cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
retranscription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retranscriptions
Etymology: From re- + transcription.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent transcription.
kuiperoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kuiperoid + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The simulated kuiperoidal dust, in addition to asteroidal and cometary dust, might represent a third possible source of the zodiacal light in the Solar system.
ref: 2000 June 29, Gorkavyi, Ozernoy, Taidakova, Mather, “Distribution of dust from Kuiper belt objects”, in arXiv.org, arXiv:astro-ph/0006435v1:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to Kuiper belt objects
Related terms: asteroidal
JPBM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Joint Policy Board for Mathematics.
exceptional case-marking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A phenomenon where the subject of an embedded infinitival verb seems to appear in the superordinate clause, and, if a pronoun, is unexpectedly marked with objective case morphology.
Septemberly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Septemberly
form: most Septemberly
Etymology: From September + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Benumbed by the sun's Septemberly cool deceit, A bee drags its wings through the towering grass; Revived once more by a merciful breath, Westward it hastily flies.
ref: 2004, Walter Schweppe, Sins of My Youth, page 40:
text: She was, in appearance, a fine woman, with the rosy, Septemberly beauty which is now generally described by means of three adjectives.
ref: 1897, William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens, The Leisure Hour, page 548:
glosses: Characteristic of the month of September.
Octoberly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Octoberly
form: most Octoberly
Etymology: From October + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The month is as Octoberly as a Persian rug But no weaver can describe it.
ref: 2000, John Towey, Recollections in Rhyme, page 57:
text: September — the Balance poises the equinox; Scorpion gives an Octoberly nip; November's centaur Archer bends His bow, and lets an arrow slip.
ref: 1985, John Heath-Stubbs, The Immolation of Aleph, page 87:
text: As I left, the sun's rays were Octoberly shining, For, though at their height, they were misty and wan; I returned to the spot when those rays were declining, The church was still there, but the eagle was gone.
ref: 1879 October 29, T. Moffitt, “A Strange Bird”, in Fun, page 182:
glosses: Characteristic of the month of October.
indefinite adjectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indefinite adjective
Decemberly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Decemberly
form: most Decemberly
Etymology: From December + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Because the air was so Decemberly, cousin and cousin decided to go out to Oliva Forest and, if it wasn't too much for Tulla, to walk as far as the Schwedenschanze.
ref: 2004, Günter Grass, Helmut Frielinghaus, The Günter Grass reader, page 55:
text: Lady Dimchurch brought only her own keen appetite, and I remember that the ayre being Decemberly and the summer goosemist laying on the sidelands, she hadde a little snoutband drawn about her face to huddle her from the cold.
ref: 1904, William Waldorf AStor, “A Dragon in the Garden of Eden”, in The Pall Mall magazine, page 442:
text: Now, from one little indulgence gained after another, in the many bleak and Decemberly nights of a seven years' widowhood, things had insensibly come to this pass...
ref: 1792, Laurence Sterne, The Life And Opinions Of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman, page 268:
glosses: Characteristic of the month of December.
Synonyms: Decemberish
Decembery
shitwit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitwits
Etymology: From shit + wit; perhaps alluding to nitwit.
Senses: glosses: A very stupid person.
shitwits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitwit
breathly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: breathlier
form: more breathly
form: breathliest
form: most breathly
Etymology: From breath + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: [...] shouting at the sleeping ants who burrowed within the dead wood funguses of painful memories that were crystalline keys found within the caverns within rocks, carved by strong winds of breathly force made from the pursed lips of treebark.
ref: 2008, Eric W. Bragg, The Midnight Blade of Sonic Honey:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a breath or breathing.
Related terms: breathlike
prairie nigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prairie niggers
Etymology: From prairie, the chief habitat of Native American peoples of the Great Plains, and nigger.
Senses: examples: text: As I turn away with my purchase, I hear him mutter something and I stop. I thought I heard it, but I wasn't sure I heard it. Prairie nigger.
ref: 1994, Louise Erdrich, The Bingo Palace, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 71:
text: "I know he's a damned Kiowa, mister, and that's all I have to know about that prairie nigger."
ref: 2004, Johnny D. Boggs, Spark on the Prairie, Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 293:
text: […] I don't have to listen to some prairie nigger whine about ethics. Go drink it out on a reservation," Amanda said, breaking for the stairs.
"I'm Sicilian," Luca corrected.
