborn
Beilfusses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Beilfuss
vulpecide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulpecides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vulpicide.
vulpecides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulpecide
tune the old cow died of
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tunes the old cow died of
Senses: glosses: Any badly played or discordant piece of music.
tunes the old cow died of
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tune the old cow died of
slap-bang shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slap-bang shops
Senses: glosses: A low-class restaurant.
slap-bang shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slap-bang shop
Waszak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Waszaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Waszak.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Vanliew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vanliews
form: Vanlue
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Van Liew.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Vanliews
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vanliew
Waszaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Waszak
topsy turvies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topsy turvy
Bichler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bichlers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bichler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Birkners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Birkner
Bichlers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bichler
how came you so
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more how came you so
form: most how came you so
Senses: examples: text: A very little man, very 'how came you so,' / Went home on a dingy night; / It was past twelve o'clock, he'd a long way to go, / And he walk'd like a crab, left and right.
ref: 1850, William Mark Clark, Clark's Orphean Warbler, page 258:
text: Wine took a large part in the Egyptian ritual, […] and in private life women were not restricted in its use. In fact, the ungallant Egyptians have left behind them several delineations of ladies in a decided state of "how came you so?"
ref: 1892, James Mew, John Ashton, Drinks of the World, volume 1, page 16:
glosses: Drunk.
knight of the thimble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knights of the thimble
Senses: glosses: A tailor.
knight of the needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knights of the needle
Senses: glosses: A tailor.
knights of the needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knight of the needle
knights of the thimble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knight of the thimble
knock-'em-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The game of skittles.
backslum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backslums
Etymology: From back + slum.
Senses: examples: text: It is now about the foulest specimen extant of that kind of backslum or alley where, a generation back, according to Hood, pigs and Irish were wont to rally.
ref: 1875, Henry Sampson, A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times, page 392:
text: He was wrong there, for around the second next corner they ran into quite a different sort of landscape; a jumbled up place of city residences and back slums[.]
ref: 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 30:
glosses: A slum; the poor and disreputable portion of a town.
backslums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backslum
backsolver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backsolvers
Senses: glosses: A program or algorithm that backsolves.
backsolvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backsolver
Bathke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bathkes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bathke.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Barkan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barkans
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew בַּרְקָן (barkán).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
Barkans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Barkan
Bathkes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bathke
topsy-turveyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of topsy-turvey (alternative spelling of topsy-turvied)
cat's water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Gin.
leathern conveniency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leathern conveniencies
Senses: glosses: A carriage.
leathern conveniencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leathern conveniency
topsy turvyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of topsy turvy (alternative form of topsy-turvyed)
prauncer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prauncers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of prancer.
prauncers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prauncer
pricking at the belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fast and loose (“fraudulent game”).
synonyms: word: fast and loose
extra: fraudulent game
pudding-snammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pudding-snammers
Senses: glosses: A thief who robs cookshops.
pudding-snammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pudding-snammer
mountain pecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain peckers
Senses: glosses: A sheep's head for use as food.
mountain peckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain pecker
barber's clerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An overdressed shopboy who affects the airs and graces of a gentleman.
topsy turvied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of topsy turvy (alternative form of topsy-turvied)
topsy-turvyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of topsy-turvy
come Yorkshire over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes Yorkshire over
form: coming Yorkshire over
form: came Yorkshire over
form: come Yorkshire over
Senses: examples: text: He was not blind to the natives' faults; he amusingly describes how one "who might have thriven in one of our large towns came Yorkshire over him," by bringing him an india-rubber ball which, instead of being solid, was stuffed inside with chewed leaves.
ref: 1880, The London Quarterly and Holborn Review, volume 53, page 413:
text: [B]efore I left Huddersfield I had the satisfaction of captaining a team which won most of its matches against the leading Yorkshire towns, though Sheffield 'came Yorkshire over us' by making us play upon the wooden floor of their Drill Hall. The Yorkshire children were almost bilingual. The youngsters talked broad dialect in the playground, yet answered incorrect English in class.
ref: 1930, Alfred Perceval Graves, To Return to All that: An Autobiography, page 208:
glosses: To cheat or deceive.
get the bullet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets the bullet
form: getting the bullet
form: got the bullet
form: got the bullet
form: gotten the bullet
Etymology: Hotten suggests a play on the idea of being discharged (as a bullet is from a gun).
Senses: glosses: To be fired from one's employment.
briney
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more briney
form: most briney
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of briny.
briney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the briney
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of briny.
