cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
proteinogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From protein + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The biosynthesis of proteins.
Hami melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hami melons
Etymology: From Hami + melon, calque from Mandarin 哈密瓜 (hāmìguā).
Senses: examples: text: Sheng had given me many Hami melons, and once again a cavalry of several hundred horsemen arrived for my departure, making for a spectacular send-off.
ref: 1994, Lifu Chen, Hsu-Hsin Chang, Ramon Hawley Myers, editors, The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir of Chʻen Li-fu, 1900-1993, page 133:
text: The first major town on the Silk Road after entering Xinjiang was Hami. The mention of the name always makes one think of the famous Hami melons, but the melons are actually grown everywhere in Xinjiang.
ref: 1995, Wen Dong Kuang, Focus on Xinjiang, page 19:
text: They also left a lasting stamp on the food of the capital, with their great round wheels of sesame flatbread, their grilled and stir-fried lamb, and their incredibly fragrant Hami melons.
ref: 2008, Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef, page 169:
text: The Hami melon, native to the Hami Region of Sinjiang Province, has found a new home here in Jhuangwei, Yilan. The soil downstream of the Lanyang River is great for the cultivation of hami melon because of the plentiful sunshine, excellent water system, and the local mild weather. The Hami melon was introduced to Jhuangwei in 1982.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “Food”, in Yilan County Government, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2018:
glosses: A variety of muskmelon from Xinjiang, China, particularly associated with Hami City.
Synonyms: Chinese Hami melon
snow melon
Hami melons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hami melon
prereplicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + replicative.
Senses: glosses: prior to replication
blood moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood moons
Etymology: From its reddish appearance.
Senses: examples: text: Just after two o'clock in the morning, the moon went into eclipse, fading to a deep red and casting a pall over the mountainside. Viewing the blood moon as an ominous sign, the Confederates used it to cloak their flight.
ref: 2006, Georgiana Kotarski, Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley, →ISBN, pages 98–99:
text: “Because the Earth has an atmosphere, it doesn’t completely block the light on the moon. Some of the red light actually bends through the Earth’s atmosphere and lights up the moon during a total eclipse, and that’s the rusty red, blood moon,” said SubbaRao.
ref: 2014, Gaynor Hall, “Blood Moon Rising: Chicago star gazers in for treat if weather holds out”, in WGNtv.com, retrieved 15 Apr 2014:
text: Sky gazers in India and in other parts of the world will be able to witness a blood moon on September 7 during a total lunar eclipse. The moon will take on a dark red-copper hue. This is the result of a physical effect called Rayleigh scattering. During a total lunar eclipse, the earth comes between the sun and the moon, blocking direct sunlight from striking the lunar surface. However, not all sunlight is blocked. Only the bluer light is filtered out; the redder light is scattered by the earth's atmosphere, giving the moon its striking colour.
ref: 2025 September 6, Priyali Prakash, “Why is a blood moon called so? Sky gazers in India will see a blood moon on September 7 during a total lunar eclipse”, in The Hindu:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse.
Related terms: blue moon
harvest moon
viscidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viscidia
Etymology: From Latin viscidus (“sticky”) + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A sticky pad in the flowers of most orchids
riboprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riboproteins
Etymology: From ribo- + protein.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ribonucleoprotein.
synonyms: word: ribonucleoprotein
vikinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: After this he joined a body of Vikinger, and became so distinguished, that King Harold, for the aid he lent him, gave him his daughter Helga in marriage.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 126:
glosses: Vikings.
nationality sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nationality signs
Senses: glosses: An oval sign attached to the back of a road vehicle to show the nationality of the vehicle.
army volunteer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: army volunteers
form: army volunteering
form: army volunteered
form: army volunteered
form: army-volunteer
Senses: examples: text: "She 'army volunteered' me," he says. "She said, 'You called; you're on the committee.'"
ref: 1994 May, Elaine Yaffe, “Not Just Cupcakes Anymore: A Study of Community Involvement”, in Phi Delta Kappan, volume 75, number 9:
text: It was dreadful. Especially when it was raining -- the whole performance of getting all the plastic hoods off the double buggy, then trying to womanhandle<g> double buggy, shopping, both boys onto the bus. You ended up by 'army volunteering' the passengers behind you.
ref: 2000 April 29, Mitch, “Re: (Booklist included) was: Church's view on .... ?”, in uk.religion.christian (Usenet):
text: Coutts was originally press-ganged into playing the game by one of his former intermediate teachers. Despite some initial scepticism, he eventually became hooked.
"It was something that I got sort of army-volunteered into but looking back at it now, it's been one of the best things of my life, just because of the experiences and opportunities I've been given," he said.
ref: 2009 March 27, Wayne Martin, “World beckons for golf croquet whiz BY WAYNE MARTIN”, in Nelson Mail, New Zealand: Nelson:
glosses: To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do.
Synonyms: press into service
manini
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manini
form: most manini
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian manini.
Senses: glosses: Small.
manini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manini
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian manini.
Senses: glosses: Acanthurus triostegus, a species of surgeonfish.
scramblase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scramblases
Etymology: From scramble + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of enzymes that aid the translocation of phospholipids across cell membranes.
white trashery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-trashery
Etymology: From white trash + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Reeder revels in white trashery—and applauds herself for doing so. "I am busty, and I am loud, and I love bad taste."
ref: 1997 November 30, Margaret Talbot, “Getting Credit for Being White”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Apr 2014:
text: Because of the Depression, many people came to associate bare feet with poverty, indolence, or general white-trashery.
ref: 2005 August, Anne Dingus, “Texas Myth #14”, in Texas Monthly, retrieved 15 Apr 2014:
text: Arne Johnson stabbed his landlord Alan Bono to death after a day of drinking, partying, and general white trashery.
ref: 2010, J. W. Ocker, The New England Grimpendium, →ISBN, page 245:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being, resembling, or behaving in the manner of white trash.
white-trashery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of white trashery.
white trashy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more white trashy
form: most white trashy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of white-trashy.
tormentous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tormentous
form: most tormentous
Etymology: From torment + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Before thee stalks inexorable Fate,
And grasps impailing nails and wedges dread,
The hook tormentous and the melted lead.
ref: 1756, Philip Francis (translator), Horace (author), "Ode 35: To Fortune" in A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, p. 129 (Google preview)
text: [I]ts greed gave us years tormentous and horrible, like those of Ferdinand VII.
ref: 1870, The Annual Register, Volume 111, page 264:
text: Few adults could have survived the tormentous, agonizing heartbreak Jimmy endured.
ref: 1960 May, "Loneliest Boy on Capitol Hill", Ebony, vol. 15, no. 7, p. 58 (Google preview)
text: In Nigeria in particular and Africa generally, there is no winter, no heat-wave, no iceberg, no volcanoes, no hail storms, no devastating wild fires, no tormentous tornadoes or thunderstorms, no deadly floods.
ref: 2006, Jubil Olebode Aka, Blacks Greatest Homeland: Nigeria Is Born Again, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture.
Synonyms: tormenting
torturous
burger bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burger bars
Senses: glosses: A fast-food restaurant and/or takeaway selling primarily hamburgers and similar dishes.
Synonyms: burgery
hamburgery
burger restaurant
burger joint
burger shop
burger bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burger bar
Annan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈænən/
Senses: examples: text: Annan, Tweed an' Clyde
Rise out o' ae hillside.
ref: Traditional saying
glosses: A river in Dumfries and Galloway council area, southern Scotland.
glosses: A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, near the river's mouth.
glosses: A community in Meaford municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A river in northern Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms: Annandale
dōgi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dōgi
Senses: examples: text: The present author assumes that these dōgi were worn by the bugaku performers off stage as gowns during intervals.
ref: 1986 January 31, Eiko Kamiya, “Repairs and Restorations of Three Dogi Shirts Handed Down by the Rinnoji, Nokko (Part I)”, in Bijutsu Kenkyū, number 334, Tokyo: Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 1–9:
text: From behind uke, slide your right hand up across the front of his neck and hold onto the left inside collar of his dōgi; […]
ref: 1996, Gōzō Shioda with Yasuhisa Shioda, translated by David Rubens, “Shōmen-tsuki kubi-shime: Front punch; neck lock”, in Total Aikido: The Master Course, Tokyo; New York, N.Y.: Kodansha International, →ISBN, section 4 (Goshin waza (Self-defense techniques)), page 192:
text: 空手道 Karatedo: Dōgi Care
ref: 2012 February, Kaichō Rivera, “Table of Contents”, in Karatekas of Karatedo, Genjōkōan Karate Organization, →ISBN, page 2:
text: The most disparate kinds of objects lay heaped on top of each other topsy-turvy: […] trousers and shirts and socks and shoes all mixed together with innumerable dōgi and service kimonos for everyday use with belts, tabi, and geta, newspapers, plates, chopsticks and letters, envelopes and advertisement-covered plastic bags lying everywhere, […]
ref: 2022, László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet, chapter XXXVI, in A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East, New York, N.Y.: New Directions Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of dogi.
Horlivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gorlovka
Senses: glosses: A city and raion in eastern Ukraine, in Donetsk oblast.
Gorlovka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Horlivka.
Yenakiyeve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yenakiyevo
form: Yenakiieve
Senses: glosses: A city in eastern Ukraine, in Donetsk oblast.
Yenakiyevo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yenakiyeve.
Kramatorsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹæməˈtɔːsk/
ipa: /kɹæməˈtɔɹsk/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Крамато́рськ (Kramatórsʹk) and Russian Крамато́рск (Kramatórsk).
Senses: examples: text: Kramatorsk is a smoky industrial city in Donbass, and a major railway junction. According to Google Travel, I can now reach Kramatorsk by rail from Hertfordshire (where I live) in just... 56 hours and 35 minutes. That highly hypothetical trip would entail 11 train changes. The important thing, however, is that the long-suffering city is again reachable by rail.
ref: 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 47:
glosses: A city in Kramatorsk urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine; seat of the Donetsk province.
glosses: An urban hromada of Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Seat: Kramatorsk.
Makiyivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɑːˈkiːɪvkə/
Forms: form: Makeyevka
form: Makiivka
Senses: glosses: A city in eastern Ukraine, in Donetsk oblast.
Makeyevka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Makiyivka.
Druzhkivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Druzhkovka
Senses: glosses: A city in eastern Ukraine, in Donetsk oblast.
Related terms: Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka
Druzhkovka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Druzhkivka.
splanchnopleuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From splanchnopleure + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the splanchnopleure.
steatonecrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From steato- + necrosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: necrosis of fatty tissue
subcoastal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + coastal.
Senses: glosses: Below the level of a coast (as a coastal floodplain)
Wiccanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Wiccanizes
form: Wiccanizing
form: Wiccanized
form: Wiccanized
form: wiccanize
Etymology: From Wiccan + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make Wiccan; to cause to conform to Wiccan practices.
quadruple whole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadruple wholes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes; a longa.
dog pounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog pound
quadruple wholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadruple whole
octave clef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octave clefs
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a symbol showing that the pitch of a note is to be raised by one or two octaves.
Related terms: bass clef
G clef
treble clef
octave clefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octave clef
double whole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double wholes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A double whole note.
double wholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double whole
triggerwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triggerwomen
Etymology: From trigger + woman.
Senses: examples: text: Again, Union men arrested not just the triggerwoman, but the men in the house as well, holding them equally accountable for the actions of anyone in the household.
ref: 2011, Judkin Browning, Shifting Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina, page 75:
glosses: A female gunman.
triggerwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triggerwoman
lunatics have taken over the asylum
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: inmates running the asylum
form: lunatics taking over the asylum
form: inmates have taken over the asylum
form: inmates taking over the asylum
form: lunatics running the asylum
Etymology: Said to originate in a 1919 remark by Richard A. Rowland about the founding of United Artists. Perhaps an allusion to the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, first published 1845.
Senses: glosses: Said of a situation in which those in charge are incapable of handling their responsibilities, and should rather be put under scrutiny themselves.
wikipedia: Edgar Allan Poe
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
compel testimony
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: compels testimony
form: compelling testimony
form: compelled testimony
form: compelled testimony
Senses: examples: text: President Roosevelt approved an amendment to the Air Commerce Act of 1926, giving the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce power to hold public hearings, subpoena witnesses, compel testimony under oath.
ref: 1934 July 2, “Aeronautics: Causes of Crashes”, in Time, retrieved 16 Apr 2014:
text: With the power to subpoena witnesses, to compel testimony under threat of imprisonment, and to recommend criminal charges for any illegal drug activities he uncovers, Justice Dubin has been hailed here as the man who may be able to shake Canada's sporting community out of the widespread drug-taking that has been alleged.
ref: 1989 January 13, John F. Burns, “Drugs: Assessing the Johnson Debacle”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Apr 2014:
text: Investigators are using "John Doe" proceedings to compel testimony from witnesses and keep them from discussing the case in public.
ref: 2011 September 19, Daniel Riemer, “Governor Walker's adversaries emboldened by Wisconsin FBI probe”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 16 Apr 2014:
topics: law
glosses: To officially require that a witness appear and testify before a court of law or other public authority, under threat of legally enforceable penalties for failure to do so.
Related terms: contempt of court
subpoena
hostile witness
-splain
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From splain, itself from explain, following the pattern of mansplain.
Senses: examples: text: So please, don’t ablesplain to me. Especially when you have no idea about the context of what bigotry you’re trying to justify.
ref: 2012 December 22, Bunnika, “For reblogging: No crip has to be nice to ableists”, in Cumulative notes for the Zōon Politikon, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
text: You see, thinsplains Callahan, because nothing else seems to be working, we must turn to making obese people feel bad about themselves in order to shed the pounds.
ref: 2013 January 15, Dan O'Connor, “Dan Callahan Thinsplains Obesity”, in Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin, retrieved 28 Apr 2013:
text: The PM urges 29-year-old Princeton alum O’Connor to decide immediately whether she wants a husband and children, and it sounds a lot like momsplaining to O’Connor that she definitely wants a husband and children.
ref: 2014 March 14, Katy Waldman, “Princeton Mom's One Saving Grace”, The XX Factor, in Slate:
glosses: A suffix combined with a descriptive adjective or noun to create a verb meaning someone who fits that description condescendingly explaining something to someone who does not fit that description (especially, something the listener has more experience of).
spinner wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinner wheels
Etymology: From spinner + wheel.
Senses: glosses: A type of hubcap or inner wheel ornament that spins independently inside of a wheel itself when the vehicle is in motion, and continues to spin once the vehicle has come to a stop.
examples: text: The appeal of spinner wheels is lost on me. I get that they make the bag easier to maneuver on airport floors, but I can’t see them bouncing along rutted sidewalks very smoothly, at least in their low-end versions.
ref: 2014 April 16, Seth Kugel, “Hunting for the Best Carry-On Bag”, NYTimes.com
glosses: A swivel caster: the combination of a wheel with a swivel joint that allows the wheel to rotate in all directions.
balconing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbælkənɪŋ/
other: /bælˈkoʊnɪŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish balconing, itself a pseudo-anglicism from Spanish balcón (“balcony”, noun) + -ing (suffix).
This pseudo-anglicism was coined in Spain as a result of many drunk British tourists dying or seriously injuring themselves by attempting this stunt, thus featuring in many media headlines. See the Wikipedia article for more information.
Senses: examples: text: Drunken revellers planning to over-indulge in Magaluf this summer face fines of up to €3,000 for urinating, being naked in the street or “balconing”, the craze of jumping from hotel balconies. New rules which come into force next week are part of a clampdown on the type of behaviour that has led to the Spanish resort being associated with debauchery tourism.
ref: 2015 June 5, Hugh Morris, “Magaluf to fine tourists who get naked in the street: The Spanish resort is clamping down on anti-social behaviour to clean up its image”, in The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2015:
glosses: The act of jumping between the balconies of two hotel rooms; especially of tourists in Spain.
examples: text: A man in his 20s has died in a fall from his hotel room balcony in the resort of Magaluf, Majorca. The young man fell through the cracks of a balcony in the early hours of Monday while allegedly practising what is known as “balconing” – which involves jumping from balcony to balcony, or into a pool from a balcony.
ref: 2013 September 2, “Man dies ‘balconing’ at Majorca hotel”, in Sky News, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2014:
text: The legislation also seeks to outlaw “balconing”, the practice of jumping into a swimming pool from a hotel balcony that kills several people each year. In future, hotels will have to evict anyone practising balconing or encouraging others to do so.
ref: 2020 January 17, Stephen Burgen, “Balearic islands pass bill targeting boozy Brits abroad”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The act of jumping from a balcony towards a swimming pool.
courtesy flush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courtesy flushes
Senses: glosses: A flush (cleansing of the toilet) in the middle of a sitting, intended to reduce an unpleasant smell.
spousedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spouse + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Walter, yet new in his spousedom, was more amenable than an older hand ; but Rosa had no want of anxiety in this her first dinner-party.
ref: 1851 February, “A Little Stimulant — A Temperance Tale”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 2, number 9, page 363:
text: The marketing of military spousedom was impressively wide-ranging: stickers, teddy bears, ball caps, jewelry, key chains. A bumper sticker stating, “Half my heart is in Iraq” was hotly debated in the online forums as a show of loving tribute or a way to turn your car into stalker bait.
ref: 2009, Lily Burana, I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles, Hachette Book Group, →ISBN:
text: John Adams, whose relationship with Abigail Adams is supposed to be a shining example of spousedom, mansplained the need to make husbands the legal masters of wives.
ref: 2012 November 1, Lily Rothman, “A Cultural History of Mansplaining”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: The state or quality of being a spouse.
hydroaeroplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroaeroplanes
Etymology: From hydro- + aeroplane (hydro- + aero- + plane).
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A floatplane, an airplane specialized for operating on water, having pontoon floats instead of skids or wheels.
Synonyms: word: hydro
word: seaplane
word: floatplane
Derived terms: word: hydro
Related terms: aeroplane
hydro
hydroplane
plane
hydroaeroplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroaeroplane
word counts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of word count
contempts of court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contempt of court
agrometeorological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From agro- + meteorological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to agrometeorology.
Derived terms: agrometeorologically
Antiapennine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From anti- + Apennine.
Senses: glosses: Any of several Italian mountain ranges separated from the true Apennines by deep, wide depressions.
playstyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playstyles
form: play style
Etymology: From play + style.
Senses: examples: text: Yet there are substantial numbers of girls who are interested in male-type activities and are not put off by male playstyles.
ref: 1998, The Two Sexes: Growing Up Apart, Coming Together, page 72:
text: What makes Holiday Countdown unusual as compared to the lottery's other instant offerings is the price point, the size and the playstyle.
ref: 2008, La Fleur's Magazine, volume 16, page 6:
text: PirateSoftware's behavior is being labeled as "roaching out" online, that is, partaking in a conservative and passive playstyle that focuses on self-survival rather than taking an assertive and engaged role.
ref: 2025 January 13, Atharv Kapoor, “What does "roach out" mean in World of Warcraft? Controversy explored as Sodapoppin weighs in on Pirate Software's actions”, in Sportskeeda:
glosses: The manner in which somebody plays a game.
playstyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playstyle
Rissian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the penultimate glaciation in the Alps
intramontane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + montane.
Senses: glosses: Within a group of mountains.
shōchikubai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shōchikubai
Senses: examples: text: No. 13. Shōchikubai (Plum, Pine and Bamboo) in a “horai-san” on a “kwadai”.
ref: 1936, Josiah Conder, The theory of Japanese flower arrangements, Thompson, page 70:
text: It is ornamented with such symbols of felicity as the Shōchikubai […]
ref: 1953, Yuzuru Okada, Netsuke: a miniature art of Japan, Japan Travel Bureau, page 140:
text: Three separate sets of gay shōchikubai motifs grow upward from the hem. The large central shōchikubai pattern fills the two wide back panels and the topmost branches spread out into both sleeves.
ref: 1986, Reiko Mochinaga Brandon, Country Textiles of Japan: The Art of Tsutsugaki, Honolulu Academy of Arts, page 106
glosses: Rare spelling of shochikubai.
that was that
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The pricker was used to level the fire half-way up the bank and that was that.
ref: 1961 February, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 112:
text: So that was just about that as far as the cops were concerned.
ref: 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 42:
glosses: simple past of that's that
spiny-tailed lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiny-tailed lizards
Senses: glosses: Any lizard of the genus Uromastyx.
wikipedia: spiny-tailed lizard
Synonyms: mastigure
Hyponyms: dabb lizard
unstickered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stickered.
Senses: glosses: Not stickered.
stickering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sticker
unsuckered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + suckered.
Senses: examples: text: On September 19, six mature stalks, each from a separate hill, were taken from a suckered row and eleven from an unsuckered row alongside.
ref: 1889, Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin, numbers 1-12, page 157:
glosses: Not suckered.
imponderability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imponderabilities
Senses: glosses: The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
Synonyms: imponderableness
unassessability
flexbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flexboxes
form: flex box
form: flex-box
Etymology: Shortening of flexible box.
Senses: examples: text: Internet Explorer 9 does not support flexbox.
qualifier: web development
glosses: A CSS3 layout model that allows elements on a web page to be arranged in certain ways within a one-dimensional container.
examples: text: The contents of a flexbox can be positioned in any direction, can have their order swapped dynamically, and can auto-adjust their sizes and positions based on available space.
ref: 2012, Sergey Mavrody, Nika Mavrody, Sergey's HTML5 & CSS3: Quick Reference, page 112:
text: There's still quite a bit of tumult in the standards recommendations and implementations for flexboxes, but IE10 and Windows 8 has a good, solid implementation of this extremely helpful layout technique.
ref: 2013, Jeremy Foster, CSS for Windows 8 App Development, page 161:
text: You can nest flexboxes inside each other.
ref: 2014, Andy Harris, HTML5 and CSS3 All-in-One For Dummies:
qualifier: web development
glosses: An HTML element that uses this model.
Related terms: responsive
flexboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flexbox
transdar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans + -dar, after the pattern of gaydar.
Senses: examples: text: I found out about 20 minutes into the workshop that at least six of the men in attendance had been born women. Not one of them had twigged my "transdar."
ref: 1996 July 24, Janet W. Hardy, “Re: Independence Day - The movie”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet):
text: My hearing isn't that great, but my transdar immediately zoned in on him.
ref: 2000 July 26, Cheryl, “Re: everyone flame me, I deserve it.”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):
text: Other respondents offered similar descriptions of transdar as a keen understanding of the most important sex cues.
ref: 2013, Asia Friedman, Blind to Sameness: Sexpectations and the Social Construction of Male and Female Bodies, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: The ability to detect whether or not a person is transgender by observing that person.
sprayhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sprayhoods
Etymology: From spray + hood.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
Synonyms: dodger
sprayhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sprayhood
unassessability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + assessability.
Senses: examples: text: I also admit to a certain suspicion of evaluations, partly out of ignorance of the techniques and the machinery involved, and partly out of a perverse pride in the slowly dying academic legend about the royal subjectivity and therefore unassessability of the English discipline—especially where writing is concerned.
ref: 1966, John Portz, "A Composition Institute," New Trends in English Education-Selected Addresses Delivered at the Conference on English Education, vol. 4, National Council of Teachers of English, p. 77 (Google search result)
text: Lord Denning MR had based his objections, in Courtney and Fairbairn Ltd v Tolaini Brothers (Hotels) Ltd, on the unassessability of damages.
ref: 1992, Jeff Cumberbatch, “In Freedom's Cause: The Contract to Negotiate”, in Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, volume 12, number 4, page 587:
text: The rationale for the rule excluding hearsay evidence—the unassessability of such evidence—also underlies Glithero J .'s ruling.
ref: 1996, Canadian Criminal Cases—Third Series, volume 106, page 127:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being incapable of being assessed, evaluated, or pondered.
Synonyms: imponderability
imponderableness
incalculability
Beihai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: bāʹhīʹ
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: Pei-hai
Etymology: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北海 (Běihǎi, literally “North Sea”).
Senses: examples: text: The port was opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention of 1876, and in the succeeding period a considerable traffic was developed by coolies and transport animals between Pei-hai and the Hsi Chiang Valley of Kwangsi Province.
ref: [1968, Theodore Shabad, “PEI-HAI”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 529, columns 1-2:
text: Wang Chiu-fu and his family of four finally arrived at Peihai Municipality in Kwangsi after much hardship. They received a warm reception from the local government and people.
ref: [1978 May 24 [1978 May 23], “Vietnamese Shoot at Overseas Chinese Refugee Boat”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 101, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Hong Kong WEN WEI PO, p 1, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Hong Kong Communist Press, page N 3:
text: The city of Beihai in the southern province of Guangxi said in a statement online that the four boys — three of them aged 12 and one of them 11 — were searching in a city bay Saturday afternoon when they drowned.
ref: 2014 September 28, “4 boys in China drown while searching for eggs”, in AP News, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2022:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, in southern China.
examples: text: The pure waters of the Northern Lake (Pei-hai) originated in the Jade Spring Mountain and passed through the long Grand Canal and flowed through Shih-ch'a Lake. Then it fed into the Central Lake (Chung-hai) and the Southern Lake (Nan-hai), all the way to the Tung-tzu River.
ref: [1978, Chih-yen Hsia, translated by Liang-lao Dee, The Coldest Winter in Peking, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 311:
text: Beijing is changing fast to get ready for the Olympics -- definitely wander the hutongs before they are demolished. If you're looking for a cheap place to stay run by the nicest of people, try Downtown Backpackers (No. 85, Nanluogu Alley, Dongcheng District). It's in the middle of a nice little hutong area a short walk from the Houhai/Beihai Lakes area.
ref: 2006 September 3 [2006 July 26], Lili, quotee, “The Frugal Traveler Sees the World”, in The New York Times, National edition, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2023, Section 5/Travel, page 1:
glosses: A lake in Beijing, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Cantonese, Guangxi
word: Pakhoi
word: Pak-hoi
word: Pak Hoi
Related terms: Zhongnanhai
eggcellent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eggcellent
form: most eggcellent
form: egg-cellent
form: eggcelent
Etymology: Blend of egg + excellent.
Senses: examples: text: When emptied of their contents and allowed to dry, chicken, duck, or goose eggshells form an “eggcellent” base that can be covered with polymer clay to form sturdy ornaments and decorative objects for Easter or other holidays.
ref: 2003, Sarajane Helm, Celebrations With Polymer Clay: 25 Seasonal Projects, Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 60:
text: Food trends specialist Phil Lempert offered several "eggcellent" ideas for marketing eggs during his recent remarks to the United Egg Producers.
ref: 2006 December 18, “'Eggcellent' ideas for food producers”, in Feedstuffs:
text: She Crabs laden with egg make very eggcellent soup.
ref: 2013, Deji Badiru, Iswat Badiru, Physics in the Nigerian Kitchen, iUniverse, →ISBN:
synonyms: eggceptional
eggstraordinary
glosses: Excellent, when referring to eggs or Easter.
civil rightist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civil rightists
Etymology: From civil rights + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of civil rights.
maldeveloped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maldeveloped
form: most maldeveloped
Etymology: From mal- + developed.
Senses: glosses: developed in an improper or faulty way
mal-developed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mal-developed
form: most mal-developed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maldeveloped.
MVA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MVAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of motor vehicle accident.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of minimum vectoring altitude.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of malignant ventricular arrhythmia.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mechanical ventricular assistance.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of mevalonic acid.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of microvillous atrophy.
glosses: Initialism of minimum visual angle.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mitral valve annuloplasty.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mitral valve area.
tagger-along
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taggers-along
Senses: glosses: Someone who tags along
dactyliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Bearing dates
Cangas de Onís
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, civil parish, and municipality of Asturias, Spain.
Astur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asturs
form: Astures
Etymology: Of Celtic, possibly Celtiberian origin. The name could ultimately be related to the Phoenician goddess Astarte.
Senses: glosses: A member of a tribe in northern Spain until the first century BC.
Related terms: Asturian
Asturias
Astures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Astur
Asturs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Astur
torpedoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torpedoers
Etymology: From torpedo + -er.
Senses: glosses: A vessel capable of firing torpedoes.
yi mein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Taishanese 伊麵 /伊面. See also chow mein.
Senses: glosses: A variety of flat Cantonese egg noodles.
inassessibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of unassessability.
inassessability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unassessability.
filmographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From filmography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to filmography.
O my God
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Dated form of oh my God.
Indo-Gangetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Indo- + Gangetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the rivers Indus and Ganges, to the fertile plain of the northern Indian subcontinent which encompasses the drainage basins of said rivers, or to any of certain ancient civilisations associated with the plain.
Derived terms: Indo-Gangetic Plain
zooblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zooblast
economicology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From economic + -ology.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
economics
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of the interrelationship between economics and ecology
Fukuyaman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fukuyaman
form: most Fukuyaman
Etymology: From Fukuyama + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Francis Fukuyama (born 1952), American political scientist, political economist, and author.
Stradivarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Stradivarian
form: most Stradivarian
Etymology: From Stradivari + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Stradivari family who built stringed instruments in the 17th and 18th centuries.
examples: text: For not only are computers as dumb as a billion marbles, they’re also positively Stradivarian in their delicacy.
ref: 2015, Paul Ford, "What Is Code?", section 2.3, in Bloomberg Businessweek, June 11, 2015
glosses: Like a Stradivarius instrument.
Dukhobor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dukhobors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Doukhobor.
Dukhobors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dukhobor
khedival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From khedive + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khedivial.
Doukhobor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Doukhobors
form: Doukhobortsy
form: Dukhobor
Etymology: From Russian Духобор (Duxobor, “spirit wrestler”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of a religious group of Russian origin who rejected the Czarist government of the late 1800s and Russian Orthodox priests, icons, and rituals, aiming to internalize the living spirit of God in each individual.
Doukhobors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Doukhobor
counterextension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterextensions
Etymology: From counter- + extension.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, do not satisfy the predicate.
counterextensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterextension
trundlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trundling
fetterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fettering
chroniclings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronicling
outgrowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outgrowing
upholsterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upholstering
likenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of likening
mineworkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mineworking
exudings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exuding
rottings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotting
aw man
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oh man Used to express annoyance or displeasure about something that happened.
reproachings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reproaching
spurtings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spurting
hedgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of hedging
owings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I've heard of people, they have to work the rest of their lives and don't ever get out of debt. Then it's left up to the offspring to work off the owings.
ref: 2010, Don Ballew, Clear Creek: The Moon and Yellowtail, page 98:
glosses: That which is owed; debt.
filchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filching
journy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: journies
Senses: examples: text: Finding, however, that this was not likely soon to take place, he determined to pass the intermediate time in exploring Egypt and the country above the Cataracts, and was thus enabled to perform two very arduous and interesting journies into the ancient Æthiopia […]
ref: 1818, The Analectic Magazine, volume 12 (July–December 1818)
glosses: Obsolete form of journey.
journies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of journy
jauntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaunting
whickerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whickering
coachings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaching
buglings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bugling
labellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labelling
stumpings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stumping
appreciatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appreciating
unthematized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + thematized.
Senses: glosses: Not thematized.
unthematizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + thematizable.
Senses: glosses: Not thematizable.
nonthematizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + thematizable.
Senses: glosses: Not thematizable.
nonthematized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + thematized.
Senses: glosses: Not thematized.
thematizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thematize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being thematized.
encounterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encountering
eightth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of eighth.
retirings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retiring
fracturings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fracturing
proppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propping
schizophrenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more schizophrenically
form: most schizophrenically
Etymology: From schizophrenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a schizophrenic manner.
heraldings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heralding
cooer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cooers
Etymology: From coo + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The best Pigeon House, of course, is one made expressly for the purpose — about square, with a shelving roof. Here the compartments can be made sufficiently wide and high; say a foot and a half, or even two feet each way. The latter is a comfortable chamber for the pair of cooers.
ref: 1863, Henry Gardiner Adams, Our feathered families, page 334:
glosses: One who coos.
cooers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooer
scowlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scowling
shrillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrilling
discernings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discerning
antiblockage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + blockage.
Senses: glosses: Preventing blockage.
signallings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of signalling
dabbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdæbɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of dabbing
quailings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪlɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of quailing
outflankings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outflanking
cringings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of cringing
sculptings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sculpting
patchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpæt͡ʃɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of patching
solicitings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soliciting
fusings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of fusing
witherings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of withering
decayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decaying
masqueradings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masquerading
Nnewi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The second-largest city in Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria.
discolourings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discolouring
discolorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discoloring
devourings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devouring
scripturelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scripturelike
form: most scripturelike
Etymology: From scripture + -like.
Senses: examples: text: As an antiliquor tract, temperance literature was meant, scripturelike, to show drunkards their sinful ways and to lead them to a life of sobriety which would herald financial and social prosperity.
ref: 1997, David S. Reynolds, Debra J. Rosenthal, The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature, page 4:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of scripture.
sculpturings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sculpturing
blurtings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blurting