cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
adenostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenostyles
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the Adenostyles genus of plants.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A protrusion on tarsus IV in male arachnids
ozophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozophores
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An elevated cone present on the prosoma of some harvestman
ozophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ozophore
zero meridian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zero meridians
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prime meridian.
synonyms: word: prime meridian
zero meridians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero meridian
cyranic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a cyranoid.
cyranoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyranoids
Etymology: From Cyrano + -oid from a character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand from 1897.
Senses: glosses: A person whose words originate from the mind of another person who transmits them by radio transmission.
slept on
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Underappreciated.
slept on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sleep on
set right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets right
form: setting right
form: set right
form: set right
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of set aright.
sets right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of set right
setting right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of set right
grade A
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Louie: '...' / Louie: 'Ngh...' / Olimar: 'Oh, thank goodness! I think he's OK.' / Collin: 'Oof. What a grade A troublemaker.'
ref: 2023 July 21, Nintendo EPD, Pikmin 4, Nintendo, level/area: Cavern for a King:
glosses: Alternative spelling of grade-A.
circulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circulin
transchiffization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transchiffizations
Etymology: From trans- + schiffization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical reaction in which an imine and a primary amine exchange attached chemical groups.
patchoulenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic ketone derived from Cyperus rotundus. IUPAC name 4,10,11,11-tetramethyltricyclo[5.3.1.0^(1,5)]undec-4-en-6-one
Derived terms: isopatchoulenone
isopatchoulenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + patchoulenone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic ketone found in Cyperus rotundus. IUPAC name (1R,7S,10R)-4,10,11,11-tetramethyltricyclo[5.3.1.0^(1,5)]undec-4-en-3-one
rotundene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from species name rotundus + -ene
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic hydrocarbon derived from Cyperus rotundus. IUPAC name 1,5,9-trimethyltricyclo[6.2.2.0^(2,6)]dodec-9-ene
alpha-cyperone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Cyperus + -one
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic ketone found in Cyperus species, with IUPAC name (4aS,7R)-1,4a-dimethyl-7-prop-1-en-2-yl-3,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydronaphthalen-2-one
Jaxxon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jaxxons
Senses: glosses: A male given name of modern usage, variant of Jackson.
bijural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + jural.
Senses: examples: text: Canada is a bijural country.
glosses: Having two separate legal systems, such as civil law and common law.
Derived terms: bijuralism
bijurality
bijurally
bijurality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bijuralism.
synonyms: word: bijuralism
bijurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bijural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bijural manner.
unsuperheated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + superheated.
Senses: examples: text: Although most of them were still unsuperheated, they performed seemingly impossible feats over the steeply-graded line between Salisbury and Exeter, and they continued to be the stand-by, if a "King Arthur" was not available.
ref: 1950 August, H. C. Casserley, “Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 514:
synonyms: non-superheated
nonsuperheated
glosses: Not superheated, not fitted with a superheater.
ostentacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ostentacious
form: most ostentacious
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ostentatious.
bang bang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: bang bang cauliflower
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Prepared in the style of bang bang chicken.
snakies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snakie
ECTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ECT
ORG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Open Rights Group.
glosses: Initialism of online reality game.
office party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: office parties
Senses: synonyms: staff party
glosses: A social event for a group of coworkers, often paid for by their employer.
racization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The way in which race becomes defined.
sulfomethylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfomethylations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The process or result of adding a methane sulfonate group (-CH₂SO₃⁻)
sulfomethylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sulfomethylates
form: sulfomethylating
form: sulfomethylated
form: sulfomethylated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Add a methane sulfonate group (-CH₂SO₃⁻).
sulfomethylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sulfomethylate
methanesulfonated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: having the compound methanesulfonate attached to a molecule.
zls.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zl.
yetzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yetzers
Etymology: From Hebrew יֵצֶר.
Senses: glosses: A desire or impulse.
