cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Crowder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹaʊdɚ/
Forms: form: Crowders
form: Crowther
Etymology: From crowder, an occupational surname for someone who played the crwth.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A town in Panola County and Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.
desricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desrick
cheverell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheverel.
cheverel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Old French chevrele, diminutive form of chèvre (“goat”).
Senses: glosses: Kid, as used to make leather.
cheverel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cheverel
form: most cheverel
Etymology: From Old French chevrele, diminutive form of chèvre (“goat”).
Senses: examples: text: Now were there any one of so tender or cheverell a conscience, to whome no cure might seeme worthy of so extreame a remedy, I should prise or regard him no whit the lesse.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.1:
glosses: Pliable as kid leather; elastic, flexible, usually with reference to someone's conscience.
Savanilla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A port city in Columbia.
Savanilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Savanillas
Senses: examples: text: The latter is the plant that yields the Savanilla rhatany, Krameria triandra, which yields the true officinal root, is not mentioned by Bennet, and appears consequently to be absent from Brazil.
ref: 1876, Pharmaceutical Journal:
text: The liquid filtered from the Savanilla sort and diluted with distilled water exhibits an intense violet colour, that from Peruvian rhatany a dingy brown ; the latter turns light red by alkalis. Thin sections of the Peruvian root assume a greyish hue […]
ref: 1879, Pharmacographia: A History of the Principal Drugs, page 82:
text: You will notice also that the bark of the Savanilla is firmly attached; the reason of this is due to the cells being densely filled with colouring matter. You can distinguish the Savanilla rhatany from the Peruvian by the latter being knotty, […]
ref: 1880, Minor Lectures; Wills' universal postal system, lecture 12:
glosses: A Colombian variety of rhatany, formerly used medicinally; Krameria lappacea (formerly Krameria triandra).
examples: text: Savanillas are sometimes sold as "Bucs" but never carry the heavy body for which the Bucaramangas are used.
ref: 1920, Lute E. Campbell, Campbell's Tea, Coffee and Spice Manual:
text: Martas, but are only willing to pay 141/50. for regular stretched Savanillas, which importers are holding for 15c. River Plates apparently holding very steady, notwithstanding declines on wet-salted hides, but […]
ref: 1922, Leather & Shoes, volume 63, page 65:
text: Some booked Savanillas brought 15c., which is a basis of 16c. for mountains, understood to be for export. While this is %c. over the price last paid for regular stretched Savanillas, foreign buyers prefer booked hides.
ref: 1922, Dun's Review, volume 30, page 64:
glosses: A type of hide, useful for making leather products.
Savanillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Savanilla
Alcamo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Alcamo, from Arabic الْقَامُوق (al-qāmūq).
Senses: glosses: A commune and town in Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
bubos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubo
scale tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scale trees
Senses: glosses: Any tree of the extinct genus †Lepidodendron.
didos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dido
Verden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Oklahoma.
Minco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Oklahoma.
duovigintillion
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: -ɪljən
Etymology: From duo- + vigintillion.
Senses: qualifier: modern British & Australian; short scale; modern British & Australian; short scale
glosses: 10⁶⁹.
qualifier: dated British & Australian; long scale; dated British & Australian; long scale
glosses: 10¹³².
Related terms: Previous: unvigintillion: short scale 1066
long scale 10126
Next: trevigintillion: short scale 1072
long scale 10138
goatfucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goatfuckers
Etymology: From goat + fucker.
Senses: examples: text: Now, this Dutch tolerance business is all very inspiring, but the “then" in question happen to be, as Van Gogh himself put it, “a fifth column of goatfuckers.“ If these politicians really can't tell the difference between themselves[…]
ref: 2007, Claire Berlinski, Menace in Europe: Why the Continent's Crisis Is America's, Too, Crown Forum, →ISBN, page 30:
text: Or not; goatfuckers had to take their chances, along with everybody else. […]
ref: 2012 August 28, David Poyer, The Towers, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 244:
text: “You've done more than your share to help rid the world of these goatfuckers,” he told me. “Problem is they seem to multiply faster than we can kill them.” I huffed out a sound of disgust. “That's the truth.” “But you've done your part,[…]
ref: 2016 December 6, RC Boldt, Out of Love, RC Boldt Publishing, LLC:
glosses: A Muslim, especially from the Middle East or North Africa.
Related terms: sheepshagger
woolly back
Winner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Michael Winner directed the 1974 action film "Death Wish".
