cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reflecting telescope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflecting telescopes
Senses: glosses: A telescope which produces a magnified image by reflecting light through a series of mirrors housed in a tube, using a large curved mirror to gather the light and one or more additional mirrors to transmit the light to an eyepiece.
Synonyms: reflector
Related terms: refracting telescope
refractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refractors
Etymology: From refract + -or.
Senses: glosses: A refracting telescope.
glosses: anything which refracts light, heat or sound
Derived terms: Galilean refractor
Related terms: reflector
Augean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɔːˈd͡ʒiːən/
Forms: form: more Augean
form: most Augean
form: Augæan
Etymology: From Latin Augeas + -an. Augeas is a figure in Greek mythology whose stables were never cleaned until Hercules was given the task of cleaning them.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Augeas.
glosses: Very filthy.
examples: text: an Augean task
glosses: Huge, immense, Herculean.
Derived terms: Augean stables
European eel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European eels
Senses: glosses: A snake-like fish, reaching between 60 cm and 1.5 m in length, Anguilla anguilla.
hippy jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippy jumps
form: hippie jump
Senses: examples: text: Before Gelfand invented the ollie, a popular trick at skate-boarding competitions was the high jump, now known as the hippy jump. Like the ollie, the hippy involves an obstacle, but instead of both rider and skateboard going over the obstacle, only the rider goes over.
ref: 2016, Debora M. Katz, Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections:
text: Hippie (or Hippy) Jump: An old-school trick where a skater jumps straight up and off the board while the board stays rolling on the ground [...]
ref: 2020, Sierra Prescott, Shredders: Girls Who Skate:
text: The highest skateboard hippy jump is 102.87 cm (40.5 in), and was achieved by Patrick Neal Rushing (USA) at Fish Creek Park in Arlington, Texas, USA, on 12 November 2011.
ref: 2012, Guinness World Records,, Guinness World Records 2013, →ISBN, page 272:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
glosses: A trick in which the skateboarder jumps above the board, leaving it on the ground to pass under an object the skateboarder is jumping over.
hippy jump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hippy jumps
form: hippy jumping
form: hippy jumped
form: hippy jumped
form: hippie jump
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
glosses: To perform this trick.
single mother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single mothers
Senses: glosses: A woman raising a child on her own without a spouse or partner.
electrostatic series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrostatic series
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The triboelectric series
triboelectric series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triboelectric series
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A list of materials, showing which are more or less prone to acquire a positive or negative electric charge when rubbed.
triboelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tribo- + electric.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Electrical charge transfer due to sliding or contact.
Derived terms: triboelectric effect
triboelectric series
kombi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kombis
Etymology: From the brand name Volkswagen Kombi, borrowed from German Kombi. In South Africa reinforced by Afrikaans kombi.
Senses: examples: text: Travelling in a fried-out kombi / On a hippie trailhead full of zombie
ref: 1981, Men At Work, “Down Under”, in Business as Usual:
glosses: A minivan.
wikipedia: Volkswagen Kombi
Iselin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, named after Adrian Iselin.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
law enforcement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From law + enforcement.
Senses: examples: text: Law enforcement is the duty of police, sheriffs and other government officials.
glosses: The task of ensuring obedience to the law.
examples: text: Another news report of law enforcement being corrupted–when does this end?
glosses: The various government agencies, regarded collectively, involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.
Related terms: word: law-enforcer
word: LEO
word: authorities
word: FBI
word: Interpol
word: LE
word: police
word: Scotland Yard
word: sheriff
Trym
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A short river in South Gloucestershire and Bristol, England, which flows into the (Bristol) River Avon at Sea Mills.
Derived terms: Westbury-on-Trym
SMLT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Split Multi-Link Trunking: a link aggregation protocol.
Related terms: trunking
IST
MLT
SLPP
DSMLT
RSMLT
goofballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goofball
cold cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold creams
Senses: qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: An emulsion of water and certain fats, usually including beeswax and various scent agents, designed to smooth skin and remove makeup.
Synonyms: Ceratum Galeni
cold creams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cold cream
neutrinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neutrino
fortified wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortified wines
Senses: examples: text: Fortified wines are usually drunk as aperitifs, digestifs, or liqueurs.
synonyms: liqueur wine
hypernyms: dessert wine
wine
hyponyms: sherry
port
glosses: A type of wine to which a distilled spirit, typically brandy or a neutral grape spirit, has been added in order to elevate its alcohol content.
