cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
otherization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otherizations
form: otherisation
Etymology: From other + -ization.
Senses: synonyms: othering
glosses: The process of otherizing.
lint doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lint doctors
Senses: glosses: A scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder in a calico-printing machine.
lint doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lint doctor
smoked Irish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the joint low status of blacks and the Irish in Britain and the United States during the 19th century.
Senses: glosses: The Irish and their worldwide descendants, regardless of skin color.
glosses: Synonym of blacks: black people.
synonyms: word: blacks
extra: black people
Related terms: smoked Irishman
dun crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dun crows
Senses: glosses: hooded crow
dun diver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dun divers
Senses: glosses: The goosander or merganser.
carlicue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carlicues
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of curlicue.
carlicues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carlicue
pseudohaemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pseudohemal
Etymology: From pseudo- + haemal.
Senses: examples: pseudohaemal fluid; pseudohaemal vessels
glosses: Relating to the vascular system of annelids.
gobony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɡɒˈbəʊni/
Forms: form: gobonee
Etymology: From gobbon (“piece, portion, slice”) + -y, from Old French gobon, gobet (“piece”). Cognate with English gubbins (“assorted stuff”).
Senses: examples: text: Argent, a lion rampant azure, debruised by a bend gobony ermine and gules.
ref: 1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families, T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 320:
text: There is no difficulty whatever in drawing a gobony or a checky bordure.
ref: 1945, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 99, New England Historic Genealogical Society, page 278:
text: The coat of Steenhuse appears a second time, no. 638, but here it is in the usual form, Bendy of six or and azure with the ombre of a lion over all and a border gobony argent and gules. An odd feature is that the segments of the gobony borders are cut diagonally[…].
ref: 1949, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Volume 93, Society of Antiquaries of London, page 132:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: gobonated
goboned
glosses: Compony.
pseudohemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudohaemal.
whackable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whackable
form: most whackable
Etymology: From whack + -able.
Senses: examples: text: “Not lately. John, I'd rather she smacked me than ignored me.” “That's the story of your life.” “What does that mean?” “You've been goading people who ignore you ever since I've known you. It makes you very whackable.”
ref: 2011, J. K. Vandyke, Sabbatical for Love, page 123:
text: Consorting without permission with the women in a connected guy's family — mothers, sisters, daughters, wives — was a whackable offense.
ref: 2013, Sal Polisi, Steve Dougherty, The Sinatra Club: My Life Inside the New York Mafia:
glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, being whacked (in various senses).
Muckanaghederdauhaulia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Irish: Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile, meaning "piggery between two brines".
Senses: glosses: A townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin in County Galway, Ireland.
obscurin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From obscure + -in?
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein in humans, related to titin and nebulin.
nebulette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nebulin + -ette?
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An isoform of the protein nebulin, expressed in cardiac muscle.
novex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: novel exon
semiprotected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-protected
Etymology: From semi- + protected.
Senses: examples: text: These units are often constructed and protected in a way similar to fiber arrangements used in semiprotected environments.
ref: 1979, Stewart Miller, Optical Fiber Telecommunications, page 444:
glosses: Partially protected.
licker-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lickers-in
Senses: glosses: The drum or cylinder in a carding machine by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.
lickers-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of licker-in
Cassinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cassinian
form: most Cassinian
Etymology: From Cassini + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
capraldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: decanal
Related terms: caprylaldehyde
gelsemiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gelsemium
hoary bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoary bats
Senses: glosses: Lasiurus cinereus, a vespertilionid bat that occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Lasiurus cinereus semotus
alt: syn. Aeorestes semotus
word: Hawaiian hoary bat
hoary bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoary bat
sphericalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphericality
tweers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tweer
Slytherin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪðəɹɪn/
homophone: slithering (g-dropping)
Forms: form: Slytherins
Etymology: Coined by British author and philanthropist J. K. Rowling, presumably from slither (verb) + -in (variant of -en).
Senses: examples: text: “You know, there are colors beyond black and green. You're not a Slytherin.”
ref: 2012, Molly Harper, My Bluegrass Baby, Pocket Star Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 57:
text: I'll admit, this place creeps me out, but Slytherins out there will enjoy viewing (and holding) over 50 types of snakes and reptiles, including bearded dragons, horned frogs, and tarantulas.
ref: 2013, Michele Bigley, Explorer's Guide Northern California, The Countryman Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 409:
text: “It's too bad your Slytherin brother can't be persuaded to tell the truth to Will,” Annabeth mused.
