cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Argiope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Αργιόπη (Argiópē).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any one of several figures of Greek mythology.
A naiad, daughter of the river god Nilus, wife of Agenor and mother of Europa, Cadmus, Phoenix and Cilix.
synonyms: Telephassa
examples: text: In classical Greek mythology, Argiope was a NYMPH of Mount Parnassos in Phokis, central Greece. By the bard Philammon, she gave birth to an even greater musician, her son Thamyris.
ref: 2013, Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology, McFarland, page 34:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any one of several figures of Greek mythology.
A naiad, mother of Thamyris by Philammon and possibly daughter of the river god Cephissus.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any one of several figures of Greek mythology.
A naiad of the town of Eleusis, mother of Cercyon by Branchus; sometimes identified with the above daughter of Cephissus.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any one of several figures of Greek mythology.
A daughter of Teuthras, king of Teuthrania, who married Telephus, son of Heracles.
beigels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beigel
frigolabile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪɡəˈleɪbaɪl/
rhymes: -eɪbaɪl
Forms: form: more frigolabile
form: most frigolabile
Etymology: From frigo- + labile.
Senses: examples: frigolabile proteins, fungi, or plants
topics: sciences
glosses: susceptible to cold temperatures
day-old
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day-olds
Senses: glosses: Any animal that is one day old.
examples: text: The older woman waddled over and squeezed into a booth opposite the counter while the young one stood and ordered a big box of day-olds and two quarts of hot chocolate.
ref: 2011, Donald Ray Pollock, Bactine / Giganthomachy / Pills:
text: Instead of trying to make her crowds quit throwing things, Audra had simply distributed items it would be okay for them to throw: day-old corn tortillas. A big bag of day-olds cost only a couple of bucks […]
ref: 2007, W. Glasgow Phillips, The Royal Nonesuch, page 353:
glosses: A perishable product that is a day old, and may be sold more cheaply as a result.
Related terms: year-old
day-olds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day-old
dorayaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorayaki
Etymology: From Japanese 銅鑼焼(どらや)き (dorayaki).
Senses: examples: text: Right now, in this bag I’m holding, there are three red bean dorayaki, three cream dorayaki, three red bean yōkan, three mung bean yōkan, three red bean dango, and three red bean mochi. […] Six dorayaki is five for forty sen plus one more for ten sen, which is fifty.
ref: 2024 November 12, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, “Bah-Sò / Braised Minced Pork”, in Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel, Minneapolis, Minn.: Graywolf Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A Japanese confection consisting of two sponge cake patties baked to resemble gongs, sandwiching a filling of sweet azuki bean paste.
wagashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagashi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 和菓子 (wagashi, “traditional Japanese confection”).
Senses: examples: text: Red bean paste (azuki), refined sugar, mochi rice cakes, and flour are often used as the main ingredients for wagashi. Wagashi are relatively small, low calorie, and made from plant-based materials: dairy produce, including milk, butter, and cream are rarely used for wagashi.
ref: 2023, Kaeko Chiba, The Japanese Tea Ceremony: An Introduction, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: Traditional Japanese confectionery in various forms, often served with tea.
caulie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caulies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cauli (“cauliflower”).
caulies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caulie
minirhizotrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minirhizotron
minirhizotron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minirhizotrons
Etymology: From mini- + rhizotron.
Senses: glosses: A small form of rhizotron based on transparent tubes.
Pyrrhonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pyrrhonical
form: most Pyrrhonical
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Pyrrhonism.
predeliberate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: predeliberates
form: predeliberating
form: predeliberated
form: predeliberated
Etymology: From pre- + deliberate.
Senses: glosses: To deliberate in advance.
Related terms: predeliberation
predeliberating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of predeliberate
predeliberates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of predeliberate
predeliberated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of predeliberate
preferendum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preferenda
Etymology: From Latin praeferendum, modelled on German.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: That which is preferred.
preferendum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preferendums
form: preferenda
Etymology: Blend of preference + referendum.
Senses: glosses: A referendum offering a choice of several options.
preferenda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preferendum
preferendums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preferendum
prebaby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + baby.
Senses: glosses: Before the birth of a baby.
sandwich cookie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandwich cookies
Senses: glosses: A snack consisting of two cookies with a filling between them.
