cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gun-howitzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun-howitzers
form: gun howitzer
form: howitzer-gun
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes the distinction between an artillery gun and a howitzer becomes blurred due to the development of gun-howitzers that can perform both roles. The best-known Allied gun-howitzer used during World War II was the British 25-Pounder Gun, which had a caliber of 87 mm.
ref: 2000, Michael and Gladys Green, “Artillery Weapons”, in Weapons of Patton's Armies:
text: The Pattern of 1857 12-pounder Napoleon gun-howitzer was one of the most versatile and popular field pieces used during the Civil War. […] Although technically a gun, the Napoleon was often referred to as a gun-howitzer for its ability to also fire explosive shell.
ref: 2007, Jeff Kinard, “Nineteenth-century U.S. Artillery, 1800–1865”, in Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An artillery piece designed both for direct fire and indirect fire at a wide range of angles of elevation, thus capable of fulfilling the roles of a traditional field gun and howitzer.
E-FITs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of E-FIT
gins and tonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gin and tonic
tonics and gins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonic and gin
tonic and gins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonic and gin
mazzeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of meze.
unparchmentized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + parchmentized.
Senses: glosses: Not parchmentized.
unsatined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + satined.
Senses: examples: unsatined paper
glosses: Not satined.
unparenthesized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + parenthesized.
Senses: glosses: Not parenthesized.
haint blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pale shade of blue or green traditionally used to paint porch ceilings in the southern United States.
summ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summs
Senses: examples: text: For the Minister of Justice who have hitherto lived in India, through their obscure and damnable blindness, were not much sollicitous about the punishment of the Crimes and Butcheries which have been and are still committed by these Tyrants, only they may say possibly because such a one, and such a one hath wickedly and barbarously dealt with the Indians, that is the reason so great a summ of Crowns in Money is diminished already or retrenched from His Majesties Annual Revenue, and this general and confused proof is sufficient (as they worthily conceive) to purge or repress such great and hainous Crimes.
ref: 1689, Bartolome de las Casas, A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies:
text: Some are acute for the Lob; which is, going into a Shop to have a Guinea or Pistole chang'd, and the Change being given, the bringer of the Gold telling it over, Palms Two or Three Shillings, then returning the Money, says there wants so much, which the Shop-keeper telling over again, and finding short, very innocently crys 'tis true, and makes up the Summ.
ref: 1703, Hell Upon Earth, page 4:
glosses: Obsolete form of sum.
summs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summ
sollicitous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sollicitous
form: most sollicitous
Senses: examples: text: For the Minister of Justice who have hitherto lived in India, through their obscure and damnable blindness, were not much sollicitous about the punishment of the Crimes and Butcheries which have been and are still committed by these Tyrants, only they may say possibly because such a one, and such a one hath wickedly and barbarously dealt with the Indians, that is the reason so great a summ of Crowns in Money is diminished already or retrenched from His Majesties Annual Revenue, and this general and confused proof is sufficient (as they worthily conceive) to purge or repress such great and hainous Crimes.
ref: 1689, Bartolome de las Casas, A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies:
glosses: Obsolete form of solicitous.
makeaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkəweɪ/
Forms: form: makeaways
Etymology: Blend of make + takeaway
Senses: examples: text: Thousands of venues are offering “makeaways” – a part-cooked takeaway that you finish off or reheat – so that you can enjoy fine dining in the comfort of your own home.
ref: [2021 February 6, Sarah Rainey, “Bring l'amour to your door”, in Scottish Daily Mail, page 53:
text: Recreate your favourite meat-free dishes with these DIY ‘makeaway’ kits
ref: 2021 February 8, Kayleigh Rattle, “10 best vegan restaurant meal kits for you to make at home”, in Independent:
text: Even the most well thought-out Makeaway or Finish At Home menu kits come with a degree of preparation and pots and pans.
