cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
log washer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: log washers
Senses: glosses: A machine that removes clay and other contaminants from gravel, stone and hard ore feeds by scrubbing and washing.
language-learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Lord Holland, whom I saw this morning, re-echoed my complaint, and said that the likeness of the two languages [Spanish and Italian] was more a hindrance than a help. This comes of language-learning when we are getting old! When I attempted Arabic at Algiers, Johan Pharaoh—a man very unlike his namesake of the Plagues—although it was his interest to retain me as a scholar—first hinted, and then plainly said, that there was ‘a time’ in the cleverest man’s life, when his memory became less impressible to the recollection of languages—in the gentlest manner conveying that I had become an old dunce!
ref: 1840 March, Thomas Campbell, “Lincoln’s Inn Fields”, in William Beattie, editor, Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell. […], volume III, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 285:
text: There is, of course, no single best way to learn a language, and this book does not try to offer one. However, there are many ways of improving your chances of success in language-learning, and we have suggested some of these.
ref: 1991, Terry Doyle, Paul Meara, “Foreword”, in Li′ngō! How to Learn a Language, London: BBC Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 7:
text: However, she [Katie Dotterer] feels strongly the onus for language-learning should be equally shared between workers and employers. “When farmers learn some Spanish, it actually entices and motivates the Spanish speakers to want to learn English,” she said.
ref: 2024 August 24, Lisa Z. Leighton, “Farmer Teaches Spanish to Ag Industry”, in Lancaster Farming, volume 69, number 48, Ephrata, Penn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B7, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of language learning.
Swiftiedom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swiftie + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: One can enter Swiftiedom at any level: avocation or vocation, background music or full-time job.
ref: 2023 October 12, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, “My Delirious Trip to the Heart of Swiftiedom”, in The New York Times:
text: If Swiftiedom were a country, it might arguably be the happiest place on Earth.
ref: 2024 November 8, Erin Anderssen, “The pure, infectious joy of the Swiftiedom”, in The Globe and Mail:
text: That a woman can be so demonized, so mortified, and still rise to the very top is the greatest revenge. That she can do it in heels is what lights a fire under Swiftiedom.
ref: 2024, Juliet Eklund, "Miss Americana: Taylor Swift as a Battleground for Feminist Discourse", thesis submitted to the University of Denver, page 29
synonyms: Swiftdom
glosses: The fandom of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
Swiftdom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Swiftdom
form: the Swiftdom
Etymology: From Swift + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: If you know anything about Swiftdom, it may not surprise you that there are two camps that are having it out over this particular song currently.
ref: 2021 November 22, Madison Malone Kircher, “Taylor Swift Has Led Her Fans Down Another Gay Rabbit Hole”, in Slate, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2023:
text: This resale of used food containers only shows a glimpse into the realm of Swiftdom, and how die-hard many fans are for Swift's persona and brand.
ref: 2023 October 26, Meara Fay, “Eras On Screen: A Swift Sensation”, in High Tide, volume CIV, number 3, Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, CA, page 12:
text: Gaylors have thus carved out space for a queered conception of mothering within the heteronormative constraints of Swiftdom.
ref: 2024, Lucy Britt, Brian Britt, “So Mother for That: Taylor Swift and Childless Mothering”, in Catherine M. Robb, Georgie Mills, William Irwin, editors, Taylor Swift and Philosophy: Essays from the Tortured Philosophers Department, unnumbered page:
glosses: Synonym of Swiftiedom.
synonyms: word: Swiftiedom
Wrentham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM4982).
glosses: A hamlet in the County of Warner, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
Taylorverse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Taylorverse
Etymology: From Taylor + -verse.
Senses: examples: text: When I failed to respond (being on an airplane and all) they began to confer among themselves, crowdsourcing the Taylorverse to see if anyone knew anything about where she was.
ref: 2016, Tyler Conroy, Taylor Swift: This Is Our Song, pages 266-267:
text: Plus, with the Eras Tour set to continue on through all next year, and with two remaining Taylor's Versions still to go – not to mention what other new material could be on the way – there's no obvious break from the Taylorverse coming anytime soon.
ref: 2023 December 13, Andrew Unterberger, “Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of 2023: No. 1 – Taylor Swift”, in Billboard Bulletin, page 30:
text: That ill-fated call with Kanye West hit the internet just a few weeks later. Yeah, this was a busy summer in the Taylorverse.
ref: 2024, Nicole Pomarico, Long Live: The Definitive Guide to the Folklore and Fandom of Taylor Swift, unnumbered page:
glosses: The sphere of American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
pyshka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyshki
Etymology: From Russian пы́шка (pýška).
Senses: examples: text: On the corner by the beygal store is an old woman with a pyshka, collecting dowries for orphan girls in Jerusalem: […]
ref: 1970, Avram Davidson, “Goslin Day”, in Damon Knight, editor, Orbit: An Anthology of New Science Fiction Stories, volume 6, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:
text: A typical menu featured five or six varieties of oukha fish chowder with pies, all kinds of smoked and kippered sturgeon, and telnoe (fish fillets baked in the shape of a goose or lamb with many different spices and with special “lamb” flavor), not to mention pyshki (doughnuts), syrniki (curd cakes), and oladyi (pancakes).
ref: 2010, “Patriarch’s Palace and Twelve Apostles’ Church”, in I. Yudakov, editor, Moscow Kremlin Red Square New Guide-Book, Moscow: Orthodox Society “Radonezh”, →ISBN, page 104, column 1:
text: The other really tasty local offerings for street food/fast food include pirozhki[…], shawarma[…], and pyshki (пышки). […] Pyshki are Russian doughnuts, wonderful with coffee, and are strongly associated with Saint Petersburg.
ref: 2015, T Turner, “Eat”, in Saint Petersburg (2015 Travel Guides; 14), →ISBN:
text: I have fond memories of eating pyshki in St. Petersburg about 10 years ago. I […] finally got a few pyshki, which my ignorant Muscovite self no doubt referred to as ponchiki, and ate them right there, standing up and drinking tea.
ref: 2021, Anna Kharzeeva, “The deep-fried bad guy of the Soviet diet. Ponchiki (doughnuts)”, in The Soviet Diet Cookbook: Exploring Life, Culture and History – One Recipe at a Time, →ISBN:
glosses: A Russian variety of doughnut, either ring-shaped or without a hole.
Related terms: ponchik
pyshki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian пы́шки (pýški).
Senses: glosses: plural of pyshka
Sanhsia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 三峽 (Sānxiá), Wade–Giles romanization: San¹-hsia².
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sanxia.
vassalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vassalization.
coagitators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coagitator
coapprentice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coapprentices
Etymology: co- + apprentice
Senses: glosses: A person who is apprenticed to the same master as another.
coapprentices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coapprentice
coarbiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coarbiters
Etymology: co- + arbiter
Senses: glosses: A joint arbiter; one who arbitrates along with another.
coarbiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coarbiter
coastside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coast + side.
Senses: glosses: Bordering a coast.
coastside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coastsides
Etymology: From coast + side.
Senses: glosses: The land bordering a coast.
coastsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coastside
M4A
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Initialism of male for any/all.
Senses: coordinate_terms: M4F
M4M
F4A
F4F
F4M
glosses: Of audio, a masculine or male voice using non-identifying pronouns; audio spoken by a man intended for a listener of any sex or gender.
glosses: Abbreviation of Medicare For All; a left-wing political movement in the United States advocating for a universal, single-payer healthcare system run entirely by the government, as opposed to for-profit, private insurance companies.
F4A
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Initialism of female for any/all.
Senses: coordinate_terms: F4F
F4M
M4A
M4F
M4M
glosses: Of audio, a feminine or female voice using non-identifying pronouns; audio spoken by a woman intended for a listener of any sex or gender.
cocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: co- + centric
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of concentric.
cockle wife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockle wives
Senses: coordinate_terms: oyster wife
glosses: A woman who deals in cockles.
cockle wives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockle wife
cocause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocauses
Etymology: co- + cause
Senses: glosses: A joint cause; one of several causes contributing to the same outcome.
cocauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocause
cocitizenship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: co- + citizen + -ship
Senses: glosses: Citizenship of the same place.
Related terms: cocitizen
codivine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: co- + divine
Senses: examples: text: Is the Father codivine with the Son?