Synonyms: cookie sandwich
cookie sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cookie sandwiches
Senses: glosses: A snack consisting of two cookies with a filling between them.
cookie sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cookie sandwich
sandwich cookies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandwich cookie
Tohono O'odham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A group of Native Americans who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.
Synonyms: Papago
assal horizontology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined on the TV show The Simpsons in 1995, as a quasi-medical term. See ass, -al, horizontal, -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Nick Riviera: "I recommend a slow, steady gorging process, combined with assal horizontology."
ref: 1995 November 5, “King-Size Homer”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 7, Matt Groening et al. (actors), production code 3F05:
text: Just as Yohann is restored to his proper state of Assal Horizontology, an audible cricking noise - his knuckles and neck - rings around the hall.
ref: 17 December 2000, Talen, “Re: [GRIT] Sleepers Unbound (Was: The Last Day ~ The Dawn of Atlantis)”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: what does he have a degree in? / Assal horizontology.
ref: 24 February 2001, The IRS, “Re: Comic Book Guy Trivia”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):
text: Don't forget the Choco-tastic!!! / assal horizontology.
ref: 14 March 2002, Billy J. Dancefloor, “Re: tonight's episode (3-13-02)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):
glosses: The act of sitting around doing nothing for long periods of time.
postmentum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntəm
Etymology: From post- + mentum.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The basal part of the labium in insects.
gnathochilarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌneɪ.θəʊˌkaɪˈlɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌnæ.-/
ipa: /ˌneɪ.θoʊˌkaɪˈlɛɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌnæ.-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: gnathochilaria
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A lower lip to the buccal cavity in certain insects.
gnathochilaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnathochilarium
coxosternite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coxosternites
Etymology: From coxa + -o- + sternite.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A basal plate making up the maxillae in some insects or the first pair of legs of Chilopoda, formed from the fused coxae of each leg plus the ventral body plate, the sternite.
coxosternites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coxosternite
maxillula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maxillulae
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Either of the first pair of maxillae in crustaceans.
maxillulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxillula
telopodites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telopodite
carbophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From carbo- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Intense or obsessive avoidance of carbohydrates.
Related terms: carbophobe
carbophobic
carbophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbophobes
Etymology: From carbo- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: One who fears or obsessively avoids eating carbohydrates.
Related terms: carbophobia
carbophobic
carbophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbophobe
carbophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carbophobic
form: most carbophobic
Etymology: From carbo- + -phobic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: lacking an affinity for carbon atoms in a molecule
examples: text: the heterogeneity of the filler surface (presence of carbophilic and carbophobic sections)
ref: 1979, Polymer Science U.S.S.R., volume 20, page 2377:
text: This approach uses a second carbophobic metal.
ref: 1984, Bureau of Mines research, page 56:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Lacking an affinity for carbohydrates
Related terms: carbophilic
carbophobe
carbophobia
triopoly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈɒpəli/
rhymes: -ɒpəli
Forms: form: triopolies
Etymology: From tri- + -opoly by analogy with monopoly and duopoly.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
coordinate_terms: monopoly
duopoly
quadropoly
quintopoly
glosses: A market situation in which three companies dominantly provide a particular product or service.
Related terms: oligopoly
triopolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triopoly
quadropoly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɒˈdɹɒpəli/
rhymes: -ɒpəli
Forms: form: quadropolies
Etymology: From quadro- + -poly by analogy with monopoly and duopoly.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
coordinate_terms: monopoly
duopoly
triopoly
quintopoly
glosses: A market situation in which four companies exclusively provide a particular product or service.
Related terms: oligopoly
quadropolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadropoly
quintopoly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪnˈtɒpəli/
rhymes: -ɒpəli
Forms: form: quintopolies
Etymology: From quint- + -opoly by analogy with monopoly and duopoly.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
coordinate_terms: monopoly
duopoly
triopoly
quadropoly
glosses: A market situation in which five companies exclusively provide a particular product or service.
Related terms: oligopoly
quintopolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quintopoly
soapflake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soapflakes
Etymology: From soap + flake.
Senses: examples: text: A tablespoon of glycerine makes it glossy, or half a cup of soapflakes makes it lumpy.
ref: 2013, Gloria Callaway, Abigail Leach, Mary Kear, Teaching Art & Design in the Primary School, page 42:
text: Government policies seemed to be no easier to sell than soapflakes: indeed advertising budgets have been considerably greater.
ref: 2002, Bob Franklin, Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation, page 20:
glosses: Soap in the form of dried flakes, formerly used for washing clothes.
soapflakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soapflake
fortune hunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortune hunters
form: fortune-hunter
Senses: examples: text: “You are very charming, sir, so charming, in fact, that you made me forget for a time that you are a fortune hunter. You slipped up only once just now, but that was enough. You don’t want me or my help, only my money.”
ref: 1993, Amanda Scott, chapter 15, in The Fickle Fortune Hunter, Signet Books, page 217:
text: 101-year-old Rose (Gloria Stuart) returns to the scene of waterlogged hubris, where fortune hunter Lovett (Bill Paxton) is diving for diamonds.
ref: 1998 Jan. 25, Matthew Sweet, "Cinema: Kate Winslet: the sinking man's crumpet" (film review of Titanic), The Independent (UK) (retrieved 6 June 2014)
text: [T]he swashbuckling modern-day fortune hunter Nathan Drake treks from Istanbul to Borneo to the highest peaks of the Himalayas in search of the lost treasures of the mystical Shambhala.
ref: 2009 November 6, Seth Schiesel, “Video Game Review: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Jun 2014:
glosses: A person who eagerly seeks wealth without working to earn it, especially in an adventurous way or in an unsavory or unscrupulous way such as through marriage.
Synonyms: hypergamist
Related terms: gold digger
soldier of fortune
anarcho-communist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anarcho- + communist.
Senses: topics: economics
government
politics
sciences
glosses: Of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-communism.
anarcho-communist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarcho-communists
Etymology: From anarcho- + communist.
Senses: examples: text: During the 1960s, anarcho-communists led the search for radical solutions to the historically novel problems facing young people. Above all, many people now wanted a say in the decisions which affected them.
ref: 1998, Richard Barbrook, “The Holy Fools”, in Mute, volume 1, number 11, →ISSN:
topics: economics
government
politics
sciences
glosses: A person who advocates anarcho-communism.
Synonyms: anarchist communist
communist anarchist
free communist
libertarian communist
fortune-hunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortune-hunters
Senses: examples: text: "There is no character more contemptible than a man that is a fortune-hunter, and I can see no reason why fortune-hunting women should not be contemptible too."
ref: 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 5, in The Vicar of Wakefield:
text: [H]e did not know of what use money could be to a woman, except to make her a prey to a fortune-hunter.
ref: c. 1802, Maria Edgeworth, “Almeria”, in Tales and Novels, volume V, From:
text: "The stock-exchange, the pulpit, the counting-house, the royal drawing-room, the senate,—what but fortune-hunters are they filled with?"
ref: 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter 15, in Barnaby Rudge:
text: She pictured him as a crafty adventurer, a wretched fortune-hunter.
ref: 1916, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 5, in Uneasy Money:
text: She had to do something to convince him that he could marry her even if she was a wealthy woman, Cherie decided. Why couldn’t the guy be a fortune-hunter? What was so wrong with that? Ha! She probably wouldn’t love him if he were. Life gets mighty complicated sometimes, she reflected wryly.
ref: 1980, Lynna Cooper, chapter 12, in Portrait of Love, Signet Books, page 117:
glosses: Alternative form of fortune hunter.
chhatri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chhatris
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi छतरी (chatrī, “umbrella, canopy”).
Senses: examples: text: They were close to the promontory of the tombs, and had looked straight into the chhatri of the Rajah's father through an opening in the trees.
ref: 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 298:
glosses: An elevated dome-shaped pavilion in Indian architecture.
chhatris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chhatri
baradari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baradaris
form: bara dari
form: barahdari
form: barah dari
Etymology: From Hindi बारादरी (bārādrī) and Urdu بارہ دری (bārɘdɘrī), from बारह (bārah) and بارہ (bārā, bārah, “twelve”) + दर (dar) and دَر (dar, “door”).
Senses: glosses: A boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar buildings and pavilions with similar sets of openings.
examples: text: Bárádari is a kind of open palkí, and is so called from having twelve doors or openings.
ref: 1877, D. B. Allen et al., “A Statistical Account of Bengal”, in Districts of Gayá and Sháhábád, volume 12, page 81:
glosses: A palanquin with twelve openings, including entryways and windows; similar palanquins with similar sets of openings.
baradari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baradaris
form: biradari
form: biraderi
form: bradree
Etymology: From Persian برادری (barâdari, “brotherhood”), from برادر (barâdar, “brother”) + ـی (-i, “-y, -hood”), q.v.
Senses: glosses: A system of social strata that dictate political alliances among South Asian Muslims.
price discrimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: price discriminations
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The practice of charging different prices to different categories of consumers.
Derived terms: perfect price discrimination
price discriminate
price discriminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of price discrimination
baradaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baradari
free-speaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more free-speaking
form: most free-speaking
Senses: glosses: Synonym of free-spoken.
synonyms: word: free-spoken
price discriminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: price discriminates
form: price discriminating
form: price discriminated
form: price discriminated
Etymology: Back-formation from price discrimination
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: To charge different prices to different categories of consumers.
price discriminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of price discriminate
price discriminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of price discriminate
price discriminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of price discriminate
duopsonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duopsony
duopsonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duopsonists
Etymology: From duopsony + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Either of the two parties forming a duopsony.
duopsonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duopsonist
body fossil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body fossils
Senses: glosses: A fossil containing part of an organism's body, as opposed to a trace fossil.
bizarre magic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A genre of magic performance that uses storytelling and wordplay, with less emphasis on sleight of hand.
Kwyjibo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Taken from a nonsense word (supposedly meaning "A big, dumb, balding North American ape with no chin and a short temper") used in the 1990 episode "Bart the Genius" of the TV show The Simpsons.
Senses: glosses: An iron oxide-copper-gold deposit in Grenville, Quebec.
wikipedia: Bart the Genius
The Simpsons
ASDIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæzdɪk/
Etymology: Former codename during development, from ASD (Anti-Submarine Division). Sometimes erroneously explained as "Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee".
Senses: glosses: Sonar.
fortune seeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortune seekers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fortune hunter.
synonyms: word: fortune hunter
fortune-seeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortune-seekers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fortune hunter.
synonyms: word: fortune hunter
dyspraxias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyspraxia
fright wig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fright wigs
form: fright-wig
Senses: examples: text: There's an awfulness about the voice of a blood-maddened club-swingin' mob; it lifts your scalp like a fright wig, particularly if you are the clubee.
ref: c. 1920, Rex Ellingwood Beach, A Bitter Root Billingsrbiter:
text: Mr. Pinchot, wearing a long-haired fright wig, plays a guileless nut named Bobby McGee who has been struck by lightning and turned into a psychic.
ref: 1989 November 3, Janet Maslin, “Film Review: Second Sight (1989)”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Jun 2014:
text: Six months before Andy Warhol died of a heart attack, he finished painting his last series of self-portraits. . . . In the images, set on an inky black background, his bald head is covered by his famously disconcerting "fright wig".
ref: 2006 January 19, Arifa Akbar, “Warhol's final self-portraits reveal his darker side”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 06 Jun 2014:
glosses: A wig, usually worn for humorous or novelty effect, having voluminous, frizzy, long hair, suggesting the hair "standing on end" of a person who is extremely frightened or who has experienced a powerful electric shock.
fright-wig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fright-wigs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fright wig.
unrefractory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrefractory
form: most unrefractory
Etymology: From un- + refractory.
Senses: glosses: Not refractory.
frogurt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frogurts
Etymology: Blend of frozen + yogurt.
Senses: examples: text: If you insist on counting calories try the frogurt (frozen yogurt).
ref: 1978 June, N., “Restaurants in Fort Worth”, in Texas Monthly, page 57:
text: We walked up the Pacific Coast Highway to the frogurt stand for lunch and had homemade peach frogurt with granola, coconut, and strawberry syrup on top
ref: 1981, Jill Riss Klevin, The Best of Friends, →ISBN, page 118:
text: He asks Hurley if the “frogurt guy” is coming, and clarifies that he used to make frozen yogurt.
ref: 2009, Nikki Stafford, Finding Lost, →ISBN:
text: At first, we were model employees, restocking the toppings, cleaning the counters, prepping the frogurt machines for the next day, and then we met the boys who manned the pizza counter on the other side of the food court, whose manager was also developing a disappearing act.
ref: 2011, Sarah Paige Ryan, Solar-Powered Sex Machine: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 38:
text: The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: "Jerome, if Mr. Hodges doesn't make an arrest, could we walk down to the frogurt place?"
ref: 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel, →ISBN, page 334:
glosses: Clipping of frozen yogurt.
