cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bush rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bush rats
Senses: examples: text: The noise ceased the moment I crawled into the attic, but something was rotten in the roof, and a putrid smell and pyramids of chewed cardboard suggested that possums or bush rats had nested in boxes stacked with the previous owner's red and yellow moodscapes.
ref: 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 18
glosses: Any of various rat-sized rodents and marsupials, especially local species of Rattus.
glosses: The rodent, Rattus fuscipes, of coastal eastern and southern Australia.
rock mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock mice
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rock rat.
synonyms: word: rock rat
glosses: A rodent of the genus Petromyscus.
rock mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rock mouse
bush rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush rat
placebo button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: placebo buttons
Senses: glosses: A push-button with apparent functionality that actually has no effect when pressed.
right enough
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: She saw me right enough (= so she can't pretend she did not)
text: This is now much reviled as a symbol of Western meddling in the Middle East and, right enough, it appears to have been yet another of those fantasies that arose out of the First World War.
ref: 2016, Norman Stone, “A Line in the Sand”, in Literary Review, section 449:
glosses: Certainly, indeed.
put right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts right
form: putting right
form: put right
form: put right
Senses: examples: text: “When people realize things are going wrong, there are two questions they can ask: One is, ‘What did we do wrong?’ ... [This] question leads to another line of thinking: ‘How do we put it right?’”
ref: 2008, Lawrence E. Harrison, “Introduction”, in The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: set straight
glosses: To rectify; to put in order; to make good.
Related terms: put to rights
waxed wode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wax wode
Synonyms: sense: simple past tense
word: wex wode
word: waxen wode
wex wode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of wax wode
Synonyms: waxed wode
waxen wode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of wax wode
Synonyms: waxed wode
waxing wode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wax wode
waxes wode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wax wode
fingerstall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingerstalls
form: finger-stall
form: finger stall
Senses: glosses: A protective cover for the finger; a fingercot.
debureaucratize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪ.bjʊəˈɹɒkɹətʌɪz/
Forms: form: debureaucratizes
form: debureaucratizing
form: debureaucratized
form: debureaucratized
form: debureaucratise
Etymology: From de- + bureaucratize.
Senses: glosses: To reduce the amount of bureaucracy involved in decision making.
debureaucratizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debureaucratize
debureaucratizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of debureaucratize
debureaucratized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debureaucratize
debureaucratise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: debureaucratises
form: debureaucratising
form: debureaucratised
form: debureaucratised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of debureaucratize.
debureaucratises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debureaucratise
debureaucratising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of debureaucratise
debureaucratised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debureaucratise
sextortionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sextortionists
Senses: glosses: A person who carries out sextortion.
sextortionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sextortionist
Azetium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin *Azētium, reconstructed from numismatically attested Ancient Greek Ἀζητῖνοι (Azētînoi) and Ezetium in medieval transcriptions.
Senses: glosses: A former town in Apulia, of uncertain site, probably Rutigliano
gift from above
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gifts from above
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gift from the gods.
synonyms: word: gift from the gods
gifts from above
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gift from above
wikisphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wikispheres
Etymology: From wiki + -sphere.
Senses: glosses: The totality of wikis on the internet.
gift basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gift baskets
Senses: glosses: A collection of (often) related items bundled together for use as a gift, often in a container.
gift baskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gift basket
nonprecautionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + precautionary.
Senses: glosses: Not precautionary.
Scandiwegian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːdʒən
Forms: form: more Scandiwegian
form: most Scandiwegian
Etymology: Blend of Scandinavian + Norwegian
Senses: examples: text: They bought a cheap bed, and a ten-foot 1960s Scandiwegian sofa; they bought a small red Quasar Tv, with its remote in the form of an identical miniature red TV.
ref: 2002, Terrell Dixon, City Wilds: Essays and Stories about Urban Nature, →ISBN, page 279:
text: Architects and designers used to speak, not always respectfully, of a style called Scandiwegian. The term was coined to describe that middlebrow, does-you-good, polite modernism professed by the enlightened Nordic countries.
