cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
master-craftsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master-craftsmen
Etymology: From master + craftsman.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of master craftsman.
non-infrastructure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + infrastructure.
Senses: examples: text: It is more difficult to directly compare train operations and maintenance, given how fragmented the non-infrastructure segments of the industry are today.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46:
glosses: Alternative form of noninfrastructure.
only a mother could love
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the instinctual love that a mother has for her offspring.
Senses: examples: text: There was an interesting face beneath the spots, I thought as I looked at him, but at the moment at which fate rang our doorbell it was still a face only a mother could love, which was a problem for the boy on our doorstep.
ref: 1995, Nancy Pickard, Confession, page 5:
text: Mark was someone only a mother could love—but I did feel sorry for his mother.
ref: 2009, Tyler R. Tichelaar, The Only Thing That Lasts, page 164:
text: Sometimes, when he does something that only a mother could love, I get scared.
ref: 2013, Lori Duron ·, Raising My Rainbow:
text: It was a wreath only a mother could love.
ref: 2016, Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul:
text: It was a song that only a mother could love.
ref: 2019, Ian Brennan, Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth:
text: The resulting animal, it was said, was one only a mother could love.
ref: 2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation:
glosses: Used to describe someone or something very unlovable or repulsive.
skill ceilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skill ceiling
buzzbaits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buzzbait
buzzbait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buzzbaits
Etymology: From buzz + bait.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A fishing lure with blades that disturb the surface of the water.
sea-ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-ears
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sea ear.
sea ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea ear
smarketing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of sales + marketing
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The integration of the sales and marketing processes of a business.
spray and pray
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sprays and prays
form: spraying and praying
form: sprayed and prayed
form: sprayed and prayed
Senses: glosses: To dispense anything (such as bullets or advertising) in an uncoordinated manner, hoping to reach the desired target through luck.
Related terms: fire and forget
hit and hope
set-and-forget
shotgun approach
Wigner-Seitz cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wigner-Seitz cells
Etymology: Named after Eugene Wigner and Frederick Seitz.
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A primitive cell constructed by applying Voronoi decomposition to a crystal lattice, used in the study of crystalline materials.
Wigner-Seitz cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wigner-Seitz cell
occupationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occupationalists
Etymology: From occupational + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: One of four categories of sociologist propounded by Horowitz: a sociologist who is primarily committed to some sociological questions or issues.
examples: text: Finally, the occupationalist thinks the difference concerns how objects are related to regions of spacetime.
ref: 2014, Neil A. Manson, Robert W. Barnard, The Bloomsbury Companion to Metaphysics, page 197:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One who views objects in terms of the time and place they occupy.
examples: text: The Department of Occupational Therapy was opened March 1st, 1927, with one occupationalist in charge.
ref: 1934, Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, page 105:
glosses: An occupational therapist.
occupationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more occupationalist
form: most occupationalist
Etymology: From occupational + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Social Security, in accordance with the 'occupationalist approach', covers only persons engaged in the specified types of gainful activities.
ref: 1993, Biranchi Narayan Mishra, Dynamics of Social Security Administration, page 25:
text: The Italian pension system comprised more than 120 separate public pension funds for different sectors and categories of workers at its peak (Castellino 1976) and is therefore an unusually fragmented occupationalist system.
ref: 2009, Kees van Kersbergen, Philip Manow, Religion, Class Coalitions, and Welfare States, page 96:
text: These schemes are also occupationalist in nature and are primarily designed to protect workers in the event of work injury, sickness and maternity.
ref: 2013, James Midgley, Social Development: Theory and Practice, page 180:
glosses: Providing benefits to people based on employment (as opposed to socialism, welfare, etc.).
Flynn effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Flynn effect
facial tissue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facial tissues
Senses: glosses: A sheet or sheets of thin, soft tissue paper intended for blowing one's nose and then being thrown out; as opposed to handkerchiefs which are reusable.
