cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
juvey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From juvenile + -ey with elision; morphologically analogous to bougie = bourgeoisie + -ie/-y.
Senses: examples: text: bullied by the juvey kids
text: I cut out with the juvey boys
ref: 2016, Kathryn Trueblood, The Sperm Donor's Daughter and Other Tales of Modern Family:
glosses: Alternative spelling of juvie as juvenile delinquent.
examples: text: in and out of juvey over the years
glosses: Alternative spelling of juvie as juvenile hall (youth detention center).
votives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of votive
styluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stylus
Synonyms: styli
Judaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Judaean
form: most Judaean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Judean.
Derived terms: Judaean Aramaic
Judaean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Judaeans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Judean.
Judaeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Judaean
tetradrachms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetradrachm
pyxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪksɪdiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of pyxis
vatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vatu
kinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kina
choosey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more choosey
form: most choosey
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of choosy.
halfpennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪpn̩iz/
ipa: /ˈheɪp(ə)niz/
ipa: /ˈhæfˌpɛniz/
Forms: form: half-penies
form: halfpennys
Senses: glosses: plural of halfpenny
feel out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feels out
form: feeling out
form: felt out
form: felt out
Senses: examples: text: I think we should feel out your mom's thoughts about this before we decide anything.
text: I feel out strangers that come in to make sure they know they're in a gay place and won't cause any trouble.
ref: 1976 February 7, Rose Flower, quoting Jimmy McGrath, “Playland: The Friendliest Place In Town”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 13:
glosses: To attempt to ascertain a person's point of view, or the nature of a situation, by cautious and subtle means.
Synonyms: sense: try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something
word: sound out
sense: try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something
word: check out
Related terms: query
question
put out feelers
hacksawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hacksaw
hacksawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hacksaw
cruzados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cruzado
testones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testone
halest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of hale: most hale
hakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪks/
rhymes: -eɪks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hake
haking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈheɪkɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hake
haking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈheɪkɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: A type of net designed for catching sea fish.
haked
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪkt/
rhymes: -eɪkt
Forms: form: hakeds
form: hakot
Etymology: From Middle English *haket, from Old English hacod, hæċed (“pike, mullet”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakud, *hakid (“pike”).
Senses: qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: The pike (fish).
haked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪkt/
rhymes: -eɪkt
Etymology: From hake, equivalent to hake + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hake
handballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handball
handballs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of handball
coronatos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coronato
portraitures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portraiture
talers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taler
mohurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mohur
honeydews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honeydew
honeydew melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honeydew melons
Senses: synonyms: honeydew
glosses: A melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind.
honeydew melons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honeydew melon
Natufian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coined by Dorothy Garrod after Wadi an-Natuf, the location of the Shuqba cave in West Bank where these people lived, + -ian.
Senses: topics: anthropology
archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to a Mesolithic-era hunter-gatherer people in the Mediterranean area around Levant, at about 13,000 to 11,000 BC.
Natufian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Natufians
Etymology: Coined by Dorothy Garrod after Wadi an-Natuf, the location of the Shuqba cave in West Bank where these people lived, + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Natufian culture.
Natufians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Natufian
heliotropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heliotrope
decadrachm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decadrachms
Senses: glosses: A unit of currency in Ancient Greece, worth ten drachmas.
decadrachms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decadrachm
hourlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hourly
holdovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holdover
daalder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːldə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: daalders
Etymology: From Dutch daalder. Doublet of thaler and dollar.
Senses: glosses: A historic unit of currency of the Netherlands, equivalent to one-and-a-half guilders.
Derived terms: rijksdaalder
hypodermics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypodermic
half-noble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-nobles
Senses: glosses: An ancient unit of currency of England, equivalent to half a noble.
half-nobles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-noble
helixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helices
Senses: glosses: plural of helix
helixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: helices
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of helix
juglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juglets
Etymology: From jug + -let.
Senses: glosses: An ancient container for liquids, similar to but smaller than modern-day jugs.
mummiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌmɪfɔːm/
ipa: /ˈmʌmɪfɔɹm/
Etymology: From mummy + -form, after French momiforme.
