cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
physicotheology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physicotheologies
form: physico-theology
Etymology: From physico- + theology.
Senses: examples: text: What else can be concluded, but that all was made with magnificent Design, and that all the whole Structure is the Work of some intelligent Being; some Artist, of Power and Skill equivalent to such a Work?
ref: 1713, William Derham, Physico-Theology, or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation, 5th ed. (1720), London, book I, p. 36
text: We have been rather severe in the foregoing observations on Dr. Büchner's work, because it belongs to a school of physico-theology, which, whether on the affirmative or negative side, we hold to be equally opposed to the true interests of science.
ref: 1865, “Büchner's Force and Matter”, in Anthropological Review, volume 3, number 8, page 28:
text: Indeed, Creation, like a number of passages in The Seasons, furnishes excellent examples of physicotheology, helpfully defined by Harry Solomon as "the use of the scientific examination of nature to establish and raise admiration for the existence and providence of God."
ref: 1989, Thomas B. Gilmore, “Implicit Criticism of Thomson's 'Seasons' in Johnson's 'Dictionary'”, in Modern Philology, volume 86, number 3, page 269:
text: Some claim that Kant's discussion amounts to a refutation of physicotheology and thus does not result in an argument from design.
ref: 2002, “Abstracts of Colloquium Papers: 'On Kant's Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God' by Martin Schönfeld”, in Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, volume 75, number 3, page 127:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
synonyms: natural theology
glosses: The view that evidence and sound arguments for God's existence can be derived from a study of the natural world; a study of the natural world intended to provide such evidence.
Related terms: argument from design
teleological argument
intelligent design
physico-theology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physico-theologies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of physicotheology.
microclimates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microclimate
highbrow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A compound of the words high + brow, first recorded usage in 1875. Referring to the (by that time discredited) science of phrenology, which suggested that a person of intelligence and sophistication would possess a higher brow-line than someone of lesser intelligence and sophistication.
Senses: examples: text: highbrow entertainment
text: “He's so darn afraid you'll be offended if he smokes. You scare him. Every time he speaks of the weather you jump him because he ain't talking about poetry or Gertie—Goethe?—or some other highbrow junk. You've got him so leery he scarcely dares to come here.”
ref: 1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XIV, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC:
text: They tend to regard the socialist intellectuals as nothing more than a pernicious bunch of highbrow radicals without appreciating their influence […]
ref: 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 423:
antonyms: lowbrow
coordinate_terms: middlebrow
no-brow
glosses: Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.
Derived terms: highbrowism
highbrowness
highbrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highbrows
Etymology: A compound of the words high + brow, first recorded usage in 1875. Referring to the (by that time discredited) science of phrenology, which suggested that a person of intelligence and sophistication would possess a higher brow-line than someone of lesser intelligence and sophistication.
Senses: synonyms: intellectual
scholar
antonyms: lowbrow
coordinate_terms: middlebrow
glosses: A cultured or learned person or thing.
praeternature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In my own heart there dwells no faith in praeternature.
ref: 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Mystery of Marie Roget”, in Complete Tales & Poems, Castle Books, published 2002, page 169:
glosses: Rare spelling of preternature.
preternature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːtəˈneɪtʃə/
Forms: form: praeternature
Etymology: From preter- + nature, after preternatural.
Senses: examples: text: In my own heart there dwells no faith in preter-nature.
ref: 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:
text: We can speak here too, then, of pressure and, indeed, encroachment by the category of preternature on territory previously occupied by the miraculous.
ref: 1997, Stuart Clark, Thinking with Demons: The Idea of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe, page 263:
glosses: The realm beyond the natural; the preternatural.
Related terms: preternatural
webroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webroots
Etymology: From Web + root.
