cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
assholehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From asshole + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: These douchebags have reached a whole new level of assholehood.
ref: 2013, Eugene Patrick Ruisi, Polyxenburgh - Page 383:
glosses: The state or condition of being an asshole.
Related terms: assholedom
assholeness
assholeship
pop smoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pops smoke
form: popping smoke
form: popped smoke
form: popped smoke
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To call for air extract with a smoke grenade.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To throw smoke grenades as a means of cover or escape during battle.
glosses: To leave a place.
shire-reeve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shire-reeves
form: shirereeve
form: shire reeve
Etymology: From shire + reeve, translating Old English scīrġerēfa (“shire-reeve; sheriff”).
Senses: glosses: A local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.
Related terms: King's reeve
Barney-style
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Barney style
Etymology: After the dinosaur character in the children's educational TV show Barney & Friends.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: In extremely simplified language.
wikipedia: Barney & Friends
U-Haul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjuːˌhɔːl/
Forms: form: U-Hauls
Etymology: From the company U-Haul, a stylization of "you haul".
Senses: glosses: A rental vehicle, especially a moving truck.
Derived terms: U-Haul lesbian
U-Haul syndrome
moving truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moving trucks
Senses: synonyms: moving van
pantechnicon
glosses: a removal van
islamophobics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 2006, David Sewell, [R] Ungodly Pratchett fans Group: alt.fan.pratchett
Mostly islamophobics (they're taking over our meat! waaaah! the end is near!).
2011, notme, Re: Islamophobia is a mental illness Group: uk.legal,
It does not follow that all islamophobics are schizophrenic or vice versa.
2013, Jim Higgins, There Is Only One Faith That Wants to Kill You - Bill Maher Group: soc.retirement
So now, the islamophobics are out in force in an attempt to explain what cannot otherwise be explained except to force that person into some ...
glosses: Islamophobes
potential mood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potential moods
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The grammatical mood expressing possibility and potential.
potential moods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potential mood
pub golf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drinking game in which drinkers visit a number of pubs (analogous to the holes of a golf course) and attempt to consume a drink at each in the fewest sips possible (analogous to the number of strokes taken to sink the ball).
quintars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quintar
encastage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French encastage.
Senses: glosses: The placing of pottery in a saggar so that it can be dried by fire.
relexifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relexify
relexifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relexify
relexified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relexify
sextes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexte
trapezium bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trapezium bones
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.
Synonyms: greater multangular
trapezium
os trapezium
trapezial bone
greater multangular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greater multangulars
Senses: glosses: The trapezium bone
coin die
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coin dies
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: Any of the (usually metal) stamps used in pairs during hammered coining to strike impressions of designs onto their obverse and reverse faces.
lesser multangular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesser multangulars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trapezoid bone.
synonyms: word: trapezoid bone
every now and again
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of now and again.
synonyms: word: now and again
Related terms: every now and then
every once in a while
every so often
iced up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ice up
ices up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ice up
icing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ice up
byhearts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of byheart
fingertip search
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingertip searches
form: finger-tip search
Senses: examples: text: Several media liaison officers placed particular emphasis on the use of photo opportunities of elements of the investigation to gain or revive press interest (fingertip searches, house-to-house visits, underwater searches and so on).
ref: 1999, Andy Feist, The effective use of the media in serious crime investigations, London: Home Office, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, →ISBN:
text: Police search teams led by Police Constable Franklin and Police Constable Sawyer conducted a thorough fingertip search of the common approach path of the area surrounding the body and of the area on either side of the approach path.
ref: 2004, Lord Brian Hutton, Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons Dated 28th January 2004 for the Report of the Inquiry Into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Dr David Kelly C.M.G., The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 87:
text: If the crime scene is small enough, SOCOs may carry out a fingertip search for evidence. Kneeling shoulder-to-shoulder and moving forward together, officers search the ground in front of them so that every inch of the crime scene is examined.
ref: 2007, Carey Scott, Crime Scene Detective, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: A fastidious forensic search of a crime scene, usually performed by investigators crawling along the ground.
