cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
omentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: In addition, an omentally supported bladder graft was established separately for use in a "retrieval" procedure should extension graft stenosis develop subsequently.
ref: 1990, British Journal of Urology, Vol-65, Issue no.-1, 2 and 6, page 606:
glosses: In an omental manner
overinstrumentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From over- + instrumentation.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby.
examples: text: Over-instrumentation as a topic of concern The point where the proper degree of instrumentation ends and overinstrumentation begins cannot be defined […].
ref: 1967, Captain Leroy D. Pigg, “HUMAN FACTORS IN RELATION TO OVER-INSTRUMENTATION”, in Proceedings of the International ISA Aerospace ..., page 248:
text: This often means over-instrumentation with dense arrays of sensors in a limited area rather than finely-tuned capacity planning.
ref: 2008, Roberto Verdone, Wireless Sensor Networks: 5th European Conference, EWSN 2008, page 338:
text: This situation typically occurs in an overinstrumented system where there are, for example, more sensors than are required for an unambiguous determination of the state. However, overinstrumentation also makes it possible to carry out signal reconstruction […].
ref: 2008, Martin Polke, Process Control Engineering, page 349:
glosses: Excessive instrumentation.
paracryptodire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paracryptodires
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paracryptodiran.
paracryptodires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paracryptodire
photobehavior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photobehaviors
Etymology: From photo- + behavior.
Senses: glosses: behavior in response to light
photobehaviors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photobehavior
Goose Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hill at Charingworth, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2039).
glosses: A hamlet in Ashford Hill with Headley parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5362).
glosses: A hill near Sizewell, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4764).
glosses: A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1730).
Related terms: Goosehill
predelimitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + delimitation.
Senses: glosses: prior delimitation
retroaldolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retroaldolizations
Etymology: From retro- + aldolization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reverse of an aldolization reaction
retroaldolizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retroaldolization
lateral surface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateral surfaces
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: All of the sides of the object, excluding its base and top (when they exist).
submesodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submesodonts
Etymology: From sub- + mesodont.
Senses: glosses: A small mesodont
videokeratometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video- + keratometry.
Senses: glosses: keratometry by means of a video camera
videotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: therapy conducted via a video camera
Ashford Hill with Headley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England, on the border with Berkshire.
Ashford Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Ashford Hill with Headley parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5562).
triacontahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triacontahedron
chiliahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiliahedron
elephantophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephantophiles
Etymology: From elephant + -o- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: But more and most he enjoyed, as he always does, going down to see the elephants; finding Babe, his favorite elephant; patting her, complimenting her, feeding her bread, peanuts, carrots. A bachelor, Mr. Brush is a consistent elephantophile.
ref: 1929, Time, page 64:
text: The crew of the States Steamship Line’s SS. Washington, now in port, are all elephantophiles … (elephant-lovers to you).
ref: 1953 September 24, Norm Hacking, “Best Known Coast Skipper On Last Voyage”, in The Vancouver Province, 56th year, number 152, Vancouver, B.C., page 27:
text: He prefers the company of elephantophiles because elephants are his favorite topic of conversation, although Ada’s family, including the cats, once rolled up at Bucky’s for an extended visit.
ref: 1976, Mother Jones, page 42:
text: Call the Kings elephantophiles, a condition that began February 12, 1964, with a four-foot-high plush elephant named Twinkles.
ref: 1980 March 23, “King Elephant Is in the Swim”, in The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine, volume 30, number 91, Atlanta, Ga., page 10:
text: There is, perhaps fortunately for elephantophiles, no graphic record of this shameful scene, which did nothing to discourage belief in the accepted classical myth.
ref: 1986, T. H. Clarke, The Rhinoceros from Dürer to Stubbs, 1515-1799, Sotheby’s Publications, page 157:
text: Now, the elephant and the mouse. Senator Cogger obviously is an “elephantophile”—he loves elephants. I have a weakness for mice.
ref: 1988 February 4, Debates: Official Report (Hansard), Canada, Parliament, Senate, page 2647:
text: For Sigismondo’s nearest rival as an elephantophile monarch was to be King Manuel the Fortunate of Portugal (1495-1521).
ref: 2007, Letizia Gaeta, La scultura meridionale in età moderna nei suoi rapporti con la circolazione mediterranea, page 308:
glosses: One who loves elephants.
elephantophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephantophile
Charingworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Ebrington parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, on the border with Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2039).
