cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
coronatimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Point is that Coronatimes are definitely inducing a high level of Coronanoia.
ref: 2020 April 29, Bill Brownstein, “Coronatimes are inducing a high level of Coronanoia”, in Montreal Gazette:
text: In precedented times, escaping from New York City for a summer holiday would have been unremarkable. In coronatimes, it was a moral maze.
ref: , Arwa Mahdawi, “Going on holiday during the pandemic – it's just one big guilt trip”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2023:
text: No longer necessarily refers to the Oxford University course of choice for would-be politicians – in the new #coronatimes PPE has been rebranded and stands for Personal Protective Equipment.
ref: 2020 December 10, Harry Cockburn, “‘Riding the ‘ronacoaster’: An A-Z of new terms we’ve learnt during the pandemic”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022:
text: Much of the daily subjective experience of living in Coronatimes has to do with second-guessing, critical interpretation, and risk-assessment.
ref: 2022 August 1, Pegah Mossleh, Corona Phenomenon: Philosophical and Political Questions, BRILL, →ISBN, page 63:
synonyms: word: Coronatide
topics: Christianity
word: coronatime
word: Covidtide
topics: Christianity
glosses: The period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
falling off the bone
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Of cooked meat; very tender so that it does not remain attached to the bone.
Brabanditti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Brabant + banditti
Senses: glosses: The soldiers of General Edward Brabant, British military commander in colonial South Africa.
French 75s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French 75
midplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midplates
Etymology: From mid- + plate.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A plate positioned between other components.
midplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midplate
colaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colaholics
Etymology: From cola + -holic.
Senses: glosses: A person who is very fond of cola and drinks large amounts of it.
colaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colaholic
stick welding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From welding using a stick that is consumed to lay the weld.
Senses: glosses: A method of manual electric welding that uses a consumable flux-covered electrode that forms a slag to protect the weld from oxygen degradation.
Synonyms: shielded metal arc welding
SMAW
Hypernyms: arc welding
welding
Hyponyms: manual metal arc welding
MMAW
MMA
gravity arc welding
gravity welding
massive electrode welding
firecracker welding
Coordinate terms: flux-cored arc welding
Derived terms: stick weld
stick-welded
stick welder
Related terms: TIG welding
MIG welding
stick welding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From welding using a stick that is consumed to lay the weld.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stick weld
foolosopher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foolosophers
Senses: synonyms: philosophaster
glosses: A foolish philosopher.
Related terms: foolosophy
foolosophers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foolosopher
stick weld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stick welds
Senses: glosses: A weld created by the stick welding process.
Hypernyms: weld
stick weld
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stick welds
form: stick welding
form: stick welded
form: stick welded
Senses: glosses: To weld using the stick welding method.
Hypernyms: weld
Related terms: stick welding
stick-welded
stick welds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stick weld
stick welds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present of stick weld
stick welded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stick-welded: Pertaining to stick welding
stick welded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past of stick weld
stick-welded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to stick welding
Hypernyms: welded
Related terms: stick welding
stick weld
powder box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powder boxes
Senses: glosses: A box or crate for carrying or holding powder of various kinds but usually applied to gunpowder.
sacred lotuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sacred lotus
bontodger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bontodger
form: most bontodger
Etymology: From pseudo-French literally meaning 'always good', formed from French bon (“good”) + toujours (“always”).
Senses: examples: text: Of the home forwards, Moir and Brackenrigg were the pick. The latter is a bon-todger goal-kicker[.]
ref: 1908 July 22, The Sydney Sportsman, page 7, column 2:
glosses: Excellent; wonderful.
bontodger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bontodgers
Etymology: From pseudo-French literally meaning 'always good', formed from French bon (“good”) + toujours (“always”).
Senses: examples: text: The preliminary, though always closely fought, was rarely really exciting till the last round which, to use a colloquialism, was a bontoger.
ref: 1920 September 29, The Referee, Sydney, page 10, column 3:
glosses: Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
bontodgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bontodger
Chenghai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: chǔngʹhīʹ
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: Ch'eng-hai
form: Tenghai
Etymology: From Mandarin 澄海 (Chénghǎi).
