cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
haeresiarchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haeresiarch
haids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haid
hair removers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair remover
hairsplits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hairsplit
hairsplits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairsplit
hairswidths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairswidth
hairy armadillos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairy armadillo
hairy frogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairy frog
haldols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haldol
half-deals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-deal
half gips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half gip
half-gips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-gip
halfyears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfyear
hallway monitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hallway monitor
haloadamantanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloadamantane
haloadaptations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloadaptation
St. Pauls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪnt ˈpɑlz/
rhymes: -ɔːlz
homophone: St. Paul's
homophone: St Pauls
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
haloalkoxys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloalkoxy
haloalkylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloalkylation
haloamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloamine
haloanhydrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloanhydride
halter-tops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halter-top
hamatias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hamatia
hamburger steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hamburger steak
halticines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halticine
stranger crimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stranger crime
S-trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of S-train
gosh all hemlock
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: God Almighty!
straight bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight bat
Sally's Cove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæl.is ˈkoʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Etymology: Etymology uncertain. The element sally may refer to a willow-like tree species, a projection of land, or to an early settler.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
store-goers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of store-goer
storage engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storage engine
stop-phrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop-phrase
stone colics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stone colic
stomach oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomach oil
stick boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stick boy
stem groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stem group
steering wheel spinner knobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steering wheel spinner knob
steering wheel spinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steering wheel spinner
stave rhymes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stave rhyme
station hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of station hand
Wrinehill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Betley parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7547).
Related terms: Checkley cum Wrinehill
babcias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babcia
starving artists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starving artist
starting handles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starting handle
starter's pistols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starter's pistol
starter pistols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starter pistol
starlight tours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starlight tour
standing miles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standing mile
stair lifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stair lift
stab wounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stab wound
squat lobsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squat lobster
spruce grouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spruce grouse
squad rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squad room
square groupers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square grouper
scallawaggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scalawaggery.
scalawaggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scallawaggery
Etymology: From scalawag + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Boyer's try at stinkerdom was his psychopathic persecution of Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight. The closest MacMurray came to undiluted scalawaggery was as the fall guy in Double Indemnity.
ref: 1948, The Saturday Evening Post (volume 220, part 4, page 29)
glosses: The behaviour of a rascal.
Mordiford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Dormington and Mordiford Group Parish Council) south-east of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5737).
stinkerdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stinker + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Boyer's try at stinkerdom was his psychopathic persecution of Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight. The closest MacMurray came to undiluted scalawaggery was as the fall guy in Double Indemnity.
ref: 1948, The Saturday Evening Post (volume 220, part 4, page 29)
text: I am only trying to explain how one may drift into stinkerdom.
ref: 1949, Clyde Brion Davis, Playtime is Over, page 129:
text: “Sometimes you can be such a stinker!” He blurted a guffaw. “Me?” It crossed his mind to mention the prime example of stinkerdom—her having married Matt MacDonald—but he thought better of it.
ref: 2012, William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone, Judgment Day:
glosses: The state or sphere of stinkers; contemptible behaviour.
New Abbey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9666).
blindie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blindies
Etymology: From blind + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: In first grade I learned how cruel kids could be. We were on the playground, and this boy, Andy, was laughing and calling Jan names: “Blindie” and “Ugly”.
ref: 2012, Sam Antrim Kane, Why Can't They See Me?: My Sister Jan's Story, page 11:
text: You and Sin? A blindie and a loudmouth who doesn't ever do anything right?
ref: 2016, Melissa Foster, Touched by Love:
coordinate_terms: deafie
glosses: A blind person.
blindies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blindie
Schenkerians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schenkerian
teamwork makes the dream work
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: It is easier to achieve major goals when working as a team.
Related terms: word: dreamwork
word: many hands make light work
treacle pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treacle puddings
Senses: glosses: A traditional British dessert of sponge cake steamed with treacle.
treacle puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treacle pudding
Kumandin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kumandins
Senses: glosses: A member of a Turkic indigenous people of Siberia.
Kumandin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their Northern Altai language.
Kumandins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kumandin
Kumandy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Kumandins (Turkic indigenous people of Siberia).
Kumandy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kumandin (“language”).
synonyms: word: Kumandin
extra: language
Khemsurov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khemsurovs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
dropped scone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropped scones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Scotch pancake.
synonyms: word: Scotch pancake
drop scone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop scones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Scotch pancake.
synonyms: word: Scotch pancake
dropped scones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropped scone
drop scones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drop scone
Port Eynon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4685).