“Not unless there's something in it for him.”
ref: 2013, Tracey Solheim, Foolish Games, Berkley, published 2013, →ISBN:
glosses: A person having traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series, including ambition, cunning, or an affinity for snakes or the colours green and silver.
Coordinate terms: Gryffindor
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Derived terms: Slytherinish
cantalever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantalevers
Senses: glosses: Dated form of cantilever.
cantalevers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantalever
caution money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: deposit (money deposited as a guarantee)
batement light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batement lights
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase.
batement lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batement light
jungle juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Most likely in reference to hobo jungles on the outskirts of towns, especially those served by railroads.
Senses: coordinate_terms: jail juice
glosses: An improvised mix of liquor, often with fruit juices, usually served for group consumption.
nonadjunct
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + adjunct.
Senses: glosses: Not adjunct.
uncamphorated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + camphorated.
Senses: glosses: Not camphorated.
primordialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primordiality
donkey pumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donkey pump
burnt ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burnt ears
Senses: glosses: A disease of grain in the genus Ustilago resembling smut, but where the black powder that appears in the ear is external, and either the grain has never been formed or its coat has been destroyed, so that the whole ear appears black or burnt.
glosses: An ear of grain affected by this disease.
lues venerea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: syphilis
extraphilosophical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + philosophical.
Senses: glosses: Outside the bounds of philosophy.
Gryffindor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪfɪnˌdɔɹ/
Forms: form: Gryffindors
Etymology: Coined by British author and philanthropist J. K. Rowling, presumably from griffin and a compound of the French d'or.
Senses: examples: text: Barack Obama, on the other hand, is a consummate Gryffindor. He comes across in interviews and speeches as someone who's truly kind and angry about the country's woes, though it's clear he doesn't recklessly allow this anger to cloud his decisions.
ref: 2011 August 24, Cyrus Duff, “Which House? Harry Potter Helps Sort Presidential Field”, in Hartford Courant:
text: I pulled out a Gryffindor key chain I had been saving for just such an emergency, and she cheered up while telling me why she was definitely a Gryffindor and not a Slytherin.
ref: 2012, Eloisa James, Paris in Love, Random House, published 2013, →ISBN, page 167:
text: I had just freed a man wearing a dark blue suit and a Gryffindor tie when Asil's shout made me turn to see Frost right on top of me.
ref: 2013, Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned, Berkley, published 2013, →ISBN:
glosses: A person having traits associated with Gryffindor house from the Harry Potter series, including bravery, boldness, or an affinity for lions or the colours red and gold.
Coordinate terms: Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Slytherin
Derived terms: Gryffindorish
ten points from Gryffindor
ten points to Gryffindor
admiral shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admiral shells
Senses: glosses: An ornamental cone shell, Conus ammiralis.
admiral shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admiral shell
Rovignese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the Croatian city of Rovinj.
Rovignese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The dialect of the Istriot language spoken in Rovinj.
coming from a good place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come from a good place
Ravenclaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪvənˌklɔː/
Forms: form: Ravenclaws
Etymology: Coined by British author and philanthropist J. K. Rowling, from raven + claw.
Senses: examples: text: “Let's go, Ravenclaws!” Kristen cheered loudly. Lizbeth laughed and nudged her in the arm.
“You're such a dork,” she told her. “They're just warming up.”
ref: 2011, Taylor Morris, Hello, Gorgeous!: Blowout, Grosset & Dunlap, published 2011, →ISBN:
text: “I've always thought of myself as more of a Ravenclaw.”
ref: 2012, Kristi Cook, Eternal, Simon and Schuster, published 2013, →ISBN, page 232:
text: “I know we've met, but I'm Tom. Law.”
“And I'm Will,” I said. “English.”
She rolled her eyes. “I'm Ella. Ravenclaw.”
ref: 2014, Charles Finch, The Last Enchantments, St. Martins Press, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: A person having traits associated with Ravenclaw house from the Harry Potter series, including intelligence, creativity, and love of learning or an affinity for eagles or the colours blue and bronze.
Coordinate terms: Gryffindor
Hufflepuff
Slytherin
Derived terms: Ravenclawish
boylesque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of boy + burlesque.
Senses: glosses: Male burlesque performance.
Shi'ism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: Shīʻism
form: Shiism
Etymology: From Shi'a + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: Shi'itism
Shi'i Islam
Shi'a Islam
hypernyms: Islam
hyponyms: Twelverism
Zaydism
coordinate_terms: Ibadism
Sunnism
glosses: The religion of Shi'i Muslims.