Senses: examples: text: The Chenghai district, in which Swatow is situated, is in fact but a vast alluvial plain formed by the sand and mud brought by the waters of the Han river, the numerous branches of which find their outlet to the sea in that district.
ref: 1880, Reports on the Trade of the Treaty Ports 1879, Imperial Maritime Customs, →OCLC, page 208:
text: China supplies about 70 percent of the world’s toys. Guangdong’s toy exports account for about 75 percent of all such exports and earn the province US$15 billion every year. Almost half of these toys are produced in Chenghai, a scruffy town of 700,000 permanent residents, plus many migrant workers, in the Shantou district.
ref: 2013, Rowan Callick, “Doing Business”, in The Party Forever: Inside China's Modern Communist Elite, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 148:
text: During my grandparents’ generation and the generation before, most of the clansmen were illiterate, but they were deeply religious and followed traditional ways. They spoke the Chaozhou (Teochew) dialect and were originally from the Chenghai district of the city of Shantou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China.
ref: 2015, J. K. Chua, “Cultivating Gratitude: The Seven Signs from Heaven”, in Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time, Wave Four, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52:
text: Amid yellow pagodas pointing heavenward, Mr. Peng and a small group of volunteers built memorial arches across the park’s steep roads and paths lined with riotous subtropical vegetation. The site, in the Chenghai district of Shantou, was an appropriate place for memory — Buddhist pagodas are associated with the dead, and many local victims of the Cultural Revolution lie here, many buried in mass graves.
ref: 2016 October 2, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Fate Catches Up to a Cultural Revolution Museum in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2016, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A district of Shantou, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
Panyu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌpænˈju/
/ˌpɑn-/
Forms: form: P'an-yü
Etymology: From Mandarin 番禺 (Pānyú).
Senses: examples: text: Excavated from the tomb of Southern Han Dynasty at Panyu District, Kuangtung.
ref: 1976, 世界陶磁全集, volume 11, →OCLC, page 335:
text: In recent months, authorities in southern Guangdong province have faced increasingly assertive protests by residents opposed to potentially high-polluting projects including plans for a waste incinerator in Guangzhou’s Panyu district that was eventually put off by authorities.
ref: 2010 January 25, James Pomfret, “Hundreds protest S.China project over pollution worries”, in Ken Wills, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 May 2022, Environment:
glosses: A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
glosses: A former county of Guangdong, China.
Synonyms: english: Postal Romanization, from Cantonese
translation: Postal Romanization, from Cantonese
word: Punyu
skolioromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós, “curved, bent”) + romantic, modelled after skoliosexual.
Senses: examples: text: Luckily, I don’t have to have only one label—I can identify as homosexual and skolioromantic at the same time.
ref: 2016, Ashley Mardell, The ABC's of LGBT+, page 154:
text: Skolio- refers to people who are romantically (skolioromantic) or sexually (skoliosexual) attracted to people of nonbinary genders.
ref: 2017, Paul Byron et al., ‘You learn from each other’: LGBTIQ Young People’s Mental Health Help-seeking and the RAD Australia Online Directory, Young and Well CRC, Western Sydney University, page 60:
text: Some authors on asexuality have attempted to create subcategories of aesthetic attractions as well. Julie Sondra Decker describes the variants of aesthetic attraction on the basis of specific traits, with sub-labels including androromantic, gyneromantic, skolioromantic or ambiromantic, pomoromantic, lithromantic (Decker, 2014, 21).
ref: 2023, Maya Ghosh Lisbin, A-Spec: Conceptualizing asexual identity, experience and phenomenological form, Brandeis University (thesis), page 30:
glosses: Romantically attracted to non-cisgender people.
Related terms: skoliosexual
beautilitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beautilitarians
Senses: glosses: A person who seeks beauty and utility.
Related terms: beautility
beautilitarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beautilitarian
bontosher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bontoshers
Etymology: Variant of bontodger.
Senses: examples: text: It was a scorcher right enough, and so deadly still that it seemed difficult to breathe. However, Tuesday evening saw a duststorm - a beauty, a regular bontosher - and that gave us a cool night and brought temperatures down to 20 degrees on Wednesday.
ref: 1914 January 11, The Sunday Times, Perth, page 3, column 2:
glosses: Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
bontoshers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bontosher
bontoshter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bontoshter
form: most bontoshter
Etymology: Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Ah me! I’m his bonzer tart! Ah me! Ah me!’ ‘You are! You are! My bontoshter bit of fluff!’
ref: 1910 August 20, The Daily Herald, Adelaide, page 15, column 3:
glosses: Excellent; wonderful.
bontoshter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bontoshters
Etymology: Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.
Senses: examples: text: The ‘Dilly Ooze’ says the Russian Baltic Fleet is bombarding Varna. We heard the Russians had some new long range guns. They must be bontoshters!
ref: 1915 October 17, The Sun, Kalgoorlie, page 4, column 4:
glosses: Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
bontoshters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bontoshter
pentadal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Of or related to a 5-year period.
fellow citizen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: concitizen
glosses: A citizen of one's country or city.