Related terms: fine-tooth comb
multangulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multangular
indocibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From indocible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being indocible.
reassumeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: reassume + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reassume
matrix language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matrix languages
Senses: examples: text: Because, in that case, most of the text is in English, we can say that the matrix language (ML) of the message is English and that the embedded language (EL) is Spanish.
ref: 2005 December 24, David Luna, Dawn Lerman, Lauren A. Peracchio, “Structural Constraints in Code-Switched Advertising”, in Journal of Consumer Research, volume 32, number 3, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded, as opposed to the embedded language.
unimbedded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + imbedded.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unembedded.
imbedder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: imbedders
Etymology: From imbed + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of embedder.
imbedders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imbedder
imbeddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imbedding
imbeddable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From imbed + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of embeddable.
hypodiegetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypodiegetic
form: most hypodiegetic
Etymology: From hypo- + diegetic.
Senses: examples: text: In Jane Eyre this hypodiegetic level is only attained four times again, first in chapter fifteen, in which Rochester tells Jane about his mistress Celine Varens, second in chapter twenty-seven [...]
ref: 1999, Esther Schönberger-Schleicher, Charlotte and Emily Brontë: a narrative analysis of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, →ISBN, page 182:
text: Gretta's story, by contrast, has all the force of an authentic performance, a spontaneous speech-act that recreates its own referential validity. As such, it is the most coherent and integrated hypodiegetic act of narration in Dubliners.
ref: 2004, Gerald Doherty, Dubliners' Dozen, page 132:
text: Continuing this issue of depth: backgrounds are also used throughout some issues of Sandman, for example in Sandman #6 (“24 Hours”) where they provide mood, or Sandman #3 (“Dream a Little Dream of Me”) where a hypodiegetic dream story underlies the pages (see for example page 22), with the diegetic narrative sequence overlaid.
ref: 2014, Julia Round, Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels, page 71:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a secondary narrative embedded within the primary narrative (a story within a story).
Synonyms: metadiegetic
metadiegetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛt.ə.daɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒɛt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more metadiegetic
form: most metadiegetic
Etymology: From meta- + diegetic.
Senses: examples: text: A particularly striking example appears in Hawthorne's next romance, The House of the Seven Gables, in which Chapter 13 consists entirely of a metadiegetic narrative entitled "Alice Pyncheon," composed and read by the diegetic character Holgrave.
ref: 1995, Michael Dunne, Hawthorne’s Narrative Strategies, page 87:
text: The diegetic and metadiegetic aspects of the Joker's use of music also persist. Prince's "Trust" features diegetically in the festival parade as the Joker rides on his birthday-cake float, while the Straussian waltz reappears metadiegetically in the cue "Waltz," for the battle between Batman and the Joker's henchman as the Joker waltzes with a semiconscious Vicki in the background. This, and his comment, "shall we dance?" to Batman just before the cue starts again positions this as music that the Joker has control cover: it is more than simply heard in his head.
ref: 2004, Janet K. Halfyard, Danny Elfman's Batman: A Film Score Guide, page 108:
text: Sound effects are often enlisted to externalize a characters' inner thoughts, nightmares, hallucinations, dreams, or wishes. We might hear, for example, the laughter of a child as a woman picks up a doll from childhood. This gives the scene a surreal feeling. This effect is often called meta-diegetic.
ref: 2005, Jennifer Van Sijll, “Sound Effects”, in Cinematic Storytelling, →ISBN, page 90:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a secondary narrative embedded within the primary narrative (a story within a story).
Synonyms: hypodiegetic
model aircraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: model aircraft
Senses: glosses: An aircraft made to a smaller scale, either as a static (non-flying) model, or built to fly with the aid of an engine or electric motor, and controlled by radio from the ground. (This entry is a translation hub.)
non-flying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + flying.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonflying.
extemporanea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛksˌtɛm.pɜːˈɹeɪn.i.ə/
rhymes: -eɪniə
Forms: form: extemporania
Etymology: From Latin extemporānea, neuter plural of extemporāneus (“extemporaneous”).
