cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
idée fixe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /iː.deɪ ˈfiːks/
/i.deɪ fiks/
Forms: form: idées fixes
form: idee fixe
Etymology: Borrowed from French idée fixe (literally “fixed idea”).
Senses: examples: text: “There is the condition which the modern French psychologists have called the ‘idée fixe,’ which may be trifling in character, and accompanied by complete sanity in every other way. A man who had read deeply about Napoleon, or who had possibly received some hereditary family injury through the great war, might conceivably form such an ‘idée fixe’ and under its influence be capable of any fantastic outrage.”
ref: 1904 April 30, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC, page 212:
text: [“]A foreign policy of domination through spiritual means is [Jorane Sutt’s] idée fixe, but it’s my notion that his ultimate aims aren’t spiritual.[”]
ref: 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 171, ¶ 13
text: The sage's solitary fantisizings about the heavens have turned monstrous, his yearnings for knowledge have swollen into idées fixes
ref: 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 182:
text: His conclusion though is illuminating, and established a theme that was to concern him for the next forty years of his life, becoming the idée fixe of works such as The Ghost in the Machine, The Act of Creation and the Roots of Coincidence.
ref: 2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 9
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; (loosely), an obsession.
examples: text: a definite musical figure, called the 'idée fixe,' unifying the work throughout by its constant reappearance in various aspects and surroundings
ref: 1922, Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, volume 4, page 793:
glosses: A recurring musical theme; a leitmotif.
wouldn't've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊd(ə)n(t)ə(v)/
Etymology: would + -n't + -'ve
Senses: examples: text: Anyway, my Daddy said if you wasn’t such a coward, trying to haze that boy with a big bunch of others, you wouldn’t’ve got shot in the first place […]
ref: 1936, Eugene Morehead Armfield, Where the Weak Grow Strong, page 115:
text: […] if there had been a man around, taking hold of things, her father’s partner wouldn’t’ve been able to get away with most of the estate the way he did…
ref: 1950, Irwin Shaw, Mixed Company: Collected Short Stories of Irwin Shaw, page 276:
text: I didn’t bring him here. If you wouldn’t have gone out, I wouldn’t have either. I’d have thrown him out right away. He wouldn’t’ve made it through the door.
ref: 1983, Elias Canetti, Comedy of Vanity and Life-Terms, page 47:
text: 2006 October, Goff Morgan, "We Wouldn't've Had To Do It" (poem).
glosses: Contraction of would not have.
Synonyms: word: wouldna
word: wouldn'ta
Related terms: couldn't've
shouldn't've
oughtn't've
Sitzfleisch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈzɪtsflaɪʃ/
Etymology: From German Sitzfleisch.
Senses: examples: text: Sitzfleisch: a term used in chess to indicate winning by use of the glutei muscles--the habit of remaining stolid in one's seat hour by hour, making moves that are sound but uninspired, until one's opponent blunders through boredom.
ref: [1947, Frank Vigor Morley, “My One Contribution to Chess”, in Chess Notes, Faber & Faber:
text: He never dallied with the image, beloved of the Renaissance, of the lean and shrunk-shanked scholar, possessed of infinite Sitzfleisch and inured to pain.
ref: 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 203:
text: This year’s installment of Theatertreffen Berlin, the spring festival of the best of German-language theater that has been going strong since 1964, required some sitzfleisch — that is, the ability to stay planted on your derrière without fidgeting for the duration of a Wagner opera.
ref: 2019 May 16, A.J. Goldmann, “A Festival of German Theater, Where More Is More”, in New York Times:
glosses: The ability to endure or carry on with an activity.
examples: text: Just as he was snorting and puffing like a grampus, I chanced to observe a quite formidable scar on his Sitzfleisch. With an apology for the personal nature of the question, I asked if it was a war wound of some kind.
ref: 1987, The Lexington Reader, page 530:
glosses: A person's bottom; the posterior.
hydrocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪdɹəsiːl/
Forms: form: hydroceles
Etymology: From French hydrocèle or Latin hydrocēlē, from Ancient Greek ὑδροκήλη (hudrokḗlē), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour”).
Senses: examples: text: For while he refers to his gout (a good disease), he does not mention the complaint which indirectly killed him, his hydrocele – an enlargement of the scrotum.
ref: 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 205:
glosses: An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.
Derived terms: hydrocelectomy
radiophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of the radiophone
radiophoto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪdɪəʊˌfəʊtəʊ/
Forms: form: radiophotos
Etymology: From radio- + photo.
Senses: glosses: A radiophotograph.
radiophotograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiophotographs
Etymology: From radio- + photograph.
Senses: glosses: A photograph transmitted using radio; an early form of facsimile
glosses: A radiographic photograph
Related terms: radiophotography
radioprotection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + protection.
Senses: glosses: Any form of protection against the harmful effects of ionizing radiation, especially caused by artificial sources.
Related terms: radioprotectant
radioprotective
radioprotector
radioreceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioreceptors
Etymology: From radio- + receptor.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any receptor that responds to radiation (such as heat and light)
radioresistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioresistances
Etymology: From radio- + resistance.
Senses: glosses: Any form of resistance that an organism has to protect itself against the harmful effects of ionizing radiation
Derived terms: chemoradioresistance
radioresistant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radioresistant
form: most radioresistant
Etymology: From radio- + resistant.
Senses: glosses: Having a certain amount of radioresistance
radiosensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radiosensitive
form: most radiosensitive
Etymology: From radio- + sensitive.
Senses: glosses: Having a certain amount of radiosensitivity
radiosensitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiosensitivities
Etymology: From radio- + sensitivity.
Senses: glosses: The relative sensitivity of cells or organisms to any form of radiation, but especially to the harmful effects of ionizing radiation
Derived terms: chemoradiosensitivity
Related terms: radioreactivity
radiosurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiosurgeries
Etymology: From radio- + surgery.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The use of a directed beam of X-rays or other ionizing radiation to destroy diseased tissue.
radiotelemetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + telemetry.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of radio telemetry.
radiotelephony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + telephony.
Senses: glosses: the transmission of sound (in both directions) using modulated radio waves rather than wires
Related terms: wireless telegraphy
radious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radious
form: most radious
Etymology: From Middle English radyouse, radious, radiouse, radyvs, from Old French radieuse, variant of radieux; also compare Latin radiōsus.
Senses: glosses: radiant
trenchermanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trencherman + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Energetic trenchermanship was a prudent form of preventative medicine.
ref: 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 234:
glosses: The quality or fact of being a trencherman.
topos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɒpɒs/
Forms: form: topoi
form: toposes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”). Compare topic.
Senses: examples: text: The ritual of weighing the soul was an iconographic topos familiar to Christianity from the ceremony of the weighing of sins at the Last Judgement.
ref: 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 239:
glosses: A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hyponyms: elementary topos
Grothendieck topos
glosses: A category that behaves like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space (or, more generally, on a site).
qualifier: Rugby School
glosses: A toilet.
Related terms: -topia
topic
radioteletype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioteletypes
form: RTTY
Etymology: From radio- + teletype.
Senses: glosses: A communication system consisting of teletypewriters linked by radio.
radioteletypewriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioteletypewriters
Etymology: From radio- + teletypewriter.
Senses: glosses: A teletypewriter connected to a radio as part of a radioteletype system.
teletypewriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teletypewriters
Etymology: From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + typewriter.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of teletype (“telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols”).
synonyms: word: teletype
extra: telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols
Derived terms: radioteletypewriter
teletypewriting
teletypewritten
radiotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radiotoxic
form: most radiotoxic
Etymology: From radio- + toxic.
Senses: glosses: toxic because of its radioactivity
Related terms: radiotoxicity
radiotoxin
radiotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radiotoxic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being radiotoxic.
Related terms: radiotoxic
radiotoxin
radiovision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + vision.
Senses: glosses: An early television system.
hào
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hào
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Vietnamese dong.
mashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mash
mashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mashings
Senses: examples: text: In the culinary process, there are none of those peelings and washings as in the case of potatoes and turnips, […] none of those squeezings and mashings and choppings, before the worthless mess can be got upon the table.
ref: 1847, Food for the Million. Maize against potato:
glosses: The process by which something is mashed or beaten to pulp.
examples: text: More hot water is added, and the mashing process repeated, until the grain has been wholly deprived of its saccharine matter, which is generally accomplished by three, or at the most, four mashings[…]
ref: 1835, Robert Dundas Thomson, Thomas Thomson, Records of General Science, volume 2, page 459:
glosses: The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.
glosses: The process of preparing tea in a teapot.
Derived terms: button mashing
divine right
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the divine right
form: divine right of kings
Senses: topics: Christianity
human-sciences
philosophy
political-science
sciences
social-sciences
synonyms: jus divinum
Mandate of Heaven
glosses: The Christian doctrine that monarchs have a God-given right to rule, that they are answerable only to God, and that rebellion is sinful.
Coordinate terms: consent of the governed
Derived terms: divine right of kings
spirulina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌspɪɹəˈliːnə/
ipa: /ˌspɪɹjʊˈliːnə/
ipa: /ˌspaɪɹəˈliːnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Etymology: From genus name Spirulina.
Senses: examples: text: Another interesting factor in Spirulina is its effect upon appetite. Either it is so concentrated that the body signals a satisfaction feeling from the digestive tract where Spirulina has a remarkable 85% digestibility […]
ref: 1980, Christopher B. Hills, The Secrets of Spirulina: Medical Discoveries of Japanese Doctors, Nicholson:
text: Research by the meat and dairy industries has been slanted. New discoveries show that B12 can be found in numerous non-meat sources, such as olives, mushrooms, bananas, spirulina, bee pollen, concord grapes, […]
ref: 1982 February, Paavo Airola, “Plant Sources of Vitamin B12”, in Vegetarian Times, →ISSN, page 88:
glosses: A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.
malapert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæləpɜːt/
ipa: /mæləˈpɜːt/
ipa: /ˈmæləpɝt/
ipa: /mæləˈpɝt/
Forms: form: malaperts
form: malepart
Etymology: From mal- (“not, badly”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), or from Middle French malappert, Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”).
Senses: glosses: A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.
Synonyms: word: brazenface
word: cheeky chappie
word: cheeky chops
word: cheeky monkey
word: jackanapes
word: malapert
word: minx
word: saucebox
Hypernyms: word: jerk
Related terms: word: cheeky
malapert
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæləpɜːt/
ipa: /mæləˈpɜːt/
ipa: /ˈmæləpɝt/
ipa: /mæləˈpɝt/
Forms: form: more malapert
form: most malapert
form: malepart
Etymology: From mal- (“not, badly”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), or from Middle French malappert, Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”).
Senses: examples: text: The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
ref: a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 130, lines 145–147:
english: The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, […]
translation: The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, […]
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text: Nevertheleſſe I finde him [Iohn Bodine] ſomewhat malapert and bolde in that paſſage of his Methode of Hiſtorie, when he accuseth Plutarke, not onely of ignorance […] but alſo that he often writeth, things altogether incredible and meerely fabulous (theſe are his very words).
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “A Defence of Seneca and Plutarke”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 414:
text: […] Take heed of filling their [i.e., children's] heads with VVhimzies, and unprofitable Notions; for this vvill ſooner learn them to be malepert and proud, than ſober and humble.
ref: 1663 April 27 (Gregorian calendar), John Bunyan, “Touching Parents”, in Christian Behaviour; or The Fruits of True Christianity. […], London: […] F. Smith, […], →OCLC, page 56:
text: A proud heart, evidencing itself in a saucy, malapert, aweless, and careless carriage, is most unbeseeming the condition of servants, and highly displeasing to God in them, as being opposite to that property of fear and trembling which ought to accompany their obedience: "Be obedient with fear and trembling."
ref: [1841?], James Fergusson, “chapter VI”, in A Brief Exposition of the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians, London: Thomas Ward and Co., Paternoster-Row, →OCLC, page 257, column 1:
glosses: Cheeky, impudent, saucy.
Synonyms: cheeky
Derived terms: word: Malapert
word: malapertly
word: malapertness
rectus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛk.təs/
Forms: form: recti
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rēctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of mūsculus rēctus (“straight muscle”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
Ellipsis of rectus abdominis.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.
Related terms: casus rectus
diastasis recti
gyrus rectus
rectus abdominis muscle
rectus casus
rectus muscle
status rectus
DI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DIs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of detective inspector; a police rank.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of dens invaginatus.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of diabetes insipidus.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of disposition index.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of diffused illumination.
topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of dependency injection.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of direct injection (“fuel injection”).
glosses: Initialism of ductile iron.
examples: text: DI unit
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of direct input.
examples: text: recorded with a DI
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Ellipsis of DI unit.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of directional influence (“the ability to change one's direction of movement while falling”).
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: CDI
sense: detective inspector
word: DCI
sense: detective inspector
word: DS
sense: detective inspector
word: DC
sense: fuel injection
word: DFI
sense: fuel injection
word: GDI
sense: fuel injection
word: PDI
sense: fuel injection
word: PI
sense: fuel injection
word: TBI
sense: detective inspector
word: supt.
sense: detective inspector
word: PC
sense: detective inspector
word: WPC
recti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛkˌtaɪ/
rhymes: -ɛktaɪ
Senses: glosses: plural of rectus
ass crack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass cracks
form: arse crack
form: arse-crack
form: arsecrack
form: ass-crack
form: asscrack
Senses: synonyms: word: anal cleft
word: ass crack
word: buttcrack
word: crack
word: gluteal cleft
word: intergluteal cleft
word: natal cleft
glosses: The gluteal cleft.
Derived terms: ass crack of dawn
butt crack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butt cracks
form: buttcrack
Senses: glosses: The gluteal cleft.
cupboard love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 1788, Anna Seward, Letter to Mrs Knowles April 20, 1788 read in Archibald Constable (editor), Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Archibald Constable & Co, and Longman, etc. (1811) p. 103,
This last and long-enduring passion for Mrs Thrale was, however, composed equally perhaps of cupboard-love, Platonic love, and vanity tickled and gratified from morn to night by incessant homage.
text: Besides, Sandy includes a little cupboard love in the detail of his sentiments. Nothing can be a more undeniable proof of the truth of this statement than the trials of Mrs. K—— and Mrs. D——. In both instances the lovers were nice, attentive fatherly men.
ref: 1818, Thomas Brown, Bath, a satirical novel, page 114:
text: I stump down my field, not the lane past Mike's, and the ewes think it's feeding time. I let them bombard me, grateful for the noisy bleating of their cupboard love.
ref: 2006, Hilary Lloyd, A Necessary Killing, UKA Press, →ISBN, page 30:
text: You don't owe them anything Stephen, its just cupboard love...suddenly they need you...you said it yourself, they never contacted you before.
ref: 2006, Neil A. Harris, The Council of Elders: The Halfling Chronicles Book 1, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 191:
glosses: Insincere (and usually fickle) love pretended in the hope of gaining something useful in exchange.
Related terms: cupboard faith
lactescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more lactescent
form: most lactescent
Etymology: From Latin lactescens, present participle of lactescere.
Senses: glosses: milky
Synonyms: milken
lacteous
Derived terms: nonlactescent
dog-ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒɡɪə/
ipa: /ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /ˈdɑɡ-/
Forms: form: dog-ears
form: dog ear
form: dogear
form: dog's-ear
Etymology: The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs.
The verb is either:
* directly from dog + ear;
* a back-formation from dog-eared; or
* a variant of dog's-ear (verb).
Senses: glosses: The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
dog-ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒɡɪə/
ipa: /ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /ˈdɑɡ-/
Forms: form: dog-ears
form: dog-earing
form: dog-eared
form: dog-eared
form: dog ear
form: dogear
Etymology: The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs.
The verb is either:
* directly from dog + ear;
* a back-formation from dog-eared; or
* a variant of dog's-ear (verb).
Senses: examples: text: His eyes went to his book and stayed there long enough to finish a paragraph. He dog-eared it and put it down.
ref: 1955 October 19, Rex Stout, Die Like a Dog, Three Witnesses, 94 Bantam, →ISBN, page 164:
glosses: To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication).
Related terms: dog-eared
mulla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mullas
Senses: examples: text: A certain Afridi being desirous to learn to read, went into a village to a Mulla and said to him, that it would be a great favour if he would give him lessons.
ref: 1855, Henry George Raverty, A grammar of the Pukhto, Pushto, or language of the Afgháns, page v:
glosses: Archaic form of mullah.
ligneous conjunctivitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A rare condition characterized by chronic, recurrent conjunctivitis associated with a pseudomembrane, and it may involve other mucous membranes in the mouth, nasopharynx, trachea, and vagina.
rabbinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹæbɪnət/
Forms: form: rabbinates
Etymology: From rabbin- + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: Adam [...] thought the call to the rabbinate should be entirely pure, a discussion a man has with God.
ref: 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 201:
glosses: The office or function of a rabbi.
examples: text: The Rabbinate now uses computers to keep lists of women without proper religious divorces (a get) and children born to women without them (mamzerim) -- who are without status under Jewish law.
ref: 1989 April 8, Jon David Aloisi-Nalley, “Israeli Legislator Addresses NYC Gay Synagogue”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
glosses: A body of rabbis.
glosses: Rabbis collectively.
rabble-rousing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rabble + rousing.
Senses: examples: text: Earlier on the Other stage on Friday afternoon, Charli XCX took a more straightforward, rabble-rousing approach, a flurry of confetti cannon, inflatables and exhortations to wild hedonism: “I hope everyone gets really fucked up this weekend!”
ref: 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of rabblerousing.
rabblerousing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rabblerousing
form: most rabblerousing
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser
glosses: Tending to stir up the passions of the audience
raw_tags: of a speech
rabblerousing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The activity of inciting mobs, of causing a stir
Related terms: stem-winder
tubthumping
radicalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈradɪkəlɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: radicalisms
Etymology: From radical + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Any of various radical social or political movements that aim at fundamental change in the structure of society
Related terms: radicalist
Kuopio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Finnish Kuopio.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of the Northern Savonia region, in eastern Finland.
Lappeenranta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish Lappeenranta.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of South Karelia, in southeastern Finland.
Jyväskylä
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Finnish Jyväskylä.
Senses: glosses: A municipality, the capital city of the Central Finland region, Finland.
Joensuu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality, the capital of the North Karelia region, in eastern Finland.
Hämeenlinna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Finnish Hämeenlinna.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Tavastia Proper, in southern Finland.
jesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jester
jesters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jester
transexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transexual
form: most transexual
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of transsexual.
transexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transexuals
Senses: examples: text: As an afterthought, I think I might be entitled to point out that I (and others in the same position) who have had electrolysis, taken hormones and live as a woman full time am not a transexual, are wrong. While all of these things are done by those who ARE transexuals, it does not follow that all who do them are transexuals. This is the same false logic that society follows when it in effect says (wrongly in both cases) that homosexuals wear dresses and make up, therefore all males who wear dresses and make up are homosexuals. I’m sure most of you have been resenting that implication for as long as you’ve been TVs. Naturally I resent the assumption that I am a TS for the same reason—the logic is false. I, at least, know the difference between sex and gender and have simply elected to change the latter and not the former. If a word is necessary, I should be termed a “transgenderal.”
ref: 1969 December, Virginia Prince, “Change of Sex or Gender”, in Transvestia, volume IX, number 60, Chevalier Publications, →LCCN, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2021, page 65:
glosses: Alternative spelling of transsexual.
chewier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chewy: more chewy
chewiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chewy: most chewy
mendicant order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mendicant orders
Senses: glosses: Any religious order whose members depend on begging or charity.
lóng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lóng
form: lóngs
Senses: examples: text: The greater lóngs are servants to the gods, and some are even minor deities themselves, ruling over bodies of water and storms.
ref: 2019, Blanca Martínez de Rituerto, Joe Sparrow, “Dragon, Lóng”, in Dungeons & Drawings: An Illustrated Compendium of Creatures, Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 140:
text: […] Chinese lóng are hatched from rocks found in the darkest depths of the ocean.
ref: 2022 June, Emi Watanabe Cohen, “For a Blessing”, in The Lost Ryū, Montclair, N.J.: Arthur A. Levine, →ISBN, page 74:
text: IF THE LÓNG IS BORN HERE, HE’LL LEVEL THE ENTIRE REGION!
ref: 2025 February, Matsuri Akino, translated by Adrienne Beck, “Dragon”, in Pet Shop of Horrors, collector’s edition, volume 1, [Los Angeles, Calif.]: Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN, page 218:
glosses: Alternative form of loong.
black friars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black friar
black friar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black friars
form: blackfriar
Etymology: Named from the black mantles that they wore over white woollen habits.
Senses: synonyms: Dominican
preaching friar
Friar Preacher
glosses: A member of the religious order of the Dominicans.
Related terms: english: Benedictine monk
translation: Benedictine monk
word: Black Monk
Dominicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dominican
blackfriar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackfriars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of black friar.
twist of fate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twists of fate
Senses: synonyms: quirk of fate
irony
glosses: An unfortunate, often ironic turn of events.
memory card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memory cards
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A solid state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A personal computer's expansion memory module that fits in a standard interface such as a PCI or ISA slot.
Related terms: bubble memory
flashcard
flash card
memory stick
muggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mugger
tumblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumbler
ankle lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaŋk(ə)l ˌlɒk/
Forms: form: ankle locks
Senses: glosses: The technique of twisting the ankle of someone already down, in order to keep them down, under the painful threat of an injury to their ankle that will mar them for life.
Hypernyms: lock
blood bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood baths
form: bloodbath
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bloodbath.
chicken nugget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken nuggets
Senses: examples: text: Chicken nuggets, 6 for $ 1.49 are another popular snack item.
ref: 1986 May 8, The Canberra Times, Australian Captial Territory, page 10, column 2:
text: The best you’d get is one of those animal-shaped chicken nuggets they give to kids.
ref: 2018, Kazerad, Katia: Tell a story, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), February 6, 2018
glosses: A small portion of cooked boneless chicken meat in batter prepared by deep-frying.
glosses: Female genitalia.
Synonyms: word: nug
word: nugg
word: nugger
word: nuggie
word: nuggy
cracker jacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Popcorn coated in molasses.
capers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caper
capers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of caper
Pulik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Puli
putamina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putamen
geographic North Pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: north geographical pole
glosses: The point located at 90 degrees latitude north. The magnetic North Pole (where compasses point) may vary from where the Geographic north pole is.
kolkhozy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəlˈkɒzɪ/
/kɒl-/
/kɔːl-/
/kol-/
/-kɔzɪ/
/-kɒsɪ/
/-kɔsɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of kolkhoz
agendae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We participate in the Consortium Council, a body that recommends programs and policies for the collective member schools ; and we participate on an ad hoc basis in the agendae of other consortium entities.
ref: 1980, Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: Feminist Alternatives in Theological Education, Cornwall Collective:
text: In the last chapter we found the agendae of providers important, because they indicate the objective functions providers optimize, subject to constraints.
ref: 1982, Fritzie Reisner, Improving the Performance of the Public Sector: An Economic Approach to Program Design:
text: A persistent topic of discussion , evident both in the media and in the agendae of corporate executives and governmental civil servants, was the Internal Market, more commonly referred to as the “1992” Program […]
ref: 1992, Liam Fahey, Winning in the New Europe: Taking Advantage of the Single Market:
glosses: plural of agenda
emalangeni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lilangeni
mujtahidūn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mujtahid
still-life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: still-lifes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of still life.
Kellie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kelly.
sniper rifle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sniper rifles
Senses: glosses: A long-range rifle, usually equipped with a telescopic sight and often a night vision device.
Siberian Husky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Siberian Huskies
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: Sibe
glosses: A medium-sized spitz breed of dog originally used for herding reindeer and pulling sleighs.
cockfighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockfightings
form: cock-fighting
Etymology: From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.
Senses: synonyms: alectryomachy
alectoromachy
glosses: A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
Derived terms: cockfighting pit
cockfighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cock-fighting
Etymology: From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cockfight
Mack truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mack trucks
Etymology: Named after the Mack brothers who founded the company in 1900.
Senses: examples: text: their hearts were too small to pump blood to their huge bodies. It was like trying to run a Mack truck on a Volkswagen engine, and their hearts gave out.
ref: 2005, Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 71–72:
glosses: A motor vehicle produced by Mack Trucks, especially a semi-trailer.
examples: text: Abuses committed by overly aggressive states have resulted in federal rules and paperwork motivated by the fear that without rules and record-keeping requirements, states would show up at the Treasury with a Mack truck to take away all the cash they could.
ref: 2005, Gary E. Macdougal, Make a Difference: A Spectacular Breakthrough in the Fight Against Poverty, Truman Tally Books, →ISBN, page 317:
glosses: A semi-trailer of any brand.
examples: text: I sprung out of bed and was shoved back by a Mack truck of a headache. I powered through and felt my way to the door, focusing on a sliver of grayish light glowing through the curtains.
ref: 2011, Jess Lourey, October Fest, page 39:
text: “I used to be a once bitten, twice shy kind of guy. Now I get hit by a Mack truck of a girl and realize my life is flashing in front of my eyes. Everything's going too fast anyway, seems easier to go jump in and go with the flow.”
ref: 2018, Maggie Wells, A Ring for Rosie:
glosses: Any unstoppable or enormous thing coming through.
knuckle sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌkəl ˈsæn(d)wɪdʒ/
ipa: /-wɪtʃ/
ipa: /ˈnʌkəl ˈsænˌ(d)wɪtʃ/
Forms: form: knuckle sandwiches
Senses: examples: text: OKKIE. (Raises his fist, kissing the knuckles menacingly—follows her to bottom of steps.) How would you like a knuckle sandwich?
ref: 1957, Jerome Chodorov, Joseph [Albert] Fields, Anniversary Waltz: Comedy in Three Acts, rev. edition, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., →OCLC, page 20:
text: Rather than an embrace, the Babe [Babe Ruth] would most assuredly like to have given a knuckle sandwich to the executives of that candy corps. Or hit them over the head with his 42-ounce bat.
ref: 2002 April 7, Ira Berkow, “Sports of the times: A Babe Ruth myth is stirred up again”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
text: My brother Basil was probably the most protective of me. He would be willing to wallop anyone with a knuckle sandwich (knuckle sandwiches, not knives or guns, were big back then) who messed with me.
ref: 2002, Tony Young, Dalton Higgins, “Cleft Palate/Harelip”, in Much Master T: One VJ's Journey, Toronto, Ont.: ECW Press, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: A punch to the face, especially to the mouth.
Kiera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Keira.
glosses: A female given name from Persian, variant of Kira.
brideprice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brideprices
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bride price.
bridewealth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridewealths
Etymology: From bride + wealth.
Senses: examples: text: Textiles on Sumba are both clothing and the currency of traditional ceremonial exchange: Many fine folded cloths must be presented at each marriage as part of a counterpayment for a bridewealth paid in horses, buffalo, and gold, and at each funeral as a sign of mourning and later also a counterpayment for animals contributed to the slaughter.
ref: 2008, Jan Mrázek, Morgan Pitelka, What's the Use of Art?: Asian Visual and Material Culture in Context, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of bride price.
synonyms: word: bride price
ZIP Codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ZIP Code
boneless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boneless
form: most boneless
Etymology: From Middle English bonles, banles, from Old English bānlēas (“boneless”), from Proto-Germanic *bainalausaz, equivalent to bone + -less. Cognate with Scots baneless (“boneless”), Dutch beenloos (“boneless; legless”), German beinlos (“legless”), Swedish benlös (“boneless”), Icelandic beinlaus (“boneless”).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: boned, deboned
text: boneless chicken
text: boneless, skinless chicken
text: boneless wings
text: The packers were always originating such schemes—they had what they called "boneless hams," which were all the odds and ends of pork stuffed into casings.
ref: 1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter XIV, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:
antonyms: unboned
;
bone-in
coordinate_terms: semiboneless
;
skinless
glosses: Without bones, especially as pertaining to meat or poultry prepared for eating.
glosses: Without pizza crust; without pizza bones
examples: text: I'm scared, I'm just boneless with fright.
ref: 1916, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 18, in Uneasy Money:
text: I remember, when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit … which I most desired to see was the one described as "The Boneless Wonder." My parents judged that the spectacle would be too revolting and demoralizing for my youthful eyes, and I have waited fifty years to see the boneless wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.
ref: 1931, Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 13 May
text: Had the Green consortium made a straight bid, boneless fund managers would easily have outvoted private investors.
ref: 2006 November 11, Graham Searjeant, “Loyalty pays off for M&S shareholders”, in The Times, London:
text: In his final years he [John Ogdon] gave an interview to an American journalist who noticed that "his handshake is a boneless fadeaway["].
ref: 2014 May 11, Ivan Hewett, “Piano Man: a Life of John Ogdon by Charles Beauclerk, review: A new biography of the great British pianist whose own genius destroyed him [print version: A colossus off-key, 10 May 2014, p. R27]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
synonyms: word: gutless
word: spineless
word: boneless
word: chicken
word: chicken-hearted
word: chickenshit
word: cowardly
word: craven
word: dastardly
word: fainthearted
word: fearful
word: heartless
raw_tags: in this sense
word: gutless
word: hen-hearted
word: kiasi
word: lily-livered
word: milky
word: mousy
word: niddering
word: nidering
word: niding
word: nithing
word: poor-spirited
word: pusillanimous
word: sissy
word: spineless
word: timid
word: timorous
word: unhearty
word: weak-kneed
word: wimpish
word: yellow
word: yellow-bellied
glosses: Lacking strength, courage, or resolve.
Derived terms: boneless lean beef trimmings
bonelessly
bonelessness
semiboneless
to write home about
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The food wasn't much to write home about: it was filthy slop.
text: ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Of significance; worth noticing or remarking upon.
Related terms: nothing to write home about
something to write home about
blood baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood bath
beer bong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beer bongs
form: beerbong
Senses: glosses: A funnel used to rapidly drink large quantities of an alcoholic beverage.
Related terms: beer pong
compositing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of composite
compositing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compositings
Senses: examples: text: Compositing is used extensively in modern film and television
glosses: construction of a composite image by combining multiple images and/or other elements.
Derived terms: Porter-Duff compositing
backfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækˌfild/
ipa: /ˈbakfiːld/
Forms: form: backfields
form: back field
Etymology: From back + field.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The rear part of the field of play, particularly
Synonym of outfield.
synonyms: word: outfield
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The rear part of the field of play, particularly
The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
examples: text: Moving the ball directly out of the backfield is the greatest form of attack there is.
ref: 2000, Derek Smethurst, Soccer Offense for Winning, →ISBN, page 1:
text: Cheryl Salisbury[…]moved back to defense, and became a veteran force on the backfield. By 2003 she was captain of the Matildas, but still found enough time to hone her skills for the WUSA[…]
ref: 2012, Barbara Stewart, Helen Stoumbos, Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game, page 92:
text: “Like you should talk about good soccer, Ethan,” said Joshua, the team's starting keeper. “I bet every girl on the soccer team knows not to go charging on goal from the backfield, ignoring her teammates.”
ref: 2017, Jake Maddox, Eric Stevens, Soccer Stand-off, page 56:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The rear part of the field of play, particularly
The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
examples: text: Maryland's football team practiced for the third straight day yesterday without its starting backfield.
ref: 1983 Nov. 10, Washington Post, p. E8
glosses: The players occupying this area.
Synonyms: sense: area of a football field
word: pocket
Derived terms: backfielder
neaten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: neatens
form: neatening
form: neatened
form: neatened
Etymology: From neat + -en.
Senses: examples: text: She made a frantic attempt to neaten her hair.
text: He is doubtful that images made by artificial intelligence will replace the art exhibited in galleries, he worries that commercial projects previously requiring a team of artists may in the future need only one to work with AI and neaten up the final product.
ref: 2023 June 27, Clea Skopeliti, “‘The future is bleak’: how AI concerns are shaping graduate’s career choices”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
examples: text: Don't mind me if I neaten while you talk.
glosses: To engage in activity that arranges someone or something in an orderly, tidy way.
Derived terms: unneatened
fingerboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingerboards
Etymology: From finger + board.
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
lutherie
music
glosses: A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
glosses: A miniature skateboard or snowboard that is propelled by the fingers.
glosses: Synonym of hangboard (“device for building finger strength”).
synonyms: word: hangboard
extra: device for building finger strength
raglan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Named after Lord Raglan (1788–1855), a British commander in the Crimean War.
Senses: glosses: Being or having a kind of sleeve that continues in one piece up to the neck of a garment, without a shoulder seam.
raw_tags: of a sleeve
raglan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raglans
Etymology: Named after Lord Raglan (1788–1855), a British commander in the Crimean War.
Senses: glosses: An overcoat with sleeves of this type.
yellow cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow cakes
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of yellowcake.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: any yellow-colored cake.