cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sparktastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɑɹkˈtæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more sparktastic
form: most sparktastic
Etymology: Blend of spark + fantastic
Senses: examples: text: Screens for Tony Hawk: Ride were unavailable at press time, but we can only hope they're as sparktastic as this artwork.
ref: 2009, Nintendo of America, Nintendo Power, volumes 243-245, Nintendo of America Inc, page 11:
text: "But the reason to go see Dreamatorium is the closing musical number. The chemistry between the robber character... and the lonely morgue operator was sparktastic."
ref: 2011 February 20, Dan Fybel, Rich Rinaldi, “Hamburger Dinner Theater” (14:23 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Mort (Andy Kindler):
text: “Making Sweet Pea into lots of little plants was a sparktastic idea!” said Lavender. “Rain and sun will take care of all the little Sweet Peas,” said Hazel. “And Posie can get some sleep at night,” said Lavender.
ref: 2016 June 28, Scholastic, A Day at Charm School (Little Charmers: Reader), Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: Fantastic in a new or inventive way.
polytopian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytopians
Etymology: From poly- + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -ian, apparently influenced by utopian.
Senses: examples: text: Through which our polytopian and raconteur finds romance and the thrill of the highly unusual […]
ref: 1948, Michigan Living - Motor News, volume XXXI:
text: Alex: […] Despite outward appearances, I am an artist, not an intrepid polytopian. / Fanny: Oh, Alex, for goodness sakes, yes you are. You're one of the original polytopians, don't dissemble. / Alex: Well, yes, I am. High adventure and stupefying risk are my metier.
ref: 1985, Eric Overmyer, On the Verge; or, The Geography of Yearning (play), New York, N.Y.: Broadway Play Publishing Inc., published 1986, page 32:
synonyms: peregrinator
glosses: Someone who visits many places.
polytopian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polytopian
form: most polytopian
Etymology: From poly- + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -ian, apparently influenced by utopian.
Senses: examples: text: But what we need just as desperately is a new and different politics, the politics of new spaces of liberty (to paraphrase Negri and Guattari), a politics capable of acknowledging that a true solidarity and an absolute singularity, far from being mutually exclusive, are in fact conditioned on each other in a polytopian world. A global culture would exist only if it permitted—"systemically," as it were — the coming into being of communities of such absolute singularities.
ref: 1995 Fall, Kenneth Surin, “On Producing the Concept of a Global Culture”, in The South Atlantic Quarterly, volume 94, number 4, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1196:
text: As the women discover their own polytopian tendencies to be the structuring principle of the new world of the future, their celebration of the language of faraway places turns out to have unexpected totalitarian powers: […]
ref: 1995, Una Chaudhuri, Staging Place: The Geography of Modern Drama, Ann Arbor, M.I.: The University of Michigan Press, published 1997, →ISBN, page 143:
text: The suggestion that Despard's ideas were utopian (in the sense that utopia = no place) was, however, false. It would be more accurate to say that they arose from many places; they were polytopian.
ref: 2012, Marcus Rediker, Peter Linebaugh, The Many-Headed Hydra: The Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic, revised edition, London: Verso, unnumbered page:
glosses: Existing or occurring in many places.
Related terms: polytope
polytopians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polytopian
talking circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talking circles
Senses: synonyms: council circle
glosses: A type of ceremonial meeting in some Native American cultures, in which a talking stick (which indicates whose turn it is to speak) or similar object is passed around a circle until every participant has had the chance to speak.
talking circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talking circle
mix bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mix bags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mixed bag.
mix bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mix bag
Yorubas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yoruba
spanktastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /spæŋkˈtæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more spanktastic
form: most spanktastic
Etymology: Blend of spank + fantastic
Senses: examples: text: While admiring herself in a mirror, she shows peeks of her own peaks, spanktastic ass, and hairiffic furburger. Beastly and beautiful! Still a flaxen-haired vision of vixenism, Virginia made a comeback in Hammer's Love is the Devil (1998).