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A ghost town in Minnesota.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Tripp County, South Dakota.
goatfuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goatfucker
coraller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corallers
Etymology: From coral + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Bahama corallers come over and collect various kinds of beautiful coral in the Florida seas, known as tree, finger, brain, and red coral.
ref: 1899, William Henry Parr Greswell, The United States and Their Industries, page 180:
text: Corals were graded, and fetched prices accordingly. Curiously, the Jewish 'corallers' made even Christian religious objects, such as paternosters and crosses.
ref: 2011, Shlomo Simonsohn, Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Jews in Sicily, page 434:
glosses: A person who dives into deep water to collect coral.
criadera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: criaderas
Etymology: From Spanish criadera.
Senses: glosses: A tier of sherry barrels in a solera
criaderas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of criadera
cryomaceration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + maceration.
Senses: glosses: A winemaking technique in which the crushed grapes are held at sub-zero temperatures in order to weaken the cellular structures in grape skins via ice crystals. This is done prior to fermentation in order to allow for more critical compound extraction leading to increased stability and flavour development.
grave dancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grave dancers
Senses: glosses: One who dances on someone's grave.
camelfucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camelfuckers
Etymology: From camel + fucker.
Senses: examples: text: There's probably another army of camelfuckers right outside this tent waiting for his cue to decimate us.” “No, Tom, it's OK, you can trust him,” Ben said. “He helped me take out most of their army.” “Bullshit, like you expect.
ref: 2005 11, Daniel Grote, Of Robots, God, and Government: A Treatise on Armageddon, iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: And whenever anybody at Marchicomo's mentions the Kashons, they tend to call them A-rabs, camelfuckers, ragheads. Lou digs into his jacket pocket, deposits a mess of paper on the table. No money this time, but some numbers slips,[…]
ref: 2010 October 12, Michael Ayoob, In Search of Mercy: A Mystery, Minotaur Books, →ISBN:
text: Noah slid into the chair next to Joshua and matter-of-factly said: “Camelfuckers.” “Watch your language, young man,” Janet said sans conviction. “Camelfuckers,” Noah repeated. “Secret word, Noah! We don't use it in front of other people[…]
ref: 2015 May 5, Aleksandar Hemon, The Making of Zombie Wars: A Novel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 67:
glosses: Term of abuse towards a Middle Eastern person.
donkeyfucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donkeyfuckers
Etymology: From donkey + fucker.
Senses: examples: text: Shit, shit, they must've turned the Jagdpanzer around to face north; the donkeyfuckers out-thought me!
ref: 1998 August 1, S. M. Stirling, The Domination, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN:
text: Right away they started calling each other donkeyfuckers. The young attendant was twenty-five or twenty-six, with well-formed features and good manners. Later I learned that he'd graduated from Nankai High School.
ref: 2019 March 14, Li Er, Coloratura, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 33:
text: 'Donkeyfucker!' I yelled. I swung again and again. 'Feckless bull-buggering arsehole!' 'Oi!' He stumbled back. 'Where were you? Where fucking were you? Have you any idea, I...' The anger went out of me. I was breathing too fast and I[…]
ref: 2022 March 29, J.L. Worrad, Pennyblade, Titan Books (US, CA), →ISBN:
glosses: Term of abuse.
sheepfucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheepfuckers
Etymology: From sheep + fucker.
Senses: examples: text: “It better be information,” Jed rasped, “that can help me turn the tables on these Uplander sheepfuckers and in the process, get my own honor back.” “It is, Baron,” Snake Eye said. “Oh, it most certainly is.” Chapter Twenty-Two Snake[…]
ref: 2012 November 1, James Axler, No Man's Land, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 216:
text: “Unless one of you pathetic sheepfuckers have a better plan? Now see to your swords and send these bastards to the 'byss where they belong!” Mia stared a moment longer, eyebrow raised. But seeing Sid was in no mood to argue,[…]
ref: 2017 September 5, Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave: Book Two of the Nevernight Chronicle, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 143:
text: Get those three sheepfuckers. Mogilchuk rides with you. You leave in fifteen minutes.' 'One thing.' 'Speak.' 'I want my horse, Silver Socks.' 'Is that all? Done. Your nag awaits!' […]
ref: 2018 January 2, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Red Sky at Noon, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: Term of abuse.
camelfuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camelfucker
donkeyfuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donkeyfucker
sheepfuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheepfucker
grave dancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grave dancer
Erice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹɪtʃeɪ/
Forms: form: Eryx
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Erice.
