cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nontargets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontarget
vindical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪndɪkəl/
ipa: [ˈvɪndɪkl̩]
rhymes: -ɪndɪkəl
Forms: form: more vindical
form: most vindical
Etymology: From the Medieval Latin vindicālis (“avenging, punishing, vengeful, vindictive”), from the Classical Latin vindex (“avenger, punisher, revenger”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).
Senses: examples: text: The great point for you […] is to eſtabliſh the circumſtance either of menace, coercion, or puniſhment as the caſe may be. When you have bottomed yourſelf well upon theſe facts, you need not be afraid to meet the vindical Lord D—— upon this ground.
ref: 1797, Edmund Burke, “A Letter from Mr. Burke to Dr. Huſſey” in Francis Plowden’s Hiſtorical Review of the State of Ireland (1803) II, Appendix, № cix, page 291
synonyms: word: vindicative
word: vindictive
word: avengeful
word: pluckcrow
word: revengeful
word: vengeable
word: vengeful
word: vengesome
word: vindical
word: vindictive
word: wreakful
glosses: Eager to punish; vindicative.
unadaptable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unadaptable
form: most unadaptable
Etymology: From un- + adaptable.
Senses: glosses: Not adaptable.
rugless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rug + -less.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: carpetless, uncarpeted
glosses: Without a rug.
rudenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rudeness
hermitlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hermitlike
form: most hermitlike
form: hermit-like
Etymology: From hermit + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hermit.
m'self
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: -ɛlf
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of myself.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of myself.
well met
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: A shortening of It is well that we have met.
Senses: examples: text: Bardolph: Well met, Corporal Nim.
ref: c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act II, scene I:
text: " Well met ! Well met ! Thou'lt soon be set
Before the ale-cup flowing."
ref: 1833, Unknown translator, “The Death Song of Regner Lodbrog”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 33, page 915:
text: "Ho, Fios," Verne said as he raised a hand in greeting.
"Well met, Master Verne," the smallest of the dogs replied.
ref: 2011, James A Owen, The Dragon's Apprentice, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: A greeting.
well met
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A shortening of It is well that we have met.
Senses: examples: text: Clown: Here comes Sir Oliver: Sir Oliver Mar-text, you are well met.
ref: c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act I, scene IX:
text: Mother of God! but we are well met here, in this wilderness, among the savages.
ref: 1902, Emerson Hough, The Mississippi Bubble, →ISBN, pages 280–281:
text: "Lord Vergoin, you are well met. I trust my poor table will not too gravely disappoint you."
ref: 2009, Kage Baker, (Please provide the book title or journal name), →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: Welcome, greeted.
examples: text: Lady Merlumina?! You were well met. She is an ancestor of mine.
glosses: Greeted by a person of high respect or social status.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see well, met.
bo'sun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bo'suns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bosun.
bo'suns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bo'sun
sorras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorra
multiplexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiplexual
form: most multiplexual
Senses: glosses: of various levels, multi-faceted, multiple aspects or tiers
cory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cories
form: corys
Senses: examples: text: All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine.
There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span.
ref: 1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc (Usenet):
glosses: Any fish belonging to the genus Corydoras, a group of South American freshwater catfish.
cory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of corey (“penis”).
cories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cory
sociophonetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsoʊsi.oʊfəˈnɛtɪks/
ipa: /ˌsəʊsi.əʊfəˈnɛtɪks/
ipa: /ˌsəʊʃjəʊfəˈnɛtɪks/
Etymology: From socio- + phonetics.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of speech sounds; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonetics.
sociophonology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + phonology.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of phonology; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonology.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A specific sociophonological system.
self-loathing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-loathing
form: most self-loathing
Etymology: From self- + loathing.
Senses: synonyms: self-hating
glosses: Loathing oneself.
self-disgust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + disgust.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: self-hatred, self-loathing, self-reproach
antonyms: self-acceptance
self-assurance
self-love
glosses: Disgust with oneself.
svc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: svcs
form: serv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of service.
shock jocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shock jock
toppest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The withered wreath was brushed away from the "toppest" stone, but in its place was laid the polished shaft, of which the floral offering had been indeed the earnest.
ref: 1872, Emma Elizabeth Brown, From Night to Light:
text: His little girl is up in one o' them rooms — one o' the toppest. The firemen and the 'scapes are all t'other side o1 the building.
ref: 1886, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, One Thing Needful: A Novel, page 56:
text: From these parturitions gods may really proceed—beings, that is, who, could we remain long enough to see them, would regard us as we regard the apes. Meanwhile, on those toppest floors, the eager sun, aslant, shuttles the mounting roar.
ref: 1905, “New York from the Flatiron”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume 33, page 389:
glosses: highest
compulsarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of compulsorily.
fictionalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fictionalisations
Etymology: From fictional + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fictionalization.
kunstkammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊnstkamə/
enpr: ko͝onstʹkăm-ər
ipa: /ˈkʊnstkɑmɚ/
enpr: ko͝onstʹkä-mər
Forms: form: kunstkammers
Etymology: From German Kunstkammer (literally “art room”).
Senses: synonyms: cabinet of curiosities
kunstkabinett
Wunderkammer
glosses: An early form of museum in which strange or rare objects were exhibited.
psychogeographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + geographic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to psychogeography
sadsack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sadsacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sad sack.
sadsacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sadsack
spycatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spy + catching.
Senses: glosses: counterespionage
transpennine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: transPennine
Etymology: From trans- + Pennine.
Senses: glosses: Across the Pennines
undeferential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undeferential
form: most undeferential
Etymology: From un- + deferential.
Senses: examples: text: Smoke rose high - cigarette and golden table-lighters brought round by undeferential white-coated flunkeys - but there was nothing to drink except orange crush - officially.
ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292:
glosses: Not showing appropriate respect or courtesy.
adufe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adufes
Etymology: From Portuguese adufe.
Senses: examples: text: A feature of Beira Baixa music, and found elsewhere too, is the adufe.
ref: 1999, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 227:
text: [...] we can identify the following rhythmic sesquialtera pattern in the melody played on the violin and the adufe drum, which make the connection ...
ref: 2005, Sergio Navarrete Pellicer, Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala with CD (Audio), Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 100:
text: The adufe is also found in Egypt. This double-headed square frame drum, which is roughly the same size as the tar, may have bells attached inside the drum for varying timbres.
ref: 2012, Matt Dean, The Drum: A History, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 28:
glosses: A traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.
adufes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adufe
unaccessioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + accessioned.
Senses: glosses: Not accessioned.
falsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: homophone: falsie
Forms: form: falsey
Etymology: From false + -y, to be an antonym to truthy.
Senses: examples: text: In JavaScript, any expression or statement that expects a boolean value will work with a truthy or falsy value, so the fact that && does not always evaluate to true or false does not cause practical problems.
ref: 2012, David Flanagan, JavaScript Pocket Reference, page 40:
text: However, in the second case, both '0' and the empty string () are falsy (in other words, they behave like false) and are therefore equal with respect to ==.
ref: 2014, Basarat Syed, Beginning Node.js, →ISBN, page 33:
text: If the first operand (which comes before the question mark--doIt, in this example) is truthy, the expression evaluates to the second operand (between the question mark and colon), and if it's falsy, it evaluates to the third operand (after the colon).
ref: 2016, Kenny Ballou, Learning Elixir, →ISBN, page 92:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
antonyms: truthy
glosses: Evaluating to false in a Boolean context.
Derived terms: falsiness
embarassment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “I’m gonna say it: soccer is one of the most dogs**t sports to ever exist, it’s an embarassment to humankind. I said it, get mad,” xQc said after his opponent scored yet again. “Keep malding, and I want to make sure people understand: it is not ‘football,’ it’s soccer.”
ref: 2021 September 26, Bill Cooney, “xQc rage quits and uninstalls FIFA 22 after getting demolished in Ultimate Team”, in Dexerto:
glosses: Misspelling of embarrassment.
distibine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distibines
Etymology: From di- + stibine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organoantimony compound containing two antimony atoms joined together R₂Sb-SbR₂
organoantimony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + antimony.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to antimony bond
organizational crime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organizational crimes
Senses: glosses: White-collar crime that is committed by employees of an otherwise noncriminal organization, with or without the consent of the management and with at least some benefit to the organization.
Related terms: occupational crime
organized crime
Balingian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Sarawak, Malaysia
cybertrooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybertroopers
Etymology: From cyber- + trooper.
Senses: related: word: cytro
glosses: A person who is paid to disseminate political propaganda on the internet, particularly on social media platforms.
planemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planemakers
Etymology: From plane + maker.
Senses: glosses: A company that manufactures (commercial) aircraft.
pseudostreaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-streaming
Etymology: From pseudo- + streaming.
Senses: glosses: The seeking of a portion of a streamed video that has not yet been downloaded
koekchuch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koekchuchs
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian коекчуч (kojekčuč), from Itelmen [Term?].
Senses: glosses: male-bodied person who dresses and lives as a woman
Related terms: two-spirit
spendings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spending
auto-antonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auto-antonyms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of autoantonym.
auto-antonyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auto-antonym
Gomm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
unIslamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unIslamic
form: most unIslamic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of un-Islamic.
Gumm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from Old English guma (“man”).
* As a German surname, shortened from various ancient Germanic names such as Gundemar, from *gunþiz (“battle”) + *mērijaz (“great; famous”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
gettin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɛtn̩/
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of getting.
ramset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ramsets
Etymology: Originally a brand name.
Senses: glosses: A large nail or bolt fired or fixed into hard materials, such as steel and concrete, and used to hold or anchor them in place.
ramset
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ramsets
form: ramsetting
form: ramsetted
form: ramsetted
Etymology: Originally a brand name.
Senses: glosses: To fire or fix such a fastening.
Synonyms: rambolt
direct fastening
autorotative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + rotative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or producing autorotation.
blokieness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blokeyness.
blokeishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blokeishly
form: most blokeishly
Etymology: From blokeish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a blokeish manner
dualling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duallings
Etymology: From dual + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Way back in 1971, the Government of the day first published plans for a high-capacity road network, which included the dualling of the A47 from King's Lynn to Great Yarmouth.
ref: 1998, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates:
glosses: The conversion of a road into a dual carriageway
dualling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From dual + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dual
Related terms: duelling
methoxyamphetamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methoxyamphetamines
Etymology: From methoxy + amphetamine.
Senses: glosses: Either of two isomeric methoxy derivatives of amphetamine.
miscalculator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miscalculators
Etymology: From miscalculate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person who miscalculates
shipworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipworkers
Etymology: From ship + worker.
Senses: glosses: A person who works in a shipyard.
trackworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trackworkers
form: track worker
Etymology: From track + worker.
Senses: examples: text: Sadly, since July 2019, four trackworkers have died on duty. And Network Rail's Safety Task Force is determined to prevent this from happening again.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Safety Task Force”, in RAIL, number 940, page 49:
glosses: A person who installs or maintains railway tracks or track-side equipment.
trackworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trackworker
comedy duo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comedy duos
Senses: glosses: A double act (comic pairing).
comedy duos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comedy duo
Jahukyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jahukian
form: Djahukian
Etymology: From Armenian Ջահուկյան (J̌ahukyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
bergall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡɔːl/
Forms: form: bergalls
Etymology: From Norwegian berggalt (“a labrid fish”), equivalent to berg (“mountain, hill; rock”) + galte (“boar”).
Senses: glosses: Tautogolabrus adspersus, a wrasse native to the western Atlantic, inhabiting inshore waters near the sea floor at depths of 10–128 metres (33–420 feet) and at latitudes of 36°–49° north, and reaching up to 38 centimetres (15 inches) in total length and up to 1 kilogram (2·2 pounds) in weight.
Synonyms: sense: wrasse
word: chogset
sense: wrasse
word: conner
sense: wrasse
word: cunner
sense: wrasse
word: blue perch
sense: wrasse
word: choggie
sense: wrasse
word: sea perch
Hrachya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hrachia
Etymology: From Armenian Հրաչյա (Hračʻya).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Armenian.
Related terms: Hrach
Hrach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Հրաչ (Hračʻ).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Armenian.
Related terms: Hrachya
bergalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bergall
potty training
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potty-training
Senses: glosses: The act of weaning a child off of diapers and teaching them how to use a potty. Not usually distinguished from toilet training although generally children do not use an adult-sized toilet right away.
Derived terms: unpotty training
broncho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: relating to bronchi and the airways
Coordinate terms: tracheo-
alveolo-
Related terms: bronchio-
bronco-
bronchio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: bronchi-
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: (combining form) relating to bronchi
Related terms: broncho-
bronco-
Judæo-Aramaic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Judæo- + Aramaic.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Judeo-Aramaic.
Judaeo-Aramaic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Judaeo- + Aramaic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Judeo-Aramaic.
sonovabitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonovabitches
form: sonsovbitches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of son of a bitch.
East Jerusalemite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: East Jerusalemites
Etymology: From East Jerusalem + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: The Palestinians insisted on both outsiders and an East Jerusalemite on the delegation.
ref: 2005, Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: A native or resident of East Jerusalem.
East Jerusalemite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From East Jerusalem + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike my experiences with many families in the West Bank, Mohammed's 'East Jerusalemite family seemed to avoid discussions of politics at every turn.
ref: 2010, Phillip L. Hammack, Narrative and the Politics of Identity, →ISBN, page 289:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to East Jerusalem.
quoracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being quorate, or having enough members to carry out business and cast votes.
accreditive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accreditives
Etymology: From accredit + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A speech act that gives permission or approval.
accreditives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accreditive
enshriner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enshriners
Etymology: From enshrine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: History and experience, the enshriners of the past, and investigation, the discoverer of the present and preparer for the future, will prevent retrogression.
ref: 1849, Hogg's Weekly Instructor, page 388:
glosses: One who enshrines.
enshriners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enshriner
Deborahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Deborah
aircover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of air cover.
airwar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airwars
form: air war
Etymology: From air + war.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A war fought predominantly by aircraft.
fireteam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fireteams
Etymology: From fire + team.
Senses: examples: text: My fireteams are spread thin. We can't hold out forever.
ref: 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A small unit of infantry.
fireteams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fireteam
geoinformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + information.
Senses: glosses: geospatial information
medialect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medialects
Etymology: From media + -lect.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A variant form of language spread by the press, radio, TV etc.
mercantilistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mercantilistic
form: most mercantilistic
Etymology: From mercantile + -istic.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of mercantilism.
racemisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: racemisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of racemization.
scrutinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrutinisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scrutinization.
feliforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feliform
tiltrotor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiltrotors
Etymology: From tilt + rotor.
Senses: glosses: An aircraft that has powered rotors mounted on engine pods that can rotate to provide lift and/or propulsion
Related terms: proprotor
plopter
cyclooctadecanonaene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An annulene having 18 carbon atoms and 9 double bonds
hexaphenylbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexaphenylbenzenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom of a benzene ring has been replaced by phenyl groups
hexaphenylbenzenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexaphenylbenzene
journalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of journall
decannulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decannulations
Etymology: From de- + cannulation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The removal of a cannula.
Related terms: decannulate
decannulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decannulation
trip odometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trip odometers
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A part of an odometer capable of recording the distance traveled during a short trip by allowing its readout to be reset to zero.
Synonyms: trip meter
trip meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trip meters
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A part of an odometer capable of recording the distance traveled during a short trip by allowing its readout to be reset to zero.
Synonyms: trip odometer
Welly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Wellington + -y (diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: Wellington, New Zealand
Repub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌb
Forms: form: Repubs
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Clipping of Republican.
synonyms: Rep.
glosses: Clipping of Republic, used in the full names of countries.
Related terms: Dem
Lib
Repubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Repub
concernable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From concern + -able.
Senses: glosses: concerned; having involvement or responsibility
compunications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of computer + communications, coined by Anthony G. Oettinger in the 1970s.
Senses: glosses: The combination of computer and telecommunications technologies.
crittercam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crittercams
Etymology: From critter + cam.
Senses: examples: text: Studies with crittercams provide a visual record of everything that a marine mammal sees. For example, crittercams have revealed Wedell seals flushing prey from crevices in the ice.
ref: 2005, Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, Kit M. Kovacs, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, page 8:
text: Sophisticated shark tagging techniques and ‘crittercams’ attached to the animals have also explained a great deal about their behaviour.
ref: 2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, volume 34, number 15:
glosses: A package of instruments, including a camera, that can be attached to an animal to study its behavior in the wild.
crittercams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crittercam
Cirencester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ɹənˌsɛs.tə/
ipa: /ˈsɪsɪtə/
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Old English Ċirenċeaster.
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, the site of the ancient Corinium of the Dobunni (OS grid ref SP0202).
Related terms: Corinensis
contradictio in terminis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: contradiction in terms
hypermediacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare literacy and oracy.
Senses: glosses: hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies
hypermediacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presentation of a film or other work as media, by foregrounding those elements that characterise the medium.
defictionalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: defictionalizes
form: defictionalizing
form: defictionalized
form: defictionalized
Etymology: From de- + fictional + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To bring out of the realm of fiction; to associate with the real world.
Related terms: defictionalization
defictionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defictionalizations
Etymology: From de- + fictionalization.
Senses: examples: text: Musil is committed to the dissolution of the ego and to the defictionalization and depersonalization of character as Woolf expresses it in “The Narrow Bridge of Art.”
ref: 1983, William Thomas Hobdell Jackson, George Stade, Jacques Barzun, European Writers, New York: Scribner:
glosses: The process of defictionalizing.
glosses: Something defictionalized.
defictionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defictionalize
defictionalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defictionalize
defictionalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defictionalize
defictionalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defictionalization
job security
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The probability that a person will keep his/her job.
kholsun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kolsun
Etymology: From Marathi कोळसून (koḷsūn).
Senses: examples: text: The Dhole, or kholsun as it is sometimes called, inhabits the western frontiers of British India, its range extending from Midnapore to Chamar, but does not appear to take up its residence in other parts of the same great country.
ref: 1865, John George Wood, The Illustrated Natural History...: Mammalia, Volume 1, page 253:
glosses: The dhole, an Asian wild dog.
Kiliwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kiliwas
form: Kiliwa
Senses: glosses: A member of an aboriginal people of northern Baja California, Mexico.
Kiliwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The traditional language of these people.
killology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kill + -ology. Coined by American soldier and author Dave Grossman.
Senses: glosses: The study of the psychological and physiological effects of killing and combat on the human psyche.
wikipedia: Dave Grossman (author)
Kitasoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kitasoo
Senses: examples: text: Along the central coast of British Columbia, grizzly bears go by many names. In the Sgüüx̣s language spoken by the Kitasoo Nation and the Sm’algyax language of the Gitga’at Nation, they are known as medi’ik. And in the Haíɫzaqvḷa, It7Nuxalkmc, ‘Wuik̓ala, and Xai’xais languages, bears are called nan. The reasons for such differences of language, new research suggests, may be similar to the reasons that grizzly groups differ genetically in the region.
ref: 2021 August 5, Gloria Dickie, “The Language of Bears: New research reveals a curious connection between British Columbia’s Indigenous language families, and the genetic variability of bears”, in Hakai Magazine, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022:
text: Henson said her team worked closely with the Nuxalk, Haíɫzaqv, Kitasoo/Xai'xais, Gitga'at and Wuikinuxv First Nations to sample and analyze the DNA.
ref: 2021 August 22, Winston Szeto, “Grizzly territories in B.C. line up with Indigenous language communities, new study suggests”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2021:
glosses: A member of a particular Tsimshian tribe of Canada.
Kokama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, the Kokama languages, including Kokama, Kokamilla, Omagua, and probably others, would be representatives of the riverine Arawaks who controlled much of the Amazon main branch.
ref: 2006, Jonathan David Hill, Fernando Santos-Granero, Comparative Arawakan Histories, →ISBN:
text: According to Cabral (1995), the origin of Kokama must go back to the late pre-Columbian periuod, when a group of Tupinambá speakers migrated in the late 15th century from the Atlantic coast inland to the upper Amazon, and came in contact with speakers of one or more other languages, possibly Arawakan.
ref: 2012, Lyle Campbell, Verónica Grondona, The Indigenous Languages of South America, →ISBN:
text: Generally, stress in isolated words of two and more syllables is on the last syllable in the Tupi and Tupi-Guarani languages discussed here, with the exception of Chiriguano, Siriono, Yuki, Ava/-Canoeiro, and Kokama, where it is on the penultimate syllable.
ref: 2014, Gale Goodwin Gómez, Hein van der Voort, Reduplication in Indigenous Languages of South America, →ISBN, page 278:
glosses: Alternative form of Cocama.
Kokama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kokamas
form: Kocama
Senses: examples: text: The Kokamas looked disturbed when they arrived in Shoshone.
ref: 1949, James Minoru Sakoda, Minidoka, page 354:
text: Simultaneously, the Kokama Indians of the lower Ucayali region began to emigrate to the Brazilian Solim5es, where they established themselves among the Tukuna, though in separate localities.
ref: 1952, Curt Nimuendajú, The Tukuna - Volumes 45-46, page 9:
text: Espírito Santo (Amazonas state), with an area of 33,849 has. for a population of 121 inhabitants, permanently occupied by the Kokama people.
ref: 2006, Sille Stidsen, The Indigenous World 2006, →ISBN, page 194:
text: Influencing other ethnic groups and beyond The Ticuna project has already expanded to include teachers from two other ethnic groups, Kokama and Kaixana.
ref: 2006, Good Practices on Indigenous Peoples' Development, →ISBN, page 160:
glosses: Alternative form of Cocama.
Cocama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cocamas
form: Cocama
form: Kokama
Senses: glosses: A member of an indigenous tribe of the Peruvian Amazon.
Cocama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kokama
Senses: glosses: An indigenous language of western South America.
HRC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Gibbs saying that the reason HRC delayed releasing her sked was that she was “hiding” something, […]
ref: 2008 March 20, Ana Marie Cox, “Obama Conference Call”, in Times, retrieved 20150315:
glosses: Initialism of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
examples: text: During that march, my queerdar was on full throttle. I saw HRC equality and rainbow stickers all over the place.
ref: 2004, Rick Hoffman, account of the March for Women's Lives, Memorandum from the Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians, Number 46, Summer 2004, page 3
text: “This town hall comes at a critical time in our fight to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in this nation,” said Alphonso David, who was recently named HRC president.
ref: 2019 September 5, Mark Preston, “CNN, Human Rights Campaign to host Democratic presidential town hall focused on LGBTQ issues”, in CNN:
qualifier: usually preceded by the
glosses: Initialism of Human Rights Campaign.
HRC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: materials science
glosses: Abbreviation of hardness on Rockwell scale C.
glosses: Initialism of health reporting code
Hypernyms: sense: hardness scale
word: Rockwell scale
Coordinate terms: sense: hardness scale
word: HRA
sense: hardness scale
word: HRB
sense: hardness scale
word: HRD
sense: hardness scale
word: HRE
sense: hardness scale
word: HRF
sense: hardness scale
word: HRG
sandification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sand + -ification.
Senses: glosses: An environmental change whereby an environment becomes sandy.
Sauvignon blanc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sauvignon blancs
form: Sauvignons blancs
form: sauvignon blanc
Etymology: From French sauvignon blanc.
Senses: glosses: A green-skinned variety of grape that originates from the Bordeaux region of France.
examples: text: I'm not in the mood for whisky, nor beer. Something soft would be sensible, but I decide that wine is the order of the day - a sauvignon blanc, which I take with a few olives.
ref: 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 42:
text: At Le Prem’s, a small bar in western France that sells lottery tickets and tobacco, this greeting has become a running joke since President Emmanuel Macron dropped by unannounced the other day and bought a round of coffee for everyone, save the customers who opted for a bracing midmorning sauvignon blanc.
ref: 2025 April 30, Roger Cohen, “Macron Surprises a Provincial Bar”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A crisp, dry white wine produced from this grape.
Wallersteinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Wallersteinian
form: most Wallersteinian
Etymology: From Wallerstein + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Immanuel Wallerstein (1930–2019), US sociologist.
semiperiphery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiperipheries
Etymology: From semi- + periphery.
Senses: glosses: In world-systems theory, any of the industrializing, mostly capitalist countries positioned between the periphery and core countries.
semiperipheries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiperiphery
world-system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world-systems
Senses: glosses: A socioeconomic system that encompasses part or all of the globe and is typically larger than a single country.
world-systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of world-system
Sexgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From sex + -gate.
Senses: glosses: Any sex-related public scandal, especially the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
sum1
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Phonetic respelling.
Senses: glosses: someone
Stourbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈstaʊəbɹɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology: From the local River Stour + bridge.
Senses: glosses: A large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England.
thusness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thusnesses
Etymology: From thus + -ness.
Senses: topics: Buddhism
human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
synonyms: suchness
tathata
glosses: The state of things being as they are.
Asian corn borer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asian corn borers
Senses: glosses: A crambid moth, of species Ostrinia furnacalis, found in regions from China to Australia, and known as an agricultural pest on several crops, especially corn.
Related terms: European corn borer
Asian corn borers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asian corn borer
tittied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From titty + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: As he stood there, his legs spread and his hands on his hips like a man who knew what he was doing, he saw his big tittied neighbor pull up in her car.
ref: 2007, H. L. Cherryholmes, A Slight Touch, page 160:
glosses: Having a specified kind of breasts.
tallit katan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tallit katans
form: talit katan
Senses: glosses: A fringed poncho-like garment traditionally worn either under or over the clothing by Jewish males.
sonuvabitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonuvabitches
form: sonsuvbitches
Senses: examples: text: The waiter came up, and I ordered a Coke for her—she didn't drink—and a Scotch and soda for myself, but the sonuvabitch wouldn't bring me one, so I had a Coke, too.
ref: 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 168:
text: MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched.
ref: 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
roman: PENTANGELI: Clemenza promised them nothing, he hated the sonsuvbitches.
text: "Holla, balla," she calls when she sees me approaching. "What's crappenin'?" "You old polecat sonuvabitch,” I crow, tackling her. "You planned a 4H meeting without me."
ref: 2011 July 12, Laura Goode, Sister Mischief, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 275:
glosses: Alternative spelling of son of a bitch.
sonuvabitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonuvabitch
Jerusalem cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jerusalem cherries
Senses: glosses: Solanum pseudocapsicum, a nightshade species with poisonous fruit.
Jerusalem cherries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jerusalem cherry
Jerusalem thorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jerusalem thorns
Senses: glosses: The shrub Paliurus spina-christi, native to the Eastern Hemisphere.
glosses: The shrub Parkinsonia aculeata, native to the Western Hemisphere.
Synonyms: sense: Paliurus spina-christi
word: Christ's thorn
Jerusalem sage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Phlomis fruticosa, a lamiaceous flowering plant with yellow tubular flowers and aromatic leaves.
snitz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snitzes
form: snitzing
form: snitzed
form: snitzed
Etymology: German schnitzen
Senses: examples: text: We snitzed and canned 56 quarts of pears by two o'clock.
ref: 2007, Harry W. Rutt, Back porch memories, page 82:
text: Children look forward to apple snitzing, a festive fall event when neighbors gather to make apple cider at a community press.
ref: 2009, Linda Egenes, Visits with the Amish: Impressions of the Plain Life, page 72:
glosses: To slice.
snitzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snitz
snitzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snitz
snitzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snitz
rivels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rivel
cup cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cup cheeses
Etymology: Originally sold in a cup.
Senses: glosses: A soft, spreadable cheese descended from the German Kochkäse and associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch.
trinitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trīnitārius.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a trinity or set of three, especially the Holy Trinity.
Related terms: Trinitarian
ascriptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: ascribing; relating to ascription
Derived terms: ascriptively
ascriptive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascriptives
Senses: examples: text: Herodotus uses more ascriptives than Homer, but the adverbial participle is well illustrated in Herodotus and the complementary is fairly common.
ref: 2008, Charles Bray Williams, The Participle in the Book of Acts, page 11:
text: Ascriptives need not be novel. Tension is a conventional ascriptive that, despite its ubiquitous use, has never achieved technical status in musical discourse.
ref: 2018, Jenefer Robinson, Music and Meaning, page 210:
glosses: The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.
aquaponist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquaponists
Etymology: From aquaponic + -ist.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: One who practises aquaponics.
aquaponists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquaponist
neurotraumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + traumatic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neurotrauma.
battered baby syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shaken baby syndrome.
synonyms: word: shaken baby syndrome
qaraqul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qaraquls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of karakul.
qaraquls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qaraqul
smartingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more smartingly
form: most smartingly
Etymology: From smarting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The bargain might appear unequal; but there was still another consideration in the scales; for while Jekyll would suffer smartingly in the fires of abstinence, Hyde would be not even be conscious of all that he had lost.
ref: 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
glosses: So as to smart; with a stinging pain.
yichud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈjɪxʊd/
note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈjiːxʊd/
note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /-əd/
ipa: /jiːˈxuːd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew יִחוּד (yikhúd).
Senses: glosses: The prohibition in Jewish religious law against seclusion in a private area of a man and a woman who are not married to each other, so as to prevent adultery or promiscuity.
examples: text: If a man and a woman entered yichud, in the presence of witnesses, with the intent of their act signifying marriage, they *would* be married enough to require a get, regardless of whether or not they actually had sex in the room.
ref: 1996 April 30, Jonathan Kamens, “Question on love affairs and illegitimate children”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
glosses: The state of being secluded in a private area with someone of the opposite sex.
taxonomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Before proceeding to this survey a few words regarding the taxonomics of the organism may not be out of place.
ref: 1921, The American Journal of Hygiene, volume 1, page 441:
glosses: taxonomy
Derived terms: metataxonomics
goosestep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goosesteps
form: goosestepping
form: goosestepped
form: goosestepped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goose-step.
Derived terms: goosestepper
goosestepping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of goosestep
goosesteps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goosestep
goosestepped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of goosestep
unattracted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unattracted
form: most unattracted
Etymology: From un- + attracted.
Senses: examples: text: He was clear that he did not want Ann to feel “second class” at work or to feel exhausted and overwhelmed and ultimately unattracted to him.
ref: 2014, David A. Baptiste, Clinical Epiphanies in Marital and Family Therapy, page 181:
glosses: Not attracted.
bulkheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bulkhead + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
ladderway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladderways
Etymology: From ladder + way.
Senses: examples: text: Having spaced the beams of the upper deck according to the disposition of the beams below, the ladderways should be so contrived, that in ships of war there should be one next abaft the fore hatchway, which is a single ladderway[…]
ref: 1805, David Steel, The shipwright's vade-mecum, page 208:
text: It rose in tiers, a maze of intricate wiring inset with black crystal, and surrounded by ladderways and balconies.
ref: 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 84:
text: Digger lunged past me, his shotgun arm extended down the ladderway. One-handed, he fired twice blindly. The shotgun blasts were answered by a scream.
ref: 2012, Richard Marcinko, John Weisman, Detachment Bravo, page 363:
glosses: The shaft or passage enclosing a ladder or connected by ladders.
ladderways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladderway
talcumed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of talcum
talcuming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of talcum
talcums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of talcum
talcums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talcum
compositorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From compositor + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the errors in the book may have been compositorial emendations.
glosses: Relating to a compositor.
Derived terms: compositorially
compositorial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From compositor + -ial.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The product of all composite numbers less than or equal to a particular number.
undisturbedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more undisturbedly
form: most undisturbedly
Etymology: From undisturbed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Calmly; tranquilly; without disturbance.
interiorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interiorizations
Etymology: From interior + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of interiorizing.
interiorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interiorization