cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
backrun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backruns
Etymology: From back- + run.
Senses: glosses: A reverse flow, either of a fluid or of an anchor chain.
backruns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backrun
Azucenas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Azucena
barrelman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrelmen
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailor keeping a lookout from the crow's nest (often in the form of a barrel)
Westergards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Westergard
adeomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of adenomatosis.
Ardizzone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ardizzones
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ardizzone.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
billander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: billanders
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of bilander.
adeomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of adenomatous.
Pergola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pergolas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pergola.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
boatsteerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boatsteerers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The person, in a whaleboat, who manned the forward oar and whose task was to harpoon whales
Pergolas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pergola
Ardizzones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ardizzone
boomie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boomies
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A barge rigged as a ketch
broadhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broadhorns
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of flatboat.
synonyms: word: flatboat
bugeye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bugeyes
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailboat once used for oystering out of Chesapeake Bay.
bulward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulwards
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of bulwark.
Chadburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chadburns
Etymology: * (surname): Variant of Chatburn.
* (telegraph): From the name of the manufacturing company, Chadburn's Telegraph Company of Liverpool.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Chadburn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chadburns
Etymology: * (surname): Variant of Chatburn.
* (telegraph): From the name of the manufacturing company, Chadburn's Telegraph Company of Liverpool.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of engine order telegraph.
synonyms: word: engine order telegraph
Saidi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saidis
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, “master, lord”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Schilz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schilzes
Etymology: Variant of Schiltz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
engine order telegraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engine order telegraphs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: Chadburn
glosses: A device used by the pilot in the bridge to communicate the desired speed of the engines to the people manning the engine room.
Schilzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schilz
Saidis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Saidi
charthouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charthouses
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The place on a (Royal Navy) ship in which the course is plotted manually on charts
chartplotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chartplotter
cottonclad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cottonclads
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A wooden warship, of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, that used bales of cotton to protect it from enemy fire.
Reitan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reitans
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Reitan, which derives from the plural form of reit (“farmstead”), itself from Old Norse reitr (“marked-out space”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
cranse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cranses
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of cranse iron.
synonyms: word: cranse iron
cranze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cranzes
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of cranse iron.
synonyms: word: cranse iron
Penberthy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Penberthys
Etymology: Borrowed from Cornish.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Cornish.
Penberthys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Penberthy
Reitans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Reitan
daybeacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daybeacons
form: day beacon
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An unlighted sea mark typically used to identify navigable channels
daybeacons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daybeacon
Leleux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ləˈluː/
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Iberia Parish, or Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.
ups one's game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of up one's game
upping one's game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of up one's game
upped one's game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of up one's game
Neagh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /neɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: nay
homophone: neigh
homophone: nee
Senses: glosses: Lough Neagh
Djidda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Jeddah.
Yorker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɔːkə/
ipa: /ˈjɔɹkɚ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Yorkers
Etymology: From York + -er (“inhabitant”).
Senses: glosses: Someone from York, England.
Yorker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɔːkə/
ipa: /ˈjɔɹkɚ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Yorkers
Etymology: From (New) York + -er (“person associated with”).
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Vermont who took the position that Vermont was by rights a part of the state of New York during the dispute over the status of Vermont in the 1770s and 1780s.
Related terms: East Yorker
New Yorker
Yorkist
sangai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sangais
Etymology: From Meitei language words, "sa" (meaning "animal") and "ngai" (meaning "waiting").
Senses: glosses: A endemic member of a subspecies of brow-antlered deer (Eld's deer) naturally found only in Manipur in India.
sangais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sangai
new year, new me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: expression indicating a person's intention to adopt significant personal changes or improvement at the start of a new calendar year
Fryatt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪət/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Betws Garmon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bettws Garmon
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Betws Garmon.
Senses: glosses: A village in the community of the same name of Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom, OS grid ref SH5357.
glosses: A village in the community of the same name of Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom, OS grid ref SH5357.
A community of Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom.
transliterational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transliterational
form: most transliterational
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to transliteration
-formin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː.mɪn/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.mɪn/
Etymology: From phenformin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of phenformin derivatives used as antihyperglycemics.
-glitazone
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɪt.ə.zəʊn/
ipa: /ˈɡlɪt.əˌzoʊn/
Etymology: From glitazone, from gli- + th(i)az(olidinedi)one.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of thiazolidinedione derivatives used as peroxisome proliferator activating receptor-γ agonists.
-glitazar
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɪt.ə.zɑː/
ipa: /ˈɡlɪt.əˌzɑɹ/
Etymology: Blend of -glitazone + peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of dual peroxisome proliferator activated receptors-α and -γ agonists.
hair-raiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair-raisers
form: hair raiser
Etymology: From hair-raising + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something which scares or causes fear; something hair-raising.
hair-raisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair-raiser
hair raiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair raisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hair-raiser.
hair raisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair raiser
spruce tip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spruce tips
Senses: topics: agriculture
biology
botany
business
cooking
food
lifestyle
natural-sciences
glosses: The new spring growth at the ends of spruce branches. For some species of spruce, these are edible and a traditional foodstuff.
glosses: Synonym of conifer tip.
synonyms: word: conifer tip
Synonyms: word: conifer tip
english: all pine-like trees
translation: all pine-like trees
word: pine tip
Hypernyms: word: conifer tip
english: all pine-like trees
translation: all pine-like trees
word: pine tip
Related terms: spruce bark
spruce beer
spruce cone
spruce gum
spruce nut
spruce tea
decky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deckies
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of deck hand.
deck hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deck hands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deckhand.
dockline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docklines
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A mooring cable / rope
dorey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doreys
form: dories
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of dory (“boat”).
engineroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enginerooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of engine room.
fifie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifies
form: Fifie
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small fishing boat that operated out of Fife in Scotland
flettner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flettners
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Flettner rotor.
footboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footboats
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A dinghy or similar small boat attached to a barge
foretack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foretacks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The fore tack (part of a sail)
foretruck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foretrucks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A truck on the foremast (from which the Blue Peter is hoisted)
foretrucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foretruck
foulies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of oilskins.
synonyms: word: oilskins
Harshit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Via Hindi हर्षित (harṣit), ultimately a borrowing from Sanskrit हर्षित (harṣita).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit, common in India
kaishu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 楷書 /楷书 (kǎishū).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese script style that is the most common style used in modern text.
gurdy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɝː.di/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)di
Forms: form: gurdies
Etymology: Possibly from hurdy-gurdy.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A manual crank used on fishing lines
hawsepiper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawsepipers
Etymology: From hawsepipe.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A merchant navy sailor promoted to be an officer without attending an academy
huffler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hufflers
Etymology: Origin obscure; compare hoveller.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An unqualified pilot, typically employed by the crew of a barge.
crankwalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crank walk
Etymology: From crank + walk. From crankshaft drifting around alignment.
Senses: topics: automotive
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: The condition of having excessive play in the crankshaft alignment, letting it drift back and forth, allowing off-alignment interaction with the rest of the engine.
Coordinate terms: thrust bearing
Derived terms: english: The action of off-alignment activity due to the condition
translation: The action of off-alignment activity due to the condition
alt: n.
word: crankwalking
word: crankwalked
Related terms: crank
crankcase
crankshaft
jackline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jacklines
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A strong line, fixed fore-and-aft on a yacht, to which the crew are clipped for safety
jibstay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jibstays
Senses: examples: text: Jollies? Lord help such jollies! Crish, crash! there goes the jib-stay! Blang-whang! God!.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 40, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A stay (normally the forestay) to which the jib is attached
kaep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaeps
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A type of proa native to Palau
lazyjacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of lazy jacks.
muffie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muffies
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of swimmie.
synonyms: word: swimmie
swimmie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪ.mi/
Forms: form: swimmies
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A barge with a square overhanging bow.
mulie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mulies
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A barge rigged with a spritsail main, and a large gaff rigged mizzen afore the steering wheel
oreboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oreboats
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A vessel used to transport iron ore on the Great Lakes
packetman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packetmen
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A seaman aboard a packet
pinrail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinrails
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A rail, at the base of a mast, to which halyards are fixed using belaying pins
predreadnought
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predreadnoughts
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of pre-dreadnought.
predreadnoughts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predreadnought
sampson post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sampson posts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Samson post.
shebeck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shebecks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of xebec.
skaffie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skaffies
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small Scottish fishing boat that was used in the Moray Firth region
sprittie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spritties
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A barge rigged with a spritsail
stackie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stackies
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A barge used to transport hay or straw on its deck
stanliff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stanliffs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A wire cable used to support a spritsail
stayfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stayfalls
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A wire cable used to support the mainmast when it is lowered
sternwalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sternwalks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A gallery on the stem of a British warship for the use of officers
swatchway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swatchways
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A twisting channel amongst sandbanks that is only navigable at high water
cakeist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cakeists
Etymology: From cake + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Miss Justin , Champion Cakeist of the Y.M.C.A.
ref: 1919, The Mistral: A Year-book, page 75:
text: Then the cakeists really go to town. The judges decide on the winning couple which, as the band thunderously earns some more of its money, are presented with the cake and dance with it around the hall.
ref: 1968, Theodore Pratt, That was Palm Beach, page 36:
text: For, on view vying with other cakes and confections at a cake exhibition in Bangalore was this mammoth edifice of the pagoda standing 8.5 ft tall, fashioned by softspoken “cakeist” C. Ramachandran, the scion of a leading bakers' house, the Nilgiris.
ref: 1984, India Today, page 160:
text: And if it does then screw nutrition; I wanna be a cakeist.
ref: 2014, Romi Moondi, Year of the Chick - Volume 1:
glosses: One who specializes in cakes and similar baked goods.
cakeist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cakeist
form: most cakeist
Etymology: From cake + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Some said the proposed Brexit deal was cakeist.
text: May's cakeist approach to Brexit (as in, having it and eating it) is beginning to find its limits.
ref: 2017 September 22, Anne Perkins, “Theresa May's Florence speech – our writers' verdicts”, in The Guardian:
text: As a leadership candidate, Mr Johnson has run a strongly cakeist campaign.
ref: 2019 July 15, Gideon Rachman, “Boris Johnson, ‘cakeism’ and the Blitz spirit”, in the Financial Times:
text: Harry and Meghan are easy to sympathize with. Who isn’t in favor of having cake and eating it, too? In politics, after all, everyone is a cakeist: No one wants to pay more tax, but everyone wants better services.
ref: 2020 January 10, Tom McTague, “The Hypocrisy of Harry and Meghan’s Decision”, in The Atlantic:
text: I want you to see that this is a cakeist treaty.
ref: 2020 December 30, “Post-Brexit trade: UK having its cake and eating it, says Boris Johnson”, in BBC News:
text: In the cakeist view, Britain could retain the benefits of EU membership without any obligation to European law.
ref: 2021 December 22, Rafael Behr, “The Tories said we could have our cake and eat it – now they are stuffed and voters are hungry”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Of or pertaining to having one's cake and eating it.
Related terms: cakeism
having one's cake and eating it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's cake and eat it
tailshaft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailshafts
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A shaft that connects a propeller to its engine
tophamper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tophampers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of top-hamper.
trailboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trailboards
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A decorative board at the bow of a ship, sometimes bearing the ship's name
tweendeck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tweendecks
form: tween deck
form: 'tween deck
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A deck on some merchant ships between the maindeck and the hold.
Derived terms: tweendecker
tweendecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tweendeck
tweendecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tweendeckers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A merchant ship that has one or more tweendecks
xebecque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xebecques
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of xebec.
xebeque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xebeques
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of xebec.
zebecque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebecques
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of xebec.
opercularisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of opercularization.
Beaucaire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Gard department, Occitania, France.
glosses: A commune of Gers department, Occitania, France.
Neikirk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Neikirks
Etymology: A habitational surname borrowed from Dutch, from the town of Nykerk in Gelderland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
wikipedia: Nykerk
Neikirks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Neikirk
Myre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Myres
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kennamer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kennamers
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Kennamer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Kennamers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kennamer
Myres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Myreses
Etymology: Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Auchtermuchty, from Middle English mire (“marsh, swamp; mire”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Myres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Myre
Lawter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lawters
Etymology: Variant of Lauder.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Laramee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laramees
Etymology: Variant of Laramie.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Laramees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Laramee
Lawters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lawter
Kreuser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kreusers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kreuser.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kreusers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kreuser
Kresses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kresse
McCright
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCrights
Etymology: Ultimately a reduced variant of McNaughton; compare McCreight.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
McCanless
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCanlesses
Etymology: Variant of McCandless.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
McCanlesses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCanless
McCrights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCright
Megill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Megills
Etymology: Variant of Magill and McGill.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Medsker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Medskers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Medskers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Medsker
Megills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Megill
Mancil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mancils
Etymology: Variant of Mansell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Litchford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Litchfords
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Litchfords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Litchford
Mancils
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mancil
better-paid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That earns a better wage than others.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: The growth in car ownership obscured from the public mind (and therefore the political agenda) the consequences for people who did not own cars. They suffered growing deprivation as a result of an inability to access better-paid jobs, as the closure of older industries removed employment.
