cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Indo-Europeanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indo-Europeanists
form: Indoeuropeanist
Etymology: From Indo-European + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The Nostratic hypothesis was postulated for the first time by the Danish Indo-Europeanist, Holger Pedersen, at the beginning of the 20th century. Today we suppose a Nostratic origin for Afroasiatic (Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Omotic), with perhaps a rather independent position; Kartvelian, Indo-European, Uralic (Fenno-Ugric and Samoyed), Dravidian (probably together with the extinct Elamite) and Altaic (Turkic, Mongolian, Tungusian, Korean, Japanese).
ref: 1992, Václav Blazek, Who are you, homo sapiens sapiens?, page 139:
text: It had been assumed that the two series merged by the time of Common Balto-Slavic until the Indo-Europeanist Werner Winter proposed in the 1970s that the distinction had persisted for longer, at least between *dh and *d.
ref: 2004, Benjamin W. Fortson, Indo-European Language and Culture, page 365:
text: The vast majority of Indo-Europeanists posit either three or four laryngeals for the Indo-European parent language, while Dolgopolsky posits a multitude of controversial phonemes here, most conveniently subsumed under cover symbols, without further explanation as to their phonetic make-up, their vowel-coloring or lengthening effects, or their development in the Indo-European daughter languages.
ref: 2009, Allan R. Bomhard, The Glottalic Theory of Proto-Indo-European Consonantism and Its Implications for Nostratic Sound Correspondences, page 7:
hypernyms: word: humanities scholar
word: person
glosses: A scientist (usually a linguist or anthropologist) engaged in Indo-European studies.
hunger is the best sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: synonyms: hunger is a good sauce
hunger is the best spice
glosses: Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food.
Derived terms: hunger sauce
Related terms: absence makes the heart grow fonder
maner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maners
Senses: examples: text: Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]
ref: 1603, Plutarch, “The Contradictions of Stociek philoſophers”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1068:
glosses: Obsolete form of manner.
maner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maners
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of manor.
medios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medio
bombsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: bombsight
Forms: form: bombsites
Etymology: From bomb + site.
Senses: examples: text: Postwar London remained pockmarked with bombsites for many years.
glosses: A place where a bomb has exploded.
examples: text: All around the neatly arranged victim, the sitting room was a bombsite. Ornaments had been sent tumbling from the shelves , and the ground was littered with the debris of shattered porcelain animals. In the foreground of the photograph were the splintered remains of a pink poodle barometer promising fair weather.
ref: 2017, Sophie Hénaff, The Awkward Squad:
text: The kitchen was a bombsite—-unwashed dishes, food scraps and mess everywhere.
ref: 2023, Jeff Apter, Chasing the Dragon: The Life and Death of Marc Hunter:
text: Look, if you don't fancy the doctors' quarters, come home with me. The place is a bombsite, what with packing for the trip, but […]
ref: 2024, Alison Roberts, The Doctor's Promise:
glosses: A very messy place.
bodyslam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bodyslams
form: bodyslamming
form: bodyslammed
form: bodyslammed
form: body slam
form: body-slam
Etymology: From body + slam.
Senses: examples: text: I had never taken a bodyslam much less a piledriver.
ref: 2006, Brian Fritz with Christopher Murray, Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures, ECW Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 72:
qualifier: wrestling and combat sports
glosses: To throw an opponent bodily on the floor, eg in wrestling or judo, sometimes also throwing one's own body on top of them
examples: text: He is struggling with his swing, and undoubtedly that has bodyslammed his inner psyche.
ref: 2001 July 7, Richard Meek, “Young Tiger has growing up to do”, in Sun Herald, Biloxi, page C3:
text: The recession is bodyslamming Corporate America in a new and troubling way.
ref: 2002 February 4, “A Big Crimp in Cash Flow”, in BusinessWeek, →ISSN:
text: By bodyslamming its new Rob Lowe courtroom drama, "The Lyon's Den," against ABC's surprisingly resurgent courtroom drama, "The Practice," NBC hastened the swift demise of its best fall entry.
ref: 2003 November 22, “NBC executive plays coy about ending hits”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, →ISSN:
glosses: To deliver a devastating blow against an opponent
bodyslam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodyslams
form: body slam
form: body-slam
Etymology: From body + slam.
