cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nappy pins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nappy pin
go to the well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to the well
form: going to the well
form: went to the well
form: gone to the well
Senses: examples: text: City manager Pep Guardiola asked his side, who suffered such bitter disappointed as their hold on the Champions League trophy was wrestled away by Spanish giants Real, to go to the well once more against a highly-motivated Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.
ref: 2024 April 20, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To draw on a resource or reserve that may be at risk of being exhausted.
Related terms: the jug goes to the well until it breaks
the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
schmucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of schmuck
schmucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of schmuck
Fishtoft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3642).
scravel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scravels
form: scraveling
form: scravelling
form: scraveled
form: scraveled
form: scravelled
form: scravelled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scraffle (“scramble or struggle”).
vaxication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvæk.sɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌvæk.sɪˈkeɪ.ʃn̩/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: vaxications
Etymology: Blend of vaccination + vacation, or from vaccine or vax.
Senses: examples: text: While some experts believe that pent-up demand will have people rushing in large numbers to book “vaxications,” others, including Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, think the return to travel will be gradual, with people easing their way back.
ref: 2020 December 22, Tariro Mzezewa, “9 Ways the Pandemic Will Change Travel in 2021”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2020:
text: Some newly vaccinated people will be ready to get on a plane and travel far from home -- or at least as far as destination entry requirements allow. I have friends that have booked vaxications to Hawaii, Mexico and various Caribbean islands.
ref: 2021 March 19, Andrea M. Rotondo, “Did you just get vaccinated? Here are 5 tips to plan your first ‘vaxication’”, in The Points Guy, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
text: Vaxications refer to pent-up demand for travel from those who are vaccinated. And they could be a needed boost for suffering travel and hospitality markets.
ref: 2021 April 21, “What are 'vaxications' and how do they affect vacation rentals?”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
text: If health and safety concerns are the only things preventing a person from booking their vaxication, brands with clearly communicated safety measures will earn the attention and trust of potential travelers.
ref: 2022 May 27, Kevin Tjoe, “Vaxications: How to tap into the industry’s pent-up travel demand”, in Rezdy, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
glosses: A postvaccination travel.
scravelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scravel
scravels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scravel
scravelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scravel
scraveling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scravel
scraveled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scravel
rencontred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rencontre
rencontring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rencontre
midpay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + pay.
Senses: examples: text: In Japan, a 2009 report from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo documented a “substantial” drop in midpay, midskill jobs in the five years through 2005, and linked it to technology.
ref: 2018, Lorenzo Pupillo, Eli Noam, Leonard Waverman, Digitized Labor: The Impact of the Internet on Employment, page 120:
glosses: Having or offering a moderate amount of pay.
Bernsdorf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Bernsdorf.
Senses: glosses: A town in Bautzen district, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany.
glosses: A municipality of Zwickau district, Saxony, Germany.
midskill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + skill.
Senses: examples: text: In Japan, a 2009 report from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo documented a “substantial” drop in midpay, midskill jobs in the five years through 2005, and linked it to technology.
ref: 2018, Lorenzo Pupillo, Eli Noam, Leonard Waverman, Digitized Labor: The Impact of the Internet on Employment, page 120:
glosses: Having or involving a moderate amount of skill.
awiwi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Hawaiian ʻāwīwī
Senses: glosses: A rare Hawaiian flowering plant of species Schenkia sebaeoides.
mummiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mummiform
nappy fastener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nappy fasteners
Senses: examples: text: Place your baby's bottom in the middle and do up with nappy safety fasteners. Always place nappy fasteners horizontally, never vertically, because if for some reason they did come undone, they will not dig into your baby's tummy when he moves around.
ref: 2011, Louise Heren, Susan McMillan, Nanny in a Book: The Common-Sense Guide to Childcare, Ebury Publishing, →ISBN, page 30:
text: Understandably impressed with her cool and super easy invention – the Queensland mum proudly shared it on Kmart Hacks & Décor. "Kmart snappy from the baby section...You're welcome," she posted alongside a pic of her towel being held up with a nappy fastener.
ref: 2020 August 10, Leesa Smith, “Mum's $3 Kmart hack to stop your towel from falling down”, in KidSpot:
text: We didn't test flat nappies. They are cloth squares, usually fixed in place with a three-pronged plastic nappy fastener, and then covered with a separate waterproof wrap. These are the most similar to traditional reusable terry-squares.
ref: 2023 June 27, Zoe Pickburn, “Best reusable and eco-friendly nappies that are better for the planet”, in Evening Standard:
synonyms: diaper fastener
glosses: A plastic, slightly elastic, reusable nappy pin.
nappy fasteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nappy fastener
eurythmist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eurythmists
Senses: glosses: One who practises eurythmy (type of rhythmic body movement).
eurythmists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eurythmist
disnature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disnatures
form: disnaturing
form: disnatured
form: disnatured
Etymology: From dis- + nature.