Senses: examples: text: Its mummiform torso is covered with bull testicles or breasts in canine profusion.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
text: After opening shrines, a stone sarcophagus, and mummiform coffins, they finally viewed the mummified body of Tutankhamon.
ref: 1996, LaMar C. Berrett, Discovering the World of the Bible, page 296:
glosses: Having the shape of a mummy.
mummiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌmɪfɔːm/
ipa: /ˈmʌmɪfɔɹm/
Forms: form: mummiforms
Etymology: From mummy + -form, after French momiforme.
Senses: glosses: A mummy-shaped object.
Uruk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʊrʊk/
Etymology: From Akkadian 𒌷𒀕 (/⁠uruk⁠/), from Sumerian 𒀕 (unug, “abode, site, location, seat, typically in reference to a deity's earthly dwelling”) either as a phonetic alteration of the Sumerian or influenced as a calque translation using Akkadian 𒌷 (/⁠uru⁠/, “city, place of dwelling or collecting under”).
Senses: examples: text: […] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.
ref: 2019 January 8, Christine Proust, John Steele, Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk, Springer, →ISBN, page 248:
glosses: An ancient city in Sumer and Babylonia, in modern-day Iraq.
Derived terms: Urukean
Uruk period
Uruk-Warka
Related terms: Erech
Warka
Glasgow smiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Glasgow smile
iron maidens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron maiden
scavenger's daughters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scavenger's daughter
daalders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daalder
wood fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood ferns
form: woodfern
Senses: glosses: Many species of ferns in genus Dryopteris.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Dryopteris subbipinnata
word: Ainahou Valley wood fern
alt: Dryopteris ×algonquinensis
word: Algonquin wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris wallichiana
word: alpine wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris cinnamomea
word: cinnamon wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris clintoniana
word: Clinton's wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris arguta
word: coastal wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris cristata
word: crested wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris fuscoatra
word: crowned wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris nuda
word: dry land wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris fragrans
word: fragrant wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris goldieana
word: Goldie's wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris hawaiiensis
word: Hawai'i wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris hobdyana
word: Hobdy's wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris intermedia
word: intermediate wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris podosora
word: Kauaikinana wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris parvula
word: little wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris marginalis
word: marginal wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris mauiensis
word: Maui wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris campyloptera
word: mountain wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris tenebrosa
word: Na Pali-Kona wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris unidentata
word: onetooth wood fern)
taxonomic: Dryopteris sandwicensis
word: Pacific wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris alboviridis
word: Pihea wood fern
alt: Dryopteris ×pittsfordensis
word: Pittsford wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris crinalis
word: serpent wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris ludoviciana
word: southern wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris carthusiana
word: spinulose wood fern
taxonomic: Dryopteris expansa
word: spreading wood fern
word: Ross' wood fern (Dryopteris rossii
taxonomic: Dryopteris tetrapinnata
word: Waikamoi wood fern
rain gutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain gutters
form: raingutter
Etymology: From rain + gutter.
Senses: synonyms: eavestrough
glosses: Any gutter designed to carry away rain, such as an eavestrough on a building or a drain on a motor vehicle's roof rack.
juglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juglet
sycomore fig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sycomore figs
Senses: glosses: A species of fig, Ficus sycomorus, native to Africa.
Synonyms: sycomore
fig-mulberry
sycamore fig
sycomore figs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sycomore fig
wood ferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood fern
acidopore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acidopores
Etymology: From acid + -o- + pore.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A conical structure with a small terminal opening, at the posterior end of an ant’s gaster through which it sprays formic acid and associated hydrocarbons, collectively comprising the venom. This structure is unique to, but characteristic of all members of the ant subfamily Formicinae.
black-tailed godwits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-tailed godwit
isotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isotype
thalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thaler
humpbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humpback
humpbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of humpback
hazelnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hazelnut
heathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heather
Afrosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Afrosphere
Etymology: From Afro- + sphere, on the model of blogosphere.
