cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
here's the thing
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Precedes the key point of an explanation.
overhands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overhand
overhanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overhand
over-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Under-handed, over-handed, back-handed, left-handed, right-handed, standing at grotesque angles and almost standing on their heads, the Wonders fired the ball into the basket.
ref: 2008, Dick Burdette, The Waterloo Wonders, →ISBN, page 87:
text: A piece of rope has an eye spliced in one end, and several over-handed knots made on the bight, at equal distances from each other.
ref: 1864, William N. Brady, The Kedge-anchor: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant, page 68:
text: If we enquire into the causes of this poverty and reduction of wages, we are met on every side by complaints of 'over-population,' 'redundancy of labour,' 'want of demand,' 'the labour-market over-handed,' 'gluts,' 'panics,' &c., and, notwithstanding, that over-population and over-production are relative questions, they are practically carried out in the most abstracted sense of the term.
ref: 1850, Thomas Cooper, Cooper's Journal: Or, Unfettered Thinker and Plain Speaker for Truth., page 94:
glosses: Alternative spelling of overhanded.
over-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Mine drops...like a curveball thrown over-handed by a left-hander.
ref: 2013, Mel Marmer, Bill Nowlin, Clem Comly, The Year of the Blue Snow: The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, →ISBN, page 35:
text: I have been working in this country and in England, and we build over-handed if we get the stone as good binders ; without proper binders it would not be a proper way to construct a wall;
ref: 1874, New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs, page 109:
glosses: Alternative spelling of overhanded.
over-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of over-hand
over-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overhand.
over-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overhand.
over-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: over-hands
form: over-handing
form: over-handed
form: over-handed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overhand.
over-hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of over-hand
over-handing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of over-hand
coresidual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coresiduals
form: co-residual
Etymology: From co- + residual.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of four points on the common chord of a cubic curve intercepted by a cone
cortectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: cortectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Full or partial removal of the cerebral cortex.
Derived terms: hemicortectomy
counterchord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterchords
Etymology: From counter- + chord.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A counter-dominant chord.
counterinvestment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterinvestments
Etymology: From counter- + investment.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of countercathexis.
synonyms: word: countercathexis
locellus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: locelli
Etymology: Latin [Term?]
Senses: glosses: A secondary locule or compartment.
laniisoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laniisomas
Senses: glosses: A bird in the Tityridae family of the genus Laniisoma.
cryptoprotocol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptoprotocols
form: crypto protocol
Etymology: From crypto- + protocol.
Senses: glosses: An encryption protocol
cubulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cubulations
Senses: examples: text: A cubulation of a topological space Y is a cubical set C:Cubeᵒᵖ→Set together with a homeomorphism h:R_(cub)C→Y.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular cubical set together with an isomorphism
culdotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culdotomies
Etymology: By surface analysis, culdo- + -tomy, or, by surface analysis, culd- + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
hypernyms: colpotomy
vaginotomy
coordinate_terms: culdocentesis
glosses: vaginal celiotomy into the cul-de-sac of Douglas.
cyclohexadienyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclohexadienyls
Etymology: From cyclohexadiene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical derived from cyclohexadiene.
cyclohexanedione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclohexanediones
Etymology: From cyclohexane + dione.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: cyclohexadione
glosses: Any of three isomeric diketones derived from cyclohexane.
unsocially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsocially
form: most unsocially
Etymology: From unsocial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not social.
cymaroside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cymarosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The glycone of a cymarol
Derived terms: dicymaroside
digitoxocymaroside
digitoxodicymaroside
tricymaroside
biscuitroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biscuitroots
Etymology: From biscuit + root.
Senses: examples: text: A perennial member of the carrot family, canyonlands biscuitroot reproduces by seed and cloning. An individual biscuitroot clump includes many clones.
ref: 2013, David Williams, Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country, page 49:
glosses: Any of a number of North American plants in the genus Lomatium with edible, starchy roots.
Derived terms: Cusick's biscuitroot
biscuitroots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biscuitroot
agnosic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agnosic
form: most agnosic
Etymology: From agnosia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to agnosia.
agnosic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agnosics
Etymology: From agnosia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person who has agnosia.
agnosics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agnosic
cystourethroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystourethroscopies
Etymology: From cysto- + urethroscopy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: cystoscopy of the urethra (and bladder)
agapeistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agapeistic
form: most agapeistic
Etymology: From agape + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to agapeism.
biscuit root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biscuit roots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biscuitroot (Lomatium).
agapeist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agapeists
Etymology: From agape + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of agapeism.
agapeists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agapeist
biscuit roots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biscuit root
cytopipette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytopipettes
Etymology: From cyto- + pipette.