Senses: glosses: A town and commune of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
NIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
nanotechnology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of nanoimprint lithography.
examples: text: In states that have passed NIL-related laws – Alabama, Florida and Georgia, among others – athletes would be able to participate in NIL activities that are “consistent with the laws.”
ref: 2021 June 28, Homero De la Fuente, “NCAA takes big step toward allowing athletes to profit from name, image or likeness”, in CNN:
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of name, image, and likeness.
wrawlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrawling
heraldries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heraldry
Carlebachian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Carlebachian
form: most Carlebachian
Etymology: From Carlebach + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the rabbi Shlomo Carlebach or the Orthodox Jewish movement he inspired.
waymentings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waymenting
mudslums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mudslum
sodomitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒdəˈmɪtɪk(ə)li/
ipa: /sɑdəˈmɪtɪkli/
Forms: form: more sodomitically
form: most sodomitically
form: sodomatically
Etymology: From sodomitical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As Origen was dealt with al, either to commit idolatry, or suffer himselfe to be Sodomatically [translating charnellement] abused by a filthy Egiptian slave, that was presented unto him; he yeilded to the first condition […].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.5:
glosses: By means of sodomy.
ya ba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Thai ยาบ้า (yaa-bâa, “madness drug”).
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Asia
glosses: A tablet containing a mix of methamphetamine and caffeine, popular among drug users in Thailand.
yunluo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yunluos
form: yunluo
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 雲鑼 /云锣 (yúnluó, literally “cloud gongs”).
Senses: examples: text: There are two kinds of yunluo music popular among the people, one is "parade music" played on the streets and during temple fairs; the other is "chamber music" played inside houses. Usually, two sets of yunluos are used in playing […]
ref: 1998, China & World Cultural Exchange:
text: In ensembles, a set of tuned gongs called yunluo (literally “cloud gong”) may be heard; these are small gongs several inches in diameter, and ten yunluo are hung on a single wooden rack.
ref: 2010, Robert André LaFleur, China, →ISBN, page 292:
glosses: A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of a set of tuned flat gongs in a frame, which are played with a stick; (sometimes) an individual gong, as a part of this instrument.
y'ain't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Contraction of you ain't.
glosses: Contraction of y'all ain't.
Related terms: ain't
y'
yours'll
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Contraction of yours will.
yours'd
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Doran made the strongest coffee in the county — used to fill up the inner basket with grounds level to the rim. He liked it so you could float a spoon, and he liked it hot — a nice, full cup, too. He'd have his gone before yours'd be cool enough to sip.
ref: 1992, Richard Ben Cramer, What it takes: the way to the White House, page 39:
glosses: Contraction of yours would.
glosses: Contraction of yours had.
yours've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Never have I seen children take to a lass the way yours've taken to Karola.
ref: 2009, Robin Lee Hatcher, Promised to Me:
glosses: Contraction of yours have.
hadn't've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: If she hadn't've stayed...if she hadn't've come...if she hadn't've cut off communication with the Blacks all those years ago...if she hadn't've given up Robbie...if she hadn't've gotten pregnant to begin with...
ref: 2008, Karen Templeton, A Mother's Wish, →ISBN, page 172:
glosses: Contraction of had not have (“hadn't”).
Enda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish.
agathaumid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agathaumids
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any of the Agathaumidae, an obsolete family of ceratopsian dinosaurs.
agathaumids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agathaumid
poutchine au sac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Michif poutchine au sac (literally “pudding in a bag”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of pudding in a bag; a mixture of beef suet, flour, brown sugar, raisins, currants, and milk. The ingredients are combined in a cotton bag or sealer jars, then steamed, and topped with a sauce.
workhour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workhours
Etymology: From work + hour.
Senses: glosses: A time during which one is performing their job.
glosses: A time during which most people are performing their jobs; typically 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
Synonyms: jobhour
Related terms: office hours
battle of the bulge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battles of the bulge
Etymology: From a play on Battle of the Bulge, World War II engagement.
Senses: glosses: An attempt to avert weight gain or obesity.
glosses: An attempt to conceal one's erection.
Yeager
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Jäger.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky.
glosses: A tiny town in Hughes County, Oklahoma.
Pollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈpɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of Punjab + Hollywood
Senses: glosses: The Punjabi film industry based in Amritsar, India.
Pollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈpɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of Peshawar + Hollywood
Senses: glosses: The Pashto film industry based in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Related terms: Pallywood
Tollygunge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali টালিগঞ্জ (ṭaligonj).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Derived terms: Tollywood
Keyes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kiːz/
homophone: keys
homophone: Keys
homophone: quays
rhymes: -iːz
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
glosses: A town in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States.
Wellywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Wellington + Hollywood
Senses: glosses: The film industry located in Wellington, New Zealand, originally formed by the filming of the Lord of the Rings movies.
final girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: final girls
Etymology: Coined by film theorist Carol J. Clover in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film (1992).
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A female character in a horror or thriller film who is the last person alive to confront the killer or monster, and often the sole survivor.
wikipedia: Carol J. Clover
Men, Women, and Chainsaws
kereru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹəɹuː/
Forms: form: kererus
form: kereru
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori kererū.
Senses: glosses: The New Zealand pigeon (species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae).
Synonyms: New Zealand pigeon
wood pigeon
final girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of final girl
Ghallywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Ghana + Hollywood.
Senses: glosses: The film industry of Ghana.
Mollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of Malayalam + Hollywood.
Senses: examples: text: In defence it may be argued that Tamil cinema styles itself Mollywood anyway (Madras + Hollywood), but here again the city's name has also been changed to Chennai.
ref: 2008, James Donald, Michael Renov, The SAGE Handbook of Film Studies, →ISBN, page 490:
text: Having honed their craft in Mollywood, they have been lured to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh where the moolah is a lot more attractive and the audience base a whole lot bigger.
ref: 2008 December, Pushpa Iyengar, “Kochi to Kodamb”, in Outlook, volume 48, number 51, page 70:
text: India is home to numerous regionally identified film centres — including Tollywood (Telegu Cinema) and Mollywood (Malayalam Cinema) — which interact with each other at several levels.
ref: 2013, Mark Thornton Burnett, Shakespeare and World Cinema, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: The Malayalam-speaking film industry in Kerala.
Mollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of Molly + Hollywood, from Molly Mormon, a term for a stereotypical female member of the LDS Church.
Senses: examples: text: Faller has said that he sees this version of Pride and Prejudice as an example of a Mollywood film or, in other words, a "Mormon chick flick";
ref: 2010, Juliette Wells, “Jane Austen in Mollywood”, in Peculiar Portrayals: Mormons on the Page, Stage, and Screen:
text: The comedies that came out of Mollywood in the 2000s can be almost excluseively associated with HaleStorm Entertainment, based in Provo, Utah.
ref: 2012, E McIntyre, Knock Knocking on Heaven's Door: Humour and Religion in Mormon Comedy, page 75:
text: Mollywood is not an official Church institution, although the Church has been using film as a tool for religious education since the early twentieth century.
ref: 2012, Elisha McIntyre, Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production, →ISBN, page 74:
text: Rigal-Cellard's comments about 'Mormon culture' demonstrate that, more than a mere religion, Mormonism indeed appears like a culture, a way of life encompassing all aspects of daily life. American Mormons have their own music (the Church-sponsored traditional Mormon Tabernacle Choir or non-Church sponsored Mormon boy band 'Evercleen'), are encouraged to dress 'modestly', and there is even a Mormon cinema ('Mollywood').
ref: 2013, Nadia Marzouki, Olivier Roy, Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World, →ISBN:
glosses: The Mormon film industry.
Keralite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Keralites
Etymology: From Kerala + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the state of Kerala, India.
Keralite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kerala + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the state of Kerala, India.
Related terms: Malayali
Keralites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Keralite
Dhallywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Dhaka + Hollywood.
Senses: glosses: The film industry of Bangladesh, based in Dhaka.
straight angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight angles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An angle that is equal to 180° (pi radians or two right angles).
voolay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Spelling representing a U.S. pronunciation of the French word voulez.
Senses: examples: text: Our troops learned French quickly, and the street echoed to "Voolay voo cusha avick mores," and the dames rapidly grasped Tommy's French.
ref: 1939, Patrick A. Meade, Born to Trouble, page 158:
text: His sallow skin looked as though it had been painted with walnut stain, and he spoke French fast but with an entirely English pronunciation. His "combiangs" and "ker voolay voos" raced through the tongue of Moliere like a rusty lawn mower.
ref: 1973, Victor Sawdon Pritchett, Midnight Oil, page 17:
text: Find a little can-can girl or something. Voolay-voo coushay avec moi and all that.
ref: 2011, Donna Tartt, The Secret History, page 50:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling indicating a non-French-speaker pronouncing the French word voulez.
Related terms: vooley
code switching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of code-switching.
code switching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of code switch
codeswitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: codeswitches
form: codeswitching
form: codeswitched
form: codeswitched
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of code-switch.
code switch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: code switches
form: code switching
form: code switched
form: code switched
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of code-switch.
code-switch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: code-switches
form: code-switching
form: code-switched
form: code-switched
form: codeswitch
form: code switch
Senses: glosses: To alternate between two or more languages, typically in spoken conversation.
glosses: To change the dialect or register in which one speaks a language.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: To change from playing rugby league to rugby union or vice versa.
Synonyms: code-mix
Derived terms: code-switcher
Related terms: code-switching
code-switched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of code-switch
code switched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of code switch
codeswitched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codeswitch
code-mix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: code-mixes
form: code-mixing
form: code-mixed
form: code-mixed
form: codemix
form: code mix
Senses: glosses: To code-switch.
Related terms: code-switching
codemix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: codemixes
form: codemixing
form: codemixed
form: codemixed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of code-mix.
code mix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: code mixes
form: code mixing
form: code mixed
form: code mixed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of code-mix.
codemixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of code-mixing.
codemixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of codemix
code mixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of code-mixing.
code mixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of code mix
code-mixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codemixing
form: code mixing
Senses: glosses: Synonym of code-switching.
synonyms: word: code-switching
Related terms: code-mix
code-mixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: codemixing
form: code mixing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of code-mix
code-mixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of code-mix
code mixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of code mix
codemixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codemix
Yenna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
United Queendom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The United Kingdom, when ruled by a queen rather than a king.
Related terms: queendom
ghost-ride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ghost-rides
form: ghost-riding
form: ghost-rode
form: ghost-ridden
form: ghost ride
Etymology: From the idea that the driverless vehicle looks like it is being driven by a ghost. The practice and the term originated in the San Francisco Bay Area and were popularized by E-40's 2006 song "Tell Me When to Go".
Senses: examples: text: As an overturned police car burned out of control, a rioter got hold of a lifeguard ATC three-wheeler, ghost-rode it into the fire, turned around and raised both arms in triumph.
ref: 2003, Sam George, The Perfect Day: 40 Years of Surfer Magazine, →ISBN, page 114:
text: But that's what happened, as thrill seekers followed his command to exit their moving cars ("whips") and dance alongside and on top of them. Though ghost riding already existed in the hyphy scene of Bay Area hip-hop, "Tell Me" so popularized the craze that Kendra, the youngest of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends, ghost-rode a whip during an episode of The Girls Next Door.
ref: 2006 November, “Riding Hood”, in Spin, volume 22, number 11, page 48:
glosses: To accelerate, exit, and then move along or even dance on top of (a moving vehicle), with or without the intention of getting back in.
wikipedia: E-40
San Francisco Bay Area
Related terms: whip
pelican eel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelican eels
Senses: synonyms: gulper eel
pelican gulper
umbrella-mouth gulper
glosses: A deep-sea eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides), the only known member of the genus Eurypharynx and family Eurypharyngidae, which is rarely seen by humans, although occasionally caught in fishing nets.
ghost-rode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ghost-ride
ghost-riding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ghost-ride
ghost-rides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ghost-ride
ghost ride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ghost rides
form: ghost riding
form: ghost rode
form: ghost ridden
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghost-ride.
gefullte fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Influenced by German gefüllter Fisch.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gefilte fish.
gefüllte fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Influenced by German gefüllter Fisch.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gefilte fish.
gefiltefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gefilte fish.
gefülte fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Influenced by German gefüllter Fisch.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gefilte fish.
gefulte fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Influenced by German gefüllter Fisch.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gefilte fish.
Karim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kareem
Etymology: From Arabic كَرِيم (karīm, “noble, generous”).
Senses: examples: text: Karim Nielsen, the chain’s CEO, says he introduced the strategy to shift the company’s culture.
ref: 2011 November 9, Susanne Gargiulo, “Emotional intelligence in the workplace”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
Kareem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic, variant of Karim.
guanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From guano + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: struvite
bravehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brave + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being brave; bravery; braveness.
Mapuchization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mapuche + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Araucanization.