Senses: glosses: Such a throw
examples: text: Just a simple bodyslam of everyone else in the sector. Which is why I am glad I never sold my Cisco. But it is also why I am not buying more.
ref: 2002 May 9, Jim Cramer, “Last Man Standing a Hollow Victory for Cisco”, in The Street:
glosses: A devastating blow against an opponent.
bezique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bəˈziːk/
Forms: form: beziques
form: besique
Etymology: Borrowed from French bésigue, of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: Queen Elizabeth II does not play, preferring racing demon, complicated games of solitaire and six-deck bezique.
ref: 2009 January 19, Phillip Alder, “Eisenhower’s Other Title: Bridge Player in Chief”, Bridge, in New York Times:
glosses: A trick-taking card game for two players.
glosses: The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.
Derived terms: Chinese bezique
six-pack bezique
biriyani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biriyanis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of biryani.
biriyanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biriyani
down tack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: down tacks
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The IPA diacritic of primary articulation: ⟨˕⟩, used to denote a lowered phone; for vowels, the diacritic denotes a slightly more open utterance; for consonants, it moves the manner of articulation one step forward in this chain: nasal → plosive → fricative → approximant → trill → tap, flap → lateral fricative → lateral approximant → lateral flap.
Derived terms: english: the combining form
translation: the combining form
word: ̞
Related terms: english: up tack
translation: up tack
word: ˔
ritornelli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ritornello
NVRM
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of never mind.
Synonyms: NM
NVM
sandhill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandhills
Etymology: From sand + hill.
Senses: examples: text: He resumed running in November, varying the workload by running in sandhills, on ovals and tennis courts[…].
ref: 2009 January 16, Leo Schlink, “Lleyton Hewitt at mercy of Open computer”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2009:
glosses: A dune.
examples: text: Adult sandhills can be 4 to 5 feet tall.
ref: 1997, Lynn M. Stone, Sandhill Cranes, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: A sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis).
Derived terms: sandhill frog
sandhill milkweed
sandhills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandhill
beziques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bezique
juvenile diabetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease in which the main symptom is the body's lack of production of insulin.
Synonyms: type 1 diabetes mellitus
diabetes mellitus type 1
type 1 DM
type 1 diabetes
type I diabetes
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
IDDM
juvenile-onset diabetes
juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus
Hypernyms: diabetes
diabetes mellitus
rakshas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rakshases
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rakshasa.
body slam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body slams
form: body-slam
Senses: examples: text: But I could also see Nerdo was expecting a verbal body slam.
ref: 2003, Ellen Schreiber, Vampire Kisses, page 49:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bodyslam.
nail bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nail beds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nailbed.
nail beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nail bed
body-slam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: body-slams
form: body-slamming
form: body-slammed
form: body-slammed
Senses: examples: text: I'm going to body-slam your client at trial until he wishes he had been more cooperative and you wish you had been more persuasive.
ref: 2001, Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls, page 176:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bodyslam.
reimplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reimplantations
Etymology: From re- + implantation.
Senses: glosses: The act of implanting again.
synonyms: replantation
reimplanting
replanting
glosses: Reattachment of a severed body part.
reimplantations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reimplantation
reimplementation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reimplementations
Etymology: From re- + implementation.
Senses: glosses: The act of implementing again.
reimplementations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reimplementation
redisplay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redisplays
form: redisplaying
form: redisplayed
form: redisplayed
Etymology: From re- + display.
Senses: glosses: To display again.
redisplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redisplays
Etymology: From re- + display.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent display.
redisplays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redisplay
redisplays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redisplay
redisplaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redisplay
redisplayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redisplay
recache
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recaches
form: recaching
form: recached
form: recached
Etymology: From re- + cache.