Senses: examples: text: It is not the soul's nature to leave the body; rather, the body (disnatured by the Fall) deserts the soul.
ref: 1943, C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man:
text: The truth has been disnatured by its legal setting: Caleb's appeal to the conscience is not an instrument of ' true ' justice but, in spite of all he can do to prevent it, an act of revenge against the institution of aristocracy .
ref: 2005, Gregory Dart, Rousseau, Robespierre and English Romanticism, page 98:
text: Naturally, no one has disnatured all of nature before. Destroying and remaking all of existence is unique, unparalleled.
ref: 2007, John C. Wright, Titans of Chaos, page 307:
glosses: Synonym of denature (“take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of”).
synonyms: word: denature
extra: take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of
disnaturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disnature
diaper fastener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaper fasteners
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nappy fastener.
synonyms: word: nappy fastener
disnatures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disnature
diaper fasteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaper fastener
separate cover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: [I am] sending under separate cover some pictures of the launching of the ship[…]
ref: 1918, Bridge Men's Magazine, page 253:
glosses: Correspondence sent separately from other items.
Related terms: septel
dextrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dextral
OS nappy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OS nappies
Senses: examples: text: I liked them enough to buy a set of Version Three Bumgenius OS nappies for DS. What a mistake..he outgrew them at 5 months old !!! So I had to buy some MEOS and wraps for day time use and Quick Flip nappies for night, both of which have a bit of growing space for my baby boy.
ref: 2009 February 26, Babieseverywhere, “Truth About BumGenius - Calling All Mums Who Use Them”, in Mumsnet:
text: I have never used a one size WN but have always found OS nappies too bulky and a poor fit on small babies. I prefer them once they get the ... miiddle^([sic]) rise settings.
ref: 2013 March 16, Shaunie, “Re: Wee notions experts”, in Cloth Nappy Tree:
text: Of course if your baby is a newborn or a preemie, sized nappies like Mini Piriuki will be the perfect choice because most OS nappies just fit from but from 8lb.
ref: 2014 January 29, “What is one size cloth nappies?”, in Piriuki Blog:
glosses: Abbreviation of one-size nappy.
OS nappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OS nappy
Black Crater Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in Deschutes County, Oregon.
Crater Lakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A group of lakes in Sevier County, Utah.
Related terms: Crater Lake
Little Crater Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in Copper River Census Area, Alaska.
glosses: A lake in Clackamas County, Oregon.
glosses: A lake in Siskiyou County, California.
Upper Crater Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
birchir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birchirs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bichir.
birchirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birchir
negiah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: negia
form: negiyah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew נְגִיעָה (“touch”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Physical contact between the sexes outside of marriage or familial relations.
examples: text: If I see a young man and woman out on a date in the US, would I not assume that even if they were makpid on kashrut, they might not be as makpid on negia? Or even on pre-marital sex? After all, that is exceedingly common in the US today, and it's even made inroads among ostensibly Orthodox Jews.
ref: 2006 June 9, Lisa, “LESBIAN & GAY SHABBAT DINNER - 5 JUNE -- RODEPH SHOLOM (NYC)”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
topics: law
glosses: The prohibition against this.
