cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
vulnerability indexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulnerability index
vulnerability indices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulnerability index
vulture capitalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulture capitalist
vulturelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vultureling
vygours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vygour
w-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of w-word
W.O.s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of W.O.
waaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waaw
Wada tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wada test
Wadati-Benioff zones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wadati-Benioff zone
Wade-Dahl-Till valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wade-Dahl-Till valve
wading pools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wading pool
w*nkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of w*nker
w**ks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of w**k
waegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waeg
wagels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagel
wagerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagering
waggonages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waggonage
wagga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waggas
Senses: examples: text: Waggas were made by both men and women, and each gender had a distinct way of making them.
ref: 2010, Spike Gillespie, Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe:
glosses: A rug created from material scraps, small raw wool scraps and hessian bags.
waggas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagga
wagpasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagpastie
glosses: plural of wagpasty
waileresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waileress
waist chains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waist chain
waist cinchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waist cincher
waiting games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waiting game
wajib saums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wajib saum
wake-overs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wake-over
wake-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wake-up
waking lives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waking life
walkie talkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walkie talkie
walking boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking boot
walking leaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking leaf
walking onions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking onion
walking whales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking whale
walkingways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walkingway
walks on the wild side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walk on the wild side
walks on the wild side
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of walk on the wild side
wall barleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall barley
wall chasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall chaser
wall crawlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall crawler
wall energies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall energy
wall knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall knot
wall lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall lizard
wall plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall plate
wall railings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall railing
wall units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall unit
wall-crawlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall-crawler
wallcrawlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallcrawler
wallcrossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallcrossing
walls of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall of death
Walsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Walser
niggeritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nigger + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Stacy let me drive, and I was wide awake on coffee. So, I figured I'd let the girls indulge in some niggeritis while I did some sightseeing.
ref: 2009, Relentless Aaron, Burning Desire, page 114:
text: Hector laughed and said it was the food, giving me what I called niggeritis; black people get a little tired after eating and burning a spliff. When you finish a good meal, all you want to do is sleep.
ref: 2016, O’Neil Gray, The Banana Boat Man:
text: Shrugging his shoulders, Carl went downstairs and ate his food then got niggeritis then fell asleep on the couch. He slept for hours until he felt a hand on his shoulder.
ref: 2019, Brianna Barnes, A True Woman's Worth Is Better Than Real Gold:
text: Zari seemed relieved as we walked to one of the food deserts to get something to eat. When we got back to my apartment I caught niggeritis and went right to sleep.
ref: 2022, Jim Hill, Born to Be, page 340:
glosses: An urge to sleep after eating much food.
Walter Mittys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Walter Mitty
Walthard cell rests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Walthard cell rest
wampum belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wampum belt
wanbelievers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanbeliever
wandering Jews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wandering Jew
wank socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wank sock
wankas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanka
Wankel engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wankel engine
wankfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wankface
wankheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wankhead
wanking socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanking sock
wanted posters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanted poster
war bonnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war bonnet
war cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war cake
war criminals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war criminal
War Democrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of War Democrat
war dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war dog
war memorials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war memorial
war profiteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war profiteer
war times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war time
war widows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war widow
war-paints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war-paint
warden systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warden system
wardmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wardmate
warehouse clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warehouse club
precipitation hardening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Age hardening; a heat treatment technique to increase the yield strength of malleable materials.
raw_tags: of metal
warrants of arrest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warrant of arrest
wargi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wargus
warm lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warm line
warming pans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warming pan
warning colorations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warning coloration
warp beams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warp beam
warp factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warp factor
warped walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warped wall
warping banks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warping bank
warrandices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warrandice
warrants of attorney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warrant of attorney
warraunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warraunt
Warrington hammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Warrington hammer
Warringtonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Warringtonian
wars by proxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war by proxy
wars of aggression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war of aggression
wart-biters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wart-biter
Warthin's tumors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Warthin's tumor
wartime houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wartime house
warysons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waryson
wases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wase
wash barrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wash barrel
wash bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wash bottle
wash leathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wash leather
washbasin helmets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washbasin helmet
washing balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washing ball
washing bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washing bottle
washing days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washing day
washing powders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washing powder
Hatchepsut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hatshepsut.
autoadjustment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoadjustments
Etymology: From auto- + adjustment.
