cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
God-given
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He's got a God-given talent for this game.
text: They have no God-given right to come whenever they want to.
text: I said last year especially to our younger transgender Americans: I'll always have your back as your President so you can be yourself and reach your God-given potential.
ref: 2022 March 1, Joe Biden, “Remarks of President Joe Biden – State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery”, in whitehouse.gov, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2022:
glosses: Given or sent by God, or apparently so.
OOPL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OOPLs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of object-oriented programming language.
crossjack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossjacks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: On a mizzenmast, the lowest square sail.
Synonyms: crojack
mizzen course
mizzen course
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mizzen courses
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: On a mizzenmast, the lowest sail
Synonyms: crossjack
NOAA Corps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the NOAA Corps
Senses: glosses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps.
de minimis non curat lex
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From Latin dē minimīs nōn cūrat lēx.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The law does not concern itself with trifles; expression of the rule that the law will not remedy an injury that is minimal.
Derived terms: de minimis
clean coal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any technology that may mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that arise from the burning of coal for electrical power.
antonyms: dirty coal
lignite
glosses: anthracite (a cleaner burning variety of coal, which is usually hard and bluish, with fewer impurities; making it acceptable for uses needing cleaner coal)
antonyms: dirty coal
glosses: coke (a coked version of coal, that has been cleaned of many of its impurities, making it acceptable for use in steel-making and other uses needing cleaner coal)
Related terms: bituminous coal
black coal
blue coal
brown coal
dirty coal
hard coal
soft coal
wet coal
CCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CCSs
form: CCSes
Senses: examples: text: the rabbis found Jews dying to whom to administer; the vets, spavined mules; the V.A.D.s, men without jaws and shoulders in C.C.S.s; the camp-cookers, frozen beef […].
ref: 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 331:
text: When a momentary lull came in the booms and the flashes, Hope, who had also been under fire at a C.C.S., gave way to the sudden bravado of rushing into the open to see whether the raiders had gone […].
ref: 1933, Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, Penguin, published 2005, page 417:
glosses: Initialism of casualty clearing station.
examples: Meronyms: CC, carbon capture
Near-synonyms: CCU, CCUS
qualifier: climate change
glosses: Initialism of carbon capture and sequestration/storage.
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: ACS
glosses: Initialism of chronic coronary syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of central cord syndrome
CCS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Cardcaptor Sakura, a manga and anime series.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
hypernyms: DCFC
glosses: Initialism of Combined Charging System.
Related terms: topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: CHAdeMO
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: GB/T
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: J1772
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: NACS
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: Type 1
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: Type 2
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: Type 3
podocin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podocins
Etymology: From podocyte + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein which lines the podocytes and whose mutations can cause nephrotic syndrome
podocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podocytes
Etymology: From podo- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cell of the visceral epithelium in the kidney
Derived terms: glomerulopodocyte
podocin
podocytic
podocytopathic
podocytopathy
podocytopenia
podocyturia
subpodocyte
relaunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relaunch
sarcolemma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcolemmas
form: sarcolemmata
Etymology: From sarco- + lemma.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A thin cell membrane that surrounds a striated muscle fibre.
Derived terms: sarcolemmal
sarcolemmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sarcolemma + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a sarcolemma
Derived terms: perisarcolemmal
supercaffeine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercaffeines
Etymology: From super- + caffeine.
Senses: glosses: Any substance having a strong physiological effect, similar to that of caffeine but stronger.
syntrophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syntrophins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins that are associated with dystrophin
toxigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toxigenic
form: most toxigenic
Etymology: From toxi- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: toxicogenic
Related terms: toxigenesis
tunability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tunabilities
Etymology: From tune + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state of being tunable.
glosses: The extent to which something is tunable.
ultrafiltered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrafiltered
form: most ultrafiltered
Etymology: From ultra- + filtered.
Senses: glosses: filtered using ultrafiltration
utrophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utrophins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cytoskeleton protein homologous with dystrophin
Derived terms: microutrophin
vasomodulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vasomodulations
Etymology: From vaso- + modulation.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The neuronal regulation of blood flow
Related terms: vasomodulator
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡiː.ãˈbær.eɪ ˌsɪn.drəʊm/
ipa: /ɡiːˈæn bəˈɹeɪ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/
ipa: /ɡiːˈɑːn-/
ipa: /-bɑɹˈeɪ-/
Forms: form: Guillain–Barré syndrome
Etymology: From Georges Guillain and Jean Alexandre Barré, who described the condition in 1916.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: Rapid-onset muscle weakness, often severe and sometimes fatal, resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function, associated with various viral and other infections.