Related terms: shomer negiah
shomer negiah
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abstaining from physical contact with the other sex outside of marriage.
makpid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more makpid
form: most makpid
Senses: examples: text: If I see a young man and woman out on a date in the US, would I not assume that even if they were makpid on kashrut, they might not be as makpid on negia Or even on pre-marital sex? After all, that is exceedingly common in the US today, and it's even made inroads among ostensibly Orthodox Jews.
ref: 2006 June 9, Lisa, “LESBIAN & GAY SHABBAT DINNER - 5 JUNE -- RODEPH SHOLOM (NYC)”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
glosses: Stringent or particular about a rule.
jump-off point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jump-off points
Senses: examples: text: [The story] "Equal Rights" is also fine — and realistic! — as far as it goes. But I wished it were longer, that this had been the jump-off point for a more involved work.
ref: 1980 August 30, Jan R. Fielding, “Iron Bras & Virgin Births Mar Feminist Science Fiction”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of jumping-off point.
cylexethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪlɛkˈsɛθɪl/
/saɪˈlɛksɛθɪl/
/sɪˈlɛksɛθɪl/
Senses: glosses: Contraction of cyclohexyloxycarbonyloxyethyl.
Derived terms: cilexetil
New Durham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community in Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in LaPorte County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
cyclohexyloxycarbonyloxyethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪkləʊˌhɛksɪlˌɒksɪkˌɑːbənɪlˌɒksiˈɛθɪl/
/ˌsaɪkləʊˌhɛksɪlˌɒksiˌkɑːbənɪlˌɒksiˈɛθɪl/
Forms: form: cylexethyl
Etymology: From cyclohexyl + oxy + carbonyl + oxy + ethyl.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The ester in which prodrug form candesartan is prepared for administration in order to increase its bioavailability.
North Bergen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
dreamgaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹiːmˌɡeɪz/
ipa: /ˈdɹimˌɡeɪz/
Etymology: Blend of dream pop + shoegaze.
Senses: examples: text: Can't say I agree with it, but it sure was well written and well informed. I guess everything depends on one's propensity for this new ethereal, atonal, industrial, dreamgaze style.
ref: 2000 October 5, FRED of LA, “Kid a.”, in alt.music.alternative (Usenet):
ref: 2018 March 6, Jude Noel, “Amidst work with her Dreamgaze band Soften, Cincinnati’s Brianna Kelly releases new Ambient Folk project”, in CityBeat, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
text: Living Hour first came together in a Winnipeg basement in 2015. An appearance on a British compilation that year and a limited cassette release of the group’s debut album led to Portland, Oregon indie label Lefse re-releasing the LP, which helped attract the attention of Dreamgaze fans worldwide fairly quickly.
ref: 2019 March 1, Mike Breen, “Dazzling Canadian Indie Rock/Dreamgaze Band Living Hour to Play Free Concert in Cincinnati on Heels of Stellar New LP's Release”, in CityBeat, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
text: No Swoon is a dreamgaze band based in Brooklyn, New York.
ref: 2020 February 19, “Interview: No Swoon”, in Good Album Friday, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
text: Ash of the Womb is a dreamgaze beauty that is darkly elegant. Shantel Amundson’s vocals are haunting and perfectly encapsulates the themes of the album which center on our impact on the environment and the 2021 devastating fires in California where she resides.
ref: 2022 January 14, Angela, “Best of 2021: Angela’s List”, in Nine Circles, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
text: Close to be Close to Me is a 2016 song by Swedish self-described showgaze^([sic])/dreamgaze band, Echo Ladies, taken from their self-titled EP.
ref: 2022, Louise Harris, Composing Audiovisually: Perspectives on audiovisual practices and relationships, Routledge, page 173:
text: The four-member "dreamgaze" band Tierpark has two final shows in Seoul this weekend and Busan next weekend, before two of its core members move away.
ref: 2023 July 18, Jon Dunbar, “Tierpark plans final Korea tour before going on hiatus again”, in The Korea Times, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A mixture of dream pop and shoegaze.
intelligencings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intelligencing
septel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septels
Etymology: Blend of separate + telegram.
Senses: examples: text: See septel for discussion on Article 29.
ref: 2011, Alexander Star, Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy, The New York Times Company, →ISBN:
glosses: A telegram sent under separate cover; especially in the context of diplomatic cables.
Related terms: reftel
separate cover
infovorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infovorous
form: most infovorous
Etymology: From info- + -vorous.