Senses: glosses: A pipette, equipped with a bulb of fluid that may be introduced into an orifice, used to remotely harvest a sample of cells
agapeism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of agapism.
cytoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any complex of cytosine with a metal ion
agapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agapists
Etymology: From agape + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of agapism.
agapistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agapistic
form: most agapistic
Etymology: From agape + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to agapism.
agapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agapist
cytosmear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytosmears
Etymology: From cyto- + smear.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination
cytosmear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cytosmears
form: cytosmearing
form: cytosmeared
form: cytosmeared
Etymology: From cyto- + smear.
Senses: glosses: To make such a smear
rehydroxylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rehydroxylations
Etymology: From re- + hydroxylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical reaction that reintroduces a hydroxyl group where one is not present, but previously was.
plumbosolvent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plumbosolvent
form: most plumbosolvent
Etymology: From plumbo- + solvent.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting plumbosolvency.
plumbosolvency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plumbo- + solvency.
Senses: glosses: The ability of a solvent, notably water, to dissolve lead.
Related terms: plumbosolvent
deervetch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deervetches
Etymology: From deer + vetch.
Senses: glosses: New World legumes in genera in tribe Loteae, family Fabaceae.
Aeschynomene, especially Aeschynomene virginica.
synonyms: Virginia jointvetch
jointvetch
glosses: New World legumes in genera in tribe Loteae, family Fabaceae.
Lotus gen. et spp.
synonyms: birdsfoot trefoil
glosses: New World legumes in genera in tribe Loteae, family Fabaceae.
Acmispon spp.
glosses: New World legumes in genera in tribe Loteae, family Fabaceae.
Hosackia spp.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Hosackia crassifolia
alt: syn. Lotus crassifolius
word: big deervetch
taxonomic: Lotus corniculatus
word: bird's-foot deervetch
taxonomic: Acmispon glaber
word: common deervetch
taxonomic: Acmispon parviflorus
alt: syn. Lotus micranthus
word: desert deervetch
taxonomic: Acmispon brachycarpus
alt: syn. Lotus humistratus
word: foothill deervetch
taxonomic: Acmispon junceus
alt: syn. Syrmatium junceum
word: rush deervetch
taxonomic: Ottleya rigida
alt: syn. Lotus rigidus
word: shrubby deervetch
taxonomic: Ottleya wrightii
alt: syn. Lotus wrightii
word: Wright's deervetch
dehydrosugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dehydrosugars
Etymology: From dehydro- + sugar.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound who structure is that of a sugar from which the elements of water (H₂O) have been removed
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of anhydrosugar.
synonyms: word: anhydrosugar
Taiwanglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪˈwaŋɡlɪʃ/
Etymology: Blend of Taiwan + English, after Chinglish etc.
Senses: examples: text: The motherboard configuration is explained in a tiny 25-page pamphlet, written in classic “Taiwanglish.” For example, there is a rubber-stamped notice on the title page: “IBM PC, PC/XT, PC/AT are registeled trademarks of.”
ref: 1988, Alfred Poor, “The Cheapest ATs Ever” in PC Magazine VII, № 3, ‘786 Computer Systems: 786 Stanford Systems 286‒10’, page 160/3
text: Maybe he meant “Taiwanglish”, the barely comprehensible English that used to be common on manuals, instructions, etc., from Taiwanese and Japanese (Japanglish) products, although in recent years, I have noticed it to be a lot better.
ref: 1995, “Hung Michael Nguyen” (username), “Re: Calvin and Hobbes” in rec.bicycles.misc, Usenet
text: Eventually, after much reading of badly-translated taiwanglish ‘manuals’ I discovered that the Dallas 12887…had had its CMOS reset pin snipped off.
ref: 2006, “Jim Howes”, “Re: BIOS Flash Help”, in uk.comp.homebuilt (Usenet):
glosses: The form of broken English proverbially encountered in the user manuals and technical documentation accompanying electronic devices manufactured in Taiwan.
