cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Stegna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Stegna.
Senses: glosses: A severla villages in Poland.
antique ruby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A dark tone of ruby (colour).
Mullinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
doomy and gloomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: doomier and gloomier
form: doomiest and gloomiest
Senses: examples: text: The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.
ref: 2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC:
glosses: Full of doom and gloom.
Yasuj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yasouj
Etymology: From Persian یاسوج (yāsūj /yâsuj).
Senses: glosses: A city in Iran, the seat of Boyer-Ahmad County's Central District and the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province.
Boyer-Ahmad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A county of Iran, with Yasuj, capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, as its capital.
Robinow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Robinow syndrome
Sterdyń
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Sterdyń.
Senses: glosses: A village and gmina in Sokołów Podlaski County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
Stęszew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Stęszew.
Senses: glosses: A town in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
LVMH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: And what about a Hedi Slimane fashion label? Sources at LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) infer that the designer might be soon given his own line — if this creative and independent spirit can be contained inside a silvered cage.
ref: 2003 June 24, Suzy Menkes, “Hedi Slimane:'Ich bin ein Berliner'”, in International Herald Tribune:
glosses: Initialism of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate.
combat roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combat rolls
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A quick, controlled roll (usually to the side or forward) used in combat or tactical situations.
continuosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being continuous; continuousness.
orcishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From orcish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being orcish.
Christmas Island boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas Island boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox natalis, endemic to Christmas Island in the northeast Indian Ocean south of Java.
Christmas Island boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas Island boobook
Halmahera boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Halmahera boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox hypogramma, endemic to the islands of Halmahera, Ternate and Bacan in the north Moluccas.
Halmahera boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Halmahera boobook
Hume's boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hume's boobooks
Etymology: Named in honour of British ornithologist Allan Octavian Hume.
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox obscura, endemic to Andaman island in the east Indian Ocean.
wikipedia: Allan Octavian Hume
Hume's boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hume's boobook
Luzon boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Luzon boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox philippensis, endemic to central and northern Philippine islands including Luzon, Panay, Negros, Samar, Leyte and Bohol.
Luzon boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Luzon boobook
Manus boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Manus boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox meeki, endemic to Manus Island north of New Guinea.
Manus boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Manus boobook
Mindanao boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mindanao boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox spilocephala, endemic to Mindanao and nearby islands of the southern Philippines.
durain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: durains
Etymology: From Latin dūrus (“hard”) + -ain in fusain; compare French -ain (“-ane”). Coined by British birth control campaigner and paleontologist Marie Stopes in 1918.
Senses: examples: text: The comparative absence of durain in many American coals caused some confusion in early attempts to correlate the English and American systems of nomenclature, since the duller portions of the American coals were at first compared with the English durains, whereas they should have been compared with the duller portions of clarains.
ref: 1954, Wilfrid Francis, “The Coal Series—Terminology, Structure and Petrology”, in Coal: Its Formation and Composition, London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., →OCLC, page 262:
text: Bands are visible in the coal from this seam, and there are more durain and fusain parts of coal than vitrain and clairain.
ref: 1968 September, Ashwini Kumar Singh, “The Source of Coal Samples”, in Desorption Studies of Gases from Coal, Edmonton, Alta.: University of Alberta, →OCLC, “Experimental Studies” section, page 27:
text: The more durain-rich eastern Kentucky coal, with a higher proportion of inertinite- and liptinite-rich microlithotypes within the relatively low-HGI dull lithotypes, did not show as great a shift toward inertinite concentration in the fines as did the brighter western Kentucky coal.
ref: 2008, Joan S. Esterle, “Breakage During Mining”, in Isabel Suárez-Ruiz, John C. Crelling, editors, Applied Coal Petrology: The Role of Petrology in Coal Utilization, Burlington, Mass.; San Diego, Calif.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, chapter 3 (Mining and Beneficiation), page 70:
glosses: A type of coal.
wikipedia: Royal Society
durains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of durain
Mindanao boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mindanao boobook
Mindoro boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mindoro boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox mindorensis, endemic to Mindoro Island of west central Philippines.