Synonyms: word: GBS
explicability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: explicabilities
Senses: glosses: The state of being explicable.
Synonyms: explainability
explainability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: explainabilities
Etymology: From explain + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state of being explainable.
Synonyms: explicability
kabaddi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: original approximation
enpr: kŭb'əd(d)i
ipa: /ˈkʌbəd(ː)i/
note: original approximation
note: Indic;original approximation
ipa: /ˈkabaɖ(ː)i/
note: spelling pronunciation
enpr: kəbăd'i
ipa: /kəˈbædi/
note: spelling pronunciation
Forms: form: kabadi
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कबड्डी (kabaḍḍī), from Tamil கபடி (kapaṭi), from Tamil கைப்பிடி (kaippiṭi), from கை (kai, “hand”) + பிடி (piṭi, “catch, grasp”), which could be translated as "holding hands".
Senses: glosses: A South Asian team sport in which players must hold their breath while making raids into the opposing team's half of the field.
oontz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The game of craps.
oontz
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: untz
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: Garage isn't very much lke ^([sic]) jungle. The garage that I've heard is like jazzy house (has the oontz oontz oontz beat) maybe a little loungy.
ref: 1999, BRENTT NEWMAN, “Garage?”, in alt.music.jungle (Usenet):
text: Maybe if I had some electronic drumbeats and grinding noises and of course some oontz oontz oontz noises...
ref: 2000, Tiny Human Ferret, “Musical Pretention”, in alt.gothic.pretentions (Usenet):
text: I thought you didn't like all that oontz oontz music : )
ref: 2002, Evil Sponge, “Gonna go see Blade II today - wanna come?”, in alt.books.clive-barker (Usenet):
synonyms: doof
glosses: Imitating an electronic drum sound.
ninety-second
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnaɪnti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see ninety-secondth
ipa: /ˌnaɪnti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the ninety-second page of the book.
text: She finished ninety-second in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number ninety-two, describing a person or thing in position number 92 of a sequence.
ninety-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnaɪnti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see ninety-secondth
ipa: /ˌnaɪnti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Forms: form: ninety-seconds
Senses: examples: text: A ninety-second of 1840 is 20.
glosses: One of ninety-two equal parts of a whole.
thirty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθɜːti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see thirty-secondth
ipa: /ˌθɜːti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
ipa: /ˌθɚti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see thirty-secondth
ipa: /ˌθɚti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Forms: form: 32nd
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the thirty-second page of the book.
text: She finished thirty-second in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number thirty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 32 of a sequence.
glosses: Lasting thirty seconds.
Derived terms: thirty-second rest
thirty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθɜːti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see thirty-secondth
ipa: /ˌθɜːti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
ipa: /ˌθɚti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see thirty-secondth
ipa: /ˌθɚti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Forms: form: thirty-seconds
form: 32nd
Senses: examples: text: A thirty-second of 640 is 20.
glosses: One of thirty-two equal parts of a whole.
forty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔːti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see forty-secondth
ipa: /ˌfɔːti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
ipa: /ˌfɔɹti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see forty-secondth
ipa: /ˌfɔɹti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the forty-second page of the book.
text: She finished forty-second in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number forty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 42 of a sequence.
glosses: Lasting forty seconds.
Synonyms: 42nd
forty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔːti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see forty-secondth
ipa: /ˌfɔːti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
ipa: /ˌfɔɹti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see forty-secondth
ipa: /ˌfɔɹti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Forms: form: forty-seconds
Senses: examples: text: A forty-second of 840 is 20.
glosses: One of forty-two equal parts of a whole.
fifty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɪfti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see fifty-secondth
ipa: /ˌfɪfti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the fifty-second page of the book.
text: She finished fifty-second in the race.
text: Universal Directory of Railway Officials and Railway Year Book, 1946-47. […] Although the preparation of the fifty-second edition of this well-known work proved a far from easy task, owing to the continuance of unsettled conditions in many parts of the world, the response to the endeavours of the publishers to obtain accurate and complete information has exceeded anything that would have been possible twelve months earlier.
ref: 1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:
glosses: The ordinal form of the number fifty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 52 of a sequence.
glosses: Lasting fifty seconds.
