cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
convenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convening
lancings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lancing
Bjarmian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bjarmians
Etymology: From Bjarmia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Bjarmia or Bjarmaland.
Bjarmians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bjarmian
ranklings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rankling
Richian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Richian
form: most Richian
Etymology: From Rich + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet, essayist and feminist.
stylemogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stylemog
eatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eating
achings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.kɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of aching
gorgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorging
seekings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seeking
polytube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytubes
Etymology: From poly- + tube.
Senses: glosses: A polyethylene tube.
polytubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polytube
buddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdiŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of budding
slugless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slug + -less.
Senses: examples: text: […] the reward in my case was practically a slugless garden.
ref: 1892, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, volume 24, page 234:
glosses: Without slugs.
shuntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shunting
tigerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tiger + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without tigers.
snailless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From snail + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The possibility of cattle or horses transporting small snails in mud or wisps of weed on their hooves from another pond seems most unlikely, as the only other pond in the field is permanently foul and snailless[…]
ref: 1960, Journal of Conchology, volume 24, page 310:
glosses: Without snails.
eba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Yoruba ẹ̀bà.
Senses: examples: text: I don’t grumble, even though eba clings to surfaces, especially wooden ones, like superglue.
ref: 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 18:
glosses: A stiff dough made by soaking garri in hot water and kneading it with a baton.
Related terms: sense: swallows
word: amala
sense: swallows
word: fufu
sense: swallows
word: poundo
sense: swallows
word: pounded yam
sense: swallows
word: semovita
sense: swallows
word: tuwo
starings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staring
bewilderingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bewildering + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space[…]
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:
glosses: Quality of being bewildering.
unbewildering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbewildering
form: most unbewildering
Etymology: From un- + bewildering.
Senses: glosses: Not bewildering.
unbewildering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unbewilder
trippings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tripping
skitterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skittering
pawnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawning
mortgagings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortgaging
returnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of returning
every dark cloud has a silver lining
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of every cloud has a silver lining.
festerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of festering
unpicketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + picketed.
Senses: glosses: Not picketed.
strafings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strafing
Mentawai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mentawai
Senses: glosses: A member of the native people of the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.
Mentawai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their Austronesian language.
specchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specchia
stratiote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stratiotes
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek στρατιώτης (stratiṓtēs).
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A small landowner who had an obligation of military service in time of war.
resistings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resisting
Bjarmaland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A territory mentioned in Norse sagas and old geographical accounts for its fur trade, generally believed to be located at southern shores of the White Sea.
Related terms: Bjarmian
Hessian crucible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hessian crucibles
Etymology: They were manufactured in the Hesse region of Germany from the late Middle Ages through the Renaissance period.
Senses: glosses: A ceramic crucible used in alchemy and early metallurgy.
Hessian crucibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hessian crucible
Bjarmia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Bjarmaland.
Mukden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: mo͝okʹděnʹ
mo͞okʹděnʹ
Forms: form: Moukden
Etymology: From Manchu ᠮᡠᡴ᠋ᡩᡝᠨ (mukden).
Senses: examples: text: In such different towns as Mukden, Niu-chwang, Ch'ung-k'ing, Ch'êngtu, Chia-ting Fu, Sui Fu, Chao-t'ung Fu, Tung-ch'uan Fu, Yün-nan Fu, and Tali Fu, I encountered members of the missionary community, from all of whom I received a cordial hospitality and much valuable information.
ref: 1908, Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, A Wandering Student in the Far East, volume 1, William Blackwood and Sons, page xiii:
text: The reconstruction of the Tokyo-Shimonoseki section is of importance and ought to be done, not only because it forms a great artery of Japan, but also because it is the line which, when the Mukden-Antung standard-gauge railway is completed next November, will form part of the world’s railway highway, conveying passengers via Chosen and South Manchuria, with only 10 hours’ sea transportation, northward (Shimonoseki to Fusan) to Harbin, where the Siberian Railway is reached and the railway journey may be continued to Europe. Along this route the mails are now carried over the 2½ feet gauge mountain railway between Antung and Mukden, and thence to Harbin.
ref: 1915, Robert P. Porter, Japan, the New World-power, Oxford University Press, page 466:
text: In 1905, after the battles of Tsushima and Mukden, it became clear to impartial observers that Russia could accomplish nothing further at sea, and Japan could accomplish nothing further on land.
ref: 1922, Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, →OL, page 108:
text: The first (non-Soviet) account of the text that later became known as the Tanaka Memorial dates back to September 9, 1929. That day, a Manchurian Railway Company employee reportedly sent a note to Japanese consular authorities in Mukden, later Shenyang, the capital of Manchuria.
ref: 2020, Thomas Rid, Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Shenyang, in Liaoning province, China.
wikipedia: Army Map Service
mobeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mobey
Subiaco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Sublaqueum.
Senses: glosses: A comune in Lazio, Italy.
glosses: A suburb and local government area (the City of Subiaco) in Perth, Western Australia.
glosses: A town in Logan County, Arkansas, United States.
nonscorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + scorable.
Senses: glosses: Not scorable.
rough sleeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rough sleepers
Senses: examples: text: In England, meanwhile, government figures show the number of rough sleepers – a small fraction of the total homeless population – climbed from 1,768 in 2010 to 4,677 last year (and since the official count is based on a single evening, charities say the real figure is far higher).
ref: 2019 June 3, Jon Henley, “'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A homeless person who sleeps outdoors.
Related terms: sleep rough
rough sleepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rough sleeper
forgivings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forgiving
loungings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lounging
whooshings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whooshing
plane iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plane irons
Senses: synonyms: bit
cutter
glosses: The cutting part of a joiner's plane.
wrench hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrench hammers
Senses: glosses: A wrench with the end shaped so that it can be used as a hammer.
other some
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: some have sleeves, other some have none; some have hoods to pull up over the head, some have none
ref: 1842, Joseph Strutt, A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England:
text: Other some said, that a man which was married and had children was unmeet for such a charge.
ref: 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
text: Other some were found to staie in the riuer, couring downe his bodie vnder the root of some willow tree
ref: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
glosses: Some other people or things.
empyreal air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: oxygen gas
blankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blanker
collectings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collecting
hunter's chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: cacciatore
chasseur
glosses: A dish of chicken with wine, tomatoes, spices, etc.
glosses: A dish of chicken with bacon, cheese, and barbecue sauce.
trident bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trident bats
Etymology: From the shape of its nose.
Senses: glosses: Any of species Asellia tridens of bats.
Synonyms: trident leaf-nosed bat
Derived terms: Paulian's trident bat
trident bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trident bat
iron ration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron rations
Senses: glosses: An emergency ration given to soldiers in the early 20th century, consisting of cakes made from beef bouillon powder and wheat; chocolate; and packets of salt and pepper.
iron rations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron ration
gain the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gains the wind
form: gaining the wind
form: gained the wind
form: gained the wind
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: weather
glosses: To reach the windward side of another ship.
unexaminable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + examinable.
Senses: glosses: Not examinable.
postexile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + exile.
Senses: glosses: After exile.
clergiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clergyable.
Verbania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Verbania.
Senses: glosses: A town, province, and resort in Piedmont, Italy.
tail in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tails in
form: tailing in
form: tailed in
form: tailed in
Senses: examples: text: to tail in a timber
topics: architecture
glosses: To fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support.
baby dolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby doll
zoonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzoʊ.ə.nɪm/
ipa: /ˈzəʊ.ə.nɪm/
Forms: form: zoonyms
Etymology: From zoo- + -onym.
Senses: examples: text: ln favour of their special relations with the front-Asian civilization there speaks not only the term knjiga but the zoonym opica as well.
ref: 1997, Serbian Literary Magazine, page 19:
text: In a study of considerable interest, he claimed to find a correlation between the offensive use of an anima's name and its position in the cultural taxonomy: it is not so much the animal's negative characteristics as its position with respect to humans that determines the choice of zoonym for an insult.
ref: 2014, Cristiana Franco, Shameless: The Canine and the Feminine in Ancient Greece, page 11:
text: By contrast, the zoonym mockingbird denotes the bird species Mimus polyglottus, a bird which imitates the cries or the notes of other birds, and lives in southern North America, Central America […]
ref: 2014, Nachum Dershowitz, Language, Culture, Computation: Computing for the Humanities, Law, and Narratives, page 202:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The common name for a (species of) animal
oculometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oculo- + -metry.
