cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mystax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mystaxes
Senses: glosses: A line or group of prominent bristles on the lower face of certain Diptera (insects)
bowings and scrapings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowing and scraping
postnomial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Fellows are elected for life, and gain the right to use the postnomial Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) title.
ref: 2011, Jeffrey Strickland, Weird Scientists – the Creators of Quantum Physics, page 154:
glosses: Rare form of postnominal.
ammonioleucites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ammonioleucite
cyberstrategies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberstrategy
monobosoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monobosom
potassium hydrogen carbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: potassium bicarbonate
drama king
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drama kings
Senses: glosses: An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a man or a boy.
Related terms: drama queen
drama kings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drama king
lunkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lunky: more lunky
lunkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lunky: most lunky
overembrace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overembraces
form: overembracing
form: overembraced
form: overembraced
Etymology: From over- + embrace.
Senses: glosses: to embrace too often or to an excessive degree
Mmes.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /meɪˈdɑm/
Etymology: From French Mmes., abbreviation of Mesdames. Equivalent to Mme. + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of Mme.
glosses: plural of Mrs.
Somnath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit सोमनाथ (somanātha) (सोम + नाथ).
Senses: glosses: Name of a Hindu temple in Gujarat, India. It is the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Lord Shiva.
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
preteener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preteeners
Senses: glosses: Synonym of preteen.
synonyms: word: preteen
Chinese garter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chinese garter
Etymology: From Chinese + garter. See Chinese jump rope, a game said to have originated in 7th century China.
Senses: glosses: a narrow garter band strip of rubber, usually a meter long, used in various jumping games
qualifier: playground games
glosses: Chinese jump rope game using a meter long rubber garter strip
jackonet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackonets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jaconet.
Edomae
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 江戸前.
Senses: glosses: Edo-style
raw_tags: of sushi
kanpachi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Vietnam was revisited in kanpachi with fried shallots in a lean, light, spicy nuoc cham.
ref: 2015 October 27, Pete Wells, “O Ya Riffs on Sushi and Sashimi in Kips Bay”, in New York Times:
glosses: amberjack
contrapunctus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrapuncti
Senses: examples: text: The ambitus of the metrical weight profile increases towards the middle of the contrapunctus; minimal local meter length is 2.
ref: 2018, Guerino Mazzola, The Topos of Music II: Performance: Theory, Software, and Case Studies:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A fugue.
contrapuncti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She began with a little talk at the piano, playing the themes of the various movements — 14 contrapuncti, as the fugues are called, four canons and a chorale — and discussing their structure.
ref: 2015 October 29, James R. Oestreich, “Review: Angela Hewitt Decodes Bach’s ‘The Art of Fugue’”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of contrapunctus
biergarten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biergartens
Etymology: From German Biergarten.
Senses: examples: text: Outdoor drinking is an option at Zeitgeist, a punk-spirited biergarten and neighborhood institution; its native population is heavy on the bikers and bike messengers.
ref: 2015 October 28, Bonnie Tsui, “36 Hours in San Francisco”, in New York Times:
glosses: beer garden
hipsturbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hipsturbian
form: most hipsturbian
Etymology: From hipsturbia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: As we house-hunted, my epiphany in Hastings wasn’t at the hipsturbian Mill, a tavern I frequent with an outstanding microbrew list and dangling Edison bulbs, but at Pizza Grill, a tasty yet generic slice joint you’ve seen in a thousand towns.
ref: 2015 October 30, David Zweig, “Escape From Brooklyn”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Relating to hipsturbia.
hipsturbia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hipsturbias
form: Hipsturbia
Etymology: Blend of hipster + suburbia, coined by Alex Williams in 2013 (see quotation below).
Senses: examples: text: Welcome to hipsturbia.
ref: 2013 February 15, Alex Williams, “Creating Hipsturbia”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2024:
glosses: A suburban area where hipsters live.
Related terms: hipsturbian
panelak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panelaks
Etymology: From Czech panelák.
Senses: glosses: A Czech prefab
panelaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The word itself is a colloquial expression in Czech and Slovak, with roots in both languages’ more technical compound term for “panel house”: Prestressed and prefabricated, panelaks were rapidly assembled and cheaply built to solve a post-World War II housing crisis.
ref: 2015 October 30, Lisa Schwarzbaum, “The Monoliths of Bratislava”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of panelak
falanghina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːnə
Forms: form: falanghinas
Etymology: From Italian falanghina, possibly derived, through Neapolitan, from Latin phalanga (“pole for carrying things”, by extension “pole for sustaining grapevine”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx, “line, rank”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”).
