cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
romantasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊˈmæn.tə.si/
ipa: /ɹoʊˈmæn.tə.si/
ipa: [ɹoʊˈmæ̃ɾ̃əsi]
ipa: [ɹoʊˈmænəsi]
Forms: form: romantasies
Etymology: Blend of romance + fantasy. The term was popularized in 2020.
Senses: examples: text: I want @lara_adrian 's book 7.! -.- sooo bad.! Best romantasy author ever.! (:
ref: 2009 December 14, @xlittleshawty, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2024:
text: Well that's the typical girl in books
Especially romance and "romantasy"
ref: 2017 October 29, @loneIydreams, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2024:
text: [Sarah J.] Maas, whose sales jumped 51 per cent this past year and was largely credited by Bloomsbury for a 15 per cent increase in total revenue, is technically classified as sci-fi or “romantasy”.
ref: 2023 November 11, Madison Darbyshire, “Hot stuff”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:
text: Morgan Entrekin, chief executive of Grove Atlantic, the publisher behind last year's Booker prize-winner, Paul Lynch's Prophet Song, agrees. “The boom in [romantasy]^([sic]) has been amazing,” he says.
ref: 2024 February 17, Anna Nicolaou, quoting Morgan Entrekin, “‘Romantasy’ writer who could save publishing”, in FT Weekend, Opinion, page 9:
text: Besides appealing to hordes of existing fans, “Alchemised” has another advantage: It taps into the raging appetite for romantasy, a subgenre that blends fantasy elements like magic, fairies and dragons with love, yearning and explicit sex. In a way, the romantasy explosion — driven by the success of blockbuster authors like Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros, whose series have sold millions upon millions of copies — stems from the legacy of popular young adult series like “Twilight” and “Harry Potter.”
ref: 2025 August 20, Alexandra Alter, “How Harry Potter Fans Are Driving the Romantasy Trend”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025:
glosses: Romantic fantasy, a subgenre of fantasy literature.
examples: text: Every hostess knows Blue Willow, the lovers fleeing across the bridge, the turtle doves and all the other romantasies . . .
ref: 1928 May 16, Kaufmann’s, “Now—PINK Willow English Luncheon Ware”, in The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., →OCLC, page 24:
text: Are we light-hearted? Yes—if we counter warning-weariness by reading Gerald Bullett’s romantasy: When the cat’s away
ref: 1940 August 25, Dent, “The holiday novel of the year”, in The Observer, 149th year, number 7,787, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 6:
text: Won’t you be my Valentine “romantasy”.
ref: 1989 February 11, Marc, “Companions”, in The Gazette, Montreal, Que., →ISSN, →OCLC, page F-5, column 7:
text: The perfect companion to your favorite book series, this coloring book filled with fire-breathing dragons, dagger-wielding warriors, and fierce and lovely fae will make all your romantasies come true.
ref: 2024, Ana Bidault, Hannah Konetzki, Paule Ledesma, Vera Ma, Eeva Nikunen, Jenna Stark, “Color Happily Ever After”, in Romantasy: A Coloring Book, [Garden City, N.Y.]: Dover Publications, →ISBN, back cover:
glosses: A romantic fantasy.
thug it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thugs it out
form: thugging it out
form: thugged it out
form: thugged it out
Etymology: Evoking thug life and connoting the assertion that thuggish behavior is a necessary evil.
Senses: examples: text: We can work without the perks, just you and me
Thug it out ’til we get it right
ref: 2007, Timbaland, The Clutch, Keri Hilson, D.O.E., “The Way I Are”, in Shock Value, performed by Timbaland, D.O.E., and Keri Hilson:
text: He wasn’t worried about contracting the virus, and spun the situation with the kind of edge that would make Supreme founder James Jebbia proud. “You’re a New Yorker, you kinda thug it out,” he said.
ref: 2020 March 12, Sam Schube, “‘You Kinda Thug It Out’: The Supreme Line in the Age of Coronavirus”, in GQ, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2020:
text: “I'm not saying she could get it,” Reid began, referring to the Republican nomination, “but if you’re the donor class that wants Trump gone, you tell her ‘Thug it out for a few months. I’m gonna put some more money in your bank account’.”
ref: 2024 January 24, Jarryd Jaeger, quoting Joy Reid, “Joy Reid claims donor class wants Nikki Haley to ‘thug it out’ to take GOP nomination if Trump is convicted”, in PM, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2024:
glosses: To endure; to tough it out.
bad facts make bad law
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: bad facts, bad law
form: easy cases at times produce bad law
Senses: examples: text: The tired adage "bad facts make bad law" is given new life in a recent decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court.
ref: 2004, Eugene Soar, “McKinney v. Richitelli: Abandoning Parents and Presumptive Penalties”, in North Carolina Central Law Review, volume 26, number 2, retrieved 13 Dec 2014:
text: Just as "bad facts make bad law," so too odd facts make odd law.
ref: 1992, Clarence Thomas, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: There is an adage among lawyers that "bad facts make bad law." By the 1950s, the "bad facts" that came from ignoring LaRue, Stabler, and Silbert—the disconnect between the paper allocations of the Law and the River and the wet water of the actual Colorado—were driving the basin towards bad law.
ref: 2019, Eric Kuhn and John Fleck, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Unusual circumstances can lead lawmakers or judges to set precedent that applies poorly to most situations.
moneyline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compound of money + line.
Senses: examples: text: College basketball games don't lack for gambling propositions—the moneyline, a straightforward wager on which team will win; the over-under gamble on the total number of points scored by both teams—but the most popular wager is the spread.
ref: 2015 April 10, John Paul Rollert, “Vegas Odds”, in Harper's Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Harper's Magazine Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: A method of sports betting which is purely based on which team wins the game.
sonoelastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sonoelasticity.
sports betting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sportsbetting
Senses: examples: text: All the casinos also offer video poker, keno, 21 machines, blackjack, poker, bingo, roulette, and sportsbetting.
ref: 1993, Eleanor Harris, Quick Escapes in Southern California: 21 Weekend Trips From Los Angeles and San Diego, Old Saybrook, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 206:
text: The impact of sportsbetting and the potential risks to sports associations, players, and gambling providers have been exacerbated by the commercialization and global televising of sports, and the impact of digital technology.
ref: 2003, Gerda Reith, editor, Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses?, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 57:
text: Regulators had admonished sports betting companies, including those with which I had bet, for having let customers wager with credit cards — something illegal in Iowa but permitted in most other states with mobile betting.
ref: 2022 December 24, Rebecca R. Ruiz, “Betting Apps Can Make Anyone a Sports Fan. Even Me.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 May 2023:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: The act of betting on the outcomes of sport matches.
Related terms: sports-bet
sportsbetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: All the casinos also offer video poker, keno, 21 machines, blackjack, poker, bingo, roulette, and sportsbetting.
ref: 1993, Eleanor Harris, Quick Escapes in Southern California: 21 Weekend Trips From Los Angeles and San Diego, Old Saybrook, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 206:
text: The impact of sportsbetting and the potential risks to sports associations, players, and gambling providers have been exacerbated by the commercialization and global televising of sports, and the impact of digital technology.
ref: 2003, Gerda Reith, editor, Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses?, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: Rare form of sports betting.
sonoelasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An imaging technique that uses sound waves to visualize the elasticity in tumors.
sonoembryology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of embryos using ultrasound imaging.
sonoencephalography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Encephalography using sound.
sonoencephalographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sonoencephalography.
sonoencephalogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonoencephalograms
Senses: glosses: An image produced by sonoencephalography.
sonoendoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sonoendoscopy.
sonoendoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Endoscopy using sound.
fukujusonorone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fukujusonorones
Senses: glosses: A steroid found in the plant Adonis amurensis.
fukujusone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A steroid found in the plant Adonis amurensis.
horsemasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsemaster
mesonorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesonorms
Senses: glosses: Average mineral composition of a rock.
mesonormative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a mesonorm.
deoxofukujusonorone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A deoxy derivative of fukujusonorone.