Related terms: yetzer hara
yetzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yetzer
exocortis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: scalybutt
glosses: A viral disease of citrus and tomato plants.
scalybutt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scaly + butt.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of exocortis.
synonyms: word: exocortis
xyloporosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: cachexia
glosses: A certain citrus viroid disease.
wldr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wldrs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of welder.
wldrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wldr.
cyberexpert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberexperts
Etymology: From cyber- + expert.
Senses: glosses: An expert in computer technology, especially the Internet.
cyberexperts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberexpert
woodprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodprints
Etymology: From wood + print.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of woodcut (“print produced from engraved block of wood”).
synonyms: word: woodcut
extra: print produced from engraved block of wood
woodprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodprint
Windows tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Windows taxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Microsoft tax.
synonyms: word: Microsoft tax
Windows taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Windows tax
window tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: window taxes
Senses: synonyms: window money
glosses: A property tax based on the number of windows in a house.
Related terms: Windows tax
window taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of window tax
whillikers
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Whillikers!" he whistled. "A big cougar! She's six feet or more! […]
ref: 1953, Marguerite Henry, Brighty of the Grand Canyon, page 62:
glosses: Alternative form of gee willikers.
weirless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From weir + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a weir.
ditchless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ditch + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a ditch.
pseudo-counterexample
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-counterexamples
Etymology: From pseudo- + counterexample.
Senses: glosses: A false counterexample.
vaporless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vapor + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without vapor.
vapourless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vapour + -less.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vaporless.
internunce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internunces
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of internuncio.
internunces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of internunce
Jack-with-a-lantern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of jack-o'-lantern (“a will o' the wisp”).
kamarinskaia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamarinskaias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kamarinskaya.
kamarinskaias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kamarinskaia
kamarinskaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamarinskayas
form: kamarinskaia
Etymology: From Russian камаринская (kamarinskaja).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Russian folk dance.
kamarinskayas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kamarinskaya
reintegrationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reintegrationists
Etymology: From reintegration + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of reintegrationism.
reintegrationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reintegrationist
reintegrationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reintegration + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The linguistic and cultural movement in Galicia that advocates for the unity of Galician and Portuguese as a single language.
Related terms: lusism
incomprehending
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛndɪŋ
Forms: form: more incomprehending
form: most incomprehending
Etymology: From in- + comprehending.
Senses: examples: text: At one time, the Japanese thought that their films depended so heavily on Japanese society, culture, mores, and sensibility, that it would be useless to try exporting them to the incomprehending West.
ref: 2014, Ian Charles Jarvie, Towards a Sociology of the Cinema, page 144:
glosses: Alternative form of uncomprehending.
4-F
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-Fs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 4F.
4-Fs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-F
realcompact
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a topological space, that can be embedded in a real line.
realcompactness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From realcompact + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being realcompact.
realcompactification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: realcompactifications
Senses: glosses: The compactification to a realcompact space.
zads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zad
Walesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Walesmen
Senses: glosses: A Welshman.
Walesmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Walesman
weaponshawing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weaponshawings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wapinschawing.
weaponshawings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weaponshawing
weak-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weak-headed
form: most weak-headed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of weak-minded.
synonyms: word: weak-minded
Kelvin problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kelvin problem
Etymology: Posed by Lord Kelvin in 1887.
Senses: glosses: The problem of partitioning three-dimensional space into cells of equal volume with the least area of surface between them.
wikipedia: Lord Kelvin
bone pointing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The placing of a curse on a person by "pointing the bone".
bookhunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookhunters
Etymology: From book + hunter.
Senses: examples: text: [They] have entered into the hunt with all the zeal that characterized the bookhunters, the coin collectors, the autograph devourers and the rest of that class of maniacs.
ref: 1864, Frank Leslie's Ten Cent Monthly, volumes 1-2, page 305:
glosses: A person who seeks out rare or valuable books.
Related terms: book-hunt
bookhunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookhunter
kolkhosnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kolkhosniks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kolkhoznik.
kolkhosniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kolkhosnik
edinolichnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edinolichniks
form: edinolichniki
Etymology: From Russian единоли́чник (jedinolíčnik).
