cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
denial is not a river in Egypt
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: denial ain't just a river in Egypt
form: denial is not just a river in Egypt
form: denial isn't just a river in Egypt
form: denial isn't a river in Egypt
form: denial ain't a river in Egypt
Etymology: A pun on the Nile.
Senses: examples: text: “Denial is not a river in Egypt,” began the first orientation lecture I ever attended in rehab, “but a lot of people build themselves palatial, twelve-room houseboats and live there for years, maybe the rest of their entire, unhappy lives.”
ref: 2004, Bill Manville, Cool, Hip & Sober: 88 Ways to Beat Booze and Drugs, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN:
glosses: Used to point out that somebody is in a state of psychological denial.
Medithermal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The later, warmer part of the Holocene epoch.
parlyvoo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parlyvoos
form: parlyvooing
form: parlyvooed
form: parlyvooed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parleyvoo.
parlyvoos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parlyvoo
parlyvooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parlyvoo
parlyvooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parlyvoo
zombied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zombie + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: A process that is unable to continue executing and cannot exit the system is zombied. A zombied process does not use any system resources but it still maintains an entry in the process table.
ref: 2004, Cameron Hughes, Tracey Hughes, Parallel and Distributed Programming Using C++, page 46:
text: In this manner, the victim may be able to discover the one or many zombied systems that are causing the DoS attack but probably won't be able to track down the actual attacker.
ref: 2011, James M. Stewart, CompTIA Security+ Review Guide: Exam SY0-301, page 133:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In a zombie state (said either of a zombie process or of a computer covertly controlled by malware).
Related terms: zombied-out
humanitarianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: humanitarianizes
form: humanitarianizing
form: humanitarianized
form: humanitarianized
form: humanitarianise
Etymology: From humanitarian + -ize.
Senses: examples: an attempt to humanitarianize politics
glosses: To render humanitarian.
Related terms: humanitarianization
humanitarianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of humanitarianize
humanitarianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humanitarianizing
form: most humanitarianizing
Senses: glosses: Of or characteristic of something or someone rendered humanitarian.
humanitarianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of humanitarianize
humanitarianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of humanitarianize
abneurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From abneural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an abneural manner.
humanitarianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From humanitarian + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of humanitarianizing.
acid bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acid bombs
Senses: glosses: An improvised weapon consisting of an acid and a base combined in a container, which swells and explodes.
acid bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acid bomb
leading rein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leading reins
Senses: examples: text: By that time I was going for rides of six or seven miles with Dixon, and the ‘leading-rein’ was a thing of the past.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 11:
glosses: A rein used to lead an animal (especially a horse) when there is no rider, or when the rider is young or inexperienced.
leading reins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leading rein
walking whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walking whales
Senses: glosses: Ambulocetus natans, an early cetacean that could walk as well as swim.
MOOCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MOOC
satisfactories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satisfactory
main earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main earths
Senses: examples: text: ‘What the hell do you mean by leaving the main-earth unstopped?’ the infuriated voice continued.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 24:
qualifier: fox hunting
glosses: A fox's primary lair.
draw blank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws blank
form: drawing blank
form: drew blank
form: drawn blank
Senses: examples: text: ‘Last time we were here we drew the whole place blank, and old D. cursed the keeper's head off and accused him of poisoning the foxes, so I suppose he did it to get a bit of his own back!’
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 24:
glosses: To search (something) without finding what one was looking for.
Related terms: draw a blank
Sally-Anne test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sally-Anne tests
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: Sally-Anne task
glosses: A test measuring a person's social cognitive ability to attribute false beliefs to others.
socioeconomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: socioeconomies
Etymology: From socio- + economy.
Senses: glosses: A socioeconomic system.
socioeconomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of socioeconomy
acetocarmine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aceto- + carmine.
Senses: glosses: A stain consisting of a solution of carmine in acetic acid.
absenty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: absence
ab intestato
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: From an intestate (someone who dies with no legal will).