Related terms: handkerchief
allylmercaptomethylpenicillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From allyl + mercapto + methyl + penicillin.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of penicillin O.
synonyms: word: penicillin O
wedding ring effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A (supposed) phenomenon in which people who are married or otherwise taken are perceived as more attractive.
skill floors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skill floor
rostrolatera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rostrolatus
prostatoseminalvesiculectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌprɒsteɪtoʊˌsɛmɪnəlˌvɛsɪkjʊlˈɛktəmi/
ipa: /ˌprɒsteɪtəʊˌsɛmɪnəlˌvɛsɪkjʊlˈɛktəmi/
Forms: form: prostatoseminalvesiculectomies
Etymology: From prostato + seminal + vesiculectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: a surgical procedure in which the prostate gland, seminal vesicles, and ejaculatory ducts are removed
rostrolatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rostrolatera
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: In barnacles, the name for one of two large shell plates immediately lateral to the rostrum.
stopping service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stopping services
Senses: examples: text: While he is reasonably effusive about inter-city travel, he is heavily disparaging of all types of stopping service, including those on otherwise busy main lines. His analysis is not entirely unsound, and he tackles some of the questions head on.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A train service operated by a stopping train.
hedge-hops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hedge-hop
hedge-hopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hedge-hop
hedge-hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hedge-hop
hedgetop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedgetops
Etymology: From hedge + top.
Senses: glosses: The top of a hedge.
hedgetops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedgetop
stopping services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stopping service.
penicillin O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A type of penicillin, C₁₃H₁₆N₂O₄S, isolated from Penicillium chrysogenum that is used to treat bacterial infections.
Synonyms: almecillin
allylmercaptomethylpenicillin
type shit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪp ʃɪt/
Etymology: Compound of -type (“-like”, suffix) + shit.
Senses: examples: text: That's some serial killer type shit.
text: That’s why my new album, Where Is the Joy, is on some new, improved, extra-ill, enlightened, epiphany-type shit, and that’s all I got to say.
ref: 1998, Danny Hoch, “Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop”, in American Theatre, volume 15, page 44:
text: “I think talk radio from a liberal standpoint means that you can actually touch more souls and be more sensitive to a wider demographic, instead of saying, ‘We’re going to turn America into a bonfire pep rally, and if anybody doesn’t like that we’re going to bomb them, too,’” Chuck D said. “I mean, what the fuck is that about? That’s some 1944, ‘Sands of Iwo Jima,’ John Wayne, I’m-mad-at-everybody-else-because-some-black-guy-took-my-girlfriend-type shit.”
ref: 2004 April 4, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Dumbassification”, in The New Yorker:
text: That’s like the apex. That’s when it’s like, “Damn.” All the leaves actually done fell and gone type shit. That’s the deep freeze.
ref: 2022 October 13, Mach-Hommy, Andre Gee, “Don’t Call Mach-Hommy ‘Reclusive’”, in Rolling Stone:
qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: Something resembling or characteristic of a given thing, person, or situation.
Related terms: type beat
type shit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪp ʃɪt/
Etymology: Compound of -type (“-like”, suffix) + shit.
Senses: examples: text: Yh type shit but im giving all i CAN like i couldnt possibly give more this is a girl id want to have my kids and im giving her 100% of what i have left even if it isnt really 100% cah i cant
ref: 2024 March 13, @odellthedon, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2024:
text: Yeah type shit but yk how shit is nowadays niggas jack anything at any age, plus the bitch looked like a dyke😭 I'll see if I could find the flick of her
ref: 2024 July 14, “Emma B (Rundown Balla)”, in Reddit, r/Bronxghanistan, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2024:
qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: An expression of agreement or approval.
Derived terms: type shi
Djabugay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dyaabugay
form: Tjapukai
Senses: glosses: A group of Australian Aboriginal people in Far North Queensland
glosses: The language spoken by the Djabugay people
axicabtagene ciloleucel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medication used to treat large B-cell lymphoma that has failed conventional treatment.
copublication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copublications
Etymology: From co- + publication.