Senses: examples: text: When people are trying to satisfy a need for food, are avoiding harm or are otherwise involved in some goal-oriented behavior, then the infovorous instincts take a less active role.
ref: 2006 May-June, Irving Biederman, Edward A Vessel, “Perceptual pleasure and the brain: A novel theory explains why the brain craves information and seeks it through the senses”, in American scientist, volume 94, number 3:
text: In this paper, I want to argue that the world consists of a series of 'intelligencings', to use a rather clumsy phrase, intelligencings which vary substantially in their reach and understanding and interaction, and which have geographies we can and should map – 'infovorous' geographies that can and do teach us how to be, and that therefore have an important ethical dimension.
ref: 2017, Chris Philo, Theory and Methods: Critical Essays in Human Geography:
text: Mathieu’s gesture of keeping a diary comes naturally when set against the background of infovorous danger — of the information-addicted individual.
ref: 2018, M Miheț, “The Prose of Matei Vișniec”, in Annals of the University of Oradea, Romanian Language & Literature Fascicule, volume 25:
glosses: Pertaining to the consumption of information; Involving learning and gathering knowledge.
Ridván
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic رِضْوَان (riḍwān).
Senses: glosses: A twelve-day-long festival in the Baháʼí Faith commemorating a declaration by Baháʼu'lláh that he was a Manifestation of God.
Ayyám-i-Há
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian اَیَّامِ هَاء (ayyām-i hā', “Days of Ha”).
Senses: glosses: A period lasting four or five days before the last month of the Baháʼí calendar, celebrated by Baháʼí Faith believers as a festival.
reinforced lipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinforced lipids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A lipid in which some of the fatty acids contain deuterium.
reinforced lipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinforced lipid
Gaiman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪmən/
Senses: glosses: A surname
New Frontier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: [W]e stand today on the edge of a New Frontier -- the frontier of the 1960's, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats.
ref: 1960 July 15, John F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention Nomination Acceptance Address, American Rhetoric:
text: Barry's gonna win in '64, the New Frontier will be no more.
ref: 1964, The Goldwaters, “Win in '64”, in Sing Folk Songs to Bug the Liberals:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A series of programs launched by President John F. Kennedy.
blebectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blebectomy
hands it to someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hand it to someone
handing it to someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hand it to someone
handed it to someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hand it to someone
owes it to oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of owe it to oneself
owing it to oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of owe it to oneself
owed it to oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of owe it to oneself
septels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septel
Stalinistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Murphy said that NEA critics want funding for "pleasant, acceptable" art that is not political or ideological and does not advocate social change. "That's the prescription of Stalinistic Russia or Nazi Germany," he said. "That's not what this nation is all about."
ref: 1990 August 31, John Zeh, quoting Patrick Murphy, “NEA Session Disrupted”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 6:
glosses: Stalinist
parkage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parkages
Senses: glosses: Area for parking (motor vehicles).
parkages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parkage
🧹
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: 🧹s
form: 🧹ing
form: 🧹ed
form: 🧹ed
Etymology: A pun, based on the fact that a broom sweeps.
Senses: glosses: To sweep (various senses).
🧹
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 🧹s
Etymology: A pun, based on the fact that a broom sweeps.
Senses: glosses: Sweep (various senses).
Behun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Behuns
Etymology: From Slovak Behúň, from behúň, or a related language.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
whiny-ass titty baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whiny-ass titty babies
Etymology: Popularized in the 2000s on political blogs.
Senses: examples: text: Let the record show that Ned Lamont does not consider Joe Lieberman a whiny-ass titty baby. Nor does he believe that Connecticut's junior senator is a douchebag, an ass clown, or any of the other nasty names liberal bloggers have called Lieberman […].
ref: 2006 April, Jason Zengerle, “The challenge to Joe Lieberman.”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 17 May 2017:
text: The characteristic blogofascist mode of attack is name-calling, with the insults often following previously established conventions. "Wanker" is a particularly common weapon, although "whiny-ass titty baby" ("WATB") is widely considered to be more deadly.
ref: 2006 June, Matthew Yglesias, “Type No Evil, Read No Evil”, in The American Prospect, CBS News, retrieved 20 Apr 2024:
text: WATB Whiny-Ass Titty Baby, or Babies. Originally appended to the ombudspersons of the Washington Post, possibly by Sadly, No!, for complaining that unpaid bloggers were making the ombudspersons’ highly-compensated jobs too hard.
ref: 2009 September, “The Balloon Juice Dictionary”, in The Daily Dish (blog), The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2011:
text: Not my fault if Jay couldn't take it all in, the things I was saying, if processing all that made him make me want to whip out the world's smallest violin, better call the WWWWWWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHBU LANCE, poor Jay, the lame, the jerkwater, whiny-ass titty baby ...
ref: 2015, Mark Doten, The Infernal, A Novel:
glosses: Someone who is childish and prone to taking offense.
