cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Rodinal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Trade name.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A black-and-white developing agent based on the chemical 4-aminophenol.
ortol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular chemical used as a photographic developer.
pyrosoda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyro- + soda.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A mixture of pyrogallic acid and soda used as a photographic developer.
Kachin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Burmese ကချင် (ka.hkyang).
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of non-Burman ethnolinguistic groups in Kachin State, Burma, including the Jingpho people.
Derived terms: Kachin State
Kachin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Burmese ကချင် (ka.hkyang).
Senses: glosses: A state of Myanmar.
examples: text: Some of the Yaw Yin people understand Kachin, but as would be natural, are more acquainted with Chinese, and will probably in time be reached through this language.
ref: 1896, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, Annual Report (volume 82, page 92)
glosses: The Jingpho language.
Nunc dimittis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌnʌŋk ˈdɪmɪtɪs/
/ˌnʌŋk dɪˈmɪtɪs/
/ˌnʊŋk dɪˈmɪtɪs/
Etymology: Named after its incipit, Latin nunc dimittis (literally “now you dismiss”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: Nunc
Song of Simeon
glosses: A canticle from a text in the second chapter of Luke in the Bible, often used as the final song in a religious service.
Derived terms: word: Nunc
topics: music
entertainment
lifestyle
word: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
Norfolks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norfolk
Norlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norlanders
Etymology: From Norland + -er.
Senses: glosses: A northerner; a person from the north country.
examples: text: The struggle for Norlanders is to be such a modern nanny while still encapsulating the ethos of the institution that, as the uniform alone attests, is undeniably retro.
ref: 2023 April 29, Lou Stoppard, “Inside the world of the elite nanny”, in FT Weekend:
glosses: A nanny or childcare specialist educated at Norland College, England (founded 1892).
Norlander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Norlanders
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Norlander.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Norlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norlander
bare-bellied Joe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bare-bellied Joes
Etymology: Variant of bare-bellied yoe (dialectal form of ewe), with final /d/ of bellied joining with initial /j/ of yeo to form /d͡ʒ/.
Senses: glosses: A ewe with little or no wool on its belly, therefore requiring less time to shear.
Norland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː.lənd/
ipa: /ˈnɔɹ.lənd/
homophone: Norrland
Forms: form: Norlands
Etymology: From Old English norþ (“north”) + land (“land”). Doublet of Norrland.
Senses: glosses: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE065225).
glosses: A community in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
synonyms: Norwood
glosses: A neighbourhood of Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Norland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː.lənd/
ipa: /ˈnɔɹ.lənd/
homophone: Norrland
Forms: form: Norlands
Etymology: From Old English norþ (“north”) + land (“land”). Doublet of Norrland.
Senses: synonyms: Norlands
glosses: The land in the north; north country.
glosses: A Norlander; a person from the north.
kalied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kalied
form: most kalied
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kaylied (“drunk”).
funicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Viktor Weisskopf from the name of Ireneo Funes, a character who lost his ability to forget, in Jorge Luis Borges' short story Funes the Memorious (Funes el memorioso, 1942). See -ic, -ity.
Senses: examples: text: For some quark, perhaps, the measure of its funicity is zero.
ref: 1995, David Hawkins, “The Grand Laws of Scale”, in Thinking Physics for Teaching:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An inbuilt quality of materials that permanently “remember” their original time and place of creation.
examples: text: In this grey and lugubrious "history," form is all, and any work of art incorporates traces of its (own) funicity.
ref: 1985, D Preziosi, That obscure object of desire: The art of art history:
text: Our ability to read historical change and transformation in the funicity of things - the very bedrock of our socialization - is a socio-semiotic skill we begin to acquire in infancy, and is refined throughout our lives.
ref: 2011, Takeshi Ogura, Dynamic Aspects Of Natural Products Chemistry, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: The reflection of an object's own history in its current form.
rouseabout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rouseabouts
Senses: examples: text: A wool store is adjacent to the shed; and a short distance away are the superintendents quarters; the shearers, and the “rouse-about” men’s huts.
ref: 1872 August 31, “A Tour to the South”, in Town & Country Journal, pages 272–3:
text: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIV, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt
A rough coffin was made during the night and at the grave half-a-dozen of the line men with Strangway, Stanley, Talmud, the doctor and a couple of rouseabouts constituted the mourners.
