cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
non-consumably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: […] the results of this study indicate that the material could be used non-consumably or consumably with the expectation of equally good results.
ref: 1976, {unattributed}, The Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, Volumes 47-49
glosses: not in a consumable manner
gentle and simple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gentle or simple.
Caicos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪkəs/
/ˈkeɪkoʊs/
/ˈkeɪkɒs/
Etymology: From Lucayan Taíno caya hico, meaning 'string of islands'.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Caicos Islands, the bigger archipelago of the Turks and Caicos Islands, lying to the northwest.
Derived terms: East Caicos
Middle Caicos
North Caicos
South Caicos
West Caicos
kinodynamically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From kinodynamic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a kinodynamic manner.
kinodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Kinodynamics is the discipline that tries to solve kinematic constraints and dynamical constraints simultaneously.
ref: 2014, Maki K. Habib, Handbook of Research on Advancements in Robotics and Mechatronics, page 455:
text: The great importance of our system lies in the fact that it simulates the kinodynamics of a manually operated wheelchair model (Figure 1) in a fully dynamic virtual environment. An advanced motion planning algorithm has been implemented […]
ref: 2013, P. Encarnação, L. Azevedo, G. J. Gelderblom, Assistive Technology: From Research to Practice: AAATE 2013:
glosses: The science of kinodynamic problems.
gentle nor simple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Sir, cried the man, equally provoked, this is talking quite out of character ; for as to broken bones, there's ne'er a person in all England, gentle nor simple, can say he's a right to break mine, for I'm not a person of that sort, but a man of as good property as another man; and there's ne'er a customer I have in the world, that's more his own man than myself.
ref: 1820, Fanny Burney, Cecilia: or, Memoirs of an heiress - Volume 2, page 100:
text: I'm forbid to let anybody in, gentle nor simple, if you please.
ref: 1884, Plutus Adonis, a mythical hero - Volume 2:
glosses: Of any social standing.
raw_tags: of a negated noun
gentle nor simple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The implements of his daily work, which was that of a jobbing gardener, stood in a corner, and seeing probably that she looked rural, he said, 'If you want me to undertake country work I can't come, for I never leave Casterbridge for gentle nor simple -- not I."
ref: 1888, Thomas Hardy, The Withered Arm:
glosses: No one, regardless of social standing.
cardbearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardbearers
Etymology: From card + bearer.
Senses: examples: text: These cards were, therefore, a representation to the merchants (third parties) to whom they were presented that defendants' husbands (second parties — cardbearers) were authorized to make charges upon the defendants' (first parties) accounts.
ref: 1987, Steve H. Nickles, Materials for understanding credit and payment systems, page 826:
text: I did not see any difficulty in belonging to both, and I was a cardbearer in the Party before I could be sure of becoming a Catholic for good.
ref: 1993, Veronica Namoyo Le Goulard, A Memory for Wonders, page 119:
glosses: One who holds a membership card.
cardbearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardbearer
nightmarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnaɪtˈmɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌnaɪtˈmɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: more nightmarious
form: most nightmarious
Etymology: From nightmare + -ious.
Senses: examples: text: And they fell in showers from the purple bougainvillaea which trailed its length over the wrought arch above the gate, of which one half swung back by the hand of the biggest, blackest man ever dreamed of in nightmarious slumber.
ref: 1920, Joan Conquest, Desert Love, page 137:
text: It was a nightmarious experience.
ref: 1922, G.B.Arthur, “Stay off the Pike”, in Motor Life Including Motor Print - Volume 17 - Page 42:
glosses: having qualities of a nightmare
Synonyms: nightmarish
ground truth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground truths
Senses: glosses: Information acquired by direct observation rather than by inference.
Derived terms: ground truthing
ground truth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ground truths
form: ground truthing
form: ground truthed
form: ground truthed
Senses: glosses: To gather information by direct observation rather than inference.
Related terms: field-test
on the ground
facts on the ground
wordsearch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wordsearches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of word search.
wordsearches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wordsearch
wirebound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wire + bound.
Senses: examples: a wirebound notebook
a wirebound crate for shipping fruit
glosses: Held together with a binding of wire.
Afrodescendant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afrodescendants
form: afrodescendant
Etymology: From Afro- + descendant.
Senses: glosses: A person of African descent
Afrodescendants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afrodescendant
hometownish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hometownish
form: most hometownish
Etymology: From hometown + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: It was all very neighborly and hometownish, in that rural desert area, and the operators were all so very friendly.
ref: 1999, Robert A. Nusbaum, Once in a Lifetime: A World War II Memoir - Page 97:
glosses: Characteristic of a hometown; having or giving a hometown feel
hometowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hometowners
Etymology: From hometown + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The temptation of the hometowner is therefore the classic temptation of insularity, which equates (or confuses) interest with self-absorption.
ref: 1999, Kieran Bonner, A Great Place to Raise Kids:
text: The show goes on. And holiday visitors, just like the hometowners rushing to holiday parties or home from work, become part of the spectacle.
ref: 2023 September 12, Jordyn Holman, “The Holiday Boom in New York Is Back. Sort Of.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One who lives in their hometown.
glosses: A person who comes from one's own hometown.
examples: text: “Yeah, let's do a hometowner, Gary, it'll be one for both of us.” “Hometowner? What the hell is that?” “For the radio stations in Springfield, it'll give you a chance to say hi to your mom and dad, and that fine little sister of yours.”
ref: 2015, Mike Shepherd, Collage:
glosses: That which pertains to a hometown or one's hometown.
Akashic Records
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
occult
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Mythological records or archives, in a spiritual plane, containing information about everything that ever happened.
Opium War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Opium Wars
Senses: glosses: The First Opium War or the Second Opium War, two Anglo-Chinese wars relating to opium trade in the mid-19th century.
Opium Wars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Opium War
poor devil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poor devils
Senses: glosses: poor thing
poor devils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poor devil
BBEG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BBEGs
Senses: topics: video-games
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of big bad evil guy.
BBEGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BBEG
dorkus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorkuses
Etymology: From dog-Latin dorkus, a facetious back-formation from English dork.
Senses: examples: text: "Push the door," screamed Carlos. "You dorkus!"
"Oh." I grabbed the handle of the door and moved forward.
ref: 2000, Luis Gabriel Aguilera, Gabriel's Fire, page 70:
text: “No, I don't hate you, dorkus! Believe me, I know you wouldn't do something like this on purpose.”
ref: 2010, Nahall Nikoo Fells, Drowning in the Mainstream: Confessions of a Sister, page 87:
glosses: A silly or foolish person; a dork.
dorkuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dorkus
VU meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VU meter
cinnamon bun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinnamon buns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cinnamon roll (“a rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugar”).
synonyms: word: cinnamon roll
extra: a rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugar
examples: text: “Warren, my little cinnamon bun, what have you found?” […] “Only for you, cinnamon bun, only for you would I do this,” she said. Then she reached out and pinched my cheek hard—the cheek on my face.
ref: 2011 October 4, Patricia Briggs, “In Red, with Pearls”, in George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, Gardner Dozois, editors, Down These Strange Streets, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, pages 393 and 398:
text: She’ll say “hi” to anyone in the hallway and goes out of her way to make sure no one sits alone at lunch. Basically, she’s the sweetest cinnamon bun in the whole world, and you’d have to be a heartless monster not to like her.
ref: 2021 July 27, Melissa Elmali, “Introducing Emily”, in Year 18, Columbus, Oh.: Gatekeeper Press, →ISBN:
text: ‘We were looking for you because I have one or two odds and ends to give you, my little cinnamon bun!’ says Destiny.
ref: 2024 June 28, Amelia Thorne, “Mordred, Fate and Destiny”, in A Leap of Hope, Market Harborough, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: Synonym of cinnamon roll (“a person perceived as good, gentle and kind”).
synonyms: word: cinnamon roll
extra: a person perceived as good, gentle and kind
cinnamon buns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinnamon bun
elongatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more elongatedly
form: most elongatedly
Etymology: From elongated + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "It is an impressive interior, very Bodleyish, with elongatedly polygonal piers, their arches dying into the imposts, a transparent triforium or passage half below the clerestory windows."
ref: 1969, Nikolaus Pevsner, South Lancashire: The Industrial and Commercial South:
glosses: In an elongated fashion.
Related terms: elongately
Toblerones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Toblerone
nonassociatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + associatively.
Senses: glosses: In a nonassociative fashion.
gabagool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡæbəˈɡul/
ipa: /ˌɡɑbəˈɡu(l)/
Forms: form: gabbagool
Etymology: Ultimately from the same source as capicola, with the loss of the final vowel influenced by Neapolitan capocuollo, which reduces unstressed vowels to schwas.