Related terms: Shi'i
Shi'ite
srs
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of serious.
Related terms: /nsrs
/srs
srs bsns
srsly
Western Hemispherian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Western Hemispherians
Etymology: From Western Hemisphere + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: […] but I just wanted to find out if the 600 million fellow Western Hemispherians living along our side of this planet, […]
ref: 2001, The western hemisphere's response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, p 31
text: And what was "Europe" to us Western Hemispherians?
ref: 2000, Casey Nelson, Nothing gold can stay - Page 192
text: Nobody is going to refer to us as "North Americans," or "Western Hemispherians" or as "Citizens of the World," no matter how much we would like them to
ref: 1991, Keith Banting, Policy Choices, p 151
glosses: An inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere
Synonyms: New Worlder
New Worlder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Worlders
Etymology: From New World + -er.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of the New World or Americas.
Synonyms: Western Hemispherian
hoddens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hodden
liegers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lieger
Barke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑɹkə/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹkeɪ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from the local tribe of the Barraci.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Barca, former name of Marj: a city in Libya.
window washer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: window washers
form: window-washer
Senses: glosses: A window cleaner; a person who cleans windows for a living.
Israhell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪzɹəhɛl/
enpr: ĭz􂀽'rə-hĕl
Etymology: Blend of Israel + hell. First use appears c. 1999. See citations page.
Senses: synonyms: Isn'treal
Pissrael
Shitrael
glosses: Israel.
Derived terms: Israhelli
Jim Crowist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jim Crowists
Etymology: From Jim Crow + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Jim Crower
Jim Crowists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jim Crowist
poemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poeme
poroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porosis
embarker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embarkers
Etymology: From embark + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who embarks.
disembarker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disembarkers
Etymology: From disembark + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who disembarks.
embarkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embarker
disembarkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disembarker
ethnicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnicists
Etymology: From ethnic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who specializes in the study of ethnicities and their characteristics.
glosses: A person who believes in or supports ethnicism; a person who believes that a particular ethnicity is superior to others, or who discriminates against other ethnicities.
Related terms: ethnic cleansing
racist
ethnicist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethnicist
form: most ethnicist
Etymology: From ethnic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or advocating ethnicism.
Wehlerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Wehlerian
form: most Wehlerian
Etymology: From Wehler + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Hans-Ulrich Wehler (1931–2014), German historian.
Scrutonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹuːˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /skɹuˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Scrutonian
form: most Scrutonian
Etymology: From Scruton + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: This uncertainty often appears in Beckettian criticism—take the Scrutonian hesitation over Beckett's 'characters (if characters they can be called)', or John Pilling's admission that, in Beckett, character can become an 'impossibly complicated matter'.
ref: 2008, Sophie Ratcliffe, On Sympathy:
glosses: Of or relating to Roger Scruton (1944-2020), English philosopher specialising in aesthetics.
ethnicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnicist
screw anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screw anchors
Senses: glosses: A fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls; called a wall plug in UK English.
tanky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaŋki/
ipa: /ˈtæŋki/
rhymes: -æŋki
homophone: tankie
Forms: form: tankier
form: tankiest
Etymology: From tank + -y (adjectival suffix).
Senses: topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: Having a dank quality resulting from excessive ageing in a tank.
examples: text: The phrase, “tank meta”, is one that carries a lot of weight when it comes to MOBAs. These metas are generally characterized by tanky, unkillable behemoths dominating the meta and leaving any character that isn’t focused around raw DPS in the dust.
ref: 2022 November 17, Carver Fisher, “League of Legends preseason 13 has made tanks unkillable”, in Dexerto:
text: When it comes to weakside tanks, Sion is the tankiest of the bunch. Between Heartsteel and his max HP stacking on W, killing Sion takes forever.
ref: 2023 May 30, Carver Fisher, “Best Top laners in League of Legends for patch 13.10 (2023)”, in Dexerto:
text: The demon lord that is Mauga has been a top-tier option since Season 11’s midseason patch, and he’s still tankier than ever in Season 13.
ref: 2024 October 18, Josh Tyler, “Best Overwatch 2 tank heroes tier list: Most popular characters for Season 13”, in Dexerto:
text: If the added physical damage to enemies wasn’t enough, Qionjiu can also apply Burn damage which helps chew through tanky enemies.
ref: 2024 December 3, James Busby, “How to reroll in Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium & best characters to get”, in Dexerto:
topics: games
gaming
antonyms: squishy
glosses: Able to withstand much damage, having a lot of hit points (that is, like a tank).
