cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
moonshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonshis
Senses: examples: text: Whoever has memory to retain what he hears, and who ſpeaks ſo intelligibly that no doubt of his meaning ariſes in his audience, and who is a man of good actions, [...] ſuch perſon the magiſtrate ſhall conſtitute his Leekhuk or Moonſhi, and writer.
ref: 1777 September, “A Code of Gentoo Laws, or Ordinations of the Pundits, from a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language. 4to. London, 1776.—Printed at the Expence of the East India Company, and Not to be Purchased.”, in The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature (Series the Fifth), volume XLIV, London: Printed for A. Hamilton, […], →OCLC, page 182:
text: Several of us, at one time or another, engaged "moonshis" or teachers, and tried to learn Hindustani, in which language, with one exception I think, none of us became very proficient.
ref: 1875 April, [John Arthur Bayley], chapter IV, in Reminiscences of School and Army Life, 1839 to 1859, [London?]: [Privately printed; s.n.], →OCLC, pages 54–55:
glosses: Archaic spelling of munshi.
munshees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of munshee
moonshis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonshi
hydroxykynurenines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroxykynurenine
unanguished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + anguished.
Senses: glosses: Not anguished.
Africanderism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Africanderisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Afrikanerism.
Africanderisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Africanderism
Afrikanderism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afrikanderisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Afrikanerism.
Afrikanderisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afrikanderism
Her Highness
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: A title of respect for female royals.
Related terms: Her Britannic Majesty
His Britannic Majesty
Your Britannic Majesty
Their Britannic Majesties
Her Excellency
His Excellency
Your Excellency
Their Excellencies
His Highness
Your Highness
Their Highnesses
Her Holiness
His Holiness
Your Holiness
Their Holinesses
Her Imperial Highness
His Imperial Highness
Your Imperial Highness
Their Imperial Highnesses
Her Imperial Majesty
His Imperial Majesty
Your Imperial Majesty
Their Imperial Majesties
Her Maj
His Maj
Your Maj
Her Majesty
His Majesty
Your Majesty
Their Majesties
Her Royal Highness
His Royal Highness
Your Royal Highness
Their Royal Highnesses
Her Royal Majesty
His Royal Majesty
Your Royal Majesty
Their Royal Majesties
Her Serene Highness
His Serene Highness
Your Serene Highness
Their Serene Highnesses
uncircumscript
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncircumscript
form: most uncircumscript
Etymology: From un- + circumscript.
Senses: glosses: Not circumscript; boundless.
tamkeen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of tamkin.
unelliptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + elliptical.
Senses: glosses: Not elliptical.
uncircumscribably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncircumscribably
form: most uncircumscribably
Etymology: From uncircumscribable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it cannot be circumscribed.
zebra lionfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zebra lionfish
uncircumscribability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being impossible to circumscribe.
circumscribability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From circumscribe + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being possible to circumscribe.
Edman degradations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Edman degradation
Nessus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Nessus.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A centaur killed by Heracles, whose tainted blood in turn killed Heracles.
Derived terms: Nessus sphinx
Nessus shirt
wifedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wife + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: I have seen a procession of monks, with a nightmare of faces, wearied, dejected, purposeless, hopeless, when not brutalized with the traces of furious rebellion against their world, and in that woful panorama of debased human nature I see the figure of what we condemn women to, when we bid them grow old in listless idleness, if they fail to secure to themselves the privileges of wifedom.
ref: 1869, Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler, Woman's Work and Woman's Culture: A Series of Essays, page 359:
text: "In your view of wifedom,” I began, “is the wife to acknowledge having a personality and will of her own, or do you see her as simply being responsive to her. . .her husband?
ref: 1991, The Winged Dancer, page 159:
text: Wifedom is a job, she argued, and the only approved one available for half the population.
ref: 1994, Dale Spender, Weddings and Wives, page 27:
text: As Winfrey recently told TVGuide, “Stedman and I have a great relationship that allows me to be me in the fullest sense, with no expectations of wifedom and all that would mean.