Jehus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jehu
knuckle to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knuckles to
form: knuckling to
form: knuckled to
form: knuckled to
Senses: glosses: Synonym of knuckle under.
synonyms: word: knuckle under
kotoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kotoos
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of kowtow.
kotoo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kotoos
form: kotooing
form: kotooed
form: kotooed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of kowtow.
kotooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kotoo
kotoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kotoo
kotoos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kotoo
kotooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kotoo
neovolcanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neovolcanites
Etymology: From neo- + volcanite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A neovolcanic rock
neovolcanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neovolcanite
kootee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kootees
Senses: glosses: A house.
kootees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kootee
kubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khabar
form: khabbar
form: khubber
Etymology: From Hindi ख़बर (xabar) / Urdu خَبَر (xabar), from Persian خبر, from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar). Doublet of gabber.
Senses: examples: text: “The kubber is good, Sahib,” replied the veteran, […]
ref: 1869, The Broadway, page 44:
glosses: News.
Related terms: khabardaar
nephelinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nephelinizes
form: nephelinizing
form: nephelinized
form: nephelinized
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To convert into a nepheline
habergion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: habergions
Senses: examples: text: King of Thogarma, and his Habergions Brimstony, blue, and fiery
ref: 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Alternative spelling of habergeon.
nephelinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nephelinize
nephelinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Converted to a nepheline
cagouled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cagoule + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Dressed in a cagoule.
offretite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: offretites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hexagonal prismatic form of zeolite
Cape Cod turkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cape Cod turkeys
Senses: glosses: Salted codfish.
glosses: Baked stuffed cod or haddock.
Cape Cod turkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cape Cod turkey
Struma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bulgarian Струма (Struma).
Senses: glosses: A river in Bulgaria, and northern Greece, which flows into the Aegean Sea.
opdalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opdalites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A charnockitic form of granodiorite
paleoposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleopositions
Etymology: From paleo- + position.
Senses: glosses: The geographical position of a place in prehistory (before being subjected to continental drift)
palaeoposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeopositions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleoposition.
paleopositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleoposition
palaeopositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeoposition
paleorift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleorifts
Etymology: From paleo- + rift.
Senses: glosses: A rift (typically a rift valley) that formed in prehistoric times
paleovolcano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleovolcanos
Etymology: From paleo- + volcano.
Senses: glosses: A volcano that formed in prehistoric times (typically before the Tertiary)
Related terms: paleovolcanic
paleovolcanism
paleovolcanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + volcanic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or formed by a paleovolcano
parametral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of parametric.
synonyms: word: parametric
working memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working memories
Senses: examples: text: Not only can working memory assessment inform the diagnosis of learning disabilities, but the early screening of working memory could identify children at risk for learning problems.
ref: 2011 January 4, Milton J. Dehn, Working Memory and Academic Learning, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 7:
text: In each case, our primary interest is in identifying what role, if any, is played by working memory in the development of the particular domain of language ability.
ref: 2014 February 4, Susan E. Gathercole, Alan D. Baddeley, Working Memory and Language, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 25:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
coordinate_terms: short-term memory
glosses: A cognitive system with a limited capacity that can hold information temporarily.
cognitive load
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cognitive loads
Senses: examples: text: I've never felt more comfortable moving across our family of devices as a user, which I do hundreds of times a day than I do now, moving between iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur. They all just feel of a family – there's just less cognitive load to the switching process.
ref: 2020 November 13, Andrew Griffin, quoting Craig Federighi, “Apple tells us how it made its new chip and MacBooks”, in The Independent:
qualifier: cognitive psychology
glosses: The used amount of working memory resources.
Standard Chinese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Compare Chinese 現代標準漢語／现代标准汉语 (xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, “Modern Standard Chinese”).
Senses: examples: text: The symbols (and short descriptions) used for all these tones are abstractions intended to describe the general appearance of the tones in two languages, Standard Chinese and Cantonese....We cannot say that a particular tone has certain frequency values. The Standard Chinese examples were spoken by a man and have a pitch range from a little above 50 Hz to around 170 Hz. The Cantonese examples, which were spoken by a woman, are in the range 190 to 290 Hz. If this woman had spoken the Standard Chinese examples, they would have been in this higher pitch range....Standard Chinese has four tones as shown in table 2.1, and Cantonese has six tones on the syllable si as shown in table 2.2.
ref: 2005, Peter Ladefoged, Vowels and Consonants, 2nd edition, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, pages 12–13:
text: Country Facts
Capital: Beijing
Official Language: The official language is Standard Chinese, also called Mandarin. Many other languages are also spoken, including Cantonese.
ref: 2016, M.M. Eboch, Walking the Dragon's Back, Rourke Educational Media, →ISBN, page 89:
glosses: Synonym of Standard Mandarin.
synonyms: word: Standard Mandarin
snout-fair
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snout-fair
form: most snout-fair
Senses: glosses: Having an attractive face.
spoyle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spoyles
form: spoyling
form: spoyled
form: spoyled
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of spoil.
spoyles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spoyle
spoyling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spoyle
spoyled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spoyle
Bembridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large coastal village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ6488).
glosses: A surname.
blother
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blothers
form: blothering
form: blothered
form: blothered
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of blather.
blothered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blother
blothers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blother
blothering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blother
God bless the Duke of Argyll
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: God bless the Duke of Argyle
Etymology: A reference to parasites or cutaneous affections that might induce a shrugging reaction. Associated with an apocryphal tale that the Duke erected posts on his land that people found it convenient to rub against.