Senses: glosses: A noncollectivized agricultural peasant in the Soviet Union.
edinolichniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edinolichnik
edinolichniki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edinolichnik
kolkhozniky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kolkhoznik
blue sailor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue sailors
Senses: glosses: Common chicory (Cichorium intybus)
blue sailors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue sailor
blacktracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blacktrackers
form: black tracker
form: black-tracker
Etymology: From black + tracker. Compare blackfellow.
Senses: examples: text: At dawn the next day he was away to the Mountain, and with a black-tracker at his heels, explored as much of that wilderness of gully and chasm as nature permitted to him.
ref: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 236:
text: [N]o one is exempt from the guilt: for we as Aboriginal people were our own blacktracker hunting down Musquito who had in turn hunted down others.
ref: 2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 230:
glosses: An Aboriginal person employed by police to track down fugitives or lost people, especially in the bush.
blacktrackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blacktracker
bisexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + sexed.
Senses: examples: text: a bisexed divinity
glosses: Having or relating to two sexes.
bitterbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitterbushes
Etymology: From bitter + bush.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Picramnia.
bitterbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitterbush
nonpseudoconvex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not pseudoconvex.
pseudoabelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + abelian.
Senses: glosses: Almost abelian.
blazy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blazy
form: most blazy
form: blazey
Etymology: From blaze + -y.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he very fire, scanty though it was, burnt with a blazy cheerful look.
ref: 1863, D. S. Henry, Joseph Anstey; or, The patron and the protégé, page 91:
glosses: Blazing; resembling or characteristic of a blaze.
blabmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blabmouths
Etymology: From blab + mouth.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blabbermouth (“a gossip or chatterbox”).
synonyms: word: blabbermouth
extra: a gossip or chatterbox
blabmouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blabmouth
Kankrej
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kankrejs
Etymology: From Hindi कंकरेज (kaṅkrej).
Senses: examples: text: He promised to show me there some of the most outstanding Kankrejs in his herd.
ref: 1935, Philippines. Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual Report (page 88)
glosses: An Indian breed of zebuine cattle.
Kankrejs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kankrej
Godber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hauntologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hauntologists
Etymology: From hauntology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Hauntologists suggest that the contemporary culture is more generally shaped by an unsettling temporal dislocation, a tendency to loop back to troubled, unresolved past events, and to experience recurring dreams of futures-lost. Time, as hauntologists have it, ‘is out of joint’.
ref: 2022, Maria Mellins, Sarah Moore, editors, Critiquing Violent Crime in the Media, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 121:
glosses: A theorist of hauntology.
hauntologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hauntologist
Cross Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A waterway and unincorporated community in Alachua County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A township in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A stream and former railway settlement in the geographic region of Wairarapa, Wellington region, New Zealand, abandoned in 1955 on the opening of the Remutaka Tunnel.
Locktober
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒkˈtəʊ.bə/
ipa: /lɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/
rhymes: -əʊbə(ɹ)
Etymology: Blend of lock + October.
Senses: examples: text: It's "Locktober" again, the month where men willingly lock their genitalia up in chastity devices in the hopes of making it "hands-free" for 31 days.
ref: 2018 October 25, Key Barrett [pseudonym], “What spending two weeks in a chastity device taught me about my sexuality and my marriage”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2022:
text: Male chastity describes the act of attaching a device to your cock that prevents you from masturbating or having sex–this can also be done by your lover or Dom/me in service to them or an event like Locktober. Most chastity devices stop you from being able to get an erection. That's half the fun.
ref: 2022 October 6, Demeter DeLune, “How to use a chastity cage (on you or your sub)”, in The Daily Dot, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2023:
text: Just as Halloween decorations at CVS have become the harbinger of fall, an uptick in conversations about male chastity can only mean October—or Locktober—is around the corner.
ref: 2023 September 30, Emell Derra Adolphus, “Locktober: How Giving Up Control of Your Penis Can Set You Free”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023:
glosses: An event or challenge in which the participants wear a chastity cage around their penis for the whole month of October, with the key typically being kept by their partner.
Related terms: Kinktober
No Nut November
ajumma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈd͡ʒʊmə/
ipa: /ɑːˈd͡ʒʊmə/
ipa: /ˈɑːd͡ʒʊmə/
rhymes: -ʊmə
Forms: form: ajummas
form: ahjumma
form: ajooma
form: ajoomma
form: ajuma
form: ahjuma
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 아줌마 (ajumma).
Senses: examples: text: We were standing in the heart of the jimjilbang^([sic]), or Korean bathhouse, in a steaming, all-female bathing room where scrubs are administered (as they are across the land) by strict middle-aged women, more than a few of them with potbellies, who wear nothing but sexy black lace bras and underwear. Arcadia had whispered to me that the women were ajummas, which means "aunties" and connotes matronly, working-class women known for no-nonsense warmth and authority.
ref: 2014 February 9, Jodi Kantor, “A Look at Korea's Culture From the Bathhouse”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
text: Knowing that an ajumma would always be within arm's reach, like a Korean fairy godmother, traveling further afield grew less daunting.
ref: 2018 December 7, Julia M. Adler, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Seoul’s no-nonsense guardian angels”, in The Seattle Times, Seattle, W.A.: The Seattle Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
text: Seventy percent of the Korean peninsula is covered in mountains, so hiking, camping and mountain climbing is a big part of my ancestral culture. I remember watching the Korean church ajummas (married, middle-aged women) spread sticky white rice onto sheets of seaweed, expertly rolling them up before our church members embarked on group hikes.
ref: 2023 March 9, Dakota Kim, “Gorp is fine, but what about kimbap? Savor some food inspiration for your next hike”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2023:
text: Turns out crocheting these scrubbers is a pastime among certain Korean ajummas, who love to give them away as gifts.
ref: 2023 September 14, Lauren Ro, “I Can't Stop Buying Sparkly Korean Dish Scrubbers”, in The Strategist, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2023:
coordinate_terms: ahjussi
qualifier: Korea
glosses: A married middle-aged Korean woman.
ajummas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ajumma
sail foam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sail foams
Etymology: From the similar pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: A cell phone.
sail foams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sail foam
wireless phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wireless phones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cell phone.
synonyms: word: cell phone
glosses: Synonym of mobile phone
synonyms: word: mobile phone
glosses: Synonym of cordless phone
synonyms: word: cordless phone
wireless phones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wireless phone
jjimjilbang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jjimjilbang
form: jjimjilbangs
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 찜질방 (jjimjilbang), from 찜질 (jjimjil, “stupe, poultice, heating”) + 방(房) (bang, “room”).
Senses: examples: text: Fans of jjimjilbangs will find a brand-new one five-minutes' walk north of the bus terminal, on the same main road.
ref: 2008, Norbert Paxton, The Rough Guide to Korea, New York, N.Y.; London; Delhi: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 275:
text: One morning in Daejeon, an unremarkable-looking city in the center of the country, I ducked into a drab office building housing a jimjilbang that seemed like a hidden water world.
ref: 2014 February 7, Jodi Kantor, “A Look at Korea’s Culture From the Bathhouse”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2014, Travel:
text: Jjimjilbangs have been transplanted to the United States as the Korean-American population has grown in recent decades.
ref: 2017 January 2, Richard Morgan, “A Korean Spa Offers Saunas, Bibimbap and a Taste of Home in New Jersey”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023:
text: Within 48 hours of moving to Los Angeles 20-some-odd years ago, I'd already had six people talk my ear off about the city's plethora of jjimjilbang — more commonly known as Korean spas. A good jjimjilbang is a wonderland where you can sit in multiple saunas, stew yourself in a hot tub of medicinal mugwort tea, take a catnap in a room with heated jade floors, and indulge in a myriad of stellar spa treatments. Some jjimjilbang are even open 24 hours a day.
ref: 2018 February 12, Alison Freer, “These Korean Spa Mitts Scrub Me to Baby Softness”, in The Strategist, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2023:
text: Discussing her own experience of Korean-American culture, Meghan said she and her mother, Doria Ragland, would visit the spa, known as the jjimjilbang, that focuses on relaxing, spending quality time with friends and family.