Senses: examples: text: [Faye Anderson's blog] is called Anderson at Large, nearly three years old and one of the more prominent blogs in the growing Afrosphere, the African American online political sphere, where Field Negro, Jack and Jill Politics and African American Political Pundit also are must-go-to sites.
ref: 2007 November 27, Jose Antonio Vargas, “Storming the News Gatekeepers: On the Internet, Citizen Journalists Raise Their Voices”, in The Washington Post, page C01:
glosses: African-American politically-oriented blogs and websites, taken collectively.
technogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛknoʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/
Etymology: From techno- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: The technogenic mineral deposit consisted of waste from the nearby mine.
synonyms: technogeneous
glosses: Of or pertaining to a process or substance created by human technology; anthropogenic, manmade.
Derived terms: anthropotechnogenic
retardate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retardates
Etymology: From retard + -ate (suffix with meaning "person or thing that is the object or subject of that performed verb", -ed). Compare retarded an French retardé.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technical
glosses: A retarded person; a person with retardation.
alerce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alerces
Senses: glosses: The wood of the sandarac tree (Tetraclinis).
examples: text: An alerce in southern Chile, older than the Bible but still putting forth seeds.
ref: 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 485:
glosses: The Chilean arbor vitae (Austrocedrus chilensis).
glosses: Fitzroya cupressoides.
individual pursuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: A discipline in track cycling where two opposing cyclists start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponent, or get a faster time over a pre-decided distance.
Related terms: team pursuit
team pursuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: team pursuits
Etymology: From team + pursuit. From being a team event, where the teams pursue each other.
Senses: qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams of up to four cyclists start on opposite sides of the velodrome track and try to catch their opponents, or get a faster time over a pre-decided distance.
qualifier: speed skating
glosses: A disciple in long track speed skating where two opposing teams of three skaters start on opposite sides of the long track ice rink and try to catch their opponents, or get a faster time against the clock over a pre-determined distance.
Related terms: individual pursuit
momo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊməʊ/
enpr: mō'mō
Forms: form: momos
form: momo
form: mo-mo
Etymology: From Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), from Mandarin 饃饃／馍馍 (mómo).
Senses: examples: text: Many dishes show a direct influence of China or India; for example, momos, or Tibetan dumplings, look like Chinese pot-stickers.
ref: 2007 July 1, “Far East of the U.N.”, in New York Times:
text: She heated handpies and tofu in her off-campus apartment, and at her home in India, she heats momos, dehydrates mangoes and cooks whole, shelled peanuts.
ref: 2022 January 25, Christina Morales, “How the Air Fryer Crisped Its Way Into America’s Heart”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese.
examples: text: Since I come from the North-eastern part of India myself and belong to a minority race, I too have suffered from racism, at least in its milder forms. I’ve been called "chinky", "momo", "chowmein", and more.
ref: 2017 May 23, Alana Golmei, “Let’s talk about racism”, in Hindustan Times, Delhi:
text: Now, it is a well-known fact that many Northeast Indians are derogatorily called 'momos' after the dish by mainland Indians for their round-ish features.
ref: 2021 June 9, “Northeast Indians DISRESPECTED once again with 'momo' slur”, in India Today Northeast:
glosses: A person from Northeast India.
momo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊməʊ/
enpr: mō'mō
Forms: form: momos
Etymology: Clipping and reduplication of moron.
Senses: examples: text: The probability on one-four-reel machine is a million and a half to one. On three machines in a row, it's in the billions. It cannot happen… would not happen, you fuckin' momo!
ref: 1995, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Casino, spoken by Ace (Robert De Niro):
glosses: A moron.
journaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French journaux, plural of journal.
Senses: glosses: plural of journal (“amount of land”)
with respect
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: With respect, boss, I don't think it is possible to get it done by then, no matter how hard we work.
glosses: Used as a mild apology for following remark, which could otherwise be taken as disrespectful.
Related terms: with all due respect
with all due respect
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: With all due respect, Sir, I don't think that's the case.
text: It seems that you are, with all due respect, wrong in this particular case — as you see the murder took place at three o'clock.
text: Shepard: You have the right to your opinion, Mr. Saracino. But with all due respect, I disagree with it.
Charles Saracino: I understand. I'm glad you support the democratic process, at least.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
glosses: A phrase used before disagreeing with someone or saying something they may find offensive, usually considered polite.
Synonyms: with due respect
no offense
Related terms: pace
with respect
TBF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Turkish Basketball Federation.
TBF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of to be fair.
GBTW
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of get back to work.
ITYM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of I think/thought you mean/meant.