Related terms: abintestate
ex testamento
abiogenesist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abiogenesists
Etymology: From abiogenesis + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of abiogenesis.
abiogenesists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abiogenesist
box jellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box jelly
bass reflex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bass reflexes
Senses: glosses: A type of loudspeaker enclosure that uses the sound from the rear side of the diaphragm to increase the efficiency of the system at low frequencies, as compared to a typical closed-box loudspeaker or an infinite baffle mounting.
unparsonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnpɑːˈsɒnɪk/
Forms: form: more unparsonic
form: most unparsonic
Etymology: From un- + parsonic.
Senses: examples: text: He enunciated the grace in slightly unparsonic tones, which implied that he was not only Rector of Rotherden, but also a full member of the M.C.C. and first cousin once removed to Lord Chatwynd.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 53:
glosses: Not like a parson; unbecoming of a parson.
magical Negro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magical Negros
form: magical negro
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
literature
media
publishing
television
synonyms: magic negro
glosses: A black supporting stock character in media, especially American cinema, who is portrayed as coming to the aid of a white protagonist.
Related terms: word: magic Negro
word: magic nigger
get one's ya-yas out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's ya-yas out
form: getting one's ya-yas out
form: got one's ya-yas out
form: gotten one's ya-yas out
Etymology: Popularized by Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!': The Rolling Stones in Concert, an 1970 live album by English rock band the Rolling Stones.
Senses: examples: text: […] Feist still gets her ya-yas out as part of atmospheric-rock collective Broken Social Scene, and just a few years ago she could be found rapping in Spanish through a sock puppet […]
ref: 2005, Vanity Fair, numbers 537-539, page 110:
text: Maybe she was just getting her ya-yas out, running for the sheer joy of being in a physical body.
ref: 2009, Rachel Toor, The Pig and I, page 14:
text: Pounding with a toy hammer or banging on a toy drum, punching a pillow, pounding on play clay, running around outdoors, and swinging on a swing can also help him get his ya-yas out.
ref: 2012, Heidi Murkoff, What to Expect: The Second Year:
glosses: To behave in a wild and carefree manner, so as to use up excess energy or exuberance.
wikipedia: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert
the Rolling Stones
odd man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒd man/
Forms: form: odd men
Etymology: From odd + man, probably after a Scandinavian source. Compare Old Norse odda-maðr.
Senses: glosses: In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote; an arbiter.
examples: text: ‘My father always kept a dog-cart, and we had three servants. We had a cook and a housemaid and an odd man.’
ref: 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 58, in Of Human Bondage:
text: Their complexion was lustreless and clammy, although Aunt Evelyn's odd man had given them all the energy of his elbow.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 86:
glosses: Someone who does odd jobs.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill.
Related terms: odd man out
odd men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odd man
compartment syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compartment syndromes
Senses: glosses: A medical condition where there is insufficient blood supply to muscles and nerves due to increased pressure within one of the body's fascial compartments.
compartment syndromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compartment syndrome
hamster ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamster balls
Senses: glosses: A clear hollow sphere in which a pet rodent can run around while out of its cage.
hamster balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hamster ball
disrecommendation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disrecommendations
Etymology: From dis- + recommendation.
Senses: glosses: The act, or the result, of disrecommending.
unembeddable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + embeddable.
Senses: glosses: Not able to be embedded.
Salentine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Salentine
form: most Salentine
Etymology: From Salento + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Salento peninsula in Italy.
subpeninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpeninsulas
Etymology: From sub- + peninsula.
Senses: glosses: A peninsula projecting from another, larger peninsula.
subpeninsulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpeninsula
extrajudicially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extrajudicial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Outside of the legal system.
nonentitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nonentity + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: But in Trafalagar Square my gentlemanly uniqueness had diminished to something almost nonentitive.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 102:
glosses: Without substance.
