cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Sechura desert fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sechura desert foxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sechuran fox.
synonyms: word: Sechuran fox
Sechura desert foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sechura desert fox
snowrabbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowrabbits
form: snow-rabbit
form: snow rabbit
Etymology: From snow + rabbit.
Senses: examples: text: Second Madam gave a sigh and turned to leave, feeling inexplicably flustered in her heart, jumping around like a snowrabbit.
ref: 2019, Ru Yan, The Reborn Vengeful Woman, volume 1:
glosses: A rabbit that inhabits regions frequently covered with snow.
glosses: A visual representation of a rabbit made from snow.
Peruvian desert fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peruvian desert foxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sechuran fox.
synonyms: word: Sechuran fox
Peruvian desert foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peruvian desert fox
Sechura fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sechura foxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sechuran fox.
synonyms: word: Sechuran fox
Sechura foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sechura fox
Yaumati
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Temple Street night market. Nowhere is the ambiance of old Hong Kong more potent than in Kowloon's Yaumati district.
ref: 2003 December 14, Steven Knipp, “One Expert's Picks: Six Great Things to Do”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2023:
text: All of Hong Kong’s influences are there to be seen, with cricket sweaters sitting next to varsity jackets and silk ties with prints of tenement buildings in the Mong Kok and Yaumati districts.
ref: 2009 April 1, Kabir Chibber, “Store Review: G.O.D. in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2016, Travel:
text: When the income proved insufficient to support herself and a child, she drifted into prostitution. As her looks went, she found herself on a downward spiral. She ended up in one of those low dives along Temple Street in Yaumati.
ref: 2016, David T. K. Wong, “A Dusty Road”, in Collected Hong Kong Stories, Blacksmith Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 178:
glosses: Alternative form of Yau Ma Tei.
Snoqualmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A boatload of 37 Chinese arrived in Issaquah in the early 1870s willing to work for lower wages and provoked resentment among local pickers. A group of five whites and two Snoqualmies fired into Chinese tents at night, killing three and wounding three.
ref: 1999 January 21, Mike Lindblom, “Hops and Dreams”, in The Seattle Times, Seattle: The Seattle Times Company, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2023:
synonyms: Snoqualmie#Noun
glosses: plural of Snoqualmie
Snoqualmies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Patkanim represented his Indians, the Snoqualmies and Snohomishes; and Goliah the Skagits and others. Leschi and the Nisquallies did not interfere, and it was well for them they did not, as the stronger tribes of the lower Sound would have resented such action, blood would have flown, and the Nisquallies would have been wiped out.
ref: 1908 July, Thomas W. Prosch, “Seattle and the Indians of Puget Sound”, in The Washington Historical Quarterly, volume 4, number 2, Seattle: University of Washington, →JSTOR, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2020, page 308:
text: The Snoqualmies are said to have carried the designation "people of the moon,' and also "crowned with snow." They believed themselves to have been transformed from the mythical Beaver. Unlike most other natives of the Puget Sound Basin, they were well organized, but such a degree of organization allowed less individual freedom for their people.
ref: 1992, Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (The Civilization of the American Indian Series; 173), Revised edition, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2023, page 214:
glosses: Alternative form of Snoqualmie.
Snohomishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Snohomish#Noun
glosses: plural of Snohomish
Snohomishes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Patkanim represented his Indians, the Snoqualmies and Snohomishes; and Goliah the Skagits and others. Leschi and the Nisquallies did not interfere, and it was well for them they did not, as the stronger tribes of the lower Sound would have resented such action, blood would have flown, and the Nisquallies would have been wiped out.
ref: 1908 July, Thomas W. Prosch, “Seattle and the Indians of Puget Sound”, in The Washington Historical Quarterly, volume 4, number 2, Seattle: University of Washington, →JSTOR, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2020, page 308:
text: The Snohomishes were sometimes called the Sinahomishes (or Sneomuses). Their name is said to mean "a large number of people" and has also been rendered as "a warrior tribe."