Senses: examples: text: Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, / A medley of extemporanea;
ref: 1926, Dorothy Parker, “Comment”, in Enough Rope, page 55:
text: The things I write are only light extemporanea. I won't put politics on paper... it's a mania! So I refuse to use the pen in Pennsylvania!
ref: 1969, Sherman Edwards, Peter Stone, “But Mr. Adams”, in 1776:
text: I have often confused quantity for quality in my writing, preferring to write light extemporanea, or to gloat over or gush on about every new treaty, or international law case, or incident.
ref: 2000, David J. Bederman, “I Hate International Law Scholarship (Sort Of)”, in Chicago Journal of International Law, volume 1, number 1:
glosses: That which is extemporaneous; something effortless but transient or superficial.
extemporania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniə
Senses: examples: text: But while matters touching on "patriotism" or judgment on grave issues still evoke earthy exchanges in Congress (read the record of the ABM discussions), not since the Douglas- Kerr debates of the last decade has there been such robust extemporania.
ref: 1969, LIFE, page 32:
text: And in all of this medley of extemporania, Nixon could count on the faithful support of the minority leader of the House, Mr. Gerald Ford.
ref: 1984, Sidney Zion, Read All about It, Berkley Publishing Group, →ISBN:
text: Within this introduction, I shall be using two somewhat obscure pieces of literary extemporania. I would like you to read each of the following two works, taking on one at a time.
ref: 2004, Patriot Hall, Prof. Diogenes Vindex, So it Was Written, →ISBN, page 172:
glosses: Alternative spelling of extemporanea.
homme fatal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hommes fatals
Etymology: Adapted borrowing from French homme fatal (literally “fatal man”), after femme fatale.
Senses: examples: text: However, the danger of the homme fatal, as embodied in today's boyish male hustler, is that he will leave, disappearing to other loves, other lands.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
text: Though mysterious, treacherous men are common characters in most Gothic works, some of the closest archetypes to the homme fatal can be found in the novels of Ann Radcliffe.
ref: 2015, Samantha Lindop, Postfeminism and the Fatale Figure in Neo-Noir Cinema:
antonyms: ingenu
glosses: An ultimately seductive and dangerous man; a womanizer.
BDE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BDEs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of bond dissociation energy.
examples: text: Swear to God I tried to be the big shot lawyer, that BDE meat eating, Johnny American Football, beer chugging, Sunday Christian he wanted.
ref: 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 14:
glosses: Initialism of big dick energy.
glosses: Initialism of big dyke energy.
glosses: Initialism of baruch dayan emet ("blessed is the true judge"; said when hearing about a death).
Ags.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Angus (region of Scotland).
DPE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of deprotonation energy.
DPE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Department of Physical Education.
RSE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of ring strain energy.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of relationships and sex education.
Synonyms: topics: education
word: SRE
Coordinate terms: topics: education
word: sex education
RSE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.
file handle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪl hæn.dl/
rhymes: -ændəl
Forms: form: file handles
form: filehandle
Etymology: From file + handle.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The descriptor used to access a file in a file system.
filehandle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filehandles
Senses: examples: text: A filehandle is an internal name for an external file.
ref: perlopentut - simple recipes for opening files and pipes in Perl
glosses: Alternative spelling of file handle.
filehandles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filehandle
file handles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of file handle
losmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: losmens
Etymology: Borrowed from Indonesian losmen.
Senses: glosses: An Indonesian hostel.
circulenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circulene
stadholderate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stadholderates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stadtholderate.
stadtholderate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stadtholderates
form: stadholderate
Etymology: From stadtholder + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a state ruled by people of such office).