Senses: glosses: automatic adjustment
autoadjustments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoadjustment
autoadjust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoadjusts
form: autoadjusting
form: autoadjusted
form: autoadjusted
Etymology: From auto- + adjust.
Senses: glosses: To adjust automatically.
Related terms: autoadjustment
autoalign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoaligns
form: autoaligning
form: autoaligned
form: autoaligned
Etymology: From auto- + align.
Senses: glosses: To align automatically.
autoadjusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autoadjust
autoadjusts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autoadjust
autoadjusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autoadjust
autoaligned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autoalign
autoaligns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autoalign
autoaligning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autoalign
spoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoodles
Etymology: Blend of spoon + ladle
Senses: glosses: A utensil midway between a spoon and a ladle, typically used for covering a pizza base with sauce.
spoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoodles
Etymology: Blend of spaniel + poodle
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cockapoo (“cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle”).
synonyms: word: cockapoo
extra: cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle
spoodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoodle
Washington hawthorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Washington hawthorn
wasp spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wasp spider
waste bins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waste bin
waste pipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waste pipe
waste trays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waste tray
wasteoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wasteoid
wasteweirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wasteweir
wasting diseases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wasting disease
watch caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch cap
watch glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch glass
watch guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch gun
watch houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch house
watch papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch paper
watch pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch pocket
watch tackles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch tackle
watch-caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch-cap
watch-towers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch-tower
watchpockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watchpocket
watchpuppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watchpuppy
water bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water bag
water bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water body
water boilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water boiler
water buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water bus
water cans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water can
water carriages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water carriage
water columns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water column
water devils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water devil
water features
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water feature
water footprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water footprint
water gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water gate
looseish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more looseish
form: most looseish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of loosish.
uncommercials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncommercial
astrol.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of astrology.
never-sweat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: never-sweats
Etymology: From never + sweat.
Senses: examples: text: “If you're planning on drilling your own oil, Ms. McCullough, let me assure you there is no faster way to go bankrupt, and you'll end up living in one of those houses with the niggers and the never-sweats.”
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 281:
glosses: An idle or lazy person.
rupestrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈpɛs.tɹaɪn/
/ɹuːˈpɛs.tɹɪn/
Etymology: From Latin rupestris, from rupes (“rock”).
Senses: glosses: Growing on rocks or cliffs.
glosses: Living among or occupying rocks or cliffs.
water hammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water hammer
water hardnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water hardness
water hemlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water hemlock
water hens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water hen
water horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water horse
water icings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water icing
water intoxications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water intoxication
water jets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water jet
water jumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water jump
water landings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water landing
water mints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water mint
water ouzels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water ouzel
water plantains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water plantain
water potentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water potential
water purifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water purifier
water rockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water rocket
water snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water snake
water spaniels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water spaniel
water speedwells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water speedwell
water spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water spot
water spouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water spout
water stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water stop
water tunnels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water tunnel
water years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water year
water's edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water's edge
water-bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-bag
water-butts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-butt
water-lettuces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-lettuce
water-line models
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-line model
water-plantains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-plantain
water-salamanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-salamander
water-sheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-shed
waterboilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterboiler
watercarriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watercarrier
watering places
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watering place
watering pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watering pot
Waterloo crackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Waterloo cracker
watermazes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watermaze
waterwheel plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterwheel plant
watt-hours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watt-hour
wattle turkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wattle turkey
Watusis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Watusi
wave numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wave number
wave plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wave plate
wave skis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wave ski
wave trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wave train
wave vectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wave vector
wax beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wax bean
wax ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wax end
wax moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wax moth
wax pencils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wax pencil
wax-ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wax-end
bioplague
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioplagues
Etymology: From bio- + plague.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A biologically engineered plague.
Hypernyms: bioweapon
bioplagues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioplague
sfx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of suffix.
Related terms: pfx
waxed ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxed end
waxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxie
way bills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of way bill
wayfaring-trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wayfaring-tree
wayns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wayn
ways in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of way in
ways out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of way out
wayside pulpits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wayside pulpit
wayzegooses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wayzegoose
wazillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wazillion
wazzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wazz
wazzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wazz
WBWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WBW
WDCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WDC
weak declensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weak declension
weaker vessels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weaker vessel
Wearsiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wearsider
weather breeders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather breeder
weather cloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather cloth
weather houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather house
weather loaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather loach
weather satellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather satellite
weather strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather strip
weather-gaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather-gaw
weatherdecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weatherdeck
weaver ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weaver ant
weazels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weazel
web apps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of web app
Web Ontology Languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Web Ontology Language
web surfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of web surfer
webfeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webfeed
webtools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webtool
wechts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wecht
wedge-writings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wedge-writing
wedges-and-dashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wedge-and-dash
Wednesdayites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wednesdayite
wee jugglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wee juggler
weedaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weedaholic
weekend bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weekend bag
weeny-boppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeny-bopper
weeping figs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeping fig
weigh stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weigh station
weighing boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighing boat
weighing funnels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighing funnel
weighing machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighing machine
weight gainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weight gainer
weight lifters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weight lifter
EBMer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EBMers
Etymology: From EBM + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When they first started, they wanted to trick all the goths, mansonites, ebmers, darkwavers etc etc into coming to their shows, therefore chose the name to confuse them, so they could unleash their "RAWK" assault of insanely high falsetto vocals, kickass guitar solos and mind bogglingly catchy songs about girls, love and sex.
ref: 2004, DJ Brian UK, “The Darkness”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal.oldschool (Usenet):
glosses: A fan of electronic body music.
EBMers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EBMer
iceboarders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iceboarder
friendzoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friendzoner
weight weenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weight weenie
weighted averages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighted average
weighted graphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighted graph
weighted means
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighted mean
weighted-average costs of capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighted-average cost of capital
weissburgunders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weissburgunder
wekiu bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wekiu bug
welcome swallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welcome swallow
welfare bums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welfare bum
welfare hotels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welfare hotel
welfare princesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welfare princess
welfare rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welfare rat
well drains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well drain
well rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well room
well-formed formulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well-formed formula
well-formed formulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well-formed formula
well-orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well-order
well-wishings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well-wishing
wellington boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wellington boot
Welsh corgis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welsh corgi
Welsh glaives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welsh glaive
Welsh hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welsh hook
Welsh nots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welsh not
wendies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wendy
Wenker syntheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wenker synthesis
Wensleydales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wensleydale
wereporcupines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wereporcupine
Werner projections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Werner projection
Wernicke's areas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wernicke's area
Wernicke's commands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wernicke's command
west sides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of west side
western blot analyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western blot analysis
western capercaillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western capercaillie
western grey kangaroos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western grey kangaroo
western ospreys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western osprey
western rat snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western rat snake
Western rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Western roll
Westman Islanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Westman Islander
Westminster parliamentary systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Westminster parliamentary system
wet bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet bar
wet boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet boy
wet cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet cell
augmentors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of augmentor
wet docks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet dock
wet ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet end
wet leases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet lease
wet rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet room
wet signatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet signature
wet suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet suit
wetawds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wetawd
Whac-A-Moles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whac-A-Mole
whachacallits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whachacallit
whack jobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whack job
whale catfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whale catfish
whale lice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whale louse
whale-roads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whale-road
boleens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boleen
bolline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bollines
Etymology: This is the original spelling of this word.