Synonyms: 52nd
fifty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɪfti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see fifty-secondth
ipa: /ˌfɪfti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Forms: form: fifty-seconds
Senses: examples: text: A fifty-second of 1040 is 20.
glosses: One of fifty-two equal parts of a whole.
sixty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪksti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see sixty-secondth
ipa: /ˌsɪksti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the sixty-second page of the book.
text: She finished sixty-second in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number sixty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 62 of a sequence.
glosses: Lasting sixty seconds.
sixty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪksti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see sixty-secondth
ipa: /ˌsɪksti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Forms: form: sixty-seconds
Senses: examples: text: A sixty-second of 1240 is 20.
glosses: One of sixty-two equal parts of a whole.
seventy-second
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see seventy-secondth
ipa: /ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the seventy-second page of the book.
text: She finished seventy-second in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number seventy-two, describing a person or thing in position number 72 of a sequence.
glosses: Lasting seventy seconds.
seventy-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see seventy-secondth
ipa: /ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Forms: form: seventy-seconds
Senses: examples: text: A seventy-second of 1440 is 20.
glosses: One of seventy-two equal parts of a whole.
eighty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see eighty-secondth
ipa: /ˌeɪti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the eighty-second page of the book.
text: She finished eighty-second in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number eighty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 82 of a sequence.
Synonyms: 82nd
eighty-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪti ˈsɛkənd/
note: proscribed, see eighty-secondth
ipa: /ˌeɪti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/
Forms: form: eighty-seconds
Senses: examples: text: An eighty-second of 1640 is 20.
glosses: One of eighty-two equal parts of a whole.
Gorbymania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gorby-mania
Etymology: From Gorby + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: While in Bonn, at the time of Gorbymania, I fell in with part of the Russian entourage.
ref: 1992, Claude E Barfield, Mark Perlman, Industry, Services, and Agriculture: The United States Faces a United Europe:
text: Western readers stricken by Gorbymania and with only limited knowledge of the nuances of the Soviet power structure found such "exposes" shocking.
ref: 1994, Yevgenia Albats, Catherine Fitzpatrick, The State Within a State: The KGB and Its Hold on Russia:
glosses: Enthusiasm for Mikhail Gorbachev, USSR head of state from 1985 to 1991, who introduced the liberalizing reforms of glasnost and perestroika.
resends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resend
resends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resend
question-masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of question-master
question-master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: question-masters
Senses: glosses: A quizmaster.
quincentenary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quincentenaries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quincentennial (“a 500th anniversary”).
synonyms: word: quincentennial
extra: a 500th anniversary
quincentenary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quincentennial (“of or related to a 500th anniversary”).
synonyms: word: quincentennial
extra: of or related to a 500th anniversary
quotidianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From quotidian + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Epics which cost him fifteen and sixpence a piece, and us nothing, are quotidianly placed before us by the fertile invention of this great master of the art of advertising.
ref: 1840, William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, Tait's Edinburgh magazine: Volume 7, page 384:
text: Too frequently has success been inversely proportionate to the fervor of the quest. From our enormous centres of population emanates the complaint that only the opulent are becoming more opulent, while the impecunious are quotidianly depleted to a greater profundity of impecuniousity.
ref: 1882, Ballou's monthly magazine: Volume 56, page 145:
text: But once this document is complete and the project is begun, the rhetoric of game development mostly shifts away from exigent functions and begins to work more quotidianly.
ref: 2004, Ken S. McAllister, Game work: language, power, and computer game culture, link:
glosses: Occurring on a quotidian basis; daily or commonplace.
backslashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backslash
party game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party games
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: parlour game
hypernyms: game#Noun
glosses: A game played at a party, such as musical chairs or charades.
examples: text: Mario games range from strict arcade games to racing games, party games, and complex 3D action-adventures.
ref: 2009, Rusel Demaria, Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games, page 373:
topics: video-games
hypernyms: casual game
glosses: A multiplayer game, usually consisting of a series of short minigames, that can be easily played in a social setting.
Synonyms: word: party game
Hypernyms: word: game
Hyponyms: word: charade
word: musical chairs
Related terms: party trick
feldspars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feldspar
talaq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæˈlɑːk/
enpr: tă-läkʹ
rhymes: -ɑːk
Forms: form: talaqs
form: talak
Etymology: From Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq, “divorce”), from the root ط ل ق (ṭ l q).
