cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Negritid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Negritids
Etymology: From Negrito + -id.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Negrito
glosses: A member and subtype of the Australoid race, similar to Veddoid, which is characterized by very small stature and dark skin, and includes the Aeta, Andamanese and Semang peoples.
Related terms: Australid
Bambutid
Melanesid
Veddoid
Melanesid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Melanesids
Etymology: From Melanesia + -id.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Melanesian
glosses: A proposed subrace of the Australoid race, coined by Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt in 1934.
Related terms: Australid
Negritid
Polynesid
Veddoid
guyabanos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guyabano
recco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reccos
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: recce
reccy
glosses: Reconnaissance.
reccos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recco
laws of attraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of law of attraction
Polynesid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polynesids
Etymology: From Polynesia + -id.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Polynesian
glosses: A member of a proposed subrace associated with Pacific Islanders that originated in Southeast Asia and spread throughout the Pacific in ancient times.
Polynesid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Polynesid
form: most Polynesid
Etymology: From Polynesia + -id.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Being a member or pertaining to characteristics of this racial classification; it is said to contain a set of distinct characteristics due to founder effect and genetic drift.
Related terms: Melanesid
Pacifid
Proto-Mongoloid
Polynesids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Polynesid
bedrests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedrest
bed rests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bed rest
bush track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bush tracks
Senses: glosses: A rural track used for unsanctioned, informal horse racing with amateur jockeys.
bush tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush track
censorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of censorian
Pan's-pipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panpipes.
ammonolyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ammonolyzes
form: ammonolyzing
form: ammonolyzed
form: ammonolyzed
Senses: glosses: To subject to ammonolysis.
ammonolyzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ammonolyze
ammonolyzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ammonolyze
ammonolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ammonolyze
anakrousis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of anacrusis.
antepalatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: ante- + palatal
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: In front of the palate.
aquametry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The chemical analysis of materials to measure the water present in them.
appercipient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more appercipient
form: most appercipient
Senses: glosses: Relating to apperception.
applosion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The production of an applosive.
arahat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arahats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arhat.
arahats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arahat
arrisways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arriswise.
Bryceson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
back-check
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: back-checks
form: back-checking
form: back-checked
form: back-checked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backcheck.
back-check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-checks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backcheck.
back-reef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-reefs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backreef.
barong-barongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barong-barong
basehearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more basehearted
form: most basehearted
Etymology: base + hearted
Senses: glosses: Villainous.
beta-thalassemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beta-thalassemias
Senses: glosses: A form of thalassemia caused by a reduced or absent synthesis of the beta chains of hemoglobin.
beta-thalassemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beta-thalassemia
cross-compilations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-compilation
Paphlagonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Paphlagonian
form: most Paphlagonian
Etymology: From Paphlagonia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Paphlagonia.
Paphlagonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paphlagonians
Etymology: From Paphlagonia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Paphlagonia.
Paphlagonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paphlagonian
Bracker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Jagdeep
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dʒæɡdiːp/
Etymology: From Hindi जगदीप (jagdīp).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hindi
buy the same horse twice
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbaɪ ðə seɪm hɔːs ˈtwaɪs/
ipa: /ˌbaɪ ðə ˌseɪm hoɹs ˈtwaɪs/
Etymology: Perhaps alluding to the practice whereby a seller tricks a former owner into repurchasing a previously sold horse, often under disadvantageous terms.
Senses: examples: text: We won't buy the same horse twice just to finalize this deal.
text: “There was an expression we used at the embassy at the timethat trading with the Russians you had to buy the same horse twice,” Harriman recalled. […] He agreed that the whole negotiation we had just completed at Yalta would have to be developed again from the ground up. We had established nothing more than the machinery for renegotiation.
ref: 1975, Elie Abel, W. Averell Harriman, Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946, New York: Random House:
text: "[…]The United States will not play the game of accepting empty promises or yielding to threats. As former secretary of defence Bob Gates has said, we won't buy the same horse twice. We have made clear our openness to authentic negotiations with North Korea.[…]"
ref: 2013 March 12, Chris McGreal, “US dismissive of 'bellicose rhetoric' after North Korea nullifies armistice”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: “For the U.S. to be part of any negotiation with Iran, it has to show it is a trustworthy partner,’’ Mr. Zarif said. Picking up on an American term of art, he said he would not “buy the same horse twice.”
ref: 2019 September 23, David E. Sanger, Farnaz Fassihi, “A Year Later, Iran Finds Evaporating Sympathy at the U.N.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: (in a negotiation) To trade or make concessions for something that has already been agreed upon.
pellegrinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pellegrina
nonino
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
ref: 1623, As You Like It:
glosses: Alternative form of nonny (“meaningless word used in refrains”).