Senses: synonyms: docroot
glosses: The topmost directory in which the files making up a web site are located on a web server.
baby-sits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of baby-sit
baby-sat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of baby-sit
backdates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backdate
backdates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backdate
backdating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backdate
backdating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backdatings
Senses: examples: text: Before discussing the securities fraud class action, we are going to outline the relevant events relating to the alleged backdatings and other issues […]
ref: 2008, Harold S. Bloomenthal, Going Public and the Public Corporation, volume 4:
glosses: The act by which something is backdated.
spiffily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more spiffily
form: most spiffily
Etymology: From spiffy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He is always dressed spiffily.
glosses: In a spiffy manner; done with style.
wafter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɒftə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: wafters
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter (“a guard”), from wachten (“to guard”).
Senses: glosses: Armed convoy or escort ship
glosses: An agent of the Crown with responsibility for protecting specific maritime activities, such as shipping or fishing.
wafter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɒftə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: wafters
Etymology: From waft + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane.
ref: 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Mad Lover”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:
glosses: One who, or that which, wafts.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A semi-bouyant hookbait designed to waft just above the lakebed.
Zamboni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zæmˈbəʊ.ni/
ipa: /zæmˈboʊ.ni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: Zambonis
Etymology: From the surname of the inventor, Frank J. Zamboni, and his brand of such machines.
Zamboni was originally (and may still be) a trademark of Frank J. Zamboni & Co. Inc.. Its use in the general sense is an example of trademark erosion.
The surname itself is of Italian origin, as a northeastern dialectal variant (possibly Venetan) of Giambono, comprised of a reduced form of Gianni (from Giovanni (“John”)) + Bono or buono (“good”). Frank Zamboni's father originated from Arsio in Trentino, northern Italy.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Zamboni.
glosses: An ice resurfacing machine used to groom skating rinks, especially for professional use.
wikipedia: Trentino
it:Arsio
Synonyms: ice resurfacing machine
ice resurfacer
percussions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of percussion
unfeasibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unfeasibilities
Etymology: From un- + feasibility.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unfeasible or impractical
Synonyms: infeasibility
Related terms: feasible
pillages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pillage
pillages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillage
decisional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈsɪʒənəɫ]
Etymology: From decision + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Subjects characterized as having achieved decisional equilibrium were well distributed throughout the range of decisional situations, although none of these individuals participated in more than nine different decisions.
ref: 1972, J. A. Alutto, J. A. Belasco, “A Typology for Participation in Organizational Decision Making”, in Administrative Science Quarterly, volume 17, number 1, page 119:
glosses: Of or pertaining to decisions.
examples: text: The procedures should also make plain that a decisional official, whether or not challenged, may voluntarily abstain from participating in a particular proceeding.
ref: 1980, P. L. Strauss, “Disqualifications of Decisional Officials in Rulemaking”, in Columbia Law Review, volume 80, number 5, page 1050:
glosses: Having the power or authority to make decisions.
Derived terms: decisional law
decisionally
extradecisional
postdecisional
predecisional
detonability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detonabilities
Senses: examples: text: Hydrogen-air-steam was chosen for this analysis since its flammability and detonability limits are well known.
ref: 1993, K. W. Boyack et al., “Internal Pressure Loads Due to Gaseous Detonations”, in Proceedings: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volume 443, number 1918, page 344:
glosses: A measure of the readiness with which an explosive will detonate under specified conditions.
on the heels of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: upon the heels of
Senses: examples: text: A quarrelsome band of footsore sulky niggers trod on the heels of the donkey.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 219, column 2:
text: On the heels of the little lop-sided man appeared an overgrown dolt of a fat youth, followed by another youth.
ref: 1915, Jack London, chapter 5, in Mutiny of the Elsinore:
text: [T]he men got out quickly, the first ones running on the heels of those who had gotten out of the Mercedes.
ref: 2001, Yonatan Netanyahu, The Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu, →ISBN, page 288:
text: Hard on the heels of of punctuality and reliabilty comes capacity. That's either trains frequent enough to meet demand, or long enough.
ref: 2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:
glosses: In close pursuit of; close behind.
examples: text: One woe doth tread upon another's heel.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
text: To avoid these dreadful consequences, that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin, will be a task of far more difficulty.
ref: 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], chapter 4, in The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
text: [A] familiar voice chimed instantly in on the heels of my last word, […]
ref: 1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “”, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 553:
text: [W]hen such accidents kept happening, one on the heels of another, even the most callous public could not help asking questions.
