cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
supersudden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supersudden
form: most supersudden
Etymology: From super- + sudden.
Senses: examples: text: Whether this is true, or to what extent the transmitted load may be lessened by a supersudden load, as compared to just a sudden load, is not known.
ref: 1945, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 1945: Volume 110, Superintendent of Government Documents, page 788:
text: The Pershing II missiles— there are 108 in the plan—can reach Russia from Germany in five minutes, thus producing a new possibility of a supersudden first strike—even on Moscow itself. That is too fast.
ref: 1981, Kristen-Paige Madonia, Congressional Record, Superintendent of Government Documents, page 27964:
text: Emmy said I blacked out supersudden and hard, which she thought was very hip of me, since half the crowd was on drugs, and in a way, fainting made me blend in a little better. “Well played,” she said.
ref: 2012, Kristen-Paige Madonia, Fingerprints of You, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: Very sudden; with little or no warning.
ultrastrong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + strong.
Senses: glosses: extremely strong.
superextreme
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superextreme
form: most superextreme
Etymology: From super- + extreme.
Senses: glosses: Exceptionally extreme; of particular extremeness or extremity.
examples: text: Were it not for this absorption, the full strength of ultraviolet radiation alone would destroy all living things on earth by what could be referred to roughly as a superextreme sunburn.
ref: 1957, Charles Ira Coombs, Rockets, Missiles, and Moons, Morrow, page 218:
text: Working under such limited circumstances it then is pure chance when we spot a chemical that is not superextreme in its harmful potency.
ref: 1975, Jacqueline Verrett, Jean Carper, Eating May Be Hazardous to Your Health, Anchor Press, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 48:
text: As in any other case, nationalism has not grown out of nothing here. It shoudl be stressed once again that the years of stagnation have left their mark. During the war, for instance, under superextreme conditions, people could go without sleep for days on end.
ref: 1988, Mikhail Shatrov, Vladlen Loginov, Sergeĭ Vladimirovich Kuleshov, The Revolution Continues: Going Back to Lenin, Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, page 43:
glosses: Beyond or greater than extreme.
superenormous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superenormous
form: most superenormous
form: super-enormous
Etymology: From super- + enormous.
Senses: examples: text: There is no reasonable way to imagine an area --- be it a large gas cloud, a single superenormous star, or even a galaxy-sized assembly of star --- could "light up” all at once.
ref: 1969, Ben Bova, In Quest of Quasars: An Introduction to Stars and Starlike Objects, Crowell-Collier Press, →ISBN, page 155:
text: This news seemed to add a smell of reality to an alarming rumor about a fantastic, superenormous Ant, which was crushing with its six feet everything in its path.
ref: 1984, Stefan Themerson, Professor Mmaa's Lecture, Overlook Press Press, →ISBN, page 208:
text: Until this morning Edith had managed to stay away from being benefited. She had just minded her own business and less Miss Black mind hers with Chris and Lou. They didn't seem to mind her being superenormous.
ref: 2010, E. C. Spykman, Terrible, Horrible Edie, New York Review of Books, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: Extremely enormous; of exceptional enormousness.
codeword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊdˌwɝd/
Forms: form: codewords
Etymology: From code + word.
Senses: examples: text: Bob cannot get any information out of the codeword since he doesn't know what transmission bases Alice used.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A string representing an encoded piece of text.
examples: text: While all the cats are frolicking and singing, the aging Grizabella cat, noted once for her glamour, keeps wandering onstage and singing bits of "Memory." The other cats shun her as a pariah, an outcast. Dressed in rags, looking pathetic, it's clear that her only sin was once being "glamorous," which I think is a code word for sexual.
ref: 1984 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Cats: Straight and Boring”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 17:
text: Even the most virtuous concepts were scrutinised by governments eager to interpret them as codewords for something unwelcome.
ref: 1993, The Economist:
text: El Niño has hit the headlines as a codeword for bad weather, especially in the Pacific and California. But there is a little more to it than that.
ref: 2007, Rough Guides, The Rough Guide to the Energy Crisis, UK: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 194:
text: The Catholic Church has had problems in the past with fluid notions of gender, most particularly at the United Nations where some groups have used gender as a codeword for reproductive health rights which are deemed to include abortion.
ref: 2013, Paul Vallely, Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 379:
synonyms: dogwhistle
glosses: A word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept.
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: A type of crossword puzzle where the letters of the alphabet are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.
Derived terms: pseudocodeword
Related terms: alphametic
cryptarithm
Disneyana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From Disney + -ana.
Senses: glosses: items related to The Walt Disney Company, especially collectibles.
Edwardiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From Edwardian + -ana. or Edward + -iana.
Senses: glosses: Items related to the Edwardian era, especially collectibles.
Victoriana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪkˌtɔɹiˈænə/
ipa: /vɪkˌtɔɹiˈɑnə/
ipa: /vɪkˌtoʊɹiˈænə/
ipa: /vɪkˌtoʊɹiˈɑnə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From Victoria + -ana.
Senses: examples: text: To lovers of Victoriana it will not be necessary to enlarge on the original beauty of many [old stations], but to the modern traveller romantic nostalgia will not compensate for bleak, draughty waiting rooms, ancient sanitation, uncomfortable grimy seats and gas lighting; he is likely to prefer the comforts of a modern car on a winter's morning.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 249:
text: A Suite en forme de Valses by the 19th century Frenchwoman Melanie Bonis is a piece of third rate Victoriana which should be returned to the attic.
ref: 1979 December 1, Rob Schmieder, “NEWS Revives Works by Women”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 19, page 11:
glosses: Items related to the Victorian era, especially collectibles.
railwayana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪl.weɪˌɑː.nə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From railway + -ana.
Senses: glosses: Items related to railways, especially collectibles.
Synonyms: railroadiana
railroadiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From railroad + -iana.
Senses: glosses: Railwayana.
stack trace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stack traces
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: walkback
traceback
glosses: A hierarchical trace of the function calls made by a program, used in debugging.
porage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porages
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of porridge.
rubaboo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubbaboo
Etymology: Borrowed from Michif rubaboo, from French roux (“thickener”) + Proto-Algonquian *aboo (“soup”). Compare Ojibwe naboo (“soup”), -aaboo (“liquid”).
Senses: examples: text: He ate the greasy rubaboo without a grumble, and when there was nothing in the pots for supper, he pulled his belt tighter, and said not a word, though all his growing bones cried out for food.
ref: 1940, Mary Jane Carr, Young Mac of Fort Vancouver, page 25:
glosses: A basic stew or porridge based on peas and/or corn.
no-op
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no-ops
Etymology: Short for no operation (NOP), common assembly language instruction.
Senses: examples: text: Points may be coincident and the number of specified points can be zero, in which case the function is a no-op.
ref: 1991, Graham C. E. Winn, OS/2 Presentation Manager GPI:
text: A JMP instruction qualifies as a no-op in this sense.
ref: 1999, Donald Knuth, MMIXware: A RISC Computer for the Third Millennium:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: nop
glosses: An instruction or operation that has no effect; a null operation.
no-op
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Short for no operation.
Senses: examples: text: Both ‘no-op’ interviewees hold relatively stable identities as TG and offer interesting perspectives on trans repudiation from a TG standpoint.
ref: 2008, Christopher Shelley, “Introduction: Transpeople and the Problem of Re/Action”, in Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12:
synonyms: non-op
coordinate_terms: no-ho
glosses: Having chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
raw_tags: of a transgender or transsexual person
no-op
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no-ops
Etymology: Short for no operation.
Senses: examples: text: At the time of the interviews, nineteen of the twenty interviewees were taking hormones; five were pre-operative; thirteen were postoperative; and two were ‘no-ops’ (no surgery intended at the time of interview).
ref: 2008, Christopher Shelley, “Introduction: Transpeople and the Problem of Re/Action”, in Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12:
synonyms: non-op
coordinate_terms: no-ho
glosses: A transgender or transsexual person who has chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
superalmighty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /suːpəɹˈɔːlˈmaɪti/
Forms: form: super-almighty
Etymology: From super- + almighty.
Senses: examples: text: […] the God that we serve is not free: / There must be an attribute superalmighty / That binds even God what he knows to decree!
ref: 1848, Arthur Crihfield, The Universaliad, page 94:
text: It not only binds man to an unalterable, destiny, irrevocably marked out millions of ages before Adam was created, by postulating the immutable foreknowledge of God which knows no disappointment and makes such foreknowledge the same as forordination; but it also chains down the Almighty Jehovah with the fetters of foreknowing every event, and thus giving him a certain amount of knowledge, which he can neither add to nor diminish from: in fact, it binds all his other attributes to the same point of unchangeable necessity; and thus we have the Father of spirits deprived of volition, and every thing like freedom of thought and action, hand-cuffed perfectly by this overruling system of superAlmighty fatalism!
ref: 1883, Alexander Wilford Hall, Universalism Against Itself: A Scriptural Analysis of the Doctrine, Hall, page 271:
text: Some believe that, when the superuniverses are settled in light and life, the Supreme will become functional from Uversea as the almighty and experiential sovereign of the grand universe while expanding in power as the superalmighty of the outer universes.
ref: c. 1955, “Paper 116”, in The Urantia Book:
text: Then comes eternal faith, and love still higher, / Then comes the super-almighty [translating überallmächt'gem] desire — / Will that be heartfelt too, I inquire?
ref: 1965, Charles E. Passage, Faust, Bobbs-Merrill, translation of original by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published 1980, line 3057, page 107:
glosses: Truly unlimited in might; transcending that which is otherwise almighty.
hooded crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hooded crows
Etymology: From its hooded appearance.
Senses: glosses: A grey and black Eurasian crow, Corvus cornix.
Synonyms: sense: Corvus cornix
word: Danish crow
sense: Corvus cornix
word: grey crow
sense: Corvus cornix
word: hoodiecrow
sense: Corvus cornix
word: scald-crow
sense: Corvus cornix
word: Scotch crow
grey crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey crows
Senses: glosses: A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
Danish crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Danish crows
Senses: glosses: A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
ultraquick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + quick.
Senses: glosses: Extremely or exceedingly quick; of utmost quickness.
Scotch crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scotch crows
Senses: glosses: A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
hoodiecrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoodiecrows
Senses: glosses: A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
ultrahard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrahard
form: most ultrahard
Etymology: From ultra- + hard.
Senses: glosses: Extremely hard; of utmost hardness.
ultrahard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + hard.
Senses: glosses: harder than diamond, harder than 150GPa resistance
Related terms: superhard
picnic table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picnic tables
Senses: examples: text: […] they have also been out litter picking, returning railway character to the line, restoring structures, and adding picnic tables.
ref: 2025 August 20, Caroline Hardie, “The railway that changed the world”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 61:
glosses: An outdoor table with benches attached, intended for picnicking, or sometimes used as a skatepark feature.
superwonderful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superwonderful
form: most superwonderful
Etymology: From super- + wonderful.
Senses: examples: text: And every one applauds, whether it's in a room, or a hall, or on a platform. So much for the Dionysian spirit of the age, inculcated by this new philosopher. I should think he would appeal to Diana, the superwonderful!
ref: 1920, Rita, Diana of the Ephesians: A Novel, Stokes, page 184:
text: These and many other incidents make us feel that we must reëcho the graceful comment of the Guild official — “The police are wonderful. The London police are superwonderful.”
ref: 1925, The Commonweal 1925-01-07: Volume 1 Issue 9, Commonweal Foundation, page 240:
text: It is time that the world knew that California is the world’s most marvelous summer resort, in addition to having its most superwonderful winter climate.
ref: 1938, Current History 1938-03: Volume 48 Issue 3, Current History, Inc., page 74:
text: "You sound superwonderful," Mary Anne said, politely, perhaps, given her taste, when the disc had ended.
ref: 1973, Philip K. Dick, chapter 22, in Flow my tears, the policeman said:
text: But one of the superwonderful things about Brian is that, even after the band's Hot Space Waterloo, he does his best to pump up the lame drum machine songs.
ref: 2004, Daniel Nester, God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On, page 77:
glosses: Exceptionally wonderful.
main battle tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main battle tanks
form: MBT
Etymology: USA, 1955, main + battle tank.
Senses: glosses: The primary tank of a country or armed forces.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A tank with a good balance of firepower, cross-country mobility, and armoured protection, and therefore capable of carrying out the roles of breakthrough, exploitation and infantry support.
Synonyms: word: MBT
word: universal tank
Coordinate terms: word: armored car
alt: APC
word: armored personnel carrier
alt: WWI
word: cavalry tank
alt: WWII
word: half-track
alt: WWII
word: heavy tank
alt: IFV
word: infantry fighting vehicle
alt: WWI
word: infantry tank
alt: WWII
word: light tank
alt: WWII
word: medium tank
alt: WWI
word: scout tank
alt: WWII
word: tank destroyer
slambook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slambooks
form: slam book
Etymology: From slam + book.
Senses: synonyms: slam
truth book
glosses: A notebook, passed between students or pen pals, for writing gossip or opinions.
examples: text: In classic Net slambook fashion, other members of the list responded to XXX's messages by sharing their own experiences with Pets Warehouse.
ref: 2005, Stephen Andert, Donald K. Burleson, Web Stalkers, page 146:
glosses: An online guestbook of this kind, where each visitor is invited to write personal replies to a set of questions.
revokable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From revoke + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of revocable.
restartable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From restart + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Using restartable mode means that you can restart the operation should an external force interrupt it.
ref: 2007, John Paul Mueller, Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:
glosses: Capable of being restarted.
Derived terms: restartability
queen it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: queens it
form: queening it
form: queened it
form: queened it
Senses: examples: text: This dream of mine— / Being now awake, I'll queen it no inch farther, / But milk my ewes, and weep.
ref: c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 4, scene 4:
text: But while she was with the Morels she queened it. She sat and let Annie or Paul wait on her as if they were her servants.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: She had thought of herself living in a nice house in Hampstead or Chiswick, the beautiful mysterious Oriental princess who had married a commoner, who was not above preparing special dishes - exotic and spicy - for her guests, but who otherwise queened it over a household of stolid British servants.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 467:
text: Soon the ogress, fierce and bloodthirsty, she who for more than a hundred years had queened it in the depths, saw that a man - a queer being of the upperworld - had sunk to her realm.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 36:
text: Most of the fashionable notabilities were to be seen there, and as she had queened it over the stage, so with her formidable presence and resounding tones, she queened it over London society for a couple of decades.
ref: 1972, Gordon Mackenzie, Marylebone: Great City North of Oxford Street:
glosses: To behave like a queen; to be superior or conceited.
Synonyms: lord it
ribeye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribeyes
form: rib eye
form: rib-eye
Etymology: Apparently from its oblong shape, together with the "cap of the ribeye" that may be construed as an eyebrow.
Senses: synonyms: Scotch fillet
glosses: Ellipsis of ribeye steak, a boneless ribsteak; a cut of steak from the beef rib.
glosses: Synonym of ribsteak (an unfilleted ribsteak, with the bone-in)
synonyms: word: ribsteak
extra: an unfilleted ribsteak, with the bone-in
Derived terms: ribeye cap
Related terms: ribsteak
ribeye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribeyes
form: rib eye
form: rib-eye
Etymology: From the abbreviation RBI.
Senses: examples: text: Watson had a 3-run homer and a 2-run double for a total of five ribeyes on the night.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A run batted in.
irrevokable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ir- + revokable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of irrevocable.
Derived terms: irrevokably
recognisance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recognisances
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of recognizance.
recognisances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recognisance
repossessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repossession
jelly shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jelly shoes
Senses: examples: text: I put on a striped hooded sweatshirt I got from the five-dollar bin at the Esprit outlet, and my jelly shoes.
ref: 2001, Rebecca Walker, Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self:
synonyms: jelly
glosses: A kind of PVC shoe, often brightly coloured, popular in the 1980s.
jack-in-the-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jack-in-the-box
jailbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jailbird
Jewesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jewess
keep one's mouth shut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's mouth shut
form: keeping one's mouth shut
form: kept one's mouth shut
form: kept one's mouth shut
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: keep it in the family
text: He thought that he could get him a regular salary if he would come to Packingtown and do as he was told, and keep his mouth shut.
ref: 1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter XXV, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:
text: Charles has failed to follow the example of his mother, the queen, who has heroically kept her mouth shut for more than 50 years.
ref: 2004 November 23, Alan Cowell, “Charles Joins Fray Over Himself”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Oct 2008:
text: He said he had raised his concerns about the invasion with senior embassy staff several times. "I was told to keep my mouth shut in order to avoid ramifications," he said.
ref: 2022 May 23, Emma Farge, “Russian diplomat in Switzerland says he resigns over Ukraine invasion”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 26 May 2022, Europe:
synonyms: keep one's lips sealed
keep one's own counsel
;
STFU
STFD
;
clam up
zip it
glosses: To keep a secret; to refrain from speaking indiscreetly or carelessly; broadly, to refrain from speaking altogether.
Related terms: code of silence
blue code of silence
omertà
wall of silence
blue wall of silence
jazzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæzɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jazz
jazzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæzɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of jazz
jotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jotter
jet setter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jet setters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jet-setter.
repasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From repast + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: [W]hen God did enlarge the univerſall diet of mans body, ſaving ever the rules of temperance, he then alſo, as before, left arbitrary the dyeting and repaſting of our minds; as wherein every mature man might have to exerciſe his owne leading capacity.
ref: 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 11:
glosses: gerund of repast: an act of eating or having a meal.
repasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From repast + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repast
repasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repast
glosses: simple past and past participle of repaste
resubmits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resubmit
resubmitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resubmit
resubmitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resubmit
requester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requesters
Etymology: From request + -er; compare requestor, requestress.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, makes a request.
examples: text: Clicking on Add True-Type brings up an OS-specific font requester. Highlighting a font and clicking OK returns you to the Edit Font List window, now with the selected font appearing in the Font pop-up menu.
ref: 2005, Timothy Albee, Steve Warner, Robin Wood, Essential LightWave 3D: The Fastest Way to Master LightWave 3D, page 66:
text: File requesters, help files, configuration utilities, and menus would all be different […]
ref: 2007, Sulayman K. Sowe, Ioannis G. Stamelos, Ioannis Samoladas, Emerging Free and Open Source Software Practices, page 263:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A dialog box that prompts the user to choose from a list.
Coordinate terms: requestress
requesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of requester
reemphasise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reemphasises
form: reemphasising
form: reemphasised
form: reemphasised
form: re-emphasise
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of reemphasize.
repaste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repastes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of repast.
repaste
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repastes
form: repasting
form: repasted
form: repasted
Etymology: From re- + paste.
Senses: examples: text: But text typefaces were still a problem if Lubalin was to fully realize his vision. You couldn't cut and repaste every letter there.
ref: 2006, Simon Loxley, The Secret History of Letters:
text: Allow each sheet to soak for five minutes or more then unfold, repaste and trim.
ref: 1932, The Painter and Decorator:
glosses: To paste again.
jet black
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jet-black.
eighteenpence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eighteenpences
Etymology: From eighteen + pence.
Senses: examples: text: Paddy and I set aside eighteenpence for our beds, and spent threepence on the usual tea-and-two-slices, which we shared—an appetizer rather than a meal.
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:
text: Akrofi, to pay for a cutlass he has bought for eighteenpence to begin farming, agrees to work free...
ref: 1974, O R Dathorne, The Black Mind: A History of African Literature:
glosses: The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
inapplicableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inapplicable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
inapplicably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inapplicably
form: most inapplicably
Etymology: From inapplicable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inapplicable manner.
make file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: make files
form: makefile
Etymology: make, a Unix program for this purpose, and file.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code.
makefile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makefiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of make file.
inassimilable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + assimilable.
Senses: examples: text: I suggest that the allosemitism endemic to western Civilization is to a decisive extent the legacy of Christendom. The Christian Church's struggle with the inassimilable, yet indispensable modality of the Jews bequeathed to later ages two factors crucial to the emergence and self-perpetuation of allosemitism.
ref: 1998, Bryan Cheyette, Laura Marcus, Modernity, Culture, and 'the Jew', →ISBN, page 148:
glosses: That cannot be assimilated.
Synonyms: unassimilable
unassimilatable
unassimilable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + assimilable.
Senses: glosses: inassimilable
inapparent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inapparent
form: most inapparent
Etymology: From in- + apparent.
Senses: synonyms: unapparent
glosses: Not apparent; subclinical.
Derived terms: inapparently
subclinically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subclinical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Subclinically infected kidneys demonstrated initially only small inflammatory foci.
ref: 1996, Victor Lorian, Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine:
coordinate_terms: clinically
nonclinically
glosses: In a subclinical manner.
inappealable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inappealable
form: most inappealable
Etymology: From in- + appealable.
Senses: glosses: unappealable
inadaptable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + adaptable.
Senses: glosses: Not adaptable.
distortionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more distortionary
form: most distortionary
Etymology: From distortion + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Capable of distorting.
examples: text: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
ref: 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
glosses: Causing distortion, especially in prices.
inadaptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + adaptive.
Senses: glosses: Not adaptive.
inadequateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inadequatenesses
Etymology: From inadequate + -ness.
Senses: glosses: inadequacy
inadaptability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inadaptabilities
Senses: glosses: The state of being inadaptable.
inacquiescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + acquiescent.
Senses: glosses: Not acquiescent.
inadept
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + adept.
Senses: glosses: Not adept.
Derived terms: inadeptly
inadeptness
inadventurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inadventurous
form: most inadventurous
Etymology: From in- + adventurous.
Senses: examples: text: Inadventurous, unstirred by impulses of practical ambition, I was capable of sitting twenty years teaching infants the hornbook, turning silk dresses and making children's frocks.
ref: 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette:
glosses: Not adventurous.
inaccessibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From inaccessible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inaccessible manner.
inauthoritative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + authoritative.
Senses: glosses: Not authoritative.
Derived terms: inauthoritativeness
inavertible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + avertible.
Senses: glosses: Not avertible.
inappropriable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + appropriable.
Senses: examples: text: We know that the inappropriable benefits generated by the subsidized innovative investment activity have a lower limit of $100.
ref: 1984, Abraham Tarasofsky, The subsidization of innovation projects by the government of Canada, page 15:
glosses: Not appropriable.
inaptitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈæpt.ɪ.tud/
Forms: form: inaptitudes
Etymology: From French inaptitude, probably from Renaissance Latin inaptitūdō.
Senses: synonyms: inaptness
glosses: The quality of being inapt.
inavoidable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + avoidable.
Senses: glosses: unavoidable
inavailable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + available.
Senses: examples: text: all the means of grace are inavailable to do him good
ref: 1650, Pilula ad expurgandam Hypocrisin. A pill to purge formality.:
text: […] whatsoever the Father hath done in the Contrivance, or the Son hath done in the Accomplishment of our Redemption, is all inavailable, and ineffectual, to our Salvation, without this.
ref: 1740, John Flavel, The Whole Works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel:
glosses: Obsolete form of unavailable.
inappreciative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inappreciative
form: most inappreciative
Etymology: From in- + appreciative.
Senses: examples: text: […] he found Mr. Poulter, with a fixed and earnest eye, wasting the perfections of his sword-exercise on probably observant but inappreciative rats.
ref: 1860, George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, Book II, Chapter IV:
text: She was the support and the terror of the pastor, punctual at meeting and critical of the girls in the choir and the pastor's wife's clothes, mighty in making flannels for the poor but inappreciative of their adulteries […]
ref: 1949, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 31, in The God-Seeker, New York: Popular Library, pages 171–2:
glosses: unappreciative.
Derived terms: inappreciatively
inappreciativeness
reemphasises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reemphasise
reemphasising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reemphasise
reemphasised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reemphasise
Ziploc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ziplocs
form: ziploc
form: ziplock
Etymology: Marketing coinage, from zip and lock.
Senses: examples: text: Over the years I'd surrendered many vices, among them whiskey, cigarettes, and the various non-Newtonian drugs, but marijuana and I remained steadfast companions. I had one fragrant ounce of Humboldt County, California, in a Ziploc bag in the glove compartment of my car.
ref: 1995, Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys, Ch.1, at p.7
text: When she get what she wants / She puts the rest on a tray / In a zip-loc bag in the freezer.
ref: 1996 September 17, John McCrea, “Italian Leather Sofa”, Fashion Nugget, Cake, Capricorn Records
text: I basically had all my different pieces of gear in individual Ziploc bags.
ref: 2003, Bill Schuette, White Blaze Fever:
glosses: Any of a range of disposable, resealable storage bags that are fastened by a pair of interlocking plastic flanges.
Synonyms: ziptop
rivetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rivet
rivetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rivettings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of riveting.
rivetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rivet
inappeasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + appeasable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be appeased.
zeugmatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: Coined in the early 1970s by the chemistry professor Paul Lauterbur.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: magnetic resonance imaging
wikipedia: Paul Lauterbur
Derived terms: zeugmatographic
xoanon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzəʊ.ə.nɒn/
ipa: /ˈzoʊ.ə.nɑn/
Forms: form: xoana
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξόανον (xóanon).
Senses: examples: text: In the case of 679, the well-known female figure of xoanon shape, it is often asserted that we see a more or less archaistic survival; […]
ref: 1913, E. A. Gardner, “Reviews: Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum”, in The Classical Review, volume 27, page 196:
text: Callimachus' description of the Samian xoanon as a sanis—a flat board or plank regularly used for doors or wooden tablets—and specifically as "not carved by chisels" (gluphanôn axoos sanis) clearly indicates an aniconic Hera of Samos.
ref: 1993, Joan V. O'Brien, The Transformation of Hera: A Study of Ritual, Hero, and the Goddess in the Iliad, page 19:
text: On Carlo Brillante's convincing interpretation, Thamyras is here attempting not simply to display his musical virtuosity, but to animate with his song this chorus of nine female xoana, his own personal substitutes for the nine real Muses […]
ref: 2009, Peter Wilson, “Thamyris the Thracian: the archetypal wandering poet?"”, in Richard Hunter, Ian Rutherford, editors, Wandering Poets in Ancient Greek Culture, page 73:
glosses: A wooden statue used as a cult image in Ancient Greece.
xoana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xoanon
quicksands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quicksand
imponderables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imponderable
ingénue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ingénues
Senses: examples: text: Wow. The consensual molestation of an ingénue by means of surveillance and recording equipment. How would Foucault have read this?
ref: 2009 July 15, Virginia Heffernan, “Bibliovision”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ingenue.
inexplicit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + explicit.
Senses: glosses: Not explicit.
Derived terms: inexplicitly
inexplicitness
inhumanities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inhumanity
inkstands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inkstand
itineraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of itinerary
auratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɹætɪk/
/oɹˈætɪk/
Forms: form: more auratic
form: most auratic
Etymology: Probably borrowed circa 1930 from German auratisch, as used in the letters of Walter Benjamin, from Italian auratico.
Senses: examples: text: The dividing-line between auratic and non-auratic art by no means coincides with that between authentic art and the administered, degraded art of the culture industry.
ref: 1984, Theodor W. Adorno, Aesthetic Theory, page 429:
glosses: Resembling an aura.
keep one's counsel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's counsel
form: keeping one's counsel
form: kept one's counsel
form: kept one's counsel
Senses: examples: text: As he held his mother to him, he longed to tell her all, but he kept his counsel.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Contains both Love and War”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 56:
text: [Ruhollah] Khomeini's approach to decision making is to keep his counsel at first, allowing the advocates of different options to debate issues openly.
ref: 1982 July 26, “Personal Power, Personal Hate”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2008:
synonyms: hold one's peace
keep one's cards close to one's chest
keep one's mouth shut
keep one's own counsel
keep counsel
glosses: To keep one's own business private; to be careful, circumspect, or discreet in what one says concerning one's own deeds, situation, or thoughts.
examples: text: Standish will keep our counsel, and the news will be old before it's known.
ref: 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XLIX, in Middlemarch […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book V, page 105:
synonyms: keep one's mouth shut
glosses: To keep a secret for someone else; to be careful, circumspect, or discreet in what one says concerning someone else's deeds, situation, or thoughts.
keep one's own counsel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's own counsel
form: keeping one's own counsel
form: kept one's own counsel
form: kept one's own counsel
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: keep one's cards close to one's chest, keep it in the family, keep one's mouth shut; see also Thesaurus:be quiet
text: Who wills, may keep his own counsel—be his own secret's sovereign.
ref: 1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Cloud”, in Villette. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 256:
text: She kept her own counsel however, planning to escape at the first opportunity when she might have a sufficient start of her captor, as she now considered him, to give her some assurance of outdistancing him.
ref: 1915 December 4 – 1916 January 8, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter XX, in The Son of Tarzan, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published March 1917, →OCLC, page 291:
text: The compressed lips suggest his principled reticence, his practice of keeping his own counsel.
ref: 2002 October 11, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Editorial Observer: Moral Perfection and the Incorrigible Franklin”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Oct 2008:
synonyms: keep counsel
keep one's counsel
glosses: To keep one's own business private; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning one's own thoughts, deeds, or situation.
turbinate bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turbinate bone
nasal conchae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nasal concha
acha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hausa acca.
Senses: glosses: fonio, esp. Digitaria exilis (white fonio) (a cereal cultivated in western Africa)
Synonyms: fonio
nasal cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasal cycles
Senses: glosses: The periodic alternation in the use of the left or the right nostril more actively for breathing, occurring in humans, caused by periodic swelling of the nasal conchae on one side of the nose and its reversal.
nasal cycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nasal cycle
haptonemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haptonema
frigate bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frigate birds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of frigatebird.
frigatebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪ.ɡətˌbɝd/
Forms: form: frigatebirds
form: frigate bird
Etymology: From frigate + bird.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike most seabirds, frigatebirds are not able to alight on the water.
ref: 1987, J. P. Croxall, Seabirds: Feeding Ecology and Role in Marine Ecosystems, page 58:
text: The oceanic frigatebirds are represented in Australia by three species: the Great and Lesser Frigatebirds and endemic Christmas Island Frigatebird (pictured).
ref: 2011, Penny Olsen, Leo Joseph, Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Birds, page 176:
text: Often called man o' war birds, they are notorious as piratical cleptomaniacs that steal food from other birds at every opportunity. This reputation is justified, but frigatebirds are also capable of an 'honest' living.
It would seem that a frigatebird can discriminate between a bird with a full gullet and one which is empty. An unlucky booby or tropicbird may be plucked out of the air, dangled by the tail-tip and shaken until it regurgitates its food, which the frigatebird then makes off with.
ref: 2011, David Horwell, Pete Oxford, Galápagos Wildlife, 3rd edition, page 64:
glosses: Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
Hyponyms: sense: bird of family Fregatidae; magnificent frigatebird
word: man o' war bird
word: pirate bird
Derived terms: taxonomic: Fregata aquila
word: Ascension frigatebird
taxonomic: Fregata andrewsi
word: Christmas frigatebird
alt: = Christmas frigatebird
word: Christmas Island frigatebird
taxonomic: Fregata minor
word: great frigatebird
taxonomic: Fregata ariel
word: lesser frigatebird
taxonomic: Fregata magnificens
word: magnificent frigatebird
Holi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi होली (holī), from Sanskrit होली (holī).
Senses: examples: text: At the Hoolie or Spring Festival, which happened in March, the Sepoys came round in procession, and exhibited anautch for our amusement in front of our bungalow, and a sort of play, the performers enacting the part of wild beasts.
ref: 1830, Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood, Narrative of a Journey Overland from England, page 229:
glosses: A Hindu festival, held in the spring, during which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.
achara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acharas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of achar (“Indian pickle”).
glosses: Alternative spelling of atchara (“Filipino pickle”).
acharas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achara
for that matter
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I didn't do it. For that matter, I didn't even know that it happened.
text: "I can't send a young, pretty girl, or for that matter even a homely one if you'd have her, on a job like this without telling her what to expect."
ref: 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 6:
glosses: as far as that is concerned.
Synonyms: come to that
food miles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As a result of the rise in crude oil prices, the cost per food mile worldwide has soared.
ref: 2008, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Energy Agency, World energy outlook 2008, →ISBN, page 174, →ISBN:
glosses: The number of miles a particular item of food travels from its source of production to its place of retail or consumption, used as a measure of the environmental impact in the global food trade.
zettai ryōiki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zettai ryouiki.
cries uncle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry uncle
flype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flypes
form: flipe
Senses: glosses: A fold or flap, especially of the brim of a hat
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A transformation of a knot involving a 180° rotation of a tangle
flype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flypes
form: flyping
form: flyped
form: flyped
form: flipe
Senses: glosses: To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as when putting on or taking off a stocking.
florigen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: florigens
Etymology: From flori- + -gen.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: a supposed hormone that causes flowering in plants
Derived terms: antiflorigen
antiflorigenic
florigenic
florigenically
flea in one's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleas in one's ear
Senses: examples: text: If he bothers me again, I'll send him home with a flea in his ear.
text: Thus spoke the pert hussy and view'd me all round With an eye of disdain and thrice spit on the ground; Look'd proud of her charms, with an insolent sneer, And sent me away with a flea in my ear.
ref: 1810, The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper:
text: "I came away with two fleas in each ear," Mark recalled cheerfully, ten years later.
ref: 1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels:
text: As for him getting a flea in his ear, when I had finished with him he did not have an ear left into which a flea could have been deposited.
ref: 2010, Don Oslear, Wisden's The Laws Of Cricket, →ISBN:
text: For when she got home her Instructress severe / Dismissed her to bed with a Flea in her Ear.
ref: 2012, Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson, A Selection From the Works of Frederick Locker, →ISBN:
glosses: A stinging rebuke or rebuff.
hairpin bend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairpin bends
Etymology: The shape resembles a hairpin.
Senses: glosses: An acute curve, often one of a series, in a road, especially on a steep incline.
Synonyms: hairpin curve
hairpin turn
Coordinate terms: horseshoe curve
flat silver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Silver, or silver-plated cutlery.
feculence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feculences
form: fæculence
form: fæculency
form: feculency
form: faeculence
Etymology: From French féculence, from Latin faeculentia. Doublet of feculency.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being feculent.
examples: text: At least his hangover was on the wane; all he felt now were a certain wateriness in the lower belly, and a feculence of mucus ramed up both nostrils, not unlike two small coral reefs.
ref: 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury, published 2011, page 42:
glosses: Feculent matter; dregs, filth.