Ebrington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1840).
Nachmany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nachmanys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Vranch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vranches
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Selley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Selleys
Etymology: Variant spelling of Sealey or a habitational surname from Selly Oak, which is from Old English sċylfe (“deck of a ship”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to shelf + -ley (“lea”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
unpropagandistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpropagandistic
form: most unpropagandistic
Etymology: From un- + propagandistic.
Senses: examples: text: Philip Yancey, the author, most recently, of the memoir “Where the Light Fell,” said that “the aspect of Jesus’ style that stands out to me is how unpropagandistic he was. Imagine: He knew the truth more than anyone who has lived and could have responded with dogma and fiat, as the church so often has done in his place. Instead, he was anything but an arm twister.”
ref: 2021 December 23, Peter Wehner, “Why Jesus Never Stopped Asking Questions”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not propagandistic.
tomatophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomatophiles
form: tomato-phile
Etymology: From tomato + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: The supply seems inexhaustible, and even the most ardent tomatophile, if I may coin a word, comes to look upon the rosy sphere with a jaundiced eye.
ref: 1958 August 6, “Vegetable timetable revised”, in The Gordon Journal, sixty-eighth year, number 32, Gordon, Neb.:
text: Tomatophiles and cucumberites, arise! You have nothing to lose and $5 to gain.
ref: 1975 July 29, Pat Gaston, “Journal announces 5th annual tomato-cucumber sweepstakes”, in The Salina Journal, 104th year, number 210, Salina, Kan., page 8:
text: Good news for tomatophiles. “Tastebud flavor” is what Stokes promises from its new hybrid staking tomato “Ultra Sweet,” with the perfect combination of sugar and acids to tickle the most discriminating palate.
ref: 1988, Harrowsmith:
glosses: One who loves tomatoes.
tomatophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomatophile
tomato-phile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomato-philes
Senses: examples: text: Reuss got involved in this because he wants a decent tomato. He is supported both by fellow tomato-philes and those with a less altruistic motive.
ref: 1979 July 2, “Congressional Tomato War”, in Santa Cruz Sentinel, 124th year, number 154, Santa Cruz, Calif., page 27:
text: Dad planted tomatoes, too. And the mark of a real tomato-phile was knowing, unequivocably, which was the best variety to plant.
ref: 1986 July 6, “Ode to tomatoes of summer”, in The State, 95th year, number 187, Columbia, S.C., page 1-E:
text: For many avid tomato-philes, this is the only time to enjoy the fresh fruit.
ref: 1994 August 24, Marjorie Rice, “Tomatoes: Finally, it’s time for the big payoff”, in San Francisco Examiner, 130th year, number 63, page 1:
text: Mark is a passionate tomato-phile who finds joy in big plums for marinara sauce, and beefsteaks for salads and sandwiches.
ref: 2006 October 8, Irene Virag, “Tomatoes a bunch of lemons”, in Newsday, volume 67, number 36, page G16:
text: Tomato-philes anticipate 17th annual tasting event
ref: 2007 August 2, Joe Gyurian, “Master Gardener”, in Courier News, page E-1:
text: Black Kow composted manure is a tomato-phile favorite.
ref: 2010 October 9, Barbara Marshall, “It’s The Perfect Time To Plant Tomatoes”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 41, number 15, page 3F:
text: Tomato-philes should set aside Saturday, Sept. 10 when there will Tomato and Salsa Tasting at Glenwild Garden Center in Bloomingdale.
ref: 2011 September 7, Matt Fagan, “Tomato festival set for Saturday morn”, in Suburban Trends, page A2:
glosses: Alternative form of tomatophile.
tomato-philes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomato-phile
damagement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damagements
Etymology: From damage + -ment.
Senses: glosses: damage
damageous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more damageous
form: most damageous
Etymology: From damage + -ous.
Senses: glosses: damaging, hurtful, injurious
Miranda de Ebro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Burgos province, Castile and León, Spain.
girl racer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girl racers
Senses: glosses: A girl or young woman who participates in car racing, cycle racing, etc.
glosses: A young woman who drives recklessly fast, especially one who participates in gatherings of car-culture enthusiasts and/or in illegal street racing; female equivalent of boy racer.
Related terms: boy racer
Addicott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Addicotts
Etymology: Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, possibly in Somerset or Devon.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Raymen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raymens
Etymology: Variant of Rayman.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Worboyes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Worboyeses
Etymology: Variant of Warboys.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old Norse.
blicker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blickers
form: blickering
form: blickered
form: blickered
Etymology: From dialectal *blick (Middle English bliken) + -er (frequentative), undoubtedly influenced by flicker.
Senses: examples: text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:blicker.
text: […] he did not see the lights flicker or blicker upon the approach of a train; that they were out of order. […] At the time of the accident, at about 7:30 P. M., he was within close proximity to the accident, and did not see the blickering or flickering of the lights and did not hear any blasts or whistles from the train.
ref: , Supreme Court Papers on Appeal, Supreme Court (New York), Affidavit of Samuel Schindler, in a matter of Hammersmith, Schindler et al. vs. New York, Onario & Western Railway Company, regarding injuries sustained on July 31, 1932, page 45 (combined volume page 133)
glosses: To flicker, to shine or reflect light intermittently.
blicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blickers
Etymology: From clicker, with the initial "C" replaced with "B" in Blood slang.
Senses: examples: text: War zone, I'm on my way to school, got my blicker tucked
ref: 2020 May 15, “No Matter What” (0:19 from the start), in The Goat, performed by Polo G:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A handgun.
blickers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blicker
blickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blicker
blickering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blicker
blickered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blicker
taco-bender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taco-benders
form: taco bender
Etymology: From taco + bender.
Senses: examples: text: One looked like a taco-bender: olive skin and long dark hair tied back in a ponytail. Dynamite body, looked about twenty-five.
ref: 1995, Stephen King, Rose Madder, page 263:
text: Suck my asshole, taco bender!
ref: 2006, South Park episode, Tsst:
glosses: A Mexican.
Related terms: bagel bender
spaghetti bender
bananaphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bananaphile
banana-phile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana-philes
Senses: examples: text: CH. 11 — Steve Allen Show. Steve welcomes: Comic Cliff Arquette; pianist Kellie Greene; banana-phile Ana Maria Gonzales; and comic Jackie Gayle.
ref: 1970 February 7, “Program Highlights”, in The Daily News, 47th year, number 262, Longview, Wash., page 5:
text: The idea is for clever banana-philes to design a banana vehicle that will transport a four-ounce banana over a given course powered only by two No. 16 rubber bands.
ref: 1982 March 22, The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 306, number 81, page 2-B:
text: Most banana-philes recommend mixing 1 pound of potash with 4 pounds of a well-balanced fertilizer such as 10-10-10 during each application.
ref: 2006 August 27, Ron Sympson, “Purple sheaths: Bananas in bloom”, in The Palm Beach Post, page 3K:
glosses: Alternative form of bananaphile.
banana-philes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banana-phile
bas mitzvahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bas mitzvah
hare-skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hare-skin
Hareskin Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sahtú.
synonyms: word: Sahtú
comes out of the woodwork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come out of the woodwork
beaverslide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beaverslides
Etymology: Shortening of Beaverhead County Slide Stacker, the original name of the device.
Senses: glosses: A slanted, wooden device used to stack hay.
Nethy Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Situated on the River Nethy.
Senses: glosses: A village in Strathspey, Highland council area, Scotland; historically in Inverness-shire (OS grid ref NJ0020).
wikipedia: River Nethy
leans on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lean on
leaning on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lean on
leaned on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lean on
leant on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lean on
Dylann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dylan.
shuntō
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shunto.
Nethy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which joins the River Spey at Broomhill.