ref: 1917, Upton Sinclair, chapter 32, in King Coal:
text: As it happened, the shooting came on the heels of a two-day “peace march” against American drone aircraft targeting suspected Islamist militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas close to the border with Afghanistan.
ref: 2012 October 13, “Pakistan’s politics: The peace and love tour”, in The Economist:
qualifier: facts
glosses: Closely following; in succession immediately after.
raw_tags: of events
Derived terms: hot on someone's heels
demist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈmɪst/
Forms: form: demists
form: demisting
form: demisted
form: demisted
Etymology: From de- + mist.
Senses: synonyms: unmist
glosses: To remove the layer of fine liquid particles from the surface of (a window or mirror).
Related terms: demister
demisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demist
demisting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The roof is double-skinned and packed with insulation; the window glass is invisibly wired for electric demisting.
ref: 1960 July, “The first G.E.C. 25 kV. a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 420:
glosses: The removal of the layer of fine liquid particles from the surface of a window or mirror.
caducous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kəˈdjuːkəs/
Forms: form: more caducous
form: most caducous
Etymology: Latin cadūcus (“falling; transitory”).
Senses: examples: text: The Jubulaceae have a leaf whose lobule, usually transformed into a water-sac, is normally very narrowly attached to the stem and to the dorsal lobe; indeed some Frullania taxa reproduce vegetatively by dropping the dorsal lobes, but not the lobules, and Neohattoria has caducous lobules but persistent lobes.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development.
examples: text: caducous leaves
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Tending to fall early.
Derived terms: noncaducous
Nehruvian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nehruvian
form: most Nehruvian
Etymology: From Nehru + -v- + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: ‘India's villages are the colonies of the city,’ Singh often complained about Nehruvian India.
ref: 2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 400:
text: Pakistan took a quite different route, pursuing a Western-oriented, free-market approach at a time when India was shackled by Nehruvian autarky, strict state controls and Soviet-style five-year plans.
ref: 2023, Zareer Masani, “From Bengal to Bollywood”, in Literary Review, number 520:
glosses: Of or relating to Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964, and his policies.
Derived terms: Nehruvian socialism
ambient findability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I mean to assert, rather, that everyware, the regime of ambient informatics it gives rise to, and the condition of ambient findability they together entrain, will have significant and meaningful impact on the way you live your life [...]
ref: 2006, Adam Greenfield, Everyware: the dawning age of ubiquitous computing, page 92:
text: This influence is exerted from conscious, proactive effort. Companies must aggressively pursue ambient findability, the art and science of promoting their domain through organic means.
ref: 2007, Kevin Potts, Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites, Apress, →ISBN, page 286:
text: These are just a few of the signposts along the road to ambient findability, [...]
ref: 2007, Diane Kresh, The whole digital library handbook, page 258:
topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The property of being findable at all times.
Related terms: annotation
knowledge mining
Semantic Web
usability
user interface
wop-wops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wop wops
form: wops
form: Woop Woop
Etymology: Comes from the fact that you tend to go to these places in a bush helicopter (such as a MD500) which makes a 'wop wop' noise. The onomatopoeia is being used as a noun.
Senses: examples: text: Still, things could happen out here in the wop-wops.
ref: 1979, Essie Summers, Lake of the Kingfisher, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: An out of the way place; the boondocks or backcountry.
backcountry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌkʌntɹi/
Forms: form: backcountries
form: back country
Etymology: From back + country.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: upcountry, interior, hinterland
text: Recreationists use either the frontcountry or the backcountry—or both. The standard definition of “frontcountry” is an area that can be reached in a day. You do not stay out overnight.
ref: 2014, Andrew Gulliford, Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology, page 54:
text: Even his family didn't know exactly where he was; he'd told them Thorndike, but he hadn't mentioned that he was heading to the backcountry, and he hadn't s[ecofoed how long he'd be away;
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 159:
synonyms: boondock#Noun
;
wop-wops
hypernyms: country#Noun
;
land#Noun
;
area#Noun
;
region#Noun
;
place#Noun
;
location#Noun
coordinate_terms: frontcountry
glosses: A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible.
Related terms: north country
fivety
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fifty.
Synonyms: 50
threety
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːti
Senses: examples: text: He hath threety-six votes of the greatest barrons of the shyre to ninteen very mean ones, wherof syv have no right to vote; there is not so much as doubt of that matter heir.
ref: 1690, Letters and state papers chiefly addressed to George, Earl of Mellville
text: Kecept Paid to Andrew Marshall Smith in Gorballs for Threety howes and tuo Axes at 12"1 p. pss. p.
ref: 1696-1707, Papers relating to the ships and voyages of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies
text: To James Jaffray for threety young plantin bought at Monimusk at 3/4 per piece.
ref: 1702, Records of Old Aberdeen
text: … who made shose of Neill Campbell, servitor to Collin Campbell younger of Glendarule, to be his clark compeared personally Archibald McKellar now in Glenlean of the age of threety years …
ref: 1705-1742, The Justiciary Records of Argyll and the Isles
glosses: Thirty.
Synonyms: 30
twoty
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: The colonel would then shout, "Twoty-twoth, form quarter distance column on the grenadier company."
ref: 1872, “Reminiscences of the Army”, in The Cape monthly magazine, volume 5, page 302:
glosses: Twenty.
NADH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) carrying two electrons and bonded with a hydrogen (H) ion; the reduced form of NAD.
Related terms: NADPH
threeth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹiːθ/
rhymes: -iːθ
Etymology: From three + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: third.
fiveteen
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: Taken in clap-nets of fiveteen yards length.
ref: 1768, Thomas Pennant, British Zoology:
text: ‘I declared that 5 volumes could never be attacked! – but since I begun, I have read it 3 Times.’ ‘O terrible!’ cried I, – ‘to make them fiveteen! – ’
ref: 1783, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 200:
glosses: Obsolete form of fifteen.
threeteen
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Etymology: From three + -teen.
Senses: glosses: thirteen
NADPH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) carrying electrons and bonded with a hydrogen (H) ion; the reduced form of NADP.
Related terms: NADH
hidest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hide + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of hide
adenosine diphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: ADP
glosses: A nucleotide, the result of adenosine triphosphate losing a phosphate group in metabolism.
Hypernyms: adenylic acid
adenosine phosphate
phosphorylated adenosine
Related terms: alt: A
word: adenosine
word: phosphate
word: adenosine phosphate
english: AMP
translation: AMP
word: adenosine monophosphate
english: ATP
translation: ATP
word: adenosine triphosphate
whale sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whale shark
white hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white hats
Senses: examples: text: Berlin-Harlem showed relentless racism, including from the so-called friends of a black ex-GI in Berlin, without putting its central character in a 'white hat' either.
ref: 1982 December 25, Peg Byron, “The 1982 New York Gay Film Festival”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 8:
glosses: A good person; a hero.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: computer security
glosses: A well-meaning hacker who hacks for a good cause or to aid a company, organization, or government without causing harm (for example, to identify security flaws).
glosses: A sailor.
Coordinate terms: black hat
gray hat
edulcorate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: edulcorates
form: edulcorating
form: edulcorated
form: edulcorated
Etymology: From Medieval Latin ēdulcōrō. Compare French édulcorer.
Senses: glosses: To sweeten.
examples: text: I guess I am simply accustomed to dealing with more edulcorated versions of xenophobia.
ref: 2019, Valeria Luiselli, Lost Children Archive, Alfred A. Knopf, page 129:
glosses: To make more acceptable or palatable.
examples: text: The more Judicious of the Chymiſts themſelves do ſeveral of them novv acknovvledge, that the bare reducing of Pearls to fine Povvder, affords a Medicine much richer in the Vertues of the Pearls, then the Magiſtery, prepar'd by diſſolving them in acid Spirits, and precipitating them vvith Oyl of Tartar, and aftervvards ſcrupulously edulcorating them.
ref: 1663, Robert Boyle, “Essay V. Proposing Some Particulars wherein Natural Philosophy may be Useful to the Therapeutical Part of Physick.”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part II, section I (Of It’s Usefulness to Physick), chapter VI, pages 159–160:
glosses: To free from acidity.