Subic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsu.bɪk/
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Baliwag, Bulacan, Philippines.
examples: Meronyms: Aningway Sacatihan, Asinan Poblacion, Asinan Proper, Baraca-Camachile, Batiawan, Calapacuan, Calapandayan, Cawag, Ilwas, Mangan-Vaca, Matain, Naugsol, Pamatawan, San Isidro, Santo Tomas, Wawandue — barangays of Subic
glosses: A municipality of Zambales, Central Luzon, Philippines.
glosses: Subic Bay (a bay of Zambales, Central Luzon, Philippines)
glosses: Several barangays of Agoncillo, Batangas, Philippines.
takyah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takyahs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of takya.
takieh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takiehs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of takya.
takié
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takiés
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of takya.
takiyeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takiyehs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of takya.
tekyeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tekyehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of takya.
tekieh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tekiehs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of takya.
tekiyeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tekiyehs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of takya.
tekye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tekyes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of takya.
character arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: character arcs
Etymology: Compound of character + arc.
Senses: examples: text: The transformation of William Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet from a young scholarly prince full of promise into a melancholic brooder after his father's death is an example of a character arc.
glosses: The transformation or inner journey of a character over the course of a story.
character arcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of character arc
Đồng Hới
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Đồng Hới.
Senses: glosses: A city in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam.
escutcheonectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escutcheonectomy
Bosmajian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bosmajians
Etymology: A variant of Basmajian, from Armenian Բասմաջյան (Basmaǰyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Tarverdian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tarverdians
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Թարվերդյան (Tʻarverdyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Tarverdians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tarverdian
Bosmajians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bosmajian
Chiarantona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chiarantonas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
reftel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reftels
Etymology: Blend of referenced + telegram.
Senses: examples: text: Reftel was on my desk when I arrived in Saigon.
ref: 2006, Marshall Brement, Day of the Dead: A Novel, Asphodel Press, →ISBN:
text: Per reftel and other information, the Government of Israel (GOI) is concerned that Syria intends to imminently transfer SCUDD missiles to Hizballah in Lebanon.
ref: 2011, Alexander Star, Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy, The New York Times Company, →ISBN:
glosses: A telegram referenced within another message; especially in the context of diplomatic cables.
Related terms: septel
takes post
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take post
taking post
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take post
took post
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take post
taken post
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take post
Suphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Suphys
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sufi.
Suphys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Suphy
microidentity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microidentities
Etymology: From micro- + identity.
Senses: glosses: A very small-scale or specialized identity.
microidentities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microidentity
streamcreeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streamcreepers
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of sharp-tailed streamcreeper.
streamcreepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streamcreeper
sharp-tailed streamcreeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharp-tailed streamcreepers
Senses: synonyms: streamcreeper
glosses: Lochmias nematura, a passerine bird of South America.
Nyeboe Land
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after engineer and expedition chairman Marius Nyeboe (1867–1946).
Senses: glosses: A peninsula in far northwestern Greenland.
Maple Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rural municipality in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Maple Creek No. 111.
glosses: A town within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.
glosses: A river in the same area of Saskatchewan.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
glosses: A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States.
Lambert W function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lambert W functions
Etymology: Named after Johann Lambert, who considered a related problem in 1758.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A multivalued function, namely the branches of the converse relation of the function f(w) = weʷ, where w is any complex number and eʷ is the exponential function.
Lambert W functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lambert W function
Harrisian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Harrisian
form: most Harrisian
Etymology: From Harris + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to John Harris (born 1945), British bioethicist and philosopher.
glosses: Of or relating to Roy Harris (1931–2015), British linguist.
Bibans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bibans
Senses: synonyms: Biban Range
glosses: A chain of mountains in northern Algeria, bordering the south of Kabylie.