ref: 2022 October 4, Kevin Rawlinson, “Meghan attacks Hollywood caricatures of Asian women in film”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
glosses: A type of Korean traditional bathhouse, typically having hot tubs, showers, saunas, and massage tables.
jjimjilbangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jjimjilbang
Scandinavianist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Scandinavist
Etymology: For the ideology, from Scandinav(ism) + -ist; in the meaning scholar of Scandinavian studies, Scandinavian + -ist with analogy with earlier Romanicist, Germanicist, Anglicist; likely reinforced by German Skandinavist.
Senses: examples: text: Frederik VI and most Danes accepted the election of Christian August with fairly good grace. Yet even the Prince's opponents considered Scandinavianist solutions as well.
ref: 1970, H. Arnold Barton, “The Swedish Succession Crises of 1809 and 1810, and the Question of Scandinavian Union”, in Scandinavian Studies, volume 42, number 3, →JSTOR, page 322:
text: The reaction of Danish Scandinavianist and business circles was to pressure their government for the formation of a Danish-Swedish customs union which Norway coud join later.
ref: 1975, Toivo Miljan, “Problems of Nordic Integration.”, in International Journal, volume 30, number 4, →DOI, page 719:
text: In Sweden, the dissolution of the union with Norway in 1905, combined with awakening Scandinavianist political sentiments, contributed to an inward focus on the Swedish nation.
ref: 2021, Anna Källén, Johan Hegardt, “The Archaeologist In-Between: Olov Janse, 1892–1985”, in Between France and Sweden (1919–1929), Kriterium, →JSTOR, page 71 (4):
glosses: Pertaining to Scandinavianism.
examples: text: Holders of an M.A. degree who entered the title of their thesis will find that it has been listed, as there is no reason to believe that such research is without interest for the general North American Scandinavist community.
ref: 1975, Donald E. Askey, Gene G. Gage, Robert T. Rovinsky, “The Humanities”, in Scandinavian Studies, volume 47, number 2, →JSTOR, pages 151-152:
qualifier: humanities
glosses: Pertaining to Scandinavian studies.
Related terms: Pan-Scandinavianism
Scandinavia
Scandinavian
Scandinavianism
Scandinavian studies
Scandinavophile
Scandophile
dome piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊm.piːs/
Forms: form: dome pieces
form: domepiece
form: dome-piece
Etymology: From dome + piece. Possibly modelled on headpiece.
Senses: examples: text: Killa Beez all over your fuckin' planet
36 chambers of death;
Three-hundred and sixty degrees of perfected styles
Choppin' off your motherfuckin' dome-piece
ref: 1993, Wu-Tang Clan, “Clan in da Front”, in Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers):
text: guess who got shot in the dome-piece?
Jerome's niece, on her way home from Jones Beach
ref: 1994, Nas, “One Love”, in Illmatic:
text: Feel the force of impact from the iron side of the gat as I attack the track
From the blind side of the pack, Starks, pass the chrome
Watch a nigga get blown out his motherfuckin' dome-piece
Deceased, laid to rest
ref: 1995, Raekwon feat. Masta Killa, RZA, Method Man & Ghostface Killah, “Wu-Gambinos”, in Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...:
text: I steal lives like a stone thief, so leave me alone, chief
Or catch a buck shot to your dome piece
ref: 1995, Big L, “All Black”, in Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous:
text: And there'll be no hand-holdin till the lah gets rolled
Keep yo steelo real so no lies get told
Glassy eyes, my Timbos, they beige and untied
Levi's with no crease, Colombia hair band circle in my dome piece
ref: 1996, Heather B, “What Goes On”, in Takin' Mine:
topics: dancing
hip-hop
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: head
bathouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathouses
form: bat-house
form: bat house
Etymology: Compound of bat + house.
Senses: examples: text: Between July 2015 and April 2017, we collected bat faecal pellets using two different methods to determine the prevalence of insect pests in faecal pellets. Twenty-one bathouses had been mounted on poles in four orchards in the study area by the company 'EcoSolutions' (Johannesburg, South Africa) in 2014.
ref: 2019 April, Sina M. Weier, et. al, “Insect pest consumption by bats in macadamia orchards established by molecular diet analyses”, in Global Ecology and Conservation, volume 18, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Wiley-Blackwell, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: A structure designed to serve as a shelter for bats.
bathouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bathouse
jimjilbang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jimjilbang
form: jimjilbangs
Senses: examples: text: We were standing in the heart of the jimjilbang, or Korean bathhouse, in a steaming, all-female bathing room where scrubs are administered (as they are across the land) by strict middle-aged women, more than a few of them with potbellies, who wear nothing but sexy black lace bras and underwear. Arcadia had whispered to me that the women were ajummas, which means "aunties" and connotes matronly, working-class women known for no-nonsense warmth and authority.
ref: 2014 February 9, Jodi Kantor, “A Look at Korea's Culture From the Bathhouse”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
glosses: Misspelling of jjimjilbang.
jimjilbangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jimjilbang
jarr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jarrs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of jar.
costly colours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: costly colors
Senses: examples: text: Other games were cribbage, all fours, ruff and honours, French ruff, five cards, costly colours, bon ace, putt, plain dealing, Queen Nazareen, pennech, post and pair, bankafalat, beast.
ref: 1882, John Ashton, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, page 104:
glosses: An English card game for two players, similar to cribbage and particularly popular in Shropshire.
bisociative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to bisociation.
bisociatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of bisociation.
beatin'est
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beatingest.
bear-hugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bear-hug
bear-hugs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bear-hug
bear-hugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bear-hug
bear-hugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear-hug
JMHO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of just my humble opinion.
r-less
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a word or speech in which the letter r is lacking or not pronounced.
glosses: Of a month, lacking the letter r in its name (May, June, July and August).
Related terms: non-rhotic
R month
bedeviller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedevillers
Etymology: From bedevil + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or thing that bedevils.
bedeviler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedevilers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bedeviller.
bedevillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedeviller
bedevilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedeviler
blaze-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blaze-ups
Senses: glosses: A bursting into (stronger or brighter) flame; the action of a fire that blazes up.
glosses: A row or fracas.
blood-chilling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blood-chilling
form: most blood-chilling
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bloodcurdling.
synonyms: word: bloodcurdling
block universe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: block universes
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An unchanging four-dimensional universe (rather than a three-dimensional one that changes over time), as postulated in eternalism.
block universes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block universe
as near as matters
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: An illogical formation, perhaps by confusion with "as near as makes no odds" or similar.
Senses: examples: text: As near as matters, three billion people would be hearing him. And, as near as matters, one billion Martians.
ref: 1954, Fredric Brown, Martians, Go Home:
text: What is needed to distinguish the two is the fact that it really was Esa rather than Twin Esa who figured appropriately in the etiology of Arabella's inner state. And that is as near as matters to saying that the truth-condition rather than the 'narrow' conceptual role is the vehicle of learning.
ref: 1986, Ernest LePore, Truth and Interpretation, page 253:
glosses: Close enough not to matter, or to be essentially the same.
cockroach theory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the cockroach theory
Etymology: From the idea that spotting one cockroach indicates that more are probably nearby.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A theory which states that unexpected negative news from a business is possibly an indicator that more negative news is incoming.
Related terms: where there's smoke, there's fire
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madagascar hissing cockroaches
Senses: glosses: One of the largest cockroaches, of species Gromphadorhina portentosa, native to the island of Madagascar.
Madagascar hissing cockroaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Madagascar hissing cockroach
inconstructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not constructive.
Taphos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τάφος (Táphos).
Senses: glosses: In Homeric Greece, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania, inhabited by the piratical Taphians.
aerotow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerotows
Etymology: From aero- + tow.
Senses: glosses: The launching of a glider by towing it behind a powered aircraft.
aerotow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aerotows
form: aerotowing
form: aerotowed
form: aerotowed
Etymology: From aero- + tow.
Senses: glosses: To launch (a glider) by towing it behind a powered aircraft.
aerotows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerotow
aerotows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aerotow
aerotowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aerotow
aftertreat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aftertreats
form: aftertreating
form: aftertreated
form: aftertreated
Etymology: From after- + treat.
Senses: glosses: To apply a treatment to (something) after some other process.
Related terms: aftertreatment
aftertreated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aftertreat
aftertreats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aftertreat
aftertreating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aftertreat
Homosassa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Citrus County, Florida, United States.
Askander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Iskandar or Alexander.
Scandar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Iskandar or Alexander.
N-Formyldemecolcine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of colchicine where a nitrogen-attached acetyl group is replaced by a formyl group, and also has an additional methyl group. IUPAC name N-methyl-N-[(7S)-1,2,3,10-tetramethoxy-9-oxo-6,7-dihydro-5H-benzo[a]heptalen-7-yl]formamide
autumnaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phenethylisoquinoline alkaloid with IUPAC name (1S)-1-[2-(3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]-6-methoxy-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-7-ol
digeneic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Digenea class of trematodes.
beflustered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beflustered
form: most beflustered
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flustered.
synonyms: word: flustered
all-play-all
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: In which every competitor plays every other competitor; describing a round robin tournament.
prone positioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prone positionings
Senses: examples: text: An institutional protocol for standardizing the process of prone positioning will limit iatrogenic injury.
ref: 2007, Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence, Springer, →ISBN, page 439:
glosses: Proning.
Synonyms: PP
first-nighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-nighters
Etymology: From first night + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who attends the opening night of a play or other performance.
first-nighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first-nighter
pronings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proning
prone positionings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prone positioning
headwinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of headwind
headwinded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of headwind
tailwinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of tailwind
Erlking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Erlkings
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of erlking.
Erlkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Erlking
fliply
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fliply
form: most fliply
Etymology: From flip + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a flip manner.
flippity-flop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flipperty-flopperty.
apophonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From apophonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an apophonic manner.
fleur-de-lises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleur-de-lis
fly-by-nighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fly-by-nighters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fly-by-night (“one who appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy”).
synonyms: word: fly-by-night
extra: one who appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy
fly-by-nighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fly-by-nighter
fly-fisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fly-fishers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flyfisher.
fortune-tell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fortune-tells
form: fortune-telling
form: fortune-told
form: fortune-told
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tell fortunes.
synonyms: word: tell fortunes
underrehearsal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Hampered by the slapdash direction and obvious underrehearsal for a play with so much happening at such a rate, the cast should be congratulted ^([sic]) for making the play work as much as it does.
ref: 1978 April 1, Robert Chesley, “Leveling All the Troops”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
glosses: Insufficient rehearsal.
Lanc.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /laŋk/
/lɑːŋk/
Etymology: From Latin Lānc., abbreviation of Lāncastriēnsis (“of or from Lancaster”).
Senses: examples: ref: 2007, Commonwealth Universities Yearbook 2007: A Directory for the Universities of the Commonwealth and the Handbook of their Association, volume 2, passim
glosses: Granted by the University of Lancaster.
raw_tags: in post-nominal letters
modifying an academic degree or other qualification
Lanc.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /laŋk/
/lɑːŋk/
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Lancaster.
throw one's voice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws one's voice
form: throwing one's voice
form: threw one's voice
form: thrown one's voice
Senses: glosses: to make one’s voice appear to come from somewhere else
throws one's voice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw one's voice
throwing one's voice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw one's voice
threw one's voice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw one's voice
thrown one's voice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw one's voice
Sheff.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʃɛf/
Senses: examples: ref: 2007, Commonwealth Universities Yearbook 2007: A Directory for the Universities of the Commonwealth and the Handbook of their Association, volume 2, passim
glosses: Granted by the University of Sheffield.
raw_tags: in post-nominal letters
modifying an academic degree or other qualification
Sheff.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ʃɛf/
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sheffield.