ref: 2021 May 23, Julie Scrumptious, “Crumbs up for chocolate treat; Broken up Rich Tea biscuits elevate this choccy cake to a dessert status”, in Daily Record and Sunday Mail, page 19:
text: Local pub group, Oakman Inns, have recently launched their exciting new “Makeaway” meal boxes, Oakman At Home. […] This year, with their pubs still closed, their award-winning Chef Director, Ross Pike, and his team have created a special three-course Mother's Day Makeaway Feast to deliver direct to your door.
ref: 2022 February 15, Jupiter International Pty, “Oakman Inns & Restaurants: When The Local Really Means Local”, in News Bites Finance:
glosses: A kit containing the ingredients for a meal, delivered by a restaurant to the diner's home for them to cook.
makeaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makeaway
nussies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nussy
laiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lait
steaklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steaklets
Etymology: From steak + -let.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of steakette (“patty formed from ground steak”).
synonyms: word: steakette
extra: patty formed from ground steak
steaklets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steaklet
fu dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fu dogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foo dog.
fu dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fu dog
psydub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fusion genre of electronic music having its roots in psytrance, ambient, and dub music.
no-heights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-height
no-heights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of no-height
no-heighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of no-height
no-heighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of no-height
by the lay
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Sailors on whaling ships were traditionally shipped by the lay.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Paid a portion of any profits from the voyage, rather than receiving wages.
Morshedqoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Persian مرشدقلی (moršedqoli), from Old Anatolian Turkish.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian male given name مرشدقلی (moršedqoli)
Emamqoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Persian امامقلی (emâmqoli), from Old Anatolian Turkish.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian male given name امامقلی (emâmqoli)
Aliqoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Persian علیقلی ('aliqoli), from Old Anatolian Turkish.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian male given name علیقلی ('aliqoli)
Rezaqoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Persian رضاقلی (rezâqoli), from Old Anatolian Turkish.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian male given name رضاقلی (rezâqoli)
Allahqoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Persian اللهقلی (allâh-qoli), from Old Anatolian Turkish.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian male given name اللهقلی (allâh-qoli)
red wall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the red wall
Etymology: Coined by pollster James Kanagasooriam in August 2019.
Senses: examples: text: Truss claims to have grown up in a “red wall” seat. This is not just a wilful anachronism, it is flatly untrue.
ref: 2022 July 18, Martin Pengelly, “I grew up where Liz Truss did, attended the same school. She’s not telling you the truth”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: blue wall
glosses: A set of constituencies, in the Midlands, Northern England and North East Wales, which have historically tended to support the Labour Party.
lateral thinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateral thinkers
Senses: glosses: One who uses lateral thinking.
lateral thinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lateral thinker
tritan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: tritan colour blindness
glosses: Clipping of tritanopia.
reignitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reignitors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reigniter.
reignitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reignitor
reigniter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reigniters
form: reignitor
Senses: glosses: A device for reigniting something.
glosses: One who reignites something.
reigniters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reigniter
JBC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Joint Biosecurity Centre.
glosses: Initialism of Judicial and Bar Council.
glosses: Initialism of Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation.
glosses: Initialism of Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
ISU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Immigration Service Union.
synonyms: mul:SI
glosses: Initialism of International System of Units.
glosses: Initialism of Isabela State University.
synonyms: Illinois State
coordinate_terms: Illinois
glosses: Initialism of Illinois State University.
synonyms: Indiana State
coordinate_terms: Indiana
IU
glosses: Initialism of Indiana State University.
synonyms: Iowa State
coordinate_terms: Iowa
UI
glosses: Initialism of Iowa State University.
examples: text: The University of Alberta’s Indigenous Students’ Union (ISU) is offering free Dene Kǝdǝ́ language lessons from March 7 to June 27. […] Goodrunning had previously put on an Indigenous language bingo night with the help of former ISU President Malijha Moyan.
ref: 2025 March 26, Leah Hennig, “ISU offering free Dene Kǝdǝ́ language lessons”, in The Gateway:
glosses: Initialism of Indigenous Students' Union.
Usdaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.
enjuries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enjury
hold a candle for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds a candle for
form: holding a candle for
form: held a candle for
form: held a candle for
Senses: examples: text: Despite Dawson now having the starring role, she still held a candle for her celebrity crush.
ref: 2014, Rachael Johns, Tease Me, Cowboy:
text: Now, I hold no candle for the train operators, and I think that in the main they have been far too craven about any government proposals. But in this instance, they have been badly traduced, led up the hill, and then chucked back down it.
ref: 2023 November 15, Christian Wolmar, “Ministers should carry the can for ticket office fiasco”, in RAIL, number 996, page 47:
glosses: To feel romantic attraction for.
Synonyms: hold a torch for
Related terms: hold a candle
Kicking Horse Pass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas in Canada, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia.
roasterie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roasteries
Etymology: From roast + -erie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roastery.
steady Eddie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steady Eddies
form: steady Eddy
Senses: synonyms: safe pair of hands
glosses: A dependable and reasonably skilled person who can be trusted to do a job adequately.
steady Eddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steady Eddie
every stick has two ends
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: But every stick has two ends, says a Russian proverb, and if the chemical shells helped the Germans, so, by and by, when we and our Allies began to adopt them, they caused also a great deal of damage to the Germans .
ref: 1918, Basil Gourko, Memories and Impressions of War and Revolution in Russia 1914-1917, →OCLC, page 167:
text: Apparently forgetting the times in which we live, the U.S. defense secretary, far from advocating mutual disarmament, called on America to increase its strength so as to be able to destroy the socialist countries both singly and combined. We scarcely need point out that this bellicose call by a representative of the Pentagon is fraught with great danger and above all, to America itself. Every stick has two ends.
ref: 1964, United States Central Intelligence Agency, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts: Issues 21–22, →OCLC, page BB10:
text: The saying “every stick has two ends” is apropos here. Every situation has an upside and downside, and the bigger the stick, the bigger the ends.
ref: 2005, Michael Ray, The Highest Goal: the Secret That Sustains You in Every Moment, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: Every situation has two sides.
Related terms: there are two sides to every question
outburstings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outbursting
fuck-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fuckfaced.
cringe comedy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cringe comedies
Senses: glosses: A genre of comedy based around characters getting into socially awkward situations.
glosses: A specific work in this style.
cringe comedies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cringe comedy
unshagged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shagged.
Senses: examples: text: And as if to confirm what cycling shorts had suggested, the magazines that once determined what would make a girl shaggable now explained to me why I and most of the other sixty per cent would remain unshagged until our buns could crack the porcelain.
ref: 2003, James Birrell, The Manana Man, page 29:
glosses: With whom nobody has had sexual intercourse.
Mohammadqoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Persian محمدقلی (mohammadqoli), from Old Anatolian Turkish.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian male given name محمدقلی (mohammadqoli)
towables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of towable
Hoseynqoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Persian حسینقلی (hoseynqoli), from Old Anatolian Turkish.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian male given name حسینقلی (hoseynqoli)
travel trailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travel trailers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trailer (“a caravan”).
synonyms: word: trailer
extra: a caravan
travel trailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of travel trailer
cringetastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cringetastic
form: most cringetastic
Etymology: From cringe + -tastic.
Senses: examples: text: Teenage boys being teenage boys, you might have to lead him to this book – after all a book about sex and puberty is potentially cringetastic.
ref: 2013, Juno Dawson, Being a Boy:
text: Last weekend, we previewed the cringetastic, canned part of what will be our last show in May.
ref: 2021, Sara Fujimura, Faking Reality:
text: It turns out that same squeamishness doesn’t apply to the word for male ejaculate that rhymes with “whiz.” Carrie says it not once, not twice, but a cringetastic four times — in a row — at the lunch table she shares with Charlotte, Miranda and Anthony (Mario Cantone) in Episode 4.
ref: 2023 July 6, Ali Trachta, “‘And Just Like That …’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: Vivante”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: cringemaking
cringy
glosses: Very cringeworthy; causing one to cringe with embarrassment.
crazyitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crazy + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: And even if he was ultimately just a symptom of her Crazyitis, rather than the Patient Zero we all assumed him to be, he'll always be the largest symbol of her downward spiral.
ref: 2008, Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan, Go Fug Yourself: The Fug Awards, page 77:
text: Is crazyitis hereditary? Jess didn't appear to have it and Dad definitely didn't.
ref: 2019, Ben Thomas, Thief of Mind:
text: He must be running out of gas or full of road rage or crazyitis.
ref: 2020, S. C. Hamill, Saving Eden:
glosses: craziness; insanity
dial-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dial-in
bracket race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bracket races
Senses: glosses: An individual race in bracket racing.
bracket racer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bracket racers
Senses: glosses: A vehicle used in bracket racing.
bracket races
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bracket race
bracket racers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bracket racer
bracket racing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A form of drag racing that allows for a handicap between the predicted elapsed time of the two cars over a standard distance.
Related terms: bracket race
bracket racer
devil's toenail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil's toenails
Senses: glosses: A gryphaea, a kind of extinct oyster.
bromization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of bromizing.
bromizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bromizers
Etymology: From bromize + -er.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A bromide added to a collodion or gelatin emulsion.
bromizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromizer
earmarker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earmarkers
Senses: glosses: A person or machine that earmarks animals.
earmarkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earmarker
Waddesdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Likely Old English Wott + -s- + dūn (hill).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7416).
smell-alike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smell-alikes
Etymology: From smell + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike.
Senses: examples: text: […] chamomile and apples? Those particular smellalikes tested our imagination. Yet much of what he said was right on the mark. The scent of sweet peas, for instance, does indeed favor that of wisteria.
ref: 1989, Rayford Clayton Reddell, Robert Galyean, Growing Fragrant Plants, page 13:
text: In L'Oréal v. Belure, the dispute concerned marketing of so-called smell-alikes.
ref: 2020, Irene Calboli, Jane C. Ginsburg, The Cambridge Handbook of International and Comparative Trademark Law:
coordinate_terms: lookalike
soundalike
glosses: Something that smells like something else.
smell-alikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smell-alike
risk it to get the biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: risks it to get the biscuit
form: risking it to get the biscuit
form: risked it to get the biscuit
form: risked it to get the biscuit
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of risk it for the biscuit.
observational comedy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A style of comedy based on observations about everyday life.
Goatstones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Goatstones
Etymology: Thought to be derived from the Saxon "gyet stanes", meaning "wayside stones".
Senses: glosses: A Bronze-Age stone circle near Ravensheugh Crags in Northumberland, England.
red as a lobster
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the characteristic color of a cooked lobster.
Senses: synonyms: lobster
qualifier: simile
glosses: Bright red in color, especially from a bad sunburn.
cleaner shrimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleaner shrimps
form: cleaner shrimp
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of a number of swimming decapod crustaceans that clean other organisms of parasites.
cleaner shrimps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleaner shrimp
CRV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of California redemption value: a regulatory fee paid on recyclable beverage containers in the state of California.
budinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of budino
Glacier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
psyculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But while augmented liminal spaces are like the grease that oils transnational psyculture, deeper investigations need to be performed, especially on unique events, since liminality is clearly not unidimensional.
ref: 2014, Andy Bennett, Steve Waksman, The SAGE Handbook of Popular Music:
text: […] where capacity may be limited to a few hundred tickets but the vibe is closer to a free party or gathering and the original roots of psyculture.
ref: 2015, George McKay, The Pop Festival: History, Music, Media, Culture:
glosses: The subculture associated with psytrance and related music genres.
bubele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊbələ/
Forms: form: bubbele
form: bubbeleh
form: bubeleh
form: boobalah
form: boobeleh
form: bubeleh
form: bubbele
form: bubbeleh
form: boobalah
form: boobeleh
form: bobele
form: bobeleh
form: bubbala
Etymology: From Yiddish בובעלע (bubele).
Senses: glosses: darling, sweetie; term of endearment for an infant
bubbele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bubele.
bubbeleh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bubele.
bubeleh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bubele.
boobalah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bubele.
boobeleh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bubele.
Biertan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Biertan.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Sibiu County, Romania.