Eskildsen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eskildsens
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Taseer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Taseers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
spelling checker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spelling checkers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spell checker.
synonyms: word: spell checker
spelling checkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spelling checker
spelling reform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A deliberate, often authoritatively sanctioned or mandated change to spelling rules.
Derived terms: spelling reformer
Skirball
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
BBGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BBG
sire-lands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sire-land
Woody Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊdi ˈpɔɪnt/
rhymes: -ɔɪnt
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
St. Lunaire-Griquet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪnt lʊˈnɛɹ ˈɡɹɪk.ət/
rhymes: -ɪkət
Etymology: The town is named after the communities of St. Lunaire and Griquet.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
ardennites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ardennite
kobeites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kobeite
tundrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tundrite
Kobeite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kobeites
Etymology: From Kobe + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A person from Kobe in Japan.
Kobeites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kobeite
obasans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obasan
golden contact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden contacts
Senses: examples: text: Cleaver’s prominence, in the words of Mario S. De Pillis, made him the “improbable ‘golden contact’” for Mormon missionaries.
ref: 2002, Newell G. Bringhurst, “Eldridge Cleaver’s Passage through Mormonism”, in Journal of Mormon History, volume 28, number 1, →JSTOR, page 108:
text: Golden Contact. A person who knows little or nothing about Mormonism, but is eager to learn.
ref: [2010 January 1, Steven A. Crane, Is Mormonism Now Christian?, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 126:
text: Already this morning, I have taught a 1st discussion to a new contact—a golden contact, too! You won’t believe this, but his name is Dudley Drane. Despite his name, he’s very interested in the Gospel. It seems he’s retired from the Air Force,[…]
ref: 2010 May 28, Wendy Soria, Letters from a Lady Mormon Missionary, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
text: The Elders thought that he might be a golden contact.
ref: 2015 March 31, H. David Campbell, The Soul Mates: Their Journey Though Time, iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: He was what Mormons call a “golden contact” someone who literally is ready from the start to convert. My companion knew the lessons better, but periodically when a melancholy feeling came over him, he let me do the teaching.
ref: 2015 May 7, Ignacio M. García, Chicano While Mormon: Activism, War, and Keeping the Faith, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: A person who is predisposed or eager to convert to the Mormon faith.
golden contacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden contact
Baie Verte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪ ˈvɝt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Etymology: Derived from French Baie Verte, derived in turn from baie (“bay”) and vert (“green”). The town is named after a nearby bay.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
schwack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃwæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: schwacks
form: schwacking
form: schwacked
form: schwacked
form: shwack
Senses: examples: text: They schwack him for it. That's what they'll do.
ref: 2022 June 24, Shannon Vavra, quoting Daniel Hoffman, a former CIA Moscow chief of station, “'The ‘Fucking Hammer to the Head’ That Could End Putin”, in Daily Beast, then MailOnline:
glosses: Alternative form of whack.
schwacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of schwack
shwack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shwacks
form: shwacking
form: shwacked
form: shwacked
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of schwack.
shwacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shwack
Cressbrook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Litton parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1773).
glosses: A rural locality in the Somerset Region of Queensland, Australia.
Karl-Marx-Stadt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Karl Marx + German Stadt.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Chemnitz, between 1953 and 1990 when it was in East Germany.
wikipedia: Karl Marx
depending on
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Etymology: From depending + on.
Senses: glosses: Conditioned upon; to a varying extent or degree based on.
Synonyms: sense: conditioned upon
word: according to
sense: conditioned upon
word: according as
sportsluxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɔːtsˈlʌks/
ipa: /ˈspɔːtslʌks/
Forms: form: sports-luxe
form: sports luxe
Etymology: From sports + luxe.
Senses: topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: sporty luxury apparel or accessory, activewear designer.
sports-luxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sportsluxe.
sports luxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sportsluxe.
sporty luxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sportsluxe.
synonyms: word: sportsluxe
going far
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go far
went far
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go far
gone far
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go far
sixain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sixains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sixaine.
Hieflau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community in Landl, Liezen district, Styria, Austria.
anatripsology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian anatripsologia, coined by Valeriano Luigi Brera in 1799, from Ancient Greek ἀνάτριψις (anátripsis, “rubbing”) + -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā).
Senses: examples: text: He was succeeded by one of his five doctor sons, Walter, a protagonist of the art of anatripsology. Rubbing with brandy had quite a vogue in Malvern.
ref: 1953, W. H. McMenemey, “The Water Doctors of Malvern, with Special Reference to the Years 1842 to 1872”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, →PMID, page 7:
text: […] They both agree on proposing, according to the dictates of ‘‘Anatripsology’’ [19], to apply frictions of ‘‘contused opium’’ and ‘‘milled nigricant pasque flower powder’’ dissolved in gastric juice extracted, in conformity with the Spallanzani method, from the starving stomachs of craws. […]
[…] All the therapies of the time are mentioned: emetics, musk, opium, nappello, giusquiamo, Brera’s anatripsology and electric and chemical-gas applications. […]
ref: 2010, Enrico Granieri et al., “An autopathography of tic douloureux at the beginning of the nineteenth century”, in Neurological Sciences, volume 31, number 6, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 852, 856:
text: In order for the pregnant woman to relax and to be calm at every stage of labor, a 5-10 minute massage was applied to her shoulders, back, waist, abdomen and legs with small touches, effleurage and anatripsology.
ref: 2021, Nergis Karaman, Yeşim Ceylanteki, “Effect of nursing support gıven to pregnant women on labor pain and birth expectancy”, in African Journal of Reproductive Health, volume 25, number 6, →ISSN, page 118:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
wikipedia: it:Valeriano Luigi Brera
Atari Democrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atari Democrats
form: ATARI Democrat
Etymology: From Atari, a prominent video game system in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Senses: examples: text: [Paul] Tsongas was, perhaps, the original neoliberal and Atari Democrat. In 1980, he had shocked the audience at an Americans for Democratic Action gathering by urging them to focus on economic growth rather than the redistribution of wealth and by advocating the deregulation of natural gas prices.
ref: 2004, John B. Judis, Ruy Teixeira, The Emerging Democratic Majority, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 132:
text: When Walter Mondale, a traditional New Deal liberal […] lost by a wide margin to Reagan in the presidential election of 1984, the Atari Democrats joined a larger group of frustrated Democratic officials to found the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).
ref: 2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 4, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of the US Democratic Party who emphasizes the role of high tech, in particular information technology, for economic growth.
Related terms: boll weevil
Reagan Democrat
Atari Democrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atari Democrat
Boustead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Boustead Hill
Seebury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
swordmages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swordmage
Horse Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river, a dry wash in Opalton, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A former settlement in Opalton, Queensland, Australia A former opal mining centre.
glosses: A locality in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
meeded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of meed
ORDLO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian ОРДЛО́ (ORDLÓ), acronym of окре́мі райо́ни Доне́цької та Луга́нської областе́й (okrémi rajóny Donécʹkoji ta Luhánsʹkoji oblastéj, “separate districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions”).
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in Ukraine.
Related terms: english: also used to refer to both separatist enclaves, especially by pro-Russian sources
translation: also used to refer to both separatist enclaves, especially by pro-Russian sources
word: Donbas
dehestan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dehestans
Senses: glosses: An administrative division of Iran.
Steelworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Steelworkers
Senses: glosses: A member of the North American trade union United Steelworkers.
dehestans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dehestan
Steelworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Steelworker
ASG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ASGs
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Initialism of abstract semantic graph.
ASG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Abu Sayyaf Group, a militant Islamist group based in the Philippines.
glosses: Initialism of Austrian Standard German.
religious right
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: religious rights
Senses: examples: text: However, many members of the religious right don't think prayer in public schools should be commonplace.
glosses: Right-wing, religious (especially Christian) political movements characterized by their support of socially conservative policies.
examples: text: The plaintiff argued he had a religious right to wear his headdress although it reduced the effectiveness of his hard hat which is required of all persons on site.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: The right for someone to practice their religion.
Coordinate terms: sense: right to practice religion
word: civil rights
sense: right to practice religion
word: human right
sense: right to practice religion
word: freedom of belief
sense: right to practice religion
word: freedom of religion
sense: political movements
word: Christian right
sense: political movements
word: Hindu right
sense: political movements
word: Jewish right
sense: political movements
word: Muslim right
BIFF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Busan International Film Festival.
glosses: Initialism of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
derich
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌdiˈɹɪt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: deriches
form: deriching
form: deriched
form: deriched
Etymology: From de- + rich.
Senses: examples: text: The fuel derich system on each engine protected against severe turbine over-temperature. If the engine's EGT indicator reached 860 degrees Celsius while the system was armed, the air/fuel ratio in the engine was automatically reduced (deriched).
ref: 2019 [2008], Richard H. Graham, Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission, Motorbooks International, →ISBN, page 62:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: lean
disenrich
glosses: To make the air–fuel ratio (of a jet engine or a carburetor) leaner (less rich).
deriches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of derich
deriched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of derich
deriching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of derich
Chełmno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Chełmno.
Senses: glosses: A town in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
synonyms: Chełmno nad Nerem
glosses: A village in the Gmina of Dąbie, Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A village in the Gmina of Pniewy, Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
Wintrode
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Krivinchuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
space marine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space marines
Etymology: Named after the marines, infantry soldiers who serve in coastal areas to assist naval forces.
The earliest usage of this term was from Bob Olsen's short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" in 1932, in which the titular soldiers rescue celebrity twins on Saturn's moon, Titan.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: a soldier who fights in outer space or extraterrestrial worlds.
IATSE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /aɪˈɑtsi/
/aɪ eɪ ti ɛs i/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
Bofill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
born in the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of born to the purple.
purple lettuces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purple lettuce
diagnonsense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of diagnosis + nonsense
Senses: examples: text: Then what's wrong with me, huh? What the fuck is going on inside my head? Tell me, Dr. Val, what's your diag-nonsense?
ref: 1999, James Mangold (director), Girl, Interrupted, spoken by supporting actress (Winona Ryder):
text: Her diagnonsense? I'm in the midst of "The dark night of the soul."
ref: 2009, Erica Rivera, Insatiable - A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia:
text: She said, "There was a lot of diagnonsense going on around there." Out of the mouths of babes ...
ref: 2010, David M. Allen, How Dysfunctional Families Spur Mental Disorders, page 175:
text: "Hey Doc, what's the diagnonsense." O'Leary says.
ref: 2013, Christopher Tenney, Redemption II, page 20:
text: This book by no means is I giving any of my diagnonsense predetermined medical/mental conditions any credibility through transference to literature legally ...
ref: 2015, Erik Cloud, The New Age Bible:
text: "Diagnonsense is more like it," she jokes. She is clear and eloquent, with quick eyes that are growing kinder.
ref: 2017, Chris Urquhart, Dirty Kids - Chasing Freedom with America's Nomads:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry.
physical diagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physical diagnoses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A diagnosis made by means of a physical examination of a patient.
physical diagnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physical diagnosis
blue Monday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue Mondays
Senses: glosses: A hungover state of the labor workforce after a weekend spent drinking.
glosses: A Monday on which someone feels gloomy or depressed, especially because of having to return to work after the weekend.
glosses: The Monday in January purported to be the most depressing day of the year, typically said to be the third Monday of the month.
Coordinate terms: Black Monday
Related terms: sense: day of a hangover
word: Blursday
word: Sunday scaries
blue Mondays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue Monday
accreditation mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accreditation mills
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An organization that purports to award educational accreditation to higher education institutions without the proper government authority or recognition from mainstream academia to operate as an accreditor.
Coordinate terms: diploma mill
ordination mill
paper mill
accreditation mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accreditation mill
if a day
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of if one is a day.
no mill, no meal
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: If one does not work, one shall not eat.
trouble at t'mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trouble at mill.
trouble at the mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trouble at mill.
essay mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of essay mill
author mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: author mills
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: A publisher that relies on producing large numbers of small-run books by different authors, as opposed to a smaller number of works published in larger numbers.
author mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of author mill
ordination mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordination mills
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A religious organization or denomination in which membership is obtainable by trivial means and all members are qualified for self-ordination as a minister of religion without any prior training or work experience.
Coordinate terms: accreditation mill
diploma mill
paper mill
self-ordained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + ordained.
Senses: glosses: Having established authority by oneself.
glosses: Having been chosen or designated by oneself.
Derived terms: self-ordination
self-ordination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-ordinations
Etymology: From self- + ordination.