Biban Range
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Biban Range
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bibans (“mountain range”).
synonyms: word: Bibans
extra: mountain range
post captain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post captains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of post-captain.
post captains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post captain
postcaptain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postcaptains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of post-captain.
postcaptains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postcaptain
Boundary Waters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region in Minnesota, USA and Ontario, Canada, characterized by boggy marshes and woodlands.
zinars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zinar
brahminical thread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brahminical threads
Senses: glosses: A sacred thread worn by Hindus of the Brahmin varna.
brahminical threads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brahminical thread
Gransnetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gransnetters
Etymology: From Gransnet + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Last week, she [Ann Widdecombe] took part in a live webchat on Gransnet and revealed she thinks she probably won’t be remembered politically “at all”. […] Ann emphatically told Gransnetters she still believes in the death penalty, still thinks there’s no place for women priests in the church, declares positive discrimination “an insult to women”, reckons virginity is “underrated” and states that Maggie Thatcher was a far greater prime minister than David Cameron will ever be.
ref: 2012 June 17, Janet Street-Porter, “Fake Britain at the heart of Olympics”, in The Independent on Sunday, number 1,1163, London, page 13, column 4:
text: In fact we’ve worked out that, between them, gransnetters have 326,741* years’ experience in bringing up children, so they have had plenty of time to learn from their mistakes and accrue a fair bit of know-how along the way.
ref: 2013, Gransnet Limited, “Introduction”, in The New Granny’s Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Be the Best Gran, London: Vermilion, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, →ISBN, page 3:
text: The book [The New Granny’s Survival Guide] itself adopts an admirably light touch as it guides us through the potential minefield that is modern grannying. Lots of humour and real-life contributions from Gransnetters and, thank goodness, no lecturing. […] For instance, how much help should you, as a granny, give? One Gransnetter writes: “My son-in-law is very capable, so I am not needed from a practical point of view.[…]”
ref: 2013 September 21, Hilary Boyd, “The thoroughly modern gran”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 49,243, London, pages W1–W2:
text: Not surprisingly, research by Gransnet has found that while one in six grandparents have taken early retirement or quit paid employment to help out with their children, 80 per cent of them say their sacrifice is worth it,[…]. Here’s what some of the grandmas and grandads that use Gransnet forums say: […] Expectations or not being able to say no – Gransnet editor Lara Crisp explains: “Some Gransnetters volunteered or agreed to look after their first grandchild, then another arrived, then their other children had a couple, so they felt they couldn’t say no to help them out.[…]”
ref: 2017 October 25, “Half-term: 10 advantages and disadvantages of relatives’ childcare / What do you get out of the need for ‘granny childcare’?”, in Witney Gazette, Witney, Oxon: Newsquest, page 45, column 3:
glosses: A member of Gransnet, a London-based sister website to Mumsnet for users over 50 years old.
Related terms: Mumsnetter
Gransnetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gransnetter
Taiwan studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: humanities
glosses: A multi-disciplinary academic discipline that includes the study of literature written in the Taiwanese language, Taiwan and Taiwanese history.
Kentchurch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in southern Herefordshire, England; both village and parish border onto Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4125).
Biên Hoà
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Biên Hòa
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Biên Hoà.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam.
Fishguard and Goodwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) with a town council in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, which includes the named places.
AfDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AfD
Viets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Viet
neuroectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroectomy
Glyncoed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in Badminton community, north of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1610).
pseudojustification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudojustifications
Senses: glosses: A justification for a proposition, statement, or assertion that is erroneous, fallacious, dishonest, or incorrect.
Kraskino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Кра́скино (Kráskino).
Senses: examples: text: The main railway line is the Trans-Siberian, which here runs south along the Ussuri River to its terminus at Vladivostok. A number of short branch lines serve mining areas (Kraskino and Suchan) or lead to the USSR—Chinese border towns (Grodekovo and Turiy Rog).
ref: 1951, Theodore Shabad, “Soviet Far East”, in Geography of the USSR; A Regional Survey, New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 328:
text: Uncoordinated expansion by competitive riparian countries would have caused waste or misallocation of scarce capital through overlapping projects, For example, the DPRK is trying to build Sonbong Airport, while China and Russia are holding out for their own international airports, in Jingxin and Khraskino.
ref: 2002, Jaeho Hwang, “Economic and Institutional Constraints on the TRADP”, in The Significance of Regionalism as an Element of China's Security and Foreign Policy: The Case of the Tumen River Area Development Project (TRADP) (Thesis), London School of Economics and Political Science, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 May 2020, page 259:
glosses: An urban-type settlement in Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Andriivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ənˈdɹiːjɪvkə/
/ənˈdɹiːvkə/
Forms: form: Andriyivka
Etymology: From Ukrainian Андрі́ївка (Andríjivka). Compare Andreyevka.
Senses: glosses: A former village in Bakhmut urban hromada, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, destroyed by war between December 2022 and September 2023.
glosses: A rural settlement in Snizhne urban hromada, Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, controlled by the Donetsk People’s Republic since 2014.
glosses: A rural settlement in Sloviansk urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village, the administrative centre of Andriivka rural hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village, the administrative centre of Andriivka rural hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
A rural hromada of Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A rural settlement in Myrne settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A rural settlement in Donets settlement hromada, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Kalynivske settlement hromada, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Boryspil urban hromada, Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: An abandoned village in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, evacuated in 1990 owing to the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 (before the introduction of hromady).
glosses: A village in Radekhiv urban hromada, Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Krasne settlement hromada, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Khorol urban hromada, Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Komyshnia settlement hromada, Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Dykanka settlement hromada, Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Mykhailivka rural hromada, Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Nekhvoroshcha rural hromada, Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Poltava urban hromada, Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Reshetylivka urban hromada, Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
Meronyms: sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Novoandriivka
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Rohanske
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Serhiivka
sense: constituent settlements of the rural hromada
word: Varvarivka
Andriyivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ənˈdɹiːjɪvkə/
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Andriivka.
RYMer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RYMers
Etymology: From RYM + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Shockingly, 72% of RYMers so far have answered white.
ref: 2012 September 10, Dean F., “From Rate Your Music: "Are your tastes more black or white?"”, in rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s (Usenet):
text: who are some underrated RYMerz
ref: 2015 November 29, “ITT: Post cringe RYM accounts”, in 4chan, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2024:
text: I've cultivated a list of biological female RYMers for the past few years and there was a time when my daily ritual was checking all their profiles and marveling at their excellent taste, stalking their other social media and falling in hopeless love. Here are some:
ref: 2016 July 2, “RYM // Sonemic general”, in 4chan, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2024:
text: why aren’t there any japanese female rymers?
ref: 2019 May 23, 4chan, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2024:
text: As a heavy RYMer, I've been listening to nothing but D'Angelo for three days straight because of the RYM charts.
ref: 2023 April 24, u/Eihabu, Reddit, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2023:
text: As a final note, many books in there feature "mini-lists" in addition to the main list featured in each book. That RYMer did the complete job by posting the mini-lists in addition to the main lists, sorting them out clearly.
ref: 2024 January 26, Pierre, “The Westcoast/AOR bibles - Frédéric Slama (2017-2023)”, in Acclaimed Music Forums, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2024:
glosses: A user of the website Rate Your Music.
RYMers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RYMer
Royal Wootton Bassett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Renamed from Wootton Bassett in 2011.
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0682).
nongun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nongun
form: most nongun
Etymology: From non- + gun.
Senses: examples: text: The results for the three oldest age groups are consistent with the hypothesis that gun availability may lead to fewer nongun suicides, but overall suicide rates are not more strongly related to gun ownership for this group than for the younger age categories.
ref: 2004, Jens Ludwig, Philip J. Cook, Evaluating Gun Policy, page 59:
text: It is a safe bet that police recording of assaults involving firearms has changed less over the past 25 years than the recording and classification of the more heterogeneous category of nongun assaults, including those involving other weapons such as knives or clubs.
ref: 2006, James P. Lynch, Lynn A. Addington, Understanding Crime Statistics, page 260:
text: The leg on the gun side takes a shorter step than the leg on the nongun side, and the corresponding arm follows a similarly constrained trajectory.
ref: 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 304:
glosses: Without a gun.
nongun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonguns
Etymology: From non- + gun.