Senses: glosses: To cache again.
recaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recache
recaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recache
apas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apa
apans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apan + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of apan
apans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: APANS
form: Apans
form: APNS
Etymology: From arsonic + phenyl + azo- + naphthalene + sulfonic, from disodium salt of 4-[(2-arsonophenyl)azo]-3-hydroxy-2,7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: (acronym) Synonym of thorin (C₁₆H₁₁AsN₂O₁₀S₂·Na₂)
runs batted in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of run batted in
funny farms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funny farm
Greek numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Greek number
favouriting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: favoriting
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of favourite
branons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branon
summer and winter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: summers and winters
form: summering and wintering
form: summered and wintered
form: summered and wintered
Senses: examples: text: An even more important reason for the primary is that by "summering and wintering" these candidates, New Hampshire people, as representatives of the nation ....
ref: 2004 January 25, “Once again, primary proves its worth”, in Concord Monitor:
glosses: To spend extended periods of time with; to test.
glosses: To endure.
brandade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brandades
Etymology: From French brandade, from Occitan brandada, from brandar (“to stir”). Cognate to Spanish brandada.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Fages, who enjoys cooking, greeted them with a large meal he had spent the better part of the day preparing, including cheeses, homemade bread, a fennel and apple salad, Israeli couscous, hummus, tzatziki, codfish brandade, pasta e fagioli with parmesan shavings and dessert.
ref: 2009 January 19, Vincent M. Mallozzi, “When the Best Seat in the House Is in Your Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: A puree of salted cod, olive oil, and milk.
sprachgefuhl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sprachgefühl.
hutong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuːtɒŋ/
ipa: /-tʊŋ/
ipa: /ˈhuˈtɑŋ/
ipa: /-tʊŋ/
Forms: form: hutongs
form: hutong
form: hutung
Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 衚衕 /胡同 (hútòng), 胡同 (hútòng, “narrow street”), probably:
* from Mongolian гудам (gudam), from Middle Mongol ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮ (ɣudum, “corridor, passage, passageway”); or
* from Mongolian худаг (xudag), ᠬᠤᠳᠳᠤᠭ (quddug, “water well”) (from the prevalence of wells where people lived).
Senses: examples: text: The fish-bone-like transportation network is also present, especially in large neighbourhoods, where a series of major hutong (usually running east-west) are either joined by smaller transverse hutong or lead to even smaller dead-end hutong that occasionally run between housing plots.
ref: 1999, Wu Liangyong, “Traditional Courtyard Houses and a New Prototype”, in Rehabilitating the Old City of Beijing: A Project in the Ju’er Hutong Neighbourhood (Urbanization in Asia; 3), Vancouver, B.C.: UBC Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 74:
text: 'I spent my childhood in those old hutong courtyards. Relationships were warmer then.' His mouth puckered, as if hunting a lost taste.
ref: 2006, Colin Thubron, “The Capital”, in Shadow of the Silk Road, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 11:
text: In Beijing, near the Forbidden City, a winding maze of hutongs, or narrow alleyways, is home to one of the world’s most exotic markets.
ref: 2007 October 16, Brice J. Bay, “Thanks, but I’ll have the bat on a stick instead”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2015:
text: Today, just 1,300 hutong remain, and many more neighborhoods, like the colorful Qianmen district just south of Tiananmen Square, are scheduled for renewal.
ref: 2009 January 19, Andrew Jacobs, “Finding treasures in a city’s disappearing past”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021:
text: He led me along a dog-legging route through the fifteenth-century alleyways that were the lacework holding old Beijing together. Hutongs, as they were called, defined China's old capital, their grey stone walls pierced at intervals by weathered wooden doors that opened onto four-sided courtyard houses.
ref: 2016, Madeleine O’Dea, “Beijing 1986”, in The Phoenix Years: Art, Resistance and the Making of Modern China, Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN:
glosses: A narrow alley or street in a traditional residential district of a city in China, especially Beijing.
wikipedia: Chinese History: A New Manual
Harvard University Press
ducked and covered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of duck and cover
ducks and covers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of duck and cover
ducking and covering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of duck and cover
Meshach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmi.ʃæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: Misac
form: Misach
form: Mishak
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew מישך (myšk /⁠mēšak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mayšáh (“sheep, ram”) with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.