McKenny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, a variant of McKenney.
sonotomographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sonotomography.
sonotomography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Tomography using sound.
sonotubometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sonotubometry.
sonotubometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A device used for sonotubometry.
ultrasonotomography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Tomography using ultrasound.
ultrasonotomographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ultrasonotomography.
ultrasonotomograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrasonotomographs
Senses: glosses: A device that produces ultrasonotomograms.
ultrasonotomogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrasonotomograms
Senses: glosses: An image produced by ultrasonotomography.
Friern Barnet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Friern is from Middle English freren (“of the brothers”), referring to early possession by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem.
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ2792).
Tauragė
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lithuanian Tauragė.
Senses: glosses: A city, municipality, and county of Lithuania.
methylarsonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A colourless organoarsenic compound with the formula CH3AsO3H2.
monomethylarsonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of methylarsonic acid.
synonyms: word: methylarsonic acid
Jagang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The troubled dam is at Huichon No 2 power station in Jagang province, just over 100 miles northeast of Pyongyang.
ref: 2012 December 30, Michael Sheridan, “Dam bluster: rant over leak at power plant killed tyrant Kim Jong il”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2021:
text: To replace him, Mr. Kim chose Kim Jae-ryong, who has built his credentials as party boss of Jagang Province, which is home to many of the North’s munitions factories. The new premier is believed to be in his 60s.
ref: 2019 April 12, Choe Sang-Hun, “Kim Jong-un Says He’s Open to Another Trump Meeting, With Conditions”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 May 2019, Asia Pacific:
text: The outbreak was confirmed at a farm in Jagang province in North Korea near the country's border with China on May 25, South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement.[…]
"Although the outbreak occurred in Jagang near North Korea's border with China, there is a possibility that the virus could spread to the South and we plan to carry out extra disinfection measures," Oh Soon-min, director general of the agriculture ministry said at a press briefing.
ref: 2019 May 31, Jane Chung, Hayoung Choi, Hyonhee Shin, “South Korea braces for African swine fever outbreak after North Korea case”, in Richard Pullin, Clarence Fernandez, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2019, World News:
text: The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said the suspected ballistic missile was fired from North Korea’s northern province of Jagang at 7:27 a.m. local time.
ref: 2022 January 11, Min Joo Kim, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, “North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea, neighbors say”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2023, World:
glosses: Alternative form of Chagang.
methylarsonous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A methyl derivative of arsonous acid.
monomethylarsonous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of methylarsonous acid.
synonyms: word: methylarsonous acid
benzenearsonous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phenylarsonous acid.
synonyms: word: phenylarsonous acid
IfS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German IfS (“Institut für Staatspolitik”).
Senses: examples: text: Two other organizations – the Institute for State Policy (IfS) and the “Ein Prozent” (One Percent) association – were labeled extremist at the same time as the group.
ref: 2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Institute for State Policy.
sonourethrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Urethrography using sound.
ecdysonoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having properties of ecdysone.
Derived terms: ecdysonoic acid
ecdysonoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecdysonoic acids
Senses: glosses: An active form of ecdysone.
sonoinversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medical technique of delivering sound waves to the cochlea through the round window.
opsonophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Affection to opsonin.
opsonophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to opsonophilia.
sonopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pathology using ultrasound.
sonoporator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonoporators
Senses: glosses: A device used for sonoporation.
sonoporated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having undergone sonoporation.
Derived terms: non-sonoporated
non-sonoporated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not sonoporated.
sonoprocess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sonoprocesses
form: sonoprocessing
form: sonoprocessed
form: sonoprocessed
Senses: glosses: To undergo sonoprocessing.
sonoprocessing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The manipulation of fluids using ultrasound waves.
gigapause
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The gigapause finally ended on October 15, 2014, and Hussie made his grand return with... a one-page update.
ref: 2015 February 24, Lilian Min, “How the Internet Invented a New Kind of Storytelling”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gigapause.
MSPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
glosses: Initialism of MS Paint Adventures.
ultrasonophoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sonophoresis.
synonyms: word: sonophoresis
North Carolinaese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From North Carolina + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Herewith, a brief primer in speaking basic North Carolinaese, meant to be read aloud for optimal effect.
ref: 2014 August 21, Susan Stafford Kelly, “What Say You”, in Our State:
text: DPSA (noun): A deceased relative’s acronym for DAMN POOR SIT ABOUTS. That’s eastern North Carolinaese for trinket, knickknack, gimcrack, or tchotchke. Feel free to spread this usage. The originator would have been flattered.
ref: 2019 March 26, “Garbage, Redux”, in Robin's Rules of Order:
glosses: The dialect of American English spoken in North Carolina.
sonoanatomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sonoanatomy.
sonoanatomical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sonoanatomic.
sonoangiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Angiography using ultrasound.
sonoarthrographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sonoarthrography.
sonoarthrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Arthrography using ultrasound.
sonodynamically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a sonodynamic manner.
sonosensitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sensitization to the effects of sound.
angiosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of blood vessels.
acquiesceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of acquiesce
acquiescest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of acquiesce
arthrosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of a joint.
cholecystosonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cholecystosonography.
cystourethrosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the bladder and urethra.
cystosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the bladder.
CESA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CESAs
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: Initialism of controlled emergency swimming ascent.
antitonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitonal
form: most antitonal
Etymology: From anti- + tonal.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Deliberately flouting the conventions of tonality.
Lambangian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lambangians
Senses: glosses: A member of a certain indigenous people of the Philippines.
Lambangians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lambangian
'dine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːn/
ipa: [diːn]
ipa: [dĩːn]
enpr: dēn
rhymes: -iːn
homophone: dean
homophone: dene
Forms: form: 'dines
Senses: examples: text: He got up and grabbed another can of 'dines. Instead of commenting on the olfactory association he had made between sardines and deceased female sex organs, he asked what seemed to be the logical question. “What are we going to do, boss?”
ref: 2009, Stephen King, Under the Dome, page 1005:
text: The way I look at it, someone other than me is eating sardines. When the pandemic-related food shortages hit, i couldn't find a dang can of 'dines anywhere on the shelves.
ref: 2022, Timothy Cotton, Dawn in the Dooryard, page 192:
glosses: Clipping of sardine.
'dines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'dine
courtesy turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courtesy turns
Senses: examples: text: In the beginning, the Eight Chain thru is taught with smooth arm-around-waist courtesy turns at each end.
ref: 1969, Square Dance, volumes 24-25, page 40:
text: Many of the calls associated with square dance are also heard in contra dance, but the latter is often associated with more courtesy turns (in which the gent moves backward, allowing the lady to turn around) and less swinging.
ref: 2015, Simon J. Bronner, Encyclopedia of American Folklife, page 266:
text: Women meet in center, clasp right hands, pass right shoulders, and give left hand to opposite man. Man puts his right arm around woman's waist and turns her with a courtesy turn.
ref: 2015, Anne M. Pittman, Marlys S. Waller, Cathy L. Dark, Dance a While, page 546:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A square dancing and contra dancing move in which the man puts his arm around the waist of the woman and turns her around by moving backwards while she moves forward.
courtesy turns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of courtesy turn
echosonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to echosonography.
echosonographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an echosonographic manner.
hogman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogmen
Etymology: From hog + -man.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pigman (“worker who looks after pigs”).
synonyms: word: pigman
extra: worker who looks after pigs
hogmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hogman
allectory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allectories
Senses: examples: text: […] if you carry in your mouth an allectory, a stone found in the belly of a cock, it will make you victorious in battle.
ref: 1935, Royal Institution of Great Britain, Notices of the Proceedings (volume 29, page 411)
glosses: A stone said to be found in the belly of a cock and to arouse sexual desire or ensure military victory.
allectories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allectory
amalgamationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amalgamationists
Etymology: From amalgamation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of amalgamation.
amalgamationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amalgamation + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A policy of amalgamation.
amalgamationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amalgamationist
mustafina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mustafinas
Senses: glosses: The offspring of a mustee and a white person.
mustafinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mustafina
hog-maned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hog + maned.
Senses: glosses: Of a horse: having the mane cut short.
Related terms: hogmane
endoultrasonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Endoscopic ultrasonography.
almoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The distribution of alms; the work of an almoner.
amerikani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: americani
Etymology: So called because first imported from America.
Senses: glosses: A kind of cotton sheeting.
goldworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gold + working.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of items from gold.
Amertoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.əˌtɔɪ/
ipa: /ˈæm.əɹˌtɔɪ/
Forms: form: Amertoys
Etymology: Blend of American + toy
Senses: glosses: Synonym of toy fox terrier.
synonyms: word: toy fox terrier
Amertoys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Amertoy
dumb chum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumb chums
Etymology: From dumb (“incapable of speech”) + chum (“friend, pal”). A rhyming alteration of earlier dumb friend.
Senses: glosses: A pet (animal companion).
dumb chums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumb chum
haemophilus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemophili
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Haemophilus.
haemophili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemophilus
dumb friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumb friends
Etymology: From dumb (“incapable of speech”) + friend.
Senses: glosses: A pet (animal companion).
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dumb, friend.
dumb friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumb friend
half-world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-worlds
Etymology: Calque of French demi-monde
Senses: glosses: Synonym of demimonde.
synonyms: word: demimonde
half-mooned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a half-moon or crescent shape.
harvester-thresher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harvester-threshers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of combine harvester.
synonyms: word: combine harvester
hedychium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedychiums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the genus Hedychium.
hedychiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedychium
hell-roaring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hell-roaring
form: most hell-roaring
Senses: glosses: uproarious; noisy and chaotic
historymaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: historymakers
Etymology: From history + maker.
Senses: examples: text: The true historymaker, the Bible would have us believe, was Jeremiah, the voice of marginality who creates new historical possibilities.
ref: 2006, Walter Brueggemann, Patrick D. Miller, Like Fire in the Bones, page 191:
glosses: One who makes history.
historymakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of historymaker
hepatosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the liver.
hit-run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hit-runs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hit and run (“type of accident”).
hit-runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hit-run
apiculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apiculations
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A short, sharply pointed tip.
Related terms: apiculate
apiculations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apiculation
wkr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wkrs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of worker.
wkrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wkr.
wkd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wkds.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of weekend.
wkds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wkd.
wknd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wknds.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of weekend.
wknds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wknd.
dumb peal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumb peals
Senses: glosses: A muffled peal of bells.
dumb peals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumb peal
dumb ague
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An intermittent malarial fever whose paroxysms skip the stage characterized by symptomatic chills.
dumb chill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dumb ague (“An intermittent malarial fever whose paroxysms skip the stage characterized by symptomatic chills”).
synonyms: word: dumb ague
extra: An intermittent malarial fever whose paroxysms skip the stage characterized by symptomatic chills
dumb chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumb chambers
Senses: glosses: A dead-end chamber, a chamber with no apparent further outlets.
dumb chambers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumb chamber
the boat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Boat
Senses: examples: text: Angela Davis, longtime revolutionary and former member of the Communist Party, was stunned to learn that she, of all people, could trace her ancestry back to the boat.
text: Bit by bit, she learned the stories of her ancestors and of Cape Cod. And it occurred to her: “These people,” she said, “probably went all the way back to The Boat.”
ref: 2020, Josephine de la Bruyere, “The Duality of Being a Mayflower Descendant”, in The Provincetown Independent:
text: “So, I started working on that particular individual where the error occurred and found out almost immediately that we did descend from William Brewster," Wheaton said. “The story I always tell, when I found the error, I walked over to where my friends were sitting and said, ‘Well, I am off the boat.’ They commiserated and then I went back to work and was eventually able to say, ‘I am back on the boat again.’”
ref: 2020, Bill Kemp, “Polk Mayflower descendants talk about 400th anniversary of landing”, in The Ledger:
glosses: In US history and genealogy, a nickname for Mayflower, the ship on which the Pilgrims sailed from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.
hysterosalpingosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Hysterosalpingography and sonography combined.
the Boat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of the boat (“Mayflower”).
hysterosonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hysterosonography.
hysterosonographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a hysterosonographic manner.
NICO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of National Insurance Contributions Office.
knicky-knocky-nine-doors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nicky-nicky-nine-doors.
smacked cucumber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smacked cucumbers
Etymology: So called because the cucumber is struck so that it cracks open a little to absorb the seasonings.
Senses: glosses: A Sichuan dish of cucumber prepared with soy, rice vinegar, etc.
smacked cucumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smacked cucumber
vaginiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more vaginiferous
form: most vaginiferous
Etymology: From vagina + -iferous.
Senses: glosses: Producing or bearing a sheath.
uredostage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uredostages
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of uredo (“summer stage in the life history of certain rust”).
synonyms: word: uredo
extra: summer stage in the life history of certain rust
uredostages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uredostage
urethanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urethanizations
Senses: glosses: The process of urethanizing.
urethanizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urethanization
non-ultrasonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not ultrasonographic.
neurosonogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurosonograms
Senses: glosses: An image produced by neurosonography.
urethanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: urethanizes
form: urethanizing
form: urethanized
form: urethanized
Etymology: From urethane + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To treat with urethane.
urethanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of urethanize
urethanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of urethanize
urethanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of urethanize
vaginosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the vagina.
vaginosonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to vaginosonography.
vaginosonographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vaginosonographic.
vaginosonographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a vaginosonographic manner.
mammosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the breasts.
myosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the muscles.
myosonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to myosonography.
ladies' chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladies' chains
Senses: topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A figure in square dance, in which the women cross to the opposite side, taking each other's right hands as they go, and their left hands are then taken by the men on the opposite side.
square danced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of square dance
square-dances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of square-dance
square-danced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of square-dance
nephrosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the kidneys.
nephrosonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to nephrosonography.
amesace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ambsace.
Thursford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9833).
wondermonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wondermongers
form: wonder-monger
Etymology: From wonder + monger.
Senses: examples: text: […] mechanical puzzles, juggling tricks, sensational dramas, and popular music — in a word, whatever a wondermonger can collect to allure the curious and idle many to amusement at small individual cost to them but lucrative to the showman.
ref: 1868, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Building Fund of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia to the contributors to the fund, page 115:
glosses: One who deals in wondrous things.
wondermongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wondermonger
neuro-ultrasonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the nervous system.
neuro-ultrasonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to neuro-ultrasonography.
northern wiretail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern wiretails
Senses: glosses: Rhadinosticta banksi, an Australian damselfly.
northern wiretails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern wiretail
powdered wiretail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powdered wiretails
Senses: glosses: Rhadinosticta simplex, an Australian damselfly.
powdered wiretails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powdered wiretail
wiretail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiretails
Etymology: From wire + tail.
Senses: glosses: Any of various damselflies of the genus Rhadinosticta.
Derived terms: northern wiretail
powdered wiretail
Related terms: Des Murs's wiretail
wiretails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiretail
Des Murs's wiretail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Des Murs's wiretails
Senses: glosses: Sylviorthorhynchus desmurii, a small passerine bird of southern South America.
osteosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of a bone.
rectosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rectal ultrasonography.
witchman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witchmen
Etymology: From witch + man.
Senses: examples: text: The witchman raised both hands above his head and cried, “Silence.”
ref: 2013, J. L. Doty, Child of the Sword:
glosses: A male witch; a warlock.
witchmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of witchman
wilely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wilely
form: most wilely
Senses: examples: […] a wilely robbing of his shop, and picking of his pocket […]
glosses: Obsolete form of wily.
respiro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: respiration
whimsy-whamsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whimsy-whamsies
Senses: glosses: whim-wham; whim or fancy
whimsy-whamsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whimsy-whamsy
whip-tailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a thin, flexible tail like the lash of a whip.
Related terms: whiptail
virginogenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Usually overwinters outdoors as winged and wingless virginogenia, both in temperate climates and in the tropics.
ref: 1977, Jürgen Kranz, H. Schmutterer, Werner Koch, Diseases, Pests and Weeds in Tropical Crops, page 333:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of virginopara.
synonyms: word: virginopara
veritist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veritists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of veritism.
veritistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more veritistic
form: most veritistic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to veritism.
veritists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veritist
respirosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From respiro- + sonography.
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the respiratory system.
veritism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A materialist sociophilosophical ideology that rejects organized religion.
topics: art
arts
glosses: Synonym of verism.
synonyms: word: verism
Related terms: veritist
veritistic
salpingosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ultrasonography of the Fallopian tube.
vespetro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sweet, anise-like liqueur from Canzo, Lombardy, made from spices and medicinal plants.
ultrasonoglottography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Glottography using ultrasound.
Kanyeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Kanye
Kanyes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kanye
Kanyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Kanye
Kanyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Kanye
Kanye'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Kanye
villota
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: villotas
Senses: examples: text: Theme and variations on a villota by Filippo Azzaiolo initially presents a straightforward version of a famous four-voice villota […] written by Azzaiolo after the middle of the sixteenth century.
ref: 2004, International Record Review, volume 5, page 48:
glosses: A kind of Italian folk song.
villotas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of villota
vaultman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaultmen
Etymology: From vault + -man.
Senses: glosses: An employee responsible for removing goods from a storage vault as needed.
vaultmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaultman
uncorporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncorporal
form: most uncorporal
Etymology: From un- + corporal.
Senses: examples: text: the uncorporal spirits whom we call angels
ref: 1853, Alexander Nowell, A Catechism, page 146:
text: I heard the song of breath, / Like a great strand of music, / Blown between void and void, / Uncorporal as the light.
ref: 2022, Stephen Vincent Benét, John Brown's Body:
glosses: Synonym of incorporeal.
synonyms: word: incorporeal
umiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Umiri balsam.
synonyms: word: Umiri balsam
ucuuba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ucuubas
Senses: glosses: The tree Virola sebifera.
ucuubas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ucuuba
unbrother
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbrothers
form: unbrothering
form: unbrothered
form: unbrothered
Etymology: From un- + brother.
Senses: examples: text: It is not in the power of the sins of our infirmity, to unbrother us; when we look at the acts themselves, they are heinous; when at the persons, they are so much more faulty as more obliged; but when we look at the mercy of thee who hast called us, now, Who shall separate us?
ref: 1808, Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the Old Testament: Books xix, xx and xxi, page 512:
text: Some of us take fresh heart at the thought of it, and learn that it is not in the power of infirmity to unbrother us; we are Christ's brothers; and 'brothers are brothers evermore.'
ref: 1884, Charles Stanford, From Calvary to Olivet, page 151:
glosses: To make no longer a brother; to expel from a brotherhood.
unbrothering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unbrother
unbrothers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unbrother
undergroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undergrooms
Etymology: From under- + groom.
Senses: glosses: An assistant groom (person who looks after horses).
undergrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undergroom
twenty-firster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twenty-firsters
Etymology: From twenty-first + -er.
Senses: examples: text: On his twenty-firster his father, in a characteristic gesture, had given him an Indian servant, and when Sandys was at the Embassy in Berlin, this splendid creature appeared at his dinner parties in a long white coat, rows of medals […]
ref: 1954, Labour Research, volume 43, page 188:
glosses: A person's 21st birthday.
twenty-firsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twenty-firster
twinnish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twinnish
form: most twinnish
Etymology: From twin + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: […] a twinnish telepathy inherent in our shared genes.
ref: 2007, Elizabeth Arnold, Pieces of My Sister's Life, page 2:
glosses: Synonym of twinny.
synonyms: word: twinny
turricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turricular
form: most turricular
Senses: glosses: Synonym of turriculate.
synonyms: word: turriculate
tubulary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tubulary
form: most tubulary
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of tubular.
tuberculed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tuberculed
form: most tuberculed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tubercled.
trout-perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a compound of trout + perch, the compound indicates the species looking akin to some kind of hybrid or mixture of the two other types of fish.
Senses: glosses: The fish Percopsis omiscomaycus.
troughings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troughing
pumpgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pumpguns
Etymology: From pump + gun.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A pump-action firearm.
pumpguns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pumpgun
dumb well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumb wells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dry well.
synonyms: word: dry well
dumb wells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumb well
racewide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From race + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: The lynchee's agony is not merely a convenient trope for romantic despair here: it is a preexisting condition, a racewide image of abjection that the loss of a lover serves to reactivate.
ref: 2004, Peter M. Birkeland, Franchising Dreams: The Lure of Entrepreneurship in America, page 126:
glosses: Throughout a race of people.
hoolaulea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoolauleas
Etymology: From Hawaiian hoʻolauleʻa.
Senses: glosses: A Hawaiian celebration or festival.
hoolauleas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoolaulea
wrostle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wrostles
form: wrostling
form: wrostled
form: wrostled
Senses: examples: text: I wrostled, sir, between the silent orders in my bosom pulling me one way, and the written orders in my pocket-book pushing me the other, until (saving your presence) I was in a cold sweat.
ref: 1868, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone, page 276:
glosses: Obsolete form of wrestle.
wrostles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wrostle
wrostling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wrostle
wrostled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wrostle
saving your presence
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: saving your reverence
glosses: Used apologetically when something offensive is mentioned.
saving your reverence
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of saving your presence.
synonyms: word: saving your presence
drone fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drone flies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dronefly.
Derived terms: orange-spotted drone fly
IDFVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IDFV
walk-mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walk-mills
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of waulkmill.
walk-mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walk-mill
volitorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From New Latin volitor (“bird capable of flying”) + -ial, from Latin volitāre (“to fly about”).
Senses: examples: text: the volitorial power of a bird's wing
glosses: Relating to flight.
voltolize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: voltolizes
form: voltolizing
form: voltolized
form: voltolized
Senses: glosses: To use an electric discharge to increase the oiliness of (an oil).
Related terms: voltolization
voltolizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of voltolize
voltolizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of voltolize
voltolized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of voltolize
voltolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of voltolizing.
Cipitio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Cipitío.
Senses: qualifier: Salvadorian folklore
glosses: A legendary character revolving around the Siguanaba and Cadejo legends, portrayed as an 8-10-year-old boy with a large conical hat and a pot belly.
Related terms: cipote
Siguanaba
Tláloc
lunumidella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunumidellas
Senses: synonyms: pride of India
bead-tree
Cape lilac
syringa berrytree
Persian lilac
Indian lilac
white cedar
glosses: A chinaberry tree (Melia azedarach), in the mahogany family, native to Indomalaya.
Slivilești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Slivilești.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Gorj County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Slivilești, Gorj County, Romania.
lapstraked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lapstrake.
synonyms: word: lapstrake
Marrick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0798).