text: He was the general rouseabout for the town really. Whenever they needed a dirty job done Nat was on the list.
ref: 2013 July 14, Kerry Staight, “Loving restoration of history from the outback dust”, in ABC News:
glosses: Alternative form of roustabout.
rouseabouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rouseabout
Gwydion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A magician, hero and trickster in Welsh mythology.
kest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kests
form: kesting
form: kest
form: kest
Senses: examples: text: Adowne he kest it with so puissant wrest, / That backe againe it did aloft rebownd, / And gaue against his mother earth a gronefull sownd.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of cast.
Ekbom's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Swedish neurologist Karl-Axel Ekbom.
Senses: glosses: restless legs syndrome
glosses: delusional parasitosis
matchbox sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because a matchbox can be used as a container for small objects.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The characteristic situation where a patient with delusional parasitosis presents the doctor with a collection of fibers or other foreign objects supposedly retrieved from the skin.
parasitotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to parasitosis.
topup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topups
Senses: examples: text: The topup could be achieved by moving assets from a previous flagging state to the flagging state which requires a topup.
ref: 2011, Markus Krebsz, Securitization and Structured Finance Post Credit Crunch, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of top-up.
fruitling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruitlings
Etymology: From fruit + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: Any man of common right feeling will love and cherish her who is his own, as I this woman, with my whole heart, though she was but a fruitling of my spear.
ref: 2012, Homer, The Iliad - Page 102:
glosses: A small or immature fruit.
fruitlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fruitling
frumgild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frumgyld
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English frumġild, frumġyld (“a first payment or compensation”), from fruma (“first”) + ġild, ġyld (“payment”). More at former, geld.
Senses: glosses: In Anglo-Saxon law, the first payment made to the kindred of a person slain, toward the recompense of his murder.
Related terms: wergeld, wergild
footgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footgoers
form: foot-goer
form: foot goer
Etymology: From foot + goer. Compare Yiddish פֿוסגייער (fusgeyer), German Fußgeher, Fußgänger, and also etymologically similar footganger.
Senses: examples: text: There is no pavement for the foot-goer but the sharp, round stones sticking up from side to side, and sloping down to the sluiceway in the middle.
ref: 1847, Donald Grant Mitchell, Fresh Gleanings:
text: I came to the conclusion that she was a “grownup” and a “footgoer,” and pointed out her path. She looked at it, and seemed disappointed.
ref: 1900, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men on the Bummel:
text: The horses went at a good pace on this soft grass, and soon the two footgoers called out to us to stop.
ref: 1912, Blackwood's Magazine - Volume 191, page 643:
text: We will not admit ourselves to be inexperienced footgoers, having learned some years before the war, in the Tyrol, all about thick-soled shoes, double-woollen stockings, interchangeable linings, and so on; but here in Spain we had been tempted again to profit by the experience of others, as we had done formerly in the Tyrol.
ref: 1924, Jan Gordon, Cora Gordon, Misadventures with a donkey in Spain, page 125:
text: All but the footgoers pushed on to the Hermitage, where Sam dismounted to stand beside Jackson as the great man spoke his praises.
ref: 1929, John Milton Oskison, A Texas Titan: The Story of Sam Houston, page 93:
text: The night was open with cold wind; footgoers made blazing fires of the dry bushes and stood by, a moment, to warm themselves.
ref: 1936, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta - Volume 1 - Page 78:
text: It should not be confused all experienced footgoers with not less than 10,000 miles on their pedometers and three or more court findings in their favour, are entitled to reject applicants falling below the required standards of physical fitness.
ref: 1959, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch - Volume 237, page 334:
text: They would call themselves Fusgeyers (foot-goers, pedestrians, or wayfarers), wear uniforms, carry lanterns and flags, and support themselves by giving theatrical performances in Yiddish.
ref: 2003, Dorot: The Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Society:
text: One of Rognwald's sons by his wife Hilda, daughter of Rolfe Nefia, was Rolf the Ganger. Called Ganger, meaning "foot goer," because he was too large to ride the small Norwegian ponies, Rolf is said to have been born on the Island of Giske and brought up on the island of Vigra off Aalsund.
