cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fister
bullwhippings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullwhipping
inshell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈʃɛl/
ipa: /ˈɪnˌʃɛl/
Forms: form: inshells
form: inshelling
form: inshelled
form: inshelled
Etymology: From in- + shell.
Senses: examples: text: ’Tis Aufidius,
Who, hearing of our Coriolanus’ banishment,
Thrusts forth his horns again into the world;
Which were inshell’d when Coriolanus stood for Rome,
And durst not once peep out.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
text: […] of all men that I have ever known, no one was more reluctant to creep out of the modesty in which he had inshelled himself, than the man whom I cannot even yet think no more, feeling towards his memory as if he were still waiting for something not received.
ref: 1834, John Galt, chapter 19, in The Literary Life, and Miscellanies, of John Galt, volume 1, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, page 178:
text: Vermilion wings, by distance held
To pause aflight while fleeting swift:
And high aloft the pearl inshelled
Her lucid glow in glow will lift:
ref: 1885 October, George Meredith, “The Thrush in February”, in The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 42, page 510:
text: Who could know what forces those two-meter hulls inshelled, or what fleets and empires waited on their signal?
ref: 1965 May, Dick Moore, “Bogeymen”, in Worlds of Tomorrow, volume 3, number 1, page 161:
glosses: To enclose in a shell.
inshell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈʃɛl/
ipa: /ˈɪnˌʃɛl/
Etymology: From in- + shell.
Senses: examples: text: Live inshell scallops are preferable to frozen scallop meats.
text: The insects that attack inshell peanuts consist of several species of beetles and of moths.
ref: 1966, Calvin Golumbic, Hamilton Laudani, “Storage and Warehousing”, in Protecting our Food, United States: Department of Agriculture, page 141:
text: The stain […] contains iodine, which is also a permitted disinfectant for inshell eggs.
ref: 1985 January, David Pyrah, “Staining Machine Improves Detection of Cracked Eggs”, in Agricultural Research, page 15:
text: Recent research shows that people snacking on inshell pistachios ate 41 percent fewer calories than those who consumed shelled nuts.
ref: 2011 October 6, RedEye, page 43:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
qualifier: fishery
glosses: (of nuts, eggs, shellfish) Not removed from the shell.
inshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈʃɛl/
ipa: /ˈɪnˌʃɛl/
Forms: form: inshells
Etymology: From in- + shell.
Senses: examples: text: Inshells are shipped in 50-pound sacks, while shelled walnut pieces are shipped in 25-pound bags'
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
qualifier: fishery
glosses: A product (nut, shellfish) that has not been removed from its shell.
inshells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inshell
inshells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inshell
thrustable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thrust + -able.
Senses: examples: text: A nut cracking machine comprising an upright frame having front extensions, revolving disks carrying plungers axially thrustable towards each other, means for periodically actuating said plungers consisting of means mounted on said frame […]
ref: 1908, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1772:
text: Duryodhana was the best champion in the world with a weapon that was made of an iron ball tied by a chain to a heavy rod held by the warrior, a sort of thrustable cudgel or bludgeon.
ref: 2010, Enrico Francot, The Icy Side of the Self:
glosses: Capable of being thrust.
inshelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inshell
watermarkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From watermark + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being watermarked.
zooanthroponoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zooanthroponosis
deafener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deafeners
Etymology: From deafen + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, deafens.
deafeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deafener
osturduckens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osturducken
acolutholect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acolutholects
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower”) + -lect.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of satellect.
synonyms: word: satellect
acolutholects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acolutholect
foot-tappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot-tapping
poculent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poculent
form: most poculent
Etymology: From Latin poculentus, from poculum (“cup”).
Senses: examples: text: Some of these herbs, which are not esculent, are notwithstanding poculent; as hops and broom.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: Fit for drink.
poculent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poculents
Etymology: From Latin poculentus, from poculum (“cup”).
Senses: examples: text: […] the minute attention which the first physicians paid to the esculents and poculents of their patients […]
ref: 1842, John Fletcher, John James Drysdale, Elements of General Pathology, page 467:
text: The use of unguents acts as raiment against heat and cold by preventing profuse perspiration and evaporation; it is the more necessary in a land where extreme lassitude and thirst necessitate a great consumption of poculents.
ref: 1859, The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, volume 29, page 323:
text: The fresh produce, moreover, has few charms as a poculent amongst barbarous and milk-drinking races: the Arabs and the Portuguese in Africa avoid it after the sun is high, believing it to increase bile, and eventually to cause fever […]
ref: 1860, Richard Francis Burton, The Lake region of Central Africa, a picture of exploration, page 284:
glosses: A drink; something drunk.
party member
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party members
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A person who belongs to a political party.
party members
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party member
Second Cold War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: Although developed around the First Cold War of 1947-53, the same debate, about causes and responsibility, elaborated simultaneously rather than sequentially, can be identified with regard to the Second Cold War, of 1979-85.
ref: 1993, Mike Bowker, Robin Brown, From Cold War to Collapse: Theory and World Politics in the 1980s, →ISBN:
text: For the true aficionados there is, in addition, the impact imprecisely) as the new or Second Cold War of the 1980s.
ref: 2004, Olav Njolstad, The Last Decade of the Cold War, →ISBN:
text: Recent evidence about the events of 1983 provides an opportunity to explore the risk of nuclear war and the role of misperception in Soviet–American relations during the 'Second Cold War'
ref: 2013, Michael Herman, Gwilym Hughes, Intelligence in the Cold War: What Difference Did it Make?, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Moreover, this pressure can also be regarded as a bond between the Second Cold War period and the years preceding and succeeding it containing as it does, vital elements of continuity and change.
ref: 2017, Mark. G Rolls, The Arms Dynamic in South-East Asia During the Second Cold War:
glosses: Alternative form of Cold War II.
communist party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: communist parties
form: Communist Party
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A political party which advocates communist ideals.
Hyponyms: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An individual communist party within a specific context.
Synonyms: word: Reds
high-endness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From high-end + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: So the Unico bristles with high-endness, inside and out.
ref: 2002, Link House Publications, High Fidelity News and Record Review, Volume 47, Issues 7-12
glosses: The quality of being high-end.
communist parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communist party
Dul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Duls
Etymology: From Khmer ឌុល (dul).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Khmer.
metalevels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metalevel
bass drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒp
Forms: form: bass drops
Senses: examples: text: Bass drop!
ref: 1999, “Be Faithful”, Isaac Freeman, Edmund Bini, Joseph Rizzo, Sean Combs, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Bernard Edwards, Faith Evans, Ronald Lawrence, Nile Rodgers, James Alexander, Ben Cauley, Johnny Hammond, Allen Jones, William McLean, Andres Titus (music) (Compact Disc), performed by Fatman Scoop, United States: AV8:
text: Based around a wailing diva and a bass drop that had the emotional weight of a Detroit synth wash, "Remember the Roller" proved that you could be just as expressive with rhythmic elements as you could with keyboards.
ref: 1999, Peter Shapiro, Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide, →ISBN:
text: There's no way to build to a peak except to get quiet first, and after each breakdown comes another bass drop.
ref: 2013, Chuk Moran, Superactually: Micro-Essays on Post-Ironic Life, →ISBN:
text: In metalcore subgenres, bass drops are often utilized under the first chord of a breakdown, to emphasize the breakdown and give it a presence. A bass drop in this genre can be created by the bass, mostly known by a slide, or the drums, with an electronic pad.
ref: 2016, CTI Reviews, Photography, A Cultural History, →ISBN:
text: The bass drop—like the tonic cadence in tonal music—has become a convention of the style.
ref: 2017, Tom Perchard, From Soul to Hip Hop, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A pause in the percussion, followed by a reintroduction of drums accompanied by a heavy bass line.
Related terms: drop the bass
bass drops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bass drop
tonalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Shinichi Suzuki based on vocalization.
Senses: glosses: In the Suzuki method of music teaching, the term for what is normally called tone production, the student's ability to produce and recognize a beautiful, ringing tone quality from a musical instrument.
he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: January 17, 2017 CommunityNews Australia
Labor should beware, though, of aligning itself with the dreadlocks and thumb-locks brigade – he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon.
glosses: One must be careful when dealing with bad people.
touch upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: touches upon
form: touching upon
form: touched upon
form: touched upon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of touch on.
Pokhara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Nepali पोखरा (pokharā).
Senses: glosses: A city in Nepal.
precomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precoma
dead-stroke hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead-stroke hammers
Senses: glosses: A power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.
dead-stroke hammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dead-stroke hammer
sectisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sectism
Macnab cypress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Macnab cypresses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of MacNab cypress.
difficultated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of difficultate
difficultating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of difficultate
Garhwali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Garhwali गढ़वळि (gaṛhvaḷi), probably via another Indo-Aryan language.
Senses: glosses: A Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi.
glosses: An ethnolinguistic group native to Garhwal in Uttarakhand, India.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Garhwali terms
Champa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃæm.pə/
Forms: form: Chiampa
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Chăm Pa.
Senses: glosses: A collection of Cham polities in what is now Vietnam from the 2nd century through 1832.
Hypernyms: word: Cochin-China
Champa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃæm.pə/
Forms: form: Champas
form: Chiampa
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Slovene Čampa.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovene.
Corse-du-Sud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Southern Corsica
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Corse-du-Sud (literally “Southern Corsica”).
Senses: glosses: A department of Corsica, France.
Haute-Corse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Haute-Corse (literally “Upper Corsica”).
Senses: glosses: A department of Corsica, France.
persistent truncus arteriosus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: truncus arteriosus
glosses: A congenital cardiac defect characterised by the failure of division of the embryological structure of truncus arteriosus.
zicral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zicrals
Senses: glosses: An alloy of aluminium with zinc and small amounts of magnesium and copper
introgressively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more introgressively
form: most introgressively
Etymology: From introgressive + -ly.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: By the means of introgression.
modern convenience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modern conveniences
Senses: synonyms: mod con
glosses: A labour-saving device or service making a task easier or more efficient to perform than by traditional methods.
Derived terms: mod con
Related terms: amenities
fake news
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Never trust fake news websites.
text: The scourge of “fake news”, pumped out by online bots and Russian troll farms, suggested that the authority of professional journalism had been fatally damaged by the rise of social media.
ref: 2025 October 2, William Davies, “A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: propaganda
antonyms: news
hypernyms: disinformation
coordinate_terms: junk food news
junk news
;
misinformation
glosses: Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.
glosses: Satirical news stories, intended to amuse.
Related terms: POFMA
person-made
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A flattened person-made concrete block lying in between the two bays known as Gnejna and Ghajn Tuffieha.
ref: 1981 April 11, George Xuereb, “Maltese Memories”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
glosses: Synonym of human-made.
synonyms: word: human-made
Smita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Chinese jump rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: playground games
glosses: A children's game in which two participants hold a string of rubber bands tied in a circle with their feet and a third participant is challenged to make a certain series of moves in relation to the string successfully.
Synonyms: Chinese ropes
Chinese garter
jumpsies
elastics
yoki
French skipping
who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: The prosecutors who reviewed the Peabody case in 1988 described his behaviour as “infantilism.” In other words, he who keeps company with wolves will learn to howl.
ref: 1992, New Times International - Issues 1-13, page 37:
text: After hearing this proverb, Chadwick went out to see if it was true. "I thoroughly tested it," he said, "and though it may apply to people, it doesn't pertain to cats." Who keeps company with wolves learns to howl warns us that if we associate with bad company we, too, will become bad.
ref: 2005, John Smithback, Fun with Proverbs, →ISBN, page 246:
text: A well known proverb says that 'who keeps company with wolves will learn to howl'. The biggest influence on my personality had these people with whom I spent the most of the time.
ref: 2016, Dawid Piątkowski, Impossible, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
transport poverty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A state of restriction on being able to travel because of limited access to affordable transportation.
mims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mim
interreference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interreferences
Etymology: From inter- + reference.
Senses: glosses: Mutual reference between two or more things.
interreferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interreference
interreferential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more interreferential
form: most interreferential
Etymology: From inter- + referential.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting, or relating to, interreference.
interideological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + ideological.
Senses: glosses: Between ideologies.
vyakarana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit व्याकरण (vyākaraṇa).
Senses: examples: text: The fact that Indian philosophy is based on oral traditions is another reason why vyākaraṇa takes its teaching to be of primary importance.
ref: 1990, Harold G. Coward, K. Kunjunni Raja, editors, Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies, volume 5, page 36:
text: Among pandits, vyakarana was one of the six ‘auxiliary sciences’ or ‘limbs’ of the Veda – learning not found within the Vedas, but essential in order to comprehend them.
ref: 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 19:
glosses: The grammar or linguistic analysis of Vedic Sanskrit, as the language of the Hindu scriptures.
misbecomingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more misbecomingly
form: most misbecomingly
Etymology: From misbecoming + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a misbecoming manner.
ant-beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ant-bed
patricentred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more patricentred
form: most patricentred
Etymology: From patri- + centred.
Senses: glosses: patricentric
matricentered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more matricentered
form: most matricentered
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of matricentred.
patricentered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more patricentered
form: most patricentered
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of patricentred.
Red Room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Red Rooms
Senses: glosses: According to an urban legend, a room where people are tortured and murdered for an audience of viewers via the Dark Web, the viewers sometimes voting or bidding on the form of torture to be performed.
Red Rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Red Room
studyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studying
intersocietally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intersocietal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Between societies.
kubong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kubongs
Senses: glosses: The flying lemur Cynocephalus variegatus
oral stage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oral stages
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychoanalysis
psychology
sciences
glosses: In Freudian psychoanalysis, the first stage of psychosexual development, during early infancy, when the baby's mouth is their primary erogenous zone.
Related terms: anal stage
oral stages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oral stage
Dagohoy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
forebelieved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forebelieve
forebelieving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forebelieve
forebelieves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forebelieve
besprinckled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more besprinckled
form: most besprinckled
Senses: examples: text: After her heat the breathing cold to taſte;
Her golden lockes, that late in treſſes bright
Embreaded were for hindring of her haſte,
Now looſe about her ſhoulders hong undight,
And were with ſweet Ambroſia all beſprinckled
light.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 18:
glosses: Obsolete form of besprinkled.
creep-shames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of creep-shame
creep-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of creep-shame
creep-shamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of creep-shame
questionlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more questionlessly
form: most questionlessly
Etymology: From questionless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The doorkeeper took my ticket questionlessly; that supposed peril was past.
ref: 1873, Edgar Fawcett, Purple and Fine Linen, page 313:
text: Audubon's art is like Warren's own, she observes, in that “his birds and his rats alike inhabit a world of beak and claw and fang, of ripped-open bellies and planted talons,” in the face of which “these striking vignettes of a man questionlessly happy in his environment map out for us a possible happiness.”
ref: 2015, Victor H. Strandberg, The Poetic Vision of Robert Penn Warren, page 16:
glosses: In a questionless manner; assuredly.
Related terms: without question
unquestioningly
murmurates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of murmurate
murmurating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of murmurate
murmurated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of murmurate
better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.
words fail someone
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜːdz feɪl ˈsʌmwʌn/
ipa: /ˈwɝdz feɪl ˈsʌmˌwʌn/
Forms: form: words failing someone
form: words failed someone
form: words fail
Senses: examples: text: Nature has given me the passion for poesy, but refused me the boon of words and the faculty of expressing my thoughts. I think deeply, but when I wish to speak words fail me. If I wish to write, it is still worse.
ref: 1857 September, “Seeing the World”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XV, number LXXXVIII, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, 327 to 335 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, page 544, column 1:
text: Here he paused, so bewildered by the dignified unconsciousness and serene superiority of the potentate in whose presence he stood that words failed him, and he stood and gazed at that immovable countenance with a sort of appalled wonder to think that anything should be so great yet so small, so capable of making himself ridiculous, and yet with power to spoil two lives at his pleasure.
ref: 1882, Mrs. Oliphant [i.e., Margaret Oliphant], “Lady Jane”, in Good Words, volume XXIII, →OCLC, chapter VIII (The Decisive Moment), page 202:
text: As she looked through more and more of these sheets, and found that they could be clustered, ordered, she realised with a start that the spaces were gaps in Hannah's memory of language, marking the beginning of her words failing her. Did she see that for herself? Did she write faster against the spreading of the gaps?
ref: 2012, Belinda Castles, “Flora: Sydney, 2005”, in Hannah & Emil, Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 9:
text: Many survivors tried to describe what they felt, but words failed them. Hard to imagine, too, the emotions of the first responders – the ambulance crews, the medics and the police – faced by ghastly mayhem. It must have felt overwhelming, but they did their jobs and doubtless saved many lives.
ref: 2017 August 20, “Observer editorial: The Observer view on the attacks in Spain: We must not give into fatalism on terror”, in The Observer, London, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2017:
glosses: Someone is incapable of describing something with words, especially due to fear, shock, or surprise.
Related terms: at a loss for words
lost for words
to err is human; to forgive, divine
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: An extended form of earlier to err is human (a calque of Latin errāre hūmānum est) from the poem An Essay on Criticism (written in 1709, published in 1711) by Alexander Pope; see quotation.
Senses: examples: text: Now thoſe that reach Parnaſſus’ lofty Crown, / Employ their Pains to ſpurn ſome others down; / And while Self-Love each jealous Writer rules, / Contending Wits become the Sport of Fools: / But ſtill the Worſt with moſt Regret commend, / And each Ill Author is as bad a Friend. / To what baſe Ends, and by what abject Ways, / Are Mortals urg’d by Sacred Luſt of Praiſe? / Ah ne’er ſo dire a Thirſt of Glory boaſt, / Nor in the Critick let the Man be loſt! / Good-Nature and Good-Senſe muſt ever join; / To Err is Humane; to Forgive, Divine.
ref: 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, page 30:
glosses: Extended form of to err is human
wikipedia: Alexander Pope
An Essay on Criticism
finders, keepers; losers, weepers
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of finders, keepers.
synonyms: word: finders
word: keepers
in wine, there is truth
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: in wine there is truth
form: there is truth in wine
form: the truth is in the wine
Etymology: Calque of Latin in vīnō vēritās.
Senses: examples: text: It is a saying, that “wine inspires wit;' and that in wine “there is truth.” These sayings are the apologies of drinkers.
ref: 1823, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 14, page 321:
text: In wine there is truth. People who love wine and have a lot of it still like to get a great wine as a present.
ref: 1998 December, Ron Loutherback, “Beyond the Label”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 174:
text: In wine there is truth, or so they say, and this just may be the way to heaven, then again we began this time just fine, with a bottle of red wine, parked on an incline just you and I, not far from my safe haven, inhabited by ravens sex laden, with a maiden which is you,
ref: 2003, Kanaan, Delicate Torture: (Living Poetically), →ISBN, page 79:
text: “My grandfather never understood the point of a mission statement. But whenever anybody asked him about making wine, he always said this,” and Mr. Main pointed at a sign that read: In wine, there is truth. In good wine, there is hard work.
ref: 2011, Donald L. Anderson, Cases and Exercises in Organization Development & Change, →ISBN, page 35:
text: In wine there is truth, and although I was able to contain my excesses, and fell short of protesting my undying amour, our conversation had touched on most remarkably personal matters.
ref: 2014, Christopher Priest, The Space Machine, →ISBN:
synonyms: in vino veritas
drunk words are sober thoughts
in wine
glosses: Statements made or expressed under the influence of alcohol reveal true beliefs that are not expressed when sober.
Related terms: in vino veritas
loose lips sink ships
loosen someone's tongue
out of the mouths of babes
genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Etymology: Attributed to Thomas Edison.
Senses: examples: text: The whole thing is to keep working and pretty soon they'll think you're good. Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
ref: 2003, Lagoon Books, How to Be a Huge Success, →ISBN:
text: In the adage that says “genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration,” this is the all important one percent.
ref: 2006, John Kundert-Gibbs, Peter Lee, Dariush Derakhshani, Maya 5 Savvy, →ISBN, page 34:
text: His life mirrored his words: “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
ref: 2015, Christine A. Hult, The Handy English Grammar Answer Book, →ISBN:
text: Certainly he has shown himself to be one step cleverer than inventor Thomas Edison with the simple philosophy he has brought to Stamford Bridge, very much in line with the famous quote, “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
ref: 26 December 2016, Matthew Dun, “Chelsea stars shed light on Antonio Conte's genius as they bid to continue winning streak”, in Daily Express (UK):
text: Thomas Edison famously said that “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” What that means is “inspired” ideas may come and go, but to make them function is a lot of hard work
ref: March 2, 2017, John Wright, “Column: The Power of Persistence”, in Parker Life:
glosses: A genius depends more on hard work than imagination.
wise head on young shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of old head on young shoulders.
old head on young shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wise head on young shoulders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of good head on one's shoulders.
glosses: Someone who has the wisdom of age during his or her physical youth.
Related terms: wise beyond one's years
six-way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: six-ways
Etymology: The sense referring to a serving of Cincinnati chili was coined in the 1920s by Tom and John Kiradjieff, Slavic-Macedonian immigrants to Cincinnati, for their Empress Chili chain.
Senses: glosses: A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans, and either jalapeños or chopped garlic.
glosses: A sexual act involving six people.
Coordinate terms: three-way
four-way
five-way
six-ways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of six-way
regredient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more regredient
form: most regredient
Senses: glosses: Going backward; regressive.
Related terms: regredience
Jackies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jacky
MDN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Web
glosses: Initialism of Mozilla Developer Network.
folkdance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folkdances
Senses: examples: text: For the former a folksong or a folkdance was a mere source for a composition, artistic arrangement, or stylization; for the latter it was important to respect the style of the traditional singer […]
ref: 2012, Ian Peddie, Popular Music and Human Rights: British and American Music, page 80:
glosses: Alternative spelling of folk dance.
folkdances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of folkdance
syrtaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syrtakis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sirtaki.
syrtakis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syrtaki
sirtaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɜːˈtakɪ/
ipa: /sɚˈtɑki/
rhymes: -æki
rhymes: -ɑːki
Forms: form: sirtakis
form: syrtaki
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek συρτάκι (syrtáki), from συρτός (syrtós, a type of folk dance, literally “drawn, led”) + -άκι (-áki, diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: A modern Greek folk dance, a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance.
sirtakis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sirtaki
hasapiko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hasapikos
form: chasapiko
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek χασάπικο (chasápiko), literally "the butcher's (dance)"; it originated in the Middle Ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the Greek butchers' guild.
Senses: glosses: A Greek folk dance from Constantinople.
Related terms: hasaposerviko
hasapikos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hasapiko
misinput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misinputs
Etymology: From mis- + input.
Senses: glosses: Incorrect input.
misinput
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misinputs
form: misinputting
form: misinputted
form: misinputted
form: misinput
form: misinput
Etymology: From mis- + input.
Senses: glosses: To input incorrectly.
misinputs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misinput
misinspired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misinspire
misinspiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misinspire
misinspires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misinspire
misinspiration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mis- + inspiration.
Senses: glosses: bad or wrong inspiration
trinitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trinitize
rebalancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebalancers
Etymology: From rebalance + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That which rebalances.
rebalancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebalancer
recontributed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recontribute
recontributing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recontribute
recontributes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recontribute
redisinfected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redisinfect
redisinfects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redisinfect
redisinfecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redisinfect
reobservation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reobservations
Etymology: From re- + observation.
Senses: glosses: observation again
reobservations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reobservation
reexiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reexit
reexited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reexit
reexits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reexit
reexits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reexit
recontribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recontributions
Etymology: From re- + contribution.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The process of contributing an amount previously withdrawn back into the same fund.
recontributions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recontribution
U-shapedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From U-shaped + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being U-shaped.
kandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Acronym formed from the initial letters of the minerals kaolinite, nacrite, dickite + -ic.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Being or relating to a soil horizon with an accumulation of iron and aluminium oxides and low-activity silicate clays.
Related terms: kandiperox
umbric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Essentially mollic but with a lower base saturation.
ochric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Either too thin, too light in colour, or too low in organic matter to be considered either mollic or umbric.
thaumetopoein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An urticating toxin found in the defensive bristles of certain moths.
U-shapedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From U-shaped + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a U-shaped manner.
unvintageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unvintageable
form: most unvintageable
Etymology: From un- + vintage + -able, an allusion to the Greek poet Homer's epithets for the sea.
Senses: examples: text: I stood by the unvintageable sea
Till the wet waves drenched face and hair with spray.
ref: 1881, Oscar Wilde, Vita Nuova:
text: Will Hero’s Tower crumble under 15-inch guns? Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageable?
ref: 1915, Rupert Brooke, en route to the Bosporus, as quoted by William Manchester, The Last Lion, page 518
glosses: Not fit to drink.
French breads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French bread
skin-dived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skin-dive
post-left
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + left.
Attested earliest in Bob Black's book Anarchy after Leftism (written in 1996, published in 1997), although Black assumed then that the expression was in circulation.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Designating a form of anarchism that aims to move away from traditional leftism.
Gilgameshian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gilgameshian
form: most Gilgameshian
Etymology: From Gilgamesh + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gilgamesh or the "Epic of Gilgamesh".
dokshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dokshits
Etymology: From Sanskrit दोक्षित (dokṣita).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An evil spirit.
dokshits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dokshit
balings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baling
kitset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitsets
Etymology: From kit + set.
Senses: examples: text: He had already purchased a small fleet of diggers and earth movers to carry out the excavation, along with a few RVs and kitset mobile offices to accommodate the crew;
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 80:
glosses: A kit; a set of components to be assembled into a structure.
kitsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitset
heterotext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterotexts
Etymology: From hetero- + text.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A text that is heterogeneous, for example in being composed of several different languages. and visual vs textual
heterotexts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterotext
pseudoservices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoservice
pseudoservice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoservices
Etymology: From pseudo- + service.
Senses: examples: text: The pushing of doorbells, the recording of “contacts,” and the requirement of monthly reports all add up to expensive pseudoservices. At best they constitute a costly but useless frenzy of activity.
ref: 2015, Edward J. Latessa, Paula Smith, Corrections in the Community, page 211:
glosses: Something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful.
qualifier: Kantian philosophy
glosses: Formal or clerical rituals that are imagined to serve God, as distinguished from genuine good or pleasing actions.
rookless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rook + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without rooks (the birds).
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Without rooks (the chess pieces).
boatperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boatpersons
form: boatpeople
Etymology: From boat + person.
Senses: glosses: A boatman or boatwoman.
boatpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boatperson
boatpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boatperson
up your nose with a rubber hose
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Popularized in the 1970's from use by the writers of US TV series Welcome Back, Kotter to replace the censored phrase up yours, but apparently already in use decades earlier.
Senses: glosses: A derisive insult.
wikipedia: Welcome Back, Kotter
Related terms: up yours
smoothifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoothifiers
Etymology: From smooth + -ify + -er, a marketing coinage by Guinness.
Senses: glosses: A floating widget inside a beer can, which (unlike earlier fixed versions) prevents the contents from overflowing if opened when warm.
wikipedia: Guinness
smoothifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoothifier
autoconcurrency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + concurrency.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The situation where two instances of the same actions occur simultaneously and in parallel.
Hadamard transform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hadamard transforms
Etymology: Named for the French mathematician Jacques Hadamard.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
synonyms: Walsh transform
glosses: A generalized Fourier transform that performs an orthogonal, symmetric, involutive, linear operation on 2ᵐ real numbers (or complex numbers, although the Hadamard matrices themselves are purely real).
Derived terms: pseudo-Hadamard transform
white nationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The political ideology that white people (Europeans) are a distinct race and should form an ethnic state.
Related terms: white nationalist
plug and feather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A technique used to split stone, using a metal wedge (the plug) and two tapering shims (the feathers).
Tissot tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tissot tanks
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A device for collecting exhaled air for analysis, similar to a Douglas bag.
Tissot tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tissot tank
Kolas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kola
clay-colored thrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clay-colored thrushes
Senses: synonyms: clay-colored robin
glosses: A thrush, common in the Americas, of species Turdus grayi; the national bird of Costa Rica.
nephrotomogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephrotomograms
Etymology: From nephro- + tomogram.
Senses: examples: text: The nephrogram may be elaborated by doing a nephrotomogram, i.e. the kidney may be examined layer by layer (laminagram).
ref: 1992, M. E. Vlok, Manual of Nursing, volume 1, page 497:
glosses: A tomographic nephrogram.
rynges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rynge
multicommunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + communal.
Senses: glosses: Between communes.
intracommunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + communal.
Senses: glosses: Within a single commune or community.
Derived terms: intracommunally
intersatellite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + satellite.
Senses: examples: intersatellite communications
glosses: Between satellites.
intrasatellite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + satellite.
Senses: glosses: Within a single satellite.
interorbit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + orbit.
Senses: examples: text: For interorbit communications Artemis was planned to communicate with the same SPOT 4, the European environmental satellite Envisat and OICETS.
ref: 2003, Brian Harvey, Europe's Space Programme: To Ariane and Beyond, page 233:
glosses: Between orbits.
spotbeam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spotbeams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spot beam.
spotbeams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spotbeam
spot beam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spot beams
form: spotbeam
Etymology: From spot + beam.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A satellite signal that is specially concentrated in power (i.e. sent by a high-gain antenna) so that it will cover only a limited geographic area on Earth.
spot beams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spot beam
autorefractometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From autorefractometer + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The subjective verification of refraction is a must even after autorefractometry.
ref: 2003, Khurana, Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Refraction was measured three times using autorefractometry (ARK-900, NIDEK, Gamagori, Aichi, Japan) and an average value was calculated.
ref: 2005, Steve M. Reece, Focus on Glaucoma Research, →ISBN, page 51:
text: Nevertheless, in expert hands, it is a very useful method and very close to reality; it does not allow the level of precision necessary for refractive surgery whereby, like autorefractometry, it may be used as an indication to be verified using other instruments.
ref: 2007, Paolo Vinciguerra, Fabrizio I. Camesasca, Refractive Surface Ablation, →ISBN, page 49:
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: The use of an autorefractometer
Related terms: autorefractometric
autorefractometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autorefractometers
Etymology: From auto- + refraction + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: The computerised, autorefractometer quickly gives information about the refractive error of the patient in terms of sphere, cylinder with axis and interpupillary distance.
ref: 2003 -, Khurana, Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 69:
text: The autorefractometer is now routinely used as the first approach.
ref: 2007, Paolo Vinciguerra, Fabrizio I. Camesasca, Refractive Surface Ablation, →ISBN, page 48:
text: The advent of autorefractometer has changed the scenario of eye examination procedure. Today many practitioners have started relying more on autorefractometer for the simple reason of its speed and accuracy.
ref: 2014, Ajay Kumar Bhootra, Clinical Refraction Guide, →ISBN, page 85:
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: A device that uses infrared light to measure the refractive status of the eye.
Derived terms: autorefractometry
autorefractometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autorefractometer