cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
theomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more theomorphic
form: most theomorphic
Etymology: From theo- + -morphic.
Senses: examples: text: Man is a theomorphic being; endowed with the intelligence (al-'aql) which can lead him to the truth, to knowledge of Allah and to unity (tawhid).
ref: 2007, Roy Jackson, Nietzsche and Islam, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 21:
text: That Jesus is male furthers the difficulties already encountered in relation to god the Father, seemingly identifying men as not only more theomorphic (that is, like God) than women, but also as significantly more Christomorphic (that is, like Christ).
ref: 2009, Hannah Bacon, What's Right with the Trinity?: Conversations in Feminist Theology, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), published 2016, page 20:
text: Correspondingly, the first male, Adam, is defined as Godlike human prototype, whereas the first female, Eve, is derived and therefore not theomorphic.
ref: 2012, Kari Elisabeth Børresen, “Julian of Norwich: A Model of Feminist Theology”, in Kari Elisabeth Børresen, Kari Vogt, editors, Women’s Studies of the Christian and Islamic Traditions: Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Foremothers, page 295:
glosses: Having the form of God or a god.
examples: text: It seems that the more remote from scientific realization is the idea that the philosopher is searching to grasp, the more theomorphic the explanation will tend to be.
ref: 2002, Claudio Ferreira Costa, The Philosophical Inquiry: Towards a Global Account, page 76:
text: In this paper I will offer some reflections on interpretations of theomorphic themes in Islamic thought.
ref: 2012, Mona Siddiqui, “11: Perspectives on Theomorphism in Islam”, in Dirk Evers, Michael Fuller, Antje Jackelen, Taede Smedes, editors, Is Religion Natural?, page 171:
text: 2015, Mikhail Epstein, Post-Atheism: From Apophatic Theology to "Minimal Religion", Mikhail N. Epstein, Alexander A. Genis, Slobodanka Vladiv-Glover, Russian Postmodernism: New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture, page 453,
In the theomorphic representation there is no trace of God, but the locus and form of his absence are precisely indicated as the “highest or most powerful value,” even if this value is a negative one.
glosses: Of, pertaining to or involving the conception of man as having the form of God or a god.
Related terms: anthropomorphic
theomorphically
theomorphism
karbhari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karbharis
Senses: examples: text: On the 6th of December, 1881, the Kesari again condemned the cruelties and oppressiveness of the Karbhari.
ref: 1978, Vishwanath Prasad Varma, The Life and Philosophy of Lokamanya Tilak, page 25:
text: Some four or five generations ago, Buddhidhan's ancestors had been the chief administrators, the karbharis of Suvarnapur.
ref: 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 22
glosses: A chief administrator or senior official in certain Indian princely states.
Akhenaten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːkəˈnɑːtən/
ipa: /ˌækəˈnɑːtən/
Etymology: From Egyptian i-t:n:ra-Ax-x:n (ꜣḫ-n-jtn).
Senses: glosses: A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by the 14th century BCE pharaoh Akhenaten, father of Tutankhamon and founder of Atenism
Saguntine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saguntines
Etymology: From Latin Saguntinus.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Saguntum.
Saguntine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin Saguntinus.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Saguntum.
Saguntines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saguntine
zoogonidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoogonidia
Etymology: From zoo- + gonidium.
Senses: glosses: A gonidium that contains spores
yohimbe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yohimbes
form: yohimba
Etymology: By way of French or German, perhaps ultimately from Duala yombwa, the native name for the tree.
Senses: glosses: An African tree Pausinystalia johimbe
glosses: The bark of this tree used as an aphrodisiac
Derived terms: yohimbine
yojijukugo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yojijukugos
Etymology: From Japanese 四字熟語.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese lexeme composed of four kanji characters.
Turok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Turoks
Etymology: From Ukrainian Турок (Turok), from Ukrainian турок (turok, “Turk”) or perhaps a derivative of Proto-Slavic *turъ (“aurochs”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
United Stater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: United Staters
Etymology: From United States + -er.
Senses: synonyms: American
glosses: An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.
Alatau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alataus
form: Ala Tau
form: Ala-Too
Senses: glosses: Any of several mountain ranges in Central Asia
permanent revolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permanent revolutions
Senses: glosses: The status of a revolutionary class where it continues to push for and achieve its interests despite the political dominance of those with opposing interests.
topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
antonyms: stagism
glosses: The theory that socialism can be obtained without the country first experiencing a period of capitalism. The revolution must furthermore become an agent for other anticapitalist revolutions around the globe, in part to secure the revolution abroad.
