cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
brap
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: The staccato sound of machine gun fire.
examples: text: "BRAP!" It sounded like a large bullfrog announcing his presence. Basically, I felt like I'd dropped five pounds when I broke this major wind.
ref: 2003, Ed Williams, Rough as a Cob: More from the Juliette Journals, page 105:
text: The Exploding Mouse Fart—While trying to hold it in, some gas gets out making a squeak noise, and since relieving yourself a little bit felt so good, you let the rest out in a huge BRAP!
ref: 2018, Belly Laugh Fart Jokes for Kids: 350 Hilarious Fart Jokes, Sky Pony Press:
glosses: The sound of flatulence.
kubie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kubies
Etymology: From kubasa + -ie.
Senses: qualifier: Alberta
glosses: Kubasa, especially when served on a hot dog bun.
kubies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kubie
niners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niner
qajaqs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qajaq
whyda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whydas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whydah.
whydas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whyda
wadges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wadge
zuppas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zuppa
retoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retox
retoxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retox
retoxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retox
retox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retoxes
form: retoxing
form: retoxed
form: retoxed
Etymology: Humorous opposite to detox; see re-.
Senses: glosses: To resume the consumption of alcohol, drugs, etc.; to reverse a period of detox.
aeradio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeradios
Etymology: From aer- + radio.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, limited air traffic services are provided by aeradio operators at seven minor aerodromes.
ref: 1957, Report of the Department of Transport and of the National Transport Commission, South Africa. Department of Transport:
text: Almost anywhere in the outback you can find adequate landing strips well maintained. The service provided by aeradio could hardly be improved.
ref: 1965, Aircraft, volume 45, page 22:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A system allowing airplane pilots to communicate with flight control staff on the ground.
nanobee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobees
Etymology: From nano- + bee.
Senses: glosses: A nanobot designed to deliver melittin so as to destroy tumors.
nanobees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobee
teevees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teevee
ammolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ammolite
armerias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armeria
kiskadees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiskadee
kneeroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From knee + room.
Senses: coordinate_terms: legroom
glosses: The amount of space available for a person's knees, for example in a vehicle.
lakeview
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lake + view.
Senses: examples: text: While I'm inspecting an affordable studio apartment in the back of a lakeshore apartment building, the manager says, "I also have a lakeview apartment available, but it's considerably more expensive."
ref: 2007, Laurie Lindeen, Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story, page 238:
glosses: Affording a view over a lake.
leavener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaveners
Etymology: From leaven + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any agent that promotes leavening.
leaveners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leavener
moongate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moongates
Etymology: From moon + gate.
Senses: glosses: A circular passageway found in Chinese, Japanese, and Bermudian architecture.
moongates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moongate
oolichan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oolichans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eulachon.
oolichans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oolichan
reuptaken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of reuptake
reuptaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reuptake
reuptook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of reuptake
stashboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stashbox
toolcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toolcases
Etymology: From tool + case.
Senses: examples: text: Inside the van was everything Chesley needed in this world: a mattress to sleep on, his toolcase, his stashbox, and a towering blue glass bong.
ref: 2001, Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill, Baen Books (2001), unnumbered page
glosses: A case used for storing tools.
toolcases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toolcase
God-awful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more God-awful
form: most God-awful
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of god-awful.
badmintonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: badmintonists
Etymology: From badminton + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A badminton player.
hockey player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hockey players
Senses: glosses: An ice hockey player.
glosses: A field hockey player.
INA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of information not available.
INA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Surely, Defendants do not mean to suggest that they have wholesale erased the substantive and procedural protections of the INA in one fell swoop by dropping those individuals in CECOT without recourse.
ref: 2025 April 6, “KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, et al. v. KRISTI NOEM, Secretary, United States Department of Homeland Security, et al.”, in United States District Court for the District of Maryland, page 11:
glosses: Initialism of Immigration and Nationality Act.
ALG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ALGs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Application-level gateway.
ROT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of record of transmission.
ROT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of refugee Olympics team (country code for the team).
Synonyms: ROA
Related terms: IOP
IOA
Higuchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Higuchis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 樋口 (Higuchi).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Hirano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hiranos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 平野 (Hirano).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
NGR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NGRs
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of national grid reference.
badminton court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: badminton courts
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: an indoor court on which the game of badminton is played.
Related terms: squash court
tennis court
RUSADA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: RusADA
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Russian Anti-Doping Agency.
Hypernyms: english: anti-doping agency
translation: anti-doping agency
word: ADA
english: National Anti-Doping Agency
translation: National Anti-Doping Agency
word: NADA
Coordinate terms: english: United States Anti-Doping Agency
translation: United States Anti-Doping Agency
word: USADA
Related terms: english: Russia Olympic Committee
translation: Russia Olympic Committee
word: ROC
english: Russia Paralympic Committee
translation: Russia Paralympic Committee
word: RPC
english: Russian Athletics Federation
translation: Russian Athletics Federation
word: RusAF
english: Russian Athletics Federation
translation: Russian Athletics Federation
word: RUSAF
english: World Anti-Doping Agency
translation: World Anti-Doping Agency
word: WADA
cuts short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cut short
cutting short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cut short
glassyheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glassyheaded
form: most glassyheaded
Etymology: From glassy + headed.
Senses: examples: text: That boy sure is glassyheaded!
glosses: Bald, having a smooth head.
tasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tast
hot keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot key
badmintonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of badmintonist
lord of the rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɔːd əv ðə ɹɪŋz/
ipa: /lɔɹd əv ðə ɹɪŋz/
ipa: /loːd əv ðə ɹəŋz/
Forms: form: lords of the rings
Etymology: From the "rings" event in gymnastics, and "lord" meaning a person with mastery; in humorous reference to J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The Olympic champion on the rings (“still rings”) men's gymnastics apparatus.
wikipedia: en:The Lord of the Rings
Coordinate terms: world's fastest man
world's fastest woman
world's greatest athlete
county court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: county courts
Senses: qualifier: except Scotland
glosses: A civil court which deals with civil cases, such as divorce.
glosses: A court which handles both civil and criminal cases.
qualifier: Victoria
glosses: An intermediate court; a district court.
Related terms: word: civil court
word: quarterly court
leggish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leggish
form: most leggish
Etymology: From leg + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Uncle Lawrence always said Adrian Mont knew tables." The older man gave up his study of the card tables. "Rather leggish. But they hold up.
ref: 1993, James Thurber, Middle Aged Man and Flying:
text: When disturbed, all individuals move rapidly back and forth (a behaviour also observed in other ptilomerine genera), presenting a confusing picture of jumping greenish, leggish dots.
ref: 2005, Ping-ping Chen, Nico Nieser, Herbert Zettel, The Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Bugs:
glosses: Characterised by legs; leggy
examples: text: Except for its four leggish bits there it has no equine mannerism, structure, or demeanour.
ref: 2002, Rachel Bush, The Unfortunate Singer:
text: The white bodies developed short stubby leggish appendages, with a single large sucker orifice ringed and ringed with little teeth.
ref: 2007, R. M. Meluch, The Sagittarius Command:
text: Fucking relief. I look down at my cock, wink at it, feel the threat of Hagop's leggish member disappear, the weight lifting off me like a lead ottoman finally levered off a gasping sous chef. '
ref: 2012, C Taylor, Group of Death:
glosses: Resembling a leg
Synonyms: leglike
anarcho-capitalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anarcho-capitalistic
form: most anarcho-capitalistic
Etymology: From anarcho-capitalist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to anarcho-capitalism or capitalistic anarchy.