Senses: examples: text: And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 3:23:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: Mishael
glosses: Mishael, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Coordinate terms: sense: one of the captives who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed
word: Abednego
sense: one of the captives who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed
word: Shadrach
Shadrach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sedrach
form: Shedrack
form: Shadrak
form: Sidrach
form: Sydrac
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /⁠šadrak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: Hananiah
glosses: Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Coordinate terms: sense: one of the captives that came out of the fiery furnace unharmed
word: Abednego
sense: one of the captives that came out of the fiery furnace unharmed
word: Meshach
Shadrach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shadrachs
form: Sedrach
form: Shedrack
form: Shadrak
form: Sidrach
form: Sydrac
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /⁠šadrak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”).
synonyms: word: salamander
extra: solidified material in a furnace hearth
European options
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of European option
American options
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American option
Bermudan options
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bermudan option
nonverbatim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + verbatim.
Senses: glosses: Not verbatim, i.e. not corresponding to the original, word for word.
livelily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪvlɪli/
Forms: form: more livelily
form: most livelily
Etymology: From lively + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They were friends, travelling together;⁠—they began to say we. Ah! how pathetic is that we, when pronounced by love! How timid, yet how livelily expressed, is the declaration which it contains!
ref: 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book IV. Rome.] Chap[ter] IV.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume I, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 189:
glosses: In a lively manner.
tarantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæɹəntɪzm/
ipa: /ˈtæɹənˌtɪzm/
Forms: form: tarantisms
form: tarentism
Etymology: From New Latin tarantismus + English -ism (suffix forming nouns of action, process, or result), from Old Italian Taranto (“seaport in southern Italy”) + Latin -ismus (“-ism”); see further at tarantula. The English word is cognate with French tarentisme, Italian tarantismo.
Senses: examples: text: This dancing mania or tarantism prevailed during the whole of the 17th century — and Baglivi, one of the best physicians of that time, made it the subject of a dissertation. He supports his history of the symptoms by the testimony of his father, […]
ref: 1835, James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical Review, page 53:
text: The position depicted is often seen to characterize rituals of tarantism, used for centuries in southern Italy and elsewhere to treat victims of the tarantula's bite, expressing personal and social crises (De Martino 2005).
ref: 2012, Hélène Neveu Kringelbach, Jonathan Skinner, Dancing Cultures: Globalization, Tourism and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 60:
synonyms: choreomania
dancing mania
glosses: An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.
ABSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ABSDs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of advanced base sectional dock.
Related terms: AFDB
AFDB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AFDBs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of auxiliary floating drydock barge.
Related terms: ABSD
fluencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluency
E.D.N.C.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: E.D. N.C.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, as used in case citations.
Related terms: M.D.N.C.
W.D.N.C.
W.D.N.C.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: W.D. N.C.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, as used in case citations.
Related terms: E.D.N.C.
M.D.N.C.
M.D.N.C.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: M.D. N.C.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, as used in case citations.
Related terms: E.D.N.C.
W.D.N.C.
strobing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strobe
strobing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strobings
Senses: examples: text: When a TV monitor is in shot, and the film is transferred to video through the normal 2:3 pulldown there will be a strobing effect where the film and video frame rates clash.
ref: 2013, David Mellor, Sound Person's Guide to Video, page 216:
glosses: A brief flashing on and off, as of a stroboscopic lamp.
strobed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strobe
N.C.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The past three decades have been a roller-coaster ride for the Charlotte, N.C., company, aiming to keep investors on a sugar high as it works out how to expand while remaining true to its heritage of serving fresh doughnuts.
ref: 2025 August 25, Julie Creswell, “Krispy Kreme Bets on Big-Box Stores to Stay Fresh”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025:
glosses: Initialism of North Carolina: a state of the United States.
N.C.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
related: word: NC
glosses: Initialism of no chord.
aubaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French aubaine, as in droit d'aubaine.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The inheritance of the property of an unnaturalized foreigner, in particular in France during feudalism and the Ancien Régime.
Classical Armenian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: ClArm.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Old Armenian.
synonyms: word: Old Armenian
factitial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: In addition to trigeminal trophic syndrome, the differential diagnosis of conditions that can cause nasal ulcers include factitial disorders with self-induced ulcerations (such as dermatitis artifacta and neurotic excoriations), granulomatous conditions, infectious diseases, malignancy, and pyoderma gangrenosum.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17269524
glosses: produced artificially or unintentionally; factitious.