ref: 2004, People - Volume 61, page 56:
text: As marriage is displaced by family, wifedom by motherhood and the support/dependency structures of the patriarchal family assume greater importance than the legal form, it is actually counterproductive to the real purpose of social policy to exclude from regulation a family type that is so obviously here to stay.
ref: 2012, Alison Diduck, Felicity Kaganas, Family Law, Gender and the State: Text, Cases and Materials, →ISBN:
text: Specifically, I argue that twentyfirst-century American wifedom is emblematic of the identity formations actively encouraged by postfeminist entrepreneurial regimes.
ref: 2018, Suzanne Leonard, Wife, Inc.: The Business of Marriage in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN:
glosses: The condition of marriage for a woman.
examples: text: We suspect that Mr. Dixon has exaggerated both the extent and intensity of the defiance of common sense as well as common decency which spiritual wifedom implies.
ref: 1868, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance:
text: There the motive for concealment was removed, and the apology of a spiritual wifedom ceased to exist.
ref: 1871, Mayne Reid, The Wild Huntress; Or, Love in the Wilderness, page 161:
text: Help me to become a pure waterer, weeder, and deadheader of our little plot, to mature from manic bride and bonnarder to the calm, the jen, of deep and ancient garden wifedom.
ref: 2011, Marjorie Sandor, The Late Interiors: A Life Under Construction, →ISBN:
glosses: A woman's devotion to meeting the needs and/or desires of another, as if they were a marriage partner.
claptrappy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more claptrappy
form: most claptrappy
Etymology: From claptrap + -y.
Senses: glosses: Full of claptrap; nonsensical or ludicrous.
hopenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hopene
desynchronies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desynchrony
Kondoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Kondo
Kondos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Kondo
kilolight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilolights
Etymology: From kilo- + light.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: a unit of velocity equal to one thousand times the velocity of light
examples: text: I said slowly: “I must be making a megalight, or more, an hour. At this rate the journey will take about two weeks—” “Yes,” Lipsey said. “We think the Xeelee have a range of hyperdrive capabilities. The standard intragalactic version is limited to a kilolight an hour, ...
ref: 2016, Stephen Baxter, Xeelee Sequence, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: a unit of distance equal to one thousand light-years; a kilolight-year
light hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light hours
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one hour
poor man's butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Margarine.
glosses: The avocado fruit.
Synonyms: sense: avocado
word: midshipman's butter
chronographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: chronographic
chronographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of chronography.
Enfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Enfield
benchrester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benchresters
Etymology: From benchrest + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Accuracy folks (benchresters, varminters, etc.) lean decidedly towards the Remington. Its tubular design allows it to be chucked in a lathe and "hot-rodded" very easily.
ref: 1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns (Usenet):
glosses: One who takes part in benchrest shooting.
benchresters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benchrester
benchrest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benchrests
Etymology: From bench + rest, since the gun is mounted on a rest placed on a table or bench.
Senses: qualifier: gun sports
glosses: A shooting sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets.
examples: text: Since deer usually give you no time to get into a nice, steady position like sitting, and since there's a shortage of benchrests in the woods, it pays to be able to shoot upright.
ref: 2004 June, David E. Petzal, “Shoot like a man: There are no benchrests in the wood”, in Field & Stream, volume 109, number 2, page 62:
glosses: The infrastructure for benchrest.
Derived terms: benchrester
benchrest rifle
S&W
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Smith & Wesson: an American manufacturer of firearms, ammunition and restraints founded in 1852.
S&W
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: S&Ws
Senses: glosses: A Smith & Wesson firearm.
S&Ws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of S&W
RSAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Royal Small Arms Factory.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Republic of Singapore Air Force.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Royal Saudi Air Force.
benchrests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benchrest
Seychelleans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seychellean
antibromics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antibromic
unembracing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + embracing.