Senses: examples: text: Mastroberardino was the pioneering producer, a lonely voice for years championing red grapes like aglianico, and whites like fiano and falanghina, until others began to pay attention.
ref: 2015 October 29, Eric Asimov, “Your Next Lesson: Aglianicos”, in New York Times:
glosses: A white grape variety from Campania in Italy.
glosses: The light white wine produced with this type of grape.
shirsey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirseys
Etymology: Blend of T-shirt + jersey
Senses: examples: text: On Wednesday, James killed his shirsey.
ref: 2015 November 4, Scott Cacciola, “Cavaliers, Taking Cue From LeBron James’s Sleeves, Go on Tear to Beat Knicks”, in New York Times:
glosses: A type of T-shirt similar to that worn by a sportsman, typically with a number on the back
blitzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blitzers
Etymology: From German Blitz.
Senses: examples: text: The Bills disguised their coverage to make the Jets think they were sending a blitzer from Brandon Marshall’s side of the field.
ref: 2015 November 13, Ben Shpigel, “For Once, Rex Ryan Enjoys a Jets Fiasco”, in New York Times:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One engaging in a blitz.
Related terms: blitzar
finstagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪn.stəˌɡɹæm/
Forms: form: finstagrams
Etymology: Blend of fake + Instagram
Senses: examples: text: Principles that guide Instagram are cheerfully ignored on fake accounts: If posting more than once a day to a main account is considered something of a faux pas, it’s perfectly acceptable, on a finstagram account, to unleash a stream of mundane images, screen shots of text conversations and ugly selfies .
ref: 2015 November 18, Valeriya Safronova, “On Fake Instagram, a Chance to Be Real”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of finsta.
synonyms: word: finsta
finstagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Created mainly by teenagers and 20-somethings, finstagrams are intimate online spaces intended for an audience of friends, with the number of followers purposely kept in the low double digits.
ref: 2015 November 18, Valeriya Safronova, “On Fake Instagram, a Chance to Be Real”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of finstagram
small penis syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small-penis syndrome
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
psychology
sciences
sexology
sexuality
synonyms: SPS
glosses: An anxious belief that one's own penis size may be smaller than average.
Related terms: micropenis
penis envy
small penis humiliation
Sahadeva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sahadewa
Etymology: From Sanskrit सहदेव (sahadeva, “with the gods”).
Senses: glosses: In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the fifth and last of the Pandava brothers; son of Madri and Pandu.
hammer-harden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hammer-hardens
form: hammer-hardening
form: hammer-hardened
form: hammer-hardened
Senses: glosses: to cold-hammer
hammer-dressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hammer-dressed
form: most hammer-dressed
Senses: glosses: Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -said of building stone.
hanging compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanging compasses
Senses: glosses: a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath
hanging garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanging gardens
Senses: glosses: An artistic garden or a small urban farm: attached to or built on a wall.
glosses: A garden formed in terraces rising one above another, like those of Nebuchadnezzar at Babylon.
hanging indentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanging indentations
form: hanging indent
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: An indentation that indents the rest of the text while leaving the first line in place.
Related terms: block indentation
hanging rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanging rails
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: a rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached
glosses: A piece of furniture consisting of a rail, onto which clothes or other items can be hung
hanging side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanging sides
Senses: examples: text: These subdrifts are driven the full width of the copper and explore thoroughly the foot and hanging sides of the lode.
ref: 1925, Bureau of Mines Information Circular:
topics: business
mining
glosses: the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein
hanging stile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanging stiles
Senses: examples: text: Hook joints must be worked on the side of one of the front sash stiles, and on the shutting stile of the side sash, the airtight bead being formed on the hanging stile.
ref: 2013, Paul N. Hasluck, Building Model Boats - Including Sailing and Steam Vessels:
topics: architecture
glosses: That stile of a door to which hinges are secured.
topics: architecture
glosses: The upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened.
soak in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: soaks in
form: soaking in
form: soaked in
form: soaked in
Etymology: Prepositional verb from soak + in (“into”).