Grabar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian գրաբար (grabar).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Old Armenian.
synonyms: word: Old Armenian
Related terms: Ashkharhabar
telefilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telefilms
Etymology: From tele- + film.
Senses: synonyms: telepicture
glosses: A film made for television.
Derived terms: telefilmic
Old Armenian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The oldest attested form of the Armenian language, first written down at the beginning of the 5th century AD and spoken until 12th century; then replaced by Middle Armenian. Served as a literary language until the 18-19th centuries. Partly intelligible to speakers of modern Armenian.
Synonyms: Classical Armenian
Grabar
Liturgical Armenian
Related terms: word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Armenian terms
alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/xcl
word: xcl
anti-icing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + icing.
Senses: glosses: The prevention of the buildup of ice on the surfaces of an aircraft, by means of heating, antifreeze etc.
villans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of villan
arachnogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arachno- + -genic.
Senses: examples: arachnogenic necrosis
glosses: Caused by the bite of a spider.
give lie to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives lie to
form: giving lie to
form: gave lie to
form: given lie to
Senses: glosses: Synonym of give the lie to.
synonyms: word: give the lie to
supercilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercilium
jostaberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jostaberries
Etymology: From German Jostabeere, itself derived from Johannisbeere and Stachelbeere.
Senses: glosses: A fruit made by crossing several members of the Ribes genus, including blackcurrant and gooseberry.
unobvious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unobvious
form: most unobvious
Etymology: From un- + obvious.
Senses: glosses: Not obvious.
Synonyms: obvious
non-obvious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + obvious.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonobvious.
Synonyms: obvious
villar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪlə(ɹ)
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to a villus.
main-truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main-trucks
Etymology: "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck".
Senses: examples: text: But oh! shipmates! on the starboard hand of every woe, there is a sure delight; and higher the top of that delight, than the bottom of the woe is deep. Is not the main-truck higher than the kelson is low?
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 9”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout.
Related terms: crow's nest
mast
mainmast
truck
EDGAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval, a system that performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
trailer truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trailer trucks
Senses: glosses: A semi-tractor truck.
raw_tags: in the US
Alpha Centauri C
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Alpha Centauri. Astronomers believe that Proxima Centauri is gravitationally bound to the Alpha Centauri system.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The star Proxima Centauri
Mashed Potato
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of mashed potato (“1960s dance”).
Alpha Centauri A
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: α-Centauri A
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Alpha Centauri is actually a binary star with Alpha Centauri C or Proxima Centauri as a third component. Alpha Centauri A is the brightest star of the system and is somewhat brighter than our sun. Alpha Centauri B is somewhat fainter than Alpha Centauri A but much brighter than Proxima Centauri.
Alpha Centauri B
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: α-Centauri B
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Alpha Centauri is actually a binary star with Proxima Centauri as a third component. Alpha Centauri B is less bright than Alpha Centauri A and is somewhat less bright than our sun.
mauger
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɔː.ɡə/
rhymes: -ɔːɡə(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: I 've read in school-boy days,—thy cousin bees,
(Mauger the din of warming-pans and matrons)
Would swarm around the lips of Sophocles
Mistaking the sweet muses for their patrons;...
ref: 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, To a Wasp, page 181:
glosses: Alternative spelling of maugre.
dixie cup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dixie cups
Senses: examples: text: 'I wonder if elephants like ice cream?' 'It would need to be a very big dixie cup,' said Jane.
ref: 2004, Kerry Greenwood, Queen of the Flowers, page 10:
text: Once in fourth grade, Principal Lambas made me fill a dixie cup with my own spit
ref: 2006, Tim Miller with Glen Johnson, 1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels, page 108:
text: He was eating raisins out of a dixie cup.
ref: 2007, Kevin Brockmeier, The Brief History of the Dead, page 49:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Dixie cup.
golden retrievers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden retriever
beauty schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beauty school
bat in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bats in
form: batting in
form: batted in
form: batted in
Senses: examples: a. 2001, William Harrington, Elliott Roosevelt's Murder at the President's Door: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery, 2003 edition, →ISBN, page 55,
In 1927, when Ruth hit sixty home runs, Gehrig had a better batting average and batted in more runs.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To bat so that a runner on base effects (a run).
Derived terms: run batted in
RBI
batting in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bat in
bats in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bat in
batted in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bat in
my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the initial letters of the names of the eight planets, plus Pluto, formerly considered a planet.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
qualifier: slightly dated
glosses: Used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
Synonyms: my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas
Coordinate terms: sense: 8 planets
word: my very educated mother just served us nachos
sense: 8 planets
word: my very educated mother just served us noodles
expose oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: exposes oneself
form: exposing oneself
form: exposed oneself
form: exposed oneself
Senses: examples: text: The police arrested the man who had exposed himself in public.
text: On Thursday the police in Miami Beach arrested the man, Weston J. Hill, 44 years old, charging him with indecent exposure. . . . He had been charged with exposing himself to children.
ref: 1985 May 5, “Offender's One-way Ticket Stirs 2-city Feud”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
text: While the President was on the telephone, according to Ms. Lewinsky, "he unzipped his pants and exposed himself," and she performed oral sex.
ref: 1998 September 18, “Bill & Monica: The Intern Serves the Pizza”, in Time, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
text: Elsewhere in Sweden recently, two underage girls pressed charges when a teenage boy exposed himself to them at a lake. The court decided, despite the victims' testimonies, that the offence was "not of a sexual nature" and dismissed it.
ref: 2013 September 20, Holly Baxter, “Is masturbating in public a laughing matter?”, in The Guardian, UK:
glosses: To display one's genitalia in a public place or in other inappropriate circumstances.
examples: text: The soldiers exposed themselves by moving into unfamiliar territory.
glosses: To put oneself in a vulnerable position.
Related terms: indecent exposure
bare one's teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bares one's teeth
form: baring one's teeth
form: bared one's teeth
form: bared one's teeth
form: bare one's fangs
Senses: glosses: To show its teeth as a sign of aggression.
raw_tags: of an animal
glosses: To show aggression.
Derived terms: teeth-baring
Related terms: flex one's muscles
gnashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnasher
water off a duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of water off a duck's back.
eco-incentive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eco-incentives
form: ecoincentive
Etymology: From eco- + incentive.
Senses: glosses: An incentive (usually financial) to encourage a person or organization to follow a more eco-friendly policy
fatHa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The use of the vowel fatHa (or in English "a") simply refers to the participant as being the one receiving the "action" as opposed to the use of kasra (or "i" in English) which denotes the participant "doing" the action rather than receiving it.
ref: 1998 February 9, Maryam Butson <seebelow@hatespam.com.au>, “Re: Mormons”, in soc.religion.bahai (Usenet), retrieved 02 Dec 2011, message-ID <"4LCnW.A.-KD.bQ830"@bounty>:
text: The "B" letter has a fatHa vowel mark which makes it "Ba," the 'h" letter also has a fatHa vowel with an "alif" letter connected to it, so it is "haa" and the "hamza" (or you can call this is an "alif") has a kisra vowel mark and a "ya" letter connected to it which makes it "ee."
ref: 1999 July 24, Mr Mahdi <mrmahdi@aol.com>, “Re: Is God portrayed by "Pat" as cunning and deceptive?”, in talk.religion.bahai (Usenet), retrieved 02 Dec 2011, message-ID <19990724012234.13056.00000726@ng-ck1.aol.com>:
text: In this case the spelling Qua'ran should present hamza without a carrier sitting on the line because the vowel of hamza is fatHa (a) and the preceding vowel is a a^([sic]) long uu (waaw)
ref: 2001 October 23, steve <whittet@shore.net>, “Re: Ocean names (was: origin of "collateral damage")”, in alt.usage.english,sci.lang (Usenet), retrieved 02 Dec 2011, message-ID <gaiB7.46$0N4.2472@news.shore.net>:
text: I'm not sure why you have added an "a" at the end of jahannam or reduced to the first fatHa (a) to a kasra (e).
ref: 2003 April 18, Abdelkarim Benoit Evans <kevans@videotron.ca>, “Re: Advice to Jewish Mothers: Don't let your kids learn this”, in alt.religion.islam,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.mexican.american (Usenet), retrieved 02 Dec 2011, message-ID <kevans-6DC4C7.21475818042003@news.videotron.net>:
glosses: Alternative form of fatha.
food processors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food processor
novenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of novena
nomadically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nomadically
form: most nomadically
Etymology: From nomadic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a nomadic way.
trub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trubs
Etymology: Borrowed from German trüb, from Old High German truobi, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (English droff (“turbid, sorrowful, sad”)), cognate with Dutch droef (“sad, miserable”).