Senses: glosses: A publication jointly released by several publishers.
glosses: The act of joint publication.
copublications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copublication
cytophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cytophagous.
synonyms: word: cytophagous
peritonealize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peritonealizes
form: peritonealizing
form: peritonealized
form: peritonealized
Etymology: From peritoneal + -ize.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To subject to peritonealization.
Derived terms: nonperitonealized
peritonealizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peritonealize
peritonealizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peritonealize
peritonealized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peritonealize
Newports
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Newport
Nowroj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nowruz.
Navroj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nowruz.
navaratnas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of navaratna
immunobiologics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunobiologic
underresuscitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underresuscitates
form: underresuscitating
form: underresuscitated
form: underresuscitated
Etymology: From under- + resuscitate.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To administer an insufficient amount of fluid during an attempt to resuscitate (somebody).
underresuscitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underresuscitate
underresuscitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underresuscitate
underresuscitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underresuscitate
subbullet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subbullets
Etymology: From sub- + bullet.
Senses: examples: text: Type the following subbullets. Press ENTER after each of the first two lines.
ref: 1996, Lynn Marie Bacon, Wiley Getting Started with Powerpoint 7.0 for Windows 95, page 78:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A bullet that is hierarchically nested under another bullet.
subbullets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subbullet
whichth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /wɪtʃθ/
/ʍɪtʃθ/
Etymology: From which + -th (ordinal suffix). Equivalent constructions are standard in many of the world’s languages.
Senses: examples: text: Whichth president was Abraham Lincoln?
text: Whichth planet from the sun is the earth?
text: And but one argument arose, it was over this abstruse astronomical zodiacal problem: If the first "Jamieson Day" was celebrated in 1898, whichth "Jamieson Day" do we celebrate this year, the thirteenth or the fourteenth? and whichth anniversary is it?
ref: 1911, The Druggists Circular: A Practical Journal of Pharmacy and General Business Organ for Druggists, volume 55, The Druggists Circular, page 441:
text: […] knocking the stuffing out of each other for goodness knows the whichth time this year […]
ref: 1975, Tribune, Ceylon News Service, page 4:
text: […] lay back in the lounger, checking the mantel clock for the he-didn't-know-whichth time. Four-forth-five.
ref: 1992, Jan Seale, Airlift: Short Stories, Texas Christian University Press, →ISBN, page 4, →ISBN:
text: But the use of ordinals to answer questions of the form, "The whichᵗʰ member of the ordering?" is as much one of their distinguishing characteristics as the use of cardinals to answer questions of the form "How many?" is one of theirs.
ref: 2012, Richard G. Heck, Reading Frege's Grundgesetze, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 223, →ISBN:
glosses: Which ordinal number.
Related terms: nth
infrabony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From infra- + bony.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Vertical direction in bone, below the tooth.
Related terms: suprabony
suprabony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + bony.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Horizontal direction in bone, adjacent to the tooth.
Related terms: infrabony
Swarthmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Swarthmoor.
Senses: glosses: A small village near Ulverston, in Cumbria, England.
Swarthmoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English sweart (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).
Senses: glosses: A small village near Ulverston, in Cumbria, England.
subconcordant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + concordant.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Close to parallel with the bedding plane.
orthocumulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthocumulates
Etymology: From ortho- + cumulate.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cumulate rock in which the groundmass is of different composition to the accumulated crystals.
Related terms: adcumulate
mesocumulate
chemochromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: plural of chemochrome
chemochrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemochromes
Etymology: From chemo- + chrome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A chemical pigment.
cytoelastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + elastic.
Senses: glosses: Ability to change shape for an intracellular compartment.
'Q
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'Qs
form: 'q
form: Q
form: q
Etymology: Clipping of BBQ.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of barbecue.
Synonyms: 'cue
cue
'que
que
'q
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'qs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 'Q.
chromatolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chromatolyze
chromatolyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chromatolyzes
form: chromatolyzing
form: chromatolyzed
form: chromatolyzed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chromatolyse.
honoki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 朴(ほう)の木(き) (hō no ki).
