cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
snarfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnɑːɹfɚ/
ipa: /ˈsnɑːfə/
Forms: form: snarfers
Etymology: From snarf + -er.
Senses: examples: text: But from lunch to dinner, there's sometimes an eight-hour gap. It's too long; we get hungry, need to snack. And so we become both nibblers and snarfers all in one day.
ref: 2011, Bruce Weinstein, Lobsters Scream When You Boil Them: And 100 Other Myths About Food and Cooking: Plus 25 Recipes to Get It Right Every Time, New York, N.Y. […]: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 242:
glosses: One who snarfs (eats or drinks greedily).
snarfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snarfer
Maille
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mailles
Etymology: Borrowed from French Maille or Maillé.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
belly wash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bellywash.
bombonne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombonnes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bonbonne
VDV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the VDV
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ВДВ (VDV), acronym of Возду́шно-деса́нтные во́йска Росси́и (Vozdúšno-desántnyje vójska Rossíi, “Airborne landing force of Russia”).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: the Russian Airborne Forces.
coal miner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coal miners
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coalminer.
coal cart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coal carts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coalcart.
coalcart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalcarts
Senses: glosses: A cart for carrying coal
Briard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Briards
Etymology: French briard
Senses: glosses: A sturdy, rough-coated French dog of an ancient breed from the Brie region of north-central France, traditionally used to herd and guard sheep.
brickworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brickworkers
Senses: glosses: Someone who makes bricks or works with bricks
Related terms: brickworks
level test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: level tests
Senses: glosses: placement test
Swannee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɒni/
ipa: /ˈswɑni/
Senses: examples: text: My plan has gone down the Swannee.
glosses: A notional river which leads to failure or doom
Drigg and Carleton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish on the coast of Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland district.
clown show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clown shows
Senses: examples: text: The other plumbing candidate you could call to fix your plumbing problem is a complete clown show who couldn't even turn off the faucet in your bathroom
ref: 2024, George C. Landrith III, Let Freedom Ring…Again:
glosses: A chaotic situation, a disorganized or mismanaged mess
theoretise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: theoretises
form: theoretising
form: theoretised
form: theoretised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of theoretize.
theoretised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of theoretise
Duplantis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Duplantises
Etymology: Borrowed from French Duplantis.
Senses: glosses: A topographic surname from French.
theoretises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of theoretise
theoretising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of theoretise
myrmecophitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to myrmecophytes.
taekwondoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taekwondoists
Etymology: From taekwondo + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The aim of this research is to carry out a comparative analysis of the morphological characteristics of top karatekas, judokas, taekwondoists, boxers and wrestlers […] so that during the training process we could correctly and objectively select athletes and to manage the transformation training processes effectively […]
ref: 2015, Julijan Malacko, Dragan Doder, Veroljub Stankovic, Milorad Dokmanac, Biljana Savic, Radoslava Doder, “A Comparative Analysis of the Morphological Characteristics of Elite Karatekas, Judokas, Taekwondoists, Boxers and Wrestlers”, in International Journal of Morphology, volume 33, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 246:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A practitioner of taekwondo; a taekwondoka.
taekwondoists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taekwondoist
FHWA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: road
transport
glosses: Abbreviation of Federal Highway Administration.
clown shows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clown show
Nezhukumatathil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nezhukumatathils
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam നേഴുകുമറ്റത്തിൽ (nēḻukumaṟṟattil).
Senses: examples: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, b. 1974
glosses: A surname from Malayalam.
clownshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clownshows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of clown show.
clownshows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clownshow
Lessepses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lesseps
deLesseps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lesseps.
DeLesseps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lesseps.
ravine-buck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ravine-bucks
form: ravine buck
Senses: glosses: A male ravine deer.
ravine-bucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ravine-buck
ravine buck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ravine bucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ravine-buck.
ravine bucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ravine buck
Ravindranath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rabindranath.
Hsin-kiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Xinjiang.