ISRP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Irish Socialist Republican Party.
Recean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɹɛtʃeɪˈæn/
Etymology: From Romanian Recean.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian
hooder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hooders
Senses: glosses: A person that puts a hood onto another person during a graduation ceremony.
Minnesomalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Minnesota + Somalia.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, Mish Congrats, We here in Minnesomalia who are getting tired of all the silly Crap are thinking about pulling up stakes and bugging out too.
ref: 2023 December 21, Jake the snake, MishTalk:
text: That is a single digit minority in Minnesota, if I'm not mistaken. That's just white supremacist, minnesomalia^([sic]) sort of talking point.
ref: 2024 August 30, “Denial, Delusion, and Devastation: Israeli genocide made possible by a nurtured ignorance and deft dehumanization”, in Best of the Left, episode 1652:
glosses: Minnesota, perceived as having a large Somali population.
EVA suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EVA suits
Senses: glosses: A spacesuit designed for extravehicular activities, such as spacewalks.
EVA suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EVA suit
centipede-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centipede-eater
Mexican garter snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mexican garter snake
Texas lined snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Texas lined snake
Texas garter snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Texas garter snake
shadow snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadow snake
eight-lined keelbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eight-lined keelback
eastern indigo snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eastern indigo snake
Great Plains rat snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Great Plains rat snake
many-banded kraits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of many-banded krait
deaf adders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deaf adder
snouted cobras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snouted cobra
Nikolsky's vipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nikolsky's viper
night adders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night adder
common European adders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common European adder
saw-scaled vipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saw-scaled viper
Fene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
Farhad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Persian.
CGDK
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea.
Glœckner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gloeckner.
Guntín
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Himavat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit हिमवत् (himavat, literally “frosty”).
Senses: glosses: A Hindu deity, the personification of the Himalayas.
HMBH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HMBHs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of hypermassive black hole.
HMBHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HMBH
Iguassu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Iguazu.
V.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of VS..
Kachouba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kaschuba.
Kalevalsky District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A raion of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
Kawanuma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Tennessee River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tennessee (“a river in the United States”).
synonyms: word: Tennessee
extra: a river in the United States
deradical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- (“from”) + radical (“of or pretaining to a root”).
Senses: examples: text: The pattern in (20) is best desctibed as deverbal, in contrast to the deradical pattern in (21) and (22).
ref: 2006, D. Gary Miller, “Derivation”, in Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English, Oxford University Press, page 16:
text: Vedic -dhyai, as just alluded to, has been considered by many distinguished scholars to be a deradical rather than a depresential suffix, except in a few special forms.
ref: 2013, Benjamin W. Fortson IV, “Latin -(r)ier and its Indo-Iranian congeners”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, number 117, pages 75–118:
text: The deradical derivation of the key elements of the C[aland ]S[ystem] reveals the origin of the system within PIE: as summarized by Rau (2009: 127–131), the Caland System is ultimately based on derivational processes starting from root nouns.
ref: 2017, Marek Andrzej Majer, The Caland system in the north: Archaism and innovation in property-concept/state morphology in Balto-Slavic, Harvard University, DPhil dissertation, page 8:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Derived directly from a root (rather than from a form that is itself derived).
deradically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From deradical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Very importantly, the basic component formations in the C[aland ]S[ystem] are all derived deradically, i.e. directly from the root.
ref: 2017, Marek Andrzej Majer, The Caland system in the north: Archaism and innovation in property-concept/state morphology in Balto-Slavic, Harvard University, DPhil dissertation, pages 7–8:
text: A V[erbal ]A[djective] is a mostly predicatively used adjective that is derived deradically with the fixed template XaY(V)Z- (in the simple/Grundstamm template), the second vowel being the theme vowel of the respective root.
ref: 2023, Iris Kamil, “t-Forms of the Akkadian Stative”, in Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics, volume 15, number 1, →DOI, pages 262–290:
text: The first and most archaic of these forms s-stems deradically by means of a PGk. [Proto-Greek] suffix *-(ī)yos-, continuing the o-grade of the PIE primary comparative.
ref: 2024, Lukas Kahl, Diachronic Studies in Indo-European Degree Morphology, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences., DPhil dissertation, page 106:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In a deradical manner.
