cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
upon a time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: ... one of the servant girls made faith that she upon a time rashly entered into the house, to speak, in your cant, "in the hour of cause."
ref: 1844, Robert Burns, John Wilson, The Works of Robert Burns, page 160:
text: Captaine Timotheus having upon a time beene at a sober and frugall scholars supper.
ref: 1888, Charles Talbut Onions, James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir William Alexander Craigie (editors), A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (cited text refers to P. Holland's translation of Plutarch's Morals (1603), page 574:
text: Well, after a while the Captains and stout ones of the town of Mansoul agreed, and resolved upon a time to make a salley out upon the camp of Diabolus, ...
ref: 2012, John Bunyan, The Holy War, Annotated Companion to the Pilgrim's Progress (a republication of Bunyan's original work in 1682), page 212:
glosses: At a certain time; at a particular time.
glosses: Infrequently.
plane mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plane miles
Senses: topics: transport
coordinate_terms: bus mile
train mile
glosses: A mile travelled by an individual airplane, used as a statistical unit in transport calculations.
plane miles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plane mile
platework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plate + -work.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An arrangement or structure of plates.
platyrrhinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of platyrrhine.
synonyms: word: platyrrhine
plumbness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plumb + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being plumb (truly vertical).
theory of music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of music theory.
synonyms: word: music theory
ponderably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ponderably
form: most ponderably
Etymology: From ponderable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ponderable manner.
instantise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: instantises
form: instantising
form: instantised
form: instantised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of instantize.
positrino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: positrinos
Etymology: From positron + -ino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: electrino
glosses: A hypothetical positively-charged particle similar to a neutrino.
gentleman-in-waiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentlemen-in-waiting
form: gentleman in waiting
Senses: glosses: A male attendant or servant in a royal or noble household
positrinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of positrino
gentlemen-in-waiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentleman-in-waiting
butter papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butter paper
Chellean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: After the town of Chelles, a suburb of Paris, France.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Abbevillian.
synonyms: word: Abbevillian
Chellean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After the town of Chelles, a suburb of Paris, France.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Abbevillian.
synonyms: word: Abbevillian
gentleman in waiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentlemen in waiting
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gentleman-in-waiting.
Corideo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Corideos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
McClements
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
pretty-by-night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Mirabilis jalapa.
priorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prior + -able.
Senses: examples: text: To be priorable, the reckless driving conviction must result from an arrest occurring after January 1, 1982, and within five years of the new offense.
ref: 1982, Los Angeles Lawyer, volume 5, page 34:
topics: law
glosses: Of a prior offense: eligible to affect sentencing for a subsequent offense.
prsfdr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prsfdrs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of pressfeeder.
pressfeeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressfeeders
Etymology: From press + feeder.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A person employed to feed material into a printing press.
pressfeeders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pressfeeder
quizee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quizees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quizzee.
quizees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quizee
radioulnae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioulna
rcds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rcd.
recd.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of recorded.
glosses: Abbreviation of received.
reaptd.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of reappointed.
aptd.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of appointed.
seacuterie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of sea + charcuterie
Senses: examples: text: We served a seacuterie board as a starter.
glosses: Cured seafood ready to be eaten.
recognizedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more recognizedly
form: most recognizedly
Etymology: From recognized + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The military was recognizedly underfunded.
glosses: In a manner that is recognized, of which people are aware.
rehave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehas
form: rehaving
form: rehad
form: rehad
Etymology: From re- + have.
Senses: examples: text: […] the conusor […] to rehave his land […]
ref: 1793, Charles Viner, A General Abridgement of Law and Equity, page 586:
glosses: To have again; to retake possession of.
rehad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehave
rehaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehave
representator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: representators
Senses: glosses: A representative; that which represents.
representators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of representator
muzzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of muzz
muzzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muzz
tasselweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tasselweed
Wank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
constant time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constant times
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
coordinate_terms: amortized constant time
glosses: An algorithm, also written as O(1) time) where the value of T(n) (the complexity of the algorithm) is bounded by a value that does not depend on the size of the input.
lamian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: la mian
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodle”). Doublet of laghman, ramen, and ramyeon.
Senses: glosses: A type of hand-pulled Chinese noodle.
-gonium
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊnɪəm/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊnɪəm/
Forms: form: -gonia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “engendering”) + -ium (“structure”).
Senses: examples: text: archegonium, carpogonium
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A reproductive structure of some organisms
examples: text: perigonium
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A reproductive structure of some organisms
Relating to such a structure
examples: text: gametogonium, spermatogonium
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An immature cell that will develop into a reproductive one
Related terms: gono-
kapellasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Greek mineral collector and trader Christo Kapellas.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyan, trigonal mineral found in Greece.
amortized constant time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
coordinate_terms: constant time
glosses: A class of algorithms in which the amortized time (the time per operation averaged over many operations) is constant, although for some operations the time may be dependent on the size of the input.
constant times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of constant time
wommin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wimmin
Senses: examples: text: Aptheker, a white wommin born into a Communist Party family, described her life as being dedicated to activism, with personal and political concern in black and wimmin's liberation.
ref: 1982 December 4, Malkah Barrsey Feldman, “A Legacy of Oppression”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 9:
glosses: Feminist spelling of woman.
wommin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Feminist spelling of women.
bibliographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bibliograph
nuke family
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuke families
Senses: examples: text: Boy grows up in het nuke family, just like something trapped in a TV series, with Dad, Mom & Sis. ("Hi, Sis.") Then The Devorce. The Father Remarries, Mother Doesn't. The boy & sis Go With Mom (didn't we all in the 50s?) after the divorce.
ref: 1982 December 4, Mitzel, “A Sissy's Revenge”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 9:
glosses: A nuclear family.
bibliographing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The bibliographic effort entailed by these works continued in a series of updates and special surveys and has provided the basis for some essays of historicophilosophical interpretation. Indeed, the anthologizing and bibliographing were from the start intended to prepare the way for more systematic reflection.
ref: 1994, Carl Mitcham, “Prefatory Notes and Acknowledgements”, in Thinking Through Technology: The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy, Chicago, I.L.: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page x:
glosses: The act of creating a bibliography.
bibliographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bibliograph
side-taking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of taking sides.
until such time as
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Until the point in time; until.
Waxiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a shortening of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 瓦鄉話 /瓦乡话 (Wǎxiānghuà).
Senses: glosses: A variety of Chinese spoken in Hunan, China.
Waxiang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a shortening of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 瓦鄉話 /瓦乡话 (Wǎxiānghuà).
Senses: glosses: A member of the ethnic group living in western Hunan, China.
Low Rhenish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 1462. o'hnlängst, in modern prose unlängst or kürzlich, vor kurzem. The ohn- in this and other archaic compounds (e.g. ohngeachtet, 'not considering') has nothing to do with ohne, 'without,' M.H.G. âne, but stands for older on-, which is a Low Rhenish form instead of the usual un-.
ref: 1893, Maria Stuart. Ein Trauerspiel von Friedrich Schiller. Edited (with Introduction, English Notes, Genealogical Tables, etc.) by Karl Breul. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press, Cambridge: At the University Press, p. 211 (books.google.com)
text: In his analysis of the Low Rhenish dialect Wahlenberg noticed that the final p in kip 'pannier' was not shifted to f, because there was another word kif 'quarrel' in that dialect (cf. [..]).
ref: Wiesław Awedyk, Traditional historical linguistics and historical sociolinguistics, in: 1999, Ernst Håkon Jahr (ed.), Language Change: Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics (series: Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs 114), p. 37ff., here p. 39
text: The Cologne Bible of about 1478/1479 contained both the Old and New Testament and was published in wo versions, the first in a Low Saxon and the other in a Low Rhenish dialect.
ref: Suzan Folkerts, Reading the Scriptures During the Early Reformation. Continuities in the Production and Use of Printed Dutch Bibles, in: 2020, J. Marius J. Lange van Ravenswaay, Herman J. Selderhuis (eds.), Renaissance und Bibelhumanismus (series: Refo500 Academic Studies [R5AS] vol. 65), p. 159ff., here p. 166
glosses: in, of or relating to the dialect(s) of the Lower Rhine region (Niederrheinisch)
gypset
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪpˌsɛt/
rhymes: -ɪpsɛt
Etymology: Blend of gypsy + jet set. Coined by journalist and author Julia Chaplin in 2009.
Senses: examples: text: Gypset style is a hybrid of jetsetting (although I prefer globetrotting) and gypsy. I love this look and embrace it regularly. It is forgiving, loose, casual. It’s about collecting fabrics and remnants, carpets and scarves, and draping them on your walls, lamps, beds, floor, and yourself. It is a reflection of a life well traveled and much enjoyed.
ref: 2012, Sibella Court, Nomad: A Global Approach to Interior Style, Chronicle Books, page 196:
text: The ‘70s ‘gypset’ look – combining ‘jet set’ with ‘gypsy’ – is globe-trotting, glamorous, luxurious, hedonistic, flamboyant: think floor cushions and incense, artists, rock stars and their entourages, or Talitha Getty posing in shimmering brocade jacket and harem pants on a rooftop in Marrakesh, probably the most quintessentially haute-hippy photograph ever taken.
ref: 2015 February 8, Lindsay Baker, “Why the sexy '70s are back”, in BBC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Nevertheless, the range of shopping and gastronomy on offer is still remarkable and I fall in love with the gypset fashion, which blends so well with the Californian lifestyle.
ref: 2017, Cornelia Pichler, “Let’s Go West: A triple dose of California”, in THE Stylemate, number 3, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Gypsy and jet set compression, the season of the sun celebrates the era of gypset fashion.
ref: 2020 July 6, Clémence Renoux, “5 “gypset” outfits for your summer evenings”, in Do It in Paris, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Her latest winter-festive edit Painterly is a flamboyant reflection of this vision. The resort wear edit is tailored for a bon vivant gypset who is ready to make a splash at occasions and weddings.
ref: 2022 December 8, Priyamvada Rana, “Designer Payal Singhal’s latest edit Painterly will bring the gypset in you for destination weddings”, in Indulgence, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
glosses: Of or related to a bohemian, nomadic and sophisticated lifestyle and fashion.
creepy-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more creepy-ass
form: most creepy-ass
Etymology: From creepy + -ass.
Senses: glosses: Very creepy.
scary-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scary-ass
form: most scary-ass
Etymology: From scary + -ass.
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A cowardly person.
ear jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear jackets
Senses: glosses: A type of earring that consists of a decorative stud on the front of the earlobe, and a separate backing piece that typically slides onto the earring post behind the earlobe.
ear jackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ear jacket
hock lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hock locks
Senses: glosses: a food accoutrement used to secure the hock (hind legs) of a bird such as a chicken or turkey during roasting and are typically composed of heat resistant nylon or metal.
kyaraben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kyarabens
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese キャラ弁 (kyaraben), a contraction of キャラクター弁当 (kyarakutā bentō), itself from English character and Japanese 弁当 (bentō).
Senses: synonyms: character bento
charaben
glosses: A style of elaborately arranged bento which features food decorated to look like people, characters from popular media, animals, and plants.
charaben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charabens
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kyaraben.
synonyms: word: kyaraben
food swamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food swamps
Etymology: Coined in a research paper published in 2009.
Senses: glosses: An urban environment with few grocery stores but several nonnutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants.
Coordinate terms: food desert
food oasis
food swamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food swamp
TDEE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of total daily energy expenditure.
at a go
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in one go.
synonyms: word: in one go
at one go
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in one go.
synonyms: word: in one go
peaches of immortality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peach of immortality
with the passing of time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of with the passage of time.
synonyms: word: with the passage of time
within the agreed time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: As planned, as scheduled; according to an established timetable.
queazier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of queazy: more queazy
queaziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of queazy: most queazy
nonagrochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + agrochemical.
Senses: examples: text: After two years of listening, looking, and learning to apply what he saw and understood about nonagrochemical farming methods , he is a man with a simple but important message : " With organic cultivation methods , costs go down ; production and profits go up .... A bit more work but well worth it . "
ref: 1991, Inter-American Foundation, “Nurturing Common Economic Sense”, in In Review, volumes 1991-2000, page 28:
text: Restricted compounds are essentially the same except the chemistry owner may have ongoing collaborations with, for example, an agrochemical company. In this instance, the owner can still make the compounds available for screening but restrict usage to nonagrochemical targets/assays.
ref: 2014, Rathnam Chaguturu, Collaborative Innovation in Drug Discovery:, page 546:
text: Random compounds for screening come from many sources: nonagrochemical industries such as pharmaceuticals, universities, catalogs, plants collected on expeditions, and so on.
ref: 2018, Graham J. Goldsworthy, Insect Flight, page 350:
glosses: Not agrochemical.
nonagronomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + agronomic.
Senses: examples: text: The nonagronomic factors include those that have been historically important and those that are emerging as future impacts.
ref: 1975, TVA Fertilizer Conference, July 29-31, 1975, page 95:
text: This may be because he chose 'peculiar' (nonagronomic) sites -- but of course wetlands often are in nonagronomic areas.
ref: 1992, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Wetlands Conservation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, page 981:
text: Therefore, the LCC spent much time and energy focusing on point source pollution problems, especially nonagronomic sediment control structures and feedlots with over 1,000 animal units and under a schedule with the NDEC.
ref: 1992, Betty Hermsmeyer, Nebraska, Long Pine Creek Rural Clean Water Program 10 Year Report, page 46:
glosses: Not agronomic.
Redstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛdˌstoʊn/
ipa: /ˈɹɛdˌstəʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: Redstones
Etymology: From red + stone.
Senses: examples: text: “I think Tony did a great job with that interview,” Redstone said Wednesday during a panel at Advertising Week New York.
ref: 2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly, Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pitkin County, Colorado.
Derived terms: Redstone Arsenal
Redstones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Redstone
nonailing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ailing.
Senses: examples: text: Possibly the most curious of all human afflictions is that which does not afflict its victims, but victimizes the nonafflicted: the ailment whose sufferers are only the nonailing; the complaint of which only non-patients complain and are impatient.
ref: 1962, Fred V. Hein, Perspectives on Living: Readings for College Health Courses, page 58:
text: Moreover, within the nonailing families, the doctor's care index across the three plan- types is quite similar, while in the families with chronic illness it is substantially higher within the provider plans than in the other two types.
ref: 1972, Milton Irwin Roemer, Health Insurance Effects, page 37:
text: Health services for the "nonailing" majority tended to be neglected.
ref: 2004, Robert J. Wilensky, Military Medicine to Win Hearts and Minds, page 96:
glosses: Not ailing.
light cruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light cruisers
Etymology: light + cruiser, the term being a shortening of "light armored cruiser"
Senses: examples: US Navy hull classification symbol: CL
glosses: A type of cruiser, defined in the 1930 London Naval Treaty as having a main gun battery of 6.1-inch caliber (155mm) or smaller.
light cruisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of light cruiser
large cruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large cruisers
Etymology: large + cruiser
Senses: examples: US Navy hull classification symbol: CB
glosses: The official US Navy designation for the Alaska-class cruisers, which were in commission from mid-1944 to early-1947 and were scrapped in the early 1960s.
fully automatic time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fully automatic times
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: track and field
glosses: A form of race timing in which the clock is automatically activated by the starting device, and the finish time is either automatically recorded, or timed by analysis of a photo finish.
fully automatic times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fully automatic time
instantised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of instantise
instantising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of instantise
instantises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of instantise
within the four seas
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Within or located in Great Britain.
sea-based
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Located in or in proximity to the sea.
Phu Lam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Phú Lâm (富林).
Senses: examples: text: The fighter jet sightings follow the placement of HQ-9 surface-to-air missiles on the 210-hectare island, known in Chinese as Yongxing and called Phu Lam by Vietnam, which also claims it.
ref: 2016 February 24, Steve Herman, “China Redeploys Fighter Jets on Disputed Island”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 04 May 2017, Asia:
glosses: Synonym of Woody Island: the Vietnamese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Woody Island
extra: the Vietnamese-derived name
time-loop logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A hypothetical system of computation that exploits the Novikov self-consistency principle to compute answers much faster than possible with the standard model of computational complexity using Turing machines.
Peach of Immortality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peaches of Immortality
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of peach of immortality.
Peaches of Immortality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peach of Immortality
own time, own target
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌoːn ˈtaɪm ˌoːn ˈtɑːɡet/
Forms: form: OTOT
Etymology: Originally military slang.
Senses: examples: text: Own time, own target. Army use: To perform a task at one’s own leisure or by using one’s discretion. Civilian use: Ditto. Example: This assignment doesn’t have an urgent deadline, so own time, own target.
ref: 2005 June 19, Hong Xinyi, The Sunday Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited:
text: […] it’s at your own time and own target. And you can have fun with your friends.
ref: 2023 December 12, Christine Tan, quoting Tedrick Tay, “Festival showcases card and digital games on social issues, including mental health”, in The Straits Times, Singapore:
glosses: Without hurry or urgency, at one's own pace.
OTOT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of own time, own target: at one's own pace.
six-pack of rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: six packs of rolls
Etymology: Likely by analogy with six pack of abs, the abs exchanged for rolls (“visible folds in the belly caused by obesity”).
Senses: glosses: A fat belly, as opposed to one with a six-pack. See definitions 1 and 2 of six-pack. Seldom used in the plural.
play upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays upon
form: playing upon
form: played upon
form: played upon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of play on (certain senses).
fiddlebow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiddlebows
Etymology: From fiddle + bow.
Senses: examples: text: Some day some Gnome will steal his fiddlebow, / Or crack the stretched strings of his violin, / And hang him with them from thy windowed leaves / For all thy Flowers to gape at.
ref: 1910, Madison Cawein, “The Shadow Garden, A Phantasy”, in The Shadow Garden (A Phantasy) and Other Plays, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, scene II, page 30:
text: Twice they have fought with harps, fiddlebows, and chair legs.
ref: 1951, William Manchester, “The Free Lance”, in Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H. L. Mencken, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], page 44:
text: The crowd boiled up with shouts. Rufus had ’em going, for sure. But he held them down with a wave of his fiddlebow. He pointed the fiddlebow right at Carlos B. Reddy and sounded off: […]
ref: 1950s, Donald Davidson, “We Make the Future Farmers Weep”, in The Big Ballad Jamboree: A Novel, Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, published 1996, →ISBN, page 41:
synonyms: fiddlestick
glosses: A bow used to play the fiddle.
fiddlebows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiddlebow
geh kiang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [k˭e˨˦ kʰjaŋ˨˩]
Forms: form: more geh kiang
form: most geh kiang
form: keh kiang
form: kay kiang
Etymology: From Singaporean Hokkien 假勥 (ké-khiàng, literally “fake cleverness”).
Senses: examples: text: [O]ne never knows how such unsolicited advice might be taken. The owner might just ask me not to be too ‘keh khiang’ (clever by half) and to mind my own business, just as he was so successfully minding his.
ref: 2005 December 10, Philip Lee, The New Paper, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited:
glosses: Overconfident and pretending to be clever.
geh kiang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [k˭e˨˦ kʰjaŋ˨˩]
Forms: form: keh kiang
form: kay kiang
Etymology: From Singaporean Hokkien 假勥 (ké-khiàng, literally “fake cleverness”).
Senses: examples: text: […] Who ask you? Geh kiang lah. Think you so smart, […]
ref: 2009, Jean Tay, Boom, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
glosses: To act overly clever and end up making reckless or unwise decisions without careful consideration.
Sturminster Marshall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Sturminster means a "church on the River Stour", recorded as Sture minster in the 9th century, Sturminstre in 1086 (DB), Sturministre Marescal in 1268, with manorial affix from the Mareschal family. Minster is from Old English mynster.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9499).
Related terms: Charlton Marshall
Sturminster Newton
arginemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disorder in which the body does not produce enough of the enzyme arginase, which is needed to convert the amino acid arginine into urea and ornithine.
Derived terms: hypoarginemia
argininemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having argininemia.
Derived terms: hyperargininemic
arginosuccinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An intermediate in the urea cycle formed from citrulline and aspartate, which is subsequently converted into arginine and fumarate.
Derived terms: arginosuccinate
West Mersea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council on Mersea Island, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0112).
Related terms: East Mersea
sleep-deprived
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈslip.dɪˌpɹaɪvd]
Forms: form: more sleep-deprived
form: most sleep-deprived
Etymology: From sleep + deprived.
Senses: examples: text: Pulling an all-nighter can leave you feeling sleep-deprived.
glosses: Being kept awake to the point of noticeably lower alertness through a lack of sleep; experiencing sleep deprivation.
Related terms: insomnia
sleep debt
sleep disorder
undersleep
aristocratize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aristocratizes
form: aristocratizing
form: aristocratized
form: aristocratized
Senses: glosses: To render aristocratic
Derived terms: aristocratization
arogenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Phenylalanine, the precursor for phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, is then formed in the plastid from arogenic acid (Figure 11.4b). Arogenic acid can also be used to form another aromatic amino acid, tyrosine.
ref: 2021, Caroline Bowsher, Alyson Tobin, Plant Biochemistry:
glosses: An intermediate in the shikimate pathway formed by the amination of prephenic acid
Derived terms: arogenate
lion's-den
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lion's-dens
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lion's den.
lions' den
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lions' dens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lion's den.
lions'-den
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lions'-dens
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lion's den.
dragon's den
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragon's dens
form: dragons' den
form: dragon's-den
form: dragons'-den
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lion's den.
synonyms: word: lion's den
lions'-dens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lions'-den.
dragons' den
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragons' dens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dragon's den.
dragons'-den
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragons'-dens
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of dragon's den.
dragon's-den
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragon's-dens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dragon's den.
grip-lit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Irish author Marian Keyes in a now deleted tweet published on January 31, 2015.
Senses: examples: text: Data shows that it might remain a popular activity in 2016 too, and that, like grip-lit, it might even be here to stay.
ref: 2016 January 29, Sophie Hannah, “Grip-lit? Psychological thrillers were around long before Gone Girl”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: The result is a ferociously addictive, troubling, seductive read whose title, Thus Bad Begins, fits right into the literary world’s latest trending category, Grip Lit.
ref: 2016 February 21, Emma Townshend, “Javier Marías, Thus Bad Begins: 'In the grip of a secret vice', book review”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Scotland-based YA author Cat Clarke's sixth novel, Girlhood, ticks many of the boxes we expect to encounter in the "grip-lit" genre: a female protagonist, a dark past, and someone close to the narrator that we're not sure they should trust (and can we even trust the narrator in the first place?).
ref: 2017 August 29, Claire Hennessy, “Girl in a boarding school: YA meets grip-lit”, in The Irish Times, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
glosses: A subgenre of psychological thriller novels that combine elements of gripping suspense with elements of domestic or psychological drama.
freakshake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːk.ʃeɪk/
ipa: /ˈfɹik.ʃeɪk/
Forms: form: freakshakes
Etymology: From freak + shake, or a blend of freak + milkshake. Popularized in July 2015.
Senses: examples: text: A little Canberra cafe - Patissez - has become the trendiest little joint in the national capital because of its over-the-top "freakshakes".
ref: 2015 July 15, Phillip Thomson, “Canberra's 'Freakshakes': Five reasons why we love them”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: It was social media that brought freakshakes to the attention of Maria Michaelides when she opened Molly Bakes cafe in Dalston, east London.
ref: 2016 August 31, Hilary Osborne, “Freakshakes: the rise of a monstrous mashup of drink and dessert”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Freakshakes were invented in Australia, but have become increasingly popular in the UK in recent years and with their photogenic qualities are a popular posting on social media.
ref: 2018 November 12, “Call for UK ban on 'grotesquely sugary' freakshakes”, in BBC, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2018:
glosses: An over-the-top milkshake loaded with various sweet treats and toppings.
freakshakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freakshake
glunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlʌnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Etymology: Blend of glamour + grunge. Coined by American fashion designer Rick Owens.
Senses: examples: text: They have categorized his style as "Glunge," a mix between grunge and glamour.
ref: 2003 December 16, Katie Hicks, “Porterville's Owens making a name for himself in Paris”, in Porterville Recorder, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Grunge is set for a revival, though with a twist: glamorous grunge (or "glunge", inevitably). Think spiky ankle boots rather than DMs, black sweaters laddered to expose an expertly judged glimpse of décolletage instead of cardigans with frayed cuffs. Some blasts from the past don't lend themselves to revival. Glunge we can do; I don't think anyone's ready for the return of heroin chic.
ref: 2009 August 1, Jess Cartner-Morley, “How to dress: The grunge revival”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Remember "glunge"? The hot fall trend that combines glamour with grunge for a twisted take on traditional chicness? Lily Allen took the look one step further yesterday in an outfit I'm calling "dressy messy." Check it out--and tell us what you think about it!--after the jump.
ref: 2009 September 9, Tracey Lomrantz Lester, “Lily Allen's "Dressy Messy" Look: A Do Or A Don't?”, in Glamour, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Inspired by the glunge trend (glam-grunge!) this perfect party look is all about stand-out metallic smoky eyes and hair that's sleek at the sides and full-bodied from the front.
ref: 2015 November 25, Bridget March, “Tutorial: How to nail glam-grunge party beauty”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: A glamorous fashion that incorporates grunge-inspired elements.
nutricosmetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutricosmetic
nutricosmetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of nutricosmetics.
Nether Staveley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (served by Staveley with Ings Parish Council) in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.
sleep divorce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleep divorces
Etymology: Popularized from an article by Mimi L. Golub, published on March 19, 2013.
Senses: examples: text: @campolatta @kmhearn be careful Campo or you might have a sleep divorce on your hands....
ref: 2012 September 28, @ubiquitouswoman, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-212:
text: For an increasing number of couples, "sleep divorce" is the clear solution - although it sometimes carries a stigma.
ref: 2015 June 25, Hallie Jackson, “Snooze-Deprived Couples Rest Easy After 'Sleep Divorce'”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Whether a sleep divorce is the right choice boils down to a pair’s sleep preferences—what is often called “sleep hygiene”
ref: 2024 March 6, Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, “Why Some Couples Are Choosing a ‘Sleep Divorce’”, in Scientific American, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2024:
text: “Although the term ‘sleep divorce’ seems harsh, it really just means that people are prioritizing sleep and moving into a separate room at night when needed,” said Khosla.
ref: 2023 July 10, “Over a third of Americans opt for a “sleep divorce””, in American Academy of Sleep Medicine, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
glosses: The action of sleeping in separate beds or bedrooms instead of sharing one bed at night, with the intention of prioritizing sleep.
raw_tags: of couples
sleep divorces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleep divorce
curled octopus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curled octopuses
form: curled octopusses
form: curled octopi
form: curled octopii
form: curled octopodes
form: curled octopus
Etymology: From curled + octopus.
Senses: synonyms: horned octopus
lesser octopus
northern octopus
glosses: A common European species of octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) whose tentacles are usually kept curled.
conversational commerce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: E-commerce done via various means of conversation (live support on e-commerce web sites, online chat using messaging apps, chatbots on messaging apps or websites, voice assistants) and using technology such as: speech recognition, speaker recognition, natural language processing and artificial intelligence.
schchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 123. Nth variety, zaqqum, schchi, borscht —
ref: 1944, The Cryptogram, volumes 13–20, American Cryptogram Association:
text: Soups such as Schchi (sauerkraut soup), ice cream and of course, caviar, are excellent.
ref: 1960, Pan American World Airways, New Horizons World Guide: Pan American’s Travel Facts About 92 Countries, 9th edition, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →LCCN, page 159:
text: The recent and excellent Soviet book on Fish Dishes, written by an authors’ collective including Academician A. A. Pokrovsky, contains recipes which are more practical, including the following fish versions of three of the most popular and traditional Russian soups: Solyanka, Schchi and Borshch.
ref: 1979, Alan Davidson, North Atlantic Seafood, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1986, →ISBN, page 344:
text: […] [d]ining-room—schchi. I ate it up, […]
ref: 1983, Socialism, Theory and Practice: Soviet Monthly Digest of Theoretical and Political Press, Novosti Press Agency:
text: One of the best-known Russian soups is probably schchi, of which there are many versions.
ref: 1984 April 11, Craig Claiborne, “Q&A”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, page C14:
text: It’s the kind of food that Mrs. Cleaverski would have served Wally and the Beavski: Russian pancakes, either whole wheat with walnuts or oatmeal with raisins; schchi, a soup (we would call it a stew) of meat, potatoes, celery and cabbage; stuffed cabbage (highly recommended); the best cottage fries in LA.
ref: 1988, Stores: The Bulletin of the N.R.D.G.A., volume 70, National Retail Dry Goods Association, page 39, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of shchi.
Over Staveley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (served by Staveley with Ings Parish Council) in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.
weekend effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weekend effects
Senses: topics: government
healthcare
glosses: The finding of a difference in mortality rate for patients admitted to hospital for treatment at the weekend compared to those admitted on a weekday.
weekend effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weekend effect
Hignett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
knafeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kanafeh.
ice pillar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice pillars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of light pillar.
synonyms: word: light pillar
ice pillars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice pillar
sun pillar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sun pillars
Senses: synonyms: solar pillar
hypernyms: light pillar
glosses: A light pillar produced by sunlight, usually when the Sun is near or below the horizon.
sun pillars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sun pillar
kovbasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Chopping a kovbasa in half has absolutely NOTHING to do with Ukrainian traditions, for one thing, and it trivializes the significance of Ukrainian culture to merely a gastronomic experience.
ref: 1985 February, Halia Kotovych, “Letters”, in Student, volume 17, number 84, Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union, page 4:
text: An ovation greeted the introduction of P. Svidsitsky representing Donbass. He said, “They lie to you when they say that we went on strike to take kovbasa from all of Ukraine. . . . You can’t shut us up by kovbasa and we will not sell our mothers for it. We want democracy.[…]”
ref: 1990 summer, Bohdan Krawchenko, “National Memory in Ukraine: The Role of the Blue and Yellow Flag”, in Journal of Ukrainian Studies, volume 15, number 1, Edmonton, Alta.: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, page 19:
text: They'd have lots of kovbasa and pyrohy, with dijon sour cream.
ref: 1993 March, Mike Kornylo, “[Off the wall…] From the treasurer…”, in Novyny, Edmonton, Alta.: Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union, page 5:
text: Each supplier generously donated sausage samples in two categories: traditional kovbasa and special recipes.
ref: 2016 November 10–23, Cheryl Balay, “‘You Love It, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah…’: Beatles parody rocks UMCE’s Taste of Kovbasa”, in Ukrainian News, volume LXXXIX, number 22, Edmonton, Alta., page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of kubasa.
solar pillar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solar pillars
Senses: examples: text: Stephanie Reger was up with the sun on the morning of March 30, 2021 and caught a solar pillar just prior to the sun coming up above the eastern horizon. What a stunning shot behind a departing storm!
ref: 2022 March 30, Matt Meister, “Solar pillar in La Junta: What is it?”, in FOX21 News, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024:
glosses: Synonym of sun pillar.
synonyms: word: sun pillar
solar pillars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solar pillar
swimrun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈswɪm.ɹʌn/
Etymology: From swim + run.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A multisport competition which involves participants running and swimming over a race course that involves multiple swim and run stages.
Churchill and Blakedown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England, which includes the named places.
quasi-projective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + projective, the sense being that projective varieties are closed subsets of projective space while quasi-projective varieties are only required to be locally closed, a strictly weaker condition. The second, scheme-theoretic sense generalizes the first.
Senses: topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Locally closed with respect to the Zariski topology on projective n-space; isomorphic to such a set.
raw_tags: of a variety
topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Comprising an open subscheme of a projective scheme
raw_tags: of a scheme
shows of strength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show of strength
Miss 'Rona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Miss Rona.
evened out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of even out
evens out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of even out
cloud egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloud eggs
Senses: examples: text: The first time I saw cloud eggs I was amazed, and I couldn’t believe I had never made these light, puffy creations before. Runny yolk in the middle of a flavorful cloud of egg whites and seasoning—yum! The key is getting the egg whites super fluffy, so use a mixer unless you are looking for an intense arm workout.
ref: 2018, Jen Fisch, The Big Book of Ketogenic Diet Cooking: 200 Everyday Recipes and Easy 2-Week Meal Plans for a Healthy Keto Lifestyle, Sourcebooks, page 145:
text: A home cook has shared his simple trick for cooking the perfect fluffy, 'cloud eggs'. The father cracked a whole egg into a non-stick pan, which was sitting on his kitchen benchtop. Then he proceeded to whisk the egg whites with his hand, avoiding the yolk, until firm peaks form
ref: 2020 October 16, “The breakfast hack EVERYONE needs to know about: Home cook shares his simple secret for whipping up fluffy 'cloud eggs' in a matter of minutes”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024:
glosses: A dish made with whipped egg whites baked with the yolks nestled in the center, resulting in a fluffy texture.
cloud eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloud egg
with every ounce of one's being
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of with every fiber of one's being.
synonyms: word: with every fiber of one's being
with every fibre of one's being
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of with every fiber of one's being.