Senses: glosses: capicola
Entente Cordiale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒnˈtɒnt ˌkɔː(ɹ)diˈɑːl/
Etymology: From French Entente cordiale.
Senses: examples: text: The tensions of an uneasy peace stressed anew the importance of the 46-year-old Entente Cordiale between France and Britain.
ref: 1950 March 20, “The Nations: Cordial Visit”, in Time, retrieved 08 Jul 2015:
glosses: A specific set of landmark agreements, signed on April 8, 1904, that resolved a number of long-standing territorial, economic, and strategic points of contention between Britain and France.
barfworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more barfworthy
form: most barfworthy
Etymology: From barf + -worthy.
Senses: glosses: sickening; vomit-inducing
packtrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packtrains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pack train.
agentically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more agentically
form: most agentically
Etymology: From agentic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an agentic fashion.
deindividuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deindividuates
form: deindividuating
form: deindividuated
form: deindividuated
Etymology: From de- + individuate.
Senses: examples: text: "Although the work ethic is valued positively in our society, the “workaholic” stereotype deindividuates all members of a group, those who conform as well as those who rebel."
ref: 2014, Roxanne Hovland, Joyce M. Wolburg, Eric E. Haley, Readings in Advertising, Society, and Consumer Culture:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: to view as a group rather than as an individual; to remove societal norms that shape individual behavior; to remove or reduce individually identifying information
Derived terms: deindividuation
Haussmannize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Haussmannizes
form: Haussmannizing
form: Haussmannized
form: Haussmannized
Etymology: From Haussmann + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: They are not designed to Haussmannize a city, but to guide its future growth.
ref: 2012, Norman Williams Jr., American Land Planning Law: Cases and Materials:
glosses: To destroy the old in order to build the new (in the manner of Baron Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris).
Derived terms: Haussmannization
Bimini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪmɪni/
Etymology: From Lucayan Taíno *Bimini, meaning "two islands" or "The Twins".
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of the Bimini Islands: an island group of the Bahamas.
glosses: A district of the Bahamas, the westernmost district.
Derived terms: bimini
bimini awning
Bimini District
Bimini Islands
Bimini Road
bimini top
District of Bimini
East Bimini
North Bimini
South Bimini
Cat Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly named after Arthur Catt, a pirate, or referring to the once-large population of feral cats.
Senses: glosses: An east-central district of the Bahamas, consisting of a long and thin island that harbors the Bahamas' highest point at 63 m.
mithuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mithunas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मिथुन (mithuna).
Senses: glosses: A couple who engage in tantric sex.
Related terms: maithuna
Tamerlane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæməleɪn/
ipa: /ˈtæməɹleɪn/
Forms: form: Tamerlan
form: Tamburlaine
form: Timur Lenk
form: Timur Lang
form: Timur-Leng
form: Timur
form: Timour
Etymology: From Persian تیمور لنگ (teymur-(e) lang, literally “Timur the Lame”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”). See Turkish demir for more information.
Senses: glosses: a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
orthorectifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of orthorectify
cuckooness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cuckoo + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Believe me, I've walked the border of cuckooness many a time.
ref: 2012, Ellen Wittlinger, Heart on My Sleeve:
text: He died without issue and so Caryll inherited the title, but if any member of the family has inherited Uncle Harry's cuckooness, it is me.
ref: 2004, Pat Cavendish O'Neil, A Lion In The Bedroom:
glosses: madness; craziness; eccentricity
wanderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wanderable
form: most wanderable
Etymology: From wander + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The museum's grounds are also worth a stroll, the formal gardens set around a series of geometric lakes, flanked by wanderable woods.
ref: 2002, Martin Dunford, Phil Lee, Belgium and Luxembourg, page 104:
text: North America's third-largest Chinatown […] is a highly wanderable explosion of sight, sound and aromas.
ref: 2013, Mariella Krause, Celeste Brash, Lonely Planet Pacific Northwest's Best Trips:
glosses: Of a place: suitable for a wander or stroll around.
antijihadist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antijihadist
form: most antijihadist
form: anti-jihadist
form: anti-Jihadist
Etymology: From anti- + jihadist.