Kannadiga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kannadigas
Etymology: From Kannada ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ (kannaḍiga).
Senses: glosses: Someone who comes from the ethnolinguistic group that speak Kannada.
Favignana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Favignana.
Senses: glosses: A small town in Trapani, Sicily.
boldship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English boldshipe, boldschype, baldsipe, equivalent to bold + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being bold; boldness.
Synonyms: word: bield
Gaginesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gaginesque
form: most Gaginesque
Etymology: From Gagini + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of the work of the Italian sculptor Giacomo Gaggini.
birdsmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːdsmaʊθ/
ipa: /ˈbɝdsmaʊθ/
Forms: form: birdsmouths
form: bird's mouth
form: birdmouth
Etymology: From bird + -s- + mouth, from its appearance.
Senses: examples: text: Support the veneer stack on a ¾-in.-thick board with a narrow V notch cut into one edge. This board is called a birds-mouth, and the V notch provides clearance for the blade while the work is supported for cutting.
ref: 1994 July, Rosario Capotosto, “Inlay: How to Add Understated Elegance to any Woodworking Project”, in Popular Mechanics, page 68:
text: After the wall and ceiling framing has been completed the erection of the roof takes place. Nail the four straight rafters selected as the first and last into position at the birdsmouth.
ref: 1995, Charles Simpson with Barry Hodgson, Building a House: Framing Practices, South Melbourne: Macmillan Education Australia, →ISBN, page 160:
text: birdsmouth, sally; in timber frame construction, a notch cut into the end of an inclined timber to receive a horizontal timber running perpendicular to it; used for the housing of rafters; other similar notches in other components: birdsmouth brick a special brick manufactured with an indented end, designed for use in decorative brickwork and at an internal obtuse corner in a brick wall. […] birdsmouth joint, birdsmouthed notched joint; in timber roof construction, a joint formed by notching the extremity of a rafter with a birdsmouth and fastening it to a wall plate; any joint similar to this.
ref: 2011, Nikolas Davies with Erkki Jokiniemi, Architect's Illustrated Pocket Dictionary, Kidlington, Oxford; Burlington, Mass.: Architectural Press, →ISBN, pages 44–45:
text: There are various ways of tying rafters to sidewalls, and the choices may vary depending on roof pitch. One of the most common is the use of “birdsmouths” cut into the rafter. A notch is cut into the rafter so that the rafter bears down flat upon the doubled top plate of stick framing, or upon the girt in heavy timber framing.
ref: 2013, Rob Roy, “Basic Timber Frame Structure”, in Timber Framing for the Rest of Us: A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam Construction, Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society Publishers, →ISBN:
text: A birdsmouth is a notch cut into the underside of a roof rafter to enable it to sit tightly and securely on the timber wallplate that runs across the top of a wall. It's so called because it resembles the wide-open mouth of a baby bird wanting to be fed.
ref: 2014 November 8, Jeff Howell, “The value of keeping the pressure up”, in The Daily Telegraph, London, archived from the original on 07 May 2015, page P13:
topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A notch cut into the underside of a rafter to ensure that it does not move when resting on the wall plate running across the top of a wall; a similar notch in other timber components.
birdsmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːdsmaʊθ/
ipa: /ˈbɝdsmaʊθ/
Forms: form: birdsmouths
form: birdsmouthing
form: birdsmouthed
form: birdsmouthed
form: bird's mouth
form: birdmouth
Etymology: From bird + -s- + mouth, from its appearance.
Senses: examples: text: The end of the common rafter is birdsmouthed and nailed to the pole plate.
ref: 1895, Edward J. Burrell, Elementary Building Construction and Drawing, page 122:
topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To cut a birdsmouth into a rafter or similar timber component.
birdsmouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birds' mouths
Senses: glosses: plural of birdsmouth.
banj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banjh
Etymology: From Arabic بَنْج (banj).