JFTR
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of just for the record.
JFTR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Joint Federal Travel Regulation
Orly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɹ.li/
ipa: /ˈɔː.liː/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Orly, from Latin Aureliacum.
Senses: glosses: A city and commune of the department of Val-de-Marne, region of Île-de-France, France.
qualifier: by ellipsis
glosses: Paris-Orly Airport.
TTBOMK
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: IIRC
synonyms: word: AFAIAA
english: all either synonymous or nearly so
translation: all either synonymous or nearly so
word: AFAIAC
word: AFAIC
word: AFAICMO
word: AFAICT
word: AFAIK
word: AFAIR
word: SFAIAA
word: SFAICT
word: SFAIK
word: TMK
word: to my knowledge
word: to the best of my knowledge
glosses: Initialism of to the best of my knowledge.
bolt out of the blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolts out of the blue
Senses: examples: text: One day while I was working at my full-time job, David called me. He said, "I don't like all the trouble you're having with your house, and I'd like to do something for you." It came as a bolt out of the blue. I tried to put him off, feeling embarrassed, but David made it easy to accept his beneficence.
ref: 1984 December 15, Nancy Walker, “Remembering David Stryker”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of bolt from the blue.
ATEOTD
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of at the end of the day.
Synonyms: in a nutshell
in short
in summary
iWar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪwɔɹ/
ipa: /ˈaɪwɔː/
Forms: form: iWars
Etymology: From i- (“alluding to cutting-edge or fashionable digital devices and computer programs”) + war.
Senses: qualifier: NATO
glosses: A form of Internet-based warfare.
Related terms: english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: augmented reality
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: Biologically Inspired Tactical Security Infrastructure
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: black propaganda
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: C4I
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: command and control warfare
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: communications security
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: computer insecurity
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: disinformation
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: electronic warfare
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: information Operations Condition
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: information Operations Roadmap
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: information warfare
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: network-centric warfare
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: web brigades
storm-stayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: snowbound
snowed in
qualifier: Maritimes and Ontario
glosses: stranded due to bad weather, snowed in.
charrettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charrette
potsticker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potstickers
form: pot sticker
Etymology: From pot + sticker, a calque of Mandarin 鍋貼 /锅贴 (guōtiē), coined by Buwei Yang Chao in 1963, in the fourth edition of the book How to Cook and Eat in Chinese.
Senses: synonyms: guotie
Peking ravioli
glosses: A kind of pan-fried dumpling in East Asian cuisines.
wikipedia: How to Cook and Eat in Chinese
shuffle steer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shuffle steers
form: shuffle steering
form: shuffle steered
form: shuffle steered
Senses: examples: text: It pays to practice shuffle steer to ensure that you can get the size of correction you need when the time comes.
ref: 2003, Carl Lopez, Going Faster!: Mastering the Art of Race Driving, page 225:
glosses: To steer a vehicle controlled by a steering wheel in a manner that transfers grip from one hand to the other as the wheel is turned. Contrasted with shoulder steer, which maintains grip at the same locations on the wheel as it is turned.
toles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tole
jelly doughnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jelly doughnuts
form: jelly donut
Etymology: From jelly + doughnut.
Senses: glosses: A doughnut filled with jam and usually topped with icing sugar.
Synonyms: sense: in various dialects
word: jam doughnut
word: Berliner
word: bismarck
word: Burlington bun
word: jambuster
Burlington bun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Burlington buns
Senses: qualifier: Nova Scotia
glosses: A jelly doughnut.
Synonyms: Berliner
bismarck
jambuster
jelly doughnut
file cabinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: file cabinets
Senses: glosses: An item of office furniture comprising a set of either drawers, or shelves with individual doors or panels, sized to standard widths of file folders and traditionally used for the storage of files.
Synonyms: filing cabinet
file
file cabinets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of file cabinet
filing cabinets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filing cabinet
Hagerstown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hager + -s- + town.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Washington County, Maryland; named for founder Jonathan Hager.
glosses: A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
glosses: A ghost town in Ohio.
room and board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In return for the work Sanderson was allowed an attic room and board at the Nelson cottage.
ref: 1902, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 2, in The Young Bridge-Tender:
text: Louisville is joining more than two dozen other schools that have begun promising a free education—books, tuition, and room and board—to students from poor families.
ref: 2007 January 11, Michael Lindenberger, “Colleges Boost Aid to Poor Students”, in Time:
synonyms: board and lodging
coordinate_terms: bed and breakfast
glosses: A place of lodging with daily meals (board), usually provided in return for rent or other considerations.