Bita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Culasi, Antique, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Dueñas, Iloilo, Philippines.
snowspouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowspout
firenados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firenado
bromocyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cyanogen bromide
bromocyanogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bromo- + cyanogen.
Senses: glosses: cyanogen bromide
bromocyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bromo- + cyan(ogen).
Senses: glosses: cyanogen bromide
cyanogen bromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: bromocyan
bromocyanide
bromocyanogen
glosses: A pseudohalogen with the chemical formula (CN)Br or BrCN, widely used to modify biopolymers, fragment proteins and peptides, and synthesize other compounds.
broombush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broombushes
Etymology: From broom + bush.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of broom bush.
broombushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broombush
Brownistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brownistic
form: most Brownistic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the beliefs of the Brownists, or followers of Robert Browne.
Brownistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brownistical
form: most Brownistical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Brownistic.
Brunonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Brunonianism (“Brunonian system of medicine”).
Farnsfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6456).
glosses: A rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
brutedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brute + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a brute; brutality.
Morlet wavelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morlet wavelets
Etymology: Named after Jean Morlet, who introduced Gabor's work to the seismology community and contributed to further modifications.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gabor wavelet.
synonyms: word: Gabor wavelet
Morlet wavelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Morlet wavelet
brushman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brushmen
Etymology: From brush + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man employed to clean with a brush.
glosses: A male painter.
brushmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brushman
bubblish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bubblish
form: most bubblish
Etymology: From bubble + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of bubbles.
glosses: Filled with bubbles.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an economic bubble.
Buchmanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Buchman + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The beliefs and practices of the Buchmanites.
bucketings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucketing
bucketer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucketers
Etymology: From bucket + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person employed to use a bucket in some capacity.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A bucket shop operator.
bucketers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucketer
buckwheater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buckwheaters
Etymology: From buckwheat + -er.
Senses: glosses: A poor and unskilled farmer.
buckwheaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckwheater
bucolicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bucolic + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: bucolism
glosses: Bucolic attitudes or behaviour.
ladlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladling
Buddhistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Buddhistic.
Buduma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boudouma
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of Chad, Cameroon, and Nigeria who inhabit many of the islands of Lake Chad.
Buduma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boudouma
Senses: synonyms: Yedina
glosses: The Chadic language spoken by these people.
Yedina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Buduma (“Chadic language”).
synonyms: word: Buduma
extra: Chadic language
Budhist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Budhists
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Buddhist.
Budhists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Budhist
Budhism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Buddhism.
Mount Morgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A number of mountains in various places.
budzat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: budzats
form: budzart
Senses: glosses: A rogue; a scoundrel.
budzats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of budzat
guzzly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more guzzly
form: most guzzly
Etymology: From guzzle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “I seem to be awfully thirsty these days.”
“Tessa’s the same,” said Michael. “I suppose when you’re feeding these guzzly babies it’s understandable.”
ref: 1979, Alison Prince, chapter 17, in The Turkey’s Nest,, New York: William Morrow, published 1980, page 218:
text: Beer tankards making their inebriate way to guzzly lips froze in midair.
ref: 2004, Philip Begho, Strange World, Monarch Books, page 14:
text: ‘When you were a little baby yourself […] you tended to be a little—how shall we put it?—guzzly, and you bit Mummy hard, making Mummy feel a bit tender. […]’
ref: 2008, Alexander McCall Smith, chapter 8, in The World According to Bertie,, London: Abacus, page 26:
text: Choose a non-stop flight if you can, as take-offs and landings are really ‘guzzly’ when it comes to fuel.
ref: 2019, Natalie Fee, How to Save the World for Free, London: Laurence King:
glosses: Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto).
Tending to guzzle; drinking greedily; consuming a large amount of liquid.
synonyms: eager
greedy
examples: text: Mum snaps open a can of lager, takes a guzzly swig and lets out a rattling burp.
ref: 2002, Chrissie Glazebrook, chapter 9, in The Madolescents, London: Arrow, page 86:
glosses: Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto).
Involving guzzling.
examples: text: In this Walmart culture, eveeryone casually shops, all the time—they constantly hop in their cars for milk, lottery tickets, cigarettes, bait, and large guzzly cups of foul coffee.
ref: 2013, Todd McEwen, How Not to be American, London: Aurum, page 3:
glosses: Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto).
Intended to be guzzled or inviting guzzling; (of a wine) easy to guzzle.
synonyms: gluggy
quaffable
examples: text: He jams [the nozzle] into the gas can’s dark mouth and presses the handle lever, hearing the guzzly splash and swirl of liquid within.
ref: 2007, Roy Freirich, Winged Creatures, New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, page 224:
text: When he’d finished the drink, he kept sucking, making that guzzly, slurpy sound she hated.
ref: 2010, Nancy Means Wright, Runaway!, Belgrave House:
glosses: Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto).
Resembling the sound of guzzling.
examples: text: good, fat, guzzly fruit
ref: 1923, Wallace Stevens, “The Comedian as the Letter C”, in Harmonium, New York: Knopf, page 63:
glosses: Relating to guzzling (drinking greedily or with gusto).
Full of liquid that can be guzzled.
synonyms: juicy
bugbearish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bugbearish
form: most bugbearish
Etymology: From bugbear + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bugbear; terrifying; frightful.
bulkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bulkish
form: most bulkish
Etymology: From bulk + -ish.
Senses: glosses: bulky; large
bulkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulkies
Senses: examples: text: Well, it was hot pastrami on a bulkie.
ref: 2018, Richard Bolt, Sailor Take Warning:
glosses: Ellipsis of bulkie roll.
bulkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulkie
buggyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buggymen
Etymology: From buggy + -man.
Senses: glosses: The male driver of a buggy.
glosses: A man employed to transport material, such as the bloom from a furnace, on a wheeled carriage or buggy.
buggymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buggyman
bullated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bullated
form: most bullated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bullate.
bullety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bullety
form: most bullety
Etymology: From bullet + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bullet.
Bullochite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bullochites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bullockite.
Bullochites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bullochite
Bullockite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bullockites
form: Bullochite
Etymology: From Bullock + -ite.
Senses: topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: A member of a faction of Free Will Baptists, founded by Jeremiah Bullock, which branched out to a small number of congregations in Maine and New Hampshire.
Bullockites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bullockite
Buzzellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buzzellites
Etymology: From Buzzell + -ite.
Senses: topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: A member of a faction of Free Will Baptists founded by John Buzzell.
Buzzellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buzzellite
bulletmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bullet + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of bullets.
bulletmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulletmakers
Etymology: From bullet + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of bullets.
bulletmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulletmaker
Chadburns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chadburn
engine order telegraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of engine order telegraph
bumboatman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumboatmen
Senses: glosses: A man who pilots a bumboat.
bumboatwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumboatwomen
Senses: glosses: A woman who pilots a bumboat.
bumboatmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumboatman
bumboatwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumboatwoman
Bunda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Xi Aquarii A, one of the stars in the binary star system Xi Aquarii.
Bundeli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Bundeli बुन्देली (bundelī).
Senses: glosses: An Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Bundelkhand region of central India.
bundlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bundlets
Etymology: From bundle + -et or bundle + -let.
Senses: glosses: A small bundle.
bundlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bundlet
Bundu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bondu
form: Bondou
form: Boundou
Senses: glosses: A state in Africa, later a French protectorate dependent on the colony of Senegal.
Bundu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bondo (“Sande society”).
bunkerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunkermen
Etymology: From bunker + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.
bunkermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunkerman
burgessdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From burgess + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of burgess.
burgherdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From burgher + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of burgher.
glosses: Burghers collectively; citizenry.
burgherhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From burgher + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of burgher.
burgomastership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burgomasterships
Etymology: From burgomaster + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a burgomaster.
burgomasterships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgomastership
burgraviate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burgraviates
Senses: glosses: The territory of a burgrave.
burgraviates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgraviate
burnover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burnovers
Etymology: From burn + over.
