cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
earage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ear + -age.
Senses: examples: text: Some specimens have been produced with an earage of 27 inches by 7 inches; total weight of specimen about twelve pounds.
ref: 1924, South African Poultry Magazine and Small-holder, page 491:
text: It is easy to pick out the breeders of the different types, one illustrates hounds with ears that are not only long but broad and heavy and refers continually to hounds with twenty-six to thirty inch earage, […]
ref: 1928, Hunter-trader-trapper, volumes 56-57, page 74:
glosses: The size of an animal's ears.
sedinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A piperidine alkaloid found in Sedum.
isostasist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isostasists
Etymology: From isostasy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A geologist who studies isostasy.
isostasists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isostasist
ivory bush coral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Oculina varicosa, a scleractinian deep-water coral.
Jacks in the green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jack in the green
javellization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of chlorination with Javel water.
jazz bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazz bows
form: jazzbow
Senses: glosses: A brightly patterned bowtie, popular in the era of jazz music.
jazz bows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazz bow
jazzbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazzbows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jazz bow.
jazzbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazzbow
jelly of Wharton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Wharton's jelly.
synonyms: word: Wharton's jelly
Whartonesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Whartonesque
form: most Whartonesque
Etymology: From Wharton + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of Edith Wharton (1862–1937), American novelist and designer.
Turkish crescent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turkish crescents
Senses: synonyms: jingling Johnny
glosses: A percussion instrument traditionally used by military bands, consisting of an upright pole topped with a conical brass ornament and crescent-shaped crosspieces, with bells attached.
jingling Johnny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jingling Johnnies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Turkish crescent (“a type of percussion instrument”).
synonyms: word: Turkish crescent
extra: a type of percussion instrument
Turkish crescents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turkish crescent
jingling Johnnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jingling Johnny
YNFG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: YNFGs
Senses: topics: lifestyle
video-games
glosses: Initialism of Yume Nikki fangame.
jobshared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jobshare
jobsharing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jobshare
jointed cactus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jointed cactuses
form: jointed cacti
Senses: glosses: Any of species Opuntia aurantiaca of South American cactuses.
jointed cacti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jointed cactus
jointed charlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wild radish (“Raphanus raphanistrum”).
synonyms: word: wild radish
extra: Raphanus raphanistrum
juke organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juke organs
Senses: glosses: A Nickelodeon; a player piano.
jook organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jook organs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of juke organ.
juke organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juke organ
jook organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jook organ
psi particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psi particles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of J/psi particle.
synonyms: word: J/psi particle
psi particles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psi particle
jump to it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps to it
form: jumping to it
form: jumped to it
form: jumped to it
Senses: glosses: To get started; to hurry up; to rush to begin something or obey a command.
pale juniper webworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pale juniper webworms
Senses: glosses: The moth Aethes rutilana.
pale juniper webworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pale juniper webworm
g/g
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: GG
Senses: examples: text: There's a "healthy" serving of g/g action in each movie, similiar to Andrew Blake, but the action's a little heavier, ie the scenes are generally slightly longer and more explicit than (especially) Andrew Blake's later movies, this applies to the hetero as well as g/g stuff.
ref: 1995 March 27, Nigel Taylor, “Request: Review/storyline of Cameron Grant films”, in alt.sex.movies (Usenet):
text: I wish they would have shown much more of Nancy Vee and you when you did the initial g/g in the car... what little we saw was premo, absolutely premo!
ref: 1998 May 31, voya...@ix.netcom.com, “tina tyler posts again”, in rec.arts.movies.erotica (Usenet):
text: I love girl/girl porn also - and Vivid used to have really great g/g kissing scenes.
ref: 2003 February 10, Sam Slater, “Lack Of Kissing”, in rec.arts.movies.erotica (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of girl-on-girl.
Kaburi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of West Papua.
