cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
undergrounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undergrounder
virtualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of virtualize
virtualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virtualizations
form: virtualisation
Etymology: From virtual + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act of virtualizing.
examples: text: storage virtualization
text: CPU virtualization
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Creating a virtual version of common computing hardware at the same abstraction level.
Hyponyms: OS-level virtualization
Related terms: revirtualization
self-fertile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-fertile
form: most self-fertile
Etymology: From self- + fertile.
Senses: glosses: Capable of self-fertilization.
raw_tags: of a plant
self-sterile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-sterile
form: most self-sterile
Etymology: From self- + sterile.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of self-fertilization.
raw_tags: of a plant
sestetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sestettos
form: sestetti
Etymology: Italian
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sestet/sextet
Seicento
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Seicento
Etymology: From Italian Seicento (literally “17th century”).
Senses: glosses: Italian history and culture of the 17th century.
second home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second homes
Senses: glosses: A secondary residence.
country house
glosses: A secondary residence.
vacation home
glosses: A secondary residence.
pied-à-terre
glosses: A home of a close relative or friend where one spends a great deal of time or feels welcome.
glosses: Any place where one spends a great deal of time away from one's primary home, such as an office, a remote town or a foreign country.
Related terms: home away from home
sestetti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sestetto
ten-pin bowling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tenpin bowling.
laisser-faire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more laisser-faire
form: most laisser-faire
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laissez faire.
laisser-faire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laissez faire.
sware
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He shoke downe all the clothys,
And sware horryble othes
Before the face of God, […]
ref: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 51–53:
text: so I sware to the rose,/"Forever and ever, mine."
ref: 1855, Alfred Tennyson, Song from Maud:
glosses: simple past of swear
sware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swares
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swear.
microcephalus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An abnormally small head.
glosses: A person suffering from microcephaly.
cabbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabby
calabashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calabash
candidacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candidacy
decimalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decimalises
form: decimalising
form: decimalised
form: decimalised
Etymology: From decimal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decimalize.
Related terms: decimalisation
candying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of candy
canvases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canvasses
Senses: glosses: plural of canvas
canvases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: canvasses
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of canvas
canvased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of canvas
datums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of datum
datums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of datum
Related terms: data points
streakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streaker
strawberry shortcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawberry shortcake
strip joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strip joint
diaspore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.əˌspɔɹ/
/ˈdaɪ.əˌspoʊɹ/
Forms: form: diaspores
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), describing its decrepitation on heating.
Senses: glosses: A natural hydrate of aluminium, sometimes forming stalactites.
glosses: A gemstone consisting of hydrate of aluminium in crystal form.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: seeds and fruit together regarded as a dispersal unit.
Derived terms: diasporic
diasporite
myxodiaspory
homosporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + -sporous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: producing spores of the same size and type.
Related terms: homospore
heterosporous
homospory
heterospore
homospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homospores
Etymology: From homo- + spore.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: any plant producing spores of the same size and type.
Related terms: homosporous
heterosporous
heterospore
gelateria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒəˌlatəˈɹiːə/
ipa: /d͡ʒəˌlætəˈɹi.ə/
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: gelaterias
form: gelaterie
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian gelateria, from gelato (“ice cream”) + -eria (“-ery”).
Senses: examples: text: As such, gelaterie are just as much a part of the Roman experience as the ancient Colosseum and the Forum.
ref: 1991, Bon Appétit, volume 36, page 37:
text: A death-by-chocolate option you are unlikely to find in restaurants but is a speciality in some gelaterie and cafés is the gianduiotto, a little slab of gianduia chocolate ice cream surmounted by a cup of whipped cream.
ref: 2006, Damien Simonis, Venice, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 155:
text: Forty years later, in a bustling downtown with more than its share of students, homeless people and gelaterias, Berkeley Rep occupies two sleek, custom-built theaters.
ref: 2008 March 2, Joy Goodwin, “Left Coast Ideas, Floating East”, in New York Times:
text: Claudia and I are suckers for gelato, and when you walk through Florence, gelaterie are everywhere.
ref: 2013, Jeff Michaud, Eating Italy: A Chef’s Culinary Adventure, Running Press, →ISBN:
text: While there are still some old-fashioned gelaterie making gelato with natural ingredients such as real fruit and nuts, the majority of places you run into in the more heavily “touristed” areas of town churn their ice cream from premade mixes or buy industrially premade gelato.
ref: 2015, Elizabeth Minchilli, Eating Rome: Living the Good Life in the Eternal City, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 171:
glosses: A shop that sells gelato (Italian-style ice cream).
Coordinate terms: ice cream parlor
creamery
Related terms: gelato
attestable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈtɛs.tə.bəl/
[əˈtɛs.tə.bɫ̩]
Forms: form: more attestable
form: most attestable
Etymology: From attest + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be attested.
Synonyms: certifiable
verifiable
Derived terms: attestably
knar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑː(ɹ)/
ipa: /nɑɹ/
ipa: [nɑɹ]
ipa: [nɑ˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: knars
form: knaur
Etymology: From Middle English knarre (“a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood”), probably from Old English *cnearra, which could be related to cnotta.
Cognate with Dutch knar, knor (“gnarl, knot”), German Low German Knurre, Knur (“knot in wood”), German Knorren (“knot in wood”). Related also to English knurl and gnarl.
Senses: glosses: A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.
Synonyms: burl
gnarl
knot
knur
knurl
Derived terms: knarry
Related terms: gnarl
knur
knurl
HO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Heckler-Ohlin (thereom).
glosses: Initialism of Home Office.
HO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HOs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of head office.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Initialism of holy orders.
glosses: Abbreviation of HO scale.
deamidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deamidations
Etymology: From de- + amidation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The conversion of glutamine, asparagine, glutamine residues in a polypeptide to glutamic acid or aspartic acid by treatment with strong acid, transamidase or deamidase.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Conversion of an amide to a carboxylic acid.
suid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suids
Etymology: From the family name translingual Suidae, from the genus name translingual Sus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: suidian
hypernyms: suilline
glosses: Any of the family Suidae; a pig.
suid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suid
form: most suid
Etymology: From the family name translingual Suidae, from the genus name translingual Sus.
Senses: examples: text: Owing to the kindness of Mr. M. A. Hinton, I have been able to examine at leisure the large collection of recent Suid skulls in the British Museum.
ref: 1928, H. S. Pearson, “Chinese Fossil Suidæ”, in Palæontologica Sinica, series C (Fossil Vertebrates of China), volume 5, footnote 3, page 62:
text: Table 18.1 shows the results obtained by the Haemagglutination-Inhibition Test on ten suid feeds with the anti-warthog system and the converse anti-bushpig system.
ref: 1970, B[ernard] G. F. Weitz, “Methods for Identifying the Blood Meals of Glossina”, in H[ugh] W[addell] Mulligan, editor, The African Trypanosomiases, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, →ISBN, page 419:
text: In a study by Harris and Cerling (2002), isotopic analysis of the enamel of extant and Neogene suids shows that major components of C₄ vegetation (i.e., warm-growing season grasses) were present in extinct suid species from the Turkana Basin deposits of northern Kenya as early as about 7Ma.
ref: 2007, A[nna] K[atherine] Behrensmeyer, R[ené] Bobe, Z[eresenay] Alemseged, “Approaches to the analysis of faunal change during the East African Pliocene”, in René Bobe, Zeresenay Alemseged, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, editors, Hominin Environments in the East African Pliocene: An Assessment of the Faunal Evidence, Dordrecht: Springer, →ISBN, page 17, column 1:
synonyms: suidian
hypernyms: suilline
glosses: Of or relating to the family Suidae of pigs and related creatures.
spiritualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spiritualize
spiritualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spiritualizes
form: spiritualizing
form: spiritualized
form: spiritualized
form: spiritualise
Etymology: From spiritual + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.
examples: text: This seen in the clear air, and the whole spiritualized by endless recollections, fills the eye and the heart more forcibly than I can find words to say.
ref: 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to.
glosses: To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; opposed to literalize.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To extract spirit.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
in a bind
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In a difficult situation, usually of one's own making; having a dilemma; faced with a problem or a set of problems for which there is no easy solution.
impeaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impeach
impeaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of impeach
chandlering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chandler + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The trade of a chandler
reist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reists
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A proponent of reism.
reist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reists
form: reisting
form: reisted
form: reisted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reest.
Rt. Revd.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Right Reverend (as an ecclesiastical title).
Rt. Rev'd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rt. Rev'd.s
form: Rt Revd
form: Rt Rev'd
form: Rt Rev.
Senses: glosses: The Right Reverend (an ecclesiastical title)
impoverishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of impoverish
impoverishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impoverish
pride goes before a fall
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pride comes before a fall.
sanitizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsænɪtaɪzɚ/
ipa: /ˈsænətaɪzɚ/
Forms: form: sanitizers
form: sanitiser
Etymology: From sanitize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: hand sanitizer
glosses: Agent noun of sanitize; one who sanitizes; a product that provides a sanitized result.
examples: text: memory sanitizer
text: Sanitizers have been available for a while with the Clang compiler and were later also introduced into the GCC toolset.
ref: 2018, Radovan Bast, Roberto Di Remigio, CMake Cookbook: Building, testing, and packaging modular software with modern CMake, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 218:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
coordinate_terms: linter
glosses: A program to detect errors in code, usually integrated into a compiler.
sanitizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanitizer
shedder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shedders
Etymology: From Middle English scheder (“killer”); equivalent to shed + -er.
Senses: examples: a shedder of blood
a shedder of tears
glosses: Agent noun of shed; one who sheds.
glosses: A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft.
shedders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shedder
yesternoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yesternoons
Senses: examples: text: I say, that certain of your Grace's liegemen, but yesternoon, beheld him in the forest, backed with armed followers, six archers at the least.
ref: 1838, James Gregor Grant, Rufus, Or, The Red King: A Romance, page 84:
glosses: Yesterday at noon.
pinfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinfalls
Etymology: From pin + fall.
Senses: examples: text: Cohen is best known for the confidence he displays on the wrestling mat, . . . stringing one move after another until he hears the referee's hand slap the mat to signal a pinfall.
ref: 2005 February 3, Jon Gallo, “Hammond's Cohen an Artist on the Mat”, in Washington Post, retrieved 14 Jul 2008:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A victorious maneuver in which both of an opponent's shoulders are held against the mat for a prescribed period of time.
examples: text: Allison, a member of the Bowling Hall of Fame, recently moved into ninth place for career pinfall with more than 103,000.
ref: 2007 July 1, Neil Amdur, “Bowling: Why a 900 Series Just Isn’t What It Used to Be”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Jul 2008:
topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The number of pins toppled by a bowler or bowling team during a game, tournament, career, or some other measured period.
vendaval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vendavals
form: vendavel
Etymology: From Galician vendaval, Spanish vendaval, or a related term.
Senses: examples: text: The vendaval gives unequivocal signs of its approach. If the easterly wind be blowing, it will veer to the S.E., the sky will become obscured and the coast concealed, […]
ref: 1870, R. H. Wyman, Winds, currents, and navigation of the Gulf of Cadiz, the Western Coast of the Spanish Peninsula, and the Strait of Gibraltar, page 4:
text: Setting sail, then, with the vendaval, within a short time they reached the outside of the channel . The ships sailing from Manila do not do this, and are much delayed, because they must run a greater distance within the channel and among ...
ref: 1905, Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, page 175:
text: This navigation should not be made at any other season, for from June the vendavals blow, and they are contrary to the voyage. As a rule, these ships sail and are despatched at the end of February, or at the latest by the twentieth of March.
ref: 1915, Emma Helen Blair, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Relating to China and the Chinese:
text: The vendaval occurs mainly in the cool season, and it is most frequent from October to November and February to March.
ref: 1975, United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) for the Mediterranean, page 49
glosses: A westerly wind, especially one that blows into the Mediterranean Sea around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco, or a similar wind in the Philippines.
selectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selectabilities
Etymology: From select + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The ability to be selected.
glosses: Worth; the appropriateness for being selected.
glosses: The ability to be selected from.
Amabel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Medieval English name apparently based on Latin amabilis (“lovable”).
Senses: examples: text: All the same, they didn't hold it against her, and if, as sometimes happened behind closed doors, they referred to her origin, they called her shamefacedly but rather proudly, their love-child. Hence the name, Amabel, which seemed to unite love with beauty.
ref: 1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 4:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Related terms: Annabel
Mab
Mabel
overanalyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overanalyzes
form: overanalyzing
form: overanalyzed
form: overanalyzed
Etymology: From over- + analyze.
Senses: glosses: To analyze too much or in too much detail.
Adelina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
gelaterie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian gelaterie.
Senses: glosses: plural of gelateria
swarthily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more swarthily
form: most swarthily
Etymology: From swarthy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a swarthy manner.
delegitimize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: delegitimizes
form: delegitimizing
form: delegitimized
form: delegitimized
Etymology: From de- + legitimize.
Senses: examples: text: Iran could not be happier. The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel’s colonialism rather than Iran’s nuclear enrichment, the more people call for a single democratic state in all of historic Palestine.
ref: 2014 May 4, Thomas L. Friedman, “Sheldon: Iran’s Best Friend”, in The New York Times:
text: As that campaign seeks to do, fighting ISIS means delegitimizing Caliphism at home and abroad.
ref: 2016, Steve Hilton, More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First:
text: Republicans are pushing legislation to crack down on voting by noncitizens, which happens rarely and is already illegal in federal elections, in a move that reinforces former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to delegitimize the 2024 results if he loses.
ref: 2024 May 21, Luke Broadwater, “House G.O.P. Moves to Crack Down on Noncitizen Voting, Sowing False Narrative”, in The New York Times:
text: “It is a strategy that delegitimizes the work of the public administration, generates long-term dependence and pockets of power that are later difficult to dismantle,” Fernando Nieto Morales, a professor specializing in government and public administration at The College of Mexico, said of the responsibility given to the military.
ref: 2024 September 30, Simon Romero, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, and Paulina Villegas, “As Mexico’s President Steps Down, Some Laud His Legacy, but Others Fear It”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To make something less legitimate.
glosses: To make something illegal that was previously legal.
Derived terms: delegitimizer
label cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: label clouds
Senses: glosses: tag cloud
divagation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divagations
Etymology: Nominalization of divagate (from the Latin verb divagare) + -ion (from the Latin suffix -io).
Senses: examples: text: It was after the complete revelation that he understood the romantic innuendoes with which his childhood had been surrounded, and of which he had never caught the meaning; they having seemed but part and parcel of the habitual and promiscuous divagations of his too constructive companion. When it came over him that, for years, she had made a fool of him, to himself and to others, he could have beaten her, for grief and shame […]
ref: 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, London: Macmillan and Co.:
text: But this was a divagation, and he pulled himself back to the askings of the moment
ref: 1905, Francis Lynde, A Fool for Love, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, page 52:
glosses: Straying off from a course or way.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.
Related terms: divagate
shakehole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shakeholes
Etymology: From shake + hole.
Senses: synonyms: sinkhole
swallow hole
swallet
glosses: A steep-sided, often conical, depression caused by slumping of ground into a cavity beneath. Shakeholes may or may not contain a cave entrance and/or a stream sink.
swallow hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swallow holes
Senses: glosses: A sinkhole; a shakehole.
swallet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swallets
Etymology: Compare German Schwall (“a sea swell”), from schwellen (“to swell”). See English swell.
Senses: glosses: A sinkhole; a shakehole.
topics: business
mining
qualifier: tin mining
glosses: Water breaking in upon the miners at their work.
sumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sumpy
form: most sumpy
Etymology: From sump + -y. Compare German sumpfig.
Senses: glosses: Liable to sump in wet weather.
raw_tags: of a cave passage
helictite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helictites
Senses: glosses: A speleothem found in limestone caves that changes its axis from the vertical at one or more stages during its growth.
polo-necks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polo-neck
coprine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclopropylglutamine compound found in the inky cap mushroom.
naproxen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈpɹɒksən/
ipa: /nəˈpɹɑksən/
Senses: examples: text: These days, especially when she kept on top of taking her naproxen, the hurt in her joints and limbs merely teased.
ref: 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 200:
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that inhibits the COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes and thereby reduces pain, fever, inflammation, and stiffness.
frozen cow juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frozen cow-juice
Senses: examples: text: 'Madam,' said the Prince, who was of a lively wit: 'I perceive that you are dry; come with me to the shop of the merchant we both wot of, and we will eat frozen cow-juice, flavored with strawberry or vernilleh.'
ref: 1880, “The 1002nd Night”, in Puck, volume 7, number 175, page 338:
text: Laurette says he is a really sick person to care more about some globs of frozen cow juice than a young girl's self-esteem.
ref: 1992, Susan White, Bad Baby-Sitter's Handbook, page 20:
text: Sandy: (speaking to an ice cream vendor) Back in Texas, we call ice cream "frozen cow juice".
ref: 2002, SpongeBob SquarePants, No Weenies Allowed:
text: “I just figured you wouldn't know what to do with frozen cow juice.” Cindi would guide his hand over to her playful lips, skillfully working some sensual magic on his vanilla cone.
ref: 2011, R. T. Budd, The Deepest Wounds of War, page 163:
glosses: ice cream
nonresponsiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + responsiveness.
Senses: examples: text: Tiring of the nonresponsiveness of the colonial leaders, who were mainly concerned with protecting the interests of the wealthier planters in the lowcountry and honoring the terms of the Proclamation of 1763, and the ineffectiveness of a judicial system too weak to offer legal protections, the Regulators took matters into their own hands.
ref: 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 37:
glosses: Lack of responsiveness, as to a medicine; the quality or condition of being nonresponsive.
necrophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necrophages
Etymology: Composed by necro- + -phage, from Ancient Greek νεκροφάγος (nekrophágos), from νεκρός (nekrós, “cadaver”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”).
Senses: glosses: An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.
Hypernyms: scavenger
Related terms: necrophagian
necrophagous
necrophagy
runcible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌnsɪb(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈɹʌnsəbəl/
Etymology: A nonce word coined by the English artist and poet Edward Lear (1812–1888) in his poem The Owl and the Pussy-cat (published 1870). It has been suggested that the word was modelled after rounceval, rouncival (“a large pea, the marrowfat”) (late 16th c.).
Senses: examples: text: They dined on mince and slices of quince, / Which they ate with a runcible spoon, / And hand in hand on the edge of the sand / They danced by the light of the moon,— / The moon, / They danced by the light of the moon.
ref: 1870 February, Edward Lear, “The Owl and the Pussy-cat”, in J[ohn] T[ownsend] Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, editors, Our Young Folks. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls, volume VI, number II, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 124 Tremont Street, →OCLC, page 112:
text: The Dolomphious Duck, / who caught Spotted Frogs for her dinner / with a Runcible Spoon. […] The Rural Runcible Raven, / who wore a White Wig and flew away / with the Carpet Broom.
ref: 1872, Edward Lear, “Twenty-six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures”, in More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc., London: Robert John Bush, 32, Charing Cross, S.W., →OCLC:
text: [chapter XI (Miss Perry is the Soul of Discretion), page 157] "I think the hat must flop a little too much," said Miss Perry, "in places. It makes people turn round to stare at it." / "Of course it does, you foolish person," said Jim, with little guffaws of rapture. "It is an absolute aboriginal runcible hat. How did you come by it? It seems to me there are deep minds in this." […] [chapter XIII (High Revel is Held in Hill Street), page 169] "I never saw such a creature," said Jim. "Those Gainsborough frocks and those runcible hats are maddening." / "Well, laddie," said Jim's mother, "you must paint her and make her and yourself famous."
ref: 1909 February, J[ohn] C[ollis] Snaith, “Araminta”, in The Forum, volume XLI, New York, N.Y.: The Forum Publishing Company, →OCLC, pages 157 and 169:
text: Presently, out of breath, they arrive at the pier where the Badass and its division, four haze-gray piglets, are tied up, to find the runcible spoon fight just under way at the center of a weaving, cheering crowd of civilian and military drunks.
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN; republished as Gravity’s Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-century Classics), New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, 1995, →ISBN, page 597:
text: The miners of Talus push a runcible transfer gate, enmeshed in hardfields, into the giant planet's core. Here, they prompt thousands of tons of nickel-iron to squirt through underspace, via the gate, to a distant location. […] Silica sand billows into a runcible gate on the planet Fracan, where a desert is being vacuumed away to bedrock.
ref: 2015, Neal Asher, chapter 1, in Dark Intelligence: Transformation, Book One, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: A nonce word used for humorous effect.
wikipedia: Charing Cross
Edward Lear
Lucy Larcom
Tremont Street
Wilhelm Marstrand
Derived terms: runcible spoon
Makemake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑ.keˈmɑke/
Forms: form: Make-make
Etymology: From Rapa Nui Makemake.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A dwarf planet orbiting in the Kuiper belt, discovered in 2005.
Synonyms: sense: celestial body
word: 2005 FY9
sense: celestial body
word: 🝼
Related terms: Makemakean
dactylus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dactyli
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin dactylus. Doublet of dactyl and date.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”).
synonyms: word: dactyl
extra: type of metrical foot
examples: text: The distal end of the club, the dactylus (finger), is pointed and attenuated but is covered with hundreds of small suckers.
ref: 1982 April 24, Clyde F.E. Roper, Kenneth J. Boss, “The Giant Squid”, in Scientific American, volume 246, number 4, →JSTOR, pages 96–105:
text: […] suckers of carpus and dactylus portions small […]
ref: 2001 June 24, N. Neethiselvan, “A new species of cuttlefish Sepia ramani sp. nov. (Class: Cephalopoda) from Tuticorin Bay, southeast coast of India”, in Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, volume 30, number 2, pages 81–86:
qualifier: marine biology
glosses: The tip of a cephalopod's tentacle club
examples: text: The tip of the dactylus is short and hooked, with a scoop-shaped depression on the anterior surface.
ref: 1975 November 24, Takahiro Fujino, “Fine features of the dactylus of the ambulatory pereiopods in a bivalve-associated shrimp, Anschistus miersi (De Man), under the scanning electron microscope (Decapoda, Natantia, Pontoniinae)”, in Crustaceana, volume 29, number 3, →DOI, pages 252–254:
text: Pereiopod 1 […] dactylus with 3 pointed processes on posterior margin (Fig. 2g).
ref: 2001 April 24, Charles Oliver Coleman, Ines Jäger, “Acanthonotozomella rauscherti (Amphipoda, Acanthonotozomellidae), a new species from the Antarctic Ocean”, in Journal of Crustacean Biology, volume 21, number 2, →DOI, pages 475–483:
glosses: The tip of a crustacean's leg
independently wealthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "I happen to be independently wealthy, a clerk no longer."
"How's that—wealthy?"
"Came into a small fortune this evening—nothing immodest, but ample for one of my simple tastes and modest ambitions."
ref: 1913, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 12, in The Day of Days:
text: "I'm independently wealthy, so I'm not in the pay of any particular group or industry," Mr. Williams said.
ref: 2006 June 14, Ian Austen, “Canada Conservative Gets Aggressive With Big Oil”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Jul 2008:
glosses: Possessing enough wealth that one does not need financial support from others or income from employment.
head-scratcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdˌskɹæt͡ʃɚ/
Forms: form: head-scratchers
form: head scratcher
form: headscratcher
Etymology: From head + scratcher. Literal sense from 1873, figurative from 1971.
Senses: examples: text: Golden Globes nominations a head-scratcher
ref: 2007 December 24, “Golden Globes nominations a head-scratcher”, in Daily News Tribune:
text: "A judge will decide what is the most logical, although I'm sure to some judges [freezing the body] will seem like science fiction and a wild scheme," McDonald said. "Other judges make think this is a good thing. It will be a head scratcher for the judge."
ref: 2002 July 24, “Attorney: Williams' Kids Near Compromise About Father's Remains”, in Fox News:
text: As nice as it is, the current American taste for that place (where Ellen DeGeneres lives) [Cotswolds] is a head-scratcher.
ref: 2025 August 23, Janan Ganesh, “How English costs the English”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
synonyms: poser
stumper
glosses: Something particularly puzzling or confusing.
examples: text: Her aunt's husband or her grandfather brings a head scratcher. "If the maid scratched her hair or body with her fingers during these days of observance, her hair would fall out."
ref: 2004, Kelley Hays-Gilpin, Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art, →ISBN, page 133:
glosses: A device used to scratch the head.
Related terms: head scratching
head-scratching
scratch one's head
non partant
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From French non partant (“not leaving, not departing”).
Senses: examples: 106 JOLY Sébastien FDJ FRA Non Partant (Did not show) dailypeloton.com
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Not starting; not participating.
non partant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non partants
Etymology: From French non partant (“not leaving, not departing”).
Senses: examples: And so on Friday evening, the Tour communique listed Bassons as a non partant. Cyclingnews.com
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A competitor who has qualified for entry into a race, but fails to attend the start.
Related terms: hors delais
scuttlebutts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scuttle-butts
Senses: glosses: plural of scuttlebutt
scuttlebutts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scuttle-butts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scuttlebutt
boppier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of boppy: more boppy
boppiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of boppy: most boppy
foresting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forest
pondi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒndi/
ipa: /ˈpɑndi/
rhymes: (General American) -ɑndi
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒndi
Forms: form: pondis
form: ponde
Etymology: Borrowed from Ngarrindjeri pondi.
Senses: glosses: Murray cod, (Maccullochella peelii) a large freshwater fish from the temperate perch family found in the Murray–Darling river system
one step forward, two steps back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from the idiom "two steps forward, one step back", which originates with an anecdote about a frog in a well.
Senses: examples: text: We got all the roofing removed, but the chimney was damaged and we discovered that some rafters had to be replaced. One step forward, two steps back. Or maybe three.
glosses: A situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments.
voyeurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voyeur
zikkurat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zikkurats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ziggurat.
horologia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horologium
Doggerland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒ.ɡə.lænd/
ipa: /ˈdɑ.ɡɚ.lænd/
Forms: form: Dogger Land
Etymology: From Dogger Bank + -land.
Senses: glosses: A former landmass in the southern North Sea which connected the island of Great Britain to mainland Europe during the last ice age.
glosses: By restriction, the region around the Dogger Hills (later, Dogger Island; now Dogger Bank)
Synonyms: Agderia
Northsealand
Hypernyms: Northsealand
Hyponyms: alt: northern Doggerland (Northsealand)
word: Agderia
Coordinate terms: Aquaterra
Related terms: Dogger Bank
Dogger Hills
Dogger Island
Dogger Bank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From 1660s; origin obscure, but see Dutch dogger (“fishing boat for cod or haddock”) and bank (“shallow part of sea near coast”). Compare Dutch Doggersbank, Danish Doggerbanke, German Doggerbank.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A large sandbank, and associated fishing ground, in the North Sea between Great Britain and Denmark.
Derived terms: Dogger Bank itch
Doggerland
Dogger Hills
Dogger Island
glycocalyx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycocalyces
form: glycocalyxes
Etymology: From glyco- + calyx.
Senses: examples: text: Blood platelets and megakaryocytes from which they arise, both have ruthenium red positive glycocalyces in the form of globular particles; ruthenium red is known to react strongly with chondroitin sulphate.
ref: 1976, L. T. Threadgold, The Ultrastructure of the Animal Cell, 2nd edition, Pergamon Press, page 146:
text: The microvilli are in turn covered with a velvety meshwork made of countless sugar-based structures that look a little bit like antlers. These are called the glycocalyxes.
ref: 2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 36:
text: 2016, V. C. Hascall, P. H. Weigel, B. P. Toole, Hyalurolan, Ralph A. Bradshaw, Philip D. Stahl, Gerald W. Hart (editors), Encyclopedia of Cell Biology, Volume 1: Molecular Cell Biology, Elesvier (Academic Press), page 280,
Most cells are able to dynamically synthesize hyaluronan and form cell-associated glycocalyces that include chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (e.g., versican and aggrecan) bound to the hyaluronan (Figure 4).
text: In cancer, the glycocalyxes of circulating tumor cells play a fundamental role in the metastatic process.
ref: 2017, Stefania Marcotti, Gwendolen C. Reilly, “3: Sugar-Coating the Cell: The Role of the Glycocalyx in Mechanobiology”, in Simon C. F. Rawlinson, editor, Mechanobiology: Exploitation for Medical Benefit, Wiley, page 44:
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of bacteria and some other cells.
pharology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛːˈɹɒlədʒi/
Etymology: From Latin Pharos or its source Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros) + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: Her previously unknown passion for pharology is shedding light on an obscure area of expertise (hobby sounds so belittling).
ref: 2008 July 15, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, G2, p. 10:
glosses: The study of lighthouses, or other forms of light-signalling.
acryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acryls
Etymology: From acrolein + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from acrylic acid :- CH₂=CH-CO-
Derived terms: acrylamide
acrylic
bisacryl
polyacryl
station throat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: station throats
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: throat
glosses: The often constricted area at the end of a railway station where running lines divide into platform tracks.
red squirrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red squirrel
deflative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deflative
form: most deflative
Senses: glosses: Tending to deflate.
immethodical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immethodical
form: most immethodical
Etymology: From im- + methodical.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he unſkilful and immethodical teaching of thir paſtor, teaching here and there at random out of this and that text as his eaſe or fanſie, and oft-times as his ſtealth guides him.
ref: 1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC, page 85:
text: I must beg my reader’s indulgence, being the most immethodical writer imaginable. It is true I lay down a scheme, but fancy is so fertile I often start fresh hints, and cannot but pursue them; pardon therefore, kind reader, my digressive way of writing, and let the subject, not the style or method, engage thy attention.
ref: 1728, Daniel Defoe, Augusta Triumphans: or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe, London: J. Roberts, page 27:
text: The letter I am looking for was one written by Mr Elliot to him before our marriage, and happened to be saved; why, one can hardly imagine. But he was careless and immethodical, like other men, about those things; and when I came to examine his papers, I found it with others still more trivial, from different people scattered here and there, while many letters and memorandums of real importance had been destroyed.
ref: 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XXI, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
text: 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Tale of the Ragged Mountains” in The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, New York: The Brampton Society, 1902, Volume 5, p. 77,
In the quivering of a leaf—in the hue of a blade of grass—in the shape of a trefoil—in the humming of a bee—in the gleaming of a dew-drop—in the breathing of the wind—in the faint odors that came from the forest—there came a whole universe of suggestion—a gay and motley train of rhapsodical and immethodical thought.
glosses: Unmethodical.
Derived terms: immethodically
immethodicalness
polymyodian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολυ- (polu-, “many, much”) + μυώδης (muṓdēs, “muscular”) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Describing a bird that has a syrinx with multiple distinct muscles
glosses: Of or pertaining to the songbirds
Synonyms: polymyoid
polymyoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polymyodian
polymyodous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polymyodian
polymyositis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An inflammatory disease affecting multiple muscles
Derived terms: dermatopolymyositis
polymyositic
virtual machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virtual machines
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software emulation of a computer that runs in an isolated partition of a real computer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer system that is implemented in software rather than hardware and that runs bytecode.
Synonyms: VM
Hypernyms: machine
Hyponyms: process virtual machine
system virtual machine
polymythia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: polymythy
polymythy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + myth + -y.
Senses: examples: text: POLY′MYTHY (S[ubstantive]) in Poetry, a fault in an epic poem, when inſtead of a ſingle mythos, or fable, there is a multiplicity of them.
ref: [1760, [John Marchant], “POLY′MYTHY”, in A New Complete English Dictionary, Peculiarly Adapted to the Instruction and Improvement of Those who have not had the Benefit of a Learned or Liberal Education, …, London: Printed for J. Fuller, →OCLC:
glosses: A combination of multiple plots in a single narrative.
jit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: jits
form: jitting
form: jitted
form: jitted
form: JIT
Etymology: Acronym of just in time.
Senses: examples: text: if you call f(1.0) you get a newly jitted version that is specialized for Float64
ref: 2012 May 23, Stefan Karpinski, “Julia compiles the script every time?”, in Stack Overflow:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To compile (program code for a virtual machine) immediately when needed, as part of the execution process.
jit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: jits
form: git
form: jhit
Etymology: Clipping of jitterbug.
Senses: examples: text: “You all right?” “I'm fine. I'm just late.” “You sure?” “Conrad, we do business, not personal.” “You know I'm full-service. Andy didn't tell you that when he hooked us up?” “I believe my brother-in-law's exact words were, "Dude, meet the finest jit with the finest shit."” “Jit?” “I was just quoting. I gotta go.” “All right. Drive safe. Know where I live at, right?” “I do. Bye.”
ref: 2005 August 8, Jenji Kohan, “You Can't Miss the Bear” (5:56 from the start), in Weeds, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker):
text: When I jumped off the porch, I was wearing a tallis and the field was vicious
But none of this new to me, since a jit, I've been tryna preach unity
ref: 2024 July 12, “Hour Glass” (track 1, 0:44 from the start), in BLP Kosher (lyrics), Scarecrow:
glosses: An inexperienced, foolhardy young man.
examples: text: Wusgood witchu jit?
text: And if they leave the cul-de-sac, then, jit I promise to rebel
ref: 2023 August 4, “Emo Jit” (track 8, 2:06 from the start), in BLP Kosher (lyrics), Bars Mitzva:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A term of address for a young man.
jit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: jits
Etymology: Clipping of jitney.
Senses: examples: text: En route home, I stop in a store to put a few dozen jits in a pinball machine. I am a slave of the flashing lights.
ref: 1942, Richard A. L. van Schwartz, "A Day in the Life of a Juvenile Fan", Boskonian (#1), page 2
text: "Well, what do you say, Vince? You'll let me take a jit, won't you? […] I'll give you the jit back with a nickel interest," coaxed Davey.
ref: 1993, James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan:
glosses: A nickel (“5-cent coin”).
jit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: git
form: jeet
Etymology: Probably a variant of jism, see also jizz.
Senses: examples: text: Even the heady aromatic smell made me shoot HARDER!! I angled my prick down to criss-cross her face with several lines of hot jit!
ref: 2000 August 4, Micky Carlo, “Hot Smoke and Sassafras (part 3) by M. Carlo”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet):
synonyms: word: cum
word: jism
word: jizz
word: baby batter
word: baby gravy
word: balljuice
word: boy juice
word: cock juice
word: cock snot
word: come
word: cream
word: creme
word: cum
word: cumload
word: cumshot
word: cumwad
word: dick juice
word: dick milk
word: dick snot
word: ejaculate
word: fuckjuice
word: girl juice
word: jizz
word: jism
word: jissom
word: knuckle children
word: load
word: love custard
word: love juice
word: mad milk
word: man juice
word: man milk
word: milk
word: muck
word: scum
word: seed
word: seminal fluid
word: skeet
word: sperm
word: spoof
word: splooge
word: spooge
word: sprog
word: spunk
word: spurt
word: wad
word: white pee
glosses: Semen.