Related terms: fellow countryman
aspidochelone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aspidochelones
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀσπιδοχελώνη (aspidokhelṓnē).
Senses: glosses: A fabled sea creature according to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with huge spines on the ridge of its back. It is often mistaken for an island, enticing unwitting sailors and drowning them.
tree stump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree stumps
Senses: examples: text: All vegetation and tree stumps were sent to a local recycling facility to be turned into biomass.
ref: 2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, pages 60–61:
glosses: Alternative form of treestump.
tree stumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree stump
out of action
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Press reports of the length of time the bridge is likely to be out of action vary greatly, but Mr. Farr gathers that a temporary structure may be ready in six months; complete reconstruction, however, will take at least two years. [It was never rebuilt or replaced, and demolished instead.]
ref: 1960 January, “Talking of Trains: The Seven Bridge disaster”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:
text: In 2004, after heavy rain fell on sodden ground, floods put the line out of action from February until May.
ref: 2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61:
glosses: Unable to work or function, often due to a particular event.
Related terms: out of service
live with one's wife's family
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lives with one's wife's family
form: living with one's wife's family
form: lived with one's wife's family
form: lived with one's wife's family
Related terms: live-in son-in-law
Maenan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rural settlement in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7966).
Pont-y-pant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh pont (“bridge”) + y + pant.
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in Dolwyddelan community, Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7553).
flood-prone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Now NR is examining other trouble spots where rock armour could work, such as stretches of flood-prone track near Abergavenny and Machynlleth.
ref: 2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61:
glosses: Alternative form of floodprone.
I have a toothache
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker's tooth hurts.
Related terms: I have a headache
Nant-y-derry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO3306).
apostacizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of apostacize
Dinas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in Padstow, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9174).
glosses: A hamlet in Llanwnda community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH4758).
glosses: A small village in Tudweiliog community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH2636).
glosses: A village in Pen-y-graig community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales, also known as Dinas Rhondda (OS grid ref ST0091).
glosses: A municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
Derived terms: Dinas Cross
Dinas Powys
Dinas Powis
Dinas Mawddwy
Dinas Rhondda
crank arm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crank arms
form: crankarm
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One of the two lever components that attach the bottom bracket spindle to a pedal.
New Bombay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Navi Mumbai.
synonyms: word: Navi Mumbai
attritional mortality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: archaeology
biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
antonyms: catastrophic mortality
glosses: The process by which individuals in a population die off one by one from a variety of causes (rather than in large numbers as part of a single event).
catastrophic mortality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: archaeology
biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
antonyms: attritional mortality
glosses: The process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).
remonumentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remonumentations
Etymology: From re- + monument + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The construction of a surveying monument at the location of a previously existing monument.
remonument
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remonuments
form: remonumenting
form: remonumented
form: remonumented
Senses: examples: text: A team of surveyors was tasked with remonumenting the state's public lands.
glosses: To determine the location of an original surveying monument and construct its replacement.
inexplainably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inexplainably
form: most inexplainably
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unexplainably.
synonyms: word: unexplainably
Hoschton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hosch + -ton; named after a Russell A. Hosch, a local merchant, when the city was incorporated in 1891.
Senses: glosses: A city in Jackson County, Georgia, United States.
intercyclical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + cyclical.
Senses: glosses: Between cycles.
intracyclical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + cyclical.
Senses: glosses: Within a cycle.
mottephobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from German Motte (“moth”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: [> I quite liked the big butterflies but another member of staff freaked out and covered himself as much as he could head to toe, wearing his coat all of the time, it was very warm in there and were advised not to wear coats]
Perhaps he suffers with *mottephobia* ...was his name Ron? :-))
ref: 2004 October 29, Gareth, “Re: Butterfly farm...”, in free.uk.btinternet.chatter.refugees (Usenet):
text: Mottephobia is the term used to describe the intense fear of moths and more in general of butterflies. […] In severe cases, panic attacks are triggered in mottephobia sufferers if they simply view a picture or even think of a moth. […] This study presents a novel augmented reality based environment for exposure therapy to mottephobia.
ref: 2011, Andrea F. Abate, Michele Nappi, Stefano Ricciardi, “AR Based Environment for Exposure Therapy to Mottephobia”, in Randall Shumaker, editor, Virtual and Mixed Reality – New Trends: International Conference, Virtual and Mixed Reality 2011. Held as Part of HCI International 2011 […] Proceedings, Part I, Berlin: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 3–4:
text: Fear of flying moths (and less commonly butterflies) is a common phobia (mottephobia), though it is less widespread than fear of spiders (arachnophobia).
ref: 2013, Whitney Cranshaw, Richard Redak, Bugs Rule!: An Introduction to the World of Insects, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 341:
synonyms: lepidopterophobia
hypernyms: entomophobia
glosses: An irrational fear of moths or butterflies.
Braselton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Braseltons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson counties in Georgia, United States.
Braseltons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Braselton
morphined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From morphine + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: CHRIS is hauled out on a litter. Morphined, his eyes watching it all from somewhere deep in his brain.
ref: 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)
glosses: Under the effects of the drug morphine.
Dacula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Decatur + Atlanta.
Senses: glosses: A city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States.
achievement unlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Deriving from video gaming, where the phrase is a common in-game notification upon completing an activity for the first time.
Senses: glosses: A goal has been accomplished.
alpinistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From alpinist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: One of the most complex forms of tourism is alpinism, the opportunities for which are truly unlimited in the USSR. The six- and seven-thousand meter summits of the Pamir-Alay and the Central Tyan'-Shan', the five-thousand meter summits of the Caucasus, the very high snow-capped mountains of Kamchatka, the multitude of summits of alpinistic class exceeding 4,000 meters in the mountains of the Altay, the Northern and Western Tyan'-Shan'—such is the field of activity for summit-climbing alpinists.
ref: 1962, American Geographical Society of New York, Occasional Publication, volume 1:
text: If we continue further east, we come to a region where we find all the modern forms of alpinistic tourism and where alpinism really started a larger scale tourism: the Himalayas.
ref: 1982, IGU Working Group, Geography of Tourism and Recreation, Alpinism and Tourism and Other Problems of the Geography of Tourism:
text: Every time after that detectives questioned someone "how he looked like" the answer was "medium tall, black jacket, black pants, some uncertain alpinistic accessories, sure he had some kind of alpinistic equipment, not sure what was that exactly".
ref: 1982, jus bomon, Death in the mountains:
glosses: alpinist
spawning ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈspɑːˌninɡ ɡɹaʊndz/
Forms: form: spawning grounds
Senses: glosses: A zone in a riverbed or lake where fish breed and lay eggs.
tone-deafly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tone-deafly
form: most tone-deafly
Etymology: From tone-deaf + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tone-deaf manner.
tone-deafness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tone-deaf + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition or quality of being tone-deaf.
perceptual blindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inattentional blindness.
synonyms: word: inattentional blindness
Derived terms: perceptually blind
inattentionally blind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inattentionally blind
form: most inattentionally blind
Etymology: From inattentional blindness.
Senses: glosses: Having inattentional blindness; not being able to perceive things that are in plain sight.
Synonyms: perceptually blind
perceptually blind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perceptually blind
form: most perceptually blind
Etymology: From perceptual blindness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inattentionally blind.
synonyms: word: inattentionally blind
Provincetown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From province + town.
Senses: examples: text: The court pointed to an earlier ruling in the case of a company that was licensed to operate cigarette vending machines in Provincetown.
ref: 2024 March 11, Steve LeBlanc, “Court upholds town bylaw banning anyone born in 21st century from buying tobacco products”, in AP News:
synonyms: P-town
glosses: A town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Derived terms: Provincetowner
Provincetowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Provincetowners
Etymology: From Provincetown + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone from or residing in Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States.
KPSS test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KPSS tests
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test.
Provincetowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Provincetowner
Cape Coddy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cape Coddy
form: most Cape Coddy
Etymology: From Cape Cod + -y.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of Cape Cod.
jazzistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From jazz + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: Hubbard next offered a slow rendering of "Embraceable You," a warmly romantic yet still exciting and jazzistic interpretation, something he is uniquely capable of achieving.
ref: 1991, International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, IAJRC Journal, volumes 24-25:
text: While some films merely "include" jazz on their soundtracks, others, such as Shirley Clarke's Harlem Story, or Cassavetes' Shadows, or Rivette's L'Amour Fou, or Kiarostami's Ten, are formally jazzistic.
ref: 2015, Robert Stam, Richard Porton, Leo Goldsmith, Keywords in Subversive Film/Media Aesthetics:
text: Among the properties of musics in the jazzistic field, isn't there precisely this dialogic treatment of so-called oppositions and contradictions rendered complementary?
ref: 2016, George E. Lewis, Benjamin Piekut, The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies, volume 1:
glosses: Of or relating to jazz.
defascistisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + fascistisation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of defascistization.
defascistization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: defascistisation
Senses: antonyms: fascistization
glosses: Process of defascistizing something; the undoing of something’s fascist character.