Senses: topics: beverages
brewing
business
food
lifestyle
manufacturing
glosses: The layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after yeast has completed the bulk of the fermentation.
glosses: A truffle
Related terms: droff
plug-ugly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: word: butt-ugly
glosses: Very ugly.
plug-ugly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plug-uglies
Senses: examples: text: The article was a highly-coloured and exaggerated account of the adventure of Roy Perkins, 'our experienced war correspondent' and it contained such purple passages as 'this hirsute bully of Enmore Gardens,' 'a compound guarded by barbed wire, plug-uglies, and bloodhounds,' and finally, 'I was dragged from the edge of the Anglo-Australian tunnel by two ruffians[.]'
ref: 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:
glosses: A violent thug; a goon.
examples: text: Thus passed the last of the North Wales Narrow Gauge locomotives, and one of the few American-built locomotives to survive in Great Britain; the sadly cropped though once elegant Russell, and the unembellished yet useful Yankee plug-ugly.
ref: 1941 October, C. Hamilton Ellis, Charles E. Lee, “The Welsh Highland Railway—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 435:
glosses: An ugly person.
glosses: A member of an American nativist street gang that operated in the west side of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 to 1865.
Related terms: pug-ugly
Plug Uglies
a 19th-century street gang in Baltimore
Maryland
sailor suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailor suits
Senses: glosses: The uniform traditionally worn by enlisted seamen, later a popular clothing style for children.
Related terms: sailor fuku
sailor suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sailor suit
Makaton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the names of its creators: Margaret Walker, Kathy Johnston and Tony Cornforth.
Senses: topics: communication
communications
glosses: A system of communication, including speech, signing, and writing, intended for use by and with people who have language or learning difficulties.
unsnipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + snipped.
Senses: glosses: Not snipped; intact.
examples: text: I could overlook an unsnipped tip, but this clueless? He had never heard the words synagogue or temple? I couldn't handle it.
ref: 2006, Francesca Segrè, “Girl Meets Goy”, in Ruth Ellenson, editor, The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt, Plume, →ISBN, 2, page 12, unnumbered page:
antonyms: snipped
glosses: Uncircumcised.
Synonyms: sense: uncircumcised
word: uncircumcised
folktronica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of folk + electronica
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical genre combining elements of folk music and electronica.
bail jumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Not appearing when and where required to do so as a condition of bail.
sammich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæmɪt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: sammiches
Etymology: The pronunciation explains itself through the usual elision of /d/ (san'wich) and subsequent coalescence of /nw/ to /m/.
Senses: examples: text: Brand new for this season! I got the unrecognizable summer movie tie-in sammich!
ref: 2008 June 30, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “The Baloneyman”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Bubs (Matthew Chapman):
text: 5 May 2018 "Sardine: The Movie" Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: The Series
Youngins, no respect for sammiches these days!
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of sandwich.
Hyponyms: mater sammich
sammiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sammich: pronunciation spelling of sandwiches.
bolden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊld(ə)n/
ipa: /ˈboʊld(ə)n/
rhymes: -əʊldən
Forms: form: boldens
form: boldening
form: boldened
form: boldened
Etymology: From bold + -en.
Senses: qualifier: obsolete except UK
glosses: Synonym of embolden (“To render (someone) bolder or more courageous”).
synonyms: word: embolden
extra: (“To render (someone) bolder or more courageous”)
Derived terms: unboldened
Sunday-best
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Sunday best.
bodyslams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodyslam
bodyslams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bodyslam
bodyslamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bodyslam
bodyslammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bodyslam
Obamamania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Obamania
form: Obama-mania
form: Obama mania
Etymology: From Obama + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: Obamamania sweeps the nation as millions of voters find themselves deeply impressed by Obama's views, and the fact that he was on Oprah.
ref: 2007, Dave Barry, Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far), G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 197:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Fervent admiration of Barack Obama.
