cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
foreperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forepersons
form: forepeople
Etymology: From fore- + person.
Senses: topics: management
glosses: A leader of a work crew.
topics: law
glosses: The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
examples: text: The capsule was buried before the Free Genitals Act of 1990, so there was much memorabilia from our pioneering forepersons: Chief Justice Elaine Noble's gavel, a program from Lillian Tomlin's one woman performance of The Brothers Karamazov, and former Sgt. Leonard Matlovich's honorable discharge.
ref: 1976 December 25, Steve Blevins, “Tricentennial Journal”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 13:
glosses: A forefather, predecessor.
Synonyms: topics: management
word: work foreman
word: work foreperson
word: work forewoman
topics: law
word: foreman
word: forewoman
word: head juror
word: jury foreman
word: jury foreperson
word: jury forewoman
word: presiding juror
fortifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortifiers
Etymology: From fortify + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who fortifies.
fuehrer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuehrers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Führer.
maroquin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maroquins
Etymology: From French, alteration of marocain (“Moroccan”), where the leather was first produced. Doublet of marocain.
Senses: examples: text: Oscillating freely a long chair incense swinger, a youthful server, magnificent in white silk stockings and Neapolitan-violet maroquin shoes, presented himself on the threshold in a fragrant veil of smoke.
ref: 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 122
glosses: leather made from goatskin
Synonyms: sense: goatskin leather
word: morocco leather
sense: goatskin leather
word: morocco
Related terms: chargrin
shagreen
frontwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frontwards
form: most frontwards
Etymology: From front + -wards.
Senses: examples: text: He leaned back in the pew and twisted his hat to the frontwards position.
ref: 2005, Christopher J. Dwyer, Shape The Black Sky:
glosses: Oriented towards the front.
frontwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frontwards
form: most frontwards
Etymology: From front + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Towards the front.
Related terms: w:Adverbial genitive
frontward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frontward
form: most frontward
Etymology: From front + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Frontwards.
frontward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frontward
form: most frontward
Etymology: From front + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Frontwards.
Derived terms: frontwards
Related terms: w:Adverbial genitive
foreward
forward
iliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪliæk/
Etymology: From French iliaque, from Late Latin īliacus, Latin īlium.
Senses: examples: text: Five of the 16 patients required simultaneous FF bypass and iliaco-femoral bypass; 2, required simultaneous FF bypass and iliac thrombo-endoarterectomy (Table II).
ref: 1989, Antonio Strano, Salvatore Novo, editors, Advances in Vascular Pathology 1989: Proceedings of the 15th World Congress of the International Union of Angiology, Rome, 17–22 September 1989, volume 1, Excerpta Medica, →ISBN, page 483, →ISBN:
glosses: Relating to the ilium.
Derived terms: anterior superior iliac spine
aortoiliac
autoiliac
bisiliac
brachyiliac
common iliac artery
common iliac vein
dolichoiliac
external iliac artery
iliac artery
iliac crest
iliac fossa
iliac furrow
iliac horn syndrome
iliac passion
interiliac
internal iliac artery
ischioiliac
occipitoiliac
sacroiliac
subiliac
superiliac
suprailiac
transiliac
vertebroiliac
Related terms: ilio-
compersion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɜːʒən/
ipa: /kəmˈpɝʒən/
Etymology: Coined by Kerista Community on 28 November 1980 during an alphabet (like Ouija) board session by a group of 15 members of the community. They asked "Can we have a word that describes the emotion that is the antonym of jealousy?" The Kerista community practiced polyfidelity, a form of ethical non-monogamy with fidelity to the group. The answer was "compersion".
A derivation from the root of the Latin verb partior (“to divide, to share”) + prefix com- (“with”).
Another hypothesis that it may be derived from French compère (“partner”) + -sion, based on an earlier use of the French compérage to denote the practice of brothers-in-law sharing wives observed among Tupi people of the Brazilian Amazon, is less plausible: not only does it not correspond to any known morphological process, but a website run by former members of the community clearly states that neither the word compérage nor Lévi-Strauss's book were known to them at the time.
Senses: examples: text: A major component of jealousy, for many people, is the suspicion or resentment of the rival. In Kerista, on the other hand, the relationship that every man had with the other men and that every woman had with the other women elicited what they called “compersion” rather than jealousy.
ref: 1998, Ayala Malach Pines, Romantic Jealousy: Causes, Symptoms, Cures, Routledge, →ISBN, page 140:
text: There is nothing either magical or wrong with sex with more than one person at the same time. […] The beautiful thing about this dynamic is that it offers opportunities for compersion (the opposite of jealousy) and is symbolic of the expansiveness and unity we can feel in our love for each other.
ref: 2003, Mystic Life, Spiritual Polyamory, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 46:
text: I think this is the easiest way to teach compersion, to immerse oneself in the unconditional approval of another person’s pleasure.
We usually seek compersion in the context of our lover being sexual with another person, which can be very beautiful, but equally scary.
Compersion is the coveted secret elixer of emotions because it promises to turn the pain of jealousy into an ecstatic calm, or ecstatic release.
ref: 2005, Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, editor, Plural Loves, Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 174:
text: Some polyamorous people experience compersion, which means feeling joy that one’s partner is sharing closeness with another person (Keener, 2004; Polyamory Society, 1997). Keener’s (2004) study participants noted an absence of worry as to whether their partners might be cheating […]
ref: 2006, Ronald C. Fox, Ph.D. (editor), Affirmative Psychotherapy with Bisexual Women and Bisexual Men, Haworth Press, page 140
antonyms: jealousy
possessiveness
glosses: Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.
wikipedia: Tupi people
Derived terms: compersionism
compersionist
defending zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defending zones
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: The zone between the blue line and the end board in a team's own end of the rink. The same area is the attacking zone for the opposing team.
Shangri-La
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʃæŋɡɹɪˈlɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: Shangri-la
Etymology: From a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton (1900–1954): see the quotation below. A Tibetan origin has been suggested, from ཞང (zhang, “name of a district of Ü-Tsang”) + རི (ri, “mountain”) + ལ (la, “pass”), therefore meaning "Mountain Pass of Zhang District".
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Former name of Camp David
end board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end boards
form: endboard
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A section of the board between the corners in each end of the rink,
glosses: Either of the front and back boards enclosing the pages of a hardback book.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
synonyms: end slate
tail slate
glosses: The logo or image that concludes an ident sequence, trailer, or advertisement.
outlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outlanders
Etymology: From outland + -er. In certain uses, influenced by or a calque of the Dutch uitlander or Afrikaans uitlander. Also cognate with German Ausländer, Swedish utlänning and Danish udlænding. Doublet of uitlander.
Senses: examples: text: It will be observed that it does not say "inlanders" or "excluding outlanders"; it simply says "by Germans," an expression which covers both inlanders and outlanders "for passages in foreign ships."
ref: 1940, Lloyd's List Law Reports:
glosses: A foreigner or alien.
glosses: A stranger or outsider.
Synonyms: sense: foreigner
word: outcomeling
word: outener
word: peregrine
word: foreigner
sense: outsider
word: fremd
word: strangeling
word: outcast
Related terms: barbarian
Argyrol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiseptic compound of silver and a protein.
aralia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪ.li.ə/
/əˈɹeɪl.jə/
Forms: form: aralias
Etymology: From the genus name, New Latin Aralia.
Senses: glosses: Spikenard and any of many related ornamental and food plants, of the genus Aralia, from Asia and the Americas.
Derived terms: Japanese aralia
plum aralia
shield aralia
apsidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From apside + -al.
Senses: topics: architecture
astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an apse or apsis
Derived terms: apsidal line
apsidally
triapsidal
approbatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more approbatory
form: most approbatory
Etymology: From approbate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: Tending to approve or confirm
Derived terms: disapprobatory
Related terms: approbation
sulindac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used as an analgesic and antipyretic
Synonyms: Clinoril
Derived terms: sulindac sulfone
Walpurgisnacht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vɑːlˈpɜːɡɪsnɑːxt/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Walpurgisnacht.
Senses: examples: text: The proper sequel to the Walpurgisnacht obsequies of Franz Ferdinand would have been the dismissal of Prince Montenuovo...
ref: 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia, Canongate, published 2006, page 365:
text: On the last night of April 1966 — Walpurgisnacht, the most important festival in the lore of magic and witchcraft — LaVey ritualistically shaved his head in accordance with magical tradition and announced the formation of the Church of Satan.
ref: 1969-12-25, Burton H. Wolfe, “Introduction”, in The Satanic Bible, Avon, →OL:
glosses: Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
accretionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹi.ʃəˌnɛɹ.i/
Forms: form: more accretionary
form: most accretionary
Etymology: From accretion + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion
Derived terms: accretionary prism
accretionary wedge
milab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milabs
Etymology: Blend of military + abduction
Senses: examples: text: 1996, Helmut Lammer Ph.D. Preliminary Findings Of Project MILAB: Evidence For Military Kidnappings Of Alleged UFO Abductees published at The Alien Jigsaw, Mind Control Forums and on many other web sites.
