cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
zero-hours
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: zero-hour
Senses: examples: text: The pay penalty directly associated with zero-hours work amounted to 6.6% or 93p an hour. For a typical zero-hours worker doing 21 hours a week, it amounts to £1,000 a year.
ref: 2016 December 30, Phillip Inman, “Zero-hours workers '£1,000 worse off a year' than employees”, in The Guardian:
text: I’d always heard about other people getting bullied in zero-hours jobs. But I didn’t take it seriously until it happened to me.
ref: 2017 March 27, Martin Williams, quoting Josh, “The bullying and fear at the heart of zero-hour contracts”, in The Guardian:
text: Journalist James Bloodworth’s story of being ‘embedded’ for six months as a zero-hours worker is vital reading for all[.]
ref: 2018 March 11, Nick Cohen, quoting James Bloodworth, “Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain – review”, in The Guardian:
text: At the moment, she’s a youth worker with the local council, primarily dealing with teens who’ve got into trouble. “I think I can save them,” she says. “Open their eyes to uni or a job.” But she can’t save any money on two contracts, one of which is zero-hours and the other guaranteeing only nine hours’ pay a week.
ref: 2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Relating to a zero-hour contract or employment.
anti-humanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-humanisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antihumanism.
open its doors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: opens its doors
form: opening its doors
form: opened its doors
form: opened its doors
Senses: examples: text: Gay and Lesbian Health (GLH), which opened its doors in August as an outpatient mental health and substance abuse counseling agency specializing in substance abuse among lesbians and gay men, announced April 4 that the facility had closed, effective March 31.
ref: 1989 April 15, Judy Harris, “Lesbian and Gay Health Closes”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
glosses: To begin operating.
raw_tags: of a business or organization
examples: text: China opened its doors in the 1970s.
glosses: To allow or invite outside influence, investment or immigration.
raw_tags: of a country or a territory
Related terms: open the door
one's door is open
Harworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village in Harworth Bircotes parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6191).
Bircotes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Harworth Bircotes parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6391).
Harworth Bircotes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (served by Harworth and Bircotes Town Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.
full-of-shitness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full of shitness
Etymology: From full of shit + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Or if they've been honest, that this honesty is hiding some sort of deeper, far worse full-of-shitness.
ref: 2010, DC Pierson, The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To, page 49:
glosses: The state, quality, of condition of being full of shit.
South Anston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Anston parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5183).
Related terms: North Anston
preural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preural
form: most preural
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Pertaining to vertebra supporting the caudal fin.
monkey wrencher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey wrenchers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monkey-wrencher.
monkey wrenchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey wrencher
monkey-wrenching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monkeywrenching.
groomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: groomier
form: more groomy
form: groomiest
form: most groomy
Etymology: From groom + -y.
Senses: examples: text: His companions were two men of no attractive appearance; the one short and groomy, the other taller and effeminate, with low-cut turndown collar, curly locks, and pink-and-white complexion.
ref: 1885, Robert J. Langstaff de Havilland, The Forked Tongue, page 209:
text: For those who gave definite answers, the younger and the more educated respondents expressed a groomier view than their counterparts.
ref: 1988, Indicators of Social Development―Hong Kong, page 38:
text: There was another showing Chief Ottermole, looking even handsomer and groomier, thanks to Edna Mae's fond attentions, arresting a medium-sized man who had his head turned away from the camera.
ref: 2012, Charlotte MacLeod, An Owl Too Many:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a groom (all senses).
monkey wrenching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monkeywrenching.
monkeywrencher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkeywrenchers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monkey-wrencher.
monkeywrenchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkeywrencher
paleofloras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleoflora
turns the tables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn the tables
turning the tables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of turn the tables
turned the tables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn the tables
here, there and everywhere
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: After our stop, we return to Ulceby, where we reverse and then head to the industrial heartlands of Immingham Docks and a visit to the Bulk terminal. This is a fascinating rail network, with lines here, there and everywhere.
ref: 2022 December 14, Pip Dunn, “Caroline is ready for inspection...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 53:
glosses: In or to many different places; all over the place.
Related terms: here and there
here, there, and everywhere
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of here, there and everywhere.
Karenhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Karen + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: The mother and daughter in Golembeskiz's clip have fallen victim to Karenhood on TikTok, a pejorative slang term for white women displaying unjustified public displays of anger or entitlement.
ref: 2020 August 24, Luke Kenton, “Bizarre moment mask-less woman and her 'Karenette' daughter accuse passengers of racism as they are jeered and slow-clapped off Spirit Airlines flight”, in The Daily Mail, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2022:
text: Some of @shiniquekosmetics' best videos veer away from body butter tasters and into genuine Karenhood, with several of her uploads detailing her conversations with irritating, entitled, or downright rude customers.
ref: 2021 October 7, Nahila Bonfiglio, “'So you really going to post me on your TikTok': Cosmetics influencer exposes salty DMs from Karen customer”, in The Daily Dot, archived from the original on 26 May 2022:
text: Drawing a straight line from lynching picnics to Karenhood, Daniels deconstructs the tiny daily behaviors of 'nice white ladies' that create structural racism across the United States today.
ref: 2021 October 21, Jessie Daniels, quoting Minal Hajratwala, Nice White Ladies, Basic Books, →ISBN:
text: There were no obvious signs of Karenhood among the group, though: no inverted bobs with jarring blonde highlights, no telltale weirdness around the hut's nonwhite residents, no "I know it when I see it" vibes-based clues.
ref: 2022 April 21, Madeleine Holden, “The Spinoff: The rise and fall of 'Karen'”, in The New Zealand Herald, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022:
text: Other white bodies simply leave, and I experience their Karenhood or Kevinhood later. They send me long, accusatory letters and e-mails, citing various authorities, walking me through a list of their own credentials (PhDs they've earned, conference presentation they've done, etc.), and letting me know how righteous and offended they are, and how abominable I and my colleagues are.
ref: 2022 April 22, Resmaa Menakem, The Quaking of America, Central Recovery Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: Karenicity
glosses: The condition of being a Karen ("a middle-aged white woman exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege").
xenon tetroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound, XeO₄.
glyA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from glycine + "A"
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The gene that produces serine hydroxymethyltransferase.
Arctic foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arctic fox
mean girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mean girls
form: meangirl
Etymology: Popularized by the 2004 teen comedy film Mean Girls.
Senses: examples: text: Before you know it, they're off to junior high. At this point, you start to kind of remember things from the times when you were there, especially the mean girl stuff.
ref: 2008, Laura Ross, The Valley Girl Turns 40, page 110:
text: When mean girls are protagonists, unlikability is used to provide complexity to their narration that reminds us of mean girl as person.
ref: 2018 December 7, Mary Ann Harlan, The Girl-Positive Library: Inspiring Confidence, Creativity, and Curiosity in Young Women, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 48:
text: African American mean girls include Davida Williams as Claire in Lizzie McGuire, Taveeta Szymanowicz as Valerie in Make It Pop, LaTangela as Maritza in Taina, and Shanica Knowles as Amber in Hannah Montana.
ref: 2018 December 17, Patrice A. Oppliger, Tweencom Girls: Gender and Adolescence in Disney and Nickelodeon Sitcoms, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 6:
text: This dipping into and out of the worlds of Viennese composers and American mean girls was a roundabout way of discussing how the physician Ádám Politzer had the good fortune to learn medicine in Vienna during the Second Viennese School, amid all that creativity and learning and good music.
ref: 2021 March 18, John Fox Bershof, MD, The Second History of Man, skynetMD, →ISBN:
glosses: A girl who tries to elevate her social status through bullying, especially at a high school.
wikipedia: Mean Girls
mean girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mean girl
meangirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meangirls
Senses: examples: text: ‘Well, speak of the damn devil,’ Shaunee said in her best meangirl voice.
ref: 2009, P. C. Cast, Hunted (House of Night; 5), London: Atom, →ISBN, page 329:
text: The meangirl mocks her and tells her that she doesn't need one, since she already has her own. A young boy seated next to the meangirl gives her a stern look and tells her that one shouldn't say such things, but otherwise, her nasty behavior remains unpunished, unlike the three boys in Hoffmann's tale.
ref: 2012, Michelle René Eley, Racial Narratives and Counter-discourses in German Film After 1950 (dissertation), Durham, NC: Duke University, page 45:
text: Once when the meangirl wasn't around, a fair amount of tittle-tattling about her went on in front of Karl. There were a few salacious rumors.
ref: 2017, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, After Andy: Adventures in Warhol Land, New York: Blue Rider Press, →ISBN, page 254:
glosses: Alternative form of mean girl.
meangirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meangirl
micromoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromoons
Etymology: From micro- + moon.
Senses: examples: text: What you might notice tonight is that the moon will be brighter — about 30 percent brighter than a micromoon.
ref: 2019 March 20, Brian Resnick, “Wednesday's "supermoon," explained in one chart”, in Vox, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022:
text: On Friday the 13th, a harvest micromoon will grace the night sky across the United States.
ref: 2019 September 9, Jenna Amatulli, “Rare 'Micromoon' Is Gracing Us With Its Presence On Friday The 13th”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022:
text: For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.
ref: 2019 September 13, Matthew Cappucci, “For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2020:
text: Most of the eclipse will be dominated by the shadow moving across the moon, with a brief period where it will appear as a blood micromoon in our night sky.
ref: 2021 November 18, Eva Corlett, quoting Rob Davison, “'Blood micromoon': New Zealand to enjoy partial lunar eclipse not seen for 800 years”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: minimoon
apogee moon
antonyms: supermoon
coordinate_terms: full moon
new moon
glosses: A full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee (the point in the Moon's orbit at which is it farthest away from Earth).
wikipedia: Daily Express
Related terms: apogee-syzygy
syzygy
micromoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micromoon
superheavy element
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superheavy elements
Senses: glosses: A chemical element with an extremely high atomic number; typically taken to mean beyond lawrencium (element 103, the last actinide)
wikipedia: superheavy element
for grins
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Originally, for no other purpose but to make one smile.
Senses: synonyms: for the heck of it
glosses: For no particular reason, just because it is fun or entertaining; or to relieve boredom.
superheavy elements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superheavy element
for shits and giggles
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From the act of shitting (i.e. farting) and then giggling as a result of it.
Senses: synonyms: for grins
for the heck of it
glosses: For no particular reason, just because it is fun or entertaining; or to relieve boredom.
groomery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groomeries
Etymology: From groom + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A place where grooming is performed, especially pet grooming.
groomeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groomery
open-carry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: open-carries
form: open-carrying
form: open-carried
form: open-carried
Senses: examples: text: The police said that his gun was "plainly visible", and they seemed to imply that he was open-carrying.
ref: 2012 July 31, Mike_Fontenot, “Re: So Much For CC Permits”, in rec.guns (Usenet):
text: Everyone in the crowd conspicuously open carried a weapon, making sure to let everyone around them know that they were packing.
ref: 2019 April 18, Thomas Harper, Incarnate: Essence, Thomas Harper, →ISBN, page 115:
glosses: To visibly carry a firearm in a public space.
Free State of Fiume
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Free State of Fiume
Etymology: Calque of Italian stato libero di Fiume.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Fiume, a former polity in Europe, between 1920–1924.
synonyms: word: Fiume
extra: a former polity in Europe, between 1920–1924
Chiney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: CHINEY, a city of the Auſtrian Netherlands on the confines of the biſhopric of Liege, about twelve miles ſouth-eaſt of Namur...
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192
glosses: Alternative form of Ciney, a town in Belgium.
Chiney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chineys
Etymology: From Jamaican Creole Chiney.
Senses: examples: text: Hold on, be strong, no matter what you're goin' through. You know it's gon be OK (OK!) today, even if the Chiney K sprays.
ref: 2010 September 24, “Hold On”performed by Wyclef Jean,Mavado:
glosses: China; Chinese.
Derived terms: Chiney K
Ciney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chiney
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in Namur, Belgium.
adminish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adminishes
form: adminishing
form: adminished
form: adminished
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English amenusen, from Old French amenuisier; compare French amenuiser (“to make thinner”).
Senses: examples: text: Helth of the body is muche to be vviſhed, yet it is diuvers and ſundry wayes mutable: ſtrength of the body is of many much made of, yet is it by ſicknes abated, by age adminiſhed & vvaſted.
ref: 1579, Joannes Rivius, translated by William Gace, A Guide unto godlinesse, moste worthy to bee followed of all true Christians, page 120:
text: […] theſe our Letters Patents or any Thing contained in them, ſhall not be interpreted or conſtrued to the taking or adminiſhing the Force of Effect of any Proclamations publiſhed hereafter […]
ref: 1680, The Charters of the City of London, page 117:
text: In a Malignant Pleuriſy Bleeding cannot be adminiſhed without danger; tho we are ſometimes forc'd to give way to cuſtom.
ref: 1681, Johann Jacob, Institutiones Medicinæ Rationalis, page 68:
glosses: To reduce in size or magnitude; to diminish.
adminish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adminishes
form: adminishing
form: adminished
form: adminished
Senses: examples: text: The chief Magiſtrate in the adminiſhing Relief out of the publick Bounty, was greatly defrauded and deficient in his Accounts.
ref: 1751, A Pupil of Alexander the Copperſmith, A Visionary Letter to the Freemen of the City of Bagdad, on a Late Election of Cailiff and Scapins, page 11:
text: Calis exceeds Dover in begneſs; the market place is a ſpacious ſquare, and the government is adminiſhed by a mayor, and four aldermen.
ref: 1768, Edward Cavendish Drake, A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, page 266:
text: The great art of good government, when adminiſhed by the few, or a part of the community, is to make that, the inclination of the people, which is for the intereſt of the people; and by wiſe regulations, to make every one act, in the manner moſt ſubſervient to the public good, while he may intend only, his own private advantage.
ref: 1781, John Adams, Principles of Law and Government, volume 1, pages 125–126:
glosses: To administer or govern.
adminishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adminish
adminishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adminish
adminished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adminish
Austrian Netherlands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: CHINEY, a city of the Auſtrian Netherlands on the confines of the biſhopric of Liege, about twelve miles ſouth-eaſt of Namur...
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192
glosses: A former dependent territory of the Austrian Empire, consisting of the southern part of the Low Countries (modern Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) from 1714 to 1797, when they were annexed by France.
Coordinate terms: Belgium
Netherlands
Spanish Netherlands
non-avians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-avian
PADS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: News reports have appeared recently speaking of people who see Avatar and subsequently fall into a deep depression at their inability to access a world in reality as beautiful, entrancing and spiritual as Pandora, the mythical planet depicted in the film. But before you join a Post Avatar Depression Syndrome (PADS) support group, consider the lesson of the spilled Coke, or really, one of the lessons of LSD.
ref: 2010 February 23, Eliezer Sobel, “Post-Avatar-Depression-Syndrome (PADS)”, in Reality Sandwich, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2013:
text: The condition went by different names: "Avatar" Syndrome, Post-Pandoran Depression or PADS (Post-"Avatar" Depression Syndrome).
ref: [2022 November 30, Jamie Lauren Keiles, “'Avatar' and the Mystery of the Vanishing Blockbuster”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
text: But no, PADS is not a medically recognised condition – nor does it seem to be a PR campaign. It is an observable phenomenon.
ref: 2022 December 15, Sian Cain, “'Post-Avatar depression syndrome': why do fans feel blue after watching James Cameron's film?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2022:
text: Fans complained about suffering from it back in 2009, so could we see a return to PADS?
ref: 2022 December 16, George Hancorn, “Why are some worried the latest Avatar film might make them depressed?”, in ITV News, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2022:
text: When Avatar first hit cinemas in 2009, P.A.D.S spread among the masses: Post-Avatar Depression Syndrome. This isn't a joke, thousands of viewers sought comfort online from not being able to experience the wonders of Pandora outside movie theaters.
ref: 2022 December 17, Cameron Frew, “Avatar 2: What happened to Earth?”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of post-Avatar depression syndrome (“a feeling of depression brought upon by watching the 2009 epic science fiction film Avatar or its sequels, as a result of not being able to experience the movie's world in real life”).
Synonyms: sense: post-Avatar depression syndrome
word: Avatar blues
sense: post-Avatar depression syndrome
english: post-Avatar depression
translation: post-Avatar depression
word: PAD
sense: post-Avatar depression syndrome
word: Pandora syndrome
sense: post-Avatar depression syndrome
english: post-Avatar syndrome
translation: post-Avatar syndrome
word: PAS
morbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Perhaps from morbid, ultimately from Latin morbus (“malady (of body or mind), distress”).
Senses: examples: text: For in veracity these Times denote
Morbs to the Sane, and Obits to th' Ægrote;
And alterate the suavest Pulchritude
To the Complection of its native Mud.
ref: 1653, Francis Rabelais [i.e., François Rabelais], translated by [Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux], “An Epistle by Pantagruel’s Lymosin, Grand Excoriator of the Latiale Tongue, mention’d Book ii. Chap. 6.”, in The Works of Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick: Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds, and Sayings of Gargantua, and His Sonne Pantagruel. […], London: […] [Thomas Ratcliffe and Edward Mottershead] for Richard Baddeley, […], →OCLC; republished in volume II, London: […] Navarre Society […], [1948], →OCLC, page 438:
text: […] and what herbes or plants soever were preservative against the Scotoma, Oedema, Lithiasis, Paralysis, Celphalgia, Lycanthropia; all diseases, Ulcers, Morbs or Contagions wheresoever or howsoever arising […]
ref: a. 1673, Blasius Multibibus (Richard Brathwait), The Smoaking Age or The Life and Death of Tobacco, page 103:
glosses: Physical or mental illness or infirmity.
examples: text: As a whole, New York audiences are the most responsive because they are made up largely of the happy, care-free transients, the human beings who come to New York to laugh. […] They are not wise as the morbs are, they are just happy, and natural and alive.
ref: 1919, Bert Williams, quotee, “Keeping up with the new laughs”, in Theatre Magazine, page 346:
glosses: One who suffers from melancholia or depression.
examples: text: For whatever reasons, an astonishing assortment of English idioms (some dating to Elizabethan times) existed in the nineteenth century to literally give sorrow words: one spoke of the “blackdogs”, the “blue devils”, the “dismals”, the “dumps”, the “hyps”, the “mopes”, the “morbs”, the “mulligrubs”, the “mumps”, the “wiffle-woffles”, the “woefuls”, the “worrits”, and the “vapors”.
ref: [1973, Stefan Grossman, Country Blues Songbook, page 16:
text: ‘Oh Tess,’ giggled Kate, ‘you’re always such a tonic. I’m so glad you’ve come. I’ve got a severe case of the “morbs”.’
ref: 1995, Patricia Harding, A Woman of Africa, page 159:
text: Maybe i’m not up to dick today. I think I’ll just absquatulate before I get the morbs. Goodbye old chum.
ref: 2017 November 23, Anna W., “Caption this! Thanksgiving 2017”, in Recollections:
glosses: A state of melancholy, sadness, ennui.
raw_tags: with the
bell-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bell-like
form: most bell-like
Etymology: From bell + -like.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of belllike.
Maori wrasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maori wrasses
Senses: examples: text: They've been feeding a couple of Maori wrasse so they come up onto the platform and swim through the legs of the delighted tourists.
ref: 2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 57:
glosses: The Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus).
Maori wrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maori wrasse
sister wife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sister wives
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sister-wife.
sister wives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sister wife
squealdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From squeal + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: And right on cue the gaggle of girls they've now got erupt in a squealdom of noise.
ref: 2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 189:
text: My friends were in a constant state of squealdom...
glosses: Loud and noisy squealing.
wedge-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wedge-like
form: most wedge-like
Etymology: From wedge + -like.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wedgelike.
Western-style toilets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Western-style toilet
turkey hens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turkey hen
umbilical cord cuttings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbilical cord cutting
antiques markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiques market
automotive industries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of automotive industry
is awake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be awake
was awake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be awake
been awake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be awake
is bored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be bored
being bored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be bored
was bored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be bored
been bored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be bored
is good for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be good for
being good for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be good for
was good for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be good for
been good for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be good for
is late
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be late
being late
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be late
was late
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be late
been late
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be late
is right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be right
being right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be right
was right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be right
been right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be right
is silent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be silent
being silent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be silent
was silent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be silent
been silent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be silent
is used to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be used to
being used to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be used to
was used to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be used to
been used to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be used to
is wrong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be wrong
being wrong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be wrong
was wrong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be wrong
been wrong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be wrong
black horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black horse
catachronism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catachronisms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”) and anachronism. See cata-.
Senses: glosses: The recharacterization of the present in terms of inexorable outcomes in the future.
wikipedia: Anthropocene
bait-and-switched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bait-and-switch
bait-and-switching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bait-and-switch
bait-and-switches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bait-and-switch
preffix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preffixes
Etymology: Probably originated out of confusion with its antonym, suffix, spelled with two Fs.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of prefix.
Related terms: sufix
orch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of orchestra.
Derived terms: orch dork
recoolings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recooling
Oberhasli goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oberhasli goats
Etymology: From the Swiss district Oberhasli + goat.
Senses: glosses: A modern American breed of dairy goat that derives from the subtype of the Chamois Colored Goat from the Oberhasli district of the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland (the original creation / pure line of the Oberhasli goat was lost in the country of Switzerland).
grand opera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand operas
Etymology: Borrowed from French grand opéra.
Senses: examples: text: Clearly, Hitler saw his historical function as a Wagnerian grand opera. Vast cosmic changes required an accompaniment of slaughter on a colossal scale.
ref: 1949 September 4, H. R. Trevor-Roper, “Hitler Reappraised, Ten Years After”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2025:
glosses: A genre of 19th-century opera characterized by large-scale casts and orchestras, and lavish and spectacular design and stage effects, normally with plots based on or around dramatic historic events.
Changthangi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Changthangis
Etymology: From Changtang.
Senses: synonyms: Changpa
pashmina
glosses: A breed of cashmere goat native to the high plateaus of Ladakh in northern India.
cross the Tiber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosses the Tiber
form: crossing the Tiber
form: crossed the Tiber
form: crossed the Tiber
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swim the Tiber.
Related terms: english: convert to Anglicanism
translation: convert to Anglicanism
word: cross the Thames
Somers Isles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Somers Isles
form: Somers Islands
Etymology: In commemoration of Sir George Somers.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Bermuda.
wikipedia: George Somers
Somers Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Somers Islands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Somers Isles.
pical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of picul.
picals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pical
pikals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pikal
pinkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinkeys
Senses: examples: text: My father he run his packet, an' she was a kind o' pinkey, abaout fifty ton, I guess,—the Rupert,—he run her over to Greenland's icy mountains the year ha'af our fleet was tryin' after cod there.
ref: 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of pinky (“kind of fishing schooner”).
pinkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinkey
pinkfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinkfoot
pinkfeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinkfoot
Allerston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8782).
glosses: A community in the County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada, named after Jacob Allers.
pinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinon
pinyones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinyon
pinguefy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pinguefies
form: pinguefying
form: pinguefied
form: pinguefied
Senses: glosses: To make or become fat.
Related terms: pinguefaction
pinguefied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pinguefy
pinguefies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pinguefy
pinguefying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinguefy
plugugly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pluguglies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plug-ugly.
pluguglies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plugugly
Kawaguchis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kawaguchi
poshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of posh
poshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of posh
poshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of posh
potboil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: potboils
form: potboiling
form: potboiled
form: potboiled
Etymology: From pot + boil, after pot boiler.
Senses: glosses: To produce inferior creative works in order to make money.
potboiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of potboil
potboils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of potboil
potboiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of potboil
pranck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prancks
form: prancking
form: prancked
form: prancked
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of prank (“adorn in a showy manner”).
prancke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pranckes
form: prancking
form: prancked
form: prancked
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of prank (“adorn in a showy manner”).
prancks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pranck
prancked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prancke
glosses: simple past and past participle of pranck
pranckes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prancke
prancking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prancke
glosses: present participle and gerund of pranck
flexid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flexids
Senses: examples: text: A flexid or flexus is said to abut when the enamel of the flexid or flexus touches the enamel of the opposite side of the tooth. The distal end or termination of the flexid or flexus is described as flattened, rounded or narrowed.
ref: 1955, Joseph Augustine Cushman, Raymond Cecil Moore, John Bernard Reeside, Journal of Paleontology, volume 29, page 130:
text: Lower premolar tetralophodont, with two labial and two lingual flexids; tooth usually divided by one central flexid into two V-shaped lophs […]
ref: 2005, Eileen A. Lacey, Philip Myers, Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography, page 282:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: In infolding of enamel that separates lophs on a lower tooth.
Derived terms: anteroflexid
entoflexid
hypoflexid
mesoflexid
metaflexid
posteroflexid
protoflexid
Related terms: flexus
spastic colitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of irritable bowel syndrome.
synonyms: word: irritable bowel syndrome
spastic colon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of irritable bowel syndrome.
synonyms: word: irritable bowel syndrome
alterators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alterator
Brittanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brittany
swordbrother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swordbrothers
Etymology: From sword + brother.
Senses: examples: text: Once initiated into the band, a swordbrother was bound to serve for life. Consequently, most crofters still preferred to serve in the king's shieidhost.
ref: 2006, Josephine Godby, To Suffer the Crown, page 22:
text: He was a swordbrother to the last, our commander.
ref: 2015, Paul E. Horsman, Ordelanden: The Shadow of the Revenaunt, Book 3:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A man who is a member of a military brotherhood.
swordbrothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swordbrother
Rainbow Snake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rainbow Snake
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Rainbow Serpent.
synonyms: word: Rainbow Serpent
Rainbow Serpent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rainbow Serpent
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: Rainbow Snake
glosses: An Australian Aboriginal deity, sometimes regarded as a creator god, sometimes associated with water, and often (though not always) described as being a snake.
Amangu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indigenous Yamatji people of the mid-western region of Western Australia.
separatio leprosorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ritual "burial" and exile of a leper in the Middle Ages.
Gildonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gildo (died 398), Roman Berber general in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
leper's bell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepers' bells
Senses: glosses: A bell worn or rung by a leper to warn others of their approach.
cross-rhythm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-rhythms
Etymology: From cross- + rhythm, introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of cross-beat.
synonyms: word: cross-beat
cross-rhythms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-rhythm
cross-beat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-beats
Etymology: From cross- + beat.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: cross-rhythm
glosses: The use of the rhythmic conflict found in polyrhythms as the basis of an entire musical work.
cross-beats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-beat
Alcis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *algiz.
Senses: glosses: A pair of young brothers worshipped by the Naharvali, an ancient Germanic tribe.
Fifth Empire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Fifth Empire
Etymology: Calque of Portuguese Quinto Império
Senses: glosses: A proposed global Portuguese empire with spiritual and temporal power, based on an interpretation of Daniel 2 and the Book of Revelation, and whose origins lay with António Vieira.
history of ideas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histories of ideas
snowman sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowman signs
Etymology: From the resemblance to a snowman with separate head and body portions.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A figure-of-eight appearance on a cardiac X-ray, sometimes indicative of supracardiac TAPVC.
TAPVC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
Related terms: APVC
APVC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
Related terms: TAPVC
Skerys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Skeryses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
SPACed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of SPAC
SPACing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of SPAC
space attenuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of space attenuation
court piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A trick-taking card game similar to whist.
GRHE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GRHEs
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of gold-ribbed hare's ear.
GRHEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GRHE
Pop III
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: But Pop III stars are purely theoretical, having never been observed – their mass means they would have collapsed into black holes and quasars long ago.
ref: 2022 November 9, Brandon Vigliarolo, The Register, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2022:
glosses: Clipped compound of Population III.
population III
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Population III.
knob-jockeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knob-jockey
superelement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superelements
Etymology: From super- + element.
Senses: glosses: The larger element to which a sub-element belongs.
superelements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superelement
Population II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: population II
Etymology: Proposed by astronomer Walter Baade in 1944.
Senses: examples: text: While the thick disk is largely composed of Population II stars, they found it contains two stellar populations.
ref: 2019 December 11, Brian Koberlein, “The Stars In Our Galaxy Are More Varied Than We Thought”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2022:
text: Those heavy elements were created by fusion within Population II stars that exploded as supernovas and seeded them into interstellar clouds.
ref: 2021 May 21, Tom Metcalfe, “An ancient star casts new light on the birth of the universe”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022:
text: The brightness of these galaxies could be attributed to such stars, which would be much hotter and brighter than subsequent Population II stars and Population I stars, such as our sun, both of which fill our modern-day universe.
ref: 2022 December 6, Jonathan O'Callaghan, “Astronomers Grapple with JWST’s Discovery of Early Galaxies”, in Scientific American, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022:
topics: astrophysics
glosses: A population or group of stars formed early in the history of the Universe, characterized by having a low metallicity.
wikipedia: Walter Baade
Derived terms: word: Pop II
population II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Population II.
stop traffic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stops traffic
form: stopping traffic
form: stopped traffic
form: stopped traffic
Senses: examples: text: She was brilliant and gorgeous, apparently happy and fulfilled, a 28-year-old astrophysicist with a body that stopped traffic and a sweet temperament.
ref: 1998 February 2, Adam Begley, “Amis Talks American, Takes a Metaphysical Meander”, in Observer, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2022:
text: "Girl, you have a body that can stop traffic! I knew that my baby look ^([sic]) good, but WOW!"
ref: 2005, Fannie Harris, Tc: L.O.T., page 11:
text: The designer clothes, the waves and waves of blonde hair, a face that could stop traffic.
ref: 2020, Elle Kennedy, The Dare:
glosses: To attract astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive.
examples: text: RCMP say a large demonstration continues to block off Highway 4 in southern Alberta on Sunday morning near the village of Coutts, Alta., largely stopping traffic to and from the Canada-United States border crossing.
ref: 2022 January 29, Joel Dryden, “Protest convoy continues to block traffic to U.S. border: RCMP”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2022:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, traffic.
Related terms: traffic stopper
traffic stopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traffic stoppers
Etymology: From stop traffic.
Senses: examples: text: The landscape was a real traffic stopper at the show. Walters explained its appeal this way. "One of the unique experiences of the Grand Canyon is the ability to see nature's forces in action," he told the museum's staff.
ref: 2003, American Cowboy, volume 9, number 5, page 52:
text: It was one of those smiles, a real traffic stopper.
ref: 2015, A. J. Stewart, High Lie:
glosses: Something that attracts astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive.
traffic stoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traffic stopper
Pop II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Like Pop III stars, Pop II stars contain a relative dearth of heavy elements; however, they do contain some.
ref: 2019 November 9, Jake Parks, “The universe's first supernovae spewed jets of material into nearby galaxies”, in Astronomy Magazine, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022:
glosses: Clipped compound of Population II.
traffic generators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traffic generator
familiar frauds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of familiar fraud