Senses: examples: text: On his deathbed he sent for his younger half-brother, Frederic Henry, the prince who would undoubtedly succeed him in the stadholderate of five provinces and the command of the army.
ref: 2005 [1938], C. V. Wedgwood, The Thirty Years War, NYRB, page 194:
synonyms: stadtholdership
glosses: The office or position of a stadtholder.
glosses: A state ruled by a stadtholder.
stadtholderates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stadtholderate
muddle along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: muddles along
form: muddling along
form: muddled along
form: muddled along
Senses: examples: text: Executives are content to muddle along as long as profits are satisfactory — Attention to operating matters is a child of adversity.
ref: 1940, unnamed executive quoted in United States. Temporary National Economic Committee, Investigation of concentration of economic power, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 66
text: Indeed, they may muddle along a little better, armed with the view that the world is subject to their control.
ref: 1982, Michael Schudson, The Power of News, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 170:
text: But evidence from the past few years indicates that Russia will continue to muddle along and that, in a few years, it will probably “muddle upward”.
ref: 2000, Angela Stent, Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, the Soviet Collapse, and the New Europe, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 238:
synonyms: word: muggle
word: muddle on
glosses: To live or work in an unorganized and unplanned way.
contemporanea expositio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin contemporanea expositio (“that which was said at the time”). Part of the expression contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima, in lege ("contemporaneous explanation is best and strongest in law").
Senses: examples: text: We have the contemporanea expositio of Edward the Sixth, but what is the contemporanea expositio of Charles the Second ?
ref: 1856, Sir Robert Phillimore, Argument of Robert Phillimore in the Court of Arches: in the matter of the ornaments in the churches of St. Paul and St. Barnabas, Knightsbridge, page 141:
text: This is the contemporanea expositio which is to prove that the doctrine of the sacraments is not delivered fully in the Articles ; being in fact about a totally different question !
ref: 1848, Clericus M.A., Cantab, pseud, The Church of England pronounced heretical, by the promoters of a petition against the consecration of dr. Hampden to the see of Hereford, page 44
text: This was the clear result of the 1st George I., taken in conjunction with the other statutes, and the contemporanea expositio confirmed this construction.
ref: 1851, Edmund Burke, The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, page 186:
topics: law
glosses: Legal opinions set forth at the time a document was written.
examples: text: The contemporanea expositio is a safe key to the meaning of deeds, and in Evelyn's Memoirs, written fourteen years after the complete establishment of the Charter House, we have a striking illustration of the original rule as he understood it […]
ref: 1832, The Law Magazine: Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, page 110:
text: Not only do I think that they must be read in conjunction, but the usage which has followed the Union has, in my judgment, both interpreted them when so read, and has by contemporanea expositio confirmed the view that they ought to be so read.
ref: 1910, The Scottish Law Reporter: Continuing Reports ... of Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, Court of Teinds, and House of Lords:
text: It was reasonably clear upon the argument submitted in the Court of Session that, at the time when the Act came into force, it was regarded by contemporanea expositio as applying to the Crown, but any doubt which might have existed was set ...
ref: 1920, “Lord Advocate v. Marquess of Zetland”, in Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, &c.; Also in the House of Lords, page 3:
topics: law
glosses: The doctrine that the legal opinions of the time a document was written should be used to interpret laws in preference to more modern formulations.
Princess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Princesses
Senses: examples: text: Having been at the center of an international tragedy, the general public view is that the next generation—Princes William and Harry, and also Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice—have suffered enough and deserve every moment of happiness coming their way, and people are more than willing to help them celebrate their successes.
ref: 2015, Fraser McAlpine, Stuff Brits Like: A Guide to What’s Great About Great Britain, Berkley, →ISBN:
glosses: The title of a princess.
Princess
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: It was funny to me that my name, Princess Kasune Zulu, became such a big deal on this trip. I participated in a number of media interviews where journalists fixated on my name. "Are you a real princess?" they asked time and time again. Their published articles all too often said, "Princess is only her name, not a title."
ref: 2009, Princess Kasune Zulu, Warrior Princess, IVP Books, →ISBN, page 202:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Coordinate terms: word: Prince
proprietariness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proprietary + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being proprietary.
vote-winner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vote-winners
form: vote winner
Senses: glosses: A political action or strategy that would be popular with potential voters
cappie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæpi/
rhymes: -æpi
Forms: form: cappies
Etymology: From cap + -ie.
Senses: examples: 18??, James Napier, Folk Lore: Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within This Century
After a time, he was surprised to see the hopper beginning to go, and, looking up, he saw a little manakin holding a little cappie in his hand and filling it at the hopper.
glosses: a small, usually wooden drinking vessel
cappie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæpi/
rhymes: -æpi
Forms: form: cappies
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Cappie.
peregrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peregrins
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of peregrine.
Hinduist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hinduists
Etymology: From Hindu + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Hinduism.
Hinduize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Hinduizes
form: Hinduizing
form: Hinduized
form: Hinduized
Etymology: From Hindu + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert to Hinduism
Hinduizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Hinduize
Hinduizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Hinduize
Hinduized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Hinduize
LMBO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Variant of LMAO (“laughing my ass off”).
Senses: glosses: Initialism of laughing my butt/bollocks/bum/balls off, used to indicate great amusement.
LMTO
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of laughing my tail off.
glosses: Initialism of laughing my tits off.
glosses: Initialism of laughing my testicles off.
offshorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From offshore + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: On the domestic front, the existence of efficiency asymmetries—specifically, the existence of more efficient offshore intermediaries that only intermediate in dollars—induces dollarization through “offshorization” and by forcing domestic intermediaries to raise their peso margins so as to compensate for compressed dollar margins.
ref: 2005, Alain Ize, Financial De-Dollarization: Is It for Real?, page 12:
glosses: The act of moving capital to offshore accounts, or relocating business to a foreign country with a more lenient tax regime.
Derived terms: deoffshorization
Mair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mairs
Etymology: * As a Scottish surname, variant of Marr.
* Also as a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic maor (“officer”). Compare Maver, Mayer.
* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
varietize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: varietizes
form: varietizing
form: varietized
form: varietized
Etymology: From variety + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To vary; to add variety to.
urinary tract infection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urinary tract infections
form: UTI
form: urinary-tract infection
Senses: examples: text: The priest proceeds to pour bowl after bowl of ceremonial water on our scalps. My makeup, hair and contact lenses stream down my cheeks. My eyes burn. I wonder if I could get a urinary tract infection this way.
ref: 2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An infection that affects part of the urinary tract.
urinary tract infections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urinary tract infection
acute cystitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acute cystitides
Etymology: From acute + cystitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A urinary tract infection.
bladder infection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bladder infections
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A urinary tract infection.
acute cystitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acute cystitis
bladder infections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bladder infection
double points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double point
fights back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fight back
fought back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fight back
fighting back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fight back
Santeríans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Santerían
Hinduists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hinduist
snotsicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snotsicles
Etymology: Blend of snot + icicle, or snot + -sicle.
Senses: examples: text: I gathered the photo of Dan Withey's 40-yard Wasatch contrail, the vintage travel poster of a jaunty Brit taking trains to the Alps, and a 1979 magazine cover of a bearded dude dangling a two-inch frozen snotsicle, and stuffed them in a closet.
ref: 2007 October, Rob Story, “Pain Season”, in Skiing, page 42:
text: With our snotsicles and waxy cheeks, our breaths' plumes and hulking silhouettes, we may look like members of Scott's last expedition.
ref: 2010, Michael Engelhard, “Biking Cool”, in Michael Engelhard, editor, Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska, University of Alaska Press, →ISBN, page 97:
text: "Got it. Here's the deal. Go take a shower. Not a hot one, but not chilly enough to give you a snotsicle. Nobody wants to see that."
ref: 2011, Greg Wright, Daddy Dates: Four Daughters, One Clueless Dad, and His Quest to Win Their Hearts: The Road Map for Any Dad to Raise a Strong and Confident Daughter, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 188:
glosses: A solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose.
snotsicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snotsicle
Nusayrism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the name of Ibn Nusayr, believed to have founded the group during the 9th century, + -ism.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A syncretic offshoot of Shi'ism, whose adherents self-identify as Alawites.
analogizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of analogization
four treasures of the study
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A translation of Chinese 文房四寶／文房四宝 (wénfángsìbǎo).
Senses: glosses: The brush, ink, paper and inkstone used in Chinese and other East Asian calligraphic traditions.
Hyponyms: ink brush
ink
paper
inkstone
wiltedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wilted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being wilted.
unherbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + herbed.
Senses: glosses: Not herbed.
unperturbable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unperturbable
form: most unperturbable
Etymology: From un- + perturbable.
