cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
deidentifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + identifiable.
Senses: glosses: That may be deidentified
gemykibivirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gemykibiviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Gemykibivirus, often associated with animals or insects
gemykibiviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gemykibivirus
pronecroptotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + necroptotic.
Senses: glosses: That leads to necroptosis
namazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: namazis
Etymology: From Urdu نَمازی (namāzī), from Urdu نَماز (namāz) and their source, Persian نَمَاز.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: a person regular in salah; one who goes to the mosque (Islamic equivalent of a parishioner)
glosses: A devout Muslim.
glosses: A Muslim, especially a bigot or a religious extremist.
Related terms: english: referring to a Muslim
translation: referring to a Muslim
word: peaceful
panzoosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panzooses
Etymology: By surface analysis, pan- + zoo- + -osis
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: Synonym of panzootic (noun).
synonyms: word: panzootic
extra: noun
nonahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nona- + -hedral.
Senses: examples: text: Evolvulus arizonica A. Gray — Monad, apolar; pericolpate, colpi located along the edges of the faces, numbering 15 in the heptahedral type, 18 in the octahedral, and 21 in the nonahedral;
ref: 1971, Calvin J. Heusser, Pollen and Spores of Chile: Modern Types of the Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, and Angiospermae, Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, page 31, column 2:
text: The tetrahedral dimples and dihedral grooves of that solid are here replaced with deeper nonahedral cups and tetrahedral dimples.
ref: 1971, Magnus J. Wenninger, “Non-convex polyhedra (67–109)”, in Polyhedron Models, Cambridge University Press, published 1988, →ISBN, →LCCN, section III (Non-convex Uniform Polyhedra), polyhedron 103 (Great rhombihexahedron), page 159:
text: He is still far from being a square peg in a round hole say, a decahedral peg in a nonahedral hole.
ref: 1976, Nigel Kneale, The Year of the Sex Olympics, and Other TV Plays, Ferret Fantasy Ltd, page 95:
glosses: Synonym of enneahedral.
synonyms: word: enneahedral
Related terms: nonahedron
Lonas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lonases
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Lohnes.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lorenzini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lorenzinis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Lorenzini.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Lorenzinis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lorenzini
Lonases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lonas
Majcher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Majchers
Etymology: Borrowed from dialectal Polish Majcher, from Melchior, from Latin Melchior.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Related terms: Majchrzak
Majchrowicz
Maichrowitz
Oricks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Orick
reverse curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse curves
Senses: examples: text: One driver told him that a fireman who did not know the route might easily go "over the side" between Corby and Harringworth, unless warned beforehand of the reverse curves; he himself, in his firing days, used to try so to plan his firing that it was unnecessary to add any more coal while passing over this stretch at speed.
ref: 1945 July and August, “Notes and News: "A Nice Day's Work"”, in Railway Magazine, page 235:
text: Chambers's Technical Dictionary defines a reverse curve as "a curve composed of two arcs, of the same or different radii, with their centres on opposite sides of the curve." In other words, a reverse curve is an "S" curve.
ref: 1947 September and October, “The Why and The Wherefore: Definition of a Reverse Curve”, in Railway Magazine, page 334:
text: Some slight alterations in alignment were necessary to provide the pier line and the station is approached by severe reverse curves in both directions.
ref: 1959 November, G. H. Robin, “Railways to Helensburgh—a pre-electrification retrospect”, in Trains Illustrated, page 544:
glosses: A curve to the left or right which immediately curves in the opposite direction, and which is basically S-shaped.