Hyponyms: madeira
Madeira
marsala
Marsala
port
porto
Porto
port wine
sherry
Coordinate terms: brandy
brandywine
champagne
cognac
distilled wine
liqueur
sparkling wine
Related terms: bum wine
distilled wine
liqueur wine
sparkling wine
wino wine
liker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: likers
Etymology: From like + -er (“agent noun suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: Traditionally, the rebate offers a price cut to anyone willing to endure a certain amount of hassle; it’s an inducement that separates the casual bargain likers from the ardent bargain lovers.
ref: 2009 May 10, David Segal, “Scammed? Rebuffed? Ignored? Read On”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who likes.
liker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪkə(ɹ)
Etymology: From like + -er (“comparative suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: We owe greater love to angels than to men, because they are better, nearer God, and liker to him, and more demonstrate his glory; and indeed also love us better, and do more for us than we can do for one another.
ref: 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory:
text: To be the bride of Christ was the thought that filled her heart; and when, at the fencing of the table, Dr. Chrystal preached from Matthew nine and fifteen, 'Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?' it was remarked by sundry that Ailie's face was liker the countenance of an angel than of a mortal lass.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: comparative form of like: more like
tanbur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanburs
form: tambur
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian تنبور (tanbur). Doublet of tabor and tambour.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: In classical Turkish music, a long-necked, fretted, plucked lute, or various similar lutes of West and Central Asia.
target market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: target markets
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A group of people whose needs and preferences match the product range of a company and to whom those products are marketed.
Related terms: target marketing
target group
target audience
target demographic
key market
fortified wines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fortified wine
unappropriated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + appropriated.
Senses: glosses: That has not been appropriated for a specific use, or assigned to a specific person or organization.
unbent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbend
unbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbent
form: most unbent
Senses: glosses: Not bent
glosses: Erect, upright, or straight
unbosom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈbʊz.əm/
ipa: /ˌʌnˈbʊz.əm/
Forms: form: unbosoms
form: unbosoming
form: unbosomed
form: unbosomed
Etymology: From un- + bosom (“the seat of emotions”).
Senses: examples: text: Their several counsels they unbosom shall
To loves mistook, and so be mock'd withal
Upon the next occasion that we meet,
With visages displayed, to talk and greet.
ref: 1594, Willam Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act V, scene 2, line 2040:
text: At first Puddock was reserved, but recollecting that he had been left quite free to tell whom he pleased, he made up his mind to unbosom; and suggested, for the sake of quiet and a longer conversation, that they should go round by the ferry.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: To tell someone about (one's troubles), and thus obtain relief.
examples: text: Sometimes there is a breach-of-promise case by and by; and when he sees his letter in print it makes him cruelly uncomfortable and he perceives that he never would have unbosomed himself to that large and honest degree if he had known that he was writing for the public.
ref: 1924, Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Autobiography, New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, Preface, Volume 1:
text: Watt was not the first to whom Mr Graves had unbosomed himself, in this connexion. For he had unbosomed himself to Arsene, many years before […]
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Paris: Olympia Press, →OL:
glosses: To free (oneself) of the burden of one's troubles by telling of them.
glosses: To confess a misdeed.
unbowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊd
Forms: form: more unbowed
form: most unbowed
Etymology: From un- + bowed.
Senses: glosses: Not bowed; erect or upright.
examples: text: Unbowed after two years in jail, nine of the defendants boycotted the trial, refusing even to talk to their lawyers.
ref: 1998 July 3, James Brooke, “Anti-Government Freemen Are Found Guilty of Fraud”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Aug 2012:
text: It created an indelible image and captured the essence of Trump’s MAGA movement: under attack but defiant, bloody but unbowed.
ref: 2024 July 15, Charles M. Blow, “How the Attempted Assassination of Trump Could Change the Campaign”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Not subdued or deterred.
unbowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊd
ipa: /ʌnˈbəʊd/
rhymes: -aʊd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbow
uncared-for
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncared-for
form: most uncared-for
form: uncared for
Etymology: From un- + cared for.
Senses: examples: text: 1685, John Norris, (translator), The Institution and Life of Cyrus the Great [Cyropaedia] by Xenophon, London: Matthew Gilliflower and James Norris, Book 8, p. 133,
For, for the most part the Captains of ten take Care of their ten, and the Captains of the Regiments take Care of the Captains of ten, the Tribunes take Care of the Captains of the Regiments, and the Captains of ten thousand take care of the Tribunes. By which means it comes to pass that among so many thousands none are left uncared for […]
text: 1858, George Eliot, “Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story,” Chapter 5, in Scenes of Clerical Life, London: William Blackwood & Sons, Volume 1, p. 272,
[…] hidden and uncared for as the pulse of anguish in the breast of the tiniest bird that has fluttered down to its nest with the long-sought food, and has found the nest torn and empty.
text: 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chicago: A. C. McClurg, Chapter 7, “Of the Black Belt,” p. 117,
[…] now only the black tenant remains; but the shadow-hand of the master’s grand-nephew or cousin or creditor stretches out of the gray distance to collect the rack-rent remorselessly, and so the land is uncared-for and poor.
text: The uncared-for external appearance of the tanks is nothing to go by, for the glass-lined tanks are kept in perfect condition.
ref: 1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, page 155:
glosses: Lacking care; neglected.
unclasp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unclasps
form: unclasping
form: unclasped
form: unclasped
Etymology: From un- + clasp.
Senses: examples: text: They unclasped their hands.
glosses: To release the clasp or grip of something.
glosses: To unfasten something.
glosses: To release or relax the grasp.
lasket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laskets
Etymology: Compare lash, latching.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: latching (loop)
uncleared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cleared.
Senses: examples: uncleared rubble; uncleared snow
glosses: Not cleared.
glosses: That has not been through the clearing process, and whose amount of cash has not been transferred between accounts.
raw_tags: of a cheque
uncleared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unclear
comfort food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌmfət ˌfuːd/
ipa: /ˈkʌmfɚt ˌfud/
Forms: form: comfort foods
Etymology: From comfort + food. First use appears c. 1962 in the Independent (Pasadena, California).
Senses: examples: text: People like soup. It's what a psychologist would call a comfort food. Easy to eat, easy to digest, hearty soups are quick energy builders.
ref: 1962 March 15, “Comfort foods for breakfast”, in Eugene Patterson, editor, The Atlanta Constitution, volume XCIV, number 229, Atlanta, Ga.: Ralph McGill, →OCLC, page 3-F, columns 1–2:
text: Studies indicate that most adults, when under severe emotional stress, turn to what could be called "comfort food"—food associated with the security of childhood, like mother's poached egg or famous chicken soup.
ref: 1966 November 7, Joyce Brothers, “Obesity might be related to psychological problems”, in John O. Ferris, editor, The Muncie Star, volume 90, number 190, Muncie, Ind.: Muncie Newspapers, →OCLC, page 7, column 6:
glosses: Simple, comforting home-cooked-style food associated with one's formative years, often a staple of diners and other informal restaurants.
examples: text: After the relationship ended, she overindulged on comfort food every night.
text: In his recently published "The Thin Book by a Formerly Fat Psychiatrist," Dr. [Theodore Isaac] Rubin applauds "comfort foods" for dieters. He states that it is important for dieters to have a comforting food on hand that can be quickly prepared – "fat people are most receptive to comfort." At the top of his list of comfort foods is tea. He recommends it to dieters because it's calorie-free, can be drunk hot or cold and gives a little lift …
ref: 1966 March 25, Betty Boxold, “Betty’s Column”, in A. A. Smyser, editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, home edition, volume 55, number 145, Honolulu, Hi.: Porter Dickinson, →ISSN, →OCLC, page C-2, column 1:
text: [C]omfort food’s power may lie primarily in the associations it calls to mind. People who have positive family relationships are more likely to reach for reminders of those relationships in times of sadness—and often, those reminders come in the form of something edible.
ref: 2015 April 4, Cari Romm, “Why Comfort Food Comforts: A New Study Looks at the Intersection of Taste, Nostalgia, and Loneliness”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2021:
glosses: Food, often high in carbohydrates or sugar, consumed to feel comfort or alleviate stress rather than to receive nutrition.
Related terms: comfort-eat
comfort eating
comfortfic
eat one's feelings
grub out
soul food
yerself
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: -ɛlf
Senses: examples: text: 'You daft great gowk, puttin' yerself in the way of harm after all this time out of a war.'
ref: 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 303:
glosses: Alternative form of yourself.
Related terms: yer
yerselves
yerselves
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yourselves.
Related terms: yer
yerself
moche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moches
Senses: glosses: An imported package of spun silk.
tepidarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛpɪˈdɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌtɛpɪˈdɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: tepidariums
form: tepidaria
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tepidārium.
Senses: glosses: A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
glosses: A boiler in which the water was heated.
glosses: Any room containing a warm bath.
examples: text: There is a pretty large glass-house, one-half being a caldarium, the other a tepidarium
ref: 1851, The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine, page 184:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A warm greenhouse typically used for plants from South Africa.
Related terms: caldarium
frigidarium
tepid
Limoges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicinus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears; of same ultimate origin as elm.
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, formerly the capital of the old Limousin region.
Derived terms: Limoges enamel
Limoges ware
Related terms: Limousin
limousine
spell checker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spell checkers
form: spell-checker
form: spellchecker
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software application that attempts to verify spelling in a document.
Synonyms: spellcheck
speller
spelling checker
Related terms: autocorrect
Cupertino effect
grammar checker
spello
spell check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spell checks
Senses: examples: text: Where are the controls for spell check and automatic correction in the Twitter app for Android?
ref: 2015 September 22, J. D. Biersdorfer, “Spell-Checking Your Tweet”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2015:
glosses: Alternative form of spellcheck.
spell check
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spell checks
form: spell checking
form: spell checked
form: spell checked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spellcheck.
lumens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lumina
Senses: glosses: plural of lumen
pupillary space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pupillary spaces
Senses: examples: text: Cornea edema obscured detail of the anterior chamber, but the edge of the lens could be seen clearly within the pupillary space.
ref: 2005, Kersey, McMullan, and Broadway, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, volume 31, issue 7, page 1452
glosses: An opening made by the pupil in the eye.
ironies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irony
inspirate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inspirates
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Something inhaled.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: An ingressive sound.
chechia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chechias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shashiya.
rifampicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfæm.pɪs.ɪn/
Forms: form: rifampicins
form: rifampin
Etymology: Blend of rifam(y)cin + pi(perazinyl).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A reddish-brown semisynthetic antibiotic C₄₃H₅₈N₄O₁₂ obtained from the bacterium Amycolaptosis mediterranei, used chiefly to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and asymptomatic carriers of meningococci.
rifampin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈfæm.pɪn/
Forms: form: rifampins
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: US form of rifampicin.
invasively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more invasively
form: most invasively
Etymology: From invasive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an invasive manner.
invasiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From invasive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being invasive
Derived terms: microinvasiveness
noninvasiveness
minor planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor planets
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is not a planet or a comet.
Hypernyms: english: structurally
translation: structurally
word: planet
Hyponyms: word: asteroid
word: centaur
word: dwarf planet
alt: KBO
word: Kuiper belt object
alt: SDO
word: scattered disc object
alt: TNO
word: trans-Neptunian object
word: trojan
Related terms: dwarf planet
giant planet
major planet
planemo
planetary core
planetary embryo
planetary-mass object
planetary object
planetessimal
planetoid
primary planet
proplyd
protoplanet
protoplanetary disc
quaternary planet
secondary planet
tertiary planet
planetesimal
Veit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Veits
Etymology: Borrowed from German Veit.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: Sankt Veit, the German name for Saint Vitus in place names, otherwise "der heilige Veit".
Derived terms: Sankt Veit an der Glan
Sankt Veit im Pongau
discussant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈskʌsənt/
Forms: form: discussants
Etymology: From discuss + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: I would like to thank Cynthia Ruder, whose comments as panel discussant helped me to rework my original paper.
ref: 2005, Julie A. Cassiday, “Kirov and Death in The Great Citizen”, in Slavic Review, volume 64, number 4, page 799n:
text: The prominence given to readers' responses to topical issues [...] made concrete the sense of belonging to a large, active, and opinionated community of discussants.
ref: 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 319:
glosses: Someone involved in a discussion, especially a participant in a formal discussion or who has been assigned a particular role or topic.
you people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any outsiders of a clique.
examples: text: That is the type of thing you people would say.
text: There's a young white woman that I work with now, and she really hasn't worked with a lot of people of color, and she uses the term, 'you people,' and I bring it to her attention. And she's like 'oh, oh', [....]
ref: 2000, Joe R. Feagin, Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations, page 245:
text: In another incident, presidential candidate Ross Perot ran into trouble in 1992 when addressing the NAACP. He used the phrases like you people and your people when talking about who would suffer the most from economic problems and runaway crime.
ref: 2001, Kenneth S. Bordens, Irwin A. Horowitz, Social Psychology, page 120:
text: He said, I just came back from Guadalcanal. I've been fighting through the jungles. Fighting day and night. But I didn't realize there was a war on until I came back to the United States. And especially tonight. When I came back and I find out that we've now got women Marines, we've got dog Marines, and when I see you people wearing our uniforms, then I know there's a war on.
Goddamn. You never saw so many Coke bottles fly. Knocked him down. And there was a riot that night. The first black riot in Marine Corps history.
ref: 2006, Raymond M Scurfield, A Vietnam Trilogy, page 75:
text: That's what attracts you people, if you don't mind my saying so. "You people" doesn't sound very polite, but I have lived for years out here in the back of beyond, where I have watched you people come in search of answers.
ref: 2007, Cees Nooteboom, Susan Massotty, Lost Paradise: A Novel, page 51:
text: He said some cleaning compound was missing and he suspects you because you people are always stealing things.
ref: 2007, Ed Griffin, Beyond the Vows, page 107:
glosses: Members of a particular group, collectively.
glosses: plural of you
Synonyms: word: y'all
raw_tags: of you
Related terms: those people
fuck-face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fuckface.
hay wains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hay wain
for the love of God
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From Middle English for the luf of God, for þe love of god, for ðe luve of gode (literally “for the love of God”), variant of for godes luve, for godes lufe, for godes lufen (literally “for God's love”), from Old English for Godes lufon (literally “for God's love”).
Senses: examples: text: For the love of God, take that out of the microwave before it blows up!
text: Why for the love of God do you insist on dressing your child like that?
synonyms: for the love of Betsy
for the love of Mike
for Pete's sake
for crying out loud
for God's sake
sakes
glosses: An expression of exasperation, usually while making a request.
Related terms: for the love of
for the love of fuck
sweet Mary
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.
Related terms: Jesus, Mary and Joseph
sweet Jesus
sweet Mary mother of God
casanovas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casanova
dreadnoughts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dreadnought
rent-a-cop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rent-a-cops
form: rentacop
Etymology: From rent + a + cop, modelled after the brand name Rent-a-Car.
Senses: examples: text: “What got into you tonight? Why'd you pull that scene at the arcade? I had to mess up this rentacop^([sic]) came after me with nunchucks.”
ref: 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: A private security guard, usually one regarded as inferior to and less skilled than an actual law enforcement officer.
rain gauge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain gauges
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
synonyms: pluviometer
glosses: A device used in meteorology to measure rainfall.
Related terms: ombrograph
Aulis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɔːlɪs/
/ˈaʊlɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Αὐλίς (Aulís).
Senses: glosses: An ancient port town in Boeotia, Greece, where, according to legend, the Greek fleet gathered to set off for Troy, and where Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia.
invocate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: invocates
form: invocating
form: invocated
form: invocated
Etymology: First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin invocātus, perfect passive participle of invocō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of invoke.
Senses: examples: text: Be thou the tenth Muſe, ten times more in worth / Then thoſe old nine which rimers inuocate, […]
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 38”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
text: [B]oth the muſes and the graces are his hard Miſtriſſes, though he daily Invocate them, though he ſacrifize Hecatombs, they ſtil look a ſquint, […]
ref: a. 1632 (date written), John Donne, “[Characters.] The True Character of a Dunce.”, in Paradoxes, Problemes, Essayes, Characters, […], London: […] T. N. for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1652, →OCLC, page 68:
text: For proof hereof, if Dagon be thy god, / Go to his Temple, invocate his aid
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 69:
glosses: To implore or invoke.
examples: text: Poore key-cold Figure of a holy King,
Pale Aſhes of the Houſe of Lancaſter;
Thou bloodleſſe Remnant of that Royall Blood,
Be it lawfull that I inuocate thy Ghoſt,
To heare the Lamentations of poore Anne,
Wife to thy Edward, to thy ſlaugthered Sonne,
Stab'd by the ſelfeſame hand that made theſe wounds.
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 174, column 2:
glosses: To conjure up or summon.
Related terms: invocation
invocator
Aleisha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, a modern nonstandard spelling of Alicia.
senary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːnəɹi/
rhymes: -iːnəɹi
homophone: scenery
Etymology: From the Latin sēnārius (“consisting of six each”), from sēnī (“six each, six at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
Senses: examples: text: In particular, one can construct mixed binary/ternary codes via senary codes by applying the Chinese Gray map (see Example 1).
ref: 2001, Manish K. Gupta, David G. Glynn, and T. Aaron Gulliver, On Senary Simplex Codes, in Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms and Error-Correcting Codes: proceedings of 14th International Symposium, Serdar Boztaş, Igor E. Shparlinski (eds.), page 112
glosses: Of sixth rank or order.
examples: The senary fraction 0.2 is one-third, i.e. two-sixths.
topics: arithmetic
synonyms: sextal
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or based on six.
senary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːnəɹi/
rhymes: -iːnəɹi
homophone: scenery
Etymology: From the Latin sēnārius (“consisting of six each”), from sēnī (“six each, six at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
Senses: topics: arithmetic
glosses: The numeral system which uses six as the base.
Related terms: word: nullary
sense: The numeral system which uses six as the base.
word: unary
word: binary
word: ternary
word: quaternary
word: quinary
word: septenary
word: octonary
word: novenary
word: denary
word: undenary
word: duodenary
word: vigenary
egosyntonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more egosyntonic
form: most egosyntonic
form: ego-syntonic
form: ego syntonic
Etymology: From ego + syntonic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
antonyms: egodystonic
qualifier: values; or beliefs; values; or beliefs
glosses: In harmony with or acceptable to the needs and goals of the ego, or consistent with one’s ideal self-image.
raw_tags: of behaviours
Derived terms: alt: egosyntonicity
word: egosyntonia
Related terms: precontemplative
egodystonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more egodystonic
form: most egodystonic
form: ego-dystonic
form: ego dystonic
Etymology: From ego + dystonic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: ego alien
antonyms: egosyntonic
qualifier: values; or beliefs; values; or beliefs
glosses: In conflict, or dissonant, with the needs and goals of the ego, or, further, in conflict with a person's ideal self-image.
raw_tags: of behaviours
Derived terms: alt: egodystonicity
word: egodystonia
septenary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛpˈtiːnəɹi/
Etymology: From the Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), from septēnī (“seven each”, “seven at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
Senses: glosses: Consisting of or containing seven.
examples: text: ... indeed if further evidence than that of bestial and savage counting were required to show that finger-numeration and the quinary system were not primeval, it would be afforded by the development of the senary-septenary system in so many lands.
ref: 1899 October, W J McGee, “The Beginning of Mathematics”, in American Anthropologist, 1(4), page 657:
glosses: Of seventh rank or order.
examples: text: Septenary penance.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
glosses: Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.
Synonyms: septimal
Related terms: sense: Consisting of or containing seven.
word: unary
word: primary (1st)
sense: Of seventh rank or order.
word: binary
word: secondary (2nd)
sense: Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.
word: ternary
word: tertiary (3rd)
word: quaternary
word: quinary
word: senary
word: octonary
word: nonary
word: denary
word: duodenary
word: vigenary
septenary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛpˈtiːnəɹi/
Forms: form: septenaries
Etymology: From the Latin septēnārius (“consisting of seven each”), from septēnī (“seven each”, “seven at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
Senses: glosses: A group of seven things.
examples: text: This idea was based on the doctrine that a man's body changed its character every seven years and that his life was thus made up of ‘septenaries’.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 596:
glosses: A period of seven years.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The seven notes of the diatonic scale.
chim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chim
form: most chim
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheem.
dép
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: déps
form: dép.
form: dep
form: dep.
Senses: glosses: Depanneur.
surbahar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surbahars
Etymology: From Hindi.
Senses: glosses: A bass sitar.
sarangi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarangis
Etymology: From Hindi सारंगी (sāraṅgī).
Senses: examples: text: A sarangi player set the tone and Kalavati began to sing in her sweet, melodious voce; mridangam and sitar accompanied her.
ref: 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 145
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
Derived terms: sarangist
bansuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bansuris
form: basaree
form: basari
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás
Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa)
Sanskrit -ई (-ī)
Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī)
Prakrit -𑀮- (-la-)
Braj बाँसुरी (bā̃surī)bor.
Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī)bor.
English bansuri
Borrowed from Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī); see there for more.
Senses: examples: text: A cool breeze began to blow, carrying on it the undulating notes of a bansuri from some village downriver.
ref: 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 94:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India.
Dagmar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæɡmɑː(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages of Danish origin, in occasional use since the end of the 19th century.
infinitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɪnɪˌteɪt/
Forms: form: infinitates
form: infinitating
form: infinitated
form: infinitated
Senses: glosses: To make infinite.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: To transform a term, concept, or similar idea into its opposite by adding a negative prefix
finiteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finitenesses
Etymology: From finite + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being finite.
Synonyms: finitude
finity
limitedness
Astrid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæstɹɪd/
Etymology: Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Astrid since the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: Astrid, the person is saying. Astrum, astralis. How does it feel to have such a starry name?
ref: 2005, Ali Smith, The Accidental, Penguin, published 2006, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Beatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beats
Etymology: A Latinate variant of the standard English Beatrice.
Senses: examples: text: Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated children's books.
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 83 Beatrix, a main belt asteroid; named Beatrice Portinari, the beloved of Dante Alighieri.
PKK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PKKs
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of player killer killer.
PKK
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Kurdish.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Turkey is fighting with Kurdish people. PKK. The first day I came, some of their soldiers died.’
ref: 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 310:
glosses: Kurdistan Workers' Party.
upgradation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upgradations
Etymology: From upgrade + -ation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Upgrade; upgrading.
Horst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Horsts
Etymology: Borrowed from German and Dutch Horst.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
sex worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex workers
form: SW
form: SWer
Senses: examples: text: Like the scripted scenarios mouthed by sex workers on 1-900 porn lines, our sexual language has become stilted and rehearsed.
ref: 1993 October, Michael Bronski, “The Lost Language of Desire”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
text: Most official attempts to monitor the health of sex workers have been designed to protect clients and society
ref: 1995. Lesley Doyal, "What makes women sick: gender and the political economy of health", Page 226
text: Many were initiated into sex work through friends who were already sex workers, but others took the initiative themselves.
ref: 1999. Peter Aggleton, "Men who sell sex: international perspectives on male prostitution", Page 44
text: In an unusual move, Florida prosecutors charged not only the sex workers advertised on the Web site, but also the Web site owners and registered users of the site.
ref: 2010. Marshall Barron Clinard, Robert F. Meier, "Sociology of Deviant Behavior", Page 350
glosses: A person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.
Related terms: prostitute
punka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punkas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of punkah.
toledos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toledo
bust a cap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: busts a cap
form: busting a cap
form: busted a cap
form: busted a cap
form: bust a cap
form: bust a cap
Senses: glosses: To fire a weapon; to shoot with a gun.
Derived terms: bust a cap in someone's ass
libbre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian libbre.
Senses: glosses: plural of libbra
onna
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: "Next thing I know you're onna ground, bloody. I don't know what come over me. You goin' out?" Lenny asked.
ref: 1976, Jonathan Betuel, The Dogfighter, page 187:
text: Mal said, “How you doing then?” “Me? I'm onna dole, mate. I'm onna street.”
ref: 2007, Martin Amis, Vintage Amis, Vintage, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: On the.
examples: text: I bin tole ta put a rag onna stick 'tween huh teef so she not bite huh tung.
ref: 2012, C. V. Warmouth, A Louisiana Purchase, page 405:
glosses: On a.
Related terms: inna
'onna
aquiesce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of acquiesce.
panade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panades
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panada (paste made with bread)
glosses: A small fried empanada, often sold as street food.
manie
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: I was glad than, and do reioice yet to remember, that my chance was so happie, to be there that day, in the companie of so manie wise & good men togither, as hardly than could haue beene piked out againe, out of all England beside.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of many.
tennisman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tennismen
Etymology: From French tennisman. Equivalent to tennis + -man.
Senses: examples: text: Im a tennisman who love playing tennis :-)
ref: 1996 January 31, baudry christophe, “Tennis Pictures ???? Where ???”, in news.newusers.questions (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022:
text: René Lacoste was known as a tennisman in the late 20's or early 30's. Well before my time, but there are books and magazines.
ref: 1999 August 7, Pierre Jelenc, “loanwords without source”, in sci.lang (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022:
text: For sweet^([sic]) in your eyes the best is a head band in towell^([sic]) tissue like the tennismen wear.
ref: 2001 August 7, Carlos Klimann, “Which eyeware^([sic]) for hard contact wearer?”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022:
text: Viktor has "captured" the most beatiful^([sic]) grilfriend I've ever seen for a tennisman.
ref: 2010 May 28, Manuel aka Xax, “Men's Side - Matches Ups, Upsets?”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: A male tennis player.
by accident
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more by accident
form: most by accident
Senses: examples: text: Sorry. I knocked over the vase by accident.
glosses: Accidentally; unintentionally; without meaning to; as the result of an event not expected, aided, or willingly planned.
examples: text: The car got totaled by accident; a giant snowdrift fell off the church roof.
text: The only way that project still exists today is by accident; I thought we closed it years ago.
text: The scholar thinks the quote and the parable were spoken on different occasions and only by accident were brought together here.
glosses: As the result of some undesigned, unintended, unrelated, natural, or random occurrence; as the unexpected and unforeseen result of formerly unrelated factors.
examples: text: I hadn't seen her for years, but I ran into her by accident at the store.
text: She overheard the information by accident.
text: Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee.
ref: a. 1886, Richard Chenevix Trench, Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident:
glosses: By chance; unexpectedly; as the result of an unrelated series of events.
Related terms: on accident
on purpose
by accident
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more by accident
form: most by accident
Senses: examples: text: The victim's death was by accident.
text: That the injury was by accident is not questioned.
glosses: Accidental; as the result of some unforeseen happening or series of events; unexpected; resulting from an event without the foresight, expectation, aid, or design of the person by whose agency it was caused; unintentional.
Synonyms: causeless
incidental
unintended
accidental
on to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: onto
Senses: examples: text: My cat just jumped on to the keyboard.
glosses: Upon; on top of.
examples: text: The thought-police were on to my plans of world domination.
text: Fortunately “the F.B.I. was on to them” and foiled the plot, but the alleged kidnapping conspiracy, Walter argues, is a harbinger of worse to come.
ref: 2022 January 12, Ross Douthat, “Let’s Not Invent a Civil War”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Aware of.
examples: text: Now. On to the system of active water uptake.
text: Let's go on to item 3 in the list.
glosses: Used to indicate, or signpost, logical progression to a new topic in a talk or discourse.
iffier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of iffy: more iffy
iffiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of iffy: most iffy
filipendulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more filipendulous
form: most filipendulous
Etymology: From Latin filum ("thread") + pendulus ("hanging").
Senses: examples: text: filipendulous constructions
text: filipendulous root
text: filipendulous outgrowths
text: filipendulous stems
glosses: Hanging by a thread, or threadlike objects
rootlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rootlet
kenspeckle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkɛnspɛkəl/
Forms: form: more kenspeckle
form: most kenspeckle
Etymology: Alteration of kenspeck.
Senses: examples: text: 'It [the gold coin] is sae bonny and sae kenspeckle,' said she, 'that I think I'll keep it for the sake of the giver.'
ref: 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:
glosses: Easily recognized, distinctive, conspicuous.
miai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miais
form: miai
Etymology: From Japanese 見合い (みあい, miai).
Senses: glosses: In Japan, a formal marriage interview, marriage meeting.
qualifier: go
glosses: The situation where two plays are available such that if one player takes one, the opponent will take the other one. The term applies most commonly when both possibilities give the same result.
Synonyms: sense: formal marriage interview
word: omiai
Related terms: blind date
playas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playa
get on up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets on up
form: getting on up
form: got on up
form: got on up
form: gotten on up
Senses: examples: text: 1925, William Faulkner, “Sunset”, reprinted in New Orleans Sketches, University Press of Mississippi (2002), →ISBN, page 77,
“Get on up yonder and get a ticket, if you want to ride.”
text: All morning I tried to get on up where the tanks were [...].
ref: 1943, Ernie Pyle, Here is Your War, page 167:
glosses: Get up.
examples: text: So get on up (get on up) / On the floor (get on up) / Get on up, now (get on up) / And dance some more (get on up)
ref: 1967, The Esquires, Get On Up (song)
glosses: To dance with abandon
Synonyms: sense: dance with abandon
word: get down
mithridatisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mithridatise + -ation, in reference to Mithridates VI of Pontus.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mithridatization.
wikipedia: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Pontus
mithridatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mithridatisation
Etymology: From mithridatize + -ation, in reference to Mithridates VI of Pontus.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mithridatism.
synonyms: word: mithridatism
wikipedia: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Pontus
mithridatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mithridates (referring to Mithridates VI of Pontus) + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Some argue that vaccines are a form of mithridatism; this is generally considered incorrect.
glosses: The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity.
Synonyms: word: mithridatization
word: mithridatisation
Derived terms: mithridatic
Related terms: ceiling effect
hormesis
microdose
tachyphylaxis
nonunion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /nɒnˈjuːni.ən/
Forms: form: non-union
Etymology: From non- + union.
Senses: glosses: Not part of a labor union; not unionized.
Derived terms: non-union Mexican equivalent
nonunion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /nɒnˈjuːni.ən/
Forms: form: nonunions
Etymology: From non- + union.
Senses: glosses: Lack of union; failure to become united.
examples: text: the nonunion of the distal part of the humerus
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The failure of a broken bone to heal