cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
freakend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹiːˈkɛnd/
ipa: /ˈfɹiːˌkɛnd/
ipa: /ˈfɹiˌkɛnd/
ipa: /ˈfɹiːˌkend/
rhymes: -ɛnd
rhymes: -iːkɛnd
Forms: form: freakends
Etymology: Blend of freak + weekend. First attested in the early 2000s and popular since 2009.
Senses: examples: text: Although participants in the Jesus Freakend were engaged in activity, in this case the activity was not engagement in distinctive Christian practices such as prayer or works of mercy. Rather, they were engaged in recreating the plotline of salvation's story.
ref: 2002, Brad J. Kallenberg, Live to Tell: Evangelism in a Postmodern Age, illustrated edition, Brazos Press, →ISBN, page 104:
text: E: You ain't even gotta trip; its da freakend. I'll clean up. L: I do hafta trip, because I don't want your cleanup for a week and then back to not-giving-a-damn routine. I don't want any of your harebrained schemes, either, flim-flam man.
ref: 2008, M. G. Hardie, chapter 6, in Everyday Life, MG Hardie, →ISBN, page 105:
text: (see title)
ref: 2015, Sam Knight, Tonya De Marco, Petra Klarbrunn, Gilbert De Marco, Bob Satterfield, E. A. Irwin, Elsa Carruthers, Jason Dyer, Nicholas Kretz, Lisa Snow, and R. G. Nojek, edited by Sam Knight, Freakend Madness: Volume 1, volume 1, Publishing Consortium, LLC, →ISBN:
text: “Okay, fine, well, where is it then?” “Um, I recently borrowed it for one of my iconic Friday through Sunday "Terry Freak-ends."”
ref: 2023 August 14, Joe Saunders, “The Unwanted Personification of Terry” (4:09 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 4, episode 11, spoken by Terry (Thomas Middleditch):
glosses: A wild and freaky weekend.
freakends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freakend
mall shooting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mall shootings
Etymology: From mall + shooting.
Senses: qualifier: crime
glosses: A mass shooting which occurs in a shopping mall.
Coordinate terms: school shooting
Derived terms: mall shooter
mall shootings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mall shooting
school shooting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: school shootings
Etymology: From school + shooting. First use appears c. 1903 in the Savannah Morning News.
Senses: coordinate_terms: mall shooting
qualifier: crime
glosses: A mass shooting which occurs in a school or university, targeting their students and staff; typically in an indiscriminate manner.
wikipedia: Savannah Morning News
Derived terms: school shooter
school shootings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of school shooting
propa
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more propa
form: most propa
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proper.
propa
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more propa
form: most propa
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proper.
penthusiasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pɛnˈθjuːziæz(ə)m/
Etymology: Blend of pen + enthusiasm
Senses: examples: text: Those 31 Penemy of Pignorance righters considered it their duty to help humanity by their penthusiasm. They did not write for money, to get university jobs and promotions, or for prestige, which means they were not universitting academonic writers.
ref: 2012 August 16, Penemy of Pignorance, Amerrycountry: Autorabiography, Author House, →ISBN, page 32:
text: (see title)
ref: 2017, Maggie Harkness, Anna Hitch, Steve Hoselitz, Penthusiasm: A Collection of Work by Seven Monmouthshire Writers, illustrated edition, Saron Publishing, →ISBN, page Title:
text: On the page and on the stage, Tex is proud to bring her particular brand of “red-penthusiasm” to conferences, conventions, and workshops all over the country—as an egregiously enthusiastic, endlessly energetic one-woman stampede.
ref: 2020 February 4, David Boop, Straight Outta Dodge City, Baen Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Enthusiasm for writing.
Related terms: penthusiast
a niente
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of al niente.
AMVcore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From AMV + -core, because of its later prominence in anime music videos.
Senses: examples: text: amvcore album where everything sounds like linkin park and evanescence
ref: 2015 March 4, easynam, Twitter, retrieved 21 Nov 2023:
text: Yeah I was listening to a lot of Scenecore, AMVcore, and Fourth Wave Emo/"Mall Emo" type stuff back then and even back then I never got the appeal for AA.
ref: 2018 December 16, MoogInRow, Last.fm, retrieved 21 Nov 2023:
text: I was already listening to the incredibly popular AMVcore songs (Skillet, Three Days Grace and Evanescence).
ref: 2022 November 22, tankdempsey_, Reddit, retrieved 21 Nov 2023:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A hard alternative rock style that was popular in the 2000s and played by bands such as Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, and Evanescence.
outest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: and we recall Kronenberger finding space also for André Gide's The Immortalist some pages ago, perhaps the outest title of te 1950s.
ref: 2023, Ethan Mordden, Gays on Broadway, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 208:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:outest.
glosses: superlative form of out (“(most) open about one's sexuality, etc”): most out
corrupt practice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corrupt practices
Etymology: From corrupt + practice.
Senses: qualifier: criminal law
glosses: a group of serious electoral offences (as opposed to illegal practices), which generally includes bribery, treating and undue influence towards voters.
qualifier: criminal law
glosses: predicate crimes underlying racketeering
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see corrupt, practice.
corrupt practices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corrupt practice
HHCH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of hexahydrocannabihexol.
Related terms: sense: hexahydrocannabihexol
word: CBD
sense: hexahydrocannabihexol
word: THC
hexahydrocannabihexol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: HHCH
glosses: A semisynthetic cannabinoid derivative.
Hypernyms: C22H34O2
cannabinoid
drug
intoxicant
intoxicating cannabinoid
psychoactive drug
Related terms: alt: CBD
word: cannabidiol
word: cannabinol
english: THC
translation: THC
word: tetrahydrocannabinol
bewitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bewit
bewitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bewit
bewitchedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bewitchedly
form: most bewitchedly
Etymology: From bewitched + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While, or as if, bewitched.
dresst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of dressed; simple past and past participle of dress.
presteres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prester
villainizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: villainizers
Etymology: From villainize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: My book is not to villainize the villainizers, hate the haters, or to demonize the demonizers.
ref: 2005, Seldon B. Graham Jr., Why Your Gasoline Prices Are High, page X:
glosses: One who villainizes.
villainizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of villainizer
botryopterid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botryopterids
Senses: examples: text: The botryopterids (Botryopteriaceae) include three or four genera, all based on stem anatomy, with fruiting organs known also in one genus.
ref: 1927, Frank Hall Knowlton, Plants of the Past: A Popular Account of Fossil Plants, page 75:
text: To date it has been assumed that most Middle and Upper Pennsylvanian botryopterids produced sporangial aggregations similar to B. globosa and that all botryopterid species of this age produced Punctatisporites-like spores.
ref: 1980, Abstracts of Papers to be Presented..., Botanical Society of America, page 44:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any extinct primitive fern of the genus Botryopteris.
botryopterids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botryopterid
rockwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockwheels
Etymology: From rock + wheel.
Senses: glosses: A toothed wheel used to excavate trenches.
rockwheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockwheel
microtrench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtrenches
Etymology: From micro- + trench.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic trench.
Related terms: micro trenching
microtrenches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtrench
microtrenching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: etching
glosses: The formation of a microtrench.
knock someone into the middle of next week
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knocks someone into the middle of next week
form: knocking someone into the middle of next week
form: knocked someone into the middle of next week
form: knocked someone into the middle of next week
Senses: glosses: To thoroughly beat or trounce someone.
glow-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glow-down
panhypogammaglobulinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panhypogammaglobulinemia
panhypogammaglobulinemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more panhypogammaglobulinemic
form: most panhypogammaglobulinemic
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to panhypogammaglobulinemia.
Sarbani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Pashto سړبني.
Senses: glosses: A confederation of Pashtun tribes of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
food-derived illnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food-derived illness
elephant foot yams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephant foot yam
blood-red fancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood-red fancy
candlestick pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candlestick patterns
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A characteristic trend in prices shown graphically on a candlestick chart, sometimes thought to indicate a market movement.
candlestick patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candlestick pattern
rhizochalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhizochalins
Senses: glosses: A sphingolipid-like compound found in the sponge Rhizochalina incrustata.
football clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of football club
regt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regts.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of regiment.
regts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regt.
regtl.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of regimental.
cave swallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cave swallow
blue swallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue swallow
dove-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dove-tail
dove-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dove-tail
Guglhupf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gugelhupf.
kugelhopf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gugelhupf.
crypto-wallets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crypto-wallet
kir royales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kir royale
mounds royal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mound royal
settlement tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of settlement tank
torpedo-boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torpedo-boat
blaphart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blapharts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blaffert.
plappart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plapparts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blaffert.
blapharts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blaphart
plapparts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plappart
plapperts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plappert
unplatformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + platformed.
Senses: examples: text: an unplatformed railway station
text: Leiston Station has only a single platform, but an unplatformed loop enables a freight train to cross a passenger train if required, […].
ref: 1954 December, D. S. Barrie and B. D. J. Walsh, “Railways of East Suffolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 818:
glosses: Not furnished with a platform.
glosses: Not platformed.
raw_tags: of shoes
unplatformed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unplatform
platonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more platonical
form: most platonical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Platonical.
Appell-Lerch sums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Appell-Lerch sum
term-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of term-time
pongyi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pongyis
Senses: glosses: A Buddhist monk.
pongyis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pongyi
Nanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Nance
Nancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Nance
S'gaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sgaw
Etymology: Borrowed from S'gaw Karen စှီၤ (shgaw̄)
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of Burma and Thailand, a subgroup of the Karen people.
S'gaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sgaw
Etymology: Borrowed from S'gaw Karen စှီၤ (shgaw̄)
Senses: glosses: The Sino-Tibetan language of these people.
Derived terms: S'gaw Karen
ponhaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panas
form: pannhaas
form: panhas
Etymology: From Pennsylvania German Pannhaas.
Senses: examples: text: Ponhaws and any of the other warm breakfast foods combined with it makes an ideal morning meal for cold weather.
ref: 1951, Pennsylvania Game News, volume 22, page 18:
glosses: Synonym of scrapple (“dish of pork scraps”).
synonyms: word: scrapple
extra: dish of pork scraps
sound and fury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Shakespeare's play Macbeth, in which life is said to be "a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing".
Senses: examples: text: […] I met Babu in the Ugandan capital, Kampula, during the Pan African Movement meeting and he was full of sound and fury, backing the divisive (and now discredited) ethnic politics of the regime in Ethiopia. In fact, Babu was a radical nationalist who was never able to surpass the limitations of his "island" […]
ref: 2003, New African (issues 414-424, page 5)
glosses: Impotent or meaningless ranting.
sound table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sound tables
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of soundboard (“part of instrument”).
synonyms: word: soundboard
extra: part of instrument
sound tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sound table
spike lute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spike lutes
Etymology: So called because the handle often forms a spike where it emerges from the resonator.
Senses: hyponyms: spike bowl lute
spike box lute
spike tube lute
glosses: Any of various musical instruments comprising a resonator and string bearer that are physically united, with strings parallel to the sound table and a handle which is also the string bearer and which passes diametrically through the resonator.
spike lutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spike lute
kanhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khanhoo.
gier eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gier eagle
clepsydroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clepsydroid
form: most clepsydroid
Etymology: From clepsydra + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Hourglass-shaped.
Puerto Peñasco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Puerto Peñasco.
Senses: synonyms: Arizona's beach
Rocky Point
holonyms: Sonora
glosses: A small city in Sonora, Mexico.
Arikara squash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arikara squashes
Senses: glosses: An edible round or teardrop-shaped squash with mottled orange and green coloration.
Arikara squashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arikara squash
yellow squash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow squashes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crookneck.
synonyms: word: crookneck
yellow squashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow squash
French turban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French turbans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of turban squash.
synonyms: word: turban squash
French turbans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French turban
Arizona's beach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Puerto Peñasco (city in Sonora, Mexico).
synonyms: word: Puerto Peñasco
extra: city in Sonora, Mexico
political map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: political maps
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A map that shows territorial borders.
Riverina bluebell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Riverina bluebells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Patterson's curse (“the plant Echium plantagineum”).
synonyms: word: Patterson's curse
extra: the plant Echium plantagineum
Riverina bluebells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Riverina bluebell
candy roaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy roasters
Senses: glosses: A landrace of Cucurbita maxima developed by the Cherokee people in the southern Appalachians, having fine-textured orange flesh but varying in size, shape, and exterior color.
candy roasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candy roaster
Rocky Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, Montana, United States.
glosses: A ghost town in Fergus County, Montana, United States.
glosses: Synonym of Puerto Peñasco (city in Sonora, Mexico).
synonyms: word: Puerto Peñasco
extra: city in Sonora, Mexico
telegraph cucumber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telegraph cucumbers
Senses: glosses: A kind of long, thin, sweetish cucumber with a hook-like protrusion at one end.
telegraph cucumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telegraph cucumber
Two Guns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
acrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.krə.li/
ipa: /ˈæ.krə.liː/
ipa: [ˈæ.krə.lɪ]
Forms: form: more acrally
form: most acrally
Etymology: From acral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a acral manner or position.
peeling skin syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːlɪŋ skɪn ˈsɪndroʊm/
Senses: glosses: An autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by lifelong peeling of the stratum corneum, sometimes associated with pruritus, short stature, and easily removed anagen hair.
JEB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
EBS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of epidermolysis bullosa simplex.
EBS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Emergency Broadcast System, a public warning system that receives alerts from NWS, NOAA and other government and civil defense agencies and transmitted it to the general public through television and radio stations from 1963 to 1997 (now replaced by EAS).
Sonoyta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Sonoyta, itself from O'odham Ṣon Oidag.
Senses: holonyms: Sonora
glosses: A town in Northern Sonora, Mexico.
proceduralizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proceduralization
fibroskeletons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibroskeleton
Ghotis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ghoti
immunotitrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunotitration
internal obliques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of internal oblique
internal carotid plexuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of internal carotid plexus
nucleotidylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleotidylation
oligodinucleotides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligodinucleotide
primitive notions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primitive notion
printed circuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of printed circuit
sclerotinizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sclerotinization
thrombotic thrombocytopenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrombotic thrombocytopenia
Kindler syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First described in 1954 by Theresa Kindler.
Senses: synonyms: bullous acrokeratotic poikiloderma of Kindler and Weary
glosses: A rare genodermatosis characterized by blistering from minor trauma, especially in infancy.
bullous acrokeratotic poikiloderma of Kindler and Weary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊləs ˌækroʊˌkɛrəˈtɒtɪk ˌpɔɪkɪˈloʊdərmə ʌv ˈkɪndlər ænd ˈwɪəri/
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kindler syndrome.
synonyms: word: Kindler syndrome
hashkabah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hebrew השכבה.
Senses: glosses: A Sephardic prayer for the dead.
heather-bleat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heather-bleats
Senses: glosses: The common snipe.
myrtle of the river
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The small tree or shrub Calyptranthes zuzygium.
chain hobble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chain hobbles
Senses: examples: text: Along this unequal way, where loafers sat on whittled benches, lounged in doorways, leaned against porch props, Dan Gustin went pegging in his high-heeled boots like a mule in a Mexican chain hobble, holding a straight course for the hotel, past the doors of temptation.
ref: 1923, George Washington Ogden, “Chapter 2”, in The Baron of Diamond Tail:
glosses: hobble chain
mystae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mystes
fasten down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæsən daʊn/
Forms: form: fastens down
form: fastening down
form: fastened down
form: fastened down
Senses: examples: text: Ed Dennis couldn't specify when the Fitzgerald 's crew had begun replacing and fastening down the hatch covers, but other witnesses maintained that it wasn't at all uncommon for crews to fasten down only half of the hatch cover clamps, especially during the summer months, when the weather was good and there was no danger of encountering heavy seas.
ref: 2008, Michael Schumacher, Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, page 113:
text: Everybody had to lash and fasten down anything that might get blown away or cause damage.
ref: 2015, George Peat, From Boys to Men, page 30:
text: Pull up the left-hand corner in the same way, and fasten down with a tingle. Next pull up the right-hand corner, and again fasten down with a tingle.
ref: 2016, A Classic Guide to Making and Repairing Vintage Shoes and Boots:
glosses: To secure something so that it will not be moved away.
examples: text: For this reason, it is often difficult to fasten down a story-teller to his premises, and then to confront him with his aberrations.
ref: 1865 January, Henry James, “Miss Prescott's Azarian”, in The North American Review, volume 100, page 269:
text: On this point of fidelity to nature the community was divided, some holding with Grimmitt that a white wolf had blue eyes, although none could be fastened down to the declaration that he ever had met one;
ref: 1923, George Washington Ogden, “Chapter 2”, in The Baron of Diamond Tail:
glosses: To force a firm answer (from someone); to pin down.
picars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picar
tas-de-charge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French tas-de-charge.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The lower courses of ribs of a Gothic vault, laid horizontally and bonded into the wall, forming a solid mass.
not worth hell room
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "I'm not sayin' you don't, mister," the other returned, mild and unruffled, but with a firmness that surprised Dan. "You asked me for my opinion on that beast's eyes, and I gave it to you."
"It ain't worth hell room!" the contentious man declared, glaring in bristling ferocity on the sailor.
ref: 1923, George Washington Ogden, “Chapter 2”, in The Baron of Diamond Tail:
glosses: worthless
rub-a-dub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rub-a-dubs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rubadub.
rub-a-dubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rub-a-dub
rufosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rufousness.
synonyms: word: rufousness
rufousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rufous + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: rufosity
glosses: The quality of being rufous or reddish.
bocland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boclands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bookland.
boclands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bocland
bohor reedbuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bohor reedbucks
form: bohor reedbuck
Senses: synonyms: word: nagor
glosses: Redunca redunca, an antelope native to central Africa.
bohors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bohor
boiling-house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boiling-houses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of boilery.
synonyms: word: boilery
Related terms: boilerhouse
bombasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombaster
bonaght
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonaghts
Etymology: Compare buannacht.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coign and livery.
synonyms: word: coign and livery
bonaghts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonaght
coign and livery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coyne and livery
Senses: synonyms: bonaght
glosses: In Gaelic Ireland, the free entertainment which a chief exacted from his subjects for his servants and followers.
bohor reedbucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bohor reedbuck
coyne and livery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coign and livery.
bogieman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bogiemen
Senses: examples: text: I have conjured up many such bogiemen since reading Bender's manuscript, but I have space in which to warn you only of one tremendous fear […]
ref: 2007, Gregory L. Reece, UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture, page 68:
glosses: Alternative form of bogeyman (“monster; make-believe threat”).
glosses: The operator of a bogie or hand-truck.
bogiemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogieman
boomdas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afrikaans boomdas.
Senses: glosses: The southern tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus.
Related terms: dassie
dassiepis
botrytizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of botrytize
botrytizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of botrytize
botrytise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: botrytises
form: botrytising
form: botrytised
form: botrytised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of botrytize.
botrytization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of botrytizing.
botrytisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of botrytization.
botrytising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of botrytise
botrytised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of botrytise
brachiopodist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachiopodists
Etymology: From brachiopod + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies brachiopods.
brachiopodists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachiopodist
bragozzos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bragozzo
brazilette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of braziletto (“timber of brazilwood”).
synonyms: word: braziletto
extra: timber of brazilwood
brownware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brownwares
Etymology: From brown + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Pottery with a brown glaze.
brownwares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brownware
bumclock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumclocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bum-clock.
bumclocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumclock
bumpometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumpometers
Etymology: From bump + -o- + -meter.
Senses: hypernyms: profilometer
glosses: A wheeled instrument for detecting irregularity in the surface of a road etc.
bumpometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumpometer
bundock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bundocks
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of boondock (“brushy, rural area”).
bundocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bundock
bunkload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunkloads
Etymology: From bunk + load.
Senses: glosses: A load of timber supported on a bunk (supporting piece of wood).
bunkloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunkload
EUSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Edinburgh University Students' Association.
glosses: Initialism of Eighth United States Army.
glosses: Initialism of European Union Studies Association.
glosses: Initialism of European University Sports Association.
Tataric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tataric
form: most Tataric
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tartaric.
synonyms: word: Tartaric
the Four Seas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China: Qinghai Lake (to the west), the East China Sea (east), Lake Baikal (north), and the South China Sea (south).
glosses: The four seas bordering the United Kingdom: the English Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea, and Atlantic Ocean.
there is no replacement for displacement
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A bigger engine is better.
equipartitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to equipartition.
Molten Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Molten Sea
Senses: synonyms: Brazen Sea
glosses: A large basin in the Temple in Jerusalem made by Solomon for ablution of the priests.
Brazen Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Brazen Sea
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Molten Sea.
synonyms: word: Molten Sea
sea thongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea thong
sea soldier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea soldiers
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A marine (soldier serving at sea).
sea soldiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea soldier
aminocarbonylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminocarbonylations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that forms an amide bond between an amine and a carbonyl compound.
aminocarbonylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminocarbonylation
seabat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seabats
form: sea-bat
Etymology: From sea + bat.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of batfish (“Ogcocephalidae”).
synonyms: word: batfish
extra: Ogcocephalidae
seabats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seabat
sea-bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-bats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seabat.
beagador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beagadors
Etymology: Blend of beagle + Labrador.
Senses: glosses: A dog that is a cross between a beagle and a Labrador retriever.
blue tangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue tang
field colours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Small flags used to mark the position for companies and regiments.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Any regimental headquarters' flags.
spring-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring-boxes
Etymology: From spring + box.
Senses: glosses: A box or barrel in which a spring is coiled.
glosses: The frame of a sofa, etc., in which the springs are set.
king's peace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the king's peace
Senses: coordinate_terms: word: queen's peace
english: when the monarch is female
translation: when the monarch is female
glosses: The public peace, for the maintenance of which the king as head of the executive is responsible.
Related terms: disturb the peace
justice of the peace
conolidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indole alkaloid, naturally occurring in the bark of crepe jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata) used in traditional Chinese medicine, that could provide analgesic effects with few of the detrimental side-effects associated with opioids such as morphine.
queen's peace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the queen's peace
Senses: coordinate_terms: word: king's peace
english: when the monarch is male
translation: when the monarch is male
glosses: The public peace, for the maintenance of which the queen as head of the executive is responsible.
Related terms: disturb the peace
justice of the peace
chalcocitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chalcocite + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The transformation of a mineral into chalcocite.
put the screw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the screw
form: putting the screw
form: put the screw
form: put the screw
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of put the screws.
screw pod mesquite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screw pod mesquites
Etymology: From screw + pod.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of screwbean (“plant”).
synonyms: word: screwbean
extra: plant
screw pod mesquites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screw pod mesquite
interpolymerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interpolymerizes
form: interpolymerizing
form: interpolymerized
form: interpolymerized
Senses: glosses: Synonym of copolymerize.
synonyms: word: copolymerize
kickwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kickwheels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kick wheel.
monofilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monofilms
Etymology: From mono- + film.
Senses: glosses: A single layer of film.
nonmodulating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + modulating.
Senses: glosses: Not modulating.
monofilms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monofilm
upon the strength of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Synonym of on the strength of.
synonyms: word: on the strength of
take the micky
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the micky
form: taking the micky
form: took the micky
form: taken the micky
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take the mickey.
Beckis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Becki
nonrunaway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + runaway.
Senses: glosses: Of a reaction, a process, etc.: not runaway; stable and controlled.
nonrunaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrunaways
Etymology: From non- + runaway.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A person who has not run away from home.
parathyroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the parathyroid gland.
nonrunaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrunaway
extraparathyroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Outside of the parathyroid gland.
Mickies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Micky
chamberbitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chamberbitter
shipshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipsheds
Etymology: From ship + shed.
Senses: glosses: A covered slipway used for the storage of ships.
focastle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: focastles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of forecastle.
focastles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of focastle
malabsorber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malabsorbers
Senses: glosses: One who suffers from malabsorption.
malabsorbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malabsorber
shipsheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipshed
sheep's head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheep's heads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheepshead (“fish”).
glosses: Alternative form of sheepshead (“card game”).
glosses: Alternative form of sheepshead (“a fool”).
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sheep, head.
transspatial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + spatial.
Senses: glosses: Across space.
transspatially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transspatial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Across space.
acentricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acentricities
Senses: glosses: The state of being acentric.
acentricities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acentricity
daycase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daycases
Etymology: From day + case.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A patient who is admitted to the hospital for a diagnostic test with the intention of being discharged on the same day.
daycases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daycase
day case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day cases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daycase.
day cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day case
turn upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns upon
form: turning upon
form: turned upon
form: turned upon
Senses: examples: text: Time is the hound of the gods; but it hath been said of old that he will one day turn upon his masters, and seek to slay the gods, excepting only Māna-Yood-Sushāī, whose dreams are the gods themselves — dreamed long ago.
ref: 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of turn on (“aim at; rebel against; attack suddenly”).
turned of
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Then with regard to the female sex, a girl just turned of 12 years of age, may be seduced to marry the lowest, the most infamous wretch I can name […]
ref: 1813, Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England, page 41:
glosses: Advanced beyond (a specified age).
glycocyamidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycocyamidines
Senses: glosses: A cyclic derivative of glycocyamine.
glycocyamidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycocyamidine
picrochromite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picrochromites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of magnesiochromite.
synonyms: word: magnesiochromite
rulleyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rulleymen
Etymology: From rulley + man.
Senses: glosses: A man who operated a rulley.
rulleymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rulleyman
AI whisperers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AI whisperer
ferralosols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferralosol
ferrandins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrandin
ferredoxines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferredoxine
ferribeidellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferribeidellite
ferrioxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrioxidase
ferrochloroquines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrochloroquine
ferrihexacyanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrihexacyanide
ferromagnetites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferromagnetite
ferromagnetizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferromagnetization
Festbiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Festbier
ficuseptines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ficuseptine
fifies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fifie
filipods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filipod
fimbrilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fimbrilin
fimbriomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fimbriome
flixels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flixel
flourmills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flourmill
fluoroaluminates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluoroaluminate
fluorochlorides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluorochloride
fluorostyrenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluorostyrene
fluorotryptophans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluorotryptophan
flusterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flusterer
fluviokarsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluviokarst
focalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of focality
foitites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foitite
foraminules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foraminule
foragements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foragement
for'eads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of for'ead
forecrops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forecrop
foregirths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foregirth
fore-glories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fore-glory
Echlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
い-adjective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iː ˈæd͡ʒɪktɪv/
Forms: form: い-adjectives
form: i-adjective
form: -i adjective
Etymology: From Japanese い (-i) + adjective, so named because all such adjectives end in い (-i) in their imperfective positive form.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: な-adjective
glosses: An inflecting Japanese adjective.
い-adjectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /iː ˈæd͡ʒɪktɪvz/
Senses: glosses: plural of い-adjective
bites of the reality sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bite of the reality sandwich
under construction
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Our new office is still under construction.
glosses: Being currently constructed.
Related terms: work in progress
fastens down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fasten down
fastening down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fasten down
fastened down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fasten down
swoon set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the swoon set
Senses: glosses: Teenage girls.
kaparring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaparrings
Senses: examples: text: […] kaparrings, still worn by a few Malays but rapidly going out of use.
ref: 1904, Report of the South African Museum, page 8:
text: These kaparrings were thick soles of wood raised from the ground by a slat at each end, higher at the toes than at the heel.
ref: 1947, Norah G. Henshilwood, All These Under a Summer Sun, page 62:
text: […] kaparrings or wooden sandals on their delicate brown feet.
ref: 1972, Jan Juta, Background in Sunshine: Memories of South Africa (page 195)
glosses: A wooden-soled sandal worn by Malays in South Africa.
kaparrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaparring
Swoonatra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of swoon + Sinatra, in reference to his infatuated fandom.
Senses: glosses: Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), American singer and actor.
Sinatraesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sinatraesque
form: most Sinatraesque
Etymology: From Sinatra + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), American singer, actor, director, and producer.
gesturalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gesturalists
Etymology: From gestural + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: One who believes that language developed from gestures.
gesturalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gesturalist
Abyssinianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Abyssinian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Abyssinian.
shameeana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shameeanas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shamiana.
shameeanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shameeana
shameanah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shameanahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shamiana.
shameanahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shameanah
Peiching
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Beijing.
J antenna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: J antennas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of J-pole antenna.
synonyms: word: J-pole antenna
J antennas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of J antenna
J-pole antenna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: J-pole antennas
Etymology: From its shape, like the letter J.
Senses: synonyms: J antenna
glosses: A vertical omnidirectional transmitting antenna used in the shortwave frequency bands.
Related terms: Zepp antenna