Xalapa-Enríquez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Xalapa.
synonyms: word: Xalapa
fit check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fit checks
form: fitcheck
form: fit-check
Senses: examples: text: So I saw these new, really chic trousers from this high-end store called Walmart. Not sure if you're familiar with it. And then this gorgeous white tank top from a really niche website called Shein. And yeah, that's the fit check. Hope that helps.
ref: 2023 November 10, Julia Ain, Instagram:
glosses: A request posted to social media for one's outfit to be checked out and assessed.
fit check
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fit checks
form: fit checking
form: fit checked
form: fit checked
form: fitcheck
form: fit-check
Senses: glosses: To request for one's outfit to be checked out and assessed.
fit checks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fit check
fit checks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fit check
USWNT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of United States women's national team.
Stoke Fleming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Hams district, south of Dartmouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8648).
hand-drawn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of an image or illustration, that has been drawn or created by hand.
mud purslane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Elatine americana.
mud-roofed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a house or other dwelling, built or constructed with mud.
Alfeios Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Olympic Valley.
synonyms: word: Olympic Valley
Alpheus Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Olympic Valley.
synonyms: word: Olympic Valley
Land o' the Leal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Land of the Leal.
two-stepping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of two-step
two-stepped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of two-step
would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
synonyms: word: would lose one's head if it wasn't attached
would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
synonyms: word: would lose one's head if it wasn't attached
would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
synonyms: word: would lose one's head if it wasn't attached
would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
synonyms: word: would lose one's head if it wasn't attached
would lose one's head if it wasn't tied on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of would lose one's head if it wasn't attached.
synonyms: word: would lose one's head if it wasn't attached
paper streamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper streamers
Senses: glosses: A long, narrow strip of cloth, colored paper or ribbon that is used as a decoration.
glosses: A long, narrow flag made of paper.
paper streamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paper streamer
employers' organization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: employers' organizations
Senses: topics: business
synonyms: employers' association
qualifier: human resources
glosses: A collective organization of manufacturers, retailers, or other employers of wage labor.
employers' association
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: employers' associations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of employers' organization.
synonyms: word: employers' organization
collective-bargaining agreement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collective-bargaining agreements
Senses: glosses: Synonym of collective agreement.
synonyms: word: collective agreement
Blue Russian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blue Russians
Senses: glosses: A cocktail containing vodka and blue curaçao.
Blue Russians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Blue Russian
Alpheius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Alpheus.
Alfeios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Alpheus.
Derived terms: Alfeios Valley
New Russian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Russians
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A Russian person of a newly rich business class who acquired their wealth in the 1990s in post-Soviet Russia.
New Russians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Russian
employers' organizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of employers' organization
employers' associations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of employers' association
pashaluk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pashaluks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pashalik.
pashaluks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pashaluk
Wallington Demesne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Northumberland, England.
collective-bargaining agreements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collective bargaining agreements
Senses: glosses: plural of collective-bargaining agreement
central determiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: central determiners
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word that modifies a head noun in a middle position.
null determiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: null determiners
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical constituent that appears with certain types of nouns, such as bare plurals and mass nouns.
null determiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of null determiner
central determiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of central determiner
sugar lips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A term of endearment.
skeleton clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skeleton clocks
Senses: glosses: A clock style in which the clockwork is visible.
patients zero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patient zero
McGowen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of McGowan.
Macgowan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of McGowan.
MacGowan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of McGowan.
time-reverse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: time-reverses
form: time-reversing
form: time-reversed
form: time-reversed
Senses: examples: text: It is compatible with the time-reversal noninvariance of the laws that the universe be such that the universe that consists of just its states at a time in reverse temporal order, without even time-reversing the states themselves, is a possible physical universe.
ref: 1977, Lawrence Sklar, Space, Time, and Spacetime, page 401:
text: The records of the waveforms are then transmitted to a central server that time-reverses them and lets the time-reversed versions back-propagate into the location domain by numerical simulation.
ref: 2017, Farhad Rachidi, Marcos Rubinstein, Mario Paolone (editors), Electromagnetic Time Reversal - Application to EMC and Power Systems:
text: Time-reverse all motions and the three will return at the same instant to the starting point.
ref: 2020, Martin Gardner, Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements, page 134:
topics: human-sciences
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: To subject something to a transformation in which the passage of time and all of its velocities are theorized to be reversed.
Derived terms: time reversal
time-reverses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of time-reverse
time-reversing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of time-reverse
time-reversed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of time-reverse
Low Angerton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Hartburn parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0984).