Senses: examples: text: The first option was to give talaq to Akhila. But given that he really loved her, and that they had four small children, he decided that was no answer.
ref: 2025, Banu Mushtaq, “A Decision of the Heart”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 71:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an.
talaq
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæˈlɑːk/
enpr: tă-läkʹ
rhymes: -ɑːk
Forms: form: talaqs
form: talaqing
form: talaqed
form: talaqed
form: talak
Etymology: From Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq, “divorce”), from the root ط ل ق (ṭ l q).
Senses: examples: text: Muslim women can be talaqed instantly, and thrown into the streets by whimsical husbands.
ref: 1987, Srikanta Ghosh, Muslim Politics in India, page 46:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: To divorce somebody by these means.
somniloquy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somniloquies
Etymology: From somni- (“sleep”) + -loquy (“speaking, speech”).
Senses: glosses: The act or habit of talking in one's sleep.
glosses: Words spoken while sleeping.
Synonyms: sleeptalking
lightworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightworkers
form: light worker
Etymology: From light + worker.
Senses: examples: text: A Twilight Master is a Lightworker that is working for both the light and the dark side of life.
ref: 2002, Joshua David Stone, Gloria Excelsias, The Universal Laws of God, page 340:
text: I am a lightworker who chose to come here and shine my light throughout the world.
ref: 2003, Carolyn Porter, The Realness of a Woman: A Journey For Seeking, Remembering & Being Who You Are, page 274:
text: One of the key focuses of ascension lore is on "the light". People on the ascension path talk all about the light. A self-chosen label for many is the term lightworker.
ref: 2007, Christopher Penczak, Ascension Magick: Ritual, Myth and Healing for the New Aeon, page 501:
qualifier: New Age beliefs
glosses: A person driven and motivated to do work which makes the world a better place, improves people's lives, and/or elevates people to a higher level of consciousness.
qualifier: conspiracy theories
glosses: Someone who actively opposes the purported conspirators according to a given (usually ufologist) conspiracy theory.
Related terms: lightwork
lightworking
goddamnit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goddammit.
westernise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: westernises
form: westernising
form: westernised
form: westernised
Etymology: From western + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of westernize.
Derived terms: westernisation
numéraire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numéraires
Etymology: From French numéraire. Doublet of numerary.
Senses: examples: Acting as the numéraire is one of the functions of money: to measure the worth of different goods and services relative to one another. "Numéraire goods" are goods with a fixed price of 1 used to facilitate calculations when only the relative prices are relevant ( Numeraire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
glosses: a basic standard by which values are measured
azidothymidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.zɪd.əʊˈθʌɪ.mɪ.diːn/
ipa: /eɪˌzʌɪ.dəʊˈθʌɪ.mɪ.diːn/
ipa: /əˌzɪd.oʊˈθaɪ.mɪˌdin/
Forms: form: azidothymidines
form: AZT
Etymology: From azido- + thymidine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of zidovudine.
synonyms: word: zidovudine
zidovudine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɪˈdɒv.jʊ.diːn/
ipa: /zɪˈdəʊ.vjʊ.diːn/
ipa: /zɪˈdoʊ.vjəˌdin/
ipa: /zaɪˈdoʊ.vjəˌdin/
Forms: form: zidovudines
form: ZDV
form: azidothymidine
form: AZT
Etymology: Alteration of azidothymidine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, a type of antiretroviral drug that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (such as HIV) and was first approved for the treatment of AIDS.
Derived terms: english: antineoplastic; antiviral
translation: antineoplastic; antiviral
word: -vudine
buckyballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckyball
bodaciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bodaciously
form: most bodaciously
Etymology: From bodacious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: While Mario and I were conversing, a bodaciously buxom, long haired, brunette came walking by.
ref: 2005, Tipi Paul, Wanna Smoke?: The Adventures of a Storyteller:
glosses: In a bodacious manner.
TTYS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of talk to you soon.
superluminally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From superluminal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a superluminal manner; faster than the speed of light.
horrisonant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horrisonant
form: most horrisonant
Etymology: Of Latin origin.
Senses: examples: text: And if it had been necessary to exact implicit and profound belief, by mysterious and horrisonant terms, he could have amazed the listener […]
ref: 1834, Robert Southey, The Doctor:
text: […] one or two responded to the culprit's screams with horrisonant laughter […]
ref: 1976, Ray Coryton Hutchinson, Rising:
glosses: Having an unpleasant sound.
street furniture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The objects and equipment installed on a street, such as bollards, benches, and traffic lights.