Senses: glosses: Said in response to a person shrugging their shoulders.
Related terms: bless you
Scotch fiddle
God bless the Duke of Argyle
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of God bless the Duke of Argyll.
Dovercourts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dovercourt
snake tart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake tarts
Senses: examples: text: Muffin-cap agreed to show him the spot upon condition he would treat him with a “snake-tart” at the Eel-pie-house hard by.
ref: 1842, The New Monthly Magazine, page 351:
glosses: An eel pie.
snake tarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake tart
minstrelesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more minstrelesque
form: most minstrelesque
Etymology: From minstrel + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of minstrel shows.
ferricadouzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferricadouzers
Etymology: Perhaps from Italian [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: "You goosesap", she shouted, "I've a notion to give you the worst ferricadouzer of your young life, shilly-shallying out there with that old chuckle-head."
ref: 1944, Benjamin Albert Botkin, A Treasury of American Folklore, page 752:
glosses: A knockdown blow; a good thrashing.
pygostole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygostoles
Senses: synonyms: word: M.B. coat
glosses: A long surtout worn by Tractarian curates.
pygostoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pygostole
puttuns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puttun
snowhook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowhooks
Etymology: From snow + hook.
Senses: examples: text: Leaving the ship, I lifted snowhooks and sledded over toward the Canadian border.
ref: 2013, Larry Kaniut, Tales from the Edge: True Adventures in Alaska:
text: A dog sled snowhook works almost as well, though they are tougher to work in overflows.
ref: 2020 December 26, John Schandelmeier, “The first step in extracting your snowmachine from overflow: Avoid overflow”, in Anchorage Daily News:
glosses: A hook used to anchor a sled to snow or ice.
snowhooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowhook
Queen Bess
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Gloriana
Good Queen Bess
glosses: Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: The queen of clubs.
snowmachiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowmachiners
Etymology: From snowmachine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Chalk up another lifestyle change prompted by the coronavirus pandemic: Places like Turnagain Pass are crowded with skiers, snowboarders and snowmachiners hitting the backcountry as COVID-19 complicates the usual indoor activities like visiting coffee shops, movie theaters or restaurants and bars.
ref: 2021 January 3, Zaz Hollander, “As pandemic-cooped crowds hit Alaska’s backcountry, concerns grow about avalanche danger for all users”, in Anchorage Daily News:
synonyms: snowmobiler
glosses: A person who operates a snowmachine or snowmobile.
snowmachiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowmachiner
stunsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stunsels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stunsail.
dossing-ken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dossing-kens
Senses: glosses: A dosshouse; a cheap inn.
dossing-kens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dossing-ken
staffwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From staff + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: Yaros followed up with regular staffwide meetings and offsite staff sessions that promote team-building and develop leaders.
ref: 1999 December 15, CIO, volume 13, number 6, page 156:
glosses: Across an entire staff.
dustoorie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dustoories
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dasturi.
Dutch medley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch medleys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dutch concert.
synonyms: word: Dutch concert
Dutch medleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutch medley
thirteen to the dozen
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: See baker's dozen.
Senses: examples: text: Soon the two of them were chatting thirteen to the dozen, like old friends.
ref: 1975, Ernst Papanek, Edward Linn, Out of the Fire, page 180:
glosses: Synonym of nineteen to the dozen.
synonyms: word: nineteen to the dozen
bandannah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandannahs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of bandanna.
bandannahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandannah
subjoineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subjoin
two-eyed steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-eyed steaks
Senses: glosses: A kipper (type of fish prepared as food).
two-eyed steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-eyed steak
Billingsgate pheasant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Billingsgate pheasants
Etymology: In reference to the fish market in Billingsgate, London.
Senses: glosses: A red herring or bloater.