Recently, some UFO abductees have reported that they have also been kidnapped by military intelligence personnel (MILAB) and taken to hospitals and/or military facilities, some of which are described as being underground.
text: 1999, A letter from Dr. Helmut Lammer of the Austrian Space Agency to Dr. Steven Greer of the Disclosure Project, published in Greer, Steven M. Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications. Crossing Point Inc, →ISBN, page 8.
I will send you today a copy of the MILAB (Military Abductions) manuscript for review.
text: Military Abductions (MILABS)
Abductions conducted by members of the U.S. military for the purposes of either learning what happened to real alien abductees or as part of a military or CIA "mind control" program.
ref: 2004, Encyclopedic entry in William J. Birnes The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Single-Volume UFO Reference in Print, Pocket Books, page 215
text: Whatever the answer might be, the idea of military involvement in abductions became a standard feature of the abduction scenario by the mid-1990s and, like the subject of implants, became a specialized focus for an on-going study by a small group of ufologists who formed Project MILAB.
ref: 2003, Brenda Denzler, The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: A deceitful military operation performed to convince the targets of the operation that they have had an encounter with extraterrestrial beings, though it is actually a staged ploy.
Synonyms: military abduction
diorite-plagiogranitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Composed of diorite and plagiogranite
Related terms: plagioclase
military abduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: military abductions
Senses: examples: text: 1996 Helmut Lammer Ph.D. Preliminary Findings Of Project MILAB: Evidence For Military Kidnappings Of Alleged UFO Abductees published at The Alien Jigsaw, Mind Control Forums and on many other web sites.
Recently, some UFO abductees have reported that they have also been kidnapped by military intelligence personnel (MILAB) and taken to hospitals and/or military facilities, some of which are described as being underground.
text: 1999 A letter from Dr. Helmut Lammer of the Austrian Space Agency to Dr. Steven Greer of the Disclosure Project, published in Greer, Steven M. Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications. Crossing Point Inc, →ISBN, page 8.
I will send you today a copy of the MILAB (Military Abductions) manuscript for review.
text: Military Abductions (MILABS)
Abductions conducted by members of the U.S. military for the purposes of either learning what happened to real alien abductees or as part of a military or CIA "mind control" program.
ref: 2004 Encyclopedic entry in William J. Birnes The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Single-Volume UFO Reference in Print, Pocket Books, page 215
text: Whatever the answer might be, the idea of military involvement in abductions became a standard feature of the abduction scenario by the mid-1990s and, like the subject of implants, became a specialized focus for an on-going study by a small group of ufologists who formed Project MILAB.
ref: 2003, Brenda Denzler, The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: A deceitful military operation performed to convince the targets of the operation that they have had an encounter with extraterrestrial beings which is actually a staged ploy
Synonyms: milab
military abductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of military abduction
protolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌlɪθ/
Forms: form: protoliths
Etymology: From proto- + -lith.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The original precursor of any specified metamorphic rock
Derived terms: protolithic
milabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milab
Vodlozero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large freshwater lake in Karelia
dissidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪsɪdəns/
Forms: form: dissidences
Etymology: From Latin dissideō (“disagree”, literally “sit apart”), from dis- + sedeō (“sit”).
Senses: examples: text: […]and it ſome Way neceſſitateth them in a divided Way to endeavour ſome other Way of entering, and to increaſe their Diſſidence of them who ſo partially (in their Eſteem at leaſt) manages Matters, and prefers the ſtrengthening of a Side, to the Edification of the Church[…]
ref: 1740, James Durham, “Some preparatory Endeavours for uniting”, in The Dying Man’s Testament to the Church of Scotland: Or, A Treatise concerning Scandal, page 309:
text: I home Mr. L’s diſſidence will not be hurt if I juſt ſuggeſt that his difficulty in the golden verſes, communicated to you laſt May, p. 224, is no difficulty at all.
ref: 1768, Edward Cave, editor, The Gentleman's Magazine:
text: All proteſtantiſm, even the moſt cold and paſſive, is a fort of diſſent. But the religion moſt prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of reſiſtance ; it is the diſſidence of diſſent ; and the proteſtantiſm of the proteſtant religion.