Derived terms: edulcoration
edulcorator
erucic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Eruca + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or derived from plants of the genus Eruca.
Derived terms: erucate
erucic acid
etoile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etoiles
Etymology: French étoile.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of estoile.
qualifier: ballet
glosses: Alternative form of étoile.
fog lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fog lamps
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A bright red lamp (normally one of a pair) at the rear of a motor car that can be switched on during foggy weather so as to avoid collisions from cars approaching from behind
Related terms: fog light
dramatiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dramatisers
Etymology: From dramatise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dramatizer.
komodo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: komodos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Komodo.
Komodo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/
ipa: /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/
ipa: /kə-/
rhymes: -əʊdəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”).
Senses: glosses: An island of Indonesia, part of the Lesser Sunda Islands
Derived terms: Komodo dragon
Komodo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/
ipa: /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/
ipa: /kə-/
rhymes: -əʊdəʊ
Forms: form: Komodos
Etymology: Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”).
Senses: glosses: a Komodo dragon
drachme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæk.mi/
Forms: form: drachmes
Etymology: Borrowed from French drachme or directly from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).
Senses: glosses: Dated form of drachma.
unprotected sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: unsafe sex
antonyms: safe sex
glosses: Sexual activity without protection from sexually transmitted disease; sex that is not safe sex, or that is barebacking.
glosses: Sexual intercourse without protection from pregnancy; the nonuse of birth control.
piece out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pieces out
form: piecing out
form: pieced out
form: pieced out
Senses: examples: text: She pieced out a meal for three from what was in the cupboard.
glosses: To increase or complete by adding one or more pieces.
examples: text: He pieced out what he knew from the witnesses.
glosses: To lay out or present possible components of a whole.
thick as a brick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: So you ride yourselves over the fields
And you make all your animal deals
And your wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a brick.
ref: 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
synonyms: word: dumb as an ox
word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very stupid; slow to learn or understand.
old as the hills
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊld əz‿ðə ˈhɪlz/
ipa: /ˌoʊld əz‿ðə ˈhɪlz/
rhymes: -ɪlz
Forms: form: older than the hills
Etymology: Possibly a reference to Job 15:7 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou made before the hills?”
Senses: examples: text: His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “In Fashion”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC, pages 6–7:
text: A violent revolution cannot achieve anything except the inevitable results of violence, which are as old as the hills.
ref: 1937, Aldous Huxley, “Social Reform and Violence”, in Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals and into the Methods Employed for Their Realization, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1957, →OCLC, page 25:
synonyms: word: aged
word: age-old
word: ancient
word: old as the Pyramids
word: old as time
word: older than dirt
word: older than the Pyramids
word: ancient
word: aged
word: age-old
word: antediluvian
word: auld
word: cobwebbed
word: cobwebby
word: decrepit
word: eld
word: eldern
word: gray
word: hoary
word: moss-grown
word: old
word: old as the hills
word: old as the Pyramids
word: olden
word: older than dirt
word: older than the hills
word: older than the Pyramids
word: venerable
word: wintry
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely old.
breed like rabbits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breeds like rabbits
form: breeding like rabbits
form: bred like rabbits
form: bred like rabbits
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: To breed very rapidly, to have many children
Related terms: fuck like rabbits
like mushrooms
cold as ice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪs
Etymology: From Middle English cold as ise, cold as yse, colde as ise.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very cold.
Synonyms: ice-cold
freezing
cold
sleep like a log
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsliːp laɪk ə ˈlɔɡ/
ipa: /-ˈlɑɡ/
ipa: /ˈsliːp laɪk ə ˈlɒɡ/
Forms: form: sleeps like a log
form: sleeping like a log
form: slept like a log
form: slept like a log
Senses: synonyms: sleep like a baby
sleep like a dog
sleep like a mouse
sleep like a rock
sleep like a top
qualifier: simile
glosses: To sleep heavily, long and without disturbance.