"I don't care what tribe you're from!" […]
ref: 2011, James Robb, Corona Rapture, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: A Native American person, especially one from the nations native to Great Plains, such as the Apache, Sioux, Pawnee and Crow.
Synonyms: sense: ethnic slur for Native American person
word: red nigger
sense: ethnic slur for Native American person
word: tree nigger
sense: ethnic slur for Native American person
word: redskin
sense: ethnic slur for Native American person
word: timber nigger
sense: ethnic slur for Native American person
word: wagon-burner
prairie niggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prairie nigger
retraverse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retraverses
form: retraversing
form: retraversed
form: retraversed
Etymology: From re- + traverse.
Senses: glosses: To traverse again.
Related terms: retraversal
retraverses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retraverse
timber nigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timber niggers
Etymology: From timber, presumably a reference to the stereotypical forest habitat of the Ojibwe people, and nigger. Arose in Wisconsin in the late 1980s during a public outcry and protest from outdoor enthusiasts over the Ojibwe exercising the right to spearfish in nonreservation lakes granted to them by treaties.
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, many people suffer from the Hollywood distortions of Indian history. While the Chippewa never waged hostility toward the United States, the feeling appears to be that they should conduct themselves as a vanquished people. Should the Chippewa fail to act vanquished and join in the mainstream of American society, they are regarded as un-American renegades deserving the epithet of "timber nigger."
ref: 1987, James H. Schlender, quotee, “Written Testimony of James H. Schlender, Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, November 4, 1987”, in Anti-Indian Violence: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, May 4 and 18, 1988, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, published 1989, →OCLC, page 253:
text: Or like his neighbor Morriseau, who probably got a government subsidy because he was a timber nigger.
ref: 2004, Mary Relindes Ellis, The Turtle Warrior, Penguin Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 161:
glosses: A Native American person, especially one of Ojibwe descent.
wikipedia: Ojibwe people
Synonyms: sense: ethnic slur for Native American person
word: prairie nigger
sense: ethnic slur for Native American person
word: red nigger
sense: ethnic slur for Native American person
word: redskin
sense: ethnic slur for Native American person
word: tree nigger
meetingitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meeting + -itis.
Senses: glosses: An excessive propensity to hold unnecessary meetings.
timber niggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timber nigger
roll calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roll call
roll calls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roll call
yarl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑɹl/
ipa: /jɑː(ɹ)l/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: yarls
Etymology: Presumably onomatopoeic. Coined by Josh Sinder and Alex Sibbald of the band Hot Rod Lunatics.
Senses: examples: text: So pontificating on how Weathereds earnest morass of block-headed rage, grunge-lite mega-riffs and singer Scott Stapp's machismo yarl' amounts to little more than Pearl Jam circa '91 for dummies is like shooting fish in a barrel.
ref: 2002 January 9, Patrick Berkery, “Record Review - 1 January 09 2002”, in Creative Loafing, Atlanta:
text: One of my college kids informed me that the latest acoustic grinder hunk had covered it for a soundtrack — probably with that grungy yarl that everybody ripped off from Eddie Vedder.
ref: 2008, Michael J. Vaughn, Outro, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s.
yarl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑɹl/
ipa: /jɑː(ɹ)l/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: yarls
form: yarling
form: yarled
form: yarled
Etymology: Presumably onomatopoeic. Coined by Josh Sinder and Alex Sibbald of the band Hot Rod Lunatics.
Senses: examples: text: On "All Secrets Known," he yarls "fingers" into "fingerrrrrrrraaaaaaughhhhhzzzzzzz."
ref: 2009 October 21, Andrew Matson, “Is there any reason to listen to the new Alice in Chains album, "Black Gives Way to Blue"?”, in The Seattle Times:
glosses: To sing in this manner.
knee-length
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Jane stood out in a trendy top, matching mini skirt and black knee-length socks.
text: The principal made her change out of a knee-length skirt she wore to school into a pair of sweatpants.
coordinate_terms: calf-length
glosses: Reaching to the knee.
raw_tags: of clothing
yarls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarl
yarls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yarl
yarling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yarl
yarled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yarl
Obamatard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: Obamatards
Etymology: From Obama + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: This collective mindset could be seen in the 2008 election, where it was discovered that trying to argue with Obamatards was futile.
ref: 2010 November 17, Dänk 666 [username], “Re: The Primary Aim Of Modern Warfare - George Orwell”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
topics: government
politics
glosses: A supporter of Barack Obama.
