cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
guberniia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guberniias
form: gubernii
Senses: examples: text: His project called for six gubernii, which in turn would be divided into vice-gubernii, provinces, and city regions. He would have established a Velikorusskaia, or Great Russia, Guberniia in northwest Russia centering around St. Petersburg. Belorusskaia, or White Russia, followed, with Moscow for its administrative center.
ref: 1973, Rudolph L. Daniels, “Imprisonment”, in V. N. Tatishchev: Guardian of the Petrine Revolution, Philadelphia, Pa.: Franklin Publishing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69:
text: The South Urals-Volga State would include those regions of Kazan, Ufa, and Orenburg guberniias in which “Turko-Tatars” made up the majority.
ref: 2020 February 4, Danielle Ross, “An Empire without Russians”, in Tatar Empire: Kazan’s Muslims and the Making of Imperial Russia, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 237:
text: On average, a guberniia in 1897 had 1,869,600 subjects residing in the urban and rural areas of the guberniia, which was close to the size of Bessarabia. The most populated gubernii in 1897 were Kiev, Vyatka and Podolska (3,559,000, 3,031,000 and 3,018,000) and the least were Arkhangelsk, Olonetsk and Estland, almost ten times less than the population of Kiev.
ref: 2024 July 30, Carol S. Leonard, Zafar Nazarov, Leonid Borodkin, Roman B. Konchakov, Maria Karpenko, “Railroads and Strikes in Russia, 1894–1904: Revolution in Times of Railroad Building”, in Carol S. Leonard, Daniel Orlovsky, Jurej Petrov, editors, The Russian Revolution of 1917—Memory and Legacy (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:
text: Negotiators defined Ukrainian territory using the borders of the imperial gubernii. However, there were two major differences. Negotiators did not adopt the idea of plebiscites in contested areas, and they divided Chernigov Guberniia between them.
ref: 2025 April 15, Stephan Rindlisbacher, “Ukraine and the RSFSR: How to Find a Common Border”, in Borders in Red: Managing Diversity in the Early Soviet Union (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies), Ithaca, N.Y.: Northern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, page 65:
glosses: Alternative form of guberniya.
gubernii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian губе́рнии (gubérnii).
Senses: glosses: plural of gubernia /guberniia /guberniya
guberniias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guberniia
Rangerette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɹeɪn.d͡ʒəˈɹɛt/
Forms: form: Rangerettes
Etymology: From ranger + -ette, originally coined as a proprietary name for Kilgore College's precision dance team (founded 1939). The suffix -ette denotes a feminine or diminutive form, emphasizing the team's pioneering role as a women's drill unit.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Kilgore College Rangerettes, the world's first precision drill team for women, renowned for performances at major events like the Cotton Bowl and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
glosses: A female performer in a precision dance or drill team, especially one modeled after the Kilgore College Rangerettes' style.
glosses: An officer (e.g., captain or lieutenant) within the Rangerettes organization, distinguished by a solid-white uniform and colored neck scarf.
Related terms: english: annual Rangerette show
translation: annual Rangerette show
word: Revels
word: ranger
english: demonym for residents of Kilgore, Texas, the team's hometown
translation: demonym for residents of Kilgore, Texas, the team's hometown
word: Kilgoreite
word: drill team
Rangerettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rangerette
struldbruggian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more struldbruggian
form: most struldbruggian
Senses: examples: text: Tithonus, reaching for immortality, achieves only a struldbruggian kind of existence; and Ulysses in his infinite search for knowledge sets out with his mariners on that final voyage that leads them only deathward.
ref: 1968, University of Toronto Quarterly, volume 38, page 72:
text: In short, if we imagine a person continuing to live indefinitely while remaining vulnerable to such evils as disease, injury, and aging, we are in effect imagining a struldbruggian immortality.
ref: 2002, Jeff McMahan, The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Struldbruggian.
bloggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bloggy: more bloggy
bloggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bloggy: most bloggy
peanut table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peanut tables
Senses: glosses: A table in a school cafeteria for pupils who have peanuts or peanut products, to reduce the risk of allergic reactions in other pupils.
Khmara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khmaras
form: Chmara
form: Hmara
Etymology: Transliteration of Ukrainian Хмара (Xmara) and transliteration of Belarusian Хмара (Xmara), from хмара (xmara), from Proto-Slavic *xmara.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
young adulthood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: young adulthoods
form: young-adulthood
Etymology: From young adult + -hood, after adulthood.
Senses: examples: text: Making the transition from adolescence into young adulthood can be challenging, and it could also come with some health risks.
ref: 2011 December 16, Jeannine Stein, “Exercise drops off when teens transition to college, study finds”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2019:
text: These kids had their entire young adulthoods to perfect the sport.
ref: 2017 April 7, Courtney Maum, “A Woman With a Mallet, Mounted on a Horse”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2017:
text: Both she and her husband were regular visitors during their childhoods and young adulthoods.
ref: 2021 July 22, Amanda Loudin, “A beachgoer’s guide to the southernmost South Jersey Shore”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2022:
glosses: The state or period of being a young adult.
young adulthoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of young adulthood
young-adulthood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: young-adulthoods
Senses: examples: text: It is the belief of Mr. Garrison that early training and habits, when continued through adolescence and young-adulthood, can be a major part in defeating “gang delinquency,” as well as combating the individual forms of socially condemned behavior.
ref: 1950 October 31, “Happenings of Interest Around and About the Borough”, in Brooklyn Eagle, 110th year, number 300, Brooklyn, N.Y., →OCLC, page 5, column 3:
text: Teen years are a period of transition from childhood to young-adulthood. […] It is also her opinion that being able to take care of oneself and others if necessary, and expressing respect for other people confirms the arrival of a teen-ager at young-adulthood.
ref: 1962 November 16, Dave Lyon, “High Views: Students Define [‘]Mental Maturity’”, in Independent, volume 25, number 69, Long Beach, Calif., →OCLC, page C-8, column 7:
text: Over the years, Kurle and the teachers have maintained a level of consistency with the students and they genuinely get a chance to know them all the way into young-adulthood, while doing their best to prepare students for any educational eventuality.
ref: 2024 April 3, Gaylon Parker, “Belfield Public School brings community pride, education to students and athletes”, in The Dickinson Press, volume 141, number 22, Dickinson, N.D., →ISSN, →OCLC, page H7, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of young adulthood.
young-adulthoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of young-adulthood
non-atomised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /nɒnˈætəmaɪzd/
Etymology: From non- + atomised.
Senses: examples: text: The cylinder barrels are lubricated by non-atomised feeds introduced at top and bottom. The remaining non-atomised feeds are to the piston rod packing and the valve spindle rear bush.
ref: 1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 211:
glosses: Not atomised.
snot otter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snot otters
Etymology: From snot + otter, from its mucusy secretions and otter-like shape.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
synonyms: word: hellbender
extra: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
snot otters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snot otter
lasagna lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lasagna lizards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
synonyms: word: hellbender
extra: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
lasagna lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lasagna lizard
Allegheny alligator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Allegheny alligators
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
synonyms: word: hellbender
extra: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Allegheny alligators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Allegheny alligator
scrue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrues
Senses: examples: 1635. "…upon the top of the aforesaid wood must be fastned a piece of liquored leather having three holes in it answerable unto the holes of the wood, then upon the wood must be scrued another snout whereby to fill each vessell with a severall liquor, V the snouts S T a brasse plate whereunto the snout is sodered, W the scrue that scrueth this snout upon the stile in the turned wood…" Hocvs Pocvs Iunior Printed by T. H. for R. M.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of screw
scrue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scrues
form: scruing
form: scrued
form: scrued
Senses: examples: 1635. "…upon the top of the aforesaid wood must be fastned a piece of liquored leather having three holes in it answerable unto the holes of the wood, then upon the wood must be scrued another snout whereby to fill each vessell with a severall liquor, V the snouts S T a brasse plate whereunto the snout is sodered, W the scrue that scrueth this snout upon the stile in the turned wood…" Hocvs Pocvs Iunior Printed by T. H. for R. M.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of screw
all cows eat grass
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: good boys deserve fudge always
glosses: A mnemonic for the notes found on the spaces of the bass clef staff: A, C, E, G.
good boys deserve fudge always
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: all cows eat grass
glosses: A mnemonic for the notes found on the lines of the bass clef staff: G, B, D, F, A.
Related terms: every good boy deserves fudge
duck orchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck orchids
Senses: glosses: An orchid of the genus Caleana.
Fauréan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fauréan
form: most Fauréan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer and musician.
glassie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glassies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glassy
rot off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rots off
form: rotting off
form: rotted off
form: rotted off
Senses: examples: text: The branches eventually rotted off once the tree was uprooted.
glosses: To fall off by rotting.
rots off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rot off
rotting off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of rot off
rotted off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rot off
Baby Blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baby Blues
Senses: coordinate_terms: Baby Bell
glosses: Any of a number of autonomous subsidiaries of IBM Corporation, formed from 1991 to make the company more manageable and to streamline investment.
cancer cell-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cancer cell-like
form: most cancer cell-like
Etymology: From cancer cell + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In this study we test whether normal stem cells can survive under the same conditions due to cancer cell-like metabolic adaptations.
ref: 2020, Tuuli Käämbre, Rafael Moreno-Sánchez, Sara Rodriguez-Enriquez, Metabolic Plasticity of Cancer, page 44:
glosses: Characteristic of or resembling a cancer cell.
enditic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an endite or endites
asphaltisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asphaltisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of asphaltization.
AHI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of apnea–hypopnea index
Christmas coming early
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹɪsməs ˌkʌmɪŋ ˈɜːli/
ipa: /ˌkɹɪsməs ˌkʌmɪŋ ˈɜɹli/
Forms: form: Christmases coming early
Senses: examples: text: So to be in Peter Jackson's house, just a couple of weeks before shooting was scheduled to begin, sharing dinner and conversation with Ian McKellen, well, that was like Christmas coming early for me.
ref: 2004, Sean Astin, with Joe Layden, chapter 9, in There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 169:
glosses: Alternative form of Christmas come early.
sniglonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sniglonyms
Etymology: From sniglet + -onym.
Senses: examples: text: For example, the FAQ page comments that ‘the term “incel” is an abbreviated version and sniglonym of the term “involuntary celibacy,” whose usage reaches back at least to the 18th century.”’ The term ‘sniglonym’ is itself an example of deploying verbose language. The word refers to a term whose date of coinage postdates the pre-existing concept or object it defines.
ref: 2023 January 24, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 10:
glosses: A term that is coined well after when a concept first originated.
sniglonyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sniglonym
valve gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valve gears
Senses: examples: text: Three independent sets of Walschaerts valve gear are provided, those for the outside cylinders being driven by return cranks placed on the driving crankpins, and by crosshead arms attached to the crossheads.
ref: 1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 209:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The mechanism of a steam engine that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle.
cancercell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cancercells
Etymology: From cancer + cell.
Senses: examples: text: Portions of the cancercells were treated with dilute boiling caustic potash until a thin film of it floated on the surface of the liquid.
ref: 1884, United States Executive Departments at the International Exhibition, volume 2, page 433:
text: French experimentators want to have observed, that the cancercell is most sensible for radiation during the cellpartition.
ref: 1925, Acta Radiologica, volume 3, page 87:
text: On a drop of a cancercell-suspension, 1ᶜᶜ being added to normal serum and being allowed to stand for some hours at 37°, it was found, that a part of these cells had been dissolved.
ref: 1933, Proceedings of the Section of Sciences:
text: […] wherein alcoholic extracts from the urine of cancer or non-cancer patients are brought into reaction with the sera of rabbits immunised beforehand by intravenous injections with isolated and washed cancercells.
ref: 1951, Proceedings - Volume 54, Part 3, page 492:
text: […] it could later on be proven that the normal substance of Freund was indeed a proteolytic enzyme with cancercell-dissolving property.
ref: 1972, Max Wolf, Karl Ransberger, Enzyme-therapy, page 11:
text: How does a cancercell arise? […] The difference between a normal cell and a cancercell resides in their genes. Transformation of a normal cell to a cancercell thus requires a change in the genetic material.
ref: 1976, Nobel Prizes 1975, page 26:
text: However, the very same phenomenon of cancercells is regarded in a different context, a medical one, in terms of normative attributes such as "pathological" or "malfunction".
ref: 1983, Philosophical Inquiry, volumes 5-6:
text: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin and etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancercells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
ref: 2005, Current Clinical Trials For Cancer Patients, page 297:
text: Although the suicide concept should usually lead to low systemic toxicity most of the products used have inherent side effects and most of the end products have limited cancercell toxicity.
ref: 2013, C.Th. Smit Sibinga, L.F.M.H. de Leij, Cellular Engineering and Cellular Therapies:
text: We may, for example, again use oncogenesis or cancercell formation as a useful probe.
ref: 2013, W. F. Bynum, Roy Porter, Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine:
glosses: Alternative form of cancer cell
cancercells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cancercell
cancer-cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cancer-cells
Senses: examples: text: Portions of the pectoral muscles were reduced to mere fibres infiltrated with cancer-cells, but contained little fat.
ref: 1870, New York Medical Journal, volume 12, page 414:
text: If we bleed a rabbit at the height of this transitory sensitization and obtain the serum, this, when mixed with cancer-cell emulsion and incubated for one hour, will produce marked symptoms of poisoning when injected intravenously into a normal rabbit.
ref: 1912, Journal of the American Medical Association:
text: A group of cancer-cells is seen infiltrating the muscle.
ref: 1914, Herbert John Paterson, The Surgery of the Stomach:
text: In the same vein, in the context of biochemistry, cancer-cells are not a pathological phenomenon; in that context there is no place for normative attributes such as "wrong" and "right".
ref: 1983, Philosophical Inquiry, volumes 5-6:
text: Flavonoids found in garlic and onions are being studied for control of cancer-cell proliferation through specific enzyme inhibition (Table 5.3).
ref: 2010, Nirmal K. Sinha, Y. H. Hui, E. Özgül Evranuz, Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing:
text: Several types of fermented milk, including yogurt, colostrum fermented with Lb. delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Str. thermophilus and Lb. acidophilus or milk fermented with Lb. helveticus, are reported to suppress cancer-cell growth.
ref: 2013, Ramesh C. Chandan, Arun Kilara, Manufacturing Yogurt and Fermented Milks:
glosses: Alternative form of cancer cell
valve gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plural of valve gear.
squirmle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squirmles
Etymology: Genericized trademark of Squirmles of the Illfelder Importing Company.
Senses: synonyms: worm on a string
glosses: A worm-shaped toy with a fuzzy body, a pair of googly eyes, and hidden string used to imitate a live worm, originally released in the 1970s.
wikipedia: Illfelder Importing Company
Related terms: gonk
weepul
worm on a string
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worms on a string
Etymology: Popularized as an Internet meme in 2019 on social media platforms.
Senses: examples: text: The Worm On A String has popped up in Reddit meme communities over the last couple of years, but recently it’s infiltrated Twitter. And it looks like people can’t get enough of it.
ref: 2018 September 11, Brittany Vincent, “People have a strange new obsession with this Worm On A String toy”, in Daily Dot, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2018:
glosses: Synonym of squirmle
synonyms: word: squirmle
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see worm, on, a, string.
squirmles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squirmle
worms on a string
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worm on a string
USFWS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Great River Energy will work with the USFWS to identify any areas that may require marking transmission line shield wires and/or to use alternate structures to reduce the likelihood of avian collisions once design of the Transmission Line is complete.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 24:
glosses: Initialism of United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
inlet valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inlet valves
Senses: glosses: A valve that lets fuel into a cylinder.
raw_tags: in an internal combustion engine
glosses: A valve that lets steam into a cylinder.
raw_tags: in a steam engine
glosses: A valve that lets water into a cistern, or wherever it is required.
raw_tags: of water
cancer-cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cancer-cell
inlet valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plural of inlet valve.
Chemeryntsi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: chĕmĕrĭnʹtsi
ipa: /tʃɛmɛˈɹɪntsi/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Чемери́нці (Čemerýnci).
Senses: glosses: A village, the administrative centre of Chemeryntsi starostynskyi okruh, Peremyshliany urban hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1389.
A former silrada of Peremyshliany Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1940, merged into Peremyshliany urban hromada in 2020.
glosses: A village, the administrative centre of Chemeryntsi starostynskyi okruh, Peremyshliany urban hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1389.
A starostynskyi okruh of Peremyshliany urban hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, established in November 2021.
Meronyms: sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Huralnia
sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Kucherivka
sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Kuzubatytsia
sense: constituent settlements of the starostynskyi okruh
english: village
translation: village
word: Plenykiv
sense: constituent settlements of the starostynskyi okruh
english: village
translation: village
word: Vyshnivchyk
Torment Nexus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Torment Nexuses
form: Torment Nexusses
Etymology: From a Twitter post by satirist Alexander Blechman (@AlexBlechman) on November 8, 2021:
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Senses: hypernyms: defictionalization
glosses: An invention that is based on (or evocative of) a human-made horror or existential threat from a science fiction story, while ignoring or idealizing the dystopian consequences that the story depicts.
Related terms: Leopards Eating People's Faces Party
orphan-crushing machine
PYPL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Squeri also said during a conference call with analysts Friday morning that AmEx is holding up well despite increased competition from technology companies like Square (SQ) and Venmo owner PayPal (PYPL) as well as traditional card issuers such as Capital One (COF) and US Bancorp (USB).
ref: 2021 July 23, Paul R. La Monica, “American Express is the Dow’s top stock for 2021. Here’s why”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of PayPal.
HLT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: AmEx has co-branded cards with Delta (DAL) and Hilton (HLT), and Squeri said spending volume for both increased by double digit percentages in the quarter.
ref: 2021 July 23, Paul R. La Monica, “American Express is the Dow’s top stock for 2021. Here’s why”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Hilton.
semibrevis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin semibrevis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semibreve
Planargia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Phoenician and Punic linguistic influence was restricted to the plains of Campidano and Planargia.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 18:
glosses: A subregion of Sardinia, Italy.
Punicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Punicisms
Etymology: From Punic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: A difficulty in analyzing the material is that not all accepted punicisms in Sardinia have a clear Semitic etymology. In fact, Argiolas has suggested some to be of Berber origin.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 18:
glosses: A borrowing from Punic.
Ogliastrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ogliastra + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: He divides synchronically opaque Sardinian toponyms into segments supposedly related to Basque lexical roots. For instance, the Ogliastran toponyms Dolai, Dodoliai and Iridolai, analyzed as *dol-ai, *do-dol-iai and *iri-dol-ai, in his view, all three contain a cognate of Bq. odol 'blood'.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 19:
synonyms: Ogliastran
glosses: Of or related to Ogliastra.
Ogliastran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ogliastra + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Ogliastrian
glosses: Of or related to Ogliastra.
Bennenungsmotiv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bennenungsmotive
Senses: examples: text: Blasco Ferrer's methodology, like his conclusions, are deeply problematic. First and foremost, it is impossible to establish the Benennungsmotive of the hundreds of pre-Roman Sardinian toponyms. As a consequence, the meanings attributed to them are exclusively based on the proposed Basque etymologies and therefore speculative to the extreme.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 19:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The semantic reasoning behind an etymological derivation.
laurel rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The oleander (Nerium oleander).
Punicisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Punicism
boomvang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boomvangs
Senses: examples: text: Finally, tighten the boomvang (red line) just enough to remove large wrinkles in the mainsail.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “RS Quest Rigging Instructions”, in California State University, Sacramento, page 2:
glosses: Alternative spelling of boom vang
boomvangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boom vang
shadow drop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shadow drops
form: shadow dropping
form: shadow dropped
form: shadow dropped
Senses: qualifier: typically of a video game
glosses: To release immediately after announcement, without prior announcements.
does the bear shit in the woods
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Do I think this story’s worth my time? Does the bear shit in the woods? Do birdies sing in the morning? Trotman, what the fuck are you asking me dumb questions for?
ref: 1976 April, Nathan Hollander [pseudonym; Marc Olden], chapter 1, in The Harker File, New York, N.Y.: Lynx Books, published January 1989, →ISBN, page 7:
text: “[…] You think you can send us over some food?” Rainey laughed, talking past the phone. / “Does the bear shit in the woods?” / “O.k. We want one order of ribs—”
ref: 1980, Ernie Brill, “A Slap in the Face”, in I Looked Over Jordan; and Other Stories, Boston, Mass.: South End Press, →ISBN, page 237:
text: “Want to go after it, Sarge?” / “Does the bear shit in the woods? Tell ’em ‘Well done’ and I’ll be along in a few minutes.”
ref: 1987, Jerry E[ugene] Pournelle, Roland Green, “Part Six: Church and State”, in Janissaries III: Storms of Victory, New York, N.Y.: Ace Science Fiction Books, →ISBN, chapter 2, page 312:
glosses: Alternative form of does a bear shit in the woods.
BWSR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: MDNR also recommended reseeding disturbed soils with native species of grasses and forbs using BWSR or MnDOT seed mixes.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 97:
glosses: Initialism of Board of Water and Soil Resources.
MnDOT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: MDNR also recommended reseeding disturbed soils with native species of grasses and forbs using BWSR or MnDOT seed mixes.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 97:
glosses: Initialism of Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Thousand Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: For reasons I can no longer remember but I’m sure made sense at the time, we left home at one a.m. and arrived at the Canada/U.S. Thousand Island border crossing at five a.m.
ref: 2006, Tanya Huff, “It’s All in the Numbers”, in Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time (Smart Pop), Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 219:
text: The one distinguishing factor, the house spread, was dolloped in a nearly undetectable amount, but I assume it represents one of the atolls on the Thousand Island archipelago.
ref: 2011 March 30 – April 12, Nick Altschuller, “Nick and Choose: Cattle Call”, in Andrew Rimas, editor, The Improper Bostonian, Boston, Mass.: Improper Publications, →OCLC, page 20, column 1:
text: Jane was taking her kids across the border into New York State at the Thousand Island border crossing.
ref: 2017, Brenda Chapman, chapter 27, in Shallow End (A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery; 4), Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN, page 301:
glosses: Attributive form of Thousand Islands.
Derived terms: Thousand Island dressing
she-buffalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: she-buffaloes
form: she-buffalos
form: she-buffalo
Etymology: From she- + buffalo.
Senses: examples: text: An anti-aphrodisiac, suggested in Hindu erotological literature as a way for women to negate amatory challenges, is to bathe in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 52:
text: [W]ith the income, they buy more and better food, have bought two she-buffalo and two bullocks and have made improvements in their houses.
ref: 1990, International Agricultural Development, volumes 10–13, Caversham, Reading, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17:
text: In the rainy season, autumn, and early winter, cows and she-buffaloes are to be milked twice per day; […]
ref: 2020, Kenneth R. Valpey, “Milk”, in Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series), Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Surveying the Cow Care Field), page 128:
glosses: A female buffalo.
she-buffalos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of she-buffalo
Dunesday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Dune + Doomsday, by analogy with Barbenheimer.
Senses: examples: text: Introducing, Dunesday
ref: 2025 May 23, u/Maleficent-Ad-6117, reddit.com:
text: The delay puts Doomsday in direct box-office collision with Dune: Messiah, the third and final installment of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune saga. The internet, unsurprisingly, already has a name for the upcoming double blockbuster weekend: Dunesday.
ref: 2025 May 23, The Hindu Bureau, “‘Avengers: Doomsday’ delayed to December 2026, set to clash With ‘Dune: Messiah’ in ‘Dunesday’ cinematic event”, in thehindu.com, archived from the original on 23 May 2025:
text: 'Dunesday', aka Double Florence Pugh Feature Day, could be upon as Dune 3 and Avengers Doomsday may release on the same day next year amid Disney revisions.
ref: 2025 May 23, Ashima Grover, “Dunesday is the new Barbenheimer? Either way, Florence Pugh ‘always at the crime scene’”, in financialexpress.com, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2025:
text: Me walking out of Dunesday knowing it’s the end of cinema as we know it.
ref: 2025 May 24, u/dexter22__, reddit.com:
text: We might be getting “Dunesday” next year after all.
ref: 2025 June 17, u/Melodic_Guess3293, reddit.com:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The future simultaneous release of two anticipated films (Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday) on December 18, 2026.
wikipedia: Avengers: Doomsday
Dune: Part Three
she-buffaloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of she-buffalo
'kin' 'ell
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: ‘ ’Kin’ ’ell, blood, you’re out,’ he said, clasping Tony’s hand. ‘You told Auntie Pearl?’
ref: 1999, John Williams, “The Casablanca”, in Five Pubs, Two Bars and a Nightclub, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 140:
text: ‘And you can start this Saturday. I want you at the workshop, eight thirty sharp.’ / ‘What . . . ?’ / ‘Eight, then.’ / ‘ ’Kin’ ell, Dad.’ / Dad gives me a right mean look. ‘And stop all this “ ’Kin’ ’ell” rubbish! If you’re going to swear, swear properly, otherwise keep a civil tongue in your head.’ / ‘ ’Kin’ ell, Dad!’
ref: 2001, Helena Pielichaty, chapter 6, in Never Ever, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48:
text: The music changes tack and hardens. They both pull away at exactly the same moment, laughing, recoiling at the sheer absurdity of what just happened. Cal shoots a nervous glance over her shoulder towards the back of the room. ‘’Kin’ ’ell, El! Where’d that come from?’
ref: 2008, Helen Walsh, “Part Three: Thelwall, Washington, 1989”, in Once Upon a Time in England, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, →ISBN, chapter 6, page 257:
glosses: Alternative form of 'kin 'ell.
kin 'ell
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 'kin 'ell.
electrotaxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: electrotactic
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to electrotaxis.
oilbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilboxes
Etymology: From oil + box.
Senses: examples: text: The coupled axleboxes are fed at the crown by feeds from the engine oil mechanical lubricator, and this eliminates the large multi-feed oilboxes previously fitted in the cab. […] Small auxiliary oilboxes with trimming feeds supply the axlebox guides and also the piston rod swab-boxes.
ref: 1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, pages 211, 212:
glosses: A container or reservoir for lubricating oil.
kraia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian края́ (krajá).
Senses: glosses: plural of krai
oilboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plural of oilbox.
CZI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Staff members once got to hear Mr. Zuckerberg sing karaoke songs to them in their “Good Morning CZI” meeting.
ref: 2025 June 28, Theodore Schleifer, Eli Tan, Mike Isaac, “Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Narrow CZI’s Focus to Science Efforts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a for-profit charity founded in 2015.
nasolabial triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For that reason they may appear frequently in syntropism with the sharply demarcated malar flush and anemic nasolabial triangle, even without scarlet fever.
ref: 1933, The Year Book of Pediatrics, volume 1940:
text: Hyperemia of the face, which stands out during the first few days of the illness (white nasolabial triangle), is changed to a peculiar paleness of the face that looks like a mask.
ref: 1959, U.S. Surgeon General's Office, Translations from the Soviet Literature on Hemorrhagic Fever: 1944–1951, page 2:
text: Before all these sutures are tied, the mucous membranes of the edges of the nasolabial triangle are closed.
ref: 1988, John M. Loré, An Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery, page 400:
text: This is especially likely to occur in the presence of infection in the upper lip, lower part of the nose, and adjoining nasolabial triangle.
ref: 2009, Melvin A. Shiffman, editor, Autologous Fat Transfer: Art, Science, and Clinical Practice, Springer, page 422:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A triangular area of the face encompassing the lips and nose.
Synonyms: danger triangle
danger triangle of the face
triangle of death
outwick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊtˌwɪk/
ipa: /ˈʌʉtˌwɪk/
Forms: form: outwicks
Etymology: The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5).
The verb is derived from out- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
Related terms: inwick
outwick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊtˈwɪk/
ipa: /ʌʉtˈwɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: outwicks
form: outwicking
form: outwicked
form: outwicked
Etymology: The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5).
The verb is derived from out- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To play (one's stone) in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a stone: to move in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
Related terms: inwick
outwicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outwick
outwicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outwick
love manual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love manuals
Senses: examples: text: Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mention in Oriental love manuals.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56:
glosses: A book providing instructions and guidance in sexual techniques, intended to enhance the reader's sexual life.
love manuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love manual
love recipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love recipes
Senses: examples: text: In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite. It is often included in love recipes.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 58:
glosses: A recipe for a dish that when eaten is supposed to have the magic power to make the eater fall in love with a specified person.
love recipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love recipe
dawded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dawd
dawd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dawds
Senses: glosses: A powerful punch
dawd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dawds
form: dawding
form: dawded
form: dawded
Senses: glosses: Walk unsteadily
danger triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: danger triangles
Senses: examples: text: 3 miles farther (9 before Kendal) there is a danger triangle on the L, “Plough Inn” on the L, and a caution board on the R of a steepish descent, and here the road forks into two.
ref: 1908, Claude Johnson, Roads Made Easy: By Picture and Pen, volume 3, The Car Illustrated, page 56:
text: The best was to cope with this problem would be the use of three different sizes of the red danger triangle.
ref: 1911, Motor Age, volume 19, number 26, page 8:
text: We tackled the mountain side again, and climbed on and up through a fairyland of silver birches till at length we came to a real sign of human activity—a rusty old danger triangle, leaning at a rakish angle!
ref: 1934, The Autocar, volume 73, page 81:
text: Reflectors and a danger triangle are also fitted to rear of the trailer.
ref: 1959, Colliery Guardian, volume 199, page 23:
text: Modifications include changing front-turn indicators and parking lights to white, adding kilometer markings to the speedometer, removing bulbs from or painting over side-turn indicators, installing two red reflectors and one fog light on the rear of the car, stamping the chassis number on the chassis itself, directing the exhaust system to straight rear or pointing slightly left, and adding an approved fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, and a danger triangle to the car.
ref: 1980 August 24, Belgium Post Report, page 3:
text: The fitness to drive indicator when entering an alarm state is also turning orange and causing the danger triangle to light up.
ref: 2024, Heidi Krömker, editor, HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems: 6th International Conference, MobiTAS 2024; Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024; Washington, DC, USA, June 29–July 4, 2024; Proceedings, Part I, Springer:
glosses: A triangular sign warning of danger.
examples: text: Dermatologists traditionally have warned patients with acne to keep their hands away from their faces and not to pick and squeeze, especially in the “danger triangle” bounded by the nasolabial folds and the upper lip.
ref: 1957, The Year Book of Dermatology and Syphilology, volumes 1956-1957, page 207:
text: The facial vein is valveless, and infection in its area of drainage (the danger triangle) may involve retrograde spread to the cavernous sinus, either via ophthalmic veins or through the pterygoid plexus, with thrombosis of the sinus.
ref: 1989, C. Roland Leeson, Thomas S. Leeson, Human Structure, B.C. Decker, page 119:
text: Within the greasy T-zone is an area referred to as the ‘danger triangle’. The client may be tempted to squeeze spots that appear there. This should be warned against very strongly. Behind this area are important blood vessels which connect with the brain. Fatalities have resulted from deep-seated bacterial infections behind the danger triangle, caused by skin damage.
ref: 2003, Janet Simms, A Practical Guide to Beauty Therapy: Level 2, Nelson Thornes, page 149:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of danger triangle of the face.
stonerag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stonerags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stone-rag
Truth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Truths
Etymology: From the name of the platform, Truth Social.
Senses: examples: text: The app's design looks like a clone of Twitter. Users can create a profile that shows who they're following. You're able to comment, share and like posts, which are called Truths.
ref: [2022 August 19, Queenie Wong, “Trump's Truth Social Sees Uptick in Users After FBI's Mar-a-Lago Search”, in CNET, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022:
text: And yet, I still wasn’t adequately prepared for the immersive experience of scrolling through hundreds of his Truths and ReTruths. Even for Trump, this feed manages to shock.
ref: 2024 September 24, Charlie Warzel, “The Trump Posts You Probably Aren’t Seeing”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024:
coordinate_terms: tweet
qualifier: social media
glosses: An entry posted on the Truth Social platform.
wikipedia: Truth Social
Derived terms: ReTruth
Truths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Truth
tall-poppy syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He [James Mollison] protects his person ferociously and about the wickedest question one could ask him, worse even than his opinion on ‘Blue Poles’, is where he went to school. Why? He won’t explain that either, offering only a general observation about the length of Memory Lane (“if I went down I’d never emerge”) and an oblique reference to the tall-poppy syndrome afflicting the Australian media. In an interview with art critic Robert Hughes some years ago, Mr Mollison said of the Press: “I suspect that they would like to put me up so that one day I can bring the gallery down and me with it.”
ref: 1980 July 19, Jennifer Byrne, “Master of his art”, in The Age, 126th year, Melbourne, Vic., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13, column 1:
text: What is it about the prime minister’s marriage that invites people to break that social rule about minding our own business? I don’t think there are easy answers to that. Certainly there’s the celebrity factor and the tall-poppy syndrome. When politicians put their happy families on display on the campaign trail or at events, there will inevitably be cynics who want to believe it’s all a facade, like so many other things in politics.
ref: 2023 August 9, Susan Delacourt, “[Justin] Trudeau breakup leaves gossiping class hungry for new targets”, in The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A9, column 3:
text: “It’s easy to see it as some kind of tall-poppy syndrome in effect, but I don’t think it’s that,” said Charles Gant, awards editor of Screen International magazine. “Inception is a sci-fi action blockbuster, and not typically the kind of film Bafta [the British Academy of Film and Television Arts] clutches to its heart. Dunkirk lost to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in best film, and The Shape of Water’s Guillermo Del^([sic]) Toro in director. I’m not seeing an anti-Nolan prejudice here. The votes just went that way.”
ref: 2024 February 17, Andrew Pulver, “Christopher Nolan set for triumphant Baftas [British Academy Film Awards] homecoming with Oppenheimer”, in Saturday (The Guardian), number 125, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, columns 1–2:
glosses: Alternative form of tall poppy syndrome.