Derived terms: Nethy Bridge
Fiegerman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fiegermans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
coudiere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkuˈdjɛəɹ/
Forms: form: coudieres
form: coudière
Etymology: Borrowed from French coudière.
Senses: examples: text: […] and from the waist hangs six taces; the limbs are armed, after the preceding fashion, with elongated palettes and fan-shaped coudieres; the long heavy sword is attached to a narrow belt which crosses diagonally; the gauntlets ...
ref: 1853, British Archaeological Association, The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, page 368:
text: THE "pauldrons," or shoulder defences, are distinguished in this example by their angular shape, and by the use of ridges to strengthen that on the left shoulder; and the "coudieres," or elbow-plates, are noticeable[…]
ref: 1896, John Potter Briscoe, John Ward, Frank Murray, The Notts. and Derbyshire Notes and Queries, page 35:
text: The male figure is much the same as that of Sir Gervase Clifton, except that the coudieres or elbow guards are of the exaggerated pattern found in many brasses of this time. These coudieres were apparently a question of fashion ...
ref: 1914, Thoroton Society, Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire:
text: The coudieres became more intricate. The general lamination of metal plates became improved and some of these larger plates took on an ornamentation called fluting. These were decorative ridges that were embossed into the metal.
ref: 1972, Marvin H. Pakula, Heraldry and Armor of the Middle Ages, page 205:
text: […] the elbow cop or coudiere for the elbow; and the rerebrace or arriere-bras for the upper arm. The shoulder cop, pauldron or epauliere which covered the shoulder, and often a large part of the breast and back, was usually considered a part of the arm guard.
ref: 2004, Kevin Grace, Tom White, Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: A couter (elbow armor).
coudieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coudiere
perezhivanie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perezhivaniya
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian переживание (pereživanije), from пережива́ть (pereživátʹ) + -а́ние (-ánije).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The cognitive sensation of an emotional experience.
page three girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: page three girls
form: page-three girl
Etymology: From Page Three of The Sun and other tabloids.
Senses: glosses: a topless model, in particular one having been featured in a tabloid on page 3
go about one's day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes about one's day
form: going about one's day
form: went about one's day
form: gone about one's day
Senses: glosses: To attend to one's duties.
glosses: To depart.
Synonyms: go about one's business
non-final
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonfinal.
engineering sample
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engineering samples
form: ES
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: semiconductors
glosses: A non-final version of an integrated circuit meant for product development, validation, or demonstration purposes.
Synonyms: qualification sample
perezhivaniya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perezhivanie
beaverslides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beaverslide
Cher effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Cher effect
Etymology: Named after the American singer Cher, who pioneered the effect in her 1998 hit Believe.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A vocal effect produced when the entire vocals of a song are aggressively processed through an auto-tune system to eliminate natural portamento.
occularium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒk.jʊˈlɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌɑk.jəˈlɛɹ.i.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: occularia
Senses: examples: text: […] can be identified by the dark area around the eyes and the pale central strip of the occularium. However, Nelima gothica can often show a very striking pale eye ring with a narrow dark strip down the centre of the occularium and here the legs are essential in making a correct determination.
ref: 1995, The Irish Naturalists' Journal, page 310:
text: An alteration is also noticeable in the occularium, which is no longer a slit cut in the metal itself, but formed by an opening left between the upper and the lower portion, the helm being now constructed of three pieces—the crown, ...
ref: 2013, James R. Planche, An Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Costume, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 283:
glosses: Alternative form of ocularium.
occularia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occularium
utility graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utility graphs
Etymology: In reference to the three utilities problem, which asks to draw the utility graph in the plane.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The graph K_(3,3), which has six vertices in two sets of three and nine edges such that every vertex in one set is connected to each vertex in the other.
utility graphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utility graph
complete bipartite graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æf
Forms: form: complete bipartite graphs
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A biclique, a bipartite graph such that every vertex of one set is connected to every vertex of the other.
complete bipartite graphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of complete bipartite graph
forever house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forever houses
Senses: examples: text: I was managing editor of the newspaper in my home town in Missouri — the place where my lifelong friends and my parents lived, where my kids could walk to the neighborhood school, where I had built what I thought was my forever house, where the golf course on which I played forgave my scattergun shots.
ref: 1994, Darrell Sifford, What Do You Think, page 55:
text: The property, nothing but a ruined skeleton of a house and overgrown fields, had come on the market while they were still in college, but Ben had immediately pictured his forever house located there.
ref: 2015, Skye Taylor, Trusting Will, page 18:
text: Truthfully, this wasn't her forever house. She didn't want to raise her children here.
ref: 2017, Jane Porter, Miracle on Chance Avenue, page 123:
text: Her neighbor Betty, a retired corporate executive, takes a retirement package in her mid-fifties to invest in her forever house and lives on a strict budget to make her pension last for thirty years or more.
ref: 2019, Keith Mestrich, Mark A. Pinsky, Organized Money: How Progressives Can Leverage the Financial System to Work for Them, not Against Them, page 18:
glosses: A house in which one settles with the expectation of living there for the rest of one's life.
Synonyms: forever home
forever houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forever house
burn bread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: burns bread
form: burning bread
form: burned bread
form: burned bread
form: burnt bread
form: burnt bread
Etymology: From the idea that burning bread brings bad luck or is indicative of unfortunate things to come.
Senses: examples: text: I don't mean to burn bread on the guy, but if LaT cares to press it, he could be living in a dumpster before he gets too much older.
ref: 2002 September 14, Chas, “Re: Information on John La Tourrette”, in rec.martial-arts (Usenet):
text: “Si, I'll set up the meeting. I want you plugged in with the Cubans. Just in case something was to ever happen to me.”
Rico shot his brother a scornful. “Listen, I got no problem wit' none a dat shit you talking, but I ain't trying' hear dat' just in case something happen' to you bullshit … you need to stop talking dat stupid shit fo'real. You only burnin' bread on yourself.”
ref: 2006, Tha Twinz, Crime Pays?: The First of a Trilogy, Bronx, NY: Twinz Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:
text: “Yo' ass gon' get fired.”
“No, I'm not. Don't be burning bread on me like that.” Gray knocked on wood. “Besides, I've been working my ass off. […]”
ref: 2009, Keisha Ervin, Gunz and Roses, New York, NY: Urban Books, →ISBN, page unknown:
text: "[…] I was just playing, but I see you've seen it through, just like that famous lawyer who played mind games on his wife." ¶ "Yeah. Well what happened?" Randol asked. ¶ "He got caught, darling. Be careful." ¶ "Hey, don't burn bread. I'm not like that stupid lawyer. […]"
ref: 2020, Larry Washington, Insanity with a Twist, ebook edition, Xlibris, →ISBN, page unknown:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To cause something unfortunate to happen to (someone) by mentioning it; to jinx something for (someone).
raw_tags: followed by on
Related terms: knock on wood
burns bread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burn bread
burning bread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of burn bread
burned bread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn bread
burnt bread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn bread
frou-frouing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frou-frou
frou-froued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frou-frou
frufrus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frufru
fru-fru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fru-frus
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of frou-frou.
fru-fru
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fru-fru
form: most fru-fru
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of frou-frou.
fru-frus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fru-fru
froofroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: froofroos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of frou-frou.
froofroo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more froofroo
form: most froofroo
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of frou-frou.
froofroos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of froofroo
froo-froo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: froo-froos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of frou-frou.
froo-froo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more froo-froo
form: most froo-froo
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of frou-frou.
froo-froos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of froo-froo
faffs about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of faff about
faffing about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of faff about
faffed about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of faff about
damasky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more damasky
form: most damasky
Etymology: From damask + -y.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of damask
singing ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singing grounds
Senses: examples: text: There was one instance of a male observed copulating with a decoy while a live female was on the singing ground 8 feet away . It could not be proved the other bird was a female but the observer was within a few feet and the size and actions of this bird were typical of other females seen on singing grounds.
ref: 1952, John Warren Aldrich, U.S. Fish, Wildlife Service, Investigations of Woodcock, Snipe and Rails in 1951:
text: Females can visit multiple singing grounds and males over the spring, decide who has the best display, and choose that male. Males can't choose; they can only be chosen.
ref: 2019, Greg Hoch, Sky Dance of the Woodcock:
glosses: A place where certain species of male birds, especially the woodcock and capercaillie, congregate to sing and display themselves, in order to attract a female.
Walmarting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We hear from all over that it's the WalMarting of agriculture, and it's inevitable, that we don't have any choices.
ref: 2003, Carolyn Johnsen, Raising a Stink: The Struggle Over Factory Hog Farms in Nebraska, page 79:
text: He contrasts the WalMarting of the economy with the high road he says employers such as Costco have followed.
ref: 2008, New Labor Forum - Volume 17, page 128:
glosses: The process of coming to resemble a chain-superstore business model.
examples: text: It is equally captured in the Walmarting of hundreds of towns where whole downtown business and residential communities have been destroyed
ref: 2019, Michael R. Matthews, Feng Shui: Teaching About Science and Pseudoscience, page 285:
text: Efforts should be made to rebuild their quarters and neighborhoods instead of letting real estate agents and developers open the doors to the tourist industry, to WalMarting and to Disneyfication.
ref: 2013, Berndt Ostendorf, New Orleans: Creolization and all that Jazz:
glosses: The process of becoming dominated by chain superstores such as Walmart.
Walmarting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Walmart
Hallowe'ener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hallowe'eners
Senses: examples: text: One party of seven Hallowe’eners were arrested in Iowa City and taken before the mayor, where they were fined $6.25 each.
ref: 1881 November 5, The Sioux City Daily Journal, Sioux City, Iowa:
text: Outfit your Hallowe’ener at a moderate price!
ref: 1993 October 15, “Hallowe’en Supplies at A Stitch in Time”, in Whitehorse Star, volume 93, number 199, page 32:
text: We hope the Hallowe’eners will continue to grow better from year to year until they become real good…
ref: 2002 November 6, Wally Smetana, “FILES: Hallowe’eners are still lawless”, in The Dunn County News, number 64, page A5:
glosses: Alternative form of Halloweener.
Hallowe'eners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hallowe'ener
Sellwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sellwoods
Etymology: Variant of Selwood.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon, United States.
glosses: A ghost town, formerly a village in Capreol, Ontario, Canada.
Vranches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vranch
Nachmanys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nachmany
Selleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Selley
Addicotts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Addicott
Nantgaredig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Llanegwad community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4921).
supertranscendental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supertranscendental
form: most supertranscendental
form: super-transcendental
Etymology: From super- + transcendental.
Senses: examples: text: It is the mystic supertranscendental state in which we say the Divine lives —— if such an expression is allowed.
ref: 1917, Harold W. Percival, The Word, Volume 25, Theosophical Publishing Company, page 232:
text: The Adagio sostenuto of Opus 106 — the greatest adagio Beethover ever wrote, without qualification — is supertranscendental.
ref: 1944, The Journal of Musicology, Volume 4, Music Science Press, page 43:
text: Today spin-off groups range all the way from existential to supertranscendental meditation, various innovative centers, ashrams and retreats.
ref: 1977, Marcus Bach, The Power of Rotal Living: A Holistic Approach to the Coming of the New Person for the New Age, Fawcett Crest, →ISBN, page 195:
glosses: Supertranscendent.
Worboyeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Worboyes
Raymens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Raymen
Fiegermans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fiegerman
Sellwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sellwood
Dutil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dutils
Etymology: Borrowed from French Dutil.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Christenburys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Christenbury
Dutils
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutil
Bruckses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brucks
Chriswell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chriswells
Etymology: Variant of Creswell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ciocca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cioccas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ciocca.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Cioccas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ciocca
Chriswells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chriswell
Cerbone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cerbones
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cerbone.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Brookbank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brookbanks
Etymology: Variant of Brooksbank.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Brookbanks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brookbank
Cerbones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cerbone
Buffin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Buffins
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cajina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cajinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Cajina. This surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Cajinas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cajina
Buffins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Buffin
ch'i
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 氣 /气 (qì), Wade–Giles romanization: chʻi⁴.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chi.
Ditta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dittas
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Ditta, a short form of the personal name Benedetta.
* Borrowed from Urdu دتہ. This surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dittas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ditta
Camineros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Caminero
radio edit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛdɪt
Forms: form: radio edits
Etymology: From radio + edit. First use appears c. 1982 in Billboard. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: The contest calls for a 15 to 17 minute mixed program (on cassette or 7½ ips quarter-track tape reel) of West End material only, and a five minute radio edit, marked with the DJ's name and address on the box.
ref: July 3, 1982, Brian Chin, Billboard, page 40:
topics: broadcasting
entertainment
lifestyle
media
music
radio
synonyms: radio mix
glosses: A modified version of a song, typically truncated or censored, intended to make it more suitable for airplay.
wikipedia: Billboard (magazine)
Diagne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Diagnes
Etymology: A Senegalese surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Creson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cresons
Etymology: Variant of Creason.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cresons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Creson
Diagnes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Diagne
McTeggart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McTeggarts
Etymology: Variant of McTaggart.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Selwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Selwoods
form: Sellwood
Etymology: From Old English sealh (“willow”) + wudu (“wood”).
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST787486).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Selwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Selwood
McTeggarts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McTeggart
Llanegwad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɬænˈɛɡwəd/
Etymology: From Welsh llan + Saint Egwad.
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5121).
wikipedia: Saint Egwad
Brooksbanks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brooksbank
Antman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Antmans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
p-adic order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: p-adic orders
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: Of a positive integer n, the exponent of the highest power of p that divides n. Often denoted νₚ(n). For example, ν₂(48)=4.
Related terms: p-adic norm
p-adic ordinal
p-adic orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of p-adic order
lifting the exponent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A lemma used to calculate the p-adic order of differences and sums of perfect powers.
perfect power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfect powers
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A positive integer that is an exact integer power of another positive integer.
Related terms: perfect square
perfect cube
perfect powers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfect power
Vallée
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vallées
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Vallee; A surname from French.
perfect cube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfect cubes
Senses: examples: text: 27 is a perfect cube, as it is equal to 3 × 3 × 3.
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: cube number
coordinate_terms: perfect square
perfect power
glosses: An integer that is the product of three instances of another integer; equivalently, it is the product of an integer and its square.
perfect cubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfect cube
infinite descent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A method of proof by contradiction that is used to prove that a statement must be false for all positive integers. By showing that if it is true for one integer, it must be true for a smaller integer, an infinite number of solutions are found and a contradiction is eventually reached.
completing the square
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of complete the square
complete the square
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: completes the square
form: completing the square
form: completed the square
form: completed the square
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To write a quadratic polynomial in terms of the square of a binomial.
completes the square
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of complete the square
completed the square
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of complete the square
Antmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Antman
Theakston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Theakstons
form: Thaxton
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Þeodec + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE450959).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Theakstons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Theakston
Indigenous Canadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indigenous Canadians
Senses: glosses: An Indigenous person of Canada, belonging to either the First Nations, Inuit or Metis (FNIM) Peoples; an Indian.
ultratyrannical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌltɹətɪˈɹæ.nɪ.kl̩/
Forms: form: more ultratyrannical
form: most ultratyrannical
form: ultra-tyrannical
Etymology: From ultra- + tyrannical.
Senses: examples: text: Guadaloupe, retaken from the English, was now the headquarters of this worthy delegate from the Convention, and from thence he published the following edict, which will give some idea of the tone assumed by these ultratyrannical republicans.
ref: 1851, Edward Augustus Milman, Arthur Conway; or, Scenes in the Tropics, Colburn and Company, page 83:
text: There is tragic irony in the fact that this assailant of public tyranny was the victim of a batred inspired by his own ultratyrannical conduct in private life, and that his slayers were those greedy, brutish peasants, whom he loved to depict in his pamphlets as harmless Arcadians in danger of being corrupted by a vicious court and a debauched nobility (see p. 141).
ref: 1920, Paul-Louis Courier, Ernest Weekley, Paul-Louis Courier: A Selection from the Works, Longmans, Green & Company, pages 29­-30:
text: The other vision is hopeful, generous, and confident in the knowledge that over time, Oddity’s litanies have progressed from being merely tyrannical to being supertyrannical, hypertyrannical, and recently ultratyrannical.
ref: 2021 February 23, BioMagus, “The Game Known As Oddity - Formal Complaint Letter #4327”, in reddit.com:
glosses: Extraordinarily tyrannical; of utmost tyranny.