ref: 1992, Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (The Civilization of the American Indian Series; 173), Revised edition, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2023, page 212:
glosses: Alternative form of Snohomish.
blue vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A strong cheese with blue coloured veins running through it.
antihemophilic factor A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A glycoprotein essential for blood clotting and is missing in hemophilia A.
thromboplastinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antihemophilic factor A.
synonyms: word: antihemophilic factor A
factor VIII
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antihemophilic factor A.
synonyms: word: antihemophilic factor A
prothromboplastin A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antihemophilic factor A.
synonyms: word: antihemophilic factor A
factor IX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Christmas factor.
synonyms: word: Christmas factor
antihemophilic factor B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Christmas factor.
synonyms: word: Christmas factor
prothromboplastin B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Christmas factor.
synonyms: word: Christmas factor
pseudo-pseudothrombophlebitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Leg swelling resembling pseudothrombophlebitis.
pseudothrombophlebitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pseudothrombophlebitis.
thrombocytopheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrombocytophereses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thrombocytapheresis.
thromboplastinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presence of thromboplastins in the blood.
shrieking sixties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of screaming sixties.
synonyms: word: screaming sixties
tacit collusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of collusion in which colluding parties do not explicitly share information with one another, achieving a collusive arrangement by an unspoken understanding.
Yau Ma Ti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The assassin collapsed on the staircase as Bourne whipped out the cords and secured the killer to the steps and the railing, at the last yanking down the pillowcase, covering the impostor’s mouth and tying the cloth tighter. The nocturnal sounds of Hong Kong’s Yau Ma Ti and the nearby Mongkok would easily cover whatever cries Allcott-Price might manage - if he awoke before Jason awakened him, which was doubtful.
ref: 1986, Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Supremacy, →OCLC, page 449:
text: Get up early and work your way back up to Shanghai Street and Reclamation Road in the Yau Ma Ti District. This area is the scene of lively produce markets and wholesale fruit markets in the morning.
ref: 1994, Roger Grigsby, “Tour No. 3, Hong Kong: A Trip to the Outlying Islands—Hong Kong to Lantau Island and back”, in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast (China by Bike), The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 121:
text: His knowledge of both Hong Kong and the Mainland made a deep impression on me during the hour we spent over lunch. Huang had learned Cantonese from his wife, who studied Chinese medicine in Guangzhou during the 1940s, and now owned a Chinese herbal medicine shop in the Yau Ma Ti district.
ref: 2009, Stanley S.K. Kwan, Nicole Kwan, “New China”, in The Dragon and the Crown: Hong Kong Memoirs (Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series), Hong Kong University Press, published 2011, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:
glosses: Alternative form of Yau Ma Tei.
wikipedia: Army Map Service
Polacca Wash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: hypernyms: wash
glosses: A right tributary of the Little Colorado, Arizona, United States.
Nutumya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nutumyas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Naseyowma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Naseyowmas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
inflectional suffix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inflectional suffixes
Senses: examples: text: In English the inflectional suffix -ed is used to form the past of most regular verbs.
glosses: An ending, a suffix added to a word and forming part of a declensional or conjugational paradigm.
Tenakhongva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tenakhongvas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Selestewa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Selestewas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Sakeva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sakevas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Lomawunu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lomawunus
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Lomahaftewa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lomahaftewas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Dawahongnewa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dawahongnewas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Honanie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Honanies
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Kallestewa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kallestewas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Solometo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Solometos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
varicothrombophlebitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thrombophlebitis in varicose veins.
antivaricose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Preventing varicose veins.
microvaricocelectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Small-scale varicocelectomy.
microvaricosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microvaricosities
Senses: glosses: A microscopic varicosity.
Chinle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Navajo Chʼínílį́.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States.
Derived terms: Chinle Creek
Chinle Wash
prevaricocelectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Before varicocelectomy.
Atalianis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Atalianises
Etymology: From Greek Αταλιανής (Atalianís).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Greek.
domesticatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From domesticated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being domesticated.
subvaricose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Almost varicose.
self-emptying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + emptying.
Senses: examples: text: The ashpan has three hoppers, one between and one on each side of the main frames, and is of the self-emptying type, having bottom flap doors on the hoppers, connected by a shaft with universal joints and operated by a lever at ground level.
ref: 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 185:
glosses: That can empty itself, when required to do so.
Economides
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Economideses
form: Economidis
Etymology: Anglicized form of Greek Οικονομίδης (Oikonomídis).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Greek.
Related terms: Economos
Economopoulos
thrombovaricophlebitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of varicothrombophlebitis.
varicocelized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a varicocele.
Thanksgivings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thanksgiving
varicocelogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The development of varicoceles.
Vagharshapat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Վաղարշապատ (Vaġaršapat).
Senses: glosses: A city in Armenia.
varicography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin varix (meaning "varicose vein") + -graphy (suffix meaning "writing" or "recording").
Senses: glosses: An imaging technique for the visualization of varicose veins.
varicographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to varicography.
varicophlebitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of the varicose veins.
Canyon Diablo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Partial calque of Spanish Cañon Diablo (literally “devil canyon”).
Senses: glosses: A canyon in Northern Arizona.
glosses: A ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
Turkish Star Wars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Turkish + Star Wars, in reference to being a Turkish-language film that became notorious for containing plagiarized clips, music and sound effects from the Star Wars films, among others.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam; a Turkish science-fiction film from 1982.
main frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main frames
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mainframe.
examples: text: The main frames are of 1¼-in. thick plates spaced 3 ft. 2½ in. apart, the centre lines coinciding with the centre of the axlebox guide faces.
ref: 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:
glosses: the rigid frame upon which the moving parts of a machine are mounted; chassis
topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: the widest structural frame located near the middle of a ship
Related terms: subframe
main frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main frame.
Valentine's Days
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Valentine's Day
Hezron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew חֶצְרוֹן (ḥetsrown).
Senses: glosses: The father of Ram and the son of Perez (biblical figure).
Derived terms: Hezronite
varicosectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The removal of varicose veins.
varicothrombosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of varicophlebitis.
synonyms: word: varicophlebitis
Amminadab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew עַמִּינָדָב (ọminadab).
Senses: glosses: The father of Nahshon and the son of Ram (biblical figure).
Nahshon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew נַחְשׁוֹן (naḥṣown).
Senses: glosses: The father of Salmon and the son of Amminadab (biblical figure).
antithrombokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antithrombokinases
Senses: glosses: Any agent that inhibits the thrombokinase activity.
microthrombolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microthrombolites
Senses: glosses: A microscopic thrombolite.
microthrombolitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to microthrombolites.
nonthrombolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not thrombolyzed.
microthrombolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microthrombolite
postthrombolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: After thrombolysis.
prethrombolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Before thrombolysis.
prethrombolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Before thrombolysis.
u're
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: ur
form: ure
Senses: examples: text: Jann, u’re so smart, u’re exceptionally bright.
ref: 1981, Carolina Quarterly, volume 33, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, page 43:
text: U’re so pretty.
ref: 1990 August 12, Mayte Garcia, quoting Prince, The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Hachette Books, published 2017, →ISBN:
text: she is wearing small diamond studs in her earlobes. the kind u wear if u’re a modest person & u don’t want to wear anything that could catch on stuff, or be a health risk in a hospital – but u’re still someone who cares.
ref: 2017, Nick Lake, Satellite, London: Hodder Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 259:
glosses: Informal form of you're.
subthrombolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That is not effective enough to produce thrombolysis.
overclutter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overclutters
form: overcluttering
form: overcluttered
form: overcluttered
Etymology: From over- + clutter.