Senses: glosses: The situation in which a fire overtakes the firefighters who are attempting to deal with it.
burnovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burnover
Burtonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of Burtonizing.
burucha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Scraps of rubber that dry in the wounds made to the tree.
Beavermouth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From its original location at the mouth of the Beaver River, the location was moved in 1974 when the railway was relocated.
Senses: glosses: A railway point in British Columbia, Canada.
butanolid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butanolids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butanolide.
butteraceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more butteraceous
form: most butteraceous
Senses: examples: text: I think the Devon and the Jersey carry with their milk more of the butteraceous quality than any other class of animals we have.
ref: 1872, Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture, page 300:
glosses: Alternative form of butyraceous.
byestreet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byestreets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bystreet.
byepath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byepaths
Senses: examples: text: I turned my horse up a byepath near the Sanjowlie Reservoir and literally ran away.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 12:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bypath.
byepaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byepath
byestreets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byestreet
bynedestin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βύνη (búnē, “malt”) + edestin.
Senses: glosses: A globulin found in malt.
bymoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the bymoviruses.
Byroniana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Byron + -iana.
Senses: glosses: Objects, materials, or documents relating to the poet and politician Lord Byron.
Byronish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Byronish
form: most Byronish
Etymology: From Byron + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) or his writings.
Bysaki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bysacki
form: Bysacky
form: Bysaky
Senses: glosses: An Indian variety of seedlac.
Bysacki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bysaki.
Bysacky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bysaki.
Bysaky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bysaki.
Byzantian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Byzantian
form: most Byzantian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Byzantine (“of or pertaining to Byzantium”).
Byzantian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Byzantians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Byzantine (“native of Byzantium”).
Byzantians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Byzantian
gnomefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnomefish
past one's prime
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Perhaps it might be nearer realisation," growls the cynic, "if we could only produce men according to demand, as we do horses, and promptly send them to the slaughter-house when past their prime"—which, of course, is not to be thought of.
ref: 1890, William Booth, “The Submerged Tenth”, in In Darkest England and the Way Out, page 19:
text: […]he saw the pretty face grow thin and white, the hair grow scanty, the pretty hands, worn down brutally by work, become like the claws of an old animal—then, when the man was past his prime, the difficulty of getting jobs, the small wages he had to take; […]
ref: 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter CXIV, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:
text: On Wednesday, Don Lemon, a co-host of “CNN This Morning,” is scheduled to return to the show, five days after apologizing on Twitter and internally for describing Nikki Haley on air last Thursday as “past her prime.”
ref: 2023 February 20, Vanessa Friedman, quoting Don Lemon, “Don Lemon, Nikki Haley and the Lessons of a Hoodie”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: No longer in an ideal condition.
scurryingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scurryingly
form: most scurryingly
Etymology: From scurrying + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a scurrying motion.
scarringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scarringly
form: most scarringly
Etymology: From scarring + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Thus a child who had a scarringly painful family life may heal herself through becoming a welfare officer or a psychotherapist; a stammerer an orator; […]
ref: 2013, Mavis Klein, Live Issues: Reflections on the Human Condition:
glosses: So as to leave scars.
bucky onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucky onions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buckyonion.
bucky onions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucky onion
I-ling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 夷陵 (Yílíng) Wade–Giles romanization: I²-ling².
Senses: examples: text: Of two roads he chose the nearer one which led to I-ling.[...]Unable to go any further, Ts’ao Ts’ao was forced to bivouac by the side of the road till daylight; was overtaken first by Chao Yün, fought his way out, and then by Chang Fei, whom he also outwitted and finally reached I-ling with only twenty-seven men, the remnant of his vast army of eight hundred and thirty thousand men!
ref: 1930, L. C. Arlington, The Chinese Drama, Benjamin Blom, published 1966, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 177:
glosses: Alternative form of Yiling.
Dasna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
cister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭs'tə
ipa: /ˈsɪs.tə/
enpr: sĭs'tər
ipa: /ˈsɪs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
homophone: sister
Forms: form: cisters
form: cis-ter
Etymology: Blend of cis (“cisgender”) + sister.