ref: 2004, Peytons of Virginia 2, page 2:
text: I stamped my feet and buried my hands in the heavy overcoat I wore. It was even colder by the River Spree, on the pedestrian path underneath the Moltke Bridge. There were no Fussgängers down here tonight. No “footgoers.” Not officially.
ref: 2016, Alan Gratz, Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II:
text: Sixteen active peasants were appointed to be his bodyguard; and two hundred more youths who joined him were called his foot-goers.
ref: 2016, The Great Events of Global History, Vol. 9:
glosses: One who goes by foot; a walker; pedestrian.
footgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footgoer
false primary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false primaries
Senses: examples: text: The false primary about one third the length of the first, which is shorter than the fourth.
ref: 1875, Charles Robert Bree, A History of the Birds of Europe:
text: These Owls, in conjunction with some other species of their kind, have a marked peculiarity—i.e., the outer barbs of the first true primary and of the first false primary feathers have no barbules.
ref: 1905, The Emu: Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union - Volumes 4-5:
text: A web of skin grew from his wrists to his shoulders, while his primary feathers burst out in soft quills from the end of his fingers and quickly grew. His secondaries sprouted along his forearm, and a charming little false primary sprang from the end of each thumb.
ref: 1958, T.H.White, The Once and Future King:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Any flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on a bird's wing.
K-spar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: K-spars
Etymology: From K (“potassium”) and a shortening of feldspar.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: potassic feldspar
Hyponyms: orthoclase
sanidine
microcline
anorthoclase
K-spars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of K-spar
-clase
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλᾰ́σῐς (klắsĭs, “breaking, fracture”) (via French -clase), from κλάω (kláō, “I break”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: fracture (having a fracture of such a form)
sutegana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 捨て仮名 (sutegana).
Senses: glosses: Japanese small okurigana used with kanbun or small kana used for diphthongs.
Related terms: ぁ
ぃ
ぅ
ぇ
ぉ
っ
ゃ
ゅ
ょ
ゎ
ァ
ィ
ゥ
ェ
ォ
ヵ
ㇰ
ヶ
ㇱ
ㇲ
ッ
ㇳ
ㇴ
ㇵ
ㇶ
ㇷ
ㇷ゚
ㇸ
ㇹ
ㇺ
ャ
ュ
ョ
ㇻ
ㇼ
ㇽ
ㇾ
ㇿ
ヮ
pimp cup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pimp cups
Senses: glosses: A type of bling, in the form of a highly decorated chalice, associated with hip-hop culture
feldspathoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From feldspathoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Having feldspathoids.
raw_tags: of a rock
Synonyms: foidal
Derived terms: non-feldspathoidal
electragol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally a trade name.
Senses: examples: text: We injected, however, Paltauf's antistreptococcic serum, and into the veins electragol.
ref: 1910, Transactions of the American Surgical Association:
text: After irrigations with salt or boric acid solutions and finally electragol, the wound of the conjunctiva and Tenon's capsule is closed with a few firm sutures and a bandage applied for from one to two days 'The patient is not confined to bed.
ref: 1914, Charles Heady Beard, Ophthalmic Surgery; a Treatise on Surgical Operations:
text: Schilleau and Pasquer report a recovery after the intraspinal injection of electragol, but the nature of the organism was not very satisfactorily demonstrated.
ref: 1922, Frederick Tice, Practice of Medicine - Volume 10:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A colloid preparation of silver.
nastoyka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nastoykas
form: nastoyki
Etymology: From Russian насто́йка (nastójka).
Senses: glosses: A Slavic liqueur containing an infusion of herbs and/or fruits in brandy or similar spirit
literature review
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: literature reviews
Senses: glosses: A scholarly paper, or part of one, compiled from published sources, which sums up current knowledge of a particular topic.
Related terms: literature search
literature reviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of literature review
tempera grassa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tempera grassa.
Senses: glosses: A variety of tempera painting technique in which oil is added to the egg yolk-pigment mixture.
kutniti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hindi?
Senses: glosses: diplomacy: the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states.
national assembly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: national assemblies
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of National Assembly.
bestrid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bestride
false primaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false primary
antistreptococcic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + streptococcic.
Senses: examples: text: We injected, however, Paltauf's antistreptococcic serum, and into the veins electragol.
ref: 1910, Transactions of the American Surgical Association:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Countering bacteria of the genus Streptococcus.
antistreptococcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + streptococcal.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Countering bacteria of the genus Streptococcus.
streptococcic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: streptococcal
tallianine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French; originally a trade name?
Senses: glosses: A former medical preparation produced by the action of ozone on a terpene-bearing volatile oil.
ksour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ksar
qasr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qasrs
Etymology: Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr), from Latin castrum; compare ksar. Doublet of castrum.
Senses: examples: text: Two ruined Qasrs stand sentinel over the eastern approach to the oasis; behind them are three small patches of Ithil trees, between which and the village stand a dozen walled palm-groves […]
ref: 1923, Harry St. John Bridger Philby, The Heart of Arabia: A Record of Travel & Exploration:
glosses: A palace or castle in Middle Eastern countries.
qasrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qasr
kutcha house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kutcha houses
Senses: examples: text: The possession of a town house, or rented house, whether it is a pucca house, semi-pucca or kutcha houses by the beneficiaries, also have an impact on the programme.
ref: 2003, M. Lakshmi Narasaiah, Approaches to Rural Development, page 80:
glosses: A house built with naturally occurring materials.
Morelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morelians
Etymology: From Morelia + -n.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Morelia, a city in Mexico.
Morelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Morelia + -n.
Senses: examples: text: However, dental restorations of any kind are relatively rare among local indigenes and suggests that this individual was, by Morelian standards, of somewhat higher than average socioeconomic status.
ref: 1994, Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.), Mexico: Waiting for Justice in Chiapas (page 126)
glosses: From or pertaining to Morelia, a city in Mexico.
axials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axial
on-duty
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on duty
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of on duty.
feelpinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feelpinions
Etymology: Blend of feeling + opinion
Senses: examples: text: It turns out that this distinction isn't exactly a feelpinion based on anecdotal evidence of Paris's café culture: despite the quantity the French drink, their drinking pattern is rated by the World Health Organisation as one of the least risky in the world.
ref: 2013 September, Chad Parkhill, “Booze: What's culture got to do with it?”, in The Lifted Brow, number 19:
text: It is the era of feelings. Feelpinions require no facts, no research, they aren’t required to make sense, or be logical, and they thunder around the internet and cable television around the clock.
ref: 2014 January 29, Katharine Murphy, “In the case of the Coalition v the ABC, 'feelpinions' have become evidence”, in The Guardian:
text: On the evidence, as opposed to the feelpinions of Hal's publishers at Quadrant, it seems Australian factory workers in the Second World War were more likely to impede the march to victory by working too hard, ignoring the rudimentary occ health and safety regs of the day, and getting themselves injured and mangled in their machinery.
ref: 2014 December 13, John Birmingham, “Beware the pumas of Lima”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
glosses: An uninformed opinion based on one's feelings rather than known facts.
Related terms: feels over reals
feelpinions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feelpinion
Pecha Kucha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pecha Kuchas
Etymology: Coined by Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein in 2003 from Japanese ぺちゃくちゃ (pechakucha, “continuously and in a lively fashion”, adverb, used to describe talking)
Senses: examples: text: Everyone should try Pecha Kucha—it's a good exercise for getting your story down even if you do not use this exact method for your own live talk.
ref: 2011, Garr Reynolds, Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, →ISBN:
text: Pecha Kucha is based on a simple idea: that by limiting the number of slides in a presentation, and limiting the amount of time a presenter can spend on each slide, presentations will convey information concisely and at a rapid pace.
ref: 2010, Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo, Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: A rigid presentation format in which the speaker has exactly 20 slides to speak about, with exactly 20 seconds allocated for each slide.
examples: text: Each team will have 30 minutes (or some fixed about of time) to plan and create a Pecha Kucha on [name a particular topic]
ref: 2012, John Chen, 50 Digital Team-Building Games, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: A presentation given using the Pecha Kucha format.
examples: text: Pecha Kucha nights are now an established format for presentations in the creative industries.
ref: 2012, Andrew Hugill, The Digital Musician, →ISBN, page 252:
text: Editioned on the occasion of the 2007 Pecha Kucha of the North American Cartographic Information Society.
ref: 2011, John Krygier, Denis Wood, Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: A set of Pecha Kucha talks all given together in one sitting.
Pecha Kuchas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pecha Kucha
pecha-kucha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Since its introduction in 2003, pecha-kucha has spread like a benevolent virus and metamorphosed into an international movement.
ref: 2013, Daniel H. Pink, To Sell Is Human, →ISBN, page 181:
text: A librarian who wants to present on an emerging technology in their library might not need an allotment of 45 minutes–roughly the standard amount of time given for an oral presentation or paper–but such a topic would be perfect combined with other presentations in a fast-paced, pecha-kucha style session or lightning round (in both cases each presenter is given a limited amount of time before an unsympathetic moderator cuts them off and the next presenter speaks).
ref: 2014, Adult and Continuing Education, →ISBN, page 176:
glosses: Alternative form of Pecha Kucha.
overslay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overslays
Etymology: From Middle English overslay, oversleie, from Old English ofersleġe, oferslæġe (“lintel”), equivalent to over- + slay.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A lintel.
karaoke bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karaoke bars
Senses: glosses: A bar where members of the public perform songs using a microphone.
overstain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overstains
form: overstaining
form: overstained
form: overstained
Etymology: From over- + stain.
Senses: examples: text: It is very difficult to overstain with safranin. Wash slides with several changes of water, until water is no longer pink.
ref: 2004, Robert N. Trigiano, Dennis J. Gray, Plant Development and Biotechnology - Page 46:
glosses: To stain the surface of; besmear.
retro-engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From retro- + engineering.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retro-engineer
retro-engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + engineering.
Senses: glosses: The practice of fitting an earlier or superseded design or part to a machine etc. to achieve a specific purpose
street performer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: street performers
Senses: glosses: An artist (musician, actor, painter, etc), who performs in a public place, usually for donated money.
Related terms: street performance
busker
street artist
street musician
tug one's forelock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tugs one's forelock
form: tugging one's forelock
form: tugged one's forelock
form: tugged one's forelock
form: pull one's forelock
form: touch one's forelock
Etymology: From a traditional gesture of respect to the higher classes, pulling down one’s front piece of hair or cap in a mock bow.
Senses: examples: text: These students were quite capable of tugging their forelocks while raising two fingers behind their backs (Newby, 1977), i.e. producing deferential behaviour as part of a more complicated game of manipulation.
ref: 1988, David Corson, Education for Work: Background to Policy and Curriculum, page 228:
text: "Aw, lay off, will you? It's part of my job, you know that." "Yeah, bowing and scraping and tugging your forelock to all those rich old crones. Somebody's chauffeur probably got a scratch on the El Dorado, huh?"
ref: 2013, William G. Tapply, The Dutch Blue Error:
synonyms: bow and scrape
qualifier: often satirical or contemptuous
glosses: To show deference or obsequious respect.
take it upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes it upon oneself
form: taking it upon oneself
form: took it upon oneself
form: taken it upon oneself
Senses: examples: text: She took it upon herself to manage the project.
text: The home secretary of the day, the bumptious Sir William Joynson-Hicks, took it upon himself to attend the house, a formality dating from the 17th century to ensure no impostors were substituted, ostensibly to ensure all was well, and he proclaimed the news publicly, even though the government was then in mid-crisis over the forthcoming general strike.
ref: September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To assume personal responsibility for a task or action.
Related terms: take upon oneself
takes it upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take it upon oneself
taking it upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take it upon oneself
took it upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take it upon oneself
taken it upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take it upon oneself
take upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes upon oneself
form: taking upon oneself
form: took upon oneself
form: taken upon oneself
Senses: examples: text: That's an awful lot of work to take upon yourself.
glosses: To assume personal responsibility for.
Related terms: take it upon oneself
overfare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overfares
form: overfaring
form: overfared
form: overfore
form: overfared
form: overfore
form: overfaren
Etymology: From Middle English *overfaren, ouerfaren, from Old English oferfaran (“to pass; pass over; go off”), equivalent to over- + fare. Related to German überführen (“to transfer”).
Senses: examples: text: Nay, tell us but which one!" All, all resembled her; but she herself 'twas ne'er. Don Juan, all like her were; and thou passedst on! Thou hast not weary waxed the earth to overfare: […]
ref: 1906, Flowers of France: The Romantic Period:
glosses: To go over; pass; traverse.
takes upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take upon oneself
taking upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take upon oneself
took upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take upon oneself
taken upon oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take upon oneself
overfawn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overfawns
form: overfawning
form: overfawned
form: overfawned
Etymology: From over- + fawn.
Senses: glosses: To fawn or flatter grossly or excessively.
guardiancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑːdi.ənsi/
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹdi.ənsi/
Forms: form: guardiancies
Etymology: From guardian + -cy. Compare guardiance.
Senses: glosses: guardianship
guardiancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guardiancy
bronzeware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronzewares
Etymology: From bronze + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Articles made from bronze, treated as a group.
temmoku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temmokus
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tenmoku.
temmokus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of temmoku
tenmoku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛməku/
Forms: form: tenmokus
form: temmoku
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 天目.
Senses: examples: text: Tenmokus are usually dark brown and black with some rust patches, but occasionally they are yellow. green or purple. Good tenmokus have an expressive depth and variation of colour.
ref: 2004, Frank Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, page 358:
glosses: A dark glaze with a surface that resembles oil spotting, made of feldspar, limestone, and iron oxide.
tenmokus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenmoku
tempolabile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tempolabile
form: most tempolabile
Etymology: See temporo- and labile.
Senses: examples: text: With the dried residue of pink-hued soap still pasted to my pores, I slink myself over the tempolabile grooves of my futon, stretching my neck upon the settee until my head hangs over the metal railing of the structure.
ref: 2009, James Swift, How I Survived Three Years at a Two-Year Community College: A Junior Memoir of Epic Proportions, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: Subject to change over time.
tena koe
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌteˈna kweː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori tēnā koe.
Senses: glosses: A greeting (to a single person)
tepache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tepaches
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tepache, from Nahuatl tépiatl or Nahuatl tepachoa.
Senses: glosses: A fermented beverage, sometimes alcoholic, made from the peel and the rind of pineapples, which is sweetened with either piloncillo or brown sugar, seasoned with powdered cinnamon, and served cold.
tepaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tepache
tepa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tepas
Senses: glosses: A tree native to Chile and Argentina, Laureliopsis philippiana
tepas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tepa
terminal tackle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Gear that is attached to the end of a fishing line.
sliding tackle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sliding tackles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of slide tackle.
synonyms: word: slide tackle
test pilot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test pilots
Senses: examples: text: Written by Josh Singer, who shaped a triumph of investigative journalism into the award-winning Spotlight, First Man recounts a significant decade of [Neil] Armstrong's life, from pushing boundaries as a test pilot to taking that one small step for mankind.
ref: 2018 October 9, A. A. Dowd, “The Star and Director of La La Land Reunite for First Man’s Spectacular Trip to the Moon”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2020:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers.
Related terms: test-fly
aeroplanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeroplanists
Etymology: From aeroplane + -ist.
Senses: glosses: an aeroplane pilot
aeroplanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeroplanist
box car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box cars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boxcar (etymology 1).
theodiversity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From theo- + diversity.
Senses: glosses: the diversity of religions within a certain region
thirst snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thirst snakes
Senses: glosses: Any of various species of snake of the genus Dipsas, native to Central America.
Thousand Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Thousand Islands
form: Thousand Island
Senses: glosses: An archipelago of more than 1800 islands and islets on the upper Saint Lawrence River between Canada and the USA, starting near its head at Lake Ontario and extending downriver.
Derived terms: Thousand Island dressing
thoub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thoubs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thobe.
thoubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thoub
Thomson's gazelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thomson's gazelles
Etymology: Named after the Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson
Senses: glosses: A gazelle of species Eudorcas thomsonii.
Synonyms: Tommie
tommie
three-toed sloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-toed sloths
Senses: glosses: A sloth of the genus Bradypus having three toes on each limb.
Related terms: two-toed sloth
tidal power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Tidal energy.
tin hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tin hats
form: tinhat
Senses: examples: text: They could live on jerked goat, the strong black coffee they called 'boiler compound,' and hash cooked in a tin hat.
ref: 2007, Winston Groom, 1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: trench derby
glosses: The steel helmet worn by soldiers during World War I.
examples: text: The New World Order is a term that has often been laughed at, ridiculed and considered as paranoia by tin hat wearing conspiracy theorists in recent history.
ref: 2011, Andrew Curtiss, 1984 Redux: Say Hello to Big Brother, page 491:
text: Meanwhile we're all being led like sheep to the slaughter while being portrayed by the industry that would commit genocide as a fringe group of misguided, uninformed, conspiracy theorist, tin hat lunatics that also believe in alien abductions.
ref: 2011, Carol Ann Lindsay, The Planet Of Comet Sense, page 102:
text: I don’t look like a conspiracy theorist. No tin hat, right?
ref: 2018, Alex Oates, “Rules for Being a Man”, in Silk Road (How to Buy Drugs Online) and Rules for Being a Man, Bloomsbury, page 38:
glosses: A tinfoil hat.
tipsy cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tipsy cakes
Senses: glosses: A sweet English cake, made with sponge cake, sherry and brandy.
TiVo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TiVos
Etymology: From TiVo, a specific digital video recorder introduced in 1999.
Senses: examples: text: Lost, season 4, begins in early February, after one of the most thrilling season enders in a decade of television: […] Set your TiVo.
ref: 2008 January–February, Matt Bean, “Your cultural calendar: 7 things to look forward to this year”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A digital video recorder (of any brand).
TiVo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: TiVos
form: TiVoing
form: TiVoed
form: TiVoed
Etymology: From TiVo, a specific digital video recorder introduced in 1999.
Senses: examples: text: Most of us keep our lips buttoned and our conversations shorter than a prizefighter's temper. It's not because we didn't hear what you said, and it's not because we're too tired, and it's not because we're too busy TiVoing the 2009 fall TV lineup.
ref: 2007, David Zinczenko, Men, Love & Sex: The Complete User's Guide for Women, Rodale, →ISBN, page 56:
glosses: Alternative form of tivo.
toesides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toeside
Tombstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in southeastern Arizona.
tweeb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tweebs
Etymology: Blend of technology + dweeb.
Senses: examples: text: Victoria Balfour's recent "Rock Wives", for instance; Bebe, irritated by it, says it falsely depicts her as a tweeb living in seclusion moaning over lost loves.
ref: 1987, Bitch - Issue 15:
text: Same couple tweebs slurping their coffees.
ref: 2000, Michael Piedmonte, Split Land of Liberty, →ISBN, page 56:
text: Faisal Al-Marzougi, a regular columnist and a famous tweeb on Twitter, is yet another example.
ref: 2016, M. Evren Tok, Lolwah R. M. Alkhater, Leslie A. Pal, Policy-Making in a Transformative State: The Case of Qatar, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: A person who constantly uses technology, e.g. cell phone or tablet.
examples: text: He took suggestions from his tired band of tweebs.
ref: 2004, Mack Maloney, Superhawks: Strike Force Alpha, →ISBN:
text: There had been a long running dislike between Rankin and Grabinsky; neither cut the other any slack. "Listen you little tweeb, I don't care if he's in the shower -- in bed with his wife -- or taking a crap; put me through to the President NOW!!
ref: 2009, Kenneth M. Haines, The Lion, the Leopard, and the Bear, →ISBN, page 31:
text: But we've spent a fortune on lawyers instead of aviation school and wherever this little tweeb is going.
ref: 2013, Robert J. Lacosta, Gamaliel's Advice: Taking Down God, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: A person who does technical work, especially one who is annoying or socially awkward.
tweeb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tweebs
Etymology: From Moroccan Arabic طبيب (ṭbīb, “doctor, physician”).
Senses: examples: text: I confessed the weight of the encouragement and threats which he held out; and inquiring whether he meant to insinuate, that if the Governor died I should suffer death? and whether they always punished their tweebs thus when they dispatched any of their patients to the other world?
ref: 1810, John Buffa, Stockdale, & Blessington -, Travels Through the Empire of Morocco, page 38:
text: It was natural that a medical man should examine the state of the art of healing, among the tweebs of Morocco; it is despicable enough: so is that of literature in general.
ref: 1811, Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines:
glosses: A physician.
tweebs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tweeb
bloomin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of blooming.
followin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of following.
kissin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of kissing.
spittin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of spitting.
feedin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of feeding.
catchin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of catching.
crawlin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of crawling.
forgettin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of forgetting.
spendin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of spending.
steppin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of stepping.
swimmin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of swimming.
hollerin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hollering.
cleanin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of cleaning.
warnin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of warning.
checkin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of checking.
leadin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of leading.
preachin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of preaching.
droppin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of dropping.
shoutin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of shouting.
dreamin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of dreaming.
packin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of packing.
courtin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of courting.
breathin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of breathing.
smilin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of smiling.
sufferin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of suffering.
drawin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of drawing.
wishin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of wishing.
swingin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of swinging.
figurin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of figuring.
fillin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of filling.
studyin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of studying.
tearin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of tearing.
wanderin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of wandering.
sailin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of sailing.
offerin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of offering.
arguin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of arguing.
gamblin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of gambling.
chewin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of chewing.
buryin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of burying.
rubbin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of rubbing.
scratchin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of scratching.
howlin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of howling.
crossin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of crossing.
slippin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of slipping.
macanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macana
parcelcopter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parcelcopters
Etymology: Blend of parcel + -copter
Senses: examples: text: Utilising a remotely controlled quad-copter drone, DHL's new service will send its parcelcopters to the small German island of Juist, while flying 50 metres above ground to avoid any air control regulations.
ref: 2014 October 8, “DHL's parcelcopter drone taking to the air”, in TechSmart Business:
text: And, in Germany, DHL launched an experimental drone delivery service called “parcelcopter” in December 2013, carrying small parcels to the small island of Juist (population 2,000).
ref: 2015 February 18, Chris Morris, “Where can Amazon legally fly its drones?”, in Fortune:
text: Express delivery Parcelcopters could deliver packages and pizzas to your door!
ref: 2015, Susan Hayes, Really? Robots, page 17:
glosses: A small-scale unmanned aerial vehicle used to promptly transport a package.
parcelcopters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parcelcopter
Butland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Butlands
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Clyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in Clyne and Melincourt community, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN8000).
Smalling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Jagielka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Romanisation of Polish Jagiełka
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Delph
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛlf
Etymology: (For the village) from Old English delf, gedelf (“quarry”)
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in Saddleworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9807).
glosses: A rural locality in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
Barkley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑɹkli/
homophone: Barclay
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kli
Forms: form: Barkleys
Etymology: Variant of Berkeley.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
glosses: A township in Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Marion County, Missouri, United States.
Ruddy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
artophorion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artophoria
Etymology: From Greek αρτοφόριο (artofório), or rather its Ancient Greek etymon.
Senses: qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: The tabernacle on the high altar in an Eastern Orthodox church
artophoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artophorion
Flanagan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Flanagans
form: Flanagin
form: Flannagan
form: Flanigan
form: Flannigan
Etymology: From Irish Ó Flannagáin (“descendant of Flannagán”), a personal name from a double diminutive of flann (“blood red”).
Senses: examples: text: According to the attorney general’s office, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan was arrested. She has worked for the office for about seven years and is currently assigned to the Appellate Unit of the Criminal Division.
ref: 2025 August 15, Jusolyn Flower, “Assistant attorney general arrested in Newport”, in WPRI:
glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A village in Livingston County, Illinois, United States.
Derived terms: Flanagan Island
Milner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Miller, retaining the -n- of Middle English mylnere (“miller”).
* As a German surname, variant of Müller, Mueller.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a miller
glosses: An unincorporated community in Routt County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A minor city in Lamar County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A village in the township of Langley, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
Derived terms: Egli-Milner order
Hindley-Milner type system
Lallana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Wilshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Reduced variant of Wiltshire. The Los Angeles neighborhood is named for Wilshire Boulevard.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States, located to the west of Downtown.
Related terms: Mid-Wilshire
Willshire
Wilshire Center
Wiltshire
Oxlade
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Shelvey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Colback
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lampard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.