ref: 2020 December 16, Industry Insider, “Rail's prospects turn full circle”, in Rail, page 68:
glosses: That provides better pay than other employment.
raw_tags: of work
Related terms: best-paid
well-paid
backraise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backraises
form: backraising
form: backraised
form: backraised
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To raise after calling in the same round
backraise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backraises
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Such a raise
backraises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backraise
backraises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backraise
downbet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: downbets
form: downbetting
form: downbet
form: downbet
form: downbetted
form: downbetted
Etymology: down- + bet
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To bet a smaller amount than in the previous round of bets
downbet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downbets
Etymology: down- + bet
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Such a smaller bet
lammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lammer
bottomspin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottomspins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of backspin.
synonyms: word: backspin
good things come in small packages
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Small gestures of help and kindness matter more than costly and exorbitant bestowals.
calcutta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcuttas
Senses: topics: games
pool
glosses: A form of auction in which people invest in a player's success
cheatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheatabilities
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The extent to which a pocket is cheatable
cheat the pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheats the pocket
form: cheating the pocket
form: cheated the pocket
form: cheated the pocket
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: To pot a ball in the edge, rather than the middle, of a pocket.
checkside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: checksides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of check side.
chesney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chesneys
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: An indentation in the slate of a table that affects the path of a ball travelling over it
cotgrave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotgraves
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: A fluke in which a pot or snooker is obtained by accident
Cotgrave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6435).
unfavor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: un-favor
form: unfavour
Etymology: From un- + favor.
Senses: examples: text: Having no stand to show favour at one time and unfavour at another time.
ref: 2000, B. R. Kumawat, Teachers' English Language and Teaching:
text: He emerged out from the rear of the temple and into the courtyard of the Four Kings where he was met with un-favor and disciplined silence...the silence of over five hundred warriors.
ref: 2014, Alton One Jenkins, The Midas King Chronicles, volume 1:
text: On all these men, on their favour or unfavour depended my future fate, and I was received in the most kind of gentle manner.
ref: 2019, Lothar Schilling, Jakob Vogel, Transnational Cultures of Expertise, page 57:
glosses: Absence or lack of favor.
Synonyms: disfavour
cuemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuemakers
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: A manufacturer of cues
fall sick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls sick
form: falling sick
form: fell sick
form: fallen sick
Senses: glosses: To become ill; to fall ill.
unfavour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unfavor.
be taken sick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is taken sick
form: being taken sick
form: was taken sick
form: been taken sick
Senses: synonyms: fall ill
be taken ill
be taken bad
glosses: To become ill.
highrun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highruns
form: high run
form: high-run
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: A series of successful shots that is lengthy for the player's level of skill
poolshark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poolsharks
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: A hustler who deliberately disrupts a game for his own advantage
poolsharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poolshark
stakehorse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stakehorses
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: A person who bets (backs with a stake) on a player
stakehorse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stakehorses
form: stakehorsing
form: stakehorsed
form: stakehorsed
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: To bet on the outcome of a game
stakehorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stakehorse
stakehorses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stakehorse
stakehorsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stakehorse
tip tool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tip tools
form: tiptool
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: Any device used to maintain the tip on a cue
tredecuple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: thirteenfold
tredecuple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tredecuples
Senses: glosses: A tuple of thirteen things
Related terms: duodecuple
quattuordecuple
unshimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shimmed.
Senses: topics: games
pool
glosses: Not fitted with shims
raw_tags: of a pocket
Salhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3014).
ticking clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
writing
glosses: A literary device in which the protagonist has a strict time limit, used to heighten tension.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tick, clock.
autoballaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoballasters
form: auto-ballaster
Etymology: From auto- + ballast + -er.
Senses: examples: text: DB Cargo UK 66162 [...] and 66176 propel a train of autoballasters into Toton North Yard on July 20.
ref: 2020 December 30, Rail, page 30, photo caption:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A type of ballast wagon, used to carry new ballast and then spread it along a section of railway track.
autoballasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoballaster
even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while.
even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while.