Throughout the 20th century, the spelling bolline was used almost exclusively, but in the 21st century the spelling boline became predominant.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boline.
bollines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolline
Arnprior
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From arn + priory.
Senses: glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A hamlet in Scotland.
stand up and be counted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands up and is counted
form: standing up and being counted
form: stood up and was counted
form: stood up and been counted
form: stand and be counted
Senses: examples: text: Only four years ago many a small nation felt required to stand up and be counted, either for or against the U.S.
ref: 1960 October 24, “Foreign News: A New Look at Neutralism”, in Time, retrieved 05 Nov 2016:
text: "We're here because we're willing to stand up and be counted and we're willing to do something about the problems of this community."
ref: 1981 Nov. 25, UPI, "‘Miami's for Me’ Slogan Aims at a Better Image," New York Times (retrieved 5 Nov 2016)
text: [A]s an LGBT community we need to stand up and be counted, and force people into action by holding our ground on the importance of inclusion in the church.
ref: 2016 January 12, Lucy Gorman, “Voices: Queer Christians like me deserve to pray without prejudice”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 05 Nov 2016:
text: In recent weeks they appeared to ramp up this ethno-nationalist project, with disturbing footage emerging online of masked, heavily armed Ice and DHS agents abducting Latino people from schools and courthouses, or kidnapping them off the streets, often separating them from their children. [Derek] Guy felt compelled to stand up and be counted.
ref: 2025 June 14, Christopher Mathias, “JD Vance threatened to deport him. The ‘menswear guy’ is posting through it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To publicly make known one's views, contributions, or vote, especially in a contentious situation where fortitude is required.
examples: text: "You definitely want to stand up and be counted," said Dempsey. "You're a player the team looks to to get goals and you want to try to help the team win."
ref: 2009 September 6, Jonah Freedman, “Best player U.S. has ever produced comes through when it counts”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 05 Nov 2016:
text: "It was a really tough game [against Montenegro] last time and this one will be the same. We've all got to stand up and be counted."
ref: 2013 February 4, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard fears England may slip into World Cup play-offs”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 05 Nov 2016:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To take significant individual action to help a group effort.
Related terms: nail one's colours to the mast
take a stand
take one for the team
stand and be counted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands and is counted
form: standing and being counted
form: stood and was counted
form: stood and been counted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stand up and be counted.
make a stand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a stand
form: making a stand
form: made a stand
form: made a stand
Senses: examples: text: “No, but I think we are making a bit of a stand,” said Moy.
ref: 2025 September 14, Daniel Boffey, quoting Nicole Moy, “Racism or celebration? What England’s flag-hoisters are saying – and what others are hearing”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of take a stand.
nonaggression principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-aggression principle.
nonconcurrency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + concurrency or nonconcurrent + -cy.
Senses: examples: text: A copy of any concurrency or nonconcurrency statements shall be made a part of the administrative record and referenced in the final guidance memorandum.
ref: 2006, L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected:
glosses: The property or an instance of being nonconcurrent; something that does not occur at the same time with something else.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A property of systems where several processes execute sequentially, not at the same time.
evolutionary stable strategy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of evolutionarily stable strategy.
George Washington
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: George Washingtons
Etymology: After George Washington, first President of United States of America.
Senses: examples: text: My kids have a piggy bank full of pennies. They love to dump the pennies on the floor and count them. Stacks of Abraham Lincolns. One hundred Abraham Lincolns equals one George Washington.
ref: 2014, Jon Weece, Jesus Prom: Life Gets Fun When You Love People Like God Does, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 110:
glosses: The one-dollar bill of the United States of America, which features a portrait of President George Washington.
examples: text: He likes the way the bartender keeps changing his green backs into four silver George Washingtons for the juke.
ref: 2001, Gerry LaFemina, “The Translation of Want”, in Zarathustra in Love: Prose Poems, Saginaw, Mich.: Mayapple Press, →ISBN, page 33:
text: Morgan was especially excited about making the coins for the cash register. She came to school and said, “Mrs. Wilson, I made George Washingtons and Abraham Lincolns for our cash register!”
ref: 2003, Rebecca A. Wilson, “The Mexican Restaurant Project”, in Judy Harris Helm, Sallee Beneke, editors, The Power of Projects: Meeting Contemporary Challenges in Early Childhood Classrooms—Strategies and Solutions (Early Childhood Education Series), New York, N.Y.: Teachers College Press; Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Supporting Second-Language Learners), page 76, column 2:
text: For modern-era citizens now dependent on debit cards and no longer familiar with coin values: Cheez-Its requires one Franklin Roosevelt and two George Washingtons.
ref: 2012, Doug Brendel, “A Primer for Ye Olde Vending Tradition”, in Only in Ipswich 2013, →ISBN, page 38:
text: From half-eagles of yore to George Washingtons of today, there isn’t a penny, shilling, or bird you can’t find in the U.S. Mint.
ref: 2017, Karrie Gavin, “U.S. Mint”, in Moon Philadelphia: Including Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 4th edition, Berkeley, Calif.: Avalon Travel, →ISBN:
glosses: The twenty-five-cent coin of the United States of America, which features a portrait of President George Washington.
Synonyms: sense: $1 USD bill
word: Washington
George Washingtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of George Washington
retropropulsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retropropulsions
Etymology: From retro- + propulsion.
Senses: examples: text: Recent studies have concluded that Viking-era entry system deceleration technologies are extremely difficult to scale for progressively larger payloads (tens of metric tons) required for human Mars exploration. Supersonic retropropulsion is one of a few developing technologies that may enable future human-scale Mars entry systems.
ref: 2014, Karl T. Edquist et al., “Development of Supersonic Retropropulsion for Future Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems”, in Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, volume 51, number 3, →DOI, Abstract, page 650:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Backward propulsion, especially the use of rockets to brake or change direction.
examples: text: At the autopsy Pierret found sclerosis of the columns of Goll, and he thinks that disease of these columns explains the tendency to propulsion and retropropulsion experienced by the patient as well as the uncertainty felt in maintaining the erect posture.
ref: 1883, James Ross, A Treatise on the Diseases of the Nervous System, volume 2, page 69:
text: There was complete loss of automatic associated movements with lateropropulsion and retropropulsion to a degree rarely so complete in the juvenile form of parkinsonian disease.
ref: 1924, Transactions of the Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American Medical Association […], volume 75, page 213:
text: ‘This 80-year-old woman has Parkinson’s disease. Please assess the severity of the condition.’ […] It is probably a little dangerous to look for propulsion or retropropulsion (see Table 15.57).
ref: 2010, Nicholas J. Talley, Simon O’Connor, Examination Medicine: A Guide to Physician Training, 6th edition, →ISBN, page 391:
glosses: Alternative form of retropulsion (“abnormal tendency to step backwards”).
examples: text: Also, the retropropulsion of blood through the mitral valve caused a “gyration” of the heart at each beat; […]
ref: 2001, John Richardson, Enteroviral and Toxin Mediated Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Other Organ Pathologies, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Relative indications for surgery include: […] radiological evidence of spinal instability, complete vertebral collapse or retropropulsion of bone fragments […]
ref: 2006, Y. Lawrence, R. Pfeffer, “Radiotherapy in advanced cancer”, in Raphael Catane, Nathan I. Cherny, Marianne Kloke, editors, Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care, →ISBN, page 34:
text: Be aware also that the mandibular support of the tongue may be compromised in jaw fractures and can easily obstruct the airway, in addition to soft tissue swelling and retropropulsion of mid-face fractures.
ref: 2023, David M. Nott, “Trauma Surgery/Principles of Trauma Care”, in M. Asif Chaudry, Shahnawaz Rasheed, James Kinross, editors, Clinical Surgery, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 801:
glosses: Alternative form of retropulsion (“forcing something to move backwards or inwards”).
Related terms: retropropulsive
sift out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sifts out
form: sifting out
form: sifted out
form: sifted out
Senses: examples: text: So in the waning days of the 20th Century, concert programmers and ticket-buyers alike have become informed and careful about what to sell and what to buy; to sift out the good new music from the not-so-good.
ref: 1997, Valerie Cruice, When Do I Clap?: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Classical Music and Concert Hall Conduct, →ISBN, page 129:
text: Besides, a little judicious eavesdropping might sift out a useful nugget or two.
ref: 2005, Timothy Zahn, Night Train to Rigel, →ISBN, page 159:
text: The unfolding narrative often exposes a disciple's uneven progress, striving to sift out authentic guides from their counterfeits.
ref: 2006, Vernon Ruland, Living Out the Questions: A Jesuit Confession, →ISBN, page 125:
glosses: To isolate or identify one particular thing from a collection that includes less relevant things.
Synonyms: winnow
Kanchipuram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Congeveram
form: Conjeevaram
form: Conjeeveram
form: Conjevaram
form: Kanjeevaram
form: Kanchi
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil காஞ்சிபுரம் (kāñcipuram), from Sanskrit [Term?], compound of काञ्ची (kāñcī) + पुरम् (puram).
Senses: glosses: A city in Tamil Nadu, India.
bikejor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bikejors
form: bikejoring
form: bikejored
form: bikejored
Etymology: From bike + jor, in the form of skijor.
Senses: glosses: To ride a bicycle, drawn behind one or more dogs.
Related terms: skijor
caul fat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The caul fat required in the recipe can usually be found in supermarkets that make their own sausages and serve ethnic populations.
ref: 2002, Clifford A. Wright, Real Stew: 300 Recipes for Authentic Home-cooked Cassoulet, Gumbo, Chili, Curry, Minestrone, Bouillabaisse, Stroganoff, Goulash, Chowder, and Much More, →ISBN, page 296:
text: In France, where caul fat is especially valued, crépinettes are small, flat packets of sausage meat enclosed in caul fat.
ref: 2012, Aliza Green, The Butcher's Apprentice, →ISBN, page 154:
glosses: The fatty, transparent serous membrane that covers the intestines of cows, sheep, and pigs, often used as a casing for sausages and other meat dishes.
pseudo-controversies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudo-controversy
pseudo-controversy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-controversies
Etymology: From pseudo- + controversy.
Senses: examples: text: gradualism: The doctrine that evolutionary change is gradual and does not go in jumps. In modern palaeontology it is the subject of an interesting controversy over whether the gaps in the fossil record are artefactual or real (see Chapter 6). Journalists have blown this up into a pseudo-controversy over the validity of Darwinism, which they say is a gradualist theory. […]
ref: 1982, Richard Dawkins, The Extended Phenotype:
glosses: Something falsely presented as a controversy.
ZW system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: ZZ-ZW system
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A system for characterizing the sex of certain animals, such as butterflies and Komodo dragons, in which males have two of the same kind of sex cell (ZZ) and females have two distinct sex cells (ZW).
Related terms: XY system
X0 system
XY system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: XX-XY system
glosses: The system that determines the sex of humans, most other mammals, some insects (Drosophila), and some plants (Ginkgo), in which females have two of the same kind of sex cell (XX) and males have two distinct sex cells (XY).
Related terms: ZW system
X0 system
XX-XY system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of XY system.
synonyms: word: XY system
ZZ-ZW system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ZW system.
minigolfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minigolf
whaleboaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whaleboater
whalelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whaleling
what-not shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of what-not shop
whateversexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whateversexual
wheal-worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheal-worm
whealworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whealworm
wheat pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheat penny
wheatricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheatrick
Wheatstone's rods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wheatstone's rod
wheel artists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel artist
wheel dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel dog
wheel horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel horse (alternative form of wheelhorses).
wheel presses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel press
wheel stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel stitch
wheel trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel tree
wheel urchins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel urchin
wheel windows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel window
wheelchair lifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelchair lift
wheelfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelful
wheeling machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheeling machine
wheels of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel of death