cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
paleolimnologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleolimnologists
Etymology: From paleo- + limnologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies paleolimnology.
paleolimnologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleolimnologist
philosophists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philosophist
propounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propounders
Etymology: From propound + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who propounds.
propounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propounder
proportionateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proportionate + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being proportionate.
Smurf turf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Rhyming name: The Smurfs are blue cartoon characters.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The distinctive blue ground of the Bronco Stadium, Idaho, United States.
wikipedia: The Smurfs
propeptone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propeptones
Etymology: From pro- + peptone.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.
propeptones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propeptone
propidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of propyl + ethylidene
Senses: glosses: propylidene
Kollam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quilon
Etymology: From Malayalam കൊല്ലം (kollaṁ), from കോ (kō, “king”) + ഇല്ലം (illaṁ, “house”).
Senses: synonyms: Desinganadu
Kurakkeni
glosses: A city in Kollam district, Kerala, India.
glosses: a district containing this city.
cross-infection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-infections
Etymology: From cross- + infection.
Senses: glosses: mutual infection between infected objects, animals, etc
sarcomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I do not mean osseous sarcoma, but the ordinary sarcomatic condition found in an abnormal growth of the tissues.
ref: 1896, R.I. Pearson & Co., The Western Dental Journal, volume 10, page 457:
text: This statement is of exceptional interest in that it supports the view that while cancer does occur among South African natives, broadly speaking, it is chiefly of a sarcomatic type or, if a carcinomata, affects the liver.
ref: 1928, New York (N.Y.). Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases, Laboratory and Clinical Studies, volume 9, page 472:
text: This also had the appearance of a teratoblastoma and its malignant, sarcomatic character was quite clear.
ref: 1930, Scandinavian Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, volume 10, page 175:
glosses: Sarcomatoid.
bonus-point
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: England put themselves within sight of the World Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable bonus-point victory over Romania in Dunedin.
ref: 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: That secures a bonus point.
open-side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open-sides
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: the portion of the field which is larger as measured from a scrum or breakdown to the touchline
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: a position in the last row of forwards on that side, more fully open-side flanker, designated with number 7
examples: text: Up front, skipper and open-side Lewis Moody looked almost back to full fitness, while England's set-piece was barely troubled, albeit against a Romania side showing 11 changes from that beaten by Argentina earlier in the week.
ref: 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: a player in that position
string together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strings together
form: stringing together
form: strung together
form: strung together
Senses: examples: text: I'll string together these beads to make a necklace for you.
text: I'll string these beads together to make a necklace for you.
glosses: To connect or attach (some things) using string or a string-like material.
examples: text: When Romania did manage to string together some phases midway through the first half, England's discipline held firm, although on the whole it was a less focused display from the Six Nations champions in the second half.
ref: 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To put together in a series or sequence.
last meal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: last meals
Senses: examples: text: Inmate Arthur Dennis Rutherford, who was executed in Florida on October 18, 2006, enjoyed a last meal of fried catfish, fried green tomatoes, fried eggplant, hush puppies, and sweet tea.
ref: 2007, Lee Lofland, Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers:
text: Heathers: the Musical - Dead Girl Walking
Cuz Heather says I gotsta go / You're my last meal on death row / Shut your mouth, and lose them tighty-whities!
glosses: A final meal that a prisoner may choose before being executed.
IDing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ID
mucoviscidose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to mucoviscidosis
chalk out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chalks out
form: chalking out
form: chalked out
form: chalked out
Senses: glosses: To draw or write down (something) using chalk.
examples: text: I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out.
ref: 1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:
glosses: to make (plans); to sketch (something); to describe (a plan).
examples: text: A 25-1 shot won race 3, but the rest of the early pick 5 chalked out after that.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: In a multi-race wager, to lose to the favorite in all of the remaining races.
glosses: To die.
glosses: To kill (someone).