ref: 2008, Waitrose Food Illustrated, page 86:
text: Think about how many people you know who own a top of the range shiny Scandiwegian fridge which opens to reveal a curling sandwich, a dead tomato and some curdling milk.
ref: 2008, Steve Shipside, Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth, →ISBN, page 25:
text: No matter what he tried, the results looked like he'd bought the contents of his home in a single trip to a Scandiwegian interior store: sort of a cross between an airport departure lounge and an upscale psych hospital.
ref: 2010, Marshall Moore, An Ideal for Living, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: Belonging or relating to a style of interior furnishings that is middlebrow, bland, and modern.
examples: text: Jomo talks with the conglomerate accent of one much practised in addressing an international audience: basically English, with a bit of Scandiwegian, a bit of mid-Atlantic, some East European gutturals and a touch of Australasian.
ref: 2011, Serena Mackesy, The Temp, →ISBN:
text: In the Sixties, Reuben Mattus created the fake Scandiwegian brand of HäagenDazs, with its meaninglessly hoveringumlaut, to comfort a country still crying over its murdered president.
ref: 2011, Simon Schama, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble, →ISBN:
text: Many years ago, an old Norse berserker, told me a stirring tale, a real tear-jerker, about how he'd never been a shirker, when he was a Scandiwegian postal-worker.
ref: 2013, Richard James Bentley, Greenbeard, →ISBN:
text: Even though they eventually gave up booting around the decapitated heads of Scandiwegian noblemen, many of these old soccer games continued to be extremely violent.
ref: 2014, Michael Cox, Fitter, Faster, Funnier Football, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: Vaguely Scandinavian or Nordic.
Scandiwegian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːdʒən
Forms: form: Scandiwegians
Etymology: Blend of Scandinavian + Norwegian
Senses: examples: text: Another bloody Scandiwegian by the look of the blue eyes and flaxen hair.
ref: 2010, Stephen Fry, The Stars' Tennis Balls, →ISBN, page 184:
text: The Scandiwegians present applauded heartily, Lutherans lapped it up, and there was obviously a following for fullthroated Russell Watson, if the middleaged bags in Size 20 Boden frocks were any clue.
ref: 2011, Roger Lewis, What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Life as Me, →ISBN:
text: The other thing we found is that this part of the island is, for some reason, a firm favourite with Germans and Scandiwegians.
ref: 2016, Mike Bodnar, Against the Current, →ISBN:
glosses: A person who is Scandinavian or of Nordic descent.
Scandiwegians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scandiwegian
Rasalhague
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ras Alhague
Senses: glosses: Alpha Ophiuchi, a binary star and the brightest star in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
Marr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar).
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”).
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬 /马 (mǎ), see Ma.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5105).
glosses: A committee area in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.
Naos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Zeta Puppis, a star in the constellation of Puppis.
Scandi-noir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scandi-noirs
Etymology: Blend of Scandi + film noir.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Synonym of Nordic noir (“subgenre of film noir”).
synonyms: word: Nordic noir
extra: subgenre of film noir
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
related: word: Scandi noir
word: Scandinoir
synonyms: word: Scandinavian noir
word: Nordic noir
extra: film or show of this subgenre
glosses: Synonym of Nordic noir (“film or show of this subgenre”).
bed-and-breakfasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bed-and-breakfast
scratchsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scratchsome
form: most scratchsome
Etymology: From scratch + -some.
Senses: examples: text: “[...] Universal vet care!” The Reverend Justly Scratchsome spoke, “Everybody should have that. [...]”
ref: 2008, Douglas Kendall, America's Reigning Cats and Dogs!:
text: “This bottling-up will be scratchsome, no doubt of that. [...]”
ref: 2011, Philip Jose Farmer, Gods of Riverworld:
text: “Remind me again why we are trudging about in scratchsome chain sherts over padded leather tunics, all that covered with wet fur pelts, carrying heavy shields and swords and battleaxes, during a hailstorm, smack down the middle of enemy lands, like bloody game pigeons?”
ref: 2014, Sandra Hill, A Tale of Two Vikings:
glosses: Characterised or marked by scratching or scratchiness
TEOS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of tetraethyl orthosilicate.