Senses: glosses: To wet a surface and be absorbed completely (of a liquid)
examples: text: Wes Morgan and Marc Albrighton scored the goals that mean Leicester will join Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in the quarter-final draw in Nyon on Friday. Just let that soak in for a moment.
ref: 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:
glosses: To spend time experiencing something
fly the flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies the flag
form: flying the flag
form: flew the flag
form: flown the flag
Senses: glosses: To be registered in a particular country and display that country's flag as a result. (of a ship, airline etc)
examples: text: Now they are the English champions, flying the flag for their country in Europe’s premier club competition and managed by a 53‑year‑old who only got the job on Sunday night.
ref: 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:
glosses: To support one's country enthusiastically.
chingri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali চিংড়ি (ciṅṛi).
Senses: examples: text: A subtly flavorful prawn dish, chingri macher curry, was prepared with an onion-ginger paste and the simplified Bengali garam masala, which contains cardamom, cinnamon and cloves, making for a light, mild spicing.
ref: 2015 November 19, Rand Richards Cooper, “Restaurant Review: The Seductive Spices and Aromas of India at Indigo”, in New York Times:
glosses: prawns (in a Bangladeshi curry)
instrumentarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: instrumentaria
Senses: glosses: set of instruments, toolset
instrumentaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instrumentarium
fibbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibbing
never-sweats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of never-sweat
bar ditch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bar ditches
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from bar + ditch because it ‘bars’ cattle from crossing on to the road; the first word may be a corruption of borrow (compare borrow pit), because the material to make the crown of the road was ‘borrowed’ from the sides.
Senses: examples: text: She continued along the bar ditch, sweat running down her back now.
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 282:
glosses: A low ditch running along the side of a road.
bar ditches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bar ditch
Rockett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a diminutive of Anglo-Norman roque (“rock”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Anglo-Norman.
flood geology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: pseudoscience
glosses: The attempt to interpret and reconcile geological features of the Earth in accordance with a literal belief in the global flood described in Genesis.
Marpessa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town of ancient Greece in Paros.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An Aetolian princess and daughter of Evenus.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Marpesia (“Amazon queen”).
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Theban woman whose betrothed, Phylleus, was killed by Tydeus during the campaign of the Seven against Thebes.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The woman who led the women of Tegea to defend the city during a war from an invasion led by the Spartan king Charilaus.
sexploitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sexploitive
form: most sexploitive
Etymology: From sexploit + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Sexually exploitative.
sexploitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sexploitative
form: most sexploitative
Etymology: From sexploitation + -ive.
Senses: glosses: sexually exploitative
UF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Florida
coordinate_terms: Florida State
FSU
glosses: Ellipsis of University of Florida.
haggl'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of haggled.
masterpost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masterposts
form: master post
Etymology: From master + post.
Senses: glosses: A posted message that gathers together several other posts on a single topic.
Related terms: megapost
masterposts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masterpost
Youth Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A holiday dedicated to young people, observed in various countries on differing dates.
celery cabbages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celery cabbage
self-delusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-delusion
eigensymbols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigensymbol
superestimate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superestimates
form: superestimating
form: superestimated
form: superestimated
Senses: glosses: Synonym of overestimate.
synonyms: word: overestimate
screaming jelly babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A classroom chemistry demonstration, using potassium chlorate to rapidly oxidize the sugar in jelly babies so that they burst into flame and emit gases with a screaming sound.
Rayleigh scatterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rayleigh scattering
cod-liver oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cod-liver oil
fell running
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See fell (“upland moor”).
Senses: glosses: The sport of running races over upland country with steep, difficult terrain.
Related terms: fell runner
fell runner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fell runners
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in fell running.
fell runners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fell runner
nonparaffins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonparaffin
najis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /nɑˈd͡ʒɪs/
Forms: form: naajis
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نَجِس (najis).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
antonyms: tahir
glosses: Ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of impurity.
Wick's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Gian-Carlo Wick (1909–1992), Italian theoretical physicist.
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A method of reducing high-order derivatives to a combinatorics problem, used extensively in quantum field theory to reduce arbitrary products of creation and annihilation operators to sums of products of pairs of these operators.
wikipedia: Gian-Carlo Wick
Shooto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 修斗 (shūto), which is derived from English shoot.
Senses: glosses: A combat sport/mixed martial arts system and organization derived from shoot wrestling.