Tiranga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi तिरंगा (tiraṅgā).
Senses: synonyms: Tricolour
glosses: the Indian flag
in brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: /ɪn ˈbɹækɪts/
Related terms: between brackets
in parenthesis
in parentheses
aerogastria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aero- + -gastria.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Distension of the stomach by gas.
clitching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clitch
clitched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clitch
alkali cellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound of cellulose and sodium hydroxide formed during the manufacture of viscose
Wapley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7179).
-gastria
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”). Compare the prefix gastro-.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the stomach.
Seascale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and civil parish in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0401).
K'o-tzu-lo-su
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: K'o-tzu-le-su
raw_tags: from Wade–Giles
Etymology: From Mandarin 克孜勒蘇 /克孜勒苏 (Kèzīlèsū), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻo⁴-tzŭ¹-lo⁴-su¹.
Senses: examples: text: During the last quarter in 1959, under the leadership of the party committee, mass movements for the improvement of posts and telecommunications production and services were organized throughout the region. For instance, mobile service teams were organized by the various subsidiary units of the K'o-tzu-lo-su Posts and Telecommunications Bureau, and they were sent to various plants, mines, farms, pastoral areas, offices, and schools to render their services.
ref: 1960 March 21 [1959 November 18], “SINKIANG EXCEEDS 1959 PLANS”, in Weekly Report on Communist China, number 17, Washington, D.C.: Foreign Documents Division, Central Intelligence Agency, →OCLC, page 45:
text: The K'o-tzu-lo-su Kirghiz chou bordered on the K'o-shih chuan-ch'ü and its seat at A-t'u-shih was only twenty-five kilometers from K'o-shih shih.
ref: 1963, Henry G. Schwarz, Policies and Administration of Minority Areas in Northwest China and Inner Mongolia, 1949-1959, volume 2, →OCLC, page 338:
text: The Kirghiz, who also live in Turkey and Russia, live in K'o-tzu-lo-su Kirghiz Autonomous Chou in Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region. They are Muslims who farm and breed animals.
ref: 1973, Edward Evans-Pritchard, China (including Tibet) Japan and Korea (Peoples of the Earth), volume 13, Italy: Danbury Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138:
text: There are five autonomous districts (tzu-chih-chou): Bayan Gol Mongol (Pa-yin-kuo-leng-meng-ku), Boro Tala Mongol (Po-erh-t'a-la-meng-ku), Ch'ang-chi Hui (Chang-chi-hui-tsu), Ili Kazakh (I-li-ha-sa-k'o), and Kizil Su Kirghiz (K'o-tzu-lo-su-k'o-erh-k'o-tzu).
ref: [1980, Sinkiang Uighur, Encyclopedia Britannica, page 795:
text: China's ethnic minority autonomous territorial and administrative units are: The Sinkiang Uyghur Autonomous region, capital Urumchi (Tihua). This has a majority Turkic population located in five chou (autonomous administrative districts). They are (1) The Qïrghïz Autonomous Chou ((K'o-tzu-lo-su (Qyzyl Su/Qïzïl Su)), center Artus (A-t'u-shih)
ref: 1984, Harold R. Battersby, “Some Introductory Notes on Altaic and Uralic Studies for Potential Contributors to Ultimate Reality and Meaning”, in Ultimate Reality and Meaning, volume 7, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of Kezilesu (Kizilsu)
Scottish crossbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scottish crossbills
Senses: glosses: Loxia scotica, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is endemic to the Caledonian Forests of Scotland
Hispaniolan crossbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hispaniolan crossbills
Senses: glosses: Loxia megaplaga, a crossbill that is endemic to Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), and the only one of its genus in the Caribbean.
antidotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidotisms
Senses: glosses: The administration of an antidote
Cassia crossbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cassia crossbills
Senses: glosses: Loxia sinesciuris, a passerine bird in the family Fringillidae, endemic to the South Hills and Albion Mountains in southern Idaho.
Barwick in Elmet and Scholes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Barwick in Elmet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Barwick in Elmet and Scholes parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3937).
boutcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: ʹbouchə
ipa: /ˈbaʊt͡ʃə/
rhymes: -aʊtʃə
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of about you.
boutcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ʹbouchə
ipa: /ˈbaʊt͡ʃə/
rhymes: -aʊtʃə
Forms: form: boutchas
Senses: examples: text: It is to be remarked that the Boutcha is much used by the Portuguese... Almost every house inhabited by this race of men has its Boutcha; and if they are in any sort of affluence, they seldom appear abroad without it.
ref: 1811, François Balthazar Solvyns, Les Hindoûs, s.v. "Boutcha"
glosses: Alternative form of bocha.
'boutcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of boutcha.
boutchu
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: ʹboucho͞o
ipa: /ˈbaʊt͡ʃu/
rhymes: -aʊtʃu
Etymology: From bout + -chu.
Senses: glosses: about you
'boutchu
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of boutchu.
Bridgeton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6063).
glosses: A locality in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape province, South Africa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Parke County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Cumberland County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Craven County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon.
Related terms: Bridgetown
Bridgton
teledoctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teledoctors
Etymology: From tele- + doctor.
Senses: glosses: A doctor who provides medical services by means of a telecommunication system; a physician working in telemedicine.
Carntyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6365).
teleabortion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleabortions
Etymology: From tele- + abortion.
Senses: examples: text: Teleabortions, where a woman has a phone consultation with a doctor and is then sent the medications required, are available everywhere but South Australia. In WA, a teleabortion requires a referral from a doctor.
ref: 2019 August 1, Caroline Zielinski, “What are the laws on abortion in Australia?”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The practice of using teleconsultation to assist a patient in aborting a pregnancy.
teleabortions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleabortion
Partickhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in Partick, Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5567).
East Turkistani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: East Turkistanis
Etymology: From East Turkistan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: The East Turkistan Government in Exile and the overwhelming majority of East Turkistanis across our global diaspora commemorated the 30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution, also known as the Baren Uprising, or the Baren Massacre, which erupted on April 5, 1990 in East Turkistan's Akto County.
ref: 2020 April 5, “30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution”, in The Voice of East Turkistan, volume 1, number 3, page 17:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of East Turkistan
East Turkistani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more East Turkistani
form: most East Turkistani
Etymology: From East Turkistan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: A history of the Naqshbandiyya in East Turkistan cannot claim to encompass all of East Turkistani social and religious practices; Papas cannot say much about popular Sufi dhikr or ziyārat mazār pilgrimages.
ref: 2007 November 24, Nathan Light, “30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution”, in The Journal of Asian Studies, volume 66, number 4, page 1154:
text: In 1944, the East Turkistan Republic was again established by Kazakh and Uighur forces. They controlled the north-western Ghulja region from 1944 to 1949. However, the Republic was surrendered to the CCP in September 1949, when one of its political leaders, Burhan, pledged his allegiance to the CCP (Dillon 2010: 377). Shortly after, eight East Turkistani political leaders were to travel to Beijing to negotiate and finalize details over the territory’s position in China.
ref: 2012, Anna Hayes, Cultures in Refuge: Seeking Sanctuary in Modern Australia, →ISBN, page https://books.google.com/books?id=WhQpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT201&lpg=PT201:
glosses: Of or pertaining to East Turkistan, its people and culture
claviforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claviform
Dovhe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dolge
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian До́вге (Dóvhe).
Senses: glosses: A village in Luhansk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.
glosses: A town in Zakarpattia Oblast, in western Ukraine.
glosses: Ukrainian name of the village of Długie in southeastern Poland
glosses: Former name of Mostyshche: a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.
genrefication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From genre + -fication. In the sense of softening boundaries, coined by Joshua Rothman in 2014.
Senses: examples: text: Genrefication is pretty great. It allows users to find books they're interested in much more easily.
ref: 2017, Genrefication 101, page 20:
text: Under the Dewey Decimal System that revolutionized and standardized book shelving starting in 1876, nonfiction essentially already gets the genrefication treatment with, for example, Music located in the 780s and Paleontology in the 560s.
ref: 2018 July 22, “How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores”, in KQED:
glosses: Shelving of library books or similar works based on genre.
examples: text: For reasons that aren’t fully explicable (Netflix? Tumblr? Kindles? Postmodernism?), it’s no longer taken for granted that important novels must be, in some sense, above, beyond, or “meta” about their genre. A process of genrefication is occurring.
ref: 2014 November 6, Joshua Rothman, “A Better Way To Think About the Genre Debate”, in The New Yorker:
text: The so-called ‘genrefication’ or ‘genre debate’ relates to the relationship between popular fiction and literary fiction, and has been of particular significance in US literary circles in recent years.
ref: 2016, Bernice M. Murphy, Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction:
glosses: Softening of boundaries between literary fiction and genre fiction.
genrefy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: genrefies
form: genrefying
form: genrefied
form: genrefied
Etymology: From genre + -fy.