Senses: examples: text: This analysis forms the basis of the formulation of a slit-lamp technique called photometric oculometry, which makes it possible to measure intraocular distances.
ref: 1985, Bent Krogsaa et al., "Photometric oculometry: A slit-lamp technique for determination of intraocular distances," Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, vol. 222, no. 4-5, p. 212 (Abstract)
text: Eight experienced pilots and eight non-rated individuals flew simulated instrument training circuits while eye movements were recorded with infrared oculometry.
ref: 1998, D. J. Callan, "Eyes Movement Relationships to Excessive Performance Error in Aviation," Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting, Proceedings, p. 1132 (Abstract)
text: Infrared oculometry (sampling frequency: 500 Hz) was used to record eye movements.
ref: 2003, Ralph Radach et al., editors, The Mind's Eye: Cognitive and Applied Aspects of Eye Movement Research, →ISBN, page 130:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Biometric measurement of the condition and movements of the eye.
Synonyms: oculometrics
Derived terms: oculometer
oculometric
oculometrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oculometry.
synonyms: word: oculometry
kwai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kwai
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kuai (“yuan, Chinese currency”).
Related terms: kwai muk
veliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Etymology: Latin velifer, from Latin velum (“sail”) + fero (“to bear”), + -ous
Senses: examples: text: With its veliferous arms thus firmly embracing its abode, the Argonaut has two modes of progression.
ref: 1841, Thomas Rymer Jones, A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom, page 443:
glosses: Having or bearing a sail.
crawl over each other
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crawling over each other
form: crawled over each other
form: crawled over each other
Senses: examples: text: We crawl over each other in our race for power, wealth, and fame.
ref: 1984, Og Mandino, The Choice, Bantam, published 1986, →ISBN, page 110:
text: By the time "The Contest" was repeated on April 29, 1993, the first night of that year's May sweeps, Seinfeld was a Top Ten show on Thursday nights, and advertisers were crawling over each other to sign up.
ref: 1998, Kathleen Tracy, Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain, Carol Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 133:
text: […] game shows like Survivor, where young, attractive (mainly white, but definitely affluent or unthreateningly petit-bourgeois) people are invited to pretend that they are alone in the 'wilderness' and must crawl over each other for access to food, shelter and sex.
ref: 2005, David Cox, Sign Wars: The Culture Jammers Strike Back, UoM Custom Book Centre, →ISBN, page 206:
glosses: To compete with others eagerly or fiercely in pursuit of the same goal(s).
expungable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From expunge + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being expunged.
Derived terms: inexpungable
unexpungable
inexpungable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + expungable.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of being expunged.
echoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echoisms
Etymology: From echo + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: One possibility is that language developed from echoism, i.e. from attempts of early humans to imitate natural sounds and react vocally to emotions.
ref: 1999, Marcel Danesi, Paul Perron, Analyzing Cultures: An Introduction and Handbook, page 139:
text: That is the simple account of the motivation for the phenomenon of sound symbolism or echoism.
ref: 2011, Karl Bühler, Theory of Language: The Representational Function of Language:
glosses: The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.
echoisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echoism
Europes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Europe
pingings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinging
Arabid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arabids
form: Araboid
Etymology: From Arab + -id?
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A member of an Oriental race, thought to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, and distinguished from the Mediterranid race by minor differences in facial traits.
Syrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Syrids
Senses: glosses: Arabid
Arabids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arabid
Syrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Syrid
Araboids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Araboid
out-slut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: out-sluts
form: out-slutting
form: out-slutted
form: out-slutted
form: outslut
Etymology: From out- + slut.
Senses: examples: text: Especially at Archer, which is a private, all-girls school in Brentwood, where every girl's main objective was to out-slut the next.
ref: 2012, Babe Walker, White Girl Problems, Hyperion, →ISBN:
text: But this event is literally girls trying out-slut each other for male approval.
ref: 2012 April 26, Meenu Krishan, Renee Slawsky, “Fraternity event raises questions of morality”, in Old Gold & Black, volume 95, number 29, Wake Forest University, page A6:
text: Halloween has sadly evolved from a simple holiday where kids dress up and go door-to-door trick-or-treating to a holiday where girls try to out-slut each other at whatever dignified evening festivities they choose to partake in.
ref: 2012, Christine Jehng, "Halloween costumes: Keeping it classy", La Voz Weekly (De Anza College), Volume 46, Number 5, 29 October 2012, page 11
glosses: To exceed in sexual promiscuity or sexual provocativeness.
quill bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quill bit
outslut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outsluts
form: outslutting
form: outslutted
form: outslutted
Senses: examples: text: There's a fine line between being sexual on camera and coming across like a whore dog and a whore-dog is exactly what she looks and acts like. I sincerely believe she's trying to outslut Britney Spears.
ref: 2002 October 10, Sheriff J.W. Icebreaker, “Re: Is Cristina a slut or what?”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):
text: More recently Summerland had all sorts of stuff going down, even the 13 y/o daughter was trying outslut a rival to land a boy.
ref: 2004 September 11, Jeff nor Lisa, “Re: ABC After School Specials...”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
text: […] You were awful slutty, now I'll have to outslut you.
ref: 2013, Phil Jourdon, Chewing the Page: The Mourning Goats Interviews, Perfect Edge Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of out-slut.
spear chucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spear chuckers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spearchucker.
spear-chucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spear-chuckers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spearchucker.
Bryanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages, of American usage, variant of Brianna.
scotochromogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scotochromogens
Etymology: From scoto- + chromogen.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A microorganism whose pigmentation develops in the dark as well as in the light.
Coordinate terms: photochromogen
nonchromogen
Related terms: scotochromogenic
scotochromogenicity
nonchromogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chromogenic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a nonchromogen.
Coordinate terms: photochromogenic
scotochromogenic
Related terms: nonchromogen
nonchromogenicity
photochromogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a photochromogen.
Coordinate terms: scotochromogenic
nonchromogenic
Related terms: photochromogen
photochromogenicity
scotochromogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scotochromogen
photochromogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photochromogen
mommy brain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Together, this leads a new mom to have “mommy brain” where she's happy but easily distracted and unfocussed.
ref: 2010, Maryanne Fisher, Victoria Costello, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Chemistry Of Love, Alpha, →ISBN:
text: Whatever method of warming you use, always shake the bottle well and check the temperature every time before serving by shaking a few drops onto your wrist—you may have performed the same ritual a hundred times, but "mommy brain" can strike and cause you to make a mistake at any time.
ref: 2010, Erica Wells, Lorraine Regel, The Survival Guide for Rookie Moms: Things You Need to Know (That No One Ever Tells You), Wiley, →ISBN:
text: Mommy brain can cause you to do things like forget parts of the English language and being forced to watch your vocabulary dwindle, telling the same stories week after week like it's still news […] and lose your car keys twenty three times a day.
ref: 2011, Karen Savage, Instructions Not Included: The Adventures of New Motherhood, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: A state in which a new mother is forgetful, absent-minded, or easily distracted.
Synonyms: baby brain
momnesia
Hypernyms: brain fog
bar sinister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bars sinister
form: Bar-Sinister
form: bar-sinister
Senses: examples: text: "A king's son, though with the bar sinister on his shield, is at least a match for this marmoset of a marquis."
ref: 1825, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 24, in The Talisman:
text: At any rate no bar sinister appeared on the imperial escutcheon.
ref: 1906, Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 1, in Sir John Constantine:
text: They were descended from the Earls of Halifax and Scarbrough but, as the bar sinister in the Savile coat of arms suggests, illegitimately.
ref: 2001 May 7, “Obituary: Henry Lumley-Savile”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 04 Apr 2014:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
qualifier: considered nonstandard
glosses: A bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.
examples: text: He was not influenced by sordid considerations. . . . Had she been merely of illegitimate birth, he would have overlooked the bar sinister.
ref: 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter 16, in The House Behind The Cedars:
text: Parlay's a full-blooded Frenchman. . . . About a hundred miserable Paumotans lived on the island. He married the queen—native fashion. . . . Now before the queen died she gave birth to a girl. . . . She was educated like a princess, and she accepted herself in much the same way. Also, she thought she was all-white, and never dreamed of a bar sinister.
ref: 1912, Jack London, chapter 8, in A Son Of The Sun:
text: James Smithson was the illegitimate son of the first Duke of Northumberland, third creation. His mother was a lineal descendant of Henry VII. Despite so much blue blood, the bar sinister seared James Smithson all his life.
ref: 1936 October 26, “Science: Smithsonian's Year”, in Time, retrieved 27 Mar 2014:
glosses: The state or characteristic of having been born out of wedlock; illegitimacy; bastardy.
examples: text: Europe is troubled with sensational rumors as well as our own country. Among the most recent was one prevailing at Paris that Maximilian I, Emperor elect of Mexico, had recognized the independence of the Confederate States. But this rumor was pronounced improbable from the fact that Maximilian had not yet been formally offered the crown by the deputation from Mexico charged with the duty of tendering it. This does seem a bar sinister to the report that has doubtless ere this given much joy in Dixie.
ref: 1863 October 3, “A Rumor of Recognition”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Apr 2014:
text: Then there is untouchability. . . . There are thousands of men and women like me who cling to Hinduism; because they believe that there is in it the amplest scope for mental, moral and spiritual expansion. This bar sinister put upon nearly sixty million human beings is a standing demonstration against that claim. Men like me feel that untouchability is no integral part of Hinduism. It is an excrescence.
ref: 2013 Sep. 13, Dr. Yogendra Yadav, "Present Generation and Mahatma Gandhi, Peace and Collaborative Development Network (retrieved 4 April 2014)
glosses: A state or characteristic which is dishonorable or shameful; a stigma.
Bar-Sinister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bars-Sinister
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bar sinister.
bar-sinister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bars-sinister
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bar sinister.
baton sinister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batons sinister
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A kind of bend sinister, in which a narrow strip extends from the lower left to the upper right of the shield in a coat of arms but does not extend to the edges of the shield
agentive nominalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agentive nominalizations
Senses: glosses: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of agentive nominalisation.
nominaliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nominalisers
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of nominalizer.
nominalisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nominaliser
nominalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nominalise
nominalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nominalise
nominalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nominalise
nublet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌblɪt/
ipa: /ˈnʌblət/
Forms: form: nublets
form: nubblet
Etymology: From nub (“small knob or lump”) + -let (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: "I have a little nublet of a note for you," said he, producing a dirty bit of paper ill folded up, and fastened with a large mass of red sealing-wax.
ref: 1808, chapter IV, in The Red Tyger; or, The Truth Will Out, London: […] B. Crosby and Co. […], by C. Stower, […], →OCLC, page 87:
text: They […] have made some progress in the smelting of iron ore, which is very rich in this country. They construct a blast of bamboos, and by means of a lever work three or four of their cane cylinders at a time; with these they blow on the iron ore, which is broken up into "nubblets," or small pieces, and put them on a hearth until the fire renders it soft, not melted.
ref: 1861 December 5 (date delivered), Bishop of Labuan [Francis Thomas McDougall], “III.—On the Wild Tribes of the North-west Coast of Borneo.”, in Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, volume II (New Series), London: [F]or the Ethnological Society [of London], by John Murray, […], published 1863, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29:
text: What I've been thinking about is that customer you told me about who brought in the pants with the green nublets on them.
ref: 1995, Carol Higgins Clark, chapter 54, in Iced (A Dove Book), New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 212:
text: The fragrant white apple blossoms had long since faded and dropped, revealing green nubblets patiently growing day by day in anticipation of autumn's harvest.
ref: 2010, Jean Edwards, chapter I, in Quiltmaster, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, part I, page 173:
text: I particularly enjoyed watching Fanny Muffet serving behind the bar in a blouse cut so low you could almost see her nublets.
ref: 2011, Colin Baines, “Slaughter in the Woods”, in Harry Cocque: That's Reet Boy!: Ludicrous Tales of Dorset Village Life in the 1930s, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 77:
text: AnnMarie's shirt had got ripped clear down the front, her ta-tas hanging out, even though they was just little nublets blowing in the wind. Teisha had covered her up but was laughing too, saying, Look how small you be.
ref: 2013, Hannah Weyer, chapter 1, in On the Come Up […], New York, N.Y.: Nan A[hearn] Talese/Doubleday, →ISBN, page 15:
synonyms: nubbin
glosses: A small nub or protrusion.
nublet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌblɪt/
ipa: /ˈnʌblət/
ipa: /ˈnuːblɪt/
ipa: /ˈnublət/
ipa: /ˈnʌblɪt/
ipa: /ˈnʌblət/
Forms: form: nublets
Etymology: From nub (“variant of noob”) + -let (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: And all you EVA nublets, watch the series, THEN talk.
ref: 2006 March 8, Mo, “Neon Genesis Evangelion – wth?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: And, now that we think about it, reanimating the husks of fallen Avatar walkers with engineers and using them to literally rip apart the enemy's tank brigade gets across the fact that your opponent is, in fact, a little "nublet" who needs to "l2p."
ref: 2007, Game Informer Magazine: For Video Game Enthusiasts, volume 17, Minneapolis, Minn.: Sunrise Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81:
text: When I was twelve, I spent endless hours in my basement blasting through hordes of nublets, perfecting my build order. Alas. Eight years, a high school diploma and most of undergrad later, I haven't changed a wink, and was eagerly anticipating the rebirth of arguably the best real time strategy game (RTS) of all time.