Related terms: saw logs
saw wood
sleep of the just
sly as a fox
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very sly, very cunning.
Related terms: crazy like a fox
lactoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactoproteins
Etymology: From lacto- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any protein (such as casein) present in milk
metrological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metrological
form: most metrological
Etymology: From metrology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to metrology
Derived terms: biometrological
metrologically
nanometrological
directress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directresses
Etymology: From director + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: And now a maiden […] ſupplied them, next, / With a reſplendent table, which the chaſte / Directreſs of the ſtores furniſh'd with bread / And dainties, remnants of the laſt regale.
ref: 1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book I.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 9, lines 172 and 174–177:
synonyms: directrix
glosses: A female director.
righter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: righters
Etymology: From Middle English *rightere, from Old English rihtere (“a ruler; director”), from Proto-Germanic *rehtārijaz, equivalent to right + -er (agent suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gjuchter (“one who makes right; judge”), West Frisian rjochter (“one who makes right; judge”), Dutch rechter (“one who makes right; judge”), German Low German Richter (“one who makes right; judge”), German Richter (“one who makes right; judge”), Icelandic réttari (“a justiciary”).
Senses: examples: text: righter of wrongs
ref: 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: Someone who puts right; someone who does justice or redresses wrong.
Related terms: alt-righter
far-righter
self-righter
righter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English rightere, rihtere, from Old English rihtra, comparative of riht (“right”), equivalent to right + -er (comparative suffix).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of right: more right
rightest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: right + -est
Senses: glosses: superlative form of right: most right
rightest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: right + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of right
cusper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuspers
Etymology: From cusp + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Millennial cusper
text: When the younger of their two overlapping generations feels like it's not being heard, a Cusper can provide a voice.
ref: 2004, Linda A Panszczyk, HR How-To—Intergenerational Issues:
text: Cuspers are natural translators because they often speak the language of two generations. Sometimes we even call them generationally bilingual!
ref: 2017, Hannah L. Ubl, Lisa X. Walden, Debra Arbit, Managing Millennials For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 266:
glosses: A person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.
examples: text: And if you were borm on those tricky days which fall between two signs — like 23 December, or 21 May — then you are called a ‘cusper’, a person born on the cusp of two signs, and said to partake a little bit of both.
ref: 1989, Liz Greene, Astrology for Lovers, Red Wheel Weiser, →ISBN:
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A person born on a day at a junction of star signs.
viure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viures
Etymology: A form of wire.
Senses: examples: text: Viure, Wiure, or Wyer. These terms, according to several authorities, signify a very narrow fillet, generally nebuly, which may be placed in bend, in fess, or otherwise. We can point to but one instance of such a bearing, viz. the arms of Haidon, or Haydon, of Devon: argent , three bars gemels azure , on a chief gules a viure or. This is probably nothing but a wide line nebuly.
ref: 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 320:
text: […] how are the viures to be tricked?
ref: 1863, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 91:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A thin ribbon crossing the field in any direction.
fuel tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuel tanks
Senses: examples: text: The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.
ref: 1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781:
glosses: A container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle.
examples: text: Pending the installation of four 7,000-gal. diesel fuel tanks, temporary refuelling facilities have been provided by the adaptation of a 3,000-gal. oil tank wagon.
ref: 1956 October, “Recent changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662:
glosses: A container for storage of fuel, e.g. in a depot.
Hyponyms: gas tank
petrol tank
gas bottle
gas cylinder
Related terms: fuel line
modacrylic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modacrylics
Etymology: Blend of modified + acrylic
Senses: glosses: Any of several copolymer fibres (mostly polymers of acrylonitrile) that are soft yet strong, and are used in carpeting, wigs, etc.
fuel tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuel tank
fibrose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fibroses
form: fibrosing
form: fibrosed
form: fibrosed
Senses: glosses: To undergo fibrosis.
air-brush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: air-brushes
form: air-brushing
form: air-brushed
form: air-brushed
Senses: examples: text: Joseph Locke made a significant contribution to the development of railways in Britain. It seems strange, therefore, that his name has largely been air-brushed out of the history books.