tanky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaŋki/
ipa: /ˈtæŋki/
rhymes: -æŋki
homophone: tankie
Forms: form: tankies
Etymology: From tank + -y (diminutive suffix). The noun sense is from the fact that the assistant of the navigator of a ship was also in charge of the ship’s water tanks, and later its rations when refrigeration was introduced.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailor who assists the navigator of the ship; a sailor in charge of the ship's hold, and thus responsible for the provision of rations and water.
glosses: Alternative form of tankie (“a soldier from a tank regiment; a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain”).
glosses: A storage tank, especially for water.
superincreasing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + increasing.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such that every element of the sequence is greater than the sum of all previous elements.
raw_tags: of a sequence
animal liberation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In Animal Liberation, Peter Singer argues that supporters of liberation for blacks and women should support animal liberation as well and that the basic principle of equality used against racism and sexism should be extended to animals to eliminate speciesism.
ref: 1979 July, Christine Pierce, “Can Animals Be Liberated”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 36, number 1, page 69:
text: The Band of Mercy is one of a number of "animal liberation" groups that are active throughout the country. The groups have taken responsibility for a number of incidents, including stealing chickens from farms in Delaware and Maryland.
ref: 1987 August 25, Keith Schneider, “Theft of Infected Cats From U.S. Lab Spurs Alert”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Mar 2014:
text: Then, in the 1970s, animal-liberation activists followed in the footsteps of the civil-rights movement, the women's liberation movement and the gay-rights movement, and argued that "species-ism" was wrong and had to be defeated.
ref: 2010 July 14, Adam Cohen, “Can Animal Rights Go Too Far?”, in Time, retrieved 04 Mar 2014:
topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: social policy
glosses: A social movement dedicated to the advancement of the interests and rights of non-human animals, consisting of theorists and activists.
Derived terms: animal liberationist
Related terms: speciesism
species-ism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of speciesism.
nondenumerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-denumerable
Etymology: From non- + denumerable.
Senses: glosses: Not denumerable.
denumerability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of being denumerable.
animal liberationist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: social policy
glosses: Of or pertaining to the animal liberation movement.
animal liberationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: animal liberationists
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: social policy
glosses: A theorist or activist who is a member of the animal liberation movement.
undistanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + distanced.
Senses: glosses: Not distanced.
Beatle boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beatle boots
Etymology: They were originally made for the English rock group The Beatles.
Senses: glosses: A tight-fitting, Cuban-heeled, ankle-high boot with a sharp pointed toe and either zipped or elastic sides.
wikipedia: The Beatles
Beatle boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beatle boot
distanceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From distance + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Irigaray discusses the facets of the morphology of mucus and mucous membranes most fully in 'The Limits of the Transference' and in An Ethics of Sexual Difference, where she indicates that a distanceless proximity can be dangerous for both subjects[…]
ref: 2006, Hilary Robinson, Reading Art, Reading Irigaray: The Politics of Art by Women, page 103:
glosses: Without distance.
examples: text: 1848-1851, Charles Kingsley, Yeast: A Problem
A silent, dim, distanceless, steaming, rotting day in March.
text: They talked about the day Charlie's divorce became final, six years earlier. He recalled the weather, the high clear sky, distanceless, flags whipping on Fifth Avenue and a movie actress getting out of a taxi.
ref: 1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II:
glosses: Not allowing a distant view.
Derived terms: distancelessness
infinitieth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From infinity + -eth.
Senses: examples: text: Every number whose expression in decimals requires but a finite number of places of decimals is commensurable. Therefore, incommensurable numbers suppose an infinitieth place of decimals.
ref: 1892, Charles Sanders Peirce, The Law of Mind:
text: Watling's suggestion is of no help at all in explaining how to form an actual infinite by successive addition. To do so would necessitate adding an 'infinitieth' element, which is absurd.
ref: 1979, William Lane Craig, The Kalām Cosmological Argument, page 183:
text: I arrived at the foot of the tower with me hearty Master Builder crew, only to find the Kragle was all the way up on the infinitieth floor, guarded by a robot army.
ref: 2014, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, The Lego Movie:
glosses: At position infinity in a sequence.
shorteralls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shortalls.
pueblitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pueblito
foodtography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: Blend of food + photography.
Senses: examples: text: But for many bloggers, at least half the experience of the meal is in its photographic documentation—or “foodtography” (Wasserman 2011) —even if that means letting the food get cold, or leaving your dining companion alone for an hour while you go home to get the right lens, which a diner at Alinea reportedly did (Murphy 2010).
ref: 2011, Signe Rousseau, Food and Social Media: You Are What You Tweet, AltaMira Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 31:
text: Foodtography is the relatively recent trend of taking pictures of food and sharing them online via social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
ref: 2013 October 23, Christine Spiteri, “Snap unhappy”, in Times of Malta:
text: Gilles Goujon, from the three-starred L'Auberge du vieux puits in the south of France, has stated in an interview with news website France TV that foodtography is not only poor etiquette but he believes that when his dishes appear online, it takes away "a little bit of my intellectual property".
ref: 2014 March 4, Wayne Benyon, “Are 'food porn' selfies damaging the intellectual property of chefs?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The practice of diners photographing food they are served in restaurants, usually for the purpose of sharing the photos on social media.
Related terms: foodporn
foodstagram
gastroporn
tuart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuarts
form: tewart
form: tooart
form: touart
Etymology: From Nyunga duward.
Senses: examples: text: Tuart is usually a tall tree attaining 25–40 m in height and 1–2 m dbh, but in the northern part of its distribution it may be reduced to about 10–15 m in height.
ref: 2006, Douglas J. Boland et al., Forest Trees of Australia, 5th edition, CSIRO Publishing, page 284:
text: 2009, Richard Allen, Australia's Remarkable Trees, Melbourne University Publishing (The Miegunyah Press), page 8,
Today only a quarter of the original Tuart forests and woodlands remain.
text: As an artist keenly attracted to Western Australian gums, specifically karris and tuarts, van Raalte prioritized imaginative figurations of trees, rather than humans, in his etchings.
ref: 2018, John C. Ryan, Forest Family: Australian Culture, Art, and Trees, page 104:
text: However, due to overlogging, the tuart is a protected tree with conditions placed on logging.
ref: 2019, Morris Lake, Australian Forest Woods, CSIRO Publishing, page 105:
glosses: Eucalyptus gomphocephala, an Australian tree with heavy, durable wood.
Gryffindorish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gryffindorish
form: most Gryffindorish
Etymology: Gryffindor + -ish
Senses: examples: text: The most Gryffindorish character Tolkien wrote about.
ref: 2004 September 2, Rick R., “Re: Sorting LOTR characters (was: just for the heck of it(”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: Peter/Wormtail has not shown any Gryffindorish trait so far.
ref: 2007 May 2, Bonehammer, “Re: (Ex) Students behaving out of character with their house”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: Being arrogantly pretentious is a very Gryffindorish trait ;)
ref: 2007 May 4, drusilla, “Re: (Ex) Students behaving out of character with their house”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
glosses: Of, related to, or exhibiting traits associated with Gryffindor house from the Harry Potter series such as bravery, boldness, and being extroverted.
wikipedia: Gryffindor
Hufflepuffish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hufflepuffish
form: most Hufflepuffish
Etymology: Hufflepuff + -ish
Senses: examples: text: Poor Neville. He really is a Gryffindor, not a Hufflepuff, although he seems Hufflepuffish at times.
ref: 2003 May 27, Miranda, “Re: Out of the Sorting Hat”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: But I wouldn't say he was very Hufflepuffish or Gryffindorish either.
ref: 2004 September 2, Rick R., “Re: Just for the heck of it…”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: I see Hufflepuffish spirit in the unwillingness of Cornelius Fudge and the Ministry of Magic to accept that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has returned and that traditions et al need to be altered to deal with the threat. Heck, the whole society seems stifled by Hufflepuffish values.
ref: 2005 July 8, Beowulf Bolt, “Re: Raising god-level children”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):
glosses: Of, related to, or exhibiting traits associated with Hufflepuff house from the Harry Potter series.
wikipedia: Hufflepuff
Ludwigs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ludwig
Slytherinish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Slytherinish
form: most Slytherinish
Etymology: From Slytherin + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: What it probably means is that Dumbledore et al must constantly contend without the authority to take action, especially in light of Fudge, who is probably Slytherinish enough to fire any MoM officials who contend that Volemort^([sic]) has returned.
ref: 2003 April 11, John VanSickle, “Re: What BUGS you most about the OP Hints?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: He was Slytherinish in his early life (which he sort of returns to in Mort, but look at his dedication to Death in Hogfather. People do change (a weakness in the whole sorting system).
ref: 2004 September 1, Daniel Speyer, “Re: Sorta [R] Sorting other Fictional Characters:”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: He would not have changed; the Slytherinish traits are already there.
ref: 2005 August 25, T. M. Summers, “Re: Snape's situation”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
glosses: Of, related to, or exhibiting traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series.