ref: 2010 November 1, Harrison Dahme, “Game Reviews: StarCraft II: The Long Awaited Sequel”, in Ruichen Zhu, editor, The Howl: Woodsworth College’s Bi-weekly Student Newspaper, volume III, number 5, Toronto, Ont.: Woodsworth College, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2016, page 8, column 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of nooblet (“an especially annoying or inexperienced noob (“newbie”)”).
ovariohysterectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovariohysterectomies
Senses: glosses: surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus
ovariohysterectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovariohysterectomy
tartold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tartolds
Etymology: Supposedly from Italian torto and German Kortholt.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a low-pitched double reed musical instrument of the European Renaissance, similar to a rackett, with a bore formed from cylindrical metal tubing bent into a spiral
male gaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The implicit assumption or presentation of the viewpoint of a heterosexual man in films and other visual media, often manifesting in lingering, eroticized shots of women's bodies.
Derived terms: female gaze
male-gazey
pocomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of Jamaican folk religion that combines revivalism with African elements such as spirit possession
Related terms: Pukkumerian
politicoreligious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more politicoreligious
form: most politicoreligious
Etymology: From politico- + religious.
Senses: glosses: Relating to politics and religion.
Bedwardism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bedward + -ism, named after its prophet Alexander Bedward (1859–1930).
Senses: glosses: The Jamaica Native Baptist Free Church, a religious movement of Jamaica based on Christianity, and according to which Augustown in Jamaica corresponds to Jerusalem for the Western world.
Minecrafty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Minecrafty
form: Minecraftier
form: most Minecrafty
form: Minecraftiest
Etymology: From Minecraft + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Stranded 2 - a fun little game, now available for free. A bit minecrafty.
ref: 2011 May 16, John Dow, “Re: Premiership, West Ham, Balls, European”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet):
text: If you've been living in a massively multiplayer cave for the last few months, it's the pretty Minecrafty prologue to the ambitious Everquest Next, which will let you build and decorate and even alter the terrain of the world/s as you see fit.
ref: 2013 December 7, Tom Sykes, “Everquest Next Landmark trailer asks the pertinent question 'What is Everquest Next Landmark?'”, in PC Gamer:
text: If you've been busy mining, farming, and doing all the other Minecrafty things that get you established, […]
ref: 2014, Stephen O'Brien, The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft, Que Publishing, →ISBN, page 137:
topics: video-games
synonyms: Minecraftian
Minecraftlike
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Minecraft.
wikipedia: Minecraft
Herzlian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Herzlian
form: most Herzlian
Etymology: From Herzl + -ian, after Theodor Herzl.
Senses: examples: text: For all my disdain for Herzlian liberalism, religious Zionisms (those that combine statism with religion, whether Orthodox or not. e.g., blood and soil mysticism of the Right and Left) are even more problematic to me and. given the actual situation of the populations of Pelestine/Israel today, more delterious.
ref: 2000, Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Kalpana Seshadri-Crooks, The Pre-occupation of Postcolonial Studies, →ISBN, page 261:
text: Reflecting on the weaknesses of the nation-system in central and eastern Europe, Arendt saw in Herzlian Zionism a recipe for repeating these follies in Palestine.
ref: 2003, Seyla Benhabib, The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt, →ISBN, page 44:
text: Resistance to Herzlian political Zionism in Russia displayed the familiar dichotomy between Jewish existence in the East and the West: a dichotomy between an almost intact community with living traditions and a Westernized, relatively emancipated Jewish culture that engaged in political action to substitute for its vanishing national identity.
ref: 2008, Klara Moricz, Jewish Identities, →ISBN:
glosses: Zionist.
Herzlian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Herzlians
Etymology: From Herzl + -ian, after Theodor Herzl.
Senses: examples: text: There exists a vast literature advancing this criticism of Herzl's activities and of the Herzlians.
ref: 1958, Raphael Patai, Herzl Year Book, page 16:
text: Like the Herzlians, they wanted to reform Jewry and alter the Jewish condition; but the target that presented itself to them was the Diaspora which they distinguished in their minds from Jewry and Judaism in some proper, unencumbered, pristine state.
ref: 1986, Sam N. Lehman-Wilzig, Bernard Susser, Comparative Jewish Politics:
text: For the Herzlians, anti-Semitism constituted the central problem to be confronted, and a Jewish state was the one honorable solution.
ref: 2000, David C. Hammack -, Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States: A Reader, →ISBN, page 218:
glosses: A Zionist.
sublabel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublabels
Etymology: From sub- + label.
Senses: glosses: A label (for example, on a diagram) that is subordinate to another label.
glosses: A record label, music release label, etc. that is subordinate to the company's main label.
Christophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christophobic
form: most Christophobic
Etymology: From Christo- + -phobic.
Senses: synonyms: Christianophobic
glosses: Characterized by or related to Christianophobia.
Christophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christophobes
Etymology: From Christo- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: A person who hates or fears Christ, Christians, or the Christian religion.
Synonyms: Christianophobe
Christophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christophobe
Christianophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christianophobes
Etymology: From Christiano- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: A person who hates or fears Christ, Christians, or the Christian religion.
Synonyms: Christophobe
Related terms: Christianophobia
Christophobia
Christianophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christianophobe
Christianophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christianophobic
form: most Christianophobic
Etymology: From Christiano- + -phobic.
Senses: synonyms: Christophobic
coordinate_terms: Islamophobic
Judeophobic
glosses: Characterized by or related to Christianophobia.
Colemanballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Colemanballs
Etymology: From Coleman + balls (“nonsense”), from the football commentator David Coleman. Originally the title of a column in Private Eye magazine collecting mistakes in sports commentary.
Senses: examples: text: On a point of order, Miss Fookes. Is it in order for my hon. Friend to use a Colemanballs in this Committee?
ref: 1984, Brian Sedgemore, “Official Report of the Standing Committees: Session 1983–1984”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons, Parliament of the United Kingdom), volume 2, page 95, column 1:
text: British TV viewers may think themselves lucky that all they got for commentary on the last Olympics was the usual load of Colemanballs
ref: 1987 October 16, Rayner Banham, “On the Wings of Wonder”, in New Society, volume 82, number 1294, pages 18–20:
text: It is footballers though, rather than commentators, presenters or pundits, who when interviewed have provided some of the best Colemanballs.
ref: 2004, George Best, Scoring At Half-Time: Adventures On and Off the Pitch, →ISBN, page 259:
text: I read out a quote from Harry Cavan, who was Northern Ireland's FIFA representative. He had made a Colemanballs with "The Scots are still refusing to meet us in Belfast, so we may have to compromise on this and meet them halfway."
ref: 2011, Bob Bevan, Nearly Famous: Adventures of an After-Dinner Speaker, →ISBN:
glosses: A malapropism, mixed metaphor or other humorous misspeaking, especially in sports commentary.
Synonyms: word: Yogiism
factionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From faction + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The other factions believe that those who are Factionless are nomads and outcasts. But they are actually a fully functioning community.
ref: 2015 March 19, Mekado Murphy, “'The Divergent Series: Insurgent' Creates New Worlds”, in The New York Times:
text: First and foremost, while I said “factionless” even in the header, I don’t think that we’d ever get a game in which we literally didn’t have the Horde and the Alliance in the game at all.
ref: 2019 December 7, Elliot Lefebvre, “WoW Factor: What would a factionless World of Warcraft look like?”, in Massively Overpowered:
text: The factionless Pandaren – or DoubleAgent as he’s known – first made his name when WoW’s Mists of Pandaria expansion was released. He was the first person to ever reach the game’s max level without choosing a faction as neutral leveling wasn’t possible until then.
ref: 2021 December 12, André González Rodríguez, “Infamous “factionless” WoW player DoubleAgent immortalized as Hearthstone card”, in Dexerto:
text: Ultimately, a person may become factionless because they do not pass the initiation of their chosen faction. Others may choose to become factionless because they don't agree with the morals or ideas held by a specific faction.
ref: 2024 February 6, Megan Hemenway, “All 5 Factions In Divergent Explained”, in ScreenRant:
glosses: Without factions; not divided into factions; not part of a faction.
Derived terms: factionlessness
Johnna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A rare feminine form of John recorded since the 18th century.
Senses: examples: text: I have been raised with my three brothers, Matthew, Mark and Luke. That is the reason my name is most unusual for a girl, you see. Mama wished to continue the names in sequence, so to speak, and saw fit to call me Johnna.
ref: 1980, ? Margaret Rau, The Hoyden Bride, Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 38–39:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Jane
Joan
Annaliese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Annalise.
Cooper Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named in 1845 after Charles Cooper, the Chief Justice of South Australia.
Senses: glosses: A river in Australia, flowing into Lake Eyre basin.
Chesapeake Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛsəpiːk beɪ/
Senses: examples: text: Jo jumped off the boat and looked behind him at the beautiful Chesapeake Bay, at the large, imposing ships that lined the Fellʼs Point shipyards.
ref: 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 111:
meronyms: Kent Island
Parsons Island
Tilghman Island
glosses: An inlet of the Atlantic in the United States. An estuary lying inland from the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the states of Maryland and Virginia; separated from the Atlantic by the Delmarva peninsula.
Derived terms: Chesapeake Bay Retriever
baby rabies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Some grandparents get baby rabies worse than some parents.
ref: 2004 January 25, Terry Austin, “Re: BURKE HAS SUMMONED TERRY AUSTIN!!!”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
text: I was absolutely shocked when I came down with “baby rabies” in my early 30's after 11 years of marriage.
ref: 2008, Dawn, "Making the Childfree Choice after a Heartbreaking Choice", in Our Heartbreaking Choices: Forty-Six Women Share Their Stories of Interrupting a Much-Wanted Pregnancy (ed. Christie Brooks), iUniverse (2008), unnumbered page
text: Some women in their 30s, especially those who wake up with baby rabies at 35, continue to maintain high standards: demanding that a man be straight, single and paroled.
ref: 2010, Amy Alkon, "Advice Goddess", Pacific Sun, 11 June 2010 - 17 June 2010, page 39
glosses: An urgent desire to have a baby or grandchild.
Synonyms: baby fever
Longs Peak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Stephen Harriman Long
Senses: examples: text: Though a tolerably bright day, there was a slight mist, and we were just able to discern the snowy summit of “Long’s peak,” (“les deux oreilles” of the Canadians,) showing like a small cloud near the horizon.
ref: 1845, J[ohn] C[harles] Frémont, Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44, Washington: Gales and Seaton, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 30:
glosses: A mountain in Colorado in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains
wikipedia: Stephen Harriman Long
Copper Canyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A network of canyons in Sierra Tarahumara.
Red River Gorge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A canyon system on the Red River in east-central Kentucky.
synchronous orbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synchronous orbit
Asclepios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Asclepius.
apple-crook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-crooks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apple crook.
doorhandle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doorhandles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of door handle.
suitcoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suitcoats
Etymology: From suit + coat.
Senses: glosses: A suit jacket
naturedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more naturedly
form: most naturedly
Etymology: From natured + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a certain nature, in a certain manner
raw_tags: in combinations
Related terms: good-naturedly
ill-naturedly
suitcoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suitcoat
towner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: towners
Etymology: From town + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person from a certain town, or part of town
raw_tags: used in combinations
Derived terms: out-of-towner
small-towner
Related terms: townie
towny
brainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: brainers
Etymology: From brain + -er.
Senses: glosses: someone with a certain type of brain
raw_tags: used in combinations
Related terms: no-brainer
left-brainer
right-brainer
yes-brainer
left-brainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: left-brainers
Etymology: From left brain + -er, due to the belief that the left side of the brain controls one's logical processes.
Senses: coordinate_terms: right-brainer
glosses: A logical-minded person.
right-brainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: right-brainers
Etymology: From right brain + -er, due to the belief that the right hemisphere of the brain controls one's creative processes.
Senses: coordinate_terms: left-brainer
glosses: A creative person.
apple crook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple crooks
Senses: glosses: A hand-held, wooden agricultural implement used in the harvesting of apples.
starvin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of starving.
starvin' Marvin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Extremely hungry
whitehaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From white + haired.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of white-haired (“having white hair, especially from ageing”).
white-haired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: whitehaired
Etymology: From Middle English white-heered, white-harid, white-herede, whyte-harede, white hared, equivalent to white + haired. Compare Old Norse hvít-hárr and hvít-hærðr (“white-haired”).
Senses: examples: text: The white-haired king took the tidings with calm, believing that he must have in some fashion broken a law without knowing.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
synonyms: hoary
see also Thesaurus:elderly
glosses: Having white hair; especially, of a person, from old age.
Related terms: grey-haired
grizzled
grizzly
silver-haired
silvery-haired
better'n
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: You’ve been mighty good to me, boys—better’n anybody else in this town.
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXIII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 183:
glosses: better than
Related terms: more'n