cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
make me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to refuse a request that one do something.
examples: text: “I wish you would make me a sandwich or two with your own hands, my mother,” he said. “Susan’s sandwiches are not appetising.”
ref: 1886, Mary Linskill, “The Haven under the Hill”, in Donald Macleod, editor, Good Words, London: Isbister and Company, […], chapter LXI (“One Last Kiss upon the Living Shore”), page 839, column 2:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, me.
network state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: network states
Etymology: Coined by American entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan in The Network State (2022).
Senses: examples: text: Hypothetically, Srinivasan suggests network states for people who eat specific diets (kosher, keto), for people who don’t like FDA regulation, for people who don’t like cancel culture, for people who want to live like Benedictine monks, for people who might want to limit internet use by putting public buildings in Faraday cages.
ref: 2024 February 5, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Meet Me in the Eternal City”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
glosses: A hypothetical community of common interest on the Internet that digitally crowdfunds physical territory around the world, eventually becoming large enough to be legally recognized as a sovereign entity.
network states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of network state
sitty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from South Levantine Arabic ستّ or a related term.
Senses: examples: text: ... Sitty Halima seemed to grow stronger. Despite being in constant pain, she was determined that Hanady and I should enjoy what would turn out to be our last summer in her company. I learned from my aunt that in fact, Sitty Halima did not[…]
ref: 2021 March 2, Linda Sarsour, We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance, 37 Ink, →ISBN, page 53:
text: After Israel banned Representative Rashida Tlaib from visiting her sitty (grandmother) in the West Bank in 2019, #MyPalestinianSitty trended on social media as Palestinians shared stories honoring their fierce grandmothers.
ref: 2021 October 23, Esther Farmer, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Sarah Sills, A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 184:
glosses: Grandmother (in Arabic contexts).
raw_tags: as a title
Seroquel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seroquels
Senses: examples: text: They ingest Ambien, Seroquel, LSD, Adderall, Oxycodone, cocaine, Flexeril, Percocet, psilocybin mushrooms and codeine.
ref: 2013 June 4, Dwight Garner, “A Literary Mind, Under the Spell of Drugs and a MacBook”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Trade name of quetiapine, an antipsychotic drug.
dirt farming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: subsistence agriculture.
North Pyeongan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Gim Seongsuk (1898-1969) , whose pen name is Unam, also known as Gim Changsuk, Gim Seongeom and Gim Yagwang, was bom in the County of Cheolsan, North Pyeongan Province of Korea.
ref: 2007, Chanju Mun, “Buddhist Peacemakers in Modern Times”, in Chanju Mun, editor, Mediators and Meditators: Buddhism and Peacemaking, Honolulu: Blue Pine Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35:
text: Parents and children, husband and wife, siblings—each and every separation has its own story of heart-aching pain. Dr. Jang Gi Ryeo had his. Dr. Jang was born in Yongcheon, North Pyeongan Province, North Korea. He served as a professor at Kim II Sung University. When the Korean War broke out, he came south with his son.
ref: 2011, “The Cultural History of Division: Over the Boundary toward Liberation”, in Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture, Seoul: Jimoondang, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 265:
text: In another case, the Court of North Pyeongan Province sentenced Kim Chun-nam to death for the violation of Article 4 of the Addendum to the Criminal Act. In the same way, the sentence was confirmed by the Court of North Pyeongan Province and brought to the Supreme Court, which sentenced Kim Chun-nam to be publicly executed.
ref: 2012 August, “Executive Summary”, in Center for North Korean Human Rights Studies, KINU, editor, White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea, Seoul: Korea Institute for National Unification, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Alternative form of North Pyongan.
search-engine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: search-engines
form: search-engining
form: search-engined
form: search-engined
form: search engine
Etymology: From search engine (noun).
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hyponyms: google
glosses: To look up on a search engine.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To use a search engine; to look things up on a search engine.
overnight oats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Oatmeal prepared from raw oats soaked overnight in milk or a substitute.
Monster Mansion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: So called because of the large number of high-profile, high-risk inmates.