1984-esque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more 1984-esque
form: most 1984-esque
form: 1984esque
Etymology: From 1984 + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: What is this globalism anyway? This new world order? This one world order? It all seems very vague to me. When I start hearing those terms, I start imagining some kind of 1984-esque, soulless, desolate society, of dependence on government, with Big Brother as the totalitarian leader, I guess.
ref: 2020, Robert Sneider, American Lynchpin, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
synonyms: Orwellian
glosses: Resembling or pertaining to a society with a significant amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.
bad news travels fast
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: After all, reorganizations, personnel changes, new policies on subjects such as travel and expense reports, are everyday occurrences, but the rumor that the Vice President of Sales has a son at college who was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, aha! That is another matter. That is news! Once put out on the grapevine, it will travel with blinding speed around the circuit. Bad news travels fast.
ref: 1992, Robert L. Genua, Managing Your Mouth: An Owner's Manual for Your Most Important Business Asset, →ISBN:
text: Bad news travels fast, especially when it travels by satellite. I had picked up the receiver with a sense of dread. I expected to hear on the other end an obscene caller, a local news person looking for fresh dirt, a concerned but nosy friend.
ref: 2011, Wendy Hornsby, Bad Intent, →ISBN:
text: In small towns, as the saying goes, bad news travels fast. St. Charles, Idaho was no exception. Recent going's on eventually makes their way to people one might not expect.
ref: 2012, J.W. James III, North Beach Road, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: Bad news circulates quickly because people often circulate it everywhere.
Synonyms: ill news spreads apace
Related terms: no news is good news
give someone a break
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives someone a break
form: giving someone a break
form: gave someone a break
form: given someone a break
Senses: examples: text: “Oh, give me a break, sport. You want to pick my brain but you're not going ^([sic]) give me anything in return? What's up with that?”
ref: 2003, Alecia Alexander, Everybody's a Critic, page 105:
glosses: To stop harassing or demanding from someone.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To allow someone a rest.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To provide someone with an opportunity for significant advancement..
Related terms: gimme a break
fish in troubled waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fishes in troubled waters
form: fishing in troubled waters
form: fished in troubled waters
form: fished in troubled waters
Senses: glosses: To try to take advantage of a confused or troubled situation.
hardbottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardbottom
softbottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softbottom
excreations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excreation
heart of stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hearts of stone
Etymology: From Ezekiel 36:26 of the King James Bible.
Senses: examples: text: She's got a heart of stone.
text: You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone / Just you wait 'til I get you home
ref: 1986, “West End Girls”, in Please, performed by Pet Shop Boys:
text: It would take a heart of stone, or an opposition supporter, not to feel some measure of sympathy for a player whose career has come to a standstill at club level and does not seem able to catch a break when he does make a rare appearance.
ref: 2023 September 12, Phil McNulty, “Scotland 1-3 England: 'Complete package' Jude Bellingham puts concluding flourish on world-class performance”, in BBC Sport:
antonyms: heart of gold
glosses: A hardhearted character, stern or cruel nature.
Related terms: stonehearted
heart of glass
hearts of stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heart of stone
representativities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of representativity
polsci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of political science.
noclip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: noclips
form: noclipping
form: noclipped
form: noclipped
Etymology: From no clip. Perhaps originates from the 1991 game Commander Keen IV: Secret of the Oracle, where using the appropriate cheat code displays a message "No clipping ON".
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: To navigate through a game environment with collisions disabled, so as to be able to pass through solid walls, etc.
Related terms: wallhack
noclipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of noclip
noclipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of noclip
noclips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of noclip
Gregorian chants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gregorian chant
Boccherinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Boccherinian
form: most Boccherinian
Etymology: From Boccherini + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), Italian composer and cellist of the classical era.
permanent revolutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permanent revolution
dastaar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dastaars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dastar.
dastaars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dastaar
Afrabian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æfˈɹeɪ.bi.ən/
rhymes: -eɪbiən
Forms: form: more Afrabian
form: most Afrabian
Etymology: Blend of African + Arabian or Afrabia + -n.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to both Africa and Arabia.
Afrabian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æfˈɹeɪ.bi.ən/
rhymes: -eɪbiən
Forms: form: Afrabians
Etymology: Blend of African + Arabian or Afrabia + -n.
Senses: glosses: One who is both African and Arab.
Afrabians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afrabian
hypnoanalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypnoanalysis
behovable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more behovable
form: most behovable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of behoovable.
cancered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cancer + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Afflicted with cancer.
declawings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of declawing
EBEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EBE
grow a set
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grows a set
form: growing a set
form: grew a set
form: grown a set
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grow a pair.
synonyms: word: grow a pair
tristates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tristate
self-driving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + driving.