densipan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: densipans
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The albic horizon of a spodosol
deoxyhexose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxyhexoses
Etymology: From deoxy + hexose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any deoxysugar derived from a hexose
Derived terms: deoxyhexoside
deoxyhexosyl
deoxyribosyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxyribosyltransferases
Etymology: From deoxyribosyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any transferase that transfers a deoxyribosyl moiety (between bases)
deoxyribosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxyribosyls
Etymology: From deoxyribose + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from deoxyribose
Derived terms: deoxyribosyltransferase
depsidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depsidones
Etymology: From depside + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of depsides that have an intramolecular ether linkage.
dicyandiamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicyandiamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of cyanoguanidine.
synonyms: word: cyanoguanidine
Synonyms: cyanoguanidine
DCD
Derived terms: DCD
dideoxynucleoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dideoxynucleosides
Etymology: From dideoxy- + nucleoside.
Senses: glosses: The nucleoside of a dideoxysugar
beaglepusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beaglepuss
dihydroxycholecalciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydroxycholecalciferols
Etymology: From dihydroxy + cholecalciferol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric dihydroxy derivatives of cholecalciferol
Synonyms: calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol)
diiodothyronine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diiodothyronines
Etymology: From diiodo + thyronine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric diiodo derivatives of thyronine
Shirin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian شیرین.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Persian.
Shireen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian شیرین.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Persian.
dimethoxyquinazoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethoxyquinazolines
Etymology: From dimethoxy + quinazoline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric dimethoxy derivatives of quinazoline (or of its derivatives)
dimethoxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + methoxy.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two methoxy groups in a molecule
Derived terms: benderizine
brodimoprim
dimethoxyquinazoline
dimetofrine
diphthongoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphthongoids
Etymology: From diphthong + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A vowel that is midway between a monophthong and a diphthong.
distamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distamycins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of polyamide antifungal antibiotics, obtained from Streptomyces
dropline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: droplines
Etymology: From drop + line.
Senses: glosses: A long, vertical fishing line having a series of hooks.
duodenoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duodenoscopies
Etymology: From duodeno- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An endoscopy of the duodenum
Derived terms: duodenoscopic
Related terms: duodenoscope
duotensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duotensors
Etymology: From duo- + tensor.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A form of tensor in which each position is associated with two possible bases
Derived terms: duotensorial
Netflix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Netflixes
form: Netflixing
form: Netflixed
form: Netflixed
Etymology: From the company name Netflix, founded in 1997, probably from Net (“the Internet”) + flix, an alteration of flicks (“films, movies”).
Senses: examples: text: He used to Netflix for 5 hours a day.
text: We started with Buffy, which had us completely sucked in by the time Xander's buddies ate Principle Flutie. Then, after Netflixing Buffy all the way to the end, we started on Angel.
ref: 2007, Lani Diane Rich, “Curse Your Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal”, in Jane Espenson, editor, Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe, BenBella Books, →ISBN, 108:
text: I'm Netflixing the series now (for their fish-faced, airplane-launched Lunar Module shuttle, alas a bit beyond reality, even if you discount the airplane doing Harrier Jump Jet takeoffs as mere technological bravura).
ref: 2009 November 25, Jack Bohn, “Re: "UFO" movie to star Joshua Jackson”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
text: I was surprised to see Jeffrey Tambor in this movie, as I've only recently discovered him when I Netflixed Arrested Development and the Larry Sanders show.
ref: 2014 July 13, really real [username], “...And Justice for All (1979)”, in rec.arts.movies.past-films (Usenet):
glosses: To watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix.
wikipedia: Netflix
Related terms: Netflix adaptation
Netflix and chill
Netflixer
Netflixian
Netflixy
Netflixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Netflix
Netflixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Netflix
Netflixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Netflix
dad bod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæd ˌbɒd/
ipa: /ˈdæd ˌbɑd/
Forms: form: dad bods
form: dadbod
Etymology: From dad + bod.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone seems to have an opinion on the dad bod, which, as far as I can ascertain, is any male body that doesn’t belong to Channing Tatum.
ref: 2015 May 26, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian:
text: Hey what's a "dad bod"?
ref: 2016, Supernatural, season 11, episode 3, spoken by Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles):
text: His shirt was lazily halftucked into his skinny black jeans, just tight enough for her to see the shape of his body. He obviously worked out, but also enjoyed a hearty meal and a few beers, making his belly stick out just a little bit. Total dad bod.
ref: 2016, Leonard Delaney, The Pop Culture Value Combo, Volume 1 (The Minions in Me, Oregon Patriots Occupied My Butt, Humping the Hambandit, and Womanized by Idris Elba Playing James Bond):
glosses: The slighty paunchy body type characteristic of a father; a man who has this type of body.