Kaburi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Nadahup language of the Brazilian Amazon.
penjajap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penjajaps
Senses: glosses: A long, narrow, fast galley-like warship used by several Austronesian ethnic groups in maritime Southeast Asia.
penjajaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penjajap
kanaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kenaf.
kangaroo acacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: hedge wattle
kangaroo thorn
paradox acacia
prickly wattle
glosses: A plant of species Acacia paradoxa.
kauri-butanol value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kauri-butanol values
Senses: glosses: A standardized measure of solvent power for a hydrocarbon solvent, based on how much of the substance can be added to a solution of kauri resin in butanol without causing cloudiness.
kauri-butanol values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kauri-butanol value
paradox acacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kangaroo acacia.
synonyms: word: kangaroo acacia
keep one's temper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's temper
form: keeping one's temper
form: kept one's temper
form: kept one's temper
Senses: antonyms: lose one's temper
glosses: To remain calm; to avoid becoming angry or annoyed.
kegmeg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kegmegs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cagmag.
kegmegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kegmeg
Town Head
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England, including:
A hamlet in Cliburn parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5825).
glosses: A number of places in England, including:
A hamlet near Troutbeck, Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4103).
glosses: A number of places in England, including:
A suburb of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8914).
glosses: A number of places in England, including:
An area of Long Preston, North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD8358).
kersenneh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كِرْسِنَّة (kirsinna).
Senses: glosses: bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)
keyed bugle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyed bugles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of key-bugle.
keyed bugles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyed bugle
key seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key seats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keyseat.
key seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key seat
kick-sled
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kick-sleds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kicksled.
quabla operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quabla (blend of quantum + nabla) + operator.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of d'Alembert operator.
synonyms: word: d'Alembert operator
Joanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Joanie
FFC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Fulham Football Club.
FFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FFCs
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Initialism of Front-Facing Camera (used in smartphones).
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of flexible flat cable.
FFCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FFC
kinomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinomeres
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of centromere.
synonyms: word: centromere
kinomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinomere
kissing dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kissing dances
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cushion dance.
synonyms: word: cushion dance
kissing dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kissing dance
kis-kilim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kis-kilims
Etymology: From Turkish kız (“girl”) kilim (“carpet”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of Turkey carpet woven by a girl as a gift for her future husband.
kis-kilims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kis-kilim
kittle cattle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Fickle, unmanageable people.
klapmatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: klapmatches
Senses: glosses: A female seal.
klapmatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of klapmatch
klipdasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of klipdas
Klinsmann dives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Klinsmann dive
kok-saghyz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Kazakh dandelion
Russian dandelion
glosses: Taraxacum kok-saghyz, a kind of dandelion native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, notable for its production of high-quality rubber.
Related terms: krim-saghyz
tau-saghyz
Kazakh dandelion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kazakh dandelions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kok-saghyz.
synonyms: word: kok-saghyz
Russian dandelion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Russian dandelions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kok-saghyz.
synonyms: word: kok-saghyz
Kazakh dandelions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kazakh dandelion
Russian dandelions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Russian dandelion
labiovelarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of making or becoming labiovelar.
want for nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wants for nothing
form: wanting for nothing
form: wanted for nothing
form: wanted for nothing
Senses: glosses: To have everything one needs.
Related terms: wantlessness
ladies' maids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady's maid
lady's woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lady's women
form: ladies' women
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lady's maid.
synonyms: word: lady's maid
laisser-passer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laisser-passers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laissez-passer.
laisser-passers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laisser-passer
lake village
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lake villages
Senses: glosses: A prehistoric settlement consisting of several lake dwellings.
lake villages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lake village
greenboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenboards
Etymology: From green + board.
Senses: glosses: A chalkboard that is green.
glosses: A kind of moisture-resistant drywall with a green paper facing.
greenboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenboard
lampists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampist
lampistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lampmaking.
joanie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joanies
Senses: examples: text: "Your dogs!" cried Mr. Bridle. "You ninnyhammer! Why, us could buy a pack of they joanies in Newton for half-a-crown."
ref: 1901, Eden Phillpotts, The Good Red Earth: A Novel, Doubleday, Page & Co., page 134:
text: Miss Romilly shares her mother's interest in beautiful and artistic things. Her great hobby is the collecting of "Joanies," or cottage pottery, and she has some very valuable as well as peculiar examples in her delightful country home, Huntington Park, Herefordshire.
ref: 1903 November 18, “Small Talk of the Week”, in The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, volume XLIV, number 564, London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, →OCLC, page 154, column 2:
text: Lady Romilly also writes both prose and poetry, and has made a collection of old-fashioned pottery known to rustics as "joanies".
ref: 1906 April 29, “Bridal and Other Gowns”, in The New York Times, volume 55, number 17627, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, unnumbered page:
text: She thinks more of the joanies and gimcracks on her parlour mantelshelf than she do of you, and it's your duty in my opinion to plan a proper eye-opener for Rose.
ref: 1924, Eden Phillpotts, Redcliff, London: Hutchinson & Co., page 224:
text: The 'joanies' began to deteriorate in the last decades of the century, the boy and girl figures beginning to acquire an odious simpering quality.
ref: 1965, Mary Peter, Collecting Victoriana, Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, published 1968, page 103:
glosses: A small ornament of glass or china.
joanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joanie
jitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jito
whorenalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whorenalists
Etymology: Blend of whore + journalist.
Senses: glosses: A reporter or journalist, particularly one whose positions change to fit a particular agenda; a presstitute.
lawn mixture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawn mixtures
Senses: glosses: An assortment of grass seeds for use in creating a lawn.
lawn mixtures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawn mixture
musician's cramp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dystonia caused by playing a musical instrument.
woman and girl
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I’ve lived here forty years, woman and girl.
glosses: During one's womanhood and girlhood; since one's childhood; all one's life.
Related terms: man and boy
fenced off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fence off.
postbureaucratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + bureaucratic.
Senses: glosses: After a period of bureaucracy.
leaden flycatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaden flycatchers
Senses: glosses: Myiagra rubecula, a passerine bird in the family Monarchidae.
leaden flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaden flycatcher
adjournments sine die
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjournment sine die
swing into action
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swings into action
form: swinging into action
form: swung into action
form: swung into action
Senses: examples: text: The train arrives from the south at approximately 0830, and the terminal's electric, rubber-tyred gantry crane swings into action, removing the empty containers and loading full ones in their place.
ref: 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, pages 39-40:
glosses: To begin a task or activity with vigour.
azurish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From azure + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat azure in colour.
lesser rorqual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesser rorquals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of minke whale.
synonyms: word: minke whale
lesser rorquals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lesser rorqual
sloopman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sloopmen
Etymology: From sloop + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man who sails a sloop.
sloopmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloopman
slothound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slothounds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sleuthhound.
slothounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slothound
slubby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slubby
form: most slubby
Etymology: From slub + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a slub (thickened portion of yarn).
Derived terms: slubbiness
smacksman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smacksmen
Etymology: From smack + -s- + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man who sails a fishing-smack.
smacksmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smacksman
smashboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smashboards
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A pivoted board that could be operated to swing into position across the track, for use as a signal.
smashboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smashboard
snake dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake dances
Senses: glosses: A kind of parade involving school students.
glosses: A dance performed with a live snake as a prop.
snake dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake dance
snake cactus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake cactuses
form: snake cacti
Senses: glosses: Any cactus of several species:
Acanthocereus tetragonus (barbed-wire cactus).
glosses: Any cactus of several species:
Bergerocactus emoryi (golden cereus, golden spine cereus).
glosses: Any cactus of several species:
Cylindropuntia spinosior (cane cholla, spiny cholla).
glosses: Any cactus of several species:
Morangaya pensilis (syn. Echinocereus pensilis).
glosses: Any cactus of several species:
Nyctocereus serpentinus (Mexican night-bloom cereus, serpent cactus).
glosses: Any cactus of several species:
Selenicereus spp. (midnight cactuses).
snake cacti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake cactus
Penmon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Llangoed community, eastern Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH6280).
snake melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake melons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Armenian cucumber.
synonyms: word: Armenian cucumber
snake melons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake melon
snapping beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snapping beetles
Senses: glosses: An elaterid; a click beetle.
spring beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring beetles
Senses: glosses: An elaterid; a click beetle.
spring beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring beetle
snapping beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snapping beetle
springdans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Norwegian dance with leaping movements.
Related terms: spring dance
square of opposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squares of opposition
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A diagram representing the relations between the four basic categorical propositions, which are positioned at the four corners of a square.
squares of opposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square of opposition
squash tennis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An American variant of the game of squash, played with a ball and racquets that are closer to the equipment used for lawn tennis, and with somewhat different rules.
squatarole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squataroles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of black-bellied plover.
synonyms: word: black-bellied plover
squataroles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squatarole
squatterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From squatter + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Squatterism is as old as our country. George Washington in 1784 was making entries in his diary about his experiences with squatters on lands he owned west of the Alleghenies.
ref: 1979, W. W. Robinson, Land in California, page 111:
glosses: The habits of squatters, occupying land without permission.
has second thoughts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have second thoughts
having second thoughts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have second thoughts
had second thoughts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have second thoughts
AIWS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Whatever the reason, my AIWS is now at a level that lets me lead a relatively normal life.
ref: 2009 November 14, Nick McGrath, quoting Rik Hemsley, “My weird hallucinations make life seem like Alice In Wonderland”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021:
glosses: Initialism of Alice in Wonderland syndrome.
fo'-fo'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fo'-fo's
form: fo' fo'
form: fo-fo
form: fo fo
Etymology: From the non-rhotic accents of African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: examples: text: Look, I gotcha caught up with the drunk flow / Fuck tae kwon do, I tote da fo'-fo' / For niggas gettin' mad cause they bitch chose me / A big black motherfucker with G ya see
ref: 2007, The Notorious B.I.G., “Want That Old Thing Back”, in Greatest Hits, performed by w:The Notorious B.I.G., w:Ja Rule, and w:Ralph Tresvant, w:Bad Boy Records; w:Atlantic Records:
text: I jus' thought I'd let you kno' / When I'm rollin with a black fo' fo' / I ain't that nigga
ref: 2007, Twista, “I Ain't That Nigga”, in Adrenaline Rush 2007, Atlantic Records:
text: Checking gas with a loaded fo'-fo' when he rollin', po-po / On his shoulder, so he's slow, but he's goin', wouldn't you?
ref: 2014, clipping., “Intro”, in CLPPNG, performed by Daveed Diggs, Sub Pop Records:
topics: dancing
hip-hop
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of forty-four (“a .44 caliber gun, especially the .44 Magnum”).
Related terms: fo'
po-po
Llangoed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and community (served by Llangoed and Penmon Community Council) in eastern Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH6079).
standard coin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standard coins
Senses: glosses: Any coin whose face value does not exceed the value of its physical material.
standard coins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standard coin
star duckweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the aquatic plant Lemna trisulca.
starlight blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starlight blues
Senses: glosses: Any of various, usually pale, shades of blue, suggesting a starlit sky.
starlight blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starlight blue
star quality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A person's characteristics, such as charisma and physical attractiveness, that may help them become a popular celebrity.
fo'-fo's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fo'-fo'
inleaning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Leaning inward.
star ruby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star rubies
Senses: examples: text: Slung from his shoulders clanks a two-handed sword, the pommel a huge star-ruby carven in the image of a heart, for the heart is his sign and symbol.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 7:
glosses: A ruby exhibiting asterism.
star rubies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star ruby
star quartz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star quartzes
Senses: glosses: A quartz exhibiting asterism.
star quartzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star quartz
navyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From navy + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat navy in colour.
starry campion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Silene stellata.
stay bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stay bolts
Senses: examples: text: The viaduct is joined to the embankment by retaining walls, which have been strengthened since they were constructed by the addition of stay bolts extending right through the embankment and fastened outside each retaining wall.
ref: 1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487:
glosses: Alternative form of staybolt.
stay bolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stay bolt
staypak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staypaks
Senses: glosses: A form of heat-stabilized compressed wood.
staypaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staypak
statohm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statohms
Senses: glosses: A unit of electrical resistance.
statohms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statohm
dwarf thistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwarf thistles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stemless thistle.
synonyms: word: stemless thistle
stemless thistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stemless thistles
Senses: synonyms: dwarf thistle
glosses: A plant of species Cirsium acaule.
dwarf thistles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwarf thistle
stemless thistles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stemless thistle
stern sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sternsheets.
stibamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stibamine
stand out like a sore thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands out like a sore thumb
form: standing out like a sore thumb
form: stood out like a sore thumb
form: stood out like a sore thumb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stick out like a sore thumb.
sticky currant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ribes viscosissimum, a eudicot in the family Grossulariaceae.
sticky beaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sticky beak
sticky beaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sticky beak
beak and feather disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A viral disease that harms the feather follicles and the beak and claw matrices of the infected bird.
stinking cedar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Torreya taxifolia.
stirrup leggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stirrup pants.
synonyms: word: stirrup pants
stirrup pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: stirrup leggings
glosses: Close-fitting women's pants/trousers that taper at the ankle, similar to leggings, but with the material extending to a band or strap under the arch of the foot.
odachis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odachi
oodachis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oodachi
stone parsley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of several flowering herbs in the Apiaceae family.
Sison amomum, native to Southern Europe.
glosses: Any of several flowering herbs in the Apiaceae family.
Cryptotaenia japonica, native to East Asia.
glosses: Any of several flowering herbs in the Apiaceae family.
Seseli species.
stop in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stops in
form: stopping in
form: stopped in
form: stopped in
Senses: examples: text: On my way to town, I stopped in at the new café for a cup of tea.
synonyms: stop by
stop off
coordinate_terms: drop by
drop in
pop in
glosses: To make a brief visit to a place while passing.
straight poker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: The oldest form of the game of poker, in which a complete hand is dealt to each player, and players bet in one round, with raising and re-raising allowed.
strain insulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strain insulators
Senses: glosses: An electrical insulator designed to work under mechanical tension, to withstand the pull of a suspended wire or cable.
strain insulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strain insulator
strangling fig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strangling figs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of strangler fig.
strangling figs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strangling fig
balloon berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon berries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of strawberry raspberry.
synonyms: word: strawberry raspberry
balloon berries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balloon berry
strawberry raspberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strawberry raspberries
Senses: synonyms: balloon berry
glosses: A red-fruited plant of species Rubus illecebrosus.
strawberry raspberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawberry raspberry
strawberry cactus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strawberry cacti
Senses: glosses: The cactus Mammillaria dioica.
strawberry cacti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawberry cactus
strawstack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strawstacks
Etymology: From straw + stack.
Senses: coordinate_terms: haystack
glosses: A pile of stored straw.
strawstacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawstack
subsulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsulfates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subsulphate.
subsulfates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsulfate
sunflower star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunflower stars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sunflower sea star.
synonyms: word: sunflower sea star
sunflower stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunflower star
sunflower sea star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunflower sea stars
Senses: synonyms: sunflower star
glosses: Pycnopodia helianthoides, a large sea star of the northern Pacific.
sunflower sea stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunflower sea star
subway-surface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌb.weɪ̯ ˈsɝːfɨs/
ipa: [ˌsəb.wej ˈsɚ.fɪs]
ipa: [ˌsʌb.wej ˈsɝː.fɨs]
ipa: [ˌsʌb.we̞j ˈsəː.fəs]
note: Ghanaian
ipa: [ˌsab.wej ˈsɜ.fɐs]
Forms: form: subway-surfaces
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both.
Seagrim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
supermicroscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supermicroscopes
Etymology: From super- + microscope.
Senses: glosses: A microscope offering a very high level of magnification.
supermicroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supermicroscope
suppletorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From suppletory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a suppletory manner.
suppletiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From suppletive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being suppletive.
surreverence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sir-reverence (“excrement”).
swing sickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of motion sickness.
synonyms: word: motion sickness
swollen-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swollen-headed
form: most swollen-headed
Senses: glosses: Vain; conceited.
symbolgram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symbolgrams
Etymology: From symbol + -gram.
Senses: glosses: An individual emblem devised by a member of the Camp Fire organization, representing their personality and aspirations.
symbolgrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symbolgram
synaxarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synaxarists
Senses: glosses: One who compiles a synaxarion.
synaxarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synaxarist
synecdochist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synecdochists
Etymology: From synecdoche + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who uses synecdoche.
synecdochism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From synecdoche + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The use of synecdoche.
synecdochists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synecdochist
synthetic geometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: analytic geometry
glosses: Geometry without the use of coordinates, relying instead on proofs derived from axioms.
syphilographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syphilographers
Etymology: After archaic French syphilographe (now syphiligraphe).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A doctor who writes a scientific description of syphilis; an expert in treating syphilis.
syphilographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syphilographer
PTUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PTU
Wohelo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of work, health, love: a motto of the Camp Fire organization.
weight off someone's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of weight off someone's shoulders.
synonyms: word: weight off someone's shoulders
tansy mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tansy mustards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flixweed.
synonyms: word: flixweed
tansymustards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tansymustard
tansy mustards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tansy mustard
Jenilee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
tank drama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tank dramas
Senses: glosses: A kind of stageplay involving a large tank of water used for scenes involving ships, rescues from drowning, etc.
tank dramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tank drama
tao-tieh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mandarin 饕餮 (tāotiè) Wade–Giles romanization: tʻao¹-tʻieh⁴.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of taotie.
tasksetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From task + setting.
Senses: glosses: The act of setting a task.
tasksetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tasksetters
Etymology: From task + setter.
Senses: glosses: One who sets a task.
tasksetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tasksetter
tauhid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tawhid.
teethy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teethy
form: most teethy
Etymology: From teeth + -y.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of toothy.
synonyms: word: toothy
teethily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more teethily
form: most teethily
Etymology: From teethy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of toothily.
synonyms: word: toothily
teleg.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telegs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of telegram.
glosses: Abbreviation of telegraph.
glosses: Abbreviation of telegraphy.
telegs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleg.
terbangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terbang
termitology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of termites.
termitologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: termitologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies termites.
termitologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of termitologist
termitological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to termitology.
tête-bêches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tête-bêche
lull before the storm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of calm before the storm.
synonyms: word: calm before the storm
last moment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the last moment
Senses: glosses: Synonym of last minute.
synonyms: word: last minute
next life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: next lives
Senses: glosses: The afterlife.
theophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of theophagic.
synonyms: word: theophagic
theorician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theoricians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of theoretician.
theoricians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theorician
real things
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of real thing
there is no free lunch
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of there's no such thing as a free lunch.
there is no such thing as a free lunch
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of there's no such thing as a free lunch.
thin skin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thin skins
Senses: glosses: The condition of being thin-skinned; excessive sensitivity to criticism etc.
thin skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thin skin
cast caution to the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: casts caution to the wind
form: casting caution to the wind
form: cast caution to the wind
form: cast caution to the wind
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throw caution to the wind.
tideflat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tideflats
Etymology: From tide + flat.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tidal flat.
tideflats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tideflat
missubmit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: missubmits
form: missubmitting
form: missubmitted
form: missubmitted
Etymology: From mis- + submit.
Senses: examples: text: Instruction No. 7, the verdict director, submits a theory not proven, and Instruction No. 8, the measure of damages, confounds the verdict director even as missubmitted.
ref: 1985, The Southwestern Reporter - Volume 691, page 510:
text: The advantages are that you may be able to build your services more quickly because you would not be starting from scratch, and you would proved a very friendly experience for your users, potentially eliminating or at least decreasing a variety of status inquiries and the possibility of missubmitting requests.
ref: 2006, Ioana V. Bazavan, Ian Lim, Information Security Cost Management, page 198:
text: The submission rate of blood culture specimens shows an upward trend in the 87 hospitals of Shanghai, there are still missubmitted and misreported patients who are […]
ref: 2018, Shi QingFeng, Hu BiJie, Cui YangWen, Sun Wei, Shen Yan, Chen Xiang, Lin JiaBing, Gao XiaoDong, “Submission of specimens for blood culture in 87 hospitals of Shanghai from 2012 to 2015”, in Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology, volume 28, number 18:
glosses: To submit incorrectly.
missubmits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of missubmit
missubmitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of missubmit
missubmitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of missubmit
reverse bunny suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse bunny suits
Etymology: From reverse + bunny suit, calque of Japanese 逆バニー (gyaku-banī, literally “reverse bunny”), which became a fad among Japanese artists in 2020.
Senses: glosses: A derivative of the bunny girl outfit (bunny ears, exposed arms, and covered chest) in which the arms are covered and the chest is exposed.
tommy-knocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tommy-knockers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tommyknocker.
tommy-knockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tommy-knocker
incrossbred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: topcrossbred
glosses: Produced by close inbreeding.
Related terms: incross
topcrossbred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: incrossbred
glosses: Produced by breeding a superior or purebred male with an inferior female.
Related terms: topcross
missubtract
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: missubtracts
form: missubtracting
form: missubtracted
form: missubtracted
Etymology: From mis- + subtract.
Senses: examples: text: Who woefully spelled that word? Not I! or missubtracted checks in the hundreds column?
ref: 1994, Dorothy L. Mercer, Injury: Learning to Live Again, page 101:
text: Precisely quantifying the errors and error correlations due to missubtracted foregrounds allows for both the rigorous analysis of the 21 cm power spectrum and for the maximal isolation of the “EoR window” from foreground contamination.
ref: 2015 June, Joshua S. Dillon, Abraham R. Neben, Jacqueline N. Hewitt, Max Tegmark, N. Barry, A.P. Beardsley, J. D. Bowman, F. Briggs, P. Carroll, A. de Oliveira-Costa, A. Ewall-Wice L.Feng, L. J. Greenhill, B. J. Hazelton, L. Hernquist, N. Hurley-Walker, D. C. Jacobs, H. S. Kim, P. Kittiwisit, E. Lenc, J. Line, A. Loeb, B. McKinley, D. A. Mitchell, M. F. Morales, A. R. Offringa, S. Paul, B. Pindor, J. C. Pober, P. Procopio, J. Riding, S. Sethi, N. Udaya Shankar, R. Subrahmanyan, I. Sullivan, Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, S. J. Tingay, C. Trott, R.B. Wayth, R. L. Webster, S. Wyithe, G. Bernardi, R. J. Cappallo, A. A. Deshpande, M. Johnston-Hollitt, D. L. Kaplan, C. J. Lonsdale, S. R. McWhirter, E. Morgan, D. Oberoi, S. M. Ord, T. Prabu, K. S. Srivani, A. Williams, C. L. Williams, “Empirical covariance modeling for 21 cm power spectrum estimation: A method demonstration and new limits from early Murchison Widefield Array 128-tile data”, in Physical Review D, volume 91, number 12:
text: There is a missubtracted background due to the lack of a β trigger that is seen in both of the 137 Cs measurements, these are lead x-rays centered around 70–80 keV that come from […]
ref: 2015 July, BC Rasco, A Fijałkowska, M Karny, KP Rykaczewski, M Woin/ska-Cichocka, R. Grzywacz, K.C. Goetz, “The nonlinear light output of NaI (Tl) detectors in the Modular Total Absorption Spectrometer”, in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, volume 788:
glosses: To subtract incorrectly.
Derived terms: missubtraction
missubtracted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of missubtract
missubtracting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of missubtract
missubtracts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of missubtract
misaddition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misadditions
Etymology: From mis- + addition.
Senses: glosses: Incorrect addition.
misadditions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misaddition
infelicific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infelicific
form: most infelicific
Etymology: From in- + felicific.
Senses: glosses: Not felicific.
felicificity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being felicific.
inobnoxious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inobnoxious
form: most inobnoxious
Etymology: From in- + obnoxious.
Senses: glosses: Not obnoxious.
insighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From insight + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having insight.
inswarming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That swarms inward.
inswarming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inswarmings
Senses: glosses: A swarming inward.
inswarmings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inswarming
insupportability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of insupportableness.
synonyms: word: insupportableness
interdentality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The quality of being interdental.
investment company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: investment companies
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A financial institution principally engaged in holding, managing and investing securities.
investment companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of investment company
fujoshis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fujoshi
Himalayan brown bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Himalayan brown bears
Senses: synonyms: Himalayan red bear
isabelline bear
glosses: Ursus arctos isabellinus, a brown bear of the western Himalayas.
Himalayan red bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Himalayan red bears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Himalayan brown bear.
synonyms: word: Himalayan brown bear
Himalayan red bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Himalayan red bear
Himalayan brown bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Himalayan brown bear
isabelline bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isabelline bears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Himalayan brown bear.
synonyms: word: Himalayan brown bear
isabelline bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isabelline bear
Equatorial spitting cobras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Equatorial spitting cobra
erythronic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythronic acid
ESFJs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ESFJ