Senses: glosses: Wood from Magnolia hypoleuca or Magnolia obovata.
Derived terms: honokiol
Yokosuka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 横(よこ)須(す)賀(か) (Yokosuka).
Senses: glosses: A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
glosses: Ellipsis of United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, a US naval base in the city.
parfait spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parfait spoons
Senses: glosses: A dessertspoon with a teaspoon-sized bowl and a very long handle.
Tesserete
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Ticino, Switzerland.
alalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alalites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A light-green diopside mineral from the Ala Valley in Italy.
war-game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war-games
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of war game.
alaskaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alaskaites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alaskite.
albanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albanites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A melanocratic leucitite.
alboranite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alboranites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hypersthene-basalt without olivine.
alkamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkamines
Senses: glosses: A type of amino alcohol.
alpha quartz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpha-quartz
Senses: glosses: A stable form of quartz below 573° C with trigonal-trapezohedral symmetry.
alpha-quartz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alpha quartz.
alurgite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alurgites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A manganese mica that occurs in purplish colours.
prick punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prick punches
form: prickpunch
Etymology: From prick + punch.
Senses: glosses: A pointed steel punch, to puncture a mark on sheet metal.
prick punches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prick punch
alushtite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A hydrous aluminium silicate mineral.
ambassador-at-large
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambassadors-at-large
Senses: glosses: An envoy without a specific host government.
isocicutoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: iso- + cicu (from Cicuta) + toxin
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic chemical from Cicuta virosa with IUPAC name (8Z,10E,12E)-heptadeca-8,10,12-trien-4,6-diyne-1,14-diol.
bittersharp
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bitter + sharp.
Senses: glosses: High in tannin and acid, in reference to apples.
yellowthroated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: As a part of the survey on the status and distribution of yellowthroated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus (Jerdon) Dr. S. Subramanya and J.N. Prasad visited the B.R. hill ranges between 22-25 December 1990.
ref: 1995, S. Karthikeyan, J. N. Prasad, T. S. Srinivasa, “Yellowthroated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus (Jerdon) at Biligirirangan Hills, Karnataka”, in Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 92, number 1, page 124:
text: The Yellowthroated Warbler is a common but localized species with a discontinuous distribution in temperate forest in southern and eastern South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northwards to Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.
ref: 1997, A. Berruti, “Yellowthroated Warbler”, in The Atlas of Southern African Birds, volume 2, →ISBN, page 256:
text: A local population of Yellowthroated Sandgrouse was monitored from 1988–1992 at Northam, Northern Province, South Africa, a region in which this species was previously an irruptive, non-breeding visitor.
ref: 1999 December, Warwick Tarboton, Sheila Blane, Penn Lloyd, “The biology of the Yellowthroated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis in a South African agricultural landscape”, in Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology, volume 70, numbers 3–4, →DOI, page 214:
glosses: Alternative spelling of yellow-throated.
adamantones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adamantone
adamantone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adamantones
Etymology: From adamantane + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A ketone derivative of adamantane.
norbornones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norbornone
norbornone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norbornones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A ketone derivative of norbornane.
ambatoarinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An orthorhombic carbonate mineral containing cerium and strontium.
un-co-ordinatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more un-co-ordinatedly
form: most un-co-ordinatedly
Senses: examples: text: A time-use survey series, by its scope and hopefully eventually large size, will provide a means of linkage or integration for survey data obtained (or being obtained) un-co-ordinatedly from a number of different sources on individual Canadian activities.
ref: 1975, Time-Budgets and Social Activity: Proceedings of the Meeting of the Working Group on Time-Budgets and Social Activity in Toronto, Canada, August, 1974, page 21:
text: The findings of the Study include the existence of law libraries as to which one could apply the Chief Justice's words, "Haphazard, casual, and un-co-ordinated." Indeed, such has been the growth of the "library system" that serves the federal courts. Now administered by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the library system of the courts has grown as haphazardly, casually, and un-co-ordinatedly during the last four decades as it did before it was inherited from the United States Department of Justice in 1939.
ref: 1977 September 30, Federal Court Library Study: Report and Recommendations, Washington, D.C.: The Federal Judicial Center, page 96:
text: In his study of the civil society in the region Ikelegbe has pointed out that: [t]he grievances, demand and anger in the region have given rise to the flourishing of civil society. While in the 1970s and 1980s, the communities disparately and un-co-ordinatedly articulated grievances to the MNOCs and blocked access routes to oil installations as pro- tests, civil society emerged in the 1990s as a mobilization platform of popular struggle against the state and MNOCs.
ref: 2012, Clement Oloruntusin Akinseloyin, Development Problems in the Niger Delta Region: A Study in Christian Development Ethics (European University Studies, series XXIII (Theology), volume 930), Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 157:
glosses: Alternative form of uncoordinatedly.
ambonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambonites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral consisting of cordierite-bearing hornblende-biotite-andesite.
aminoazobenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoazobenzenes
Senses: glosses: A compound containing the azo group, used as a dye.
amphispore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphispores
Senses: glosses: A modified urediniospore of certain rusts in arid regions functioning as a resting spore.
amphisporic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to amphispores.
anarcho-libertarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarcholibertarianism
Etymology: From anarcho- + libertarianism.
Senses: glosses: A political philosophy advocating individual liberty and the abolition of the state.
Related terms: anarcho-libertarian
anarcho-libertarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarcho-libertarians
form: anarcholibertarian
Etymology: From anarcho- + libertarian.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of anarcho-libertarianism.
anarcholibertarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anarcho-libertarianism.
anarcholibertarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarcholibertarians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anarcho-libertarian.
angiocholecystitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiocholecystites
Senses: glosses: An inflammation of the gallbladder wall and adjacent bile vessels.
abbreve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abbreves
Etymology: Clipping of abbreviation.
Senses: examples: text: But 4 signs as an abbreve for 5 letters is rather absurd.
ref: 1944, Carl Browne, William McDevitt, When Coxey's "Army" Marcht on Washington, 1894:
text: If he ever replies, what does it mean if it's really short, or only with an acronym or shortened form of a word (aka an abbreve), or a bizarre link to a wildlife refuge for chimpanzees?
ref: 2014, Lisa Winning, Carrie Henderson McDermott, He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys, page 3:
glosses: An abbreviation.
abbreves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abbreve
tunage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tuneage.
Luján
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and partido in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
bagel bender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bagel benders
Senses: examples: text: So I went to New York with the fox and lox crowd, the bagel benders, the shleppers, to hook an agent.
ref: 1980, Sam Ross, Windy City, page 76:
text: “I'll be goddamned,” Tony said cursing, “Leave it up to some fucking bagel' bender ^([sic]) to think of away of making money on someone's misfortune, and it's all legal?”
ref: 2010, Mel Staley, A Deadly Settlement:
text: Kablkoff: "It's like you talking Yiddish. Everybody wants to think they're connected. Everybody wants to be in the loop."
Mad Sal: "The Loop's downtown, you fat bagel bender."
ref: 2011, James Ellroy, American Tabloid, page 204:
glosses: A Jew.
Related terms: spaghetti bender
taco-bender
bagel benders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bagel bender
shlicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shlick
shlicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shlick
Ebrard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
double-bagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-baggers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of two-bagger (“extremely ugly person”).
synonyms: word: two-bagger
extra: extremely ugly person
double-baggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-bagger
bakshee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bakshees
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
bakshees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bakshee
minus-one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: instrumental where vocals have been removed; backing track
sisterkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sisterkins
form: sisterkin
Etymology: From sister + -kins.
Senses: glosses: Fond term of address for one's sister.
sisterkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sisterkins
form: sisterkins
Etymology: From sister + -kin.
Senses: glosses: Fond term of address for one's sister.
bath dodger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bath dodgers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of soap dodger.
synonyms: word: soap dodger
bath dodgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bath dodger
ski hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski hats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of beanie (“type of hat”).
synonyms: word: beanie
extra: type of hat
ski cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski caps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of beanie (“type of hat”).
synonyms: word: beanie
extra: type of hat
ski caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ski cap
ski hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ski hat
mortalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortalization
moss bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moss bug
Mössbauer effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mössbauer effect
beef bayonet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beef bayonets
Senses: synonyms: mutton dagger
glosses: The penis.
motor pulleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motor pulley
most favoured nations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of most favoured nation
motor cruisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motor cruiser
beef bayonets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beef bayonet
motor-ambulances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motor-ambulance
mountain carpet clovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain carpet clover
mountain chickadees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain chickadee
mountain specters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain specter
mouse slips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouse slip
mouse slips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mouse slip
mountain wagtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain wagtail
multisearch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + search.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one search.
multiargument
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + argument.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one argument.
big-noter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big-noters
Etymology: From big-note + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who big-notes; a boaster.
big-noters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big-noter
muraina grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muraina grasses
Senses: glosses: A tropical grass of the genus Ischaemum
Norman no mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norman no mates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Billy no mates (“a person with few or no friends”).
synonyms: word: Billy no mates
extra: a person with few or no friends
UPW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ultrapure water.
bitch-fit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitch-fits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bitchfit.
Black Mariah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Black Mariahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Black Maria.
blarts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blart
blarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blart
blarted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blart
blarting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blart
bletherskite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bletherskites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blatherskite.
bletherskites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bletherskite
preacherish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preacherish
form: most preacherish
Etymology: From preacher + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of preacherly.
synonyms: word: preacherly
teacherish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teacherish
form: most teacherish
Etymology: From teacher + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of teacherly.
synonyms: word: teacherly
bobbydazzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bobbydazzlers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bobby-dazzler.
bobbydazzlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bobbydazzler
fever tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lippia javanica, an African shrub with medicinal properties.
Bofors guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bofors gun
anti-collision
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anticollision.
anti-earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiearth.
anti-earthquake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiearthquake.
anti-eavesdropping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Preventing eavesdropping.
antieavesdropping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-eavesdropping.
bogs in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bog in
bogging in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bog in
bogged in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bog in
anti-exploit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + exploit.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Preventing an exploit.
antiexploit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-exploit.
anti-feminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-feminisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antifeminism.
anti-feminist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-feminist
form: most anti-feminist
Senses: examples: text: They described an ambient feeling that feminism has been sapped of cultural vitality, even as an anti-feminist backlash is gathering momentum, and that young people especially were turning against the movement.
ref: 2022 June 17, Michelle Goldberg, “The Future Isn’t Female Anymore”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of antifeminist.
anti-feminist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-feminists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antifeminist.
anti-knowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiknowledge.
anti-marijuana
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-marijuana
form: most anti-marijuana
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antimarijuana.
bestowedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of bestow
does violence to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do violence to.
zeteticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zetetic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A form of skeptical investigation into the pseudoscientific and paranormal, championed by Marcello Truzzi.
hand-wave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hand-waves
form: hand-waving
form: hand-waved
form: hand-waved
Senses: examples: text: Lastly, he hand-waves away the effects on industrial development by essentially stating that if industry hadn't been established next to the railways that had been in place for 100 years, they were unlikely to materialise - which is somewhat disingenuous given the rapidly changing shape of industry at the time, a notable proportion of which he had overseen in his previous role at ICI.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49:
glosses: Alternative form of handwave.
angiocheiloscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medical instrument for observing the blood circulation in the lips.
hand-waves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hand-wave.
hand-waved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hand-wave.
praying the gay away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pray the gay away
prayed the gay away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pray the gay away
prays the gay away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pray the gay away
golden-naped finch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden-naped finches
Senses: glosses: A bird native to Asia, Pyrrhoplectes epauletta.
golden-naped finches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden-naped finch
black-billed flycatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-billed flycatchers
Senses: glosses: A bird native to the Americas, Aphanotriccus audax
black-billed flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-billed flycatcher
brassick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brassick
form: most brassick
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boracic (“penniless”).
enterotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterotherapies
Etymology: From entero- + therapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Therapy which aims at the intestinal regeneration and symbiosis.
Derived terms: enterotherapist
seductivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seductive + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Verily we thank our stars we were not born in days of such multiform distraction, when the only possible escape from temptation lies in its seductivity and abundance.
ref: 1865 November 4, Uncle John, “Children’s Books”, in The Leeds Intelligencer, volume CXII, number 5893, page 6:
text: So with this proclivity in man, and with Satan’s infinite variety of falsehood, and the sparkling seductivity of its attractions, it is not past credibility, that he should have kept up a six thousand years warfare against the God of Truth!
ref: 1883, B. U. Watkins, “One Chapter in Theodicy--The Origin of Evil”, in E. W. Herndon, editor, The Christian Quarterly Review, volume II, Columbia, Boone County, Mo., page 514:
text: “[…] Convert that telephone there into a medium of convenience and easy service instead of a servant of the devil, creating howling demoniacs throughout the city, and we will rise up and call you blessed,” saying which the victims withdrew and left the representative from Cleveland to his reflections, which somehow impressed him with the conviction that his circus was a give-away, and that the inductiveness of his induction hadn’t had the conductive seductivity he had fondly hoped.
ref: 1885 May 24, “The Tramp Abroad”, in The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, volume XIX, number 13, page 9:
text: “I don’t think anything has the seductivity of the dyes,” [William] Eggleston is quoted here.
ref: 2010 May 14, Lauren Viera, “Eggleston’s America: Dyed, heavenly”, in Chicago Tribune, 163rd year, number 134, section 5, page 16:
text: Precise herbed-lamb packets amid art nouveau swirls of asparagus noodles, a lacy tuile that adds a peekaboo seductivity to potato gnocchi — [Anthony] Martin’s presentations are bold and beautiful, yet his flavor pairings are almost maddeningly subtle, driving overanalytical foodies to despair.
ref: 2011 January 13, Phil Vettel, “Chef of the Year: Anthomy Martin”, in Chicago Tribune, 164th year, number 13, section 5, page 4:
text: Played with ingratiating seductivity by Licia James Zegar, Lee is the distaff “Man Who Came to Dinner” and never left.
ref: 2011 August 24, Steve Parks, “Allergies should be his wife’s biggest problem”, in Newsday, volume 71, number 355, page B5:
glosses: The quality of being seductive.
Synonyms: seductiveness
monument sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monument signs
Etymology: From monument + sign.
Senses: glosses: A sign made of a substantial material (stone, concrete, etc.), as though it is a monument, and planted in the ground rather than mounted on a pole, often to advertise the name of a building, business, or neighborhood.
glosses: Any sign advertising a monument.
Synonyms: sense: substantial sign planted in the ground
word: ground sign
Coordinate terms: awning sign
pole sign
projecting sign
pylon sign
wall sign
window sign
boughetto
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boughetto
form: most boughetto
Etymology: Blend of bougie + ghetto
Senses: examples: text: I went from being ghetto to being boughetto. Its not that I forgot where I came from I just grew to something more than my circumstances life will do that.
ref: 2014, Ms. Savvy, My Black Is Savvy & Unique:
text: Angela: I swear, you are the most boughetto person I have ever had the blessing of knowing! Hot Cheetos' AND Tea? Let me guess, you had coupons?
ref: 2019, M. M. Dolcé, Tiffany "Joy" Dingle, Baggage Claim: A Life Story (page 152)
text: Brittany was my boughetto cousin from Texas. Out of the three of us, she was the loudest and the most ratchet.
ref: 2020, A. L. Tate, I'll Give It All For Your Love, page 146:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Both bougie and ghetto.
homotransphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of homophobia + transphobia.
Senses: examples: text: The absence of a law that would protect people from homotransphobia leads to under-reporting and under-recording of homotransphobic violent acts, pushing further away the prospects of peace, justice, equality and security.
ref: 2022, Sara Gabai, LGBTQI Digital Media Activism and Counter-Hate Speech in Italy:
glosses: Prejudice against gay and/or transgender people.
Related terms: homotransphobic
homotransphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homotransphobic
form: most homotransphobic
Etymology: Blend of homophobic + transphobic.
Senses: examples: text: The absence of a law that would protect people from homotransphobia leads to under-reporting and under-recording of homotransphobic violent acts, pushing further away the prospects of peace, justice, equality and security.
ref: 2022, Sara Gabai, LGBTQI Digital Media Activism and Counter-Hate Speech in Italy:
glosses: Prejudiced against gay and/or transgender people.
Alejandrez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alejandrezes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Alejándrez.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
take a raincheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a raincheck
form: taking a raincheck
form: took a raincheck
form: taken a raincheck
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take a rain check.
wardrobe beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wardrobe beetles
Senses: glosses: Attagenus fasciatus, a species of carpet beetle.
skin beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skin beetles
Etymology: Partial calque of translingual Dermestes.
Senses: glosses: A beetle of the family Dermestidae.
Guterres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guterreses
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Guterres.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
bow bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bow bugs
Senses: glosses: Any of various dermestid beetles which feed on the hair of a violin bow.
Abascal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abascals
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Abascal.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
worst timeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the worst timeline
Senses: examples: text: Millennials/Gen-Xers like me […] may feel like we're living in quite possibly the worst timeline, where the economy is uncertain, politicians are lying to us, and it seems radical groups are running amok and gaining notoriety in the process.
ref: 2018, Emily Prokop, The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects, unnumbered page:
text: It’s like when people on Twitter said that “this is the worst timeline” in response to Jeff Bezos likely becoming the first trillionaire because of COVID.
ref: 2021 May 2, Johnny Hayes, “Commentary: Wrestling with the ghosts of COVID past”, in The San Diego Union-Tribune:
text: I had high hopes for 2021, after a year that fundamentally changed our way of life. I thought vaccines would bring life back to normalcy by now. That obviously didn't happen. As with any situation, there are two sides to the story. A pessimistic view would suggest that this continues to be the worst timeline. But I want to be optimistic for once.
ref: 2021 September 29, Jennifer Sun, “In-Person Event Planning: Expect the Unexpected”, in UltraVires, University of Toronto, page 21:
glosses: Synonym of darkest timeline.
synonyms: word: darkest timeline
flaming Katy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flaming Katies
Senses: glosses: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, a Madagascan plant commonly cultivated as a houseplant.
laconist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laconists
Etymology: From the place Laconia + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Somebody who admires Sparta.
teen-nap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: teen-naps
form: teen-napping
form: teen-naping
form: teen-napped
form: teen-napped
form: teen-naped
form: teen-naped
Etymology: From teen + -nap.
Senses: examples: text: I’m surprised. I thought he was probably called something odd like Ivor Pile, had been horribly bullied at school, and that’s why he’s turned into a teen-napping psycho. But I was wrong.
ref: 2011, Helen Bailey, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Hodder Children's, page 210:
text: "[…]And every brotherly instinct in my body is telling me that Lily hasn't been teen-napped. I think she went for a wander. I don't know if she wants to be found, but I also think it will mean something to her to know we were trying to find her. So let's carry on."
ref: 2016, Rachel Cohn, David Levithan, The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily, page 77:
text: Dear Diary,
Worst! Week! Ever!! First we found the teen-napping vampire twins, but no teens. Then some bats pooped on one of my favorite shirts. And then worst of all, it turns out the leader of my best friend's coven is a demon intent on destroying the whole city!
ref: 2019, Carolyn Novak, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Cursed Coven, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, page 127:
glosses: To kidnap or abduct (a teenager).
Tampico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Derived terms: Tampico fiber
Tampico fibre
boulder holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boulder holders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of over-the-shoulder boulder holder (“a large bra”).