Gatcombe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡætkəm/
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Awre parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6805).
glosses: A village in Chillerton and Gatcombe parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4985).
glosses: A small town on Facing Island, Gladstone Harbour, Queensland, Australia.
go rogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes rogue
form: going rogue
form: went rogue
form: gone rogue
Senses: glosses: To begin to behave in an erratic, uncontrolled, dangerous, destructive, or savage way.
examples: text: As the Biden administration and its allies try to secure an elusive cease-fire in Gaza, Israel appears to have gone rogue.
ref: 2024 August 2, Steven Erlanger, “Netanyahu, Defiant, Appears to Have Gone Rogue, Risking a Regional War”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To behave in a very unconventional, independent, uncontrolled, or unauthorized way that ignores rules, norms, or expectations.
glosses: To defect, or to repudiate allegiance, fealty, affiliation, or membership. (For example, a spy or soldier in relation to a country; or a politician in relation to a political party; or an employee; or a club member.)
Synonyms: go crazy
go wild
run amok
Awre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɔː(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7008).
Chillerton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Chillerton and Gatcombe parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4984).
Listowel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /lɪsˈtoʊl/
/lɪsˈtoʊəl/
Etymology: From Irish Lios Tuathail.
Senses: glosses: A market town in County Kerry, Ireland.
glosses: A community in the municipality of North Perth, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
Public Domain Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First mentioned by Lawrence Lessig in 2004, but it is unclear when observance began.
Senses: glosses: An annual observance on January 1 of when copyrights expire and works enter into the public domain. Copyrights usually expire every year on January 1 based on the individual copyright laws of each country.
wikipedia: Lawrence Lessig
simpable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more simpable
form: most simpable
Etymology: From simp + -able.
Senses: antonyms: unsimpable
glosses: Capable of being simped for.
unsimpable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsimpable
form: most unsimpable
Etymology: From un- + simpable.
Senses: glosses: Impossible or difficult to simp for.
unsimpable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsimpables
Etymology: From un- + simpable.
Senses: glosses: Something difficult or impossible to simp for.
unsimpables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unsimpable
topknot pigeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topknot pigeon
El Tuque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish El Tuque.
Senses: glosses: A beach in Punta Cucharas, Canas, Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States.
Related terms: La Tuque
tuque
La Tuque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French La Tuque.
Senses: glosses: A city in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.
Related terms: El Tuque
tuque
Tuque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of La Tuque.
glosses: Ellipsis of El Tuque.
touque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: touques
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of toque.
glosses: Alternative form of tuque.
print run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: print runs
Senses: examples: text: If the first print run sells out, a second print run will be ordered. Some books even have dozens of print runs.
text: In the meantime, I have an opportunity of extolling the virtues of his Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas, which appeared last year and has already had its second print-run.
ref: 2022 February 23, Barry Doe, “Liverpool & Manchester Atlas is excellent value”, in RAIL, number 951, page 60:
synonyms: printing
glosses: The total number of copies (of a book edition) printed as one batch on the printing press (that is, from one setup on the press).
examples: text: The first edition had a print run of 1000 copies and sold for 36 shillings.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 488:
glosses: The total number of copies (of a book edition or a newspaper edition) ever printed.
print runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of print run
axony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axonies
Senses: glosses: The location of the dominant digit of a hand or foot, typically in a handprint or footprint
marked-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having been subjected to a markup; having been marked up.
examples: text: In order to overcome inconsistencies in the data structure an iterative system of checking output and refining programs in response was instituted and the entire marked-up text was read closely in order to remove any remaining irregularities.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 489:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having had markup coding added.
brachyiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From brachy- + iliac.
Senses: glosses: Having a short ilium (typical of some dinosaurs)
Related terms: dolichoiliac
caputegulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caputegulae
Senses: glosses: Any of a series of flat bones that cover the skull bones of ankylosaurs
caputegulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caputegulum
metacarpalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metacarpal
metatarsalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metatarsal
anticoeur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticoeurs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anticor.
bloodhorse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodhorses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blood horse.
bloodhorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloodhorse
boxwalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box walking
form: box-walking
Senses: glosses: The activity of a horse kept in a stable in which it repeatedly walks around its confines
campdrafting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Australian sport in which a horse and rider handle cattle
crowhop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crowhops
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pigroot (“horse activity”).
synonyms: word: pigroot
extra: horse activity
crowhop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crowhops
form: crowhopping
form: crowhopped
form: crowhopped
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pigroot (“horse activity”).
synonyms: word: pigroot
extra: horse activity
crowhopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crowhop
Hobson-Jobsonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hobson-Jobsonisms
Etymology: From Hobson-Jobson + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: One final set of terms of interest are Hobson-Jobsonisms, that is, loanwords that have undergone phonetic assimilation through what is described as ‘striving after meaning’, a term introduced by Yule.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 501:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses.
