cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nucleuslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nucleuslike
form: most nucleuslike
Etymology: From nucleus + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Here, starch grains of the food reserve are located on the inner side of the plastids and, more interestingly, adjacent to each chloroplast there is a granular nucleuslike structure which has been termed the cryptonucleus (Greenwood, 1974) or nucleomorph (Figure 5).
ref: 1979, John D. Dodge, “The Phytoflagellates: Fine Structure and Phylogeny”, M. Levandowsky, S. H. Hutner (ed.), Biochemistry and Physiology of Protozoa, Academic Press, Inc., volume 1, chapter 1.II, 26
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a nucleus.
Related terms: nucleoid
hydrocladia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocladium
tocandiras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tocandira
famine food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: famine foods
Senses: hyponyms: famine bread
mud cookie
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: Any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of extreme poverty or starvation.
famine foods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of famine food
Asian carp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asian carp
Etymology: From Asian (relating to Asia) + carp (type of fish).
Senses: examples: text: Illinois took the initiative in renaming the Asian carp given the state’s position as a sort of “last stand” against the carp entering the Great Lakes.
ref: 2022 June 22, Patti Wetli, “Introducing Copi, the Fish Formerly Known as Asian Carp”, in WTTW:
glosses: Any of various species of heavy-bodied cyprinid fish from East Asia.
Synonyms: butterfin
copi
penis snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penis snakes
Etymology: From its phallic appearance; it is, however, an amphibian, not a snake.
Senses: glosses: Atretochoana eiselti, a caecilian of Brazil.
penis snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penis snake
tailed frogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailed frog
casones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casone
puppy pregnancy syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A psychosomatic illness in humans, associated with mass hysteria in parts of India, and involving the belief that a person bitten by a dog will later give birth to puppies.
Winterbottom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Winterbottoms
form: Winterbotham
Etymology: From Old English winter (“winter”) + botm (“bottom, ground”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley only in winter, while spending the summer on the upland pastures.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Winterbottom's sign
extrasentential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + sentential.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Outside of a sentence.
Vietcongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vietcong
Flevo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in what is now the Netherlands, known in Roman times.
Derived terms: Flevoland
kurultai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kurultais
Etymology: Borrowed from Mongolian хуралдай (xuraldaj) via Russian курулта́й (kurultáj).
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans.
kurultais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kurultai
gunpowder empire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunpowder empires
Etymology: Coined by Marshall G. S. Hodgson and William H. McNeill at the University of Chicago. Hodgson used the phrase as a title in The Venture of Islam (1974).
Senses: glosses: Any of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, which all had considerable military success using then-innovative firearms, especially cannon and small arms.
gunpowder empires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunpowder empire
hoplitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hoplite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hoplites.
toll castle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æsəl
Forms: form: toll castles
Senses: glosses: A castle, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, that guarded a customs post and where tolls were collected.
toll castles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toll castle
silence camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silence camps
Etymology: So called because inmates were not allowed any contact with the outside world.
Senses: glosses: Any of the NKVD special camps in Germany 1945–49.
silence camps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silence camp
Dirac comb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dirac combs
Etymology: Named after English physicist Paul Dirac. The functions, when plotted visually, resemble the teeth of a comb.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A periodic tempered distribution constructed from Dirac delta functions for some given period. It allows both continuous and discrete phenomena to be represented in a single framework.
Dirac combs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dirac comb
minerology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of mineralogy.
diamond dust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diamond + dust. From being a dust-like suspension in air that glitters in sunlight like gem-cut diamonds.
Senses: glosses: A ground-level cloud composed of tiny ice crystals.
lithalsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithalsas
Etymology: Blend of lith- + palsa?
Senses: glosses: A frost-induced raised landform in permafrost areas with mineral-rich soils, where a perennial ice lens has developed within the soil.
lithalsas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lithalsa
gelifluction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gelifluctions
form: gelifluxion
Senses: examples: text: Gelifluction is prominent in periglacial regions where snow falls during six to eight months of the year.
glosses: The seasonal freeze-thaw action upon waterlogging topsoils which induces downslope movement.
Related terms: solifluction
periglacially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From periglacial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Around the edge of a glacier.
gelifluctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gelifluction
house society
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house societies
Etymology: Translation of French société à maison, coined by Claude Lévi-Strauss.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in corporately-organized dwellings rather than around descent groups or lineages.
wikipedia: Claude Lévi-Strauss
house societies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house society
Mayowomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mayowoman
Mayomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mayoman
noble savage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noble savages
Etymology: First appeared in John Dryden's heroic play The Conquest of Granada (1672), where it was used by the son of a Christian prince, believing himself a Spanish Muslim, in reference to himself.
Senses: examples: text: It seemed hardly possible that by such comparatively small mouthfuls he could keep up the vitality diffused through so broad, baronial, and superb a person. But, doubtless, this noble savage fed strong and drank deep of the abounding element of air; and through his dilated nostrils snuffed in the sublime life of the worlds.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 34, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 167:
text: The Isángú, or Ingwánba, the craving felt after a short abstinence from animal food, does not spare the white traveller more than it does his dark guides; and, though the moral courage of the former may resist the "gastronomic practice" of breaking fast upon a fat young slave, one does not expect so much from the untutored appetite of the noble savage.
ref: 1876, Richard F[rancis] Burton, Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo. […], part I (The Gaboon River and Gorilla Land), London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, […], →OCLC:
text: It is written that the noble savage must never express surprise in the presence of the white.
ref: 1911, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Children are Carried Off”, in Peter and Wendy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, pages 179–180:
text: This is like one of those Red-skin stories where the noble savages carry off a girl and the honest backwoodsman with his incomparable knowledge follows the track and reads the signs of her fate in a footprint here, a broken twig there, a trinket dropped by the way.
ref: 1914, Joseph Conrad, Chance, London: Methuen, →OCLC, page 283:
text: Here the problem is aggravated by the mutually reinforcing influences of the ‘black legend’ of Spanish greed and cruelty, and the contrasting myth of the American Indian as ‘noble savage’.
ref: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 84:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness.
wikipedia: The Conquest of Granada
noble savages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noble savage
adventuristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adventuristic
form: most adventuristic
Etymology: From adventure + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
adventurisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adventurism
unrollings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unrolling
Vulcanalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Vulcanalia.
Senses: glosses: The Ancient Roman festival of the god Vulcan, celebrated on August 23, during which live fish or small animals were thrown into bonfires as a sacrifice.
Zalmoxian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zalmoxian
form: most Zalmoxian
Etymology: From Zalmoxis + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Zalmoxis.
Zalmoxis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ancient Greek Ζάλμοξις (Zálmoxis)
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A divinity among the Getae, an ancient people of the lower Danube.
Derived terms: Zalmoxian
pizza stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizza stones
Senses: glosses: A baking stone used for cooking pizza.
Related terms: pizza oven
pizza pan
baking stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baking stones
Senses: glosses: A flat cooking surface, typically stone or ceramic, used in an oven for baking.
Hyponyms: pizza stone
pizza stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizza stone
baking stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baking stone
black oven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black ovens
Etymology: The smoke from the wood used as fuel sometimes collects as black soot on the roof of the oven.
Senses: glosses: A traditional direct-fired masonry oven.
Synonyms: Roman oven
black ovens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black oven
Austropop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Austro- + pop.
Senses: glosses: Austrian pop music
noisescape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noisescapes
Etymology: From noise + -scape.
Senses: glosses: A soundscape consisting of noise.
noisescapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noisescape
Hawaiian slings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hawaiian sling
Holy Willies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Holy Willie
oenogarum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oeno- + garum.
Senses: glosses: garum diluted with wine
hydrogarum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- + garum.
Senses: glosses: garum diluted with water
bark bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bark breads
Senses: glosses: A famine food made by adding ground phloem to the flour as an extender.
fuckjuice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuckjuices
Etymology: From fuck + juice.
Senses: glosses: Semen, pre-ejaculate, or vaginal fluids, especially those produced during sexual intercourse.
fuckjuices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuckjuice
Balaam boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Balaam box
Gozzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gozzian
form: most Gozzian
Etymology: From Gozzi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of the Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi or his works
maram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of murram.
khimaar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khimaars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of khimar.
Guerrazzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Guerrazzian
form: most Guerrazzian
Etymology: From Guerrazzi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of Italian writer Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
seric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛɹɪk/
Etymology: From Latin sēricus, from Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērĭkós), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly ultimately from the Old Chinese word for silk. Doublet of silk and serge.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of silken, made of silk.
synonyms: word: silken
word: made of silk
glosses: Synonym of silky, like silk.
synonyms: word: silky
word: like silk
Tyap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tyaps
form: Tyab
form: Katab
form: Kataf
Senses: glosses: A member of the Atyap people.
Tyap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tyab
form: Katab
form: Kataf
Senses: glosses: A language spoken by the Atyap people of Nigeria.
elsehow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Univerbation of else + how.
Senses: glosses: Somehow else; in some other way.
ACDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Atyap Community Development Association
glosses: American Choral Directors Association
glosses: American College Dance Association
glosses: Awka Capital Development Association
glosses: Attakar Community Development Association
directors general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of director general
lifeaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifeaholics
Etymology: From life + -aholic.
Senses: examples: text: I was a true-blooded, full-fledged workaholic. I'm now converted and have become a lifeaholic – if there's such a thing. I'm now “addicted” to breath, to love, to quiet, to beauty, to balance, to peace, to joy, to simplicity and all the wonderful stuff contained in this adventure called life.
ref: 2001, Bo Sanchez, Simplify and Live the Good Life: How to Be Really Wealthy in All Areas of Life, Shepherd's Voice Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 133:
text: I've gone from being a workaholic to a lifeaholic who works just enough to put salad on the table.
ref: 2006, Nick Yphantides, My Big Fat Greek Diet: How a 467-Pound Physician Hit His Ideal Weight and How You Can Too, Thomas Nelson, published 2004, →ISBN:
text: Are you a workaholic? Now that you've got a family, it's time to become a lifeaholic.
ref: 2007, David George, Good Dad/Bad Dad: The Do's and Don'ts from the Trenches, Alpha, →ISBN:
glosses: A person who is passionate about making the most of life.
lifeaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifeaholic
Apostolic Age
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Apostolic Age
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: Apostolic Times
glosses: The period of the Twelve Apostles, dating from the Great Commission of the Apostles by the resurrected Jesus in Jerusalem (c. 33 AD), until the death of the last Apostle, believed to be John the Apostle in Anatolia (c. 100 AD).
sola scriptura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sōlā scrīptūrā (“by scripture alone”) (ablative).
Senses: examples: text: In spite of the difficulties arising from this character of the Wittenberg Doctor, early orthodox Lutheranism taught that he had set up the “sola scriptura” as the “formal principle” of the new doctrine.
ref: 1913, E. M. Lamond, transl., edited by C. L. Dessoulavy, Luther, volume 4, translation of original by Hartmann Grisar:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The Protestant Christian doctrine that the Bible is the supreme authority in all matters of doctrine and practice.
Related terms: nuda scriptura
prima scriptura
sola ecclesia
tota scriptura
church council
kiss of peace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kisses of peace
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: An early Christian greeting consisting of a kiss, originally on the mouth but later on the cheek, still used in some traditional churches.
nettlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nettling
14K
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Uncertain. It is suggested that there were originally 14 members who were part of the Kuomintang, or that 14 was the road number of a former headquarters and K stands for Kowloon.
Senses: glosses: A large triad organization based in Hong Kong.
Vedderesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Vedderesque
form: most Vedderesque
Etymology: From Vedder + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the works of Elihu Vedder (1836–1923), American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and poet.
pseudofolk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + folk.
Senses: glosses: Resembling, but not actually, folk (music, literature, etc.).
ecofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecofascists
form: eco-fascist
Etymology: From eco- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Bookchin, in turn, called deep ecologists "eco-fascists," partly because they wanted to limit the population radically.
ref: 2006 August 7, Douglas Martin, “Murray Bookchin, 85, Writer, Activist and Ecology Theorist, Dies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: This brand of environmentalism only emboldens ecofascists who rightly claim that shopping green can never stop the ecological crisis. And yet, ecofascists are wrong to suggest that the suspension of democracy is the only alternative.
ref: 2010 September 16, Micah White, “An alternative to the new wave of ecofascism”, in The Guardian:
text: A week prior, on an Instagram account reportedly linked to the alleged Gilroy, California, garlic festival shooter, he complained about migrant-driven sprawl. Months before, the Christchurch, New Zealand, shooter called himself an “eco-fascist”.
ref: 2019 August 16, Susie Cagle, “'Bees, not refugees': the environmentalist roots of anti-immigrant bigotry”, in The Guardian:
text: Modern eco-fascists still draw on the same Romantic contrast between the sublime hierarchies of nature and the supposedly effete degeneracy of modernity.
ref: 2019 November 29, Jeff Sparrow, “Eco-fascists and the ugly fight for 'our way of life' as the environment disintegrates”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A proponent of ecofascism.
ecofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ecofascist
form: most ecofascist
form: eco-fascist
Etymology: From eco- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: Representatives of this line of thought around the world are, in many cases, echoing eco-fascist ideas that themselves are rooted in an earlier age of blood-and-soil nationalism.
ref: 2021 November 21, Oliver Milman, “Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Relating to ecofascism.
ecofascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecofascist
ecofascistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ecofascistic
form: most ecofascistic
form: eco-fascistic
Etymology: From eco- + fascistic.
Senses: examples: text: With the intensification of the planetary crisis, exclusivist conservationism has already begun to take an even more sinister turn, with extreme right-wing groups in North America, Europe, and the antipodes using ecofascistic ideas to attack immigrants and people of color.
ref: 2021, Amitav Ghosh, The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis, John Murray Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Of or relating to ecofascism.
Donald Ducked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒn.əld ˈdʌkt/
rhymes: -ʌkt
Forms: form: more Donald Ducked
form: most Donald Ducked
Etymology: From fucked. After the fictional character Donald Duck.
Senses: examples: text: The radio needs new batteries, the iPod needs recharging or the Wi-Fi's Donald Ducked.
ref: 2012, Linda Hoy, The Effect, page 134:
text: Well, I knew there and then I was Donald Ducked.
ref: 2013, Russ Litten, Swear Down:
glosses: fucked (ruined or broken)
wikipedia: Donald Duck
Related terms: Donald Duck
electronic sackbut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electronic sackbuts
Senses: glosses: An experimental musical instrument of the 1940s, having a piano-style keyboard (played with the right hand) and a controller that modified the sound (operated with the left hand).
phantom power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: phantom
hyponyms: T-power
glosses: Direct current electrical power transmitted through microphone cables in order to operate microphones that contain active electronic circuitry.
glosses: Synonym of vampire draw.
synonyms: word: vampire draw
Schillinger system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Joseph Schillinger.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A method of musical composition based on mathematical processes, comprising theories of rhythm, harmony, melody, counterpoint, form, and semantics.
oppari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opparis
Etymology: From Tamil ஒப்பாரி (oppāri).
Senses: glosses: An impromptu folk song of southern India, traditionally sung by women during a death ceremony in order to memorialize the person who has died.
opparis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oppari
Amen break
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: \drums{\tempo4=130<<{\hide\ppp\repeat unfold29{cymr8}cymca8cymr8 8}\\{\repeat unfold2{bd8 8sna8. 16r16 16bd16 16sna8. 16}bd8 8sna8. 16r16 16bd8r8sna8r16 16bd16 16sna8. 16r16 16bd8r8sna8}>>}
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A short drum solo from the 1969 song "Amen, Brother" by the American soul group The Winstons; later very widely sampled for use in various electronic music genres such as breakbeat and drum and bass.
Related terms: Think break
Alabama slammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alabama slammer
albolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of albolith.
alcarrazas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alcarraza
high challenge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high challenges
Senses: examples: text: ANOTHER PENALTY: Frickson Erazo with a high challenge in the area on the onrushing Lizio and Aguilar blows up for a spot kick.
ref: 2015, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: In the ninth minute, Mile Jedinak was booked for a high challenge on Christian Cueva, who was looking to break in the middle of the park.
ref: 2018 June 26, “Guerrero, Carrillo Score as Peru Spoils Australia Knockout Stage Bid”, in Sports Illustrated:
text: Chris Duvall was handed a straight red for a high challenge on Andrea Pirlo.
ref: 2016 July 5, Ryan Brister, “MLS Week 17 Recap, Highlights: NYCFC take derby, more”, in Empire Of Soccer:
text: It occurred after Roldan mistakenly booked Cameroon's Sebastien Siani for a high challenge on Germany's Emre Can which had been committed by team-mate Ernest Mabouka.
ref: 2018 June 17, “Gareth Southgate's England squad arrive in Volgograd ahead of World Cup opener against Tunisia”, in Daily Mail:
text: Álvarez is deservedly booked for a high challenge on Neymar.
ref: 2018 July 2, “As it happened: Brazil v Mexico, World Cup last 16”, in The 42:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A tackle that is high up the targeted player's shin/legs.
affidavit men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affidavit man
high challenges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high challenge
environment variables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of environment variable
straw shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straw shoe
multisensorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multisensorial
form: most multisensorial
Etymology: From multi- + sensorial.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of multisensory.
synonyms: word: multisensory
Derived terms: multisensorially
barleymeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barleymeal
sidechaining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From side + chaining.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The use of an audio compressor that controls the gain from main input to output based on the level of the signal at the side-chain input, typically by a disc jockey to lower the music volume automatically when speaking.
compressorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compressoria
Senses: glosses: An apparatus for confining or flattening an object between glass plates for examination with a microscope.
Synonyms: compressor
compressoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compressorium
mmph
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /mːɸ/
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: A muffled cry, as of a person whose mouth is covered by a gag.
mmph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /mːɸ/
Forms: form: mmphs
form: mmphing
form: mmphed
form: mmphed
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: To make a muffled cry.
offspringing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From off + springing.
Senses: examples: text: […] such tumours arise almost always from bone, and we see in the bony development an evidence of the continuance of the nature of the mother tissue into the nature of the offspringing tumour.
ref: 1875, Sir Samuel Wilks, Walter Moxon, Lectures on Pathological Anatomy, page 648:
glosses: Springing off or outward; developing from something else.
Afropunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afro- + punk or Afro- + -punk.
Senses: examples: text: […] women whom he feels his Afropunk musical tastes and skateboard transportation would otherwise drive away.
ref: 2014, Zandria F. Robinson, This Ain't Chicago, page 139:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Punk music or subculture with black African influences.
examples: text: There’s a lot going on in this novel, but Thompson expertly juggles all his disparate elements – alien encounter, cyberpunk-biopunk-Afropunk thriller, zombie-shocker, an off-kilter love story and an atmospheric portrait of a futuristic Nigeria.
ref: 2018 October 4, Adam Roberts, “Rosewater by Tade Thompson review – a stellar SF debut”, in The Guardian:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
coordinate_terms: Afrofuturism
glosses: Afrocentric science fiction.
Shannon limit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shannon limits
Etymology: Named after Claude Shannon, the "father of information theory".
Senses: glosses: The theoretical maximum information transfer rate of a communication channel, given a particular noise level.
wikipedia: Claude Shannon
Synonyms: Shannon capacity
Shannon limits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shannon limit
Shannon capacity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shannon capacities
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Shannon limit.
synonyms: word: Shannon limit
Shannon capacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shannon capacity
voicescape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voicescapes
Etymology: From voice + -scape.
Senses: glosses: A soundscape consisting of voices.
voicescapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voicescape
musicscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musicscapes
Etymology: From music + -scape.
Senses: glosses: The metaphorical landscape of forms and genres of music.
musicscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musicscape
teknival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teknivals
Etymology: Blend of techno + festival; see Free tekno for notes on the spelling.
Senses: glosses: A large free countercultural party with electronic music, typically held in Europe in the summer.
wikipedia: Free tekno (music)
Related terms: freetekno
teknivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teknival
double sawbucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double sawbuck
Peruvian lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peruvian lilies
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Alstroemeria of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae, native to South America.
Peruvian lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peruvian lily
lily of the Incas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lilies of the Incas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Peruvian lily.
synonyms: word: Peruvian lily
lilies of the Incas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lily of the Incas
irio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There are almost as many ways to prepare irio as there are Kenyan cooks. Irio almost always starts with potatoes, corn, and beans, but then Kenyan cooks add any number of other ingredients to the dish. Spinach, fried onions, vegetables, […]
ref: 2010, Barbara Sheen, Foods of Kenya, page 21:
glosses: A Kenyan dish of mashed potatoes, maize, and other vegetables.
Altaians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Altaian
repronounce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repronounces
form: repronouncing
form: repronounced
form: repronounced
Etymology: From re- + pronounce.
Senses: glosses: To pronounce again.
repronounced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repronounce
repronounces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repronounce
repronouncing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repronounce
Altairian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Altairian
form: most Altairian
Etymology: From Altair + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The book is a guide book, a travel book. […] It is of course that invaluable companion for all those who want to see the marvels of the known Universe for less than thirty Altairian dollars a day—The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
ref: 1980 October, Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, London: Pan Books, →ISBN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Of or relating to the star Altair.
Altairian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Altairians
Etymology: From Altair + -ian.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Altair.
Altairians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Altairian
unobeyable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unobeyable
form: most unobeyable
Etymology: From un- + obeyable.
Senses: examples: text: "Be what you are not" is an unobeyable command.
glosses: That cannot be obeyed.
haircut band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: haircut bands
Senses: glosses: A musical group that achieves success based on physical appearance rather than musical talent.
Related terms: word: boy band
word: longhair
word: longhairs
haircut bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haircut band
wadlopen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Dutch
Senses: glosses: The recreational activity of walking or wading across mudflats at low tide.
Thomaskantor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thomaskantors
form: Thomaskantoren
Etymology: German, literally "cantor at St. Thomas".
Senses: glosses: A choirmaster of the Thomanerchor, a famous boys' choir founded in Leipzig in 1212.
Thomaskantors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thomaskantor
oilpresser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilpressers
Etymology: From oil + presser.
Senses: glosses: One whose occupation is pressing the oil from seeds, olives, etc.
Related terms: expeller
oilpressers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilpresser
reconstructive mortician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconstructive morticians
Senses: glosses: A mortician who performs cosmetic work on dead bodies to make them presentable for viewing at a funeral.
reconstructive morticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reconstructive mortician
reconstructively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more reconstructively
form: most reconstructively
Etymology: From reconstructive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that reconstructs.
speech disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speech disorder
speech therapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speech therapists
Senses: glosses: A clinician specializing in speech therapy, or logopedics.
speech therapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speech therapist
deconstructiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deconstructive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being deconstructive.
deconstructivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deconstructive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being deconstructive.
skvader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skvaders
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish skvader.
Senses: glosses: A fictional creature, associated with an old Swedish hunting story, that is half hare and half wood grouse.
skvaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skvader
wild haggis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild haggises
Senses: glosses: A fictional creature supposed to live in Scotland and to be the source of the meat dish called haggis (which is actually made from sheep innards).
wild haggises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild haggis
Wild Fields
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Pontic steppe north of the Black Sea and Azov Sea, usually defined as lying between the Don River on the east, Kiev on the north, and the left tributaries of the Dniester on the west.
subsubsection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsubsections
Etymology: From sub- + subsection.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: subsection < section < whole
Meronyms: subsubsubsection; subsubchapter (in books) < subchapter < chapter
glosses: A subsection beneath another subsection.
Derived terms: subsubsubsection
Related terms: subsubdomain
subsubpopulation
subsubspecies
subsubtype
subsubsections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsubsection
Truth or Consequences
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally named Hot Springs, the city changed its name to Truth or Consequences, the title of a popular NBC Radio quiz show, in 1950, after its host Ralph Edwards announced that he would air the program from the first town that renamed itself after the show.
Senses: synonyms: T or C
Hot Springs
Hot Spring
glosses: A city, the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.
Derived terms: T or C
subsubsubsection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsubsubsections
Etymology: From sub- + subsubsection.
Senses: examples: text: The General Assembly drafted the statute to restore benefits in the event of the rescission or modification of a disciplinary action in subsubsubsection (ii), but not in conjunction with full back pay as provided in subsubsubsection (iii).
ref: 2007, Maryland. Court of Appeals, Maryland reports:
text: It is unclear just what this benefit could be, and more unclear how something undergone by one person could constitute a benefit to another (Subsubsubsection b).
ref: 2013, Gary Chartier, Anarchy and Legal Order: Law and Politics for a Stateless Society:
glosses: A subsection located hierarchically beneath two or more subsections.
subsubsubsections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsubsubsection
rerepeat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rerepeats
form: rerepeating
form: rerepeated
form: rerepeated
Etymology: From re- + repeat.
Senses: glosses: To repeat again.
rerepeated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rerepeat
rerepeats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rerepeat
rerepeating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rerepeat
reattack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reattacks
Etymology: From re- + attack.
Senses: glosses: another attack
reattack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reattacks
form: reattacking
form: reattacked
form: reattacked
Etymology: From re- + attack.
Senses: glosses: To attack (something) again.
machang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaʔ ˈt͡ʃaŋ/
Forms: form: bak chang
form: bak zhang
form: bah zhang
form: ba zhang
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 肉粽 (mah-chàng).
Senses: glosses: zongzi
Related terms: Nyonya chang
infeasibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfiːzɪb(ə)li/
Forms: form: more infeasibly
form: most infeasibly
Etymology: From in- + feasibly.
Senses: synonyms: unfeasibly
antonyms: feasibly
glosses: In a manner that is not feasible.
ice core
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice cores
Senses: examples: text: A team including climate scientists and microbiologists from Ohio State University took two ice cores from the summit of the Guliya ice cap, at 22,000 feet above sea level, in western China in 2015.
ref: 2021 July 23, Jack Guy, “Ancient viruses dating back 15,000 years found in Tibetan glacier”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2021:
glosses: A core sample removed from an ice sheet, most commonly from the polar ice caps of Antarctica, Greenland or from high mountain glaciers elsewhere, the properties of which can be used to reconstruct a climatic record of a given area.
core sample
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: core samples
Senses: glosses: A cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance, typically obtained by drilling into the substance, for example sediment or rock, with a core drill.
Related terms: ice core
ice cores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice core
core samples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of core sample
igneous rocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of igneous rock
Snopesism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Snopes + -ism, from the surname of several unscrupulous or heartless characters in the Snopes trilogy (1940–1959) by William Faulkner.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, Faulkner went on in “A Fable” to make Snopesism generic. He proclaims that human “rapacity” is universal.
ref: 1978 May 21, Quentin Anderson, “New Critic Back Down South”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Unscrupulous or heartless behaviour; rapacity.
wikipedia: Snopes trilogy
William Faulkner
Synonyms: Snopeishness
Bach flower therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bach flower therapy
Baltimore chops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baltimore chop
abruptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From abrupt + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Characterised by an abrupt change in texture.
albaqualf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albaqualfs
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A type of aqualf with ground water above a slowly permeable clay horizon.
albaquult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albaquults
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of aquult that has an abrupt change in texture between horizons
Derived terms: albaquultic
albic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin albus (“white”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: light in colour due to the absence of iron oxides
raw_tags: of a soil
alumic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: aluminic
andic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From andosol + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing weathered volcanic glass or pumice
raw_tags: of a soil
Derived terms: nonandic
anthric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anthro- + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Showing the influence of human cultivation.
raw_tags: of a soil
anthroposol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthroposols
Etymology: From anthropo- + -sol.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A soil that has been influenced by human cultivation
aquic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, aqua- + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: That has been saturated with water at some time in the past
raw_tags: of a soil
aquod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquods
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A form of aquic spodosol
Derived terms: aquodic
aquodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aquod + -ic.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Relating to an aquod
aquollic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aquoll + -ic.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Relating to an aquoll
argialboll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argialbolls
Etymology: From argillic alboll.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A form of alboll that has an argillic horizon but not a natric horizon.
argic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Having an argillic horizon
raw_tags: of a soil
aridic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arid + -ic.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Bordering an arid region
raw_tags: of a soil
public hearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public hearings
Etymology: From public + hearing.
Senses: examples: text: It came as little surprise that the Horwich branch was one of hundreds of lines slated for closure in Beeching's The Reshaping of British Railways, published in 1963. The various formalities were covered by a public hearing, but the closure was given consent by the Transport Minister.
ref: 2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 55:
glosses: A judicial hearing which anyone may attend, as opposed to a private hearing.
examples: text: On many occasions, public hearings were more symbol than substance; key dissenting voices, interest groups and academics were either not invited, informed too late or barred access form the venue by large police deployments. In some cases, as with the controversy over InfraVest Corp's wind turbine project in Yuanli, Miaoli County, police inside a public hearing would turn their cameras on the villagers and activists, but did not do so when company representatives or government officials were making their case, measures that were regarded as intimidating.
ref: 2017, J. Michael Cole, “Civic activism and protests in Taiwan: why size doesn't (always) matter”, in Dafydd Fell, editor, Taiwan's Social Movements under Ma Ying-jeou: From the Wild Strawberries to the Sunflowers, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: A meeting to hear public opinions on any issue; a meeting where members of the public hear the facts about any issue and give their opinions about it.
crash carts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crash cart
Jesus lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jesus lizards
Etymology: So called because they can run on water; walking on water was one of the miracles ascribed to Jesus Christ.
Senses: synonyms: basilisk
Jesus Christ lizard
glosses: Any of the Latin American lizards of the genus Basiliscus.
shotacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shotacons
form: shotakon
Etymology: From Japanese ショタコン (shotakon). By surface analysis, shota + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).
Senses: examples: text: The term shota-con is a variant of the term loli-con for "Lolita complex" comics, a genre of porn comics for men featuring young girls. Shota is a common Japanese boy's name, thus shota-con indicates porn comics featuring young boys.
ref: 2004 Deborah Shamoon, "Porn Studies", page 101
text: Lolicon or Lolicom is a contraction of "Lolita Complex," an unhealthy interest in underage girls exemplified by the Lolita Anime. Its rarer male variant is Shotacon.
Shotacon is a contraction of “Shotaro Complex,” or an unhealthy obsession with little boys. It is said to derive from the boyish good looks of Shotaro Kaneda, the protagonist of GIGANTOR
ref: 2006 Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 page 31
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
synonyms: shota
glosses: A sexual complex where an adult is attracted to young, typically prepubescent boys, or the fictional depictions thereof.
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: An individual with such a fixation.
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: Erotic or suggestive art, manga, anime, or other media featuring underage boys.
Related terms: brocon
lolicon
toddlercon
paedophilia
pedophilia
paedophile
pedophile
yaoi
boralf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boralfs
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of alfisol that has a frigid temperature regime, but not a xeric moisture regime
Derived terms: boralfic
boroll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borolls
Senses: synonyms: greyzem
qualifier: soil science
glosses: A type of mollisol that has a frigid, cryic or pergelic temperature regime and, typically, an aridic moisture regime.
Derived terms: borollic
pergelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: permanently frozen
raw_tags: of a soil
Related terms: permafrost
calcarosol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcarosols
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A calcareous type of aridisol or alfisol found in Australia.
cambic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to gypsiorthids or podzols that do not have an upper calcic horizon
raw_tags: of a soil
Derived terms: camborthid
gypsiorthid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gypsiorthids
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of gypsiferous aridisol