Aaliyahs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aaliyah
Aarons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Arons
Senses: glosses: plural of Aaron
Aarons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aaronses
form: Arons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Barbaras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Barbara
ten points to Gryffindor
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: 10 points to Gryffindor
form: ten points for Gryffindor
Etymology: From the Harry Potter series, in which students of the magical school Hogwarts belong to four houses (Harry Potter belongs to Gryffindor), and earn or lose points for them based on their actions.
Senses: examples: text: 'Well, I'm assuming two things will happen. One, she'll try and kill me, two, you'll come down on her like a ton of bricks.'
'Ten points to Gryffindor,' said Gwen.
ref: 2008, James Goss, Torchwood: Almost Perfect, BBC Books, →ISBN, page 90:
text: “Yeah, sure. You know I can't stand the sight of blood, right?”
“Said no one ever while dating a vampire,” he quipped.
“Very clever. Ten points to Gryffindor.”
ref: 2013, Kristi Cook, Eternal, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 232:
text: Yeah, well he has a backpfeifengesicht (ten points to Gryffindor if you can pronounce this word), AKA: a face that deserves to be punched.
ref: 2013, Lara Hovsepian-Ruby, "Words That Should Be Part of the English Language", Caliber Magazine (University of California, Berkeley), Summer 2013, page 12
antonyms: ten points from Gryffindor
glosses: Used to praise someone for a statement or action viewed as commendable.
wikipedia: Gryffindor
Harry Potter
Hogwarts
House system
guylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more guylike
form: most guylike
Etymology: From guy + -like.
Senses: examples: text: If you came in thinking masculinity was inherently hostile to women, you were very likely to pick up hostility from this professor—not because it was there, but because the guylike behaviors of liking sports, barhopping, watching action movies, talking about cars, and such were all deeply ingrained in him […]
ref: 2009, David Ellis Dickerson, House of Cards:
glosses: Characteristic of a guy, a male.
10 points to Gryffindor
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Ow! A touch, I do confess. 10 points to Gryffindor.
ref: 2001 December 4, Berry Kercheval, “Re: grepping grappa”, in ba.food (Usenet):
text: If you gathered that from the visual aids above, 10 points to Gryffindor! You are outstanding.
ref: 2013, Kathryn Cua, "Questions, Comments, Concerns", Devils' Advocate (Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, Illinois), Issue 6, 20 December 2013, page 8
text: (NYC cuisiniers were on this a year ago, so 10 points to Gryffindor.)
ref: 2014 February 17, Molly Mulshine, “French Chefs Really Wish You’d Stop Instagramming Their Meals Read”, in The New York Observer:
glosses: Alternative form of ten points to Gryffindor.
tennis elbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tennis elbow
golfer's elbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golfer's elbow
fegelehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fegeleh
faygele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faygeles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of feygele.
faygeles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faygele
feygeleh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feygelehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of feygele.
feygelehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feygeleh
fegele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fegeles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of feygele.
fegeles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fegele
feygeles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feygele
Potterholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Potterholics
Etymology: From Potter + -holic.
Senses: examples: text: My eight-year-old, as die-hard a Potterholic as they come, a kid who can probably remember Hogwarts minutiae that even JK has forgotten, walked out of the multiplex and gave it a five out of 10.
ref: 2001 November 25, Charlie Fletcher, “Has Potter movie magic lost its spell?”, in Scotland on Sunday:
text: By the time the doors were ready to open, the Potterholics had managed to transform the bland room, with its gray-knotted carpet and vaulted ceiling, into a dark and chapelesque space, hung with streamers and Hogwarts house banners, and a looped clip of floating candles from the Harry Potter movies playing on the wall.
ref: 2008, Melissa Anelli, Harry, A History, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 103:
text: As a 'Potterholic' myself, clad in a Gryffindor scarf, wand tucked into my front pocket, armed with the first and best tickets for the first showing, I waited impatiently for the movie to begin.
ref: 2010, Sangeetha Alagappan, “Casting a spell over Bahrain”, in Gulf Weekly, Volume 9, Issue 47, 24 November - 30 November 2010:
glosses: One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
Synonyms: Potterhead
Potterite
Pottermaniac
Potterphile
Potterite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Potterites
Etymology: From Potter + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Fungi in the forest and the surrounding area include names that would delight any Potterite: dead man's fingers, yellow brain fungus, dung roundhead, scarlet elfcup […]
ref: 2003, Connie Ann Kirk, J. K. Rowling: A Biography, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 24:
text: Though it seemed that every Potterite in line had their own theories about the future of Harry Potter, some weren't so certain about their own futures after finishing the book.
ref: 2007 July 21, Caroline E. Richardson, “Fans line up for farewell to Harry”, in The Commercial Appeal:
text: It took more than three years of research, but we managed to find sixty-eight (68) Potter Places in the UK—specifically on the island of Great Britain. However, not all of these sites are places every Potterite will enjoy.
ref: 2012, C. D. Miller, Harry Potter Places Book Four — NEWTs: Northeastern England Wizarding Treks, First Edition Design Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
Synonyms: Potterhead
Potterholic
Pottermaniac
Potterphile
Pottermaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: Pottermaniacs
Etymology: From Potter + -maniac.
Senses: examples: text: J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Bloomsbury; 636 pages) would have sold millions of copies had its publishers simply dumped them in bookstores, unannounced, and then got out of the way as word of mouth spread among stampeding Pottermaniacs.
ref: 2000 July 24, Paul Grey, “Harry's Magic is Back Again”, in Time:
text: The launch of the fifth book, for instance, involved only one personal appearance, when JKR read extracts to 4,000 carefully selected Pottermaniacs in the Albert Hall.
ref: 2007, Bernard Cova, Robert Kozinets, & Avi Shankar, Consumer Tribes, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN:
text: If you are a Pottermaniac, this is the month for you. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" opens today, and on July 21 the seventh and final Potter tome lands with a thud at your local bookstore.
ref: 2007 July 12, Peter Rainer, “'Phoenix' rising: Harry Potter and the abridged tome”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
Synonyms: Potterhead
Potterholic
Potterite
Potterphile
Caitlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Caitlin
Potterholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Potterholic
Potterites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Potterite
Pottermaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pottermaniac
Caitlyns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Caitlyn
Calebs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ̯.ləbz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Caleb
Camerons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cameron
Camillas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Camilla
Candaces
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Candace
candace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candaces
form: Candace
form: kandake
form: kentake
Etymology: See the entry Candace.
Senses: examples: text: Shanakdekhete's namesake was a candace of the 160s B.C.E. who appears to have been the first sole female ruler of Meroe; her name appears on the Meroitic hieroglyphs at Naga, among the earliest examples of Meroitic known.
ref: 1995, Wilton Barnhardt, Gospel: A Novel, →ISBN, page 693:
glosses: Title of any Nubian (Kush) queen or queen mother.
candaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candace
Candices
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Candice
Balkania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Equivalent to Balkan + -ia.
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical confederacy proposed as an independent successor state to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the Balkans, as a peaceful resolution to the Serbo-Albanian ethnic conflict.
Mataura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in eastern Southland, New Zealand.
glosses: A river in Southland, New Zealand, which flows through the town.
float glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: float glasses
Senses: glosses: Glass in the form of flat sheets, made by floating molten glass on the surface of molten metal; currently the main method of producing window glass.
Coordinate terms: crown glass
cylinder glass
rolled glass
Invercargill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.vəɹˈkɑːɹ.ɡɪl/
ipa: /ˌən.vəˈkaː.ɡəl/
Etymology: From Inver- + Cargill.
Senses: glosses: A city in Southland, New Zealand, the southernmost, and the main business centre of the Southland region.
freezing works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freezing works
Senses: glosses: An industrial facility where animals are slaughtered and the carcases frozen for export.
Coordinate terms: sense: type of works
word: works § Hyponyms
Related terms: freezing worker
freezer
abattoir
shambles
slaughterhouse
packinghouse
cold chain
cold storage
refrigeration
freezing worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freezing workers
Senses: glosses: A person who works at a freezing works.
bean flicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Manually stimulating one's clitoris; female masturbation.
Related terms: bean flicker
flick the bean
construction worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: construction workers
Senses: synonyms: building worker
constructioner
constructionist
glosses: An employee working on a physical construction site.
Related terms: builder
building worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: building workers
Senses: glosses: An employee working on a physical construction site.
Synonyms: construction worker
Related terms: builder
antimonopoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimonopole
comagnetometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comagnetometers
Etymology: From co- + magnetometer.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A sensitive magnetometer that measures the nuclear spin precession of a material containing two different nuclear spins; they may be used as very sensitive gyroscopes
cosmoparticle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmoparticles
Etymology: From cosmo- + particle.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any subatomic particle of cosmological origin
cosmophenomenological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cosmo- + phenomenological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the use of phenomenology in the analysis of cosmological data
decelerative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more decelerative
form: most decelerative
Etymology: From decelerate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing deceleration
diffusiophoretically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From diffusiophoretic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: With respect to, or by means of diffusiophoresis.
ecoepidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Etymology: From eco- + epidemic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ecology and epidemiology
graphlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphlets
Etymology: From graph + -let.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A small, connected, non-isomorphic, induced subgraph of a large network
graphlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphlet
interferometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of interferometric.
synonyms: word: interferometric
kernelise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kernelises
form: kernelising
form: kernelised
form: kernelised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kernelize.
kernelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kernelizes
form: kernelizing
form: kernelized
form: kernelized
Etymology: From kernel + -ize.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To produce, or to undergo kernelization
Derived terms: kernelizable
mycobiome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycobiomes
Etymology: From myco- + biome.
Senses: examples: text: Herein, we characterized the infecting microbe, host, micro- and mycobiomes leading up to infection onset in a leukemia patient that developed invasive mucormycosis.
ref: 2015 November 11, “Implementation of a Pan-Genomic Approach to Investigate Holobiont-Infecting Microbe Interaction: A Case Report of a Leukemic Patient with Invasive Mucormycosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mycological biome.
shockfront
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shockfronts
form: shock front
Etymology: From shock + front.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the leading edge of a shock wave; the rapidly expanding interface between a pressure disturbance created, for example, by an explosion and the surrounding environment.
shockfronts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shockfront
subchondritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + chondritic.
Senses: examples: text: According to the model, a magma ocean that differentiated chiefly at low pressure and contained 6-8 wt% A1203 and a subchondritic Ca/Al ratio probably formed the lunar crust.
ref: 1979, International Aerospace Abstracts, page 3096:
text: The subcontinental lithospheric mantle as a mantle reservoir may be modeled by the time-integrated growth of radiogenic ¹⁸⁷Os along retarded (subchondritic) Re/Os trajectories, which results in subchondritic Os isotope compositions.
ref: 1999, David Dillon Lambert, Application of radiogenic isotopes to ore deposit research and exploration, page 35:
text: If all the Ag were delivered prior to the main phase, the core segregation by about 30 Ma when the Earth was 90% accreted, then a subchondritic ¹⁰⁷Ag/¹⁰⁹Ag would be expected because of strong depletion of siderophile element Pd in the silicate Earth.
ref: 2016, Hidenori Terasaki, Deep Earth: Physics and Chemistry of the Lower Mantle and Core:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: Less than that found in a typical chondrite.
raw_tags: of an elemental ratio
Related terms: superchondritic
thermophoretically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From thermophoretic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: With regard to, or by using thermophoresis.
Harrer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Harrers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Harrer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
extinguishings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extinguishing
Babelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Babelian
form: most Babelian
Etymology: From Babel + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Babel.
postmythical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + mythical.
Senses: glosses: After the time of mythology.
uncondemnatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncondemnatory
form: most uncondemnatory
Etymology: From un- + condemnatory.
Senses: glosses: Not condemnatory.
uncondemning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncondemning
form: most uncondemning
Etymology: From un- + condemning.
Senses: glosses: Not condemning.
uncondemnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncondemnable
form: most uncondemnable
Etymology: From un- + condemnable.
Senses: glosses: Not condemnable.
carry the mail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carries the mail
form: carrying the mail
form: carried the mail
form: carried the mail
Senses: examples: text: "My objective was to carry the mail for the President, working with the Congress, forging that new bill."
ref: 1986 January 8, Keith Schneider, “Agriculture Chief to Quit: Reagan Hails Block Tenure”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Mar 2014:
text: To say the Pittsburgh Penguins are a top-heavy club is an understatement. . . . The club is therefore completely reliant on Crosby and Co. to carry the mail up front.
ref: 2011 April 12, Kent Wilson, “Sidney Crosby's historic season”, in ESPN.com, retrieved 05 Mar 2014:
text: The coaches will say, "We have two starters at running back," but the guy who'll carry the mail is DeMarco Murray.
ref: 2012 June 28, “Dallas Cowboys”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 05 Mar 2014:
glosses: To work diligently; to serve as the principal performer of a demanding task or set of tasks.
Related terms: carry the can