cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
so far so bad
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: so far, so bad
Etymology: Modeled after so far so good.
Senses: examples: text: Still farther to darken the prospects of the North, there is the financial pressure,-extreme alarming, and continually growing more burdensome and severe.
So far, so bad; but there are important items to be taken into account on the other side.
ref: 1863, The London Quarterly & Holborn Review, Epworth Press, →OCLC, page 233:
glosses: Up to this point, everything has gone badly.
wowsies
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From wow + -sies.
Senses: synonyms: wowsie
wowsers
glosses: Wow!
wowsie
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From wow + -sie.
Senses: synonyms: wowsies
wowsers
glosses: Wow!
femorrhoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femorrhoids
Etymology: Blend of female + hemorrhoid
Senses: examples: text: Even were it so, what's the femorrhoid's problem with that?
Why does the femorrhoid try to disparage the men who
seek to be treated _equally_ to women by characterizing
the request for equality as "cry"? (Did the femorrhoid wear
out the word "wimp"? ;-) Oh, I forgot for a moment: more
for women, not 'equality' is the feminist goal.
ref: 2002 December 31, Society, “soc.men and WIC”, in soc.men (Usenet):
text: Fuckin femorrhoids think that anything with a cunt deserves to be taken
care of her entire life. What she deserves is a good kick in the arse
and to be told to get a fuckin job.
ref: 2004 July 21, Bob, “More irresponsible women”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet):
text: You keep attempting to blur this distinction and argue that
since men generally commit more violence than women do, therefore they
must also be more violent in intimate relationships than women are.
This is simply not true, as attested by one hundred seventy and four
studies listed by Fiebert (versus two lousy pieces of desperate
femorrhoid babble quoted by Hyerdung).
ref: 2005 November 17, Szczepan Holyszewski, “Breaking the Silence: Mothers Can Be Abusers”, in alt.feminism (Usenet):
text: I don't think there is any chance in hell that femorrhoids, like these, are
capable of accepting anything regarding rights for men, regardless of how
"nice" or persuasive the argument is for male rights. I don't even think
it's possible for more moderate feminists, or the majority of women in
general, in my opinion.
ref: 2007 May 21, MCP, “Woman Thou Art Fraud”, in soc.men (Usenet):
glosses: A term of abuse against women.
femorrhoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femorrhoid
SGL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SGLs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of solar gravitational lens.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of solar gravity lens.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Initialism of superficial gluteal lipofilling.
Related terms: SGLF
SGLF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SGLFs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of solar gravitational lens focus or solar gravity lens focus.
Related terms: SGL
ass lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass lifts
form: ass-lift
form: asslift
Senses: examples: text: It was probably when my daughter suggested I consider an “ass lift” that I decided it was time to investigate the world of serious exercise.
ref: 2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times:
glosses: Synonym of butt lift.
synonyms: word: butt lift
gender envy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sense of joy felt when noticing someone else's gender expression; secondhand gender euphoria.
Londonstan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The problem is that that's not exactly what they're talking about -
they're not talking about arbitration, but state approved contracts
which contradict British law. For the moment, they're not permitting
stoning, removal of limbs and the like - but it's only a matter of
time until that's the law of the land in Londonstan.
ref: 2008 July 4, dead kennedy haters, “Liberal Brit judge says Muslim Law should be used in Britain”, in alt.politics.liberalism (Usenet):
ref: 2016 May 9, gyans...@gmail.com, “100 new Mosques for Londonstan”, in scot.politics (Usenet):
text: Such an immobile, distracted crowd should be a great opportunity for all
the 3rd world criminals packed into Londonstan to rob, rape and pillage.
ref: 2022 September 18, JeSSe, “HM Queue slammed”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of Londonistan.
Nereidean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌnɛriˈɪdiən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nereidian.
Nereidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌnɛriˈɪdiən/
Etymology: From Nereid + -ian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Nereids in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon Nereid.
Naiadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /neɪˈædiən/
/naɪ-/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Naiads in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for the Naiads.
Thalassian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /θəˈlæsiən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Thalassa, the personification of the Sea in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for Thalassa.
Despinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dɛsˈpɪniən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the god Despina (a.k.a. Despoena) in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for Despina.
Galatean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɡæləˈtiːən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Nereid Galatea in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for Galatea.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the asteroid (74) Galatea.
Larissian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ləˈrɪsiən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Larissa in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for Larissa.
Larissean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ləˈrɪsiən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Larissian.
Larissan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ləˈrɪsən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Larissian.
Halimedean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌhæləməˈdiːən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Nereid Halimede in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for Halimede.
Psamathean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sæməˈθiːən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Nereid Psamathe in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for Psamathe.
Saonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /seɪˈoʊniən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Nereid Sao in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for Sao.
Laomedeian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌleɪəməˈdiːən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Nereid Laomedeia in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for Laomedeia.
Nesoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /niːˈsoʊ.ən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Nereid Neso in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Neptunian moon named for Neso.
Nesoian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /nɪˈsoʊ.iən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nesoan.
hippocampian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /hɪpəˈkæmpiən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the hippocamp, a creature in Greek mythology.
Brit-pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Don’t look back in anger—Oasis, the prodigal sons of Brit-pop, is returning. After years of public feuding and subtweets and alleged battery with a cricket bat, the Gallagher brothers—Liam and Noel, obvs—are working it out on the remix, with a rash of 2025 summer dates announced on their website.
ref: 2024 August 28, Raven Smith, “Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, and the Art of the Public Feud”, in Vogue:
glosses: Alternative form of Britpop.
Beatles-esque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Beatles-esque
form: most Beatles-esque
Senses: examples: text: Look, most of the ’90s had a nostalgic ’60s feeling—bedrooms across the land had lava lamps and translucent inflatable chairs—and Oasis was the most Beatles-esque of the mid-century spittle that doused Brit-pop.
ref: 2024 August 28, Raven Smith, “Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, and the Art of the Public Feud”, in Vogue:
glosses: Alternative form of Beatlesque.
decarcinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The latter authors also suggest that evolution of the crab-like form is irreversible, which stands in stark contrast to the notion of decarcinization. Nevertheless, DNA sequencing is a boon […]
ref: 2021, WP Veldsman, Coconut Crab Genomics: A Study of Terrestrial Adaptation in the Anomura:
text: This represents a critical first step understanding the evolution of carcinization and decarcinization in true crabs, the appearance of key adaptations, and the transition from sea to land […]
ref: 2023, J. Luque, H. D. Bracken-Grissom, J. Ortega-Hernández, et al., Fossil calibrations for molecular analyses and divergence time estimation for true crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura)
antonyms: carcinization
glosses: The process of becoming un-crab-like; the evolution of a crablike species away from a crablike form.
decarcinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decarcinization.
x-over
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: x-overs
Etymology: From x- (“cross-”) + over.
Senses: examples: text: Sorry to bring up this x-over [The Final Night] which have come out months ago but i just read recently and cant stop admiring it ! This is a x-over which is low in hype (cf. Onslaught) but better in quality (yeh i've read Onslaught....another slugfest x-over....yawn).
ref: 1996 November 18, Christianto, “The Final Night : Not A Bad X-Over !!”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet):
glosses: Abbreviation of crossover.
Mamala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑmələ/
Forms: form: Momala
Etymology: Blend of mama + Kamala or mom + Kamala, likely influenced by mother (“a person who is admired, respected, or looked up to within a particular fandom or community”).
Senses: glosses: Kamala Harris (Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025)
Usenetizen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Usenetizens
Etymology: Blend of Usenet + citizen or Usenet + netizen.
Senses: examples: text: However, as a new Usenetizen, you should know that the first thing to do before posting to any newsgroup is to read the appropriate FAQs and charters to make sure such posts will be welcomed there.
ref: 1998 August 4, Marty Blase, “Re: Kate the short!!!!!!”, in rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks (Usenet):
synonyms: Usenetter
Usenetian
Usenetite
glosses: A user of Usenet.
Usenetizens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Usenetizen
tucumã
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tucumãs
Senses: examples: text: Some snack bars incremented this morning sandwich and created the “x-caboquinho” – besides the French bread roll, the margarine and the tucumã, they also add cheese and fried banana.
ref: 2013 December 26, Mouzar Benedito, translated by Phill Turner, “Notes on Manaus and Amazônia”, in Understanding Brazil, the Country of Football, São Paulo: Liz Editora, →ISBN:
text: [T]ry Brazil nuts with slices of the bizarrely salty orange palm fruit tucumã (£5, serves three).
ref: 2014 June 11, Catherine Balston, “Brazil World Cup city guide: 10 best places to eat and drink in Manaus”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2014:
text: The combination of a buttery tapioca crepe, salty cheese, sweet banana, and the squash-like crunch of slightly bitter tucumã ticks all the boxes for me and is equally as good on a sandwich, or the famous X-Caboquinho.
ref: 2016 July 26, Donna Bowater, “Everything You Need to Know About Breakfast Before the 2016 Olympics”, in Roads & Kingdoms, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Barcelona, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025:
text: The tucumã is an Amazonian fruit that is used as the filling for this typical Northern delicacy.
ref: 2017 December, Instituto Brasil a Gosto, translated by Julia Debasse, Olívia Fraga, and Patrícia Oyama, “Breads and ‘Quitandas’”, in Basics: Brazilian Recipes Encyclopaedia, São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, →ISBN:
text: Depois das gravações do amanhecer, todos experimentaram o “x-caboquinho”, um sanduíche típico da culinária do Amazonas que consiste em um pão francês recheado com pedaços de tucumã, banana-pacova madura e fria, queijo coalho e manteiga.
ref: 2021 April, Julio Steinmetz, translated by Taylyne Apollo, “Day 1 – New Year’s Eve at Ponta Negra beach. […]”, in The New Universe Age = Love, bilingual edition, part 2 (Beauty), Porto Alegre: Alcance, →ISBN:
text: In the State of Amazonas, the tucumã is the main ingredient of a typical sandwich (x-caboquinho), made with bread or tapioca (manioc flour), cheese, and fried banana.
ref: 2021 June 3, Bernardo Tomchinsky, Gabriela G. Gonçalves, Almecina B. Fereira, “Food Composition Data: Edible Plants from the Amazon”, in Michelle Cristine Medeiros Jacob, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, editors, Local Food Plants of Brazil (Ethnobiology), Cham: Springer Nature, →ISBN, →ISSN, part IV (Food Composition Data on Brazilian Edible Plants by Biome), page 278:
text: In the heart of Brazil's vast Amazonas state, […] tucumã palms provide an orange fruit that's only in season from February to August.
ref: 2025 June 2, Nic Stevens, “Eight rare juices you can only try in the Amazon”, in BBC, London, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of tucuma.
strangifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strangify
strangifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strangify
strangified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strangify
strangification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From strange + -ification or strangify + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: More precisely, it is a 'strangification' of these peoples in the policy text by leaving their enactments 'outside' of what is inscribed as necessary for achieving European citizenship.
ref: 2013, Maria Olson, “Citizenship Education without Citizenship? The Migrant in EU Education Policy on European Citizenship—Toward the Margin through 'Strangification'”, in Reinhold Hedtke, Tatiana Zimenkova, editor, Education for Civic and Political Participation, page 166:
text: All is elegantly phrased, a collection of efficient yet evocative images, attesting to the strangification of a scene, to us and to the poet, already a bit exotic for its tropical location.
ref: 2017, Garrett Hongo, The Mirror Diary: Selected Essays, page 75:
text: Cohen's project of strangification—a type of postmodern extension of Freire's term of conscientization—is directed at destabilizing and decentering the monumentalization of the already known and the militarization of existing sign systems established by the academic gentry and mandarins of high status knowledge whose participation is aimed at the legitimization of their own power.
ref: 2018, Peter Mclaren, Revolutionary Multiculturalism:
glosses: The act or process of strangifying.
The act or process of making strange or exotic.
examples: text: In this sense, strangification is the minimum reasonable approach to globalization, as it is directly opposed to hegemony.
ref: 2007, Zhao Dunhua, Dialogues of Philosophies, Religions and Civilizations in the Era of Globalization, page 201:
text: Simply put, human life is an unceasing process of self-exension by way of 'strangification' as well as self-awareness by way of reflection.
ref: 2012, Stephen B. Scharper, Ingrid Leman-Stefanovic, The Natural City: Re-envisioning the Built Environment, page 118:
text: The aim of this act of strangification is to increase one's understandability and acceptability to many others, not to become other than oneself.
ref: 2018, Ming Dong Gu, Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters:
glosses: The act or process of strangifying.
The act or process of extending so as to become understandable by others.
glosses: The process of transporting (something) into an entirely new context, leading to new insights.
BYOK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: While many SaaS providers have already recognized the value of offering BYOK capabilities, some still believe their existing data security controls are sufficient without giving their enterprise customers control of their own encryption keys.
ref: 2023 August 23, Min-Hank Ho, “Take control over data in a SaaS environment with BYOK”, in Security Magazine, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2024:
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: BYOE
qualifier: cloud computing
glosses: Initialism of bring your own key; a system which allows a customer to encrypt their data using an encryption key on a cloud provider's hardware.
BYOE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: According to O'Brien, organizations with a hybrid of on-premise and in-cloud data are well suited by BYOE, especially for their legacy systems that cannot be moved to the SaaS/PaaS/IaaS stack.
ref: 2014 July 15, Eduard Kovacs, “Bring-Your-Own-Encryption: Is It the Right Choice for Your Enterprise?”, in SecurityWeek, archived from the original on 29 May 2023:
synonyms: BYOK
qualifier: cloud computing
glosses: Initialism of bring your own encryption; a system which allows a customer to encrypt their data using an encryption key on a cloud provider's hardware.
fax, no printer
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: all fax, no printer
form: facts, no printer
form: 📠 no 🖨
Etymology: A pun on facts and fax (“a device which scans, transmits, receives and prints documents transmitted by telephone”). First attested in 2014 and popularized in 2021.
Senses: examples: text: Elyse with the straight fax, no printer
ref: 2020 October 1, u/FalloutFPS, “Elyse saying what needs to be said”, in Reddit, r/funhaus, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024:
text: people who say you're a vibe killer are the vibe killers and that's fax no printer bitch
ref: 2021 May 15, @notravon, Twitter, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024:
text: sirius with a lip ring is DEFINITELY canon, all facts no printer
ref: 2021 August 26, @moonseekerhes, Twitter, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024:
text: Average IQ of a Tesla driver is below room temperature. Facts, no printer.
ref: 2024 August 30, u/misterguwaup, “Average parking skill at sdsu”, in Reddit, r/SDSU, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024:
glosses: Expressing emphatic agreement.
facts, no printer
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fax, no printer.
road kill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road kills
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roadkill.
road kills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road kill
poorer-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of poor-quality: most poor-quality
poorest-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of poor-quality: most poor-quality
Gaes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Gaess
Gaess
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Gaes
Cupidonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Influenced by French Cupidon
Senses: examples: Cupidonian quiver
Cupidonian trees [that lovers sit beneath]
glosses: Alternative form of Cupidinian.
Cupidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kjuːˈpɪdiən/
Senses: examples: Cupidian love
glosses: Alternative form of Cupidinian.
ghost vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost votes
Etymology: From ghost + vote.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A valid vote that is counted in voting totals for an election, but which lacks any associated public record as to who cast it.
Related terms: ghost voter
ghost votes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost vote
Raoping
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rouʹpǐngʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 饒平 /饶平 (Ráopíng).
Senses: examples: text: In Guangdong Province in southeastern China, 22 kinds of fees and taxes have been slapped on private businessmen by 17 different departments. In Raoping County, 265 privately employed households were made to pay an old man's rent for the county's care of the elderly.
ref: 1984 September 15 [1984 September 14], Christopher S. Wren, “FREE ENTERPRISE IN CHINA: THE UNBROKEN SHACKLES”, in The New York Times, sourced from Peking, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, World:
glosses: A county of Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.
Daijirin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪ.d͡ʒiː.ɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈdaɪ.d͡ʒi.ɹɪn/
Forms: form: Daijirin
form: the Daijirin
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大辞林(だいじりん) (Daijirin, literally “Great Forest of Words”).
Senses: examples: text: Although synonyms, tasogare and kawatare, the Daijirin informs us, took up a popular pseudodivision of labor: tasogare came to refer to the evening phenomenon and kawatare came to refer to its morning counterpart.
ref: 2000 January 17, Gerald Figal, Civilization and Monsters: Spirits of Modernity in Meiji Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society), Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 223:
text: Relatively recent dictionaries such as Sanseedoo gendai kokugo jiten (first published in 1988), Daijirin (1988), and Daijisen (1995) have included usage labels and supplemental notes from their first editions.[…]Daijirin’s notes concerning usage were also eliminated from its second edition, demonstrating that some revisions represent changes for the worse.
ref: 2004 October 28, Janet S. Shibamoto Smith, Shigeko Okamoto, Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology: Cultural Models and Real People (Studies in Language and Gender), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 175:
text: More recently, websites such as Yahoo and Infoseek have begun to provide free Web dictionary services, in which major unabridged monolingual dictionaries such as Dai jirin^([sic]) (大辞林 233 000 entries) and Dai jisen^([sic]) (大辞泉 220 000 entries) can be accessed via the Web.
ref: 2005 November 24, Keith Brown, Ronald E. Asher, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 9676:
glosses: A comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary edited by Akira Matsumura and first published in 1988 by Sanseidō.
Related terms: Daijisen
kow-tow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kow-tows
form: kow-towing
form: kow-towed
form: kow-towed
Senses: examples: text: Prince Chun, who even in Europe would not kow-tow to a European or allow his attendants to kow-tow, will be, we may rest assured, a hero in Chinese eyes.
ref: 1901 September 1, The Spectator, number 3,819, →OCLC, page 6:
text: I do not believe in kow-towing to anybody
ref: 1940 [1940 July 17], [Clyde] Carr, quotee, Parliamentary Debates, volume 257, →OCLC, page 561:
text: [U]nless you kow-tow to an old order, this is what will happen to you
ref: 1993 [1991], Clarence Thomas, quotee, Nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States […] , →OCLC, page 158:
glosses: Alternative spelling of kowtow.
kow-towing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kow-tow
kow-tows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kow-tow
kow-towed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kow-tow
Gaudreaults
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaudreault
lay system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: lay + system
Senses: examples: text: He preferred the lay system because there was a chance that he could really clean up if the luck held out.
topics: maritime
nautical
transport
glosses: The system of remuneration in which fishermen or merchant mariners are paid a lay (a share of the vessel's profit) plus the value of room and board derived from being shipboard and eating in the mess.
lay system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: lay + system
Senses: examples: text: They farmed this whole valley on the lay system back then, and the lord kept the horses and ploughmen busy.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A certain system of fallow farming with a certain crop rotation and rotation of arable and pasturage.
Related terms: layland
Leyland
Layland
diamesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dia- + "mes" as in medium + -ic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Concerned with or relating to the ways in which language varies across forms of communication.
partygirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partygirls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of party girl.
partygirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partygirl
Mandæism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In the form of an Imam doctrine of successive reincarnations up to that of the Great Imam, it is the central thought of Mandæism, Manichæism and of at least one branch of Islam.
ref: 1933, Benjamin Wisner Bacon, edited by Carl Hermann Kraeling, The Gospel of the Hellenists, New York: Henry Holt and Company, page 321:
glosses: Obsolete typography of Mandaeism.
accordion blind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈkɔ(ɹ).di.ən ˌblaɪnd/
Forms: form: accordion blinds
Etymology: From accordion + blind. From the fact that the blind folds similarly to an accordion.
Senses: examples: text: Cal Craft accordion blind consists of random-width white slats handwoven with yellow, blue and gold yarns.
ref: 1959, Upholsterer and Interior Decorator:
text: The accordion blind is probably easier to make and more versatile than the roller type, which requires stronger paper.
ref: 1987, Faith Shannon, Paper Pleasures: The Creative Guide to Papercraft:
text: An expensive lever lowered an accordion blind between the panes. The cabin actually felt roomier than a full-sized plane, which Grant attributed to the lack of storage compartments overhead, and the large and well-spaced leather seats.
ref: 2007, Gary Hansen, Wet Desert, WetDesert, →ISBN, page 56:
text: When I woke in my bunk later, and drew back the swaying accordion blind to reveal the lights of a coastal town, I had no sense of how far we’d come.
ref: 2018, Nancy Campbell, The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: Upstairs they started in the master bedroom. On any other day Louise would have called Brad's attention to the parchment accordion blind on the skylight above the claw-foot tub, the cotton-puff towels reflected in the marble-tile walls and floors.
ref: 2021, CJ Verburg, Shafted, or the Toastrack Enigma: An Edgar Rowdey Cape Cod Mystery, Boom-Books, →ISBN:
synonyms: cellular shade
cell shade
glosses: A type of blind or shade with fabric in an accordion pleat, exhibiting a honeycomb structure when viewed from the side.
Peruvian wart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peruvian warts
Senses: glosses: A kind of cutaneous rash in Carrion's disease, produced by a proliferation of endothelial cells.
unhaunched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: un- + haunched
Senses: glosses: Not haunched.
axeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of axe
axeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axeings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of axing.
red drink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red drinks
Senses: glosses: Any of various sweetened red non-alcoholic drinks associated with soul food and often made with hibiscus.
fire-extinguisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire-extinguishers
Senses: examples: text: THE Partnerſhip under the Firm of Warren and Lankeſter,^([sic]) carried on at Poole and Southampton, in the Patent Concern of making Smoke Preventers and Fire-Extinguiſhers, was this Day diſſolved by us by mutual Content.
ref: 1810 July 20, John Warren, H. B. Lancaster, notice, in The London Gazette, number 16390, London, page 1106, column 2:
text: This and the other cause of bursting—when salt or sediment settle in the bottom of the boiler, and prevents the water from contact with the metal—are both removed by the application of Raub’s and Barnum’s self-acting safety valves, which will, according to a large mass of evidence from practical and scientific men, effectually prevent explosions of steam boilers and the extinguishment of fires. So fully impressed with this fact was the Committee on Naval Affairs, that they directed a bill to be reported on the 7th instant appropriating the sum of five thousand dollars, for the purpose of attaching the valves and fire-extinguisher to the boilers of five of the public steamships of the United States.
ref: 1845 February 18, “Prevention of the Explosion of Steamboat Boilers”, in The Madisonian, volume VIII, number 52 (2030 overall), Washington, D.C., front page, column 3:
text: Thanks to the new marine safety officer’s crackdown commercial vessels, the foredeck was festooned with fire-extinguishers, EPIRBs and sodden flares, along with more essential items such as a gaff, catching net, squid jigs, torch, jump starter, red bucket, spare bricks for net anchors, buoys, rotten pilchards, Danforth anchor, fluorescent lights, trolling lures, spare rowlock, pliers, spark plug puller and a sixpack of beer.
ref: 2013, Sarah Drummond, “Jolly and His Boy”, in Salt Story: Of Sea-Dogs and Fisherwomen, Fremantle, W.A.: Fremantle Press, →ISBN, section “Legends”:
glosses: Alternative form of fire extinguisher.
fire-extinguishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire-extinguisher
Lloydie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lloydies
Etymology: Lloyd + -ie
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Lloyd.
qualifier: nickname
glosses: A nickname: diminutive of Lloyd (“surname”).
re-gram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-grams
form: re-gramming
form: re-grammed
form: re-grammed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of regram.
'gramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of 'gram
'grammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of 'gram
gramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gram
grammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gram
'grammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'grammers
form: grammer
Etymology: From 'gram (“Instagram”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Then came the great “Instagram Rapture,” Instagram’s pledge last December to clean out the fake accounts and do “everything possible to keep Instagram free from the fake and spammy accounts that plague much of the web.” “The Purge” cost famous grammers thousands, sometimes millions, of followers.
ref: 2015 July 2, Julia Carpenter, “Can we ever beat the bots? Not on Instagram.”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: An Instagrammer.
fairy chip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairy chips
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Potato scallop.
reflavour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reflavours
form: reflavouring
form: reflavoured
form: reflavoured
Etymology: From re- + flavour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reflavor.
reflavor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reflavors
form: reflavoring
form: reflavored
form: reflavored
Etymology: From re- + flavor.
Senses: glosses: To flavor again or anew.
superpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superpits
Etymology: From super- + pit.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A very large pit.
ride rantipole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides rantipole
form: riding rantipole
form: rode rantipole
form: ridden rantipole
form: ride a rantipole
Senses: examples: text: Oft in the Streets I'm ſeen to ride / Exalted, as it were for Pride; / And ſome will have it that I ſtroll, / Like Boys, when riding Rantipole[.]
ref: 1772, Samuel Bentley, “Prize Ænigma”, in The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack, volume 69, page 31:
text: How 'bout I let ya climb aboard me, love? I'll even let ya ride rantipole," slurred the stranger, waggling his bushy eyebrows.
ref: 2021, Emma Lombard, chapter 3, in Grace on the Horizon (The White Sails; 2):
text: As a verb, 'to ride rantipole' meant 'the woman uppermost in amorous congress', which adds an extra layer of humour to the poem, as Keats's Rantipole Betty is flat on her back, 'dead as a venus tipsy'.
ref: [2021, Lucasta Miller, Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph:
synonyms: cowgirl
ride St. George
glosses: To have sexual intercourse with the woman positioned on top of the man.
disulfonation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disulfonations
Etymology: di- + sulfonation
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Addition of two sulfonate groups.
Coordinate terms: monosulfonation
alkyphenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkyphenol
alkyphenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkyphenols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound containing an alkyl group attached to phenol.
phee-call
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phee-calls
Senses: examples: text: Hence, we have found age-dependent differences in phee-call production and a consistent change in the response received across the adult life-span.
ref: 2009 February 24, H-C Chen, G Kaplan, L J Rogers, “Contact calls of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): influence of age of caller on antiphonal calling and other vocal responses”, in American Journal of Primatology, volume 71, number 2, →DOI:
text: The phee-call production rates of each infant's parents during development are shown in Fig. 4G
ref: 2015 August 14, D. Y. Takahashi, A. R. Fenley, Y. Teramoto, D. Z. Narayanan, J. I. Borjon, P. Holmes, A. A. Ghazanfar, “The developmental dynamics of marmoset monkey vocal production”, in Science, volume 349, number 6249, →DOI, pages 734–738:
text: Their analysis showed that marmosets use these phee-calls to address specific individuals within their social groups. Moreover, the monkeys demonstrated an ability to discern when a call was directed at them and responded more accurately to such targeted communication.
ref: 2024 August 29, “Marmoset Monkeys Use ‘Names’: A Leap in Primate Communication”, in ScienceBlog, retrieved 31 Aug 2024:
glosses: A specialized vocalization from marmosets that identifies them individually.
phee-calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phee-call
rides rantipole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ride rantipole
riding rantipole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ride rantipole
ridden rantipole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ride rantipole
rode rantipole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ride rantipole
isoquinolinamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoquinolinamine
isotryptamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isotryptamine
jaspellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaspellite
jholas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jhola
Jiffies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jiffy
Jings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jing
jocondes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joconde
John Roscoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of John Roscoe
jokuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jokul
jorims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jorim
propaedias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propaedia
propargylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propargylate
sulfoacetates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfoacetate
sulfonatoisoindoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfonatoisoindole
sulfophthalocyanines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfophthalocyanine
sulfosalicylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfosalicylate
supranates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supranate
sulfoxoniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfoxonium
survivoresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of survivoress
survivresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of survivress
sustahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sustah
supraocclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supraocclusion
swaines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swaine
swiddeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swiddener
sydnonimines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sydnonimine
symphlebians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symphlebian
symplectites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symplectite
synaptoproteomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synaptoproteome
syncervicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syncervical
triindoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triindole
trimolybdates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trimolybdate
triscatecholates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triscatecholate
trisaposins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trisaposin
trioctanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trioctanoate
trimyristates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trimyristate
trisialogangliosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trisialoganglioside
tritriacontadienes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tritriacontadiene
tritriacontenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tritriacontene
triubiquitins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triubiquitin
Combahee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Combahees
Senses: glosses: A member of a Cusabo Native American people of lowcountry South Carolina.
Combahee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in North Carolina, United States.
Drachenfels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Drachen + Fels (“Dragon's Rock”).
Senses: glosses: A hill near Königswinter and Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has a rack railway to the summit.
glosses: A hill near Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Ashepoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ashepoos
Senses: glosses: A member of a Cusabo Native American people of lowcountry South Carolina.
Ashepoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in South Carolina, United States.
shopsteal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shopsteals
form: shopstealing
form: shopstole
form: shopstolen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shop steal.
Bad Honnef
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A spa town in Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, south-east of Bonn.
Tianshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tian Shan.
Tian-shan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Kara-tau, or "Black Mountain," the last spur of the Tian-shan towards the north-west, seldom exceeds 6,500 feet in height, but is geographically of great importance, as forming the water-parting between the Sir and Chu basins. It also abounds most in coal, iron, copper, and argentiferous lead.
ref: 1884, Élisée Reclus, translated by Ernest George Ravenstein et al., The Earth and Its Inhabitants, Vol. VI, p. 187:
glosses: Alternative form of Tian Shan.
Syr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sir
Etymology: From calquing or omitting Darya ("River") from the river's usual name.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Syr Darya.
synonyms: word: Syr Darya
canti firmi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantus firmus
water-parting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water-partings
Senses: examples: text: The Kara-tau, or "Black Mountain," the last spur of the Tian-shan towards the north-west, seldom exceeds 6,500 feet in height, but is geographically of great importance, as forming the water-parting between the Sir and Chu basins. It also abounds most in coal, iron, copper, and argentiferous lead.
ref: 1884, Élisée Reclus, translated by Ernest George Ravenstein et al., The Earth and Its Inhabitants, Vol. VI, p. 187:
glosses: Alternative form of water parting.
water-partings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-parting
Kara-tau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Kara-tau, or "Black Mountain," the last spur of the Tian-shan towards the north-west, seldom exceeds 6,500 feet in height, but is geographically of great importance, as forming the water-parting between the Sir and Chu basins. It also abounds most in coal, iron, copper, and argentiferous lead.
ref: 1884, Élisée Reclus, translated by Ernest George Ravenstein et al., The Earth and Its Inhabitants, Vol. VI, p. 187:
glosses: Alternative form of Karatau.
Karatau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kara Tau
form: Kara-tau
form: Kara-Tau
form: Qaratau
Etymology: From Russian Каратау (Karatau), from Kazakh Қаратау (Qaratau), from қара (qara, “black”) + тау (tau, “mountain, mountains”).
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in Kazakhstan, the westernmost extension of the Tian Shan.
Derived terms: Kara Tau argali
yakimeshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 焼(や)き飯(めし) (yakimeshi, “stir-fried rice”).
Senses: examples: text: Hand rolls are $4 each, and there are also fried rice bowls (yakimeshi) and teriyaki.
ref: 2020 September 1, Florence Fabricant, “Taco Mix FonteNova, With Cemitas, Tacos and More, Opens in the Bronx”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024:
glosses: Japanese fried rice.
BRMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of business rule management system.
Elman network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elman networks
Senses: glosses: A kind of three-layer recurrent neural network.
Jordan network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jordan networks
Senses: glosses: A kind of recurrent neural network, similar to an Elman network but having the context units fed from the output layer instead of the hidden layer.
tambaquis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tambaqui
Almerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Almeria + -n.
Senses: examples: text: Three Spanish railway wagons, each containing nearly 13 tons of Almerian grapes, arrived in Scotland on the morning of October 23, via Dover ferry.
ref: 1952 December, “Notes and News: Fruit Wagons from Spain to Scotland”, in Railway Magazine, page 849:
glosses: Relating to the city or province of Almeria (or Almería) in Andalusia, Spain.
Almerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Almerians
Etymology: From Almeria + -n.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Almeria.
fork found in kitchen
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Imitating headlinese.
Senses: glosses: Indicating that something is or was obvious.
Related terms: Captain Obvious
does a bear shit in the woods
film at 11
is the Pope Catholic
people sit on chairs
water is wet
Lulworth Cove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A cove and tourist attraction on the Jurassic Coast in West Lulworth parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY8279).
Related terms: Lulworth skipper
plumbers and firemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originated from a exchange in a 2022 episode of First Take. In response to a remark that Bob Cousy once had 29 assists in a game, JJ Redick responded, "well, he was being guarded by plumbers and firemen".
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A notional inferior level of competition that allowed past champions to excel.
wikipedia: Bob Cousy
First Take (talk show)
JJ Redick
Related terms: Mickey Mouse ring
realisest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: qualifier: non-Oxford British spelling
glosses: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of realise (alternative spelling of realizest)
realisedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: qualifier: non-Oxford British spelling
glosses: (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of realise (alternative spelling of realizedst)
West Lulworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY8280).
Related terms: East Lulworth
Lulworth Cove
Lulworth skipper
yarnbomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarnbombs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yarn bomb.
yarnbomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yarnbombs
form: yarnbombing
form: yarnbombed
form: yarnbombed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yarn bomb.
realiseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: qualifier: non-Oxford British spelling
glosses: (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of realise (alternative spelling of realizeth)