cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
henon bamboo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis, a cultivated form of black bamboo.
alphabet agency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alphabet agencies
Etymology: The names of these agencies were initialisms.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of US federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Related terms: alphabet boy
three letter agent
alphabet agencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alphabet agency
Bifrost
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbif.ɹɒst/
other: /ˈbɪv.ɹɒst/
ipa: /baɪ.fɹɔst/
other: /baɪ.fɹɑst/
Etymology: From Old Norse Bifrǫst.
Senses: examples: text: Yet Asgard is always prey to attacks, so Bifrost is guarded by Heimdall, the most astounding of sentries.
ref: 2001, Raymond L. Lee, Alistair B. Fraser, The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth, and Science, →ISBN, page 33:
text: The Younger Edda tells us that Asgard is an island surrounded by ocean that lies west of Europe and which is accessed by means of the rainbow bridge, Bifrost. Hence Asgard, like Atlantis, represents the North American ice sheet. Like Atlantis, Asgard has outlying colonies that lie "along the outer strand of that sea." The Bifrost bridge most likely signifies the ice sheet bridge that spanned Baffin Bay and the North Sea to connect the North American and Greenland ice sheets with the European ice sheet.
ref: 2005, Paul A. LaViolette, Earth Under Fire: Humanity's Survival of the Ice Age, →ISBN, page 250:
text: The only member of the Æsir not permitted to cross on Bifrost was Thor, the son of Odin and Jordr. Everyone feared Bifrost would bend and break under the weight of the mighty thundergod.
ref: 2010, Heilan Yvette Grimes, The Norse Myths, →ISBN, page 16:
text: In W. Petrie's book "The Story of the Aurora Borealis” (1963) it reads the following: “One can produce arguments that suggest Bifrost was the aurora."
ref: 2012, A. Brekke, A. Egeland, The Northern Light: From Mythology to Space Research, →ISBN, page 18:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The rainbow bridge that connects Asgard with Midgard.
Derived terms: Bifrost-Riverton
brush pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brush pens
form: brush-pen
Senses: examples: text: For a bold look, simply fill in theletters with the same color of marker you used on the outline (Figure 4). A brush pen is the easiest for filling.
ref: 2001, Creating Keepsakes the Big Idea Book of Heritage Memories, →ISBN, page 57:
text: This image relies upon overlaying and other methods of brush pen application: 'edge' lines can be delicately placed using on/ off pressure upon the pen; dots and dashes contrast with areas that are blocked in; and simple stippling contributes tothe variety of techniques.
ref: 2010, Trudy Friend, Drawing & Painting Flowers - Problems & Solutions, →ISBN, page 83:
text: A brush pen usually comes in a single color. I typically don't like to mix a brush pen with watercolor paints because it can create a smeared look, but it is worth it to experiment for unique results
ref: 2015, Supittha Bunyapen, Manga Dreamworld, →ISBN:
text: By using the right tools and supplies at the beginning of and throughout your lettering journey, you will experience more success and less frustration along the way. As you gain experience, you can explore a wider variety of brush pens and other tools.
ref: 2017, Grace Song, Brush Pen Lettering: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Learning Decorative Scripts and Creating Inspired Styles, →ISBN:
glosses: A writing and drawing instrument that has a tip like a paintbrush, typically with an ink cartridge similar to that on a fountain pen.
brush pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brush pen
brush-pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brush-pens
Senses: examples: text: The scribe had to dip his brush-pen quite often; he could write only five to nine hieroglyphic characters with each dip.
ref: 2010, Leila Avrin -, Scribes, Script, and Books, →ISBN:
text: The use of the brush-pen and lampblack ink as the basic vehicle for committing thoughts to writing can be traced back to remote antiquity in China.
ref: 2011, Tsuen-hsuin Tsien, Collected Writings on Chinese Culture, →ISBN, page 3:
text: If, for instance, the shadow seems to take the shape of a Chinese brush-pen, the boy will become a great scholar; if it is shaped like a plough he will remain in the condition of a peasant or farmer.
ref: 2011, Reginald F. Johnston, Lion and Dragon in Northern China, →ISBN, page 190:
glosses: Alternative form of brush pen.
brush-pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brush-pen
Hollywooder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hollywooders
Etymology: From Hollywood + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who works in the film industry in Hollywood.
Hollywooders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hollywooder
white nationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white nationalists
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A person who believes in white nationalism.
examples: text: "On one board, he detailed his vision for the community — an enclave where residents fly “racialist” banners, where they are able to import enough “responsible hard core” white nationalists to take control of the town government, where “leftist journalists or antis” who “come and try to make trouble” will face arrest."
ref: 2013, John Eligon, “New Neighbor’s Agenda: White Power Takeover”, in New York Times:
glosses: a member of a group of white militants that supports white supremacy with racial segregation.
Related terms: white supremacist
whitenat
fudepen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fudepens
form: fude-pen
form: fude pen
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 筆ペン (fudepen), a compound of 筆 (fude, “brush”) and ペン (pen, from English pen).
Senses: examples: text: I've seen some people do rather nice calligraphy with a fudepen, in various sizes and styles.
ref: 1998 October 12, Charles Eicher, sci.lang.japan (Usenet):
text: When using a fudepen, the ink flow increases when a stronger grip is used to apply more pressure, so the stroke width changes depending on the strength of the grip.
ref: 2009, Julie A. Jacko, Human-Computer Interaction. Novel Interaction Methods and Techniques, →ISBN, page 510:
text: It is also now possible to use a fudepen (of fude, brush and pen), portable brush with ink tank.
ref: 2013, Cayetano Sanchez, El Cuervo, Budo for Budoka, page 32:
glosses: Synonym of brush pen.
synonyms: word: brush pen
fudepens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fudepen
panaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panakam.
underprove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underproves
form: underproving
form: underproved
form: underproved
Senses: topics: baking
cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Alternative form of underproof.
businessowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: businessowners
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of business owner.
business owner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business owners
form: businessowner
form: business-owner
Senses: hypernyms: businessperson
glosses: One who owns a business.
hipsterishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hipsterishly
form: most hipsterishly
Etymology: From hipsterish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She tried to make this sound hipsterishly arch and mocking, but she wanted to know.
ref: 2014, Brian Morton, Florence Gordon:
glosses: In a hipsterish manner; in a (often pretentiously) trendy fashion.
Shanwei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shan-wei
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 汕尾 (Shànwěi).
Senses: examples: text: He had reached the retirement age of fifty-five in 1957, after being first employed by the Government as a young man. Born in Kowloon about 1903, he was taken back to Shan Wei in eastern Kwangtung (Fig. 3.1) at age eight for his primary education comprising four or five years in a private school with over a hundred students.
ref: [1975, Cornelius Osgood, “The Man Who Retired”, in The Chinese: A Study of a Hong Kong Community, volume 1, Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 370:
text: Residents reached by telephone said Dongzhou, a farming and fishing village 14 miles southeast of Shanwei city, in Guangdong province near Hong Kong, was quiet Friday for the second night in a row. But checkpoints were reinforced on roads leading in and out of the village, leaving its 10,000 residents blocked in unless they traveled by sea or walked circuitous routes.
ref: 2005 December 9, Edward Cody, “Chinese Police Intensify Lockdown of Villagers”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2024:
text: The government of Shanwei, the prefecture-level city that includes Wukan, later blamed news media outlets from outside the Chinese mainland, including Apple Daily and Initium Media from Hong Kong, of “instigation, planning and direction” in Wukan.
ref: 2016 June 21, Austin Ramzy, “Chinese Official Whose Arrest Stirred Protests Confesses to Taking Bribes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2016, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Teochew
word: Swabue
kahen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kahens
form: kahenat
Etymology: From Ge'ez ካህን (kahn, “priest”).
Senses: glosses: a Haymanot religious role, analogous to a rabbi in other Jewish communities
rockwren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockwrens
form: rock wren
Etymology: From rock + wren.
Senses: synonyms: New Zealand rockwren
glosses: A small wren endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, Xenicus gilviventris.
Japanese pizza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese pizzas
Senses: examples: text: Unique on the menu is Okonomiyaki, or Japanese Pizza, fried thin breading with teriyaki or curry topping.
ref: 1996, A. Magazine: The Asian American Quarterly, page 58:
text: One evening she took him to an okonomiyaki place for the inexpensive savory pancakes, known as Japanese pizza.
ref: 2012, William Hjortsberg, Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan:
text: Michael tried Japanese pizza, which he thought was tasty but slightly expensive.
ref: 2015, Junko Ogawa, Fumitsugu Enokida, Colloquial Japanese: The Complete Course for Beginners:
topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of okonomiyaki.
synonyms: word: okonomiyaki
glosses: A pizza where the toppings, and sometimes the sauce and cheese replacements, are of Japanese ingredients and flavours.
German pizza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: German pizzas
Etymology: From German + pizza.
Senses: examples: text: German pizza — or flammkuchen — is being cooked up at the Vancouver Christmas Market and its giving the better-known Italian kind a run for its money.
ref: 2015 December 20, “German pizza at the Vancouver Christmas Market”, in CBC:
text: The Rhein Haus menu offers a variety of options, ranging from appetizers, soups and salads, to sandwiches, gourmet house-made wurst plates and Flammkuchen, or “German pizza,” on house-made sourdough.
ref: 2017 February 17, “Rhein Haus opens Saturday in Tacoma's Stadium neighborhood”, in The Suburban Times:
text: They have several varieties of Flammkuchen (German pizza—a flatbread dish from the French borderlands).
ref: 2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Germany 2018, →ISBN:
text: You'll find both Teutonic fare, including sausage sandwiches, schnitzel plates with spaetzle, currywurst and fries, flammkuchen (German pizza),
ref: 2018 December 18, “German-style gastropub Bierhaus moves from Mountain View to Temescal”, in Berkeleyside:
topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of flammkuchen, from the appearance of this Germanic dish, being similar to a pizza pie crust topped with pizza toppings.
synonyms: word: flammkuchen
word: from the appearance of this Germanic dish
word: being similar to a pizza pie crust topped with pizza toppings
glosses: A pizza where the toppings, and sometimes the sauce replacement and cheese, are of German ingredients and flavours.
Quebecoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quebecoises
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Québécoise.
Quebecoise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Quebecoise
form: most Quebecoise
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Québécois.
Kiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese きこ (Kiko).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
pussy print
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pussy prints
Senses: examples: text: I looked in the mirror and saw my fat pussy print showing. I smiled at myself in the mirror. What nigga in his right mind would leave all this pussy to go chase another bitch? I thought as I used my hand and patted my pussy.
ref: 2016, Racquel Williams, Your Man Chose Me:
glosses: A cameltoe.
white-throated kingfisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-throated kingfishers
Senses: glosses: Halcyon smyrnensis, an Asian species of tree kingfisher.
Synonyms: sense: Halcyon smyrnensis
word: white-breasted kingfisher
Coordinate terms: sense: see
word: kingfisher
common kingfisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: common kingfishers
Senses: glosses: Alcedo atthis, a Eurasian and North African species of kingfisher.
Synonyms: sense: Alcedo atthis
word: Eurasian kingfisher
sense: Alcedo atthis
word: European kingfisher
sense: Alcedo atthis
word: river kingfisher
Coordinate terms: sense: see
word: kingfisher
bi-ritual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: biritual
Etymology: From bi- + ritual.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Able to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and administer the sacraments of two different sui iuris churches.
raw_tags: of a priest
examples: text: Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ).
ref: 1994, John M. Huels, The Catechumenate and the Law, page 41:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Applying to the rituals of two different churches.
raw_tags: of a faculty or authority to celebrate a rite
pied kingfisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pied kingfishers
Senses: glosses: Ceryle rudis, a species of kingfisher found in Asia and Africa.
Coordinate terms: sense: see
word: kingfisher
white-throated kingfishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-throated kingfisher
pied kingfishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pied kingfisher
common kingfishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common kingfisher
gooseberry eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooseberry eyes
Senses: examples: text: He enjoyed the Countess Rossakoff's society partly because of her aristocratic provenance, and he was not going to have his enjoyment spoiled by a spectacled little girl with boiled gooseberry eyes and a degree in psychology!
ref: 1947, Agatha Christie, “The Capture of Cerberus”, in The Labours of Hercules:
text: Aged only twenty, she caught the gooseberry eye of Lord Randolph Churchill. He proposed to her almost at once.
ref: 1984, Piers Brendon, “Father and Son”, in Winston Churchill: A Biography:
glosses: A prominent, dull eye.
Related terms: gooseberry-eyed
gooseberry eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooseberry eye
stereoizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereoizers
Etymology: From stereo + -izer.
Senses: examples: text: Several digital effects are supported by Deck, ranging from a digital equalizer, which lets you accentuate or attenuate certain frequencies, to a stereoizer, which processes a mono- phonic recording to simulate stereo.
ref: 1991, Macworld, volume 8, PC World Communications:
qualifier: audio processing
glosses: A device or a computer program that enhances monophonic sound with stereo effects.
stereoizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stereoizer
hepatoptosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepatoptoses
Etymology: From hepato- + ptosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Prolapse or posterior displacement of the liver.
quadrantinopsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of quadrantanopsia.
quadrantinopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrantinopias
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of quadrantanopia.
alt-lite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Spencer predicted that the conservative movement’s broader embrace of the far right could start with news media outlets adding what he described as “alt-lite” hosts.
ref: 2016 November 6, Jonathan Mahler, Julie Turkewitz, “Donald Trump’s Extremist Supporters Feel Like Winners Either Way”, in New York Times:
text: The speakers described themselves as ‘alt-lite’, disassociating themselves with white supremacists.
ref: 2017 August 21, “Protesters get heavy with ‘alt-lite’ rally”, in Metro News UK:
text: While the “alt-lite” may have successfully distanced itself from the worst extremists, it can sometimes seem unclear exactly how “lite” the new movement is.
ref: 2018 January 22, J Oliver Conroy, “An evening with 'deplorables': inside the alt-right party in Manhattan”, in The Guardian:
text: While he claims it was an accident -- because who among us hasn’t accidentally tweeted hate speech multiple times -- it does highlight the biggest danger D’Souza poses: the “alt-lite” to alt-right pipeline.
ref: 2018 December 2, Jonathan Wolfson, “Opinion: Dinesh D’Souza event degrades quality of academic dialogue at AU”, in The Eagle:
glosses: Alternative spelling of alt-light.
cardiomediastinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + mediastinal.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of the heart and the mediastinum.
oropharyngoesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oro- + pharyngoesophageal.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the mouth, the pharynx and the esophagus.
oroesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: orooesophageal
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the mouth and the esophagus.
antivax
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-vax.
antivaxx
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-vax.
centrophobism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: centrophobia
peccabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peccability
supertitling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of supertitle
haveable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of havable.
Derived terms: unhaveable
wile away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of while away.
Lojbanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Lojbanize
Lojbanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Lojbanize
Lojbanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Lojbanize
Bologna stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bologna stones
form: Bolognian stone
Etymology: Specimens were found near Bologna in the 17th century by Vincenzo Casciarolo.
Senses: examples: text: It was concerned with the causes of the phosphorescence of the so-called 'Bologna stone' (a mineral named by the author of the book with the more imposing term of litheosphorus).
ref: 2013, Marco Piccolino, Galileo's Visions: Piercing the spheres of the heavens by eye and mind:
topics: alchemy
pseudoscience
glosses: The phosphorescent form of baryte.
Bologna stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bologna stone
desyring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desyre
desyred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desyre
desyrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more desyrous
form: most desyrous
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of desirous.
Zinneke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zinnekes
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Zinneke.
Senses: synonyms: Brusseler
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Brussels.
Synonyms: Brusseler
harlekins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harlekin
subtune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtunes
Etymology: From sub- + tune.
Senses: examples: text: When we reach measure 17 (the first measure of the second “subtune”), the words “Always get” likewise receive an upward slide, but there are subtle changes (Example 15.2).
ref: 2014, Edward Green, Evan Spring, The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington, page 232:
glosses: A tune that makes up part of a larger musical work or collection of tunes.
subtunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtune
subplace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subplaces
Etymology: From sub- + place.
Senses: glosses: A place that makes up part of another place.
Synonyms: sublocation
subplaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subplace
submegabyte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + megabyte.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Less than a megabyte.
subterabyte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + terabyte.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Less than a terabyte.
subgigabyte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + gigabyte.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Less than a gigabyte.
sotteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sottery
quadrantinopias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadrantinopia
pushoverness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pushover + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The second could be the achievement of sustained full employment and a higher rate of growth; these could increase both the availability of labor force "reserves" to low-wage trade and service sectors and the "pushfulness" of unions (and the pushoverness of employers) in the relatively high-wage manufacturing, construction, and transportation branches.
ref: 1965, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 79, page 94:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being a pushover.
grape kernel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grape kernels
form: grape-kernel
Etymology: From Middle English grape kirnell, equivalent to grape + kernel.
Senses: glosses: The kernel of a grape; grapeseed
Derived terms: grape kernel oil
seemes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seeme
nonimmutability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + immutability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being not immutable.
white nationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white nationalist
bollocks to it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: An expression of disappointment, disapproval, or frustration; the hell with it; forget it
Derby Kell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Shortening of Derby Kelly.
archaïc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more archaïc
form: most archaïc
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of archaic.
ding, ding, ding, we have a winner
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Said when somebody answers a question correctly.
Related terms: ding
ding-a-ling
ding ding
ding-dong
ring-a-ding
ringer
interquadrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + quadrant.
Senses: glosses: Between quadrants.
Michna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Michnas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish, Czech and Slovak Michna.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
koekemakranka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koekemakrankas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kukumakranka.
koekemakrankas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koekemakranka
zoofaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoofari
New York cheesecake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New York cheesecakes
Senses: glosses: A rich kind of cheesecake using heavy cream or sour cream for a dense, smooth consistency.
New York cheesecakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New York cheesecake
petarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of petard
petarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of petard
radioautographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to radioautography.
phaeophycean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaeophyceans
Etymology: Phaeophyceae + -an
Senses: glosses: Any member of the Phaeophyceae; a brown alga.
phaeophyceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaeophycean
underindulge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underindulges
form: underindulging
form: underindulged
form: underindulged
Etymology: From under- + indulge.
Senses: glosses: To indulge too little.
underindulgence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + indulgence.
Senses: glosses: An act of underindulging; indulgence in too little.
underindulged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underindulge
underindulges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underindulge
underindulging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underindulge
linespacing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From line + spacing.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: linespace
arrivedercis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrivederci
arrow-straight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arrow-straight
form: most arrow-straight
Senses: examples: text: a tree with an arrow-straight trunk
glosses: Completely straight; straight as an arrow.
arroz con pollo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish arroz con pollo (“rice with chicken”).
Senses: glosses: A traditional dish of Spain and Latin America, made with chicken and rice and closely related to paella.
Hong Kong flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because it originated in Hong Kong.
Senses: glosses: A form of influenza caused by an H3N2 strain of the influenza A virus, descended from H2N2 through antigenic shift, that killed around one million people worldwide during an outbreak in 1968 and 1969.
antigenic shift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process by which different strains of a virus or viruses combine to form a new subtype having a mixture of the surface antigens of the original strains.
Coordinate terms: antigenic drift
cantefable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantefables
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chantefable.
chantefables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chantefable
cantefables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantefable
dengue shock syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A condition of shock and dangerously low blood pressure that sometimes results from dengue fever.
Kuras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kurases
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Kuras or Kuraś.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Middle East respiratory syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A viral respiratory infection caused by a betacoronavirus derived from bats.
Synonyms: camel flu
MERS
Reye syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Reye's syndrome.
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
prion disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prion diseases
Senses: examples: text: Five public research institutions in France have imposed a 3-month moratorium on the study of prions[…]after a retired lab worker who handled prions in the past was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the most common prion disease in humans.
ref: 2021 July 28, Barbara Casassus, “France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal brain disease strikes two lab workers”, in Science:
glosses: Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
prion diseases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prion disease
chanticleering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chanticleer
chanticleered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chanticleer
chantoosie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chantoosies
form: chantoozie
Etymology: From French chanteuse (“female singer”).
Senses: examples: text: The estimable drag queen Varla Jean Merman, meanwhile, treads more familiar but no less fruitful ground as the conniving chantoozie Miss Jeannie Jeannine.
ref: 2011 May 20, Eric Grode, “Varla Jean Merman and Leslie Jordan in 'Lucky Guy'”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
text: Net confirmed today that Lovato will return to judge season three of the singing competish, which launches this fall. The pop chantoosie joined the show during its second season, helping to draw younger auds to the program.
ref: 2013 March 28, AJ Marechal, “Demi Lovato Set to Return to 'X Factor'”, in Variety, Los Angeles, C.A.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2021:
text: Academics play pivotal roles in everything from The Blue Angel (schoolteacher destroyed by ambitious, scantily clad chantoozie) to Goodbye, Mr Chips (lovable schoolteacher behaves lovably to lovable public school boys) to A Beautiful Mind (mentally unstable academic wins Nobel prize and the right to date Jennifer Connelly).
ref: 2015 July 9, Joe Queenan, “From Wonder Boys to Irrational Man: why Hollywood loves a hot professor”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
glosses: A woman employed to sing in a nightclub.
chantoosies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chantoosie
chao tom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese chạo tôm.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Vietnamese dish of shrimp surimi grilled on a sugar-cane stick.
Chaource
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Chaource.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Aube department, in north-central France.
Chaource
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French Chaource.
Senses: glosses: A soft, creamy French cow's-milk cheese with a white rind.
devilette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devilettes
Etymology: From devil + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A female devil.
glosses: A little devil
devilettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devilette
devil's shoestring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Tephrosia virginiana (goat's rue, catgut).
PSGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PSG
come-outerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From come-outer + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The practices and attitudes of come-outers.
come-outism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of come-outerism.
synonyms: word: come-outerism
Dobbings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fed Cup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Short for Federation Cup, the name by which it was known until 1995.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The premier international team competition in women's tennis.
nonclergyable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + clergyable.
Senses: glosses: Not clergyable.
screwdriving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From screw + driving.
Senses: glosses: The work of fastening or loosening a screw with a screwdriver.
sonologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonologists
Etymology: From sonology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies sonology.
glosses: A physician skilled in diagnostic ultrasound practice and interpretation.
sonologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonologist
sonological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sonology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to sonology.
stratarchical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stratarchical
form: most stratarchical
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to stratarchy.
ultrasonologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrasonologists
Senses: glosses: A person who performs ultrasound.
ultrasonological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ultrasound.
ultrasonologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultrasonologist
ultrasonologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, ultrasound.
unlawyerly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlawyerly
form: most unlawyerly
Etymology: From un- + lawyerly.
Senses: glosses: Not lawyerly; not like, or not befitting, a lawyer.
unleasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + leasable.
Senses: glosses: Not leasable.
unlulled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + lulled.
Senses: glosses: Not having been lulled.
Webwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Web + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: But by June 1997, once AOL started cohosting his site, Drudge had become a Web-wide phenomenon and the darling of American conservatives.
ref: 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
glosses: Throughout the World Wide Web.
wide-field
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of widefield.
headtracking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From head + tracking.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A technique that tracks the movements of the user's head and adjusts the view of a three-dimensional model accordingly, allowing them to look at it from different angles like a solid object.
dropping by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drop by
dropped by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drop by
change log
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: change logs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of changelog.
change logs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of change log
changingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From changing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being changing.
Synonyms: mutability
Ongota
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A moribund language of southwest Ethiopia.
Yoshinaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
channel changer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: channel changers
Senses: glosses: A television remote control.
channel changers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of channel changer
Grignon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grignons
Etymology: Borrowed from French Grignon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
chaos theorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaos theorists
Senses: glosses: One who studies chaos theory.
chaos theorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaos theorist
Channel Country
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Channel Country
Senses: glosses: A region of outback Australia located mostly in the state of Queensland but also in portions of South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales, and having numerous intertwined rivulets.
devil's ivy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: pothos
glosses: Any of species Epipremnum aureum of vines, often used as ornamentals.
devil's vine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil's vines
Senses: glosses: Any of species Epipremnum aureum of vines often cultivated as a houseplant.
dropshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropshots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drop shot.
dropshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropshot
gin and French
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gin and Frenches
form: gins and French
form: gins and Frenches
form: gin-and-French
Etymology: From the use of French as a shortened form of French vermouth, distinguished as being usually drier than Italian vermouth.
Senses: examples: text: Tearle replied that gin-and-French and virginian cigarettes would do for him.
ref: 1930, Ethel Mannin, Confessions & Impressions, page 177:
glosses: A cocktail of gin and dry vermouth.
heel strike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heel strikes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heelstrike.
heel strikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heel strike
heel-dragger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heel-draggers
Etymology: From heel + dragger; see drag one's heels.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of footdragger.
synonyms: word: footdragger
heel-draggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heel-dragger
retrodimerized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retrodimerize
retrodimerizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retrodimerize
ITFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ITF
Sauvé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sauvés
Etymology: French Sauvé
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, variant of Sauve
sonic logo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonic logos
Senses: glosses: A sound or short melody associated with a brand and used in its advertising.
sonic logos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonic logo
sonometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sonometry.
unlessen
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: Perhaps from unless and. Compare if'n.
Senses: glosses: unless
preformationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From preformation + -ary.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the theory of preformation.
landguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From land + guard.
Senses: glosses: A division of customs stationed along the coast in an attempt to prevent smuggling.
Related terms: waterguard
Bloodgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈblʌdˌɡeɪt/
Etymology: From blood + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2009 scandal in the sport of rugby union, in which the English team Harlequin F.C. used fake blood capsules to fake an injury.
Bountygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From bounty + -gate.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.
motley iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medium-quality cast iron, consisting of a mixture of white iron and grey iron.
assur
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: asur
Etymology: From Hebrew אָסוּר (asúr).
Senses: examples: text: Wool which has been shorn from it or which has fallen off it is assur (prohibited for any beneficial use) and if it becomes mixed with other wool the whole becomes assur (Y.D. 308).
ref: 1968, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Horeb: A Philosophy of Jewish Laws and Observances:
text: In their commentary, the Tosafot conclude that it is assur to inflict a wound in one's body (chovel be'atzmo) even if he benefits from it.
ref: 2006, Rabbi Alfred S. Cohen, editor, Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, numbers 51–56:
text: After chatzos it is assur to daven shacharis.
ref: 2011 February 23, Philogos, “How To Understand Yeshivish”, in The Forward:
topics: law
glosses: forbidden
Related terms: haram
neuroexcitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroexcitation
KSIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KSI
berghing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bergh
berghed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bergh
alienish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alienish
form: most alienish
Etymology: From alien + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The bruise on my cheek had ripened into an underlying violet with an alienish green tinge. My ear had a red cut nicked out of it. The hot curling iron burn on my neck was starting to scab but it looked like it might hang around a lifetime.
ref: 2007, Nancy Bush, Electric Blue, page 212:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Characteristic of an alien; alienlike
salt beef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salt beefs
Etymology: From Middle English salt bef, salt beof, equivalent to salt + beef. Compare salt pork.
Senses: glosses: Beef cured in salt.
Related terms: bully beef
corned beef
Irish horse
fivegram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fivegrams
Etymology: From five + -gram.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An n-gram consisting of five items from a sequence.
fivegrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fivegram
head movement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head movements
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
syntax
glosses: Movement of a word from the head of one maximal projection to the head of another maximal projection above the first one (i.e., such that the destination head c-commands the original head).
Synonyms: head-to-head movement
Hyponyms: T-to-C movement
V-to-T movement
Related terms: wh-movement
equisized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + sized.
Senses: examples: text: In an actual fragmented bed, the granules will not be equisized, but will have a distribution of sizes.
ref: 2004, Z. P. Bazant, Z. Bittnar, M. Jirasek, Fracture and Damage in Quasibrittle Structures:
text: With non equisized ^([sic]) grains the situation gets worse.
ref: 2005, Paul van Houtte, Textures of Materials : ICOTOM 14: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Textures of Materials, Held in Leuvel, Belgium, July 11-15, 2005, Volume 495, Part 1 - Volume 497, Part 1:
glosses: Of equal size.
quasibrittleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quasibrittle + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being quasibrittle.
Koshchei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koschei.
Koshchey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koschei.
Kashchei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koschei.
Kashchey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koschei.
buckethead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucketheads
Senses: examples: text: We were real bucketheads and we've got to make up for a lot of lost time. Even if we didn't know enough about the Communist conspiracy in those days to get out from behind the front organizations, then we certainly should have brains enough now to make amends by taking an active part in the present-day endeavors dedicated to exposing and destroying the Fifth Column in our professions.
ref: 1955, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The American Mercury - Volume 80, page 109:
text: So he held his fingers up, V for victory. Something those bucketheads ought to understand.
ref: 1997, James W. Hall, Buzz Cut, →ISBN, page 373:
text: Maybe she could just step up her letter-writing campaign to the newspapers. She wondered if she wasn't fighting a losing battle anyway, trying to educate bucketheads.
ref: 1999, Julie Anne Peters, Love Me, Love My Broccoli, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: Alternative form of bucket head.
A stupid or oblivious person.
examples: text: Most of the guests were out on the front lawn, guzzling away, real bucketheads.
ref: 1992, Lee Grove, Drowning, →ISBN, page 175:
glosses: Alternative form of bucket head.
One who eats or drinks by the bucketful.
examples: text: Between this weather and the bucketheads, it's tough for a guy to find a spot of shade."
ref: 1992, James Luceno, Mata Hari Affair, →ISBN, page 44:
text: The needs of our lumbering bucketheads dictated we go in close.
ref: 2007, Michael Z. Williamson, The Weapon, →ISBN, page 257:
text: “I wish you were a buckethead,” the troll said. "Then we could carry some water."
ref: 2011, Christopher M. Dulabone, Melody Grandy, Greg Hunter, Bucketheads in Oz, →ISBN, page 126:
glosses: Alternative form of bucket head.
One who wears a bucket or bucket-like object on his or her head.
bucket head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucket heads
form: buckethead
form: bucket-head
Senses: examples: text: Everything went dark and I heard Joan laughing and asking, “Hey, bucket head, how is it going?”
ref: 2003, Charlie McCarthy, Trapped With Trouble, →ISBN, page 28:
text: I rooted for him as he sweated out the beginning of a service period for a massive banquet at Versailles, ill-equipped, with only a rent-a-staff of indolent bucket heads to help him.
ref: 2010, Anthony Bourdain, A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal, →ISBN, page 196:
text: He just called people bucket heads when he thought that they did bucketheaded things.
ref: 2016, Daniel Knowles, Disasters, Fires and Rescues, →ISBN:
text: As all Australians know, Ned Kelly (1854 or 1855 – 11 November 1880) was a bucket head, or should I say, he was the Robin Hood of bucket heads.
ref: 2016, Mr. John, The Black Book, →ISBN:
glosses: A stupid or oblivious person.
examples: text: "Come on, we got some bucket heads to kill," Andrew said. Marc whispered, "Bucket heads?" "You know," Aaron said, "Storm troopers, bad guys with guns."
ref: 1995, Nick Baron, Virtual Destruction, →ISBN, page 94:
text: Soon an army of bucket heads filled the streets.
ref: 2004, Derek Drymon, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, →ISBN, page 83:
text: Bucket heads down the alleyway off of West Fifteenth and Seventh.
ref: 2015, R. J. Ellory, City of Lies: A Thriller, →ISBN:
text: “Apparently the bucket heads took off in great haste and knocked a couple of rotorchairs out of the sky as they went.
ref: 2015, Mark Hodder, The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats, →ISBN:
glosses: One who wears a bucket, or a bucket-like object (such as a helmet) on their head.
glosses: One who eats or drinks by the bucketful.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bucket, head.
bucketheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckethead