cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
geerahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geerah
girah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girah
form: girahs
form: geerah
Senses: glosses: A former unit of length in India and Pakistan, approximately 2.25 inches (5.715 cm).
Coordinate terms: guz
gudge
girahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girah
bisdemethoxycurcumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A curcuminoid found in turmeric.
desmethoxycurcumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A curcuminoid found in turmeric.
jockdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jock + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The world or sphere of jocks (young male athletes).
Bramantean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bramantean
form: most Bramantean
Etymology: From Bramante + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Donato Bramante (1444–1514), Italian architect who introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his plan for St. Peter's Basilica formed the basis of design executed by Michelangelo.
set the world ablaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets the world ablaze
form: setting the world ablaze
form: set the world ablaze
form: set the world ablaze
Senses: examples: text: He had come to Carnegie Hall not to imitate him but to channel him with the self he happened to be at that moment, not at all the green folkie who had set the world ablaze just a few years earlier.
ref: 2011, David Yaffe, Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown, page 16:
glosses: Alternative form of set the world on fire.
rubrocurcumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A red dye formed by the reaction of curcumin with borates in the presence of oxalic acid.
palov
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pilaf, in Uzbek cuisine
pulao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulaos
Etymology: From Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), probably of Dravidian origin. See pilaf.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pilaf.
polao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polaos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pilaf.
unthespian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unthespian
form: most unthespian
Etymology: From un- + thespian.
Senses: examples: text: Watching Dune again on video you can see that some of its defects are clearly Lynch's responsibility, e.g. casting the nerdy and potato-faced Kyle MacLachlan as an epic hero, and the Police's resoundingly unthespian Sting as a psycho villain, […]
ref: 1997, David Foster Wallace, “David Lynch keeps his head”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:
glosses: Not thespian.
takuwan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 沢庵 (takuwan).
Senses: examples: text: Arrange on top of the rice any of the following: colored shrimp flakes, tuna seasoned with bottled teriyaki sauce, thin slices of takuwan, small cooked shrimp, […]
ref: 2000, Ann Kondo Corum, Ethnic Foods of Hawaiʻi, page 73:
glosses: Alternative form of takuan.
mantellone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Italian
Senses: glosses: A garment resembling the mantelletta, but longer and with wing-like sleeves.
eternity ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eternity rings
Senses: glosses: A lady's ring, worn on the hand, comprising a band of precious metal (usually gold) set with a continuous line of identically cut gemstones (usually diamonds) to symbolize never-ending love, usually given by a husband to his wife on a significant anniversary.
eternity rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eternity ring
diarylheptanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diarylheptanoids
Etymology: From diaryl + heptanoid.
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of plant secondary metabolites consisting of two aromatic rings (aryl groups) joined by a heptane and having various substituents.
diarylheptanoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diarylheptanoid
diphenylheptanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphenylheptanoids
Senses: glosses: diarylheptanoid
haemodoraceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Haemodoraceae + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the family Haemodoraceae (bloodworts).
diphenylheptanoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diphenylheptanoid
ostryopsitriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Ostryopsis nobilis.
Senses: glosses: A cyclic diarylheptanoid found in the plant Ostryopsis nobilis.
ostryopsitrienol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cyclic diarylheptanoid found in the plant Ostryopsis nobilis.
myricanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Myrica + -one.
Senses: glosses: A cyclic diarylheptanoid isolated from the bark of Myrica rubra ( ⇒ Morella rubra).
acerogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acerogenins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of diarylheptanoids found in Acer maximowiczianum.
acerogenins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acerogenin
jugcathayenoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A diarylheptanoid found in the rootbark of Juglans mandshurica, formerly Juglans cathayensis.
phenylphenalenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenylphenalenones
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of plant pigments that are polycyclic aromatic diarylheptanoids.
phenylphenalenones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenylphenalenone
set the world aflame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets the world aflame
form: setting the world aflame
form: set the world aflame
form: set the world aflame
Senses: examples: text: There is no danger that these visionary cranks will set the world aflame, but a compelling world is tucked away within their music, a world that sets them apart, too, from the bland and homogeneous conventions that mark the path to pop stardom.
ref: 2005, Kevin Courrier, Randy Newman's American Dreams, page 32:
glosses: Alternative form of set the world on fire.
rain lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain lilies
Senses: glosses: Any of several flowering plants from genera Zephyranthes, Habranthus, and Cooperia, in subtribe Zephyranthinae .
flyperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flypeople
Etymology: From fly + person.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
Badhwar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit बुधवार (budhavāra, “Wednesday”).
Senses: glosses: A Kshatriya Haryana Jat surname
Chawla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chawlas
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਚਾਵਲਾ (cāvlā).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Punjabi.
Morse key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morse keys
Senses: glosses: A device for transmitting Morse code by hand, still used by radio amateurs today.
Synonyms: telegraph key
Edward Snowden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Edward Snowdens
Etymology: Named after Edward Snowden (born 1983) who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013.
Senses: examples: text: US government suspects that another Edward Snowden is exposing sensitive information about the NSA's inner workings.
text: Obama's goal for the NSA reform is to prevent future Edward Snowdens.
glosses: Any National Security Agency employee who leaks national security secrets to the media.
wikipedia: Edward Snowden
Edward Snowdens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Edward Snowden
Scholastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scholastic
Tolowa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tolowas
form: Tolowa
Etymology: From a Yurok term: either from tolowechek' (“I speak Tolowa”), or from the Yurok name of their principal town.
Senses: glosses: A member of a particular tribe whose members still reside in their traditional territories in northwestern California and southern Oregon.
Tolowa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Yurok term: either from tolowechek' (“I speak Tolowa”), or from the Yurok name of their principal town.
Senses: glosses: The Athabaskan language of this tribe.
Tolowas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tolowa
Hupa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hupas
form: Hupa
Etymology: From the Yurok name of the valley in which they reside (Hoopa Valley).
Senses: glosses: A member of a tribe residing in the Hoopa Valley.
Hupa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Yurok name of the valley in which they reside (Hoopa Valley).
Senses: glosses: The Athabaskan language which they speak.
Hupa Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hoopa Valley.
Hoopa Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hupa Valley
Etymology: From the Yurok name of the valley.
Senses: glosses: A valley on the lower course of the Trinity River between the confluence of its south fork and the Klamath River, in which the Hupa reside.
Related terms: Hupa
Hupas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hupa
Chilula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chilulas
form: Chilula
form: Tsulu
Etymology: From the Yurok designation of the tribe.
Senses: glosses: A tribe whose members inhabited the area on or near lower Redwood Creek, in Northern California, and have since been incorporated into the Hupa tribe.
Chilula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tsulu
Etymology: From the Yurok designation of the tribe.
Senses: glosses: The Athabaskan lect which they spoke.
Chilulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chilula
Chimariko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Chimariko chimar (“person”).
Senses: glosses: A tribe that lived in a canyon on the Trinity River in California until the middle of the nineteenth century.
Chimariko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Chimariko chimar (“person”).
Senses: glosses: The extinct language of this tribe.
Chimarikos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chimariko
Avlabari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ავლაბარი (avlabari).
Senses: glosses: A neighborhood of Old Tbilisi district, Tbilisi, Georgia, on the left bank (east side) of the Kura River.
happy as a pig in mud
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very happy or content.
as happy as a pig in mud
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of happy as a pig in shit.
synonyms: word: happy as a pig in shit
nonphenolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + phenolic.
Senses: glosses: Not phenolic.
protoberberines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protoberberine
rootbarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rootbark
stembarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stembark
stembark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stembarks
Etymology: From stem + bark.
Senses: glosses: The bark from the stem of a woody plant.
root bark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: root barks
Etymology: From root + bark.
Senses: glosses: The bark from the roots of a woody plant.
goldthread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goldthreads
Etymology: From gold + thread.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Coptis of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Asia and North America.
Derived terms: Chinese goldthread
Related terms: golden thread
goldthreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goldthread
Fieldsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fieldsian
form: most Fieldsian
Etymology: From Fields + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to W. C. Fields (1880–1946), American comedian, actor, juggler and writer, famous for portraying a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist.
somaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of somalin.
X-craft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-craft
Etymology: From X-class submarine + -craft.
Senses: glosses: X-class submarine
wikipedia: X-class submarine
X-inactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lyonization.
approbatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more approbatively
form: most approbatively
Etymology: From approbative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Approvingly; in an approbative manner.
resprayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resprayers
Etymology: From respray + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who resprays.
resprayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resprayer
ambulanceperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambulancepersons
form: ambulancepeople
Etymology: From ambulance + person.
Senses: examples: text: It may come as a surprise to many readers of this article, but ambulance staff are still expected to be carrying sick and injured people down flights of stairs even when that ambulanceperson is just one day short of his 65th birthday!
ref: 2002, The Parliamentary Monitor, numbers 95-100, Parliamentary Communications, Limited, page 102:
glosses: An ambulanceman or ambulancewoman.
ambulancepeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambulanceperson
ambulancepersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambulanceperson
split-levels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of split-level
xanthochroism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌzænθəˈkɹəʊ.ɪzəm/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xanthochromism.
axanthism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + xanthism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Absence of yellow pigmentation.
Derived terms: axanthic
lutino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːˈtiː.nəʊ/
ipa: /luˈti.noʊ/
rhymes: -iːnəʊ
Forms: form: lutinos
Senses: glosses: A bird exhibiting genetic xanthochromism, especially a deliberately bred mutation of several species of parrot.
lutinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lutino
xanthochromistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Xanthochromistic pigmentation is not unique to raccoons of St. Catherines Island.
ref: 1978, M. E. Hardin, The raccoon (Procyon lotor) on St. Catherines Island, Georgia:
glosses: Exhibiting xanthochromism.
unpremultiply
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpremultiplies
form: unpremultiplying
form: unpremultiplied
form: unpremultiplied
Etymology: From un- + premultiply.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To divide a premultiplied matrix by a preceding factor noncommutatively
Related terms: premultiplication
premultiply
xanthomelanous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having yellow, brown, or olive skin and black hair.
unpremultiplies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpremultiply
unpremultiplying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpremultiply
unpremultiplied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpremultiply
premultiplied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premultiply
premultiplying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premultiply
premultiplies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premultiply
outcon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outcons
form: outconning
form: outconned
form: outconned
Etymology: From out- + con.
Senses: glosses: To outdo in confidence trickery.
outcons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outcon
outconning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outcon
outconned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outcon
xanthopterine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xanthopterin.
xenobiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xeno- + -biosis.
Senses: examples: text: Although this explanation is readily suggested by the well-known cases of dulosis and xenobiosis in ants, we are, nevertheless, bound to reject it for the following reasons […]
ref: 1904, Bulletin of the University of Texas: Scientific series:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of symbiosis where one species of ant lives with another and the two species raise their young separately.
Related terms: xenobiotic
cometabolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cometabolite
myside bias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From my + side + bias.
Senses: glosses: confirmation bias
xanthodontous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xanthodontous
form: most xanthodontous
Etymology: From xanth- + odonto- + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Just tell her that she is naturally xanthodontous. It will not make her teeth any whiter, but it will exalt her ego.
ref: 1951, The Journal of the Michigan State Dental Association:
glosses: Having yellow teeth.
xenomenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Bleeding from another body part instead of normal menstruation, once thought to be a vicarious process but perhaps caused by general weakening of the blood vessels when the ovum is to be ruptured.
xerodermatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xerodermatous
form: most xerodermatous
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to xeroderma.
xerodermatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xerodermatic
form: most xerodermatic
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to xeroderma.
xeromorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xeromorphous
form: most xeromorphous
Etymology: From xero- + -morphous.
Senses: glosses: xeromorphic
beautiful people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Now these "rich young brats" have succeeded café society, the jet set and the beautiful people as social pacesetters.
ref: 1975 June 16, “People: Millionettes”, in Time, retrieved 06 Aug 2014:
text: Polo . . . is a jewel of a game for the beautiful people, though, and nowhere is there a higher incidence of beautiful people than Palm Beach.
ref: 1981 November 13, Red Smith, “Place Where Polo Reigns Supreme”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Aug 2014:
text: We were granted access with her VIP passes and received a first-hand look at the Dubai party scene. The club was filled with all the beautiful people of Dubai.
ref: 2007 July 18, Brent Elder, “Grant Writing and Sightseeing”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 06 Aug 2014:
qualifier: almost always preceded by the
glosses: Fashionable, privileged, glamorous people, especially those belonging to international high society; the beau monde.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beautiful, people.
Related terms: jet set
upper crust
xiphiplastral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a xiphiplastron.
xiphoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: xiphoid; sword-shaped
xiphopagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In this connection it may he of interest to note the operation undertaken by Prevost for the separation of the Brazilian xiphopagic sisters, “Rosalina” and “Maria.”
ref: 1904, A Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences, page 686:
text: A xiphopagic parasite of some degree of development was attached at the ensiform process; it consisted of a head, thorax, left upper extremity, and two club hands with three fingers.
ref: 1912, Richard Birnbaum, A Clinical manual of the malformations and congenital diseases of the foetus:
text: It appears to me that the diagnosis in Change's case were: (1) Xiphopagic twin […]
ref: 1961, Worth Daniels, “An account of the life, death, and postmortem examination of Chang and Eng Bunker”, in Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association, volume 73, page 57:
glosses: Synonym of xiphopagus.
synonyms: word: xiphopagus
xiphopagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Operations upon Xiphopagous Twins
ref: 1874 October 24, Robert P. Harris, “Historical and Analogical Record of the Siamese Twins”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 68, page 371:
text: Xiphopagous Twins aged three Years
ref: 1893 May 24, Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 64, page 305:
text: In a work on the Psycho-Physiology of Human Monstrosities, recently published, Drs. N. Vaschide and Cl. Vurpas have embodied the results of a close study of two monsters, one amencephalic, the other xiphopagous.
ref: 1904 December 31, British Medical Journal, page 1759:
glosses: Alternative form of xiphopagus.
Xosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Xosas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Xhosa.
Xosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Xosa
phyllogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyllo- + -genous.
Senses: examples: text: Several of the xylogenous species appear to be of the same nature. The phyllogenous forms seem to be of a different character, but we are not concerned with them here.
ref: 1898, Bulletin, number 9, page 732:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Living or growing on leaves.
xylogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xylo- + -genous.
Senses: examples: text: Several of the xylogenous species appear to be of the same nature. The phyllogenous forms seem to be of a different character, but we are not concerned with them here.
ref: 1898, Bulletin, number 9, page 732:
text: It occurs in nearly all maculicole fungi, and is exhibited by certain xylogenous fungi, such as Hysterographium.
ref: 1901, Contributions from the Botanical Survey of Nebraska, University of Nebraska:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Living or growing on wood.
xyloidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xyloidines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xyloidin.
xyloidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xyloidine
xylological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xylology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to xylology.
xylomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xyloma
xylomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xyloma
xylorimbist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylorimbists
Etymology: From xylorimba + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: As a xylorimbist you put new pep into any party — "make" the school orchestra — maybe even pay your way through college.
ref: 1929 October, Boys' Life, page 54:
text: She did not belong either to that gentler but more rhapsodic band who seek to extract strange worshipful music from the male, the xylorimbists or tympanists or flute players.
ref: 1999, Howard Jacobson, Peeping Tom, page 207:
glosses: Someone who plays a xylorimba.
xylorimbists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylorimbist
xyloses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylose
yakow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yakows
Etymology: Blend of yak + cow
Senses: glosses: An animal that is a hybrid of yak and cow (domestic cattle).
Synonyms: dzo
yattle
yakows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yakow
T-bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtiːbɜː(ɹ)d/
Forms: form: T-birds
Senses: examples: text: And she'll have fun, fun, fun
'Til her daddy takes the T-bird away
ref: 1964, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, performed by The Beach Boys:
glosses: A Ford Thunderbird.
chimlee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimlees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chimbley.
chimlees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimlee
Claddagh rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Claddagh ring
Claddaghs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Claddagh
mhelliah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mhelliahs
Senses: glosses: A Celtic harvest festival.
mhelliahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mhelliah
tramman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trammans
Etymology: From Manx tramman.
Senses: examples: text: As above noted, the Blackbird was even a hundred years ago remarkably common in Man, and it is to-day an extremely abundant and widely-spread species, equally at home among the fuchsias and 'trammans' of a cottage garden […]
ref: 1905, Pilcher George Ralfe, The birds of the Isle of Man, page 9:
text: 'The old trammans at Ballakoig were cut down, and the fairies came every night to weep and lament.'
ref: 1976, Margaret Killip, The folklore of the Isle of Man, page 36:
qualifier: Isle of Man
glosses: An elder tree.
trammans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tramman
pseudoarchaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌs(j)uː.dəʊ.ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌsuː.doʊ.ɑɹˈkeɪ.ɪk/
Etymology: From pseudo- + archaic.
Senses: examples: text: As Zero Degrees Latitude begins, the camera moves in on an old-style map of the Americas, written over with pseudoarchaic calligraphy.
ref: 1998, Steve Fagin, Talkin' with Your Mouth Full, page 377:
glosses: Seemingly, but not actually, archaic.
pseudodragon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudodragons
Etymology: From pseudo- + dragon, introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: A small dragon-like creature, not a true dragon.
pseudodragons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudodragon
Hop-tu-naa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Isle of Man
glosses: Halloween
Hollantide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Isle of Man
glosses: Halloween
mollag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mollags
Senses: qualifier: Isle of Man
glosses: A fishing float made from animal skin.
mollags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mollag
suggane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugganes
Senses: qualifier: Isle of Man
glosses: straw rope
sugganes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suggane
Oppression Olympics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First attested in 1993, see quotation below, but one source describes it as being in use "several years" before 1995. Attributions include unidentified students and Elizabeth V. Spelman.
Senses: examples: text: [ELIZABETH] MARTÍNEZ: […] But the general idea is no competition of hierarchies should prevail. No “Oppression Olympics”!
ref: 1993 May 12, Angela Y. Davis, Elizabeth Martínez, “Coalition Building Among People of Color”, in María Ochoa, Teresia Teaiwa, editors, Enunciating Our Terms: Women of Color in Collaboration and Conflict (Inscriptions), volume 7, University of California: Santa Cruz Center for Cultural Studies, published 1994:
glosses: Competition between marginalized groups to be considered the most subject to oppression.
wikipedia: Elizabeth V. Spelman
Related terms: woke Olympics
cronked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cronk
cronks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cronk
cronks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cronk
big as a barn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very big.
black as thunder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very black (especially of a mood, a frown, etc.).
Synonyms: black
innocent as the babe unborn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Entirely innocent.
unlibrarianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlibrarianly
form: most unlibrarianly
Etymology: From un- + librarianly.
Senses: examples: text: Her speech was as clear and carefully chosen as a librarian's, but under it ran a stream of unlibrarianly good humor.
ref: 1994, G. B. Hummer, West of the Sun, page 335:
text: Still, while Alternative Press Index includes Off Our Backs, no one indexes On Our Backs or Libido — let alone such unlibrarianly documents of current culture as Hustler and Screw.
ref: 1996, Martha Cornog, Timothy Perper, For Sex Education, See Librarian, page 100:
text: It was an old joke. During our frequent fights he'd always made fun of my work, explaining afterwards that he was just kidding. I was really as unlibrarianly as anyone he knew.
ref: 2005, Bette Anderson, Faces You Meet: Short Stories:
glosses: Not librarianly.
multinarrator
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + narrator.
Senses: glosses: Having more than one narrator.
multiscript
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + script.
Senses: glosses: Comprising or relating to more than one script.
multialphabet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + alphabet.
Senses: glosses: Comprising or relating to more than one alphabet.
cisphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cisphobic
form: most cisphobic
Etymology: From cis- + -phobic or cis + -phobic.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cisphobic.
glosses: Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting cisphobia.
Related terms: cisphobe
cisphobia
abogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An organic compound found in Adenium boehmianum.
slarmied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slarmied
form: most slarmied
Senses: examples: text: The bubbling produced a froth with would overflow the glass unless you drank quickly. This, of course, would get you quite slarmied in a hurry.
ref: 1996 March 22, Ted Statham, “Re: Pan Galactic Gargleblaster”, in alt.fan.douglas-adams (Usenet):
text: Alcohol is a neurotoxin, it is. Best thing to do is to lug around an oil can of Foster's all night watching everyone get slarmied.
ref: 1997 August 12, The Gonzo Lager [username], “Re: [A] Moving Pictures and Maskerade (No real spoilers)”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet):
text: >> and, oddly enough, Beaker *does* look a bit like Beaker…
> If you squint or get totally blasted on vodka jellies…
I was neither squinting nor slarmied and the resemblance was striking...^_-
ref: 1999 June 2, Tom Jordaan, “Re: Should I be worried??”, in uk.gay-lesbian-bi (Usenet):
glosses: Drunk.
timeline therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Robins has received additional training in various alternative healing therapies. He is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, a neurolinguistic programming practitioner, a timeline therapy practitioner, and a certified Pranic Healing instructor.
ref: 2004, Stephen Co, Eric B. Robins, Your Hands Can Heal You:
text: None of my previous regressions had touched on the problem that surfaced. The timeline therapy was a quick and effective solution.
ref: 2012, Barbara H. Pomar, Confessions of a Regressionist, page 88:
glosses: A form of therapy aiming to resolve a person's emotional difficulties and form goals for their future.
regressionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regressionists
Etymology: From regression + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: This politician is a regressionist who disregards what people care about now.
glosses: One who promotes or follows regressionism.
examples: text: She, too, was a past-life regressionist. I asked, “Do you remember if you had a lifetime in connection with Nazi Germany?” She replied, “Oh, I thought you knew. I was a prison warden at Auschwitz. […]
ref: 2010, Denise Linn, Past Lives, Present Miracles:
glosses: One who travels back in time.
qualifier: psychotherapy
glosses: One who carries out regressions, inducing a patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.
regressionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regressionist
regressionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From regression + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Like a museum, the home aims at freezing and conserving an image of the past in a display of collectibles. Maupassant's description of Zola's bedroom exemplifies this historical regressionism […]
ref: 1999, Didier Maleuvre, Museum Memories: History, Technology, Art, page 115:
glosses: A tendency toward regression.
Septimus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Septimus, from septimus (“seventh”).
Senses: examples: text: London has swallowed up many millions of young men called Smith ; thought nothing of fantastic Christian names like Septimus with which their parents have thought to distinguish them .
ref: 1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, Collector's Library, published 2003, →ISBN, page 95:
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
gattered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gattered
form: most gattered
Etymology: Probably from gatter, old British slang for "beer".
Senses: examples: text: People would have to be completely gattered to think anything nice about you.
ref: 2000 October 3, Thermostat [username], “Re: sabu424 looking for an efed”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy (Usenet):
text: spilling sangria on white trousers when you are gattered is bad tho'.
ref: 2001 July 23, Steve Robertson, “Re: I got a really bad fucking haircut”, in alt.music.mansun (Usenet):
text: PS Do they put meths in the beer up there? We always arrive in the vaults about 10.30 absolutely gattered :-p
ref: 2004 February 20, Dave Herbal, “Re: West Brom”, in alt.sports.soccer.sunderland (Usenet):
glosses: Drunk.
semidecidability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of semi-decidability (“property of being semi-decidable”).
semi-decidability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semidecidability
Etymology: From semi- + decidability.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of being semi-decidable.
drowning chain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A series of conditions that can lead to a person being drowned: lack of education (about water safety or local conditions), lack of safety advice, lack of protection (such as a flotation device), lack of supervision, and inability to cope (e.g. a weak swimmer in strong currents).
diabolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diabolists
Senses: glosses: A devil-worshipper
Derived terms: adiabolist
Related terms: diabolism
diabolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diabolist
dramafest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dramafests
Etymology: From drama + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: Having a girl felt natural to me, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't worry just the slightest that our relationship might be unavoidably, inescapably fraught—less the stuff of happy shopping trips and more the stuff of door-slamming dramafests.
ref: 2009, Andrea J. Buchanan, It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters, page 1:
glosses: A situation characterised by drama or histrionics.
dramafests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dramafest
Punic faith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punic faith
form: Punic Faith
Etymology: Calque of Latin fidēs Pūnica.
Senses: examples: text: His line of education, as well as his father's tenets in matters of church and state, had taught him a holy horror for Papists, and a devout belief in whatever had been said of the Punic faith of Jesuits.
ref: 1824, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 16, in Redgauntlet:
text: Mexico . . . weakened her cause by her own punic faith, instability, military oppression, and political revolutions, giving to the Texans in particular ample justification for their revolt.
ref: 1848, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 5, in Jack Tier:
text: Mr. Bright . . . speaks in the following terms, in his address to his constituents, of the Punic faith of the Palmerston-Russell Administration on the question of reform: " . . . The House which was returned at that election has been disloyal to its pledges, and has neglected its first duty."
ref: 1865 July 14, “Bright on Parliamentary Reform”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Aug 2014:
text: The Carthaginians, in the Roman view, were treacherous fellows. "Punica fides" ("Punic faith") became Latin for double-dealing.
ref: 1944 October 9, “Education: International Insults”, in Time, retrieved 06 Aug 2014:
glosses: Treachery, deceitfulness, bad faith.
Related terms: Attic faith
punic faith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Punic faith.
lametastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪmˈtæstɪk/
Forms: form: more lametastic
form: most lametastic
Etymology: From lame + -tastic.
Senses: examples: text: Usually it is all OMG school exams stayathomestaringatceiling, only I try not to mention those bits as they are quite lametastic.
ref: 2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, page 90:
text: The 2008 race has been lametastic when it comes to online advertising. Though each candidate has dabbled, some estimates say the two have spent just 2 percent of their budgets on the Web […]
ref: 2008, Mediaweek, volume 18, numbers 17-32, page 608:
glosses: Thoroughly lame or uncool.
degalactotigonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A steroidal glycoside isolated from Solanum nigrum.
methylprotodioscin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular steroid glycoside.
collettiside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular steroid glycoside.
Trajanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Trajanian
form: most Trajanian
Etymology: From Trajan + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Trajanic
glosses: Of or relating to Trajan (53–117 AD), emperor of Ancient Rome from 98 AD until his death.
Janiculum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from the name of the Roman deity Iānus (“Janus”), from iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).
Senses: glosses: A hill in western Rome, Italy.
praefectus annonae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præfectus annonæ
Etymology: Latin, literally "prefect of the provisions".
Senses: glosses: An imperial official in Ancient Rome who was charged with the supervision of the grain supply to the city of Rome.
Related terms: Annona
luvviness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From luvvy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: A narcissistic, pretentious attitude associated with actors.
tanghinigenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular steroid glycoside.
Dawro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Kullo
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Kullotsua
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Dawrotswa
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Omatia
lifestylist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifestylists
Etymology: From lifestyle + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who adopts the superficial trappings of a political movement, such as anarchism, without being dedicated to the cause.
Related terms: lifestyler
lifestylists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifestylist
detreat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detreats
form: detreating
form: detreated
form: detreated
Etymology: From de- + treat.
Senses: examples: text: The tolerance applied to corn seed that was treated with the pesticide captan as a seed protectant and later detreated by washing or roasting so that the seed could be used as an animal feed.
ref: 1993, Commerce Clearing House, Food, drug, cosmetic law reporter:
glosses: To reverse the treatment of.
detreated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detreat
detreating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detreat
detreats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detreat
Detroiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Detroiters
Etymology: From Detroit + -er.
Senses: examples: text: If you're a Detroiter who needs a police officer, it will take 58 minutes to get help -- more than five times what it takes elsewhere in the United States.
ref: 2013 July 19, Aaron Smith, “16 things that are wrong in Detroit”, in CNN Business:
text: Suddenly, the hardscrabble, gritty Detroiters are in need of a savior – someone to rescue us from all this grittiness and strife, because that’s what we’ve been waiting for all this time, right?
ref: 2017 October 5, Aaron Foley, “Why Detroit’s city storyteller wants to ban the word ‘gritty’”, in CNN:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Detroit.
Detroiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Detroiter
munshis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonshees
form: moonshis
form: munshees
Senses: glosses: plural of munshi
built-in obsolescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: planned obsolescence
booteed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bootee + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing bootees.
bootied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From booty + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The big-bootied diva was seen dallying with the boy-band singer earlier this year.
ref: 2003 January 14, Weekly World News, volume 24, number 18, page 48:
glosses: Having a booty or backside (of a specified kind).
glosses: Alternative spelling of booteed
chicken-and-egg problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken-and-egg problems
Senses: examples: text: "I think you have a chicken-and-egg problem," Uncle Unzo says. "How did such a society first come to be organized?"
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 370:
glosses: Alternative form of chicken-or-egg question.
war cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war cakes
Senses: glosses: A kind of cake made from the limited ingredients available in wartime (typically including little or no milk, butter, eggs, and sometimes sugar).
Related terms: Depression cake
tumpeng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cone-shaped rice dish of Indonesia.
call into question
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls into question
form: calling into question
form: called into question
form: called into question
Senses: examples: text: This immoral act calls his reputation into question.
synonyms: call into doubt
question
query
challenge
glosses: To cause to be questioned; to introduce doubt regarding.
cabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæbd/
rhymes: -æbd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cab
call of duty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: to go beyond the call of duty
glosses: What one's duty obliges one to do.
Derived terms: beyond the call of duty
Related terms: duty calls
emprize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emprizes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of emprise.
emprizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emprize
femmagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femmagist
pressure canner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressure canners
Senses: examples: text: The pressure canner had begun to hiss, steam mounting behind a pin-size hole in the top.
ref: 2017, Jennifer Egan, Manhattan Beach, Corsair, page 198:
glosses: A large pressure cooker capable of holding jars used in canning.
Canner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Canners
Etymology: Occupational surname for a maker or seller of cans, from can + -er.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
Mx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪks/
ipa: /məks/
Forms: form: Mx.
Etymology: Coined based on Mr and Ms, with x chosen as a "wildcard" character. First proposed jokingly in print in 1977.
Senses: examples: text: Mx. Mirage. I am a radically queer trannyboi with a big mouth.
ref: 2010, Sassafras Lowrey, editor, Kicked Out, page 216:
text: It has been proposed that in addition to the honorific Mr. for male and Ms. for female, that the honorific Mx. be used for intersexuals […]
ref: 2013, Heinz Duthel, Kathoey Ladyboy: Thailand’s Got Talent, Books on Demand, published 2013, →ISBN, page 84:
text: One of the most well-known gender nonconforming cabaret artists (who now works primarily in full length cabaret shows) is Mx Justin Vivian Bond.
ref: 2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 559:
text: “I think the thing that was most surprising was how supportive and gung-ho a lot older alums were,” said Mx. LoSchiavo, who graduated this year (and would have been admitted under the new policy, having identified as a female at the time of application).
ref: 2015 June 4, Elizabeth A. Harris, “Barnard College, After Much Discussion, Decides to Accept Transgender Women”, in The New York Times:
text: In the new Notice, the Court is asking people to state their name, title (sometimes called "salutation"), and pronouns to be used in the proceeding, and for lawyers to provide this information for their clients. For example: "My name is Ms. Jane Lee, spelled L-E-E. I use she/her pronouns. I am the lawyer for Mx. Joe Carter who uses they/them pronouns." ("Mx." is pronounced like the word "mix" and is a gender-neutral title/salutation.)
ref: 2020, Provincial Court of British Columbia, "A change in how parties and lawyers should introduce themselves in court," 16 December 2020
glosses: A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc.
Coordinate terms: Mixter
Mt
Mm
M.
Mx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪks/
ipa: /məks/
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of management.
cretinously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cretinously
form: most cretinously
Etymology: From cretinous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cretinous manner.
misprogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misprogrammes
form: misprogramming
form: misprogrammed
form: misprogrammed
Etymology: From mis- + programme.
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of misprogram.