Senses: examples: text: Stick to your nonguns. Even if they lock you up.
ref: 1985, Ruth Mueller, The Eye of the Child, page 51:
text: For purposes of this section, the term "look-alike firearm" means any imitation of any original firearm which was manufactured, designed, and produced since 1898, including and limited to toy guns, water guns, replica nonguns, and air-soft guns firing nonmetallic projectiles.
ref: 1990, United States Statutes at Large - Volume 102, Part 4, page 3190:
text: The weapons are classified into three groups: handguns, other guns, and nonguns (which includes no weapon).
ref: 2000, Alfred Blumstein, Joel Wallman, The Crime Drop in America, page 31:
text: But between 1985 and 1993, there was an increase of more than 130 percent in homicides committed with handguns, with no marked change in the number of homicides committed with long guns and about a 50-percent decrease with nonguns.
ref: 2000, Perspectives on Crime and Justice, page 8:
glosses: Something that is not a gun, especially something that resembles a gun or is used instead of a gun.
nonguns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nongun
Sciola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sciolas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
billystick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: billysticks
Etymology: From billy + stick.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of billy club.
synonyms: word: billy club
billysticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of billystick
fattens the curve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fatten the curve
fattening the curve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fatten the curve
fattened the curve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fatten the curve
vaxications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaxication
fiscal deficits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiscal deficit
hold one's pee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds one's pee
form: holding one's pee
form: held one's pee
form: held one's pee
Senses: synonyms: hold it
hold one's piss
hold one's water
glosses: To resist the urge to urinate.
synonyms: word: abide
word: back that train up
word: bide
word: bide one's time
word: expect
word: defer
word: hang on
word: hold on
word: hold one's breath
word: hold one's horses
word: hold one's water
word: hold out
word: mark time
word: stand by
word: stay
word: twiddle one's thumbs
word: wait
glosses: To wait, particularly unwillingly.
pseudochyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + chyle.
Senses: glosses: The fluid in a pseudochylothorax
conceiteder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of conceited: more conceited
ahjussi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːˈd͡ʒʌsi/
ipa: /ɑːˈd͡ʒʌʃi/
rhymes: -ʌsi
rhymes: -ʌʃi
Forms: form: ahjussis
form: ahjushi
form: ajussi
form: ajushi
form: ajeossi
form: ajeoshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 아저씨 (ajeossi).
Senses: coordinate_terms: ajumma
qualifier: Korea
glosses: A middle-aged Korean man.
ahjussis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ahjussi
apple-cider vinegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-cider vinegars
Senses: examples: text: Will you kindly inform me if malted vinegars that are manufactured from grains are as pure and wholesome to use as pure apple-cider vinegars are?
ref: 1907 June, Bulletin of the Kansas State Board of Health (Fourth Biennial Report or the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Annual Reports, of the State Board of Health of the State of Kansas, from January 1, 1907, to December 31, 1908), volume 3, number 6, Topeka, Kan.: State Printing Office, published 1909, page 133:
text: Denver Dan’s also makes wonderful apple-cider vinegars—try the lemon sage variety.
ref: 1997 November, “Apple Hill, California”, in Sunset Recipe Annual: Every Recipe from the Past Year’s Issues, 1998 edition, Menlo Park, Calif.: Sunset Books Inc., →ISBN, page 208, column 3:
text: Apple-cider vinegar helped increase “good” HDL cholesterol in animal studies.
ref: 2022 August 5, Gina Roberts-Grey, “Venerable vinegar: Just a splash of it offers plenty of health benefits”, in The Times, volumes 114, number 2, and volume 111, number 327, Munster, Ind.: Lee Enterprises, page B4:
text: Eating that first plate of North Carolina barbecue, I remember the aroma of apple-cider vinegar in my nostrils as I chewed.
ref: 2022 October 9, Andrew Ross, “Dine out Maine: North Carolina barbecue? If it’s Wilson County’s, bring it on!”, in Maine Sunday Telegram, volume 135, number 17, Portland, Me.: MaineToday Media, page F5, column 1:
text: If fruit flies are an issue, place small jar of apple-cider vinegar nearby.
ref: 2023 September 23, Kelly Feehan, “Nebraska extension: Is there time for green tomatoes to mature?”, in The Columbus Telegram, volume 141, number 147, Columbus, Neb.: Lee Enterprises, page C2, column 5:
glosses: Alternative form of apple cider vinegar.
apple-cider vinegars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple-cider vinegar
chroma keyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chroma keyers
Senses: examples: text: Tip: Select Matte (the center button) in the View area in the Video inspector to see the matte that the chroma keyer is creating.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “Use the Green Screen Keyer effect in Final Cut Pro for Mac”, in Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chromakeyer.
chroma keyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chroma keyer