Hobson-Jobsonisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hobson-Jobsonism
headshy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more headshy
form: most headshy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of head shy.
pasitrote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasitrotes
Senses: glosses: A horse gait similar to an amble
pigjump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigjumps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pigroot (“horse activity”).
synonyms: word: pigroot
extra: horse activity
pigjump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pigjumps
form: pigjumping
form: pigjumped
form: pigjumped
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pigroot (“horse activity”).
synonyms: word: pigroot
extra: horse activity
pinhooking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinhook
discipline-specific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more discipline-specific
form: most discipline-specific
Senses: examples: text: The extent of a general academic vocabulary has been questioned by previous research that has found vocabulary and lexical bundles vary so much by discipline that a discipline-specific approach to vocabulary instruction should be adopted.
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 1:
topics: education
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or forming part of, the typical language used in a particular field of study.
English-medium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In the wider global context, the growth of international schools means there are now more students studying English-medium curricula where resources informed by the ESL research could be particularly beneficial.
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 3:
glosses: Of education, conducted in the English language.
ecomaterial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecomaterials
Etymology: From eco- + material.
Senses: glosses: recycled or recyclable material
ecomaterials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecomaterial
sodification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodifications
Etymology: From sod + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The build-up of alkali metal salts in soil
ecoevolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecoevolutions
Etymology: From eco- + evolution.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: evolutionary ecology (the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology)
ecosynthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecosyntheses
Etymology: From eco- + synthesis.
Senses: glosses: The use of introduced species to fill niches in a disrupted environment
xerocole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerocoles
Etymology: From xero- + -cole.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An animal that is adapted to a very dry ecosystem (typically a desert).
Related terms: xerocolous
xerocoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerocole
regiopolis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regiopolises
form: regiopoli
Senses: glosses: A city located outside a metropolitan area
branchwidth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchwidths
Etymology: branch + width
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The minimum width of a branch-decomposition.
branch-decomposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branch-decompositions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An unrooted binary tree that represents the hierarchical clustering of the edges of an undirected graph.
cocoloring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocolorings
form: cocolouring
Etymology: From co- + coloring.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph such that each color class forms an independent set in the graph or its complement.
Ballybunion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /bæliˈbʌnjən/
/bæliˈbʌni.ən/
Etymology: From Irish.
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland.
diconnected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + connected.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Strongly connected: having every vertex reachable from every other vertex.
raw_tags: of a graph
superconcentrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superconcentrators
Etymology: From super- + concentrator.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A graph such that there exists one or more paths between pairs of vertices in each of two subsets of vertices
faleristics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phaleristics.
zitch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English swich, from Old English swilċ.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of such.
exoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to exoscopy; by means of an exoscope
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the apex pointed toward the neck of the archegonium
raw_tags: of an embryo
election campaign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: election campaigns
Senses: glosses: An organised effort by individuals or their parties to persuade voters to vote for them in an election.
plagiogonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Relating to the orthogonal group of a quadratic form
septimic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of septic (“of degree 7”).
synonyms: word: septic
extra: of degree 7
septimic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septimics
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of septic.
synonyms: word: septic
Turkmenistanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turkmenistani
Tajikistanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tajikistani
remogliflozin etabonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛm.oʊ.ɡlɪˌfloʊ.zɪn ɛˈtæb.əˌneɪt/
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug of the gliflozin class for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and type 2 diabetes.
stopped short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop short
pseudoclasper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoclaspers
Etymology: From pseudo- + clasper.
Senses: glosses: A stiff, ossified lobe in the tip of the intromittent organ of a fish
pseudoclaspers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoclasper
retrose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: turned backwards
Ladakhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ladakhis
form: Ladakhi
Etymology: From Ladakh + -i.
Senses: glosses: A person from Ladakh, or of Ladakhi descent.
Ladakhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ladakh + -i.
Senses: glosses: A Tibetic language primarily spoken in Ladakh, India.
deadspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadspots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dead spot.
supertransitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + transitive.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Describing a transitive set that contains all subsets of all its elements
Freiberger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Freibergers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Freiberger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.