TMVS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TMVSes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of trimethyl(vinyl)silane.
glosses: Abbreviation of thermostatic mixing valve.
IBID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: Abbreviation of ion beam-induced deposition.
Related terms: EBID
EBID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: Abbreviation of electron beam-induced deposition.
Related terms: IBID
debureaucratization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: debureaucratizations
form: de-bureaucratization
Etymology: From de- + bureaucratization.
Senses: examples: text: Some researchers assume that debureaucratization is synonymous with a paucity of rules, supervision, and sanctions for teachers and thus is a source of organizational decentralization.
ref: 2003, Richard M. Ingersoll, Who Controls Teachers' Work?: Power and Accountability in America's Schools:
glosses: The act or instance of being debureaucratized.
Related terms: debureaucratize
de-bureaucratization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: de-bureaucratizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of debureaucratization.
debureaucratizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debureaucratization
seedhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seedhouses
Etymology: From seed + house.
Senses: examples: text: They found him slumped at his desk in a small, square office, whose walls were tacked with dodger posters and a calendar from a seedhouse showing a golden cornucopia spilling out such big garden vegetables they were scary.
ref: 1994, Wesley Ellis, Lone Star 146/trapper, →ISBN:
text: I am particularly baffled by those who wait to buy their seeds until they are ready to plant them, then have to get them at a store instead of from a seedhouse.
ref: 2011, Ruth Stout, Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy & the Indolent, →ISBN:
text: There was also a seedhouse which sold (both retail and wholesale with discount) vegetable, flower and agricultural seeds as well as garden tools and 'other requisites'.
ref: 2012, Sue Shephard, Seeds of Fortune: A Gardening Dynasty, →ISBN:
glosses: A business that specializes in selling seeds, especially one that operates via mail order.
examples: text: To date, 37 landraces of rice, 5 of sponge gourd, 3 of pigeon pea and 2 of finger millet seeds have been collected and stored in the seedhouse (Table 2) and this number is increasing.
ref: 2005, Bhuwon Ratna Sthapit, On Farm Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity in Nepal, →ISBN:
text: They thrived by cultivating all kinds of seeds for sale, storing them in a seedhouse five stories high.
ref: 2007, Christopher S. Wren, Walking to Vermont, →ISBN:
text: In a single room of a seedhouse in California 235 house mice were trapped within a year, and during a mouse outbreak in the central farmlands of California the population was estimated at 200,000 per hectare.
ref: 2015, Roger W. Barbour, Wayne H. Davis, Mammals Of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 226:
glosses: A building that is used for storing seeds.
seedhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seedhouse
stroll in the park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of walk in the park.
synonyms: word: walk in the park
SHIM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: microscopy
glosses: Abbreviation of scanning helium ion microscope.
Related terms: SEM
synairesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synaireses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of synaeresis.
stalkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɔːkɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈstoːkɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɔːkɪʃ
Forms: form: more stalkish
form: most stalkish
Etymology: From stalk + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: This was bordering on stalkish behavior.
ref: 2016, Samantha Long, Taking the Heat: Kismet Series, Book 2:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a stalker.
plan C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: plan A
plan B
glosses: An alternative solution adopted when the two previous plans do not succeed.
be silent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is silent
form: being silent
form: was silent
form: been silent
Senses: glosses: To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)
sinuplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinuplasties
Etymology: Clipping of balloon sinuplasty
Senses: glosses: balloon sinuplasty
sinuplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinuplasty
trimethyl(vinyl)silane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of vinyltrimethylsilane.
synonyms: word: vinyltrimethylsilane
vinyltrimethylsilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aliphatic silane CH₂=CHSi(CH₃)₃
mulberrofuran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mulberrofurans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of flavonoids isolated from the white mulberry (Morus alba)
mulberrofurans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mulberrofuran
muraymycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muraymycins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of nucleoside-lipopeptide antibiotics isolated from Streptomyces
muraymycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muraymycin
mureidomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mureidomycins
Senses: glosses: A peptide-nucleoside antibiotic with antipseudomonal activity
nimbidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nimbidins
Senses: glosses: A mixture of tetranortriterpenes that is the bitter principle of neem
Related terms: nimbidol
tetranortriterpene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetranortriterpenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that is formally derived from a triterpene by the addition of four methylene groups
tetranortriterpenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetranortriterpene
nonaprenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nona- + prenyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical formed from nine isoprenyl moieties
oxoerythromycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oxo- + erythromycin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A ketone derived from erythromycin
pactamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pactamycins
Senses: glosses: An antitumor antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces pactum
paratocarpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paratocarpins
Senses: glosses: Any of a small group of prenylated chalcone flavonoids isolated from Euphorbia humifusa
peptidylnucleoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peptidylnucleosides
Senses: glosses: Any peptidyl derivative of a nucleoside
peptidylnucleosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peptidylnucleoside
phenicols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenicol
phosphodisaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphodisaccharides
Etymology: From phospho- + disaccharide.
Senses: glosses: Any phosphosugar derived from a disaccharide
phosphosaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphosaccharides
Etymology: From phospho- + saccharide.
Senses: glosses: The phosphosugar form of a saccharide
cabossed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caboshed.
undy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌndi/
homophone: undie
rhymes: -ʌndi
Senses: examples: text: The Atchievement of the Lord MADERTT, is Or, three Barrs undy Gules, and on a Canton Argent, a Lion's Head erased within a double Tressure,[…]
ref: 1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 67:
text: 191. John louel . Barry undy of six or and gules . No trace of a label. (Munsire Ioh'n Iouel, lescu undee dor & de gules a un label de azur.)
ref: 1884, Notes and Queries, page 84:
text: Argent, fretty sable. Gules, three bars undy argent, each charged with three martlets sable, on a chief argent three pellets. Crest: A camel's head and neck erased or, charged with three bends undy gules.
ref: 1899, Thomas Benolt, The Visitations of the County of Surrey Made and Taken in the Years 1530, page 231:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of undé.
undwelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dwelled.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of undwelt.
almond potato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: almond potatoes
Senses: glosses: A potato of an oval or almond-shaped variety, usually yellow or white, considered a delicacy in Norway and Sweden.
almond potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of almond potato
zemidjan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zemidjans
Etymology: From French zémidjan, from Fon zěmìjàn.
Senses: glosses: A motorcycle taxi found in Benin.
Synonyms: zem
zemidjans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zemidjan
cat-cow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat-cows
Senses: qualifier: yoga
glosses: A stretching motion that incorporates the cat and cow asanas, in which a person arches their back first in one direction, and then the other.
cat-cow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cat-cows
form: cat-cowing
form: cat-cowed
form: cat-cowed
Senses: examples: text: Well, actually, as attendees learned while we cat-cowed and downward-dog’d, the real instigator was David’s loss to his girlfriend in a common “debate”...
ref: 2010, Ashley Koff, “Yoga for Foodies: A Most Excellent Combination”, in HuffPost:
text: Continue to Cat-Cow (flex and extend) your spine and experience your shoulder blades sliding together and apart.
ref: 2012, Andrew Belcher, Mind Body Bike: Yoga and the Art of Slowing Down to Speed Up:
text: “Cat-cowing is great first thing in the morning,” she said.
ref: 2018, Amber Leigh Williams, Navy SEAL's Match:
text: We continued to meet, registering for the same birthing classes, the same CPR course, cat-cowing next to one another at the same yoga studio.
ref: 2018, Aimee Molloy, The Perfect Mother: A Novel:
qualifier: yoga
glosses: To engage in cat-cow stretching.
cat-cows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cat-cow
moof
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /muf/
ipa: /muːf/
rhymes: -uːf
Etymology: Blend of moo (“lowing sound of a cow”) + woof (“barking sound of a dog”). Coined by American computer programmer Mark Harlan in 1987 or 1988 in internal memoranda within Apple Computer. First publicly attested in 1989. Trademarked by Apple from 1992 to 1999 (U.S. Reg. No. 1,695,826).
Senses: examples: text: Upon closer examination, I discovered that dogcows actually "speak." In a very excited condition, like being near an open can of Mountain Dew, dogcows will say "Boo Woo! Moof!" But it is much more common to hear them just say, "Moof!"
ref: 1989 April 24, Mark Harlan, “The Dogcow”, in Machintosh Technical Notes, number 31, Cupertino, California: Apple Computer, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2004:
text: “And won’t you just cry out and beg for mercy? You know, Alisha dear,” warm breath on him, “I used to think he was just a dog, and then I thought he was a cow, but I think—I know—he’s just a cross between both, a cow and a dog. Cows go moo, dogs go woof, so what does a dogcow go? Moof moof moof. Go moof, Chuck, go moof.”
ref: 1995, Michael A. Hemmingson, Nice Little Stories Jam-Packed with Depraved Sex & Violence, Denver: CyberPsychos AOD, →ISBN, page 23:
text: Everyone knew where the hackers were sitting when they started yelling “Moof! moof!” at the screen—“moof” is the sound the LaserWriter Options dogcow makes.
ref: 1998 September 3, David Morgenstein, “BMUG Report: The Cupertino Shuffle”, in MicroTimes, volume 7, number 9, Oakland, California: BAM Publications, page 178:
text: His name, they say, is Clarus. His bark, they say, is Moof.
ref: 1998 October 29, Bob LeVitus, “The tail of the dogcow”, in Mac OS 8.5 For Dummies, Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, →ISBN, page 162:
text: You can predict, we bet, the sound she makes: Moof! (Yes, the Dogcow is a she—as is every cow. Otherwise, she would be a dogbull.
ref: 2001 June 29, David Pogue, Joseph Schorr, “The inevitable Dogcow sidebar”, in Macworld? Mac? Secrets?, Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, →ISBN, page 1040:
text: “But it has ten legs and goes ‘moof-moof’,” Eddie joked.
ref: 2007 March 1, Holly Haggarty, Summer Dragons, Toronto: Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 99:
text: Before you reconfigure, mount
a scratch monkey. A dogcow
makes a moof. An aliasing bug
can smash the stack.
ref: 2009 May 11, Heather McHugh, “Hackers Can Sidejack Cookies”, in The New Yorker, volume 85, number 13, New York City, retrieved 12 Apr 2025:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Used to indicate the lowing or barking sound of a dogcow or similar chimeric creature.
moof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /muf/
ipa: /muːf/
rhymes: -uːf
Forms: form: moofs
Senses: examples: text: What was thought […] to be smoke coming from a badly tuned engine was in reality a pot burning moof!
ref: 2014, Frank B. Thompson, III, WTF!: This is a Liberal Utopia!:
glosses: A bong (vessel for smoking marijuana).
moofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moof
pigeon pose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigeon poses
Senses: qualifier: yoga
glosses: A particular asana involving stretching of the legs.
pigeon poses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigeon pose
Eurofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurofascists
Etymology: From Euro- + fascist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Eurofascism.
Eurofascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurofascist
play tricks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays tricks
form: playing tricks
form: played tricks
form: played tricks
Senses: examples: text: The neighbour's children keep playing tricks on each other.
text: "[…] On the 18th of October, 1841, a very intense magnetic disturbance was recorded, and amongst other curious facts mentioned is that of the detention of the 10:05pm express train at Exeter for 16 minutes, as from the magnetic disturbance affecting the needles so powerfully, it was impossible to ascertain if the line was clear at Starcross. The superintendent at Exeter reported the next morning that someone was playing tricks with the instruments, and would not let them work."
ref: 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, tricks.
examples: text: Is that man naked, or are my eyes playing tricks on me?
text: Sometimes I give myself the creeps / Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
ref: 1994, Green Day, “Basket Case”, in Dookie:
glosses: Of one's eyes, mind, etc.: to deceive or mislead one.
MGTOWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MGTOW
overwins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overwin
HELP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of heat escape lessening position: a crouching position with the knees held close to the chest, used to conserve body heat in cold water.
underfrequency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + frequency.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The condition where the frequency of an electrical supply drops below normal parameters.
overfrequency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + frequency.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The condition where the frequency of an electrical supply rises above normal parameters.
trawlwires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trawlwire
Angolagate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Angola + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2008 controversy around arms sales by France to Angola between 1993 and 2000.
Bingogate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From bingo + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 1990s scandal in British Columbia around the skimming of charity bingo funds to benefit the ruling New Democratic Party.
Brothelgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From brothel + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The Willie O'Dea affidavit incident, a 2010 political controversy in Ireland relating to remarks made by Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea about the alleged connection between a brothel and Sinn Féin politician Maurice Quinlivan. O'Dea falsely swore by affidavit that he had not made these remarks.
Coalgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From coal + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 1992 controversy around the mishandling of coalfield auctions by the Indian government.
Coalgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand, where lignite was mined.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Coal County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A former unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
Frenchization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something culturally or linguistically French.
Corngate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From corn + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A 2002 scandal around the suspected release in 2000 of genetically modified corn seed in New Zealand.
throw a curve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws a curve
form: throwing a curve
form: threw a curve
form: thrown a curve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throw someone a curve.
Coingate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From coin + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2005 controversy around mishandling of government funds entrusted to Ohio Republican Party operatives, involving rare coin funds.
Fingergate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From finger + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: Asked to comment on this latest turn in the unfolding “Fingergate” scandal, which has focused populist rage in Germany over the Greek debt on Greece’s new finance minister, Mr. Varoufakis told Reuters TV in Athens on Thursday that he had been vindicated.
ref: 2015 March 20, Robert Mackey, “Greco-German ‘Fingergate’ Gets Curiouser and Curiouser”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A 2015 controversy around a video, later found to be doctored, allegedly showing Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis making an obscene hand gesture to punctuate his comments about the financial relationship of Greece and Germany during a lecture in Croatia in 2013.
overslays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overslay
Fallagate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Falla + -gate, after the name of the construction company involved, from the owners' surname.
Senses: glosses: A 2007 political scandal in Guernsey over an attempt to avoid a political conflict of interest over a hospital extension plan.
Plodgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From plod + -gate, because of the involvement of a police officer.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Plebgate.
synonyms: word: Plebgate
Gategate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From gate + -gate, since the controversy involved a policeman asking MP Andrew Mitchell to leave Downing Street by a different gate.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Plebgate.
synonyms: word: Plebgate
Garglegate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From gargle + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2010 controversy around a radio interview given by Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Brian Cowen, in which many commentators said he appeared to be suffering from a hangover.
Gloriagate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gloria + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A 2005 electoral scandal in the Philippines involving leaked telephone conversations between former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and a commissioner of the Commission on Elections, the two allegedly conspiring to rig the results of the presidential election.
Grangegate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From grange + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A 2014 scandal over Australian politician Barry O'Farrell's failure to declare a gift of a $3,000 bottle of Grange Hermitage wine from a business executive.
OTH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of over the horizon: a form of radar that can detect targets at very long ranges, typically hundreds to thousands of kilometres, beyond the radar horizon.
OTH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of other.
examples: text: Half of all workers have a radio at work and nearly 90 per cent of those who drive to work listen in the car on their way. Because it is often a background medium, advertisements need to be repeated to allow a greater opportunity to hear (OTH) and should be simple and novel so as to attract attention.
ref: 2000, Ray Wright, Advertising, page 224:
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of opportunity to hear.
Coordinate terms: word: IND
english: Conservative
translation: Conservative
word: CON
english: Liberal
translation: Liberal
word: LIB
english: Labour
translation: Labour
word: LAB
english: Green
translation: Green
word: GRN
english: Social Democrat
translation: Social Democrat
word: SD
english: Liberal Democrat
translation: Liberal Democrat
word: LD
english: Christian Democrat
translation: Christian Democrat
word: CD
Hairgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From hair + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 1993 controversy around allegations that Bill Clinton's haircut aboard Air Force One delayed air traffic.
glosses: A 2014 controversy around allegations that the iPhone 6 could trap the hair of a user holding it to their ear while making a call.
Hairgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hair + -gate, after umpire Darrell Hair, who made the ruling.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A 2006 controversy around allegations of ball tampering in the Test match between England and Pakistan.
overwaited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overwait
overwaiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overwait
overwaits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overwait
Chinagate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From China + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy.
Emailgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From email + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A 2015 controversy around Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account and server, in violation of federal security and transparency guidelines.
Debategate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From debate + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: Briefingate
glosses: A 1980s political scandal affecting the administration of Ronald Reagan, where Reagan's team somehow acquired President Jimmy Carter's briefing papers for a debate with Reagan.
Crashgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From crash + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2008 controversy around allegations of race fixing at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
Homeworkgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From homework + -gate, in reference to an assignment given to the players by their head coach, asking them to write down ways of improving their team performance.
Senses: glosses: A controversy involving the Australian cricket team's tour of India in 2013, during which players were suspended from play following breaches of discipline.
Skategate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From skate + -gate.
Senses: glosses: The 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal.
Themistocles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Themistokles
form: Themistoklis
Senses: glosses: A male given name of Greek usage.
Textgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From text + -gate.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A 2015 controversy in which the Cleveland Browns and general manager Ray Farmer were disciplined for sending text messages to coaches during games in the 2014 season, in violation of NFL rules.
radar horizon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radar horizons
Senses: glosses: A critical area of performance for aircraft detection systems, defined by the distance at which the radar beam rises enough above the Earth's surface to make detection of a target at low level impossible.
Related terms: OTH
clear zone
clutter zone
radar shadow
radar horizons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radar horizon
Horsegate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From horse + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A scandal in 2013 in which it emerged that several large British supermarket chains were selling equine meat in products claimed to be one hundred percent beef.
Gerstmanngate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gerstmann + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: It's fair to say that people's reaction to Gerstmanngate has been less than rational. The media, or rather 'the bits of the media who give a toss', covered it with the usual aplomb and overuse of inflammatory headlines, and most blogs took the opportunity to wax lyrical on the ethics of journalism and, of all things, the integrity of the games industry.
ref: 2008 January 25, Lisa, “The idiot is whinier than the sword”, in Felix, number 1,393, London: Imperial College Union, →ISSN, page 9:
glosses: A controversy following the 2007 dismissal of Jeff Gerstmann from his position as Editorial Director of GameSpot, alleged by some to be a consequence of his giving only a mediocre rating to a video game that was being heavily advertised on GameSpot at the time.
Robogate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From robo- + -gate, in reference to robocalls.
Senses: glosses: The 2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal.
weavy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weavy
form: most weavy
Etymology: From weave + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Now that you have installed your weave attachment to your ponytail, you may notice that it looks a little cheap and “weavy”.
ref: 2013, Darrius Peace, My Hair Ain't Nappy: Secrets to Mastering Your Natural Hair:
text: She was the color of a caramel latte, with almond-shaped hazel brown eyes, and long weavy hair just below her shoulders. Yeah, you read that right, she spent over two thousand dollars in hair weave every few months!
ref: 2015, Michaela Gregory, Victoria Canady, The Familiar's Lie:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hair weave.
Shawinigate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Shawinigan + -gate
Senses: glosses: A 1999 Canadian scandal involving Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's profiting from real estate deals in his home riding of Shawinigan, Quebec.
e-fed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-feds
Etymology: From e- + fed.
Senses: examples: text: Ripe in the white-hot era of late '90s professional wrestling, with WCW and WWE (then the WWF) battling for wrestling supremacy, e-feds were sprouting all over the internet like bad zits on prom night.
ref: 2014, Rob Strangman, Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman, page 285:
glosses: A fantasy wrestling federation operated over the Internet.
e-feds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-fed
filterware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From filter + -ware.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Software that filters out objectionable material.
Romeo and Juliet law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Romeo and Juliet laws
Etymology: From the names of the young lovers in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
Senses: glosses: A law that reduces the penalty for voluntary sexual intercourse that would otherwise be statutory rape, typically where the age gap between the participants is no more than a few years.
wikipedia: Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Romeo and Juliet law
Porngate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From porn + -gate.
Senses: glosses: The Karnataka video clip controversy of 2012, in which two ministers of the state cabinet of India resigned over claims that they watched pornography on a mobile device while the legislature was in session.
vellomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: enthusiasm for vellum manuscripts
Irisgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Iris + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2010 controversy around an extramarital affair of Iris Robinson, wife of Northern Ireland politician Peter Robinson.
cohens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohen
SAHP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SAHPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of stay-at-home parent.
glosses: initialism of Solar-assisted heat pump
SAHPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SAHP
faulkner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faulkners
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of falconer.
faulkners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faulkner
haymonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haymongers
Etymology: From Middle English heimongere, heymonger, heymongere; equivalent to hay + monger.
Senses: glosses: A dealer in hay.
haymongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haymonger
delurker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delurkers
Etymology: From delurk + -er.
Senses: examples: text: One is how the delurker carried out the delurking action, i.e. how they presented themselves to the group for the first time. The other is how the group received them.
ref: 2012, Christopher Lueg, Danyel Fisher, From Usenet to CoWebs: Interacting with Social Information Spaces:
glosses: One who delurks.
delurkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delurker
joyner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joyners
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of joiner (“carpenter”).
joyners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joyner
alemonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alemongers
Etymology: From ale + monger.
Senses: glosses: A seller of ale.
alemongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alemonger
winemonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winemongers
Etymology: From wine + monger.
Senses: glosses: A seller of wine.
beermonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beermongers
Etymology: From beer + monger.
Senses: glosses: A seller of beer.
beermongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beermonger
winemongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winemonger
perukers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peruker
splitter bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splitter buses
Senses: examples: text: So at that stage they had Rick doing front of house, and one of their local mates called Alan was their T-shirt guy, it was literally them in the back of a splitter bus driving around.
ref: 2014, Mark Beaumont, Muse: Out Of This World:
glosses: A converted bus used by touring bands, having a central bulkhead that divides the seating from the equipment.
splitter buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splitter bus
carework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From care + work.
Senses: examples: a thesis investigating whether working mothers do more carework than working fathers
glosses: Work that involves caring for others, whether paid or not.
Related terms: caregiving
careworker
trammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trammers
Etymology: From tram + -er.
Senses: glosses: A mine-worker who transported the mined material by dragging a tram.
trammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trammer
mon.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
translation: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society — ISO 4 abbreviated title
english: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society — ISO 4 abbreviated title
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glosses: Abbreviation of monthly.
under-carter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: under-carters
Senses: glosses: A carter's assistant.
under-carters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of under-carter
rockman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockmen
Etymology: From rock + -man.
Senses: glosses: A quarry worker who handles the blocks of slate.
rockmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockman
hatcheller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hatchellers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hatcheler.
hatchellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hatcheller
astron.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
translation: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society — ISO 4 abbreviated title
english: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society — ISO 4 abbreviated title
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glosses: Abbreviation of astronomical.
MNRAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
chaisemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaisemakers
Etymology: From chaise + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages.
chaisemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaisemaker
brightsmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brightsmiths
Etymology: From bright + smith.
Senses: glosses: A whitesmith.
brightsmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brightsmith
gangsploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gang + -sploitation.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A genre of exploitation films about criminal gangsters.
e-beggar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-beggars
Etymology: From e- + beggar.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cyberbeggar.
synonyms: word: cyberbeggar
e-beggars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-beggar
e-stim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: E-stim
Etymology: From e- + stim.
Senses: examples: text: If you're new to E-stim, you may want to start off with toys designed for external use on erogenous zones below the waist, such as your booty or thigh.
ref: 2022 May 11, Mary Frances Knapp, “The 5 Best Beginner's E-Stim Sex Toys”, in VICE, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
synonyms: electrostim
glosses: Electrical stimulation.
Related terms: electroexcitation
electrosex