cockhound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockhounds
Senses: examples: text: He had affairs on the side but was a gentleman about it, with the result that far from being trashed as a cockhound, the Daily News tried to trash him as a queer, and failed.
ref: 1997 February 15, Edward G Nilges, “"Clinton-haters" article in the New York Times Sun Feb 23rd”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):
text: Gia Paloma is already one of the hottest cockhounds in all of porn, so five guys at once is like a warm up for her.
ref: 2005 January 6, r...@rogreviews.com, “Rog Review: GANGBANG AUDITIONS 13 (DVD)”, in rec.arts.movies.erotica (Usenet):
text: I've always been a cockhound, spreading my legs for every hot guy with a thick prick who came my way.
ref: 2007 November 16, Angie, “15 mins for $20”, in alt.sex.masturbation (Usenet):
glosses: A promiscuous person, one who is eager to have sex with men.
jergon sacha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tree of South America, Dracontium spruceana.
nymotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nymotypes
Senses: topics: biology
lepidopterology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The first described form of a species.
wenten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: And they wenten out to the Paynims, ſhewing to them that their Images were no Gods, but mens woꝛkes vnmightie to ſaue themſelues oꝛ any other, dꝛawing them to the beleefe of Jeſus Chꝛiſt, God ⁊ man.
ref: 1581, Iohn Marbeck [i.e., John Merbecke], A Booke of Notes and Common Places, […], London: Thomas East, page 993:
text: 'Tell John to mog the cows i' in the mornin'—it's time as they wenten i' the Cote Leasnow.'
ref: 1879, Georgina F[rederica] Jackson, “MOG”, in Shropshire Word-Book, a Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, etc. Used in the County, London: Trübner & Co, page 285:
glosses: Alternative form of went.
beleefe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beleefes
Senses: examples: text: And they wenten out to the Paynims, ſhewing to them that their Images were no Gods, but mens woꝛkes vnmightie to ſaue themſelues oꝛ any other, dꝛawing them to the beleefe of Jeſus Chꝛiſt, God ⁊ man.
ref: 1581, Iohn Marbeck [i.e., John Merbecke], A Booke of Notes and Common Places, […], London: Thomas East, page 993:
text: […] I return'd with ſimular proofe enough, / To make the Noble Leonatus mad, / By wounding his beleefe in her Renowne, / With tokens thus, and thus: auerring notes / Of Chamber-hanging, Pictures, this her Bracelet / (Oh cunning how I got) nay ſome markes / Of ſecret on her perſon, that he could not / But thinke her bond of Chaſtity quite crack'd, / I hauing tane the forfeyt.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 396, column 2:
text: Remiſsion of ſins is giuen to all the elect, and them alone, becauſe it is giuen to them all and alone who beleeue; and none beleeue, but the elect onely; for the reprobate neuer haue true faith and beleefe: therefore they neuer obtaine remiſsion of their ſinnes.
ref: 1617, Zacharias Ursinus, “Quest. 56. What Belieuest Thou Concerning Remission of Sinnes?”, in Henrie Parrie [i.e., Henry Parry], David Pareus, transl., The Svmme of Christian Religion, Deliuered by Zacharias Vrsinvs in His Lectures vpon the Catechisme, […] Translated into English […], London: Imprinted by H. L. and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson, […], →OCLC, section 6 (To Whom Remission of Sinnes is Giuen), page 614:
glosses: Obsolete form of belief.
beleefes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beleefe
unabolishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unabolish
unabolishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of unabolish
patagials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patagial
locale-aware
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The automatic detection of a user's language and country settings, thereby supplying the corresponding content at the same URLs.
Derived terms: locale-awareness
locale-awareness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From locale-aware + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being locale-aware.
diactins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diactin
transcendental materialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The doctrine based on the theory that materiality manufactures out of itself that which comes to detach from and achieve independence in relation to it.
neo-materialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of new materialism.
synonyms: word: new materialism
monactins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monactin
lonchiole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lonchioles
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A monaxon with one tine or distal ray, applied to sponges.
sarule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarules
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A broom-shaped sceptrule, ending with a tuft of small bristles, applied to sponge spicules.
sarules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarule