cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
permban
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: permbans
form: permbanning
form: permbanned
form: permbanned
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of permaban.
lie-detector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lie-detectors
Senses: examples: text: No one denies that a certain amount of rough treatment is meted out to prisoners at police stations, especially those who have been difficult or dangerous to arrest and have previously assaulted the police. But there is nothing here to compare with the ‘brain-washing’ of totalitarian regimes, or the frequent use of so-called lie-detectors or truth drugs, as used in America.
ref: 1962, Josephine Bell [pseudonym; Doris Bell Collier], “The Police”, in Crime in Our Time, London; New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Abelard-Schuman, →LCCN, part five (The Law and Its Administration), page 160:
text: Certainly [Thaddeus] Bulgarin’s world of the future, with its prefabricated buildings, dehydrated food, self-propelled cars, sea farms, lie-detectors and emotion-analysing machines, was a very advanced one even by early nineteenth-century standards (Vaslef, 1968, p. 37).
ref: 1969, W[alter] H[arry] G[reen] Armytage, “Preface”, in The Russian Influence on English Education, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul; New York, N.Y.: Humanities Press, →ISBN, page xi:
text: Apart from the disclosures in the New York Times (27 April 1966) and in several issues of Ramparts, there is an outstanding study by Christopher Lasch, “The Cultural Cold War: a Short History of the Congress for Cultural Freedom”, in Towards a New Past, ed. B. J. Bernstein (New York, 1968) which addresses itself especially to as much of the history of Encounter as can be discovered without the use of lie-detectors.
ref: 1978, E[dward] P[almer] Thompson, “An Open Letter to Leszek Kolakowski”, in The Poverty of Theory and Other Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, footnote 71, page 402:
text: Simon and his best man were sitting in the den watching one of the news channels. A pr flack was defending the use of Sanderson MedTech’s new lie-detectors in screening job applicants.
ref: 1999 October, Stephen Dedman, “The Lady Macbeth Blues”, in David Pringle, editor, Interzone, number 148, →ISSN, page 43, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of lie detector.
lie-detectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lie-detector
tonsilloadenoidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonsilloadenoidectomies
Senses: glosses: The surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids.
Snoqualmoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Snoqualmoo
form: Snoqualmoos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Snoqualmie.
Snoqualmoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Snoqualmie.
Snuqualmie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Snuqualmie
form: Snuqualmies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Snoqualmie.
Snuqualmie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Snoqualmie.
Snoqualmoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Snoqualmoo
Snuqualmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Snuqualmie
tonsilloadenoidectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonsilloadenoidectomy
postorogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of postorogenic.
Islamotards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Islamotard
synorogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of synorogenic.
postorogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Occurring after orogenesis.
face tank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: face tanks
form: face tanking
form: face tanked
form: face tanked
Etymology: From tank (“attract or resist damage”) and face (“the player character as opposed to minions”), the idea being that to face tank is to accept enemy attacks without any attempt to deflect their damage to non-player entities; thus, to simply absorb them directly.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: To absorb damage directly, especially in an unsophisticated or unskillful way.
face tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of face tank
face tanking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of face tank
face tanked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of face tank
stylosporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a stylospore.
sigmoidopexies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sigmoidopexy
sibbest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sib: most sib
Smyrnaeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Smyrnaean
Smyrnean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Smyrneans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Smyrnaean.
Smyrnean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Smyrnaean.
Smyrneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Smyrnean
skotodormancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of secondary seed dormancy that develops in seeds after a period of imbibition in darkness.
unskunked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + skunked.
Senses: glosses: Not skunked.
photodormancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A condition where seeds do not germinate unless they are exposed to light.
photodormant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or in a state of, photodormancy.
skotodormant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or in a state of, skotodormancy.
Skeltonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Skelton + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Skeltonic.
Skeltonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Skeltonical
Etymology: From Skelton + -ic.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Employing or relating to Skeltonics.
scambot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scambots
Etymology: From scam + -bot.
Senses: examples: text: ‘It was more than an annoyingly persistent scambot,’ he said. ‘That was just a cover for a piece of code set up to send chunks of our code to some cleverly munged I.P. address.’
ref: 2010, Ken MacLeod, The Restoration Game, London: Orbit, →ISBN, page 67:
text: Just lads, they’d got hold of his phone, lads we were at school with. Saying he had an imaginary girlfriend, she was one of those Russian scambots, you know, wants money, they get your mobile number from somewhere and try to get pin numbers or whatever.
ref: 2017, Christobel Kent, The Day She Disappeared, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 127:
text: Chatbots are typically following a variation of a table of rules, sometimes randomly accessed (such as in the case of some Tinder scambots), sometimes tied directly to a discrete set of answers like in an online help system.
ref: 2021, David L. Shrier, “Defining AI”, in Augmenting Your Career: How to Win at Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, London: Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN, part I (AI labour displacement):
glosses: A bot that promotes a scam.
Related terms: spambot
scambots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scambot
salicylhydroxamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salicylhydroxamic acids
Senses: glosses: A drug that is a potent and irreversible enzyme inhibitor of the urease in various bacterium and plants.
salicylhydroxamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salicylhydroxamates
Senses: glosses: Any salt or ester of salicylhydroxamic acid.
Kirmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kirman
Kurmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kurman
Courtman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Schmidt-Cassegrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Schmidt-Cassegrains
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
Schmidt-Cassegrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schmidt-Cassegrain
Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes
Senses: synonyms: Schmidt-Cassegrain
glosses: A catadioptric telescope that combines a Cassegrain reflector's optical path with a Schmidt corrector plate to make a compact astronomical instrument that uses simple spherical surfaces.
Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
phrenicectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phrenicectomy
phrenicotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phrenicotomy
phototelegraphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, phototelegraphy.
phototelephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phototelephones
Senses: glosses: An early telephonic device for transmitting a photographic image.
phototelephones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phototelephone
photogastroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photogastroscope
phonogrammatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phonogrammatic.
synonyms: word: phonogrammatic
piezoremanent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to piezoremanence.
photoprinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoprinters
Etymology: From photo- + printer.
Senses: glosses: A device for producing photoprints.
photoprinters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoprinter
photospectroheliographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photospectroheliograph
picarels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picarel
orthogradely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an orthograde manner.
phytopaleontologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to phytopaleontology.
phytopaleontological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phytopaleontologic.
pigheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pighead
pinelander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinelanders
Senses: glosses: One who lives in a pineland region.
pinelanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinelander
pirouettists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pirouettist
Paddyisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paddyism
padmelon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: padmelons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pademelon.
padmelons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of padmelon
pahos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paho
Pamunkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pamunkey
monkey ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey balls
Senses: synonyms: gumball
glosses: The spiky seedpod of the sweet gum tree.
parallelometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parallelometer
bommy knocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bommy knockers
Senses: synonyms: gumball
monkey ball
glosses: The spiky seedpod of the sweet gum tree.
abrosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abrosexual
paranemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paranema
pectoralgias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pectoralgia
abrosexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From abrosexual + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: For those of you who don’t know what abrosexuality is, in layperson’s terms, it simply means when someone’s sexual identity fluctuates and changes.
ref: 2023 December 26, Emma Flint, “What is an abrosexual? Let me explain, as it took me 30 years to realise my identity”, in Metro:
glosses: The state of being abrosexual.
pattas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patta
pentactines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentactine
soundfont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soundfonts
Etymology: From the trademark SoundFont, from sound + font.
Senses: examples: text: In the description of the upload, Brad gave credit to Mine Timelapser for providing the soundfont for K.K Slider’s instrumentals. This has all of K.K. Slider’s notes available to download for composers that wish to recreate songs in the style of the guitar-playing dog.
ref: 2020 August 22, Max Mastrogiacomo, “Gravity Falls Composer Recreates Theme Song As Animal Crossing’s KK Slider”, in ScreenRant (news):
text: It quite incredibly recreates the entire 43-minute album with the Super Mario 64 soundfont (a soundfont is essentially all the files used to create a given soundtrack), and I can only speculate at the amount of time that's gone into this.
ref: 2023 January 27, Rich Stanton, “Legend recreates entire Radiohead album with Mario 64 sounds, even Jonny Greenwood likes it”, in PC Gamer (news):
text: "About two years ago I made a version of Roygbiv by Boards Of Canada in the Mario 64 soundfont," he said.
ref: 2023 May 2, Courtney Fry, quoting on4word, “Nintendo 64 covers of massive tunes are flooding YouTube, but who's making them?”, in ABC News (news):
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A set of digital or digitized instruments in SoundFont format.
examples: ref: 2024 March 25, icarustapes, “The NES soundfont was special”, in Reddit:
glosses: Any set of digital or digitized instruments, particularly when used in the soundtrack of a video game.
soundfonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soundfont
Membrillo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barrio of the municipality of Camuy, Puerto Rico, United States.
phacochoerids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phacochoerid
astronut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astronuts
Etymology: Blend of astronaut + nut
Senses: examples: text: He was an “astronut”, a lover of all things extraterrestrial. For him astronomy was so great a passion it bordered on obsession.
ref: 2023, You Cannot Kill the Root, Nathan Kuzack:
glosses: A person with an obsessive interest in astronomy.
astronuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astronut
tengerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tengerite
Tedaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Teda (“language”).
synonyms: word: Teda
extra: language
tetrabranchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrabranch
Thasians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thasian
thiasoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiasos
theologicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theologician
radiusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of radius
caucusings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caucusing
caucussings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caucussing
surmit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: surmits
form: surmitting
form: surmitted
form: surmitted
Etymology: Borrowed from French surmetre, ultimately from Latin supermitto.
Senses: examples: text: John Scargill, named in the sayd byll, made such wyll of the same maner, landes, tenements and other premyses, and every of them, as is surmytted by the same byll; and over that, sayth althings as in the saydbyll is surmytted[…]
ref: 1490, Letter to Sir Robart Plompton, knyght:
text: And with this matier you may also declare vnto him, howe thinformacion made that his Oratours here could not haue audience in vi monethes was vntruly surmytted vnto him, as they haue themselfes confessed[…]
ref: 1537, Thomas Cromwell, Letter to Sir Thomas Wyatt:
text: They were fantasticall imagined, Onely as in my dreame I did surmit.
ref: 1570, Francis Thynne, The debate betweene Pride and Lowlines:
glosses: to surmise.
calltime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calltimes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of call time.
calltimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calltime
buzzkiller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buzzkillers
Etymology: From buzz + killer.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of buzzkill.
synonyms: word: buzzkill
buzzkillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buzzkiller
dragsville
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drag + -s- + -ville, evoking a fictional town.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dullsville.
synonyms: word: dullsville
flyspray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flysprays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fly spray.
flysprays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flyspray
footbrakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footbrake
habituses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of habitus
grocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grock
grocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grock
grocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grock
kerpows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kerpow
kapows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kapow
kolbassa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kielbasa.
kolbasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kielbasa.
leafrolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leafroll
kumises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kumis
kumikumis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kumikumi
kulbasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kielbasa.
levogyres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levogyre
lawning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lawn
leucoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucosis
leucotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leucotic
form: most leucotic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukotic.
langspil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: langspils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of langspiel.
langspils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of langspil
leukotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukotomes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leucotome.
leukotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukotome
leucaemogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukaemogenesis.
liquifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liquifiable
form: most liquifiable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of liquefiable.
liquifactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liquifactive
form: most liquifactive
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of liquefactive.
lobtailings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lobtailing
Bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5829).
liddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lidding
inwrapment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inwrapments
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of enwrapment.
inwrapments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inwrapment
gangbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gangbos
Etymology: Blend of gang + ASBO
Senses: examples: text: […] following government plans to introduce crime prevention orders — an order with the same blueprint as a gangbo but targeting antisocial behavior. So, will gangbos work in reducing gang-related violence as intended?
ref: 2013, J. Densley, How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence:
glosses: A legal injunction against a person because of their gang-related activities.
gangbos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gangbo
quickwaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quickwater
flatwaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatwater
enanthemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enanthema
enanthemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enanthema
deminings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demining
ellsworthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of uranpyrochlore.
synonyms: word: uranpyrochlore
videocamcorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videocamcorders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of camcorder.
synonyms: word: camcorder
videocamcorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videocamcorder
blacksnakeroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blacksnakeroots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of black snakeroot.
button snakeroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: button snakeroots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blazing star.
synonyms: word: blazing star
déjà vus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of déjà vu
rattlesnakeroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattlesnakeroots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rattlesnake root.
Sampson's snakeroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Orbexilum pedunculatum.
debur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈbɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: deburs
form: deburring
form: deburred
form: deburred
Etymology: From de- + bur.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deburr.
deburs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debur
Seneca snakeroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Seneca root.
synonyms: word: Seneca root
footpump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footpumps
Etymology: From foot + pump.
Senses: coordinate_terms: handpump
glosses: A pump operated by a person's foot.
footpumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footpump
Bradford pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bradford pears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Callery pear.
synonyms: word: Callery pear
Bradford pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bradford pear
liquifaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liquifactions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of liquefaction.
liquifactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquifaction
Barqa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑɹkə/
Forms: form: Barka
form: Barqah
Etymology: From Arabic برقة (Barqa), from Byzantine Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from Ancient Greek, from the local tribe of the Barraci.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Marj: a city in Libya.
glosses: Former name of Cyrenaica: a region of Libya.
Derived terms: Barqan
Barqah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑɹkə/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹkɑː/
Etymology: From Arabic برقة (Barqa), from Byzantine Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from Ancient Greek, from the local tribe of the Barraci.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Barqa, former name of Marj: a city in Libya.
Khachiyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khachian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Խաչիյան (Xačʻiyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian
megalosaurus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megalosauruses
form: megalosauri
Senses: glosses: A theropod dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus.
megalosauruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megalosaurus
logjamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of logjam
rentacop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rent-a-cop.
unrisqué
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrisqué
form: most unrisqué
Etymology: From un- + risqué.
Senses: glosses: Not risqué.
glammeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glammery
ginormity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, ginorm(ous) + -ity; morphologically parallel with (because influenced by) enormity.
Senses: synonyms: word: enormity
word: ginormousness
glosses: Synonym of ginormousness.
Medieval Climate Anomaly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Medieval Climate Anomaly
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Medieval Warm Period.
synonyms: word: Medieval Warm Period
Medieval Climate Optimum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Medieval Climate Optimum
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Medieval Warm Period.
synonyms: word: Medieval Warm Period
Leonines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Leonine (alternative letter-case form of leonines)
test-ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test-rides
Senses: glosses: Synonym of test-drive.
synonyms: word: test-drive
test-ride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: test-rides
form: test-riding
form: test-rode
form: test-ridden
Senses: glosses: Synonym of test-drive.
synonyms: word: test-drive
turbinately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more turbinately
form: most turbinately
Senses: glosses: Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top).
glosses: In the shape of a coil.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
heloma molle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helomata mollia
Senses: synonyms: soft corn
glosses: A corn that develops between the big toe and the second toe.
metatarsus adductus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A deformity of the foot in which the front part of the foot (past the arch) bends inward (towards the other foot).
claw toe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claw toes
Senses: glosses: A deformity of the toe characterized by a raised middle phalanx and a down-angled distal phalanx.
examples: text: The large toes are also painfully jammed into the end of the shoe, and the front of the foot is crammed into the narrow tip, producing hammertoes and claw toes.
ref: 1979 February 14, Jane E[llen] Brody, “Personal Health”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2018:
glosses: A toe with this deformity.
porous portal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porous portals
Senses: examples: text: The Down line portal will measure 220 metres in length, while the Up line portal will be 135 metres long. Known as 'porous portals', they will (as the name suggests) be punctuated with holes. These holes or vents slow the build-up of pressure created by trains within the tunnels. The resulting pressure wave, if left unchecked, can produce a phenomenon known as 'tunnel boom', which is created by the piston effect. Porous portals have been used on other high-speed rail networks in Japan and France, but this is the first time they are being used in the UK.
ref: 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A type of extended and perforated tunnel portal on high-speed railways, designed to reduce the build-up of pressure when a train enters a tunnel at high speed.
heloma milliare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helomata milliaria
Senses: glosses: A seed corn
porous portals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porous portal
Snob Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of snob + Nob Hill.
Senses: examples: text: […]and the hill itself was called Snob Hill, a term that survives to this day. By 1882 so many estates had sprung up on Nob Hill that Robert Louis Stevenson called it “the hill of palaces.”
ref: [2019, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's San Francisco: with the Best of Napa & Sonoma, Fodor's Travel, →ISBN:
glosses: Derogatory name for Nob Hill: a neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
cobalt bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobalt bomb
cobalt-60
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An isotope of cobalt, ⁶⁰₂₇Co, with a half-life of 5.2 years; it beta-decays into nickel-60 (⁶⁰Ni) and is a potent source of gamma rays.
a-buzz
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more a-buzz
form: most a-buzz
Senses: examples: text: The court was all astir and a-buzz, when the black sheep—whom many fell away from in dread—pressed him into an obscure corner among the crowd.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, “The Game Made”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book III (The Track of a Storm), page 212:
text: There's too many women in the house for me: I hate the sound of women's voices; they're always either a-buzz or a-squeak, always either a-buzz or a-squeak.
ref: 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “The Night-school and the Schoolmaster”, in Adam Bede […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book second, page 124:
text: Suddenly I was a-buzz with ideas.
ref: 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Introduction – The Seventh Sense”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Alternative form of abuzz.
key pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key pads
Senses: examples: text: And what are the chances that people will be getting video magazines on their television screens by punching up commands on their key pads?
ref: 1982, Edwin Diamond, “Waiting for Godot?”, in Sign Off: The Last Days of Television, Cambridge, Mass.; London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, part IV (Futures), page 233:
text: To taps of the operators’ fingers on their key pads the screen images faded to darkness, which were then stopped up to grey.
ref: 2008, Stephen Baxter, chapter 85, in Flood, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 417:
text: Rogers picked up the phone and entered three numbers on his key pad.
ref: 2016, Robert Ellis, chapter 59, in The Love Killings, Seattle, Wash.: Thomas & Mercer, →ISBN, page 292:
glosses: Rare form of keypad.
key pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key pad
key-pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key-pads
Senses: examples: text: The user presses the key on his key-pad corresponding to the required topic. […] If a viewdata user wanted to find out more information about a service, all he would do is key in the right code on his key-pad.
ref: 1982, Elaine Williams, “Videotex”, in Gordon Rattray Taylor, editor, The Inventions that Changed the World: An Illustrated Guide to Man’s Practical Genius Through the Ages, London: The Reader’s Digest Association Limited, →OCLC, page 320, column 2:
text: For example, mail-order applications enable users to indicate, by numeric code on their key-pads an item to be purchased and a credit card number to be debited.
ref: 1985 July, Jack Jones, “Networks and Microcomputers”, in Black Chip: A Journal of Computing for Anarchists, number 3, page 5, column 1:
text: In the 1970s, no educationist would have predicted the explosion in universal written communication caused by the personal computer, the internet and the key-pad of the mobile phone.
ref: 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Introduction – The Seventh Sense”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, pages 16–17:
glosses: Rare form of keypad.
key-pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key-pad
resultancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of resultance.
synonyms: word: resultance
chip shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chip shooters
Senses: glosses: An automated device used for placing components onto printed circuit boards.
chipshooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chipshooters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chip shooter.
birefractive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more birefractive
form: most birefractive
Senses: glosses: Birefringent.
skoliosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skoliosexual
Izumo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
celibating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of celibate
celibated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of celibate
dabka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabkas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dabke.
dabkah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabkahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dabke.
dabkeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabkehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dabke.
bitterbloom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of American centaury.
synonyms: word: American centaury
American centaury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American centauries
Senses: synonyms: bitterbloom
glosses: The plant Sabbatia angularis.
brondes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronde
hyperblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperblocks
Senses: glosses: An object that can handle both scalar and list values.
interblob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interblobs
Senses: glosses: An area between blobs that receives the same input, but is sensitive to orientation instead of color.
over-precise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more over-precise
form: most over-precise
Senses: examples: text: The prose is restrained, almost over-precise in its concern to be clear at each moment; […]
ref: 1989, N. H. Reeve, “Introduction”, in The Novels of Rex Warner: An Introduction, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 14:
text: Or, as Kingsley Amis put it less delicately in his book The King’s English (1997), the world of grammar is divided into “berks and wankers” – berks being those who are outrageously slipshod about language, and wankers those who are (in our view) abhorrently over-precise.
ref: 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Introduction – The Seventh Sense”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 30:
text: For instance, the format of the painting in question signals such an aspiration: ‘100.1 × 99.9 cm’, the catalogue states, measurements with which Anton Henning both destroyed the perfection of the square and rejected the round length of one metre. Moreover, these over-precise specifications contrast absurdly with the extravagant manner of painting.
ref: 2010, Wolfgang Ullrich, “Anton Henning and the Mastery of ‘Bad Painting’”, in Anton Henning: MASTERdote / AntiSINGER, London: Haunch of Venison, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of overprecise.
UNOV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: UN
glosses: Initialism of United Nations Office at Vienna.
Hypernyms: UNO
edit-a-thon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edit-a-thons
Etymology: From edit + -a-thon.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of editathon (“a collaborative group session of contributing edits to a wiki”).
edit-a-thons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edit-a-thon
skunkbear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skunkbears
form: skunk bear
Etymology: From skunk + bear, possibly calqued from a Native American language.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wolverine.
synonyms: word: wolverine
skunkbears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skunkbear
other lips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Other Lips Balm is not merely a remedy for dryness; it serves as an effective solution for vaginal itching and irritation.
ref: 2024, Metamorphosis, https://skinmart.com.au/products/metamorphosis-the-other-lips-balm-vaginal-moisturiser|Skinmart:
glosses: a female's labia majora.
Related terms: other head
scoliosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scoliosexual
form: most scoliosexual
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skoliosexual.
scoliosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scoliosexuals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skoliosexual.
test-rides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of test-ride
test-rides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of test-ride
test-riding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of test-ride
test-rode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of test-ride
test-ridden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of test-ride
scoliosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scoliosexual
refrig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refrigs
Senses: examples: text: A jar of Pickled Beets in the refrig is always great insurance.
ref: 1982, Maili Yardley, Hawaii Cooks… The Island Way, Honolulu, Haw.: Topgallant Publishing, →ISBN, page 25, column 1:
text: He runs in from school, checks the refrigerator, and then looks for the inevitable note. “Dear Tommy: Don’t eat more than three cookies. Jello in the refrig is for supper.[…]”
ref: 1988, David Jeremiah with Carole C. Carlson, Exposing the Myths of Parenthood, Dallas, Tex.: Word Publishing, →ISBN, page 68:
text: Food just vanishes when he’s around. I think he eats through some sort of process of osmosis. My husband says that by the time he gets home from the city in the evening, the refrig is always empty.
ref: 1989, Valerie Wolzien, The Fortieth Birthday Body: A Suburban Mystery, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 99:
text: Lea put the phone down and looked at the mess she had made of her kitchen. Well, at least the floor under the refrig is clean now. […] He looked past her toward the kitchen. “It is still a mess.” She looked down shyly. “At least under the refrig is done.”
ref: 2005, Penelope S. Hession, Cast Your Nets, [Morrisville, N.C.]: www.lulu.com, →ISBN, pages 50–51:
text: Now I see why my man always breaking his diets. The refrig is packed to the capacity.
ref: 2006, Dana S. Hubbard, Every Dog Has His Day, [United States?]: Jorya Publishing, →ISBN, page 16:
text: “Did you eat?” / “Mom, I’ll call you tomorrow . . .” / “Where’s the food I sent?” / “In the refrig.”
ref: 2007, Bahia Abrams, The Other Half of My Soul, Asheville, N.C.: Grateful Steps, Inc., →ISBN, page 70:
glosses: Clipping of refrigerator.
Related terms: fridge
frig
Cotmeana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Cotmeana.
Senses: glosses: A river in Argeș, Romania, tributary to the Vedea.
glosses: A commune of Argeș County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Cotmeana, Argeș County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Stolnici, Argeș County, Romania.
intramorphemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intramorphemic
form: most intramorphemic
Etymology: From intra- + morphemic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Occurring within a morpheme.
Derived terms: intramorphemically
runs at the mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run at the mouth
running at the mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of run at the mouth
ran at the mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run at the mouth
cane syrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cane syrups
Senses: glosses: A type of sweetener used for cocktails and other beverages.
cane syrups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cane syrup
spanner crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spanner crabs
Senses: glosses: Ranina ranina, a large-headed coastal crab of the Indian and West Pacific Oceans, prized for its meat.
ambiamorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæmbɪˈæm(ə)ɹəs/
Etymology: From ambi- + amorous.
Senses: examples: text: [R]espondents are overall more comfortable being involved in additional sexual and romantic relationships themselves than they are with their partner doing so, and they are more comfortable with additional sexual relationships than with additional romantic relationships, both for themselves and for their partner. This holds true for monoamorous, ambiamorous, and polyamorous respondents.
ref: 2018 August 28, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, “Non-Monogamy: Measuring Degrees of Sexual and Romantic Exclusivity in Relationships”, in SSRN Electronic Journal, →DOI, page 4:
text: Stephanie M. Sullivan is a white, bisexual, ambiamorous, able-bodied, cisgender woman with a chronic illness.
ref: 2022 November 7, “About the contributors”, in Michelle D. Vaughan, Theodore R. Burnes, editors, The Handbook of Consensual Non-Monogamy: Affirming Mental Health Practice, London: Rowman & Littlefield, page 419:
glosses: Having no specific preference for either polyamory or monoamory.
Related terms: ambiamory
polyamorous
ambiamory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæmbɪˈæm(ə)ɹi/
Etymology: From ambi- + Latin amor (“love”) + -y.
Senses: glosses: A relationship plan undecided between polyamory and monoamory.
Related terms: ambiamorous
polyamory
Pagny-sur-Moselle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
Ulsther
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: Mid-Ulster
ipa: /ˈɔ̈ls.t̪͆əɹ/
Etymology: From standard Ulster.
Senses: examples: text: in Ulsther, Munsther, Leinsther, an' Connaught,
ref: 1892, William Carleton, Amusing Irish Tales:
glosses: Ulster
libertarian socialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: libertarian socialists
form: libsoc
Senses: glosses: A proponent of libertarian socialism.
libertarian socialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: libsoc
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to libertarian socialism.
libertarian socialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libertarian socialist
wummen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wumman
marasmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæɹəzˈmætɪk/
rhymes: -ætɪk
Forms: form: marasmatics
Etymology: From Russian маразма́тик (marazmátik, “senile dement, marasmatic”).
Senses: examples: text: You had to prove yourself first. There was one humiliating event you had to go through. For people like me, it was very humbling. You should have been interviewed by the veteran commies. They were stupid old marasmatics. Completely brainless pseudo-patriots. It’s a complete madness in their minds.
ref: 2024 March 16th, “Why people couldn’t leave the Soviet Union? Full explanation.” (0:43–1:10 from the start), in Даниил Ораин [Daniil Orain], director, 1420 by Daniil Orain (YouTube channel), spoken by Виктор [Victor], via YouTube:
roman: Daniil Orain
glosses: An obtuse person who performs and permits behaviours devoid of logic or reason; an imbecile.
Related terms: marantic
marasmus
marasmatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /maɹəzˈmatɪks/
Senses: glosses: plural of marasmatic
Anzais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Anzai
nuée ardentes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuée ardente
you're welcome a million
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: By analogy with thanks a million.
Senses: examples: text: I think that every boy should get Boys' Life. Thanks a million, Pedro. […]
You're welcome a million, Kurt.
ref: 1995 November, “Hitchin' Rack”, in Boys' Life, page 6:
text: Once the glass was cleared away and I was alone with Aaron, I dropped into the love seat and blew out a sigh of relief. "Thanks a million."
"You're welcome a million. […]
ref: 2007 December 18, Deborah Donnelly, Death Takes a Honeymoon, Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 222:
text: Gabe: I'm sorry I never really said it before. I should have. / Javier: Thanks a million. / Gabe: You're welcome a million!
ref: 2017 May 29, Telltale Games, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, PS4, PC, Xbox One, iOS, Android:
glosses: You're welcome, intensified.
Related terms: thanks a million
runs off one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run off one's mouth
running off one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of run off one's mouth
ran off one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run off one's mouth
runs one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run one's mouth
running one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of run one's mouth
ran one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run one's mouth
ran one's mouth off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run one's mouth off
running one's mouth off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of run one's mouth off
runs one's mouth off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run one's mouth off
thenage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thenages
Senses: examples: text: 1813, J. Hodgson, F. C. Laird, The Beauties of England and Wales, Volume 12, Part 1, page 209,
Hepple was held in thenage, by the annual payment of fifty shillings, by the ancestors of William Bardolf, in whose time King John changed that service into one knight's fee.
text: Boldon Book.—Gilbert holds Heworth for three marks, and is acquitted of the ancient services which he owed for his tenure in Thenage, for Rikenhall, which he quit-claimed to the Bishop.
ref: 1823, Robert Surtees, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, Volume 3: Stockton Ward, page 328:
text: Chorlton Row was a sub-barony of the large barony of Manchester, with its sixty square miles, and at the beginning of the thirteenth century was held in thenage of the king, assessed as two ploughlands at an annual rent or service of twenty shillings, this sum in feudal times being accounted a knight's fee.
ref: 1974, T. G. Warburton, “17: The history of the Institute campus and its environs”, in Donald S. L. Cardwell, editor, Artisan to Graduate: Essays to Commemorate the foundation in 1824 of the Manchester Mechanics' Institution, page 262:
glosses: Alternative form of thanage.
takes effect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take effect
taking effect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of take effect
took effect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take effect