Related terms: hot bed
rooming house
roommate
Republicrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Republicrats
Etymology: Blend of Republican + Democrat
Senses: examples: text: This hybrid voting behavior may be called "Republicrat", and obviously it must depress Republicanism in Southern congressional, state, and local politics.
ref: 1966, Allan P. Sindler, Political Parties in the United States, page 70:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A United States politician who is a member of one of the two major political parties (Democrat and Republican), but frequently votes with the other party.
examples: text: We need to make people understand that decisions being made on local levels are often far more influential in our lives and probably the only real way — unless we're able to radically change the way our one-party Republicrat system works — to make change.
ref: 2001, Daniel Sinker, We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet : the Collected Interviews, page 290:
text: Both wings of the ruling "Republicrat" Party try to outdo themselves in announcing new, ever more draconian measures to restrict, repress, restrain, and eliminate the poor.
ref: 2004, Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove, Voices of a People's History of the United States, page 567:
text: Rather, we have a single Republicrat party of greedy, self-serving, amoral, power-driven professional politicians...
ref: 2005, Holliston Perni, A Heritage of Hypocrisy: Why 'They' Hate Us, page 4:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The two-party system, characterized as a single organization that excludes the participation and views of third parties.
Republicrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Republicrat
limited monarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limited monarchies
Senses: glosses: A government in which a monarch agrees to share power with a parliament and abide by a constitution; also known as a constitutional monarchy.
book store
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: book stores
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bookstore.
book shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: book shops
Senses: examples: text: This has manifested itself at Pitlochry through the presence of a thriving book shop, which began in 2005 with second-hand books being sold on the platform from a picnic table, before it moved indoors two years later to occupy an area between the ticket office and the waiting room in the main station building on Platform 1.
ref: 2019 December 4, Paul Stephen, “At the heart of the community”, in Rail, page 59:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bookshop.
tourist visa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tourist visas
Senses: glosses: A document that allows a limited period of leisure travel within a country, but no business activity
life long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lifelong.
life-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From life + -long.
Senses: examples: text: One theme of the conference was Organising the Railway as a Business, and Fred Margetts, the chief regional manager of the North Eastern Region and a life-long railwayman, was given the task of taking the lead.
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 38:
glosses: Alternative form of lifelong.
enrager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enragers
Etymology: From enrage + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Now the Fire hath a wrathfull, harſh, ſtrong, bitter deſiring ſource which begetteth thirſt, a devouring and conſuming, and the great bitterneſſe is its right Spirit, an Enrager and awakener, which hath all Eſſences of the Life in it, and it is the power of the life and of the driving, otherwiſe there would be no burning.
ref: 1647, Jacob Behmen, translated by J[ohn] S[parrow], XL. Questions Concerning the Soule. Propounded by Dr. Balthasar Walter. And Answered, by Jacob Behmen. Aliàs Teutonicus Philosophus. And in His Answer to the First Question is the Turned Eye, or, Philosophick Globe. (Which in It Selfe Containeth All Mysteries) with an Exposition of It. […], London: […] M. S. for H[umphrey] Blunden, […], page 14:
text: […](who like Bulls chafed & enraged, bow their rugged fronts to the earth in a poſture to overturn their enragers.)
ref: 1673, S. C., The Art of Complaisance or The Means to Oblige in Conversation, London: […] John Starkey […], page 16:
text: And is it possible for Musick here / To enter in? first let me shed a Tear, / And then triumph, for Antichrist is slain / And the pure Sweets of victorie remain / Alone Behind: God met an Enime / In Him, was worthy of the Deitie / To grapple with and punish. Here we see / The Great Enrager of Felicitie. Triumphing Martyrs shed their precious Blood / Opposing him in Flames to do us Good.
ref: a. 1674, Thomas Traherne, Commentaries of Heaven, published 1989, page 64:
text: How ſtrange then, and yet how true it is, that this Excellent Dignified Creature Man ſhould be the grand Trouble of the World, and the Enrager of all the Elements.