ref: 2023 August 23, David E Norris, “Joseph Locke: a railway injustice...”, in RAIL, number 990, page 57:
glosses: Alternative spelling of airbrush.
air-brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air-brushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of airbrush.
air brush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: air brushes
form: air brushing
form: air brushed
form: air brushed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of airbrush.
air brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air brushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of airbrush.
light air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light airs
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
nautical
transport
glosses: A light wind with wind speed between 0.3 and 1.5 m/s; a Force 1 wind strength on the Beaufort scale.
weregild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weregilds
Senses: examples: text: "This I will have as weregild for my father, and my brother," he said; and therefore whether we would or no, he took it to treasure it. But soon he was betrayed by it to his death; and so it is named in the North Isildur's Bane.
ref: 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, Chapter 11:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wergeld.
EG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EGs
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of envelope generator.
glosses: Abbreviation of ethylene glycol.
Related terms: sense: ethylene glycol
word: MEG
sense: ethylene glycol
word: PE
sense: ethylene glycol
word: PEG
DG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of dirty girl.
glosses: Initialism of director-general.
glosses: Initialism of dangerous goods.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of dependency grammar.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of guided-missile destroyer, a type of destroyer warship.
OG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˈd͡ʒiː/
homophone: ogee
Forms: form: OGs
form: O.G.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of Original Gangsta; a person associated with the earliest era of gangsta rap.
examples: text: Besides the standard tomatoes-over-cheese version, called the O.G., and an even more streamlined cheeseless tomato pie called the Plain Jane, Washington Squares exploits the structural stability of the crust with more elaborate arrays.
ref: 2021 March 8, Pete Wells, “Building Pizzas That Can Survive the Box”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: And we’d all go to the true O.G., Julius’. It’s the oldest gay bar in New York, plus it has delicious grilled cheese sandwiches and French fries.
ref: 2021 April 12, John Wogan, “Friends Who Saw It All”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Anything associated with an earlier, more traditional, and perceivedly more authentic era.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of own goal.
Derived terms: oggy
Related terms: english: gangster
translation: gangster
word: G
english: young gangster
translation: young gangster
word: YG
OG
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˈd͡ʒiː/
homophone: ogee
Forms: form: more OG
form: most OG
form: O.G.
Senses: examples: text: To slow it down, the below song is a throwback remake using a song from 90's babies' parents' generation. It's definitely a majority favorite, and while I wouldn't say it's better than the OG version, it's definitely soothing to the ear.
ref: 2017 October 6, Fobilasha, Bollywood Weekly (Usenet):
text: A lot of people freak out at the idea of lard, but it's actually not that bad for you, and it's what they use in O.G., legit-sh*t tamales—and I'd imagine that's what the abuela in Coco is making
ref: 2018, Andrew Rea, “Tamales from Coco” (2:17 from the start), in Binging with Babish, season 1, episode 70, Andrew Rea (actor), New York: YouTube:
text: The Warehouse gym is a little off the beaten track, plopped south of an interstate highway, behind a hidden road. “You have to be kind of a real O.G. baller to know where it is,” Jewell Loyd said.
ref: 2021 February 27, Jonathan Abrams, quoting Jewell Loyd, “Jewell Loyd Is in the Gym, Building Her Game and a Community”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Traditional, authentic, old-fashioned, or old school.
examples: text: Accounts with OG names like "Daniel" or "summer" can often fetch a high price.
text: I joined Twitter pretty early and managed to snag a semi-OG handle.
text: I'm sure in lots of cases people get paid. In fact there is a black market for OG handles that can reach prices of up to 5k.
ref: 2020 May 24, u/jbutens, “How are celebrities able to get social media handles that are exactly their name? Do they buy it from people etc. if it's already taken?”, in Reddit, r/NoStupidQuestions, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024:
text: Tryna fill my friends list with og/semi og names.
