cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Sexet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Egyptian goddess of malevolent fire, sister of Bast, the bringer of ill-fortune
benk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benks
Senses: glosses: place; point
benks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benk
unconsolable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconsolable
form: most unconsolable
Etymology: From un- + console + -able.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inconsolable.
synonyms: word: inconsolable
toolboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toolbox
walking ferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking fern
tool chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tool chests
form: toolchest
Senses: glosses: A large toolbox; a container, usually portable, for storing tools.
micropenis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˈpinɪs/
Forms: form: micropenises
form: micro-penis
Etymology: From micro- + penis.
Senses: examples: text: The jury has heard claims that [Max] Clifford has a "micropenis" measuring two and half inches, while one woman told the court the publicist's penis was "enormous".
ref: 2014 March 26, “Max Clifford's penis 'neither freakishly small nor enormous', lawyer tells court”, in The Guardian, sourced from Press Association, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An unusually small penis.
Synonyms: word: microphallus
word: baby carrot
word: baby cock
word: baby dick
word: dicklet
word: dickling
word: dicklit
word: clit
word: clitty
word: microdick
word: micropenis
word: needle dick
word: pindick
word: shrimp dick
word: shrimp
Hypernyms: word: penis
Derived terms: micro-penised
Related terms: word: microphallic
T1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T1s
Senses: glosses: A type of serial line that transmits data at a rate of 1544 (or 1536) kilobits per second.
Derived terms: T1 relaxation time
Related terms: T-carrier
DS1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DS1s
Senses: glosses: See T1.
raw_tags: for "digital signal 1."
Related terms: sense: ATIS Telecom Glossary entries for
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20090627013046/http://www.atis.org/glossary/definition.aspx?id=963
word: T1
DS1s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DS1
T1s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T1
finishing school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finishing schools
form: finishing-school
Senses: examples: text: "All she needs is a year or two at a fashionable finishing school, so that at eighteen she can come out with éclat," put in Aunt Clara.
ref: 1875, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 4, in Eight Cousins:
text: Until the 1920s, most European high schools for girls were finishing schools.
ref: 1998, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, Nobel Prize Women in Science, Carol Publishing Group, page 3:
text: On the advice of a well-heeled friend from Indonesia, she then decamped to Switzerland to attend the Institut Villa Pierrefeu. “They call it ‘the finishing school that refuses to be finished,’” Ms. Ho explained, the last in a dying form of pedagogy that asks wealthy women to scrutinize the folds in napkins with an intensity akin to Watson and Crick studying the double helix.
ref: 2023 January 2, Maureen O’Connor, “The Etiquette Guru Who Broke Up With a Boyfriend Over Text”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: charm school
glosses: A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society.
finishing-school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finishing-schools
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of finishing school.
charm school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charm schools
Senses: examples: text: From there, it was a short step to running a charm school, where she taught the children of the powerful how to bow, curtsey and tenderly ladle punch.
ref: 2007 March 11, Margalit Fox, “Marjabelle Y. Stewart, 82, White-Gloved Author, Dies”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Aug 2008:
synonyms: finishing school
glosses: A school where lessons in etiquette and social skills are taught, often as brief courses for children.
local exchange carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: local exchange carriers
Senses: glosses: A company "that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access" (except for wireless carriers, unless the FCC determines that the wireless carrier is to be included in the definition); that is, any local telephone company.
local exchange carriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of local exchange carrier
LECs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LEC
quietistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kwaɪəˈtɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more quietistic
form: most quietistic
Etymology: From quietism + -ic or quiet + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to quietism, a philosophy of passivity and non-involvement.
toller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tollers
Etymology: From toll + -er, from the verb.
Senses: glosses: A person who tolls a bell; a bell ringer.
toller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tollers
Etymology: From Middle English toller, from Old English tollere; equivalent to toll + -er, from the noun.
Senses: glosses: A person who collects tolls; a tollkeeper.
toller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tollers
Senses: glosses: Clipping of Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.
gnurled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of knurled.
zeugmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Involving zeugma.
pound of flesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pounds of flesh
Etymology: From Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, in which Antonio literally owes a pound of his flesh to the moneylender Shylock.
Senses: examples: text: You must be under the impression that I'm one of these damned New England sharks that get their pound of flesh off the widow and orphan.
ref: 1915 October, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter I, in The Song of the Lark, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part V (Doctor Archie’s Adventure), page 348:
text: When I wake up in my makeup / It's too early for that dress / Wilted and faded somewhere in Hollywood / I'm glad I came here with your pound of flesh
ref: 1998, “Celebrity Skin”, performed by Hole:
text: […] [Trinamool] Congress [Party] will need to strike deals with other regional allies, such as Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh. Their pound of flesh will be anti-reform, too.
ref: 2012 September 22, “Indian Reform: At Last”, in The Economist:
qualifier: sensitive
glosses: Something which is owed and which will be hurtful or difficult to provide; a debt owed to someone who is merciless and demanding.
wikipedia: The Merchant of Venice
YAG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: YAGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of yttrium aluminium garnet: a synthetic material used in lasers and formerly as an artificial gemstone.
file allocation table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: file allocation tables
Senses: examples: text: […], although their access involves traversing the indirection in the file allocation table.
ref: 2006, Dhananjay M. Dhamdhere, Operating Systems: A Concept-based Approach, 2nd edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, page 346:
text: The file allocation table needs just a single entry for each file, […]
ref: 2008, A. A. Puntambekar, I. A. Dhotre, Systems Programming, 3ʳᵈ revised edition, Technical Publications Pune, page 13:20
text: For the file allocation table type of file systems, an entire file system allocation table is large and requires many disk sectors to store, […]
ref: 2008, Bruce Jacob, Spencer W. Ng, David T. Wang, Memory Systems: Cache, DRAM, Disk, Morgan Kaufmann, page 691
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A table used internally by the operating system to keep track of the structure of a disk and where files are stored on it.
Synonyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: FAT
Related terms: allocation table
file table
fivepence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪvˌpɛns/
ipa: /ˈfɪpəns/
Forms: form: fivepences
Etymology: From five + pence.
Senses: glosses: A monetary amount of five pence.
glosses: A coin of this value.
Related terms: twopence
tuppence
threepence
fourpence
sixpence
eightpence
tenpence
fixed-point
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Being or using an internal number representation with a fixed number of decimal places (as opposed to floating-point).
moneylending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From money + lending.
Senses: glosses: The practice of lending money.
Related terms: moneylender
befriender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈfɹɛndə/
ipa: /bɪˈfɹɛndɚ/
rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: befrienders
Etymology: From befriend + -er.
Senses: examples: text: She also has a regular commitment as a 'befriender' to the elderly, and has now volunteered to become SWR's charity champion in order to more fully bring her expertise and enthusiasm in this area to bear.
ref: 2019 December 18, Paul Stephen, “This is the best job I've ever had”, in Rail, page 53:
glosses: One who befriends.
befrienders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of befriender
scuba diver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scuba divers
Senses: glosses: a person who swims underwater using scuba-diving equipment
Related terms: scuba diving
scuba set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scuba sets
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: The set of equipment required by a scuba diver to be at ease when submerged for extended periods of time. Modern equipment sets include tanks containing mixes of nitrogen in varied ratios with oxygen, a buoyancy control device, a first- and second-stage regulator (to allow the regulated flow of gas from the tank into the user's respiratory system), a wetsuit and accessories for heat insulation, fins for underwater propulsion, a mask (to see underwater), and a snorkel (for moving around the surface of the water without using up breathing gas). Many divers also choose to dive with a diving knife (in case of a tangle with a net, etc.), and night divers may also dive with a waterproof flashlight.
Related terms: scuba
scuba diver
scuba diving
says who
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Who says so; on whose authority?
Synonyms: who says
Related terms: says me
says me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: says I
Senses: glosses: I say so; on my authority.
Related terms: says who
says you
I know you are but what am I?
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: I know you are but what am I
form: I know you are, but what am I
Etymology: Uncertain, but dates back at least to the June 15th, 1957 issue of The New Yorker (Vol. 33 No. 17, page 23). In "The Talk of the Town", which was a collaborative effort by the magazine's staff writers: "INTERROGATIVE WISP FOUND IN GUTTER OF MACDOUGAL STREET: 'I know you are but what am I?'" The phrase is often attributed to Pee-Wee Herman.
Senses: examples: text: I know you are but what am I? Jeannie would say out loud, whenever I mouthed a name at her.
ref: 1984, McCall's, volume 111, page 62:
text: At this point Johnny changes tactics and hollers, "I know you are, but what am I?" and the voice echoes, "I know you are, but what am I?"
ref: 2003, Mark E. Jones, Echoes of Heaven, page 7:
text: So when Mr. Macchia states that people who collect state quarters are fools, my son says I should reply, "I know you are, but what am I?"
ref: 2005, American Numismatic Association, The Numismatist, page 14:
glosses: Assertion that an insult made by the party to whom the phrase is directed is actually true of that party, and not of the person using the phrase. Usually considered to be a playground taunt.
Related terms: it takes one to know one
I'm rubber, you're glue
pot calling the kettle black
playground taunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playground taunts
Senses: glosses: An insult or phrase of the type that is traditionally used by children against one another; a childish verbal attack.
playground taunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playground taunt
jumpseed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumpseeds
Etymology: From jump + seed.
Senses: glosses: A trailside plant, Persicaria virginiana, with a long seedstalk bearing adhesive seeds.
bow saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bow saws
Senses: glosses: A lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for cutting tree trunks.
glosses: A woodworking saw used for straight or curved cuts.
Synonyms: sense: metal-framed saw with coarse blade
word: Finn saw
sense: metal-framed saw with coarse blade
word: Swede saw
sense: woodworking saw
word: frame saw
sense: woodworking saw
word: buck saw
sense: woodworking saw
word: turning saw
Related terms: jig saw
scroll saw
frame saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frame saws
Senses: glosses: An old design of saw that used a relatively narrow blade, kept stiff by tension through the frame.
Related terms: bow saw
spicebush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spicebushes
Etymology: From spice + bush.
Senses: glosses: A common spicebush (Lindera benzoin), whose leaves have a distinctive strong citrusy aroma.
glosses: Any plant in the genus Calycanthus
Synonyms: sense: Lindera benzoin
word: Benjamin bush
sense: Lindera benzoin
word: spicewood
sense: Lindera benzoin
word: northern spicebush
sense: Lindera benzoin
word: common spicebush
sense: Calycanthus
word: sweetshrub
Hyponyms: sense: Calycanthus
word: Carolina allspice
sense: Calycanthus
taxonomic: Calycanthus floridus
word: Carolina spicebush
sense: Calycanthus
taxonomic: Calycanthus occidentalis
word: California spicebush
Derived terms: taxonomic: Papilio troilus
word: spicebush swallowtail
citrusy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more citrusy
form: most citrusy
form: citrussy
Etymology: From citrus + -y.
Senses: hyponyms: lemony
glosses: Resembling a citrus fruit in taste or aroma.
leaf mold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaf molds
form: leafmold
form: leaf mould
form: leafmould
Etymology: From leaf + mold.
Senses: glosses: Decomposed or composted remains of leaves.
glosses: Soil consisting principally of layers of decomposed leaves.
arrowwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrowwoods
Etymology: From arrow + wood.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of genus Viburnum of eastern North America and other viburnums that have naturalized in North America.
Hyponyms: sense: viburnums native to or naturalized in eastern North America
taxonomic: Viburnum rafinesqueanum
word: downy arrowwood
sense: viburnums native to or naturalized in eastern North America
taxonomic: Viburnum recognitum
word: northern arrowwood
sense: viburnums native to or naturalized in eastern North America
taxonomic: Viburnum nudum
word: wytherod
sense: viburnums native to or naturalized in eastern North America
taxonomic: Viburnum dentatum
word: southern arrowwood
sense: viburnums native to or naturalized in eastern North America
taxonomic: Viburnum sieboldii
word: Siebold's viburnum
sense: viburnums native to or naturalized in eastern North America
taxonomic: Viburnum opulus
word: guelder rose
sense: viburnums native to or naturalized in eastern North America
taxonomic: Viburnum lentago
word: nannybush
Derived terms: taxonomic: Viburnum rafinesqueanum
word: downy arrowwood
taxonomic: Cornus florida
word: Indian arrowwood
taxonomic: Viburnum australe
word: Mexican arrowwood
taxonomic: Viburnum recognitum
word: northern arrowwood
taxonomic: Viburnum dentatum
word: southern arrowwood
corrupter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corrupters
form: corruptor
Etymology: From corrupt + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Can love, which always seeks the good of its object, attempt to betray a woman into a bargain where she is so greatly to be the loser? If such corrupter, therefore, should have the impudence to pretend a real affection for her, ought not the woman to regard him […] as the worst of all enemies […] ?
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
text: Since the 1980s, video games have widely been lambasted as a medium that is at best a waste of time and at worst a training ground for violence and aggression. Despite popularized media depictions of video games as corrupters of youth, to date, no study has definitively demonstrated any such link […]
ref: 2018, Kristin M.S. Bezio, Kimberly Yost, Leadership, Popular Culture and Social Change, page 157:
glosses: One who or that which corrupts.
Synonyms: perverter
Hyponyms: english: of women
translation: of women
word: femicide
corruptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corruptors
Etymology: Latin corruptor.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corrupter.
Derived terms: corruptress
corruptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corruptor
corrupters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corrupter
freemasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freemason
red bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: red beans
Senses: glosses: The azuki bean (Vigna angularis), most common in East Asia.
glosses: The rice bean (Vigna umbellata).
glosses: Any of various red varieties of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), including the kidney bean, Honduran red bean, and Salvadoran red bean.
examples: text: China’s dragon-boat festival ensures fishermen’s safety through consumption of meat, lotus seed (Nelumbo spp., Nelumbonaceae), date, water chestnut (Trapa spp., Trapaceae), and zongzi, which are glutinous-rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves (Poaceae) and filled with red bean (Luard 2001).
ref: 2009, Nina Lilian Etkin, Foods of Association: Biocultural Perspectives on Foods and Beverages that Mediate Sociability, Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 135:
text: Freshly made red bean treats hot from the griddle are popular here: crispy-hot snapper-shaped taiyaki cakes filled with red bean; dorayaki (red bean sandwiched between two hand-held, pancake-esque cakes); the famous ningyōyaki (doll-shaped bite-sized red bean cakes traditional to the old neighbourhood Asakusa).
ref: 2018, Eat Like a Local TOKYO, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 26:
text: Griselda returns, holding a bag full of wasabi peas and anpans. She knows I like the ones filled with custard rather than red bean, so I’m grateful she got my favorites.
ref: 2018, Peter Tieryas, Mecha Samurai Empire, New York, N.Y.: Ace, →ISBN:
text: In the book, the protagonist is a Korean American girl, and a lot of her favorite things—from her love of walnut cakes filled with red bean to the Korean drama Boys Over Flowers—were my favorite things growing up as well.
ref: 2020, Erin Yun, Pippa Park Raises Her Game, New York, N.Y.: Fabled Films LLC, published 2021, →ISBN:
text: Buns filled with sweet custard, buns filled with red bean, savory buns with spinach and minced meat, sticky rice and pork belly wrapped in bamboo leaves and tied with string.
ref: 2022, Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay, New York, N.Y.: Random House, published 2023, →ISBN, page 164:
text: Manju originated from Chinese mantou, that deep fried bread thing you dip in condensed milk that you can get in Binondo. But this is Japanese. And the Japanese version is made with red bean instead of chocolate or custard.
ref: 2022, Carla de Guzman, Some Bali to Love, Midnight Books:
synonyms: anko
glosses: A paste made of azuki beans.
Derived terms: red bean porridge
red bean soup
red beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red bean
baiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baiter
give something up as a bad job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives something up as a bad job
form: giving something up as a bad job
form: gave something up as a bad job
form: given something up as a bad job
Senses: examples: text: After hours of trying, he eventually gave it up as a bad job.
glosses: To cease a task that has a history of failure and little chance of immediate success.
Related terms: make the best of a bad job
perpetuano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perpetuanos
form: perpetuanoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perpetuana (“kind of fabric”).
ebola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊlə
Senses: examples: text: [A] single droplet of blood no bigger than this ‘o’ may contain 100 million ebola particles.
ref: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 375:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Ebola.
calotte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɑt/
ipa: /kəˈlɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: calottes
Etymology: Borrowed from French calotte.
Senses: synonyms: zucchetto
glosses: A skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.
glosses: The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
topics: architecture
glosses: A round cavity or depression, in the form of a cup or cap, lathed and plastered; used to diminish the rise or elevation of a moderate chapel, alcove, etc. which would otherwise be too high for other pieces of the apartment.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.
Derived terms: calotte model
scabrose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scabrose
form: most scabrose
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scabrous.
vunerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vunerable
form: most vunerable
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of vulnerable.
pelhams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelham
stick man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stick men
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stickman.
bult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bults
Etymology: From Afrikaans bult, that from Dutch bult.
Senses: glosses: A ridge or small hill.
campanili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæmpəˈniːli/
ipa: /ˌkæmpəˈnili/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian campanili.
Senses: glosses: plural of campanile
pocket flask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket flasks
form: pocket-flask
Senses: examples: text: The traveller had been at the pains of going a long way up stairs to his sleeping-room, to fetch his pocket-flask of brandy.
ref: 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Fellow Travellers”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, book the second (Riches), page 334:
text: We were walking at a smart pace, and a sip from my pocket-flask soon set my old friend's tongue going.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 26:
synonyms: hip flask
hip-pocket flask
glosses: A flat metal container for alcoholic beverages, with a narrow neck suitable for use as a drinking spout, designed to fit into a man's pocket and popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
pocket-flask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket-flasks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pocket flask.
hipflask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hipflasks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hip flask.
hip-pocket flask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hip-pocket flasks
Senses: examples: text: I saw Lorna drink lemonade into which liquor had been poured from a hip-pocket flask.
ref: 1922, Zane Grey, chapter 7, in The Day of the Beast:
glosses: A hip flask.
Sigmund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In allusion to Sigmund Freud.
Senses: examples: text: RUTH: OK, OK. Sigmund. Lighten up. OK. So what if it's completely neurotic and emotionally unhealthy.
ref: 2004, Chuck Smith, Columbia College Chicago, Seven Black Plays, page 399:
text: Thanks, Sigmund. If I want to be psychoanalyzed, I'll throw good money away on an actual fucking therapist.
ref: 2014, Emma Chase, Tamed, page 61:
glosses: Term of address for a person who appears to be dispensing psychoanalysis.
wikipedia: Sigmund Freud
Aurelius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɔˈɹiliəs/
/əˈɹiliəs/
Etymology: From Latin Aurēlius.
Senses: examples: text: Would the name Marcus Aurelius have meant anything to him? In all probability, he would have thought it a fancy name for a black slave.
ref: 1992, Anne Rice, The Tale of the Body Thief, Arrow Books, →ISBN, page 169:
glosses: A male given name from Latin; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.
Related terms: Aurelia
Aurelian
Aurelie
good show
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: An exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, show.
Derived terms: bad show
Related terms: bravo
well done
gastroenterostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastroenterostomies
Etymology: From gastro- + entero- + -stomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure for making a connection between the stomach and the jejunum, usually as part of an operation, performed at the same time as a partial gastrectomy.
Aurelian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Aurelianus, derivative of the gens name Aurelius (“golden”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin, of mostly historical use in English.
Aurelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin Aurelianus, derivative of the gens name Aurelius (“golden”).
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of the Roman emperor Aurelius
Aurelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aurelians
Etymology: See aurelia (“a chrysalis”).
Senses: glosses: An entomologist devoted to the study of butterflies and moths.
Persis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Persis, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís). Doublet of Fars.
Senses: glosses: A region of ancient Iran in its southwest; modern Fars province.
Persis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís, “a Persian woman”).
Senses: examples: Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
glosses: An early Christian, mentioned in the epistle to the Romans.
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, in occasional use since the 16th century.
villeggiatura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: villegiatura
Etymology: From Italian villeggiatura.
Senses: glosses: country retirement; staying at a place in the country
incontravertable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of incontrovertible.
laparotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laparotomies
Etymology: From laparo- + -tomy.
Senses: examples: text: Itʼs known as a laparotomy, which involves cutting open your whole abdomen.
ref: 2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 262:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: celiotomy
coeliotomy
glosses: The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
Derived terms: laparotomic
laparotomize
minilaparotomy
Related terms: laparoscopy
full-frontal nudity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of full frontal nudity.
camionette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camionettes
Etymology: From French camionnette.
Senses: glosses: A van.
Related terms: camion
coeliotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coeliotomies
form: cœliotomy
Etymology: By surface analysis, coel- + -i- + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: laparotomy
glosses: A surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
Related terms: coeliac
coelioscopy
sharpshoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sharpshoots
form: sharpshooting
form: sharpshot
form: sharpshot
Etymology: Back-formation from sharpshooter.
Senses: glosses: To shoot with precision.
glosses: To correct another's mistake, typically minor, in order to provide more accurate information.
round out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rounds out
form: rounding out
form: rounded out
form: rounded out
Senses: examples: text: It was Bill all right, but he'd really rounded out since I'd last seen him.
hypernyms: fill out#Verb
glosses: To become rounder or plumper.
examples: text: Here are some actual figures to round out the basic report.
text: Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
synonyms: flesh out#Verb
coordinate_terms: word: round off#English:_finish or complete
alt: something
glosses: To make more complete by adding details.
combat fatigue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle.
Synonyms: shell shock
Related terms: combat fatigues
post-traumatic stress disorder
PTSD
blouze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blouzes
form: blouse
form: blowse
Senses: examples: text: […] (for, by the way, this blouze had left her place in the country, for a bastard) […]
ref: 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill:
glosses: A prostitute.
Related terms: blowsy
shin splints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shin splint
glosses: Inflammation of muscles around the shins.
raw_tags: with singular verb
shinsplint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shinsplints
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shin splint.
ship-building
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ship-buildings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shipbuilding.
extasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extasies
Senses: examples: text: […] the ſweet youth, overpower'd with the extaſy, died away in my arms […]
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 196:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
text: There was merit in every drawing—in the least finished, perhaps the most; her style was spirited; but had there been much less, or had there been ten times more, the delight and admiration of her two companions would have been the same. They were both in extasies. A likeness pleases every body; and Miss Woodhouse’s performances must be capital.
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 89:
text: Afraid almost to breathe, we English travellers surveyed with extasy this splendid landscape, so different from the sober hues and melancholy graces of our native scenery.
ref: 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 25:
glosses: Obsolete form of ecstasy.
extasy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: extasies
form: extasying
form: extasied
form: extasied
Senses: examples: text: He starts in extasied surprise—There, soaring in the cloudless skies, Faith's rock in dazzling glory glows, And gathers every beam that flows From the immortal fount above, The sun of righteousness and love .
ref: 1832, Robert Wilson Evans, The Rectory of Valehead, page 266:
text: The boy seems pleas'd, and here begins to break Into a language, extasied the maid;
ref: 1833, James Shirley, The Dramatic Works and Poems, page 479:
text: The other, extasied with so great a courtesie from a stranger whom hee had not seene before , enforced him backe, to know what reason he had to be so charitable, entreating him to consider what hope he had of future satisfaction, or at least to resolue him what securitie he demanded.
ref: 1843, Francis Beaumont, Sammlung:
text: but scarce had I drawn back mine arms, strained the outward flexure of my knee-joints, and was fixed in an apt disposure to take the corvetto primo and leap-valiant of the cour, when methought suddenly there came in and did appear before me mine ancient, most reverend and singular good friend, the rector of Saynt Andrew of S—, nearest in neighbourhood, but not of mine own cure, myself being of D— manor house in the same vicinage,—who astonished beyond measure at my so extasied gladness, demanded wherefore I did carry myself on this wise?
ref: 1843, Bernard M— (of S—), A Dream of a Queen's Reign, page 4:
text: My naked Libra in her virgin love Extasying the tender patience of the stars.
ref: 1980, John Kasaipwalova, Sail the Midnight Sun:
glosses: Obsolete form of ecstasy.
fin keel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fin keels
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A type of keel common in sailing yachts, its shape resembling the fin of a fish.
collection plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collection plates
form: collection-plate
Senses: examples: 1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Story Girl, ch. 5 "Peter goes to church",
Elder Frewen, a tall, pale man, with long, sandy side-whiskers, appeared at the door of our pew with the collection plate.
glosses: A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.
Related terms: poor box
collection-plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collection-plates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of collection plate.
construction helmet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: construction helmets
Senses: glosses: Protective headgear worn by a construction worker; a hard hat.
transgenerational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transgenerational
form: most transgenerational
Etymology: From trans- + generational.
Senses: examples: text: the support of transgenerational relationships and the repeal of age of consent laws
ref: 1980 August 30, Mickey Zacuto, “Liberation”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 4:
glosses: Acting across multiple generations
Related terms: intergenerational
ektara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ektara ektara
form: ektaras
form: ectara
Senses: examples: text: The fingers of her right hand were strumming an ektara.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 131:
glosses: A single-stringed string instrument of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
Synonyms: iktar
ektar
gopichand
tousche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tousches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tusche.
blue-plate special
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue-plate specials
form: blue plate special
Senses: examples: text: [H]is big blue plate special, with meat course and three vegetables, is purchasable for a quarter, just as it has been for the last ten years.
ref: 1928 December 2, Bertram Reinitz, “Where New York Dines on a Dime […]”, in The New York Times (Special Features section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2025, page 2, column 2:
text: Most had stayed at the convention hotel, but at dinner time many went across the street for the fifty-cent blue plate special.
ref: 1968, Erik Barnouw, A History of Broadcasting in the United States: The Golden Web: 1933 to 1953, Oxford, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: A popular meal offered at a reduced price, usually in inexpensive eateries and often on a plate divided into compartments for different food items.
Related terms: blue-light special
blue plate special
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue plate specials
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blue-plate special.
bulbosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulbosities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being bulbous
glosses: Something bulbous
angulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡjəl.əs/
Forms: form: anguli
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin angulus (“an angle”). Doublet of angle.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: gastric angle
glosses: An angle or corner, such as the angular portion of the stomach between the lesser curvature and the pylorus.
locator map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: locator maps
Senses: synonyms: location map
glosses: A simple map used in cartography to show the location of a particular geographic area within its larger and presumably more familiar context.
Synonyms: locator
hip-flask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hip-flasks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hip flask.
standing ovation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standing ovations
Senses: examples: text: Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.
ref: 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
text: His entry to the game was greeted by a standing ovation from the home fans, who also chanted his name, and the Belgium playmaker served a reminder of his ability with an assist for Doku's goal.
ref: 2024 January 7, Gary Rose, “Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Enthusiastic applause given by people who rise from a sitting position.
mental block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mental blocks
Senses: examples: text: His mental block is due to a childhood trauma which he will not confront.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Repression of painful thoughts.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
coordinate_terms: creative block
glosses: Inability to continue a train of thought.
darby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: darbies
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from the town of Derby.
Senses: glosses: A specialized tool used to smooth and level the surface of wet concrete, consisting of a stiff wedge or triangle of wood or metal.
Synonyms: derby
derby float
derby slicker
Related terms: english: handcuffs
translation: handcuffs
word: darbies
coursebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sbʊk/
Forms: form: coursebooks
Etymology: From course + book.
Senses: glosses: A textbook, a book designed to accompany a specific academic course, or one specified by the writers of the course to be read by its students.
slowliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slowly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: "In all my experience and observation," says Dr. W. O. Krohn, "I have never seen a single case of brain disorderliness, of brain slowliness that was not benefited by physical training."
ref: 1904, Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette, volume 20, page 366:
text: This suggests that many of them are sensitive to the idea, that slowliness is a characteristic cue of grief (making it more sure that grief is felt by the mover), but it is not a necessary cue.
ref: 1991, Marco de Meijer, Emotional Meaning in Large Body Movements, page 199:
text: Digital play might inhibit this slowliness, because, as mentioned earlier, there is not the same responsiveness to the subtleties of the touch interaction.
ref: 2019, Mona Sakr, Digital Play in Early Childhood: What's the Problem?:
glosses: Slowness.
metaphrast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaphrasts
Senses: examples: text: A metaphrast has re-written Ian McEwan's book Atonement as a poem.
glosses: A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
personal property
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal properties
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Any property that is movable, that is, not real estate.
Synonyms: personalty
Hypernyms: property
Coordinate terms: real estate
real property
realty
-ty
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -ty, from Old English -tiġ (“-ty”), from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Scots -ty (“-ty”), West Frisian -tich (“-ty”), Dutch -tig (“-ty”), German -zig (“-ty”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “group of ten, decade”). Related to ten.
Senses: glosses: A nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)
word: eighty
sense: terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)
word: fifty
sense: terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)
word: forty
sense: terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)
word: ninety
sense: terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)
word: seventy
sense: terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)
word: sixty
sense: terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)
word: thirty
sense: terms derived using -ty (multiples of ten)
word: twenty
-ty
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -te, from Old French -te, from Latin -tās, -tātem.
Senses: examples: text: subtle + -ty → subtlety
glosses: Alternative form of -ity, used to form abstract nouns from adjectives.
proselytizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proselytizer
requeen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: requeens
form: requeening
form: requeened
form: requeened
Etymology: From re- + queen.
Senses: examples: text: Requeening means changing the queen of a colony, either to secure better stock, or to replace a queen which...cannot furnish the eggs necessary to the development of a normal colony.
ref: 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 93
topics: agriculture
beekeeping
business
lifestyle
glosses: To change or replace the queen bee of a colony of bees.
operationalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operationalization
bobby socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bobby sock
form: bobby sox
form: bobby-sox
form: bobbysox
form: bobbysocks
Senses: glosses: Women's ankle socks.
Derived terms: bobby soxer
birl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɝl/
ipa: /bɜːl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: birls
form: birling
form: birled
form: birled
Etymology: From Middle English birlen.
Senses: examples: text: About nine in the morning, in a burst of wintry sun between two squalls of hail, I had my first look of Holland - a line of windmills birling in the breeze.
ref: 1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter XXII, in Catriona, Helvoetsluys:
text: 1906, Neil Munro, The Vital Spark, reprinted in 1958, Para Handy Tales,
"I'll maybe no trouble you long, boys," he moaned lugubriously. "My heid's birling roond that fast that I canna even mind my own name two meenutes."
glosses: To spin.
examples: text: "That's nothing!" my companion repressed me, "anybody can birl a log. Watch this."
Roaring Dick for the first time unfolded his arms. With some appearance of caution he balanced his unstable footing into absolute immobility. Then he turned a somersault.
ref: 1903 April, Stewart Edward White, “The Riverman”, in McClure's Magazine, volume 20:
glosses: To cause (a floating log) to rotate by treading on it.
glosses: To throw down a coin as one's share in a joint contribution.
birl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɝl/
ipa: /bɜːl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: birls
Etymology: From Middle English birlen.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: bagpipes
glosses: A type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-A and low-G several times, producing a low rippling sound.
birl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɝl/
ipa: /bɜːl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: birls
form: birling
form: birled
form: birled
Etymology: See birle.
Senses: examples: text: So saying, he led the way out through halls and trances that were weel kend to my gudesire, and into the auld oak parlour; and there was as much singing of profane sangs^([sic]), and birling of red wine, and speaking blasphemy and sculduddry, as had ever been in Redgauntlet Castle when it was at the blithest.
ref: 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:
glosses: Alternative form of birle (“to drink, carouse”).
birl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɝl/
ipa: /bɜːl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: birls
Etymology: Blend of boy + girl
Senses: examples: text: Affirmation of the desirability of birls is a key element throughout this online site even when complex issues of gender and sexual positioning are being worked through.
ref: 2007, Susan Driver, Queer Girls and Popular Culture: Reading, Resisting, and Creating Media:
text: The birls forum describes itself as "a community dedicated to boyish/androgynous girls" with open borders such that "all people who don't define themselves as birls are welcome as well, including femmes, bioboys, androgynes, and transguys ... or you could just make up your own label for who you are" (Birls Live Journal, 2004).
ref: 2013, David Buckingham, Rebekah Willett, Digital Generations: Children, Young People, and the New Media:
glosses: A girl of boyish appearance.
prolegomenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊləˈɡɒmɪnəs/
Forms: form: more prolegomenous
form: most prolegomenous
Etymology: From prolegomenon + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: […]it may not be amiss, in the prolegomenous or introductory chapter, to say something of that species of writing which is called the marvellous.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII:
glosses: Introductory; functioning as a preface or prolegomenon.
Related terms: prolegomenon
prolegomenously
nubbing cheat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nubbing cheats
Senses: examples: text: Follow but my counsel, and I will show you a way to empty the pocket of a queer cull without any danger of the nubbing cheat.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 307:
glosses: The gallows.
gallowglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallowglasses
form: gallowglass
form: galloglass
Etymology: From Irish gallóglach (“foreign soldier”), from Gall (“foreigner, non-Gaelic person”) + óglách (“soldier”).
Senses: examples: text: The multiplying villanies of nature / Do swarm upon him--from the western isles/ Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: A mercenary warrior élite among Gaelic-Norse clans residing in the Western Isles of Scotland and Scottish Highlands from the mid 13th century to the end of the 16th century.
gradualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gradualistic
form: most gradualistic
Etymology: From gradual + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gradualism