Billingsgate pheasants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Billingsgate pheasant
pegmatoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pegmatoid
brandy-smash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brandy-smashes
Senses: glosses: A cocktail made with brandy, sugar, mint, etc.
brandy-smashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brandy-smash
rub one's face with a brass candlestick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubs one's face with a brass candlestick
form: rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick
form: rubbed one's face with a brass candlestick
form: rubbed one's face with a brass candlestick
Senses: examples: text: Every step you take you proclaim yourself the father of him who rubbed his face with a brass candlestick
ref: 1853, Walter William Broom, Many Botanical Secrets, page 4:
text: "Why, Walsher," said Mr. Stubber, "how many times a day do you rub your face with a brass candlestick? Why, I lent you a pony when you were stumped, and you carried off a cool hundred."
ref: 1873, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 11, page 577:
text: After dinner, I metaphorically rubbed my face with a brass candlestick and became bold enough to ask him to let me read something for him, for the sake of his suggestions and criticism.
ref: 1894, Werner's Magazine, volume 16, page 71:
glosses: To (prepare to) be very brazen or impudent.
Greenwich goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Greenwich geese
Senses: glosses: A Greenwich pensioner.
Greenwich geese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Greenwich goose
working memories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of working memory
RMD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RMDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ready money down, i.e. paid immediately at time of purchase.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of required minimum distribution.
touristiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From touristy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: I’d celebrated re-emancipation of calypso finals from the unnecessary touristiness of Dimanche Gras, and return to a two-song format, as an opportunity to attend and savour the best of this year’s calypso in one sitting.
ref: 2020 February 22, Colin Robinson, “Judging this Carnival, by memory”, in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday:
synonyms: touristicity
touristicness
glosses: The state of being touristy.
Rag and Famish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rag and Famish
Etymology: In allusion to the imaginary characters Ensign Rag and Captain Famish.
Senses: synonyms: Rag
glosses: The Army and Navy Club in London, England.
flogster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flogsters
Etymology: From flog + -ster.
Senses: glosses: One who flogs or beats.
flogsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flogster
forakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Winchester College
glosses: The toilet.
wokism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wokisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wokeism.
go a mucker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes a mucker
form: going a mucker
form: went a mucker
form: gone a mucker
Senses: glosses: To come to grief; to ruin one's prospects.
Related terms: muck-snipe
PR-friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more PR-friendly
form: most PR-friendly
Etymology: From PR (“public relations”).
Senses: examples: a PR-friendly blog
glosses: Willing to be approached by brands in order to endorse goods and services.
catgut scraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catgut scrapers
Senses: glosses: A musician who plays the fiddle.
catgut scrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catgut scraper
Glynde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Glynde and Beddingham Parish Council) in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4509).
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
scamander
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scamanders
form: scamandering
form: scamandered
form: scamandered
Etymology: Possibly in reference to the winding course of the Scamander river.
Senses: glosses: To wander about with no fixed purpose.
scamanders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scamander
scamandering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scamander
scamandered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scamander
Scarborough warning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scarborough warnings
Etymology: Fuller links the phrase to the events of 1557, when Thomas Stafford seized upon Scarborough Castle before the townsmen had the least notice of his approach.
Senses: glosses: A warning given too late to be useful.
Scarborough warnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scarborough warning
Caleb Quotem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caleb Quotems
Etymology: Name of a character in George Colman's play The Wags of Windsor.
Senses: glosses: A parish clerk.
glosses: A jack of all trades.
Caleb Quotems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Caleb Quotem
potato trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato traps
Etymology: Of Irish origin.
Senses: synonyms: word: trap
word: bazoo
word: cakehole
word: chops
word: clam
word: clamshell
word: gob
word: hash-trap
word: kisser
word: laughing gear
word: maw
word: mouth
word: mush
word: neb
word: ned
word: north and south
word: oral cavity
word: os
word: piehole
word: potato trap
word: puss
word: sucker
word: trap
word: yap
glosses: A person's mouth.
potato traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potato trap
Massacre of the Innocents
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Massacre of the Innocents
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The abandonment of potentially useful measures at the end of a session in the House of Commons, since there is no time to pass them.
Related terms: Childermas
scorf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scorfs
form: scorfing
form: scorfed
form: scorfed
Etymology: Compare scoff, scarf.
Senses: glosses: To eat voraciously.
scorfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scorf
scorfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scorf
scorfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scorf
scorewriting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From score + writing.
Senses: glosses: The composition of musical scores.
sawwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sawworts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of saw-wort.
Hogmany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Hogmanay.
saw-worts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saw-wort
saw wort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saw worts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of saw-wort.
saw worts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saw wort
rough patch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rough patches
Senses: examples: text: It's in the nature of politics, and certainly the presidency, to go through rough patches – times when, because of a boneheaded mistake, an unforeseen circumstance, a sound but unpopular decision, or a failure to communicate – the headlines turn sour and the public finds you wanting.
ref: 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 22, in A Promised Land, Crown:
glosses: A difficult or embattling period of one's life.
consumah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consumahs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of khansamah.
consumahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consumah