Alabay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alabays
Etymology: From Turkmen alabaý.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Central Asian Ovcharka.
synonyms: word: Central Asian Ovcharka
Central Asian Shepherd Dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Central Asian Shepherd Dogs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Central Asian Ovcharka.
synonyms: word: Central Asian Ovcharka
Alabai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alabais
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Central Asian Ovcharka.
synonyms: word: Central Asian Ovcharka
Central Asian Shepherd Dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Central Asian Shepherd Dog
Alabays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alabay
Alabais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alabai
Indigenous Canadians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indigenous Canadian
Devenishes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Devenish
superfrosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfrost
supercomets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercomet
Thirkills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thirkill
Thirkettle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thirkettles
form: Thirkell
form: Thirkill
form: Thurkettle
Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Þorketill, which is composed by the elements Þórr (“Thor”) + ketill (“sacrificial cauldron”). Compare Torquil.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old Norse.
Thirkettles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thirkettle
Thirkells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thirkell
Hoppuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hoppus
Soyinkas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Soyinka
Stoke Bruerne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix from the Briwere family.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7449).
Pynsents
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pynsent
meme coin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meme coins
Senses: examples: text: Struck by the absurdity of such meme coins, in August 2020 a programmer named Jordan Lyall introduced the Degenerator, a phony project that supposedly allowed anyone to create their own DeFi project in less than five minutes.
ref: 2021, Eswar S. Prasad, The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 188:
glosses: Alternative form of memecoin.
meme coins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meme coin
Cahokian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of, or pertaining to Cahokia
Musketoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mascouten.
Mascoutah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Illinois.
Cantrill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cantrills
Etymology: Variant of Cantrell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bauldric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bauldrics
Senses: examples: text: The longer weapon is carried by a narrow bauldric slung over the right shoulder and meeting another cord-shaped band at the breast, in fact suggesting our antiquated cross-belts. The Sword is always worn on the left side. […] A soldier's bauldric is coloured red, like the wood of the bows and arrows.
ref: 1884, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Sword in Babylonia, Assyria, and Persia, and Ancient India”, in The Book of the Sword, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, pages 205–206:
glosses: Archaic spelling of baldric.
bauldrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bauldric
knockout merchant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knockout merchants
Senses: examples: text: My second fight against the big dosser Deontay Wilder, the biggest knockout merchant in boxing history.
ref: 2020, Tyson Fury, The Furious Method: The Sunday Times bestselling guide to a healthier body & mind:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A boxer who specializes in inflicting knockouts.
fold mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To achieve this, a plane mirror, which functions as a fold mirror, is positioned at an angle of 45° with respect to the image formed by the primary-secondary mirrors...
ref: 1978, D. G. Korsch, Anastigmatic three-mirror telescope, US Patent 4101195 (PDF version), retrieved 27 Dec 2021, page 2:
glosses: An mirror used to bend an optical path so that it can be made longer than the physical size of the system
Marsworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9214).
fold flat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fold flats
Senses: examples: text: By reflecting the incident beam off of a rotating fold flat located on the optical axis of mirror segment..., we can conveniently image a range of azimuthal positions.
ref: 2007 September, Hadjimichaela et al., “An Alignment and Integration Technique for Mirror Segment Pairs on the Constellation X Telescope”, in Proceedings of SPIE, volume 6688, →DOI, retrieved 27 Dec 2021, pages 66881D-4:
glosses: A fold mirror that is a "flat", i.e. a plane mirror
Related terms: fold sphere
Matsell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Matsells
Etymology: A variant of Mitchell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Costains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Costain