Hypernyms: urban furniture
Hyponyms: traffic furniture
Coordinate terms: road furniture
bolsterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolsterers
Etymology: From bolster + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When canned foods pall, a rifle is a handy bolsterer of the meat supply in this land of wild game; when, in the lonely night, the two geologists have talked through every subject in their ken, a book lumined by a gasoline lamp is a real diversion.
ref: 1944, The Lamp, volumes 26-30, page 53:
glosses: One who, or that which, bolsters.
bombykol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombykols
Etymology: From translingual Bombyx + -ol.
Senses: glosses: A pheromone released by the female silkworm moth, Bombyx mori, to attract mates.
Fink trusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fink truss
use tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: use taxes
Senses: glosses: A charge imposed on the use or possession of personal property, usually the acquisition of property from in one state but its use in another.
eunoia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈnɔɪ.ə/
rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə
Forms: form: eunœa
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὔνοια (eúnoia, “goodwill”, literally “well-mindedness”), from εὖ (eû, “well, good”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”).
Senses: examples: text: Yea the Apostle himself in the forecited 2 Cor. 6.14. alludes from that place of Deut. to forbid mis-yoking mariage; as by the Greek word is evident, though he instance but in one example of mis-matching with an Infidell: yet next to that what can be a fouler incongruity, a greater violence to the reverend secret of nature, then to force a mixture of minds that cannot unite, and to sowe the furrow of mans nativity with seed of two incoherent and uncombining dispositions; which act being kindly and voluntarie, as it ought, the Apostle in the language he wrote call’d Eunoia, and the Latines Benevolence, intimating the original therof to be in the understanding and the will;[...]
ref: 1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:
text: Direct argument is a dangerous strategy for developing eunoia, since "those who have many friends and treat everyone as close to them seem to be friends to no one, except in a fellow-citizens way. These people are regarded as ingratiating."
ref: 1994, Eugene Garver, Aristotle's Rhetoric: An Art of Character, page 112:
glosses: Goodwill towards an audience, either perceived or real; the perception that the speaker has the audience's interest at heart.
examples: text: The author says if we translate this metopic or coronal curve into the language of psychology we have eunoia or prothymia.
ref: 1899, Editorial Comment: "A New Faculty and its Localization", Medicine 5: 584
text: We can usually tell which baby at three months old will never reach even imbecility, which child at three will never reach morinoia, habits of life, which boy or girl at six or seven will be arrested in morinoia and not proceed into eunoia.
ref: 1912, William Eastbrook Chancellor, "Temperment and the Education of Foreigners and of Their Children for American Citizenship", Educational Foundations 39 (1)
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
glosses: A state of normal adult mental health.
Related terms: anoesia
dianoia
morinoia
paranoia
cofunctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofunctors
Senses: glosses: A contravariant functor.
nonsensification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsensifications
Etymology: From nonsense + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: "Only a simple suffumigation," said the Baronet, "accompanied by availing ourselves of the suitable planetary hour."
"Simple suffumigation? simple nonsensification—planetary hour? planetary fiddlestick!"
ref: 1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 1, in The Antiquary: Volume II:
text: "Nonsensification": Senseless associations are concocted as a strategy of confusion, especially by compulsives.
ref: 1959, J. A. M. Meerloo, “Psychoanalysis as an Experiment in Communication”, in The Psychoanalytic Review, volume 46, number 1, page 80:
text: Simon Weil considered "nonsensification" to be characteristic of fascist regimes.
ref: 1992, A. E. Barshay, "Imagining Democracy in Postwar Japan," Journal of Japanese Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 382 n.44
text: The Child's Conception of Space (Piaget & Inhelder, 1956) represents a tremendous mental effort to describe the metaphysical contents of Space, the marvelous monads, without really communicating it to anyone. . . . This book is an extraordinary example of nonsensification.
ref: 2001, Webster R. Calloway, Jean Piaget: A Most Outrageous Deception, →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: The act of producing nonsense; the nonsense so produced.