Kiryas Tosh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Hasidic Jewish community in Boisbriand, Quebec.
Kiril
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cyril.
Kinta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Perak, Malaysia.
glosses: A valley in Perak, Malaysia.
Miñotos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Mishael
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Meshach (“one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed”).
synonyms: word: Meshach
extra: one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed
Mlanje
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Mulanje.
Derived terms: Mlanje cedar
Mlanje cypress
Nowosolna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Nowosolna.
Senses: glosses: A gmina in Łódź East County, Lodz Voivodeship, Poland.
Lingen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Lower Saxony, Germany, usually known as Lingen (Ems) after the River Ems.
glosses: A village and civil parish in north Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3667).
Ticklerton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4890).
samba school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samba schools
Etymology: Calque of Portuguese escola de samba.
Senses: glosses: A cultural organization in Brazil devoted to practicing and showcasing samba, as well as organizing and performing elaborate parades during carnival.
samba schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samba school
butter cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butter cakes
Senses: glosses: A cake in which one of the main ingredients is butter, along with sugar, eggs, flour, and leavening agents such as baking powder, similar to a pound cake.
butter cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butter cake
ruined orgasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruined orgasms
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: An orgasm that is not accompanied by the typical pleasant physical sensations, usually achieved by withdrawing stimulation just before it occurs.
sugar dating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of being a sugar baby; sugaring.
mash it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mashes it up
form: mashing it up
form: mashed it up
form: mashed it up
Senses: glosses: To dance well; to succeed.
tar-black
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tar + black.
Senses: examples: text: His night's work done, he slipped back into the tar-black night ... […]
ref: 2008, Dan Waddell, The Blood Detective, page 68:
text: It was tar-black outside except for the flickering light of a torch stuck into a holder beside the door.
ref: 2012, Kat Martin, Heart of Courage:
text: […] reinvents herself several times until she settles on the persona and name of “Bride” that befits the stunning image she creates of herself with her brilliant white clothes that contrast radically with her tar-black skin.
ref: 2019, Rhone Fraser, Natalie King-Pedroso, Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God Help The Child:
synonyms: pitch-black
glosses: As black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.
good-class bungalow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good-class bungalows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of good class bungalow.
good class bungalow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good class bungalows
form: good-class bungalow
form: Good Class Bungalow
form: GCB
Senses: glosses: A prestigious and expensive landed house located in one of 39 designated areas in Singapore, defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority as having at most two storeys, and a land area of at least 1,400 m².
good-class bungalows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good-class bungalow
good class bungalows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good class bungalow
Roatan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.ə.tɑn/
Forms: form: Rattan
form: Roatán
form: Ruattan
Etymology: From Spanish Roatán, a hispanicized form of a Pech name meaning, "water of the sun".
The island had been formerly named by Christopher Columbus as Isla de los Pinos (“Pine Island”).
Senses: glosses: An island, the largest of the Bay Islands, a department of Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea.
Oddar Meanchey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province in northeastern Cambodia.
waist cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waist card
Folland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Follands
Senses: glosses: A surname
tidapathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Malay tidapa + English apathy.
Senses: examples: text: The curse of a warm, damp, equatorial climate is “tidapathy” from the Malay “Tid’ apa” — “It does not matter”. In an enervating climate, even the smallest effort requires some exercise of will-power. The temptation is to let things slide, and once that temptation begins to take hold, a general deterioration sets in and with it a weakening of moral fibre. Raffles, consciously or unconsciously, was completely free from any subjection to the climate.
ref: 1951, C.E. Wurzburg, Raffles of the Eastern Isles:
text: Short for tidak apa, its corrupted bazaar form tidapa has given rise to the “English” word tidapathy, a word very expressive of the attitude of couldn’t-care-less-ness that grips all of us from time to time!
ref: 1960, Edward S. King, Speak Malay!, page 82:
text: Replying in the affirmative would not commit you to anything but it would enable us to know what we can offer in the form of voluntary service. The worst you can do is to ignore the circular. Tidapathy has no place in our present society.
ref: 1969 June 24, Editorial, “The Doctor in a National Emergency”, in Singapore Medical Association Newsletter, volume 3, number 1:
text: Tidapathy is ‘biasa lah’. Shoddy work is considered normal and we now accept standards which are much lowered.