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
coordinate_terms: coeternal
glosses: Jointly divine.
codivinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
coordinate_terms: coeternity
glosses: Joint divinity; the quality of being codivine.
coecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of caecal.
coenosarcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a coenosarc.
cogoverning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cogovern
cogoverns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cogovern
cogovernance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: co- + governance
Senses: glosses: Joint governance.
cogovernment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: co- + government
Senses: glosses: Joint government.
cohusband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohusbands
Etymology: co- + husband
Senses: glosses: A joint husband; one of several husbands of the same person at the same time.
cohusbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohusband
tortured phrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tortured phrases
Senses: examples: text: The present study aims at investigating how tortured phrases, that are not yet listed, can be detected automatically.
ref: 2022 October 24, Puthineath Lay, Martin Lentschat, Cyril Labbé, “Investigating the detection of Tortured Phrases in Scientific Literature”, in arXiv, →DOI, arXiv:2210.13024:
text: This paper highlights the existence of “tortured phrases” in select Covid-19 literature, arguing that they could serve as a class of epistemic marker when evaluating the integrity of the scientific and biomedical literature.
ref: 2023 May 4, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, ““Tortured phrases” in preprints”, in Current Medical Research and Opinion, volume 39, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, pages 785–787:
text: Whereas some “tortured phrases” might represent simple mistranslations, in other cases, an abundance of such terms in a single preprint might reveal a more serious ethical issue, such as the undeclared use of a paper mill or an unprofessional editing service.
ref: 2023 August 3, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, ““Tortured Phrases” in Covid-19 Literature: Can They Serve as Epistemic Markers to Assess the Integrity of Biomedical Information?”, in Philosophy of Medicine:
text: These tortured phrases, e.g. flag to clamor instead of signal to noise, are the results of paraphrasing tools used to escape plagiarism detection.
ref: 2024 February 2, Eléna Martel, Martin Lentschat, Cyril Labbé, “Detection of tortured phrases in scientific literature”, in arXiv, →DOI, arXiv:2402.03370:
glosses: Synonym of Rogetism.
synonyms: word: Rogetism
Rogetisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rogetism
tortured phrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tortured phrase
coindwelling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: co- + indwelling
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Indwelling together.
coinfinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: co- + infinity
Senses: glosses: The property of being coinfinite.
cojudge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cojudges
Etymology: co- + judge
Senses: glosses: A joint judge; one who judges along with another.
cojudges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cojudge
colecannon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of colcannon.
capaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capaholics
Etymology: From cap (“to lie”) + -aholic (“addicted to”).
Senses: examples: text: Brian's been a capaholic since he started his illegal business.
text: Only months after leaving the Labor Party, Payman called the federal government "capaholics", a term loosely translated as liars, adding they talk a lot more than they act. She delivered the scathing assessment in language commonly used on TikTok, rather than on the parliamentary floor.
ref: 2024 September 11, “Senator labels the government "capaholics": Fatima Payman's Gen Alpha speech decoded”, in SBS News:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A person who lies a lot; a serial liar.
whisper porn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The general ASMR sense is from whisper + porn (“material presenting something desirable in a sensational manner”).
The erotic ASMR sense is from whisper + porn (“pornography”).
Senses: examples: text: Barrat and Davis also found that several 'whisper porn' lovers had synesthesia (the neurological phenomenon commonly associated with seeing numbers or words as colours), leading them to believe that rather than simply being relaxing, 'ASMR seems to be a very multisensory experience'.
ref: 2015 April 15, “Science explains 'Whisper Porn' and it is not what you think”, in Deccan Chronicle:
text: That was this morning and she'd spent the rest of the day making a video for her YouTube channel, one where she whispered while she brushed Mia's hair and gave it a trim. (She had to keep re-doing it because Mia couldn't stop laughing about her "whisper porn side hustle.")
ref: 2022, Kate Meader, edited by Kristi Yanta, Jock Wanted: A Fake Relationship Hockey Romance (Rookie Rebels), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
text: Hundreds of new ASMR YouTube videos are created daily, expanding upon an already seemingly endless library of soothing, nonsexual whisper porn.
ref: 2022 February 27, Andrea Rice, “ASMR: Why Certain Sounds Soothe Your Mind”, in Psych Central:
glosses: Audio content intended to elicit the autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR).
glosses: Specifically, sexual ASMR; ASMRotica.
colorifics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colorific
Columbier paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of colombier paper.
colyum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colyums
Senses: glosses: A column written for a newspaper.
Related terms: colyumist
colyumist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colyumists
Senses: glosses: A newspaper columnist.
Related terms: colyum
colyums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colyum
colyumists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colyumist
communistery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: communisteries
Senses: glosses: A place where communists live together; a commune.
communisteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communistery
capaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capaholic
PMSM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PMSMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of permanent magnet synchronous motor.
WRIM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WRIMs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of wound rotor induction motor.
condylarthrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the obsolete order Condylarthra.
confederater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confederaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of confederator.
confederaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confederater
configurationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: configurationists
Etymology: From configuration + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A proponent of configurationism.
configurationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of configurationist
congeneracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being congenerate.
congenerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of congenerate
congenerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of congenerate
congenerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of congenerate
continuationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: continuationists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of continuist.
synonyms: word: continuist
continuationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of continuationist
consummatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more consummatively
form: most consummatively
Etymology: From consummative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a consummative manner.
conumerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: co- + numerous
Senses: examples: text: Are two infinite sets conumerous?
glosses: Equally numerous.
contaminous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contaminous
form: most contaminous
Senses: glosses: Causing contamination; infectious.
contingential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contingential
form: most contingential
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of contingent.
Coohee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coohees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cohee.
Coohees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coohee
coplotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coplotters
Etymology: co- + plotter
Senses: glosses: Synonym of complotter.
synonyms: word: complotter
coplotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coplotter
Southtown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From south + town.
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A western suburb of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, also spelt South Town for an old railway station here (OS grid ref TG5206).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Ashill parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3216).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in West Pennard parish, Somerset, also known as Lower Southtown (OS grid ref ST5537).
glosses: A southern neighbourhood of San Antonio, Texas, United States.
corngrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: corn + growing
Senses: glosses: The growing of corn.
corngrower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corngrowers
Etymology: corn + grower
Senses: glosses: One who grows corn.
corngrowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corngrower
Corybantian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Corybantian
form: most Corybantian
Etymology: From Corybant + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Some day I hope to hear the Corybantian dances and perhaps the Ceresian music of Eleusia.
ref: 1920, Charles Isaacson, “The Musical Digest”, in Theatre Magazine, volume 31, page 232:
glosses: Synonym of corybantic.
synonyms: word: corybantic
cosubject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosubjects
Etymology: co- + subject
Senses: glosses: A person who is a subject of the same ruler as another.
glosses: A person who is a subject of the same study, investigation, etc. as another.
cosubjects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosubject
cosuitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosuitors
Etymology: co- + suitor
Senses: glosses: A joint suitor; somebody wooing the same person as another.
cosuitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosuitor
couchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: couchier
form: more couchy
form: couchiest
form: most couchy
Etymology: couch + -y
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of couch grass.
craner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craners
Etymology: From crane + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.
ref: 2016, Robin Stevens, Murder Is Bad Manners, page 236:
glosses: One who cranes.
craners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craner
Cratinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cratinian
form: most Cratinian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cratinean.
Cratinean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cratinean
form: most Cratinean
form: Cratinian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Ancient Greek poet Cratinus.
crosscutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosscutters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crosscut saw.
synonyms: word: crosscut saw
crosscutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosscutter
cubdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cub + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a cub; cubhood.
cubmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cubmasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cubmaster.
cubmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cubmaster
cumaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cuminaldehyde.
synonyms: word: cuminaldehyde
meteorong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meteorongs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meteorwrong.
meteorongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meteorong
cupolaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cupolamen
Etymology: cupola + -man
Senses: glosses: A man who operates a cupola (type of smelting furnace).
cupolamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cupolaman
curiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kyriology.
kyriologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more kyriologically
form: most kyriologically
Senses: glosses: In a kyriological manner.
curiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more curiologically
form: most curiologically
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kyriologically.
cuticularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuticularizes
form: cuticularizing
form: cuticularized
form: cuticularized
Etymology: cuticular + -ize
Senses: glosses: To undergo cuticularization.
cuticularizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cuticularize
cuticularizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cuticularize
cyanopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cyanopathy.
cyclonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclonists
Etymology: cyclone + -ist
Senses: glosses: One who studies cyclones.
cyclonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclonist
cyclonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cyclonical
form: most cyclonical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cyclonic.
Mission olive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mission olives
Senses: glosses: A cultivar of olive developed in California by Spanish missions along El Camino Real in the late 18th century.
cynicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cynicists
Senses: glosses: A cynical person; a cynic.
cynicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cynicist
West Pennard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5438).
Related terms: East Pennard
doucest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of douce: most douce
doucer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of douce: more douce
dorneck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dornecks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dornick.
dornecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dorneck
crony democracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crony democracies
Senses: glosses: A political system where it's apparently democratic with representative democracy and elections but actually it's run by mutually beneficial relationships between politicians and business owners.
Keenen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Jocelin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
glosses: A surname.
what can I tell you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: A: If we could get a decent signal around here, our phones would actually work, instead of being expensive bricks. B: What can I tell ya?
glosses: Synonym of what can I say.
synonyms: word: what can I say
Related terms: what did I tell you
confusely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more confusely
form: most confusely
Etymology: From confuse (adjective) + -ly; compare French confusément.
Senses: examples: text: That they pꝛonunce not rudely / haſtely / confuſely oꝛ coꝛruptely. but with cleyne / dyſtyncte / and playne tongue.
ref: 1520, Robertus Whitintonus, Vulgaria Roberti Whitintoni Lichfeldiensis / et de Institutione Grãmaticulorũ Opusculum: […], London: Wynkyn de Worde, →OCLC, signature I.ij., recto:
text: But as foꝛ vowelles in frenche woꝛdes by them ſelfe / there is none wꝛitten / but they be ſounded eyther diſtinctly oꝛ ſhoꝛtly and confuſely (ſaue ſomtyme v) as ſhall here after appere.
ref: 1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “Wherin the True Sowndynge of the Frenche Tonge Resteth”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, 1st boke, folio i, recto; reprinted Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, October 1972, →OCLC:
text: As vvhen a name lodg'd in the memory, / But yet through time almoſt obliterate, / Confuſely hovers near the phantaſie: / The man that's thus affected bids relate / A catologue of names.
ref: 1642, H[enry] M[ore], “ΨΥΧΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΑ [Psychathanasia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Poem of the Immortality of Souls, Especially Mans Soul”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the Soul, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel, printer to the Universitie, →OCLC, book 2, canto 3, stanza 11, page 51:
text: And for the other part of memory, called Reminiſcence: which is the Retreiving of a thing, at preſent forgot, or but confuſely remembred, by ſetting the mind to hunt over all its notions, and to ranſack Every little Cell of the Brain.
ref: 1685 March 4 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar); first published 1692, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey, February 22. 168⅘.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume I, London: […] J[ohn] H[eptinstall] for Thomas Bennet, […], →OCLC, page 407:
text: Origen ſeems to have led the way; and therefore I date the Notion from his Time: Not that He ſpeaks ſo fully to the Point as ſome that came after, neither had He preciſely the fame Ideas of it; but He taught more confuſely, what others after Him improved, and cleared.
ref: 1737, Daniel Waterland, “A. D. 249. Passover.”, in A Review of the Doctrine of the Eucharist, as Laid Down in Scripture and Antiquity, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Corn[elius] Crownfield, Printer to the University, and W[illiam] Innys […], →OCLC, chapter I (Of the Most Noted, or Most Considerable Names under Which the Holy Communion Hath Been Anciently Spoken Of), page 53:
glosses: Synonym of confusedly.
synonyms: word: confusedly
pronunces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pronunce
pronuncing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pronunce
pronunced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pronunce
tessaract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tessaracts
Etymology: From tessara- (“four-”) + Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”). Coined by British mathematician Charles Howard Hinton in 1888.
Senses: examples: text: The tessaract, the figure whose boundaries are cubes, I knew by heart.
ref: 1917, Algernon Blackwood, “A Victim of Higher Space”, in Day and Night Stories:
glosses: Alternative spelling of tesseract.
Omarama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ōmarama
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori Ōmarama.
Senses: glosses: A town in Waitaki district, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.
CEC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Chuck E. Cheese.
examples: text: The CEC recently kicked off a process to create a strategic plan for offshore wind energy in federal waters as directed by Assembly Bill (AB) 525.
ref: 2022 March 9, “State Approves $10.5 Million to Prepare the Port of Humboldt Bay for Offshore Wind”, in California Energy Commission:
glosses: Initialism of California Energy Commission.
Rooiels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rooi-Els
form: Rooi Els
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans Rooiels, from Afrikaans rooiels / rooi-els (“Cunonia capensis”).
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Overberg district municipality, Western Cape, South Africa.
Henyard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The incumbent and embattled Henyard lost Tuesday’s Democratic primary to Trustee Jason House by a landslide, with House winning nearly 90% of the vote.
ref: 2025 February 25, Gabriel Castillo, Jenna Barnes, Ben Bradley, Michael Johnson, Erik Runge, “Defeated in Dolton: Trustee Jason House beats incumbent Mayor Tiffany Henyard by landslide in primary”, in WGN-TV, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025:
glosses: A surname.
Kallangur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kəˈlæŋɡər/
Senses: glosses: A suburb of the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Acornhoek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans Acornhoek.
Senses: glosses: A town in Bushbuckridge, Ehlanzeni district, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Panoche Hills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Panoche Hills
Etymology: From panoche (“type of sugar”) + hills pl, named after the Panoche Valley.
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in Fresno County, California, United States; known for both being a natural area preserved by the Bureau of Land Management and for the fossils from the Mesozoic found within it.
facial disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facial discs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: A concave collection of feathers on the face of some birds, notably owls, surrounding the eyes.
daytale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of datal.
demeane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demeanes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of demesne.
demayne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demaynes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of demesne.
demeanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demeane
demaynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demayne
demaines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demaine
defaste
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of defaced.
defast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of defaced.
doblon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doblons
form: doblones
Etymology: Spanish doblón
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of doubloon.
doblons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doblon
donnat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donnats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of do-naught.
donnats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donnat
dottling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dottle
dottled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dottle
draying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dray
drayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dray
Royat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune near Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
drabler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drablers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drabbler (“canvas addition to a sail”).
drablers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drabler
euk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yeuk.
euk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: euks
form: euking
form: euked
form: euked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yeuk.
ewk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ewks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yeuk.
ewk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ewks
form: ewking
form: ewked
form: ewked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yeuk.
ecphoration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: ecphorization
glosses: The act of ecphoring.
ecphorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ecphoration.
synonyms: word: ecphoration
ekphorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ecphorization.
eisodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of esodic.
elderwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elderwomen
Senses: glosses: A female elder (leader of tribe or community).
elderman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eldermen
Senses: examples: text: Hrothgar and his eldermen lived happily in Hereot Hall until the day that Grendel, a living fiend out of Hell, a Satan who ruled over swamps and marshes, came stalking toward them.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21:
glosses: A male elder (leader of tribe or community).
elderwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elderwoman
eldermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elderman
electrodynamism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of electrodynamics.
synonyms: word: electrodynamics
elfic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more elfic
form: most elfic
Etymology: elf + -ic
Senses: synonyms: elfin
elven
glosses: Of or relating to elves.
Time Lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the Time Lady
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of time lady.
emblemist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emblemists
Etymology: emblem + -ist
Senses: glosses: Synonym of emblematist.
synonyms: word: emblematist
emblemists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emblemist
encallowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The removal of topsoil from a site where clay is to be dug.
lines of contact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line of contact
contact line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contact lines
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The line where a liquid, gas, and solid meet.
glosses: Synonym of line of contact.
synonyms: word: line of contact
contact lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contact line
enfrenzy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enfrenzies
form: enfrenzying
form: enfrenzied
form: enfrenzied
Senses: glosses: To drive into a state of frenzy.
enfrenzying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enfrenzy
enfrenzies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enfrenzy
enfrenzied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enfrenzy
enghost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enghosts
form: enghosting
form: enghosted
form: enghosted
Senses: glosses: To make ghostly.
enghosting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enghost
enghosts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enghost
enghosted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enghost
Campden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England.
zephyr cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A lightweight, plain woven cotton fabric used to make shirts and dresses.
anarchist calisthenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American political scientist and anthropologist James C. Scott in 2012 in the book-length essay Two Cheers for Anarchism.
Senses: topics: anarchism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: The practice of breaking, typically trivial, laws and rules to encourage independent thinking and action and to challenge authoritative norms.
wikipedia: Two Cheers for Anarchism
jumps in with both feet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jump in with both feet
jumping in with both feet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jump in with both feet
jumped in with both feet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jump in with both feet
pwnz0rs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pwnz0r
pwnz0rs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pwnz0r
pwnz0ring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pwnz0r
pwnz0red
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pwnz0r
greater weever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greater weevers
Senses: synonyms: word: stingbull
glosses: Any member of species Trachinus draco of North Atlantic coastal waters and the North Sea.
lesser weever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesser weevers
Senses: glosses: A fish of species Echiichthys vipera
spotted weever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spotted weevers
Senses: glosses: The fish Trachinus araneus
streaked weever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streaked weevers
Senses: synonyms: starry weever
glosses: Any member of species Trachinus radiatus of fish found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic.
starry weever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starry weevers
Senses: synonyms: streaked weever
glosses: The fish Trachinus radiatus
facial discs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facial disc
halidome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "By my halidome," quoth the other, "I cannot tell […]"
ref: 1895, Trumbull White, Silver and Gold: Both Sides of the Shield, page 18:
glosses: Alternative form of halidom (“sacred honour”).
MNPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MNP
have the cards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has the cards
form: having the cards
form: had the cards
form: had the cards
Senses: examples: text: “I’m finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. And they don’t have the cards,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday.
ref: 2025 March 7, Andrew Roth, Luke Harding, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump says it is ‘easier’ to deal with Russia and Putin ‘wants to end the war’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Ellipsis of have the cards in one's hands.
Westby-with-Plumptons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Fylde district, Lancashire, England, that includes Westby, Great Plumpton and Little Plumpton.
Tervuren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Flemish Dutch Tervuren.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of the Flemish Brabant province in Belgium.
glosses: A breed of dog from this region.
Derived terms: Belgian Tervuren
masajid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masjid
taken the heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the heat
took the heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the heat
taking the heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take the heat
takes the heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take the heat
looking one's best
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of look one's best
looked one's best
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of look one's best
looks one's best
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of look one's best
falls out of love
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall out of love
falling out of love
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall out of love
fell out of love
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall out of love
fallen out of love
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall out of love
giant grenadier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant grenadiers
Senses: synonyms: giant rattail
glosses: A very large species of rattail fish, Albatrossia pectoralis, found in the north Pacific from northern Japan to the Okhotsk and Bering Seas, east to the Gulf of Alaska, and south to northern Baja California in Mexico, with the usual greatly elongated, pointed tail of the rattails.
giant rattail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant rattails
Senses: glosses: Synonym of giant grenadier.
synonyms: word: giant grenadier
giant grenadiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant grenadier
giant rattails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant rattail
giant phantom jelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant phantom jellies
Etymology: From this animal's large size and ghostly appearance.
Senses: glosses: A species of deep-sea jellyfish, Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly found in the ocean's midnight zone, and twilight zone usually at depths of 6,665 m (21,867 ft). It is rarely seen, but believed to be widespread throughout the world, with the exception of the Arctic Ocean.
life off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lifes off
form: lifing off
form: lifed off
form: lifed off
Senses: examples: text: (As Mark Twain said, "Most of us can run pretty well all day long on one compliment.") By talking candidly about the problems of adolescence or the vagaries of the parent-child relationship, some high school coaches extend their reach to life off the court.
ref: 2012, Bill Bradley, Values of the Game, RosettaBooks, →ISBN:
glosses: To sentence (someone) to life imprisonment.
Kempsford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Cynemǣresford
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish of Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.
suka blyad
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cyka blyat.
aura farm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aura farms
form: aura farming
form: aura farmed
form: aura farmed
Etymology: Likely a back-formation from aura farming, but possibly its source.
Senses: glosses: to engage in aura farming: to “farm” (engage in coordinated or repetitive efforts regarded by others as either unappealing or appealing) aura (a desirable aesthetic)
Related terms: aura farmer
psychedelic frogfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychedelic frogfishes
form: psychedelic frogfish
Etymology: First described as having "a remarkable pigment pattern of white swirling stripes", hence the use of the term psychedelic.
Senses: glosses: A species of frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica, with a yellow-brown or peach colour, together with pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern, living in the waters near Ambon Island and Bali, Indonesia.
psychedelic frogfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychedelic frogfish
yeti crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeti crabs
Senses: synonyms: yeti lobster
glosses: Any anomuran (false crab) in the genus Kiwa, living at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps; they have hairy and bristly appearances, reminiscent of a yeti.
yeti crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yeti crab
yeti lobster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeti lobsters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of yeti crab.
synonyms: word: yeti crab
yeti lobsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yeti lobster
Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (without a council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England, that includes the named places.
flying spaghetti monster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying spaghetti monsters
Etymology: Named after the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a satirical deity made of spaghetti, by the oil workers who first saw this animal in 2015.
Senses: glosses: A bathypelagic species of siphonophore (Bathyphysa conifera), found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and off the coast of Southwestern Africa and California.
operating expenditure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operating expenditures
Senses: coordinate_terms: capital expenditure
glosses: Synonym of operating expense.
synonyms: word: operating expense
OpEx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: CapEx
glosses: Alternative spelling of OPEX (“operating expense”).