Related terms: S-bend
Majchers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Majcher
reverse curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverse curve
Narvaiz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Narvaizes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Narvaiz, Castilianized form of Basque Narbaitz.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Newcom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Newcoms
Etymology: Variant of Newcomb.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Newcoms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Newcom
Narvaizes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Narvaiz
S-bends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of S-bend
Nieva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nievas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Nieva. This surname is mostly found in Argentina.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Mezquita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mezquitas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Mezquita. This surname is mostly found in Spain and Mexico.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Mezquitas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mezquita
Nievas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nieva
tableas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tablea
tahlis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tahli
tahrirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tahrir
tailcones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailcone
tailyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailye
tailzees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailzee
takahēs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takahē
take ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of take up
taklifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taklif
talavs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talav
tallywags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tallywag
tamandarins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tamandarin
tambiolos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tambiolo
tanaids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanaid
tangalungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tangalung
tardigradologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tardigradologist
tartaroborates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tartaroborate
tasiRNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tasiRNA
taste-tests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of taste-test
taste-tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taste-test
tatacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tatac
tatpuruṣas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tatpuruṣa
tauricides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tauricide
taxicams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taxicam
TBNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TBN
Micale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Micales
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Micale.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
TCOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TCO
TDPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TDP
TdTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TdT
teads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tead
tecomaquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tecomaquinone
Milfort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Milforts
Etymology: Variant of Milford.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Milforts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Milfort
tectomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tectomer
Micales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Micale
telextenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telextender
TEMPSCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TEMPSC
tennists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tennist
tensiomyograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tensiomyogram
tenuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenuation
Tepoztecos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tepozteco
teragons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teragon
teraliters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teraliter
teratosperms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teratosperm
terphenoxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terphenoxide
terpyridyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terpyridyl
tetraarsenides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetraarsenide
tetracetates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetracetate
morning sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: kindling, typically used in the morning, hence the name.
Papesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Papeshes
Etymology: Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Papeš or Slovene Papež.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Paszkiewiczes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Paszkiewicz
Papeshes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Papesh
McGlamery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McGlamerys
Etymology: Of either Scottish Gaelic or Irish origin; perhaps related to McClamrock.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kempens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kempen
McGlamerys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McGlamery
Panaros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Panaro
Tuscan red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tuscan reds
Senses: examples: text: The C.P.R. favours that old favourite of American railways, Tuscan red.
ref: 1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 552:
glosses: A dark shade of red, once popularly used for railcars.
bright spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bright spots
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, there are a few bright spots. Both railways have some smartly-timed R.D.C. schedules over the shorter distances.
ref: 1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553:
synonyms: silver lining
glosses: A good part of something that is otherwise fairly bad or unpleasant.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bright, spot.
bright spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bright spot
RDCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RDC
aspiculamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular cytosine nucleoside antibiotic
bagougeramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bagougeramines
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of nucleoside antibiotics produced by Bacillus circulans
cyclodeoxyguanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyclo- + deoxyguanine.
Senses: glosses: A cyclic form of deoxyguanine
cyclodeoxynucleoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclodeoxynucleosides
Etymology: From cyclo- + deoxynucleoside.
Senses: glosses: Any cyclic form of a deoxynucleoside
cyclodeoxynucleosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclodeoxynucleoside
eicosanoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eicosanoic + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from eicosanoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group
exhalational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Associated with exhalation
methyltriethoxysilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The organic silane CH₃Si(OCH₂CH₃)₃
multidisease
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + disease.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or suffering from multiple diseases
arithmetic sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arithmetic sequences
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: geometric sequence
glosses: Synonym of arithmetic progression.
synonyms: word: arithmetic progression
arithmetic sequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arithmetic sequence
feels the Bern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feel the Bern
feeling the Bern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feel the Bern
felt the Bern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feel the Bern
duodecagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […]the Luſitanian Cicero (as his countrymen call him) proceeds to tell his audience, that “if the Supreme Being was to ſhow himſelf under any geometrical figure, it would certainly be the circular in preference to the triangular, the ſquare, the pentagonal, the duodecagonal, or any other known to the geometricians.
ref: 1770, Joseph Baretti, A Journey from London to Genoa, Through England, Portugal, Spain, and France, volume I, Dublin: […] T. Ewing, […], letter XXIX, page 132:
text: […]the town-house is splendid, it is built on a public square, adorned with a tower and clock, similar to that of Lyons, a high column with a brazen statue of the Blessed Virgin, entirely gilt, a large water reservoir of a duodecagonal figure, and with a statue on a pedestal in the centre;
ref: 1806, Denis Louis Cottineau, “Germany”, in Geographical Compilation for the Use of Schools; Being an Accurate Description of All the Empires, Kingdoms, Republics and States, in the Known World: […], volume I, Baltimore, Md.: […] John West Butler, section third (Europe), article tenth (Bohemia), paragraph second (Kingdom of Bohemia), page 504:
text: One of the interesting spots on the place is known as Guy’s Tower, duodecagonal and almost a hundred feet high, pierced by forbidden mullioned windows and loopholes.
