cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
languagehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From language + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The property of being a language.
chairhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chair + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The property of being a chair.
pharmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharmers
Senses: glosses: One who engages in pharming (fraudulent redirection of Internet traffic).
pharmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharmer
spearphisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spearphishers
Etymology: From spear + phisher, modeled on spearfisher.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One who engages in spearphishing.
Related terms: phish
phisherman
spearphishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spearphisher
radiopaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + paging.
Senses: glosses: The use of radiopagers.
party foul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party fouls
Etymology: See foul (“breach of rules in sport”).
Senses: glosses: A faux pas committed at a party.
party fouls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party foul
radiopager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiopagers
form: radio pager
Etymology: From radio + pager.
Senses: glosses: A pager (telecommunication device) that operates by means of radio signals.
Related terms: radiopaging
radiopagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiopager
agynary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The absence of female organs, such as on double flowers which have petals but no pistils.
squintest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: squint + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of squint
squinteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: squint + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of squint
sraddha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sraddhas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shraddha.
sradha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sradhas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shraddha.
sraddhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sraddha
sradhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sradha
staggery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more staggery
form: most staggery
Etymology: From stagger + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a staggery walk
text: It was dark and he still felt a little staggery going down the hotel steps. He steadied himself on the handrail and immediately felt it sticky.
"Ahhhhh shit." It had been painted black. He untacked his hand and looked at it. Blackened fingers and a huge black mark on his palm.
ref: 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, novel, 'Midwinter Break', Chapter 5, at p.101
glosses: staggering
stairwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stairworks
Etymology: From stair + work.
Senses: glosses: The construction of flights of stairs.
stairworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stairwork
staminodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staminodium
stamnos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stamnoi
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek στάμνος (stámnos).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek pottery container used to store liquids. It is more squat than an amphora, and has handles.
stamnoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stamnos
stanchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stanching
standpattism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of standpatism.
standpatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stand pat + -ism.
Senses: glosses: resistance to change
standpatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standpatters
form: stand-patter
Etymology: From stand pat + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who is resistant to change.
standpatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standpatter
staretz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staretzes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of starets.
staretzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staretz
starets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staretses
form: startsy
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ста́рец (stárec) (q.v.).
Senses: qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy; chiefly Russian Orthodoxy; Eastern Orthodoxy; chiefly Russian Orthodoxy
glosses: An Eastern Orthodox elder, typically a monk or hieromonk, often renowned for holy wisdom, who functions as an adviser and teacher.
Coordinate terms: sense: wise elder in Orthodox Christianity
word: geronda
staretses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starets
startlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of startling
staunchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staunching
stealt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /stɛlt/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of steal
steaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stean
steaning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stean
steaning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steanings
form: steyning
Senses: glosses: A ford over a river.
glosses: The stone or brick lining of a well, etc.
racebend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: racebends
form: racebending
form: racebent
form: racebent
Etymology: From race + bend, after the pattern of genderbend.
Senses: examples: text: Hollywood does not just innocently “racebend” a few characters for the sake of hiring the best actors.
ref: 2014, Anna Lee, "Persons of color need representation in Hollywood", The Falconer (The Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California), Volume 40, Issue 2, 26 September 2014, page A7
text: Similar to [Denzel] Washington racebending to become Julius Caesar for an official production, […]
ref: 2015, Kristen J. Warner, “ABC's Scandal and Black Women's Fandom”, in Elana Levine, editor, Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century, University of Illinois, →ISBN, page 39:
text: […] in which white Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Stone, respectively – 'racebend' and play characters of Asian descent.
ref: 2015, Adolfo Aranjuez, "Power from a Different Perspective: Race, Gender and Grief in Big Hero 6", Screen Education, Number 79, Spring 2015, page 11
glosses: To play the role of, or cast someone in the role of, a character of a different race or ethnicity.
stearsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stearsmen
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of steersman.
stearsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stearsman
steepier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of steepy: more steepy
steepiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of steepy: most steepy
fully-stocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
forestry
glosses: Containing as much tree growth as resources allow.
raw_tags: of a place
qualifier: bar; store; bar; store
glosses: Containing a full assortment of goods.
raw_tags: of a pantry
alectormancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rare form of alectryomancy.
alectryomancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alectryomancers
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mancer, equivalent to alectryomancy + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.
ref: 1985, Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's no harm undone, page 113:
text: The alectryomancer sometimes wishes to know the name of a person and allows a bird to pick corn grains from letters drawn in a circle on the ground.
ref: 2001, Clifford A. Pickover, Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction, page 81:
text: The alectryomancers knew how to tap the power of the living chicken.
ref: 2008, Bob Sheasley, Home to Roost: A Backyard Farmer Chases Chickens Through the Ages, →ISBN:
glosses: A practitioner of alectryomancy.
alectryomancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alectryomancer
stemmings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stemming
stereologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stereological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, stereology.
sterigmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sterigma
sterigmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a sterigma.
dixeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dixey
stewer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stewers
Etymology: From stew + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In the 1960's culling hens and cockerels accounted for the main share of all live poultry exports. In more recent years, exports of live stewers, ducks, and geese have trended downward while foreign trade of live broilers and turkeys has greatly increased.
ref: 1972, Cline Jefferson Warren, The Netherlands Poultry Meat Industry, page 4:
coordinate_terms: broiler#Noun
fryer#Noun
layer#Etymology_2
roaster#Noun
glosses: A bird (especially, a chicken) suitable for cooking by stewing.
glosses: Someone who stews food.
coordinate_terms: saucepan
roasting pan
Dutch oven
;
cauldron
;
kettle
glosses: A lidded pot with a handle, suitable for stewing.
Related terms: souper
stew in one's juices
stewers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stewer
stigmes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stigme
stilliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stilly: most stilly
stillier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stilly: more stilly
stoas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoa
stockbrokerage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockbrokerages
Etymology: From stock + brokerage.
Senses: glosses: stockbroking
stockbrokerages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stockbrokerage
stoln
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stoʊln/
rhymes: -oʊln
Forms: form: stol'n
form: stolne
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of stolen.
stolonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stolon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a stolon.
stonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stone + -able.
Senses: examples: text: He is drawing attention to the idea that the works he has done have been good, with the implication that to justify stoning his accusers would have to pick one of his good acts and show it to be a stonable offence.
ref: 2015, Michael L. Free, CBT and Christianity, page 102:
glosses: Punishable by stoning.
straitlacedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more straitlacedly
form: most straitlacedly
Etymology: From straitlaced + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a straitlaced manner.
strewer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strewers
Etymology: From strew + -er.
Senses: examples: text: She loved plaster statues, vigil lights, tabernacles decorated in gold leaf with little doors that opened, processions with strewers, the Lourdes hymn: that whole world of disappearing and comforting Catholicism […]
ref: 1991, Michael Macklem, The Oberon Reader, page 289:
glosses: One who strews something.
strewers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strewer
stringhalted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stringhalt + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Affected with stringhalt; lame.
stringhalts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stringhalt
strippable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From strip + -able.
Senses: examples: strippable coal
glosses: Suitable for strip-mining.
strychnias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strychnia
syringomyelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From syringomyelia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to syringomyelia.
syzygal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to syzygy.
ammosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.məʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
ipa: /ˌa.məʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
ipa: /ˌæ.moʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
rhymes: -ɛkʃuːəl
Forms: form: ammosexuals
Etymology: From ammo + -sexual.
Senses: examples: text: Ammosexuals are very protective of their fetish, and attack even the slightest gun safety measure on the grounds that they interfere with their pleasure.
ref: 2014 June 5, GOP_Decline_and_Fall [username], “Re: Forget gun control: New plan is to stop mass shootings”, in alt.politics.liberalism (Usenet):
text: With the infestation of guns and ammosexuals the USA has, you might just kill yourselves off. The Wild West folks had nothing compared to what the ammosexuals are carrying round everywhere. What could possibly go wrong?
ref: 2015 July 14, A [username], “Re: St Louis black alderman begs thugs to stop shooting each”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):
text: It's about sticking it to the ammosexuals or the bleeding hearts or whomever.
ref: 2015, Martin Forstrom, "Ditch your guns to prevent suicides", The Wildcat (Arizona University), Volume 109, Issue 27, 28 October 2015 - 29 October 2015, page 9
glosses: A person obsessed with owning guns; a zealous supporter of the right to bear arms.
Synonyms: gunfucker
gunloon
guntard
hoplophile
gunloons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunloon
ammosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ammosexual
wargasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wargasms
Etymology: From war + -gasm.
Senses: examples: text: Group 1--over-testosteroned freaks who are just thrilled that the Big Bad USA is finally gonna get to blow shit up and have a wargasm every time a bomb hits.
ref: 2003 May 28, Frank Downey, “Re: (NBC) Unbelieveable”, in rec.music.artists.springsteen (Usenet):
text: Interesting how you guys have a "wargasm" just thinking about bombing the shit out of some third world country yet it drives you up the wall to think that someone may be having sex. Most strange!
ref: 2003 May 13, jha_amin [username], “Re: President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinski”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet):
text: Many ammosexuals practice the religion of gundamentalism or demand the invasion of weaker countries as a means of reaching wargasm.
ref: 2014 June 5, GOP_Decline_and_Fall [username], “Re: Forget gun control: New plan is to stop mass shootings”, in alt.politics.liberalism (Usenet):
glosses: An intense excitement or pleasure derived from war or the thought of war.
wargasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wargasm
ladyporn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lady + porn.
Senses: examples: text: Half the women in the country are getting all hot and bothered over this ladyporn book, Fifty Shades of Grey, and the British establishment offers little more than a Frankie Howerdstyle “ooh err missus!”
ref: 2012 July 27, “Ed Lines”, in The Press:
text: Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century.
ref: 2015, Elana Levine (ed.), University of Illinois, title
text: The "Dr. Phil rape tweet" saga having finally petered out, some desperate web writer, likely digging for click bait on a slow news day, unearthed a once-obscure sub-genre of self-published ladyporn over at Amazon.com.
ref: 2015, Kathy Shaidle, Confessions of a Failed Slut, Thought Catalog, published 2014, →ISBN:
glosses: Erotic literature written by and/or intended to appeal to women.
Hyponyms: mommy porn
Related terms: bodice ripper
NRS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NRSs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of naval receiving station.
NRS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Redress Scheme.
USNH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of United States naval hospital.
USNTS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of United States naval training school.
vox nihili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɒksˈnɪhɪlaɪ/
ipa: /ˌvɒksˈnɪhɪliː/
ipa: /ˈvɒks ˈnaɪ hɪˌlaɪ/
ipa: /ˈvɒks ˈni hɪˌli/
ipa: /ˈvɒks ˈnɪ hɪˌli/
Forms: form: voces nihili
Etymology: From Latin vōx (“voice”) + nihilī (“of nothing”). See also vox populi.
Senses: glosses: A useless or ambiguous phrase or sentiment.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A spelling or textual error.
voces nihili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vox nihili
Grecianship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Grecian + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a Grecian (a senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School).
drag hunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drag hunts
Senses: examples: text: At the Wilkeshire Club a large number of hunters had arrived. . . . [A] splendid pack of hounds was held by the huntsman while they debated whether to hold a paper chase or to try a drag hunt.
ref: 1916, Arthur B. Reeve, chapter 12, in The Romance of Elaine:
text: This form of pretend hunting is called a drag hunt. For its adherents . . . it is a happy medium that gives riders the opportunity to experience hunting’s highs without taking themselves too seriously or threatening area wildlife. The fact that drag hunts are much faster only adds to the appeal.
ref: 2006 December 8, Jillian Dunham, “The Anisette Is on the Move! Release the Hounds!”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Nov 2015:
text: Unlike a drag hunt, where the scent is laid in a straight line, trailers will be trying to mirror the zigzag path of a hunted fox.
ref: 2008 October 31, William Little, “Hunting booms three years after ban”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 15 Nov 2015:
synonyms: trail hunt
glosses: A horseback chase which uses hounds and is similar to a fox hunt, except that the dogs do not pursue a live animal but, rather, follow a trail created by dragging a scent along a regular, predefined course which is designed to allow sustained riding at high speed.
drag hunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drag hunts
form: drag hunting
form: drag hunted
form: drag hunted
Senses: synonyms: trail hunt
glosses: To engage in a drag hunt.
Related terms: drag hound
drag hunting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drag hunt
split the difference
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: splits the difference
form: splitting the difference
form: split the difference
form: split the difference
Senses: examples: text: "Come!" said Gamfield; "say four pound, gen'lmen. Say four pound, and you've got rid on him for good and all. There!"
"Three pound ten," repeated Mr. Limbkins, firmly.
"Come! I'll split the difference, gen'lmen," urged Gamfield. "Three pound fifteen."
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 3, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
text: My new brother-in-law Allen told me I should ought to give the preist $5 and I thought it should be about $2 the same as the license so I split the difference and give him $3.50.
ref: 1916, Ring Lardner, Sr., chapter 3, in You Know Me Al:
glosses: In a financial transaction, to settle on an amount midway between the offer and the asking price.
examples: text: Dolly suggested that they should meet at the club at 4 p.m. Sir Felix had named noon, and promised to call at Dolly's lodgings. They split the difference at last and agreed to start at two.
ref: 1875, Anthony Trollope, chapter 28, in The Way We Live Now, London: Chapman and Hall, […]:
text: Gulden appeared at a loss for an instant reply. "I want plenty to do," he replied, presently. "I want to be in on everything. I want to be free to kill a man when I like."
. . . "Gulden, I'll split the difference between us. I'll leave you free to do as you like. But all the others—every man—must take orders from me."
ref: 1916, Zane Grey, chapter 11, in The Border Legion:
text: Expert advice to him from many sources varied between 5 ft. and 5 ft. 6 in. He split the difference at 5 ft. 3 in., which was fixed by Act of August 18, 1856, as the standard for Ireland.
ref: 1948 September and October, “The Why and The Wherefore: The Irish Gauge”, in Railway Magazine, page 348:
text: In terms of both price and efficiency, the Malibu Eco attempts to split the difference between a conventionally powered sedan and all-out efficiency champs like the Toyota Camry and Ford Fusion hybrids.
ref: 2012 July 8, “New Cars: Embracing Efficiency, Halfheartedly”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Nov 2015:
glosses: To choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise.
Related terms: meet halfway
marihuanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marihuana
my boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: my boys
Senses: glosses: Term of address for a male friend or a young man.
babalawo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babalawos
Etymology: From Yoruba babaláwo.
Senses: glosses: In Yoruba culture, a priest of Ifa.
babalawos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babalawo
Sharm el-Sheikh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌʃɑː(ɹ)m ɛlˈʃeɪk/
/ˌʃɑː(ɹ)m ɛʃˈʃeɪk/
Forms: form: Sharm
Etymology: From Egyptian Arabic شرم الشيخ (šarm eš-šēḵ, “bay of the wise”).
Senses: glosses: A city in Egypt, at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula.
Scandi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskæn.di/
rhymes: -ændi
Etymology: Clipping of Scandinavian.
Senses: examples: text: Longstanding maritime traditions and extensive coastlines mean that seafood also plays a major role in Scandi cuisine, and in my baking.
ref: 2012, Signe Johansen, Scandilicious Baking, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: When it comes to fictional accounts, and notwithstanding the current 'Scandi Crime' trend following in the wake of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, Norwegian viewers have predominantly been exposed to Anglo-American programming.
ref: 2013, Sophie Body-Gendrot, Mike Hough, Klara Kerezsi, René Lévy, Sonja Snacken, The Routledge Handbook of European Criminology, Routledge, →ISBN, page 270:
text: Things start encouragingly enough with attractive redbrick mansion blocks and municipal buildings, cobbled streets and interesting boutiques nestled between big high street stalwarts. The place looks a lot like a Scandi version of Guildford.
ref: 2015, Helen Russell, The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country, Icon Books, →ISBN:
text: Rivalry with other middle-market brands competing for shoppers’ hard-earned cash has been ferocious, thanks to the likes of Me+Em, Rixo and Kitri, as well as the continued onslaught of chic Scandi brands such as & Other Stories, Arket, Cos and the more expensive Ganni.
ref: 2024 August 19, Ellie Violet Bramley, “Ted Baker’s closure was foreseeable from a fashion perspective”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Scandinavian; from or pertaining to Scandinavia.
Scandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskæn.di/
rhymes: -ændi
Forms: form: Scandis
Etymology: Clipping of Scandinavian.
Senses: examples: text: A bonus for those working on their tans in the stands, but in the dressing room the made-for-the-shade Brits and the Scandis are sweating uncomfortably already.
ref: 2013, anonymous author, The Secret Player, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: One of the Scandis, Sandra, had talked about how the men in south east Asia stared openly at women.
ref: 2014, Graeme Maughan, Backpackers, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
glosses: A Scandinavian; someone from Scandinavia.
gliriform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gliriform
form: most gliriform
Etymology: From Latin glis (“dormouse”).
Senses: glosses: Relating to or resembling animals of the clade Gliriformes.
Hypernyms: euarchontogliran
Hyponyms: gliran
glirine
Related terms: Euarchontoglires
gliran
Glires
glirine
glirine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glirine
form: most glirine
Etymology: From Latin glis (“dormouse”).
Senses: glosses: Relating to animals the Linnaean order Glires.
glosses: Relating to animals of the recently recognized clade Glires.
Synonyms: gliran
Hypernyms: gliriform
Related terms: Euarchontoglires
gliran
gliriform
Gliriformes
arrière-voussure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrière-voussures
Etymology: From French arrière-voussure.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: An arch behind a door or window.
Sharm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sharm el-Sheikh.
'drome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'dromes
Etymology: A shortening of aerodrome.
Senses: examples: text: It had been located and used as a base and 'drome by the Mackay Aerial Expedition a few months previously[.]
ref: 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 11:
text: A Super Constellation warmed its engines up at Mascot 'drome.
ref: 1959, Dorothy Hewett, Bobbin Up, page 82:
glosses: An aerodrome.
'dromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'drome
twelvesome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twelvesomes
Etymology: From twelve + -some.
Senses: glosses: A group of twelve persons or things.
twelvesomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twelvesome
OOH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of out of home (“denoting forms of advertising, such as billboards, that reach consumers outside of their homes”).
fuck yous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuck you
onesome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌnsəm/
rhymes: -ʌnsəm
Forms: form: onesomes
Etymology: From one + -some.
Senses: examples: text: When Joe and Suzie left, the threesome became a onesome.
text: The remote innocence of the time may be read not only in the sub—dollar greens fee but in the surreal presence of three solo golfers— “onesomes”—spaced out on a public course.
ref: 2011, John Updike, Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf, page 50:
glosses: A solitary person or thing; a "group" of one.
cockbulge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockbulges
Etymology: From cock + bulge.
Senses: glosses: The bulge (in pants or under a blanket, etc.) created by a penis.
Synonyms: mooseknuckle
manbulge
bulge
pitching a tent
cockbulges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockbulge
grow out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grows out
form: growing out
form: grew out
form: grown out
Senses: glosses: To allow (something, often hair) to grow unimpeded.
Related terms: word: grow out of
word: grown-out
word: outgrow
grown out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of grow out
grows out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grow out
growing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grow out
grew out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of grow out
felt around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feel around
feels around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feel around
feeling around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feel around
braces aback
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brace aback
bracing aback
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brace aback
braced aback
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brace aback
bets up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bet up
betting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bet up
tracked with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of track with
tracks with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of track with
tracking with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of track with
workfarer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workfarers
Etymology: From workfare + -er.
Senses: glosses: A participant in a workfare system
Pridnestrovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pridnestrovian
form: most Pridnestrovian
Etymology: From Pridnestrovie + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Pridnestrovie.
Derived terms: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Pridnestrovian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pridnestrovians
Etymology: From Pridnestrovie + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Gaugauzians who are largely of Turkish origin had much better arguments to claim independence from the Moldovan parent state in terms of ethnicity than the only regionally identifiable Pridnestrovians.
ref: 2012, Silvia von Steinsdorff, "Incomplete state building – incomplete democracy? How to interpret internal political development in the post-Soviet de facto states", Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Volume 45, Issues 1-2
text: In a first symbolic act, he abolished border checks for Pridnestrovians going to Moldova (though not on those coming back to the secessionist region).
ref: 2013, John O’Loughlin, Gerard Toal (Gearóid Ó Tuathail) & Rebecca Chamberlain-Creangă, "Divided space, divided attitudes? Comparing the Republics of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) using simultaneous surveys", Eurasian Geography and Economics, Volume 54, Issue 2
text: Without international recognition, any Pridnestrovians needing to travel internationally must accept Moldovan citizenship and its passport.
ref: 2014, Karen Guttieri, Volker Franke, Melanne Civic, Understanding Complex Military Operations: A Case Study Approach, Routledge, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: An inhabitant of Pridnestrovie.
bells out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bell out
belling out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bell out
belled out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bell out
bitten in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bite in
bites in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bite in
biting in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bite in
bit in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bite in
kerfluff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Alteration of kerfuffle, possibly influenced by fluff.
Senses: examples: text: After a fine record of doing chores up North, conscientious Roly and Poly fall out of Santa's sled on Christmas Eve and land ""kerfluff"" in snowy wilds.
ref: 1952, Dorothy Sherrill, The Santa Claus Bears:
text: And a tough neighborhood, it was, too. irate Mars, and sexually explicit Venus, the kerfluff of a moody moon, and self-important stars.
ref: 2016, D. S. Martin, The Turning Aside, →ISBN:
text: If a kerfluff missile strike (with advance heads up to the strikees) is your idea of what makes a successful president, you must be giddy (along with those other things you are).
ref: 2017 April 11, “Here We Mar A Lago Again - Politics and Other Controversies”, in city-data (Usenet):
glosses: Synonym of kerfuffle.
synonyms: word: kerfuffle
bloodies up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bloody up
bloodying up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bloody up
bloodied up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bloody up
bloodied up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloodied up
form: most bloodied up
form: bloodied-up
Senses: glosses: Bloody; covered in blood; badly injured.
bloodied-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloodied-up
form: most bloodied-up
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bloodied up.
blown down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of blow down
blows down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow down
blowing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow down
blew down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of blow down
boils up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boil up
boiling up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boil up
boiled up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boil up
nostrilful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nostrilfuls
form: nostrilsful
Etymology: From nostril + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Some of his contemporaries from other waters are greeted with nostrilsful of foul water, reeking of detergent and factory waste.
ref: 1969 February 15, “Angling: Cliff Parker says: It’s a wise salmon that knows its own father”, in The Birmingham Post, number 34,408, page III:
glosses: The amount of a substance that can fit in a nostril.
nostrilfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nostrilful
wobbulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒb.jʊˌleɪ.tə/
ipa: /ˈwɑb.jəˌleɪ.tɚ/
Forms: form: wobbulators
form: wobulator
Etymology: Blend of wobble + oscillator
Senses: synonyms: sweep generator
glosses: An electronic device primarily used for the alignment of receiver or transmitter intermediate frequency strips, often in conjunction with an oscilloscope; a swept-output RF oscillator; a variable capacitor driven by a voice coil; a main component of a FM circuit.
wobbulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wobbulator
booted out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boot out
boots out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boot out
booting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boot out
stiffen up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stiffens up
form: stiffening up
form: stiffened up
form: stiffened up
Senses: glosses: To become rigid, tense or stiff.
stiffens up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stiffen up
stiffened up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stiffen up
stiffening up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stiffen up
nudgingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nudging + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In only his second interview as a somewhat reluctant pop star in the late 70s, a man from the Mirror in a reassuringly dirty mac nudgingly begs: “Tell us about the girls.”
ref: 2015 November 16, David Hepworth, “This week’s best radio: Chris Evans, a master at work”, in The Guardian:
glosses: With, or as if with, a nudge.
uncivilisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncivilisable
form: most uncivilisable
Etymology: From un- + civilisable.
Senses: examples: text: But is there some vaguely uncivilisable aspect of the Middle Eastern mind?
ref: 2015 November 16, David Shariatmadari, “Isis hates Middle Eastern civilisation too”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of uncivilizable.
Naipaulian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Naipaulian
form: most Naipaulian
Etymology: From Naipaul + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: as King points out, cultural and social aspects play a significant role within Naipaulian literary criticism and this up to a degree that makes the final analysis doubtful and leaves the scholar troubled and puzzled.
ref: 2008, Sabine Freyling, The Sum of No Equation, page 13:
glosses: Of or relating to V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018), Trinidadian British writer.
cricoidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Etymology: From cricoid + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: excision of the cricoid cartilage
endometrectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endometrectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: ablation of the endometrium
vanity sizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Earliest known use is from 1990 by Pati Palmer and Susan Pletsch.
Senses: synonyms: size inflation
glosses: The phenomenon of ready-to-wear clothing of the same nominal size becoming bigger in physical size over time, to flatter the wearer by making them believe they are thinner than they are.
overthunk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: over- + thunk
Senses: glosses: past participle of overthink
sits through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sit through
sat through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sit through
sitting through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sit through
tumbled to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tumble to
tumbles to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tumble to
tumbling to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tumble to
botches up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of botch up
botching up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of botch up
botched up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of botch up
botched up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more botched up
form: most botched up
Senses: glosses: Botched utterly; failed; ruined.
blissing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bliss out
blisses out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bliss out
bombed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bombed-out
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bomb out
bombed out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bombed out
form: most bombed out
form: bombed-out
Senses: glosses: Having been destroyed, or turned to rubble, with explosives.
bombs out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bomb out
bombing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bomb out
bombed-out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bombed-out
form: most bombed-out
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bombed out.
chews on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chew on
chewing on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chew on
chewed on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chew on
operational exhaustion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
human-sciences
medicine
military
politics
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
war
synonyms: shell shock
glosses: The acute psychological trauma experienced in combat environments which can lead to combat fatigue.
chickenize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chickenizes
form: chickenizing
form: chickenized
form: chickenized
Etymology: From chicken + -ize. In the business sense popularized by American journalist Christopher Leonard in the context of the US poultry industry, where just a few companies control almost all aspects of chicken production, such as feed, medicines, and chicken houses. This model was later followed by other industries (they chickenized).
Senses: glosses: To make chicken-like or suitable for chickens.
examples: text: To compete with the chicken industry, hog and cattle producers could follow the model that Moeller was slowly building for pig farms. They could chickenize.
ref: 2014, Christopher Leonard, The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 152:
text: Chokepoint capitalists want to chickenize everything they can, so they can control—and capture the lion's share of value from—other people's labor. Now the live music industry is being chickenized too.
ref: 2022, Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow, Chokepoint Capitalism […] , Boston: Beacon Press, →ISBN:
topics: business
glosses: To make (an industry or field of commerce) into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry.
Derived terms: chickenization
chickenized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chickenize
chickenizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chickenize
chickenizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chickenize
messes around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mess around
messing around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mess around
chews up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chew up
chewing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chew up
chewed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chew up
tamp down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tamps down
form: tamping down
form: tamped down
form: tamped down
Senses: glosses: To compact a substance (usually soil) until it is flat.
examples: text: Mr. Trump’s aides also have tried to tamp down questions about the former president’s frustrations, so as not to elevate Mr. DeSantis.
ref: 2022 January 17, Jonathan Martin, Maggie Haberman, “Who Is King of Florida? Tensions Rise Between Trump and a Former Acolyte.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: [Tina] Satter’s “Reality” has a dramatic vigor that’s missing from the corresponding scenes in [Susanna] Fogel’s “Winner,” but the tamped-down tone in “Winner” is actually closer to the actual tone of those interrogations, as heard firsthand in yet another film—Sonia Kennebeck’s 2021 documentary, “Reality Winner.”
ref: 2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: To suppress or reduce (something, usually an emotion or thought).
cheeses down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cheese down
cheesing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cheese down
cheesed down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cheese down
tamps down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tamp down
tamping down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tamp down
tamped down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tamp down
agitatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agitatable
form: most agitatable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of agitable.
cryoprison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryoprisons
Etymology: From cryo- + prison.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A prison whose inmates are cryogenically frozen for the duration of their sentences.
cryoprisons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryoprison
risaldar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: risaldars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ressaldar.
risaldars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of risaldar
lays by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay by
laying by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay by
laid by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lay by
lay bys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lay by
fuckpig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuckpigs
Etymology: From fuck + pig.
Senses: glosses: Term of abuse.
fuckpigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuckpig
non-crystallising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + crystallising.
Senses: glosses: that does not crystallise.
cryotolerance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryotolerances
Etymology: From cryo- + tolerance.
Senses: glosses: tolerance of cold temperatures
big girls' blouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big girl's blouse
Nordish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪʃ
Forms: form: more Nordish
form: most Nordish
Senses: glosses: Nordic, Norse
Nordish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪʃ
Senses: glosses: Nordic, Norse (the language)
Lesser Antilleans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lesser Antillean
alepine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alepines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alépine.
cheap out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheaps out
form: cheaping out
form: cheaped out
form: cheaped out
form: cheapen out
Senses: examples: text: That's not the kind of product you want to cheap out on.
glosses: To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners.
examples: text: I could never marry someone who cheaps out like that.
glosses: To act cheap; to unreasonably refuse to spend money.
examples: text: I was cheaped out of having a good vacation because the hotel's marketing misled me.
glosses: To be too stingy to achieve a purpose or provide a promised product/service/project.
cheaps out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cheap out
cheaping out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cheap out
cheaped out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cheap out
cheapen out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheapens out
form: cheapening out
form: cheapened out
form: cheapened out
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheap out.
cheapens out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cheapen out