ref: 1775 March 22, Edmund Burke, “Speech on Conciliation with America”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, volume II, Dublin: William Porter, published 1793, page 41:
glosses: The state of being dissident; dissent
Derived terms: cyberdissidence
piffling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piffle
piffling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more piffling
form: most piffling
Senses: synonyms: piffly
glosses: petty; unimportant
Derived terms: pifflingly
Amorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.məˌɹaɪt/
ipa: /ˈæ.mɚˌaɪt/
ipa: [ˈɛə̯mɚ.ʌɪ̯t̚]
Forms: form: Amorites
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew אֲמֹרִי (ʾĂmōrî) + -ite, of uncertain origin; compare Akkadian 𒈥𒌅 (Amurrum).
Senses: glosses: A member of an ancient Semitic people who lived to the west of the Euphrates.
Amorite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.məˌɹaɪt/
ipa: /ˈæ.mɚˌaɪt/
ipa: [ˈɛə̯mɚ.ʌɪ̯t̚]
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew אֲמֹרִי (ʾĂmōrî) + -ite, of uncertain origin; compare Akkadian 𒈥𒌅 (Amurrum).
Senses: glosses: The language of this people
Amorite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.məˌɹaɪt/
ipa: /ˈæ.mɚˌaɪt/
ipa: [ˈɛə̯mɚ.ʌɪ̯t̚]
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew אֲמֹרִי (ʾĂmōrî) + -ite, of uncertain origin; compare Akkadian 𒈥𒌅 (Amurrum).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to this people or language
glosses: Of or pertaining to the god Amurru (or Martu), worshipped by these people
suslik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌslɪk/
ipa: /ˈsʊslɪk/
rhymes: -ʌslɪk
rhymes: -ʊslɪk
Forms: form: susliks
form: souslik
Etymology: From Russian су́слик (súslik).
Senses: glosses: Any of several large Eurasian squirrels, of the genera Citellus or Spermophilus.
glosses: The fur of these animals.
Synonyms: sense: squirrel
word: sisel
sense: squirrel
word: zizel
sense: squirrel
word: spermophile
sense: squirrel
word: ground squirrel
sense: squirrel
word: gopher
Hyponyms: russet ground squirrel
souslik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsʊslɪk/
/ˈsuːslɪk/
Forms: form: sousliks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of suslik.
flatlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatland
flatlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatlands
Senses: glosses: A terrain that varies little in elevation.
rack and pinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rack and pinions
form: racks and pinions
Senses: examples: text: This machine transfers a heavy load via a rack and pinion.
text: To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain.
ref: 1950 November, H. P. White, “The Furka-Oberalp Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 770:
text: The length of the Wengernalp Railway from Lauterbrunnen over the Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald or vice versa, Riggenbach rack-and-pinion operated throughout, should be a "must" in the itinerary of every Oberland tourist; [...].
ref: 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:
text: Finally, it is the world's leading manufacturer in the rack-and-pinion rail vehicle industry.
ref: 2021 May 19, David Clough, “Swiss precision meets UK growth”, in RAIL, number 931, page 56:
glosses: A pair of gears, consisting of a circular pinion that engages with the teeth of a flat bar, that converts rotational into linear motion; used in the steering mechanism of cars, and in some railways.
examples: text: This car came with rack and pinion, disc brakes, and a turbocharger at a time when all of those things seemed like exotic luxuries.
glosses: A type of steering that uses such a gear arrangement: Ellipsis of rack and pinion steering.
blues and twos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blues-and-twos
Etymology: Originally 1960s police slang, from the blue colour of the lights and the two-tone sound of the siren. Popularised by Blues and Twos, a documentary series broadcast on ITV from 1993.
Senses: examples: text: Five minutes later, Bella, efficient as ever, radioed him back with an address near Hove station, about ten minutes drive away, going soberly, or ninety seconds with the blues and twos on.
ref: 2006, Peter James, Looking Good Dead, New York: Pan, →ISBN, page 142:
text: The new directive says risks associated with the use of so-called ‘blues and twos’ by coastguard vehicles “need to be mitigated”.
ref: 2019 February 20, MacDara Conroy, “No More Blue Lights & Sirens For Irish Coast Guard Road Vehicles Under New Directive”, in Afloat.ie:
text: “The hospital rang home and said somebody needs to get here quickly,” Coffey told the paper. “So my mum, who must have been in her eighties by then, came up and we did the flashing blues and twos down to King’s [College hospital] and I was operated on that night.”
ref: 2023 December 2, Hayden Vernon, “Thérèse Coffey says she ‘came close to dying’ from brain abscess”, in The Guardian, London:
glosses: The flashing lights and loud siren of an emergency vehicle.
blues and twos
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: blues-and-twos
Etymology: Originally 1960s police slang, from the blue colour of the lights and the two-tone sound of the siren. Popularised by Blues and Twos, a documentary series broadcast on ITV from 1993.