ref: 2005, Mr. Skin, chapter 28, in Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked, illustrated edition, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 590:
text: You know your aim is true when the deepest part of you is engaged by what you're doing. Your self-expression feels honest and purposeful. If you can make that the biggest part of your life, and it serves both yourself and others, then that's spanktastic.
ref: 2015 October 6, Lux Alani, chapter 1, in The Little Vanilla Book: S&M Wisdom to Improve Your Everyday Life, illustrated edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 3:
text: All thoughts of the man encased in the spanktastic tight denim are lost as we move closer.
ref: 2016 March 22, Kacie Ji, chapter 2, in Demigoddess 101, Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD), →ISBN:
text: I laugh, and Kiki glares at me. “It's not funny, bunny. You need to look spanktastic this first time out of the gate.” She's so serious I giggle again. “I'm not a damn horse!” I hold my sides as laughter peels out of me, and I feel closer to normal.
ref: 2018, Marata Eros, The Token Series Complete Boxed Set 1-5: Impossible-to-predict Romantic Billionaire Psychological Thrillers, T. Rose Press LLC, →ISBN:
text: Topics covered in this spanktastic guide include: How to give an effective scolding. A deep dive into Supplementary Punishments such as early bedtimes, mouth-soaping, and diapers / pull-ups.
ref: 2022 February 16, Clarine Klein, The Caregiver's Guide to Strict and Loving Discipline: The Tools You Need to Give a Spanking by the Book!, Studio Bebop Incorporated, →ISBN:
glosses: Sexually desirable; spankable.
misdemeanorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misdemeanorize
misdemeanorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of misdemeanorize
waffsicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒfsɪkəl/
ipa: /ˈwɑfsɪkəl/
Forms: form: waffsicles
Etymology: Blend of waffle + popsicle
Senses: examples: text: WAFFSICLE FOR WAFFLES (U.S. CL. 46).
ref: 1998 June 16, United States. Patent and Trademark Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks, Volume 1211, Issue 3, volume 1211, number 3, U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, page 207:
text: “I wish I had some of his ice cream. I could use a Waffsicle right now,” said Long Island.
ref: 2001, Richard W. Browne, chapter 33, in Brannon's Choice, Hard Shell Word Factory, →ISBN, page 228:
text: “Tina, you're missing breakfast. Your frozen waffles are gonna refreeze.” “Mine is somehow burnt and frozen? It defies science.” “I love Mom's waffsicles.” “I'll have to take my waffsicles to go. Dad and I have a meeting. Right, Dad?”
ref: 2019 October 13, Holly Schlesinger, “Motor, She Boat” (0:21 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 10, episode 3, spoken by Gene Belcher (Eugene Mirman):
glosses: A frozen waffle-flavored treat.
waffsicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waffsicle
sudoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sudo
sudoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sudo
sudoed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Ran using sudo.
raw_tags: of a program
Antarctic wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Antarctic wolves
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Falkland Islands wolf.
synonyms: word: Falkland Islands wolf
nor-triterpene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nor-triterpenes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nortriterpene.
nor-triterpenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nor-triterpene
lactonohydrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactonohydrolases
Senses: glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of intramolecular carboxylic ester bonds within lactone rings.
metallacrown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metallacrowns
Senses: glosses: A macrocyclic compound that consists of metal ions and solely or predominantly heteroatoms in the ring.
mesoadenohypophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesoadenohypophyses
Senses: glosses: The intermediate lobe of the adenohypophysis.
meso-adenohypophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meso-adenohypophyses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mesoadenohypophysis.
metaadenohypophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pars intermedia.
synonyms: word: pars intermedia
meta-adenohypophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metaadenohypophysis.
pars intermedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The boundary between the anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary.
proadenohypophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rostral pars distalis.
synonyms: word: rostral pars distalis
pro-adenohypophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proadenohypophysis.
rostral pars distalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The frontmost region of the pituitary gland.
Mesen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Belgium.
monohydration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any chemical process where one molecule of a substance attaches to another molecule.
monohydroxyacetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hydroxyacetone.
synonyms: word: hydroxyacetone
nicotinohydroxamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nicoxamat.
synonyms: word: nicoxamat
organohydrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organohydrazines
Senses: glosses: Any compound containing the hydrazide functional group attached to an organic moiety.
Contemporary Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Latin language as used from the late 19th century to the present.
Synonyms: Living Latin
Modern Latin
Recent Latin
propionohydroxamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A propionic derivative of hydroxamic acid.
dasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δασεῖα (daseîa).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rough breathing.
synonyms: word: rough breathing
rhinohygrometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The measurement of nasal airflow.
spinohypothalamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or connecting the spinal cord and the hypothalamus.
thiocarbonohydrazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiocarbonohydrazides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thiocarbohydrazide.
trigeminohypothalamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the trigeminal nerve and the hypothalamus.
clinicohysteroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Clinical and hysteroscopic.
echohysterosalpingography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hysterosalpingosonography.
synonyms: word: hysterosalpingosonography
AEGIS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: NASA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science.
echo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sono-.
synonyms: word: sono-
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: repetition, imitation.
electrohysterograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrohysterographs
Senses: glosses: A device used for electrohysterography.
hysteroadnexectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hysteroannessiectomy.
synonyms: word: hysteroannessiectomy
hysteroamniotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The artificial rupture of the amniotic sacs and the uterus.
hysterocervicography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The imaging of the uterus and cervix.
hysterosalpingo contrast sonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Hysterosalpingography and transvaginal ultrasound combined.
hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hysterosalpingo contrast sonography.
hysterosalpingocontrastsonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hysterosalpingo contrast sonography.
canaliculodacryocystorhinostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From canaliculus + -o- + dacryocystorhinostomy.
Senses: glosses: A microsurgery to bypass blocked tear ducts by creating a new pathway from eye to nose.
canaliculo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin canaliculus.
Senses: glosses: canaliculus.
cockslap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockslaps
Etymology: From cock + slap.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dickslap (“a slap with the penis”).
synonyms: word: dickslap
extra: a slap with the penis
cockslap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cockslaps
form: cockslapping
form: cockslapped
form: cockslapped
Etymology: From cock + slap.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dickslap.
synonyms: word: dickslap
4-methylumbelliferylguanidinobenzoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular compound used to measure protease activity.
re-gear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-gears
form: re-gearing
form: re-geared
form: re-geared
Etymology: From re- + gear.
Senses: examples: text: DB Cargo is understood to be looking at the feasibility of re-gearing some of its Class 66s to allow them to haul the same tonnages as the Class 60s it has taken out of its fleet in the latter part of 2023.
ref: 2023 December 13, “Network News: GB Railfreight heads for biggest fleet”, in RAIL, number 998, page 18:
glosses: Alternative form of regear.
pharmacoelectroencephalographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pharmacoelectroencephalography.
cockslaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockslap
cockslaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cockslap
cockslapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cockslap
cockslapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cockslap
pharmacoelectroencephalography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pharmacology and electroencephalography combined.
ABGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ABG
tabaccy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tobacky.
tabacky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tobacky.
wacky tabacky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wacky baccy.
whacky tobacky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wacky baccy.
re-gearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-gear
UIGEA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
killer instincts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of killer instinct
throw a mickey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws a mickey
form: throwing a mickey
form: threw a mickey
form: thrown a mickey
form: chuck a mickey
Senses: examples: text: ‘You're like all southerners, and by southerners I mean anyone below the tropic. They throw a mickey the first time they cop it.’
ref: 1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 139:
glosses: To have a tantrum.
Whitmore disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whitmore's disease
Senses: glosses: Synonym of melioidosis.
synonyms: word: melioidosis
Whitmore's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Whitmore disease.
uvulopalatopharyngoglossoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A surgical procedure used to treat sleep apnea by modifying the uvula, soft palate, and the tongue to enlarge the airway and improve breathing.
right-sizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of right-size
cold pigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cold pig
cold pigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cold pig
cardiopneumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cardiorespiratory.
synonyms: word: cardiorespiratory
oleopneumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to oil and air.
mogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moggers
Etymology: From mog + -er.
Senses: examples: text: During a mog it multiplies the smv of the mogger and the smv of the moggee heavily descreases^([sic]) or goes to literally zero.
ref: 2021 May 13, Looksmax, Looksmax.org:
coordinate_terms: moggee
glosses: One who mogs.
moggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mogger
trib.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of tributary.
tribs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trib.
nonvibronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vibronic.
Senses: glosses: Not vibronic.
Saky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Са́ки (Sáky).
Senses: glosses: A city in Crimea, Ukraine.
Minsmere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal area and nature reserve in Westleton parish and Leiston parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district.
glosses: A minor river in this area of Suffolk, which discharges into the North Sea through a sluice; in full, the Minsmere River.
Westleton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4469).
yedder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: rhotic
ipa: /ˈjɛdɚ/
note: rhotic
ipa: /ˈjɛðɚ/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈjɛdə/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈjɛðə/
Forms: form: yedders
Senses: examples: text: […] you shall set your stakes at the brim of the water, each a yard apart, and so yedder them with your yedders, and so stake them with your strut stowers, that they may stand three tides without removing by the force thereof.
ref: 1855, Francis Kildale Robinson, A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the Neighbourhood. With Examples of Their Colloquial Use, and Allusions to Local Customs and Trditions, page 129:
text: they whack wi' their yedders
ref: 1876, Dickinson, Cumbr., page 242:
text: Hence the request that they should repair to the wood on Ascension Eve to prepare their stakes, their stowers, and their yedders, and bring them on their backs to the place fixed upon for their planting by "nine in the morning." Of course, Ascension Day is determined by Easter, which is regulated by the moon, and the moon regulates the tides[…]
ref: 1897, Horne's Guide to Whitby, Profusely Illustrated: Giving a Detailed Description of Places of Interest, Streets, Roads and Footpaths in and Around Whitby, page 28:
text: "But 'e's biddable as a yedder, an' never [has] a fixed idea of 'is own. I dun't rightly think 'e's ever called owt else.” She realised my confusion. “A yedder's weaved through a stake to make a fence or bind an 'edge, you see. It bends this way an' that[…]"
ref: 2016 November 1, Allison Littlewood, The Hidden People, Jo Fletcher Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of edder (“flexible wood used in binding hedge stakes”).
yedder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: rhotic
ipa: /ˈjɛdɚ/
note: rhotic
ipa: /ˈjɛðɚ/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈjɛdə/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈjɛðə/
Forms: form: yedders
form: yeddering
form: yeddered
form: yeddered
Senses: examples: text: […] you shall set your stakes at the brim of the water, each a yard apart, and so yedder them with your yedders, and so stake them with your strut stowers, that they may stand three tides without removing by the force thereof.
ref: 1855, Francis Kildale Robinson, A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the Neighbourhood. With Examples of Their Colloquial Use, and Allusions to Local Customs and Trditions, page 129:
glosses: Alternative form of edder.
yedders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yedder
French ruff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Other games were cribbage, all fours, ruff and honours, French ruff, five cards, costly colours, bon ace, putt, plain dealing, Queen Nazareen, pennech, post and pair, bankafalat, beast.
ref: 1882, John Ashton, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, page 104:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: Synonym of triomphe.
synonyms: word: triomphe
costly colors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of costly colours.
yeddered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yedder
yeddering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yedder
cry and seethe
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: cope and seethe
deal with it
cry some more
glosses: Used to dismiss or mock someone who is perceived to be upset or frustrated, implying that their emotional reaction is futile or unimportant.
theta join
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theta joins
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: equijoin
glosses: A join between tables based on some relationship other than equality.
theta joins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theta join
postremedial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + remedial.
Senses: glosses: Following remedial measures.
dinner-card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinner-cards
Senses: examples: text: so the bridge man (I don't know his name, and don't care to know it) drew a diagram of the national idol on his dinner-card and gave a dull and elaborate lecture upon it.
ref: 1898, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 7, in Penelope’s Progress […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
glosses: A small daily dinner menu printed on a card.
polypharyngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + pharyngeal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having or involving more than one pharynx.
polyphasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyphasal
form: most polyphasal
Etymology: From poly- + phasal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polyphasic.
synonyms: word: polyphasic
pochoximes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pochoxime
plurivocalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluri- + vocalic.
Senses: coordinate_terms: univocalic
glosses: Containing more than one vowel.
oath-helping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oath + helping.
Senses: examples: text: The rule against oath-helping prohibits a party from presenting evidence solely for the purpose of bolstering a witness' credibility before that witness' credibility is attacked. This type of evidence is of the sort that would tend to prove the truthfulness of the witness, rather than the truth of the witness' statements.
ref: 2018 June 1, Frank Iacobucci, J., “R. v. B. (F.F.), 1 SCR 697”, in CanLII, retrieved 25 Feb 1993:
topics: law
glosses: Testimony introduced for the purpose of bolstering the credibility of a witness and their testimony, rather than proving or disproving a fact in issue; it is often inadmissible.
topics: law
glosses: Compurgation.
tarpapering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tarpaper
tarpapered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tarpaper
Van Dyke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Van Dykes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vandyke.
Brewster's booby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brewster's boobies
Senses: glosses: Sula leucogaster brewsteri, a subspecies of the brown booby.
Van Dykes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Van Dyke
Brewster's angles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brewster's angle
Bonaparte's sandpiper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bonaparte's sandpipers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of white-rumped sandpiper.
synonyms: word: white-rumped sandpiper
Brewer's spruce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brewer's spruces
Etymology: Named after William Henry Brewer (1828–1910), American botanist.
Senses: synonyms: Brewer spruce
Brewer's weeping spruce
weeping spruce
glosses: A North American spruce of species Picea breweriana.
weeping spruce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeping spruces
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
synonyms: Brewer's spruce
glosses: A spruce of species Picea breweriana of North America.
weeping spruces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeping spruce
Dakin's solution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after British chemist Henry Drysdale Dakin (1880–1952), who developed it in 1916.
Senses: synonyms: Carrel-Dakin solution
Carrel-Dakin fluid
glosses: A dilute solution of sodium hypochlorite (0.4% to 0.5%) and other stabilizing ingredients, traditionally used as an antiseptic.
Carrel-Dakin solution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dakin's solution.
synonyms: word: Dakin's solution
Carrel-Dakin fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dakin's solution.
synonyms: word: Dakin's solution
career politician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: career politicians
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A person who holds political office as a career instead of as a means of activism.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A person who has held political office over the course of most of their working life, having had little experience outside of politics.
dejeuner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dejeuners
Senses: examples: text: After going round the garden we returned to the house, where we found a dejeuner set out in the drawing-room, consisting of caviare, cheese, &c., and, of course, liqueurs.
ref: 1839 February 9, Venables, “[Gleanings.] Domestic Scenes in Russia.”, in The Birmingham Journal, number 714, Birmingham, page 6, column 5:
text: Then at 9:30 we had dejeuner, which means a regular dinner.
ref: 1887 September 23, Newland Maynard, “The Sights of Gibralter: The Rev. Dr. Maynard on His Travels. A Visit to the Impregnable Fortification on Whose Possession John Bull Prides Himself—The Voyage—Genoa.”, in The Brooklyn Daily Times, Brooklyn, N.Y., page [2], column 3:
text: After the service the wedding party drove to Government House Cottage, the residence of the bride’s parents, where the dejeuner was served, and in the afternoon the happy pair left for Melbourne for their honeymoon, the bride travelling in a dress of navy blue serge with jacket to match, and a blue hat ornamented with “Guards-red” birds.
ref: 1891 May 16, “Weddings”, in The Sydney Mail, volume LI, number 1610, Sydney, N.S.W., page 1087, column 4:
text: Arrived at Monte Carlo we had dejeuner at Hotel des Londres, and at once went through the gardens, to the Casino grounds.
ref: 1895 January 6, Anna Bowman, “Saw the Elephant. Council Bluffs Girl Describes Her Visit to Monte Carlo.”, in Sunday World-Herald, volume XXX, number 98, Omaha, Neb., page 3, column 1:
text: Next morning we started to a small place called a La Cluse, where we had dejeuner, and soon after took front seats on the Diligence that was to rattle along the pass to Chamonix.
ref: 1895 February 2, Mrs. Leonard Treadwell Kendall, “Seen in Switzerland: What an Atlanta Lady Finds to Comment On. From Torquay to Chamounix; Mrs. Leonard Treadwell Kendall Writes from Geneva of Her Experiences Among the Alps’ Sublime Heights.”, in The Atlanta Journal, volume XII, number 286, Atlanta, Ga., page 1, column 2:
text: WEDDING Dejeuners, Ball Suppers, Banquets, Coming of Age, or other celebrations estimated for.
ref: 1896 September 26, John A. Fisher, “Fisher’s Dining & Refreshment Rooms, Tudor House, Westgate”, in Gloucester Journal. […], volume CLXXIII, number 9081, Gloucester, page 1:
glosses: Alternative form of déjeuner.
dejeunered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dejeuner
dejeunering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dejeuner
dejeuners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dejeuner
déjeunering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of déjeuner
déjeunered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of déjeuner
Hudson's Bay blanket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hudson's Bay blankets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of point blanket.
synonyms: word: point blanket
Indian's dream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The fern Aspidotis densa.
Kepler's law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kepler's laws
Senses: glosses: singular of Kepler's laws
Orangemen's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Twelfth
glosses: A primarily Ulster Protestant celebration held on 12 July, celebrating the Glorious Revolution (1688) and victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne (1690), which ensured a Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland.
Twelfth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Twelfth
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Orangemen's Day.
synonyms: word: Orangemen's Day
Combe Martin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish and long village in a coastal valley in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5846).
snowdragon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowdragons
Etymology: From snow + dragon.
Senses: examples: text: Of icicles and snowdragons […] Prizes were given for some of the best ice statues, which included a Hobbit and home, a lounging mermaid and a snowy-white dragon.
ref: 1978, Val Rush, “Of icicles and snowdragons . . . / . . . The blizzard of ’78”, in Renaissance 1978, Kingston, R.I.: University of Rhode Island, page 70, column 1:
text: Other times, we’d make snowdragons, and snowhorses and a big pile of snowballs.
ref: 1992, Isabelle Knockwood, Gillian Thomas, Out of the Depths: The Experiences of Mi’kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Roseway Publishing, →ISBN, page 72:
text: Dragon liked his new smaller snowman but it was still not quite right. So Dragon turned the snowman into a snowdragon. Dragon had a great time playing with his new snowdragon.
ref: 2005, Sonia Sander, Dragon's Snowy Day, page 8:
text: “Let’s do it,” said Jayden. “We can build snowdragons.” […] Then we spent the next hour: • Building snowmen. • Building snowdragons. (We used old gardening gloves for wings and twigs for claws.)
ref: 2017, Tom Nicoll, There’s a Dragon in My Stocking!, London: Stripes, →ISBN, pages 62–64:
glosses: A visual representation of a dragon made from snow.
examples: text: “This is the northern edge of the darklands,” said Hargoth. “We live all our lives in a state of siege. Anyone, anything, may come. Sometimes the great snowdragons, with the frost white on their wings and their hungry teeth showing.[…]”
ref: 1974, Leigh Brackett, “The Ginger Star”, in The Book of Skaith: The Adventures of Eric John Stark, Garden City, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., published 1976, page 85:
text: In the sky a blizzard of mighty snowdragons wheeled in impatient spirals, their white riders eager to join the fray.
ref: 1991, Andrew Bill, The Well of Hope, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.: Holland Studio Craft Ltd., →ISBN, page 1:
text: Mournfully, Barbara the Barbarian stroked the proud back of Fearless, while her six bodyguards tested their arrows and dreamed of riding through the snowy wastes of Barbaria on the backs of their snowdragons, wind streaming through their mustaches, cats meowing happily on their shoulders, flying back, back in time to a village that no longer existed.
ref: 2015, Cressida Cowell, How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury: The Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup the Viking (How to Train Your Dragon; 12), New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 86:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A dragon associated with snow.
nukes the fridge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nuke the fridge
nuking the fridge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nuke the fridge
nuked the fridge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nuke the fridge
snowdragons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowdragon
Fitzherberts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fitzherbert
Rice Queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rice Queens
Senses: examples: text: Him: Are you new to the world of Rice Queens?
ref: 2012 January 12, piefolk, Rice Queen:
text: Rice Queen - a non-Asian man, usually white, who likes Asian men exclusively.
ref: 2003 November 24, QuietMountain, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: This establishment is a haven for Asians and their admirers (known as ‘Rice Queens’).
ref: 2022 June 28, admin, Rice Queens:
glosses: Alternative spelling of rice queen.
Rice Queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rice Queen
chronic fatigue syndromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronic fatigue syndrome
post-viral fatigue syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-viral fatigue syndromes
form: postviral fatigue syndrome
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: a type of post-infection fatigue syndrome (PIFS).
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: a type of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes used as a synonym for CFS
Synonyms: PFS
PVFS
Derived terms: PFS
PVFS
Related terms: alt: PVF, PF
word: post-viral fatigue
alt: PVS, PS
word: post-viral syndrome
disodium hydrogen phosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sodium hydrogen phosphate.
synonyms: word: sodium hydrogen phosphate
Indo-African
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Indo-African
form: most Indo-African
Etymology: From Indo- + African.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Afro-Indian.
Indo-African
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indo-Africans
Etymology: From Indo- + African.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Afro-Indian.
Indo-Africans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indo-African
Q 'n' A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q 'n' As
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Q and A.
Q n' A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q n' As
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Q and A.
Q 'n A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q 'n As
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Q and A.
Q+A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q+As
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Q and A.
Q + A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q + As
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Q and A.
QNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QNA
Q 'n' As
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q 'n' A
Q n' As
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q n' A
Q 'n As
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q 'n A
Q+As
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q+A
Q + As
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q + A
pawlice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of paw + police, found in DoggoLingo.
Senses: glosses: An imaginary police force relating to, or staffed by, animals.
flogged a dead pony
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flog a dead pony
post-viral fatigue syndromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post-viral fatigue syndrome
post-viral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of postviral.
flogging a dead pony
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flog a dead pony
treetopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treetoppers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tree topper.
tree-topper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree-toppers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tree topper.
Pawlice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the administrative district of Gmina Kwidzyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
caramel chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compound of caramel + chicken.
Senses: glosses: A Vietnamese dish of chicken glazed in a sweet and tangy sauce.
grandiloquizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grandiloquize
grandiloquizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grandiloquize
grandiloquized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grandiloquize
grandiloquise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grandiloquises
form: grandiloquising
form: grandiloquised
form: grandiloquised
Senses: examples: text: In announcing the arrival of the French Sovereigns in England, the leading journal thus grandiloquises:—“So has come to pass one of those extraordinary occurrences which constitute the romance of history, and which divide the interest of mankind with the more useful philosophic generalisations to which, indeed, they often give the chief direction and clue.”
ref: 1855 July 23, E., “Points. (From the Liverpool Journal of April 21.)”, in The Age, number 237, Melbourne, Vic., page 7, column 3:
text: But our reader may impatiently ask, Why tell me of this?—why grandiloquise upon this trite subject?
ref: 1860, Vale, “A Vision of the Future”, in The British Controversialist, and Literary Magazine: […], London: Houlston and Wright, […], page 344:
text: By this we learn one thing, that the Universities of Italy were accessible to women as early as the commencement of the seventeenth century; but republican America to this day bars the gates of all her large and fashionable Universities against women; and if opened, it would doubtless be some time before the Young America there grandiloquising in all the pompous power of manhood would become sufficiently civilized to refrain from the petty and obscene annoyance that usually follows such innovations.
ref: 1871 July 8, “Characters of Distinguished Women”, in The Woman’s Journal, volume II, number 27, Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.; St. Louis, Mo., page 215, column 2:
text: The view of these Falls at sunrise, when the mist was being dispelled, was simply splendid; but I am not going to expatiate or grandiloquise—any one can have the loan of my guidebook for that.
ref: 1883, K[enneth] Mathieson, How We Saw the United States of America, […] private circulation, page 14:
text: John Gielgud grandiloquises as Hotspur, and Alfred Sangster orates nobly as the King.
ref: 1930, The Curtain: A Monthly Magazine of the Theatre, volumes 9–10, page 128, column 2:
text: ‘How you grandiloquise. A forest of uncertainty. But there – I slow down, as you say. I hesitate. I wonder if – no , let’s try further down. I cannot see the hurst for the elms.’
ref: 1963, P[hilip] M[aitland] Hubbard, Flush as May, New York, N.Y.: London House & Maxwell, →LCCN, page 158:
text: Subjects like postage-stamps (grandiloquised as philately) and coins (disguised as numismatics) are rejected as fields outside antiques.
ref: 1965, C[harles] G[arfield] L[ott] Du Cann, “Preface”, in Adventures in Antiques, London: Frederick Muller Limited, page 11:
text: Across a black-and-white Spain combining the modern (car dumps, shopping streets) with the historical (castles, windmills medieval hilltop towns), Quixote and Sancha trek and tilt and chatter and grandiloquise, enchantingly incarnated by Francisco Rigueira and Akim Tamiroff and dubbed, in both cases, by Welles himself (!)
ref: 1986 May 23, Nigel Andrews, “The Go-Glo boys come to Cannes”, in Financial Times, number 29,936, London, page 23, column 3:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of grandiloquize.
grandiloquises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grandiloquise
grandiloquising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grandiloquise
grandiloquised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grandiloquise
chimpling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimplings
Etymology: From chimp + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A young or diminutive chimpanzee.
tree toppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree topper
chimplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimpling
tree-toppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree-topper
treetoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treetopper
snowrabbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowrabbit
shuts up shop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shut up shop
shutting up shop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of shut up shop
burning a hole in someone's pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of burn a hole in someone's pocket
burns a hole in someone's pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burn a hole in someone's pocket
burned a hole in someone's pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn a hole in someone's pocket
burnt a hole in someone's pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn a hole in someone's pocket
spent money like water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spend money like water
spending money like water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of spend money like water
spends money like water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spend money like water
sizz-erp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sizzurp.
chicken from hell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chickens from hell
Senses: synonyms: hell chicken
glosses: An extinct theropod dinosaur of species Anzu wyliei.
hell chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hell chickens
Senses: synonyms: chicken from hell
glosses: An extinct theropod dinosaur of the species Anzu wyliei.
coffee-klatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffee-klatch
coffee-klatches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coffee-klatch
coffee-klatching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of coffee-klatch
coffee-klatched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coffee-klatch
nonintellectualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + intellectualism.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being nonintellectual.
Trigger's broom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the episode "Heroes and Villains" of the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, where the character Trigger receives an award for saving the council money by using the same broom for twenty years, despite it receiving seventeen new heads and fourteen new handles.
Senses: examples: text: Much like Trigger's broom, there is little remaining of the original 1867 Barmouth Bridge in north-west Wales.
ref: 2021, Neil Prior, “Barmouth Bridge: 'Trigger's broom' bridge to get £30m upgrade”, in BBC News:
glosses: An object that has had all of its components replaced; a ship of Theseus.