Senses: examples: text: My brother, if ever I shall seem reserved and unembracing to thee, still thou must ever trust the heart of Isabel, and permit no doubt to cross thee there.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:
text: Since my days as a student, the city has encroached upon Salpetriere so it no longer has its country-estate disguise. The stiff, unembracing stone arms spread out from the domed chapel, an ironic center of a hell realm.
ref: 2006, Kate Horsley, Black Elk in Paris, page 3:
glosses: Not embracing.
encopreses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encopresis
unilluminable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + illuminable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be illuminated.
consimilitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consimilitude
ASCOB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ASCOBs
Senses: qualifier: dog shows
glosses: Acronym of (an animal of) any solid colour other than black.
ASCOBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ASCOB
exceptionlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛpʃənləsli/
/əkˈsɛpʃənləsli/
Forms: form: more exceptionlessly
form: most exceptionlessly
Etymology: From exceptionless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an exceptionless manner, (performed) without exception.
stomatocytoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomatocytosis
playblasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of playblast
playblasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of playblast
uninfarcted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + infarcted.
Senses: glosses: Not infarcted.
endomycorrhizae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endomycorrhiza
unrefractive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + refractive.
Senses: glosses: Not refractive.
unrefracting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + refracting.
Senses: glosses: Not refracting.
ESBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ESB
Klamath County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Klamath people.
Senses: glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Klamath Falls.
glosses: A former county of California, United States, dissolved in 1874.
solution in search of a problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈluːʃən ɪn ˈsɝt͡ʃ əv ə ˈpɹɑbləm/
ipa: /səˈl(j)uːʃən ɪn ˈsɜːt͡ʃ əv ə ˈpɹɒbləm/
Forms: form: solutions in search of problems
form: solutions in search of a problem
Senses: examples: text: Some teachers complained that the new online grading software was a solution in search of a problem.
text: The early days of the PC were a classic case of a solution in search of a problem. It was pretty obvious that a computer-on-your-desk was an exciting prospect and had to be good for something. But what?
ref: 2012, Peter Lucas, Joe Ballay, Mickey McManus, Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology, page 200:
synonyms: solution looking for a problem
glosses: A proposal that does not solve any problem or provide any value; or one that is intended to fill a need which does not really exist.
Klamath Falls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
Malheur County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Malheur River, from French malheur (“misfortune”).
Senses: glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Vale.
wikipedia: Malheur River
double-glazings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-glazing
double glazings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double glazing
gerophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gerophile
gero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: geriatric; elderly
geropsychiatrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geropsychiatrists
Etymology: From gero- + psychiatrist.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of geropsychiatry.
geropsychologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geropsychologists
Etymology: From gero- + psychologist.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of geropsychology.
geropsychologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geropsychologist
geropsychiatrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geropsychiatrist
COCPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of COCP
leaderines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaderine
leaderess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaderesses
Etymology: From leader + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female leader.
leaderesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaderess
pleitropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The quality of being pleitropic.
Multnomah County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Chinook word meaning "lower river".
Senses: glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Portland.
zeta values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeta value
shumla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shumlas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shamla (“Indian girdle”).
shumlas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shumla
Wallowa County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Nez Perce word.
Senses: glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Enterprise.
Wallowa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Nez Perce word.
Senses: glosses: A small city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States.
eat-all-you-can
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eat + all + you + can.
Senses: examples: text: He'd have been more than just disappointed if he'd ended up an eat-all-you-can meal for the zombies outside.
ref: year unknown, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Zombies Don't Knock, Lulu.com, page 24
text: Lunch at Bob's Restaurant was an eat-all-you-can Mongolian barbeque. People were already milling around the buffet table, choosing which vegetable dishes they wanted to go with the tenderloin strips. But Lita was heaping nothing but red ...
ref: 2002, Likhaan: U.P. Creative Writing Center, The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction, →ISBN:
text: "Have you been invited to an eat-all-you-can party?" "No. Who's throwing it? Were you invited? Why are you asking?" "Forget I asked. Besides, I don't know who's giving the party." When Blair put the phone back in its cradle, a slow smile was ...
ref: 1989, Andrew K. Arriola, Grace C. Pe, Discovering New Horizon: Anthology of Chinese Filipino Literature in English:
glosses: All-you-can-eat.
Related terms: all one wants
all one likes
video karera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: video + Tagalog karera (“race”), from the horse racing games played in the machines.
Senses: examples: text: 1995, Philippines. Congress (1987- ). Senate, Journal of the Senate
Some of these forms of illegal gambling are: jueteng, video karera, tong-its, loteng, horse race bookies, sakla, last 2, jai-alai bookies, hi-lo, monte, various carnival games, and pula-puti.
text: The paraphernalia: video "karera" machine. (PDI, PS, October 16, 2004) PNP and the Military The two vanguards of the country's peace and order never had it so good, especially for the officials. Despite their meager salaries, some of them ...
ref: 2005, Armando Ang, Greed & Scams, Inc: Corruption, Deception, Forgery, Fraud, Hoax, Kickback, Quackery, Swindle, Rip-off, Etc:
text: ... 2000, she was the caretaker of the “video karera" of Lauro Buluran; she was at Mata St. and Panday Pira St. waiting for her work time; Lauro, Rodelio, Onyo and Danny Manalo were drinking in front of the house of Onyo; they started drinking ...
ref: 2012, Official Gazette:
glosses: An illegal betting game using an arcade machine playing horse racing.
Aias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ajax (“hero in Greek mythology”).
fanboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanboats
Etymology: From fan + boat.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of airboat.
synonyms: word: airboat
Gibbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gibby
Epi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Our next port of call after Tongoa was the northwest coast of the island of Epi where Vaemali Hospital is situated. […] The village of Vaemali on Epi has another claim to fame: it has an airfield which is a bit like a roller coaster.
ref: 2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: An island of volcanic origin in the province of Shefa, Vanuatu.
Epi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Epis
Etymology: Clipping of Epiphone.
Senses: examples: text: The reviews I read to day were just product brochures. I'd like to know how that $4,000 Gibby is different and better than a $1,200 Gibby and a $400 Epi. Teach me something!
ref: 2006 October 22, Mark Nahra, “Re: Most magazine guitar reviews suck”, in alt.guitar (Usenet):
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An Epiphone guitar.
Epis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Epi
safetify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: safetifies
form: safetifying
form: safetified
form: safetified
Etymology: From safety + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: If all life were appraised at the same value there would be a stampede of owners to safetify their shaftway doors, where 85% of all elevator fatalities occur.
ref: 1916, “The Man is Dead! (Ad for Shur-Loc elevator safety)”, in The International Steam Engineer, page 65:
text: These cheap, electrical substitutes for real safety have not only failed to safetify, …
ref: 1920, “The Certified List of Elevator Killings in the Borough of Manhattan Alone, 1907 to 1915 inclusive”, in The Elevator Constructor, page 9:
text: I put a little rug over that slick area on the kitchen floor.
That should safetify it. / "Safetify" it? Safetify isn't a word.
Sure it is. I've heard it before. / It is NOT a word.
Okay, fine! I'm not going to argufy with you.
ref: 2017 April 20, Brian Crane, Pickles, retrieved 21 Apr 2018:
glosses: To make safe, to add safety to.
Synonyms: safeguard
secure
Kleene closure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kleene closures
Etymology: Named in honor of Stephen Cole Kleene (1909–1994), an American mathematician. The “closure” part comes from the fact that a Kleene closure is closed with respect to concatenation; cf. free monoid.
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: The set of all strings of finite length made up of elements of a given set. (Then the Kleene closure is said to be of that given set. For a given set S, its Kleene closure may be denoted as S^*. The Kleene closure includes a string of zero length. Strings are equivalent to ordered tuples but written without the parentheses and commas.)
wikipedia: Stephen Cole Kleene
Related terms: Kleene star
come upon the town
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: To be sure, it would have been more for the advantage of conversation had Miss Lydia Bennet come upon the town; or, as the happiest alternative, been secluded from the world, in some distant farm house.
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 144:
glosses: To become a prostitute; to turn to prostitution.
examples: text: While Brimfield people have never been very rich, they have been prudent and thrifty, and there have been very few so poor as to come upon the town for support.
ref: 1879, Historical Celebration of the Town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass, Clark W. Bryan Company, page 65:
text: The daughter had children and they all three came upon the town for support, for they would not work.
ref: 1912, Ada Harriet Kepley, A Farm Philosopher, Worman's Printery, page 149:
synonyms: come upon the parish
glosses: To receive public charity; to have one's living supported by public funding.
glosses: To make one's debut in town society; to become (known as) a man or woman about town.
panetela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panetelas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panatela (“type of cigar”).
Enterprise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Coffee County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Amador County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lake County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Dickinson County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Clarke County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Union County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hocking County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Wallowa County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Washington County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Morgan County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community in Oneida County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A hamlet in the South Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.
glosses: A hamlet in Stone Mills, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A village in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.
Hamme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hammes
Etymology: * As a Dutch/West Flemish surname, reduced form of Dutch van Hamme, referring to Hamme in Belgium. See Ham.
* As a German and English surname, variant of Hamm.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Trabby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trabbies
Etymology: From Trabant + -y.
Senses: glosses: A Trabant car.
Trabbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trabby
lead sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lead sandwiches
Senses: glosses: A gunshot bullet, especially one delivered to the mouth.
free monoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free monoids
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A monoid whose underlying set is the Kleene closure of some set of generators, and whose operator is concatenation.
Wasco County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after a Native American tribe.
Senses: glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: The Dalles.
Wasco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Kern County, California, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated suburb of Chicago, Kane County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A small city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States.
Derived terms: Wasco County
The Dalles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ðəˈdælz/
Etymology: From dalles (“steep-sided part of a stream channel”), from French dalles, plural of dalle.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States.
Luddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Luddies
Etymology: From Ludwig + -y.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A Ludwig drum.
Luddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Luddy
Christ-killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkraɪst ˌkɪlə(r)/
Forms: form: Christ-killers
form: Christ killer
form: Christkiller
Etymology: From Christ + killer. First use appears c. 1532 in the publications of Saint Thomas More. The first sense derives from the fact that Jews were responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as told in the Bible.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes, when a Jew chanced to visit it some of its boys would descend upon him with shouts of "Damned Jew!" "Christ-killer!" and sick their dogs at him.
ref: 1917, Abraham Cahan, The Rise of David Levinsky, A Novel, page 9:
glosses: A Jew.
glosses: One who is considered to have spoken or acted against the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Related terms: deicide
Christ-killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christ-killer
long-line brassiere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-line brassieres
Senses: examples: text: I wore a crinoline, harsh and scratchy on the thighs, and a long-line brassiere that was supposed to compress my waist but which actually pinched my midriff and left a little bulge beneath that I had to tighten my plastic belt over.
ref: 1971, Alice Munro, “Baptizing”, in Lives of Girls and Women, Penguin, published 1996, page 203:
glosses: A brassiere, with or without straps, fitting the bust and ribcage and extending to the waist, worn with a girdle.
Synonyms: long-line bra
long-line bra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-line bras
Senses: glosses: A bra, with or without straps, fitting the bust and ribcage and extending to the waist, worn with a girdle.
Synonyms: long-line brassiere
Wheeler County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Alamo. Named after Joseph Wheeler.
glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Bartlett. Named after Daniel H. Wheeler.
glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Fossil. Named after Henry H. Wheeler.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Wheeler. Named after Royall T. Wheeler.
recc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reccs
form: reccing
form: recced
form: recced
Etymology: Clipping of recommend, with doubled c to indicate pronunciation as /k/ rather than /s/.
Senses: examples: text: when i lived in Northwest florida....i recc...two places...Reefers Aquatics..in Pensacola...and Reef Encrustaceans....Destin Fl.... […] but i have to recc those two stores […]
ref: 1998 September 17, Shadow17th, Corals sold wholesale to the public?, rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
text: I first read this on the web a while back, and I'd like to recc it for a nice balance of action and characterisation and a "cinematic" kind of feel.
ref: 1998 October 29, Khyber, NEW: "Portions of Eternity" by Dianora 13/13 (NC17), alt.tv.x-files.creative
text: ... not I. Is any of this making sense? did you skate through high school and skip college all together? want me to recc a couple of good books on logic […]?
ref: 2003 March 29, dirty_dave, “Brock Lesnar”, in rec.martial-arts (Usenet):
text: RECCING MACHINE
How and why I recommend the wines I do
ref: 2015, Jennifer Rosen, The Cork Jester's Guide to Wine: An Entertaining Companion, page 125, part 8, subsection title
text: Upon asking for Star Wars fanfiction recommendations, I was recced a story called “Have You Heard” by peradi, whose summary is “Finn sparks a revolution.”
ref: 2017, Francesca Coppa, The Fanfiction Reader: Folk Tales for the Digital Age, →ISBN, page 247:
glosses: Alternative form of rec (“recommend”).
recc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reccs
Etymology: Clipping of recommend, with doubled c to indicate pronunciation as /k/ rather than /s/.
Senses: examples: text: ASSC - REQ for reccs on Hartford- Gold Connection. Thanks for previous replies on the Gold Club in Hartford. Whats the quality/mileage like next door […]
ref: 1999 April 21, ASSC - REQ for reccs on Hartford- Gold Connection, alt.sex.strip-clubs, Usenet
text: Need hair product reccs. I have been searching for the perfect product for my hair for a very long time. I have found many good ones, but […]
ref: 2000 April 15, Z. G. Vinson, “Need hair product reccs.”, in alt.fashion (Usenet):
text: gig bag recc. the best. get a rocky mountain 2.5 case! they are great! better protection than a hard case and they weigh less […]
ref: 2000 September 28, SKEW999, gig bag recc. the best, in rec.music.makers.trumpet, Usenet
text: book recc: The Seventh Dragon. Google won't allow me to post a repy to an old thread I started two years ago regarding the question […]
ref: 2003 March 25, Yong Bakos, “book recc: The Seventh Dragon”, in rec.music.theory (Usenet):
text: Need reccs for his DVDs that are worth renting. Blake has done some good stuff also but most of it is lezbo action only.
ref: 2004 March 4, "nobody" (username), needs reccs for Andrew Blake and Ninn Worx DVDs, rec.arts.movies.erotica, Usenet
glosses: Alternative form of rec (“recommendation”).
detrunk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detrunks
form: detrunking
form: detrunked
form: detrunked
Etymology: From de- + trunk.
Senses: examples: text: Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road. I put it to the Minister in the strongest possible terms that it would be quite wrong and extremely damaging to proceed with the proposals to detrunk those two roads, which form part of the agreed national Argyll tourist route promoted by the Scottish Office.
ref: 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates:
text: Simultaneously, the Department for Transport detrunked many roads, shifting the responsibility – and the cost – of maintenance and improvement to local authorities […]
ref: 2013, Barry Hutton, Planning Sustainable Transport:
glosses: To downgrade (a trunk road) to a normal highway.
detrunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detrunk
detrunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detrunk
detrunking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detrunk
eosphorites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eosphorite
Krishaber's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Hungarian-French physician Maurice Krishaber (1836-1883), who described the condition.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Berti has described two cases of what seems to be now called “Krishaber’s disease”, and is really chronic vertigo, gradually increasing in intensity, and not connected with anæmia, epilepsy, or affection of the internal ear or stomach.
ref: 1877, J.A. Gasquet, “Italian Psychological Literature”, in Journal of Mental Science, volume 22, number 100, page 632:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: An anxiety disorder comprising symptoms of tachycardia, vertigo, and insomnia with no apparent physical cause; neurocirculatory asthenia.
Related terms: Da Costa's syndrome
reccing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recc
gulkhand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gulkand.
gulqand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gulkand.
gulkand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gulkhand
form: gulqand
Senses: glosses: A sweet Indian preserve made with rose petals and sugar.
gamocha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gamucha.
gamcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gamucha.
gamchcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gamucha.
gamchha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gamucha.
gamucha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamcha
form: gamchcha
form: gamchha
form: gamocha
Etymology: From Bengali গামুছা (gamucha) and Assamese গামোছা (gamüsa).
Senses: examples: text: A thin, scarlet-hued gamchha is usually fastened around his waist or wrapped around his head.
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 6:
glosses: A traditional thin, coarse cotton cloth used in South Asia as a towel, scarf, loincloth, etc.
Related terms: gamosa
thromboprophylaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thromboprophylaxis
thromboprophylactics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thromboprophylactic
gruntulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gruntulous
form: most gruntulous
Etymology: From grunt + -ulous.
Senses: examples: text: We crawled, as it seemed, a long time before we saw either Selenite or mooncalf, though we heard the bellowing and gruntulous noises of these latter continually drawing nearer to us.
ref: 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter XI, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC, page 115:
glosses: Of a sound, resembling a grunt; gruntlike.
examples: text: Back at the shanty, Bradly's compunction for bellowing at Podson was a good deal relieved by Podson's gruntulous annoyance at being bellowed at.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 93:
text: […] he walked about the garden or stood in gruntulous meditation before the fire, none daring to interrupt his cogitations by a whisper.
ref: 1941, Robert Greenwood, Mr. Bunting in Peace and War, page 247:
glosses: Full of grunts; expressed with grunts.
Related terms: grunt
gruntingly
gruntlike
oremuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oremus
raingutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raingutters
Senses: examples: text: For cars with raingutters, Thule provides the proven performance of our 1050 and 1060 carriers. And for today's Aero cars without exterior raingutters, Thule has created the innovative 1061 System.
ref: 1987, Skiing, volume 39, number 5, page 9:
text: Small trees grow in the raingutters. The schoolyard, the vast playground where my friends and I once romped and laughed and dreamed, is enclosed by a tall chainlink fence.
ref: 2005, Peter Doobinin, Suburban Boy, page 150:
glosses: Alternative form of rain gutter.
raingutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raingutter
eye to eye
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more eye to eye
form: most eye to eye
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eye-to-eye.
redisplace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redisplaces
form: redisplacing
form: redisplaced
form: redisplaced
Etymology: From re- + displace.
Senses: glosses: To displace again.
redisplacement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redisplacements
Etymology: From re- + displacement.
Senses: glosses: The act of displacing again.
redisplaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redisplace
redisplacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redisplace
redisplaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redisplace
redisplacements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redisplacement
all over but the crying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all over but the shouting.
synonyms: word: all over but the shouting
Ondrusek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ondruseks
Etymology: From Slovak Ondrušek or Czech Ondrušek, Slovak Ondrúšek, and Czech Ondrůšek.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
BFPOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BFPO
calimancoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calimanco
ascendeur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascendeurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French ascendeur.
Senses: examples: text: It was the first time that I had used any type of ascendeur on a climb and only did so then because I remembered my exhausted state on Sabre, when I had scratched around on the end of the rope after de-pegging a pitch.
ref: 1969, New Zealand Alpine Journal - Volume 23, page 156:
text: Willig's foot rested in the sling; when he applied his weight, the ascendeur locked in place and supported him; when he shifted his weight to his other foot, the device unlocked so that he could slide it up the track by its handle.
ref: 1992, Above and beyond, →ISBN, page 57:
text: These have evolved into rope access techniques which allow workmen to work on high structures without scaffolding. The methods involved are fail safe, operated by the person climbing the mast, and make it impossible to swing out more than a couple of feet from the mast. It means wearing a climbing harness and using ascendeurs.
ref: 2013, Alastair Buchan, The Atlantic Sailor's Handbook, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: A metal grip that attaches to a rope sling and can be tightened to hold a climber or loosened to allow the climber to move.
ascendeurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ascendeur
theatromaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: theatromaniacs
Etymology: From theatro- + -maniac.