Senses: examples: text: He glanced at his watch. “Blues and twos,” he said. “I want to get there before the train.” [...] They pulled out of the forecourt at the rear of the police office and drove straight across into Vauxhall Bridge Road, ignoring the one-way circuit, their siren and blue light carving a priority passage through the afternoon traffic.
ref: 1990, Graham Ison, A Damned Serious Business, Ulverscroft Large Print, →ISBN, pages 351-352:
text: If Mondo was alive, he'd be long gone, the ambulance hurtling blues and twos to the nearest hospital.
ref: 2003, Val McDermid, The Distant Echo, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 304:
glosses: [of an emergency vehicle] with the blues and twos switched on
coon it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coons it
form: cooning it
form: cooned it
form: cooned it
Etymology: As would a coon (a racooon).
Senses: examples: text: there was no bridge, and to supply the want a large tree was cut down and fell across the stream, from bank to bank, and thus made a safe log bridge. The crossing of such a bridge, in Western parlance, is styled cooning, therefore, in times of freshets, Prentiss and his scholars had to coon''' it over Second Creek.
ref: 1884, Joseph Dunbar Shields, The Life and Times of Sergeant Smith Prentiss, J. B. Lippincott & Co., Ayer Publishing, published 1971, →ISBN, page 27:
text: But the other day one of the logging company’s engineers was spotted cooning it along a big hemlock log which had been felled across the river years ago. The Teal was leaping at his ankles and shouting its spring song, while the lad inched along and looked everywhere but down.
ref: 1920, author kept strictly confidential by Google Books, The Beaver, Hudson’s Bay Company, page 45
text: Cooning it or cradling it (it being the steel beam) involves walking on all fours across the steel, or holding onto the steel while traversing it. Seagulling refers to walking the steal with arms outstretched, as in flight, to provide balance. These phrases are only used criticizing the actions of others.
ref: 1984, Herbert Applebaum, Work in Market and Industrial Societies, SUNY Press,, →ISBN, page 109:
text: I was crawling across the beam—because I wasn’t able to walk on it. It was really thin. To this day, I would crawl on it—they call it “cooning it.”
ref: 1998, Mary Michels (interviewee), Susan Eisenberg (author), We'll Call You If We Need You, Experiences of Women Working Construction, Cornell University Press, page 192
glosses: To crawl by straddling a log, especially in crossing a creek, or similar, such as a construction beam.
defenseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defensemen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of defenceman.
grocer's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grocers'
form: grocer’s
Senses: glosses: A shop or store that sells groceries.
Synonyms: word: grocery
word: grocery store
english: self-serve grocery store
translation: self-serve grocery store
word: groceteria
saeta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saetas
Senses: glosses: A Spanish religious song evoking strong emotion, usually sung during public processions.
Juanita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Juanita, from Juana + -ita (“-ette”), from Old Spanish Johanna, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Spanish.
epitomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epitomists
Etymology: From epitome + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: If his flock did any reading at all, they would be more likely to read the epitomists rather than the authors whom we consider first-rate such as Livy, Sallust or Tacitus.
ref: 1972, W. Den Boer, Some Minor Roman Historians, page 5:
glosses: Synonym of epitomizer, a writer of epitomes.
synonyms: word: epitomizer
extra: a writer of epitomes
epitomator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epitomators
Etymology: From Latin epitomator (“epitomizer”), from epitomātus (“epitomized”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Equivalent to epitome + -ator or epitomate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of epitomizer, a writer of epitomes.
synonyms: word: epitomizer
extra: a writer of epitomes
turn up for the book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turn ups for the book
form: turn-up for the book
form: turn up for the books
form: turn-up for the books
Etymology: Originally from racecourse betting, from turn up (“stroke of luck”) and book (“record of betting; bookmaker”).
Senses: examples: text: Her mother kept well away from us, which was a turn up for the book, and for the time being at any rate, I was a model husband.
ref: 1987, Edward Dryhurst, Gilt Off the Gingerbread, →OCLC:
text: What a turn up for the book. After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life.
ref: 2000 March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: All these turn ups for the book had lasting consequences.
ref: 2011, Michael Frayn, My Father's Fortune: A Life, →ISBN, page 104:
text: 'Well, boyo, this is a turn up for the book,' observed my friend David Llewellyn without a trace of irony. 'I never expected to wind up in a hospital bed next to you.'π
ref: 2013, David Stuart Davies, A Taste for Blood, →ISBN:
glosses: A very unexpected, usually pleasant, surprise.
Derived terms: for the book
Kaitlyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
Katelyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish, variant of Caitlin.
Kayla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪ.lə/
rhymes: -eɪlə
Etymology: A modern invention possibly based on Kay or Michaela; possibly formed on the pattern of Layla.
Senses: examples: text: Kayla's look tended to change with the seasons; at the moment it was less Goth than paramilitary, with laced jump boots.
ref: 2003, Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, James P. Baen, Mad Maudlin:
glosses: A female given name.
Kelsey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛlsi/
rhymes: -ɛlsi
Forms: form: Kelseys
Etymology: From Old English cēol (“ship”) + siġe (“victory”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1990s.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename:
A hamlet in Camrose County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Kelsey) in western Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A locality south of Split Lake, Manitoba.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A ghost town in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Upshur County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Mount Kelsey.
Derived terms: Kelseyville
Mount Kelsey
South Kelsey
Related terms: Kelce
Kelcey
Kelcie
Kelcy
Kelse
Kelsie
Kelsy
chaincase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaincases
Etymology: From chain + case.
Senses: synonyms: chain guard
glosses: A guard which fits around the chain of a bicycle to protect it from dirt and other environmental hazards, and to protect operators from dirt and danger of trapping.
nasi goreng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɑːsi ˈɡɔːɹɛŋ/
Forms: form: nasi gorengs
Etymology: From Indonesian nasi goreng.
Senses: glosses: An Indonesian rice dish, often cooked with chicken or shellfish and served with strips of omelette
Kristen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A spelling variant of Kristin, from Christina, fairly popular in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
dodecagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: duodecagonal
Etymology: From dodecagon + -al.
Senses: glosses: Having twelve sides and twelve angles
crappily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more crappily
form: most crappily
Etymology: From crappy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The computer performed crappily this morning.
glosses: In a crappy manner; poorly, badly.
exploder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈspləʊ.də(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɪkˈsploʊ.dɚ/
Forms: form: exploders
Etymology: From explode + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that explodes.
glosses: A device to trigger explosive detonators such as a plunger or crank operated electrical generator.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A device to trigger explosions in torpedoes.
examples: text: To a certain extent anger is natural. The therapeutic question is to determine how anger affects attitude and managerial skills. In general, anger behaviour results in the so-called anger personalities: the exploders and the imploders.
ref: 2012, Daniël Louw, Network of the Human Soul, page 157:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person who directs their anger outward.
examples: text: scandalous Exploders of the Doctrine of Passive Obedience
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
glosses: One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.
exploders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exploder
while loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: while loops
Etymology: From the keyword while used in many programming languages for this purpose.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is repeated only while a certain condition continues to be met.
Related terms: do loop
do-while loop
for loop
defenceman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defencemen
Etymology: From defence + -man.
Senses: glosses: In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals; same as defender in many other ballgames.
monomial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mononomial, with -nono- simplified to -no- by haplology.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a polynomial consisting of one term.
Derived terms: monomialization
monomialize
monomially
monomial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monomials
Etymology: From mononomial, with -nono- simplified to -no- by haplology.
Senses: examples: text: 5x²y is a monomial
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents.
Hypernyms: polynomial
calc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kălk
ipa: /kalk/
note: conservative Received Pronunciation; General American, Canada, General Australian
ipa: /kælk/
ipa: /kɛlk/
rhymes: -ælk
homophone: calque
Forms: form: calcs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of calculus.
examples: text: [00:46.64 from the start]
By the way, if anyone join^([sic – meaning joined]) the stream recently, "calc" stands for "calculator". I'm just using slang.
ref: 2023 September 13, Good Griefs [@goodgriefsyt], “Was he cheating or what?? #fy #fyp #genius”, in TikTok (video), ByteDance, retrieved 08 Sep 2025:
glosses: Abbreviation of calculator.
glosses: Abbreviation of calculation.
