cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gentlethem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentlethems
form: gentlethem
Etymology: From gentle + them, after gentleman.
Senses: examples: text: “We’re conducting biowarfare 101 today, boys and girls and gentlethem.”
ref: 2018, Ada Harper, A Treason of Truths, Carina Press, Harlequin, →ISBN:
text: “My queen, ladies, gentlemen, and gentlethems,” Dallas said.
ref: 2019, Claire Kann, If It Makes You Happy, Square Fish, Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, →ISBN:
text: Shopping for jeans can be a terribly gendered experience. I hear you, fellow gremlins and gentlethems, asking why should I wear jeans ever again?
ref: 2021 March 1, Mel Compo, “How to Shop for Jeans as a Non-Binary Person”, in Vice, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2021:
text: So both she/her and he/him have been used in relation to me. Though, I have to admit that my absolute favourites have been ‘m'theydy’ and ‘gentlethem’ from a couple of cheeky supporters. Even if they didn't realise just how right they were, their general joking ease with non-binary names was one that had me thoroughly entertained and pleased.
ref: 2021 June 10, Laura Kate Dale, “The Gender of Language: Finding a Pronoun for My Identity”, in Gender Euphoria: Stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers, Unbound Publishing, →ISBN:
text: in a TV show where people dress up as drag queens contestants are asked to name their inner saboteur / ladies & gentlethem, please welcome to the stage Sid
ref: 2022, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, “my body is a window”, in David Stavanger, Radhiah Chowdhury, Mohammad Awad, editors, Admissions: Voices within Mental Health, Upswell Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Gaydies and gentlethems! The MerseyPride Icon Award goes to . . . Cherry Brandy!
ref: 2022, Jonathan Larkin, Cherry Jezebel, Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 4:
text: The gentlethems at the booth here were just telling me about the Butterworth Cemetery excursion and—
ref: 2022, Meredith Spies, In the Spirit (Medium at Large; 4):
text: “Ladies, gentlethems, and my fellow incorrigible assholes!” William shouted.
ref: 2022, Rachel Swirsky, January Fifteenth, Tor.com, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN:
text: And … did you kiss? [Bella:] A gentle-them always kisses and tells. (No, we didn’t.)
ref: 2022 September 10, “Around the world in 80 dates…”, in Saturday (The Guardian), number 50, page 28:
text: “Ladies and gentlethems,” Charlotte said, raising her arms like a preacher. “We are saved.”
ref: 2023, Camille Kellogg, Just as You Are, The Dial Press, →ISBN, page 13:
text: Now it’s the ladies and gentlethem of the jury
ref: 2023 April 11, Daily Mail:
glosses: Polite term of address for a non-binary person.
Related terms: theydy
gentlethems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentlethem
combo skin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clipped compound of combination skin.
electrogas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: EGW
coordinate_terms: electroslag
glosses: A continuous vertical position arc welding process in which an arc is struck between a consumable electrode and the workpiece, sometimes with the use of a shielding gas, but without application of pressure.
mouthless crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouthless crabs
Senses: glosses: The crab Cardisoma crassum.
glosses: The crab Gecarcinus quadratus.
mouthless crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouthless crab
Halloween crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Halloween crabs
Etymology: For its black and orange coloration, traditional colors of Halloween.
Senses: synonyms: mouthless crab
glosses: The crab Gecarcinus quadratus.