Synonyms: non-entitative
protogospel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protogospels
Etymology: From proto- + gospel.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A hypothetical common gospel from which later gospels were derived.
protogospels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protogospel
Matthaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin Matthaei.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Biblical Matthew.
provident fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: provident funds
Senses: glosses: pension fund
void deck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: void decks
Senses: glosses: The ground floor of an apartment block, used for community mingling and social functions, and sometimes containing shops.
void decks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of void deck
Ohlones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ohlone
Ogonis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ogoni
Ijaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ijaws
form: Ijaw
Senses: glosses: A member of a collection of peoples mostly indigenous to forest regions within the Niger Delta in Nigeria.
Ijaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The group of languages spoken by these people.
Related terms: Ijoid
Ijaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ijaw
ohus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ohu
snakeboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snakeboards
Etymology: Blend of snake + skateboard
Senses: glosses: A form of skateboard with two connected footboards, allowing for greater freedom of movement.
snakeboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snakeboard
Ghuzz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Oghuz.
ocellated lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocellated lizards
Senses: glosses: Timon lepidus (syn. Lacerta lepida), a large wall lizard.
Palestinianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Palestinianist
pushwall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pushwalls
Etymology: From push + wall.
Senses: examples: text: With either Wolf (the full-blown 60 level version) or Spear of Destiny, Many times the pushwalls move too far, and block the goodies. For example, Episode six, floor two - the first pushwall moves too far, and blocks *all* the other pushwalls, and *all* of the treasure.
ref: 1993, No parking EXCEPT FOR BOB, “Wolf-3D & Spear: a bug in common?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet):
text: Useful any time you've got 99% of the points and you don't want to hunt all over the place for that one little piece of gold you missed, or for when you don't want to mess with a dozen pushwalls to finish the level after you've whacked everybody.
ref: 1994, Bob Fishell, “Re: Any Blake Stone cheat codes?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet):
text: In the shareware-version, first room, there is a small secret room on the same side you startet^([sic]). Inside is another pushwall and then a door. How can I open this door ? It always tells me that this door is locked. I've got the same problem with some other pushwalls, but this one in the first level is my biggest problem so far.
ref: 1995, Henning W. Rauth, “ROTT - help needed”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet):
topics: video-games
glosses: A wall that moves or triggers some other action when the player character pushes against it.
pushwalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pushwall
ROTT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Rise of the Triad.
Cousin Jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cousin Jacks
Senses: glosses: A Cornishman.
Cousin Jacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cousin Jack
FedEx quest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FedEx quests
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Synonym of fetch quest.
synonyms: word: fetch quest
louden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaʊdn̩/
rhymes: -aʊdən
Forms: form: loudens
form: loudening
form: loudened
form: loudened
Etymology: From loud + -en.
Senses: examples: text: The shouts of the bookies were now loudening outside in the sunlight, and when I'd slipped on my raincoat we went out to see what we could of the Light Weight Race.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 167:
glosses: To become louder.
al-Amin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الْأَمِين (al-ʔamīn).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: a nickname of Muhammad, meaning the trusted one
loudening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of louden
Abu Qasim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو الْقَاسِم (ʔabū l-qāsim, “father of al-Qasim”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: kunya of Muhammad
hit off the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits off the line
form: hitting off the line
form: hit off the line
form: hit off the line
Senses: examples: text: Peerless, on the other hand, was worthy of her appellation, and frequently hit off the line when the others were at a loss to know which way their fox had gone across a bit of cold ploughland.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 198:
topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: Of a hound, to pick up the scent of a quarry after a check.
rick cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rick cloths
Senses: examples: text: My present habitation was a bivouac, rigged up out of a rick-cloth and some posts, which I shared with eleven other troopers.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 227:
glosses: A sheet of waterproof material typically used to protect a rick.
maconochie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Maconochie.
self-affliction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-afflictions
Etymology: From self- + affliction.
Senses: glosses: The infliction of pain or suffering on oneself
centimos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centimo
chork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃɔːk/
ipa: /t͡ʃɔɹk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: chorks
Etymology: Blend of chopstick + fork.
Senses: examples: text: “Is a chork chopsticks crossed with a fork?”