Related terms: High Angerton
S*n
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the S*n
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of The S*n.
skeleton clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skeleton clock
diprenylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diprenylate
diprenylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diprenylate
kurdyuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian курдюк (kurdjuk).
Senses: examples: text: Modern-day residents of the Ukok eat kurdyuk, and consider it a delicacy.
ref: 1998, Janet Buell, Ancient Horsemen of Siberia, Twenty-First Century Books (CT):
glosses: Fat from the tail of a fat-tailed sheep.
examples: text: Study of the blood factors of 345 sheep, including hybrids and backcrosses between the wild O. polii karelini and the New-Caucasian Merino, Prococe, and Kurdyuk, showed that in glutthione concentration, dry residue and specific gravity of the blood, and resistance of erythrocytes to solution the hybrids excelled the purebreds.
ref: 1939, United States. Office of Experiment Stations, Experiment Station Record, page 489:
glosses: A fat-tailed sheep.
there's more than one way to fuck a cat
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: ... , the room Dix looked back. There was not a trace that he'd even been in the room. “Yeah, there's more than one way to fuck a cat,” he said under his breath. 21. RED SIMON: The Coach Cloaked in shadows, hidden in 146 B.L. Morgan.
ref: 2015 June 26, B.L. Morgan, Red Simon: Vampire Punk, Black Bed Sheet Books, →ISBN, page 146:
text: ... There's more than one way to fuck a cat. No one fucked anyone. One twin wriggled free, lithe as an eel, picked up a shovel, and swung it at the soldier's legs . "Let my brother go!" The soldier roared, dropped his other[…]
ref: 1990, Rebecca M. Meluch, Chicago Red, Roc, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of there's more than one way to skin a cat.
synonyms: word: there's more than one way to skin a cat
Smonday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmʌn.deɪ/
ipa: /ˈsmʌn.di/
rhymes: -ʌndeɪ
rhymes: -ʌndi
Forms: form: Smondays
Etymology: Blend of Sunday + Monday.
Senses: examples: text: Remember, your good sport of a partner is not used to seeing you act this way on Smonday.
ref: 2023 July 18, Phillip Done, The Art of Teaching Children: All I Learned from a Lifetime in the Classroom, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 400:
text: We've all heard the phrase 'Sunday Blues'. Some call it the 'Sunday Sads' or 'Smonday', the exact point that you start hating Sunday because Monday comes next.
ref: 2018 March 8, Andy Cope, Gavin Oattes, Shine: Rediscovering Your Energy, Happiness and Purpose, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: Smonday ...
The moment when Sunday stops feeling like a Sunday and the anxiety of Monday kicks in.
ref: 2018 August 2, Andy Cope, Leadership: The Multiplier Effect, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: The moment when Sunday stops feeling like a Sunday and the anxiety of Monday starts to kick in.
igtheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ig- (from ignorant) + theism, modeled after ignosticism (itself modeled after agnosticism) and atheism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ignosticism.
synonyms: word: ignosticism
dystheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dystheistic
form: most dystheistic
Etymology: From dysthe(ism) + -istic.
Senses: hypernyms: theistic
coordinate_terms: atheistic
antitheistic
nontheistic
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or (especially) professing dystheism.
Český Brod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Czech Český Brod
Senses: glosses: A town in Kolin district, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Ewesley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rural locality and former parish in Nunnykirk parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0692).
Nunnykirk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0892).
kayak sprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kayak + sprint. From using kayak boats in a sprint race.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A watersports discipline, where competitors race head-to-head in heats, on a straight flatwater course in lanes, using kayaks.
Coordinate terms: canoe slalom
canoe sprint
dragon boating
kayak cross
kayak slalom
rowing
sculling
Knowesgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Kirkwhelpington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9885).
Kirkwhelpington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in mid Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9984).
changes tack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of change tack
changing tack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of change tack
changed tack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of change tack
Bore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
café-wall illusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: café-wall illusions
Senses: examples: text: Staggered filled squares produce the café-wall illusion.
ref: 1995, Daniel B. Olfe, “Rectangular Arrays in Art and Pattern Design”, in Computer graphics for Design: From Algorithms to AutoCAD®, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, chapter 5 (Arrays of Graphical Elements), page 109:
text: We still see the tapered tiers of the café-wall illusion even after we know their defining lines to be parallel, but we now accept our earlier impression as a naïve, less tangible, or less valid view.
ref: 1995, Steve Hagen, “Inertia”, in How the World Can Be the Way It Is: An Inquiry for the New Millennium into Science, Philosophy, and Perception, Wheaton, Ill.: Quest Books, →ISBN, part III (What Matters), page 268:
text: The famous café-wall illusion is a variation of the shifted-chessboard or Münsterberg illusion, 1897, in which the lines between the rectangles are black instead of gray.
ref: 2013, Paul M. Baars, “Estimated Sizes, Image Distortions, and Geometric Illusions”, in Illusion Confusion: The Wonderful World of Optical Deception, London: Thames & Hudson, published 2014, →ISBN, page 272:
glosses: Alternative form of café wall illusion.
piss in someone's chips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pisses in someone's chips
form: pissing in someone's chips
form: pissed in someone's chips
form: pissed in someone's chips
Senses: examples: text: And I’m hopeless with ladies, as you know, lacking both that easygoing contempt which they find irresistible and also lacking a real instinctive trust in them. I present them I suppose with the worst of both worlds – a limited respect. No wonder they always end by pissing in my chips.
ref: 1954 July 21, Robert Bolt, “[Barbara Bray letter to RB]”, in Adrian Turner, Robert Bolt: Scenes From Two Lives, London: Hutchinson, published 1998, →ISBN, page 335:
text: I’m not afraid of Dugdale. It isn’t that. I’m in the clear nowadays. I want to stay that way. Dugdale will still be in town when you’ve disappeared in the dust. I can’t afford to be on the wrong side of him. I don’t want you pissing in my chips, Mr Wright.
ref: 1978, John Buxton Hilton, chapter 15, in Some Run Crooked, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 151:
text: You saw me the other day leave that meeting in a hurry. Do you want to know why I left? If I had stayed I would have ruddy thumped that know-it-all bastard. Just you wait, though, when I get the chance I’ll really piss in his chips. I’m no delicate flower and I can shout my mouth off with the best of them at times.
ref: 1994, Tony J. Watson, quoting a manager, “Angst, insecurity and human frailty”, in In Search of Management: Culture, Chaos and Control in Managerial Work, London: International Thomson Business Press, published 1997, →ISBN, chapter 7 (Managing Management: Theory, practice and emotion), page 180:
glosses: Alternative form of piss on someone's chips.
SA'ed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of SA
SA'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of SA
SA'ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of SA
sparrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sparr
smudgey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: smudgier
form: smudgiest
Senses: examples: text: [T]he only resident servant was a sixteen-year-old runner of small errands. A girl always down at the heels, with a smudgey face, rough hair, flyaway cap, and dirty apron.
ref: 1873 September, John Baker Hopkins, “Making the Worst of it”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume XI, London: Grant & Co., […], chapter XXIV (Mrs. Laura Marshall), page 353:
text: Incidentally, most of the carbons we see are mighty poor copies of an original that may well be a cause of editorial eye strain. Often they are smudgey, or so pale and faded they cannot be read at night.
ref: 1956 summer, “Criticism Is What You Make of It”, in Rewrite: The Magazine of Effective Writing, volume XVI, number 2, Lunenburg, Mass.: Writers’ Counsel Service, page 10, column 2:
text: The silly grin on his smudgey face revealed that he had a big, dark hole in his mouth where one front tooth should have been.
ref: 1989, Mary Kirchoff, chapter 7, in Kendermore (Dragonlance: Preludes; 2), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 91:
glosses: Alternative spelling of smudgy.
Richmond Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area (Richmond Valley Council) in the Northern Rivers region, north-east New South Wales, Australia, named after the Richmond River.
glosses: A neighbourhood on the South Shore, Staten Island, New York City, United States.
yaois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yaoi
café-wall illusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of café-wall illusion
Haim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chaim.
Related terms: Haim-Munk syndrome
Hayim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chaim.
linear map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linear maps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of linear transformation.
synonyms: word: linear transformation
Maumee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river or place in the United States:
A river in north-east Indiana and north-west Ohio, which flows into Lake Erie at Toledo.
glosses: A river or place in the United States:
A township in Allen County, Indiana.
glosses: A river or place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
glosses: A river or place in the United States:
A city on the river in Lucas County, Ohio.
believing is seeing
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One needs to believe something in order to know or understand it.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Faith often precedes any miracle.
Coordinate terms: seeing is believing
linear maps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linear map
MacCaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
MENAFATF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force.
T-symmetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The theoretical symmetry of physical laws under the transformation of time reversal, :T:t↦-t..
folinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From folic + -in + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Derived from a folic compound.
elaidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Derived from elaidin (the trans isomer of oleic acid).
Derived terms: elaidate
would-be bride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: would-be brides
Senses: glosses: A bride that has the potential of getting married or that desires to be married, but is currently not in a position to do so.
would-be brides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of would-be bride
marshaling yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marshaling yards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of marshalling yard.
marshaling yards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marshaling yard
oliveyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oliveyard
idemfactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idemfactors
Etymology: From idem + factor.
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An operator or quantity which is at both idemfacient and idemfaciend.
corporate nun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporate nuns
Senses: examples: text: In those photos of her wandering around Capitol Hill to meet the senators, she looked unprepared. Not like a politician with a message to impart, but like a corporate lawyer in her cubicle. She looked like a corporate nun.
ref: 2008, Willie Brown, Basic Brown: My Life and our Times:
text: The corporate nun turned from the elevator smiling at them helpfully.
ref: 2007, Michael Hollister, Salishan:
text: Wendy was a sad creature, a corporate nun who dedicated her life to serving the Gazette. She had a permanently martyred air and no life outside the newsroom.
ref: 1998, Elaine Viets, Rubout:
glosses: A woman who dedicates her life to her job or career, especially at the expense of romance.
idemfacient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From idem + facient.
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: When multiplying an idempotent matrix produces itself.
idemfaciend
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From idem + faciend.
Senses: examples: text: The possibility of the selection of all the remaining units as idemfaciend or nilfaciend is easily established.
ref: 1882, Benjamin Peirce, Linear Associative Algebra, page 14:
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: When multiplied by an idempotent matrix produces itself.
idemfactors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idemfactor
time reversal invariance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time reversal invariances
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The principle that if a sequence of events is possible, then the same sequence is also possible in the reverse order.
time reversal mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time reversal mirrors
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device that uses a transducer to sample, to reverse in time, and to reemit an acoustic field or another type of wave.
time reversal signal processing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: A technique that either creates an optimal carrier signal for communication, reconstructs a source event, or focuses on high-energy waves to a point in space.
Socotra sunbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Socotra sunbird
Socotrah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Socotra.
Suquṭra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Socotra.
time reversal mirrors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time reversal mirror
time reversal invariances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time reversal invariance
Zion Don
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Zion + Don or blend of Zionist + Donald, in the context of his pro-Israel stance, chosen for its quasi-rhyme.
Senses: examples: text: They realized that they have overused their Zion Don to the point where one more of these attacks and his base is going to abandon him entirely.
ref: 2019 April 1, D. Schlenk, “Mossad/CIA False Flag Warning”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet):
text: Good, that’s where Zion Don belongs. I doubt, however, that Democrats have balls to do that. Also, the fact that they call prison a “niggerville” really says a lot about niggers.
ref: 2023 November 19, D. Ray, “Re: 8 NIGGERS ARRESTED IN VEGAS TEEN'S FATAL BEATING”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet):
text: Trump supporters have also moved to the right of Trump himself: hence, accusations of Trump running a MIGA campaign (Make Israel Great Again) or even himself being a Zion Don can be found on Reddit and 4chan (Luddy 2021).
ref: 2024, Elizaveta Gaufman, Bharath Ganesh, The Trump Carnival - Populism, Transgression and the Far Right, page 59:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Nickname for Donald Trump (born 1946), president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present).
coworker music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Music that is popular, generic, mainstream, formulaic and usually inoffensive or boring; pop music.
dreadhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dreadheads
Etymology: From dreads (“dreadlocks”) + -head.
Senses: glosses: A person with dreadlocks.
Pipe Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of streams in the United States.
glosses: A township in Madison County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A township in Miami County, Indiana.
glosses: A stream and unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas, United States.
Venetan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛnətən/
Etymology: From Veneto + -an.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A group of related Romance varieties indigenous to Veneto (region in northeastern Italy).
Related terms: word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Venetan terms
alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/vec
word: vec
Ghazza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gaza.
Ghazzah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gaza.
Ghazze
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gaza.
Jhongjheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 中正 (zhōngzhèng) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jhongjhèng.
Senses: examples: text: The sole winning ticket for the top prize in Tuesday's Grand Lottery (大樂透) was sold by a lottery store in Keelung's Jhongjheng District in northern Taiwan, according to Taiwan Lottery.
ref: 2018 June 26, “Taiwan Grand Lottery top winning ticket sold in Keelung”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2024, Society:
text: The mayor went on to say that more than one million visitors come to Keelung on cruises each year and predicted that Line 1579, which passes through scenic areas in the city’s Jhongjheng District, will certainly be profitable in the future, according to the report.
ref: 2019 October 15, George Liao, “Third Taipei-Keelung express bus line begins operation Oct. 16”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2024, Travel:
text: An elderly married couple in Keelung’s Jhongjheng District have been living in a corrugated iron house that is potentially dangerous because it is too dark inside and the bathroom floor is wet and slippery.
ref: 2021 July 20, 盧賢秀, “‘Skywalkers’ lug gear uphill to fix old folks’ house [爺奶獨居鐵皮屋 「天行者」扛物資上山修繕]”, in Julian Clegg, transl., Taipei Times, sourced from 自由時報, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2021, Taiwan News, page 14:
english: 基隆市中正區一對老夫妻住在山坡上鐵皮屋，因室內燈光不足、浴室地面濕滑，[…]
translation: 基隆市中正區一對老夫妻住在山坡上鐵皮屋，因室內燈光不足、浴室地面濕滑，[…]
text: The Keelung City Government last week held a plaque revealing ceremony for a long-term care center for elderly people in Jhongjheng District (中正).
ref: 2022 November 15, Chen Yu-fu, Jonathan Chin, “Keelung inaugurates long-term care facility”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2022, Taiwan News, page 3:
text: A truck is trapped by debris following a landslide along Beining Road in Keelung’s Jhongjheng District on Monday afternoon.
ref: 2024 June 4, Chen Yi-shao, Jason Pan, “Keelung landslide buries vehicles and injures four”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2024, Front Page, page 1:
glosses: Alternative form of Zhongzheng (in Keelung).
Westford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Otsego County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Richland County, Wisconsin, named after Westford, New York.
glosses: A village in Wellington parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1220).
glosses: A suburb of Alness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6469).
real-estate tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: real-estate taxes
Senses: examples: text: In towns and cities a real-estate tax is supposed to be exclusively on landlords, and the owners of houses: but, ultimately, it is a tax on the tenants who rent the houses, for the rate of tax has much to do with the rate of rents. A real-estate tax, therefore, reaches all persons at last; […]
ref: 1871 November 29, “Our State Revenue”, in The Missouri Republican, volume XLIX, number 330, St. Louis, Mo.: George Knapp & Co., page [2], column 1:
text: ALMOST anywhere in the United States, if you own a home you may fairly assume that someone who owns a home of equal value is paying much less in real-estate taxes than you are, and someone else is paying much more.
ref: 1994 March 30, Donald L[eon] Barlett, James B. Steele, “Millionaires right at home with real-estate tax”, in Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, Calif., page A9, column 1:
text: My biggest issue was that our real-estate taxes increased by 600 percent between 1975 and 1980.
ref: 2014, C[lyde] Norman Shealy, “Lessons Learned as Student, Teacher, and Mentor”, in Living Bliss: Major Discoveries Along the Holistic Path, Carlsbad, Calif.: Hay House, Inc., →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: Alternative form of real estate tax.
real-estate taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of real-estate tax
quasirhyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quasi-rhyme.
if there ever were one
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The Saint, is Ignatius Loyola, the famous Captain General of the Jesuits; a man of genius, if there ever were one;—the painter, Rubens; and this undoubtedly one of the finest of that master’s inimitable works.
ref: 1835, [Charles Badham], “Notes”, in Brief Recollections, Chiefly of Italy, by an Amateur, Glasgow: […] Bell and Bain, page 27:
text: Discussing trout first, the Kern River in its higher elevations abounds in the choice golden, a trophy fish if there ever were one.
ref: 1966, Norman Phillips, “Kern River Isabella Lake”, in Map of Kern River, Lake Isabella, Kernville, Wofford-Heights, California (Kym’s Guide: Maps and Charts of Recreation Areas; No. 11), Los Angeles, Calif.: Triumph Press Inc., column 2:
text: […] by convincing her that his dying father, Captain Wallace Bibbs—an upright man if there ever were one!—had left you to him in his Will.
ref: 1979, Frank Yerby, chapter 35, in A Darkness at Ingraham’s Crest: A Tale of the Slaveholding South, New York, N.Y.: The Dial Press, →ISBN, page 565:
text: That he had planned on being a medical ethicist but instead had been drawn into profiling by Garrett Woods, a Machiavellian man if there ever were one.
ref: 2011, J.T. Ellison, chapter 38, in So Close the Hand of Death, Don Mills, Ont.: Mira Books, →ISBN, page 296:
glosses: Alternative form of if ever there was one.
chialoup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chialoups
form: chaloup
form: chaloupe
Senses: examples: text: “The preſident, becauſe we were in great want of water, wiſhed to approach the coaſt with the veſſel, and by force of the guns drive them away, and then to ſend the chaloup well manned and armed aſhore, to take water in ſpite of their teeth; but he was over-ruled by the plurality of voices.[…]”
ref: 1770, Alexander Dalrymple, An Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean, volume 1, London, page 31:
text: Their High Mightinesses have also consented to the building of a new vessel instead of the wrecked chialoup “Elizabeth,” and the Commandement of Jaffnapatam has still not been provided with a new vessel in place of the chialoup of the same name which was put aside in 1730, although permission for its replacement had already been obtained then.
ref: 1905, Sophia Pieters (Dutch Translator), Memoir Left by Jacob Christiaan Pielat to His Successor: Diederik Van Domburg, 1734, G. J. A. Skeen, Government printer, page 14:
text: The skipper of the chialoup was instructed to continue his voyage to Rammanacoil without delay, and to tranship the luggage there into the chialoup which was to be sent from Jaffnapatnam.
ref: 1911, Sophia Anthonisz (Dutch Translator), Diary of Occurrences During the Tour of Gerrit de Heere, Governor of Ceylon: From Colombo to Jaffna, July 9 to September 3, 1697, Columbia, Ceylon: H.C. Cottle, Government printer, →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: A type of sloop used in the East Indies.
chialoups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chialoup
obelisking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of obelisk
obelisked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of obelisk
party van
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party vans
Etymology: Attested 2006 in a comic posted on 4chan: FBI agents trick Anonymous into opening his door by claiming they are the “4chan party van”.
Senses: examples: text: As ban puts it, "This is our razor-thin disclaimer which protects us in real-life" from what /b/tards refer to as "a ride in the FBI party van."
ref: 2008 January 18, Julian Dibbell, “Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World”, in Wired:
text: Who needs the FBI party van when you can just order CALEA take out?
ref: 2014 September 5, Sean Gallagher, “When NSA and FBI call for surveillance takeout, these companies deliver”, in Ars Technica:
glosses: An FBI or other law enforcement van, especially if carrying agents coming to arrest someone for cybercrime.
wikipedia: 4chan
Related terms: word: van
JP-7
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: jet fuel
kerosene
coordinate_terms: JP-1#Noun
JP-4#Noun
JP-5#Noun
JP-8#Noun
glosses: Initialism of jet propellant 7: a type of jet fuel for supersonic jet aircraft.
quasi-rhyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-rhymes
form: quasirhyme
Etymology: From quasi- + rhyme.
Senses: examples: text: An oldish parishioner of my own gave me many years ago the quasi rhyme, or its rags and tatters.
ref: 1904, W. K. Morton (publisher), Lincolnshire Notes and Queries - Volume 7, page 213:
text: A similar pattern, mingling elements of alliteration, assonance, quasi-rhyme, and meaningful allusion ingeniously is seen in the following example.
ref: 1967, Roman Jakobson (contributor), To Honor Roman Jakobson - Essays on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, 11 October 1966 · Issue 31, page 683:
text: Perhaps this quasi-rhyme royal stanza right at the end of a quasi-ballade is a nose-thumbing gesture at Chaucher's French contemporaries and the oppressive formal convention they represent;
ref: 2006, Seth Lerer, The Yale Companion to Chaucer, page 202:
text: but they make significant use of rhyme, imperfect rhyme, pararhyme, quasi-rhyme between identical words, rhyme between the end of a line and the inside of a line, rhyme between stressed and unstressed syllables.
ref: 2016, Antonios Rengakos, Evina Sistakou, Dialect, Diction, and Style in Greek Literary and Inscribed Epigram, page 129:
text: Hall referred to these as false rhymes, but I prefer the label quasi-rhymes.
ref: 2024, Paul R. Nail, Ph.D., A Psychological Biography of Hiram "Hank" Williams - Much More to His Story, Volume II, page 481:
coordinate_terms: half rhyme
near rhyme
glosses: Somewhat of a rhyme.
lamp oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamp oil
quasi-rhymes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasi-rhyme
beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: True, she wasn’t a great looker. But you know what they say, beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.
ref: 2003, Jane Moore, “Friday, 28 June, 2002, 2.35 p.m.”, in The Ex Files, London: Orion, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Researchers at Manchester University say while beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder, the amount of alcohol consumed is not the only factor.
ref: 2005 November 25, “'Beer goggles' effect explained”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2007:
text: “Was she good-looking?” / “Good-looking! Let’s just say beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.”
ref: 2007, Cheryl Reavis, chapter 13, in Medicine Man, Richmond: Mills & Boon, published 2008, →ISBN, page 197:
text: I once heard a regular in The King’s Head exclaim to one of the barmaids that beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder and that as she must hold more beer than most during the course of an evening, she must therefore be the most beautiful woman in the world.
ref: 2012, Stuart Ayris, “Recognise Beauty Wherever It Be”, in Tollesbury Time Forever (Frugality; 1), →ISBN, part 2 (.....but I say it just to reach you), page 173:
text: “[…] I often wondered what it was that attracted you to him. I just couldn’t see it.” / “He poked me in the back with a ruler in biology class.” / “Nice pick-up approach. As you got older, I thought you’d see him for what he was, but you didn’t.” / “Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder?” Sarah offered and she went to carry on, but Kate was feeling as if she was on a roll.
ref: 2015, Bella Osborne, chapter 10, in It Started at Sunset Cottage, London: Avon, →ISBN, pages 111–112:
glosses: Alternative form of beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
dragonriding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dragon + riding.
Senses: examples: text: Anne McCaffrey of Dragonflight fame, experienced relief noting that . . . “Leessa (was), for once, appropriately clad for dragonriding,” and finds it noteworthy that he had actually read her books!
ref: 1981, Richard Riehn, “[Book reviews] Wonderworks, Science Fiction and Fantasy Art, by Michael Whelan”, in Philip O[lcott] Stearns, editor, Fantasy Modeling, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Fantasy Modeling Inc., →OCLC, page 44, column 2:
text: He took hold of the leather harness and said, “I’m ready.” / “Good, Aarondar. It is . . . nice that you have acquired a taste for dragonriding.” Turiana snorted in amusement, and gathered herself for flying.
ref: 1986 December, R[hondi] A[nn] V[ilott] Salsitz, chapter 21, in Where Dragons Rule, New York, N.Y.: Signet, →ISBN, page 243:
text: Troll fights every Saturday, centaur roller derby Tuesday nights, zombie paintball every second Friday, unicorn jousting at Christmas and a dragonriding tournament in June.
ref: 2017 October 10, Jessica Townsend, “Welcome to Nevermoor”, in Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, Sydney, N.S.W.: Lothian, Hachette Australia, →ISBN, page 83:
topics: fantasy
glosses: The act of riding a dragon.
Related terms: dragonrider
subpasteurization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: subpasteurisation
Etymology: From sub- + pasteurization.
Senses: examples: text: subpasteurization conditions
glosses: Involving temperatures lower than those used in pasteurization.
Related terms: superpasteurization
ultrapasteurization
thermization
subpasteurisation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subpasteurization.
thermization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermisation
Etymology: From thermize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: A method of sanitizing raw milk which uses temperatures lower than those used in pasteurization (63–65 °C).
Related terms: subpasteurization
thermisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of thermization.