Synonyms: Obamaton
Obamatards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Obamatard
-tard
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From retard.
Senses: examples: text: The left-right parallels are obvious, too, in the puerile nicknames used by radio hosts and in the comment threads of blogs and articles, whether for each other (libtards, dumbocrats, repugnicans, repukes), for public figures (Dumbya, Slick Willie, Shillary, Michael Moron), or for the media themselves (lamestream media, "Faux News").
ref: 2012, Geoffrey Nunberg, Ascent of the A-word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years, page 188:
text: ' Shittard bollocking fuckcunts!' Harry Tattershall is a magnificent and venomous swearer: doing things with words that other people would require a snooker ball and a football sock to achieve.
ref: 2013, David Mark, Original Skin:
text: ʺOK, not that. No diddling the dumbtard.ʺ He paused. ʺWouldnʹt blame you if you were, though. Sheʹs kinda dishy.ʺ
ref: 2014, Michaelbrent Collings, This Darkness Light, page 249:
glosses: Used to form words conveying an attitude of contempt or doubt over the subject's intelligence.
Related terms: -tarded
Manileño
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmænɪˈleɪnjoʊ/
Forms: form: Manileños
Etymology: From Spanish manileño (see also Tagalog Manilenyo).
Senses: examples: text: Manileños needed a break from the Imeldific extravaganzas. They hankered for a spontaneous and casual lifestyle, which they could not find in the five-star hotels...
ref: 2001, Denise Weldon, Neal M Oshima, LJC Restaurant Group, Malate: a matter of taste:
glosses: An inhabitant of Manila.
Manileños
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Manileño
alk.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: printed on alk. paper
glosses: Abbreviation of alkaline.
alk.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of alkali.
cover all of one's bases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: covers all of one's bases
form: covering all of one's bases
form: covered all of one's bases
form: covered all of one's bases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cover one's bases.
cover all the bases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: covers all the bases
form: covering all the bases
form: covered all the bases
form: covered all the bases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cover one's bases.
cover the bases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: covers the bases
form: covering the bases
form: covered the bases
form: covered the bases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cover one's bases.
cover all of the bases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: covers all of the bases
form: covering all of the bases
form: covered all of the bases
form: covered all of the bases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cover one's bases.
Paultard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paultards
Etymology: From Paul + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: And then the motley Paultards with their freedom and liberty signs? LOL. Ultimate irony: Like they believe in *their* 'freedoms' to control and 'liberties' to stick their snouts into somebody else's reproductive freedoms. What a mob of hypocrites!
ref: 2008 January 23, jis [username], “Re: Funny photo essay about the anti-abortion rally on the mall in Dee Cee”, in alt.appalachian (Usenet):
topics: government
politics
glosses: A supporter of Ron Paul.
Paultards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paultard
kiap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [kjap̚˦]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 夾 /夹 (kiap).
Senses: qualifier: placeholder
glosses: Tongs, clip; any claw-like tool used to grab objects or hold something in place.
kiap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [kjap̚˦]
Forms: form: kiaps
form: kiapping
form: kiapped
form: kiapped
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 夾 /夹 (kiap).
Senses: examples: text: Her words conjure a determinedly striding auntie with a tote bag kiapped by her armpit, pushing the MRT doors open with sheer strength.
ref: 2020 April 4, Yeo Boon Ping, “Red, White, and Black: The Lives of African Singaporeans and PRs”, in ricemedia.co:
glosses: To clamp (as if with a clothes peg or tongs), to squeeze between.
inimic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inimic
form: most inimic
Etymology: From Latin inimīcus. Doublet of enemy.
Senses: examples: text: DUMB SHOW: The French are seen descending into the valley, crossing it, and climbing it on the English side under the fire of HILL'S whole division, all to no purpose. In their retreat they leave behind them on the slopes nearly two thousand lying.
SPIRIT OF THE PITIES: What do I see but thirsty, throbbing bands
From these inimic hosts defiling down
In homely need towards the little stream
That parts their enmities
ref: 1906, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts, Part 2, Act 4, Sc. 5:
text: This issue occurs when the relationship between a host state and a foreign investor becomes inimic and a dispute arises.
ref: 2008, Pia Acconci, “Chapter 10: Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment”, in The Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law, →ISBN, page 381:
glosses: Inimical.
Synonyms: hostile
injurious
Christard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christards
form: christard
Etymology: From Christ + -(re)tard.
Senses: examples: text: We don't have any friends who are Christards or into any kind of faith-based hooey, so our children will just think that “damn it” naturally follows “god” like “fucker” naturally follows “mother.”
ref: 2011 August 16, Penn Jillette, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OL, LCC PN6231.R4 J55 2011, page 129:
hypernyms: religitard
coordinate_terms: Christard
creotard
Jewtard
glosses: A stupid Christian, or a person to be considered stupid for adherence to religious faith in general or to the Christian faith in particular. Compare Jewtard.
Christards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christard
inter-racial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inter-racial
form: most inter-racial
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of interracial.
christard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: christards
Senses: examples: text: Okay, he can't pass for a breeder, but his sexuality isn't overt enough to make anyone but hardcore christards uncomfortable.
ref: 2004, Penn Jillette, Sock, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Christard.
christards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of christard
fagtard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fagtards
Etymology: From fag + -tard.
Senses: glosses: A contemptible person, especially one perceived as being gay.
fagtards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fagtard
landing net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landing nets
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.
revisitant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Visiting again.
Related terms: revisable
revisionary
revisionist
revisit
underdetermines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underdetermine
meath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mead (“the drink”).
rhapsodie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhapsodies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of rhapsody.
ridiculise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ridiculises
form: ridiculising
form: ridiculised
form: ridiculised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ridiculize.
ridiculises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ridiculise
business-to-consumer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Selling products directly to customers, bypassing any third-party retailers, wholesalers, or any other middlemen.
Synonyms: D2C
direct-to-consumer
DTC
Derived terms: B2C
BTC
Related terms: B2B
BTB
business-to-business
retail
takes after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take after
Tipp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Theobald.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Related terms: Tipp City
saw off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saws off
form: sawing off
form: sawed off
form: sawed off
form: sawn off
Senses: examples: text: A paraplegic St John's Wood man bled to death after trying to saw off his own legs.
ref: 2011 June 23, Juliet Eysenck, “Paraplegic man died trying to saw off leg”, in Westminster Chronicle:
glosses: To cut off with a saw.
examples: text: […] umpire's finger move slowly skywards. The skipper had been mercilessly sawn off.
ref: 2010, Tony Lewis, Taking Fresh Guard:
text: […] sawn off by the umpire and being sledged during his only half-century […]
ref: 2019, Arup Saikia, Jimmy:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: For the umpire to declare a batter out.
Derived terms: saw off the branch one is sitting on
saw off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono saw off the country’s contingent to the 30th Olympic Games in London on Monday […]
ref: 2012 July 17, “SBY Saw Off Indonesia Olympic Contingent”, in The President Post:
glosses: simple past of see off
rocaille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocailles
Etymology: Borrowed from French rocaille.
Senses: glosses: Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens.
glosses: The rococo system of scroll ornament, based in part on the forms of shells and water-worn rocks.
glosses: A seed bead.
restumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restump
restumped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restump
sawn off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of saw off
Related terms: sawn-off
sawed off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of saw off
rochet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒtʃɪt/
Forms: form: rochets
Etymology: From Middle English roket, rochet, from Anglo-Norman rochet, Middle French rochet, from Frankish (cf. Old English rocc (“overgarment”)).
Senses: examples: text: Each priest adorn'd was in a surplice white, / The bishops don'd their albes and copes of state, // Above their rochets button'd fair before, / And mitres on their heads like crowns they wore.
ref: 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XI, iv
text: Or elſe they vvould ſtraine us out a certaine figurative Prelat, by vvringing the collective allegory of thoſe ſeven Angels into ſeven ſingle Rochets.
ref: 1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, “To the Argument of B[ishop] Andrews and the Primat”, in The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 8:
text: They will tell you that they see no difference between an idler with a hat and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet.
ref: 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church.
glosses: A frock or outer garment worn in the 13th and 14th centuries.
rochet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒtʃɪt/
Forms: form: rochets
Etymology: From Middle English roget, from Middle French rouget.
Senses: glosses: The red gurnard.
retranscriptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retranscription
rocailles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rocaille
rochets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rochet
headstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headsteads
form: head-stead
form: head stead
Etymology: From head + stead. Compare Old English hēafodstede (“chief place; high place, sacred place”).
Senses: glosses: A place for the head, especially somewhere to lay or rest it; a headrest.
glosses: A bolster or cushion for the head.
examples: text: He lies bundled up now between the quilts and blankets of his four-poster iron bed with its brass roses carved at the headstead.
ref: 1956, John Howard Griffin, Nuni:
text: He began to look at his watch now, every few minutes, and Camille was holding his arm with one hand and clutching the brass headstead on the bed with the other, shrieking whenever the pains came, which was most of the time now.
ref: 1986, Danielle Steel, Thurston House:
text: Bedsprings creaked and squealed, the posts of the brass-railed headstead hammering rhythmically against the wall [...]
ref: 2012, William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone, Savage Texas:
glosses: The area at the head of the bed; headboard.
raw_tags: of a bed
naid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naids
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of naiad.
darning needles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of darning needle
blossomiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The trees around the little kids' playground dropped the blossomiest blossom I had ever seen.
ref: 2005, Clare Sambrook, Hide & Seek, Canongate, published 2006, →ISBN, page 281:
glosses: superlative form of blossomy: most blossomy
Related terms: blossomest
scareder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scared: more scared
before someone's time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I don't know — that was before my time
text: At thirteen, I liked a lot of music that was before my time: Louis Armstrong and Dixieland jazz, Sousa marches, and barbershop quartet singing.
ref: 2007, Bobby Braddock, Down in Orburndale: A Songwriter's Youth in Old Florida, Louisiana State University Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 55:
coordinate_terms: in one's day
in one's time
glosses: From before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world.
examples: text: dead before his time
text: Oh yes, and tell her to take care of herself too, and not get herself all banged up again, or she will look old before her time.
ref: 1951, Johnny Cash, letter to Vivian Cash dated 3 November 1951, reprinted in Vivian Cash (with Ann Sharpsteen), I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, Scribner (2007), page 38
text: Jimi Hendrix is buried at Evergreen Memorial Park in Renton. The electric guitar player extraordinaire died before his time at the young age of 27.
ref: 2007, Robin Shannon, Cemeteries of Seattle, Arcadia Publishing, published 2007, →ISBN, page 119:
text: "Unless you become the third apprentice to quit before his time?"
ref: 2012, Laura Frantz, Love's Reckoning, Revell, published 2012, →ISBN:
glosses: At a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.
Related terms: back in the day
dining needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dining needles
Etymology: A misconstrual of darning needle (“dragonfly”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of darning needle; a dragonfly.
dining needles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dining needle
admeasurements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admeasurement
uncompromisedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uncompromised + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being uncompromised.
greater scaups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greater scaup
check-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of check-up
Chrislam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a blend of Christianity + Islam.
Senses: glosses: A Nigerian syncretic religion founded by Nigerian clergyman Tela Tella which combines elements of Christianity and Islam.
glosses: Any sect of Christianity or Islam deemed to have aspects of the other.
Derived terms: Chrislamic
easy as rolling off a log
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: easier than rolling off a log
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of easy as falling off a log.
as easy as rolling off a log
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: easier than rolling off a log
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of easy as falling off a log.
like rolling off a log
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of easy as falling off a log.
Toriphile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Toriphiles
Etymology: From Tori + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: Even the hardcore Toriphiles didn't seem to embrace Strange Little Girls with their normal fervor.
ref: 2006, Jay S. Jacobs, Pretty Good Years: A Biography of Tori Amos, Hal Leonard Corporation, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: A fan of singer-songwriter Tori Amos
Toriphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Toriphile
first officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first officers
Senses: glosses: The copilot of an aircraft.
glosses: The chief mate of a merchant ship.
glosses: The executive officer, second in command of a naval vessel.
glosses: The most senior civil servant in the United States Foreign Service, with responsibility for running an embassy under the authority of and reporting to the ambassador.
glosses: Air Transport Auxiliary rank corresponding to Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force.
glosses: Women's Royal Naval Service rank corresponding to Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy.
second officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second officers
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The flight engineer of an aircraft.
flight engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flight engineers
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A member of the flight crew in certain (mainly older) aircraft who monitors and operates many to most aircraft systems.
flight crew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flight crews
Senses: glosses: An aircrew.
third officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third officers
Senses: glosses: A relief aircrew member, often used on long-distance flights.
carrying-on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrying on
Senses: examples: text: -- One thing I know for sure - a person can't sneeze in this town without somebody offerin' him a handkerchief -- What you mean? -- Nothing. It's an awful small town for any kinda carryin' on...And some people got a lotta guns."
ref: 1971, The Last Picture Show, 00:52:40
text: In fact, he walked out of Cambridge but would probably have been sent down had he continued his rowdy carrying on with such disreputable young men as Malcolm Lowry.
ref: 1998,The Most Offending Soul Alive: Tom Harrisson and His Remarkable Life, by Judith M. Heimann, page 3
glosses: Improper, immoral behavior
examples: text: I am bored by stupid discussions. By the quadrille of argumentation. The insolent carrying on of intellectuals. The empty formulas of philosophy.
ref: 1988, Diary: 1953-56, by Witold Gombrowicz, page 29
text: Then on Monday, there was a second cabinet meeting, followed by an appearance before the Knesset. Carter was appalled by the noisy carrying-on of the members. In addition to many meetings of Americans and Israelis in various subgroups, there was a meeting of the with the Foreign Relations Committee, which was no more decorous.
ref: 2004, American Presidents, Religion, And Israel: The Heirs Of Cyrus, by Paul Charles Merkley, in the chapter "The Camp David Process", page 133
glosses: Irritating or self-indulgent behavior
Related terms: carry on
Nusayri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nusayris
form: Nosairi
form: Nusairi
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نُصَيْرِيّ (nuṣayriyy), from the name of Ibn Nusayr.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
synonyms: Alawite
glosses: A member of a prominent mystical religious group centered in Syria who follows a branch of the Twelver school of Shia Islam.
wikipedia: Ibn Nusayr
Derived terms: Nusayrian
Nusayrism
Twelver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtwɛlvə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Twelvers
Etymology: From twelve + -er.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
hypernyms: Shiite
hyponyms: Mutawali
coordinate_terms: Zaidi
glosses: A follower of Twelverism.
Derived terms: Twelverism
Related terms: Sevener
Fiver
Shia Islam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Shi'ism.
synonyms: word: Shi'ism
RSG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RSGs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of red supergiant.
glosses: Responsible Service of Gambling, a government certificate allowing hotel workers to work in a gambling establishment.
examples: text: The main focus during the beginning of a 1.16 RSG speedrun is to obtain (hopefully) 12 eyes of ender as quickly as possible, by bartering with piglins and killing blazes.
ref: 2020 December 15 [2020 December 11], Minecraft Speedrunning Team, “Dream Investigation Results”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022, page 3:
glosses: Initialism of random seed glitchless.
Related terms: english: yellow supergiant
translation: yellow supergiant
word: YSG
english: blue supergiant
translation: blue supergiant
word: BSG
word: RSA
wiff-waff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whiff-whaff.
public housing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: housing commission
social housing
subsidized housing
housing project
glosses: Rental accommodation that is subsidized by public funds and provided for disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.
Related terms: public house
sublicence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublicences
Etymology: From sub- + licence.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sublicense.
sublicence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sublicences
form: sublicencing
form: sublicenced
form: sublicenced
Etymology: From sub- + licence.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sublicense.
red cents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red cent
pliothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pliothermal
form: most pliothermal
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a geological period of above-average temperature.
Synonyms: pliothermic
Related terms: thermal
vector-borne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: vectorborne
form: vector borne
Etymology: From vector + borne.
Senses: glosses: Transmitted by a vector, such as mosquitos.
raw_tags: of a disease or disease agent
vectorborne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vector-borne.
head-turner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head-turners
form: headturner
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that turns heads, that draws attention.
head-turners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head-turner
yeah-huh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Blend of yeah + uh-huh.
Senses: glosses: Yes; an expression of affirmation.
survivorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of survivorship
Eurasian jay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurasian jays
Senses: glosses: A widespread species of jay, usually crested and with pinkish-brown plumage and a harsh screech (Garrulus glandarius).
Eurasian jays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurasian jay
catenative verb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catenative verbs
Senses: glosses: A verb that may take a full or bare infinitive, or a gerund (i.e. another (non-finite) verb).
evos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evo
drawth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drawths
form: drawt
Etymology: From Middle English drawthe, draȝthe, equivalent to draw + -th. Compare also Middle English draut, draught, draght, drauȝt, draht (“a drawth”). More at draught.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of drawing; a pull; draught.
examples: text: Besides, through the fame mens Judgments, she made all directions to pass for the divers Moulds required in Shipping between our Seas and the Ocean, as the drawth of water, high or low disposing of Ports, cleanly rooms for Victuals, [...]
ref: 1652, Sir Fulke Greville, Life of Sir Philip Sidney:
text: [...] and the steward's chamber and a drawth chamber with latrines, to the value of 100s.; [...]
ref: 1928, Sussex Archaeological Society, Sussex archaeological collections:
text: [...] As to the actual and present state of the school, it has experienced since this 2 1/2 or 3 years a perceptible decline, on one side for want of European youths, and on the other thro the continual drawths from them, as whenever these youths had but half concluded their studies, they were included and placed directly under the military, [...]
ref: 1930, De Indische gids:
glosses: That which is draughted or drawn; a draught.
glosses: A treatise.
Kennemerland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Kennemerland.
Senses: glosses: A coastal region of North Holland surrounding Haarlem.
pity guests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pity guest
olive groves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olive grove
Lombardish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English Lombardish, from Old English *Longbeardisc (“Lombardish”), equivalent to Lombard + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: And also another scripture that men call the Lombardish law, deviseth thereof in divers cases; the which hereafter shall be declared by me unto thee.
ref: 1807, George Burnett, Specimens of English prose-writers:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Lombards, a Germanic people who settled in Italy in the sixth century C.E., their language, customs, or culture.
examples: text: [...] Jazz became many things—frenetic, destructive, hysterical, decadent, venal, alcoholic, saccharine, Lombardish, vapid—it has enriched stuffed bellies; it has corrupted the innocent; [...]
ref: 2010, John Szwed, Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World:
glosses: Like a Lombard.
Synonyms: sense: of the Lombards
word: Langobardish
Lombardish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English Lombardish, from Old English *Longbeardisc (“Lombardish”), equivalent to Lombard + -ish.
Senses: glosses: The language of the Lombards, an extinct Germanic language known from fragmentary evidence; Lombardic.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Langobardish
clout lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clout list
pike-perches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pike-perch
Senses: glosses: plural of pike-perch
dewaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dewax
Wega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Waya (“Fijian island”).
roolie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: roolier
form: more roolie
form: rooliest
form: most roolie
Etymology: From Middle English rouly, roly, equivalent to roo + -ly. Cognate with Danish rolig (“calm”), Icelandic rólegur (“calm”).
Senses: synonyms: word: serene
word: tranquil
word: calm
word: collected
word: composed
word: cool-headed
word: equable
word: equanimous
word: equanimitable
word: even-keeled
word: even-minded
word: even-tempered
word: imperturbable
word: laid-back
word: level-headed
word: mellow
word: pacate
word: pacific
word: peaceable
word: peaceful
word: phlegmatic
word: placid
word: quiescent
word: quiet
word: relaxed
word: roolie
word: sedate
word: serene
word: still
word: tranquil
word: unexcited
word: unfazed
word: unflappable
word: unflustered
word: unperturbable
word: unruffable
word: unruffled
word: untumultuous
glosses: Peaceful; still.
Derived terms: unruly
classifying spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classifying space
wrongful dismissals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrongful dismissal
ballast resistors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballast resistor
beway
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Forms: form: beways
Etymology: From by way equivalent to be- + way. Compare German wegen (“because of, by reason of”).
Senses: examples: text: [...] an' then hee'l turn him roon behint-afore an' play treeks, till collie gems at him; an' then beway o' makin friens again, hee'l Btreek an' pat him, [...]
ref: 1832, the mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction:
text: Be gannies," suggested Larry, " I think the best way would be for the three iv us to give the artichokes at the fire below, a warm reception beway iv a do sure, an' it'll soften the bargain wid ould Hardrade."
ref: 1857, Celtic Union, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: [...] is waistit and destroyit be divers personis that slais the dere and cunyngis thairof, and pasturis bestis thereintill masterfully beway of dede, [...]
ref: 1864, John Fullarton, Historical memoir of the family of Eglinton and Winton:
text: This young man afterwards became a member of Parliament from Scotland, and was for many years Grand Master of the [...] that week into as good English as he can and write it beway of version, being allowed to paraphrase it in his own way, [...]
ref: 1951, American Classical League, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Wan was in front, beway he was the ginral, walkin' wid his chin up, proud as a paycock.
ref: 2009, Bob Curran, Celtic Lore & Legend:
glosses: By way; because.
beway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beways
Etymology: Perhaps from the phrase "by the way(side)", equivalent to by + way.
Senses: examples: text: The Third Five-Year Plan with an industrial bias will no doubt, help the State of Kerala to make adequate beway in the matter of industrialisation which alone can pull up educated sons of India from their present low economic level.
ref: 1962, Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee, Congress election souvenir:
text: It was further extended and the whole of Hijaz came under the beway of the Prophet in A.H. 8 when Makkah was conquered until this time there was hardly any administration, [...]
ref: 1988, Qamar-ud-Din Khan, H. M. Arshad Qureshi, Political concepts in Sunnah:
text: It goes without saying that when Lahore and Delhi Darbars were losing their royal glamour of art and culture, Patiala showed the beway in the whole of cis-Sutlej region.
ref: 1991, Sanjeev Prasad Srivastava, Art and cultural heritage of Patiala:
glosses: Movement; sway; influence.
examples: text: But their greatness admitted, it had been pointed out again, and with pe[r]sistence, that Bengali drama had not progressed in any measure, and that there was too much of a beway to make up.
ref: 1949, Jagadiswarananda (Swami.), Girish Ghose and his dramas:
text: It is obvious from these figures that the tribals are educationally very backward and that special educational programmes will have to be undertaken for some considerable time to make up the beway.
ref: 1966, Virendra Kumar, Committees and Commissions in India:
text: There is a considerable beway to be made up in the provision of housing accommodation to workers.
ref: 1966, Raghuraj Singh, Ishwar Chand Singhal, Labour problems:
text: In the Fourth 5 year Plan special efforts are to be made to make up the beway in the field of girls' education.
ref: 1970, Orissa (India). Education Dept, The Orissa education magazine:
text: Thirdly, the absence of a strong and solid trade union movement which may secure to the workers their proper share in the gains of economic progress and which may also make for past beway in their standard of living makes it all the more incumbent upon the state …
ref: 1993, M. Gangadhara Rao, Odeyar D. Heggade And P.S. Yadapadithaya, Industrial Labour: Emerging Trends
glosses: Movement away; loss.
to rights
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: My shoulder was dislocated. It was agony to have it put to rights.
text: I felt ill, but some fresh air and iced water set me to rights.
glosses: Into proper order; properly.
examples: text: Then they knocked off some of the boards for the use of the ship, and when they had got all they had a mind for, let the hull drop into the sea, which, by reason of the many breaches made in the bottom and sides, sunk to rights.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput):
glosses: At once; immediately.
Derived terms: have someone to rights
set the world to rights
Related terms: bang to rights
by rights
dead to rights
put right
musqueteer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musqueteers
Senses: examples: text: When the good Lieutenant applied himſelf to the Door, he applied himſelf likewiſe to the Bell; and the Drawer immediately attending, he diſpatched him for a File of Muſqueteers and a Surgeon.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, “The Adventure of a Company of Officers”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 101:
text: The bull-frogs were also very large, and with voices proportionate to their size; and as for the mosquitoes—the ‘musqueteers,’ as Job called them—they were, if possible, even worse than they had been on the river, and tormented us greatly.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Speculations”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 116:
glosses: Obsolete form of musketeer.
musquetoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musquetoons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of musketoon.
Danaan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈneɪən/
rhymes: -eɪən
Forms: form: Danaans
form: Danaän
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰοί (Dănăoí, “Danaans”).
Senses: glosses: A Greek; a member of any of the Greek peoples (in ancient times).
Synonyms: Achaean
Argive
Hellene
hostile takeovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hostile takeover
anthocyanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthocyanines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anthocyanin.
antho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: anth-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Forms words relating to flowers
rôtisseries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rôtisserie
ordinal scales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordinal scale
dithiolenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dithiolene
maxwells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxwell
free agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of free agent
butter bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butter bar
longhorn beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longhorn beetle
whores around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whore around
whoring around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whore around
whored around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whore around
cherry laurels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cherry laurel
ICJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Tuesday’s ICJ ruling relates specifically to what Serbian forces did in Croatia between 1991 and 1995.
ref: 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN:
qualifier: international law; UN; international law; UN
glosses: Initialism of International Court of Justice.
Related terms: ICC