Senses: glosses: Opposing jihadism.
pseudoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudolines
Etymology: From pseudo- + line.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A curve that shares certain topological properties with a line.
separatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From separated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being separated.
pseudolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoline
tanglegram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanglegrams
Etymology: From tangle + -gram.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, we present an application to crossing numbers of random tanglegrams.
ref: 2016, Éva Czabarka, László A. Székely, Stephan Wagner, “Inducibility in binary trees and crossings in random tanglegrams”, in arXiv:
glosses: A kind of diagram used to compare tree diagrams.
tanglegrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanglegram
biofidelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biofidelic
form: most biofidelic
Etymology: From biofidelity + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Despite such obstacles, the field of injury biomechanics has made progress; for example, an advanced frontal crash test dummy has been developed that incorporates improved biofidelic features and expanded instrumentation.
ref: 1999, Richard J. Bonnie, Carolyn E. Fulco, Catharyn T. Liverman, Reducing the Burden of Injury:
glosses: Exhibiting biofidelity; faithfully modelling a biological system.
charnockitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more charnockitic
form: most charnockitic
Etymology: From charnockite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Containing or relating to the mineral charnockite.
charnockite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charnockites
Senses: examples: text: Geologically, the EG consist of charnockite with minor bands of pyroxin granulate and magnetite quartzite.
ref: 2016 January 27, “Critical Analysis of Forest Degradation in the Southern Eastern Ghats of India: Comparison of Satellite Imagery and Soil Quality Index”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
Derived terms: charnockitic
charnockites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charnockite
antiperthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiperthites
Etymology: From anti- + perthite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A perthite having sodic feldspar as the dominant phase.
antiperthites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiperthite
doxercalciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɑk.sɚ.kælˈsɪf.əˌɹɔl/
Etymology: From d(ihydr)ox(y) + er(go)calciferol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic analogue of ergocalciferol, used as a drug to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism and metabolic bone disease.
hypergranularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + granularity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being hypergranular.
nonculprit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + culprit.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of a lesion, etc.: not responsible for the diseased condition of the patient.
tanzawaic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the Tanzawa area of Japan.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of organic compounds found in Penicillium fungi.
Long Island iced teas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Long Island iced tea
Shrove Tuesdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shrove Tuesday
territorialisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: territorialisations
Etymology: From territorial + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: So, for instance, the evilness of walls (they are ignorant, arrogant, unjust) and the vanity of walls (they are never as effective as dreamt by their builders) should be reconstructed on the basis of the multiple territorialisations of the actors that come to be associated with each single wall, as well as affected by it (on its two or more sides).
ref: 2018, Andrea Mubi Brighenti, Mattias Kärrholm, Urban Walls:
glosses: Alternative spelling of territorialization.
territorialisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of territorialisation
CUWPL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Columbia University Working Papers in Linguistics.
corcair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corkir
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish. Doublet of purple.
Senses: glosses: A lichen that produces a purple dye.
adultspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adult + -speak.
Senses: glosses: The style of language used by adults.
Related terms: childspeak
Policespeak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From police + -speak.
Senses: glosses: A constructed language for police and emergency service cooperation at the Channel Tunnel, using a limited vocabulary drawn from French and English.
pathbreakingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pathbreakingly
form: most pathbreakingly
Etymology: From pathbreaking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pathbreaking or pioneering manner.
nonconsumably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + consumably.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-consumably.
volitionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From volitional + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being volitional.
nonvolitionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒnvəˈlɪʃənəli/
ipa: /ˌnɒnvəˈlɪʃənli/
ipa: /ˌnɒnvəˈlɪʃnəli/
ipa: /ˌnɑnvəˈlɪʃənəli/
ipa: /ˌnɑnvəˈlɪʃənli/
ipa: /ˌnɑnvəˈlɪʃnəli/
Etymology: From non- + volitionally.
Senses: synonyms: unwilfully
unwillingly
antonyms: volitionally
glosses: In a manner that is not volitional; not of one's own will.
stopout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stopouts
Etymology: Blend of stop + dropout
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A student who leaves an academic institution but later returns to continue studying.
stopout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stopouts
Etymology: Deverbal from stop out.
Senses: qualifier: etching
glosses: An acid-resistant liquid used to cover the parts of a surface that should not be bitten.
stopouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stopout
dowdies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowdy
dowdies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dowdy
e-thesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-theses
Etymology: From e- + thesis.
Senses: glosses: An academic thesis published on the Internet.
e-theses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-thesis
e-publish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: e-publishes
form: e-publishing
form: e-published
form: e-published
form: epublish
form: ePublish
Etymology: From e- + publish.
Senses: glosses: To publish in electronic form, especially on the Internet.
Related terms: e-publication
e-publisher
e-published
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of e-publish
e-publishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of e-publish
aspectualizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aspectualizers
Etymology: From aspectualize + -er.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A constituent of a phrase that specifies the aspect of a verb phrase.
aspectualizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aspectualizer
draft excluder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draft excluders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of draught excluder.
draft excluders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draft excluder
Allemanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Allemanist
accidentologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accidentologist
abstract factory classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abstract factory class
zoomorphoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoomorphosis
Zhdanovists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zhdanovist
zero-hour contracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero-hour contract
EARN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of European Academic and Research Network: a former computer network connecting universities and research institutions across Europe.
York hams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of York ham
yellow jerseys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow jersey
brown sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brown sauce
Madeira sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madeira sauces
Senses: glosses: A French brown sauce made with Madeira wine and peppercorns.
no-platformed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of no-platform
no-platforming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of no-platform
no-platforms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of no-platform
departiculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: departiculates
form: departiculating
form: departiculated
form: departiculated
Etymology: From de- + particulate.
Senses: examples: text: Water, while an excellent departiculating agent, is not as effective in removing nonpolar contaminants from surfaces.
ref: 1998, Samuel P. Sawan, Supercritical Fluid Cleaning: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications:
text: Atomically, the system departiculates as the energy of the system moves into balanced equilibrium.
ref: 2016, Janet Myatt, The Divine Journey: Awakening to the Creative Process of Life:
glosses: To remove particles.
Derived terms: departiculation
departiculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of departiculate
departiculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of departiculate
departiculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of departiculate
departiculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From departiculate + -tion.
Senses: examples: text: A parametric study has indicated that improved cleaning effectiveness can be expected by using a high-velocity spray of a dense, low-viscosity fluid for surface departiculation and cleaning under surface-mounted devices.
ref: 1986, Cahners Exposition Group, Proceedings of the technical program, Volume 1
glosses: the removal of particles
Related terms: departiculate
andative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Indicating motion away from something.
Coordinate terms: venitive
andative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: andatives
Senses: examples: text: However, most of the andatives and venitives in our database do not have future as a use. Bernd Heine (p.c.) reports that andative and venitive are usually derivational in African languages and occur in different types of constructions than movement-futures (see also Heine and Reh, 1984:142).
ref: 1991, Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Approaches to Grammaticalization, volume 2, page 49:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion away from something; or, the indication so provided.
andatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of andative
San Salvador Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌsæn ˈsælvədɔːɹ ˈaɪlənd/
Forms: form: San Salvador
form: Salvador
Etymology: From Spanish isla San Salvador, given by Christopher Columbus in thanks to Jesus Christ for surviving his first voyage. The identity of the Bahaman island that currently bears the name with Columbus's island is still highly contested. The Ecuadorian island was renamed in honor of Columbus's in 1892 as part of the quadricentennial celebration of his voyage.
Senses: glosses: The first island discovered by Christopher Columbus during his first voyage.
glosses: An island of the Bahamas, possibly the same as Columbus's island.
glosses: A district of the Bahamas.
glosses: Former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
Synonyms: sense: Columbus's island
english: Lucayan name
translation: Lucayan name
word: Guanahani
sense: Bahamian island
word: Watlings Island
cislocatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cislocative
translocatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of translocative
al-Qaedaesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more al-Qaedaesque
form: most al-Qaedaesque
Etymology: From al-Qaeda + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Several local intelligence agencies are murmuring that a students, of a new kind, well versed in the cognitive sciences, are pouring in from distant lands—Sudan, Gaza, Nigeria, Peshawar or Kurdistan—to train in al-Qaedaesque fortified camps.
ref: 2011, David Ball and Nicole Ball (translators), Passage of Tears, Abdourahman S. Waberi, page 39-40
glosses: Resembling al-Qaeda.
itive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ētĭv
ipa: /iːtɪv/
Etymology: From Latin itus (“gone”), perfect passive participle of eō (“to go”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”) + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The itive aspectizers express a totalizing of the action.
ref: 1993, George van Driem, A Grammar of Dumi, page 210:
text: […] in other words, the itive verb here signals narrative dissonance, with all the attendant effects […]
ref: 2003, Roberta Facchinetti, Frank Palmer, Manfred Krug, Modality in Contemporary English, page 121:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of andative.
synonyms: word: andative
ventive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of venitive.
synonyms: word: venitive
ventive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ventives
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of venitive.
synonyms: word: venitive
ventives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ventive
heterocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + -cratic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a heterocracy
heterocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterocracies
Etymology: From hetero- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: A polycentric government
glosses: A society influenced by heterosexual values
Related terms: heterocratic
sea monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea monkeys
Etymology: Genericized trademark from the brand name Sea-Monkeys.
Senses: examples: text: Please send my Sea-Monkey kit(s) and my FREE supplies and guarantee. I must be 100% satisfied or you will refund my money.
ref: 1973, “SEA-MONKEYS (advertisement)”, in Raggedy Ann and Andy Comics, page 13:
text: 'I think one of my sea monkeys is ill.'
He holds the small plastic sea tank aloft and points at a black speck the size of a pinhead.
ref: 2008, Anna Nicholas, Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof: Mayhem in Mayfair and Mallorca:
text: Greg is a sea monkey farmer. Every year he sells 4.5% of his herd (if that's what you'd call a group of sea monkeys) at the international sea monkey auction.
ref: 2011, Linus Christian Rollman, Greg Logan Neps, Crocodiles and Coconuts, page 44:
glosses: A brine shrimp, sold as a novelty aquarium pet.
wikipedia: Sea-Monkeys
sea monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea monkey
locavorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From locavore + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: From a global perspective, locavorism begins to look like a narcissistic pseudomoralistic club for the wealthy to keep food and money circulating among their own tight little cliques.
ref: 2012, Steven Poole, You Aren't What You Eat: Fed Up with Gastroculture, →ISBN:
text: But intentional locavorism as a phenomenon is quite recent, and only exists within and against the context of the globalized corporate food market.
ref: 2014, Benjamin Zeller, Marie Dallam, Reid Neilson, Religion, Food, and Eating in North America, →ISBN, page 298:
text: Culturally, locavorism is often framed as a form of ethical consumer resistance to the control of food by transnational corporations, as well as a personally rewarding activity.
ref: 2015, Daniel Thomas Cook, J. Michael Ryan, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies, →ISBN, page 387:
glosses: The practice of eating food that is produced locally.
locavorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more locavorous
form: most locavorous
Etymology: From locavore + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: The pizza joint is similarly locavorous and similarly whimsical.
ref: 2010 May 26, Devra First, “Whimsical flourishes at EVOO”, in Boston Globe:
text: Heartland was locavorous on steroids, and I mean that kindly.
ref: 2013, Raymond Sokolov, Steal the Menu: A Memoir of Forty Years in Food, →ISBN, page 203:
text: But in spite of its locavorous detail, the novel's plot is driven by a universal truth: that food brings people together.
ref: 2015 August 1, Tim Walker, “J Ryan Stradal: Novelist and part-time pepper farmer tells of life on the Prairie”, in The Independent:
glosses: Practicing or supporting locavorism
swankish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swankish
form: most swankish
Etymology: From swank + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: "I was lucky. The e-mail told me to show up at the St. Regis hotel, a swankish spot in downtown DC."
ref: 2015, Alexandra Petri, A Field Guide to Awkward Silences:
glosses: Synonym of swanky.
synonyms: word: swanky
tomato pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomato pies
Senses: examples: text: The "pomidore pizza", or tomato pie, is made in this fashion. Take a lump of dough, and, under a roller, flatten it out until it is only an inch thick. On this scatter tomatoes and season plentifully with powdered red pepper.
ref: 1903 December 6, “Do firey foods cause firey natures?”, in New-York Tribune:
text: Once upon a time, almost all pizza — then a word unknown to the general American public outside Italian enclaves — was called tomato pie in the United States. In the 1930s, English-language newspapers featured job listings for tomato pie bakers and advertisements for tomato pie ovens, sometimes including that obscure term "pizza" in parentheses.
ref: 2023 October 6, Mari Uyehara, “The Many Lives of Tomato Pie”, in The New York Times:
glosses: pizza
examples: text: In Philadelphia, tomato pie is a springy, square flatbread slathered with tomato sauce and comparable to the Sicilian sfincione.
ref: 2023 October 6, Mari Uyehara, “The Many Lives of Tomato Pie”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In some Italian-American and Italian-Canadian communities, any of a number of variations of pizza consisting only or largely of dough and tomato sauce.
glosses: A savory summer pie from the American South, containing tomatoes topped with grated cheese mixed with mayonnaise or a white sauce.
tomato pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomato pie
gassest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 'Aren't they the gassest things you ever clapped eyes on? They're from some mad place. Reds under the Bed, or something.'
ref: 2005, Marian Keyes, Last Chance Saloon, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: Her friends have also been commenting, and, of course, they think it's the gassest thing they've ever seen. "That is my favourite video that has ever hit the Internet"
ref: 2015 July 27, Ciara Flaherty, “WATCH: Irish girl passes out on a slingshot ride in Magaluf”, in Irish Examiner:
glosses: superlative form of gas: most gas
cornmealy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cornmealy
form: most cornmealy
Etymology: From cornmeal + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She slid a glance with a trace of longing at my one remaining hush puppy. I forked it into my mouth and chewed it down, letting the pleasure of its cornmealy goodness show on my face.
ref: 2016, Anna Castle, Flash Memory (Lost Hat, Texas; 2), →ISBN:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of cornmeal.
examples: text: Cleaning steamers sucks. You have to put them in great vats of water with cornmeal and let them sit. […] I pulled my hands out of the cornmealy water, dried them on my apron and said to my mother that I was taking a little break.
ref: 1985, Sandra Scoppettone, Playing Murder, New York, N.Y.: Harper Keypoint, published 1987, →ISBN, pages 119 and 121:
text: “Tamales. Just unpeel ’em out of the husk. There’s napkins on top.” They were hot and cornmealy and full of meat.
ref: 1994, Donald McCaig, Nop’s Hope, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 24:
text: I was far more taken with the pastry chef’s nightly dinner rolls: cornmealy anadama, rustic country Italian, soft potato flecked with spring chives.
ref: 2000, Gourmet, volume 60, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, page 150:
glosses: With cornmeal.
heterocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterocracy
sous-vided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sous-vide
sous-viding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sous-vide
sous-vides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sous-vide
sous-vides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sous-vide
Western Wall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Western Wall
Etymology: From its location on the western side of the Temple Mount.
Senses: synonyms: Wailing Wall
Kotel
Buraq Wall
glosses: An ancient wall on the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple. It is the holiest site in Judaism.
maceranduba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of massaranduba.
Wailing Wall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wailing Wall
Etymology: After the Jewish practice of weeping at the site over the Destruction of the Temple.
Senses: glosses: The Western Wall.
wikipedia: Destruction of the Temple
bar mitzvahing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bar mitzvah
Kotel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊtɛl/
Forms: form: the Kotel
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew כֹּתֶל (kótel, “wall”).
Senses: glosses: The Western Wall.
mailcatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mailcatchers
Etymology: From mail + catcher.
Senses: topics: railways
transport
synonyms: catcher
glosses: A device on a train for picking up mailbags while the train is in motion.
mailcatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mailcatcher
leaf-cutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaf-cutter
malappropriation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malappropriations
Etymology: From mal- + appropriation.
Senses: glosses: misappropriation
malappropriations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malappropriation
malapropian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more malapropian
form: most malapropian
Senses: examples: text: In the first place, with malapropian ineptness he confused "scrupulous" with its opposite, "unscrupulous."
ref: 1934, The English Journal, volume 23, page 571:
glosses: malapropic
Synonyms: catachrestic
catachrestical
malapropic
malapropistic
malefically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more malefically
form: most malefically
Etymology: From malefic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a malefic manner.
mandorlas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandorla
manneristically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more manneristically
form: most manneristically
Etymology: From manneristic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a manneristic manner.
unnaturalistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unnaturalistically
form: most unnaturalistically
Etymology: From unnaturalistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an unnaturalistic manner.
manwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From man + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Toward mankind.
marmarized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Transformed into marble.
Related terms: marmoreal
rentered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renter
materialiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: materialisers
Etymology: From materialise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of materializer.
materialisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of materialiser
launch one's lunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: launches one's lunch
form: launching one's lunch
form: launched one's lunch
form: launched one's lunch
Senses: related: word: launch lunch
synonyms: lose one's lunch
glosses: To vomit.
flourishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more flourishly
form: most flourishly
Etymology: From flourish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I call to-morrow on the Huberts. I have not had time owing to Hospital engagements. Everything, including accounts, getting on flourishly.
ref: 1840, Francis Galston, letter to his father:
text: "He took her papers, sweeping his quick eyes over the receipts for show, nodded and began the tour of his inn himself gesturing flourishly."
ref: 2015, Vicky Glasgow, The Mage Emperor:
glosses: In a flourishing way.
absenteeist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absenteeists
Etymology: From absentee + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who fails to show up when scheduled to.
absenteeists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absenteeist
Gines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gines
Etymology: * As a Catalan surname, from the saints' name Ginés. Compare Jines.
* The city in Spain is of unclear origin, but could possibly be a corruption of the source of the saints' name above with an Arabic influence, namely جنة (“garden, paradise”), referring to the Garden of Eden.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Seville, Andalusia, Spain.
glosses: A surname.
Gien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Giens
Etymology: From French, from Late Latin Giomum, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *gyemos *magos (“winter market”).
Senses: glosses: A commune of Loiret department, in north-central France.
glosses: A surname.
Giens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gien
Ernie and Bert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bert and Ernie
Etymology: The names of two Muppet characters in the children's TV series Sesame Street.
Senses: glosses: Two inseparable friends whose personalities are vastly different.
wikipedia: Sesame Street
gines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gine
antienclosure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antienclosure
form: most antienclosure
Etymology: From anti- + enclosure.
Senses: glosses: Opposing enclosure, the post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
dewshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dew + shine.
Senses: examples: text: At dewshine of morning,
At hush of evenfall,
The hills of Connemara —
They hold my soul in thrall.
ref: 1941, {unattributed}, Catholic World - Volume 152 - Page 35
text: It was so golden-sweet here amongst the million tiny saffron cups frosted with lingering dewshine […]
ref: 1911, John Galsworthy, The Patrician:
glosses: The shining of the dew.
examples: 2016, Nicole Young, Robertson County Time, 4 'dewshine'-drinking cases are state's first
A mixture of Mountain Dew and racing fuel, called "dewshine," could be to blame for the deaths of two Greenbrier teenagers, whose cases are among the first reported in Tennessee, according to health officials.
glosses: An often lethal drink, a mixture of Mountain Dew and racing fuel that is almost 100% methanol.
Afropolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afropolitans
Etymology: From Afro- + (cosmo)politan.
Senses: examples: text: Rather, abjection is revealing of the processes of exclusion that are central in the making of non-abject – in this case, white European or privileged Afropolitan – subjectivities.
ref: 2021, Anna-Leena Toivanen, Mobilities and Cosmopolitanisms in African and Afrodiasporic Literatures, page 172:
synonyms: Afrocosmopolitan
glosses: A multicultural, cosmopolitan African person.
Derived terms: Afropolitanism
Afropolitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afropolitan
pettle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pettles
form: pettling
form: pettled
form: pettled
Senses: glosses: To fondle or pet; to pamper.
Synonyms: sense: to fondle
word: dawt
word: faddle
word: grope
word: tiddle
word: fondle
sense: to pamper
word: coddle
word: cosset
word: pamper
copyrightably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From copyrightable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it can be copyrighted.
Vindelici
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A former Celtic people of Switzerland and southern Germany.
Palin-ism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Palin-isms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Palinism.
customiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: customisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of customizer.
Persian Royal Road
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Royal Road.
first-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-foots
form: first-feet
Senses: synonyms: word: qualtagh
english: Isle of Man
translation: Isle of Man
glosses: The first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day.
Derived terms: first footing
tyrannulet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyrannulets
Senses: glosses: Any of about 50 bird species in the tyrant flycatcher family, distinguished by their small size.
tyrannulets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyrannulet
Yser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: after French
ipa: /iːˈzɛə(ɹ)/
note: after Dutch
ipa: /ˈaɪzə(ɹ)/
Senses: examples: text: Ypres was not the actual start of the front; that distinction belongs to Nieuport, a city on the North Sea twentyodd miles down the river Yser from Ypres.
ref: 1986 November 24, Jack Beatty, “Along the Western Front”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2022:
glosses: A river that flows through French and West Flanders to the North Sea.