ref: 2021 May 16, @Horroraholic_, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024:
text: Just wait untill the doxing / social engineering comes for og accounts
ref: 2023 May 11, u/Esco1980, “Why is this change being pushed despite overwhelmingly negative feedback?”, in Reddit, r/discordapp, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024:
text: Shut down http://kyo.rip, haven't touched siege in ages, lots of people using the site to try to brute force accounts, check for og names and just being weirdos and I cba to update or maintain the site anymore. Goodbye
ref: 2023 June 6, @KyoDaHotdog, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024:
text: It's a semi OG name, CocoChopper isn't og in any way
ref: 2023 June 11, u/HypeTheMoneyMaker, “Stepping down from CocoChopper for a semi-OG ign 🫡”, in Reddit, r/HypixelSkyblock, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024:
topics: video-games
qualifier: social media
glosses: Relating to a username which is a common word, phrase, or name.
accusativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From accusative + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.
glosses: The condition of tending to accuse.
Related terms: accusatory
accusing
accusive
DT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DTs
form: DT.
form: Dt.
form: Dt
form: D/T
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of defensive tackle.
examples: text: She told him, "Get off it," and a bunch of other more shit / Getting money, DTs be getting no new leads
ref: 2004, MF DOOM, “One Beer”, in MM..FOOD:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Abbreviation of (police) detective.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of design and technology.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of dethermalizer.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
synonyms: DTV
glosses: Initialism of digital television.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of device tree.
examples: text: She knew, because she had held him, that he suffered DT's. Behind the initials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's ploughshare.
ref: 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 95:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of delirium tremens.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of diphtheria and tetanus (a type of combination vaccine).
examples: text: If a child is dangerous, likely to run or if his parents cannot be found, he is placed in detention, often called DT. Detention officers may then release the child from detention as soon as his parents are contacted, or they may keep the child in DT until the next court day, when a detention hearing will be scheduled.
ref: 1974 Winter, Constance K. Lundberg, Kathryn L. Schuler, “Salt Lake County Juvenile Court – Focus on the Intake Officer, 1971–74”, in Journal of Contemporary Law, volume 1, number 1, page 49:
text: There were five people in DT, and we were all seventh graders. ¶ “Hurry up, Mr. Sprague. Look busy.” Mr. Waddell sported his mean look.
ref: 1993, Martyn Godfrey, Please Remove Your Elbow from My Ear, New York, NY: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: Abbreviation of detention.
glosses: Abbreviation of drug test.
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of deep-throating.
Hyponyms: sense: vaccine
word: DTP
Coordinate terms: sense: vaccine
word: Td
DT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Daily Telegraph.
TG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TGs
Senses: examples: text: Often, TGs are forced to revert to their original gender in order to obtain services.
ref: 1997, Nancy Goldstein, Jennifer L Manlowe, The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women:
glosses: A transgender person.
examples: text: you can get rid of a man you don't like by writing a letter of introduction and putting him, with it, into the train. TG's are best treated thus.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'A Friend's Friend', Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 176:
glosses: Initialism of temporary gentleman.
glosses: Initialism of transformational grammar.
glosses: Initialism of thyroglobulin.
TG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Hitherto, the Centre had cleared a proposal to allot the letters TG to Telangana State, but now the Transport Department has written to the ...
ref: 2014 June 3, “KCR wants TS instead of TG for vehicle registration”, in The Hindu:
text: The Southern region encompassing Andhra Pradesh (AP), Telangana (TG), AP and TG (two combined projects in both states), Karnataka, Kerala,[…]
ref: 2020 September 18, Sandeep Kumar, Ram Swaroop Meena, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Resources Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 527:
synonyms: TS
glosses: Abbreviation of Telangana: a state of India.
TG
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of transformative-generative.
glosses: Initialism of transgender.
Derived terms: TGNB
TG
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of thank God.
abscondings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absconding
DHH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Recently, there has been a radical paradigm shift taking hold in forums that attend to the education of DHH students.
ref: 2002 December 24, Cecilia Mary Flood, “HOW DO DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS EXPERIENCE LEARNING TO WRITE USING SIGNWRITING, A WAY TO READ AND WRITE SIGNS?”, in SignWriting, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023, page 1:
glosses: Initialism of deaf or hard of hearing.