Halloween crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Halloween crab
cul de sacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cul de sac
theydy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theydies
Etymology: Blend of they + lady.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] I’m what you might call a theydy.” […] “Theydy?” I am absolutely sure I would never call anyone that without being prompted. “Nonbinary lady. They pronouns, very lesbian.”
ref: 2021, H.E. Edgmon, The Witch King, Inkyard Press, Harlequin, →ISBN:
text: 13 Going On 30 (2004) / This movie showed an entire generation of theydies that you can be thirty, flirty and thriving—meaning that it’s possible to be a successful career woman and a self-obsessed girly girl at the same time.
ref: 2021 January 20, Julia Sachs, “The Bimbo Movement Is Here – Movies To Spark Your Bimbofication In 2021 and Beyond”, in Grit Daily, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:
text: Ladies, theydies, gentlemen, and queers -- start your engines! Vin Diesel, a.k.a. Dom Toretto, has just announced that the title for the upcoming tenth Fast and Furious movie is fittingly Fast X.
ref: 2022 April 21, Mey Rude, “16 LGBTQ+ Celebs We Want to See Join the 'Fast & Furious' Franchise”, in Out, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2022:
text: OK, we've got a STAR STAR STAR here, theydies and thents! After Princess Diaries, she starred in Grey's Anatomy as THE Dr. Cristina Yang, nabbed a Critics' Choice Award for the film Sideways, and crushed it in like a million other movies and TV shows.
ref: 2022 July 20, Jake Farrington, ““The Princess Diaries” Turns 21 This Week — Here’s What The Cast Is Up To Now”, in BuzzFeed, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2022:
text: I also heard everything about that theydy-friend you were dizzy with, that they were the rat all along.
ref: 2023, Aubrey Wood, Bang Bang Bodhisattva, Solaris, →ISBN:
text: ‘Sorry ladies, theydies and gaydies!’
ref: 2023, Amara Sage, Influential, Faber & Faber Limited, →ISBN:
text: Even out of drag, she looks like a storybook witch, dressed in all black with big Gucci sunglasses and unkempt orange hair. It’s cold near the river, and we’re both bundled up in scarves and furry coats, looking like babushkas — “little theydies by the water,” she cackles, an expert read.
ref: 2023 January 20, Brock Colyar, “The Name on Everybody’s Lips Is Jinkxie”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2023:
text: Oh, and while you’re scrolling through these Amazon finds, be sure to give these TikTok girlies and theydies mentioned a follow to keep up with more epic plus-size fashion hauls.
ref: 2023 February 27, Alexis Gaskin, “TikTok Fashion Influencers Are Obsessed With These Plus-Size Clothing Finds at Amazon”, in Stylecaster, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2023:
text: Attention ladies, theydies, and honestly anyone fabulous looking to treat yourself to a classic movie makeover montage!
ref: 2023 April 24, Colton Clifford, “The Ladies and Theydies Guide to Self-Care in New Orleans”, in New Orleans, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023:
glosses: Polite term of address for a non-binary person, especially a feminine one, or used as a general inclusive term.
Related terms: gentlethem
theydies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theydy
gaydy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaydies
Etymology: Blend of gay + lady.
Senses: examples: text: Piper has a tattoo of a fish! She got it in Bali when she was scuba diving with her girlfriend because getting commemorative relationship tattoos is just something we gaydies do, let’s be real.
ref: 2013 July 12, Kate, “Orange Is The New Black 101: And There Are Lesbians”, in Autostraddle, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2013:
text: Digital age women-loving-women, gaydies, gay bois, trannie boys eschew the “L word” (i.e. “lesbian”) in post-gay, post-feminist fashion.
ref: 2016, Kay Siebler, Learning Queer Identity in the Digital Age, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN:
text: Gaydies and Gentiles, for your land-grabbing pleasure, we present from Way Up Yours, the one’n’only … or for your Latin lovers: the oon and oon-ly… or for you local Klu Klux Klannies: the goon and the goonly… the fabulous daughter of the Freedom Bus, C… C… C… Cinnamon Brown!
ref: 2016, Bill Reed, Mirror, Mirror, Victoria, Australia: Reed Independent, →ISBN:
text: ‘Gaydies and lezzerons,’ Nutter shouted into an imaginary microphone. ‘Please welcome the one, the only: Hercule Ease.[…]’
ref: 2017, Iestyn Edwards, My Tutu Went AWOL!: What Happens When You Perform Drag Ballet in Iraq, Unbound, →ISBN:
text: Gaydies and gentlethems! The MerseyPride Icon Award goes to . . . Cherry Brandy!
ref: 2022, Jonathan Larkin, Cherry Jezebel, Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 4:
text: ‘Sorry ladies, theydies and gaydies!’
ref: 2023, Amara Sage, Influential, Faber & Faber Limited, →ISBN:
glosses: A gay lady; a lesbian.
gaydies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaydy
electocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electocracies
Etymology: From elect + -ocracy.
Senses: topics: government
glosses: A political system in which people can elect their government but cannot participate directly in governmental decision making.
Rivelin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A short river in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Loxley.
UFCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UFCSs
Senses: examples: text: Nim's default import behavior allows flexible Uniform Function Call Syntax (UFCS) and operator overloading.
ref: 2017, Dominik Picheta, Nim in Action, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Uniform Function Call Syntax.
broadloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broadloids
Etymology: Blend of broadsheet + tabloid
Senses: glosses: A newspaper of a style between broadsheet and tabloid.
broadloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broadloid
broad-reaching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more broad-reaching
form: most broad-reaching
Senses: glosses: Synonym of far-reaching.
synonyms: word: far-reaching
buy-bust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buy-busts
Senses: glosses: The police tactic of purchasing illegal drugs or other contraband from a dealer or supplier in order to arrest the seller.
buy-busts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buy-bust
buyership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buyerships
Etymology: From buyer + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or business of a buyer.
buyerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buyership
purchasership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From purchaser + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or business of a purchaser.
vendorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vendorships
Etymology: From vendor + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or business of a vendor.
vendorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vendorship
ghettoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghettoisms
Etymology: From ghetto + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The division of an area into ghettos; creation of a ghetto.
glosses: Behaviour or speech typical of the ghetto.
ghettoisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghettoism
half-decent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more half-decent
form: most half-decent
Senses: glosses: Not bad; reasonably good.
morninger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morningers
Etymology: From morning + -er.
Senses: examples: text: While most morningers missed the news, Japan Times brought out an extra edition and eveningers across the region gave graphic coverage to the assassination and the rise and fall of the Nehru family.
ref: 1991, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, page 43:
coordinate_terms: eveninger
glosses: A morning newspaper.
morningers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morninger
Slavonicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process or result of Slavonicizing.
from here on in
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: From this point in time onward; from now on.
half-wittedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more half-wittedly
form: most half-wittedly
Etymology: From half-witted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a half-witted manner.
Barberton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
glosses: A city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.
glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Barberton daisy
barbertonite
Barberton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the front room of the shebeen Henry drank his beer. He looked around at the other drinkers, most of whom were already drunk on Barberton.
ref: 1997, Mike Nicol, Bra Henry, page 7:
text: All my uncles drank Barberton and when they didn't eat well, they contracted liquor-flame, a disease that affects the skin, so that one can actually peel it off.
ref: 2010, Don Mattera, Memory is the Weapon, page 46:
glosses: Illicit alcoholic drink; moonshine.
Biebrza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in northern Poland.
thin as a barber's cat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very thin.
conceited as a barber's cat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very conceited.
poor as a barber's cat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very poor (lacking money).
more sauce than meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Beta without alpha provides more sauce than meat. The alpha and the beta are therefore interdependent, each in its way serving to keep instruction alive.
ref: 2006, Donald Wilcox Thomas, Schoolmastery: Notes on Teaching and Learning, page 104:
glosses: A lack of real substance or weight.
sofa set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sofa sets
Senses: glosses: A furniture set consisting of a sofa and chairs with a matching design.
sofa sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sofa set
standard lens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standard lenses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of normal lens.
synonyms: word: normal lens
standard lenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standard lens
OK please
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Sameer checks Google Maps — his family's old house is a thirty-five-minute walk away, no highway crossings or main roads. 'It's fine,' he says. 'I can walk, don't worry.'
Ama wrings her hands with a worried smile. 'OK, please. I will tell them where you go. […]
ref: 2021, Hafsa Zayyan, We Are All Birds of Uganda:
glosses: OK; used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
saucings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saucing
anti-governments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-government
antigovernments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antigovernment
antimonarchal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimonarchal
form: most antimonarchal
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antimonarchical.
deep cleanings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep cleaning
easybeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of easybeat
corpse flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpse flowers
Senses: glosses: Any of numerous plants that have the aroma of rotting flesh.
Many of the plants of genus Rafflesia.
glosses: Any of numerous plants that have the aroma of rotting flesh.
A titan arum of species Amorphophallus titanum.
Synonyms: carrion flower
stinking flower
wharekai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori wharekai.
Senses: glosses: The dining hall in a marae.
shrub frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrub frogs
Senses: glosses: A frog of the family Rhacophoridae.
zaminkand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The elephant foot yam
elephant foot yam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephant foot yams
form: elephant-foot yam
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, similar to the titan arum, cultivated for food.
Synonyms: suran
masiyal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masiyals
Senses: glosses: A type of Indian vegetable stew.
O star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: O stars
Senses: examples: text: Vreux: I would like to ask Ann Underhill why, if there is another star by chance in the line of sight to SMC WR stars, it's an O star rather than, say, an A type?
ref: 2012, P. S. Conti, C. de Loore, Mass Loss and Evolution of O-Type Stars, page 60:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of O-type star.
synonyms: word: O-type star
O stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of O star
FANGAM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Six large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Apple, Microsoft.
Hypernyms: Big Tech
Coordinate terms: FANG
FAAMG
FAANG
MAMAA
ostentatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ostentatively
form: most ostentatively
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ostentatiously.
synonyms: word: ostentatiously
South Alloa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Falkirk council area, Scotland, on the south bank of the River Forth (OS grid ref NS8791).
outglide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outglides
form: outgliding
form: outglided
form: outglided
Etymology: From out- + glide.
Senses: glosses: To pass or surpass in gliding; to glide beyond.
glosses: To glide outward.
outglided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outglide
outglides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outglide
outgliding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outglide
priority road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priority roads
Senses: glosses: a road or street on which vehicles have priority (right of way) at all junctions
toroidality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From toroidal + -ity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of being toroidal.
HBIGDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association.
Oushak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Uşak (“city in Turkey”).
out of one's wits
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of out of one's mind (“insane, crazy”).
synonyms: word: out of one's mind
extra: insane, crazy
Ovambo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ovambos
form: Ovambo
Senses: glosses: A member of a certain Bantu people of Namibia.
Ovambo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their Bantu language.
Derived terms: Ovamboland
Ovambo sparrowhawk
Ovambos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ovambo
Ovambo sparrowhawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ovambo sparrowhawks
Senses: glosses: The African bird of prey Accipiter ovampensis.
Ovambo sparrowhawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ovambo sparrowhawk
cormorant fishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The traditional technique of using trained cormorants to catch fish in rivers.
outstreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outstreaks
Etymology: From out- + streak.
Senses: glosses: An outward streak.
outstreak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outstreaks
form: outstreaking
form: outstreaked
form: outstreaked
Etymology: From out- + streak.
Senses: glosses: To streak past; to outstrip.
glosses: To streak outward.
outstreaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outstreak
outstreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outstreak
outstreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outstreak
outstreaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outstreak
over the way
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Along or across the road; situated nearby.
overroof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overroofs
form: over-roof
Etymology: From over- + roof.
Senses: examples: text: Our contractor came to us fresh from putting an overroof (raised on 2 x 4 furring) on another old stone house. That house had had a standing-seam metal roof to which someone had stuck foam insulation; replacing the metal would have meant sacrificing the insulation.
ref: 1988, Old-House Journal, volume 16, number 5, page 51:
glosses: A roof constructed above another roof.
overroof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overroofs
form: overroofing
form: overroofed
form: overroofed
form: over-roof
Etymology: From over- + roof.
Senses: glosses: To construct a roof above (an existing roof or structure).
glosses: To cover like a roof.
overroof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overroof
form: most overroof
form: over-roof
Etymology: From over- + roof.
Senses: examples: text: For a square or two he ran swiftly; then he turned into a little all-night café and in the lavatory removed the evidences of his over-roof promenade from hands and clothes. When he emerged a few moments later it was to saunter slowly on toward his apartments.
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 40:
glosses: Conducted over rooftops.
overroofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overroof
overroofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overroof
overroofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overroof
overroofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overroof
hoity toity
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Hoity toity, VVhat have I to do vvith his Dreams or his Divination—Body o' me, this is a Trick to defer Signing the Conveyance.
ref: 1695, [William] Congreve, Love for Love: A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene x, page 46:
text: VVhy, here is nothing in the vvorld in this houſe but catter-vvavvling from morning till night, nothing but catter-vvavvling. Hoity toity! vvho have vve here?
ref: 1762 December 8 (first performance), [Isaac Bickerstaffe], Love in a Village; a Comic Opera. […], 4th edition, London: […] W. Griffin; for J[ohn] Newbery, and W. Nicoll, […]; G[eorge] Kearsley, […]; T[homas] Davies, […]; and J. Walter, […], published 1763, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, page 26:
text: "I have some reason to fear," interrupted Nicholas, "that before you leave here my career with you will have closed." […] "Why, he don't mean to say he's going!" exclaimed Mrs. Grudden, making her way towards Mrs. Crummles. "Hoity toity! nonsense."
ref: 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “Of the Proceedings of Nicholas, and Certain Internal Divisions in the Company of Mrs. Vincent Crummles”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 478:
glosses: Alternative form of hoity-toity.
unromanticizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unromanticizable
form: most unromanticizable
Etymology: From un- + romanticizable.
Senses: glosses: Not romanticizable.
unromanticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unromanticizing
form: most unromanticizing
Etymology: From un- + romanticizing.
Senses: glosses: That does not romanticize.
romanticizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romanticizing
romanticisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romanticising
unenticingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unenticingly
form: most unenticingly
Etymology: From unenticing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not enticing.
owl butterfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: owl butterflies
Senses: glosses: Any of the butterflies of the genus Caligo, known for their very large eyespots.
Related terms: owl moth
owl butterflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of owl butterfly
crotylsarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: CRS
glosses: -But-2-en-1-yl methylphosphonofluoridate, a highly toxic organophosphate nerve agent.
OWF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OWFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of one-way function.
OWF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Oceania Weightlifting Federation.
glosses: Initialism of Ohio Works First.
glosses: Initialism of one world foundation.
glosses: Initialism of Open Web Foundation.
glosses: Initialism of Order of Women Freemasons.
OWFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OWF
chuckingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chuckingly
form: most chuckingly
Etymology: From chucking + -ly; see chuck (“to chuckle”).
Senses: glosses: chucklingly; with a chuckle
soft serves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft serve
clippingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clippingly
form: most clippingly
Etymology: From clipping + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Things were going on clippingly.
ref: 1863, William Wotherspoon Ireland, Randolph Methyl: A Story of Anglo-Indian Life, volume 2, page 72:
glosses: Excellently; very well.
daubingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more daubingly
form: most daubingly
Etymology: From daubing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Be ever ready to flatter, not grossly or daubingly, as with a heavy trowel, but delicately, with slight shades, as with a finely pointed camel's hair brush whose fine strokes are almost imperceptible.
ref: 1849, John Keese, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Nathaniel Parker Willis, The Opal: A Pure Gift for the Holy Days (page 217)
glosses: So as to daub or paint carelessly.
desiringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more desiringly
form: most desiringly
Etymology: From desiring + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The old lecher gazed desiringly at the girls in their swimsuits.
glosses: With desire.
detainingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more detainingly
form: most detainingly
Etymology: From detaining + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The policeman's hand fell detainingly on my shoulder. "Just a moment, sir!" he said.
glosses: So as to detain or hold back.
pepper squash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepper squashes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acorn squash.
synonyms: word: acorn squash
Des Moines squash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Des Moines squashes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acorn squash.
synonyms: word: acorn squash
Des Moines squashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Des Moines squash
pepper squashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pepper squash
desperacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desperacies
Senses: glosses: desperateness
desperacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desperacy
despite oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in spite of oneself (“against one's initial plan or desire”).
synonyms: word: in spite of oneself
extra: against one's initial plan or desire
despecialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: despecializations
Senses: synonyms: generalization
glosses: The process of despecializing; loss of specialization.
despecializations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of despecialization
detemporize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detemporizes
form: detemporizing
form: detemporized
form: detemporized
Senses: glosses: To remove the temporal aspect of; to take (something) out of its time.
detemporizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detemporize
detemporizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detemporize
detemporized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detemporize
dessert fork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dessert forks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pastry fork.
synonyms: word: pastry fork
dessert forks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dessert fork
de-Stalinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of destalinization.
destructional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From destruction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or obtained by destruction.
destructionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From destruction + -ism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A belief in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A policy of consuming capital without accumulating it, according to Ludwig Von Mises.
destoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destoners
Etymology: From destone + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device for removing stones.
destoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of destoner
desurface
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desurfaces
form: desurfacing
form: desurfaced
form: desurfaced
Etymology: From de- + surface.
Senses: glosses: To remove the surface layer from.
desurfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desurface
desurfacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desurface
desurfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desurface
detonatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of detonability.
synonyms: word: detonability
detrusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to detrusion.
devils on horseback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Dried fruits such as dates or prunes, stuffed with cheese or nuts, etc., and wrapped in bacon, prosciutto, or pancetta.
devilward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Devil + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward the Devil.
devisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being devisable.
devulcanizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devulcanizers
Etymology: From devulcanize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A machine that devulcanizes.
devulcanizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devulcanizer
twerkathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twerkathon
DEXA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
DXA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
diadem monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diadem monkeys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blue monkey.
synonyms: word: blue monkey
diademed monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diademed monkeys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blue monkey.
synonyms: word: blue monkey
diadem monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diadem monkey
diademed monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diademed monkey
Rosindell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Diamondstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From diamond + stone. Compare Diamond, Goldstone, and Silverstone.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hoity-toities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoity-toity
diasone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sulfoxone.
synonyms: word: sulfoxone
diatonicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diatonic + -ism.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The use of the diatonic scale.
enharmonicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From enharmonic + -ism.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The use of enharmonic modulation.
DDNP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of diazodinitrophenol.
diazodinitrophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: DDNP
glosses: The first diazo compound produced, used to make dyes and explosives, and forming yellow crystals in its pure form.
dice girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dice girls
Senses: glosses: A young woman employed as the dealer in gambling games involving dice.
dice girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dice girl
dictaphonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dictaphone + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a dictaphone.
Didot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Didots
Etymology: From French Didot from Didier + -ot.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Ellipsis of Didot point.
Didots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Didot
dippingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dippingly
form: most dippingly
Etymology: From dipping + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a dipping motion.
escapingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From escaping + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Then all present guzzled escapingly, putting behind them the relationship of their host and hostess.
ref: 1978, Brian Victor Bell, Paper Tiger: Prose Fictions by Five Writers, page 117:
glosses: By way of escape; so as to get away.
fluctuatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fluctuatingly
form: most fluctuatingly
Etymology: From fluctuating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fluctuating manner.
FLSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Fair Labor Standards Act.
glosses: Initialism of French Language Services Act.
maunderingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more maunderingly
form: most maunderingly
Etymology: From maundering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to maunder.
pallingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pallingly
form: most pallingly
Etymology: From palling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to pall, becoming dull or insipid.
rakingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rakingly
form: most rakingly
Etymology: From raking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a raking motion or pattern.
Ramayana monkey chant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kecak.
synonyms: word: kecak
Hrangkhol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hrangkhawl
form: Rangkhol
Senses: glosses: A Kuki-Chin language spoken by the Hrangkhawl people.
Hrangkhawl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hrangkhol.
Rangkhol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hrangkhol.
Ranikhet disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Newcastle disease.
synonyms: word: Newcastle disease
Ranikhet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hill station and cantonment town in Uttarakhand, India.
Derived terms: Ranikhet disease
mandarin square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandarin squares
Senses: synonyms: rank badge
glosses: A large embroidered badge, with animal or bird insignia, sewn onto the surcoat of certain officials in Imperial China, Korea, Vietnam, and the Ryukyu Kingdom.
mandarin squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandarin square
rank badge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rank badges
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mandarin square.
synonyms: word: mandarin square
rank badges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rank badge
rapid eye movements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapid eye movement
superproductive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superproductive
form: most superproductive
Etymology: From super- + productive.
Senses: glosses: Extremely productive.
Rasalgethi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Alpha Herculis A, a component of Alpha Herculis, a multiple star system in the constellation of Hercules.
Raschig ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Raschig rings
Etymology: Named after their inventor, German chemist Friedrich Raschig, who patented them in 1914.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of pieces of tube, approximately equal in length and diameter, used to form a packed bed within columns for distillations and other chemical engineering processes.
Raschig rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Raschig ring
basic B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basic B's
Senses: examples: text: We’d never suggest getting in the way of a basic b and her caffeine.
ref: 2017 December 6, “Instead Of A #Basic Gift, Give Your Bae Something More Meaningful From This List”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2020:
text: No one wants to be another basic B with a Coach handbag.
ref: 2018 November 21–27, Scene staff, “The 2018 Cleveland Gift Guide”, in Scene, volume 49, number 21, page 14:
text: Let a few of the Dads plow through you in record time and you will be a hit with the new crew in no time. Then tell them basic B’s, “ain’t nobody got time fo dat!”
ref: 2019 October, Fursey, “Inquire of Fursey”, in The Beachside Resident, volume 14, number 10, page 26:
text: I know by this point you’ve fully confirmed that I’m a basic B, and I acknowledge that. It would come as no surprise, then, that I am also a huge fan of Outdoor Voices. Their clothes are functional and cute, as are the bright yellow tote bags they come in.
ref: 2019 November, Monika Davis, “Your Things”, in Your Mag, volume 12, number 2, page 54:
text: She told the girls they should never go to Europe if they don’t like nipples, because over there girs’ boobs will be coming out in front of your man every day. And she said that to label me a whore for taking my top off was just ignorant. Her support helped me feel slightly less alone. ’Cause most of the time, I felt like a one-woman defense squad, at war with some all-time basic B’s.
ref: 2021, Lala Kent, Give Them Lala, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Synonym of basic bitch.
synonyms: word: basic bitch
raspberry beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raspberry beetles
Senses: glosses: Byturus tomentosus, a beetle in the fruitworm family, which feeds on raspberry, blackberry, and loganberry plants.
raspberry beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raspberry beetle
poptimistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poptimistic
form: most poptimistic
Senses: examples: text: “So, what,” cuts in David Foster Wallace, Franzen's poptimistic copanelist on the segment, “the only people who read, like, serious fiction are people who don't watch TV?”
ref: 2023, L. Gibson, Freedom Reread:
glosses: Of or relating to poptimism.
DevEx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] ensure that the platform teams have a focus on user experience (UX) and particularly developer experience (DevEx).
ref: 2019, Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais, Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow, IT Revolution, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: DX
coordinate_terms: UX
glosses: Abbreviation of developer experience.
reason out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reasons out
form: reasoning out
form: reasoned out
form: reasoned out
Senses: examples: text: to reason out a decision
text: to reason out the solution to a riddle
glosses: To solve or determine by reasoning.
Related terms: figure out
red owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red owls
Senses: synonyms: Madagascar red owl
Madagascar grass-owl
Soumagne's owl
glosses: The barn owl Tyto soumagnei.
red owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red owl
Soumagne's owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Soumagne's owls
Senses: glosses: Synonym of red owl (“Tyto soumagnei”).
synonyms: word: red owl
extra: Tyto soumagnei
reformingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more reformingly
form: most reformingly
Etymology: From reforming + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to reform something; by way of reformation.
regalvanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regalvanizes
form: regalvanizing
form: regalvanized
form: regalvanized
Etymology: From re- + galvanize.
Senses: glosses: To galvanize again.
regalvanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regalvanize
regalvanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regalvanize
regalvanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regalvanize
Reimer-Tiemann reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reimer-Tiemann reactions
Etymology: Discovered by Karl Reimer (1845-1883) and Ferdinand Tiemann.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical reaction used for the ortho-formylation of phenols, the simplest example being the conversion of phenol to salicylaldehyde.
Reimer-Tiemann reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reimer-Tiemann reaction
releasible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more releasible
form: most releasible
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of releasable.
rnwy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rnwys
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of runway.
rnwys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rnwy
roastingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more roastingly
form: most roastingly
Etymology: From roasting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: roastingly hot weather
glosses: With extreme heat.
robs blind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rob blind
robbing blind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rob blind
robbed blind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rob blind
rod in pickle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rods in pickle
Senses: glosses: A particular punishment or penalty prepared ready to be applied in the future.
Related terms: spare the rod, spoil the child
rods in pickle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rod in pickle
rotatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotatees
Etymology: From rotate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: An employee who is rotated from one place or duty to another.
rotatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotatee
rotn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotns
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of rotation.
rotns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotn
seekingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more seekingly
form: most seekingly
Etymology: From seeking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to seek something.
soliloquizingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From soliloquizing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By way of soliloquy.
autoinoculability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being autoinoculable.
buffability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being buffable.
buffalo bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffalo beans
Senses: glosses: The plant Thermopsis rhombifolia.
glosses: The plant Mucuna pruriens.
buffalo beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffalo bean
deportability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being deportable.
hidability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hideability.
hideability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being hideable.
hexasyllable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexasyllables
Etymology: From hexa- + syllable.
Senses: glosses: A word of six syllables.
hexasyllables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexasyllable
incompletability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being incompletable.
insolvability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being insolvable.
inside straight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inside straights
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Ellipsis of inside straight draw.
inside straights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inside straight
inspiriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inspiriters
Etymology: From inspirit + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or thing that inspirits.
inspiriters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inspiriter
insubvertible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + subvertible.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be subverted.
insultability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being insultable.
interdenominationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From interdenominational + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Any interdenominational practice.
Dudbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in Cainscross parish and Rodborough parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8304).
interrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interring
IOOF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Irishized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Irishize
Irishizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Irishize
Irishizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Irishize
ironheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ironhead
irrecompensable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irrecompensable
form: most irrecompensable
Etymology: From ir- + recompensable.
Senses: synonyms: incompensable
uncompensable
unrecompensable
antonyms: compensable
compensatable
recompensable
glosses: Not recompensable.
iruska
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sacred Pawnee dance involving fire.
Isabellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Isabella
IoWD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Isle of Wight disease.
Isle of Wight disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: IoWD
glosses: A disease of honey bees, caused by the parasitic mite Acarapis woodi infesting the trachea that lead from the first pair of thoracic spiracles.
isolability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being isolable.