Senses: glosses: A person with a great love of theatre.
theatrophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theatrophobes
Senses: glosses: A person with an aversion to theatre.
theatromaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theatromaniac
theatrophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theatrophobe
theatrocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more theatrocratic
form: most theatrocratic
Senses: glosses: Relating to theatrocracy.
limitarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limitarian
clusterize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clusterizes
form: clusterizing
form: clusterized
form: clusterized
Etymology: From cluster + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To form into clusters.
clusterise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clusterises
form: clusterising
form: clusterised
form: clusterised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clusterize.
clusterizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clusterize
clusterizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clusterize
clusterises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clusterise
clusterising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clusterise
Queen's Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An urban park in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: The government of Ontario.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A western suburb of Bedford, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0349).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A small neighbourhood of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8213).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A southern suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4165).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A park and ward in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1093).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A park and ward in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ3204).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A park and northern suburb of Billericay, Basildon borough, Essex (OS grid ref TQ6796).
glosses: A number of places in England:
An urban park, an area and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2583).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A civil parish and ward in the city of Westminster, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2482).
glosses: A number of places in England:
An eastern suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6927).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A northern suburb of Northampton, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP7562).
glosses: A park and neighbourhood in south Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5862).
DVRed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of DVR
DVRing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of DVR
luminescently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more luminescently
form: most luminescently
Etymology: From luminescent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a luminescent manner.
Derived terms: bioluminescently
chemiluminescently
chemoluminescently
Related terms: luminescent
luminescence
luminesce
fluorescently
iridescently
nonluminescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + luminescent.
Senses: glosses: Not luminescent.
underspender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underspenders
Etymology: From underspend + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who underspends.
underspenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underspender
urban warrior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urban warriors
Senses: examples: text: They aren't even urban warriors. I can't figure out why the bunch of them aren't at Club Med, laying around on a beach and knocking back mai tais.
ref: 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 31:
text: There is something about the landscape that caresses the soul and frees the body from tension that clings to the bones and muscles, residue of battles won and lost as an urban warrior and, as a reporter once described me as, "...a street fighter for New Music."
ref: 2006, Joseph Franklin, Settling Scores: A Life in the Margins of American Music, →ISBN, page 11:
text: Ruthless urban warrior cyclists reclaiming the streets and hurrying to deliver that urgent parcel or meet the immoveable deadline of workplace arrival, add to the mêlée.
ref: 2010, Andrew Walker, Aaron Kennedy, Discovering the Spirit in the City, →ISBN, page 97:
text: You can partially or totally ignore the situation for a short while longer, you can become immobilised with fear, or you can become an urban warrior (or warrioress) and groove on the greatest, most spectacular tragicomic, science-'fiction' drama ever enacted on this planet (probably) until the lights go out.
ref: 2012, Stephen Russell, Handbook for the Urban Warrior: Spiritual Survival Guide, →ISBN:
glosses: One who lives in a city and has an aggressive, competitive attitude which tends to be focused on physical activity.
urban warriors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urban warrior
sausage poisoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It was a bout of sausage poisoning that eventually led to the discovery of a protein we now know as BTX.
ref: 2007, Grant Cooper, Therapeutic Uses of Botulinum Toxin, page 1:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of allantiasis.
synonyms: word: allantiasis
waiterish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more waiterish
form: most waiterish
Etymology: From waiter + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: As we sit down to write, we sink in our own estimation; we blush involuntarily, although we are in the deepest solitude; we look at our arm, in dread lest we should find a napkin hanging on it, in true waiterish attitude; we rush to the glass to ascertain whether our neck is encompassed by the conventional little white tie; and we have to look around us.
ref: 1863, Fun, volume 4, page 150:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a waiter.
diauxie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /daɪˈɔːksi/
Senses: examples: text: Even in conventional batch cultivation, yeasts may occasionally enter a second phase of exponential growth called diauxie.
ref: 1998, Graeme M. Walker, Yeast Physiology and Biotechnology, page 134:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
head_nr: 1
glosses: The state or quality of being diauxic.
diauxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diauxie.