Related terms: nonsensify
disobeyal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disobeyals
Etymology: From disobey + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The regiments were punished for their disobeyal of orders.
glosses: An act of disobedience.
wounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wounders
Etymology: From wound + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who wounds.
wounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wounder
weatherizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of weatherize
weatherized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weatherize
weatherise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weatherises
form: weatherising
form: weatherised
form: weatherised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of weatherize.
weatherises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of weatherise
weatherising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of weatherise
weatherised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weatherise
wassailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wassail
Hausfrauen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hausfrau
free cash flow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free cash flows
Senses: examples: text: Free cash flow can be very negative for profitable, fast-growing businesses and very positive for unprofitable, declining ones.
topics: business
glosses: A measure of a company's financial performance, calculated as net income plus depreciation and amortization, less changes in working capital, less capital expenditure.
work order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: work orders
Senses: examples: text: I don't care who you are; I can't do anything without a work order.
topics: management
glosses: An authorization to expend resources to perform a task.
Scooby gang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scooby gangs
Etymology: Derived from the cartoon Scooby-Doo, which featured a group of teenagers regularly engaged in solving mysteries.
Senses: examples: text: "Hey, the Scooby gang's all here," Ven said.
ref: 2007, Alyssa Day, Atlantis Awakening: The Warriors of Poseidon, page 131:
text: "We're like the Scooby gang."
ref: 2004, Nora Roberts, Blue Dahlia: The Garden Trilogy, page 192:
text: He's haunted, she thought. And from the look of things, this is one ghost that even our little Scooby Gang might have trouble getting rid of.
ref: 2003, Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, Pursuit, page 175:
text: Care to let the rest of the Scooby Gang in on whatever's got your spider senses tingling?"
ref: 1999, Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir, Deadly Genes, page 165:
glosses: A small and cohesive group of people (usually teenagers) who regularly seek to solve mysteries.
Related terms: Scooby snack
credit default swap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credit default swaps
Senses: examples: text: The cost of that funding is partially influenced by the price of an instrument known as a credit default swap — essentially, a form of insurance that one party buys to protect against the possibility that another party will default. The higher the risk of default, the higher the price of the C.D.S., and the higher the cost of funding.
ref: 2023 March 15, Michael J. de la Merced, Maureen Farrell, “Credit Suisse to Borrow Up to $54 Billion From Central Bank”, in The New York Times:
topics: business
finance
synonyms: word: CDS
glosses: A credit derivative contract between two counterparties, whereby the buyer (seller of risk) makes periodic payments to the seller (buyer of risk) in exchange for the right to a payoff if there is a default or other credit event in respect of a third party called reference entity.
Hypernyms: contract
derivative
credit event
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credit events
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A significant default on a financial instrument or some other financial occurrence, such as bankruptcy, restructuring, repudiation, or moratorium, or failure to pay some other obligation, such as taxes.
nors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nor
CMO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CMOs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of collateralized mortgage obligation.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of civil-military operations (“a military activity”).
examples: text: Unolab Manufacturing S.L., a Spanish CMO dedicated to the manufacture of sterile monodose parenteral products, offers its customers....
ref: 2015 September, Anselm Gaynor, “Advanced Filtration Optimizes High-Viscosity BFS”, in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Putnam Media, page 15:
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: Initialism of contract manufacturing organization.
examples: text: The panel examined how some of Africa’s leading CMOs are telling brand stories across the continent, during a period of seismic global change and a time when brands are prioritizing nurturing deep connections with their consumers.
ref: 2022 July 8, “Why brand purpose is central to the theme of ‘Africa Rising’”, in CNN:
text: Garbe has been CMO for just over two years, according to his LinkedIn profile. The company said its US chief commercial officer Kyle Norrington will oversee marketing going forward.
ref: 2023 November 15, Ramishah Maruf, “Anheuser-Busch’s US marketing chief is stepping down as Bud Light sales sink”, in CNN Business:
text: According to Christine Royston, CMO at Wrike, these shifts are more than just generational preferences.
ref: 2025 August 4, Bryan Robinson, “The ‘9-9-6 Work Schedule’ Could Be Coming To Your Workplace Soon”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2025:
glosses: Initialism of chief marketing officer.
glosses: Initialism of collective management organization.
collateralized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of collateralize
collateralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more collateralized
form: most collateralized
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Secured by a pledge of collateral.
Derived terms: collateralized debt obligation
collateralized fund obligation
collateralized loan obligation
noncollateralized
uncollateralized
undercollateralized
jeepers creepers
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: jeepers peepers
Etymology: Alteration of Jesus Christ.
Senses: examples: text: An...ancient demon's spirit?!? Jeepers creepers, it doesn't get much worse than that.
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
qualifier: minced oath
glosses: An expression of surprise or annoyance.
Scooby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: scooby
Senses: glosses: Scooby-Doo, a fictional cowardly anthropomorphic dog in a children's cartoon; used to make phrases bringing to mind aspects of that cartoon.
Derived terms: Scooby gang
Scooby snack
Scooby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scoobies
form: scooby
Senses: examples: text: I haven't got a fucking Scooby what I'm talking about here.
ref: 2002, Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, →ISBN, page 193:
text: You get the average pisshead in a pub sitting around saying "I can do that" but they've got no idea. Not a Scooby.
ref: 2014, Mark Turley, Journeymen, →ISBN:
glosses: A clue (insight or understanding).
Scooby snacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scooby snack
speculant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more speculant
form: most speculant
Senses: examples: text: I essayed to arise out of my chair, that I might render a beseeming homage unto so excellent a presence but was prevented; amazement having fixed me agaze and half risen, as a statue of wonder; leaving to mine eyes only the power of a speculant admiration.
ref: 1843, Bernard M- (of S-), A Dream of a Queen's Reign., page 1:
text: In the new order of things—four years still leaves it new to a slow-moulded temperament—a feeling of detachment which is an old failing grows stronger, a sense of walking about among my kind, speculant, aloof.
ref: 1907, John Halsham, Lonewood Corner: A Countryman's Horizons, page 13:
text: Banks stocked with fishers are richer in dreams than signs of fish; the lines lead under uncircled surfaces sharp into fathoms of speculant green.
ref: 1984, Emily Grosholz, The River Painter: Poems:
glosses: Speculative or hopefully wondering.
nonsensify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nonsensifies
form: nonsensifying
form: nonsensified
form: nonsensified
Etymology: From nonsense + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Turnbull again obscures and nonsensifies by misprinting "works" for "words."
ref: 1872, A. B. Grossart, ed., The Complete Poems of Robert Southwell, Printed for private collection, "St. Peter's Complaint," p. 51 (note for stanza 65, line 2)
text: The artist, generalizing from the facts of experience, combines concrete symbols absurdly so as to nonsensify pragmatic reality.
ref: 1949, Wilson Library Bulletin,, volume 24, page 241:
text: But Swift will have none of this. He nonsensifies Collins.
ref: 2001, Phillip Harth et al., Eighteenth-century Contexts: Historical Inquiries in Honor of Phillip Harth, →ISBN, page 84:
text: The Dutchman, taking the 16th stage of the Tour de France after a solo effort which nonsensified all known laws of human endurance, smiled.
ref: 2002, Alun Rees, "Golf: Maruyama outshone," Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), 27 Jul.
glosses: To treat as, transform into, or create nonsense, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Derived terms: nonsensification
consentaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more consentaneous
form: most consentaneous
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin consentaneus + English -aneous. Consentaneus is derived from consentire (“to agree”).
Senses: glosses: Done or made by general consent; widely agreed or approved.
examples: text: VVe underſtand in this place, by Art, a methodical Knovvledge of ſuch Precepts as are conſentaneous one to another. And therefore, ſince Ethicks are that Art vve deſign to treat of, our Precepts muſt all partake thereof, and all conduce thereunto; for elſe they vvould not be conſentaneous.
ref: 1688 September (date written), Henry More, “What Ethicks or Morals are”, in R. W. [pseudonym; Edward Southwell], transl., An Account of Virtue: Or, Dr. Henry More’s Abridgment of Morals, Put into English, London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke, published 1690, →OCLC, book I, paragraph I, page 1:
glosses: Agreeable; suited.
Derived terms: consentaneously
consentaneousness
unconsentaneous
anacolpate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ana- + colpate.
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a colpus, or groove, on the distal face of a pollen grain.
Related terms: acolpate
catacolpate
heterocolpate
pantocolpate
pericolpate
stephanocolpate
syncolpate
analept
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ana- + -lept.
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a leptoma, a thin area, near the distal pole of a pollen grain
Coordinate terms: catalept
monolept
Derived terms: analeptic
-lept
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: Having pollen grains with one or more leptomata, thin edges near the pole
Derived terms: catalept
monolept
supersets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superset
supersets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of superset
Rickie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
glosses: A female given name.
quasiorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasiorders
Etymology: From quasi- + order.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A preorder.
quasiorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasiorder
formal science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formal sciences
Senses: glosses: A study that is concerned with theoretical formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, systems theory and the theoretical branches of computer science, information theory, statistics, and linguistics.