Related terms: paunch
electrocoupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrocouplings
Etymology: From electro- + coupling.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: coupling by means of electric charge
endogenote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endogenotes
Etymology: Analogical to endogenome. By surface analysis, endo- + gene + -ote.
Senses: glosses: A piece of endogenous genetic material.
Related terms: exogenote
endoglycanase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoglycanases
Etymology: From endo- + glycanase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An endocytic glycanase
Related terms: exoglycanase
exoglycanase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoglycanases
Etymology: From exo- + glycanase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An exogenous glycanase
Related terms: endoglycanase
categorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.tə.ɡɒ.ɹɪə.li/
Forms: form: more categorially
form: most categorially
Etymology: From categorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a categorial manner.
full spectrum superiority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of full-spectrum superiority.
blow-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blow-ins
Senses: examples: text: This had been her local when she worked in Central. All the waitresses knew her by name. Now she was a blow-in.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 389:
text: Maybe it's none of my business as a blow-in, but I loved helping someone local, in return for what I have been given by the people of Achill over the last 25 years.
ref: 2023 August 5, Lauren Murphy, quoting Lisa Fukuda, “Sounds of Achill”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 11:
glosses: Someone who has only recently arrived in an area or community; a newcomer.
Synonyms: come-here
comeling
newling
offcomer
newcomer
chin wags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chin wag
morphoanatomical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From morpho- + anatomical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to morphoanatomy.
Derived terms: morphoanatomically
morphoanatomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From morphoanatomical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a morphoanatomical way; with respect to morphoanatomy.
sod that for a game of soldiers
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Was she seeing another side of Douglas? The slick businessman, with a patronising air for those less experienced than he was? Well, sod that for a game of soldiers!
ref: 2008, Ann Purser, Warning at One, →ISBN:
text: I can't help thinking that 99.9% of people would take one look at it, say 'Sod that for a game of soldiers'. and give up on their grand plans to start a bank.
ref: 2012, Dave Fishwick, Bank of Dave: How I Took on the Banks, →ISBN, page 97:
text: I'm supposed to say, 'What's wrong, Mam, what have I done?' but sod that for a game of soldiers.
ref: 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: Alternative form of sod this for a game of soldiers.
bin-bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bin-bags
Senses: examples: text: Lou snapped off a bin-bag from the roll. In her present mood, there were some things she wasn't going to shy away from any more.
ref: 2009, Milly Johnson, A Spring Affair, →ISBN:
text: On special occasions, like when we went to the Marquee in London to see The Damned, I wore: the big black jacket; a black plastic bin-bag with holes cut for arms and head which I emblazoned with safety pins; a pair of vintage gold stilettos; ripped fishnet stockings, and er...that's it.
ref: 2010, Carol Mcgiffin, Oh, Carol!, →ISBN:
text: Up a street called The Grove, just before the tax office, there's this alley, half hidden by a skip overflowing with bin-bags smelling of bubbling nappies.
ref: 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: Alternative form of binbag.
bin-bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bin-bag
bin bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bin bags
Senses: examples: text: The Inquiry concluded that the last four months of her life had been spent in a black bin bag in the bath in an unheated bathroom, lying in her own urine and excrement.
ref: 2007, Jo Bridgeman, Parental Responsibility, Young Children and Healthcare Law, →ISBN, page 62:
text: We have more boxes of books and paraphernalia than I would have thought possible. Almost every inch of space is taken up with a box or bin bag of stuff.
ref: 2009, Julie Corbin, Tell Me No Secrets, →ISBN:
text: He wanted to usher her into the flat but the bin bag made the action potentially dangerous, so rather than sending her flailing off back down the staircase he went on in.
ref: 2012, Lynne Barrett-Lee, Barefoot in the Dark, →ISBN:
text: Screwing in a charity shop / On top of black bin bags / Full of donations
ref: 2025, “Tina”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp:
glosses: Alternative spelling of binbag.