Senses: glosses: HM Prison Wakefield.
clobber text
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clobber texts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of clobber passage.
synonyms: word: clobber passage
clobber texts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clobber text
f-off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: “Marketers have a number of major platforms to choose from and they would tend to gravitate to those that don't tell you to f-off,” said Jonathan Miller, chief executive of Integrated Media, which specialises in digital media investments.
ref: 2023 December 2, Hannah Murphy, Daniel Thomas, quoting Jonathan Miller, “X shifts ads strategy after Musk outburst over alleged blackmail”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 12:
glosses: Alternative spelling of F off.
throw a wet blanket on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws a wet blanket on
form: throwing a wet blanket on
form: threw a wet blanket on
form: thrown a wet blanket on
Senses: examples: text: “Supplies have risen dramatically as a result of that higher acreage but demand has stayed sluggish,” said Michael Magdovitz, senior commodity analyst at Rabobank. This had thrown a “wet blanket” on corn.
ref: 2023 December 2, Susannah Savage, “Corn's sharp decline proves a bonanza for hedge funds”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 15:
glosses: To discredit; to spoil or disparage.
Jiayin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嘉蔭 /嘉荫 (Jiāyīn).
Senses: examples: text: In 1976, I passed through Jiayin County in Heilongjiang and discovered that my painting had been copied onto a ten-meter-high tower that faced the Soviet Union. The original painting was acquired by the National Art Museum. Whether in terms of its publication or its acquisition by the museum, I never received a cent in recompense for this work.
ref: 2008, Shen Jiawei, “The Fate of a Painting”, in Art and China's Revolution [艺术与中国革命], New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145:
english: 艺术与中国革命
translation: 艺术与中国革命
glosses: A county of Yichun, Heilongjiang, China.
de-electrify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: de-electrifies
form: de-electrifying
form: de-electrified
form: de-electrified
Etymology: From de- + electrify.
Senses: examples: text: It formed part of the LNER's electrified North Tyneside system until it was de-electrified by BR in 1963.
ref: 2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 32:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: To remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.
dyshemoglobinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyshemoglobinemias
Etymology: From dys- + hemoglobin + -emia.
Senses: examples: text: Pulse oximetry has the advantage of being a noninvasive and cost-effective method of providing continuous measurements of arterial oxygen saturation. […] However, pulse oximetry does not measure arterial carbon dioxide tension or pH; it is not a reliable indicator of hyperoxemia; and it can be unreliable in certain patients, such as those with dyshemoglobinemia or sickle cell anemia.
ref: 1999, Terry S. LeGrand, Jay I. Peters, “Pulse oximetry: Advantages and pitfalls”, in Journal of Respiratory Diseases, volume 20, number 3, pages 195-206:
text: Pulse oximetry is universally used for monitoring respiratory status of patients in the ICU. […] Multiwavelength oximeters may prove to be useful in detecting dyshemoglobinemia.
ref: 2015, Amal Jubran, “Pulse oximetry”, in Critical Care, volume 19, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, page 272:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The state or condition in which hemoglobin amounts and/or function are disturbed in any of various ways, as a clinical feature of any of various diseases.
examples: text: A possible dyshemoglobinemia should be suspected when discordance exists between pulse oximetry readings and physical examination findings.
ref: 2008, Anne Hladik, Kecha Lynshue, “Dyshemoglobinemias and pulse oximetry: a therapeutic challenge”, in Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, volume 30, number 11, →DOI, →PMID, pages 850-852:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the various disorders or diseases that comprise this feature.
Related terms: dyshemopoiesis
hemoglobinemia
hyperhemoglobinemia
hypohemoglobinemia
dyshemoglobinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyshemoglobinemia
de-electrified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of de-electrify.
valiantise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valyantise
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English vaillauntise, from Old French vaillantise, formed from vaillant (“valiant, brave”) + -ise (“denoting a state or quality”).
Senses: examples: text: If brabling Make-Fray, at ech Fayre and Siſe, / Picks quarrels for to ſhow his valiantiſe, […]
ref: 1598, [Joseph Hall], “Sat. 4. Plus beau que fort.”, in Virgidemiarum. […], London: Richard Bradocke for Robert Dexter […], Lib. 4, page 31:
text: A good knight and a valorous, / And in all courtesies approved, / That unto valiantise behoved.
ref: 1884, John Payne, “The Romaunt of Sir Floris”, in The Masque of Shadows And Other Poems, new edition, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 148:
synonyms: valiance
valour
valiantness
glosses: The quality of being valiant; bravery, heroism.
oom-pah-pah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oompahpah
form: oom-pa-pa
form: oompapa
Etymology: Onomatopoeia of the rhythm.
Senses: examples: text: An oom-pah-pah bassline:
{\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"trumpet"\time3/4\tempo4=160\clef bass\repeat unfold2{c-.-.g,-.-.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A variant of oom-pah played in triple time.
oom-pa-pa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oom-pah-pah.
oompapa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oom-pah-pah.
off-the-grid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of off the grid.
off-the-grid
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of off the grid.
lulziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lulzy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being lulzy.
pappily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pappily
form: most pappily
Senses: glosses: In a pappy way or manner.
Gringostan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: gringostan
Etymology: From gringo + -stan.
Senses: glosses: The United States of America.
snoozapaloozas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snoozapalooza
onstaffing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onstaffings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of onboarding.
synonyms: word: onboarding
tboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tboys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of t-boy.
follow-home
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: Referring to a crime in which the perpetrator follows the victim to their place of residence.
withersins
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of widdershins.
illegitimate theatre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illegitimate theatres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of illegitimate theater.
illegitimate theatres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of illegitimate theatre
onstaffings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onstaffing
tboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tboy
gringostan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gringostan.
philopedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From philo- + -pedia.
Senses: glosses: Love or fondness for children.
3peat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: 3peats
form: 3peating
form: 3peated
form: 3peated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of threepeat.
3peat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 3peats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of threepeat.
3-peat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: 3-peats
form: 3-peating
form: 3-peated
form: 3-peated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of threepeat.
3-peat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 3-peats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of threepeat.
3peats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 3peat
3peats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of 3peat
3-peats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 3-peat
3-peats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of 3-peat
non-exempt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exempt.
Senses: examples: text: From its starting point to the first passing loop, it wasn't exempt from the Railways Act. But the whole of the passing loop was exempt. Then it was back to non-exempt until you got to the next loop... and so on.
ref: 2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 35:
glosses: Alternative form of nonexempt.
extratherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: extra-therapeutic
Etymology: From extra- + therapeutic.
Senses: examples: text: We will not include random extratherapeutic events as, by definition, these random events are not attributable to the therapist, his or her therapeutic methods, or the patient; these would present as random error or unexplained variance in any model.
ref: 2013 November 13, Robert J. DeRubeis, Lois A. Gelfand, Ramaris E. German, Jay C. Fournier, and Nicholas R. Forand, “Understanding processes of change: How some patients reveal more than others – and some groups of therapists less – about what matters in psychotherapy”, in Psychotherapy Research, volume 24, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 421, column 1:
glosses: Occurring outside of therapy.
extra-therapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of extratherapeutic.
genuiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Nay, ſome were afterwards ſo bold, as in a Printed Letter from a (ſuppoſed) Whig Gentleman in the Country, to a Friend in Town, to queſtion the Genuineſs of that Memorial, and to laugh at it as a bare faced IMPOSTURE: […]
ref: 1712, A[bel] Boyer, The History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Digested Into Annals. […], Printed by D.L. […], page 277:
text: Must one be versed in Latin before he is entitled to express his opinion as to the genuiness of a pretended revelation from God? Common sense belongs exclusively to no tongue.
ref: 1898, R[obert] G[reen] Ingersoll, Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll. […], Chicago, I.L.: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Co., page 449:
text: This Arab teacher clearly believed in the genuiness of the new initiative.
ref: 1985 March 12, “How the Arab and the Jew can be friends”, in Peter Preston, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15:
text: Although not sure of the genuiness of the map, General Schwarzkopf ordered his ground commanders to emplace their units along the three proposed invasion routes.
ref: 2007, William E. McGee, Men of Granite: True Stories of New Hampshire's Fighting Men, Portsmouth, N.H.: Peter E. Randall Publisher LLC, →ISBN, page 214:
glosses: Alternative spelling of genuineness.
pile Pelion on Ossa
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: piles Pelion on Ossa
form: piling Pelion on Ossa
form: piled Pelion on Ossa
form: piled Pelion on Ossa
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek story of Otus and Ephialtes, who piled Mount Pelion on Mount Ossa in an attempt to storm Mount Olympus.
Senses: examples: text: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell already allowed a unanimous consent request for the whistleblower documents to proceed. Today, McConnell piled Pelion on Ossa, announcing that if the House votes to impeach Trump, he would have no choice but to take it up.
ref: 2019 September 30, Jacob Heilbrunn, “If Mike Pence Becomes President the Neocons Will Stage a Comeback”, in The National Interest, Washington, D.C.: Center for the National Interest, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2023:
text: A task force will determine which research projects get funding – piling Pelion on Ossa – there are even plans to restrict admissions which would mean that universities will be able to recruit only five per cent more students than last year in order to prevent them poaching from lesser rivals.
ref: 2020 June 22, Nigel Vinson, “Why I am backing Buckingham University”, in The Critic, London: Locomotive 6960 Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2022:
glosses: To make a difficult situation even worse.
wikipedia: Mount Olympus
Mount Pelion
Otus and Ephialtes
piles Pelion on Ossa
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pile Pelion on Ossa
piling Pelion on Ossa
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pile Pelion on Ossa
piled Pelion on Ossa
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pile Pelion on Ossa
Memphrica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Memfrica.
pha̍k-fa-sṳ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pha̍k-fa-sṳ.
search-engined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of search-engine
3-peating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of 3-peat
3-peated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of 3-peat
3peating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of 3peat
3peated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of 3peat
three-peated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of three-peat
three-peating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of three-peat
Garhwal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गढ़वाल (gaṛhvāl).
Senses: glosses: A historical region: the western half of Uttarakhand, India.
Derived terms: Garhwal Division
Kumaon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कुमाऊँ (kumāū̃).
Senses: glosses: A historical region: the eastern half of Uttarakhand, India.
Derived terms: Kumaon Division
linkbaiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linkbaitings
form: link-baiting
Etymology: From link bait (verb).
Senses: examples: text: In its simplest form, linkbaiting is the practice of creating content with the intent of generating incoming links from outside sources. Linkbaiting is sometimes perceived as being unethical because inbound links are one of the primary ways a search engine gauges how hey they will rank a website
ref: 2009, Mitch Joel, Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone., Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: The practice of creating content that attracts a lot of inbound links and generates buzz.
link-baiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: link-baitings
Senses: examples: text: Carles continued to cover Del Rey until her recent performance on SNL, when the posing and link-baiting and snark all built up until something snapped.
ref: 2012 January 19, Rob Trump, “Watching Hipster Runoff Eat its Own Tail”, in New York:
glosses: Alternative spelling of linkbaiting.
trimm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trimm
form: most trimm
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of trippin', representing African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of trippin'.
robogun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roboguns
Etymology: From robo- + gun.
Senses: glosses: A robotic gun; a gun not directly controlled by a human.
roboguns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of robogun
bodypopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodypoppers
Senses: examples: text: If the family had owned an allotment or even the smallest patch of grass anywhere on the estate they could call their own, Zoe would have dug a little grave with a spoon, lowered her little friend into the hole and made a headstone with a lolly stick.
Gingernut,
Much loved Hamster,
Expert breakdancer,
And sometime bodypopper.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Someone who performs the Body Pop dance
setaceous Hebrew character
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setaceous Hebrew characters
Senses: glosses: Xestia c-nigrum, a noctuid moth having distinctive black wing markings that resemble the Hebrew letter nun (נ).
Related terms: english: Orthosia gothica
translation: Orthosia gothica
word: Hebrew character
doodeen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doodeens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dudeen.
doodeens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doodeen
invoicee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invoicees
Etymology: From invoice + -ee.
Senses: glosses: The person to whom an invoice is made out.
invoicees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invoicee
pukaos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pukao
Eryn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Erin.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
MacBeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
jerkism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jerk + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: It was only a minor victory, but any blow against jerkism is to be savored. Unless you are a hermit or a jerk yourself, you must know that jerkism is one of society's major irritants, and it has been increasing.
ref: 2014, Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997:
glosses: Jerkish behavior.
Related terms: knee-jerkism
knee-jerkism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From knee-jerk + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Not every rock dinosaur reacted with such ill-conceived knee-jerkism.
ref: 2010, Clinton Heylin, Bootleg! The Rise And Fall Of The Secret Recording Industry:
glosses: Knee-jerk behavior.
Heylin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
thermoelectronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + electronics.
Senses: examples: text: […] thermoelectronics, along with some of its future uses, such as in heating systems, refrigeration, home cooling units, and automobile power units.
ref: 1959, Arden F. Welte, Your Science Fair (page 58)
text: Hence, the unique structures of nanocarbon with their novel properties have […] been studied extensively as a future suitable candidate for the various potential fields such as energy storage, production, and conversion devices (battery, water electrolyzer, fuel cell, solar cell, etc.), electronics (field-effect transistors, thermoelectronics, etc.) and biomedical engineering, etc.
ref: 2018, Naotoshi Nakashima, Nanocarbons for Energy Conversion: Supramolecular Approaches, page 457:
glosses: The study and use of electrical devices that operate by the thermionic emission of electrons.
Related terms: thermoelectronic
Tantung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: 1965, from Mandarin 丹東 /丹东 (Dāndōng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-tung¹.
Senses: examples: text: The Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced the changes of administrative divisions in China between 1 January and 31 March 1965:[…]
Liaoning Province:
Antung city renamed Tantung city; Antung county renamed Tungkou county; Kaiping county renamed Kai county.
ref: 1965 May 10 [1965 April 18], “Administrative Division Changes Announced”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 89, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Far East: Chicom National Affairs, pages CCC 6-CCC 7:
text: In the month before the quake, “a gas with an extraordinary smell” was reported in the area, including the nearby city of Liaoyang and near Tantung at the mouth of the Yalu River on the Korean border.
ref: 1978 May 29, Walter Sullivan, “Foul Gas Preceding China Quake Called Sign of Methane Reserves”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2019, Section A, page 7:
text: During this war economy, Nissan Motors promoted the establishment of automobile factories, first at Mukden (now Shenyang) and then Antung (now Tantung) near Korea.
ref: 1996, Yasuo Miyakawa, “Mutation of International Politico-Economic Structure and the Development of the Pacific Maritime Corridor in the East Asia Orbit”, in Global Geopolitical Change and the Asia-Pacific: A Regional Perspective, Avebury Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59:
text: The previous October he had mounted an offensive with seven divisions down the peninsula to Tantung, on the Yalu River bordering North Korea, routing the Communists and inflicting heavy casualties on them.
ref: 2010, Seymour Topping, “Battle for Manchuria”, in On the Front Lines of the Cold War: An American Correspondent's Journal from the Chinese Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 36:
text: The previous year the GMD had defeated the PLA in much of south-eastern Manchuria, capturing Tantung and Tunghua along the border with Korea (Hooten).
ref: 2022, Jim Mangi, “Korea 1945 to the Present”, in Dropping the Atomic Bomb on Hirohito and Hitler: What Might Have Happened If the A-Bomb Had Been Ready Early, Pen and Sword Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=kSZXEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT144:
glosses: Alternative form of Dandong.
Macphee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
edgerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edgermen
Senses: glosses: The worker in charge of an edger (woodworking tool).
edgermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edgerman
jumpsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Chinese jump rope.
synonyms: word: Chinese jump rope
French skipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Chinese jump rope.
synonyms: word: Chinese jump rope
encaptive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: encaptives
form: encaptiving
form: encaptived
form: encaptived
Etymology: From en- + captive.
Senses: glosses: To take as a captive; capture.
encaptived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encaptive
encaptives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of encaptive
encaptiving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of encaptive
IMY
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of I miss you.
Related terms: ILY
enstar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enstars
form: enstarring
form: enstarred
form: enstarred
Etymology: From en- + star.
Senses: glosses: To adorn with stars.
examples: text: […] enstarring himself in the firmament of human thought.
ref: 1856, The British Educator, page 233:
text: […] enstarring the lost graduate among his fellows.
ref: 1882, Leonard Bacon, Joseph Parrish Thompson, Richard Salter Storrs, The Independent, volume 34, page 7:
glosses: To set up as or like a star.
enstarred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enstar
enstars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enstar
enstarring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enstar
enjewel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enjewels
form: enjeweling
form: enjewelling
form: enjeweled
form: enjeweled
form: enjewelled
form: enjewelled
Etymology: From en- + jewel.
Senses: glosses: To adorn with jewels.
enjewels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enjewel
enjeweling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enjewel
enjewelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enjewel
enjeweled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enjewel
enjewelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enjewel
engaud
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: engauds
form: engauding
form: engauded
form: engauded
Senses: glosses: To make gaudy; to adorn or decorate.
engauded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of engaud
engauds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of engaud
engauding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of engaud
engrandize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: engrandizes
form: engrandizing
form: engrandized
form: engrandized
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of aggrandize.
engrandizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of engrandize
engrandizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of engrandize
engrandized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of engrandize
engrandizement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engrandizements
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of aggrandizement.
engrandizements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of engrandizement
enanthaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of heptanal.
synonyms: word: heptanal
fragmentarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fragmentary style or approach.
freijo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: jennywood
glosses: The wood of Cordia alliodora.
jennywood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of freijo.
synonyms: word: freijo
fusarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fjuːˈzɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /fjuˈzɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Senses: examples: text: fusarial wilt
glosses: Of or relating to the fusaria.
general-in-chief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: generals-in-chief
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military rank or title in various armed forces.
generals-in-chief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of general-in-chief
gemmel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gemmels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gemel.
gemmels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gemmel
gemmuliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gemmuliform
form: most gemmuliform
Etymology: From gemmule + -iform.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling a gemmule.
gemmiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gemmiform
form: most gemmiform
Etymology: From gemma + -iform.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling a gemma.
adultiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adultiform
form: most adultiform
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling the adult form.
gerontomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gerontomorphic
form: most gerontomorphic
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling the form that is characteristic of old age.
ghasel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghasels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghazal.
ghasels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghasel
ghasal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghasals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghazal.
ghasals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghasal
ghorkhar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghorkhars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of onager (“Asiatic wild ass”).
synonyms: word: onager
extra: Asiatic wild ass
ghorkhars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghorkhar
sings out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sing out
sang out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of sing out
sung out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of sing out
singout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singouts
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An informal singing event or concert, especially in barbershop music.
singouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singout
ghirsh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of qursh.
giboya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giboyas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jiboya.
giboia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giboias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jiboya.
jiboyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jiboya
giboyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giboya
giboias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giboia
guilery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Deceit; trickery.
hakafoth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hakafot.
hakkafot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hakafot.
hakkafoth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hakafot.
halutza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halutzah
Senses: glosses: A female halutz.
halutzah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of halutza.
disrespector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disrespectors
Etymology: From disrespect + -or.
Senses: examples: text: However theſe Methodiſt Preachers ‘are […] Profeſs’d Diſreſpectors of Learning and Education, cauſing a viſible Ruin of your Trade and Manufacture,[…].’
ref: 1749, William Grimshaw, An Answer to a Sermon Lately Published Against the Methodists, by the Rev. Mr George White, M. A. Minister of Colne and Marsden, in Lancashire, page 50:
text: They give liberally for benevolent objects, in short, we know nothing against them but this one act of Sabbath breaking, which we believe is tending to overturn the good order of society, by corrupting the morals of men, and making them disrespectors of the laws of God and men, and in this way bringing down the just judgments of God on our land.
ref: 1836 March 5, “Sabbath Breakers”, in Joshua Leavitt, editor, The New-York Evangelist, volume VII, number 10 (whole 310), New York, N.Y.: S[eth] W[illiston] Benedict & Co., page 40, column 5:
text: The question the decent, law-respecting citizens of Georgia would like to have answered is, where do these disrespectors and violators of the law get their liquor?
ref: 1917 July 16, “Where Do They Get It?”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume L, number 31, Atlanta, Ga., page four, column 2:
text: The chauffeur in blues had rested the slow-moving red flasher atop the roof, no doubt thinking this would ward off any and all disrespectors of New York’s finest.
ref: 1995, Thomas Adcock, Devil’s Heaven: A Neil Hockaday Mystery, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 301:
glosses: Alternative form of disrespecter.
disrespectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disrespector
handlooming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Weaving done on a handloom.
handloomed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Woven on a handloom.
hare's-beard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Verbascum thapsus.
hawk's-beard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hawksbeard.
hectocotyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The condition of having a hectocotylus.
hectocotylization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The process of developing a hectocotylus.
hectocotyliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Bearing a hectocotylus.
hemelytral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hemelytron.
hicotee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hicotees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hicatee.
hicotees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hicotee
hollong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hollongs
Senses: glosses: The Asian tree Dipterocarpus retusus.
hollongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hollong
hook-bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hook-bills
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hookbill.
Melite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient city in what is now Malta.
Alfar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: alf
Senses: examples: text: The Alfar still live in the memory and traditions of the peasantry of Scandinavia.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 135:
text: "Ill is it with the Æsir, ill is it with the Alfar."
ref: 1964, J. A. Macculloch, The Mythology of All Races, New York: Cooper Square Publishers, page 220:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The elves as a group.
Related terms: Æsir
Vanir
'cuzzi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːzi/
Forms: form: 'cuzzis
form: cuzzi
Senses: examples: text: “See the bathroom.” / “And the ’cuzzi tub. It makes noise.” / “And bubbles.”
ref: 1998, Lauraine Snelling, Moving Up (High Hurdles; 7), Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, page 84:
text: well, jeanie it seems to me / that you are closer to be / from what you have written / i am quite smitten / why you dont join me in the cuzzi'.^([sic])
ref: 2000 August 20, too...@xtn.net, “Flamingo Stuffing”, in alt.jokes.limericks (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025:
text: No, I think this guy has been hiding in the 'cuzzi in the Giants locker room waiting for the opportunity to snag a warm wet t-shirt.
ref: 2003 January 17, Graeme, “Inside The NFL”, in alt.sports.football.pro.tampabay-bucs (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025:
text: We got to the ‘cuzzi and dipped our selves in diviness.
ref: 2005, “Party Reviews”, in The Koala, volume 69, number II, San Diego, Calif.: University of California, San Diego, page 11, column 1:
text: Takes 1 hour to make; plus cooling, and chilling in the ’cuzzi.
ref: 2012, [Kitty] Hope, Miss Hope’s Teatime Treats, Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 64:
text: CHILLIN' IN THE 'CUZZI
ref: 2017 December 23, “Ezekiel Elliott Crushed the Hot Tub in Cabo”, in TMZ, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2017:
glosses: Clipping of jacuzzi.
swap over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swaps over
form: swapping over
form: swapped over
form: swapped over
Senses: examples: text: There's a change of driver halfway at Crianlarich. Glasgow crews bring the 35-year-old Class 156 north, then wait to take over the next train back south. Crews from Mallaig, Oban and Fort William take their trains from the coast to Crianlarich and swap over. There's a tiny rest room on the platform, with a microwave and a sink, while they wait. Some drivers are signed all the way to the city. Most are not.
ref: 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, pages 37-38:
glosses: To exchange, change over (positions etc.)
Derived terms: swapover
up to one's eyebrows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Finding yourself angry and frustrated about Reagan's mining of the Nicaraguan Pacific coast harbors? Have you had it up to your eyebrows with millions of dollars of U.S. aid pumping up the puppet/thug government of El Salvador?
ref: 1984 April 21, Sue Hyde, “Got Those Intervention Blues, Friend?”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
glosses: Alternative form of up to one's eyeballs.
reseduce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reseduces
form: reseducing
form: reseduced
form: reseduced
Senses: examples: text: A lesbian buddy who wants to reseduce her friend into life and work.
ref: 1991 May 4, Walta Borawksi, “A Sort of Homecoming”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
glosses: To seduce again.
black mage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black mages
Senses: examples: text: But your father has unleashed his mages. Black mages, most of them, vicious with hatred of the Sun’s son.
ref: 1988, Judith Tarr, A Fall of Princes (Avaryan Rising; 3), New York, N.Y.: TOR, →ISBN, page 318:
text: Runes of the type often used by black mages marred much of the marble surface of the building’s exterior.
ref: 1989, James M[ichael] Ward, Jane Cooper Hong, Pool of Radiance (Forgotten Realms), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 299:
text: As the chanting rose to a deafening pitch, as the black mages pranced about and sprinkled us with foul fluids, all the corpses fibrillated wildly.
ref: 1996, w:S. P. Somtow [pseudonym; Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul], The Pavilion of Frozen Women, London: Vista, published 1997, →ISBN, page 156:
synonyms: black magician
glosses: A practitioner of black magic.
black mages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black mage
codfisherman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codfishermen
Etymology: From cod + fisherman.
Senses: examples: text: Formerly Newburyport had an abundance of codfishermen, but the mackerel business was more inviting and more profitable, and as the cod declined, mechanical trades engaged a good share of the men, till now, very few remain.
ref: 1853 June 25, “Change in the Fisheries”, in Scientific American. […], volume VIII, number 41, New York, N.Y., page 323, column 4:
text: John Adams considered himself something of an authority on maritime affairs, “[a]s a considerable part of my time, in the Course of my profession, had been spent upon the Sea coast of Massachusetts in Attending the Courts.” Adams had spoken at length with codfishermen, whalers, and merchant seamen.
ref: 2008, James L. Nelson, George Washington’s Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 63:
text: Throughout recent history, fishermen have shown an almost pathological disregard for rules and regulations that would curtail their fisheries. One need look no further back than the disastrous overfishing of North Atlantic cod, despite repeated warnings from scientists that the codfishermen were fishing their quarry almost out of existence.
ref: 2013, Richard Ellis, Swordfish: A Biography of the Ocean Gladiator, Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 222:
synonyms: codfisher
glosses: One who fishes for cod.
codfishermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codfisherman
milk vetch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk vetches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of milkvetch.
assayor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assayors
Senses: examples: text: Assay laboratory, consisting of a verificator of assay and two assayors.
ref: 1854, Henry Shelton Sanford, Memoir on the Administrative Changes in France, since the Revolution of 1848, Being a Report to the Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.: [Nathaniel] Beverley Tucker, […], page 137:
text: The dyed cloths are then washed, dried, and carefully weighed, after which the value of the woad which is being tested is fixed by the assayors, who must meanwhile be closeted alone and in a private apartment, so as to avoid any risk of undue pressure or bribery.
ref: 1930, Jamieson B[oyd] Hurry, The Woad Plant and Its Dye, London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, page 141:
text: Do theologians own the faith? No, not by themselves. Rather they might be compared to prospectors, or miners who go out looking for treasures. Or they can be viewed as assayors who evaluate what has been found.
ref: 1982 November 11, Norbert F[elix] Gaughan, “Ins and Outs: Who ‘owns’ the faith?”, in Southern Cross, volume 70, number 43, Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, page 5, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of assayer.
assayors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assayor
outchart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outcharts
form: outcharting
form: outcharted
form: outcharted
Senses: examples: text: "Nuttin' For Christmas" was rapidly covered by JOE WARD, Ricky Zahnd, […] to name a few. Barry's platter would outchart them all, eventually selling more than 2,000,000 copies.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: To chart higher than.
undercharted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undercharted
form: most undercharted
Senses: glosses: Insufficiently charted, or mapped out.
untriunium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Systematic element name.
Senses: glosses: The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 131 (symbol Utu).
wikipedia: Systematic element name
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: untrinilium Utn
untribium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Systematic element name.
Senses: glosses: The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 132 (symbol Utb).
wikipedia: Systematic element name
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: untriunium Utu
untritrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Systematic element name.
Senses: glosses: The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 133 (symbol Utt).
wikipedia: Systematic element name
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: untribium Utb
untriquadium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Systematic element name.
Senses: glosses: The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 134 (symbol Utq).
wikipedia: Systematic element name
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: untritrium Utt
untrihexium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Systematic element name.
Senses: glosses: The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 136 (symbol Uth).
wikipedia: Systematic element name
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: untripentium Utp