Mindoro boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mindoro boobook
New Britain boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Britain boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox odiosa, endemic to New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago.
New Britain boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Britain boobook
ochre-bellied boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ochre-bellied boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox ochracea, endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
ochre-bellied boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ochre-bellied boobook
Romblon boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Romblon boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox spilonotus, endemic to north-central Philippine islands of Sibuyan and Tablas in Romblon Province.
Romblon boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Romblon boobook
Rote boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rote boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox rotiensis, endemic to Rote Island south-west of Timor in the Lesser Sundas.
Rote boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rote boobook
Seram boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seram boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox squamipila, endemic to the island of Seram in the southern Moluccas.
Seram boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seram boobook
speckled boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speckled boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox punctulata, endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia; plumage covered with dense white spotting.
speckled boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speckled boobook
Sulu boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sulu boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox reyi, endemic to Sulu Archipelago in the southwest Philippines.
Sulu boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sulu boobook
Tasmanian boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tasmanian boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox leucopsis, endemic to Tasmania and islands in the Bass Strait.
Tasmanian boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tasmanian boobook
Timor boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Timor boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox fusca, endemic to the island of Timor.
Timor boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Timor boobook
Togian boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Togian boobooks
Senses: glosses: A species of boobook owl, Ninox burhani, endemic to the Togian Islands in the Gulf of Tomini, east-central Sulawesi.
Togian boobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Togian boobook
Stężyca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Stężyca.
Senses: glosses: A Several villages in Poland.
dutibound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dutibound
form: most dutibound
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dutybound.
Bengal isinglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of agar (“substance from algae”).
synonyms: word: agar
extra: substance from algae
Ceylon moss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of agar (“substance from algae”).
synonyms: word: agar
extra: substance from algae
amalthea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The amalthea cut transversely; calyx five-toothed, echinated; seeds three, ovate, not fleshy, slightly compressed, pointed at top, blunt at bottom.
ref: 1821, Samuel Frederick Gray, A natural arrangement of British plants, page 264:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An aggregation of dry fruits within a calyx which does not become fleshy, as in Alchemilla or Sanguisorba.
amphigaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphigasters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of amphigastrium.
synonyms: word: amphigastrium
amphigasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphigaster
amylobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amylobacteria
Senses: glosses: A bacterium producing butyric fermentation, ascribed to the action of Clostridium butyricum.
amylobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amylobacterium
apocarpium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apocarpia
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of apocarp.
archoplasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to archoplasm.
arilliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arilliform
form: most arilliform
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Bag-shaped.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Marathi छत्रपती संभाजीनगर (Chatraptī Sambhājīngar), named for छत्रपती (Chatraptī, “Chhatrapati”) संभाजीराजे शिवाजीराजे भोसले (Sambhājīrāje Śivājīrāje Bhosle, “Sambhajiraje Shivajiraje Bhonsle”), the second Maratha king (r. 1681–1689).
Senses: glosses: The official name, since 2023, of the city and district of Aurangabad.
wikipedia: Chhatrapati
brunissure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Damage caused to vines by Plasmodiophora vitis, with browning of the leaves.
plank roots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plank root
calamarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calamarian
form: most calamarian
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Sedge-like.
hutchless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hutch + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a hutch.
tomrig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomrigs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tomrigg.
caroubinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrolytic enzyme formed during germination in seeds of the carob.
caryocinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of karyokinesis.
gynobasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gynobases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gynobase.
helichrysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: translingual Helichrysum + -in
Senses: glosses: A yellow pigment in several species of Helichrysum.
homocarpous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having only one kind of fruit.
hose-in-hose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a duplication of the corolla, as though a second one were inserted in the throat of the first.
hydrotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Increased solubility in water of a substance as a result of large amounts of additives.
phonomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos, “murder”) + -mania
Senses: glosses: Homicidal mania.
photolettering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: photo- + lettering
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The formation of lines of type on photographic paper or film.
photophosphorescent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: more photophosphorescent
form: most photophosphorescent
Etymology: photo- + phosphorescent
Senses: glosses: Of relating to photophosphorescence.
photophosphorescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: photo- + phosphorescence
Senses: glosses: Phosphorescence induced by the presence of light.
phyllomorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phyllomorphous
form: most phyllomorphous
Senses: glosses: Leaf-shaped.
phyllotaxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to phyllotaxis.
picrochromites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picrochromite
plano-concave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of planoconcave.
doomier and gloomier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of doomy and gloomy: more doomy and gloomy
doomiest and gloomiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of doomy and gloomy: most doomy and gloomy
Lajkovac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Kolubara district, Serbia.
Boriswave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Boriswave
Etymology: From Boris + wave.
Senses: examples: text: In an interview, Johnson admitted that the so-called "Boriswave" of post-Brexit immigration was not an administrative mistake.
ref: 2024 October 19, Sam Bidwell, “Labour must kick Britain's dangerous addiction to migration”, in The Telegraph:
text: On the other side are Tories who worry that all this trumpeting about the potential cost of the Boriswave will just remind the public who was in charge of the rules that enabled numbers to get so out of control.
ref: 2025 February 11, Rachel Cunliffe, “The 'Boriswave' problem”, in The New Statesman:
text: This is a hugely welcome and sensible move: if the Boriswave was a mistake, as it is widely agreed to be, there is no reason we should let it become permanent.
ref: 2025 May 15, Laurie Wastell, “How Labour ended up taking on the Boriswave”, in The Spectator:
text: In recent weeks, Johnson has been forced to defend himself on several fronts: over his business dealings since leaving office, the Boriswave caused by his immigration reforms, and now, once again, his handling of coronavirus.
ref: 2025 October 22, “Boris looks like a bull taken back to the china shop to apologise”, in The Daily Telegraph, page 4:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The wave of immigrants that entered the United Kingdom during the premiership of Boris Johnson.
aerial perspective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of atmospheric perspective.
synonyms: word: atmospheric perspective
whatever butters your biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: whatever butters your biscuits
Senses: examples: text: “And what will I do all by myssself? Twiddle my tail?” / “Whatever butters your biscuit,” Finn called back.
ref: 2013, T. Rae Mitchell, chapter 13, in Fate’s Fables, book 1, Blaine, Wash.: Original Mix Media, →ISBN:
text: “Sure thing. No problemo. Room two seventy, right?” The kid looked meaningfully at Bellamy, the look on his face telegraphing words to the effect of: whatever butters your biscuit.
ref: 2014, Olive Balla, chapter 33, in An Arm and a Leg, Adams Basin, N.Y.: The Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:
text: “[…] I haven’t had sex very often in this bed.” / His dark expression lightened. “That makes me happy.” / Emotion expanded in her chest. “Whatever butters your biscuit.”
ref: 2016, Kelly Jamieson, chapter 16, in Icing (Aces Hockey; 2), New York, N.Y.: Loveswept, →ISBN:
text: She wrote: “There is nothing decorative about raw cotton… A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves.” OK, lady. You have a right to complain on your Facebook page about whatever butters your biscuit.
ref: 2017 September 24, Kelly Kazek, “Offended by cotton? Please don’t take my biscuits and gravy”, in The Huntsville Times, volume 108, number 80, Huntsville, Ala., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D2, column 1:
text: I can’t figure why you’d want to paint the cabinets, but whatever butters your biscuit.
ref: 2021, Jaime Berry, “Never to Suffer”, in Hope Springs, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, published 2022, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of whatever floats your boat.
synonyms: word: whatever floats your boat
whatever butters your biscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Actually, we've been over this material before. To review, the posters agreed that: 1) Tea is very pretty, with lovely, expressive eyes, 2) She has to be marked front and back. Whatever butters your biscuits, my fellow MSTies.
ref: 1997 May 14, Noah Singman, “David Duchovy married Tea Leoni!!???”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 May 2025:
text: I *might* get a six someday. Any more strings than that is just silly, though. IMO. But, hey, whatever butters your biscuits. :)
ref: 2003 February 24, Tom Comber, “have 5 string fretless-- do I need 4 string fretless?”, in alt.guitar.bass (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 May 2025:
text: “Let’s do that dollar deal, Miss Harvey. That’un works best for me ’cause, in truth, I’m not exactly sure how long I’ll be in Devils River.” / “Fine by me. Whatever butters your biscuits just suits me right down to the ground, mister.”
ref: 2008, Tabor Evans [pseudonym], chapter 2, in Longarm in Devils River (Longarm; 361), New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN, page 21:
text: If dates, places, and times don’t quite match what you as the reader feel are correct, you have the writer’s permission to take a pencil, scratch through that offensive piece of bull feathers, and add whatever butters your biscuits.
ref: 2016, J. Lee Butts, “Preface”, in Texas Bad Girls: Hussies, Harlots, and Horse Thieves, Guilford, Conn.: Lone Star Books, →ISBN, page xi:
glosses: Alternative form of whatever butters your biscuit.
Čačak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the administrative centre of Moravica district, Serbia.
sedacrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in Sedum acre.
jackass clover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An American flowering plant of species Cleomella refracta.
the clock around
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: In the past three days various interesting things have taken place. Margaret stands watch and watch with me, day and night, the clock around; for there is no one of our retainers to whom we can entrust the responsibility of a watch.
ref: 1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLV:
glosses: Synonym of around the clock.
synonyms: word: around the clock
jagged chickweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A flowering plant of species Holosteum umbellatum, native to Europe.
sounding machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sounding machines
Senses: examples: text: My fist went out like an arrow from a released bow, and Tom Spink staggered back, tripped against the corner of the tarpaulin-covered sounding-machine, and sprawled on the deck. He tried to make a fight of it, but I followed him up, giving him no chance to set himself or recover from the surprise of my first onslaught.
ref: 1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLV:
topics: nautical
transport
kaimi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Hausa kaʻimi
Senses: synonyms: Spanish clover
glosses: A perennial plant of species Desmodium incanum.
Spanish clover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kaimi.
synonyms: word: kaimi
keep a watch out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps a watch out
form: keeping a watch out
form: kept a watch out
form: kept a watch out
Etymology: Apparently a confused blending of keep an eye out with keep watch or watch out.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of keep an eye out.
synonyms: word: keep an eye out
kernel sentence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kernel sentences
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A simple sentence with a subject, an active verb, and possibly an object, but without further modifications such as adjectives or subclauses.
kernel sentences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kernel sentence
Stalać
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Ćićevac municipality, Rasina district, Serbia.
key harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key harps
Etymology: Calque of Swedish nyckelharpa
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nyckelharpa.
synonyms: word: nyckelharpa
key harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key harp
keyboard glockenspiel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyboard glockenspiels
Senses: glosses: A kind of glockenspiel operated by a piano keyboard.
keyboard glockenspiels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyboard glockenspiel
sand blackberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand blackberries
Senses: synonyms: knee-high blackberry
glosses: Rubus cuneifolius, a North American flowering plant in the rose family.
knee-high blackberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knee-high blackberries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sand blackberry.
synonyms: word: sand blackberry
knife fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knife fishes
form: knife fish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of knifefish.
Ćićevac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Rasina district, Serbia.
knife urn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knife urns
Senses: glosses: A lidded vase-like container in which knives were stored, in the context of dining.
knife urns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knife urn
knoppie spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knoppie spiders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of button spider.
synonyms: word: button spider
lavender thrift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An American flowering plant of species Limonium carolinianum.
Rasina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river and district in south-central Serbia.
law of sufficient reason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of principle of sufficient reason.
synonyms: word: principle of sufficient reason
lead someone to the altar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leads someone to the altar
form: leading someone to the altar
form: led someone to the altar
form: led someone to the altar
Senses: glosses: To get married to someone.
Related terms: leave someone at the altar
learned profession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: learned professions
Senses: glosses: The profession of divinity, medicine, or law.
Moravica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district in western Serbia.
leopard squirrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leopard squirrels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
synonyms: word: thirteen-lined ground squirrel
lexigrammatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to lexigrams.
lexigrammatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to lexigrams.
levopimaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: levo- + pimaric acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An abietane type of diterpene resin acid, a major constituent of pine oleoresin, with the chemical formula C₂₀H₃₀O₂.
Kolubara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river and district in western Serbia.
wikipedia: + District
Kolubara
library school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: library schools
Senses: glosses: An institute of higher education where future librarians are trained.
LBAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LBAMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of light brown apple moth.
light brown apple moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light brown apple moths
Senses: synonyms: LBAM
glosses: Epiphyas postvittana, a leafroller moth of the lepidopteran family Tortricidae.
lift down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lifts down
form: lifting down
form: lifted down
form: lifted down
Senses: examples: text: I lifted down the books from the shelf.
glosses: To reach up and carry (something) down from a higher position.
lignum aloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lign-aloes.
lime yellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lime yellows
Senses: glosses: A bright yellow colour with a touch of green.
littlehead porgy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: littlehead porgies
Senses: glosses: Calamus proridens, an edible marine ray-finned fish of the western portion of the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
whatever butters your bread
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: They were very nice people actually, in their own way, they just had very focused views on the benefits of pain over pleasure, and yeah, whatever, each to their own, whatever butters your bread, you know, I don’t really care as long as they are happy.
ref: 2004, Bradley Trevor Greive, quotee, “‘Die first, quit later’”, in Kate Bezar, editor, Dumbo feather, pass it on., number 2, Sydney, N.S.W.: Bezar Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26:
text: Captain Love collects the jinetes names and then, like a smart man, or a coward, whatever butters your bread, departs.
ref: 2004, Humberto Garza, “Misinformation on Murrieta Orozco, ‘El Patrio’”, in Joaquín: Demystifying the Murrieta Legend, San Jose, Calif.: Sun House, →ISBN, page 58:
text: Move the expression pedal to the heel down position and set the six knobs any way you like. Then move the expression pedal to the toe down position and move any of the knobs to create a different sound. You can change one knob, or two, or all of them. Whatever butters your bread.
ref: 2011 November 7, Boomerang® E-155 Chorus*Delay Pedal: User’s Manual, Grapevine, Tex.: Boomerang Musical Products, page 6:
text: “Indentured servants were a better class of people.” / “Well,” said Maurice Overstreet, “if it makes you feel better to think so, then. . . whatever butters your bread.” […] “But,” said Faye, not to be outdone, “technically Columbus didn’t get to the mainland. They ended up somewhere in the West Indies. Last I checked, that’s not really America.” / “Right,” Allen said, “and Babatunde was in Virginia.” / Maurice took a sip of wine. “As I said before – whatever butters your bread.”
ref: 2015, Lauren Cecile, chapter 40, in Eyes Like Mine, North Charleston, S.C.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, →ISBN, page 184:
text: “[…] If I can’t be of any use on this earth in solving crimes while I am alive, I would like to assist in continuing to solve them after I am deceased.” / Stepping off the elevator, I barely got clipped by the doors closing. “That’s fine. Whatever butters your bread, or floats your boat, or whatever.”
ref: 2016, T[ammy] L[ynn] Garrison, chapter 16, in The Twisted Blackmailer (Watson & Holmes; 1), London: MX Publishing, →ISBN, pages 197–198:
glosses: Synonym of whatever floats your boat.
synonyms: word: whatever floats your boat
whatever butters your muffin
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: NOT TO MENTION Creating new player characters for all the bozos who creak and moan about having to pick from the pre-gens. of course you can make your own PCs. do whatever butters your muffin.
ref: 1994, Daniel Thorn, Todd Shaughnessy, Chris Elliott, “HōLmeistering”, in HōL: Human Occupied Landfill, [Georgia?]: Black Dog Game Factory, published 1995, →ISBN:
text: So rather than get all up in your dicta, though ever responsive to the needs of the readership, we figured that if folks insist on getting down (or up, or around . . . whatever butters your muffin), the very least we could do is write about it.
ref: 2007, Res Gestae, volume 58, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Law School, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1:
text: “I don’t really care if you hang out with the kid,” Greg went on, “or take her out shopping, or have a tea party, or whatever butters your muffin.[…]”
ref: 2015, Nene Adams, chapter 12, in Sweet, Tallahassee, Fla.: Bella Books, →ISBN:
text: I don’t recommend it though, his book, unless you are into incest, pee, and the word “rectum.” But then, whatever butters your muffin.
ref: 2019, J.R. Hamilton, “Part Four”, in Prick, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of whatever floats your boat.
synonyms: word: whatever floats your boat
whatever butters your toast
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: So fair enough, people will play. I know a friend from the village who spends 20 quid a week on lottery tickets, has done since the start and hasn't won a bean. Whatever butters your toast....
ref: 1995 December 5, Darren Hebden, “What would *you* pay for an excellent mud?”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 May 2025:
text: Now, some people would *drink* 'em, but whatever butters your toast.
ref: 1998 July 22, Stan (the Man), “october 17, 1998”, in misc.writing (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 May 2025:
text: The 160's and 165's are great units and can work for bass. If you are on a budget and want that DBX thing the 160a is a great, simple unit that you can pick up for 350 and can be strapped together for stereo. I'm not a fan of the 160x or the other versions but whatever butters your toast...
ref: 2000 September 18, Kevin F Rose, “DBX Compressors...Someone fill me in?”, in rec.audio.pro (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 May 2025:
text: “[…] At my age, my body appreciates it when I give it much rest. I believe I will continue resting it in the comfortable seat of the Caballero.” / “Whatever butters your toast, then,” Jason said.
ref: 2007, Tom Walsh, chapter 4, in Three Cavaliers, United States: Living Life Fully Publications, →ISBN, page 51:
text: Call it Australia Day, or call the 26th of January invasion day, whatever butters your toast, however the question should be asked, are so-called Aboriginals better off now than they would have been had not this continent been settled by the British?
ref: 2018 February 8, “Letters to the Editor”, in Magnet, Eden, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8:
glosses: Synonym of whatever floats your boat.
synonyms: word: whatever floats your boat
in what universe
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in what world.
synonyms: word: in what world
listening device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: listening devices
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bug (“concealed electronic eavesdropping device”).
synonyms: word: bug
extra: concealed electronic eavesdropping device
listening devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of listening device
lira da braccio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lira de braccio
Senses: glosses: A European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance.
lira de braccio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lira da braccio.
litmus milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: litmus milks
Senses: glosses: A milk-based medium used to distinguish between different bacteria species, based on which substances within the medium are metabolized by the bacteria.
litmus milks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litmus milk
antipsychologism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: logical objectivism
logical realism
glosses: The theory that logical truth does not depend upon the contents of human ideas, but exists independently.
logical realism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antipsychologism.
synonyms: word: antipsychologism
logical objectivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antipsychologism.
synonyms: word: antipsychologism
Lokono
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Arawak.
synonyms: word: Arawak
Lokono
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Arawak.
synonyms: word: Arawak
OTTB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OTTBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of off-track Thoroughbred.
OTTBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OTTB
longschat pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longschat pines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of loblolly pine.
synonyms: word: loblolly pine
luo han guo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mandarin 羅漢果 /罗汉果 (luóhànguǒ).
Senses: examples: text: Luo han guo, a precious medicinal herb and good beverage, has already been grown successfully in 48 counties.
ref: 1980 August 24, China Economic News, Economic Information & Concultancy Company, page 9:
glosses: monk fruit
monkfruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkfruit
Olimpico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Olimpicos
Etymology: From Spanish and Portuguese gol olímpico. Ultimately from Cesáreo Onzari's goal against reigning Olympic champions Uruguay in 1924, the first goal known to have been scored directly from a corner kick in professional play.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A goal scored directly from a corner kick without being touched by another player.
lui-haai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Afrikaans [Term?] (literally “lazy shark”), so called because it may be reluctant to move even when threatened.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pyjama shark.
synonyms: word: pyjama shark
terrapin à la Maryland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A stew of diamondback terrapin with cream and sherry, popular in Maryland in the 19th century.
Macquarie perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Macquaria australasica, an Australian freshwater fish.
mailed catfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subtropical freshwater catfish of species Callichthys callichthys.
malarial catarrhal fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bluetongue (“disease of ruminants”).
synonyms: word: bluetongue
extra: disease of ruminants
maleic hydrazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant growth regulator that reduces growth through preventing cell division but not cell enlargement, often applied to the foliage of potato, onion, garlic and carrot crops to prevent sprouting during storage.
mantled ground squirrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mantled ground squirrels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of golden-mantled ground squirrel.
synonyms: word: golden-mantled ground squirrel
MPCI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of multiperil crop insurance.
mark of exclamation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marks of exclamation
Senses: glosses: Synonym of exclamation mark.
synonyms: word: exclamation mark
mark of interrogation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marks of interrogation
Senses: glosses: Synonym of question mark.
synonyms: word: question mark
Minkowski's question mark function
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Defined by Hermann Minkowski in 1904.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function, denoted ?(x), with unusual fractal properties, mapping quadratic irrational numbers to rational numbers on the unit interval, via an expression relating the continued fraction expansions of the quadratics to the binary expansions of the rationals.
bowstroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowstrokes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bow stroke.
bowstrokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowstroke
bow stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bow strokes
form: bowstroke
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The movement of the bow back and forth perpendicularly across the string of an instrument, producing sound.
it's not a bug, it's a feature
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: INABIAF
form: it's a feature, not a bug
Etymology: Coined by American computer programmer Sandra Lee Harris in 1971 at Digital Equipment Corporation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: What one user may consider a software bug, other users may consider to be a useful feature or an intentional consequence of the system's design.
glosses: A self-deprecating response when confronted by a bug in the software that one is authored or is introducing to another user.
examples: text: One annoyance, or maybe it’s one of those “it’s-not-a-bug-it’s-a-feature” situations, is the gearshift.
ref: 1999 September 24, “Long-term Test Cars”, in Popular Mechanics, New York City:
text: “It is a feature, not a bug of Article 3 that the courts grant relief for the people in front of them,” Sauer said.
ref: 2025 May 15, Bart Jansen, quoting D. John Sauer, “Brown Jackson questioned how courts help multiple victims with only one litigant”, in USA Today, New York City, retrieved 15 May 2025:
glosses: Affirms the validity of a counterintuitive behavior within a system; it is by design.
Related terms: one man's trash is another man's treasure
Eye Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A peninsula east of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB53).
medicine bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medicine bags
Senses: glosses: A small pouch holding sacred items, worn by some indigenous peoples of the Americas.
member bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: member banks
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A private bank that holds stock in one of the regional Federal Reserve banks.
methods engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subspecialty of industrial engineering and manufacturing engineering concerned with human integration in industrial production processes.
Balivanich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village on the west coast of Benbecula, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NF7755).
moor-evil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dysentery of livestock.
pause ad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pause ads
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: An advertisement displayed when the playback of an online video is paused.
Morant hutch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morant hutches
Etymology: Invented by G. F. Morant.
Senses: glosses: A portable floorless hutch for outdoor rabbits, regularly moved around so that the rabbits can graze and defecate in different areas from day to day.
anterior superior alveolar artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anterior superior alveolar arteries
Senses: glosses: One of several alveolar arteries, which supplies blood to the upper incisors and canines.
moose elm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moose elms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of slippery elm (“Ulmus rubra”).
synonyms: word: slippery elm
extra: Ulmus rubra
anterior superior alveolar arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anterior superior alveolar artery
de La Grange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of De La Grange.
de la Grange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of De La Grange.
dePlessis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, variant of DePlessis.
mountain pride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Newberry's penstemon
glosses: Penstemon newberryi, a penstemon native to the mountains of northern California, Oregon, and Nevada, where it grows in rocky habitat often at high elevation.
Newberry's penstemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mountain pride.
synonyms: word: mountain pride
deep auricular artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep auricular arteries
Senses: glosses: A branch of the maxillary artery that supplies blood to the ear canal.
deep auricular arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep auricular artery
mourning warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mourning warblers
Senses: glosses: A small New World songbird of species Geothlypis philadelphia.
mud cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud cats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mudcat.
Terrorgram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of terror + Telegram, in reference to terrorism.
Senses: examples: text: One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
ref: 2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN:
glosses: A decentralized network of far-right Telegram channels.
wikipedia: Telegram (software)
Derived terms: Terrorgrammer
deep cervical artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep cervical arteries
Senses: glosses: An artery of the neck.
deep cervical arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep cervical artery
musculospirals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musculospiral
musk orchis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of musk orchid.
synonyms: word: musk orchid
fleet carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleet carriers
Senses: glosses: A large carrier designed to serve with a nation's primary fleet (as opposed to smaller classes of carrier such as light carriers and escort carriers).
fleet carriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleet carrier
name part
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: name parts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of title role.
synonyms: word: title role
name parts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of name part
Terrorgrammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Terrorgrammers
Etymology: From Terrorgram + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A beefy guy who enjoyed posting photos of himself in military gear, Smith had a love of explosives — he urged his fellow Terrorgrammers to bomb electric power stations, cell towers and natural gas lines — and contempt for federal law enforcement agents. […] She told him she’d been communicating with another Terrorgrammer who was planning a racially motivated school shooting.
ref: 2025 March 15, A.C. Thompson, James Bandler, “The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram: Inside a Global Online Hate Network”, in ProPublica:
glosses: A member of Terrorgram.
hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxypropyl methylcelluloses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hypromellose.
synonyms: word: hypromellose
Terrorgrammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Terrorgrammer
ice II
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A phase of ice formed at 190-210 K from Ice Iₕ.
heteropygous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a cephalon and pygidium of different sizes.
Related terms: isopygous
macropygous
micropygous
subisopygous
narrowleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From narrow + leaf.
Senses: glosses: Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by narrow leaves.
Derived terms: narrowleaf bittercress
narrowleaf cattail
narrowleaf cottongrass
narrowleaf cottonwood
narrowleaf cowwheat
narrowleaf crimson clover
narrowleaf evening primrose
narrowleaf firethorn
narrowleaf hawksbeard
narrowleaf hawkweed
narrowleaf lupine
narrowleaf meadowsweet
narrowleaf milkweed
narrowleaf mountainmint
narrowleaf mule's ears
narrowleaf plantain
narrowleaf purple everlasting
narrowleaf spring beauty
narrowleaf wild leek
narrowleaf yucca
hundred-millionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number one hundred million.
ten-millionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number ten million.
one-hundred-millionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number one hundred million.
ophidio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ophio-.
necklace tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necklace trees
Senses: glosses: Any of various trees of the genus Ormosia.
necklace trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necklace tree
night blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night blues
Senses: glosses: A dark blue colour like the sky at night.
night blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night blue
Foe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Related terms: Dafoe
familialisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of familialism
oak of Jerusalem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Jerusalem oak (“epazote”).
synonyms: word: Jerusalem oak
extra: epazote
Schlemm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Schlemm's canal
canal of Schlemm
orange daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orange daisies
Senses: glosses: A fleabane of species Erigeron aurantiacus.
Sanjō
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.