ref: 2014 March 27, Marina Mahathir, “A watershed moment”, in The Star:
glosses: A state of total indifference; a condition of not caring about something.
psychophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more psychophobic
form: most psychophobic
Etymology: From psycho- + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: We need to watch out for our psychophobic inclination to take a pill and go back to sleep.
ref: 2000 May 28, Peter Wolson, “A World of Psychophobia”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 10 May 2025:
glosses: Of or pertaining to psychophobia.
bird bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Reduplication of bird, a semantic loan from Hokkien 鳥 /鸟 (as in 𡳞鳥 /𡳞鸟 and 咕咕鳥 /咕咕鸟) and Malay burung (“bird; penis”).
Compare bird, which is also used refer to male genitalia in certain North American slang.
Senses: synonyms: word: ku ku bird
word: ku ku jiao
word: lanjiao
word: butoh
glosses: One's penis.
wikipedia: Green's Dictionary of Slang
ku ku bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌk˭u˨ ˌk˭u˧ ˈbə(ː)d˦]
ipa: [ˌk˭u˨ ˌk˭u˨˦ -]
Forms: form: ku ku birds
form: ku ku bird
Etymology: Partial calque of Hokkien 咕咕鳥 /咕咕鸟 (ku-kú-chiáu). Compare cuckoo.
Senses: synonyms: word: ku ku jiao
word: lanjiao
word: butoh
word: bird bird
glosses: Penis
ku ku birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ku ku bird
Kugelmass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “Psychotherapists are not immune to the same stereotypes that we all have, and I think they could become even more relevant for psychotherapists than for other professions [both medical and nonmedical], because they are embarking on this intimate, potentially long-term relationship with these [clients],” said Heather Kugelmass, a doctoral student in sociology at Princeton University. Kugelmass is the author of the study (PDF), which was published Wednesday in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
ref: 2016 June 1, Carina Storrs, “Therapists often discriminate against black and poor patients, study finds”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
small-flowered tonella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lesser baby innocence (Tonella tenella).
synonyms: word: lesser baby innocence
extra: Tonella tenella
plesiometacarpal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plesio- + metacarpal.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: telemetacarpal
text: However, as we emphasize elsewhere all extant plesiometacarpal (i.e., Old World) deer, of which Candiacervus is an example, give birth to one fawn per season (twins are rare to very rare).
ref: 2014, Geer, Alexandra van der, 1963-, Mortality in a predator-free insular environment : the dwarf deer of Crete, page 13:
text: The wapiti is the only American representative of the plesiometacarpal deer, to which most Eurasian genera belong, all other American deer being telometacarpal.
ref: 1951 January 1, L. F. de Beaufort, Zoogeography of the land and inland waters (Text-books of animal biology), page 13:
text: For instance, according to his views, the Virginia deer, Odocoileus, and the pampas deer, Ozotoceros, both of them telemetacarpal and having the choanae divided by the vomer, should be considered as representing subgenera of the genus Darm, the typical species of which is the European fallow deer, that is to say, a plesiometacarpal species with undivided posterior nasal aperture.
ref: 1941, Osgood Wilfred Hudson, Papers On Mammalogy, page 125:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Being part of the subfamily Cervinae, having lost the parts of the second and fifth metacarpal bones closest to the foot (though retaining the parts away from the foot).
raw_tags: of deer
Porto do Son
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
Hedley on the Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Hedley parish, south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0759).
Shield Row
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in Stanley parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2053).
empty-element tag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕmp′tē ĕl′ə-mənt tăg′
ipa: /ˈɛmp.tiː ˈɛl.ə.mənt ˌtæɡ/
ipa: /ˈɛmp.ti ˈɛl.ə.mənt ˌtæɡ/
ipa: /ˈemp.tiː ˈel.ə.mənt ˌtæɡ/
ipa: /ˈemp.tiː ˈel.ə.mənt ˌtɛɡ/
ipa: /ˈɛmp.ti ˈɛl.ə.mənt ˌtaɡ/
ipa: /ˈɛmp.ʈiː ˈɛl.ɛ.mɛnʈ ˌʈaɡ/
Forms: form: empty-element tags
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An empty HTML/XML/SGML element, one with tag(s) but no content.