Related terms: Obamanomics
Obamunism
ObamaCare
Trudeaumania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trudeau-mania
form: Trudeau mania
Etymology: From Trudeau + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: Conservatives deny that what they refer to as Trudeaumania has scared candidates from their ranks.
ref: 1968 May 4, Sally Barnes, “Trudeaumania a bonanza for Metro Liberals”, in Toronto Daily Star, Toronto, page 13:
text: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada's own distinctive revolution in democratic political style; the swinger, the all-round athlete: Trudeaumania as overture to the Just Society.
ref: 1971, "Canada '72—dull and grey, but still very real" (editorial), Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1 Jul, p. 7
text: During the 1968–69 school year, remembered for its anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and Trudeaumania, Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae shared a cheap apartment.
ref: 2006 April 17, John Geddes, “Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae are pals. Really.”, in Macleans, Canada, retrieved 20 Jan 2009:
text: But Wright takes a rather contrarian position about the impact of emotionally charged Trudeaumania on PET’s astonishing political rise in 1968.
ref: 2016 November 20, “New books put Trudeaumania in fresh perspective”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2017:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Fervent admiration of Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000), Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984, especially during his 1968 election campaign and his early years in office.
examples: text: Nearly eight years ago, Trudeau was swept into Canada’s highest office on a wave of “Trudeaumania,” a fresh-faced leader who championed the idea that a more progressive, diverse, and open Canada would make the country stronger and elevate its global standing.
ref: 2023 August 10, Norimitsu Onishi, “After separation, Trudeau searches for a new image: With marriage broken, he faces skeptical voters”, in The Boston Globe, volume 304, number 41, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A6, columns 2–3:
text: Trudeaumania, in all its selfie and handshake glory, was on full display in the city, with the crowd growing as word got out across Canada’s largest Bavarian festival that the prime minister had arrived.
ref: 2023 October 7, Robert Williams, “Keg is tapped, Oktoberfest is on: Trudeau makes surprise visit to Kitchener festival”, in Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A1, column 1:
text: It quickly became clear PACE has been provoked by a number issue related to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s agenda. Phimester and Main argue Sohi’s city council is essentially an agent for this agenda and they want to reverse Trudeaumania here. “It’s so ideological,” Main said of council. “It’s trying to be pure and virtue-signally and making sure that Trudeau and Singh are happy with what they’re doing. It’s just nuts.”
ref: 2024 August 28, David Staples, “Seething anger suggests change is coming”, in Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A4, column 1:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Fervent admiration of Justin Trudeau (born 1971), Prime Minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025.
Coordinate terms: Camelot
Jacindamania
Trudeau-mania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Trudeaumania.
Trudeau mania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Trudeaumania.
stenophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From steno- + -phagous.
Senses: examples: text: Wood warblers are generally rather stenophagous, as the biologists say.
ref: 1988 November 25, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Feeding on a limited variety of food.
euryphagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more euryphagous
form: most euryphagous
Etymology: From eury- + -phagous.
Senses: examples: text: Yellow-rumped warblers are euryphagous.
ref: 1988 November 25, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Feeding on a large variety of food.
Synonyms: polyphage
Derived terms: euryphage
euryphagy
arpeggios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arpeggio
arpeggios
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arpeggio
profitabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of profitability
A-team
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A-teams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of A team.
mortgage-backed security
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortgage-backed securities
Senses: topics: business
finance
synonyms: MBS
glosses: An asset-backed security whose cash flows are backed by the principal and interest payments of a set of mortgage loans.
collateralized debt obligation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collateralized debt obligations
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A type of asset-backed security and structured credit product constructed from a portfolio of fixed-income assets.
Synonyms: CDO
Related terms: mortgage bond
Rube Goldberg machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rube Goldberg machines
Etymology: Named for Rube Goldberg, an American cartoonist, who drew many such machines.
Senses: synonyms: word: Heath Robinson contraption
glosses: A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task.
examples: text: To be overly cynical myself, that is still the macro view. Littlefinger’s execution and the white walkers passing through the rubble of the Wall are just two observations that this enormous Rube Goldberg machine is running on time.
ref: 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: Anything that is overly complicated.