Senses: synonyms: imperturbable
glosses: Not perturbable.
unperturbably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unperturbably
form: most unperturbably
Etymology: From unperturbable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unperturbable manner.
unperturbability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + perturbability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unperturbable.
unperturbedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unperturbedly
form: most unperturbedly
Etymology: From unperturbed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unperturbed manner.
unperturbedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unperturbed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being unperturbed.
undisturbedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From undisturbed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being undisturbed.
logogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logogens
Etymology: From logo- + -gen.
Senses: examples: text: Hence if a “t” letter is identified in the input, the activation levels of all logogens that correspond to words containing a “t” will increase.
ref: 2013, Trevor A. Harley, The Psychology of Language: From Data to Theory, page 195:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A unit of word recognition, encapsulating a variety of properties about a given word, such as its appearance, sound, and meaning.
Related terms: imagen
logogenic
logogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logogen
logatome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logatomes
form: logatom
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A short pseudoword, typically of a single syllable.
logatomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logatome
craftivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craftivists
Etymology: Blend of craft + activist
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in craftivism.
craftivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craftivist
craftivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of craft + activism
Senses: examples: text: So late last week the museum put out a call online seeking “pussyhat” donations — for a future exhibition and to create an archive of what the museum calls “the largest example of social activism through craft ("craftivism") in U.S. modern history.”
ref: 2017 February 1, Breg Cook, “Local Museum Seeks To Preserve Pink 'Pussyhats' From Women's March”, in WBUR:
glosses: A form of activism involving craft practices such as knitting.
Related terms: craftivist
yarnbombing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yarn bombing.
yarnbombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of yarnbomb
yarn bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarnbombing
Senses: examples: text: It is believed 'yarnbombing' originated in Texas, America, with knitters trying to find a creative way to use their leftover and unfinished projects, but it has since spread worldwide.
ref: 2011 August 18, “Tree-mendous: The astonishing cobweb 'yarnbombing' that took graffiti knitter three months”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2023:
synonyms: guerrilla knitting
graffiti knitting
yarnstorming
glosses: A form of graffiti or street art which involves colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn.
yarn bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yarnbombing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yarn bomb
Uhthoff's phenomenon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First described by Wilhelm Uhthoff in 1890.
Senses: glosses: The worsening of neurological symptoms in multiple sclerosis and similar conditions when the body becomes overheated.
Synonyms: Uhthoff's sign
Uhthoff's symptom
Uhthoff's syndrome
Related terms: pseudoexacerbation
striped threadfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: striped threadfins
Senses: synonyms: common threadfin
northern threadfin
puttynose
glosses: A threadfin of species Polydactylus plebeius, of the Indo-Pacific.
Oghamist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oghamists
form: oghamist
Etymology: From Ogham + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who specialises in the academic study of Ogham inscriptions.
Oghamists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oghamist
oghamist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oghamists
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Oghamist.
oghamists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oghamist
poopsicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poopsicle
sasanqua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sasanquas
Etymology: From Japanese 山茶花 (sazanka), pre-WWII spelling: sazankwa さざんくわ.
Senses: glosses: A camellia, Camellia sasanqua, native to China and Japan.
old fogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old fogies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of old fogey.
hinges on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hinge on
hinged on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hinge on
African traditional religion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: African traditional religions
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, the so-called African traditional religions were created, with the collaboration of Christian-trained African theologians, through the authorized translation of Christian concepts and doctrines into indigenous African languages.
ref: 2003, Lee M. Brown, African Philosophy: New and Traditional Perspectives: New and Traditional Perspectives, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86:
text: For the same reasons that many Nigerians troop to churches in recent times, many also seek spiritual intervention through African traditional religions.
ref: 2010, Harry N. Agina, The Invasion of the Funky Pastors: Church Business at War with African Culture, Author House, →ISBN, page 119:
text: Tallie began a quest all her own. She decided she wanted to practice an African traditional religion. “Something we did before colonization,” she said.
ref: 2010, Ytasha L. Womack, Post Black: How a New Generation Is Redefining African American Identity, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: A religious belief system native to Africa.