Senses: glosses: To sort a library collection so that books of the same genre are shelved together.
Related terms: genrefication
redband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redbands
Senses: examples: text: The Warner Lakes redband lives mostly in Oregon, but for the purposes of the challenge, of course, you have to catch your fish in California.
ref: 2020, James Pogue, “Redbands”, in California Fly Fisher:
glosses: One of several subspecies of rainbow trout (O. m. gairdneri, O. m. newberrii, O. m. stonei).
redband
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of trout having the larger spots and crimson stripe associated with the redband subspecies.
examples: text: Watch the extremely NSFW – well, most of us are working from home these days, but still — redband trailer below
ref: 2020, Jeff Sneider, ‘Possessor’ Trailer: Get an Extremely NSFW Look at Andrea Riseborough’s New Thriller:
glosses: Of a movie trailer containing content intended for adult audiences only.
Derived terms: redband trailer
redband trout
buddo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buddos
Etymology: From bud + -o.
Senses: glosses: Buddy, friend.
Synonyms: friend
buddos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buddo
Martin Mill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Langdon parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3446).
Related terms: Martin
Kent
EPPO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of European Public Prosecutors' Office.
glosses: Abbreviation of Euro-Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.
Euro-Mediterranean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Euro-Mediterranean
form: most Euro-Mediterranean
form: Euromediterrean
form: Euro Mediterranean
Etymology: From Euro- + Mediterranean.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the European and Mediterranean region.
glosses: Clipped compound of European Mediterranean.
Pertaining to the Mediterranean region of Europe.
glosses: Clipped compound of European Mediterranean.
Pertaining to the European-influenced region of the Mediterranean
Derived terms: EUROMED
Euro-Med
Euro-Mediterranean region
collocants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collocant
V-pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V-Pop
form: Vpop
form: VPop
Etymology: From V- (“Vietnamese”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Vietnamese pop music.
Coordinate terms: Cantopop
C-pop
HK-pop
H-pop
Indopop
I-pop
J-pop
K-pop
L-pop
Mandopop
M-pop
Pinoy pop
P-pop
Q-pop
T-pop
horseleech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horseleeches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of horse-leech.
horseleeches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horseleech
e-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-words
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:e-word.
glosses: Any word beginning with e, especially one referring to something electronic, or one that is (often humorously) treated as controversial in a given context (for example, evolution, evangelical or enlightenment).
glosses: The word Eskimo, which is considered offensive in Northern Canada.
Related terms: sense: ‘x’-word euphemisms
word: a-word
word: b-word
word: c-word
word: d-word
word: f-word
word: g-word
word: G-word
word: h-word
word: i-word
word: j-word
word: k-word
word: l-word
word: m-word
word: n-word
word: o-word
word: p-word
word: q-word
word: Q-word
word: r-word
word: s-word
word: t-word
word: u-word
word: v-word
word: w-word
word: x-word
word: y-word
word: z-word
word: related terms C-bomb
word: f-bomb
word: f-slur
word: L-bomb
word: n-bomb
word: Q-slur
word: r-slur
u-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: u-words
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:u-word.
glosses: Any word beginning with u, especially one that is (sometimes humorously) treated as controversial in a given context, such as union or uppity.
glosses: A U (that is, upper class) word, as contrasted with a non-U one.
Related terms: sense: ‘x’-word euphemisms
word: a-word
word: b-word
word: c-word
word: d-word
word: e-word
word: f-word
word: g-word
word: G-word
word: h-word
word: i-word
word: j-word
word: k-word
word: l-word
word: m-word
word: n-word
word: o-word
word: p-word
word: q-word
word: Q-word
word: r-word
word: s-word
word: t-word
word: v-word
word: w-word
word: x-word
word: y-word
word: z-word
word: related terms C-bomb
word: f-bomb
word: f-slur
word: L-bomb
word: n-bomb
word: Q-slur
word: r-slur
cattle guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cattle guards
form: cattleguard
form: cattle-guard
Senses: examples: text: The Clogher Valley was probably the first line to introduce the cattle guards now so commonly used in light railway construction; where the line leaves or rejoins the roads, a pit about 5 ft. long is sunk between the rails, covered by a grid; this form of protection is arranged on each side of the road, and cattle are afraid to cross the device, [...].
ref: 1941 May, Voyageur, “The Clogher Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 194:
text: The level crossings at Stretton and at the point where the A.L.R. crosses the main road south of Stretton are provided with gates; other crossings are unprotected, save for cattle-guards.
ref: 1944 January and February, “Light Railways in Derbyshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 25:
glosses: Synonym of cattle grid.
synonyms: word: cattle grid
cattle guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cattle guard
cattle-guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cattle-guards
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of cattle guard.
cattle-guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cattle-guard
Central Massif
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: central+massif
* (Spain): Calque of Spanish macizo Central
* (France): Calque of French Massif central
Senses: glosses: Urrieles Massif (a massif in Picos de Europa, Cantabrian Mountains, Northern Spain, Spain).
glosses: Massif Central (a highlands in Southern France, France).
Synonyms: word: Urrieles
word: Urrieles Massif
word: Massif Central
Coordinate terms: english: Eastern Massif
translation: Eastern Massif
word: Andara Massif
english: Western Massif
translation: Western Massif
word: Picos de Cornion
Related terms: Massif Central
superrare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superrare
form: most superrare
Etymology: From super- + rare.
Senses: glosses: Extremely rare.
rolled ice cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolled ice creams
Senses: glosses: A sweetened frozen dessert resembling ice cream or gelato, formed into a rolled shape by stirring in air during cooling.
Synonyms: stir-fried ice cream
Related terms: ice cream roll
stir-fried ice cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stir-fried ice creams
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rolled ice cream.
synonyms: word: rolled ice cream
chobbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chobble
chobbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chobble
chobbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chobble
chobbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chobble
Gen X
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌdʒɛn ˈɛks/
Forms: form: gen X
form: Gen-X
Senses: examples: text: If the MTV innovation is one hallmark of Gen X, another important attribute is this generation's sense of humor, which is self-conscious, self-deprecating, and filled with irony, but also tends to be somewhat subversive and antiestablishment.
ref: 1999, Rob Owen, Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: Clipping of Generation X.
Derived terms: Gen-Xer
Gen Z
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛn ˈzɛd/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛn ˈziː/
rhymes: -iː
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: Gen-Z
form: Gen Zed
Senses: examples: text: But on streaming platforms like TikTok — where many Gen Z stars can simply upload content of themselves in sweatpants and a sport bra dancing to the latest trending audio from the confines of their own bathrooms and generate hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of likes — creators say they’ve been experiencing tremendous growth.
ref: 2020 March 24, EJ Dickson, “Amid Coronavirus Fears, TikTok Collab Houses Still Going Strong”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2020:
text: Though Gen Z isn’t the first group to employ loud and unapologetic tactics — some older activists and writers, including Katha Pollitt, have been pushing these ideas for years — they may be doing it in larger numbers.
ref: 2020 December 10, Jessica Grose, “The New Abortion Rights Advocates Are on TikTok”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2020:
coordinate_terms: Gen X
Gen Y
glosses: Clipping of Generation Z.
Derived terms: Gen-Zer
Gen Z shake
Gen Z stare
Gen Z
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛn ˈzɛd/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛn ˈziː/
rhymes: -iː
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: Gen Zs
form: Gen-Z
form: Gen Zed
Senses: examples: text: There’s nothing worse, after all, than male mutton dressed as lamb; or an old-style peacock dressed like a TikTok-ing Gen Z.
ref: 2019 November 29, Jonathan Heaf, “Confessions of a hypedad”, in ES Magazine, London, page 56, column 2:
text: Gen Zs predominantly use social media for constant consumption and entertainment or, as the term is becoming known, ‘infotainment’ (material that is intended to inform and entertain).
ref: 2020, Dominic Traynor, Cath Bufton-Green, “Conscious consumers”, in Literacy Beyond the Classroom: Ten Real-World Projects Proven to Raise Attainment in Primary English, London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 30:
text: More than 80 percent of Gen Zs aged eighteen to twenty-one report money as a source of significant stress.
ref: 2020, Haydn Shaw, “Gen Z: You Do You”, in Sticking Points: How to Get 5 Generations Working Together in the 12 Places They Come Apart, Tyndale Momentum, →ISBN, page 136:
text: According to the New York Post, more millennials and Gen Zs are choosing to rent indefinitely, reshaping how property managers must think about long-term tenant satisfaction and retention.
ref: 2025 August 29, “Forever Renters: How Millennials are Impacting Multifamily Rentals”, in PointCentral, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2025:
glosses: Synonym of Gen-Zer.
synonyms: word: Gen-Zer
baldresca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian baldresca.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A shelf that supports a loggia.