Senses: glosses: The act or state of being self-ordained.
self-ordinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-ordination
ordination mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordination mill
fetisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fetishers
Etymology: From fetish + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I'm about to put a smoking fetisher survey on my web page. I have come up with the following categories which will be rated from 1 (low) to 5 (high) depending on the importance that aspect of smoking has to your particular fetish.
ref: 1998 May 28, Jim, “Smoking Fetisher Survey”, in alt.smokers.glamour (Usenet), retrieved 28 Jun 2022:
text: Hey SCAA folks. This here is typical WM fetisher behavior.
All you fetishers who roam the newsgroup and whine about how you are not a fetisher but love AFs for who they are individually. Yeah right. Here is WM fetisher looking for _any_ AF. How individual is that?
Fetishers are in denial most of the time. But this illustrates just what I've been talking about. Fetishers don't care about the individual. Just the fetish.
Fetisher behavior out in the open.
ref: 1999 December 16, question_...@my-deja.com, “looking for asian female to write to maybe more”, in soc.culture.asian.american (Usenet), retrieved 28 Jun 2022:
text: Subject: FOOT FETISHer seeks Lady in SouthEast
ref: 2001 January 5, surrey male, “FOOT FETISHer seeks Lady in SouthEast”, in uk.people.bdsm.personals (Usenet), retrieved 28 Jun 2022:
ref: 2002 April 24, Jocko, “Domi, a foot fetisher?”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.tor-mapleleafs (Usenet), retrieved 28 Jun 2022:
glosses: A fetishist.
fetishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fetisher
cog mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cog mills
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A large horizontal cogwheel turned by oxen or horses.
cog mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cog mill
Millbank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area of central London in the City of Westminster.
Related terms: milldam
millpond
millrace
gear-wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gear-wheels
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gear wheel.
gear-wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gear-wheel
cog-wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cog-wheels
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cogwheel.
cog-wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cog-wheel
water-wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water-wheels
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of water wheel.
water-wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-wheel
herringbone gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herringbone gears
Etymology: From the fancied resemblance of the two matching bevels to the skeleton of a herring.
Senses: glosses: A type of gear wheel comprising two integral halves shaped like two bevel gears next to each other, with their tooth angles pointing to the centerline.
herringbone gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herringbone gear
cecaelias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cecaelia
overwoke
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overwoke
form: most overwoke
Senses: glosses: overzealous in the use of the word woke
glosses: aligned too closely with something considered woke.
Sislian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sislians
Etymology: Variant of Sislyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Hovsepyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hovsepyans
form: Hovsepian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Հովսեփյան (Hovsepʻyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Josephson.
Hovsepyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hovsepyan
Sislians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sislian
Nimphius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nimphiuses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
ewwy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪʊ̯.iː/
Forms: form: more ewwy
form: most ewwy
Etymology: From ew + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “Ew!” she hissed. “I think what you do is ewwy!”
ref: 2010, Kyra Davis, Vows, Vendettas and a Little Black Dress (A Sophie Katz Novel), Mira Books, →ISBN:
text: “Ewww,” Lexie said again. “Let’s stop talking about that.” “Good.” Tim smiled. “All right, let’s lie down, so I can watch when it happens.” Tim had already been lying down but had sat up when the conversation got “ewwy,” so he lay down again.
ref: 2012, Alan E. Todd, Time Slider, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 42:
text: Maya Mae didn’t care about soap. It was stinky, yucky, ewwy, and pee-yewy and she never used it.
ref: 2017, April Hilland, Don’t Eat the Soap!, FriesenPress, →ISBN:
text: Ewwy, gooey, sticky, mushy / That’s what your mean words mean to me / Disgusting, slimy, snotty, clotty / Like a booger, I’ll pick you, blow you, and throw you away
ref: 2017, Jesse L. Mack Jr., Love, Me, Life, Balboa Press, →ISBN:
text: I think the weirdest thing that just happened though, was that they summoned a long dead spirit to help them find Jericho. That’s just...ewwy. I mean don’t they know that children shouldn’t play with dead things?
ref: 2017, George Jones, Paranoria, TX: The Radio Scripts, Episodes 89 – 99, →ISBN, page 102:
text: The alimentary tract, also known as our gastrointestinal tract, involves the thirty feet of tubing from our mouth to anus; the liver, the gall bladder, the pancreas, and 100 trillion bacteria (ewwy).
ref: 2020, James Kindlund, The Graviton of God: The Celestial Wonders and Statistical Impossibilities of Our Universe, Bodies, and Existence, WestBow Press, →ISBN:
text: You say that we’re spooky and ugly and creepy and crawly and icky and ewwy and downright gross.
ref: 2020, Sophie Corrigan, The Not Bad Animals, Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, →ISBN:
text: Diver ran to the trash drop and looked down. “Ewwy,” she said.
ref: 2021, Jason Sanford, Plague Birds, Apex Book Company, →ISBN:
text: “So, Eliza, got any boyfriends?” I say, acting like they are ewwy, yucky, gross. “Eww! Yuck! Boys are for losers!” she replies. “I don’t want a boyfriend. All they do is take your money.”
ref: 2022, Susie Wright, Sydney’s Passion, Fulton Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Disgusting, nauseating.
elfess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elfesses
Etymology: From elf + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Her case was heard, but no sentence pronounced; for each elf was dying of anxiety to claim her as his elfess.
ref: 1877, L. B., chapter XII, in From Sunrise to Sunset, London: R. Washbourne, page 261:
text: They were not mermaids, but almost like them. These water elfesses wore skirts of seaweed woven so that it looked like beautiful green cloth, and this covered their bodies, so that when they came ut^([sic]) of the water and sat on the shore their bodies did not show and no one saw they were like mermaids.
ref: 1914 August 8, “A Story For Boys and Girls”, in Twin City Daily Sentinel, Winston-Salem, N.C., page 9:
text: “What prophecy?” I asked, somewhat aggrieved because I remembered the one made by the old elfess that I was to be doomed by a cruel lie.
ref: 1984, Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn, Del Rey Books, →ISBN, page 92:
text: “No! I mean their fathers were men, and their mothers were elfesses!”
ref: 2012 April, Alexey Pehov, translated by Andrew Bromfield, Shadow Blizzard, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 247:
glosses: A female elf.
Synonyms: elfette
elfesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elfess
Sangatte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
South Foreland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A headland in St Margaret's at Cliffe parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3643).
Related terms: North Foreland
fellow travelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fellow traveler
Dingmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dingmanns
form: Dingman
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dingmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Dixion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dixions
Etymology: Probably a variant of Dickson.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dixions
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dixion
Dingmanns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dingmann
Eisenhuts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eisenhut
St Margaret's at Cliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3644).
Related terms: St Margaret's Bay
Erney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Erneys
Etymology: Altered form of German Erne.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
DeJulio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DeJulios
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese De Júlio.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
DeJulios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of DeJulio
Erneys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Erney
Baytona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /beɪˈtoʊ.nə/
rhymes: -əʊnə
Senses: synonyms: Gayside
Birchy Bay North
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
demonstratably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more demonstratably
form: most demonstratably
Etymology: From demonstratable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It seems demonstratably clear, therefore, that the possession of the Charleston Road, would advance the interests of our Company, and would tend to facilitate the extension of a road through the centre of the State towards the West.
ref: 1837, Proceedings of the Stockholders of the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail-Road Company, at Their Second Meeting, Held at Flat Rock, No. Ca., on the 16th October, 1837; with the First Annual Report of the President & Directors, the Report of the Chief and Associate Engineers, and the By-Laws, Charleston: […] A. E. Miller, page 17:
text: Here is a large property transferred at once from Mohammedanism—not certainly to Christianity, but to what is even more opposed to its essential nature—the support of modern science and literature, in conjunction with which it is well known, Mohammedanism cannot possibly exist; from the fact, that the Korân has given a system of philosophy demonstratably false.
ref: 1840, William Buyers, “Connexion of Government with Native Superstitions”, in Letters on India: With Special Reference to the Spread of Christianity, London: John Snow, pages 210–211:
text: Each sickle cell program shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the State Director of Health Services that the availability of follow-up care for medical and social problems uncovered during the screening process, and the input of the medical and allied health professions with respect to such follow-up care, has been ensured by a documented liaison with a hospital, clinic, medical school, medical society, demonstratably committed group of community physicians, or some other similar arrangement.
ref: 1978 March 22, Senate Bill, number 1866, pages 8–9:
glosses: Alternative form of demonstrably.
Cordts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cordtses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Cordts or a variant of Dutch Cords.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Corell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Corells
Etymology: A variant of Korell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Corells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Corell
Cordtses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cordts
Beachside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiːtʃ.saɪd/
rhymes: -iːtʃsaɪd
homophone: beachside
Etymology: The town is located on a beach.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Birchy Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɝt͡ʃ.i ˈbeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: The town is named after a nearby bay, which is named in turn for the abundance of birch trees on its shore.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Derived terms: Birchy Bay North
Brent's Cove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛnts ˈkoʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Etymology: The town is named after a cove, the name of which derives in turn from dialectal brent (“burnt hill”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Cabiness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cabinesses
Etymology: Variant of Cabaniss.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mason's and Dixon's line
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mason-Dixon Line.
Cap Blanc-Nez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French cap + blanc + nez, literally "Cape White Nose".
Senses: glosses: A headland in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Frantas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Franta
Cabinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cabiness
Campbellton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæm.bəl.tən/
rhymes: -æmbəltən
Etymology: From Campbell (a surname) + -ton.
The city in New Brunswick is named after colonial administrator Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (1769–1843).
The town in Newfoundland is named after John Campbell, a local sawmill manager.
Senses: synonyms: Martins Point
glosses: A city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Galassis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Galassi
Fedes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fede
Carmanville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑɹ.mən.vɪl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mənvɪl
Etymology: From Carman (“a surname”) + -ville. The town is named for Methodist reverend Albert Carman (1833 - 1917).
Senses: synonyms: Rocky Bay
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
wikipedia: Albert Carman
McClenton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McClentons
Etymology: Variant of McClinton.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
McClentons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McClenton
Fipps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fippses
Etymology: Variant of Phipps.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Marentes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marenteses
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Marentes, a habitational surname from a village in Asturias.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Marenteses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marentes
Fippses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fipps
biosibling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biosiblings
Etymology: From bio- + sibling.
Senses: examples: text: The child may also experience divided loyalties between his natural siblings and stepsiblings, particularly where a stepsibling is close in age and becomes a buddy to the child, thereby usurping the exclusive role his biosibling may formerly have had.
ref: 1981, Helen Crohn, Holly Brown, Libby Walker, Joan Beir, “Understanding and Treating the Child in the Remarried Family”, in Irving R. Stuart, Lawrence Edwin Abt, editors, Children of Separation and Divorce: Management and Treatment, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, →ISBN, part IV (Treatment Within the Family Unit), page 302:
text: A typical minor or grown stepchild may[…]have biosiblings, stepsiblings, and/or half-siblings in the same home, in their other bioparent’s home, in both homes, or neither.
ref: 2001, Peter K. Gerlach, “Stepfamily Realities”, in Build a High-nurturance Stepfamily: A Guidebook for Co-parents (Stepfamily inFormation Series; Divorce-Prevention Series; volume 4), Xlibris, →ISBN, part 1 (Foundations), page 86:
text: The winning bidders were so thrilled with the outcome that they hired Shoko to bump with Raimundo again (they were broken up at this point, which made it waaaay awkward but business is business and pleasure is pleasure), so the second pregg she’s carrying now is biosiblings with the first.
ref: 2011, Megan McCafferty, Bumped, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Indeed, biosiblings are more correlated for weight than they are for obesity.
ref: 2012, Michael Beenstock, “Correlation within the Family”, in Heredity, Family, and Inequality: A Critique of Social Sciences, Cambridge, Mass.; London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: A biological sibling.
Synonyms: biosib
blood sibling
biosiblings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biosibling
Change Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ ˈaɪ̯.ləndz/
rhymes: -aɪləndz
Etymology: The town is named after the small island group on which it is located, the name of which derives from the location's use as a summer fishing station; in winter, the inhabitants migrated or "changed" to other locations.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Coachman's Cove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊt͡ʃ.mənz ˈkoʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Comfort Cove-Newstead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌm.fɚt ˈkoʊv ˈn(j)uː.stɛd/
rhymes: -uːstɛd
Etymology: The town is named after the communities of Comfort Cove and Newstead.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Cottlesville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒt.əlz.vɪl/
rhymes: -ɒtəlzvɪl
Etymology: Likely from cottle (“notched metal bar hung in a fireplace”) + -ville.
Compare Cottrell's Cove and Cottles Island.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Crow Head
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹoʊ ˈhɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Fleur de Lys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌflɜːr.dəˈliː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: fleur-de-lis
Etymology: Derived from French fleur de lis (“lily flower”). The town is named after a nearby rock formation shaped like a fleur de lis.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.