Rydberg formula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formulated by the Swedish physicist Johannes Rydberg, and presented on 5 November 1888.
Senses: glosses: A formula used in atomic physics to describe the wavelengths of spectral lines of many chemical elements.
grade grubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grade grubbers
Senses: examples: text: I was also a grade grubber, not an uncommon affliction. During my first term of high school, I complained to my counselor that my Latin teacher had not given me the A that I fiercely believed I deserved.
ref: 2016 March 5, Jay Mathews, “I was a grade grubber, but now I favor trends that down play grades”, in Washington Post:
glosses: A student who engages in grade grubbing; someone seeking to improve their grades by sucking up or by trying to negotiate for any additional marks.
Related terms: grade grubbing
grade grubbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grade grubber
Tissot's indicatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tissot's indicatrices
Etymology: Developed by French mathematician Nicolas Auguste Tissot in the 19th century.
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A mathematical contrivance used to characterize local distortions due to map projection. It is the geometry that results from projecting a circle of infinitesimal radius from a curved geometric model, such as a globe, onto a map.
Tissot's indicatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tissot's indicatrix
pay pig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pay pigs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paypig.
Derived terms: pay piggy
pay pigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pay pig
nothingburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nothing-burgers
form: nothing burgers
Senses: glosses: plural of nothingburger
jazz box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazz boxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jazz square.
synonyms: word: jazz square
jazz boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazz box
jazz square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazz squares
Senses: glosses: A dance move whose four steps form a square pattern: (i) crossover in front of the left foot with the right foot; (ii) crossover in front of the right foot with the left foot; (iii) step to the back with the right; (iv) step to the back with the left.
Synonyms: jazz box
jazz squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazz square
anti-patriarch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-patriarchs
form: antipatriarch
Etymology: From anti- + patriarch.
Senses: glosses: One opposed to a religious patriarchy.
sympatho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: sympathetic nervous system
fusion cuisines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fusion cuisine
munchie box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: munchie boxes
form: munchy box
Senses: glosses: An assortment of fast foods, pizza, fries, doner kebab meat, etc., sold together in a large flat box.
Related terms: garbage plate
halal snack pack
munchie boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of munchie box
chuprassi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuprassis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaprasi.
chuprassis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chuprassi
dafadar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dafadars
Senses: glosses: A sergeant in the Indian infantry during the British Raj.
dafadars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dafadar
chaukidar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaukidars
form: chocadar
form: chockedaur
form: chokadar
form: chokedar
form: chokidar
form: chowkedar
form: chowkidar
form: chaukidari
form: chawkidar
form: chawkidari
Etymology: From Hindi चौकीदार (caukīdār), from चौकी (caukī, “post”) + -दार (-dār, “-holder”).
Senses: examples: text: A chowkidar (watchman) was deputed to do justice.
ref: 1887, Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea:
text: ... And tell me do you think it was he himself who impersonated the policeman who so conveniently took over the guarding of the horse when the chowkidar's house was set on fire." "That is the chowkidar guarding the stables?" Ghote asked.
ref: 1969, H. R. F. Keating, Inspector Ghote plays a joker:
text: When he landed the chaukidars or gatekeepers drew their scimitars, thinking that Morgan was a Burmese general coming to Calcutta as a spy.
ref: 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 21:
glosses: A watchman; a guard.
Related terms: chokey
chaukidars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaukidar
everyware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of everywhere + -ware
Senses: examples: text: It is apparent that nascent forms of everyware already exist, at least for some people, and in some parts of the world.
ref: 2011, Rob Kitchin, Matthew Fuller, Martin Dodge, Code/space: Software and Everyday Life, page 216:
text: If intimate media and geomedia constitute the parameters of ambient intelligence as 'everyware' (ever more pervasive and ever harder to perceive) then Greenfield urges us to be aware of limitations that may be sever enough for us to assert that everyware is currently noware in particular.
ref: 2013, Martin Lister, The Photographic Image in Digital Culture, page 56:
text: Moreover, the new everyware network "happens out here in the world" and is a social phenomenon.
ref: 2013, Steven E. Jones, The Emergence of the Digital Humanities (Open Access):
glosses: Synonym of ubiquitous computing.
synonyms: word: ubiquitous computing
have a nice day syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The ‘have a nice day’ syndrome typifies a routinized approach to customer service where, by establishing procedures, service levels can be consistently maintained and efficiently managed.
ref: 2004, Richard Brookes, Roger Palmer, The New Global Marketing Reality, Springer, →ISBN, page 61:
glosses: A stressful form of cognitive dissonance among employees whose work involves assuming a fake cheerful persona to deal with members of the public.
Related terms: emotional labor
MPVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MPV
virandah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virandahs
Senses: glosses: Dated form of veranda.
virandahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virandah
builders'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of builders' tea.
Related terms: builder
builder's
builders
EWPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EWP
builder's mug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: builder's mugs
form: builders' mug
Etymology: From builder + -'s + mug, from its being the stereotypical mug used by builders (stereotypically to drink builder's tea).
Senses: examples: text: I glugged tea from a builder's mug.
ref: 2011 April 7, Tiffany Murray, Diamond Star Halo, Granta Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A large ceramic mug for hot drinks.
examples: text: One standard builder's mug will feed 1 adult and 2 littles. Switch up the carrot for grated apple with a small handful of raisins for apple pie porridge.
ref: 2020 July 23, Rebecca Wilson, What Mummy Makes: Cook Just Once for You and Your Baby, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, →ISBN:
text: 2 builder's mug basmati rice (170g)
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Brad Hoskinson, Easy Curry Cookbook: Cook Delicious Curries with this Simple Guide, Brad Hoskinson, page 23:
text: 1 builder's mug of coarse rolled large porridge oats ( 50g / person )
ref: 2023 April 13, Jamie Oliver, Billy and the Giant Adventure: The first children's book from Jamie Oliver, Random House, →ISBN:
glosses: A unit of volumetric measure equivalent to the typical builder's mug, around 1/2-pint (10 oz.; 300 cc; 300 mL; 30 cL; 1 cup)
Synonyms: word: builder's cup
word: builders' cup
sense: informal unit of measure
english: Imperial cup, British cup
translation: Imperial cup, British cup
word: cup
Vahag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈhɑ(ː)ɡ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Վահագ (Vahag), diminutive of Վահագն (Vahagn).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Armenian male given name diminutive Վահագ (Vahag).
Related terms: sense: full form
word: Vahagn
english: from Western Armenian
translation: from Western Armenian
word: Vahakn
twakow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twakows
Etymology: From Hokkien 大䑩 (tōa-ko͘).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A kind of single-masted traditional boat with a junk rig, formerly used on the Singapore River along with the tongkang.
twakows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twakow
suspensions of disbelief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suspension of disbelief
willing suspensions of disbelief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of willing suspension of disbelief
ithmid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of soorma.
synonyms: word: soorma
ahadeeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hadeeth
kuhl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kohl.
pizza crunch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizza crunches
Senses: glosses: A deep-fried pizza, a form of fast food in Scotland.
pizza crunches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizza crunch
tracksite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tracksites
Etymology: From track + site.
Senses: glosses: A site where trackways (footprints, especially fossilised) are found.
tracksites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tracksite
zeribaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zeriba
zeribaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zeriba
zereeba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zereebas
Senses: glosses: Dated form of zeriba.
zereebas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zereeba
crico-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹʌɪ.kə(ʊ)/
ipa: /kɹaɪ.koʊ/
Etymology: From cricoid + -o-.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the cricoid cartilage.
geostatic arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geostatic arches
Senses: topics: civil-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A (theoretical?) arch designed to sustain pressure similar to that exerted by earth.
geostatic arches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geostatic arch
netmail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From net + mail.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A kind of electronic mail used on bulletin board systems.
Related terms: echomail
protoliberals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protoliberal
parliamentary procedures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parliamentary procedure
VFDF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of very fast death factor.
interminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermination
myotonic dystrophies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myotonic dystrophy
betaglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betaglobins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beta globin.
alphaglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alphaglobins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alpha globin.
alpha globin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpha globins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the two globin subunits in the most common form of haemoglobin in humans.
Synonyms: HBA
beta globin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beta globins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the two globin subunits in the most common form of haemoglobin in humans.
Synonyms: HBB
pretzel pillow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pretzel pillows
Senses: glosses: A small snack made from pretzel dough with a filling such as cheese or peanut butter.
pretzel pillows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pretzel pillow
Rorschach inkblot test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rorschach inkblot tests
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Rorschach test.
synonyms: word: Rorschach test
suprainiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the inion.