“Uh-huh. And it's not at all weird that you asked.”
ref: 2019, C. J. Farley, Around Harvard Square:
text: In 2016, Panda Express introduced the “chork,” a clever combination of a fork and chopsticks. The utensil was designed to be a bridge between Chinese and American cultures.
ref: 2020, Samantha Chagollan, Immigrant Innovators: 30 Entrepreneurs Who Made a Difference, page 15:
text: Someone invented the chork, which is a mix of and looks like a fork and chopsticks together.
ref: 2022, Fred Dervin, Sude, Mei Yuan, Interculturality Between East and West (page 20)
glosses: An eating utensil that can be used like chopsticks or like a fork.
succeded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of succede
succeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of succede
silver paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: aluminium foil, often used in wrapping food products such as chocolate.
Related terms: aluminium paper
clour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clours
Etymology: From Middle English cloure (“field”).
Senses: glosses: A field.
clour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clours
form: clouring
form: cloured
form: cloured
Etymology: From Scots clour, from Early Scots clour, clowr (“a lump or swelling caused by a blow, welt”), of uncertain origin. Often assumed to be a variant of Scots cloor (“to scratch; a scratch”), from Norwegian klore (“to scratch with the nails”), from Old Norse klóra (“to scrawl, scratch”), klór (“a scratching”), however derivation is doubtful as the shift in meaning is difficult to explain. More at cloor.
Senses: glosses: To inflict a blow on; punch.
glosses: To make a dent or bump on; ding.
clour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clours
Etymology: From Scots clour, from Early Scots clour, clowr (“a lump or swelling caused by a blow, welt”), of uncertain origin. Often assumed to be a variant of Scots cloor (“to scratch; a scratch”), from Norwegian klore (“to scratch with the nails”), from Old Norse klóra (“to scrawl, scratch”), klór (“a scratching”), however derivation is doubtful as the shift in meaning is difficult to explain. More at cloor.
Senses: glosses: A blow or impingement.
octopii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In imitation of Latin nominative plural forms of nouns ending in -ius, such as radius > radii. Compare walrii and penii.
Senses: glosses: Misconstructed plural of octopus.
walrusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They have libelled us in every way, and called us everything, even walrusses. They have even gone so far as to say that no one could know whether we had a head or a tail.
ref: 1868, Punch, volumes 254-255, Punch Publications Ltd., page 102:
glosses: plural of walrus
number crunching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of number-crunching.
let's play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lĕtsʹ plā'
ipa: /ˈlɛts ˌpleɪ/
Forms: form: let's plays
form: Let's Play
Etymology: Originates from the titles of forum threads on the website Something Awful.
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: LP
glosses: A video recording or comparable broadcast in which a person plays a video game while commenting on the gameplay.
wikipedia: Something Awful
Derived terms: Let's Player
Annas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Anna
Annas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Annas (used in the Vulgate), from Ancient Greek Ἅννας (Hánnas), from Hebrew / Aramaic חנן (khanan) as a shortened form of חֲנַנְיָה (khananya).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Jewish high priest known for having four sons and a son-in-law (Caiaphas) succeed him in his lifetime; and for cooperating with Caiaphas to have Jesus Christ crucified.
oil slick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil slicks
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: oil spot, oilpatch
glosses: A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship.
Annes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Anne
ka-boom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kaboom.
Estonias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Estonia
Kikai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Kikaijima
glosses: An island of the Amami archipelago, Japan.
examples: text: Those over 50 use Kikai at home among themselves but can understand and use Japanese.
ref: 2000, Barbara F. Grimes, Joseph Evans Grimes, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, volume 1, SIL International, page 539
text: […], including the Ryûkyûan dialects (11 dialects: Southern, Amami-Oshima Northern, Kikai, Kunigami, Miyako, Okinawan Central, Oki-no-Erabu, Toku-no-Shima, Taeyama, Yonaguni, and Yoron) […]
ref: 2003, Robert B. Kaplan, Richard B. Baldauf Jr., Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 18:
text: […], (iii) the Amami group (Kikai, Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Okierabu, Yoron), […]
ref: 2012, Nicolas Tranter, The Languages of Japan and Korea, Routledge, page 3:
glosses: A Ryukyuan language spoken on Kikai island.
Annabels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Annabel
Annabellas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Annabella
Annabelles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Annabelle
Annettes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Annette
Annies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Annie
Xerxeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: It need not be said that we have already proceeded farther than the time of Darius Hystaspis without mentioning the names succeeding his amongst the Persian kings, those of the Xerxeses, the Artaxerxeses, and the Dariuses of later years,
ref: 1849, Samuel Eliot, The liberty of Rome: a history, page 84:
glosses: plural of Xerxes
Artaxerxeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Artaxerxes
idiolectally
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From idiolectal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an idiolectal way.
bookfells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookfell
retia mirabila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rete mirabile
rete mirabiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rete mirabile
rete mirabili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rete mirabile
to no avail
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Germany huffed and switched angles and went wide, slinging in crosses, and finally sending on Der Targetman, Mario Gomez, for the last 11 minutes. To no avail, as Mexico held on for a sensational win against the defending champions.
ref: 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
glosses: With no success or benefit; unsuccessfully; to no effect.
Related terms: of no avail
to little avail
to no end
soap plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soap plants
Senses: examples: text: The trail, which winds through deerweed, soap plant, and mallow, is tough to miss in the summer and early fall, but may be overgrown with grass and wildflowers during the spring.
ref: 2008, Brian Milne, Top Trails: California Central Coast: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone, page 89:
text: The Karok, a California tribe, pounded the bulbs of the soap plant (Chlorogalum pomerindianum) to clean both clothing and buckskin blankets while the Mahuna used them whole as soap bars.
ref: 2009, Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield, Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World, page 82:
text: Volunteers often occur around established plants, creating open colonies of soap plant in the wild and in gardens.
ref: 2012, Marjorie G. Schmidt, Katherine L. Greenberg, Growing California Native Plants, 2nd edition, page 205:
glosses: Any plant of the genus Chlorogalum, endemic to western North America, especially Chlorogalum pomeridianum, the most widespread species.
examples: text: For example, bleach production was moved to P&G's soap plant from the Kansas City Clorox plant to destroy the union there, according to a former officer.
ref: 1994, Alecia Swasy, Soap Opera, page 189:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see soap, plant.
Synonyms: sense: plant of genus Chlorogalum
word: amole
sense: plant of genus Chlorogalum
word: soaproot
Derived terms: taxonomic: Chlorogalum angustifolium
word: narrowleaf soap plant
taxonomic: Chlorogalum grandiflorum
word: Red Hills soap plant
taxonomic: Chlorogalum parviflorum
word: smallflower soap plant
alt: = amole; Chlorogalum pomeridianum
word: wavy-leafed soap plant
Related terms: taxonomic: Chlorogalum purpureum
word: purple amole
word: soapberry
word: soaproot
word: soaptree
word: soapweed
word: soapwell
word: soapwort
Gandalfish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gandalfish
form: most Gandalfish
Etymology: From Gandalf + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: It has an Aragorn figure called Gwydion, a Gandalfish wizard called Dallben, a dwarf named Doli, […]
ref: 1980, Brian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le Guin, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 156:
text: The archetypical instance is Ralph Bakshi's film Wizards, in which, at the final duel between the Disneylike good wizard and the Gandalfish evil wizard, […]
ref: 1986, Jan Hokenson, Howard Pearce, editors, Forms of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Third International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 36:
text: IMHO it would be a disaster to make a sort of Gandalfish wizard out of Sauron, with black robes and all the other Evil Accessories (tm).
ref: 1999 September 16, Ola Lundgren, “Re: The Character of Sauron?”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet):
glosses: Of, related to, or characteristic of the fictional wizard Gandalf from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
Synonyms: Gandalfesque
Gandalfian
talk pages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talk page
trovadoresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trovadoresque
form: most trovadoresque
Etymology: From trovador + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of Portuguese troubadours.
azaspirane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azaspiranes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of azaspiran.
basestock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basestocks
form: base stock
Etymology: From base + stock.
Senses: glosses: refined petroleum oil with no additives
betalight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betalights
Etymology: From beta + light.
Senses: glosses: A sealed capsule, internally coated with a phosphor and filled with a tritium whose beta decay causes the phosphor to glow.
bulkheading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bulkhead + -ing.
Senses: glosses: bulkheads in general
ecosection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecosections
Etymology: From eco- + section.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A part of an ecoregion that shows only minor physiographic, macroclimatic or oceanographic variations
equianharmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + anharmonic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: equally anharmonic; specifically, whose anharmonic ratio is a cube root of unity
equianharmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equianharmonics
Etymology: From equi- + anharmonic.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set of four points whose cross ratio (or anharmonic ratio) is a cube root of 1.
falsing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From false + -ing.
Senses: glosses: False decoding (by a telecommunications decoder).
falsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From false + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of false
ferrod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrods
Senses: glosses: A type of spodosol soil rich in iron.
ferrod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrods
Etymology: Blend of ferric + rod
Senses: glosses: A ferrite rod antenna.
granulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granulators
form: granulater
Etymology: From granulate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A machine that forms material into granules.
Related terms: granulatory
handloading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, hand + loading. The verb (handload) is possibly a back-formation from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: With handloading of their practice rounds, they can save money, especially in light of how expensive the store-bought cartridges can be these days.
glosses: The loading of cartridges for firearms when it is done by hand and (especially) at home (in semi-homemade manner): assembling them from the individual components (e.g., casing, primer, gunpowder or other charge, and shot or bullet).
antonyms: autoloading
glosses: The loading of a firearm, usually a pistol or rifle, by hand.
Related terms: word: handload
word: handloader
handloading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, hand + loading. The verb (handload) is possibly a back-formation from the noun.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of handload
impredicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: definable only in terms of a totality of which it is itself a part
raw_tags: of a proposition
Related terms: predicate
predicative
junctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junctors
Senses: glosses: A juncture, especially a means of attaching incoming and outgoing lines in an analog telephone exchange
kicktail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kicktails
Etymology: From kick + tail.
Senses: glosses: The upwards-bent tip of the deck of a skateboard.
leadlighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leadlighters
Etymology: From leadlight + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or company that makes leadlight windows.
mandolute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmændə(ˌ)luːt/
Forms: form: mandolutes
Etymology: Blend of mandolin + lute
Senses: examples: text: Not content with flailing at the playwright and the movement that had nurtured him ("the little theater of cheesecloth and mandolutes"), De Voto attacked the Theater Guild, charging that its resources and prestige, its "power to compel the admiration of multitudes," where chiefly responsible for elevating O'Neill to "a grandeur" he did not deserve.
ref: 2002, Louis Sheaffer, O'Neill: Son and Artist, page 460:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical instrument similar to a mandolin, but larger.
newswriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newswriters
Etymology: From news + writer.
Senses: glosses: A journalist who writes the scripts for a newsreader
osteoporitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to osteoporosis
outqualifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outqualify
outqualify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outqualifies
form: outqualifying
form: outqualified
form: outqualified
Etymology: From out- + qualify.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To qualify in a higher position than another
polychoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + choral.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Featuring multiple choirs, or a choir that has been divided into different groups (so as to effect antiphonal exchange)
porolepiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of prehistoric fish of the order †Porolepiformes
porolepiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porolepiforms
Senses: glosses: A fish of the extinct order †Porolepiformes
pseudoobstruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoobstructions
Etymology: From pseudo- + obstruction.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of several conditions that prevent passage through the intestines / bowels without a physical obstruction
reequipment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reequipments
form: re-equipment
Etymology: From re- + equipment.
Senses: glosses: The act, or the result of reequipping
retropack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retropacks
Etymology: From retro- + pack.
Senses: glosses: A group of retrorockets on a spacecraft
rhipidist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhipidists
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the order Rhipidistia.
tumi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuː.mi/
Forms: form: tumis
Etymology: Borrowed from Quechua tumi.