ref: 1929 December 29, Katherine Scarborough, “Britain’s Estates go on the Block: Historic Spots Too Large to Keep Up Seek American Purchasers”, in The Sunday Sun, volumes 29—D, Baltimore, Md., page 5, column 3:
text: Every monastery and cathedral had a chapter house. They were nearly always rectangular and were the most important building after the church itself. Thirty centrally planned chapter houses were constructed between 1100 and 1500: although about two thirds were octagonal, there are circular, decagonal and even duodecagonal examples.
ref: 1999 February 3, “Notes & Queries”, in The Guardian, London, page 17, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of dodecagonal.
winds up one's bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wind up one's bottoms
winding up one's bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wind up one's bottoms
wound up one's bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wind up one's bottoms
fixed disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixed discs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fixed disk.
fixed drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixed drives
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hard disk drive.
synonyms: word: hard disk drive
fixed disc drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixed disc drives
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hard disk drive.
synonyms: word: hard disk drive
fixed disk drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixed disk drives
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hard disk drive.
synonyms: word: hard disk drive
optical disk drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optical disk drives
Senses: glosses: Synonym of optical drive.
synonyms: word: optical drive
optical disc drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optical disc drives
Senses: glosses: Synonym of optical drive.
synonyms: word: optical drive
optical disc drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optical disc drive
fixed disk drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fixed disk drive
whiteism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whitism.
fixed disc drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fixed disc drive
fixed discs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fixed disc
fixed drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fixed drive
optical disk drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optical disk drive
turncap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turncaps
form: turn cap
Senses: examples: text: a building furnished with cowls, or turncaps, with their vanes so arranged, that, while one shall receive the full force of the wind, the other may allow it to escape freely
ref: 1846, Morrill Wyman, A Practical Treatise on Ventilation:
glosses: A sort of chimney cap which turns round with the wind so as to present its opening to the leeward.
turncaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turncap
rerollables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rerollable
telephotoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of telephoto
telephotoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of telephoto
pushpinned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pushpin
pushpinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pushpin
stackful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stackfuls
Etymology: From stack + -ful.
Senses: examples: stackfuls of money
glosses: Enough to fill or form a stack.
stackful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stack + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: A stackful coroutine is a normal function that can be suspended during execution.
ref: 2018, Raghavendra Rao K, Kotlin for Enterprise Applications using Java EE, page 64:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
antonyms: stackless
glosses: Using a stack (last-in-first-out data structure).
stackfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stackful
cargoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cargo + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: What is becoming clear is that the ethos of cargoism is widespread, takes many forms, and represents a particular version of the desire for blessings that marks most religions.
ref: 2012, G. W. Trompf, Cargo Cults and Millenarian Movements, page xii:
glosses: The beliefs associated with cargo cults (unorthodox religious movements among the people of Melanesia based upon Western manufactured goods).
governmentalese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From governmental + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of governmentese.
agentese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From agent + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The jargon used by agents or an agency.
sport bowling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any form of tenpin bowling that uses patterns of oil on the lane to reduce the effectiveness of modern bowling balls and thus make the game more challenging.
dig one's grave with a fork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: digs one's grave with a fork
form: digging one's grave with a fork
form: dug one's grave with a fork
form: dug one's grave with a fork
form: dig one's grave with a fork and spoon
Senses: glosses: To shorten one's lifespan through unhealthy eating.
dig one's grave with a fork and spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: digs one's grave with a fork and spoon
form: digging one's grave with a fork and spoon
form: dug one's grave with a fork and spoon
form: dug one's grave with a fork and spoon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dig one's grave with a fork.
Quackenbos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quackenboses
Etymology: Variant of Quackenbush.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
alt-tech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Either from alt- + tech, a blend of alt-right + tech, or a blend of alt-right + Big Tech.
Senses: examples: text: This is a book on all things alt-tech and the like. People who are shadow-banned and removed from the internet can be found with all things alt-tech. Includes a multiple page list of content creators, works as a guide and reference.
ref: 2020, Scott Barry, Alt Tech, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
text: Parler was sometimes ridiculed as the “boomer 4chan,” a messy-but-accessible connecting piece between mainstream right-wing Facebook and the darker fringes of the internet. But in a short time, it really did become the core of the “alt-tech” ecosystem, and its downfall has enraged many on the right who were already in an uproar about limitations on online speech.
ref: 2021 January 18, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Parler’s Rise Was Also Its Downfall”, in The Atlantic:
text: There are three types of alt-tech platforms: 1) platforms created for extremists and used by extremists such as WASP Love and Hatreon; 2) ultra-libertarian platforms, platforms created by libertarians or commercially driven developers, which tend to operate in the name of free speech and tolerate extremist content such as Gab, Minds and 8chan; and 3) hijacked platforms, platforms created for entirely different purposes that have been hijacked by extremists but proactively work with the authorities to ban these from using their services such as Discord, Telegram and JustPasteIt.
ref: 2021, Julia Ebner, Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 145:
glosses: Social media and other Internet platforms with a large alt-right userbase.
Related terms: Nazi bar
benchball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bench + ball.
Senses: glosses: An informal sport resembling basketball, with the fixed baskets replaced by goalkeepers standing on benches.
Related terms: bucketball
posterior cerebral arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posterior cerebral artery
middle cerebral arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle cerebral artery
anterior cerebral arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anterior cerebral artery
rests one's case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rest one's case
resting one's case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rest one's case
rested one's case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rest one's case
optical disk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optical disks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of optical disc.
spikes a temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spike a temperature
spiking a temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spike a temperature
spiked a temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spike a temperature
micro diskette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro diskettes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of micro-diskette.
micro floppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro floppies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of micro-floppy.
spikes a temp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spike a temp
mini diskette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini diskettes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mini-diskette.
spiking a temp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spike a temp
spiked a temp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spike a temp
mini floppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini floppies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mini-floppy.
mini floppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mini floppy
mini diskettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mini diskette
optical disks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optical disk
micro diskettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micro diskette
micro floppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micro floppy
TEFLer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TEFLers
Etymology: From TEFL + -er.
Senses: glosses: A teacher of English as a foreign language
Ethiopian Empire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Empire that historically spanned the geographical area of present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea from 1270 to 1974.
blooper reel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blooper reels
Senses: examples: text: And, so, ladies and gentlemen, that concludes what I believe to be a fairly-plausible interpretation of the last ride of the German High Seas Fleet of 1918, had it actually occurred. In a sort of blooper reel, I will go over some of the things that occurred in a few of the wargames but we left out when collating the overall timeline.
ref: 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 29:14 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A compilation of outtakes featuring amusing mistakes and mishaps that occurred during the making of a film or television show.
blooper reels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blooper reel
Wymington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Wīdmund, a compound of wīd (“wide”) and mund (“security, protection”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England, on the border with Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP9564).
gawd blimey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blimey.
gor blimey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gorblimey.
preblanch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preblanches
form: preblanching
form: preblanched
form: preblanched
Etymology: From pre- + blanch.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To blanch in advance.
preblanches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preblanch
preblanching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preblanch
preblanched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preblanch
empathy belly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: empathy bellies
Etymology: From a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: Wear an empathy belly (they actually make these things)
ref: 2008, Harlan Cohen, Dad's Pregnant Too, page 263:
text: Plus people always come up and rub your belly when you're pregnant, and would an empathy belly feel like a real belly? I don't think so.
ref: 2010, Paul and Shannon Morell, Misconception:
text: “Michael refused to wear an empathy belly, and to be present at the delivery.”
ref: 2017, Flavia Idà, Children of the Wrong Time:
glosses: An artificial belly worn to simulate the physical stresses of being pregnant.
empathy bellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empathy belly
revenue act
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛvənjuː ækt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛvəˌn(j)u ækt/
Forms: form: revenue acts
Etymology: revenue + act
Senses: glosses: A statute imposing a tax to defray the expenses of government..
Stiffkey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstjuːki/
ipa: /ˈstɪfki/
Senses: glosses: A village, civil parish, and short river in North Norfolk district, on the north coast of Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9743).
Derived terms: Stewkey Blue
buttful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buttfuls
Etymology: From butt + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: While a buttful of water was thought enough for those who were rich enough to pay for it, waterworks were small undertakings; […]
ref: 1849, The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, volume 12, page 358:
glosses: Enough to fill a butt (cask).
examples: text: If the bugger tries to get back into the Corners he may end up with a buttful of Durfee birdshot.
ref: 2010, Don Gutteridge, Turncoat:
text: The doctor examined Silent's wounds, bound them, and gave him a buttful of penicillin […]
ref: 2016, Vin T. Sparano, Hunting Dangerous Game: True Tales from Around the World:
glosses: Enough to fill a person's buttocks.
buttfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttful
dictatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From dictating + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] at the end of the play when the voice coldly and dictatingly informs the soldiers that there is another war to fight in another part of the world […]
ref: 2013, Fátima Vieira, Dystopia(n) Matters: On the Page, on Screen, on Stage, page 312:
glosses: So as to dictate or give an order.
stiffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stiffer
bodyfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bodyful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: For me, bodyfulness would mean a willing descent into the wilderness of my body, to stay and listen and explore, and to delight and dream in that dark space ...
ref: 2017, Christine Valters Paintner, The Wisdom of the Body: A Contemplative Journey to Wholeness for Women, Ave Maria Press, →ISBN, page 191:
text: In bodyfulness, the psychosomatic organism becomes calmly alert without the intentionality of the conscious mind. As Caldwell (2014) explained, […] Bodyfulness arguably reintegrates in the human being a lost somatic and […]
ref: 2017, Jorge N. Ferrer, Participation and the Mystery: Transpersonal Essays in Psychology, Education, and Religion, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 176:
text: Bodyfulness is both a set of practices and a lifestyle philosophy I've developed to help my clients […]
ref: 2021, Rachel Allyn, The Pleasure Is All Yours: Reclaim Your Body’s Bliss and Reignite Your Passion for Life, Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: The quality of being bodyful (“focused on the body; sensual”).
bodyhacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodyhackers
Etymology: From body + hacker.
Senses: hyponyms: word: grinder
glosses: One who engages in bodyhacking.
bodyhackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodyhacker
stoker-fired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For successful and efficient operation, mechanical stokers must be fed with suitable coal. This has been proved time and again in all countries where stoker-fired engines are used.
ref: 1959 November, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Clas "9" 2-10-0s: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 556:
glosses: Of the firebox or furnace of a steam boiler, fed with coal by a mechanical stoker.
Jairus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”). Doublet of Jair.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The father of a young girl resurrected by Jesus Christ.
tectonic keratoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tectonic keratoplasties
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical grafting of corneal material in an area where corneal tissue has been lost.
tectonic keratoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tectonic keratoplasty
thermokeratoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermokeratoplasty
deskercises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deskercise
content house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: content houses
Senses: glosses: A residence or residence-styled workplace for social media influencers to collaborate in communally.
phylloborate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phylloborates
Senses: coordinate_terms: inoborate
tektoborate
soroborate
nesoborate
glosses: Any of a class of borate minerals with sheet-like structure.
inoborate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inoborates
Senses: coordinate_terms: phylloborate
tektoborate
soroborate
nesoborate
glosses: Any of a class of borate minerals with chain-like structure.
phylloborates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phylloborate
inoborates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inoborate
content houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of content house
hawthorn fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawthorn flies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of St. Mark's fly (“Bibio marci”).
synonyms: word: St. Mark's fly
extra: Bibio marci
St. Mark's fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: St. Mark's flies
Etymology: The adults usually emerge around St. Mark's Day, 25 April.
Senses: synonyms: hawthorn fly
glosses: The fly Bibio marci.
hawthorn flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hawthorn fly
St. Mark's flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of St. Mark's fly
male, pale and stale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dominated by older white men or their interests.
Related terms: boys' club
old boys' club
cronyism
dead white European male
misogynoir
old boy network
good old boy network
caskful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caskfuls
form: casksful
Etymology: From cask + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much as a cask will hold.
caskfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caskful
casksful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caskful
casketful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casketfuls
form: casketsful
Etymology: From casket + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much as a casket will hold.
casketfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casketful
casketsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casketful
hypersuggestive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypersuggestive
form: most hypersuggestive
Etymology: From hyper- + suggestive.
Senses: glosses: Extremely suggestive.
surveillance capitalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Shoshana Zuboff.
Senses: examples: text: If you think that not posting these two photos does anything to surveillance capitalism or the platforms that succeed through it, that’s just not right.
ref: 2019 January 16, Alexis C. Madrigal, “Go Ahead, Post the Stupid Photo of Yourself From 10 Years Ago”, in The Atlantic:
text: That’s one way to understand Apple’s empty message about privacy. Tim Cook talks a big game, but at the end of the day, his company is allowing the surveillance-capitalism atrocities it claims to oppose.
ref: 2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: An economic system based on the commodification of individuals' personal data for profit.
spoon theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by writer and disability advocate Christine Miserandino in a 2003 blog post recounting an incident in which she explained living with lupus to a friend in a diner by gathering spoons from other tables to serve as visual props for a metaphor.
Senses: glosses: An informal metaphor for chronic illness or disability that uses "spoons" to represent the finite units of physical and mental energy that a person has available for daily tasks.
wikipedia: lupus
Related terms: spoonie
survened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of survene
survening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of survene
Zuboffian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zuboffian
form: most Zuboffian
Etymology: From Zuboff + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Shoshana Zuboff (born 1951), American philosopher and academic.
beadworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beadworker
jazz journalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sensationalist news reporting style focusing on crime, scandals, celebrities, etc., associated with American newspapers of the Roaring Twenties.
control experiments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of control experiment
green eyeshade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green eyeshades
Etymology: In reference to the visors traditionally worn by journalists.
Senses: coordinate_terms: chi-square
glosses: A journalism educator or researcher focusing on qualitative approaches.
hypernyms: eyeshade#Noun
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see green, eyeshade.
green eyeshades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green eyeshade
kabuki dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kabuki dances
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: kabuki play
kabuki theater
glosses: Simulated behavior on the part of politicians that is intended to give a false but alluring appearance; posturing.
on one's part
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: on the part of
glosses: Done by (someone).
on the part of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Only one [tomb] stone was damaged (the Scaife one), and this took place on Friday, March 2, 1951, as a result of hooliganism on the part of two boys.
ref: 1951 October, “Notes and News: Bromsgrove Tombstone Damaged”, in Railway Magazine, page 709:
glosses: Synonym of on one's part.
synonyms: word: on one's part
kabuki play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kabuki plays
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kabuki dance.
synonyms: word: kabuki dance
Haselour
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Harlaston parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2010).
kabuki theater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kabuki theatre
Senses: examples: text: But the senators’ sense of betrayal has only highlighted the Kabuki theater that surrounds the Supreme Court confirmation process on Capitol Hill, in which lawmakers pose questions they know prospective justices are unlikely to fully answer and nominees offer comforting code words without committing to any particular position.
ref: 2022 June 24, Carl Hulse, “Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of kabuki dance.
synonyms: word: kabuki dance
kabuki theatre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kabuki theater.
especifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more especifically
form: most especifically
Senses: examples: text: Stop talking to him, especifically about me.
glosses: Specifically.
Harlaston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2110).
enfrijoladas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enfrijolada
arseful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsefuls
Etymology: From arse + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: “if you lose your balance in those bushes, you end up with an arseful of thorns.”
ref: 2010, Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance:
text: “Thank it for fucking you, for providing with a mouthful (and she giggled) arseful of man juice! That's what you will do for all cocks you serve, boy!”
ref: 2014, Mike Watson, 25 Million Dollars:
glosses: Enough to fill a person's arse.
enfrijolada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enfrijoladas
Senses: glosses: A Mexican dish similar to an enchilada consisting of tortillas dipped in or drizzled with refried beans, which are often more liquid than average.
long-press
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: long-presses
form: long-pressing
form: long-pressed
form: long-pressed
Senses: glosses: To press and hold down (a button)
noicest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of noice: most noice
noicer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of noice: more noice
live rent free in someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lives rent free in someone's head
form: living rent free in someone's head
form: lived rent free in someone's head
form: lived rent free in someone's head
Senses: examples: text: Hanging on to resentment is letting someone you despise live rent free in your head.
ref: 1989, Yellowed Pages - Volumes 19-20, page 216:
text: If you take the bait, get mad at your friends, and begin to question yourself, you'll just have to live with your low self-esteem while they live rent free in your head.
ref: 1999, Michael Gerrish, When Working Out Isn't Working Out, page 62:
text: Your ex will also stop living rent free in your head as you will start to see him as he truly is, not just as you see him.
ref: 2013, Marina Pearson, Goodbye Mr. Ex, page 87:
text: Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent free in your head.
ref: 2014, Doris M. Arwine, Sensitive to Listen and Willing to Obey, page 126:
text: And there's another benefit: That person is no longer living rent free in your head!
ref: 2015, Joey Reiman, Thumbs Up!: Five Steps to Create the Life of Your Dreams, page 178:
text: For ten years, guilt had been living rent free in his head, maybe now there was a chance to evict it.
ref: 2020, Jeremy J. E. Gordon, Our Star's Last Song, page 514:
glosses: Alternative form of live rent-free in someone's head.
lives large
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live large
lives the dream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live the dream
lives rent free in someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live rent free in someone's head
living rent free in someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of live rent free in someone's head
lived rent free in someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of live rent free in someone's head
RSSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RSS
Ostrogothic Kingdom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Theodoric died in 526, and within ten years from his death the struggle began which ended in the destruction of his work, the overthrow of the Ostrogothic kingdom.
ref: 1928, J. B. Bury, The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians, Jovian Press, published 2016, unnumbered page:
text: 1984, Thomas S. Burns, A History of the Ostrogoths, Indiana University Press, 1991, Midland Books, page 202,
Indeed, the success of his government, and that of the Ostrogothic Kingdom as a whole depended upon the fair-minded juxtaposition of personnel and functions into an overlapping system.
text: The Ostrogothic kingdom under Theodoric is unique for its creation and deployment of royal imagines in ways closely comparable with the practice and purpose of the contemporary Empire; but culturally Ostrogothic Italy was still an Imperial province.
ref: 1991, D. A. Bullough, Carolingian Renewal: Sources and heritage, Manchester University Press, page 68:
glosses: A kingdom (493—553 CE), founded by Theodoric the Great, corresponding to present-day Italy (including Sicily but not Sardinia) and neighbouring areas.
Synonyms: english: official name
translation: official name
word: Kingdom of Italy
word: Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
subtropical cyclone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtropical cyclones
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A rapidly-rotating storm system with some characteristics of a tropical cyclone, but also deriving some energy from baroclinic interactions.
Hyponyms: subtropical depression
subtropical storm
Coordinate terms: extratropical cyclone
tropical cyclone
subtropical cyclones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtropical cyclone
meets a sticky end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of meet a sticky end
meeting a sticky end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of meet a sticky end
met a sticky end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of meet a sticky end
comes to a sticky end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come to a sticky end
coming to a sticky end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come to a sticky end
came to a sticky end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come to a sticky end
eaten one's heart out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat one's heart out
eats one's heart out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat one's heart out
eating one's heart out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat one's heart out
ate one's heart out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat one's heart out
clairalient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clairalient
form: most clairalient
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to clairalience.
clairalient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clairalients
Senses: glosses: One who has the power of clairalience.
clairalients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clairalient
poison gasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poison gas
Keeper of the Privy Seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Keepers of the Privy Seal
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of Lord Privy Seal.
synonyms: word: Lord Privy Seal