Derived terms: suprainiac fossa
Related terms: subiniac
subiniac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Below the inion.
Related terms: suprainiac
suprainiac fossa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suprainiac fossae
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A depression on the occipital below the inion.
Rorschach inkblot tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rorschach inkblot test
Janners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Janner
tabias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabia
excuseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more excuseable
form: most excuseable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of excusable.
Derived terms: inexcuseable
rubadubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubadub
scabweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scabweeds
Senses: glosses: Raoulia tenuicaulis, a lowland to low-alpine plant forming a bright-green flat mat, roughly circular or ellipsoid, compact in the centre, but very loose and open at the margin.
tinless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tin + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without tin (metal).
glosses: Without a tin (container).
Synonyms: untinned
Curtius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Curtius degradation
Curtius reaction
Curtius rearrangement
Sunbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnbəɹi/
Senses: glosses: The common name for Sunbury-on-Thames, England.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A satellite city in the City of Hume, north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Sunbury-on-Thames
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England (formerly in Middlesex), commonly known as Sunbury.
burst into flower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bursts into flower
form: bursting into flower
form: burst into flower
form: burst into flower
Senses: glosses: Of flowers of buds, to bloom suddenly or in a short period of time.
Sheerness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Sheerness-on-Sea
glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).
half-dozens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-dozen
septa-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: sept-
form: septi-
form: septua-
Etymology: From Latin septem.
Senses: glosses: seven
proficiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proficience
SWRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SWR
butterflies upon a wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butterfly upon a wheel.
butterflies upon wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butterfly upon a wheel.
Congleton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒŋɡəltən/
Forms: form: Congletons
Etymology: From Old English cung (“mound”) + hyll (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ854628).
glosses: A former borough in Cheshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into Cheshire East.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Pinocchio illusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pinocchio illusion
prediapausal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + diapausal.
Senses: glosses: Prior to diapause.
diapausal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diapause + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to diapause.
Derived terms: prediapausal
Ontario Lacus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ontario + Latin lacus. From its resemblance to Lake Ontario and Latin lacus (“lake”).
Senses: glosses: A large hydrocarbon lake on Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn.
Related terms: Kraken Mare
a hydrocarbon sea on Titan
individuities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of individuity
Lichfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪt͡ʃfiːld/
Forms: form: Lichfields
Etymology: From Old English Liċetfeld, from Latin Letocetum, from a Proto-Brythonic place-name meaning "greywood" (cf. Welsh llwyd + coed), with feld (“field”) added later.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A cathedral city in Staffordshire, England.
glosses: A placename:
A local government district of Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city.
glosses: A placename:
A rural settlement in Waikato, New Zealand.
examples: text: Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken.
ref: 2019 March 11, Josh Hafner, “All hipsters look alike? Man claims article's 'hipster' photo is him, only to be mistaken”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2024:
text: “He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.
ref: 2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2019:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: Misspelling of Litchfield.
Related terms: Litchfield
Bracknell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First recorded in a Winkfield Boundary Charter of AD 942 as Braccan heal, perhaps meaning "nook of land belonging to a man called Bracca".
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8669).
glosses: A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed Bracknell Forest in May 1988.
Derived terms: Bracknell Forest
relevance logics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relevance logic
Minehead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9746).
Derived terms: Minehead Without
incenst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Whose sharp provokement them incenst so sore, / That both were bent t'avenge his usage base […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: simple past and past participle of incense
Sittingbourne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪtɪŋ.bən/
ipa: /ˈsɪtɪŋ.bɔːn/
Etymology: From Middle English Sidingeburn.
Senses: glosses: A large town in Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9063).
Nhengatu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nheengatu.
FOAFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FOAF
planetary gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planetary gear
fanling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfænlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ænlɪŋ
Forms: form: fanlings
Etymology: From fan + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: Huzzah! Hopefully we'll get some fans, neo-fans and even fanlings to join us.
ref: 2005 June, Ruth Davidson, “President's Message”, in National Fantasy Fan, volume 5, number 2, page 4:
text: The man who was so devoted to fandom and fannish pursuits was among the "elders" who ushered me as a young neofan through my fanling stages of blunders and ignorance.
ref: 2006 March 24, David Speakman, “Big Hearted Howard Memorial”, in The National Fantasy Fan, volume 6, number 1, page 6:
text: A lot of people skip the Ninth Doctor, and start with Ten. I do not recommend this. And by "do not recommend this," I mean I will come through the computer and smack you with a rolled up newspaper, and say "Bad Fanling! No post for you!" Even if you choose to start with "Blink" or "The Runaway Bride," go back and start with the new series featuring Nine; it's definitely worth it.
ref: 2014 June 29, Evangeline Winchester, “Here, Have Some Kool-Aid: Doctor Who”, in Last Fangirl on the Right, retrieved 16 Mar 2017:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An inexperienced fan.
Synonyms: neofan
neo
Hypernyms: beginner
Northallerton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3693).
overlubrication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + lubrication.
Senses: glosses: excessive lubrication
fanlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanling
nonfetotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fetotoxic.
Senses: glosses: Not fetotoxic.
Keighley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːθli/
Forms: form: Keighleys
form: Keathley
form: Keatley
form: Keithley
form: Keithly
form: Kightley
form: Kightly
Etymology: Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name *Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Kettering
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛtəɹɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛtəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: Ketterings
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8678).
glosses: A former borough in Northamptonshire with its headquarters in the town, abolished 1 April 2021 and merged into North Northamptonshire.
glosses: A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A city in Montgomery County and Greene County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A former Free Village in Trelawny parish, Jamaica, now part of Duncans.
glosses: A coastal town in Kingborough council area, Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
orofaecally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orofecally.
Camberley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In Surrey, originally named Cambridge Town in 1862 after the Duke of Cambridge. Camberley was coined in 1877 at the behest of the Post Office, presumably to avoid confusion with the Cambridgeshire city. The place in New Zealand would have been named after the Surrey town.
Senses: glosses: A town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England.
glosses: A suburb of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand.
digestates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digestate
Farnborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːnbəɹə/
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A town in Rushmoor district, north-east Hampshire (OS grid ref SU8655).
glosses: A place in England:
A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4382).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4464).
glosses: A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4349).
glosses: A coastal locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms: Farnborough Green
South Farnborough
Aylesbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪlzbəɹi/
Forms: form: Ailesbury
Etymology: From Old English Æġles burg.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8113).
glosses: A village in the Rural Municipality of Craik, No. 222, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A rural locality in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Derived terms: Aylesbury Vale
anti-griddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-griddles
Etymology: From anti- + griddle.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antigriddle.
anti-griddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-griddle
Tilbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tilburys
form: Tilby
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
Senses: glosses: A town and port in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ639761).
glosses: A community, formerly a town, in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: East Tilbury
West Tilbury
Broadstairs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town on the Isle of Thanet, in Broadstairs and St Peter's parish, Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3967).
Whitstable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town in the north of Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1066).
unbecomings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unbecoming
hoaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hoar
Workington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː(ɹ)kɪŋtən/
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NX9928, NY0028).
leap frogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leap frog (alternative form of leapfrogs).
in someone's day
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in someone's time.
synonyms: word: in someone's time
Widnes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Usually explained to be of Danish origin, from vid (“wide”) or ved (“wood”) + næse (“nose”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Cheshire, England, originally in Lancashire.
aphthitalites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphthitalite
preteeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preteener
soothability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From soothe + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The ability to be soothed.
Tewkesbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Likely from Old English personal name *Tēodec, genitive case *Tēodeces + byriġ, dative singular of burh (“fort”).
However, tradition rooted in the ancient monastery in town claims descent of the first particle from Koine Greek Θεοτόκος (Theotókos, “the God-bearer (the Virgin Mary)”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Gloucestershire, England.
glosses: A local government district with borough status in Gloucestershire, formed in 1974 and with its headquarters in the town.
Derived terms: Tewkesbury mustard
Tewksbury
katastematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more katastematic
form: most katastematic
form: katastemic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταστηματικός (katastēmatikós), from καθίστημι (kathístēmi, “to stand still”).
Senses: examples: text: The term 'ataraxia' is used in Epicurean philosophy to refer to a type of katastematic pleasure that is engendered by a complete freedom from mental disturbances and worries.
qualifier: Epicurean philosophy
glosses: Pertaining to a constant state of being, as opposed to a kinetic state (of change).
Coordinate terms: kinetic
Ellesmere Port
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and port in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).
outpocketings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outpocketing