Derived terms: anarcho-capitalistically
zettamperes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zettampere
capitalist anarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capitalist anarchists
Senses: glosses: anarcho-capitalist
capitalist anarchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capitalist anarchist
anarchist capitalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: anarcho-capitalism
Derived terms: anarchist capitalist
anarchist capitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: anarcho-capitalist
anarchist capitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarchist capitalists
Senses: glosses: anarcho-capitalist
anarchist capitalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anarchist capitalist
anarchist feminist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarchist feminists
Senses: glosses: anarcha-feminist
anarchist feminists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anarchist feminist
best part of
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: most of, majority of
Synonyms: better part of
cottage orchard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cottage orchards
Senses: glosses: Five or more fruit bearing trees, of any type, grown on dwarf root stocks so as to fit with the curtilage on a small English Cottage Garden which is typically no bigger than a standard allotment
carpet knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpet knives
Senses: glosses: A utility knife suitable for cutting through carpet.
carpet knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpet knife
desecates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desecate
desecated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desecate
desecating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desecate
transition strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transition strips
Senses: glosses: A metal strip, typically in a doorway, separating different carpets or floor surfaces.
transition strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transition strip
Danish oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Danish oils
Senses: glosses: A wood-finishing oil, made of either tung oil or polymerized linseed oil.
Danish oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Danish oil
when pigs can fly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of when pigs fly.
donkeyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more donkeyish
form: most donkeyish
Etymology: From donkey + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: 1885, "Two English Men of Letters" (uncredited), The Atlantic Monthly, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Volume 56, July, 1885, pp. 121-2, https://books.google.ca/books?id=8moCAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
He is concerned with his mental and spiritual growth, and so deeply interested in it is he that he is willing to spread upon the record the testimony of his memory to what can scarcely be regarded as less than donkeyish stupidity in youth.
text: The lion-skin had got pretty untidy already during Puzzle’s imprisonment in the stable and it had been knocked crooked during his journey through the dark wood. […] The head, besides being pushed sideways, had somehow got very far back so that anyone could now see his silly, gentle, donkeyish face gazing out of it.
ref: 1956, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in The Last Battle, Collins, published 1998:
text: I bounced my weight up and down, listening to the cheerful donkeyish heehawing of the floorboards.
ref: 1984, Guy Vanderhaeghe, chapter 12, in My Present Age, McClelland & Stewart, published 2000:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a donkey; asinine.
goes towards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go towards
going towards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go towards
here'll
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: - Where should I put it?
- Here'll do.
glosses: Contraction of here will.
Danophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Danophiles
Etymology: From Dano- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Someone who loves Denmark and its culture.
Danophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Danophile
spit out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spits out
form: spitting out
form: spat out
form: spat out
form: spit out
form: spit out
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spit, out.
examples: text: Well, you've obviously got something to say about their relationship, so just spit it out already!
text: "Hark ye, mistress," said the shepherd. "I've had much on my tongue this many a day, but you haven't given me the chance to spit it out. I won't be put off any longer."
ref: 1920, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter XXII, in Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes:
synonyms: come out with
glosses: To say reluctantly (see also spit it out).
examples: text: She spit the notes out so quickly, she might have given the fast talker in those Federal Express commercials a real run for his money.
ref: 1983 April 23, Ruth Borenstein, “Alive! Dazzles”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
glosses: To rap; to repeat verses passionately or intensely.
examples: text: "You will die now!", he spat out.
text: But, crucially, the visual wit that made the original feel so bracingly fresh is maintained, not to mention its fondness for turning the Savile Row air blue – if you’ve ever hoped to witness Elton John spitting out four-letter words like a Gatling gun, all while wearing a remarkable feathered suit, then this might be the gonzo spy caper for you.
ref: 2017 September 19, Gwilym Mumford, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle review – spy sequel reaches new heights of skyscraping silliness”, in the Guardian:
glosses: To say scornfully.
examples: text: My computer won't read this DVD. It just keeps spitting it out.
glosses: To eject.
dictionarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From dictionary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We, therefore, need not seek for a starting point for this paper, for, dictionarily, progress and extension are synonyms.
ref: 1916, The Rotarian, page 541:
text: Is it the case that someone identifies himself as an X every time he says that he is an X or acknowledges that he is an X? That might be literally or 'dictionarily' so.
ref: 2006, A. W. Sparkes, Talking Politics: A Wordbook, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, page 227:
text: It lays foundation for a society where rule of law has primary and not arbitrary or capricious exercise of power. 'Life' dictionarily means, 'State of functional activity and continual change peculiar to organised matter, and especially to the portion of it constituting an animal or plant before death; animate existence; being alive. But used in the constitution it may not be mere existence.
ref: 2008, Colin Gonsalves, Vijay Hiremath, Rebecca Gonsalvez, editors, Prisoners' Rights, volume 2, Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) (A division of Socio-Legal Information Centre) 576, Masjid Road, Jangpura, New Delhi - 110014, India, page 643:
text: "Tort" dictionarily means 'breach of duty leading to damage'. Same meaning attaches to it in law. In general, torts consist of some act done without just cause or excuse.
ref: 2009, Wharton's Concise Law Dictionary - With Exhaustive Reference to Indian Case Law - Along with Legal Phrases and Legal Maxims - Including Glossary of Unique Words used by Justice V R Krishna Iyer, Former Judge: Supreme Court of India - Thoroughly Revised and Updated by Dr Justice AR Lakshmanan, Former Judge: Supreme Court of India Chairman, Law Commission of India, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi - India, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi - India, page 1048:
text: Eyeing at the table full of scribbled papers he dictionarily imparted, “a large book or volume”.
ref: 2011, Eddie Horton, Just Compass, Balboa Press, page 72:
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively.
patio process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A process that uses mercury amalgamation to extract silver from ore.
vics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vic
hits the fan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the fan
imido-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to an imide.
Related terms: imid-
imid
imid-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of imido-.
illbeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ill + being, as an opposite for well-being.
Senses: glosses: A state of unhappiness or poor health.
symbiosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of symbiose
symbiosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of symbiose
velociously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more velociously
form: most velociously
Etymology: From velocious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The winged gales are not able to convey the vessel so fast, but that it is overtaken by Jehovah in his cloudy chariot, riding velociously in the rapid storm, designed as the messenger of Jonah's arrest.
ref: 1816, John Macgowan, Infernal Conference; Or Dialogues of Devils:
text: […] put into the machine as much raw coffee as will rather more than three parts fill it, and commence roasting, by turning the handle quickly and incessantly, though not velociously.
ref: 1850, Peter Lund Simmonds, Coffee as it Is, and as it Ought to be, page 42:
glosses: In a velocious fashion; fastly; rapidly; expressly.
Related terms: velocious
velocity
spanner in the works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spanners in the works
Senses: examples: text: The kids' involvement was unfortunately more of a spanner in the works than a helpful contribution toward Daddy's progress on the task, but he gamely pretended to be thankful anyway.
synonyms: wrench in the works
monkey wrench in the works
glosses: Something that disrupts smooth operation or functioning.
Related terms: put a spanner in the works
throw a spanner in the works
besitten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of besit
staff vine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staff vines
Senses: glosses: Any of several vines in the genus Celastrus.
Related terms: bittersweet
staff vines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staff vine
spindle trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spindle tree
repick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repicks
form: repicking
form: repicked
form: repicked
Etymology: From re- + pick.
Senses: examples: text: If you use a tool and you decide you want to start over and reselect, you need to pick another tool and then repick the first one.
ref: 1991, PC Mag, volume 10, number 21:
glosses: To pick again.
repicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repick
repicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repick
repicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repick
paxistima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paxistimas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Either of two species of North American plants with glossy, evergreen leaves, Paxistima canbyi or Paxistima myrsinites, grown as groundcovers or low shrubs.
Synonyms: word: mountain lover
sense: Paxistima canbyi
word: cliffgreen
sense: Paxistima canbyi
word: ratstripper
sense: Paxistima canbyi
word: Canby paxistima
sense: Paxistima myrsinites
word: Oregon boxwood
sense: Paxistima myrsinites
word: Oregon box
paxistimas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paxistima
mountain lover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain lovers
form: mountain-lover
Senses: examples: text: It can be used in many of the same locations as boxwood. However, mountain lover is completely winter hardy, whereas boxwood is only marginally so.
ref: 1893, Experiment Station Bulletin, numbers 641-660:
text: The berries of mountain lover were eaten by California Natives.
ref: 1994, Ethnobotany of the California Indians: Aboriginal uses of California's indigenous plants, page 102:
text: Mountain lover is only a foot high and has a spread of three to four feet.
ref: 2001 November 11, Patricia A. Taylor, “Cuttings: In Flowerless Seasons, the Charm of Foliage”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
glosses: Any of species Paxistima myrsinites, Oregon boxwoods.
examples: text: It’s a landscape that Titian, the Dolomites’ most famous native son and mountain lover, captured for posterity as a background to some of his greatest paintings.
ref: 1993 May 9, Richard Wightman, “Dolomite Dreams: The Fantastical Peaks of Northern Italy”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2025:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mountain, lover.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Paxistima canbyi
word: Canby's mountain lover
mountain lovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain lover
ratstripper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratstrippers
form: rat-stripper
Etymology: From rat + stripper.
Senses: glosses: An ornamental evergreen groundcover or low shrub native to the Appalachian mountains of the Eastern US, Paxistima canbyi
Synonyms: cliffgreen
mountain lover
paxistima
ratstrippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ratstripper
cliffgreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cliffgreens
Etymology: From cliff + green.
Senses: glosses: Paxistima canbyi, an ornamental evergreen groundcover or low shrub native to the Appalachian mountains of the Eastern US.
Synonyms: mountain lover
ratstripper
paxistima
cliffgreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cliffgreen
Oregon boxwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oregon boxwoods
Senses: synonyms: goatbrush
mountain lover
Oregon box
Oregon boxleaf
paxistima
myrtle boxwood
falsebox
glosses: Any of species Paxistima myrsinites of ornamental evergreen groundcover or low shrub native to western North America.
Oregon boxwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oregon boxwood
mayten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maytens
Senses: glosses: A tree native to South America, Maytenus boaria
glosses: Any plant in the genus Maytenus.
maytens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mayten
dau miu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cantonese 豆苗 (dau6 miu4).
Senses: glosses: snow pea shoots in Chinese cuisine
strawberry bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawberry bush
second aunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second aunts
Senses: glosses: A female first cousin of one's mother or father.
cuirassement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuirassements
Etymology: Borrowed from French cuirassement.
Senses: topics: geography
human-sciences
natural-sciences
pedology
psychology
sciences
glosses: The process in which cuirasse is formed.
cuirassements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuirassement
neuropathomorphology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuropathomorphologies
Etymology: From neuro- + pathomorphology.
Senses: examples: 2016, Nature, Scientific Reports, Strain and rate-dependent neuronal injury in a 3D in vitro compression model of traumatic brain injury
Time evolution 3D confocal micrographs of representative neurons for each strain rate revealed two distinct, loading-rate dependent neuropathomorphologies (Fig. 3).
glosses: The morphology of a neuropathological condition.
neuropathomorphologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuropathomorphology
mechanotransducive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mechano- + transductive.
Senses: examples: 2016, Nature, Scientific Reports, Strain and rate-dependent neuronal injury in a 3D in vitro compression model of traumatic brain injury
Next, the role of integrins and their mechanotransducive capacity in neurons remains to be determined, which will have implications on the composition (e.g., laminin vs. collagen) and physical stiffness of the ECM.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, or characterized by mechanotransduction.
anancitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anachitis.
spanners in the works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spanner in the works
staurogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staurograms
form: Staurogram
Etymology: From stauro- + -gram. Coined c. 1970 as a parallel of Christogram, earlier (1870s) the τρ ligature was referred to as monogrammatic cross. German Staurogramm in the same sense possibly slightly earlier (1960s); the German word was used earlier (1840s) only in the sense of a geometric configuration in crystallography; similarly, New Latin Staurogramma before 1970 only as systematic name of a genus of Bacillariophyceae (L. Rabenhorst, 1853).
Senses: glosses: A ligature, ⳨, of the Greek letters τ and ρ or Coptic letters ⲧ and ⲣ, later used as a symbol of the cross in early Christianity and remaining in use as a ligature in abbreviations of the words σταυρός and σταυρόω.
Balkanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Balkanites
Etymology: From Balkan + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Balkans.
Synonyms: Balkaner
Balkanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Balkanite
NQTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NQT
WRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WR
epiphanal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more epiphanal
form: most epiphanal
Etymology: From epiphany + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Some of us, who annunciated this great poet when his epiphanal accents crashed out in Chicago, now look up from the useless pages of Smoke and Steel with a gasp of astonished grief.
ref: 1921, Carl Sandburg, “Sandburg: A Psychiatric Curiosity”, in The Dial, volume 70, page 80:
text: But when there is no meeting of the Face of God in Christ alive in the liturgy, and when it is a stiff brocade that shrouds and veils without an epiphanal unveiling to the eye of faith, then we are in real danger of missing our kairos, the plenitude and fullness of our own age.
ref: 1958, Hans Ansgar Reinhold, The American Parish and the Roman Liturgy: An Essay in Seven Chapters, page 125:
text: Recognizing the frequency of these "epiphanal turning points" and "crises of dedication" in the autobiographies of Central America peace movement leaders raises intriguing questions.
ref: 2010, Christian Smith, Resisting Reagan: The U.S. Central America Peace Movement:
glosses: Having the character of an epiphany.
Synonyms: epiphanic
Derived terms: epiphanally
chook raffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chook raffle
couldn't organise a chook raffle
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.
synonyms: word: couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
epiphanally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more epiphanally
form: most epiphanally
Etymology: From epiphanal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an epiphanal way.
staurograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staurogram
white market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white markets
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The legal, official, or intended market for goods and services, distinguished from the black market and grey market.
white markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white market
nuclear triad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear triads
Senses: glosses: Three traditional components of a nuclear weapons arsenal: strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
nuclear triads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear triad
anarcho-capitalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anarcho-capitalism
anarcho-capitalistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anarcho-capitalistically
form: most anarcho-capitalistically
Etymology: From anarcho-capitalistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an anarcho-capitalistic manner.
anarcha-feminisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anarcha-feminism
anarcha-feministic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anarcha-feministic
form: most anarcha-feministic
Etymology: From anarcha-feminist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to anarcha-feminism or feminist anarchy.
Derived terms: anarcha-feministically
anarcha-feministically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anarcha-feministically
form: most anarcha-feministically
Etymology: From anarcha-feministic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an anarcha-feministic manner.
agoristically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more agoristically
form: most agoristically
Etymology: From agoristic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an agoristic manner.
anarcho-individualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anarcho-individualistic
form: most anarcho-individualistic
Etymology: From anarcho- + individualistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to individualist anarchism or individualistic anarchy.
individualist anarchisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of individualist anarchism
minarchistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more minarchistic
form: most minarchistic
Etymology: From minarchist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to minarchism or minarchy.
minarchical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more minarchical
form: most minarchical
Etymology: From minarchy + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Minarchic
voluntaryistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more voluntaryistic
form: most voluntaryistic
Etymology: From voluntaryist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to voluntaryism or voluntaryist society.
agorisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agorism
Thoreau-esque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Thoreau-esque
form: most Thoreau-esque
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thoreauesque.
degression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈɡɹɛʃən/
Forms: form: degressions
Etymology: From Latin degressio, from degressus + -io (“forming abstract nouns from verbs”), past perfect participle of degredi (“to descend by steps”), from de- (“down”) + gradi (“to step, walk, go”).
Senses: examples: text: For your blode this citie made never degression.
ref: 1486, Henry VII at York in Surtees Misc., 55
glosses: Descent, the act of descending.
examples: text: Graduated taxation therefore technically includes progression, degression, and regression.
ref: 1896, R.H.I. Palgrave, Dictionary of Political Economy, volume II, page 244:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Degressive taxation, a system of progressive decreases in a rate of taxation (as tariffs etc.) below certain benchmarks.
examples: text: The principle of degression... It may therefore be worth while to suggest four forms for the description of a book, showing by degressive changes what details may fairly be omitted in short descriptions.
ref: 1908, F. Madan in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, number 9, page 53
topics: media
publishing
glosses: Degressive description, a system of varying descriptions of a book in accordance to its importance or available space.
Hypernyms: topics: taxation
economics
government
sciences
word: graduation
Related terms: degressive
degression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈɡɹɛʃən/
Forms: form: degressions
Etymology: See digression.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of digression.
degressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of degression
bornhardt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bornhardts
Etymology: Named after Wilhelm Bornhardt (1864–1946), German geologist and explorer, who first described them.
Senses: glosses: A dome-shaped, steep-sided rock such as Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.
snarelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snarelike
form: most snarelike
Etymology: From snare + -like.
Senses: examples: text: […] divining gender identity and black expressivity with gyrating hips and snarelike hand claps.
ref: 1998, Generations of Youth: Youth Cultures and History:
glosses: Resembling a snare (musical instrument), or the sound of a snare.
examples: text: A known loop is a snarelike loop that is passed through an endoscope's working channel via a flexible delivery catheter.
ref: 2013, Coagulants—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition:
glosses: Resembling a snare (trap).
bornhardts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bornhardt
Kafkaesqueness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kafkaesque + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or characteristic of being Kafkaesque.
Burtonesquely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Burtonesquely
form: most Burtonesquely
Etymology: From Burtonesque + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "'Up and at people, Selfridge,' I boomed Burtonesquely."
ref: 2004 January 20, Catherine Marquis-Homeyer, “Tim Burton trolls new waters in 'Big Fish',"”, in The Current, volume 36, number 1106, page 13:
text: Fortunately, all of the Burtonesquely twisted trees down the rabbit hole were computer-generated, and knew their boundaries.
ref: 2005, Ben Pobjie, Handy Latin Phrases:
text: I really enjoyed this film and whilst I can see how a die hard Alice snob would baulk at the dramatic departure from the text, that departure is so Burtonesquely brilliant and filled with its own wonder that I think it matters not a jot.
ref: 2010 April 27, Liz Buckle, “Alice In Wonderland: Tim Burton's take on the Lewis Carroll stories”, in Daily Info:
text: This absolutely stunning set from Death Row Designs comes with everything you need to make over your place to be totally Burtonesquely awesome.
ref: 2012 December 6, Robbie Collin, “Les Misérables, first review”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: In a Burtonesque manner.
Kafkaesquely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Kafkaesquely
form: most Kafkaesquely
Etymology: From Kafkaesque + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a Kafkaesque manner.
market supplement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: market supplements
Senses: glosses: An amount paid in addition to a basic salary, dependent on the exact job and its location.
market supplements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of market supplement
Helly family
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Helly families
Etymology: Named after the mathematician Eduard Helly (1884-1943).
Senses: topics: combinatorics
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A family of order k of sets, such that any minimal subfamily with an empty intersection has k or fewer sets in it.
wikipedia: Eduard Helly
Related terms: Helly property
Helly families
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Helly family
commodity meats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commodity meat
TEZ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Total Exclusion Zone.
MEZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of maritime exclusion zone.
drinking bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drinking birds
Senses: glosses: A toy heat engine that mimics the motions of a bird drinking from a water source.
drinking birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drinking bird
ometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ometers
Etymology: From -ometer.
Senses: examples: text: On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]
ref: 1843, John Holmes Agnew, Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art:
text: Oh, that some one would invent an ometer which, hung over the heart and lungs, might decide when a man ought to stop brain work. The man who invented such an ometer would make a fortune for himself […]
ref: 1887, N. A. Shenstone, Anecdotes of Henry Ward Beecher, page 328:
text: We have thermometers to tell the heat and barometers to tell the air and 'ometers hung in the engine-room to tell the pressure of steam, and 'ometers to gauge and measure almost everything.
ref: 1900, Orations of American Orators:
glosses: A measuring instrument.
ometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ometer
triple lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple locks
Senses: examples: text: He refused to rule out changes to the pensions triple lock and said a new windfall tax on energy profits was on the table.
ref: 2022 October 17, “Jeremy Hunt shreds Truss’s economic plans in astounding U-turn on tax”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A policy whereby the state pension is increased every year to match either price inflation, earnings growth, or a third fixed rate, whichever is highest.
glosses: The requirement for approval by the Irish government, the Dáil (parliament), and the United Nations prior to any overseas military action by Irish defence forces.
sharifian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sharif + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: At times he even seems to accept the Arab racial myth: seldom if ever is any member of a sharifian lineage whose eponymous ancestor originated in the Hadramawt, however long ago, called anything but a Hadrami sharif.
ref: 1993, James De Vere Allen, Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture & the Shungwaya Phenomenon:
text: One might even speak of a sharifian mini-empire, as the Sa'dids took control of the Saharan trade in gold and slaves, for a brief time as far as Timbuktu in East Africa.
ref: 2004, Kirk H. Sowell, The Arab World: An Illustrated History, page 140:
glosses: Of or relating to a sharif.
Derived terms: Sharifian Army
Hadhramaut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɔ(ː)t/
ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɑt/
rhymes: -ɔːt
Forms: form: Hadhramout
form: Hadramawt
Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic حَضْرَمَوْت (ḥaḍramawt)
Senses: glosses: A region at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Its people are called the Hadharem and they speak a form of Arabic.
Hadramawt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hadhramaut.
Botz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Botzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Botz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
stuck record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stuck records
Etymology: Suggesting the situation where a gramophone needle slips and repeatedly plays the same portion of a vinyl record.
Senses: examples: text: These conversations seemed dictated to him by something outside of him. He was a stuck record.
ref: 1997, Lyn Andrews, Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series, volume 28, page 60:
text: I backed against the door as Lena took a tiny step forward, her body curving towards Phil. She thanked him again – she really was a stuck record – and he shushed her again.
ref: 2010, Aliya Whiteley, Light Reading:
text: Frost was a stuck record. 'He said it in passing, I ignored him, felt like saying his whole life was a mistake, now I see he was trying to tell me something.'
ref: 2015, Lesley Thomson, The Detective's Secret:
synonyms: broken record
glosses: A person who repeatedly says the same thing.
stuck records
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stuck record
hurring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hurr
hurrs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hurr
gave notice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give notice
Tengri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from a Turkic language; ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Compare Turkish tanrı (“god”).
Senses: qualifier: Turkic mythology
glosses: The chief deity of various historic pagan Turkic peoples.
Derived terms: Tengrian
Tengrianism
Tengrism
Tengriism
Tengri Tagh
glugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gluggers
Etymology: From glug + -er (patient suffix).
Senses: glosses: A quaffable wine.
Synonyms: quaffer
gluggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glugger
CCJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CCJs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of county court judgement.
CCJs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CCJ
county courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of county court
when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Biles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Byles
Etymology: Uncertain or disputed. Commonly thought to derive from Old English bil (“bladed weapon”), a bill, billhook. Other theories suggest a connection to Old English bile (“beak of a bird”), or from (son of) William.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Williams
Williamson
Wilson
Biles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Biles
form: Byles
Etymology: After American gymnast Simone Biles.
Senses: examples: text: In gymnastics, if you do a double layout with half turn then you're doing a ‘Biles’
ref: 2016 August 12, “'The Biles' and other famous moves named after Olympic athletes and footballers”, in BBC Newsbeat:
text: What if she was training a Biles (double layout half out) on beam? That would just be incredible
ref: 2019 November 7, 4piepsilon0, “Simone training a double layout beam dismount?! [comment]”, in Reddit:
glosses: A gymnastic maneuver consisting of a double half layout, with full twist and blind landing.
Ream
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the German surname, Anglicized from Riehm, Röhm, Roehm.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
slip sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slip sheet
antiscald
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + scald.
Senses: examples: text: The antiscald faucet was linked to a thermostat.
glosses: Designed to prevent scalding.
antiflame
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + flame.
Senses: examples: text: It also details wool's safety benefits, such as its natural antiflame properties which prevent wool clothing from melting, dripping or sticking to the skin when exposed to fire.
ref: 1997, Sorabji M. Rutnagur, The Indian Textile Journal, volume 107, numbers 9-12, page 183:
glosses: Preventing flame.
Tengrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tengrian
form: most Tengrian
Etymology: From Tengri + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Turkic deity Tengri.
Derived terms: Tengrianism