Senses: examples: text: Support all your sisters, not just your cisters!
text: So let the show begin, black femme cisters, unleash your pinks and let the show begin!
ref: 2018, Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley, Ezili's Mirrors: Imagining Black Queer Genders, unnumbered page:
text: I feel like sometimes, in our need to prove our worth we forget to tell our "cisters" how much they matter to us.
ref: 2018, Ariadni Tzounakou, “From Woman to Woman”, in Fliqped Magazine, number 11, page 23:
text: As I write, I see and hear the many sister (not cister) friends and colleagues and comrades who have been a part of this conversation.
ref: 2021, Zillah Eisenstein, Abolitionist Socialist Feminism: Radicalizing the Next Revolution, page 21:
glosses: A cisgender woman, especially one that is part of a community that includes trans women.
cisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭs'təz
ipa: /ˈsɪstəz/
enpr: sĭs'tərz
ipa: /ˈsɪs.tɚz/
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of cister
dartchery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of darts + archery
Senses: examples: text: Among the most courageous—and successful—darts players are Australian, paralysed in the lower limbs and part of the trunk, who try their hands at dart-archery (often called dartchery).
ref: 1971, Jack Pollard, Ampol's Sporting Records, page 269:
text: Dartchery is also part of the archery game. Competitors, meeting in pairs, shoot at a dart archery target at 15 yards.
ref: 1972 May, Rehabilitation Record, volumes 13-14, page 27:
text: Two gold medals were awarded to Mary for her competition in intermediate archery and mixed dartchery.
ref: 1973, Sigma Signs, Delta Sigma Omicron Alpha Chapter, page 19:
glosses: A sport that is a combination of darts and archery. It was played at the Paralympics.
Warboys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːbɔɪz/
Forms: form: Warboyses
form: Worboise
form: Worboyes
form: Worboys
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Wardeboys; the placename is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wardebusc, suggesting a derivation from Old Norse varði (“beacon; landmark”) + buskr (“brushwood, bush”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old Norse.
makes certain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make certain
making certain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make certain
made certain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make certain
abominable snowperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abominable snowpeople
Etymology: Gender-neutral term of abominable snowman.
Senses: examples: text: Actually, he was thinking about Mount Everest and how cold it would be up there, surrounded by blizzards, snow storms and abominable snow people.
ref: 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 38:
glosses: A humanoid or apelike creature supposed to exist in the Himalayas.
abominable snowpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abominable snowperson
Kirlian photography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Semyon Kirlian in 1939.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
parapsychology
photography
pseudoscience
synonyms: Kirlianography
glosses: A technique for recording photographic images of corona discharges and hence, supposedly, the auras of living creatures.
wikipedia: Semyon Kirlian
Kirlianography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kirlian + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kirlian photography.
synonyms: word: Kirlian photography
Derived terms: Kirlianographic
slack suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slack suits
Senses: examples: text: She was wearing a black and white striped slack-suit with flared bottoms.
ref: 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 16:
glosses: A comfortable woman's casual outfit consisting of a pair of slacks and a jacket top or sports shirt typically of the same material and design.
slack suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slack suit
strollout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strollouts
Etymology: Blend of stroll + rollout.
Senses: examples: text: The report cites neologisms like “vaxxie,” “vaxinista” and “vax(i)cation” and “inoculati.” Some may fade away and never make it into the dictionary. But others — like “strollout,” which gained prominence in Australia in May, amid frustration over the slow pace of vaccination programs — may become useful in a broader variety of contexts, McPherson said.
ref: 2021 October 31, Jennifer Schuessler, “Oxford’s 2021 Word of the Year Is a Shot in the Arm”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2021:
text: Opinion polls were showing that Morrison had been personally damaged by the government's perceived failures on vaccine supply – the 'strollout' – and the brawls with state leaders over who was to blame for lockdowns during Delta.
ref: 2022, Simon Benson, Geoff Chambers, Plagued: Australia's two years of hell — the inside story:
glosses: The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines at a relatively slow pace.
strollouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strollout