cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
veridian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more veridian
form: most veridian
Senses: examples: text: The scenery reminded him of Robert Greene's paintings. He had never quite grasped the busy, almost fairy-tale images of people in scrubbed veridian and olive-green park landscapes; […]
ref: 2001 July 15, “BOOKSHELF/FICTION AND POETRY; Gangster Trading Cards and Tours of Terrorist Sites”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
text: His [Henri Matisse’s] painting of [César] Pignatelli in crimson, purple and veridian green with flat streaks of paint where the feet should be - the Male Model of 1900, which is also included in this show - made even the most sympathetic fellow student feel that demons had been let loose in the studio.
ref: 2007 May 13, Hilary Spurling, “A perfect balance”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013:
text: Parsley oil is quick to prepare with a food processor and, if set aside over an ice bath - easily achieved in a kitchen on the Welsh borders in November - retains its jewel-like veridian colouring.
ref: 2019 November 18, Matthew Dennison, “Pork knuckle, liquor and ’proper’ mash: How to eat like a Georgian”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:
glosses: Uncommon spelling of viridian.
spoils the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
spoiling the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
spoiled the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
spoilt the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
stares into space
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stare into space
staring into space
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stare into space
stared into space
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stare into space
does the job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do the job
doing the job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do the job
did the job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do the job
done the job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do the job
weathers a point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of weather a point
weathering a point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of weather a point
weathered a point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weather a point
takes an l
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take an l
taking an l
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take an l
took an l
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take an l
taken an l
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take an l
pays home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pay home
paying home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pay home
paid home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pay home
robotgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.bɒtˌɡɜːl/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.bɑtˌɡɜɹl/
rhymes: -əʊbɒtɡɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: robotgirls
Etymology: From robot + girl.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: gynoid, robotess
glosses: A female anthropomorphic robot.
stretches a point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stretch a point
stretching a point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stretch a point
stretched a point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stretch a point
parts brass rags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of part brass rags
parting brass rags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of part brass rags
parted brass rags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of part brass rags
Yaculta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yacultas
form: Yaculta
Etymology: From Halkomelem yəqʷəɬteʔχ.
Senses: examples: text: Her grandfather took one hundred war canoes, each with twenty men, to where the Yacultas lived to ask for peace to stop the many years of fighting.
ref: 1994, Simon Baker, Khot-La-Cha: The Autobiography of Chief Simon Baker, Douglas & McIntyre, page 1:
text: Cape Mudge also marked the southern extremity of the Kwakiutl, the home of the Lekwiltok or, more commonly a century ago, the Yaculta.
ref: 1984, Barry M. Gough, Gunboat Frontier: British Maritime Authority and Northwest Coast Indians, 1846-1890, University of British Columbia Press, page 130:
glosses: Synonym of Lekwiltok.
synonyms: word: Lekwiltok
Yaculta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Halkomelem yəqʷəɬteʔχ.
Senses: examples: text: The Nana Provider became stuck just before 8 p.m. on Saturday on the southwest coast of the island between Quathiaski Cove and Yaculta.
ref: 2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News:
glosses: A village in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Quadra Island.
holds dear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hold dear
holding dear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold dear
held dear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hold dear
takes one's sweet time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's sweet time
taking one's sweet time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take one's sweet time
took one's sweet time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take one's sweet time
taken one's sweet time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take one's sweet time
uses it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of use it
using it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of use it
used it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of use it
swears blind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swear blind
swearing blind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swear blind
swore blind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of swear blind
sworn blind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of swear blind
sucks it up, buttercup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suck it up, buttercup
sucking it up, buttercup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suck it up, buttercup
sucked it up, buttercup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of suck it up, buttercup
puts up a show
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put up a show
putting up a show
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put up a show
Lekwiltok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lekwiltoks
form: Lekwiltok
form: Laich-kwil-tach
form: Laichwiltach
form: Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ
form: Liǧʷiłdaʔx̌ʷ
form: Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ
form: Ligwildaxw
form: Lig̱wiłda'x̱w
form: Ligwilda'xw
form: Liqwiltokw
Etymology: From Kwak'wala Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ.
Senses: examples: text: Cape Mudge also marked the southern extremity of the Kwakiutl, the home of the Lekwiltok or, more commonly a century ago, the Yaculta.
ref: 1984, Barry M. Gough, Gunboat Frontier: British Maritime Authority and Northwest Coast Indians, 1846-1890, University of British Columbia Press, page 130:
text: For a time nothing happened, then one day the Lekwiltoks arrived in force. At first the white settlers were not too afraid. They usually stayed out of tribal disputes and knew the authority of the HBC protected them.
ref: 2002, Jan Peterson, Black Diamond City: Nanaimo, the Victorian Era, Heritage House, page 53:
glosses: A group of First Nations (Wei Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, Kwiakah) based on the east coast of Vancouver Island and Quadra Island in British Columbia, Canada, historically also on the mainland coast.
Synonyms: Eucaltaw
Euclataw
Yaculta
Yakulta
Yuclataw
Yuculta
Hypernyms: Kwakwaka'wakw
Hyponyms: Kwiakah
We Wai Kai
Wei Wai Kum
friend requesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of friend request
friend requested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of friend request
has designs on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have designs on
having designs on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have designs on
had designs on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have designs on
throws money around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw money around
Normanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Normanists
Etymology: From Norman + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who believes that Kievan Rus was established by the Varangians.
Related terms: Normanism
throwing money around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw money around
threw money around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw money around
thrown money around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw money around
makes a pass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make a pass
making a pass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make a pass
Normanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Normanist.
made a pass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make a pass
lays in ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay in ashes
laid in ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lay in ashes
laying in ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay in ashes
Glonzo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glonzos
form: glonzo
Etymology: Coined by Bluesky user @opinionhaver.bsky.social in a post on 9 November 2024 referencing the 2024 drone sightings (see quotation below). In the example shown, "Glonzo" referred to a hypothetical creature that was the subject of a conspiracy theory.
Senses: examples: text: If 25% of the population believed that a creature called ‘Glonzo’ caused high power prices by chewing through transmission lines, any competent politician would be negligent in not trying to find a way to exploit this. This doesn’t mean that these people wouldn’t be fucking morons.
ref: [2024 November 9, William B. Fuckley [username], Bluesky, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2024:
text: I will admit that I underestimated how important The Storm, Trust the Plan, and so on are to MAGA (including the ‘softer’ versions). It’s glonzo, but it’s also, in a bizarre way, one of the few positive, non-trolling things they care about.
ref: 2025 July 14, “You Live By the Glonzo, You Die By the Glonzo”, in Mike the Mad Biologist:
text: In this instance Glonzo happens to be files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The GOP made sweeping promises to their base that once they assumed power they would release all the information related to Epstein to the public.
ref: 2025 July 17, James, “The Glonzo Strategy”, in War By Other Means:
text: the plight of small towns feels a little bit like a glonzo issue, not in that small towns aren't having a hard time in many developed countries, but in that it's nobody's fault, and there's nothing anyone can do to make small towns the economically vibrant utopias of the imagined past again
ref: 2025 September 5, tanadrin, Tumblr:
topics: government
politics
glosses: An incorrect belief or conspiracy theory held by voters that can be exploited by politicians to achieve their goals.
wikipedia: 2024 drone sightings
Bluesky
gets out of someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get out of someone's face
getting out of someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get out of someone's face
got out of someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get out of someone's face
gotten out of someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get out of someone's face
Jersey lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jersey lilies
Senses: glosses: A flowering plant of species Amaryllis belladonna, native to southern Africa, widely cultivated and naturalized.
Jersey lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jersey lily.
rusht
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rush
unclubbish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unclubbish
form: most unclubbish
Etymology: From un- + clubbish.
Senses: glosses: Not clubbish.
going to show
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to show
went to show
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to show
gone to show
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to show
is on one's beanwater
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be on one's beanwater
being on one's beanwater
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be on one's beanwater
was on one's beanwater
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be on one's beanwater
been on one's beanwater
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be on one's beanwater
neophilologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neophilologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies neophilology.
neophilological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neophilological
form: most neophilological
Senses: glosses: Relating to neophilology.
neophilologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neophilologist.
makes a long arm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make a long arm
making a long arm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make a long arm
made a long arm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make a long arm
neophilology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: neo- + philology
Senses: glosses: Linguistics dealing with modern languages.
Related terms: neophilological
neophilologist
New Philology
hand-feeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hand-feed
hand-feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hand-feed
hand-fed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hand-feed
knows what o'clock it is
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of know what o'clock it is
knowing what o'clock it is
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of know what o'clock it is
knew what o'clock it was
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of know what o'clock it is
known what o'clock it was
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of know what o'clock it is
makes the passes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make the passes
making the passes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make the passes
made the passes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make the passes
makes head against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make head against
making head against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make head against
made head against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make head against
makes friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make friendly
making friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make friendly
made friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make friendly
cries halves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry halves
crying halves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry halves
cried halves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cry halves
finds one's legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of find one's legs
finding one's legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of find one's legs
found one's legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of find one's legs
foxtrot oscars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of foxtrot oscar
foxtrot oscaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foxtrot oscar
foxtrot oscared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foxtrot oscar
Ligwilda'xw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kwak'wala Lig̱wiłda'x̱w (U'mista spelling).
Senses: examples: text: But for Ligwilda'xw interdisciplinary artist Sonny Assu of Campbell River, B.C., changing the name of the painting does not spark a conversation about colonial history so much as it "revises" it.
ref: 2018 May 23, “Renaming of Emily Carr painting spurs debate about reconciliation in art”, in CBC News:
text: Ligwilda’xw Kwakwaka’wakw contemporary artist Sonny Assu of Campbell River and Catherine Blackburn, an English River First Nation Dene multidisciplinary artist and designer from Thornhill, were among five Indigenous artists chosen for this year’s fellowship.
ref: 2021 February 22, “Two B.C. artists chosen for Indigenous art fellowship”, in Vancouver Sun:
glosses: Anglicised spelling of Lig̱wiłda'x̱w.
Nabathite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nabathites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nabataean.
synonyms: word: Nabataean
Nabathites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nabathite.
calls a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel
calling a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel
called a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel
goes to pigs and whistles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to pigs and whistles
going to pigs and whistles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to pigs and whistles
went to pigs and whistles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to pigs and whistles
gone to pigs and whistles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to pigs and whistles
does a Bradbury
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do a Bradbury
doing a Bradbury
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do a Bradbury
Nabati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Najdi
glosses: A vernacular form of Arabic poetry that stems from the Arabic varieties of the Arabian Peninsula.
did a Bradbury
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do a Bradbury
Katagiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Katagiris
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Japanese surname 片桐 (Katagiri).
done a Bradbury
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do a Bradbury
jacks it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jack it
jacked it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jack it
loses the run of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lose the run of oneself
losing the run of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lose the run of oneself
lost the run of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lose the run of oneself
car-bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of car-bomb
car-bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of car-bomb
car-bombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of car-bomb
cheers to the echo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cheer to the echo
cheering to the echo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cheer to the echo
cheered to the echo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cheer to the echo
para-surfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of para-surf
para-surfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of para-surf
para surfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of para surf
para surfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of para surf
does one's duty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's duty
doing one's duty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do one's duty
did one's duty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do one's duty
done one's duty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do one's duty
runs short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run short
running short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run short
ran short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run short
keeps time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep time
keeping time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep time
kept time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep time
has a lot of time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a lot of time
having a lot of time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a lot of time
had a lot of time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a lot of time
way enoughs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of way enough
way enoughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of way enough
way enoughed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of way enough
gets the bulge on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get the bulge on
getting the bulge on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get the bulge on
got the bulge on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get the bulge on
gotten the bulge on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get the bulge on
takes personally
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take personally
taking personally
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take personally
took personally
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take personally
taken personally
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take personally
dances the Tyburn jig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dance the Tyburn jig
dancing the Tyburn jig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dance the Tyburn jig
danced the Tyburn jig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dance the Tyburn jig
dances upon nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dance upon nothing
dancing upon nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dance upon nothing
danced upon nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dance upon nothing
wets one's clay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wet one's clay
wetting one's clay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wet one's clay
wetted one's clay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wet one's clay
puts stock in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put stock in
putting stock in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put stock in
gives blood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give blood
giving blood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give blood
gave blood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give blood
given blood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give blood
catches some Z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of catch some Z's
catching some Z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catch some Z's
caught some Z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catch some Z's
grabs some z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grab some z's
grabbing some z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grab some z's
grabbed some z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grab some z's
grabs some Z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grab some Z's
grabbing some Z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grab some Z's
grabbed some Z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grab some Z's
comes away empty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come away empty
coming away empty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come away empty
came away empty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come away empty
compares and despairs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compare and despair
comparing and despairing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of compare and despair
compared and despaired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of compare and despair
being ages with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be ages with
been ages with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be ages with
re-hairs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-hair
re-hairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of re-hair
re-hairing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-hair
re-haired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-hair
goes amiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go amiss
going amiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go amiss
went amiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go amiss
gone amiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go amiss
goes by the name of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go by the name of
going by the name of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go by the name of
went by the name of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go by the name of
gone by the name of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go by the name of
Laich-kwil-tach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Laich-kwil-tach
Etymology: From Kwak'wala Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ.
Senses: examples: text: The We Wai Kai Nation (Cape Mudge Indian Band) and Wei Kai Kum First Nation (Campbell River Indian Band) have applied for judicial review of the federal government's decision not to reissue aquaculture licences for seven open-net Atlantic salmon farms found in the territory of the nations (which the filing say are known collectively as the Ligwiłda'xw or Laich-kwil-tach Nation) in B.C.'s Discovery Islands.
ref: 2023 March 22, “B.C. First Nations file court case against federal decision not to renew salmon farm licences”, in CBC News, retrieved 17 Sep 2025:
text: Jake Smith, one of several Laich-kwil-tach hereditary chiefs who travelled to Victoria from the Campbell River area to witness the court process, said it’s not the end of the line for those seeking recognition and due process for the Walitsima peoples of the Laich-kwil-tach.
ref: 2025 March 7, “K’ómoks treaty vote will go ahead after injunction dismissed”, in Times Colonist, retrieved 17 Sep 2025:
glosses: Synonym of Lekwiltok.
synonyms: word: Lekwiltok
puts to good use
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put to good use
putting to good use
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put to good use
leads the charge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lead the charge
leading the charge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lead the charge
led the charge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lead the charge
puts in a word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put in a word
putting in a word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put in a word
puts in a good word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put in a good word
putting in a good word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put in a good word
nails to the counter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nail to the counter
nailing to the counter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nail to the counter
nailed to the counter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nail to the counter
flogs someone round the fleet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flog someone round the fleet
flogging someone round the fleet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flog someone round the fleet
flogged someone round the fleet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flog someone round the fleet
throws a wrench into the works
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw a wrench into the works
throwing a wrench into the works
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw a wrench into the works
threw a wrench into the works
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw a wrench into the works
thrown a wrench into the works
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw a wrench into the works
mathematizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ability to be mathematized.
Normannic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Normannic
form: most Normannic
Etymology: Norman + -ic
Senses: examples: text: The antiquities of England are either British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, or Anglo-Normannic.
ref: 1819, William Guthrie, James Ferguson, John Knox, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar (page 180)
glosses: Synonym of Norman (“relating to the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish people”).
synonyms: word: Norman
extra: relating to the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish people
nornorwest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of nor'-nor'-west.
nornorwest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of nor'-nor'-west.
nornoreast
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of nor'-nor'-east.
nornoreast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of nor'-nor'-east.
norwestward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more norwestward
form: most norwestward
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of northwestward.
nailrod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants of the genus Typha.
Nascan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nascan
form: most Nascan
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nazcan.
Nascan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nascans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nazcan.
Nascans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nascan.
Naassenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Naassene + -ism
Senses: glosses: The religious beliefs of the Naassenes.
sakeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sakeless
form: most sakeless
Etymology: By surface analysis, sake + -less.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sackless (“blameless, innocent”)
Quathiaski Cove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quanthiaski Cove
Senses: examples: text: The Nana Provider became stuck just before 8 p.m. on Saturday on the southwest coast of the island between Quathiaski Cove and Yaculta.
ref: 2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News:
glosses: A settlement on Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada.
stand-aloneness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stand-alone + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The first essential characteristic of a strategic decision is stand-aloneness, which means that the decision is independent of other decisions.
ref: 2019 October 31, Greg Githens, “How a Strategic Decision Differs From a Tactical Decision”, in Leading Strategic Initiatives:
text: It is precisely Falstaff's stand-aloneness which can make Shakespeare lift him out of the Lancastrian period and transport him to Elizabethan Windsor.
ref: 1998, William Shakespeare, edited by René Weis, Henry IV, part 2, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, Introduction, page 58:
text: The conventional wisdom tells us that in the world of mass magazines, so-called stand-alones are a thing of the past. Not so in the world of opinion journals, where stand-aloneness seems to be something of a necessary condition.
ref: 2005, Victor S. Navasky, A Matter of Opinion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
glosses: The condition of being stand-alone, independent or self-explanatory.
Related terms: autonomy
independence
self-sufficiency
Quadra Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend.
ref: 2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News:
glosses: An island off the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Malaysianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malaysianisms
Etymology: From Malaysian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Behaviour characteristic of the Malaysian people.
glosses: A word or phrase characteristic of Malaysian usage.
Malaysianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malaysianism.
neutroception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of sensory reception that is stimulated by both pleasant and unpleasant stimuli.
Related terms: neutroceptive
neutroceptor
neutroceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to neuroception.
neutrophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neutrophilous
form: most neutrophilous
Etymology: From neutrophil + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neutrophilic.
synonyms: word: neutrophilic
Newmanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Newman + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The religious practices of the Newmanites.
sweet-scented joe-pye weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of feverweed (“the plant Eupatorium purpureum”).
synonyms: word: feverweed
extra: the plant Eupatorium purpureum
purple joe-pye weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of feverweed (“the plant Eupatorium purpureum”).
synonyms: word: feverweed
extra: the plant Eupatorium purpureum
niggerweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Among the most injurious of our native weeds are nut grass, spiny aster, western dock, pignut, sunflower, cocklebur, horse nettle and niggerweed; while there are a half score of others nearly if not quite as injurious in special localities.
ref: 1897, James William Toumey, Something about Weeds (page 5)
text: […] niggerweed. The plant […] grows rapidly during the heat of late summer on the drier soils over much of the valley and foothill land of California and northward into Oregon […]
ref: 1931, California Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin (page 23)
text: […] niggerweed or sometimes iron blood. Dig the roots. It makes your iron blood. If you ain't got enough iron blood and get run down, you may have enough of the other blood but no iron blood. Brother, this niggerweed will put it in […]
ref: 1967, John Fetterman, Stinking Creek (page 70)
glosses: Synonym of feverweed (“the plant Eupatorium purpureum”).
synonyms: word: feverweed
extra: the plant Eupatorium purpureum
nigranilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nigraniline.
mutual understanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mutual, understanding.
related: word: MU
glosses: A situationship; a relationship where two people like each other and are mutually aware of it, but have yet to have an official romantic relationship
association fallacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: association fallacies
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: a formal fallacy that asserts that properties of one thing must also be properties of another thing if both things belong to the same group
Related terms: guilt by association
association fallacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of association fallacy
I'm in this photo and I don't like it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Arising from a now-deprecated option to hide images from a user's feed on Facebook, with the earliest record of use in 2014.
Senses: examples: text: *reports meme*
>I'm in this photo and I don't like it
>submits evidence of the appendix of my last paper lol
ref: 2024 October 2, @Saraht0n1n, Twitter:
text: I am in this picture, and I don't like it
ref: 2025 January 24, u/OrionUniv, “Anyone else who’s like this? ?”, in Reddit, r/aaaaaaacccccccce:
glosses: Indicating that something (often a meme or image) is relatable, often in an very precise or embarrassing way.
wikipedia: Facebook
ʔakisq̓nuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ktunaxa ʔakisq̓nuk.
Senses: synonyms: word: Akisqnuk First Nation
word: Columbia Lake First Nation
glosses: Ktunaxa First Nation based in the Kootenays district of British Columbia in Canada, in the British Columbia Treaty Process and part of the Ktunaxa Nation.
revolver flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revolver flower
West Ewell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Ewell, Epsom and Ewell borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2063).
nitrifaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nitrification.
synonyms: word: nitrification
nitroalizarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroalizarins
Etymology: nitro- + alizarin
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a number of dyes produced by the addition of a nitro group to alizarin.
nitroalizarins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitroalizarin.
snake bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake bridges
Senses: examples: text: The snake bridge allowed the horse to cross the canal without unhitching the towline.
ref: 2003, Hadfield, Charles, British Canals: The Inland Waterways of Britain, page 112
synonyms: roving bridge
changeline bridge
turnover bridge
glosses: A curved or spiral bridge over a canal designed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal without detaching the towline; commonly found on British canals built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate uninterrupted horse-drawn towing.
Related terms: canal bridge
towpath
snake bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake bridge.
Nisean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nisean
form: most Nisean
form: Nesaian
form: Nesaean
form: Nesean
form: Nisaean
form: Nisaian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ancient Nisaia in Media.
Derived terms: Nisean horse
Nesaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nesaean
form: most Nesaean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nisean.
Nesean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nesean
form: most Nesean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nisean.
Nisaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nisaean
form: most Nisaean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nisean.
Nisaian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nisaian
form: most Nisaian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nisean.
Nesaian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nesaian
form: most Nesaian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nisean.
noblehearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more noblehearted
form: most noblehearted
Etymology: noble + hearted
Senses: glosses: Of a noble disposition.
nocuity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: antonyms: harmlessness
innocuity
innocuousness
glosses: The quality of being nocuous; harmfulness.
titleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From title + -able.
Senses: examples: text: "Books," to us, should have 150 to 1500 published pages, almost never need color, be typesettable in house, not require fold-out maps, be predominately in English, and be titleable such that a nonspecialist could recommend it to a specialist.
ref: 1987, William A. Katz, Robin Kinder, The Publishing and Review of Reference Sources (page 332)
antonyms: untitleable
glosses: That can be titled.