bin bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bin bag
tank-slapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tank-slappers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tank slapper.
fruit up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fruits up
form: fruiting up
form: fruited up
form: fruited up
Senses: examples: text: The grass and weeds come up to my waist and the plum trees are already fruiting up, though most of the fruit'll go to the wasps and the worms, Vinny says, 'cause he can't be arsed to pick it.
ref: 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: To become full of fruit, seeds, or spores.
examples: text: Amy spent the morning baking and this afternoon brought the result — dainty little fancies all fudged and fruited up.
ref: 1971, Francis Oswald Bennett, March of the Little Men, page 176:
text: Even Andy's most recent show featured the star all fruited up as Carmen Miranda for the venerable Manilow number "Copacabana."
ref: 1998 May 12, Bruce Vilanch, “Andy Williams and me”, in The Advocate:
text: Miranda would appear all fruited-up many times.
ref: 1984, Andrew Marum, Frank Parise, Follies and Foibles: A View of 20th Century Fads, page 71:
text: "All fruited up like that?" I look to Ritchie. "That's quite a gay shandy," he says. "Which most people get ridiculed for. But I figured it's good after a scrap." So I switch to lager, while Ritchie stays with the lemonade beer.
ref: 2009, Esquire: The Magazine for Men - Volume 152, page 123:
glosses: To add fruit; To adorn or embellish with fruit.
examples: text: I had been "fruited up." There was no distinction made back then that this man was a pedophile, and even my mother told me that this is what queer people do.
ref: 2000, Kevin George Alderson, Beyond Coming Out: Experiences of Positive Gay Identity, →ISBN, page 36:
text: My experience with the brothers was that if you were one of their favorites you would be regularly groped. We kids called it “being fruited up."
ref: 2014, Eduard Fischer, Chasing the Phantom, →ISBN:
glosses: To grope a young boy.
raw_tags: of a pedophile
fruits up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fruit up
fruiting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fruit up
fruited up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fruit up
ruckly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ruckly
form: most ruckly
Etymology: From ruckle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I min' when they were jist auld sort o' ruckly boxes, awfu' licht, ye ken, upon the springs, and just went dodderin' alang, the body swingin' to and fro, as if it would flee richt oot.
ref: 1979, Reincarnation: the best short stories of R. B. Cunninghame Graham, →ISBN, page 70:
text: I grip the bike rack with both hands, but then the track gets rucklier so I steady myself by hooking one thumb through a belt-loop on Brubeck's jeans.
ref: 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, pages 27–28:
text: It meant ruckling his sock right down, and nobody likes a ruckly sock, but this was no time to be stopped by a ruckle.
ref: 2015, Georgia Pritchett, Wilf the Mighty Worrier: Saves the World, →ISBN:
glosses: Wrinkly or bumpy.
Synonyms: sense: wrinkly
word: bewrinkled
word: rugose
word: wrinkly
word: wrinkled
pink-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: more pink-handed
form: most pink-handed
Senses: examples: text: I know the pink-handed types who get jobs like this interviewer's got, and I know what he's trying to do to me.
ref: 1973, Ralph Hurne, The Yellow Jersey, →ISBN, page 202:
text: The Western conceit is important because it allows Hernhuter to contrast the flat and tame backyard to the precipitous canyon and the colorful dialect of Nest with the bland generalizations of the pink-handed psychiatrist.
ref: 1994, Robert Murray Davis, Playing Cowboys: Low Culture and High Art in the Western, →ISBN, page 100:
text: Lode mine investors were often distant financiers: soft, pink-handed men who earned their livings with pens, not hammers.
ref: 2011, Keith Heyer Meldahl, Rough-Hewn Land: A Geologic Journey from California to the Rocky Mountains, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: White-collar; working at a desk job as opposed to manual labor.
examples: text: Squat and gnome-like it looked, silhouetted against the dying fire in the western sky; an odd, elfin-eared, pink-handed, hunchbacked manikin with a tail.
ref: 1913, F. St. Mars, The Prowlers, page 102:
text: He was pink-cheeked, pink-handed and pink-nosed, all of which combined with his delft-blue eyes to make him look like a mature kewpie.
ref: 1963, Catherine Gaskin, Richard Bach, Ernest Kellogg Gann, Reader's digest condensed books: volume 4:
text: Pink-faced and pink-handed, Peter leaned over his wife's legs. He reached both hands to her waist and pulled away the lilac-colored garment.
