cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
counterinstitutionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkaʊn.tɚˌɪn.stɪˌtuː.ʃə.nə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃənz/
Forms: form: counterinstitutionalizations
form: counter-institutionalization
form: counterinstitutionalisation
form: counter-institutionalisation
Etymology: From counter- + institutionalization.
Senses: examples: text: Historical counterinstitutionalizations, such as worker-run factories, demonstrate the viability of decentralized models.
text: States increasingly contest international institutions by the strategy that can best be labeled "counter-institutionalization."
ref: 2018 March 9, Michael Zürn, chapter 7.6, in A Theory of Global Governance, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Conclusion, page 192:
text: Movements by individuals, organizations, and states have begun to collectively challenge the high-input lawn, and efforts at counterinstitutionalization are gaining momentum.
ref: 2016 April 26, Allison Harnish, Nora Haenn, Richard Wilk, editors, The Environment in Anthropology, second edition, New York University Press, →ISBN, Resistance and Counterinstitutionalization of the Lawn, page 165:
text: The above considerations pave the ground for another consequence. Counter-institutionalisation describes efforts of those discontent with the current state of the GG system to change it instead of leaving it altogether.
ref: 2022 May 31, Yannick Poullie, chapter 3.1, in National Action Plans in the Global Governance of Business and Human Rights, Nomos Verlag, →ISBN, Counter-institutionalisation, page 38:
glosses: The process or outcome of creating alternative institutions or systems that function independently of, or in opposition to, existing dominant institutions.
Related terms: institutionalization
anti-establishment
decentralization
agrosupply
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæɡ.roʊ.səˌplaɪ/
Forms: form: agrosupplies
Etymology: From agro- + supply.
Senses: examples: text: The period from the late 1970s onward thus represents a more unstable period for the agrosupply sector, facing both industrial restructuring processes leading to further concentration, on the one hand, and a dwindling market situation brought about by the demise of the postwar productionist agricultural policies on the other.
ref: 1994, Philip McMichael, The Global Restructuring of Agro-food Systems, Cornell University Press, page 119:
text: Invivo, one of the leading French cooperatives in the grain and agrosupply sectors, which announced a turnover of €6.4 billion, highlights: “big data applications will be developed in sowing, crop protection, irrigation, the management of harvests, equipment and livestock breeding”.
ref: 2017 September 21, Feras A. Batarseh, Ruixin Yang, Federal Data Science: Transforming Government and Agricultural Policy Using Artificial Intelligence, Academic Press, pages 82-83:
text: COCERAL (Acronym for Comité du Commerce des céréales, aliments du bétail, oléagineux, huile d'olive, huiles et graisses et agrofournitures) is a European association, representing the trade in cereals, rice, feedstuffs, oilseeds, olive oil, oils and fats and agrosupply.
ref: 2023 November 23, Wikipedia contributors, “COCERAL”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: The provision or distribution of agricultural inputs and resources, such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and farming equipment, essential for agricultural production.
agrosupplies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrosupply
sauvignon blanc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sauvignon blancs
form: sauvignons blancs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Sauvignon blanc.
Sydallt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Sydallt.
Senses: glosses: A village in Gwersyllt community, Wrexham borough County Borough, Wales, the United Kingdom.
cat distribution system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by TikToker @hermes.the.cynic in 2022.
Senses: examples: text: The cat distribution system has become a meme of its own, thanks to cat-loving social media users and the propensity of stray kittens to chase down strangers in search of affection.
ref: 2025 January 7, Savannah Admire, “Has a Cat Wandered Into Your Life? It Could Be the Cat Distribution System”, in Kinship:
synonyms: CDS
glosses: A supposed system that makes stray cats seek out owners.
PONV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
voyvodship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voyvodships
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of voivodeship.
voyvodships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voyvodship
Drws-y-coed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Drws-y-coed.
Senses: glosses: A village in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom, OS grid ref SH5453.
supracompetitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: supra- + competitive
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Higher than what can be sustained in a competitive market.
raw_tags: of pricing
PolSci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PolScis
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of polsci.
NoKor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of North Korea: a country in East Asia.
TechVoc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Abbreviation of technical-vocational livelihood, a track in senior high school.
F138
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: F138s
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Abbreviation of form 138, the old name of school form 9.
F-138
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: F-138s
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Abbreviation of form 138, the old name of school form 10.
jumping bristletail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumping bristletails
Senses: glosses: Common name for the insects of the order Archaeognatha.
Related terms: bristletail
jumping bristletails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumping bristletail
food for the gods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Filipino pastry dessert similar to the American dessert bar, of uncertain origin.
Delaware River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Delaware River
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Delaware (“a river in the United States”).
synonyms: word: Delaware
extra: a river in the United States
gouty arthritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gout.
synonyms: word: gout
street parliamentarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: street parliamentarians
Senses: glosses: A member of a resistance movement characterized by street protests.
impedentiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Derived terms: bioimpedentiometry
Rajgir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Nalanda district, Bihar, India.
imperfectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more imperfectable
form: most imperfectable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of imperfectible.
Derived terms: imperfectability
Bangawhore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Bangalore + whore, or from bang + a + whore, due to the phonetic resemblance to Bangalore.
Senses: examples: text: I've been offered 150%+ raise by Bangawhòre and Slumbai-based companies.
ref: 2023 May 22, @IndraVahan, X (Twitter):
text: Almost all the institutions of value in Bangawhore has been built by outsiders: ISRO HAL DRDO BEL BHEL BEML, Wipro to recent MNCs and startups.
ref: 2023 July 22, @smjalageri, X:
text: We tamilans were the main source for developing bangalore from a tinpot tiny village to a city , We TN guys run bangawhore on the field and off the field 😂
ref: 2024 March 23, @Finzlfc, X:
text: Dude that's why people come to mumbai and pune we are more welcoming than you bangawhore peeps
ref: 2024 June 3, @cokaine_d, X:
text: I applied under Primander Jeet Punjabiya, 23 y/o, PhD in Cyber Engineering from the University of Bangawhore.
ref: 2024 December 27, @SamuelCulperUSA, X:
text: It's always goddamn Bangawhore where this grindmaxxing happens
ref: 2025 February 13, @mehrgul_, X:
text: Even 60 LPA is poverty wages in a place like bangawhore let alone 30 LPA
ref: 2025 April 14, @RiderUnknown, X:
glosses: Derogatory name for Bangalore: a major city, the capital of Karnataka, India.
e-meet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: e-meets
form: e-meeting
form: e-met
form: e-met
Etymology: From e- + meet.
Senses: glosses: To experience an introduction to another person via email, video call, chat, or another digital platform, rather than face-to-face.
e-meets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of e-meet
e-meeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of e-meet
e-meeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-meetings
Senses: glosses: A meeting taking place via computer technology, not in person.
e-met
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of e-meet
FU money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From FU (“fuck you”) + money.
Senses: examples: text: He made so much from his startup that now he’s got FU money—he doesn’t have to answer to anyone.
glosses: The amount of wealth needed to have complete personal freedom and to no longer have to tolerate things just to make ends meet.
pig goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pig geese
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Cape Barren goose.
synonyms: word: Cape Barren goose
Heustess
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
cheerfuler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cheerfuller
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cheerful: more cheerful
delightfuler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: delightfuller
Senses: glosses: comparative form of delightful: more delightful
easy-goinger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of easy-going: more easy-going
easy-goingest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of easy-going: most easy-going
easygoinger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of easygoing: more easygoing
easygoingest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of easygoing: most easygoing
lovabler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lovable: more lovable
lovablest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lovable: most lovable
loveabler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of loveable: most loveable
loveablest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of loveable: more loveable
old-timier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of old-timey: more old-timey
old-timiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of old-timey: most old-timey
age gaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of age gap
European green lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European green lizards
Senses: glosses: A large lizard distributed across European midlatitudes, Lacerta viridis.
mapset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mapsets
Etymology: From map + set.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A collection of maps or game levels.
mapsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mapset
likabler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of likable: more likable
likablest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of likable: most likable
likeabler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of likeable: more likeable
likeablest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of likeable: most likeable
European green lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of European green lizard
moshav shitufi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /moʊˈʃɑːv ʃɪtuˈfiː/
/- ʃiː-/
Forms: form: moshavim shitufiim
form: moshavim shitufi'im
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מוֹשָׁב שִׁתּוּפִי (mosháv shitufí, literally “collective settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A less popular type of Israeli cooperative village having elements of, and falling in between model-wise, both a moshav and a kibbutz.
likablenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of likableness
Madingley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3960).
Syrastrene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Syrastrene, from Ancient Greek Συραστρηνή (Surastrēnḗ), ultimately from Sanskrit 𑀲𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆𑀭 (surāṣṭra), from 𑀲𑀼- (su-, “good”) + 𑀭𑀸𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆𑀭 (rāṣṭra, “realm, dominion”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Saurashtra.
synonyms: word: Saurashtra
loveability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loveabilities
Senses: examples: text: “Of the two,” says this lady, “I would have my fair countrywomen loveable rather than wise.” As this is a matter in which the whole sex are concerned, I must beg leave to protest against setting loveability in opposition to wisdom. The happiness of a woman is so much in the power of her affections, that to be loveable is of the first importance to her.
ref: 1828 May 31, Anglica [pseudonym], “Art[icle] X. Retrospective Criticism.”, in J[ohn] C[laudius] Loudon, editor, The Magazine of Natural History, […], volume I, number 2 (July 1828), London: […] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], published 1829, →ISSN, →OCLC, part IV (Miscellaneous Intelligence), page 199:
text: In one respect, besides the greater regard which I retain for “words,” my sequestered unlegal, i. e. unlaw-mingled life (a terrible compound epithet that, I must own) has given me an advantage over you in keeping alive my tendency to see loveabilities in people, and thus to add to my stock of comforts; for I do not the less love old friends—quite the contrary—for when good-heartedness survives all trials and exacerbations, where can loveability be so well proved?
ref: 1857 June 23, Leigh Hunt, “Letters from Hammersmith”, in his eldest son [i.e., Thornton Leigh Hunt], editor, The Correspondence of Leigh Hunt. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 254:
text: For Hester’s loveability as a heroine arises from the fact that she both embraces and defies her censure, managing not to sidestep what she has done and the meaning of this for others, but to make out of it her own story.
ref: 2015, Arabella Kurtz, chapter 4, in J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, Arabella Kurtz, The Good Story: Exchanges on Truth, Fiction and Psychotherapy, New York, N.Y.: Vintage, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: Alternative spelling of lovability.
loveabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loveability
loveableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loveablenesses
Etymology: From loveable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Wise father he—“the Lord’s chore-boy” one called him,—the sunny-faced old Abolitionist, who brought his children up to know that “the one thing worth living for is to love and to be loved.” But as to recipes for loveableness, the young soul in its romance laughs to scorn so kitchen-like a question. And right to laugh the young soul is; for much in the business passeth recipe.
ref: 1887, William C[hanning] Gannett, “‘I Had a Friend’”, in William C. Gannett, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, The Faith that Makes Faithful, Chicago, Ill.: Charles H[ope] Kerr & Company, page 36:
text: The poplars and “China” trees of El Paso are fair, and have certain loveablenesses of their very own, such as the gentle motion of the lightly-swung leaves of the one and the springtime fragrance and violet color of the flowers of the other.
ref: 1900 April, Elsie McElroy Slater, “From the Southwest”, in Ella B. Kendrick, editor, Talks and Tales, volume III, number 7, Hartford, Conn.: Press of the Conn Institute and Industrial Home for the Blind, →OCLC, page 3:
text: There’s a sick comfort in reciting this litany of defects. Maybe I sensed them at the time but I never put them into words. Now that I suspect he’s a cunt, however, I’m hauling them out and examining them in the pitiless light of day. This happens at the end of every relationship, I’ve found, but in this particular case I have an even more urgent need to destroy my lover’s loveableness, bit by bit, until it’s entirely gone.
ref: 2015, Deborah Moggach, “Oreya, West Africa”, in Something to Hide, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, part 2, page 180:
glosses: Alternative spelling of lovableness.
loveablenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loveableness
amusinger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of amusing: more amusing
amusingest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of amusing: most amusing
Achansk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Khabarovsk.
synonyms: word: Khabarovsk
Khabarovka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Khabarovsk.
synonyms: word: Khabarovsk
end-tidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the last part of air exhaled from the lungs at the end of an exhalation breath, having the highest concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2).
double-banded plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-banded plovers
Senses: glosses: A small shorebird, of species Anarhynchus bicinctus, of Australia, New Zealand, and nearby islands, having two bands of contrastive colour on the breast.
double-banded plovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-banded plover
gynogamete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gynogametes
Etymology: gyno- + gamete
Senses: glosses: Synonym of egg cell.
synonyms: word: egg cell
gynogametes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynogamete
gynophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gynophytes
Etymology: gyno- + -phyte
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The female plant in the sexual generation.
gynophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynophyte
consolableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From consolable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of consolability (which is the usual term for the concept).
synonyms: word: consolability
extra: which is the usual term for the concept
perisprit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perisprits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perispirit.
perisprits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perisprit
haplospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haplospores
Etymology: From haplo- + spore.
Senses: glosses: A simple spore in lichens.
haplospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haplospore
unconsolability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, unconsolable + -ity, or, by surface analysis, un- + console + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inconsolability.
synonyms: word: inconsolability
Woodgreen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1717).
glosses: A suburb of Witney, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3610).
glosses: A community in Southwest Middlesex municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
hemicylindric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemi- + cylindric.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hemicylindrical.
synonyms: word: hemicylindrical
homocentricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homocentric + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being homocentric.
shudra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shudras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shudra.
shudras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shudra
beloveder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beloved: more beloved
belovedest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beloved: most beloved
cyberspecialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberspecialists
Etymology: From cyber- + specialist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in computer technology, especially the Internet.
cyberspecialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberspecialist
floral clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floral clocks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flower clock.
synonyms: word: flower clock
horologium florae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flower clock.
synonyms: word: flower clock
floral clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floral clock
hydrocelluloses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocellulose
hydroleucite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroleucites
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The vacuoles associated with cell sap.
hydroleucites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroleucite
hymenolichen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hymenolichens
Senses: glosses: A lichen that is symbiotically associated with a hymenomycetous fungus.
hymenolichens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hymenolichen
everymannish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more everymannish
form: most everymannish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of everymanish.
isochromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Florets yellow, with ligules almost isochromous on both sides.
ref: 1960, Flora of the U.S.S.R., volume 24, page 455:
glosses: Of the same colour.
overfacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overface
underfacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underface
underfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underface
overfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overface
isostylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of homostylous.
synonyms: word: homostylous
keramidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keramidia
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cystocarp.
synonyms: word: cystocarp
keramidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keramidium
calmable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calmable
form: most calmable
Etymology: From calm + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Such a great nonsensical flap has been made over the circumstances attending a poetry reading I gave at Portland State University on May 27, 1967, that I would like to add a few clear words and perhaps calm those curious who are calmable.
ref: 1967 May 29, Allen Ginsberg, “Allen Ginsberg [New York, NY] to Whom It May Concern [Portland, OR]”, in Bill Morgan, editor, The Letters of Allen Ginsberg, Philadelphia, Pa.: Da Capo Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 330:
text: A parent can say, “I am here. . . . You are going to be all right. . . . You’ll be all better soon. . . . Your body is healing the hurt right now. . . . It’s getting better and better.” Children are very susceptible to suggestion after the shock of an accident, and they are calmable. Not only can children’s moods respond to positive suggestion, their bodies can actually respond at a physiological level.
ref: 1979, Mike Samuels, Nancy Samuels, “Emergency medicine”, in The Well Baby Book, New York, N.Y.: Summit Books, →ISBN, page 299:
text: The yogis saw the regression that takes place in this phase as a necessary one in the service of the chitta, not the restless, dark and demonic chitta, but the calmable, effulgent and benign one containing altruistic drive representations through which the Upanishadic injunction of atmanam viddhi—‘Know the I’—can be fulfilled. The presence of a guru to guide and monitor this process is essential.
ref: 1981, Sudhir Kakar, “The Theme of Fusion—Moksha”, in The Inner World: A Psycho-analytic Study of Childhood and Society in India, 2nd edition, Delhi: Oxford University Press, published 1989 (5th impression), →ISBN, chapter II (The Hindu World Image), page 25:
text: By the time that I was able to talk to Dan in Beverly Hills, I had decided that we would just have to ignore Carpenter and all her collapsible ladies, for we didn’t need her approval. Disney could build his own White House. When I told Dan about the way she had panicked, he said we would simply go to Washington and calm her down. “She doesn’t sound calmable,” I told him. “Dan, the woman sees English as a foreign language.”
ref: 1990, Ralph Schoenstein, “Down, Ralphie!”, in You Can’t Be Serious: Writing and Living American Humor, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 52:
text: Things calm down over toast. Most things are calmable with toast, I think, especially with the right marmalade.
ref: 2011, Chris Lynch, “Night and Day”, in Angry Young Man, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster BFYR, →ISBN, page 89:
antonyms: uncalmable
glosses: Able to be calmed.
evenpinnate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of even-pinnate.
ferrobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrobacteria
Etymology: ferro- + bacterium
Senses: glosses: A bacterium that oxidizes ferrous to ferric salts.
ferrobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrobacterium
erythrozym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of erythrozyme.
epistaminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: epistaminal appendages
text: epistaminal scales
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: On the stamens.
oncolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oncoliths
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oncolite.
synonyms: word: oncolite
lenticularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being lenticular.
eremoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eremoblasts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell that is initially united with others but later becomes separated.
eremoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eremoblast
paleobathymetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleobathymetric.
palaeobathymetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleobathymetric.
palaeobathymetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleobathymetrical.
isolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoliths
Senses: glosses: An imaginary line that connects points of a specific lithologic facies or rock type within a formation.
paleohigh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleohighs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleo-high.
palaeohigh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeohighs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleo-high.
epiphragma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiphragmata
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epiphragm.
palaeo-high
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeo-highs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleo-high.
epiphragmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epiphragma
epiphyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiphylls
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The upper portion of a leaf, from which the petiole and blade develop.
Related terms: hypophyll
epiphylls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epiphyll
isodisplacements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isodisplacement
subarkosic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to subarkose.
Tessas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tessa
shit for the birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See for the birds.
Senses: glosses: Something that does not deserve serious consideration; worthless material or trivia.
subarkose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subarkoses
Senses: glosses: An arenite that only contains between 5% and 25% feldspar grains.
epirrheology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The effects of external agents upon living plants.
Related terms: epi-
rheology
silver-needle noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver-needle noodles
Senses: examples: text: Fresh silver-needle noodles, a specialty of Canton, are similar to rice noodles but are made with gluten-free wheat starch in thick (about ¼-inch) rolled shapes about 1½ inches long, with pointed tips.
ref: 1995 January 25, Marilynn Marter, “The wide variety of Asian noodles, from buckwheat to rice to egg”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 166th year, number 239, Philadelphia, Pa.: Philadelphia Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page E4, column 2:
text: Finally, the nearby Nice Restaurant offers dim sum delicacies ($1.95–$3.95)—pan-fried turnip cakes, shrimp-stuffed eggplant, silver-needle noodles—that have been pleasing New Yorkers since the Year of the Ox.
ref: 2002 February 11, Emily Gitter, Ben Kaplan, “Brother, Can You Spare a Cosmo?”, in New York, volume 35, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2018, page 41, column 2:
text: The only route to hand-shaping tapered silver-needle noodles so effortlessly is years and years of practice.
ref: 2019 October 30, Devra First, “A new frontier for grandma’s cooking”, in The Boston Globe, volume 296, number 122, Boston, Mass.: Boston Globe Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page G7, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of silver needle noodle.
silver-needle noodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silver-needle noodle
epibasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: epi- + basal
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In front of the basal wall, as in the anterior half of a proembryo.
oligomict
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oligomictic.
synonyms: word: oligomictic
METT-T
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of mission, enemy, terrain, time, and troops available (“factors to be taken into account when planning a mission”).
Related terms: METT-TC
MDMP
preorogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Occurring before orogenesis.
endokaryogamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of endogamy.
synonyms: word: endogamy
litharenitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a litharenite.
quartzarenitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quartz arenitic.
writers' blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of writer's block
subbasinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a subbasin.
glosses: Beneath a sedimentary basin.
sublitharenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublitharenites
Senses: glosses: An arenite that contains between 5% and 25% rock fragments.
Southwest Middlesex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
sublitharenitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a sublitharenite.
pentatomomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentatomomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the infraorder Pentatomomorpha.
pentatomomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentatomomorph
tectonoeustatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to tectonoeustasy.
tectonoeustasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A worldwide change in sea level caused by variations in the volume of the ocean basins due to tectonic activity.
dripping point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dripping points
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of drip tip.
synonyms: word: drip tip
dripping points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dripping point
drip points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drip point
palaeodepositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleodepositional.
palaeodeposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleodeposition.
paleofault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleofaults
Senses: glosses: A prehistoric fault.
palaeofault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeofaults
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleofault.
paleocaliche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleocaliches
Senses: glosses: A prehistoric caliche.
dipmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dipmeters
Senses: glosses: A type of electronic instrument that measures the resonant frequency of nearby unconnected radio frequency tuned circuits.
dip meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dip meters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dipmeter.
disteleology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dysteleology.
diplochlamydeous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dichlamydeous.
synonyms: word: dichlamydeous
dichotomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to a dichotomy.
dichoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Dichotomous, with the repeated dichotomy developing into a sympodium.
olistostromal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an olistostrome.
dialycarpic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a fruit composed of distinct carpels.
volcanoplutonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Related to both volcanic and plutonic rocks.
mesozonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a mesozone.
tuff breccia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuff breccias
Senses: glosses: A pyroclastic rock containing 25–75% volcanic bombs or volcanic blocks.
tuff-breccia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuff-breccias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tuff breccia.
tuffbreccia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuffbreccias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tuff breccia.
volcanic block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volcanic blocks
Senses: glosses: A fragment of rock that measures more than 64 mm in diameter and is erupted in a solid condition.
nonvesiculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not vesiculated.
unvesiculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nonvesiculated.
synonyms: word: nonvesiculated
midcrustal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Within the middle part of the Earth's crust.
midcrust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of midcrustal.
synonyms: word: midcrustal
synformal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a synform.
boodleize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boodleizes
form: boodleizing
form: boodleized
form: boodleized
form: boodle-ize
Etymology: From boodle (“illegally obtained money”) + -ize. First attested in 1883.
Senses: examples: text: Every patriotic man in the state today should look with unfeigned approbation on Robert Vance Davidson, who […] has put the Standard Oil gang in Texas under a fine of over a million and a half dollars […] He fought millions of money in the hands of a set, which has never hesitated to boodleize, bribe and bulldoze its way where possible.
ref: 1908, "Cyclone" J[ames] H[arvey] Davis, chapter XLIX, in William Alexander Cocke, The Bailey Controversy in Texas, Cocke Company, A Stirring and Patriotic Address, page 974:
text: "That's war, my girl," he retorted, and rubbed his mouth with the back of his hand. "What are you suggesting—that I boodle-ize it all for the boy? That's what war is …"
ref: 2013 March 12 [1968], Anton Myrer, chapter 1, in Once an Eagle, HarperCollins, →ISBN, Orchard:
glosses: To bribe.
Synonyms: boodle
bribe
pay off
phacolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a phacolith.
rhyodacitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a rhyodacite.
lush around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lushes around
form: lushing around
form: lushed around
form: lushed around
Senses: glosses: To drink excessively, party and be a lush.
synextensional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Occurring simultaneously with crustal extension.
megamullion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megamullions
Etymology: From mega- + mullion.
Senses: glosses: A seabed geologic feature that forms a long ridge perpendicular to a midocean ridge.
porphyroclast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porphyroclasts
Senses: glosses: A clast or mineral fragment in a metamorphic rock, surrounded by a groundmass of finer-grained crystals.
halfgraben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfgrabens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of half-graben.
depocentral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a depocenter.
metamorphiclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Being a clastic rock chiefly composed of metamorphic materials.
plutoniclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Being a clastic rock chiefly composed of plutonic materials.
supracrustal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Above the Earth's crust.
supracrustal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supracrustals
Senses: glosses: A rock that was deposited on the existing basement rocks of the crust.
infracrustal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Beneath the Earth's crust.
dictyodromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having reticulate venation.
crustally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a crustal manner.
subcrustally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a subcrustal manner.
musculospiral nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musculospiral nerves
Senses: glosses: The radial nerve.
dilamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The separation of a layer from a petal, whether similar or dissimilar in form; chorisis.
Related terms: delamination
dictyogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to dictyogens.
dolichosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The retardation of growth in terms of length.
centroxylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having or relating to centrifugal primary woody structure.
chlorovaporization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: chloro- + vaporization
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A function analogous to transpiration, but proceeding only from the chloroplasts.
choriphelloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Applied to the separated suberized cells and lenticels.
chromatomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromatomeres
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chromosome.
synonyms: word: chromosome
chromatomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromatomere
chorda pistillaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The line of tissue between the stigma and the cavity of the ovary.
xanthorhamnine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xanthorhamnin.
chrysorhamnine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chrysorhamnin.
chrysorhamnin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrysorhamnine
Etymology: From chryso- + rhamnus + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: xanthorhamnin
glosses: A yellow organic compound found in unripe buckthorn berries (Rhamnus cathartica).
silent e
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silent e's
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An unpronounced letter ⟨e⟩ at the end of a word.
Synonyms: mute e
daymarker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daymarkers
Etymology: From day + marker.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of daymark.
synonyms: word: daymark
daymarkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daymarker
chroolepoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chroolepoid
form: most chroolepoid
Senses: glosses: Resembling the alga genus Chroolepis.
cinnamomeous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cinnamomeous
form: most cinnamomeous
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a cinnamon colour.
court lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: court ladies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lady-in-waiting.
synonyms: word: lady-in-waiting
spamwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spamwiches
Etymology: Blend of spam + sandwich
Senses: examples: text: It's British Sandwich Week next week - so Farringdon's The Hat & Tun is launching a new sandwich - that might not be everyone's cup of tea. It's the Ultimate Spamwich, which - as they put it - has " spam, eggs, spam, chips, spam, eggs and spam".
ref: 2016 May 6, Gavin Hanly, “The Hat & Tun launches a spamwich”, in Hot-Dinners.com, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2023:
text: When my Spamwich arrives I can’t wait to get stuck in - the fresh roll is filled to the brim with three slices of spam, smashed hash browns and a runny egg flavoured with a sprinkle of pepper and BOB sauce (a mixture of brown and red sauce known as best of both). I remember eating Spam as a kid but this combination takes it to a whole new level - who knew processed meat could taste this good?
ref: 2024 April 18, Jackie Annett, “'Spam is back on the menu and I tried the delicious sandwich locals rave about'”, in Daily Mirror, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025:
text: The Double Decker Kimchi Butter Spamwich is definitely a mouthful to say, but it’s also a mouthful of deliciousness.
ref: 2024 August 8, Reach Guinto, “Kimchi Butter Is The Star Of This One Of A Kind King’s Hawaiian Spamwich”, in Foodbeast, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2024:
glosses: A sandwich having spam (type of tinned meat) as its primary filling.
spamwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spamwich
cladosiphonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a tubular stele interrupted at the insertion of branches.
cocciform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cocciform
form: most cocciform
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a coccus.
colpenchyma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Cellular tissue with sinuous cell walls.
Albany Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community area and neighbourhood in northern Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Hertzian wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hertzian waves
Senses: examples: text: Now, this home battery here ready to print is the main steam. The coherer is the valve, always ready to be turned on. The Hertzian wave is the child's hand that turns it.
ref: 1902, Rudyard Kipling, Wireless:
glosses: Synonym of radio wave.
synonyms: word: radio wave
Hertzian waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hertzian wave
conenchyma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Conical cells that constitute hairs.
conferrumination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or result of conferruminating; union into a solid mass.
foot stalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot stalks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of footstalk.
foot stalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot stalk
fumarioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fumarioid
form: most fumarioid
Senses: glosses: Resembling the genus Fumaria.
environedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of environ
POCT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: POCTs
Senses: hypernyms: testing#Noun
glosses: Initialism of point-of-care testing.
hypernyms: test#Noun
coordinate_terms: POCUS
glosses: Initialism of point-of-care test.
Related terms: point of care
bedside
chairside
galvanotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to galvanotropism.
environer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: environers
Senses: glosses: A person or thing that environs.
environers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of environer
environage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: environment, environs
glosses: The sum of all things and circumstances that surrounds someone.
environal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of environmental.
synonyms: word: environmental
environry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: environries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of environment.
synonyms: word: environment
environries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of environry
Longhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the Longhouse
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of longhouse (“matriarchal modern society”).
improvidential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more improvidential
form: most improvidential
Derived terms: improvidentially
aureii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aureus
ajahn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ajahns
form: ajaan
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai อาจารย์ (aa-jaan).
Senses: examples: text: Again I felt downcast. I could not understand the Ajahn's attitude. But then I realized that the Ajahn was wise, and was seeing how firm my intentions were.
ref: 1990, Charles Nicholl, Borderlines: A Journey in Thailand and Burma, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Buddhist teacher.
ajaan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ajaans
Senses: examples: text: And midway through the season we received a direct interpretation of what that watery imagery is supposed to represent from the lips of Luang Por Teera, a Buddhist monk and an ajaan, or teacher, with whom the daughter of one of the wealthy hotel-going families hopes to study.
ref: 2025 April 18, Ross Douthat, “How ‘The White Lotus’ Ran Aground”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ajahn.
ajaans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ajaan
ajahns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ajahn
mack down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: macks down
form: macking down
form: macked down
form: macked down
Senses: glosses: To kiss (someone); to make out with (someone).