Coordinate terms: quasiscience
natural science versus social science
hard science versus soft science
razor strop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razor strops
form: razor strap
form: razorstrop
Senses: glosses: A broad, heavy leather strop, designed to whet a razor on
glosses: A similar strap, used as a spanking instrument
glosses: A birch bracket fungus.
ca canny
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ca' canny
form: caw canny
Etymology: From Scots ca canny.
Senses: examples: text: […] the inevitable result was that the willing horses were overworked. It was a point of honour not to ca’ canny.
ref: 1922, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World:
text: I walked away from the fire and tore up green bracken, caw-cannying not to slash my fingers on stalks.
ref: 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage, published 2015, page 79:
glosses: To go carefully or slowly; to take care.
ca canny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ca' canny
form: caw canny
Etymology: From Scots ca canny.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ca' canny.
pull the trigger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls the trigger
form: pulling the trigger
form: pulled the trigger
form: pulled the trigger
Senses: glosses: To fire a gun.
examples: text: Most surprisingly of all, the mad queen Cersei is challenged to execute both of her brothers at different moments, and she can’t bear to pull the trigger either time.
ref: 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: Some traders are too afraid to pull the trigger and just watch the market without ever getting involved.
ref: 2003, Marcel Link, High Probability Trading: Take the Steps to Become a Successful Trader, page 377:
glosses: To commit to a course of action.
examples: text: The Baggies almost hit back instantly when Graham Dorrans broke from midfield and pulled the trigger from 15 yards but Paul Robinson did superbly to tip the Scot's drive around the post.
ref: 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: To shoot, kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: To hit a very powerful shot.
double glazing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double glazings
form: double-glazing
Senses: glosses: A system of insulated windows (and doors) having two parallel layers of glass separated by an air space
Related terms: double-glazed
pass-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pass-outs
Senses: glosses: A ticket (or similar) allowing a person to leave (a theatre etc) and subsequently re-enter
countermarch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countermarches
Etymology: From counter- + march.
Senses: glosses: A march back along the same route
countermarch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: countermarches
form: countermarching
form: countermarched
form: countermarched
Etymology: From counter- + march.
Senses: glosses: To march back along the same route
leptoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leptomata
Etymology: Possibly from Ancient Greek λέπτος (léptos, “delicate”)
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: A thin-walled area on a pollen grain
Synonyms: cappula
Derived terms: -lept
leptomatic
leptomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leptoma
Aristophanes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æɹɪsˈtɒfəniːz/
ipa: /ɛɹɪsˈtɑfəniz/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Aristophanēs, from the Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophắnēs).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.
Derived terms: Aristophanist
Related terms: Aristophanean
Aristophanic
homo Aristophaneus
winterises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of winterise
winterising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of winterise
winterised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of winterise
Wyomingites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wyomingite
wholesaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wholesale
wholesaling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wholesalings
Senses: glosses: The sale of goods by wholesale.
wholesaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wholesale
westernises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of westernise
cybergenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cybergenic
form: most cybergenic
Etymology: From cyber- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: They may be near the back of the pack now, but one of them is likely to emerge to vie with Howard Dean, the cybergenic former governor of Vermont […]
ref: 2003 September 18, “Edwards, Clark make it official”, in Fayetteville Observer, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
text: And when he wins, let us hope that Obama's cybergenic instincts enable the first cybergenic president to govern as effectively as he ran.
ref: 2008 August 14, Mitch Wagner, “Digital Campaigning Won't Put Obama In The White House”, in Information Week:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Exhibiting qualities thought to be attractive to internet users
Related terms: cybergenetic
westernising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of westernise
westernised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of westernise
aquaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aquaholic
form: most aquaholic
Etymology: From aqua + -holic.
Senses: glosses: Addicted to water.
examples: text: It is aquaholic, chronically so. With one-fifth as much water as the East, its withdrawal depletions are four times as great.
ref: 1963, Roma K. McNickle, Water: Development, Utilization, Conservation, page 177:
glosses: Of a place, or person, that consumes more than the average amount of water.
aquaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquaholics
Etymology: From aqua + -holic.
Senses: examples: text: Andrew Else was an aquaholic for 30 years, an inquest into his death heard. Yesterday his brother, Stephen, said he should not have been left alone near free-flowing water.
ref: 2008 October 31, Angela Balakrishnan, “Man addicted to water dies by drinking from hosepipe”, in The Guardian.co.uk:
glosses: A person who is addicted to consuming too much water.