Related terms: well-formed element
empty-element tags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empty-element tag
mini-Neptune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-Neptunes
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: gas dwarf
transitional planet
glosses: A planet less massive than Neptune but resembling Neptune in that it has a thick hydrogen-helium atmosphere, probably with deep layers of ice, rock or liquid oceans (made of water, ammonia, a mixture of both, or heavier volatiles).
mini-Neptunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mini-Neptune
wild pointer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild pointers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Synonym of dangling pointer.
synonyms: word: dangling pointer
fairy comment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairy comments
Senses: qualifier: slightly dated
glosses: A sarcastic and humorous comment on a social media post that contains whimsical emojis, usually begining with supportive and kind words but ending with a jocular insult.
leatherfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: leather + fish
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fringed filefish.
synonyms: word: fringed filefish
fringed filefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: cuckold
leatherfish
glosses: A laterally flattened bony fish of species Monacanthus ciliatus.
fairy comments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fairy comment
leishmanioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leishmanioid
form: most leishmanioid
Etymology: leishmania + -oid
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a leishmania parasite.
gas dwarf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mini-Neptune.
synonyms: word: mini-Neptune
transitional planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transitional planets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mini-Neptune.
synonyms: word: mini-Neptune
lettershop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lettershops
Etymology: letter + shop
Senses: glosses: A business that provides custom printing services, typically for the purpose of direct marketing.
lettershops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lettershop
hookshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hookshops
Etymology: hook + shop
Senses: glosses: A brothel.
hookshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hookshop
blepharophyma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Chronic swelling of eyelids, mainly due to sebaceous gland hyperplasia.
tororaro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Maori [Term?]
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia.
Derived terms: shrubby tororaro
one bad apple can spoil the barrel
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From the observation that rot of a single fruit can spread to many fruit nearby.
Senses: examples: text: "One of our kittens started chewing on the chair the other day and now they're all doing it! Just goes to show that one bad apple can spoil the barrel."
synonyms: one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
glosses: One bad person or element can have a harmful influence on many others.
Related terms: bad apple
bad egg
rotten apple
if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas
the fish rots from the head
shrubby tororaro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Maori [Term?]
Senses: glosses: A shrub of species Muehlenbeckia astonii, endemic to New Zealand.
sick-abed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sick-abeds
Senses: glosses: A person who is staying in bed because of illness.
sick-abeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sick-abed
siglarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a siglum.
azure lunula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azure lunulae
Senses: synonyms: blue nails
glosses: Blue discoloration of lunulae, the cresents on the fingernails that are usually white.
azure lunulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azure lunula
platonychia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition characterized by an abnormally flat and broad nail.
eucarvone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: eu- + carvone
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoterpenoid with chemical formula C₁₀H₁₄O.
scrotodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition characterized by dysesthesia of the scrotum.
smooth-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having no beard.
Related terms: smock-faced
snagline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snaglines
Etymology: snag + line
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A line dragged through the water with a hook or hooks attached, to catch fish.
snaglines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snagline
smry.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smries.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of summary.
smries.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smry.
assininery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of asininery.
snaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snakers
Etymology: From snake + -er.
Senses: examples: 2017, Kenny Salwey, J. Scott Bestul, The Last River Rat: Kenny Salwey's Life in the Wild
The majority of snakes were killed on the spot, as a snaker only had to produce the rattles to collect the bounty. Most snakers carried a large knife for killing the snake […]
glosses: A person who hunts snakes.
snakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snaker
snapjack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snapjacks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of maomao (“sea sweep, Scorpis aequipinnis”).
synonyms: word: maomao
extra: sea sweep, Scorpis aequipinnis
sea sweep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea sweeps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of maomao (“Scorpis aequipinnis”).
synonyms: word: maomao
extra: Scorpis aequipinnis
sea sweeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea sweep
snip-snap-snorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snip-snap-snorem
form: snipsnapsnorum
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A game in which players attempt to match the previously played card with a card from their own hands.
Tommy come tickle me
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A card-matching game similar to snip-snap-snorum.
snipsnapsnorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snip-snap-snorum.
snip-snap-snorem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snip-snap-snorum.
onychauxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onychauxes
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Thickening of the nails without deformity.
onychauxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onychauxis
patrol cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patrol caps
Senses: synonyms: field cap
glosses: A soft kepi with a stiff rounded visor, worn by military personnel of some countries in the field when a combat helmet is not required.
field cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field caps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of patrol cap.
synonyms: word: patrol cap
spawneater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spawneaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spawn eater.
spawneaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spawneater
spindle-legged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spindle-legged
form: most spindle-legged
Senses: glosses: Having spindly legs.
spiriform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spiriform
form: most spiriform
Senses: glosses: Of a spiral shape.
stageman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stagemen
Etymology: stage + -man
Senses: examples: text: I watched people act. I wasn't really watching though. I was watching all the electricians and stagemen to see if they were snickering at them.
ref: 2019, Susan Robertson, Bucking Hollywood:
glosses: A member of the film crew who prepares the stage.
examples: text: […] the stageman was depositing Mr. Atherton's baggage at the door […]
ref: 1873, Lucius Manlius Sargent, The Temperence Tales, page 97:
glosses: A stage-coach driver.
stagemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stageman
cuterebriasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A parasitic disease affecting rodents, lagomorphs (hares, rabbits, pikas), felines, and canines that is caused by botfly larvae of the genera Cuterebra or Trypoderma.
Gilchrist's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First described by Thomas Caspar Gilchrist in 1894. See blastomycosis § History on WikipediaWikipedia for more information.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blastomycosis.
synonyms: word: blastomycosis
wikipedia: Thomas Caspar Gilchrist
stgr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stgrs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of stringer (“horizontal support timber”).
stgrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stgr.
trespassee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trespassees
Etymology: From trespass + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A person who is trespassed against.
trespassees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trespassee
stickage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stickages
Etymology: stick + -age
Senses: examples: text: To minimize stickage, the fuel injection control module (FICM) buzzes or rapidly cycles the control valve hundreds of times during the three seconds before the engine starts.
ref: 2015, Gus Wright, Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Diesel Engines, page 756:
glosses: The condition or result of something getting stuck.
stickages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stickage
acne cosmetica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A type of contact acneiform eruption that is caused by or aggravated by cosmetic products.
otophyma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A cauliflower-like swelling of one or both ears, caused by sebaceous gland hypertrophy and hyperplasia.
chamosites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chamosite
strigovite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A certain leptochlorite mineral.
strike-slip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strike-slips
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Short for strike-slip fault
strike-slips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strike-slip
orthotones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthotone
substalagmitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to substalagmite.
substalagmite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: sub- + stalagmite
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A compact non-crystalline calcium carbonate deposit.
Related terms: substalagmitic
trichoadenoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichoadenomas
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A benign, solitary, rapidly growing skin lesion ranging from 3 to 15mm in diameter.
trichoadenomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichoadenoma
tailfirst
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tail + first.
Senses: examples: text: This change occurs during the first stage of parturition, and the orientation changes where 60–70 percent of the puppies are born headfirst. Changes in orientation leave about 30–40 percent are ^([sic]) born tailfirst.
ref: 2013, Robert L. Ridgway, The Truth About Dog and Cat Treatments and Anomalies, page 205:
antonyms: headfirst
glosses: With the tail in front.
chainlinked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Formed into a chainlink pattern.
glosses: Protected by a chainlink fence.
wiremesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: wire + mesh
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chainlink.
synonyms: word: chainlink
Teleran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Short for television radar air navigation.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A system for aircraft guidance and air traffic control that displays a televised picture of a ground radar image to the pilot.
telesme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telesmes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of telesm.
telesmes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telesme
teleferics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleferic
ruina montium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ruīna montium (“collapse of mountains”).
Senses: glosses: A mining technique in Ancient Rome, similar in principle to Pascal's barrel, where miners would excavate narrow cavities in a mountain and fill them with water to cause pressures high enough to fragment the rock.
theriomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theriomorphs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of zoomorph.
synonyms: word: zoomorph
Related terms: theriomorphic
theriomorphism
theriomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theriomorph
Belarusophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belarusophone
theriomorphize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: theriomorphizes
form: theriomorphizing
form: theriomorphized
form: theriomorphized
Senses: glosses: To depict as, or make into the form of, an animal.
Related terms: theriomorph
theriomorphic
theriomorphism
theriomorphization
theriomorphization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of theriomorphizing; depiction as an animal.
theriomorphizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of theriomorphize
theriomorphized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of theriomorphize
theriomorphizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of theriomorphize
worksona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worksonas
form: worksonae
Etymology: Blend of work + persona; likely coined from work + -sona.
Senses: glosses: The personality that a person projects at work.
Czechophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Czechophone
worksonas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worksona
worksonae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worksona
thereright
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: […] and thereright we came upon a well that had been filled up wi' stones and rubble years agone and then forgotten.
ref: 1923, John Read, Cluster-o'-vive: Stories and Studies of Old-World Wessex, page 12:
glosses: At once; straight away.
whurl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whurls
form: whurling
form: whurled
form: whurled
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: To make any of various throaty sounds (as a roar, snarl, or purr)
whurls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whurl
whurling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whurl
whurled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whurl
thickneck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thicknecks
Etymology: thick + neck
Senses: examples: text: At 58.9K, he'd be handing over practically nine thousand dollars a year to California and to the county for the privilege of being shaken down by these thicknecks. And the shittiest thing of it was, he never had a problem with paying taxes.
ref: 1996, Michael Drinkard, Disobedience, page 64:
text: Shady looking thicknecks accompany the businessmen and other types. These gentlemen, who require no assistance whatsoever to disembowel any potential troublemaker, are the right-hand men of the modern-day Russian bosses.
ref: 2002, Peter Konecny, Gogol's Ghost, page 131:
glosses: A thuggish enforcer; a goon.
glosses: An onion that fails to develop a bulb.
thicknecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thickneck
thumbholer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈθʌmhoʊləɹ/
Forms: form: thumbholers
Etymology: From thumbhole + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or machine that cuts thumbholes (for carrying) in the lids of boxes.
thumbholers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thumbholer
thumbholing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thumbhole
thumbholed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thumbhole
transexy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transexy
form: most transexy
Etymology: Blend of transgender + sexy.
Senses: glosses: Both transgender and sexy.
Related terms: bisexy
intersexy
pansexy
thunderwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A woody shrub of species Toxicodendron vernix.
thunder-gust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunder-gusts
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of thundergust
thunder-gusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunder-gust
tigerkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tigerkins
Etymology: From tiger + -kin.
Senses: glosses: A young or small tiger; a tiger cub.
tigerkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tigerkin
toe-and-heel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of heel-and-toe (“mode of walking”).
synonyms: word: heel-and-toe
extra: mode of walking
drekavac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drekavacs
Senses: examples: text: “Okay, Gary, looks like we're dealing with a Drekavac, a demon from Slavic mythology that's the ghost of--” “...the ghost of an unbaptized child's soul that runs around begging people to baptize it. I know. I'll take the demon. You get the kids to safety.”
ref: 2018 August 26, Mark Little, “Gary and His New Life” (6:13 from the start), in Gary and His Demons, season 1, episode 16, spoken by Tucker (Tim Gilbert):
glosses: A mythical creature in South Slavic mythology believed to be the soul of an unbaptized child and recognized by its piercing, unsettling howling.
drekavacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drekavac
international schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of international school
one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of one bad apple can spoil the barrel.
synonyms: word: one bad apple can spoil the barrel
ashen knight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashen knights
Senses: examples: text: The ashen knight (T. virgatum) is toxic, grows under spruce trees, and has a fibrillose cap, gills with black edges, and a tangy flesh when chewed.
ref: 2020 May 5, Guillaume Eyssartier, The Ultimate Guide to Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Over 200 Species Throughout North America and Europe, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: The mushroom Tricholoma virgatum.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ashen, knight.
waterfinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterfinders
Etymology: water + finder
Senses: examples: text: Again, Cassiodorus in the fourth century A.D. and Palladius in the sixth century praised waterfinders without specifically mentioning the use of the magic rod.
ref: 1987, Greg Nielsen, Joseph Polansky, Pendulum Power: A Mystery You Can See, A Power You Can Feel (page 20)
glosses: Synonym of water diviner.
synonyms: word: water diviner
waterfinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterfinder
Cassiodoran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cassiodoran
form: most Cassiodoran
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cassiodorian.
ashen knights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ashen knight
burnt knight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burnt knights
Senses: examples: text: ... Burnt Knight Tricholoma ustale (Fr.) P. Kumm. (illustrated 60 % life size) Cap 4-8cm across , convex at first then expanded; chestnut-brown, paler at the margin, blackening with age; viscid in wet weather.
ref: 2013 September 12, Roger Phillips, Mushrooms, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 111:
text: ... Burnt knight T. ustale, widespread and locally common, inedible (possibly poisonous), in late summer and autumn on soil in broadleaf woodland, ectomycorrhizal on beech and other hardwoods. Ustale is Latin for 'roasted' or[…]
ref: 2020 January 6, Dr. Peter Jarvis, The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles: Descriptions of all Species with a Common Name, Pelagic Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: The mushroom Tricholoma ustale