cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
becurtain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: becurtains
form: becurtaining
form: becurtained
form: becurtained
form: be-curtain
Etymology: From be- + curtain.
Senses: examples: text: […] in that large, lofty, fine room, they had a tiny, old-fashioned, becurtained cabinet piano stuck right against the wall, unto which the singer's face was turned, and into which his voice was absorbed.
ref: 1835 September, Fanny Kemble, Journal, volume 1,15, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, published 1832, page 90:
text: She lay becurtained in loose tresses, / Not seeing what her half-dropt zone / Let of her bosom's bower be shown […]
ref: 1909, Maurice Hewlett, “Leto's Child”, in Artemision, lines 9–11:
text: At the back of her neck, the real smell of her hair came out from under the chemical scents of the processes it was subjected to in that be-curtained shop below my office […]
ref: 1958, Nadine Gordimer, chapter 8, in A World of Strangers, Penguin, published 1962, pages 155–6:
text: 2014, Husayn Ilahi-Ghomshei, "The Symphony of Rūmī" in Leonard Lewisohn (ed.), The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition, Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, Section X, "The Spirit," p. 28, https://books.google.ca/books?id=iMNEBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
The intellect, [the spirit's] guardian, is tremendously jealous to preserve the girl's honor and so strives to conceal her behind a multitude of veils. Amongst these veils are the body itself which becurtains our soul, and our conversation and words that cloak conceptions and ideas.
text: This is the haziest part of my recollection, in that I have been driven in my mind to befog and becurtain such early days that lacked an ambiguity proper to my status now, yet out of that dampening mist and forceful if cloudy horror rose my proper character, with eyes so open they wept in the sunlight, and heart so seared it could do no other than prompt a lifetime of resistance and revolution.
ref: 2014, Sebastian Barry, Whistling Psyche & Fred and Jane:
text: This is because love manifests certain signs beneath and behind the many veils that becurtain it, [...]
ref: 2015, Leonard Lewisohn, Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry:
glosses: To curtain; bedeck or cover with a curtain; (by extension, figurative) to shroud.
Bearhead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From bear + -head.
Senses: glosses: A name given to a few mountains in the United States, including the states of Washington and Montana.
Kaskinen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, municipality, and island of Ostrobothnia, Finland.
bearheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bearheaded
form: most bearheaded
Etymology: From bear + headed.
Senses: glosses: With a head or mindset resembling that of a bear.
glosses: Misspelling of bareheaded.
Duckmanton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and ward in Staveley parish, Chesterfield borough, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4472).
Derived terms: Sutton cum Duckmanton
Long Duckmanton
FK Sarajevo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Sarajevo football club
seminew
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-new
Etymology: From semi- + new.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat or partially new.
semi-new
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seminew.
doglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doglets
Etymology: From dog + -let.
Senses: glosses: A young or small dog.
Synonyms: word: dogling
english: the usual term
translation: the usual term
word: puppy
doglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doglet
Lilliputians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lilliputian
Catlet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Of British origin. Compare Catlett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
catlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catlets
Etymology: From cat + -let.
Senses: examples: text: One of these was the large-scaled yellowfish, another the barred minnow, and also the small rock catlet.
ref: 1978, Dale Kenmuir, A Wilderness Called Kariba: The Wildlife and Natural History of Lake Kariba, page 36:
glosses: A catfish.
catlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catlet
Catlettsburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Catlett + -burg.
Senses: glosses: The name of two communities in the United States:
A home rule city, the county seat of Boyd County, Kentucky.
glosses: The name of two communities in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sevier County, Tennessee.
power-sharing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of power sharing, also used attributively; e.g. a power-sharing agreement.
Catlett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Of British origin. Compare Catlet.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Fauquier County, Virginia, derived from the surname.
Derived terms: Catlettsburg
Sable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Houser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Housers
Etymology: Possibly from houser.
* (German): Anglicization of German Hauser
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A surname from German
Related terms: Hauser
FHR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FHRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fetal heart rate.
glosses: Initialism of fluoride-cooled high-temperature reactor.
FHRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FHR
luff up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: luffs up
form: luffing up
form: luffed up
form: luffed up
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To turn towards the wind so that the sails flap
Synonyms: luff
thoughtographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thoughtographers
Etymology: Blend of thought + photographer
Senses: glosses: A person who performs thoughtography.
thoughtographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thoughtographer
lay to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays to
form: laying to
form: laid to
form: laid to
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To turn towards the wind so that the boat stops; to remain stationary in open water or to lie to.
examples: The rowing team laid to their oars.
glosses: To try or to expend effort to achieve (something).
Synonyms: heave to
lay to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of lie to
peeped pixels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peep pixels
peeps pixels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peep pixels
pentamirrors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentamirror
UniWB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Short for unitary white balance.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The technique of using a modified digital camera to capture deliberately distorted images whose image histograms are conducive to making optimum use of the sensor's dynamic range.
image histogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: image histograms
Senses: topics: arts
computer-graphics
computing
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
photography
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A histogram that acts as a graphical representation of the tonal distribution in a digital image.
image histograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of image histogram
dynamic range
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamic ranges
Senses: glosses: The ratio between the largest and smallest values of a changeable quantity.
dynamic ranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dynamic range
vote-catching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vote-catching
form: most vote-catching
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Tending to attract votes in an election.
vote-catching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The skill or art of attracting votes in an election.
woodgeld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodgelds
Etymology: From Middle English wodegeld, from Old English *wudġeld, equivalent to wood + geld.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An exemption to the fee for the cutting or taking of wood from a forest.
canary fit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canary fits
Senses: examples: text: The thousand odd officers and men on parade nearly threw a canary fit.
ref: 1932, William Guy Carr, Hell's Angels of the Deep, page 136:
text: When put out, she would declare that she'd been thrown 'into a canary fit'.
ref: 1970, Gervas Huxley, Both Hands, page 25:
glosses: A highly emotional state of distress, anger, etc.
canary fits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canary fit
tabourer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabourers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of taborer.
tabourers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabourer
tacmahack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of tacamahac.
tacticities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tacticity
photelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated form of photoelectric.
Derived terms: photelectrically
photelectrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From photelectric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of photoelectrically.
unsprocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sprocketed.
Senses: glosses: Of photographic film: lacking perforations.
Chapman codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chapman code
crash pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crash pad
crashpad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crashpads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crash pad.
razana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Elders or ancestors, in the traditional religion of Madagascar, who are seen as a source of spiritual advice.
fadeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fadeable
form: most fadeable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fadable.
Derived terms: unfadeable
fadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fadable
form: most fadable
Etymology: From fade + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of fading, or losing its colour.
Derived terms: unfadable
farsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of farse
farsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of farse
farsing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farsings
Senses: glosses: The insertion of vernacular paraphrases into a Latin liturgy.
fattrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Old French fatraille (“trumpery”).
Senses: glosses: The ends of ribbons.
Related terms: fewtrils
faulchin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faulchins
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of falchion.
faulchins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faulchin
hardpacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardpack
niggercides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niggercide
fayne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: faynes
form: fayning
form: fayned
form: fayned
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of feign.
fayne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fayne
form: most fayne
Senses: examples: text: Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.
ref: c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1:
glosses: Obsolete form of fain.
faynes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fayne
fayning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fayne
fayned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fayne
mechanoporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mechano- + poration.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process by which a traumatic insult produces sublethal pores or defects in the membrane.
fecials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fecial
fedelini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian.
Senses: glosses: A very thin form of spaghetti.
malemployment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mal- + employment.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being malemployed, which means employed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.
Related terms: malemploy
unemployment
underemployment
malemployed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mal- + employed.
Senses: examples: text: Mal-employed college grads earn half of what their degree-appropriately employed peers do, a difference that adds up to tens of thousands of dollars per year, and millions over a lifetime.
ref: 2013 October 2, Rana Foroohar, “Forget Unemployment, Time to Worry About ‘Mal-Employment’”, in Time:
glosses: Employed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.
Related terms: malemployment
unemployed
underemployed
malemploying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of malemploy
Related terms: unemploying
underemploying
malemploy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: malemploys
form: malemploying
form: malemployed
form: malemployed
Etymology: From mal- + employ.
Senses: examples: text: Yesterday our local restaurant malemployed a new waitress with a degree in astrophysics.
glosses: To hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or overeducated.