Senses: examples: text: Physicians and scientists appear to have been by and large consistent in their use of banj for henbane. 'AH b. Rabban at-Tabari, in the middle of the ninth century, speaks of three kinds of banj, of which the white one was in use, apparently referring to henbane.
ref: 1971, Franz Rosenthal, زهر العريش في احكام الحشيش: Haschish Versus Medieval Muslim Society, Brill Archive, page 20
text: Drugs feature in the Nights and other specimens of popular fiction in two contexts . First, banj (either henbane or hashish) and opium are rather naïvely called upon by the storyteller as a kind of Mickey Finn, or early form of chloroform, available for the use of villains.
ref: 2003, Robert Irwin, The Arabian Nights: A Companion, Tauris Parke Paperbacks, →ISBN:
text: […] marid named Zu‘azi‘, to whom he gave a dirham’s weight of volatile banj. ‘Go to Isbanir,’; he told him, ‘and make for Gharib’s palace in the shape of a sparrow. Wait until he falls asleep and there is no one else there; then take the banj and put it in his nostrils, after which you are to bring him to me.’
ref: 2010, The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
qualifier: Islamic countries
glosses: Hashish or henbane.
examples: text: 1992, Krishna Murti Gupta, Mirabehn, Mira Behn, Gandhiji's Daughter Disciple: Birth Centenary Volume
Whereas when they pass down slowly deep into the soil, they replenish the springs and river sources which are of such vital importance to agriculture in the dry season But why are the Banj forests disappearing so fast?
text: While chir pine had better growth yield than banj oak. the dry mass in both the species increased with the increasing nutrient and moisture status of soil. Response breadth values were wider for chir pine than banj oak on each of the nutrient and moisture gradient.
ref: 1993, Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy: Biological sciences:
text: Banj oak on risers also had significantly higher stem density (P<0.0001, P< 0.0001), height (P<0.0001, P<0.0001), and diameter (P=0.00324, P<0.0001) than chir pine growing on the flats and risers, repsectively. ^([sic])
ref: 1997, TRI News:
text: Banj (Quercus leucotrichophora) is the most common oak, while chir (P. roxburghii) is the dominant pine. […] In a given watershed, chir pine generally occupies ridge tops, southern aspects and is more common in wide valleys, while banj dominates the base of slopes, northern aspects and narrow valleys.
ref: 2007, Kristiina A. Vogt, Forests and Society: Sustainability and Life Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes, CABI, →ISBN, page 48:
text: The total soil carbon across all the forest types ranged from 166.2 to 240.7 tonnes per hectare, the highest being in the dense mixed banj oak forest of Dhaili, which is located at the base of the slope, and the lowest being in the degraded […]
ref: 2012, Margaret Skutsch, Community Forest Monitoring for the Carbon Market: Opportunities Under REDD, Routledge, →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: Quercus leucotrichophora, a type of oak.
smear the queer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A children's game in which the main player, called the "queer", runs around with a football as the other players attempt to tackle him and take possession of the ball while shouting, "Smear the queer!" The player who successfully does this becomes the new queer, and the game continues as before.
take a long walk off a short pier
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a long walk off a short pier
form: taking a long walk off a short pier
form: took a long walk off a short pier
form: taken a long walk off a short pier
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take a long walk on a short pier.
inoperability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inoperable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being inoperable.
upbrings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upbring
spinquel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinquels
Etymology: Blend of spin-off + sequel
Senses: examples: text: "Better Call Saul" is a spinquel to "Breaking Bad".
glosses: A spin-off taking the form of a prequel.
ansonica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ansonicas
Senses: glosses: A white grape variety used in various parts of Italy
Synonyms: inzolia
inzolia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inzolias
Senses: glosses: The ansonica grape variety when used in Sicily
gallet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallets
form: galet
Senses: glosses: A splinter of stone inserted into the wet mortar of masonry.
gallet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gallets
form: galleting
form: galletting
form: galleted
form: galleted
form: galletted
form: galletted
Senses: glosses: To use this masonry technique.
microinsularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + insularity.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being microinsular
microinsular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + insular.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or found on, a very small island.
Derived terms: microinsularity
mistella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈstɛlə/
enpr: mĭ-stĕlʹə
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: mistellas
Senses: examples: text: Sensorially, mistella presents two maturation phases: 1. during the first month after production, it has a dominant alcoholic taste that is fresh, flowery and fruity (green apple), and a smell that recalls the must and the grape from which it has been obtained; 2. after several months, the product has more mature aromas, the fruit smell develops (the green-apple aroma becomes more candy-like), and the sweet, soft and velvety sensation dominates over the alcohol.
ref: 2013, Fabio Mencarelli, Sweet, Reinforced and Fortified Wine:
glosses: Alternative form of mistelle (alcoholic drink)
Segesta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient Elymian city of northwestern Sicily.
personalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personalizers
Etymology: From personalize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which personalizes.
personalizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personalizer
Bowenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Bowen + -oid.
Senses: examples: Bowenoid papulosis
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Resembling Bowen's disease.
suicidogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suicidogenic
form: most suicidogenic
Etymology: From suicide + -o- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Causing or leading to suicide.
homicidogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homicidogenic
form: most homicidogenic
Etymology: From homicide + -o- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Causing or leading to homicide.
Bowen's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after John T. Bowen.
Senses: glosses: A neoplastic skin disease, an early stage or intraepidermal form of squamous cell carcinoma.
Synonyms: BD
Related terms: Bowenoid
battledresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battledress
Bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bug
Tuluva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tuluvas
Etymology: From Tulu ತುಳುವ (tuḷuva).
Senses: glosses: A person from the ethnolinguistic group that speaks Tulu.
Tuluva
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Tulu ತುಳುವ (tuḷuva).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to such people.
Tuluvas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tuluva
have one's head screwed on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's head screwed on
form: having one's head screwed on
form: had one's head screwed on
form: had one's head screwed on
form: have one's head screwed on right
form: have one's head screwed on straight
form: have one's head screwed on the right way
Senses: glosses: To be a sensible thinker capable of making sound decisions.
Related terms: good head on one's shoulders
have a screw loose
have one's head screwed on the right way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's head screwed on the right way
form: having one's head screwed on the right way
form: had one's head screwed on the right way
form: had one's head screwed on the right way
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of have one's head screwed on.
have one's head screwed on straight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's head screwed on straight
form: having one's head screwed on straight
form: had one's head screwed on straight
form: had one's head screwed on straight
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of have one's head screwed on.
have one's head screwed on right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's head screwed on right
form: having one's head screwed on right
form: had one's head screwed on right
form: had one's head screwed on right
Senses: examples: text: I think that while I suspect that any relationship between people of widely divergent ages has built into it by definition even more difficulties than the average relationship does — which is saying something — if one has one's head screwed on right, one will approach such a situation with caution for precisely those reasons.
ref: 1983 August 20, Larry Goldsmith, quoting Gerry Studds, “On the Hill and Out of the Closet”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 3:
glosses: Alternative form of have one's head screwed on.
Kannadigas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kannadiga
Rahimyar Khan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rahim Yar Khan.
Rahimyarkhan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rahim Yar Khan.
convenorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convenorships
Etymology: From convenor + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of convenor.
convenorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convenorship
news conferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of news conference
Rupar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rupars
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovene Rupar.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovene.
the biter bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the biter, bit
form: the biter bitten
Etymology: Ellipsis of the biter (is) bit.
Senses: examples: text: In a case of “the biter, bit”, ex-News of the World journalist, Andrea Vance, had her emails accessed and her movements tracked by the civil service.
ref: 2013 August 6, Malcolm Wright, “Snooping scandal shows disconnect between ranks of civil service”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: There was a bit of a Twitter storm recently after a bordeaux producer suggested that half the wine critics who rated the en primeur releases didn’t know their fundaments from their elbows. Well, fair enough, the biter bit and all that – chefs often have a go at restaurant critics, too.
ref: 2018 July 6, Fiona Beckett, “Four wines that don't need to make a point”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A hurt person who has hurt others in the past.
Related terms: beat someone at their own game
turn the tables
crawler track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crawler tracks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crawler lane.
synonyms: word: crawler lane
glosses: Synonym of caterpillar.
synonyms: word: caterpillar
back taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Taxes that were not paid when due.
high-step
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: high-steps
form: high-stepping
form: high-stepped
form: high-stepped
Senses: glosses: To raise the knees so as to approach or step over.
glosses: To raise the knees higher than normal.
longarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longarms
Etymology: From long + arm.
Senses: glosses: A free-motion sewing machine with an extended arm and frame for holding large quilts.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A long gun.
longarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: longarms
form: longarming
form: longarmed
form: longarmed
Etymology: From long + arm.
Senses: glosses: To use a longarm machine in quilting.
longarmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of longarm
longarming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of longarm
longarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longarm
longarms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of longarm
home farm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home farms
Senses: examples: text: The produce of the home farm was mostly consumed in his own household. The rents, which he received from his tenants, did not exceed £100 per annum[.]
ref: 1854, “The Old English Hall”, in The Illustrated Magazine of Art, volume 4, number 22, page 247:
hypernyms: farm#Noun
glosses: Part of a country estate that is farmed by the landowner or an employed farm manager, while most of the estate is rented out to tenant farmers.
home farms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home farm