Senses: examples: text: The tumis are characterized by a metal handle, which can be bent at the free end or may have an ornament in the form of a button or a zoomorphic head; they also have a curved, sharp blade edge, forming a semicircle or half-moon.[…]The archaeological associations of the tumis found in Argentina indicate that these objects all had an Inca origin.
ref: 1979, Alberto Rex González, “Pre-Columbian Metallurgy in Northwest Argentina: Historical Development and Cultural Process”, in Elizabeth P. Benson, editor, Pre-Columbian Metallurgy of South America, Conference Proceedings, page 177:
text: For instance, he makes sure that the reader is aware that the weapons taken by the Inca army, tumis, are ritual weapons used for the ritual hunt and slaughter of llamas.
ref: 2002, Thomas B. F. Cummins, Toasts with the Inca: Andean Abstraction and Colonial Images on Quero Vessels, page 18:
text: Decorated tumis such as this one may have been used for ceremonial purposes, although their utilization on more mundane occasions should not be ruled out.
ref: 2004, Richard L. Burger, Lucy C. Salazar, “Catalogue”, in Richard L. Burger, Lucy C. Salazar, editors, Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas, page 193:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A ceremonial axe used by some Incan and pre-Incan cultures of South America.
tumis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumi
epicycloidal wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epicycloidal wheels
Senses: glosses: A device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.
epicycloidal wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicycloidal wheel
carminate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carminates
Etymology: From carminic acid + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A salt or ester of carminic acid.
carminates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carminate
Ellisonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ellisonian
form: most Ellisonian
Etymology: From Ellison + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Ralph Ellison (1914–1994), American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer.
pierlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pierlike
form: most pierlike
Etymology: From pier + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pier.
reverse arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] it is recorded that at the funeral for Marlborough in 1722, the troops carried out a formal reverse arms drill which was especially invented for the service; it was a unique sign of respect to the great soldier.
ref: 2009, Christopher Jobson, Looking Forward Looking Back:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A position of a soldier in which the weapon points downwards and backwards at an angle of 45° (while walking), or straight down (when at rest)
paludal fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paludal fevers
Senses: glosses: malaria
chapeau-bras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chapeaux-bras
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A bicorne hat designed to be compressed and carried under the arm, formerly worn on dress occasions by men in the 18th century, and later in the United States Army by general and staff officers.
chapeaux-bras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chapeau-bras
protogrunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proto- + grunge.
Senses: glosses: Collectively, the music that influenced the later grunge movement.
Cobainesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cobainesque
form: most Cobainesque
Etymology: From Cobain + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: He had a lot of Cobainesque qualities: He had shoulder-length hair, played guitar, had a bad childhood, often complained of stomach problems, and had troubling taste in women.
ref: 2009, Chuck Klosterman, Eating the Dinosaur, page 30:
text: […] she established a mid-tempo, less-rocking-out standard governing the emotional moments of a certain class of later mature audience artists like Sufjan Stevens in a way that superseded Cobainesque howling.
ref: 2010, Scott Miller, Music, page 189:
glosses: Reminiscent of Kurt Cobain (1967–1994), American grunge musician.
ribosidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From riboside + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a riboside, especially of the link between ribose and a sugar moiety
antisaturation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + saturation.
Senses: examples: an antisaturation diode
glosses: Preventing saturation.
sarcospan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transmembrane protein, located within skeletal muscle, the loss of which is associated with muscular dystrophy.
rocked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rock out
shotshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shotshells
Etymology: From shot + shell.
Senses: glosses: A shotgun cartridge.
synonyms: dust shot
ratshot
snakeshot
glosses: Handgun and rifle cartridges loaded with lead shot canisters instead of bullets, intended for pest control.
shotshells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shotshell
unrotting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rotting.
Senses: glosses: Not rotting.
spermatangium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spermatangia
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gametangium.
synonyms: word: gametangium
Related terms: spermatangial
spermatangia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spermatangium
memorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From memorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, memory.
warrior ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warrior ant
trainset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trainsets
Etymology: From train + set.
Senses: glosses: A locomotive and carriages coupled together to form a unified set of equipment.
glosses: a self-propelled electric or diesel multiple unit, consisting of a fixed number of permanently coupled passenger vehicles.
slavemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slavemakers
Etymology: From slave + maker.
Senses: glosses: A type of ant, a brood parasite that captures the brood of other ant species to increase the worker force of its own colony.
slavemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slavemaker
slavemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slave + making.
Senses: glosses: Engaging in the brood capture activity of a slavemaker ant.
warband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warbands
Etymology: From war + band.
Senses: glosses: A group of soldiers or other military personnel actively engaged in warfare.
Related terms: warlord
warbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warband
crossless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a cross.
archivolted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From archivolt + -ed.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Furnished with archivolts.
map lichen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: map lichens
Senses: glosses: Rhizocarpon geographicum, a lichen that grows in patches on rocks in mountainous areas, giving the appearance of a map.
map lichens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of map lichen
unwomanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwomanlike
form: most unwomanlike
Etymology: From un- + womanlike.
Senses: examples: text: Madame Calderon's description of a bull-fight in the country is equally spirited and unwomanlike. Even the little pity vouchsafed has the air of being thrown in for decency's sake.
ref: 1845, The Quarterly Review, volume 76, page 118:
text: In 7.69, Martial portrays Theophila, the “god-loving” intellectual and fiancée of the Roman Canius, as even more Atticized than Epicurus and the Stoics, even more unwomanlike in her tastes than the poets Sappho and Panaetis.
ref: 2007, Todd C. Penner, Caroline Vander Stichele, Mapping Gender in Ancient Religious Discourses, page 42:
glosses: Not womanlike; not befitting a woman.
rudderfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rudderfish
humaner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of humane: more humane
unrack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unracks
form: unracking
form: unracked
form: unracked
Etymology: From un- + rack.
Senses: glosses: To remove from a rack.
unracking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unrack
unracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unrack
unracked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unrack
unracked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The wine, which is made in August, is left on its lees unracked for at least a year.
ref: 1929, Philip Morton Shand, A Book of Other Wines - Than French, page 130:
glosses: Not racked.
shelfworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shelfworthy
form: most shelfworthy
Etymology: From shelf + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand the small, individual ones, especially those shaped as fruits, pagodas, cottages etc., though eminently shelfworthy, are very expensive.
ref: 1964, John Bedford, Looking in junk shops, page 220:
text: All materials must be shelfworthy for deposit at the SRLF. Volumes may be boxed or enclosed in archival containers if necessary.
ref: 1999, Jutta Reed-Scott, Library Storage Facilities, Management, and Services:
glosses: Good enough to be kept or displayed on a shelf.
knock under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knocks under
form: knocking under
form: knocked under
form: knocked under
Etymology: Perhaps from the old practice of knocking under the table with the knuckles, when conquered. Compare knuckle under
Senses: examples: text: I pull the second best trigger in this county. I knock under to Natty Bumppo there, sin' he shot the pigeon.
ref: 1823, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter XIV, in The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna; […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: Charles Wiley; […], →OCLC, page 209:
text: When he heard this news of Beatrix's engagement, Colonel Eſmond knocked under to his fate, and reſolved to ſurrender his ſword, that could win him nothing now he cared for; […]
ref: 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “I Come to an End of My Battles and Bruises”, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. […] , volume III, London: […] Smith, Elder, & Company, […], →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield.
glosses: To die.
green cinnabar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire.
hepatic cinnabar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An impure cinnabar of a liver-brown colour and submetallic lustre.
backbore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backbores
Etymology: From back + bore.
Senses: examples: text: More conical backbores give a richer tone, while more cylindrical ones give a brighter, more projected tone.
glosses: The section between the throat and shank of the mouthpiece of a brass instrument.
backbore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backbores
form: backboring
form: backbored
form: backbored
Etymology: From back + bore.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: To modify (a weapon's barrel) so as to increase the bore diameter.
Related terms: overbore
backbores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backbore