chance upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑːns əˌpɒn/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæns-/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæns əˌpɑn/
ipa: /-ˌpɔn/
Forms: form: chances upon
form: chancing upon
form: chanced upon
form: chanced upon
Senses: synonyms: chance on
come across
happen on
stumble upon
glosses: To find (someone or something) by chance.
change over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: changes over
form: changing over
form: changed over
form: changed over
Senses: glosses: to convert to, to make a transition from one system to another
charge down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: charges down
form: charging down
form: charged down
form: charged down
Senses: glosses: To lose electrical power
raw_tags: of an electrical device
examples: text: Another Wilkinson attempt was charged down before a fine clearing run and kick from Ashton and burgled Scottish line-out worked a penalty chance from wide left.
ref: 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward.
chase off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chases off
form: chasing off
form: chased off
form: chased off
Senses: examples: text: The bears were interested in the campers' food, but they chased them off.
glosses: To drive someone or something away.
check off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: checks off
form: checking off
form: checked off
form: checked off
Senses: examples: text: Check off the items on the list that interest you.
text: Check off the correct answer to each question.
synonyms: tick off
tick
cross off
strike off
glosses: To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
raw_tags: used without "off"
glosses: To carry out a decision recorded through the process of checking off an item on a list, including dealing with it, removing it from the possible choices, or removing the not checked items from further consideration.
glosses: To deduct union members' dues from their wages.
examples: text: He's not in gen-pop anymore because he checked off.
qualifier: prison
glosses: To request protection by prison authorities.
chew on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chews on
form: chewing on
form: chewed on
form: chewed on
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chew, on.
examples: text: Once you chew on it that way, you start thinking, jeez, maybe QAnon was almost inevitable.
ref: 2020 September 22, Clive Thompson, “QAnon Is Like a Game—a Most Dangerous Game”, in Wired, →ISSN:
glosses: To consider, to ponder.
clog up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clogs up
form: clogging up
form: clogged up
form: clogged up
Senses: examples: text: The fat that I drained off the meat clogged up the drain.
glosses: To block something completely and physically.
clown about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clowns about
form: clowning about
form: clowned about
form: clowned about
form: clown around
Senses: glosses: To have fun in an irresponsible manner.
Synonyms: sense: behave clownishly
word: act out
sense: behave clownishly
word: clown around
sense: behave clownishly
word: goof off
sense: behave clownishly
word: horse around
sense: behave clownishly
word: muck about
sense: behave clownishly
word: muck around
sense: behave clownishly
word: muck up
sense: behave clownishly
word: yuk it up
count in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counts in
form: counting in
form: counted in
form: counted in
Senses: examples: text: You're going to the beach? Count me in!
antonyms: count out
glosses: To include (someone) in an activity, etc.
examples: text: The drummer will count us in with a "three-two-one".
glosses: To do a countdown before the start of something, especially a musical performance.
Related terms: deal in
want in
count up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counts up
form: counting up
form: counted up
form: counted up
Senses: examples: text: He counted up the glasses, and realized there were fifteen missing.
coordinate_terms: count down#Verb
count off#Verb
count out#Verb
glosses: To count (things or people) so as to add up and get a sum total.
Related terms: and counting
cream off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: creams off
form: creaming off
form: creamed off
form: creamed off
Senses: glosses: To extract the cream or creamy part from something.
examples: text: Manuel points out that the real cost of corruption is not what is actually embezzled or creamed off the top: The best thing these people could do is just take from the public treasury directly, because that would be much less expensive.
ref: 2020, Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Democracy Reloaded, page 178:
text: For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.
ref: 2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3:
text: According to Wagenknecht, only migration between countries of similar levels of economic development is unproblematic. Conversely, attracting skilled migrants from developing and transition countries to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries is a net loss for their societies of origin. It is a convenient way for rich countries to cream off human resources—such as expensively-trained medical doctors, nurses and engineers.
ref: 2024 August 18, Jörg Michael Dostal, “Left Conservatism: Sahra Wagenknecht's Challenge to the German Party System”, in The Political Quarterly, volume 95, number 4, →DOI, page 641 of 634–644:
glosses: To separate (the best part of something from the regular part).
glosses: To use a cream (cold cream) to remove something (usually makeup, from one's face).
glosses: To earn, or embezzle, a percentage of a profit.
crumb down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crumbs down
form: crumbing down
form: crumbed down
form: crumbed down
Senses: examples: text: Crumb down the table.
glosses: to clean by removing crumbs from
X-certificate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Strictly reserved for adult viewing; pornographic.
knobtwat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knobtwats
Etymology: From knob + twat.
Senses: glosses: A stupid or contemptible person.
fucktwat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucktwats
Etymology: From fuck + twat.
Senses: glosses: A stupid or otherwise undesirable person.
infinite suicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infinite suicides
Senses: glosses: A diabolo trick where a large number of suicides are performed consecutively.
infinite suicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infinite suicide
badines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of badine
community nurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: community nurses
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: a nurse working in a team which provides health care to patients within their own homes.
Related terms: district nurse
health visitor
plyg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plɪɡ/
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: plygs
form: plig
form: Plyg
Etymology: Condensed pronunciation of the first two syllables of polygamist, in reference to the Mormon practice (which has been discontinued by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) of polygamy (plural marriage).
Senses: examples: text: Chastity was aware that many people on the outside thought Mormons were narrow, humorless, and authoritarian. […] the plygs had to be on their way to the rear of the dwelling. She tapped two of the guys and pointed into the empty room behind them.
ref: 2005 December 1, Rose Beecham, Grave Silence, Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN:
text: The Mormons at the Magic Valley ward didn't mention [it...] […] "You're going to marry one of the plygs and have a bunch of deformed kids," she called from the other room. She came back into Grace's room with a pair of scissors. "We're going to cut that hair. You look like a wild Indian." "No!"
ref: 2017 October 25, Nikki Grace, Desert Leopards, One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: A fundamentalist Mormon, especially one from a sect which practices polygamy.
plygs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plyg
turkling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turklings
Senses: glosses: A young turkey, either wild or domestic.
Synonyms: poult
yé-yés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yé-yé
yoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yole
-ways
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Towards, in the direction towards.
glosses: In the orientation of.
Synonyms: sense: towards
word: -ward
sense: in the orientation of
word: -wise
winning ways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Robin van Persie scored his 99th and 100th goals for Arsenal as the Gunners returned to winning ways with a deserved victory over 10-man Bolton.
ref: 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: a winning streak; a sequence of winning games.
last thing one needs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the last thing one needs
Senses: examples: text: With Yossi Benayoun, Jack Wilshere and Thomas Vermaelen already sidelined, the last thing Arsene Wenger needs is more injuries.
ref: 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Something not wanted by someone, who is already burdened.
first touch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first touches
Senses: examples: text: They might have taken the lead when Gervinho latched on to a Mikel Arteta through ball, only for a heavy first touch to let Jussi Jaaskelainen gather.
ref: 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
text: "His ability to take the ball on the half-turn allows his first touch to be always forward when he receives it."
ref: 2025 October 21, Alex Howell, “The evolution of Rice - how midfielder became Arsenal's all-rounder”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player's initial contact with the moving ball, used to get the ball under control.
through balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of through ball
play the advantage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays the advantage
form: playing the advantage
form: played the advantage
form: played the advantage
form: play advantage
form: play an advantage
Senses: examples: text: Referee Mark Clattenburg played the advantage after Gretar Steinsson's challenge on Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey fed Van Persie, who shot low past Jaaskelainen.
ref: 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To allow play to continue, that the referee doesn't whistle for a foul, despite the attacking team being fouled, because they are in an advantageous position.
near misses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of near miss
late on
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more late on
form: most late on
Senses: examples: text: Late on, Song collected Bacary Sagna's cut-back and whipped home a high finish - but Walcott's late injury took some of the gloss off what was only Arsenal's second win of the campaign.
ref: 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: at a late stage of something
Related terms: later on
consolation goal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consolation goals
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A goal scored by the losing team near the end of a game that has no effect on the outcome.
close-range
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Knuckledusters are excellent close-range weapons.
glosses: Capable of operating at a short distance.
examples: text: He took a close-range picture of the wrestlers to try to capture the energy.
text: Raul Meireles volleyed over from 12 yards before Leon Britton blocked a close-range effort from Ramires as Chelsea started to press.
ref: 2011 September 24, Aled Williams, “Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Hit, shot, or taken from nearby the target.
Synonyms: short-range
Related terms: close range
take a turn for the worse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a turn for the worse
form: taking a turn for the worse
form: took a turn for the worse
form: taken a turn for the worse
Senses: examples: text: Rest assured, this will not last.
Take a turn for the worse.
Your hate, clipped and distant.
Your luck, [a] two-headed cow.
ref: 1983 April 12, “Pilgrimage”, in Murmur, performed by R.E.M.:
text: But Torres's afternoon was to take a turn for the worse for a second week in succession as he was shown a straight red card by referee Mike Dean for a two-footed challenge on Gower.
ref: 2011 September 24, Aled Williams, “Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To start to become worse; to worsen.
overword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)ˌwɜːd/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.vɚ ˌwɝd/
Forms: form: overwords
Etymology: From over- + word (noun).
Senses: glosses: Any word or phrase frequently repeated.
glosses: The burden or chorus of a song.
overword
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)ˌwɜːd/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.vɚ ˌwɝd/
ipa: /ˌəʊ.və(ɹ)ˈwɜːd/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.vɚ ˈwɝd/
ipa: /ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)ˌwɜːd/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.vɚ ˌwɝd/
Forms: form: overwords
form: overwording
form: overworded
form: overworded
Etymology: From over- + word (verb).
Senses: examples: text: a grave and judicious Writer, […]extremely over-worded
ref: 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales:
text: However, one study overworded the question by asking “Which of the following do you identify with: […]?
ref: 2007, Kenneth Bailey, Methods of Social Research:
glosses: To say in too many words; to express verbosely.
Dollin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Olave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Olaves
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Olave, a Castilianized form of Basque Olabe.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
obnoctious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more obnoctious
form: most obnoctious
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of obnoxious.
anctious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anctious
form: most anctious
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of anxious.
Derived terms: anctiously
perplexion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perplexions
form: perplection
Etymology: From Latin perplexionem, from perplexio, equivalent to perplex + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Just as reality cannot be fully expressed in language, it also resists confinement to a single belief system: “We live in a world full of contradictions. . . . and ideology cannot stand contradictions.” Rather, Oz advises perplexion—that we all be driven by our confusion to constantly examine and re-arrange our attic of ideas.
ref: 2019 November 12, Gal Koplewitz, “Amos Oz and the Politics of the Hebrew Language”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2019:
glosses: Condition or state of being perplexed; perplexity.
Synonyms: perplexity
perplection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perplections
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of perplexion.
Taig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Taigs
Senses: examples: text: Ya Fenian cunt. Ya shiftless fucking soapdodging Taig.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 289:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of taig (“Roman Catholic”).
neck brace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neck braces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neckbrace.
neck-brace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neck-braces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neckbrace.
discovre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: discovres
form: discovring
form: discovred
form: discovred
Senses: examples: text: […]the same Crafte and Brethirhede and al the ordinaunces now made and hereaftyr to be made for the commune well of all persones of the seid Crafte and Fraternite I schall well and trewly do my powre, obeye, observe and kepe and noon of them to discovre nor of them speke but onely to men of the same Crafte in like wyse sworen.
ref: 1875, Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society, volume IV, page 42:
glosses: Obsolete form of discover.
best thing since sliced pan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of greatest thing since sliced bread.
neck braces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neck brace
neck-braces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neck-brace
Harral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Harrals
Etymology: Variant of Harold.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
chips with everything
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chips-with-everything
Senses: examples: text: It was one of the first to lead the charge to wean Glaswegians away from their "chips-with-everything" habit.
ref: 1997 May, The Rotarian, volume 170, number 5, page 24:
text: Mijas village has some excellent restaurants in among the 'chips with everything' establishments catering for the day trippers.
ref: 2007, Andy Symington, 'Footprint Andalucía, page 253:
text: For almost a century, Long's has been serving misers, minions and millionaires its classic chips with everything fast food ....
ref: 2008, Heidi McAlpin, Belfast In Your Pocket:
text: In the post-chips-with-everything world, here is a selection of what various companies have on the menu ....
ref: 2009 April 22, Hattie Ellis, “Are you being served?”, in The Times, London, section T2, pp. 2-3:
glosses: A basic restaurant menu, without much planning or style.
Related terms: meat and two veg
Eed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Sir Salar Jung was proceeding to the palace of the Nizam on his bocha, a sort of state palanquin, in order to be present at the customary Eed durbar... when two shots in rapid succession were fired.
ref: 1868 February 7, "Englishman", "Attempted Assassination of Sir Salar Jung...", Hyderabad Times, Vol. III, p. 41
text: At Nauroz and Eed festivals in Dardistan the women swing on ropes suspended from trees.
ref: 1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 451:
glosses: Obsolete form of Eid (“Muslim festival, especially Eid al-Fitr”).
diminished fifths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diminished fifth
perfect fifths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfect fifth
malâ fide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mala fide.
sharp-cornered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sharp-cornered
form: most sharp-cornered
Senses: glosses: Angular, having sharp corners.
Cooney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cooneys
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuana (“descendant of Cuana”), a personal name either derived from cú (“hound”) or cuanna (“elegant, comely”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A ghost town in Catron County, New Mexico, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio, United States.
oligoester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligoesters
Etymology: From oligo- + ester.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: an ester oligomer chain containing a small number of repeating ester units (monomers). (Oligoesters are short analogs of polymeric polyesters.)
oligoesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligoester
pyxidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyxidium
barnacling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of barnacle
tourtière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tʊɚˈtjɛɚ/
/toɹ-/
Forms: form: tourtières
form: tortiere
form: tourtiere
Etymology: From Canadian French tourtière, from a cooking vessel of the same name, from French tourte (“meat pie”). There is a common false etymology that it derives from the alternative meaning tourte (“passenger pigeon”).
Senses: examples: text: Last December, I called my mother to get her recipe for tourtière, a beloved traditional French-Canadian dish. It would be the meaningful heart of a bundle of gifts I had lovingly gathered to honour a Métis elder I had recently met. To share this recipe for tourtière was to share a piece of my family’s story with this elder, to whom I owed a great debt of gratitude.
ref: 2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.
tourtiere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tourtieres
Senses: examples: text: What I wanted Anna to understand was that I was more from here than she was. At least half my people were from Cape Breton. Salt water did run in my veins. Okay, so it was mixed with a bit of tourtiere, but it was there.
ref: 2011, Michelle Ferguson, “Alice’s Kitchen”, in From Away, Ottawa, Ont.: Borealis Press, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: Alternative spelling of tourtière.
fuck-ton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuck-tons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fuckton.
fuck ton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuck tons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fuckton.
fucktons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuckton
fuck tons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuck ton
fuck-tons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuck-ton
blow it out one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows it out one's ass
form: blowing it out one's ass
form: blew it out one's ass
form: blown it out one's ass
Senses: examples: text: Then the one with the bangs handed the phone to the other one, who said something snotty to Leo. He told her she could blow it out her ass.
ref: 1998, Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True, Cambridge University Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 291:
text: 'You little monsters! Who the hell do you think you are? I'm calling the police right now. You're all going to get a thorough licking on this one. Jail, too.' 'Blow it out your ass,' said Wade. Mrs. Breznek snorted in disgust.
ref: 2002, Douglas Coupland, All Families Are Psychotic, Vintage Canada, published 2002, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: An expression of anger or disrespect toward another party's statement.
Synonyms: alt: nonvulgar
word: blow it out one's ear
Liss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7727).
Liss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A Germanized or Americanized form of Lis, from Polish lis (“fox”), Ukrainian лис (lys, “fox”), and related languages.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Martyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Мартын (Martyn)
glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Марти́н (Martýn)
cut someone loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts someone loose
form: cutting someone loose
form: cut someone loose
form: cut someone loose
Senses: examples: text: The pizza chain was forced to close several locations and cut employees loose.
glosses: To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation.
zivania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zivana
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek ζιβανία (zivanía).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Cypriot alcoholic beverage made from grape pomace and wine.
Rolan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rolans
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Rolán.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Sallee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Salé, a coastal town near Rabat in north-western Morocco.
Derived terms: Sallee-man
Sallee rover
AfPak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Afghanistan and Pakistan considered as a single entity
blackboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackboys
form: black boy
Etymology: From black + boy. For sense (plant of genus Xanthorrhoea): from a supposed resemblance of the plant to an Aboriginal boy holding an upright spear.
Senses: examples: text: 1898, Guy Boothby, Billy Binks—Hero, republished in Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver, The Anthology of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction, page 118,
A moment later he beckoned the blackboy to his side, and when he arrived pointed to the ground. The boy gesticulated in answer, and then both pulled their horses to a standstill and waited for me to come up.
text: September 30th, 1905.—Examined some hills in the locality. A Chinaman and some blackboys are camped here with some cattle belonging to the Mount Diamond butcher.
ref: 1906, South Australian Geology Department, Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, Robert Etheridge, Reports (geological and general) resulting from the explorations made by the government geologist and staff during 1905, page 36:
text: His tracks joined a cattle pad, and the blackboys followed them at speed, two riding on each side of the path.
ref: 1930, Mary Montgomerie Bennett, The Australian Aboriginal as a Human Being, page 49:
glosses: An Aboriginal boy or servant.
examples: text: As with many things, the pioneers followed the natives in the use of the Blackboy. They also found that the gum possessed some property that will cure dysentery and other internal complaints. The gum was also used for dyeing, tanning and varnishing.
ref: 1946, Walkabout, volume 13, page 49:
text: 1966 November 8, Parliament of Western Australia, Parliamentary Debates, page 2181,
The gum from the blackboy trees was used for the making of varnish and stain, […]
text: 1977, Royal Society of Western Australia, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Volumes 60-61, page 5,
As with any fire, blackboys and sedges were the first to grow, little else appearing before the first rains, which were followed by a flush of herbaceous shoots.
glosses: Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia.
Synonyms: sense: Xanthorrhoea plant
alt: X. preissii
word: balga
sense: Xanthorrhoea plant
word: grasstree
sense: Xanthorrhoea plant
word: grass tree
sense: Xanthorrhoea plant
alt: yacca/yacka
word: yakka
black boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black boys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blackboy.
qualifier: literal
glosses: A male with dark skin.
datacommunications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: With the HP 4951A/4955A protocol analyzer team, you can now go wherever your datacommunications problems take you[…]
ref: 1984, Computer design, volume 23, numbers 5-8:
text: This new single-chip modem simplifies designs for users who are building intelligent modems, or who wish to incorporate datacommunications capability into specialized systems.
ref: 1986, Mini-micro systems, volume 19, numbers 1-6:
glosses: Alternative form of data communications.
Related terms: datacoms
datacomms
datacommunication
reexplanation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reexplanations
form: re-explanation
Etymology: From re- + explanation.
Senses: examples: text: If the explanations of strategies do not make clear the personalized nature of such processing, the reexplanations offered in light of student difficulties certainly should.
ref: 1995, Michael Pressley, Christine McCormick, Advanced educational psychology for educators, researchers, and policy:
glosses: A second or subsequent explanation.
reexplanations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reexplanation
pornographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pornographists
Etymology: From pornography + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: He hated the pornographists who wrote in Hebrew.
ref: 1975, Louis Lipsky, Memoirs in profile:
glosses: A pornographer.
pornographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pornographist
pornographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pornograph
cryptographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptographists
Etymology: From cryptograph + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Good cryptographists are rare indeed; and thus their services, although seldom required, are necessarily well requited.
ref: 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, A Few Words on Secret Writing:
glosses: A cryptographer.
cryptographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptographist
typographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typographists
Senses: examples: text: The mistake is in the very line the typographist checks with the original.
ref: 1919, Sir William Willcocks, The Nile projects:
glosses: A typographer.
typographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typographist
autobiographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autobiographists
Senses: examples: text: Without letters of marque from him we all are but intruders in his domain. Which other autobiographist will ever have material equal to that which he has surrendered so spontaneously to his own pen?
ref: 1935, Joseph Mary Nagle Jeffries, Front everywhere:
glosses: An autobiographer.
autobiographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autobiographist
stenographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stenographists
Etymology: From stenography + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Jesus was not followed by stenographists, though we must not forget that Eastern memories are wonderfully retentive.
ref: 1909, Claude Goldsmid Montefiore, The Synoptic Gospels: Volume 2:
glosses: A stenographer.
stenographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stenographist
radiographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiographists
Etymology: From radiography + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Oral radiography does not differ from general radiography, and can be obtained by any good radiographist.
ref: 1913, Transactions of the Dental Society of the State of New York, volumes 45-49:
glosses: A radiographer.
radiographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiographist
cartographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartographists
Senses: examples: text: That we do not too highly estimate the value of these volumes to sacred geography, is shown by the testimony of Kiepert, the cartographist of Berlin, by whom the maps were constructed.
ref: 1841, Edward Robinson, The Biblical Repositor (and Quarterly Observer), page 451:
glosses: A cartographer.
cartographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartographist
cinematographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinematographists
Senses: glosses: A cinematographer.
cinematographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinematographist
cinematographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /sɪnɪˌmætəˈɡræfɪkəli/
Etymology: From cinematographic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: To record cinematographically the various processes of feeding and digestion[…]
ref: 1955, Anthony R. Michaelis, Research films in biology, anthropology, psychology, and medicine:
glosses: By means of cinematography.
cinematographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cinematographic.
choreographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choreographists
Etymology: From choreograph + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: A dancer turned choreographist, she has founded, fostered, directed and held together the Sadler's Wells Company.
ref: 1943, Caryl Brahms, Robert Helpmann, choreographer:
glosses: A choreographer.
choreographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choreographist
stratigraphers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stratigrapher
stratigraphist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stratigraphists
Senses: examples: text: The study of the geological features' of this district presents many problems of exceeding interest both to the stratigraphist and petrologist.
ref: 1897, George Alfred Denny, The Klerksdorp gold fields:
glosses: A stratigrapher.
stratigraphists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stratigraphist
bibliographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibliographists
Senses: examples: text: The bibliographists of this century are like the schoolmen of the thirteenth, and will hereafter be held in equal estimation by their votaries and opponents: their time has been employed in empty discussion, not upon any satisfactory object[…]
ref: 1822, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 92, page 434:
glosses: A bibliographer.
bibliographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibliographist
prehabilitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + rehabilitation.
Senses: glosses: A form of strength training that aims to prevent injuries before they can occur
Synonyms: prehab
Related terms: prehabilitative
prehab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: prehabilitation
cosmographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmographists
Senses: glosses: A cosmographer.
cosmographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmographist
hydrographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrographists
Senses: examples: text: This work seems to be almost entirely unknown to English, French, or American hydrographists, as far as we are aware, except by Admiral Burney in his work on Pacific voyages of 1816.
ref: 1869, John Ross Browne, Resources of the Pacific slope, page 39:
glosses: A hydrographer.
hydrographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrographist
datacomms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Firstly because a Merlin datacomms system is designed with growth in mind.
ref: 1986, The Director, volume 39, number 6:
text: Computing contract house providing systems programming and datacomms personnel on a contract and staff basis[…]
ref: 1992, Institute of Petroleum, Petroleum review, volume 46:
glosses: data communications
datacoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Using the MD110 for datacoms, as well as for conventional voice calls, brings new flexibility to information exchange. Anyone with a PC, or terminal, and a telephone is fully equipped.
ref: 1988, The Middle East, numbers 159-170:
text: A key feature of this unified networks strategy was strengthening the company's datacoms capability, hence the acquisition.
ref: 2001, Michael Armstrong, Duncan Brown, New dimensions in pay management, page 155:
glosses: data communications
oceanographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oceanographists
Etymology: From oceanography + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An oceanographer.
oceanographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oceanographist
re-formation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiːfɔːˈmeɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌɹifɔɹˈmeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: re-formations
form: reformation
Etymology: Originally a variant of reformation. In later use also independently from re- + formation, after re-form.
Senses: glosses: A new formation (a subsequent coming together of the elements of a former grouping).
waferscale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wafer + scale.
Senses: examples: text: It is naturally desirable to create a waferscale design which makes optimal use of the area available.
ref: 1991, Computer systems science and engineering, volume 6:
text: Nearly 10% of the devices from a waferscale fabrication batch met these criteria.
ref: 2006, Valentin N. Popov, Philippe Lambin, Carbon nanotubes: from basic research to nanotechnology, page 178:
glosses: On the scale of an entire silicon wafer.
Related terms: wafer-scale integration
Pavie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Pavie.
Senses: glosses: A city in Gers department, France.
reformability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reform + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being reformable; potential for reform.
cliquet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cliquets
Etymology: Borrowed from French cliquet (“pawl”).
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An exotic option consisting of a series of consecutive forward start options. The first is active immediately, the second becomes active when the first expires, and so on.
tailpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailpins
Etymology: From tail + pin.
Senses: glosses: The centre in the spindle of a turning lathe.
glosses: The endpin of a musical instrument.
tailpins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailpin
tailpieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailpiece
tailplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailplane
tanglingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tanglingly
form: most tanglingly
Etymology: From tangling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The flowers do not lie so tanglingly thick there; the pathway is not encumbered with them.
ref: 1872, John Wesley Hales, Longer English Poems:
glosses: So as to entangle.
talookdar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talookdars
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of talukdar.
talookdars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talookdar
talook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talooks
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of taluk.
talooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talook
typolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typolites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “impression”) + -lite.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A stone or fossil bearing impressions of plants and animals.
typolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typolite
typhotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typhotoxins
Etymology: From typhoid and toxin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The toxin C₇H₁₇NO₂, produced by the typhoid bacillus.
typhotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typhotoxin
typhomalarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtaɪ.fəʊ.məˈlɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˌtaɪ.foʊ.məˈlɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Etymology: From typho- + malarial.
Senses: examples: text: Typhomalarial fever has symptoms both of malarial and typhoid fever.
glosses: Pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria.
tourtières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tourtière
cliquets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cliquet
polydactyle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polydactyl.
polydactyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polydactyles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polydactyl.
twitchgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: quitchgrass
palato-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /pal.ət.ə(ʊ)/
ipa: /pə.leɪ.təʊ/
ipa: /pæl.ət.oʊ/
Etymology: From Latin palātum (“the palate”).
Senses: examples: text: palatoplegia, palatodental
topics: anatomy
human-sciences
linguistics
medicine
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the palate.
palfreyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palfrey + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: […]husbandmen and artisans; now and then a carriage of the squirearchy, their wives and daughters; and a larger display of country women palfreyed[…]
ref: 1867, Henry Lonsdale, The worthies of Cumberland: Volume 1, page 75:
glosses: Mounted on a palfrey.
paleontographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleontography + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to paleontography.
Palestinean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Palestinean
form: most Palestinean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Palestinian.
Palestinean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Palestineans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Palestinian.
Palestineans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Palestinean
Sagrada Familia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Catalan. The full name is Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family)
Senses: glosses: A large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona.
fursuiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fursuit + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act of wearing a fursuit.
fursuiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From fursuit + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fursuit