Related terms: calc-clinobronzite
calc-silicate gneiss
calc-sinter
calc-tufa
precalculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + calculus.
Senses: examples: 2016, Pam Goodner (lead writer/editor), Eureka Math Precalculus Study Guide, Wiley (Jossey-Bass), page ix,
As we wrote the Precalculus course, we wanted to create interest for older high school students by presenting topics in a context, something that students could relate to so that they could see the value in their work.
2017, Sheldon Axler, Precalculus: A Prelude to Calculus, Wiley, 3rd Edition, page xviii,
Similarly, many precalculus textbooks consider, for example, a colony of bacteria doubling in size every 3 hours, with the textbook then producing the formula e/3) for the growth factor after t hours.
2023, Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili, Precalculus, Springer, page v,
Moreover, in many universities and colleges, a precalculus course is mandatory for under-prepared students as the prerequisite course of Calculus 1.
topics: education
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A course, or set of courses, that includes (specifically) trigonometry and algebra at an appropriate level to prepare students to study calculus.
Related terms: prealgebra
choosability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From choose + -ability.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of being choosable.
flippy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɪpi/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: flippier
form: flippiest
Etymology: From flip + -y.
Senses: examples: text: And at that point I start to feel faint and my stomach starts doing that weird flippy thing.
ref: 2012, Rebecca Snyder, Two Hearts Are Better Than One:
glosses: Having a tendency to flip.
Derived terms: flippy disc
flippy disk
flippy diskette
flippy-floppy
flippy skirt
flippy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɪpi/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: flippies
Etymology: From flip + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Practical experience has shown the flippies are not a flawless or long-term solution. When a disk is flipped over, it turns in the opposite direction. In doing so, it bends the nap of the liner in the disk shell in the opposite direction […]
ref: 1989, Winn L. Rosch, The Winn Rosch Hardware Bible, page 512:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A flippy disk.
guajiro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guajiros
Etymology: From Spanish guajiro, from Lokono/Wayuu.
Senses: glosses: A Cuban agricultural worker.
guajira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guajiras
Etymology: From Spanish guajira.
Senses: glosses: A female guajiro.
glosses: A style of rural Cuban music.
rhizopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhizopathies
Etymology: From rhizo- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: A pathologic condition in nerve roots.
dissimilate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɪmɪleɪt/
Forms: form: dissimilates
form: dissimilating
form: dissimilated
form: dissimilated
Etymology: First attested in 1841; borrowed from Medieval Latin dissimilātus, perfect passive participle of dissimilō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), hypercorrected form of Classical Latin dissimulō, from dis- + simulō, from similis (“similar, the same as”); the vocalism was perhaps influenced by assimilate, compare dissimulate. Cognate with French dissimiler; doublet of dissemble, dissimulate, and dissimule.
Senses: glosses: To make dissimilar or unlike.
glosses: To become dissimilar or unlike.
Derived terms: dissimilator
Related terms: assimilate
dissemble
dissimulation
neckcloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckcloths
form: neck-cloth
Etymology: From neck + cloth.
Senses: examples: text: […] I did remember I had among the Seamens Cloaths which were sav’d out of the Ship, some Neckcloaths of Callicoe or Muslin; and with some Pieces of these I made three small Sieves, but proper enough for the Work […]
ref: 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 3rd edition, London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], published 1719, →OCLC, page 144:
text: 1720, John Gay, “Tuesday; or, the Ditty” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: H. Lintot, R. Tonson & S. Draper, 1745, Volume I, p. 85,
Will she thy linen wash or hosen darn,
And knit thee gloves made of her own-spun yarn?
Will she with huswife’s hand provide thy meat,
And ev’ry Sunday morn thy neckcloth plait?
Which o’er thy kersey doublet spreading wide,
In service time drew Cic’ly’s eyes aside.
text: He was a man of such rigid refinement, that he would have starved rather than have dined without a white neck-cloth.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 9, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 115:
text: He was very cleanly dressed, in a blue coat, striped waistcoat, and nankeen trowsers; and his fine frilled shirt and cambric neckcloth looked unusually soft and white, reminding my strolling fancy (I call to mind) of the plumage on the breast of a swan.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 15, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 157:
text: It was not until Lestrade succeeded in getting his hand inside his neckcloth and half-strangling him that we made him realize that his struggles were of no avail; and even then we felt no security until we had pinioned his feet as well as his hands.
ref: 1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter VII (Light in the Darkness), page 49:
glosses: An ornamental cravat, usually white.
Derived terms: neckclothed
Hassaniya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hassaniyya
Senses: glosses: A group of Arabic dialects spoken primarily in Mauritania, a portion of southern Morocco, and Western Sahara.
Hassaniyya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hassaniya.
Ḥassānīya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hassaniya.
Beatle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈbiːtəɫ]
homophone: beetle
Forms: form: Beatles
Etymology: See Beatles.
Senses: glosses: Any of the four members of the Beatles quartet; or a person associated with the Beatles
Derived terms: Beatle boot
Beatle cut
Beatledom
Beatlehead
Beatlemania
Beatlesque
Beatley
Beatlemania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beatlesmania
Etymology: From Beatle + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: BEATLEMANIA caught up with Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon last week.
ref: 1964 July 12, “The Beatles meet Margaret”, in The Straits Times, page 3:
text: London calling, now don't look to us / Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
ref: 1979, “London Calling”, The Clash (music):
text: Berlin's six-decade career began before the advent of radio and ended during the height of Beatlemania.
ref: 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 2, 51-52:
glosses: Intense fanatical enthusiasm for the Beatles.
Related terms: Beatlemaniac
sober as a judge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Completely sober.
drunk as a lord
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He gave her a good hidin' an' went to th' Blue Lion an' got as drunk as a lord.
ref: 1909, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden:
text: "Good many of them drunk as lords," said DuBois of the established merriment of the guests.
ref: 1997, Max Crawford, Lords of the Plain : A Novel, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 183:
ref: 2001, Ryotaro Shiba, Eileen Kato, Drunk as a Lord: Samurai Stories, Kodansha International, →ISBN:
text: Then vodka was brought out; the hero of the day would get drunk as a lord and always walked all over the prison, reeling and staggering, trying to show to everyone that he was drunk, that he was “jolly” and so deserving of general respect. Everywhere among the Russian people a certain sympathy is felt for a drunken man; in prison he was positively treated with respect.
ref: 2004, Fyofor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead:
text: "How he managed to light it, God knows, for he was as drunk as a lord.
ref: 2006, Edward Marston, The Princess of Denmark: An Elizabethan Theater Mystery Featuring Nicholas Bracewell, St. Martin's Minotaur, →ISBN, page 17:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Completely drunk.
Synonyms: sense: drunk similes
word: drunk as a cunt
word: drunk as a fiddler
word: drunk as a fiddler's bitch
word: drunk as a piper
word: drunk as a skunk
word: drunk as a sow
word: drunk as a wheelbarrow
word: drunk as an owl
word: drunk as Chloe
word: drunk as David's sow
word: full as a goog
word: pissed as a fart
word: pissed as a newt
word: tight as a tick
word: drunk
inducer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inducers
Etymology: From induce + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Warren, Bashford, Healy, and Brubaker (1994) reported increases in the apparent duration of the fainter sound (the inducee), which alternated with a sound of higher intensity (the inducer). The inducer was a 70 dB, 1 kHz sine tone, and the inducee was a 66 dB sine tone, varying between nine frequency values, one value also 1 kHz, and the other eight frequencies were 1, 2, 6, and 10 semitones (STs) higher or lower. Both the inducer and the inducee lasted 200 ms.
ref: 2008, Gert ten Hoopen, Ryota Miyauchi, Yoshitaka Nakajima, “Time-Based Illusions in the Auditory Mode”, in Simon Grondin, editor, Psychology of Time, Bingley, W.Y.: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 174:
antonyms: inducee
glosses: One who, or that which, induces.
glosses: A molecule that starts gene expression.
Derived terms: apoinducer
autoinducer
neuroinducer
clean skin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clean skins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cleanskin.
absorbance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩s/
ipa: /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩s/
ipa: /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩ts/
ipa: /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩ts/
Forms: form: absorbances
Etymology: From absorb + -ance.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density.
Derived terms: absorbancy
absorbency
immunoabsorbance
immunosorbance
photoabsorbance
cyber-terrorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + terrorism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cyberterrorism.
smarties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smarty
glosses: plural of smartie
cathexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathexis
primal hordes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primal horde
Reichians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reichian
LandWarNet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: LWN
glosses: The US Army's global computer network, separate from the Internet.
sex offenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex offender