cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
root-rocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: root-rockers
Senses: glosses: A musician who plays roots-rock.
hit-parader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hit-paraders
Senses: examples: text: At Red Bird, the legendary songwriting team of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich were assigned the task of making the quintet into hit-paraders.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: An artist or song that is in the hit parade; a top song or artist.
record hop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: record hops
Senses: examples: text: Parrot, Razor, Spaghetti, and the rest were working record hops, school dance, and other social functions in 1963.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 154:
glosses: A sock hop
be based on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is based on
form: being based on
form: was based on
form: been based on
Senses: glosses: (This entry is a translation hub.) To be grounded on or derived from.
gypsum cave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gypsum caves
Senses: glosses: A natural karstic formation in gypsum.
hill chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hill chains
Senses: glosses: An elongated line of hills that usually includes a succession of more or less prominent hilltops, domed summits or kuppen, hill ridges and saddles and which, together with its associated lateral ridges and branches, may form a complex topographic structure.
Hügelland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hügellands
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hügelland.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: upland
glosses: A type of landscape consisting of low rolling hills whose topography or surface structure lies between that of a lowland region (plains or river terraces) and that of a more hill range or low mountain range.
intertidal wetland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intertidal wetlands
Senses: glosses: an area along a shoreline that is exposed to air at low tide and submerged at high tide.
inverted river delta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inverted river deltas
Senses: glosses: A kind of river delta whose narrow end emerges on the seafront while the wide end is located further inland, so that, with respect to the seafront, the locations of both ends of the delta are inverted.
salt cave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salt caves
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cave formed within rock salt by dissolution of this very soluble rock by water.
salt caves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salt cave
ECMWF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
GNN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GNNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of graph neural network.
GNNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GNN
grin like a mule eating briars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grins like a mule eating briars
form: grinning like a mule eating briars
form: grinned like a mule eating briars
form: grinned like a mule eating briars
Senses: synonyms: smile like a mule eating briars
qualifier: simile
glosses: To grin very widely.
smile like a mule eating briars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smiles like a mule eating briars
form: smiling like a mule eating briars
form: smiled like a mule eating briars
form: smiled like a mule eating briars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grin like a mule eating briars.
synonyms: word: grin like a mule eating briars
rodeoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rodeoers
Etymology: From rodeo + -er.
Senses: glosses: A rodeo performer.
rodeoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rodeoer
mallín
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mallíns
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
geography
geology
limnology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of meadow and wetland found in southern Chile and Argentina.
Brocard circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brocard circles
Etymology: Named after Henri Brocard (1845–1922), French mathematician.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A circle that passes through the circumcenter and symmedian of a given triangle, and is centered at the midpoint of the line segment joining them.
Brocard circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brocard circle
one-line sky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-line skies
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The landform of a narrow passage between huge rocks, where the sky looks like a single line.
snail-sense feminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Nigerian approach to feminism that encourages women to work slowly and cautiously in their dealings with men and patriarchy.
Langmuir-Blodgett trough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Langmuir-Blodgett troughs
Etymology: Named after Irving Langmuir and Katharine B. Blodgett.
Senses: synonyms: LB trough
glosses: An item of laboratory apparatus used to compress monolayers of molecules on the surface of a given subphase (usually water) and to measure surface phenomena due to this compression.
LB trough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LB troughs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Langmuir-Blodgett trough.
dandical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdændɪkəl/
Forms: form: more dandical
form: most dandical
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of dandiacal (“like a dandy”).
veela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veelas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vila (“female nature spirit in Slavic mythology”).
sops-in-wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sop-in-wine
Senses: glosses: A flower resembling a carnation.
sop-in-wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sops-in-wine.
objectifyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of objectifying
objectifiability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being objectifiable.
doorslams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doorslam
EHL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EHLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of elastohydrodynamic lubrication.
glosses: Initialism of equal housing lender.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of extensor hallucis longus.
EHL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Eastern Hockey League.
glosses: Initialism of Euro Hockey League.
glosses: Initialism of European Hockey League.
glosses: Initialism of European Heritage Label.
glosses: Initialism of Evolution of Human Languages.
EHLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EHL
crucigeran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crucigeran
form: most crucigeran
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crucigerous.
synonyms: word: crucigerous
constativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From constative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being constative.
constativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being constative.
Albouy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Albouys
Etymology: Borrowed from French Albouy, itself from Occitan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
tectonodeformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The deformation of the tectonic plate.
angora goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angora goats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of angora (“type of goat”).
synonyms: word: angora
extra: type of goat
organ of Zuckerkandl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organs of Zuckerkandl
Etymology: First described by Emil Zuckerkandl, a professor of anatomy at the University of Vienna, in 1901.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A chromaffin body derived from the neural crest located at the bifurcation of the aorta or at the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery. It may be the source of a paraganglioma.
organs of Zuckerkandl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organ of Zuckerkandl
save shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: save shots
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An injection of an anti-overdose medication given to a recreational drug user as an emergency measure in life-threatening circumstances.
save shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of save shot
MVAWG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: MVAWG online is, in part, an issue of language and voice.
ref: 2017, Tim Owen, Wayne Noble, Faye Christabel Speed, New Perspectives on Cybercrime, page 144:
glosses: Initialism of male violence against women and girls.
Related terms: VAW
MVAW
MVAWC
VAWG
night fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night flies
Senses: examples: text: At night the fly fisher stands a better chance, and will now and again take a few fish on a white moth. The dressing of a night fly for mullet was described in the following letter, […]
ref: 1888, John Bickerdyke, Flyfishing for Mullet:
glosses: A moth that flies at night.
Related terms: fly-by-night
night flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night fly
MVAWC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of male violence against women and children.
Related terms: MVAW
MVAWG
VAW
tectonofractography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of fracture surfaces in rocks and their origin.
tectonofractographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to tectonofractography.
Amerilard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛɹ.ɪˌlɑːd/
ipa: /əˈmɛɹ.ɪˌlɑɹd/
Forms: form: Amerilards
Etymology: Blend of American + lard.
Senses: glosses: An obese American.
untectonized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tectonized.
Senses: glosses: Not tectonized.
tectonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tectonize
tectonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tectonize
tectonosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tectonospheres
Senses: glosses: The outermost layer of the Earth where the crustal movements originate.
tectonospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tectonosphere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the tectonosphere.
tectonospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tectonosphere
National Sleepy Head Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a day celebrated on July 27 (mainly in Finland), connected to the legend of the Seven Sleepers
Related terms: Seven Sleepers' Day
stern chase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stern chases
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A chase in which one ship follows directly in the wake of another.
Related terms: stern chaser
stern chases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stern chase
stern frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stern frames
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The sternpost, transoms, and fashion pieces of a ship's stern.
stern frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stern frame
sterning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stern
tectonothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Tectonic and geothermal.
sag bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sag bags
Senses: glosses: Synonym of beanbag (“kind of soft furnishing”).
synonyms: word: beanbag
extra: kind of soft furnishing
sag bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sag bag
Apec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: When Xi Jinping stepped off his plane in San Francisco for the Apec summit, it was in circumstances very different to the last time he landed on American soil.
ref: 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
glosses: Alternative form of APEC.
Rechteckbeil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rechteckbeils
Senses: glosses: Neolithic axe with straight edges
slept in heavenly peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sleep in heavenly peace
sleeps in heavenly peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep in heavenly peace
sleeping in heavenly peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sleep in heavenly peace
Kanglu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kanglus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kangla.
Related terms: Kangla
Kangladesh
Kangladeshi
screw bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screw bolts
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A bolt threaded at one end for a nut.
screw bolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screw bolt
unemployment rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unemployment rates
Senses: examples: text: It[China] had a buoyant economy outperforming forecasts. Its unemployment rate was among the lowest in years. While consolidating his power for a second term, Mr Xi proudly pointed to China's "flourishing" growth model as something other countries could emulate.
ref: 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
glosses: The percentage of people without jobs who are seeking employment within the total number of workers.
unemployment rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unemployment rate
bounce backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bounce back
property market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: property markets
Senses: examples: text: After an initial bounce back, the post-Covid Chinese economy has turned sluggish. Its property market - once a key driver of growth - is now mired in a credit crisis, exacerbating a domestic "debt bomb" that has ballooned from years of borrowing by local government and state-owned enterprises.
ref: 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
glosses: The buying and selling of real estate
property markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of property market
autocastration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autocastrations
Etymology: From auto- + castration.
Senses: glosses: The removal of one's own testicles.
autocastrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocastration
foreign national
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreign nationals
Senses: examples: text: Three townhouses in Richmond, B.C., are being used to house foreign nationals pregnant with “passport babies,” and are among numerous local housing destinations for birth tourists.
ref: 2012 March 7, Byron Chu, “Hotel Linked to ‘Passport Babies’”, in Toronto Sun, retrieved 18 Feb 2014:
text: Under federal law, it is a crime for anyone to enter into the US without the approval of an immigration officer -- it's a misdemeanor offense that carries fines and no more than six months in prison. Many foreign nationals, however, enter the country legally every day on valid work or travel visas, and end up overstaying for a variety of reasons. But that's not a violation of federal criminal law -- it's a civil violation that gets handled in immigration court proceedings.
ref: 2017, Are undocumented immigrants committing a crime? Not necessarily CNN:
text: In the last two years crackdowns on various sectors of the economy, as well as prominent Chinese businessmen, have caused uncertainty. These have recently widened to include foreign nationals and firms, heightening worries in the international business community.
ref: 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
glosses: A non-naturalized citizen of a country
autopenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + penectomy.
Senses: glosses: The act of cutting off one's own penis.
foreign nationals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreign national
Bessel's correction
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Friedrich Bessel.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The use of n − 1 instead of n in the formula for the sample variance and sample standard deviation, where n is the number of observations in a sample. This corrects the bias in the estimation of the population variance and partially corrects the bias in the estimation of the population standard deviation, but often also increases the mean squared error in these estimations.
wikipedia: Friedrich Bessel
Japanese theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Japanese theorem
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem stating that, no matter how one triangulates a cyclic polygon, the sum of inradii of triangles is constant. Conversely, if the sum of inradii is independent of the triangulation, then the polygon is cyclic.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem stating that the centers of the incircles of certain triangles inside a cyclic quadrilateral are vertices of a rectangle.
press pause
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: presses pause
form: pressing pause
form: pressed pause
form: pressed pause
Etymology: By analogy with the "pause" button on a media player.
Senses: examples: text: Chinese state media has pressed pause on the US-bashing, releasing a raft of commentaries extolling the merits of resetting relations and working on co-operation.
ref: 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
glosses: To temporarily stop a process.
De Kay's brown snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: De Kay's brown snakes
Etymology: Named after American zoologist James Ellsworth De Kay (1792–1851), who collected the first specimen on Long Island, New York.
Senses: synonyms: brown snake
De Kay's snake
glosses: Storeria dekayi, a small non-venomous American colubrid.
De Kay's snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: De Kay's snakes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of De Kay's brown snake.
synonyms: word: De Kay's brown snake
Cope's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Cope's rule.
synonyms: word: Cope's rule
exit ban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exit bans
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile Mr Xi has enacted a wide-ranging anti-espionage law, which has seen raids conducted on foreign consulting firms and exit bans reportedly used on foreign nationals.
ref: 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
glosses: A prohibition imposed on a person to prevent them from leaving a country.
exit bans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exit ban
world riddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world riddles
Senses: glosses: Any great unanswered question concerning the nature of the universe or the meaning of life.
world riddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of world riddle
Engel's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Proposed by the statistician Ernst Engel in 1857.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The relationship whereby, as family income increases, the percentage spent on food decreases, even though the total amount of food expenditure increases.
high hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high hat
game jams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game jam
Fremont's squirrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fremont's squirrels
Senses: glosses: Tamiasciurus fremonti, a tree squirrel endemic to high-altitude regions of the southwestern United States.
Amerilards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Amerilard
mono-administration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mono-administrations
Senses: glosses: The administration of a single agent.
monoadministration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoadministrations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mono-administration.
multi-administration
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple administrations.
Orangetown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Orange + town, originally being in Orange County, New York.
Senses: glosses: A town in Rockland County, New York, United States.
pixely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pixely
form: most pixely
Etymology: From pixel + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Compare to the photorealistic fakers and divers of today's football games, Sensible Soccer has a certain retro appeal, but in truth it isn't much to look at: tiny little pixely blobs pass for players who speed around simple 2D fields that are basic blocks of brown or green.
ref: 2011, Tony Mott, editor, 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, Cassell Illustrated, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of pixelly.
world's fairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of world's fair
keep someone sweet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps someone sweet
form: keeping someone sweet
form: kept someone sweet
form: kept someone sweet
Senses: glosses: To keep someone friendly or satisfied by complying with their wishes or preferences.
bludgeonman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bludgeonmen
Senses: glosses: A person armed with a bludgeon.
polotaswarf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polutasvarf
Etymology: From Old Norse, palace-looting.
Senses: examples: text: Harald [Hardraade] had been three times in the poluta-svarf while he was in Constantinople. It is the custom, namely, there, that every time one of the Greek emperors dies, the Varings are allowed poluta-svarf; that is, they may go through all the emperor's palaces where his treasures are and each may take and keep what he can lay hold of while he is going through them.
ref: 1230, Snorri Sturlason, chapter 16, in Heimskringla: The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway:
text: I shall go down to Constantinople to the Varangers, get my Polotaswarf out of the Kaiser’s treasure, and pay thee back five to one.
ref: 1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 42:
text: In the eleventh century, and among people who knew the Viking Age at first hand, this custom of Polotasvarf would be familiar. Modern English readers have the word from Kingsley's Hereward," where it is used as equivalent to loot, or booty; but it was properly the "palace-scouring" of the Warengs, who had the right of pillaging when the Greek Emperor died; an Oriental custom, I imagine, brought north from Byzantium.
ref: 1904, Colingwood, W. G., “King William the Wanderer”, in Saga-book, volume 4, pages 171-181:
glosses: The right of the Viking Varangian guard, upon the death of the Byzantine emperor, to remove from the royal palace as much treasure as they could carry in their hands.
wolf's head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf's heads
Etymology: Calque of Latin caput lupinum.
Senses: examples: text: “Bonny times,” he said, “I have lived to see, when a lad of Earl Oslac’s blood is sent out of the land, a beggar and a wolf’s head, for playing a boy’s trick or two, and upsetting a shaveling priest.”.
ref: 1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 48:
topics: law
glosses: In mediaeval times, an outlaw; one who may be slain without judicial enquiry.
Danization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of making something Danish.
semistratifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Capable of being semistratified.
swishity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swishity
form: most swishity
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of swishedy, equivalent to swish + -ed + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I know an old teacher who swallowed a fish
It swam down her throat with a swishity-swish.
ref: 2017, Anne Bowen, I Know an Old Teacher:
text: He turned around and was surprised to see that he had a new and dazzling coat, a slickity swishity coat, a coat shimmering with black and white diamond patterns.
ref: 2019, Susan Perrow, A-Z Collection of Behaviour Tales:
text: Our wheels go round
With a swishity sound […]
ref: 2022, original ?, Enid Blyton, The Collected Works of Enid Blyton:
glosses: Characteristic of swish or swishing.
Lévy hierarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Lévy hierarchy
Etymology: Introduced by Azriel Lévy in 1965.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A hierarchy of formulas in the formal language of the Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory. Its first level contains only formulas with no unbounded quantifiers and is denoted by Δ₀=Σ₀=Π₀. Subsequent levels are given by finding a formula in prenex normal form which is provably equivalent over ZFC, and counting the number of changes of quantifiers.
quick as lightning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: In allusion to the rapidity of flashes of lightning.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely quick.
quick as lightning
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: In allusion to the rapidity of flashes of lightning.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely quickly.
Gabs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Gaborone + -s.
Senses: glosses: Gaborone.
halmatogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The sudden appearance of new characters in animals or plants; saltatory or discontinuous variation.
Mount Graham red squirrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mount Graham red squirrels
Senses: glosses: Tamiasciurus fremonti grahamensis, an endangered subspecies of the Fremont's squirrel, native to the Pinaleño Mountains of Arizona.
Mount Graham red squirrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mount Graham red squirrel
Thaumas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θαύμας (Thaúmas).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia
stoich.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /stɔɪk/
Forms: form: stoich.
Etymology: Abbreviation of Ancient Greek στοῖχος, στοῖχοι (stoîkhos, stoîkhoi, “file[s], column[s]”).
Senses: glosses: Denotes that the inscription it annotates contains the specified number of letters per row.
raw_tags: in epigraphical publications
of a stoichedon inscription
just enough
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Etymology: From just (“merely”) + enough (“sufficient”).
Senses: qualifier: set phrase
glosses: The minimum amount necessary for something.
Derived terms: JeOS
autocratesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocratess
/pos
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: From / + abbreviation of positive (compare pos), using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).
Senses: examples: text: why are all of your accounts all over my tl why are you everywhere /pos /rh
ref: 2023 November 17, @swallowedbysin_, Twitter:
text: Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf
ref: 2024 December 3, Alia Paavola, “Tone indicators: A complete list and how to use them”, in Textline:
coordinate_terms: /neg
/neu
qualifier: tone indicator
glosses: Denotes that the preceding statement has a positive connotation.
/neu
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: From / + abbreviation of neutral, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: /pos
/neg
qualifier: tone indicator
glosses: Denotes that the preceding statement has a neutral connotation.
hypothalamo-infundibular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hypothalamus and infundibulum.
hypothalamo-mesencephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hypothalamus and mesencephalon.
hypothalamo-pancreatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hypothalamus and pancreas.
limbic-thalamo-cortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the limbic system, thalamus and cerebral cortex.
reticulo-thalamo-cortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reticulothalamocortical.
spino-thalamo-cortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spinothalamocortical.
thalamo-amygdalar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the thalamus and amygdala.
Blandford-Blenheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1975 from the townships of Blandford and Blenheim.
thalamo-cortico-thalamic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Relating to the looped pathway between the thalamus and the cerebral cortex.
gentle as a lamb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very caring and calm.
elsewhereness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elsewhere + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being elsewhere.
gender asterisk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gender asterisks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gender star.
synonyms: word: gender star
gender asterisks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gender asterisk
willow-leaved justicia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: gendarussa
glosses: The evergreen shrub Justicia gendarussa.
thunderclap headache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunderclap headaches
Senses: glosses: A sudden headache that rapidly reaches severe intensity.
thunderclap headaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunderclap headache
s-selection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: s-selections
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: c-selection
glosses: Abbreviation of semantic selection.
c-selection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: c-selections
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: s-selection
glosses: Abbreviation of category selection.
s-selections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of s-selection
c-selections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of c-selection
dengaku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dengaku
Etymology: From Japanese 田楽.
Senses: glosses: A rustic Japanese agricultural celebration.
take roll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes roll
form: taking roll
form: took roll
form: taken roll
form: take the roll
Etymology: From roll (“catalogue, list”).
Senses: synonyms: take the register
roll call
glosses: To call out the names of people on a list to check their presence; to take attendance.
AFLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AFL
Kleene plus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kleene pluses
Etymology: After Stephen Cole Kleene (1909-1994), American mathematician.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: Kleene star
glosses: The plus symbol, +, used as an operator to concatenate one or more strings from a given set, widely used in regular expressions.
wikipedia: Stephen Cole Kleene
Kleene pluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kleene plus
take the register
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the register
form: taking the register
form: took the register
form: taken the register
Senses: glosses: Synonym of take roll.
synonyms: word: take roll
take the roll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the roll
form: taking the roll
form: took the roll
form: taken the roll
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take roll.
butler's assistant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lazy Susan (“rotating tray for serving food”).
synonyms: word: lazy Susan
extra: rotating tray for serving food
acetylbromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acetyl bromide.
acetyl bromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylbromide
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acyl bromide compound C₂H₃BrO, which may be prepared by reaction between phosphorus tribromide and acetic acid.
airman first class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airmen first class
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A holder of the third enlisted rank in the United States Air Force, just above airman and below senior airman.
airmen first class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airman first class
Upper Hunter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia; in full, Upper Hunter Shire.
goffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goffins
Etymology: Borrowed from Cornish goghyn, the soft mutation of koghyn (“exploratory trench”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coffin (“exploratory trench; deep ditch”).
goffins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goffin
it's all go
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: It's all go around here: Jo's about to get married, and Dave has a new job.
glosses: Things are progressing busily; a great deal is happening.
Related terms: all systems go
all the go
go all out
catatorulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: catatorulin effect
text: catatorulin test
glosses: Designating a certain test for thiamine levels in brain tissue, involving pyruvic acid.
Related terms: torulin
all points of the compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: every point of the compass
glosses: Every direction; everywhere.
every point of the compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all points of the compass.
synonyms: word: all points of the compass
no goes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no go
no gos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no go
coffan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coffin (“exploratory trench; deep ditch”).
coffans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffan
QLSI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of quadriwave lateral shearing interferometry.
goffan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goffans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coffin (“exploratory trench; deep ditch”).
goffans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goffan
metropolitancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metropolitancy
goffens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goffen
alligator juniper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alligator junipers
Senses: synonyms: checkerbark juniper
glosses: The American tree Juniperus deppeana.
checkerbark juniper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: checkerbark junipers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of alligator juniper.
synonyms: word: alligator juniper
alligator junipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alligator juniper
checkerbark junipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of checkerbark juniper
XL bully
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XL bullies
Senses: synonyms: bully XL
glosses: A large variety of American bully dog.
XL bullies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of XL bully
bell glide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell glides
Senses: glosses: A kind of glide (cap affixed to the base of legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved) that is shaped rather like a bell, having a narrower waist and a wider lip at the bottom.
Kalligas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kalligases
Etymology: Variant of Calligas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Greek.
bell glides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bell glide
Sussex marble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sussex marbles
Senses: glosses: A fossiliferous freshwater limestone material which is prevalent in the Weald Clay of parts of Kent, East Sussex and West Sussex in southeast England.
Sussex marbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sussex marble
nanocharacterization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocharacterizations
Etymology: From nano- + characterization.
Senses: coordinate_terms: microcharacterization
glosses: nanoscale characterization
nanocharacterizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocharacterization
Winona Junction
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Medary, the unincorporated community in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
synonyms: word: Medary
extra: the unincorporated community in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
outdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outdrops
Etymology: From out- + drop.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of outcurve.
synonyms: word: outcurve
outdrops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outdrop
counting of the Omer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the counting of the Omer
Etymology: Calque of Hebrew סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר
Senses: glosses: The ritual of stating the specific day of the Omer.
Synonyms: Sefirat Ha'Omer
sefiras haomer
sefirah
sefira
omer
allylic rearrangement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allylic rearrangements
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: allylic shift
glosses: An organic reaction in which the double bond in an allyl chemical compound shifts to the next carbon atom, encountered in nucleophilic substitution.
allylic shift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allylic shifts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of allylic rearrangement.
synonyms: word: allylic rearrangement
allylic rearrangements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allylic rearrangement
allylic shifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allylic shift
alongside of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Synonym of alongside.
synonyms: word: alongside
Medary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States, named after Samuel Medary.
synonyms: Winona Junction
glosses: A town and unincorporated community therein, in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States, also named after Samuel Medary.
amabilis fir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amabilis firs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis)
synonyms: word: Pacific silver fir
extra: Abies amabilis
amabilis firs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amabilis fir
thalipeeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thalipeeths
Senses: glosses: A savory multigrain flatbread popular in western India, particularly Maharashtra.
thalipeeths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thalipeeth
sports one's oak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sport one's oak
sporting one's oak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sport one's oak
sported one's oak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sport one's oak
tone deaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tone deaf
form: most tone deaf
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tone-deaf.
bowlin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of bowling.
glancin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of glancing.
cipherin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of ciphering.
follerin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of follering.
Deep River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
glosses: Some rivers in the United States.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A minor city in Poweshiek County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A township in Arenac County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
glosses: A town in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
hellenophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Hellenophone.
hellenophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hellenophones
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Hellenophone.
Hellenophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hellenophone
polar desert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polar deserts
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A region of Earth that fall under an ice cap climate.
polonyna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polonynas
Etymology: From Slovak polonina.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The montane meadows in the upper subalpine or alpine zones of the Carpathian Mountains.
pressure ridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressure ridges
Senses: topics: geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: An oceanic or coastal area, composed of ice fragments within pack ice, forms as sea ice floes accumulate due to convergence.
reef knoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reef knolls
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A geological formation composed of a substantial accumulation of calcareous material, remnants of ancient sea floors where reefs and organic concentrations once thrived.
grantspersonship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: [answering "How is the center funded?"] That's our big mystery — by a little generosity and a lot of imagination. Actually by membership contributions which are not adequate, by fundraising activities, by friendly local organizations, and hopefully by grantspersonship which has not yet materialized.
ref: 1981 April 18, Jim Kepner, “A Look at the National Gay Archives”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
glosses: Synonym of grantsmanship.
synonyms: word: grantsmanship
smartypantses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smartypants
battin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of batting.
heatin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of heating.
Amazonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Amazonal
form: most Amazonal
Etymology: From Amazon + -al.
Senses: examples: text: GWF 27, attr, tall, dependable, semi-broad, amazonal, honest, shy, stable, quiet lifestyle & dignity seeks same.
ref: 1986 April 19, “Amazons (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
glosses: Amazonian, resembling an Amazon.
shomer shabbos
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shomer shabbos
form: most shomer shabbos
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שומר שבת (shomer shabes), Hebrew שׁוֹמֵר שַׁבָּת.
Senses: examples: text: She wouldn't have her phone with her on Saturday because she's shomer shabbos.
text: Donny: How come you don't roll on Saturday, Walter? / Walter: I'm shomer shabbos.
ref: 1998, The Big Lebowski:
glosses: observant of the laws of Shabbat.
raw_tags: of a person
Revd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Revds
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Reverend.
wakin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of waking.
Rev'd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rev'ds
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Reverend.
grumness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grum + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Hor. Well, Jack, by thy long abſence from the Town, the grumneſs of thy countenance, and the ſlovenlyneſs of thy habit; I ſhou'd give thee joy, ſhou'd I not, of Marriage?
ref: 1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […], 1688, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 8:
glosses: The quality of being grum (morose or sullen).
fizzogg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fizzoggs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phizog (“the face”).
fizzoggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fizzogg
phisog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phisogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phizog (“the face”).
phisogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phisog
phyzog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phyzogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phizog (“the face”).
phyzogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyzog
collopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒləpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒləpɪŋ
Forms: form: colloppings
Senses: glosses: A flogging.
colloppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collopping
firefought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of firefight
dunks on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dunk on
dunking on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of dunk on
dunked on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dunk on
tunnland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tunnlands
Etymology: Swedish tunnland.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of barrel of land.
synonyms: word: barrel of land
tunnlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tunnland
NIESR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
action teaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An instructional style designed to educate students about academic subjects while simultaneously contributing to societal improvement.