cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
prespaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + spaced.
Senses: examples: text: Vinyl comes in a wide variety of colors, has a strong adhesive bond, and can be put onto a variety of smooth surfaces. Headliners can cut prespaced letters, words, and sentences.
ref: 1996, Beverly Serrell, Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach, Walnut Creek, C.A. […]: Altamira Press, →ISBN, page 210:
glosses: Having already been spaced or set some distance apart.
Related terms: prespace
plastiskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of plastic + skin.
Senses: examples: text: Gavin's supple, plastiskin face was somber, his voice subdued. Ursula could tell that he had been doing a lot of thinking.
ref: 1986, David Brin, “Lungfish”, in The River of Time, Niles, Illinois: Dark Harvest, →ISBN, page 340:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: synthetic skin, especially that of an android.
pseudogravitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + gravitation.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the pseudogravitation, the false weight, achieved by the spin of the ship, persisted.
ref: 1941 September, Robert Heinlein, “Methuselah's Children”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 28, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., page 138:
glosses: Synonym of pseudogravity (“artifical gravity”).
synonyms: word: pseudogravity
extra: artifical gravity
Derived terms: pseudogravitational
pseudogravitational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudogravitation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: "A gravitational vortex is a quantum interaction produced by the intersection of one or more pseudogravitational fields due to relational frame dragging leading to an anomalous gravitational condition in the vortex region, sir," Dana said. Straight out of the manual.
ref: 2011, John Ringo, The Hot Gate (Troy Rising; 3), Baen Books, →ISBN, page 214:
glosses: Relating to or involving pseudogravitation ("artificial gravity").
Peter Parker principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Stan Lee, the author of the Spider-Man comic, restated the principle found in the Biblical story of the Faithful Servant and popularized for today as the Peter Parker principle, "With great power comes great responsibility."
ref: 2022, Frank Granito, Digital Transformation Demystified, Singapore: World Scientific, →ISBN, page 58:
synonyms: Spider-Man principle
glosses: The well-known adage "with great power comes great responsibility".
Spider-Man principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: 'Are you familiar with the Spider-Man-principle?' / 'The what?' / 'The Spider-Man-principle. With great power comes great responsibility. That sort of information would give our government great power, Captain. I don't think our government can be trusted with such great responsibility.'
ref: 2014, Deon Meyer, translated by K. L. Seegers, Cobra, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 179:
glosses: Synonym of Peter Parker principle.
synonyms: word: Peter Parker principle
Loonie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Loonies
Etymology: From Luna + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: "I used to hate Loonies. All Odans do. But in my opinion, only the Jupiters and generals and Committee members are truly awful. The rest of you are . . . tolerable. And you? Definitely more than tolerable."
ref: 2015, Karen Bao, Dove Arising, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 309:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: Selenite
Lunarian
Lunarite
Lunite
Moonman
moonman
glosses: An inhabitant of Earth's Moon.
Loonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Loonie
three-Ds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-D
North Burnett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Located in the northern catchment of the Burnett River.
Senses: glosses: A local government area in eastern Queensland, Australia; in full, North Burnett Region.
wikipedia: Burnett River
Related terms: South Burnett
press-on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: press-ons
Senses: topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
glosses: A fake nail that can be applied on top of one's real nail.
Burmese python
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Burmese pythons
Senses: glosses: Python bivittatus, a large python native to Southeast Asia and invasive in Florida.
semiobsolete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + obsolete.
Senses: glosses: Mostly obsolete.
St Boniface Down
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A chalk down north of Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, the highest point on the island (OS grid ref SZ5678).
bet the ranch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bets the ranch
form: betting the ranch
form: bet the ranch
form: bet the ranch
Senses: examples: text: But what if he now decides to bet the ranch on large language models and AI?
ref: 2023 May 13, John Naughton, “A moment’s silence, please, for the death of Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of bet the farm.
synonyms: word: bet the farm
pull short up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls short up
form: pulling short up
form: pulled short up
form: pulled short up
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pull short.
synonyms: word: pull short
pull short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls short
form: pulling short
form: pulled short
form: pulled short
Senses: examples: text: next thing I seen was he pulled short right in front of us
ref: 1896, Court of Appeals, Mutuality, Mystery, and Mentorship in Higher Education, page 66:
synonyms: pull short up
qualifier: horse riding
glosses: To stop a horse in front of a person or establishment; to pull up.
pull up short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls up short
form: pulling up short
form: pulled up short
form: pulled up short
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bring up short.
synonyms: word: bring up short
examples: text: Deborah Kerdeman asks us to prepare for the occasions on which we will be “pulled up short.”
ref: 2015, Mary Jo Hinsdale, Mutuality, Mystery, and Mentorship in Higher Education, page 99:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To be overwhelmed or dumbfounded by events.
soap up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: soaps up
form: soaping up
form: soaped up
form: soaped up
Senses: examples: text: I soap up as soon as I get in the shower.
text: He soaped the baby up in the sink.
glosses: To cover (something) in soap lather.
bibliocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibliocides
Etymology: From biblio- + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: In September 1939, special arson squads followed the German army in Poland with the task of burning Jewish synagogues, books, and libraries. What followed was a systematic bibliocide.
ref: 2014, Alon Confino, A World Without Jews, page 207:
glosses: Synonym of book burning.
synonyms: word: book burning
Related terms: libricide
beach house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beachhouse.
taffy pull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taffy pulls
Senses: glosses: A community social event in which people come together to pull taffy.
pornophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pornophones
Etymology: Apparently coined after the addictive properties of smartphones and pornographic material.
Senses: examples: text: The smartphone is also a pornophone: we voluntarily expose ourselves. The smartphone functions like a mobile confessional box. It is the continuation of the 'sacral rule of the confessional box' in another form.
ref: 2022 May 10, Byung-Chul Han, Non-things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
glosses: A smartphone, with or without any pornographic content.
grievor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grievors
Etymology: From grieve + -or.
Senses: topics: law
qualifier: human resources
glosses: One who submits a grievance.
slipstreamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slipstreamer
leadswinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leadswingers
Senses: examples: text: Aside from the problem that some were 'old crocks' and some leadswingers, there was the entirely avoidable problem caused by failure to acclimatise the drafts.
ref: 2011, Charles Townshend, Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia, Cambridge, M.A.: Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 302:
text: Murphy was not Swan's first choice of partner for a case like this, or any case. But he was the only other Murder Squad detective available, since all the rest were up in Dundalk for a double shooting. TP was not only a leadswinger and a slipstreamer, he looked like a right throwback too, with those sideburns and aviator specs, not to mention the wide tie just hiding the gaps between his strained shirt buttons.
ref: 2013, Nicola White, In the Rosary Garden, Glasgow: Cargo Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: Alternative form of lead swinger.
leadswingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leadswinger
salt up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: salts up
form: salting up
form: salted up
form: salted up
Senses: glosses: to salt food for seasoning.
qualifier: drain; nozzle; drain; nozzle
glosses: To become encrusted with salt, such as from seawater or from salt-treated roads.
raw_tags: of an engine
glosses: to become saltier, especially to become salty enough to inhibit agriculture.
raw_tags: of soil
glosses: To treat with salt in preparation for snowfall.
raw_tags: of a road
salt down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: salts down
form: salting down
form: salted down
form: salted down
Senses: qualifier: strictly
glosses: To salt (something) to slow decomposition, such as to prepare food, treat wood or preserve a corpse.
examples: text: County highway crews manned their trucks to salt down the roads, but the snowfall was predited to continue until tonight.
ref: 1967 February 6, “Chicago Slapped Again: Snowstorm, Bitter Cold Hit Area”, in Warren Times-Mirror and Observer, volume 1, number 271, Warren, Pa.: Central Publishing Company, →OCLC, page A-1, column 3:
text: He has been totally occupied since we sat down, margarining every inch of his roll, likewise his baked potato, salting down everything in sight.
ref: 2014 March 20, Judith Felsenfeld, “The Fugitive”, in Blaustein’s Kiss: Stories, Rhinebeck, N.Y.: Epigraph Publishing Service, →ISBN, pages 123–124:
text: I sat there and watched as he carefully salted down his beer glass from the shaker on the table. “To eliminate intestinal drag,” he said, with a wry grin, just the same as he’d said every other time I’d seen him salt his draft ale.
ref: 2014 August 16, Steve Vernon, “There’s Truth in Cheap Draft Beer”, in Not Just Any Old Ghost Story (Steve Vernon’s Sea Tales; 7), Stark Raven Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: To salt (something).
Monschau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Monschau.
Senses: glosses: A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
transmodernity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being transmodern
line infantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: line infantries
Senses: glosses: Infantry (foot soldiers) used in heavy front line combat, as opposed to light infantry, skirmishers, militia, etc.
origin of coordinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The point of intersection of coordinate axes, which represents the value of 0 for all coordinates.
symmetry plane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symmetry planes
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A plane about which something is symmetrical.
ordinate axis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thy y-axis.
declination circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: declination circles
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The circle that consists of all points of a given declination (angle between equatorial plane and a line connecting a specified point with the center of the earth) with radius equal to the distance of the specified point to the center of the earth.
pantophle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pantophles
Senses: examples: text: […] neuertheleſſe he was ſo poore and miſerable, that euen when he was in ſtate of a Generall, & gaue vp an accompt of his expences, he would not ſticke to put into his bookes, ſo much, for a gowne, and ſo much for a payer of pantophles.
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “The Life of Nicias”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 589:
text: And although ſhe threatned to breake his bowe and arrowes, to clip his wings, and whipped him beſides on the bare buttocks with her pantophle, yet all would not ſerue,[…].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Heroicall loue causing melancholy. His Pedegree, Power, and Extent.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 2, member 1, subsection 1, page 356:
text: In the day I waite on my Lady when ſhe eates, / Carry her pantophles, beare vp her trayne / Sing her aſleepe at night, and when ſhe pleaſes / I am her bedfellow.
ref: 1630, Philip Massinger, The Renegado, a Tragæ Comedie. As It Hath Beene Often Acted by the Queenes Maiesties Seruants, at the Priuate Play-house in Drurye-Lane., London: […] A[ugustine] M[athewes] for Iohn Waterson, […], act III, scene IV:
glosses: Alternative form of pantofle.
pantophles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantophle
sail the Red Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sails the Red Sea
form: sailing the Red Sea
form: sailed the Red Sea
form: sailed the Red Sea
Senses: examples: text: Sailing the Red Sea's a dangerous duty
But there's more than one way to plunder a booty
ref: 2014, Alestorm, “Questing Upon the Poop Deck”:
glosses: To have vaginal sex with a woman during her menstruation
VOV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: Initialism of Voice of Vietnam.
glosses: Initialism of Vlaams Opleidingsverlof.
David and Goliath mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of David and Goliath mate
Cozio's mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cozio's mate
epaulette mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epaulette mate
ladder mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladder mate
smother mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smother mate
crèchemates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crèchemate
credit bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of credit bar
ecoclimates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecoclimate
enzymates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enzymate
heptaglutamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heptaglutamate
epaulet mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epaulet mate
podmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podmate
pubmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pubmate
corner pubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corner pub
public conveniences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public convenience
public safety announcements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public safety announcement
public trusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public trust
Republican Queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Republican Queen
reretreats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reretreat
reserve teams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reserve team
crack teams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crack team
crack-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crack-up
crack-a-jacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crack-a-jack
needle bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needle bush
Rydberg's goldenbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rydberg's goldenbush
sicklebushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sicklebush
common hop bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common hop bush
coyotebushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coyotebush
Cushites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cushite
currency exchanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of currency exchange
curryhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curryhouse
milk houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk house
oilhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilhouse
round houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of round house
prison houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prison house
settlement houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of settlement house
study houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of study house
oil drums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oil drum
charthouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charthouse
compting houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compting house
computer labs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of computer lab
computerfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of computerful
house-boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house-boy
house trailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house trailer
chess boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chess board
cherry boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cherry boy
post boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post boy
post days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post day
postal villages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postal village
postal workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postal worker
soft drugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft drug
bum boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bum boy
glycoalbumins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycoalbumin
headbumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headbump
headbumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of headbump
hyperalbuminurias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperalbuminuria
mercaptoalbumins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mercaptoalbumin
milk albuminates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk albuminate
subumbels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subumbel
bumelia borers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumelia borer
bump-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bump-out
bum-suckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bum-sucker
bush trimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush trimmer
bush turkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush turkey
dusky bush tanagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dusky bush tanager
golden conebushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden conebush
juniper bush katydids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juniper bush katydid
pied bushchats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pied bushchat
cumshas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cumsha
rufous bush chats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rufous bush chat
rubber-neckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubber-necker
'coons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'coon
stupidheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stupidhead
poë birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poë bird
poë-birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poë-bird
snake and pygmy pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake and pygmy pie
miracle drugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miracle drug
changeable hawk-eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of changeable hawk-eagle
lesser spotted eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lesser spotted eagle
spotted eagle-owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spotted eagle-owl
crested hawk-eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crested hawk-eagle
dogstagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogstagram
dope dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dope dog
gutterdogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gutterdog
gutter dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gutter dog
dogtors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogtor
ticats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ticat
werewildcats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werewildcat
gib cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gib cat
Cape whitefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cape whitefish
chalkfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalkfish
compass jellyfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compass jellyfish
dull fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dull fish
elephantnose fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephantnose fish
onion fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onion fish
orange filefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orange filefish
orange pipefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orange pipefish
ornate rainbowfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ornate rainbowfish
sabertooth fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sabertooth fish
sailfin cardinalfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sailfin cardinalfish
cottonballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cottonball
fish-balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish-ball
Covid-19 parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Covid-19 party
COVID-19 parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of COVID-19 party
flu parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flu party
house cooling parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house cooling party
injured parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of injured party
pajama parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pajama party
raiding parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raiding party
shooting parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shooting party
carandays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caranday
button days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of button day
natal days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of natal day
Sabbadays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sabbaday
butter clams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butter clam
button punches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of button punch
camp fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camp fire
camp stoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camp stove
campaign buttons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campaign button
glacier milks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glacier milk
milkbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milkbag
milking barns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milking barn
manic pixie dreamgirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manic pixie dreamgirl
page three girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of page three girl
cowgirl hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowgirl hat
girl racers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girl racer
girlbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girlband
esymplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: 1929: The prison walls of self had closed entirely round him; he was walled completely by the esymplastic power of his imagination—he had learned by now to project mechanically, before the world, an acceptable counterfeit of himself … — Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel (chapter 15)
glosses: Alternative form of esemplastic.
St Cyrus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village in south Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO7464).
telekineticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telekineticists
Etymology: From telekinetic + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: "Kids—like girls and boys?" Squid asks. "I've only ever heard of female telekineticists."
ref: 2017, Corey J. White, Killing Gravity, New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 67:
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Someone who has the ability to move objects with their mind; a telekinetic.
telekineticists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telekineticist
Johnshaven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village in south Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO7967).
telempathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of telepathy + empathy.
Senses: examples: text: "Telempathy is a skill that so far exists only in legends and rumors," Sue says. "To be able to master it would be something immensely valuable to the Sekhem."
ref: 2013, C[ynthia] J[aynes] Omololu, Intuition, New York, N.Y. […]: Walker Books, →ISBN, page 213:
topics: literature
media
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pseudoscience
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The paranormal ability to sense the emotions of others; empathy.
Derived terms: telempathic
Related terms: telempath
telempathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From telempathy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: I did a telempathic analysis of Leo a few weeks back. He was in a difficult situation. Easily twice as intelligent than his family and school mates. I knew he was desperate for just about any kind of change in his life.
ref: 2007, Hugh A[lan] D[ouglas] Spencer, “When Bloomsbury Fails”, in Why I Hunt Flying Saucers & Other Fantasticals: A Science Fiction Short Story Retrospective, Milton, O.N.: Brain Lag, published 2016, →ISBN, page 218:
topics: literature
media
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pseudoscience
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Relating to or involving telempathy ("the paranormal ability to sense the emotions of others").
Related terms: telempath
telempath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telempaths
Etymology: Blend of telepath + empath.
Senses: examples: text: "Very brave of you, but the ancient dragons of the Circle are very powerful telempaths and often use mind control on dragons untrained in mental battle. I will teach you how to protect your mind and fight a telepathic battle just in case you ever encounter one of their enforcers, or a human wizard."
ref: 2010, Susan Trombley, Princess's Dragon, New York, N.Y.; Bloomington, I.N.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 60:
topics: literature
media
parapsychology
pseudoscience
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Someone able to sense the emotions of others by paranormal means; someone who has the power of telempathy.
Related terms: telempathic
telempathy
telempaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telempath
telescanner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telescanners
Etymology: From tele- + scanner.
Senses: examples: text: "If you or Dr. Rankin cares to start a search program with the telescanner, you have my blessing."
ref: 1985, Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, Emprise, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 259:
topics: literature
media
publishing
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glosses: A scanner, especially one able to collect information from far away.
telescanners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telescanner
cancel-worthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cancel-worthy
form: most cancel-worthy
Etymology: From cancel + -worthy.
Senses: glosses: Fit, deserving, or deemed worthy of cancellation.
threevee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threevees
form: 3V
form: three-vee
Etymology: Blend of three + TV.
Senses: examples: text: The demon paused before answering, as though listening to an internal voice. Seen up close, he too was slightly blurred — like a threevee picture in the middle of a bad day for sunspots, Kin thought.
ref: 1981, Terry Pratchett, Strata, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 157:
text: She loved to sit with me when three or four of us went to the Blue Sea, to the Bay of Lue, to threevees in the city, to musical shows, or just to eat iced meloncolion on the showy balconies of the comiche.
ref: 2016, John Argo, Moon Berry Wine: A Far Future Science Fiction Novel, San Diego, C.A.: Clocktower Books, →ISBN, page 38:
topics: literature
media
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synonyms: tri-V
tri-vid
tri-D
trideo
tridim
glosses: A screen or television able to display a three-dimensional image.
threevees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threevee
three-vee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-vees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of threevee.
three-vees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-vee
Terranian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Terranians
Etymology: Possibly Terra + -an + -ian, thus making the term redundant.
Senses: examples: text: "How we've all longed for this glorious day! And thanks to our glorious Fire Reaper techno, all Terranians can join with us in our final triumph!"
ref: 2013, Patricia Robertson, The Fire Reapers, Whitehorse, Y.T.: Linnaea Press, →ISBN, page 370:
topics: literature
media
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synonyms: word: Terran
word: Earthan
word: Earther
word: Earthian
word: Earthican
word: Earthie
word: Earthlet
word: Earthling
word: Earthperson
word: Earthsider
word: Gaian
word: Tellurian
word: Terran
word: Terrestrial
word: Terrestrian
glosses: An inhabitant of Earth.
Terranian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Possibly Terra + -an + -ian, thus making the term redundant.
Senses: examples: text: The first operator spoke no Terranian languages at all. The second one could only speak French and German.
ref: 1954 May, Bill Wesley, “The Primus Curse”, in Planet Stories, volume 6, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Fiction House, page 53:
topics: literature
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synonyms: Terran
glosses: Relating to Earth or its people.
Terranians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Terranian
imagescreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imagescreens
Etymology: Compound of image + screen.
Senses: examples: text: As they ate, Hallvard told their visitors what had happened in the City and what they‘d seen on the imagescreen in his cell in the Temple.
ref: 2013, Patricia Robertson, The Fire Reapers, Whitehorse, Y.T.: Linnaea Press, →ISBN, page 388:
glosses: A screen capable of displaying images.
raw_tags: in science fiction
imagescreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imagescreen
estatification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It would solve many difficulties of legal theory, including that of the corporation sole and the one-man company, if in some circumstances thought were directed more to the estatification of interests and less to the incorporation[…]
ref: 1921, Frederick Pollock, The Law Quarterly Review, page 167:
text: [see title]
ref: 1930, Harold Chaloner Dowdall, Estatification: The Legal and Polit. Problem of Corporate Unity Psychologically Regarded:
text: The structural result of this process will be an "estatification." The concrete interests of many persons, thus integrated, is an “estate." It will be seen that applied to the corporation this view regards the shareholders as[…]
ref: 1932, Illinois Law Review:
topics: law
glosses: The integration of separate properties into one estate.
estatify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: estatifies
form: estatifying
form: estatified
form: estatified
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:estatify.
glosses: To (cause to) undergo estatification; to classify as an estate.
estatified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of estatify
thief knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thief knots
Etymology: Supposedly used as a theft-detection system; thieves would retie bags with a more common reef knot, revealing the theft.
Senses: glosses: a knot for tying together two ends of rope; similar to a reef knot, but with the tails (short ends) on opposite sides; weaker than a reef knot
subether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subethers
form: sub-ether
Etymology: From sub- + ether.
Senses: examples: text: Her instrument panel was dead, not a single light across the con- sole on. Evidently the bdellium dish wasn't working. Either that, or the subether was still. Though the subether was never still, filled with voices from unimaginable distances.
ref: 1996, Michael Kandel, Panda Ray, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 134:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel.
Derived terms: subetheric
subetherics
subethers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subether
grief knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grief knots
Etymology: Blend of granny (knot) and thief (knot).
Senses: glosses: A knot for connecting two ends of rope; similar to a granny knot, but with the short ends on opposite sides.
sub-ether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub-ethers
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Alternative form of subether.
sub-ethers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub-ether
sub-etheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subetheric.
subetherics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub-etherics
Etymology: From subether + -ics.
Senses: examples: text: That surprised Ariel. ""We don't even know how he died." / "Gruesomely, according to the subetherics. Crushed." He glanced sidelong at her. "Sound familiar?"
ref: 2002, Mark W. Tiedemann, Aurora, New York, N.Y>, →ISBN, page 32:
topics: literature
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glosses: Devices able to communicate using the subether ("a fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel"), considered collectively.
Related terms: subetheric
sub-etherics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subetherics.
planetographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planetographers
Etymology: From planet + -o- + -grapher, perhaps modelled off of cartographer.
Senses: examples: text: In the century-plus since Eris was settled, we have already raised the temperature of its lithosphere by several degrees, just as we've thickened the atmosphere ot Callisto a thousandfold: if this goes on, the more annoyingly farsighted planetographers warn, we can look forward to an increased incidence ot icequakes and the threat of a year-round atmosphere.
ref: 2008, Charles Stross, Saturn's Children: A Space Opera, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 269:
topics: literature
media
publishing
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glosses: Someone who studies planetography ("the branch of astronomy concerned with the description of the physical features of planets").
Related terms: planetographic
planetography
planetographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planetographer
universal language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: universal languages
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical language understood by most or all of the world's people, such as an international auxiliary language.
Related terms: panlingual
translingual
world language
universal languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of universal language
batfolder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batfolders
Senses: glosses: One who catches birds at night.
Cuckney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5671).
glosses: A surname.
Norton and Cuckney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, merged into Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish on 1 April 2023.
anti-gravitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antigravitation.
poolboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poolboys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pool boy.
anti-gravitational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antigravitational.
hexavigesimal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhɛksəˈvaɪd͡ʒɛsɪməl/
Forms: form: hexavigesimals
Etymology: From hexa- + vigesimal; see the Wikipedia article Hexadecimal for more information.
Senses: topics: arithmetic
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A number system with base twenty-six, using the digits 0–9 and A–P (or A-Z without numerals).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A number expressed in the hexavigesimal system.
Synonyms: topics: arithmetic
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: base twenty-six
hexavigesimal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌhɛksəˈvaɪd͡ʒɛsɪməl/
Etymology: From hexa- + vigesimal; see the Wikipedia article Hexadecimal for more information.
Senses: glosses: Of a number, expressed in hexavigesimal.
Synonyms: topics: arithmetic
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: base-twenty-six
Related terms: base
binary
decimal
octal
0x
face plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face plates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faceplate.
face-plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face-plates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faceplate.
face-plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face-plate
face plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face plate
Dutch billy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch billies
Etymology: Apparently a transferred use of Dutch Billy, a nickname for William III (applied to the houses on account of their Dutch appearance).
Senses: examples: text: They were ready to be superseded on their sites at the end of the seventeeth century by what we call the "Dutch Billy" houses.
ref: 1889, Thomas Drew, “Unhealthiness of Dublin Barracks”, in The Builder, volume 56, number 2398, page 54:
text: The term Dutch Billy refers to gable-fronted houses built in the late 17th and early 18th centuries – not just in Dublin, but also Cork, Drogheda, Limerick and Waterford – by waves of Huguenot and Quaker immigrants as well as tradesmen from Britain.
ref: 2011, Frank McDonald, “Dutch Billy 18th century houses at risk”, in The Irish Times:
text: With the adoption of brick earlier in the century, "Dutch billies" became the common house-type, with gable-fronted facades, cruciform roof ridges, shallow windows without sashes, tight stairwells, small halls and floor-to-ceiling panelling, more elaborate houses displaying curved or stepped front gables.
ref: 2014, David Dickson, Dublin: The Making of a Capital City, Harvard University Press, page 86:
glosses: A kind of terraced house with distinctive curved gables, formerly common in Dublin and other Irish towns.
wikipedia: William III of England
Related terms: Dutch gable
in splendor
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Richard II. — The cross of St. George, argent and vert; a hart lodged argent, attired, unguled, ducally gorged and chained or, between four suns in splendor,— Dieu et Mon. Two suns in splendor,— Droyt. Four suns in splendor.^([sic])
ref: 1880, George Henry Preble, History of the Flag of the United States of America, Boston: A. Williams and Company, pages 136–137:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: in glory
glosses: Depicted with a human face.
raw_tags: of a sun
in splendour
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Gules, the sun in his glory argent - RICHMOND. Argent, the sun in splendour or - DELAHAY. Or, on a pile azure, between two lions rampant combatant in base gules, the sun in splendour proper - PEARSON, Co. Lincoln.
ref: 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 558:
text: Armorial bearings— He bears for Arms : Per fesse dovetail gules and azure, three suns in splendour gold, on a bordure dovetail or, four hurts.
ref: 1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 1258:
glosses: British standard spelling of in splendor.
in fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The scabbard is adorned with filigree-work of silver, representing boughs and leaves of oak with acorns; the device of Pope Julius being an oak-tree in fruit.
ref: 1858, Chamber's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, page 8:
text: An oak-tree in fruit was the armorial bearing of this Pontiff, who gifted the sword to James IV. It was wrought in Italy shortly after the revival of the arts, and is undoubtedly a beautiful piece of workmanship.
ref: 1876, Belgravia, page 144:
text: 513. Pyne, Thomas; of London, England; of New York City by 1828. Baptized 1773; died 1851. Arms : Gules a chevron ermine between three pine cones gold. Crest : A pine tree in fruit proper. Motto : In Tempestate Floresco.
ref: 1928, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Committee on Heraldry, A Roll of Arms:
text: Arms : Azure a fess between three dolphins silver on the fess an annulet (gules) for difference. Wreath : Silver, azure. Crest : In a nest vert under a lemon-tree in fruit proper a pelican feeding her young gold the blood gules .
ref: 1937, Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society Collections:
text: Crest — On a mount an apple tree in fruit ppr.
ref: 2009 June 1, John Matthews, Matthews, Complete American Armoury and Blue Book, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 20:
coordinate_terms: fruitagée
glosses: Bearing fruit; (heraldry) fructed, fruited (bearing fruit or acorns).
Related terms: in bloom
Overend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
spacedog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacedogs
form: space dog
Etymology: Compound of space + dog.
Senses: examples: text: 'Love me, love my dog,' Dr Hunter said. 'A woman's best friend.' Timmy, Snowy, Jumble, Lassie, Greyfriars Bobby. Everyone's best friend. Except for poor Laika, the spacedog, who was no one's friend.
ref: 2008, Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News?, Toronto, O.N.: Anchor Canada, published 2009, page 48:
glosses: A dog who travels in outer space.
examples: text: But Station Yorick's customers liked that first interview. The grizzled old spacedog, pipe in mouth, glass in hand, spinning a yarn.... […]
ref: 1980 April, A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, Asimov's Science Fiction, New York, N.Y.: Davis Publications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 97:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: spacehound
glosses: A person experienced in space travel.
space dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space dogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spacedog.
spacedogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacedog
space dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of space dog
moon base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon bases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of moonbase.
moon bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon base
scrubster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrubsters
Senses: glosses: A woman who tended to people confined with the Black Plague.
metethereal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + ethereal.
Senses: examples: text: But for our minds there must needs be 'a critical point' in any such imagined continuity; so that the world where life and thought are carried on apart from matter, must certainly rank again as a new, a metethereal environment.
ref: 1904, Viscount [Richard] Haldane, The Pathway to Reality, London: John Murray, page 583:
glosses: Lying beyond the ether, in the spiritual, transcendent realm where the soul is held to exist in certain spiritual or spiritualist theories.
wopmayite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Canadian flying ace Wop May.
Senses: glosses: A transparent, trigonal mineral found in Manitoba, Canada.
wikipedia: Wop May
Tau Cetian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Tau Cetan
Etymology: From Tau Ceti + -an.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Relating to the Tau Ceti system or its people.
Tau Cetian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tau Cetians
form: Tau Cetan
Etymology: From Tau Ceti + -an.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: An inhabitant of the Tau Ceti system.
Tau Cetian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tau Cetan
Etymology: From Tau Ceti + -an.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The fictional language spoken in the Tau Ceti system.
Tau Ceti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized main-sequence star located in the constellation Cetus.
Derived terms: Tau Cetian
Tau Cetians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tau Cetian