examples: text: (3) African traditional religion', eroded though it is by the spread of Islam and of Christianity, is still alive and still has its own humanistic and spiritual principles, which have supported successive African generations for thousands of years.
ref: 1993, Wondji, Christophe, Ali A. Mazrui, Generale History of Africa: Africa since 1935, UNESCO →ISBN, page 520
text: There are strong arguments that African traditional religion is a religion in the same sense of Islam or Christianity, with a basic set of ideas (in a single creator deity, along with more minor deities, and ancestor spirits).
ref: 2003, Malory Nye, Religion: The Basics, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 11:
text: In this respect, love of community life and the sacred remain the strength with which the African traditional religion can enforce moral sanity into business ethics in the global market.
ref: 2005, Nicholas Capaldi, Business and Religion: A Clash of Civilizations?, M & M Scrivener Press, →ISBN, page 396:
text: In contemporary Mozambique, Islam continues to coexist with the other faiths of Christianity and African traditional religion.
ref: 2007, George O. Ndege, Culture and Customs of Mozambique, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 33:
text: During the Islamic festivals of greater Biaram of Eid-il-fitri, gifts are exchanged among the adherents of the three faiths: Islam, Christianity, and African Traditional Religion.
ref: 2011, J.O. Kayode, quoted in Hyacinth Kalu, Together as One: Interfaith Relationships Between African Traditional Religion, Islam, and Christianity in Nigeria: (Interfaith Series), iUniverse →ISBN, page 252
glosses: A syncretic belief system, combining the common aspects of many African mythologies.
room dividers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of room divider
muddles along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muddle along
muddling along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of muddle along
muddled along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of muddle along
dodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dodie
Orpingtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Orpington
exudence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exudences
Senses: glosses: Something exuded; an exudate.
exudences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exudence
exudated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exudate
exudating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exudate
guaranís
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guaraní
saads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saad
kalkoentjie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalkoentjies
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans kalkoentjie, diminutive of kalkoen.
Senses: glosses: Any of several African pipits of the genus Macronyx.
glosses: Any of several South African gladioli.
kalkoentjies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kalkoentjie
cringeworthily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cringeworthily
form: most cringeworthily
Etymology: From cringeworthy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cringeworthy manner; so as to make one cringe.
Synonyms: sense: so as to make one cringe
word: cringily
sense: so as to make one cringe
word: cringingly
bonsaiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bonsai
bonsaied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bonsai
hewholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hewhole
wallhicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallhick
sholties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sholtie
subtweet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtweets
Etymology: Blend of subliminal + tweet.
Senses: examples: text: But it was also a subtweet, addressed to one person but meant for someone else entirely.
ref: 2014, Daleen Berry, Geoffrey Fuller, The Savage Murder of Skylar Neese:
text: Curt texts, unanswered emails, Facebook statuses declaring “someone” to be an idiot, the notorious subtweet; if you can communicate with it, people can be passive aggressive with it.
ref: 2015 February 19, Dean Burnett, “OK, don't read this article about passive-aggressive behaviour. Honestly, it's fine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Don’t look back in anger—Oasis, the prodigal sons of Brit-pop, is returning. After years of public feuding and subtweets and alleged battery with a cricket bat, the Gallagher brothers—Liam and Noel, obvs—are working it out on the remix, with a rash of 2025 summer dates announced on their website.
ref: 2024 August 28, Raven Smith, “Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, and the Art of the Public Feud”, in Vogue:
qualifier: social media
glosses: A tweet that refers to another user without tagging their name in the message, so that the user being talked about is not automatically notified.
glosses: Any social media post of this type, regardless of which service it is posted on.
Related terms: subtext
unnamed
vaguepost
subtweet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subtweets
form: subtweeting
form: subtweeted
form: subtweeted
Etymology: Blend of subliminal + tweet.
Senses: examples: text: More often than not, they employed this term when referencing various teen dramas that occurred between friends and classmates that required insider knowledge to decode. In other words, teens subtweet to talk behind someone else's back.
ref: 2014, danah boyd, It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens (page 69)
text: A less subtle way of navigating the relationship between the public and the obscure is found in subtweeting or vaguebooking (vague facebooking), the art of posting elliptically about a social situation without naming names.
ref: 2019, Gretchen McCulloch, chapter 6, in Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, Riverhead Books, →ISBN:
hypernyms: vagueblog
coordinate_terms: vaguebook
qualifier: social media
glosses: To post a message of this kind.
examples: text: Schumer's remarks were oblique enough that no one will be able to say for sure whether he was subtweeting Trump.
ref: 2017 January 20, Aaron Blake, “Chuck Schumer sent a pretty pointed message to Donald Trump, right in front of him”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: To speak obliquely about (a person).
subtweeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subtweet
subtweeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subtweet
subtweets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtweet
subtweets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subtweet
junkaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junkaholics
Etymology: From junk + -aholic.
Senses: examples: text: At the extreme end of the clutter spectrum are folks who suffer from what some call disposophobia —fear of disposing. In other words, they hoard. According to one report, nearly a million junkaholics suffer from this psychological, and the proof is in the piles. To help those who suffer from disposophobia, a national support group called Clutterers Anonymous models itself after the twelve-step format of Alcoholics Anonymous.
ref: 2011, Iyna Bort Caruso, Simply Organized: "The all-in-one guide to organizing your home, office, children, and more!", →ISBN:
glosses: A person who accumulates and stores large quantities of junk.
examples: text: I was a junkaholic. I ate lots of fast food, and as a result I was having stomach and intestinal problems.
ref: 2005, Ann S. Utterback, Broadcasting Through Crisis: How to Keep Going when Tragedy Hits, Bonus Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: One who consumes junk food in excess.
Synonyms: hoarder
pack rat
Related terms: disposophobia
junkaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junkaholic
creologenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more creologenic
form: most creologenic
Etymology: From creole + -o- + -genic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or fostering, the formation of a creole.
pidginogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pidginogenic
form: most pidginogenic
Etymology: From pidgin + -o- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: As shown by Gillian Sankoff, when the SLA context is also a genuine pidginogenic social context (i.e. tertiary hybridization) and when pidgin exists for a long time before creolization takes place, then the innovations will be consistent and regular in the pidgin and will be phonologically refined in the creole.
ref: 1979, Kenneth C. Hill, The genesis of language, page 61:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or fostering, the formation of a pidgin.
unclingy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unclingy
form: most unclingy
Etymology: From un- + clingy.
Senses: examples: text: His father believed in marriage by contract, and his mother believed in marriage and love. He was doomed. What was wrong with discreet relationships with a palette of unclingy females that left him free and unrestricted?
ref: 2011, Samantha Chandler, Dedicated Undeniably to You, page 14:
glosses: Not (emotionally) clingy.
tormentable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tormentable
form: most tormentable
Etymology: From torment + -able.
Senses: examples: text: My best subject was the nature table, because I brought in the shiversome newts with their uterine flanged backs. I was moderately bullied. There were kids more noticeably tormentable than me.
ref: 2016, A. A. Gill, Pour Me a Life:
glosses: Capable of being tormented.
unfomented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fomented.
Senses: glosses: Not fomented.
unrebelling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rebelling.
Senses: glosses: Not engaging in rebellion.
dial-around
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A service that allows an international (or other) telephone call to be made indirectly through another number, thus avoiding the usual call routing and potentially saving money.
untorturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + torturable.
Senses: glosses: Not torturable.
unfocalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + focalized.
Senses: glosses: Not focalized.
focalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of focalization
Auerbachian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Auerbachian
form: most Auerbachian
Etymology: From Auerbach + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Erich Auerbach (1892–1957), philologist and comparative scholar and critic of literature.
Cullerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cullerian
form: most Cullerian
Etymology: From Culler + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jonathan Culler (born 1944), Professor of English who has published works on structuralism and literary theory.
Genettian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Genettian
form: most Genettian
Etymology: From Genette + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gérard Genette (1930–2018), French literary theorist associated with structuralism.
antideconstructionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antideconstructionists
Etymology: From anti- + deconstructionist.
Senses: glosses: One who rejects the theory of deconstructionism.