Senses: examples: text: Computer vision is used in image recognition systems and also in self-driving technologies.
ref: 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
text: Mercedes-Benz has received approval for a self-driving system paving the way for it to be able to offer the technology to customers where national legislation allows its use.
ref: 2021 December 9, Gareth Roberts, “Mercedes-Benz self-driving car technology approved for use”, in FleetNews:
text: By self-driving vehicles, we mean those listed as automated vehicles by the Secretary of State for Transport under the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018. (...) These vehicles are capable of safely driving themselves when the self-driving function is correctly turned on and the driver follows the manufacturer’s instructions.
ref: 2022 December 31, “The Highway Code 2022 valid 2023, UK, page 4”, in The Highway Code 2022 valid 2023, UK, page 4, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2023:
text: Toyota Motor Corp. will begin a self-driving transportation service in Odaiba, Tokyo, this summer using the technology of Level 4 autonomous driving — automated driving under certain conditions — with the aim of starting a driverless robotaxi business in the future, sources said.
ref: 2024 February 11, “Toyota to Launch Japan’s First Fully Automated Driving Service on Public Roads Starting in Odaiba, Tokyo, This Summer”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Of a motor vehicle: equipped with sensors and computer technology to allow it to drive without a human operator.
Derived terms: self-driving car
self-driving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + driving.
Senses: examples: text: Self-driving will re-arrange the economic landscape of the world, like the invention of the automobile did.
ref: 2017 August 25, Yarrow Bouchard, “Self-Driving: The Companies That Will Win (And Lose)”, in Seeking Alpha, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
text: China’s approach to self-driving reflects its attitude to development more broadly: heavy on infrastructure and government oversight, lighter on cutting-edge technology and civil liberties.
ref: 2019 October 12, “Chinese firms are taking a different route to driverless cars”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022:
text: Billed as the first everyday consumer application of AI, self-driving has simultaneously inspired its champions and proved a worry for its investors.
ref: 2020 December 24, Stan Boland, “It’s time for self-driving cars to really take off... but not for people”, in Wired UK, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2022:
glosses: The ability of a motor vehicle to drive itself without a human operator; the technology that enables this.
Bloomie's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Grandma said, "Bloomie's is just around the corner from those tall buildings, Amy Elizabeth, and if they weren't in the way, we could see it."
ref: 1999, E. L. Konigsburg, Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale's:
glosses: Bloomingdale's, a US department store.
perinatological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From perinatology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to perinatology.
unburped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + burp + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Usually baby doesn't need to be burped if (1) he consistently takes his usual amount of formula, gradually increasing his capacity as the weeks go by and (2) if he hasn't spit up when put down unburped after most feedings.
ref: 1968, Robert Webster Watson, Why Not Have Your Second Baby First?, page 46:
glosses: Not having been burped.
pubic mound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pubic mounds
Senses: examples: text: She pressed lightly around the outer labia and above the pubic mound, checking for tears or damage.
ref: 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 317:
glosses: The mons pubis.
dance step
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dance steps
Senses: glosses: One of a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular type of dance.
Related terms: dance move
Kaul festival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kaul festivals
Etymology: Calque of Malay pesta Kaul.
Senses: glosses: An annual festival celebrated by the Melanaus in Sarawak, Malaysia where items are placed at a decorated pipe near the river (Seraheng) to drive out evil spirits.
marsh mallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsh mallows
form: marshmallow
form: marsh-mallow
Etymology: From marsh + mallow.
Senses: examples: text: Amongst the herbs to be administered when the charm was sung over him were a yew-berry, lupin, helenium, marsh mallow, dock elder, wormwood and strawberry leaves.
ref: 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 16:
glosses: A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant).
glosses: Hibiscus moscheutos (crimsoneyed rosemallow, swamp rosemallow. eastern rosemallow)
glosses: Malva sylvestris (common mallow)
marsh mallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marsh mallow
leaky abstraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaky abstractions
Etymology: Popularised in 2002 by software engineer Joel Spolsky.
Senses: examples: text: This is a classic case of leaky abstraction. Repository is supposed to abstract away any concerns around querying the database, but now what we are doing here is returning an IQueryable<T> to the consuming code and asking it to build the queries, thus leaking the abstraction that is supposed to be hidden into repository.
ref: 2015, Suhas Chatekar, Learning NHibernate 4, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 291:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: An abstraction that undesirably exposes details and limitations of its underlying implementation.
wikipedia: Joel Spolsky
leaky abstractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaky abstraction
flatbreaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Where cotton follows small grain or a sod-forming crop, the practice of flatbreaking or plowing with a common turning plow in the fall is frequently followed.
ref: 1938, National Research Project on Reemployment Opportunities and Recent Changes in Industrial Techniques (U.S.), Studies of Changing Techniques and Employment in Agriculture:
text: The seedbed is usually prepared by flatbreaking (broadcast plowing) or by bedding.
ref: 1944, Ernest Newton Fergus, Carsie Hammonds, Thomas Hayden Rogers, Southern Field Crops Management, page 632:
text: Flatbreaking was considered essential when cotton followed a hay crop such as alfalfa (Medicago saliva L.) or in extremely weedy fields, particularly those with perennials such as johnsongrass, bermudagrass and "coco" or "nutgrass" (purple netsedge) (Brown and Ware, 1958).
ref: 1992, C. G. McWhorter, J. R. Abernathy, Weeds of cotton: characterization and control, →ISBN, page 127:
glosses: The process of plowing an entire field to break up the soil prior to planting.
Falwellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Falwellian
form: most Falwellian
Etymology: From Falwell + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jerry Falwell (1933–2007), American Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist associated with the Moral Majority.
rule the day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rules the day
form: ruling the day
form: ruled the day
form: ruled the day
Senses: examples: text: The world was then so light,
I scarcely felt the weight;
Joy ruled the day, and Love the night.
ref: 1700, John Dryden, The Secular Masque:
text: She was a woman of caprices, and her caprices always ruled the day.
ref: 1877, Frances Hodgson Burnett, chapter 5, in Theo:
text: [C]ommon sense rules the day. . . . Everything can look suspicious, but only the umpires can tell if the ball's condition has been altered.
ref: 1995 December 18, Derek Pringle, “Cricket: Matthews fingered over his thumbs”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 01 Sep 2017:
text: A book about former Treasury chief O'Neill paints a presidency in which ideology and politics rule the day.
ref: 2004 January 19, John F. Dickerson, “Confessions Of A White House Insider”, in Time, retrieved 01 Sep 2017:
text: “Vintage watch collecting is growing in scale and value in a way we have never seen before. Condition and rarity are ruling the day in driving prices to new levels.”
ref: 2016 January 19, Jane A. Peterson, “At Watch Auctions, Vintage and Prime to Be Most Prized Qualities”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Sep 2017:
glosses: To set the standard which guides behavior; to control a situation, group, strategy, etc.
Related terms: rue the day
pancreatographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: plural of pancreatography
young ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sea ice, formed during the previous winter, that is slightly older than nilas.
shake like a leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shakes like a leaf
form: shaking like a leaf
form: shook like a leaf
form: shaken like a leaf
Senses: examples: text: My goodness, doll, you're shaking like a leaf. Rico! You've had your fun, pull up.
ref: 2008, Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, spoken by Skipper (Tom McGrath), DreamWorks Animation:
qualifier: simile
glosses: To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; to shiver.
render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From Matthew 22:23 of the (King James Bible):.
Senses: glosses: One must give something (especially taxes) owed to the relevant authority.
there is a time and place for everything
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: there is a time and a place for everything
form: there's a time and a place for everything
form: there's a time and place for everything
form: there is a place and time for everything
form: there's a place and time for everything
Senses: glosses: Certain things are appropriate at a certain time and place.
the darkest hour is just before the dawn
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðə ˈdɑː(ɹ)kɪst ˈaʊ̯əɹ ɪz ˈd͡ʒʌst bɪˈfɔː(ɹ)ðə ˈdɔːn/
rhymes: -ɔːn
Forms: form: it is darkest before the dawn
form: it is darkest just before the dawn
Senses: examples: text: While I'm far away from you my baby / Whisper a little prayer for me my baby / Because it's hard for me my baby / And the darkest hour is just before dawn
ref: 1967, Ralph Bass, “Dedicated to the One I Love”, in The Mamas & The Papas Deliver:
text: “Sometimes the darkest hour is just before the dawn,” he said.
ref: 2017 September 13, “Dispute over casino funds casts pall over falls”, in Niagara Gazette:
text: “‘The darkest hour is just before dawn.’ I indulged myself in total chaos, ordering it made me get clearance again,” Sevdaliza said via email. Her debut album is set for 2017.
ref: 2016 December 16, “A$AP Ferg Adds Intensity to Sevdaliza’s “That Damaged Girl””, in XXL Mag:
text: The New Day's downfall was a combination of bad storytelling and an ill-advised gimmick in a cynical era. But the overly positive group will be the first to tell you that the darkest hour is just before the dawn.
ref: 2015 April 4, Alfred Conua, “Examining Why New Day Failed as a Babyface Stable”, in Bleacher Report:
glosses: The worst situation comes before a good one.
care a fig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: caring a fig
form: cares a fig
form: cared a fig
form: cared a fig
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of give a fig.
forestaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forestage
forestaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forestage
bona vardering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bona vardering
form: most bona vardering
Senses: glosses: Attractive; good-looking.
Synonyms: beautiful
bona nochy
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊnə ˈnɒtʃiː/
Senses: glosses: Good night.
Eskimo Pie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eskimo Pies
form: Eskimo pie
Senses: qualifier: trademark
glosses: A brand of chocolate covered vanilla ice cream on a stick.
tummy ache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tummy aches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tummyache.
tummy aches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tummy ache
Safari Club
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Safari Club
Senses: glosses: An alliance of intelligence services formed in 1976 to fight the Cold War in Africa. Its formal members were Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Morocco and France.
ASAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪsæk/
Forms: form: ASACs
Senses: examples: text: There was this big task force, Reggie was my ASAC. I was twenty-eight years old, right out of the academy. I had this theory on the case. Reggie thought I was full of it.
ref: 1994, "Young at Heart" (episode of TV show The X-Files)
text: My name is "ASAC" Schrader, and you can go fuck yourself.
ref: 2013, "Ozymandias" (episode of TV show Breaking Bad)
glosses: Initialism of assistant special agent in charge.
ASACs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ASAC
SPIT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of spam over Internet telephony.
pocketings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocketing
rewrapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rewrappers
Etymology: From rewrap + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Those responsible for her rewrapping had taken the opportunity to slip the remains of a second, even more damaged mummy into her bandages. Some embalmers and rewrappers had clearly struggled to prepare the deceased for the Afterlife.
ref: 1999, Joyce A. Tyldesley, The Mummy: Unwrap the ancient secrets of the mummies' tombs:
glosses: One who wraps again.
rewrappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rewrapper
diaper pail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaper pails
Senses: glosses: A bucket-like receptacle for a baby's used diapers, where they are kept (sometimes in a solution of water and cleaners) until they can be properly washed or disposed of.
diaper pails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaper pail
notebooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: notebookers
Etymology: From notebook + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In short, Da Vinci could be considered one of the world's earliest and finest science notebookers. The Internet has many sites devoted to the writings and drawings of Da Vinci.
ref: 2007, Valarie L. Akerson, Interdisciplinary language arts and science instruction in elementary classrooms:
text: When “notebookers” find out that someone keeps a diary on computer and revises it, they are outraged (it's not sincere any more!) and vaguely jealous (it's too easy!).
ref: 2009, Philippe Lejeune, On Diary, page 291:
glosses: A person who habitually writes in a notebook.
notebookers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notebooker
self-fabric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + fabric.
Senses: examples: text: Use self-fabric for the pockets.
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: The same fabric used for the main garment, rather than another contrasting fabric.
grassfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grassfields
Etymology: From grass + field.
Senses: glosses: A field covered by grass or grasses.
Related terms: Grassfield
grassfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grassfield
unguilts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unguilt
hisseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hiss + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hiss
eye-gougingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From eye + gouging + -ly, suggesting that one would gouge out one's own eyes rather than look at something so ugly.
Senses: examples: text: I'm about to return the telephone to its cradle, and resume work on Candidate Two, when a middle-aged woman dressed in an eye-gougingly hideous neon orange floral print dress approaches my door.
ref: 2010, Julie Kushner, Life Sucks, Death Bites, page 15:
text: “And nothing could ever compel me to wear a gable, the most eye-gougingly ugly fashion accessory ever created.”
ref: 2012, Katherine Longshore, Gilt:
text: God-given talent has little to do with it. Chick's draftsmanship is amateurish, at best crudely effective, at worst eye-gougingly awful.
ref: 2012, Mary Dery, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts, page 183:
glosses: hideously; with an extreme degree of ugliness
multispool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + spool.
Senses: examples: text: Turbofans are always multispool engines.
ref: 2005, Ronald D. Flack, Fundamentals of Jet Propulsion with Applications:
text: After James Hargreaves produced the multispool spinning jenny in 1760 in Lancashire, England, efficient turning of eight rows of wood spindles ended the domination of single-strand cottage crafts and the high cost of hand-spun yarn.
ref: 2015, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, World Clothing and Fashion:
glosses: Of or relating to more than one spool.
unmiraculously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmiraculously
form: most unmiraculously
Etymology: From unmiraculous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unmiraculous manner.
jackstone calculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackstone calculi
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A spiky urinary calculus resembling a piece from the game of jacks.
jackstone calculi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jackstone calculus
lift someone's spirits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lifting someone's spirits
form: lifts someone's spirits
form: lifted someone's spirits
form: lifted someone's spirits
Senses: glosses: to cause someone to be cheerful or euphoric.
Synonyms: elevate
demurenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demureness
Barrilleaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barrilleauxes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Barrilleaux.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
rediagonalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rediagonalizations
Etymology: From re- + diagonalization.
Senses: glosses: The process of rediagonalizing.
rediagonalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rediagonalization
rehonour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehonours
form: rehonouring
form: rehonoured
form: rehonoured
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rehonor.
rehonoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehonour
rehonours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehonour
rehonouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehonour
myso-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μύσος (músos, “uncleanness”).
Senses: glosses: dirt, filth
skeeviness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skeevy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Adam just takes it to another level of skeeviness entirely. […] [W]e learn that when Adam was 16 he made a marriage pact (an agreement to get married if they are both single when they reach a certain age) with a^([sic]) 11 year old girl.
ref: 2011 November 9, Lucas High, “Review: Workaholics, "Karl's Wedding"”, in TVGeekArmy.com, retrieved 01 Sep 2017:
text: In January 2010, Richtman’s skeeviness was still apparent. He was arrested for possessing child porn and pleaded guilty.
ref: 2017 May 29, David Foster, “Sex offender performed lewd act in front of girls at Hamilton library, cops say”, in The Trentonian, retrieved 01 Sep 2017:
text: Had America not absorbed the sheer skeeviness of that decade, how else would it have become comfortable electing a thrice-married man who ran beauty contests and graced casinos, one of them with a strip club, with his name?
ref: 2017 September 1, David Friend, “Opinion: The 1990s Gave Us the Trump Teens”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Sep 2017:
glosses: The characteristic or state of being skeevy; distastefulness.
discommodities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discommodity
unscariest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unscary: most unscary
lose one's balance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses one's balance
form: losing one's balance
form: lost one's balance
form: lost one's balance
Senses: glosses: To become unsteady.
amnio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon, “caul, membrane around the fetus”).
Senses: glosses: amnion; amniotic
Coordinate terms: alt: chorion
word: chorio-
english: placenta
translation: placenta
word: placento-
losing one's balance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lose one's balance
loses one's balance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's balance
lost one's balance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lose one's balance
Soberano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Soberanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Soberano. This surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
ring up the curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rings up the curtain
form: ringing up the curtain
form: rang up the curtain
form: rung up the curtain
Etymology: In reference to ringing a bell to start a theatrical performance.
Senses: examples: text: I caught her in my arms; she kissed me, pushed me gently away, and added: “Ring up the curtain, uncle. Little Moccasin is ready"
ref: 1879, The Peterson magazine - Volumes 75-76, page 444:
text: She remembered perfectly the first sign he had given of it — it had been like the bell that was to ring up the curtain upon the real drama of their life.
ref: 1976, Waldemar Gutwinski, Cohesion in Literary Texts: A study of some grammatical and lexical features of English discourse, →ISBN:
text: After Congress had waited as long as it was willing to wait for Durant to ring up the curtain, it was lucky when all seemed lost to get the blessing, the services, and a great deal of the personal capital of one of the most wrongly judged men in the history of American railroad leadership: Oakes Ames.
ref: 1992, Albro Martin, Railroads Triumphant, →ISBN:
text: He was one of those who hold that revolutions are not made with rose-water; and with strange prescience he looked to the Russian peasant's hatred of his oppressors to ring up the curtain on a world-drama that should mean the destruction of civilisation.
ref: 2014, Ernest Newman, The Life of Richard Wagner, →ISBN, page 49:
glosses: to start something
Synonyms: start
ripe old age
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: [...] but two 1890 Hawthorn, Leslie engines, Clausentum and Ironside, lived to a ripe old age; the former was on Town Quay and Pier work until September, 1945, and the latter, ousted from the port, eked out an existence as shed pilot at Guildford until 1955.
ref: 1959 February, G. Freeman Allen, “Southampton—Gateway to the Ocean”, in Trains Illustrated, page 91:
glosses: A very old age
like a phoenix from the ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: So as to return triumphantly.
Tsvetaevan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tsvetaevan
form: most Tsvetaevan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Marina Tsvetaeva (Russian: Мари́на Ива́новна Цвета́ева; 1892–1941), Russian and Soviet poet.
save something for a rainy day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: save for a rainy day
form: saves something for a rainy day
form: saving something for a rainy day
form: saved something for a rainy day
form: saved something for a rainy day
Senses: glosses: To save something just in case one may need it.
Related terms: save for a rainy day
nest egg
safety cushion
war chest
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: “Hush! hush! there is Angel on the piazza. I don’t see,” sinking into a chair, for she had been standing, “how this has come about. I thought Allen—” / “He never cared a straw for me—in that way. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. Not that I would leave any stone unturned to get Allen, but it’s of no use, with that Cecile Fay’s beautiful eyes and magnificent hair under his nose every day!”
ref: 1874 October, Esther Serle Kenneth, “By a Hair’s Breadth”, in Ballou’s Monthly Magazine, volume XL (238 total), number 4 (238 overall), Boston, Mass.: Thomes & Talbot, […], page 356, column 2:
text: Let the Legislature pass a law compelling the State to furnish every man with work, and what good would that do? It has been proved within the last six months that there is employment in Chicago, at fair wages, for all who want work. The State could not make them work. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. Unless the State is endowed with the power of working miracles it cannot convert the lazy Socialistic loafer into an industrious citizen.
ref: 1879 January 2, “Socialistic Stupidity”, in The Cleveland Leader, number 2, Cleveland, Oh.: […] Leader Printing Company […], page 4, column 4:
text: Whenever we’re asked, we give them some [contraceptive] pills. We bring it up, as a matter of fact. But, of course, we’ve got no way of knowing if they use them or not. Nothing I can do about that. You know, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
ref: 1968, the editors of Look, “[Overheard in Suburbia] Abortionist”, in Suburbia: The Good Life in Our Exploding Utopia, New York, N.Y.: Cowles Education Corporation, →LCCN, page 97:
glosses: Alternative form of you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
reap the harvest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaps the harvest
form: reaping the harvest
form: reaped the harvest
form: reaped the harvest
Senses: glosses: To receive the rewards of something to one's efforts; get out what one puts in.
ten to one
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: 10 to 1
Senses: glosses: Very likely to happen
studentization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From student + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of studentification.
synonyms: word: studentification
studentization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From student (“pseuodnym of William Sealy Gossett”) + -ization.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
qualifier: originally
glosses: The use of Student's t-test.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
qualifier: generally
glosses: The determination or use of a sampling distribution that is independent of nuisance parameters of the population distribution, which are not directly relevant to the estimates or tests of significance of primary interest.
Related terms: studentized
Athenean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Athenian.
Athenean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atheneans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Athenian.
Atheneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Athenean
untye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: untyes
form: untying
form: untyed
form: untyed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of untie.
happy panda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happy pandas
Senses: examples: text: Stewing in the lobby, I wasn't a happy panda. I had experienced a bad case of withdrawal and was consumed with sexual desire.
ref: 2015, Mark Zolo, Naughty Nomad:
glosses: A person who is happy and contented.
happy pandas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happy panda
softwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/
ipa: /ˈsɔftˌwɛɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɑftˌwɛɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɔf(t)ˌweː/
rhymes: -ɒftwɛə(ɹ)
homophone: software
Etymology: From soft + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: I also need church shoes – size 3 or 4 – for my eight-year-old daughter [and] softwear and church clothes for a 12-year-old boy.
ref: 2011, M.T., Dear Christine, The Nation News (Barbados)
text: At the time he was wearing a white T-shirt, long dress pants, and white softwear.
ref: 2017, “Elderly man on police missing persons list”, in Daily, Barbados: Nation:
glosses: athletic shoes, sneakers
examples: text: Please can someone point me in the right direction for advice on Hardwear & softwear.
ref: 1995 August 1, ha...@eastcoast.co.za, “FAX ON DEMAND SOFTWEAR & HARDWEAR - Please help”, in comp.dcom.fax (Usenet), retrieved 09 May 2022:
text: and why is it in alt.2600.et al
its not hardwear
its not softwear
its not cracks hacks or codes
its not cards phreaks wearz or hz
its a personallity belongs in a different catagory
ref: 1998 February 14, nyarl-tep, “YOURE ALL FUCKIN DEAD!!!!!”, in alt.2600.phreakz (Usenet), retrieved 09 May 2022:
glosses: Misspelling of software.
mentholation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From menthol + -ation.
Senses: examples: the mentholation of cigarettes
glosses: impregnation with menthol
hyperserious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + serious.
Senses: glosses: Excessively serious.
Related terms: superserious
cybersexy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cybersexy
form: most cybersexy
Etymology: From cyber- + sexy.
Senses: examples: text: The girls' section features cybersexy creations in nylon, rubber, vinyl, and fake fur.
ref: 2001, Peter Beattie, Sexy New York City 2002: The Annual Guide to NYC Erotica, page 74:
text: […] in the 90s I fully immersed myself in the nostalgic reverence of all things Bionic and blew all my Starbucks salary on cybersexy shiny fashion moments.
ref: 2015, Ana Matronic, Robot Takeover: 100 Iconic Robots of Myth, Popular Culture & Real Life:
glosses: sexy in a way that suggests cyber fashion or futuristic themes of computers and technology
Related terms: cybersex
monkey-wrenchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey-wrencher
monkey-wrencher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey-wrenchers
form: monkey wrencher
form: monkeywrencher
Etymology: From monkey wrench + -er, see monkeywrenching.
Senses: examples: text: Howie Wolke, an Earth First! founder and frequent monkey-wrencher, thought "conventional tactics" and "non-violent direct action" were worthwhile techniques for environmentalists.
ref: 1989, Roderick Frazier Nash, The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 196:
text: In reality, says one of his closest friends and an active monkey wrencher who prefers anonymity, “Ed was reporting what he saw around him. Truth be told, monkey wrenching is not even controversial in many areas of the Southwest.[…]
ref: 2010, James Bishop, Epitaph For A Desert Anarchist: The Life And Legacy Of Edward Abbey, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: An activist who sabotages operations perceived as harmful to the natural environment.
Related terms: monkeywrenching
dipso-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δίψα (dípsa, “thirst”).
Senses: glosses: thirst; drinking
ampersanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ampersand
ampersanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ampersand
King Shit of Fuck Mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: king shit of fuck mountain
Senses: examples: text: I put a down payment on it with money from a publishing deal. Man, I'll tell ya: I felt like King Shit of Fuck Mountain!
ref: 2007 April, “Isaac Brock is nowhere to be found”, in SPIN, volume 23, number 4, page 66:
text: Mariner's lowly drifter has some dirt. This makes him King Shit of Fuck Mountain in his World of Water, and the atoll where he comes to pimp his wares.
ref: 2010, Nathan Rabin, My Year of Flops, →ISBN, page 254:
text: “It means that I'm a king without a country,” Lowell answered. “I'm King Shit of Fuck Mountain, except there is no Fuck Mountain.
ref: 2015, Travis Hill, End of the Line:
text: By 2000 the Mooney Suzuki were the fucking big shit on the scene. They were King Shit of Fuck Mountain.
ref: 2017, Lizzy Goodman, Meet Me in the Bathroom, →ISBN:
synonyms: big fish in a small pond
glosses: An important person within a small domain.
king shit of fuck mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Sorta hazy. Think I'd just wrapped some story or another. Cliff was there. Called me king shit of fuck mountain. Anyway, it was funny.
ref: 2008, Jonathan Segura, Occupational Hazards: A Novel, →ISBN, page 120:
text: I knew early on that the legendary Freed Unit over at MGM was king shit of fuck mountain.
ref: 2009, Nathan Rabin, The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture, →ISBN:
text: Before, you could sort of fake your way through all this stuff, but these are the days that are made for bands like us. And Motörhead, too. I mean, Motörhead is who Motörhead is; Lemmy is the king shit of fuck mountain. Why?
ref: 2005, Joel McIver, Queens of the Stone Age: No One Knows, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of King Shit of Fuck Mountain.
Fuck Mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Back-formation from King Shit of Fuck Mountain.
Senses: examples: text: Next week's numbers will plant Kanye West's Yeezus at the top of Fuck Mountain, but to what degree?
ref: 2013 June 19, Chris Martins, “Who Charted? Black Sabbath Possess No. 1, the Lonely Island #YOLO-Yodel Into Top 10”, in SPIN:
text: “It means that I'm a king without a country,” Lowell answered. “I'm King Shit of Fuck Mountain, except there is no Fuck Mountain.
ref: 2015, Travis Hill, End of the Line:
text: He doesn't want to give the impression that he is “wagging his finger at people from atop Fuck Mountain”.
ref: 2017 March 30, Dorian Lynskey, “Father John Misty: 'I get sick pleasure out of reading about how much people hate me”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A prominent place within an obscure location.
Tooms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
uninstitutionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + institutionalized.
Senses: glosses: Not institutionalized.
institutionalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From institutionalize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be institutionalized.
unhospitalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unhospitalised
Etymology: From un- + hospitalized.
Senses: glosses: Not hospitalized.