Senses: examples: text: […] remember not to overclutter your image or you will lose the feeling of open space that comes with being beneath the sea.
ref: 2011, Steve Beaumont, Drawing the Kraken and Other Sea Monsters, page 26:
text: Maintain a healthy amount of “white” space to keep from overcluttering the screen.
ref: 2013, Mike Gondek, Archie Cocke, Photoshop for Digital Video:
glosses: To clutter to an undesirable extent.
thrombokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The movement of blood clots.
Tewa Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Hopi Hanoki/Tewaki.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hano (village in Arizona)
synonyms: word: Hano
extra: village in Arizona
slidebar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slidebars
Etymology: From slide + bar.
Senses: examples: text: The slidebars are of the three-bar type with underhung crosshead.
ref: 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A crosshead guide.
thrombokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to thrombokinesis.
thrombolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thromboliths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thrombolite.
thrombolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thrombolitic.
Odie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Separate origins as diminutives of British name Odell and Germanic name Odin; later used as nickname for additional given names.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Odell, Odin, Ogilvie, Otis, Odysseus, Odicea, Odoardo, or Odunayo, also used as a formal given name.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Odell, Odele, or Odette, also used as a formal given name.
glosses: A surname.
Kykotsmovi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi Kiqötsmovi.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Kykotsmovi Village.
Derived terms: Kykotsmovi Village
thrombolymphangitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of a lymph vessel caused by a blood clot inside the vessel
t*t
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: t*ts
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of tit.
button-mashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: button-mashings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of button mashing.
Zuni Pueblo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Zuni + pueblo.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
Channel Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Tax avoidance by United Kingdom residents has been a familiar story in the Channel Islands since the end of the 1914-18 war, although it has been kept under control by the observance of a gentlemen’s agreement between the Channel Island authorities and the Treasury. Lately, however, a discrepancy between United Kingdom and Channel Island law on the definition of immovable property has led to a new dodge which is causing increasing concern to the authorities in Jersey.
ref: 1961 February 4, “The Jersey Loophole”, in The Economist, volume CXCVIII, number 6128, London, page 449, column 3:
text: The Channel Islands are not members of the European Union but there are special treaty arrangements. Channel Island citizens are British citizens (British Nationality 1981ss. 1, 11, 50(1)).
ref: 1999, John Alder, Constitutional and Administrative Law (Macmillan Law Masters), 3rd edition, Basingstoke, Hants.: Macmillan Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 127:
text: There is a general cut-off date for crime stories of around 1910 so as not to offend ‘living memory’ or the sensibilities of those involved with the victims and perpetrators of more recent crimes. The sole exception to this rule is the Occupation (1940–1945) which is such an important and unusual part of Channel Island history that it cannot be ignored.
ref: 2008, Glynis Cooper, Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Jersey, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Wharncliffe Books, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: Attributive form of Channel Islands.
Derived terms: Channel Island fox
dreckitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dreck + -itude.
Senses: examples: text: Such is the depth of my confidence in the dreckitude of Jack Benny and SCTV.
ref: 2005 August 5, Ulo Melton, “Social Security Age”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):
text: The last thing you want is to show up with something shiny and new and have your boyfriend say, "No, we're not keeping that piece of dreckitude."
ref: 2011, Tiffany Current, How to Move in With Your Boyfriend (And Not Break Up With Him), Alameda, CA.: Hunter House Publishers, →ISBN, page 81:
text: We don't want a president who promises an A team but surrounds himself with dreckitude, a president who vows to pass "the best" bills but then doesn't care whether he's selling steak, wine, condos or garbage policies on matters of life and death that he hasn't even bothered to read.
ref: 2018 February 10, Maureen Dowd, “Trump Shows Us the Way”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2022:
text: In his assessments of the girls, he didn't hold back from the occasional barbs that any good reality show character must drop—he regularly dubbed looks and photos as exuding "dreckitude," most memorably.
ref: 2022 January 21, Allegra Frank, “André Leon Talley Made ’’America’s Next Top Model’’ the Show It Pretended to Be”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2023:
synonyms: dreckness
dreckiness
glosses: The quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).
dreckiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drecky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Or, as Kael wrote of George Lucas when they made Raiders of the Lost Ark, is Spielberg still so "hooked on the crap of his childhood" that he feels a compulsion to keep replicating it on the big screen, in all its unalloyed dreckiness?
ref: 1997, Joseph McBride, Steven Spielberg: A Biography, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 381:
text: But what really stumps me is how this dreck ever saw the light of day in its current state of, well, dreckiness.
ref: 2003 June 20, Kimberley Jones, “Alex & Emma”, in The Austin Chronicle, Austin, T.X.: The Austin Chronicle Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023:
text: To accept childish dreck without protest-or worse, to defend the dreck's obvious dreckiness just because the other parts of a game are cool-is to allow the form to languish forever.
ref: 2012 May 1, Taylor Clark, “Most Popular Video Games Are Dumb. Can We Stop Apologizing for Them Now?”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023:
text: Since I am so familiar with the magazine, I know that dreckiness is not the usual standard by which its subjects are measured.
ref: 2015 January 20, Lynn Messina, “The New Yorker's Dreck Problem”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021:
synonyms: dreckness
dreckitude
glosses: The quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).
dreckness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dreck + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In view of this monolithic corporation-sponsored drecknesss settling on the land, it's grotesque to work up a lather about a 20-watt alternative radio station.
ref: 1996 July 6, Stanley Poss, “Huge influence of big business is ever present”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, C.A.: The McClatchy Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 1:
text: Sappy dreckness itself can even work for a story. Kurt Vonnegut put it to good use, but he wasn't pretentious with it (IMO).
ref: 2005 May 12, Tom Keats, “the contrast!”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet):
text: The Wrap's headline says of "Emoji's" depths of dreckness: "There Are No Words."
ref: 2017 July 28, Michael Cavna, “’The Emoji Movie’ has a zero score on Rotten Tomatoes. Here’s how critics are eviscerating the film.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2017:
synonyms: dreckiness
dreckitude
glosses: The quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).
slidebars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slidebar.
thrombolysoangioplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thrombolysis and angioplasty combined.
button mash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: button mashes
Senses: glosses: A firm depression of a button on a control device, as in computer gaming.
button mash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: button mashes
form: button mashing
form: button mashed
form: button mashed
Senses: examples: text: Ronnie kept his eyes on the screen as his fingers button mashed the controls, but said he wasn't surprised.
ref: 2017, Jake Walker, Proselytizing, page 31:
text: As a kid I button mashed my way through Super Smash Bros.
ref: 2023, Carmen Maria Machado, J. Robert Lennon, Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games:
glosses: To depress a button on a control device, as in computer gaming.
superdad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superdads
Etymology: From super- + dad.
Senses: examples: text: But Superdad often earns higher income and enjoys higher status than Supermom. Furthermore, Superdad is widely congratulated for taking on his 'extra' responsibility while Supermom is vaguely condemned for losing her children's father.
ref: 1994, Douglas M. Brown, Janice Peterson, editor, The Economic Status of Women Under Capitalism: Institutional Economics and Feminist Theory, Edward Elgar, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Like new dads, superdads have added the caregiver role to their worker role. But unlike new dads, superdads have made changes at work that put their father role ahead of their worker role.
ref: 2013 June 24, Gayle Kaufman, Superdads: How Fathers Balance Work and Family in the 21st Century, New York University Press, →ISBN, page 198:
coordinate_terms: supermom
glosses: A father who looks after his home and children whilst being in full-time employment.
media stunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: media stunts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of publicity stunt.
synonyms: word: publicity stunt
shoalest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of shoal: most shoal
premelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premelts
Etymology: From pre- + melt.
Senses: examples: text: Under proper melting conditions there was no influence of the number of premelts on the homogeneity of the ingots
ref: 2013, R. I. Jaffee, N. E. Promisel, The Science, Technology and Application of Titanium, page 35:
glosses: The melting of something prior to a subsequent process.
premelt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premelts
form: premelting
form: premelted
form: premelted
Etymology: From pre- + melt.
Senses: examples: text: In pulsed-current MIG welding, a low background current maintains the arc and premelts the electrode tip.
ref: 1973, R. J. C. Dawson, Fusion Welding and Brazing of Copper and Copper Alloys, page 11:
glosses: To melt before a subsequent process.
premelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premelt
premelts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premelt
boosiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of boosy: most boosy
boosier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of boosy: more boosy
care killed a cat
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: “Come, come,” said Silver; “stow this talk. He’s dead, and he don’t walk, that I know; leastways, he won’t walk by day, and you may lay to that. Care killed a cat. Fetch ahead for the doubloons.”
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
glosses: Synonym of curiosity killed the cat.
synonyms: word: curiosity killed the cat
quick as thought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very quick.
quick as thought
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Quick as thought, I sprang into the mizzen shrouds, rattled up hand over hand, and did not draw a breath till I was seated on the cross-trees.
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
text: “But it is too late! Already footsteps are echoing along the gallery which connects the two wings. What can she do? Quick as thought, she hurries back to the young girl’s room, and starts shaking her awake.”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 169:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very quickly.
media stunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of media stunt
passive learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A method of learning and instruction that involves the one-sided transmission of information from instructor to student, where learners absorb knowledge without active engagement or feedback.
shiver my soul
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shiver my timbers (“expressing surprise”).
synonyms: word: shiver my timbers
extra: expressing surprise
shiver my sides
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shiver my timbers (“expressing surprise”).
synonyms: word: shiver my timbers
extra: expressing surprise
thank one's stars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thanks one's stars
form: thanking one's stars
form: thanked one's stars
form: thanked one's stars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thank one's lucky stars.
synonyms: word: thank one's lucky stars
unbrevetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + brevetted.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unbreveted.
Vassarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vassarites
Etymology: From Vassar + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A student or alumnus of Vassar College, New York.
Vassarites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vassarite
Discords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Discord
barhoppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barhopping
hero shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hero shooters
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A style of shooter video game that emphasizes "hero" characters having their own distinctive abilities or weapons.
hero shooters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hero shooter
Malinalxochitl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Aztec goddess of snakes, scorpions, and insects.
honorable discharge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honorable discharges
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: dishonorable discharge
glosses: Release from military service with a favorable record or conduct.
honorable discharges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honorable discharge
milsim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milsims
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of MilSim.
milsims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milsim
MilSim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MilSims
form: milsim
Etymology: From military simulation.
Senses: glosses: A simulation of armed conflict acted out by civilians for entertainment or competitive purposes.
Related terms: airsoft
dart tag
laser tag
paintball
tagball
wargames
MilSims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MilSim
beet Wellington
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beet Wellingtons
Senses: glosses: A vegetarian version of beef Wellington, using beets as a substitute for meat.
beet Wellingtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beet Wellington
tossery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The obnoxious behavior of a tosser.
black-assed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blackassed.
Laibow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sprinker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Brudos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
have seen one's last gum tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has seen one's last gum tree
form: having seen one's last gum tree
form: had seen one's last gum tree
form: had seen one's last gum tree
Etymology: Australian expression.
Senses: glosses: On the edge of death.
raw_tags: of persons
Related terms: on one's last legs
happy as a possum up a gum tree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Australian expression.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very happy or content.
roach bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roach bombs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bug bomb.
synonyms: word: bug bomb
roach fogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roach foggers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bug bomb.
synonyms: word: bug bomb
roach bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roach bomb
roach foggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roach fogger
Kizell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kizells
Senses: glosses: A surname
gum-treed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having attributes of a gum tree.
e-account
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-accounts
Etymology: From e- + account.
Senses: glosses: An account, such as a bank account, that is operated and accessed by electronic means.
e-accounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-account
has seen one's last gum tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have seen one's last gum tree
having seen one's last gum tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of have seen one's last gum tree
had seen one's last gum tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have seen one's last gum tree
on the edge of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Very near, imminently approaching; ready to, about to.
honeyest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: honiest
Senses: glosses: superlative form of honey: most honey
honiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: honeyest
Senses: glosses: superlative form of honey: most honey
lucky you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: An expression of envy towards someone else's good fortune.
Thornewell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
examming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exam
exammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exam.
supramajority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supramajorities
Etymology: From supra- + majority.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of supermajority.
supramajorities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supramajority
monopartisan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + partisan.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unipartisan.
synonyms: word: unipartisan
project-based learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An educational approach centered on student empowerment, where individuals delve into real-world complexities over an extended period.
photoevaporate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photoevaporates
form: photoevaporating
form: photoevaporated
form: photoevaporated
Etymology: From photo- + evaporate.
Senses: examples: text: High-mass stars rapidly (~ 10⁵ yr) photoevaporate the outer (r > 5 AU) portions of their disks […]
ref: 2006 June 8, Sabine Richling, David Hollenbach, Harold W. Yorke, “Destruction of protoplanetary disks by photoevaporation”, in Hubert Klahr, Wolfgang Brandner, editor, Planet Formation: Theory, Observations, and Experiments, Cambridge University Press, page 40:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: To ionise gas and cause it to disperse.
raw_tags: of energetic radiation or its source
Related terms: photoevaporation
bleaugh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bleurgh.
eclogitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eclogitizes
form: eclogitizing
form: eclogitized
form: eclogitized
Etymology: From eclogite + -ize.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To transform into eclogite.
Derived terms: eclogitization
muddied the waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of muddy the waters
muddying the waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of muddy the waters
muddies the waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muddy the waters
rethermalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rethermalizes
form: rethermalizing
form: rethermalized
form: rethermalized
Etymology: From re- + thermalize.
Senses: glosses: To reheat.
raw_tags: of food
examples: text: The difference in energies of the ions ionized in various parts of the electron beam will then rethermalize, resulting in an increased temperature.
ref: 2001, John Gillaspy, Trapping Highly Charged Ions: Fundamentals and Applications, page 45:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To return to thermal equilibrium.
Derived terms: rethermalization
Blandford's fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Blanford's fox.
self-induce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-induces
form: self-inducing
form: self-induced
form: self-induced
Senses: examples: text: […] between 1.7 percent and 4.1 percent of all women in Texas eighteen to forty-nine years old had tried to self-induce an abortion […]
ref: 2023, Naomi Braine, Abortion Beyond the Law: Building a Global Feminist Movement for Self-Managed Abortion, page 145:
glosses: To cause in, for, or on oneself.
Azara's zorro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Azara's zorros
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pampas fox.
synonyms: word: pampas fox
public sphere pedagogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An educational method that intertwines classroom activities with real-world civic engagement.
service-learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An educational method intertwining classroom learning with community service, encouraging students to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges.
f@ggot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: f@ggots
form: f*ggot
form: fggot
Etymology: Substituting a with @ due to their resemblance.
Senses: examples: text: This prompts Richards to get on the house mic and proclaim, "I am *NOT* a f@ggot!" Guess what the crowd chants next.
ref: 1995 May 22, RingReport, “[INFO] Ring Report TV Update #117 pt.3/5”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):
text: I just cant wait to see the movie. I imagine there will be a scene where the female lead channels Chris Rock and runs into the dog groomers throwing mugs screaming "F@ggot motherfkcer, f@ggot ass f@ggot"
ref: 2005 June 27, nina, “How Stella Lost Her Groove”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):
text: Kapipiranggot or kapiranggot is such an ugly word. It annoys me. It sounds like f@ggot and kulangot combined really.
ref: 2013 September 9, kellyclarkchild, Twitter:
text: this is so real, mine was when i was in high school my classmates called me "f@g" or "f@ggot" instead of my actual name for almost two years. it was so bad the school pastor had to step in to ban the word so instead they called me "happy" because gay means happy 😂😂
ref: 2023 December 10, kelahthefairy, Twitter:
glosses: Censored spelling of faggot (“a gay man”).
Related terms: f*g
f@g
f*ggot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: f*ggots
form: f@ggot
form: fggot
Etymology: Substitution of the first vowel with an asterisk * (“used to censor sections of obscene or profane words”).
Senses: examples: text: You can't include name-calling in the category of violence. There is a VERY big difference between calling someone a Nazi, or a motherf*cker, or even a n*gger f*ggot (if you feel you must), and sticking that person with a knife or hitting him with tear gas and night sticks.
ref: 1993 January 8, Julie Petersen, “A Public Apology”, in rec.music.gdead (Usenet):
text: You would never be so foolish as to call a black man a "n*gger", so therefore you will never be so foolish as to call a homosexual man a "f*ggot" in our very tolerant city.
ref: 1998 October 20, Rob Arch Ward, “Regarding reationaries' handling of Matthew Shepherd's murder”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet):
text: Lil wayne just dropped even lower on my list for calling michael jackson a f*ggot...what disrespect he has shown
ref: 2009 July 26, poeticnerd, Twitter:
text: I've been called a f*ggot, & I act like a girl, since the age of 5/6... fast forward to today.. They all are missing their side tooth & look like goblins
ref: 2023 December 10, iDREWit, Twitter:
glosses: Censored spelling of faggot (“a gay man”).
Related terms: f*g
f@g
fggot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fggots
form: f*ggot
form: f@ggot
Etymology: Omission of the first vowel; compare f*ggot.
Senses: examples: text: Go fuck your lover jackson in the ass,fucking pig.And your buddy semaj could eat u alive like the fggot homos that u are.......PUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!
ref: 1999 June 27, Stephen Latecki, “latecki”, in alt.fan.dean-stark.kkk.member (Usenet):
text: eat yourself, fggot, you're done.
ref: 2007 January 1, Barry, “Slaves in Africa?”, in alt.war.civil.usa (Usenet):
text: If u beg ppl to follow u on Instagram ur a fggot
ref: 2016 October 25, KevinROMAR, Twitter:
text: why are u as a fggot with no rights speaking on others
ref: 2023 December 10, wetasselena, Twitter:
glosses: Censored spelling of faggot (“a homosexual man”).
Related terms: f*g
f@g
fggots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fggot
f*ggots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of f*ggot
f@ggots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of f@ggot
technology education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: The study of technology that involves exploring the processes and knowledge related to technology, empowering individuals to shape and transform the physical world by manipulating materials and tools.
rapid response team
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rapid response teams
Senses: glosses: A specialised group of professionals trained to promptly address or handle an urgent or critical situation, such as a medical emergency or disaster.
Synonyms: quick response team
Hypernyms: english: chiefly medical
translation: chiefly medical
word: rapid response system
Coordinate terms: first responder
rapid response system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rapid response systems
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The organisation and implication of a rapid response team in a particular setting.
Synonyms: RSS
Related terms: first responder
rapid response teams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapid response team
rapid response systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapid response system
Darwin's zorro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Darwin's zorros
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Darwin's fox.
synonyms: word: Darwin's fox
Darwin's zorros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Darwin's zorro
universal design for instruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An educational approach that applies universal design principles to learning environments.
Azara's zorros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Azara's zorro
positive education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An educational approach rooted in positive psychology, prioritizing individual strengths and personal motivation to foster learning.
grey fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey foxes
Senses: glosses: UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray fox.
grey foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grey fox
epiproctan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiproctans
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any insect of the suborder Epiprocta
epiproctans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epiproctan
free university
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free universities
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An institution providing non-credited, open classes without restrictions on teachers or learners.
evalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of eval
evaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of eval
evalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eval
evaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eval
aeval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from Latin aevum (“lifetime, age, eternity”) + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eval.
free school movement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A movement that was sought to reshape formal education by establishing alternative, independent community schools with a focus on flexible and learner-centered approaches.