Synonyms: froyo
rooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rookers
Etymology: From rook + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who rooks (cheats or swindles).
rookers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rooker
Judæophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Judæophobes
Etymology: From Judæo- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Judaeophobe.
Judæophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Judæophobe
Jooz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Joo
spidey sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spidey senses
Senses: examples: text: Abby, let me ask you this: Is your spidey sense sure Alison was killed by a man? Your other clues were that 'he' was short, wore oversized clothing, and had dark hair. What if Alison was killed by a butch-looking female?
ref: 2004 December, Victoria Laurie, Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (A Psychic Eye Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Signet, New American Library, →ISBN:
text: But the sports media elite, eating free press box sushi while the rest of us are paying $9.00 for a hot dog, could never understand what set our collective spidey senses tingling.
ref: 2005, Dave Zirin, “Stir of Echoes: A New Sporting Resistance?”, in What’s My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States, Chicago, Ill.: Haymarket Books, →ISBN, page 259:
text: As I turn to the right to get to the Registration Desk, my spidey senses are starting to warn me. There's nothing I can see that is cause for immediate concern, but I know I've got to keep paying attention to those spidey senses. I know they've saved me in the past.
ref: 2018 March 10, Brad Bagwell, chapter 1, in The Hunter: Southeast Asia, Ishpeming, Mich.: BookVenture Publishing, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Spidey sense.
free and clear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [T]hey cannot at once name a dozen in the town who own their farms free and clear.
ref: 1854, Henry David Thoreau, chapter 1, in Walden:
text: I have been trying to get a free and clear title to the land for a client of mine.
ref: 1905, Horatio Alger, chapter 21, in From Farm to Fortune:
text: The will might stipulate, for example, that the heir receive the home, free and clear, Ms. Wheatley-Liss said, which may mean that the executor will be directed to sell stocks, bonds or other assets in the estate to pay off the mortgage.
ref: 2011 November 17, Vickie Elmer, “Inheriting a Home, and a Loan”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Jun 2014:
topics: law
glosses: In a condition of lawful outright ownership, without restrictions or encumbrances.
raw_tags: of a possession
examples: text: I made the last payment on the house today. . . . We’re free and clear.
ref: 1949, Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, Requiem
text: Though standard in real estate transactions, the concept of title insurance, which guarantees that a seller is the free and clear owner, has been resisted by the art world.
ref: 2010 November 10, Kate Taylor, “Title Insurance Concept Spreads Into Art Sales”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Jun 2014:
topics: law
glosses: Possessing such lawful outright ownership.
raw_tags: of a person
Related terms: allodial title
spidey senses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spidey sense
fragmentize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fragmentizes
form: fragmentizing
form: fragmentized
form: fragmentized
form: fragmentise
Etymology: From fragment + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: [I]t was against fragmentizing the human soul that he was prepared to protest with the whole force of his life.
ref: 1848 Dec., "The Manhood of Christ," The Christian Review, no. 52, p. 496 (Google preview)
text: In experimental surgery, a cool laser produces shock waves that fragmentize part of the cornea.
ref: 1991 October 23, Sandra Blakeslee, “Using Laser, Researchers Test New Way to Correct Myopia”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Jun 2014:
glosses: To break, cut, or otherwise separate (something) into fragments.
examples: text: [T]he sport has been subject to varying levels of interest. During low points the chronicle fragmentizes as the continuity of enthusiasm becomes disrupted.
ref: 2006, Josh Chetwynd, Brian Belton, British Baseball and the West Ham Club, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: To fall into or become separated into fragments.
Synonyms: word: fragment
Derived terms: fragmentization
fragmentizer
fragmentise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fragmentises
form: fragmentising
form: fragmentised
form: fragmentised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fragmentize.
Derived terms: fragmentiser
fragmentization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fragmentizations
Etymology: From fragment + -ization.
Senses: glosses: fragmentation; the breaking of something into fragments
blood sports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood sport
whopstraw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whopstraws
Senses: examples: text: Charles had not been employed at Darracott Place above six months, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
ref: 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
glosses: A rustic, a clod-hopper.
examples: text: Parker Clare became a flail-thresher, a whopstraw
ref: a'''. 1864, John Clare, edited by J. W. Tibble, Selected Poems, published 1965:
glosses: A thresher, one who separates the grain from the chaff by beating with a flail.
life buoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life buoys
form: life-buoy
form: lifebuoy
Etymology: From life + buoy.
Senses: examples: text: A spherical life buoy having an air chamber formed therein, an entrance opening communicating with the interior of said life buoy, air inlet and exhaust pipes extending exteriorly therof, a perforated housing for each of said pipes, a dome secured to teh periphery of said life buoy and covering said housings, said dome being perforated, and means for supporting said life buoy upon the deck of a vessel.
ref: 1910, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office:
text: At least four approved ring life buoys shall be placed on each manned platform.
ref: 1981, Compilation of Regulations Related to Mineral Resource Activities:
text: Also, a life buoy was attached to the fuselage.
ref: 2007, Daniel E. Blaney, Old Orchard Beach:
text: He had on a life buoy and a life preserver. He clung there a moment and then he slid off again.
ref: 2012, Jay Henry Mowbray, Sinking of the Titanic: Eyewitness Accounts:
synonyms: word: life preserver
word: life ring
word: lifesaver
word: safety buoy
glosses: A buoyant object (most commonly torus-shaped) that is used as a life-saving device by keeping a person afloat.
examples: text: Fearing that he might become permanently sewn into the Air France uniform he put on every morning, Manuel regarded Mario's faith in him as a life buoy.
ref: 2001, Suzanne Jill Levine, Manuel Puig and the Spider Woman: His Life and Fictions, page 166:
text: Above all, the Marshall Plan was a life buoy for the then sinking French economy.
ref: 2006, Peter van Kemseke, Towards an Era of Development, page 43:
text: I but pity him, who, losing me, found the bright stars dimmed, And frantically seized you as a life buoy.
ref: 2008, Fleur Yano, Collected Writings of Flora Belle Jan, page 89:
text: I was so exhausted and weak that several times, I nearly collapsed in the store. My shopping cart became my life buoy as I hung on to it and stubbornly kept going.
ref: 2012, Holly Reese, Rising from the Abyss, page 116:
glosses: Something that rescues one from difficulties.
Related terms: life jacket
life vest
life raft
light buoy
goes missing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go missing
going missing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go missing
went missing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go missing
gone missing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go missing
bionic ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bionic ears
Senses: glosses: A cochlear implant.
bionic ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bionic ear
Knies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
mulligan car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mulligan cars
Senses: glosses: a cantina wagon located on a wagon or railcar at a lumber camp
mulligan cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mulligan car
indemn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: indem
ipa: /ˈɪn.dɛm/
rhymes: -ɪndɛm
Etymology: From Middle French indemne and indempne, from Latin indemnis (“unhurt”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“hurt, damage; wrong”). Compare damn and condemn.
Senses: examples: 1526, R. Wingfield, letter to Cardinal Wolsey (Galba B.xiv) f. 3v
The sayde kynge hath bownde hymsylff to save themperour indempne agaynste the kynges highnes of alle thingis.
glosses: Without loss or injury.
Derived terms: indemnify
indemnity
Beaconite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beaconites
Etymology: From beacon + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of English Quaker Isaac Crewdson and his book A Beacon to the Society of Friends, which claimed that too much emphasis was placed by Quakers on the Inner Light at the expense of Biblical authority.
Beaconites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beaconite
Hendo's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening, + -o.
Senses: glosses: Henderson's Relish, a spicy and fruity condiment.
polypile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polypiles
form: polypiling
form: polypiled
form: polypiled
Etymology: From poly + pile.
Senses: topics: roguelikes
video-games
glosses: To stack (items) so as to polymorph them into different items in a single turn.
polypiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polypile
polypiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polypile
polypiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polypile
pedions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedion
disphenoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a disphenoid.
hextetrahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a hextetrahedron.
tristetrahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tris- + tetrahedral.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a tristetrahedron.
hexoctahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a hexoctahedron.
trisoctahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tris- + octahedral.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a trisoctahedron.
caliches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caliche
postbehavioral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + behavioral.
Senses: glosses: After the decline of behavioralism.
glosses: Relating to postbehavioralism.
neobehavioralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + behavioralism.
Senses: glosses: postbehavioralism
postbehavioralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + behavioralism.
Senses: glosses: A reaction against the dominance of behavioralist methods in the study of politics, claiming that behavioralist research was biased towards the status quo and social preservation rather than social change.
diploidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: diploid
tetartoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetartoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a tetartoid.
tetartoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɛtaɹtɔɪd/
Forms: form: tetartoids
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A crystal of a certain symmetry class with 12 congruent irregular pentagonal faces.
Related terms: tetartoidal
tetartoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetartoid
baby monitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby monitor
ductway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ductways
Etymology: From duct + way.
Senses: glosses: A duct.
examples: text: The bridge also carries a ductway accommodating power ducts, telephone ducts, and inspection walks.
ref: 1955, Engineering and Contract Record, volume 68, page 90:
glosses: The space in which ducts are located.
Mahā Bhārata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
Bravais lattice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bravais lattices
Etymology: Studied by Auguste Bravais.
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
geometry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An infinite array of discrete points generated by a set of discrete translation operations mathbf R=n_1 mathbf a₁+n_2 mathbf a₂+n_3 mathbf a₃, where nᵢ are any integers and aᵢ are known as the primitive vectors which lie in different directions and span the lattice.
winchline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winchlines
Etymology: From winch + line.
Senses: glosses: The line of a winch.
winchlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winchline
unodious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unodious
form: most unodious
Etymology: From un- + odious.
Senses: glosses: Not odious.
Poroshenko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Пороше́нко (Porošénko).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Порошенко (Porošenko).
mansplanations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mansplanation
sodion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodions
Etymology: Blend of sodium + ion
Senses: glosses: A sodium ion.
sodions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sodion
potassion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potassions
Senses: glosses: A potassium ion.
icecrete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ice + -crete.
Senses: examples: text: Icecrete . A good overhead protection in winter is icecrete . Icecrete is a dense , frozen mixture of sand and water , or sand with gravel , ( or broken stone ) and water , which is many times stronger than normal ice .
ref: 1949, United States. Department of the Army, Field Manual, page 45:
glosses: A concretion of water ice as the cementing substance, and an aggregate.
Hyponyms: pykrete
superpykrete
Related terms: bituminous concrete
cementitious concrete
concrete
snowcrete
Cane Corso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑːneɪ ˈkɔːsəʊ/
ipa: /ˌkɑneɪ ˈkɔɹsoʊ/
enpr: kä'nā kôrʹsō
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səʊ
Forms: form: Cane Corsos
form: cane corso
Etymology: From Italian cane corso (literally “Corsican dog”), with adjective corso being more likely derived from Latin cohors (“farmyard; enclosure”).
Senses: glosses: A dog of an Italian breed valued as a companion, guardian and hunter.
arrow prayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrow prayers
Etymology: From the idea that it can be quickly "shot" up to God.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A very short prayer suitable for uttering at any time.
arrow prayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrow prayer
Darwinian curvature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: curvature in the growth of a root, leaf, etc. caused by damage to one side of it
encephalitis lethargica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sleepy sickness
Entlebucher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Entlebuchers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Entlebucher Sennenhund, from Entlebuch, a municipality in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Senses: glosses: A dog of a breed traditionally used by herders in the Swiss Alps.
Synonyms: Entlebuch Cattle Dog
Derived terms: Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Entlebuchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Entlebucher
capituliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more capituliform
form: most capituliform
Etymology: From capitulum + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a capitulum.
keyworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyworkers
form: key worker
Etymology: From key + worker.
Senses: glosses: A social worker who helps to coordinate a patient's care and their social welfare, finances, career, etc.
topics: education
glosses: A childcare worker who monitors a child's development and participation in activities and discusses these with the child's parents or carer.
glosses: A worker in any industry who is considered indispensable and expected not to strike.
Related terms: keywork
keyworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyworker
flangeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flange + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Immediately outside the rails of 3-ft. gauge, on which the ordinary cars run, are laid smaller rails ⅞ in. lower ; on these run the flangeless wagon wheels, kept in position by the higher rails, which thus act as check rails ; [...].
ref: 1940 May, H. Fayle, “The Bessbrook & Newry Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 291:
text: Ivatt was represented by 4-2-2 No. 262, his first 4-4-0, No. 400, and 2-2-2 No. 92, which had the flangeless driving wheels from Sturrock's famous 4-2-2 No. 215.
ref: 1961 July, C. P. Walker, P. H. V. Banyard, “Leicester's Belgrave Road branch lives another year”, in Trains Illustrated, page 410:
glosses: Without a flange.
statutes at large
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Published collections or series of legislative acts, in certain jurisdictions.
ice-cream suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice-cream suits
Senses: glosses: A pale-colored lightweight suit for men.
Related terms: ice-cream pants
orbitolinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orbitolinids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any foraminifer in the family Orbitolinidae.
orbitolinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orbitolinid
French plait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French plaits
Senses: glosses: French braid
French braid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French braids
form: French-braid
Senses: glosses: A braided hairstyle starting with three small sections of hair near the crown of the head, which are then braided together toward the nape of the neck, gradually adding more hair to each section as it crosses in from the side into the center of the braid structure. The final result incorporates all of the hair into a smoothly woven pattern over the scalp.
French braid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: French braids
form: French braiding
form: French braided
form: French braided
form: French-braid
Senses: examples: text: Barbara French braided my hair—isn't it pretty?
ref: 1998, Mary Downing Hahn, As Ever, Gordy:
text: She French braided her hair pulling it straight back from her face.
ref: 2002, Kathryn M White, The Killer Wore White: “Who Wanted the Women Dead?”, page 15:
text: She French braided his forelock, and wrapped white tape around the bottom of each thick braid.
ref: 2012, Caroline Akervik, A Horse Named Viking, page 87:
glosses: To braid into a French braid.
Related terms: Dutch braid
postengagement
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + engagement.
Senses: glosses: After engagement.
sticky foam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sticky foams
Senses: glosses: A mixture of highly tacky and/or tenacious materials, carried in compressed form with a propellant and used as an incapacitant.
debleat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: debleats
form: debleating
form: debleated
form: debleated
Etymology: From de- + bleat.
Senses: examples: text: The above operation is similarly performed to "debleat" goats when their vocal manifestations become objectionable to the community.
ref: 1944, M.S.U. Veterinarian, volumes 5-6, page 24:
glosses: To devocalize (a goat).
debleats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debleat
debleated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debleat
debleating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of debleat
devocalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devocalizations
Etymology: From de- + vocalization.
Senses: glosses: Act or process of devocalizing.
devocalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devocalization
foosballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foosballers
Etymology: From foosball + -er.
Senses: glosses: foosball player
foosballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foosballer
bunker buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunker busters
Senses: examples: text: B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each.
ref: 2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN:
text: The bombs used in the strikes were GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators, known as a “bunker busters,” two sources familiar with the operation said.
ref: 2025 June 21, Kevin Liptak, “Strikes on Iranian nuclear sites thrust US into escalating Middle East conflict”, in CNN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground.
Coordinate terms: earthquake bomb
Related terms: blockbuster
bunker-busting
dambuster
catastrophizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catastrophizers
Etymology: From catastrophize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who catastrophizes.
catastrophizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catastrophizer
chemonucleolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + nucleolysis.
Senses: glosses: The injection of chymopapain to treat herniated lower lumbar discs in the spine.
ostrich dinosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostrich dinosaurs
Senses: glosses: ornithomimosaur
orthoquartzite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːθəʊˈkwɔːtˌsaɪt/
ipa: /ˌɔɹθoʊˈkwɔɹtˌsaɪt/
Forms: form: orthoquartzites
Etymology: From ortho- + quartzite.
Senses: examples: text: The contact with the Fountain is sharply defined, since they consist essentially of fine-grained red or pink to white sandstone, at time cemented to an orthoquartzite—a process still continuing.
ref: 1928, A. J. Tieje, “The Red Beds of the Front Range in Colorado: A Study in Sedimentation”, in The Journal of Geology, volume XXXI, page 199:
text: A similar phenomenon on a smaller scale occurs at Hole-in-the-Wall, where beds of orthoquartzite show large bulbous projections on their undersides which appear to squeeze out the underlying shale.
ref: 1957, Keith A. W. Crook, “Cross-Stratification and Other Sedimentary Features of the Narrabeen Group”, in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, volume LXXXII, page 162:
text: In the central part of the outcrop area of the formation, a 4.5 km–wide, east-trending belt contains strata like that of the northern part of the formation except that orthoquartzite beds up to 6m thick, which commonly have strike lengths of 1–2 km, are present.
ref: 1989, G. Neef et al., “The Mt. Daubeny Formation: Arenite-Rich ?Late Silurian–Early Devonian (Gedinnian) Strata in Far Western New South Wales”, in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, volume 122, →ISSN, page 104:
glosses: A very pure quartz sandstone composed of usually well rounded quartz grains cemented by silica.
Derived terms: orthoquartzitic
orthoquartzites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthoquartzite