cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
vestibular duct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vestibular ducts
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: scala vestibuli
glosses: A cavity in the cochlea that sends sound vibrations to the cochlear duct.
vestibular ducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vestibular duct
scala vestibuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scala vestibulis
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vestibular duct.
synonyms: word: vestibular duct
scala vestibulis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scala vestibuli
propagation constant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propagation constants
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The change underdone by the amplitude and phase of an electromagnetic wave as it travels in a certain direction.
propagation constants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propagation constant
propagation delay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propagation delays
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The time taken for a signal to reach its destination.
propagation delays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propagation delay
propagation mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propagation modes
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The behavior of radio wave signals as they travel along transmission lines.
propagation modes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propagation mode
power transmission line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power transmission lines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of transmission line (“system of wires”).
synonyms: word: transmission line
extra: system of wires
power transmission lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power transmission line
Aagard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aagards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aagaard.
Aagards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aagard
Agaard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Agaards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aagaard.
Agaards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Agaard
malmock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malmocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mollymawk.
mallemocke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mallemockes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mollymawk.
mallemoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mallemokes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mollymawk.
MAPW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Medical Association for Prevention of War.
noodle incident
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noodle incidents
Etymology: From the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, referencing an unshown incident involving the titular character Calvin.
Senses: glosses: A fictional event that is referenced by the characters of the story in a dramatic way but is never explained or shown.
tars and feathers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tar and feather
tarring and feathering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tar and feather
tarred and feathered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tar and feather
tar-and-feathers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tar-and-feather
tars-and-feathers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tar-and-feather
tar-and-feathering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tar-and-feather
tarring-and-feathering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tar-and-feather
tar-and-feathered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tar-and-feather
tarred-and-feathered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tar-and-feather
tftc
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Nice beginning tftc
ref: 2022 August 30, Ogoun, “Chapter One: The Bank - Force Majeure: A web novel [Progression Fantasy]”, in Royal Road, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2025:
related: word: TFTC
glosses: Initialism of thanks for the chapter, used in online fiction sites.
glosses: Initialism of thanks for the cache.
Anecho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Aného, Togo.
Aného
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formerly named Anecho.
Senses: glosses: A coastal town in south-east Togo, West Africa.
Palime
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Kpalimé, Togo.
participation-washing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Apparently coined in 2020 from participation + washing
Senses: examples: text: Participation can be used tokenistically - and ‘participation-washing’ is a common concern in data systems and beyond.
ref: 2023 July 25, The Open Data Institute:
text: Participation washing can take many forms, including practitioners not respecting the needs and ideas of participants, not providing them with clear instructions about what they’ll be expected to contribute or not compensating participants sufficiently.
ref: 2023 December 12, Lara Groves, Ada Lovelace Institute:
glosses: The strategy or practice by organizations (such as companies and governments) of a process of "hollow" (fake) consultation of citizens or members, despite no (or little) interest in such participation, in order to improve their public image, gather attention and sympathy by creating an illusion of openness.
Hyponyms: word: citizenwashing
english: when participation is offered to citizens
translation: when participation is offered to citizens
word: citizen-washing
Related terms: greenwashing
pinkwashing
purplewashing
redwashing
Kpalimé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formerly named Palime.
Senses: glosses: A town in Togo, West Africa, near the border with Ghana.
Atakpamé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inland town in Togo, West Africa.
baneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bane
Sokodé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inland city in Togo, West Africa.
Blitta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inland town and prefecture in Togo, West Africa.
geofactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geofactors
Senses: glosses: A geographical factor.
Elizah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Eliza.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew
co-governance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cogovernance.
Grand-Popo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town in Benin, West Africa.
phleborheographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to phleborheography.
phleborheography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The measurement of venous blood flow.
phyllonitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The transformation of a rock into phyllonite.
AZA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
AAZPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums.
ponton bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponton bridges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pontoon bridge.
red wasp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red wasps
Senses: glosses: Polistes carolina, a paper wasp found in the eastern United States.
glosses: Polistes rubiginosus, a paper wasp found in the eastern United States.
glosses: Polistes canadensis, a paper wasp found across the Neotropical realm, from Arizona through Central America and into South America.
glosses: Polistes major castaneicolor, a paper wasp found in the desert southwestern United States and into Sonora, Mexico.
glosses: Vespula rufa, a yellowjacket found in Eurasia.
glosses: Vespula intermedia, a yellowjacket found in North America.
B-29
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B-29s
Senses: examples: text: As many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital that night. […] The B-29s would go in low – at 5,000 to 8,000 feet.
ref: 2020 March 7, Brad Lendon and Emiko Jozuka, “History’s deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War II and you’ve probably never heard of it”, in CNN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: aircraft
glosses: Ellipsis of Boeing B-29 Superfortress, an American bomber plane primarily used in World War II.
B-29s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of B-29
monoepiscopacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monepiscopacy.
pentosanpolysulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pentosan polysulfate.
postexhaustion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Occurring after a state of exhaustion.
psychomechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to psychomechanics.
quinonemethide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinonemethides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quinone methide.
receiving basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: receiving basins
Senses: glosses: An area in the landscape that collects and holds water.
coeliac plexus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coeliac plexuses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of celiac plexus.
thrombangiitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thromboangiitis.
Derived terms: thrombangiitis obliterans
Nazi exploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nazisploitation.
synonyms: word: Nazisploitation
Lispole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Irish Lios Póil.
Senses: glosses: A village east of Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland.
ante-room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ante-rooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anteroom.
ante-rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ante-room
Old Marathi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Several Old Marathi inscriptions are found in Kannada script, while several Old Kannada inscriptions are available in Devanāgarī.
ref: 1993, Madhav Deshpande, Sanskrit & Prakrit, Sociolinguistic Issues, Motilal Banarsidass, page 117:
glosses: An early New Indo-Aryan language, ancestor of modern Marathi, spoken from c. 1000–1300 CE which is found in works like Jñānēśvarī and Līlācaritra.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Marathi terms
Aston Clinton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8712).
Cantlie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Cantlie line
Dannatt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
green swallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green swallows
Senses: glosses: Any of the New World swallows including:
Hirundo albigularis.
glosses: Any of the New World swallows including:
Hirundo tahitica.
glosses: Any of the New World swallows including:
Tachycineta thalassina.
green swallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green swallow
methasterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Preliminary lab tests showed the product, Healthy Life Chemistry By Purity First B-50, contains methasterone, a controlled substance, and dimethazine, the Food and Drug Administration said.
ref: 2013 July 27, David Simpson, “FDA warns one brand of vitamin B supplement contains dangerous steroids”, in CNN:
glosses: A synthetic anabolic–androgenic steroid.
dimethazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Preliminary lab tests showed the product, Healthy Life Chemistry By Purity First B-50, contains methasterone, a controlled substance, and dimethazine, the Food and Drug Administration said.
ref: 2013 July 27, David Simpson, “FDA warns one brand of vitamin B supplement contains dangerous steroids”, in CNN:
glosses: A synthetic anabolic–androgenic steroid.
woolly mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woolly mice
Senses: glosses: A genetically modified variety of laboratory mouse with the characteristics of a woolly mammoth – such as a woolly coat, elongated hair, golden-brown fur, cold tolerance, and curly whiskers – developed in 2025 by Colossal Biosciences as part of efforts toward the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth.
adventurecation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adventurecations
Etymology: Blend of adventure + vacation
Senses: examples: text: What a wonderful little adventurecation!
ref: 2015 May 10, Dan Fybel, “Housetrap” (20:41 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 5, episode 19, spoken by Linda Belcher (John Roberts):
text: The resort was known as the destination for adventurecation, which included whitewater rafting, zip lining, rappelling and other activities.
ref: 2018 July 13, Lisa Hendrix Simmons, chapter 4, in Kip MacAllister Adventures: Back In Action!, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A vacation that focuses on experiencing new places and activities, often involving outdoor adventures and unique experiences, rather than just relaxation.
adventurecations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adventurecation
adventurecations
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adventurecation
woolly mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woolly mouse
ladycation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladycations
Etymology: Blend of lady + vacation
Senses: examples: text: “I'm so excited for this festival.” “Me too. My boss is being such an asshole.” “Okay, well, this is our ladycation.” “Yeah.” “Boy crazy.”
ref: 2016 January 21, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Karey Dornetto, Graham Wagner, “Pickathon” (2:01 from the start), in Portlandia, season 6, episode 1, spoken by Laura (Carrie Brownstein):
text: Special shout out to Dora for your fiscal savvy and resort points. Long live Ladycation!
ref: 2023 August 29, The Reunion, The Reunion, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 305:
glosses: A vacation or getaway specifically planned and enjoyed by a group of women, often as a form of bonding, relaxation, or celebration.
Coordinate terms: girlcation
mancation
ladycations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladycation
ladycations
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ladycation
popdogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of popcorn + hotdogs
Senses: examples: text: ‘Okay, we must just be quits by now. Let's go and indulge in Popdogs and Big Sars spiders, and then head on home. I want to spend a bit of time with Trish and Frank this afternoon.’
ref: 2008, Gaynor McGrath, “Chapter 14”, in Lemniscate, Transit Lounge, →ISBN, page 210:
text: “Sorry I, uh, lost my head, ladies. Allow me to present you with my specially prepared h'ordurvays.” “Aw! [giggling] Oh. It looks like chopped-up wieners in popcorn.” “Yeah, my own invention, popdogs! I was going to call it "corndogs," but that was a legal can of worms.”
ref: 2018 June 11, Diana Frances, “Smoke-a-Cola” (14:31 from the start), in Corner Gas Animated, season 1, episode 11, spoken by Hank Yarbo (Fred Ewanuick):
text: COMING SOON: SPLASH OF THE TITANS! “I'm hungry. But for what?” “Pizza?” “PopDogs?” “Another cookie?” “I know what a dough-face really wants . . .” “Another inflata-mazing adventure . . . starring us!”
ref: 2022 October 4, Beth Garrod, Jess Hitchman, “Section 9”, in Chris Danger, editor, The Inflatables in Do-Nut Panic! (The Inflatables #3), Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: The combination of popcorn and hotdogs.
cork cambium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cork cambiums
form: cork cambia
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phellogen.
synonyms: word: phellogen
cork cambiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cork cambium
cork cambia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cork cambium
Luoland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Luo + -land.
Senses: glosses: A traditional region of southwest Kenya, the homeland of the Luo people
llapaca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: llapacas
Etymology: Blend of llama + alpaca.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of huarizo (“The hybrid offspring of a male llama and a female alpaca.”).
synonyms: word: huarizo
extra: (“The hybrid offspring of a male llama and a female alpaca.”).
llapacas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of llapaca
bat chayil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Jewish confirmation ceremony for girls practiced in some synagogues.
pacovicuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pacovicunas
form: paco-vicuna
form: paco-vicuña
form: pacovicuña
Etymology: Most likely a blend of alpaco + vicuna
Senses: examples: text: The pacovicuña yields wool equal in quality to that of the vicuna but greater in bulk.
ref: 1963, Owens, Ronald Jerome, Peru, page 141:
text: An adult male vicugna will never copulate with a female alpaca unless the first has been timely imprinted to a member of the second species. Therefore, the Peruvian native breeders use exclusively a vicuna previously reared from earliest age by an alpaca whenever they want to get the hybrid called ‘pacovicuna’.
ref: 1981, Hernando De Macedo, Note on Vicuna X Alpaca hybrids, page 1:
text: Paco-vicuñas are domesticated and are also found in the wild. A paco-vicuña is a cross between an alpaca and a vicuña, though in the United States it is not a first-generation cross but the descendant of paco-vicuñas selectively bred to bring forward those traits.
ref: 2023 August 15, Chris Switzer, “Alpacas and Llamas and Paco-vicuñas!”, in farmfiberknits.com:
glosses: A hybrid between an alpaca and vicuna.
pacovicunas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pacovicuna
wrapple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wrapples
form: wrappling
form: wrappled
form: wrappled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wraple.
dl trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dl trades
Senses: glosses: A cis, straight-passing, masculine man who seeks out sexual pursuits with trans women and/or gay men, mostly always secretly, given that he is not confident in his sexual identity yet and has not come out to those around him. Most often keeps his sexual affairs with gay men and/or trans women a secret and typically treats them with little respect.
dl trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dl trade
third-worlder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third-worlders
Etymology: From third-world + -er.
Senses: examples: text: How important can the greenhouse effect, biodiversity or future worldwide timber shortages seem to a third-worlder, for example? It would be wrong to think of this third-worlder as irresponsible or as a squanderer of resources before serious steps are taken towards solving the well-known and much worse problem of resource squandering and environmental irresponsibility in the developed nations.
ref: 1990 July 19, Ricardo Radulovich, “A view on tropical deforestation”, in Nature, volume 346, page 214:
glosses: Alternative form of Third Worlder.
third-worlders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third-worlder
providerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of providership
horndoggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: "horndog" plus the suffix "-ery"
Senses: glosses: The behavior that characterizes a horndog.
slide plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slide plates
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A linear bearing that may be part of the expansion joints of bridges, high temperature horizontal ducts of water-tube boilers and other mechanical or structural engineering applications.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A component that facilitates the swift attachment and detachment of a camera from a tripod or other support system.
advanced age
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ăd-vănst′ āj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of old age (“latter part of life”).
synonyms: word: old age
extra: latter part of life
ward moot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wardmote.
wardmoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wardmote.
New World ROM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The firmware, specifically the bootROM, that was introduced on Macintosh computers in 1998 with the first iMac.
New World wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New World wines
Senses: topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
glosses: Any type of wine that is produced outside the traditional winegrowing areas of Europe and the Middle East.
New World wines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New World wine
Stewart Island shags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stewart Island shag
wine-growing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of winegrowing.
point sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: point sandwiches
Senses: glosses: A sandwich cut into quarters.
🧃
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Emoji for juice, a near-homophone of Jews.
Senses: examples: text: People are waking up and noticing. Hatred for the 🧃 is growing.
ref: 2025 March 24, u/ObligationOriginal74, r/conspiracy (Reddit post), archived from the original on 06 Jul 2025:
glosses: Jewish people.
momma bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: momma bears
Senses: examples: text: There is nothing faked, but no set-up film like this could have the same appeal. Animal fights, a buffalo chase, some exciting airplane shots of an antelope herd fleeing through the forest, and, for human interest, a momma bear struggling to keep her babes away from a hungry killer bear.
ref: 1935 July 31, Roland Barton, “As I See Them …: Reviews of New Films”, in Mo Wax, editor, Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin, volume 1, number 47, Philadelphia, Pa.: Film Bulletin Company, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:
text: In addition, they rarely respond well to others’ criticism of their children. Mothers are like momma bears, protecting their cubs, often refusing to see when their children have their hands in the honey jar.
ref: 1995, Robert Andrews, “‘Train Up a Child’”, in The Family: God’s Weapon for Victory, Mukilteo, Wash.: WinePress Publishing, →ISBN, part 6 (Building a Heritage), page 307:
text: “She reminds me of me ’cause we’re both girls of extremes. Once we want something, nothing is gonna stop us from getting it and once something we love is threatened, we’re like momma bears.” / “Momma bear, huh?” / “Yeah, man. Ferocious and violent? It’s scary.”
ref: 2017, Ajay Joseph, chapter 39, in The Names They Gave Us, [Raleigh, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 163:
glosses: US spelling of mama bear.
momma bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of momma bear
mumma bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mumma bears
Senses: examples: text: “Dum, that mumma bear been chasin’ me! I had to shut her down!” Cracked Joe exclaimed. “All time she chasin’ me!” He made a gurgling noise, horrified by the memory. Dom was no less nervous about the prospect of returning to the dump for a replay of yesterday’s rout.
ref: 1981, Jake MacDonald, chapter 9, in Indian River: A Novel, Winnipeg, Man.: Queenston House, →ISBN, page 67:
text: Thankfully, Mrs Sorenson answers the door. She has a droopy sad quality, she reminds me of the mumma bear on the ‘Bugs Bunny Show’.
ref: 1999, The Sandman [pseudonym; Steve Abbott], “Thursday 5.40 pm”, in Pleasant Avenue, Sydney, N.S.W.: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, →ISBN, page 50:
text: Recognising the sounds of a sick baby, I went straight up to find him and was like an angry mumma bear when I saw the little baby whimpering in the bassinet, his mother sitting watching him.
ref: 2019, Lesley D., chapter 19, in Stardust ‘n’ Mud, Port Adelaide, S.A.: Green Hill Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Commonwealth spelling of mama bear.
mumma bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumma bear
Tawnia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tawnias
Senses: glosses: A female given name
Related terms: Antonia
Tania
Tanja
Tanya
Tawnja
Tawnya
Toni
Tonia
Tonja
Tony
Tonya
boxoffice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boxoffices
Senses: examples: text: The Columbia, Chicago, hung up a new boxoffice record for last week, Manager William Roche saying the week’s business on “Puss Puss” (including an extra performance New Year’s eve) was the biggest since he assumed the management of the house.
ref: 1916 January 7, “Two Columbia’s Records for Burlesque Houses Broken […]”, in Variety, volume XLI, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Variety, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 1:
text: EXHIBITORS’ VIEWPOINT: Chevalier’s draw and the neat manner in which this picture has been filmed are sufficient, one or the other or both, to bring in good boxoffice to houses where one or the other or both are factors.
ref: 1930 February 1, A. H. Frederick, “Picture Reviews – Previews – Shorts”, in Jack Josephs, editor, Inside Facts of Stage and Screen, volume XI, number 5, Los Angeles, Calif.: Inside Facts Publishing Company, Inc., →OCLC, page 4, column 1:
text: With a cast so well balanced, it is reasonable to predict fairly busy boxoffices where “College Rhythm” is played.
ref: 1934 December 4, Roland Barton, “As I See Them …: Reviews of New Films”, in Mo Wax, editor, Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin, volume 1, number 13, Philadelphia, Pa.: Film Bulletin Company, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:
text: The domestic boxoffice rose steadily to peak in 1946 and then late in 1947 began a steady decline that would last for ten years and result in a 50 percent drop in attendance.
ref: 1987, Tino Balio, “The Studio System Production Policy”, in United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, chapter 1 (Prelude at Eagle-Lion), page 24:
text: A 1986 animated movie was based on the original "Transformers" television show, which was based, of course, on the popular multiform robot toy line. It didn't go over well at the boxoffice.
ref: 2007 August 10, Kirk Honeycutt, “"Transformers" an exciting thrill ride”, in Reuters, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of box office.
boxoffices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boxoffice
slide plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slide plate
Froshaug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
abecedarian jigsaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abecedarian jigsaws
Senses: examples: text: Abecedarian jigsaw (Acknowledgments to Dogop of The Listener)
ref: 1978, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, “ABECEDARIAN JIGSAW”, in The Atlantic:
text: So speaking of letter frequencies, I learned from experience that it’s better to start solving abecedarian jigsaws with the last clues instead of the first ones.
ref: 2013 December 19, Braze, “Abecedarian jigsaw (Puzzle No. 3,307)”, in The Nation Cryptic Crossword Forum:
text: Abecedarian Jigsaw. See the solution to last month’s puzzle.
ref: 2024, Richard E. Maltby Jr., “Abecedarian Jigsaw”, in Harpers:
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: An alphabetical jigsaw puzzle on a barred grid.
abecedarian jigsaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abecedarian jigsaw
speedbridger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speedbridgers
form: speed bridger
Etymology: From speedbridge + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who speedbridges.
speedbridgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speedbridger
pill millipede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pill millipedes
Senses: glosses: Any of the superorder Oniscomorpha of short-bodied millipedes resembling woodlice, capable of rolling into balls.
Derived terms: giant emerald pill millipede
pill millipedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pill millipede
giant emerald pill millipede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant emerald pill millipedes
Senses: glosses: Zoosphaerium neptunus, the largest species of pill millipede. It is endemic to Madagascar and ranges in colour from a shiny light green to a darker olive green.
giant emerald pill millipedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant emerald pill millipede
co-benefit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-benefits
form: cobenefit
Etymology: From co- + benefit.
Senses: examples: text: Climate co-benefits refer to the share of financing dedicated to climate change adaptation or mitigation in operations financed by the World Bank.
ref: 2021 March 11, Unknown, “What you need to know about client co-benefits”, in World bank group:
text: Co-benefits are the additional positive environmental, socio-economic and First Nations outcomes delivered by carbon farming projects.
ref: 2024 June 19, Unknown, “Co-benefit overview”, in Queensland Government:
text: The presence of tangible co-benefits, such as biodiversity conservation, support for local communities, and their economic growth, helps ensure that offset projects can address environmental and social challenges in an integrated manner.
ref: 2023 May 26, unknown, “The co-benefits of carbon offsetting projects: Beyond emissions reduction”, in Carbon credits consulting:
glosses: An immediate environmental benefit resulting from longer-term environmental policy.
tea-shade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He glances up to take in Fletcher’s shaggy blond hair, his tea-shade glasses, and his thin line of moustache.
ref: 2013, Robert McGill, chapter 1, in Once We Had a Country, London: Jonathan Cape, published 2014, →ISBN, part 1 (Come Home, America):
text: Pepper’s world was way more colorful, as if viewed through Lennon’s new tinted wireframe “tea-shade” glasses.
ref: 2015, Hal Rubenstein, “We Loved You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: The Beatles Make Over the World, 1965”, in The Looks of Love: 50 Moments in Fashion That Inspired Romance, New York, N.Y.: Harper Design, →ISBN, page 185, column 2:
text: After getting her first month's salary, she got her hair done with stylish vertical bangs and wore tight pants and white sneakers or a light poncho with holey, stone-washed jeans. Naturally she complimented it with tea-shade sunglasses whose branding was carefully preserved…
ref: 2016, Lu Min, “‘Open’”, in This Love Could Not Be Delivered, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, chapter 2 (1990), section 2:
glosses: Attributive form of tea shades.
tea shade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He sat placidly at the counter and pushed his tea shade glasses back up his nose.
ref: 2011, Robert Brabham, “The Gifts”, in Does This Knife in My Back Make My Butt Look Big? Tales of Madness, Eisegesis, and Other Unpardonables, [Raleigh, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 236:
text: He usually wore a backward baseball cap, mirrored tea shade sunglasses, shotty^([sic – meaning shoddy]) clothes, and tennis shoes.
ref: 2020, Bryan W. Conway, “Mike 1: 6:45 p.m.”, in Sandusky Burning, →ISBN, page 39:
text: A Chinese man, maybe in his forties, bald or purposefully shaven, it was difficult to say, wearing chic tea shade glasses, a salmon-colored polo, and khakis, stood to the side of the door.
ref: 2022, C.S. Poe, chapter 17, in Subway Slayings (Memento Mori; 2), Oklahoma City, Okla.: Emporium Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Attributive form of tea shades.
teashade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A leather corset hugged her waist, tight and glossy black, the shadows offset by a rainbow headscarf and violet teashade glasses.
ref: 2011, Allison Pang, chapter 2, in A Brush of Darkness (Abby Sinclair; 1), New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 21:
text: Whilst at first it seems like there is little more than a similar predilection for round teashade sunglasses connecting the Beatles’ John Lennon to Oasis’s Liam Gallagher, for instance, in fact the counterculture’s cul-de-sac of passivity—or, as Fisher puts it, its “hey man, it’s all about the mind!” sensibility—was as much the driving force behind the “bleary, blurry, beery, leery, lairy” vibe of Britpop hedonism as it was for the acid tests of the bohemian unwashed.
ref: 2020, Matt Colquhoun, “Atrocity Exhibition”, in Mark Fisher, Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures, London: Repeater Books, →ISBN, Introduction (No More Miserable Monday Mornings):
text: Frischman peered at Drayco over his teashade glass frames.
ref: 2021, BV Lawson, chapter 12, in Deadly Dance (A Scott Drayco Mystery; 6), Falls Church, Va.: Crimetime Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Attributive form of teashades.
co-benefits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-benefit
PITX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌpi ˌaj ˈti ˌeks/
/ˈpiteks/
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange.
keymistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keymistresses
form: key-mistress
Etymology: From key + mistress.
Senses: examples: text: Attempting to recapture the mood, two weeks after returning to Australia, we paid $6 for a scoop of the salty black hundreds-and-thousands lumpfish roe they call “caviar” in this country (that is, unless you summon the keymistress to unlock the treasures in David Jones Food Hall refrigerator and reach in with white gloves for a minuscule tin of the real stuff, which costs a week’s wage).
ref: 1987 February 10, Tigger Wise, “Leningrad to Moscow on caviar”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 46,526, Sydney, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Good Living” section, page 3, column 1:
text: If we're gonna get him out we'll need the key. A stone cold witch known as Utroka the Keymistress holds on tight to that thing.
ref: 2010 November 23, World of Warcraft, v4.0.3a, Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, →OCLC, “Jorgensen” quest:
text: “I am the Mistress of the Key,” the blond enchantress said, standing just a few feet away on a platform of white flies. “You have breached the Gates, and come to the edge of the Chasm, and now, you have the chance to win the Key.” […] “So Keymistress,” the witch said. “You look a lot like this woman I know.[…]”
ref: 2012, T[imothy] A[aron] Pratt, “Ill Met in Ulthar”, in Paula Guran, editor, Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful, [Gaithersburg, Md.]: Prime Books, →ISBN:
text: That is why they are attributed with trimorphic character, probably dedicated to the goddess Reitia, who is compared to Hecate, the keymistress of death and resurrection, fertility, etc.
ref: 2018, Martina Blečić Kavur, “Pectoral Pendants from Grobnik in the Context of the Iron Age Symbol Aesthetics”, in Histria archaeologica, number 49, Pula, Istria County: Archaeological Museum of Istria, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53, column 2:
coordinate_terms: keymaster
glosses: A woman in charge of a key or keys.
keymistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keymistress
key-mistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key-mistress
key-mistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key-mistresses
Senses: examples: text: I am Don Mariano’s hands and feet, ama de llaves, key-mistress and custodian of Don Mariano’s house, caretaker also of his pearl, the choice child of his heart, Dolorcita, the star of my life.
ref: 1876, Arthur Griffiths, “A Spanish Vagabond”, in Lola: A Tale of the Rock. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], page 196:
text: Every Moscow and Leningrad hotel that houses foreign visitors has long been the parade ground for state-controlled prostitutes, plying their trade only for foreign currency, reporting to the KGB and sanctioned by the gimlet-eyed key-mistresses on each floor who are on constant watch against amateur competition.
ref: 1991 August 28, Peter Smark, “A question of which ex-reds under the bed?”, in The Age, 137th year, number 42,508, Melbourne, Vic., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Tempo” section, page 2, columns 3–4:
text: Selia’s mother is the key-mistress of the palace, a woman with access. She might have found a way to steal my mother’s crest ring to make the seals.
ref: 2003, Shannon Hale, chapter 22, in The Goose Girl, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children’s Books, →ISBN, part 3 (Yellow Lady), page 373:
glosses: Alternative form of keymistress.
mamma grizzly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamma grizzlies
Senses: examples: text: “Here, you mean old thing, is your little cub. Ain’t you glad to see him?” or words to that effect, is the kind of talk she made to the grizzly. It was effective. Mamma grizzly complacently accepted her young and the two trotted off into the foothills while I lay on cactus needles trying to convince my vital organs their work was not yet done.
ref: 1898 February 13, “Too Much for Bears: Girl of 16 Whips Two Grizzlies in a Hand-to-Hand Fight. […]”, in The Sunday Inter Ocean, volume XXVI, number 326, Chicago, Ill., →OCLC, page 25, column 4:
text: His mother had the same tone in her voice she’d once used to tell the Fundie preacher, who called uninvited to denounce her son as the spawn of Satan, to go to hell. In that mode, she reminded him of mamma grizzlies and female lions defending their cubs.
ref: 1998 August, Camille Bacon-Smith, chapter 8, in Eyes of the Empress (Daemons, Inc., 2; DAW Book Collectors No. 1094), New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, →ISBN, pages 74–75:
text: Ronan could handle a lot of things, up to and including a mad mamma grizzly clicking her teeth at him and rearing to her full seven-foot height on her hind legs. But he could not handle a woman in tears!
ref: 2008, Cara Colter, chapter 4, in Her Royal Wedding Wish (By Royal Appointment, 1; Harlequin Romance, 4030), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin, →ISBN, pages 79–80:
glosses: Alternative spelling of mama grizzly.
mamma grizzlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mamma grizzly
momma grizzly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: momma grizzlies
Senses: examples: text: Only to discover when he struck a light, that what he had got was a momma grizzly and her four cubs: and momma, cornered, was strictly on the warpath. And him inside with no knife!
ref: 1957, Austin Russell, “Charlie and Sundry Survivors from a Gaudier Day”, in C. M. R.: Charles M. Russell, Cowboy Artist: A Biography, New York, N.Y.: Twayne Publishers, →OCLC, page 130:
text: Despite his efforts to get them what they wanted, he was still “the bad guy” for leaving them. He told me recently that only one parent in the seven families will speak to him, and it’s now a year later. Jake stumbled into a whole den of momma grizzlies.
ref: 2010, Dan Clemens, “Epilogue: The Following July”, in A Perfect Season: A Coach’s Journey to Learning, Competing, and Having Fun in Youth Baseball, [Colo.]: Quiet Path Books, →ISBN, page 303:
text: “Have you considered that risking yourself in this way may adversely affect those who depend on you?” She meant his workers. Jadis had suffered through a lot of instability as a kid. MoreCommas had become her family. She was like a momma grizzly when it came to the company and its employees.
ref: 2017 May, Lexi Eddings, chapter 27, in A Coldwater Warm Hearts Wedding, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 270:
glosses: US spelling of mama grizzly.
momma grizzlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of momma grizzly
Fairlee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Kent County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A town and census-designated place therein, in Orange County, Vermont, United States.
glosses: A suburb of Newport, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5090).
Zaku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zakho.
Laurentian Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township municipality in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
anti-tumoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-tumoral
form: most anti-tumoral
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antitumoral.
midfield anchors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midfield anchor
Central Desert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in the Northern Territory, Australia.
Nina from Carolina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nina from Pasadena.
synonyms: word: Nina from Pasadena
registration plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: registration plates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of license plate.
synonyms: word: license plate
registration plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of registration plate
rego plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rego plates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of number plate.
synonyms: word: plate
rego plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rego plate
dental plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dental plates
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of plate (“a shaped and fitted surface that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted”).
synonyms: word: plate
extra: a shaped and fitted surface that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted
dental plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dental plate
water-tube boiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water-tube boilers
Senses: glosses: A type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by fire.
water tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water tubes
Senses: glosses: A tube used for conveying or holding water, usually found in a steam boilers.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A tubelike structure found in certain invertebrates that functions similarly to a kidney in a vertebrate.
Derived terms: water-tube boiler
water tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water tube
put-you-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: put-you-ups
Senses: examples: text: "No, er I, er no I didn't mean." He started to go red. "I meant that there is a put-you-up bed in the back. Oh! Hell you know what I meant."
ref: 2007, C. J. Pendergest, The Videls, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Pu, →ISBN, page 144:
synonyms: put-me-up
glosses: A kind of folding bed.
uninstantiatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + instantiatable.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of uninstantiable.
synonyms: word: uninstantiable
put-you-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of put-you-up
water tupelo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water tupelos
Senses: synonyms: cottongum
large tupelo
tupelo-gum
water-gum
wild olive
glosses: A tree of species Nyssa aquatica.
water tupelos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water tupelo
Ar(l)
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ar
form: l
Senses: glosses: Synonym of LAr.
synonyms: word: LAr
slide into someone's DMs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slides into someone's DMs
form: sliding into someone's DMs
form: slid into someone's DMs
form: slid into someone's DMs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slide into the DMs.
burrito test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I lived in a room and board that failed the burrito test.
text: I'm happy to say the room and board my therapist helped me find and I'm staying at DOES pass the burrito test.
ref: 2016 September 10, The burrito test | Asperger's & Autism Community - Wrong Planet
text: If the answer is no, then the setting is institutional, and a lot of group homes do not pass the burrito test. So, like you have people who ...
ref: 2020 July 28, Advocating in Plain Language, with Sara Luterman - Different Brains
text: [please add quotation]
ref: 2021 March 17, fullyarticulatedgoldskeleton, “The "Burrito Test"”, in Reddit (forum), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2021:
text: [please add quotation]
ref: 2021 April 8, independencechick, “A Burrito is Not A Crime Against Humanity”, in WordPress (blog), archived from the original on 09 Apr 2021:
qualifier: disability advocacy
glosses: A test used to determine whether a given place is an institution: if a resident is not allowed to get up in the night as they please and microwave themselves a burrito, it is an institution.
moot-stow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moot-stows
Senses: glosses: A town or borough that serves as the seat of an assembly or meeting.
moot-stows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moot-stow
rejected landing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rejected landings
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A go-around maneuver initiated after the aircraft has already touched down or is bouncing after a hard landing.
rejected landings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rejected landing
situs ambiguous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of situs ambiguus.
synonyms: word: situs ambiguus
reverse merger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse mergers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of reverse takeover.
synonyms: word: reverse takeover
reverse mergers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverse merger
reverse isekais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverse isekai
reverse thrust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse thrusts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thrust reverser.
synonyms: word: thrust reverser
reverse thrusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverse thrust
slides into the DMs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slide into the DMs
sliding into the DMs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slide into the DMs
slid into the DMs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slide into the DMs
slid into someone's DMs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slide into someone's DMs
sliding into someone's DMs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slide into someone's DMs
slides into someone's DMs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slide into someone's DMs
Oregon Trail generation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Oregon Trail Generation.