ref: 2014, R. V. Cassill, Doctor Cobb's Game: A Novel, →ISBN:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pink, handed.: having hands that are pink.
pink-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: more pink-handed
form: most pink-handed
Senses: examples: text: Several major ISPs have been caught red-handed (or perhaps pink-handed) making agreements with known spammers.
ref: 2000 December 25, Ed Foster, “Stats show backbone provider UUNet seems to be biggest spam haven”, in InfoWorld, volume 22, numbers 52-1, page 51:
text: 'Hence you closed it as soon as I entered and are exhibiting facial capillary dilation and blush response, consistent with what I suspect matches the human phrase “caught red- or rather pink-handed”.'
ref: 2011, Keith Mansfield, Battle for Earth: Johnny Mackintosh 2, →ISBN:
text: My friend insists her purple house is where she caught a poacher in her yard, pink-handed, in floodlights she installed after she learned new birds of Featherstone would flock no more.
ref: 2011, David Clewell, Taken Somehow By Surprise, →ISBN, page 18:
text: I remember that image so clearly, how my first thought was that it looked like a tiny above ground pool and a small squadron of pink men lying on their backs, tanning. “I was caught red-handed. Well . . . pink-handed.
ref: 2015, Lance Rubin, Denton Little's Deathdate, →ISBN:
glosses: With clear evidence of guilt, red-handed.
if you pay bananas, you get monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
synonyms: word: if you pay peanuts
word: you get monkeys
Warharmi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the figure's name in Yuman languages (Yuma, Kumeyaay, etc).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An ambiguously gendered figure in Yuman (Kumeyaay, Yuma, etc) mythology who brought the Yumans seeds, the techniques of agriculture, and the tradition of painting oneself before war.
Related terms: kwe'rhame
epidithiodioxopiperazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epidithiodioxopiperazines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles formed from a dioxopiperazine with an intramolecular disulfide bridge
dioxopiperazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dioxopiperazines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric diketones derived from piperazine
erabutoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erabutoxins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of neurotoxic proteins found in venom of the sea snake of the genus Laticauda
esophagostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esophagostomies
form: oesophagostomy
form: œsophagostomy
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The making of an opening directly into the esophagus
eumycete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eumycetes
Senses: glosses: Any fungus of the former division Eumycota
eunicellin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eunicellins
Etymology: Eunicella + -in
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of diterpenoids having a cladiellane skeleton with a C-2, C-9 ether bridge.
Derived terms: briarellin
cladiellane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cladiellanes
Etymology: Cladiella + -ane
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of diterpenes found in the coral Cladiella australis.
euxerophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euxerophytes
Etymology: From eu- + xerophyte.
Senses: glosses: Any plant that has adapted to live in very dry conditions
Related terms: euxerophytic
exoproduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoproducts
Etymology: From exo- + product.
Senses: glosses: Any exocellular product
ferrallisol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrallisols
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A ferritic lateritic soil.
ferrosol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrosols
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A ferritic soil.
fetoglobulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fetoglobulins
Etymology: From feto- + globulin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A plasma globulin that is present especially in the fetus
fireiron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fireirons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fire iron.
flavovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of flavivirus.
fluidglycerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluidglycerates
Etymology: From fluid + glycerate.
Senses: glosses: A plant extract produced by extracting with a mixture of glycerine and water
fluvaquent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluvaquents
Etymology: From Latin fluv- (“to flow”, in words such as fluvius (“stream”); compare fluvial) + aquent.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: An aquent produced by frequent flooding.
Derived terms: fluvaquentic
fonticulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fonticuli
Etymology: From Latin fonticulus, diminutive of fons.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fontanelle (“membranous spot on the head of a baby”).
synonyms: word: fontanelle
extra: membranous spot on the head of a baby
glosses: A small artificial ulcer produced by caustics or a lancet.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The depression just over the top of the breastbone.
fortimicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortimicins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of pseudodisaccharide aminoglycosides that have antibacterial activity
pseudodisaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudodisaccharides
Etymology: From pseudo- + disaccharide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The pseudosaccharide form of a disaccharide
carbasugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbasugars
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of sugar alcohol.
synonyms: word: sugar alcohol
fragixeralf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fragixeralfs
Etymology: Blend of fragipan + xeralf
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A xeralf soil that has a fragipan
fructosediphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fructosediphosphates
Etymology: From fructose + diphosphate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diphosphate of fructose
frynde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fryndes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of friend.
fusospirochete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fusospirochetes
Etymology: Blend of fusobacterium + spirochete
Senses: glosses: A fusobacterium and spirochete acting together.
Related terms: fusospirochetal
fusobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fusobacteria
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Fusobacterium
Derived terms: fusospirochete
religious studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The academic study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions.
Synonyms: religiology
construction sites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of construction site
best-kept secrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of best-kept secret
employment contracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of employment contract
monstre sacré
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monstres sacrés
Etymology: From French monstre sacré (literally “holy monster”).
Senses: examples: text: […] Picasso changed, or was changed, from a capital painter, known as such a painter should be known, into a monstre sacré, a holy cow surrounded with an enormous, self-perpetuating, inescapable, and generally irrelevant notoriety.
ref: 1994 [1976], Patrick O'Brian, Picasso: A Biography, London: Harvill, page 372:
text: Ken Russell's BBC film (with Vivian Pickles) and Kenneth MacMillan's Isadora ballet portrayed her as a grotesque monstre sacre.
ref: 2002 January 27, Jann Parry, The Observer:
text: They call him the last monstre sacré (an expression coined by Jean Cocteau to describe Sarah Bernhardt), adding that “attacking Depardieu is attacking art.[…]”
ref: 2023 December 31, Agnès Poirier, “Evoking genius to defend ‘dark stars’ like Gérard Depardieu looks very French – and it is”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: A striking, unusual public figure; an eccentric celebrity.
monstres sacrés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monstre sacré
galactosephosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactosephosphates
Etymology: From galactose + phosphate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phosphate of galactose.
gilgul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪlˌɡʊl/
/ˌɡilˈɡul/
Forms: form: gilgulim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew גלגול.
Senses: examples: text: Abravanel, for example, chooses to argue at length in favor of gilgulim in his commentary on the section of the Torah that discusses yibbum.
ref: 2001, The Torah U-Madda Journal, volume 10, page 9:
text: The limitation of gilgul to men here is intriguing. Gilgul, among other things, is a process of purification from the sins of past lives, an alternative to the more anguished purification of Gehenna.
ref: 2008, Shaul Magid, From Metaphysics to Midrash: Myth, History, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala:
glosses: reincarnation, metempsychosis
glucanohydrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucanohydrolases
Etymology: From glucan + -o- + hydrolase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydrolase that hydrolyses a glucan
glucolipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucolipids
Etymology: From gluco- + lipid.
Senses: glosses: Any glycolipid whose carbohydrate component is glucose.
knarr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /nɔːɹ/
Forms: form: knarrs
form: knorr
Etymology: From Old Norse knǫrr (“merchant ship”).
Senses: examples: text: Mogens and Morten followed him on the two knarrs, but behind them to the north two other ships could be sighted.
ref: 2003, James Richard Larson, The Eye of Odin, page 341:
text: One of the other ships found in the bay was a knarr, a type of ship the Vikings used for trading and exploring. The knarr was about the same length as the small longship, but it was much wider […]Knarrs were wider because that gave them more room for livestock and objects for trade.
ref: 2004, Janey Levy, At Sea on a Viking Ship, page 8:
text: The next morning, the ten knarrs leave the protected harbor located on the Greenlandic Southern tip and head north, by beginning their travels around the tip and up the west coast, but always within the sight of land.
ref: 2013, GrinOlsson, Asgard - Saga of the Midgard Serpent, page 70:
glosses: A kind of Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings.
examples: text: This summer, one of these Knarrs is being delivered to Johannes Westergaard of New York, and another to Gerhard Lorenz of the Grosse Isle Yacht Club, Michigan.
ref: 1954 June, Motor Boating, page 100:
text: The Knarr soon attracted the interest of local regatta sailors, who liked its lines and performance.
Back in Scandinavia, the Danish Sailing Association became interested in building Knarrs.
ref: 2008, Dieter Loibner, Folkboat Story: From Cult to Classic—the Renaissance of a Legend, page 39:
glosses: A type of modern long-keeled sailing boat.
nothingy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nothingy
form: most nothingy
Etymology: From nothing + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We were still chitchatting in the same nothingy vein five minutes later when George opened his bedroom door.
ref: 2013, Ali Cronin, Santa Baby, →ISBN:
text: Allhallows-on-Sea's basically a big holiday park spilling up to the shorefront from a nothingy village behind
ref: 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 28:
text: Scrap signs in front of a low-slung brick building; a nothingy sort of a park with a path cut through the middle of it and daisies dotting the grass.
ref: 2015, Sarah Butler, Before the Fire, →ISBN:
synonyms: nothingish
glosses: Having very little impact or importance; trivial; insignificant.
Friendsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Friendsy
form: most Friendsy
Etymology: Friends + -y
Senses: examples: text: I bet he [David Schwimmer] will be oushing^([sic]) his new movie "The Pallbearer". It's coming out sometime soon. I saw a preview the other day at the theaters and it looked really fuuny^([sic]) in a dark sort of way. I don't know hoe^([sic]) Friendsy it's goingto^([sic]) be, but like a devoted fan I will be there to cheer him on.
ref: 1996 April 11, Diannelink [username], “Re: Re:David Schwimmer on Letterman”, in alt.tv.friends (Usenet):
text: Hmm, it's not as really gross-out tho, it is Friendsy if you ask me ..
ref: 2000 October 8, Alex Washtell, “Re: Friends S6-13 - snotty grotty Monica”, in uk.media.tv.friends (Usenet):
text: If there are enough Friendsy shows that have thumbs up, the one (Friends proper) that has a thumbs down has little effect on the suggestion engine.
ref: 2002 October 25, Dave [username], “Re: Will Tivo ever fix this problem?!”, in alt.video.ptv.tivo (Usenet):
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the television sitcom Friends.
wikipedia: Friends
international waters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Beijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan despite China's ruling Communist Party never having controlled the island -- and considers the strait part of its "internal waters."
The US Navy, however, says most of the strait is in international waters.
ref: 2022 August 28, Brad Lendon, “US sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2022:
qualifier: international law
glosses: Those parts of the ocean that are not legally recognized as being under the jurisdiction of any national government.
Synonyms: sense: international law
word: high seas
Coordinate terms: topics: law
maritime
nautical
transport
sense: international law
word: territorial waters
topics: law
maritime
nautical
transport
sense: international law
word: exclusive economic zone
topics: law
maritime
nautical
transport
sense: international law
word: international waterway
Related terms: flag state
universal jurisdiction
magpie goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magpie geese
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of magpie-goose.
sustainable developments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sustainable development
mood swings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mood swing
dramatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: dramatic speech or writing
glosses: The analysis of language as a mode of action, rather than as the conveying of information.
Derived terms: dramatistic
glycanohydrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycanohydrolases
Etymology: From glycan + -o- + hydrolase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydrolase that hydrolyses a glycan
glyceridase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glyceridases
Etymology: From glyceride + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydrolase that hydrolyses glycerides
glycinamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycinamides
Etymology: From glycine + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amide of the amino acid glycine.
gnepine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnepines
Senses: glosses: Any plant related to the Gnetales and the Pinaceae
Derived terms: gnepine hypothesis
Related terms: gnecup
gnetifer
gnetifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnetifers
Etymology: Blend of Gnetales + conifer.
Senses: glosses: Any plant related to the Gnetales and the conifers.
Related terms: gnecup
gnepine
granuloblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granuloblasts
Etymology: From granule + -o- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of myeloblast (an immature granulocyte)
synonyms: word: myeloblast
extra: an immature granulocyte
Related terms: granuloblastic
granulomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granulomeres
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chromomere (central part of a blood platelet)
synonyms: word: chromomere
extra: central part of a blood platelet
gravireceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravireceptors
Etymology: From gravi- + receptor.
Senses: glosses: Any receptor that gives the brain information concerning the direction of gravitational forces (and hence a sense of up and down).
grayschist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grayschists
Etymology: From gray + schist.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: gray schist
greatgrandchild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greatgrandchildren
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of great-grandchild.
greyzem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greyzems
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of boroll.
synonyms: word: boroll
grumusol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grumusols
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A black soil, rich in calcium and magnesium, suitable for agriculture
Derived terms: grumusolic
gyroscale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyroscales
Etymology: From gyro- + scale.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The scale of particles in a gyrokinetic plasma.