Related terms: malemployment
malemploys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of malemploy
fenuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 1965, Edwin A. Davis, The Mechanism of Fenuron Injury to Plants, US Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service Research Note RM-50,
Root growth inhibition by 25 p.p.m. fenuron began before shoots emerged and, therefore, before the appearance of visible damage to the leaves. Although root growth was retarded by 25 p.p.m. fenuron, the roots continued to grow for 24 days after the appearance of leaf injury and while the injury increased in severity, which means that leaf injury occurred before the energy supply of the seedlings was exhausted.
text: High rates of a commercial product containing a mixture of chlorpropham and fenuron were also included in order to ascertain at what level above the recommended rate serious damage would occur.
ref: 1970, Experimental Horticulture, Volumes 21-26, page 32:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The herbicide 3-phenyl-1,1-dimethylurea.
monuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular herbicide.
Related terms: diuron
pathomorphologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathomorphology
phyllos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyllo
fissle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fissles
form: fissling
form: fissled
form: fissled
Senses: examples: text: ... by reason of its handsome hangings fixed on the ten foot high bed-posts that ran up almost to the roof on its front side. The beggar man fissled for a few minutes with the bedtick, and to all intents slipped something inside it.
ref: 1917, Seumas MacManus, Lo, and Behold Ye!, page 101:
text: Above us my flag, the Waterwheel emblem black on white, fissled and rustled. This tower was my haunt, my eyrie, my silent kingdom, and the serrated peaks of Darkling lurked out of sight below the horizon.
ref: 2010, Steph Swainston, Above the Snowline, Gollancz, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of fistle.
flatwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flat + work.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flaunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flaunches
form: flaunching
form: flaunched
form: flaunched
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To provide with flaunching.
flaunch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flaunches
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of flanch.
flaunches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flaunch
flaunched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of flanched.
flaunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flaunch
flutina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flutinas
Etymology: From flute + -ina.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An early precursor to the diatonic button accordion, having one or two rows of treble buttons, configured to have the tonic of the scale, on the "draw" of the bellows.
flutinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flutina
fluyt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluyts
Etymology: From Dutch fluyt, archaic spelling of fluit. Doublet of flauta and flute.
Senses: examples: text: Thanks to the adoption by Amsterdam shipyards of standardized designs and labour-saving devices, the fluyt maximized carrying capacity and minimized cost.
ref: 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 97:
glosses: A kind of Dutch sailing vessel developed in the 16th century, used to transport cargo.
fluyts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluyt
Libertarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Libertarian
Corbynista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Corbynistas
Etymology: From Corbyn + -ista.
Senses: examples: text: […]although it was just as often dismissed: what use were a group of cultish, Trotskyist-infused Corbynista clicktivists, hopelessly out of touch with normal people, when it came to the crunch?
ref: 2017 June 1, Rachel Shabi, “What use is a group of cultish, Corbynista clicktivists? Quite a lot, actually”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: “In 2020 you told me to my face that you would ‘inspire people to come together … disciplining people to be united is going nowhere’. You’ve broken that promise,” said Driscoll, often described as “the last Corbynista in power” since becoming the first mayor for North of Tyne in 2019.
ref: 2023 July 17, Ben Quinn, “Jamie Driscoll quits Labour after snub in north-east mayor race”, in The Guardian:
text: “That is irritating the left of the Labour Party, so the more Corbynista/Momentum members want the Labour party to go much further in helping renters in a pushing back against Conservatives.”
ref: 2023 September 13, Anna Sagar, “Housing will not be priority for Labour or Conservatives going into next election, expert says”, in MortgageSolutions.co.uk:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A supporter of British politician Jeremy Corbyn.
Synonyms: Corbynite
Corbynistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Corbynista
Uzbekistanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Uzbekistani
foreface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forefaces
Etymology: From fore- + face.
Senses: glosses: The front portion of a dog's face; the muzzle.
forefaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreface
forthought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forthink
meness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From me + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The state or quality of being oneself.
Related terms: herness
himness
itness
themness
usness
youness
herness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From her + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: the state or quality of being a specified female person
Related terms: himness
itness
meness
themness
usness
youness
himness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From him + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: the state or quality of being a specified male person
Related terms: herness
itness
meness
themness
usness
youness
themness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From them + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: otherness
glosses: The state or quality of being a specified person or a member of a specified group of people.
Related terms: herness
himness
itness
meness
usness
youness
usness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From us + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being or belonging to a cohesive group of people, especially a group that includes the speaker.
Related terms: herness
himness
itness
meness
themness
youness
borrowability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From borrow + -ability.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: (of words, constructions, etc) The quality of being borrowable.
allotherians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allotherian
tabourin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabourins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of taborine.
tabourins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabourin
WSU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /wɑˈzu/
Senses: examples: text: After visiting Johnson's home on South Hill in Spokane, Miller said the WSU logo designer would be honored to have the stadium named after him.
ref: 2005 May 10, “'The big ugly secret' of WSU's stadium”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023:
synonyms: Washington State
Wazzu
coordinate_terms: Washington
UW
glosses: Initialism of Washington State University.
Derived terms: Wazzu
White Isle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the White Isle
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Ibiza: an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
synth pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synth pads
Senses: glosses: A sustained chord or tone generated by a synthesizer, often employed for background harmony or atmosphere.
synth pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synth pad
tachist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tachists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tachiste.
tachists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tachist
taggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒɡi/
Forms: form: taggier
form: taggiest
Etymology: From tag + -y.
Senses: examples: text: An examination of the taggiest of the ewes showed a heavy infestation of red-headed lice to be the cause of the unrest. As these ewes had been dipped 2 years before, the lice probably had been introduced into the flock by an imported ram.
ref: 1921, Research Bulletin, numbers 347-359, page 66:
glosses: Of sheep: having tags, or dangling locks of wool.
taggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of taggy: most taggy
taggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of taggy: more taggy
lendability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lend + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lendable.
examples: text: The amount of lendability is fixed with regard to the bank's capital and surplus.
ref: 1920, Arthur Fremont Rider, Business Digest and Investment Weekly, Volume 26, Issue 6:
topics: banking
business
glosses: Money available to be lent.
talak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of talaq.
talaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talak
intercoursed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intercourse
intercoursing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intercourse
mustahab
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mustahabb.
mustahabb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mustahab
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَحَبّ (mustaḥabb, “recommended”), passive participle of اِسْتَحَبَّ (istaḥabba, “to deem recommended”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
antonyms: makruh
glosses: Of an action, in religious terms: recommended, favourable, virtuous.
HNDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HND
HNCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HNC
holey dollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holey dollars
Senses: glosses: A coin used in the early history of Prince Edward Island and New South Wales, made by punching the middle out of a Spanish dollar; the punched-out middle part was used as a smaller coin called a dump.
holey dollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holey dollar
osmoregulatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From osmoregulatory + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Both are osmoregulatorily active areas, and an external position and/or enlargement will be of competitive advantage in a life in diluted brackish or freshwater.
ref: 2008, E.V. Balian, C. Lévêque, H. Segers, Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (Hydrobiologia - Volume 595), Springer - P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands, page 319
text: Fish from Early Summer-runs would (1) have higher somatic energy reserves, (2) be more reproductively advanced and (3) be more osmoregulatorily 'prepared' for freshwater entry than Later Summer-runs.
ref: 2009, Crossin, Glenn T., Hinch, Scott G., Welch, David W., Cooke, Steven J., Patterson, David A., Hills, Jayme A., Zohar, Yonathon, Klenke, Ulrike, Jacobs, Melinda C., Pon, Lucas B., Winchell, Paul M. and Farrell, Anthony P., Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology - Physiological Profiles of Sockeye Salmon in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean and the Effects of Exogenous GnRH and Testosterone on the Rates of Homeward Migration, Taylor & Francis, page 92
text: The initial muscle lesions formed during the breakdown of the plasmodial wall may have made the fish osmoregulatorily imbalanced and opened the corridors as mini-scars (pathecia) for secondary infections.
ref: 2004, Ilse Bartsch, Acarothrix Ampliata (Arachnida: Acari: Halacaridae), a New Halacarid Mite from Florida, with Notes on External Genital Acetabula, Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitātsforschung, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany, page 35
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, osmoregulation.
Derived terms: osmoregulation
osmoregulatory
osmoregulator
osmoregulate
Pournelle chart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pournelle charts
Etymology: Developed by American science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle in his 1963 dissertation in political science.
Senses: glosses: A chart plotted on two axes — "attitude toward the state" and "attitude toward planned social progress" — used to visualize a person's political philosophy.
wikipedia: Jerry Pournelle
Related terms: Nolan chart
Vosem chart
cittess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cittesses
Etymology: From cit + -ess.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of citess.
Pournelle charts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pournelle chart
haplodiploidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid.
cybergeddon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + -geddon.
Senses: glosses: A decisive final battle, or apocalypse, that takes place in or through cyberspace.
soft money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft moneys
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A currency not fully backed by specie.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Funds contributed to political parties for activities intended to influence state or local elections.
antonyms: hard money
glosses: Academic funds that are irregular or unexpected, such as donations.
Related terms: sense: political funds
word: dark money
sense: not fully backed currency
word: fiat money
topics: money
finance
business
word: not fully backed currency
sepats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sepat
quarter-life crisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter-life crises
Senses: examples: text: Local indie comedy Everyday Is Like Sunday has a fresh take on quarter-life crises. A scrappy but endearing low-budget feature about a trio of Toronto 20-somethings grappling with romantic woes and career uncertainties, the movie is populated by young people who are confused, conflicted and unfailingly sardonic.
ref: 2013 August 15, Jason Anderson, “Everyday is Like Sunday: Local indie comedy about conflicted young people is smart, energetic: Interview”, in Toronto Star:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A situation resembling the mid-life crisis but taking place earlier, when roughly a quarter of one's adult life has passed, typically in one's twenties or thirties.
Related terms: mid-life crisis
existential crisis
quarter-life crises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter-life crisis
by any stretch of the imagination
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The British Prime Minister isn't a monarch by any stretch of the imagination.
glosses: By any means; in any sense; regardless of how one puts or considers it.
raw_tags: in negative constructions
Related terms: by no stretch of the imagination
Kanuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kanucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Canuck.
Kanuck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kanucks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
by no stretch of the imagination
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: by no stretch
form: by no stretch of imagination
Senses: glosses: Synonym of by no means: certainly not, definitely not, not by any means.
synonyms: word: by no means
extra: certainly not, definitely not, not by any means
glosses: Synonym of in no way: never ever, not for any reason; in no sense.
synonyms: word: in no way
extra: never ever, not for any reason; in no sense
Related terms: by any stretch of the imagination
Kanucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kanuck
transcaruncularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transcaruncular + -ly.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: In a transcaruncular manner.
outfake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outfakes
form: outfaking
form: outfaked
form: outfaked
Etymology: From out- + fake.
Senses: examples: text: Bruce managed to outfake and outfox the convict.
ref: 2011, Johnnie Lee Moore Jr., Living Testimony:
text: He couldn't outfake a lot of people, so when he'd get trapped he'd lower his shoulder and plow right into you.
ref: 2012, Dan Manoyan, Alan Ameche: The Story of "The Horse":
glosses: To fake or fake out more or better than (another)
Ocker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Oscar
Ocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ockers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ocker (a boorish or uncultivated Australian)
Related terms: Ocker Hill
Ockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ocker
Norwayan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norwayans
Etymology: From Norway + -an.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Norwegian.
Norwayan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Norwayan
form: most Norwayan
Etymology: From Norway + -an.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Norwegian.
Norwayans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norwayan
Sub-Carpathian Rus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Subcarpathian Rus′
Senses: glosses: A historic region of Eastern Europe.
Synonyms: Carpathian Ruthenia
Transcarpathian Ruthenia
Transcarpathian Ukraine
Transcarpathia
Rusinko
Hungarian Ruthenia
Subcarpathia
dogsat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dogsit
puppysit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puppysits
form: puppysitting
form: puppysat
form: puppysat
Etymology: From puppy + sit, modelled on babysit.
Senses: hypernyms: dogsit
glosses: To babysit for (take care of) a dog, especially a puppy.
Derived terms: puppysitter
petsits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of petsit
petsat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of petsit
pigsit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pigsits
form: pigsitting
form: pigsat
form: pigsat
Etymology: From pig + sit.
Senses: glosses: To babysit (take care of) a guinea pig.
examples: text: He's out there now, busting broncs just like his old man did when he was fighting losing everything . . . and I'm stuck with pigsitting the Ferris's Rosy.
ref: 2002, Cait London, When night falls, page 323:
glosses: To babysit (take care of) a pig.
Derived terms: pigsitter
pigsits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pigsit
pigsitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pigsit
pigsat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pigsit
pigsitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigsitters
Etymology: From pig + sitter, modelled on petsitter etc.
Senses: glosses: One who pigsits; one who looks after or takes care of a pig or guinea pig.
fair dinks
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fair dinkum.
synonyms: word: fair dinkum
pigsitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigsitter
trollicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trollicious
form: most trollicious
Etymology: From troll + -licious.
Senses: glosses: Full of, or characterized by, trolling (malicious troublemaking on the Internet), especially in an enjoyable way.
agoristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agoristic
form: most agoristic
Etymology: From agorist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to agorism.
Derived terms: agoristically
Rothbardianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Rothbardian + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: Rothbardism
glosses: The philosophical or political theories of Murray Rothbard.
synonyms: Rothbardism
glosses: The philosophical or political theories of Murray Rothbard.
Anarcho-capitalism.
Related terms: anarcho-capitalism
Austrian School
Austro-libertarianism
libertarianism
non-aggression axiom
nonaggression axiom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-aggression axiom.
puppysitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puppysitters
Etymology: From puppy + sitter.
Senses: glosses: One who puppysits; one who looks after someone's puppy.
Hypernyms: dogsitter
puppysitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puppysitter
puppysits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of puppysit
puppysitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of puppysit
puppysat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of puppysit
Garrisonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Garrisonian
Garrisonianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Garrisonian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Garrisonian ideas generally.
horsesit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: horsesits
form: horsesitting
form: horsesat
form: horsesat
Etymology: From horse + sit.
Senses: glosses: To babysit for (take care of) a horse.
Derived terms: horsesitter
horsesits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of horsesit
horsesitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of horsesit
horsesat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of horsesit
horsesitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horsesitters
Etymology: From horsesit + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who horsesits; one who looks after a horse.
horsesitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsesitter
Alzheimer's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Alzheimer's disease.
synonyms: word: Alzheimer's disease
birdysit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: birdysits
form: birdysitting
form: birdysat
form: birdysat
form: birdy-sit
form: birdie-sit
form: birdiesit
Etymology: Blend of bird + babysit
Senses: examples: text: So at least in this case, if anyone is contemplating the addition of a second bird, the results may be positive. It's worth trying a birdysitting job for a week or two to test the waters.
ref: 1992 August 14, Robert J. Granvin, “Adding a second bird”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):
text: Hi, all. For the past 2 months, I've been birdysitting my SO's boss' red-lored amazon, and I've become rather fond of the little guy. He's wild-caught, but usually very sweet.
ref: 1994 February 1, Tanya Heikkinen, “Advise needed on Amazon Purchase”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):
text: Last month I had to do the same thing when he picked up that annoying 'tiel scream when we birdiesat "Spike" for a week. That is nearly gone now. Whew!
ref: 1996 May 16, Richanna Patrick, “help with african grey..”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):
text: I also offer birdysitting services at certain times of the year, free of charge to owners that have one of my babies or adult pets. This is of course, for as long as the bird I sold them is the "only" bird in their possession.
ref: 1996 December 13, Dorine Ann McKinnon, “Sad story”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):
text: My folks are going out of state on vacation, decided not to take Dakota (my dad's B&G Macaw) with them, Sooooooo, guess who gets to birdysit? Yup, its me.
ref: 1998 July 2, SILK4ME356, “what did I get myself in to??”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):
text: Guess who is birdiesitting a Scarlet named Chili???? ;-)
ref: 2001 January 23, CgrSmkr9, “Does anybody in Michigan know.....”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):
text: Do you have a friend or neighbor that can stop by your house and check on him a few times a day? Even a neighbor's kid would probably like the chance to "birdysit".
ref: 2001 March 8, Feather Collector, “Cockatiels On Holiday”, in alt.pets.parrots.cockatiels (Usenet):
text: You could introduce the GC to a friend or family member who could birdysit for you while you are away, and it would be plenty of time for them to get to know one another. You would be surprised at how happy the GC would be to see you after your trip, especially if you stop at the pet or grocery store on the way home for a special treat.
ref: 2001 April 19, Feather Collector, “Newbie question about green cheek conures”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):
glosses: To take care of a bird in the owner's absence; to birdsit.
birdysits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of birdysit
birdysitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of birdysit
birdysat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of birdysit
birdiesit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: birdiesits
form: birdiesitting
form: birdiesat
form: birdiesat
Senses: examples: text: Last month I had to do the same thing when he picked up that annoying 'tiel scream when we birdiesat "Spike" for a week. That is nearly gone now. Whew!
ref: 1996 May 16, Richanna Patrick, “help with african grey..”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):
text: Guess who is birdiesitting a Scarlet named Chili???? ;-)
ref: 2001 January 23, CgrSmkr9, “Does anybody in Michigan know.....”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of birdysit.
birdiesits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of birdiesit
birdiesitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of birdiesit
birdiesat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of birdiesit
mournsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mournsome
form: most mournsome
Etymology: From mourn + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Then there came a mellow noise, very low and mournsome, not a sound to be afraid of, but to long to know the meaning, with a soft rise of the hair.
ref: 1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor:
text: I become the wind. I wind and wend my mournsome way, I thread the trees with keening.
ref: 2002, Pat Stewart, Bill Laforme, Key Light:
text: I sat up an' squinted in the mournsome dim.
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
text: “That sure sounds mournsome, ma'am. Who looked after you when you ran out of kin entire?”
ref: 2012, Lou Cameron, Stringer and the Hangman's Rodeo:
glosses: Characterised by mourning; mournful
dinkum oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We get the dinkum oil off him. He knows all the jockeys and trainers and everything.
ref: 1930, Lennie Lower, Here's Luck, page 59:
glosses: The truth.
Synonyms: good oil
bewhispers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bewhisper
bewhispering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bewhisper
bewhispered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bewhisper
pronunciation spellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronunciation spelling
translocatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more translocatable
form: most translocatable
Etymology: From translocate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be translocated.
untranslocatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untranslocatable
form: most untranslocatable
Etymology: From un- + translocatable.
Senses: glosses: Not able to be translocated; not translocatable.
grey marketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey marketeers
form: gray marketeer
Etymology: From grey market + -eer.
Senses: glosses: someone selling grey market goods or trading on the grey market
grey marketeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grey marketeer
gray marketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray marketeers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grey marketeer.
gray marketeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gray marketeer
Hoxton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒkstən/
Senses: glosses: An area in the East End of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3383).
Derived terms: Hoxton fin
Hoxtonite
Related terms: Hogston
Hoxton fin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hoxton fins
Etymology: After the district of Hoxton in London, where it was popular in the early 2000s.
Senses: glosses: A fauxhawk hairstyle.
Hoxton fins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hoxton fin
retrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The art of writing backwards.
Related terms: retrographic
retrograph
palindrome
semordnilap
floating gold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From its colour, its high value, and the fact that it may be found floating in the sea.
Senses: glosses: ambergris
tell-worthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tell-worthy
form: most tell-worthy
Etymology: From tell + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: For a narrative to be tell-worthy, it should be about the breach of a human plight, a deviation of a canonical script. Suicide and intentional pursuit of death are tell-worthy events.
ref: 2004, Jerry S. Piven, The Psychology of Death in Fantasy and History:
text: [...] based on the assumption that the precipitating conditions and state of being 'split in pieces' result in a tell-worthy emotional account.
ref: 2015, Matthew T. Prior, Emotion and Discourse in L2 Narrative Research:
text: But it is only at more advanced levels that it begins to be retooled at story openings in the function of a disjunct marker (Jefferson 1978) which announces that something different is coming up (i.e., the launching of a tell-worthy story) or as part of a yes-but turn architecture (Pomerantz 1984) during prefatory talk that functions to push an upcoming disagreement back into the turn-in-progress.
ref: 2015, Teresa Cadierno, Søren Wind Eskildsen, Usage-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning:
glosses: Worthy to be told
seaweeded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From seaweed + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered in seaweed.
sublebrities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sublebrity
boogalooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boogaloo
boogalooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boogaloo
imaam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imaams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of imam.
imaams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imaam
misjustices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misjustice
yae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yaes
Senses: glosses: The Korean vowel ㅒ.
glosses: The Cyrillic letter Ԙ (capital), ԙ (lower case), a ligature of Я and Е.
Darlingtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Darlington
straddling bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straddling buses
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A bus with a passenger compartment raised above road level, allowing other traffic to pass underneath and hence helping to avoid traffic jams.
straddling buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straddling bus
empasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: empasmata
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of empasm.
walk free
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks free
form: walking free
form: walked free
form: walked free
Senses: synonyms: go free
glosses: To go unpunished; to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
Synonyms: walk
empasmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empasma