ref: 1691, Tho[mas] Tryon, Wisdom’s Dictates: or, Aphorisms & Rules, Physical, Moral, and Divine; for Preserving the Health of the Body, and the Peace of the Mind, Fit to Be Regarded and Practised by All That Would Enjoy the Blessings of the Present and Future World. […], London: […] Tho. Salusbury, […], page 30:
text: Pareto has a secure place among the great enragers of mankind.
ref: 1965, James H. Meisel, editor, Pareto & Mosca, Prentice-Hall, page 37:
text: The tents of the marauders are peaceful and those of the enragers of God are secure, because God brought it to his hand.
ref: 2001, Ḥayim Rabinovits, Da’ath Sofrim, H. Vagshal Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 144:
text: Once something comes along that allows them to capture the benefits they seek but eliminates the “tolerable” feature, that attribute becomes a “dissatisfier” and eventually an “enrager.” Netflix took advantage of this DVD inflection point to introduce an entirely different model for its customers, one that eliminated the enrager of excessive fees.
ref: 2019, Rita McGrath, “Customers, Not Hostages”, in Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: One who, or that which, enrages.
gril
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gril
form: most gril
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grill.
gril
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grils
form: grilling
form: grilled
form: grilled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grill.
gril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grils
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of girl.
Scotch fillet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scotch fillets
form: scotch fillet
Senses: examples: 2004, Ben Canaider, Greg Duncan Powell, Cooking Under the Influence: Food to Drink To, Murdoch Books Australia, page 83,
When in need of protein and the essential amino acids required to run our bodies, when our hair or nails won′t grow, or when we have to drink young cabernet, scotch fillet is the answer.
2006, Jared Ingersoll, Danks Street Depot, Murdoch Books Australia, page 62,
Scotch fillet is a great roasting meat, but only if it is of exceptional quality and has been allowed to hang, otherwise it can be a little tough.
2007, Sharon Lurie, Cooking With the Kosher Butcher′s Wife, New Holland Publishing (South Africa), page 10,
It is in this section of the ribs that the tender Scotch fillet or rib-eye muscle is housed.
2010, Veechi Curtis, Lynley Averis, Bookkeeping For Dummies, Australian & New Zealand Edition, page 213,
If you forget someone′s superannuation payment, that employee simply misses out. And yes, when that person retires and ends up eating porridge rather than scotch fillet, it′s you that′s to blame.
glosses: A ribeye steak.
trn
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: examples: Meronym: bn
related: word: tn
glosses: Trillion.
examples: text: Meronyms: mn, mln, M < bn, bln, B
text: This year companies will spend $400bn on the infrastructure needed to run artificial-intelligence (AI) models. Predictions of the eventual bill are uniformly enormous. Analysts at Morgan Stanley reckon $2.9trn will be spent on data centres and related infrastructure by the end of 2028; consultants at McKinsey put it at $6.7trn by 2030. Like a bad party at a good restaurant, nobody is quite sure who will pick up the tab.
ref: 2025 July 31, Reporting staff, “Who will pay for the trillion-dollar AI boom? A technological revolution meets a financial one”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2025:
related: word: tn
word: tn
word: mul:T
glosses: Trillion.
Trillion short scale.
examples: Meronyms: mn, mln, M < bn, bln, B < tn, T
related: word: tn
word: tn
glosses: Trillion.
Trillion long scale.
filiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filiations
Etymology: First attested in c. 1520. From French filiation
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a child of a specified parent.
glosses: The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline.
topics: law
glosses: The determination of paternity.
examples: text: The filiations are from a common stock.
topics: law
glosses: One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot.
firstmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, first + -most.
Senses: examples: text: "We've got more meat than we shall know what to do with, Edward. Take the horse, go down to Charlie Bell's ship-yard, borrow a tackle, and ask Edmund Griffin to come and help us dress him; but firstmost let's get him into the barn, out of the hot sun."
ref: 1892, Elijah Kellogg, John Godsoe's Legacy, page 116:
text: Apart from that I don't know the firstmost thing about getting divorced." I've found out all about it, Ma," she said.
ref: 1948, Thomas Owen Beachcroft, Collected Stories of T.O. Beachcroft, page 363:
text: The firstmost thing I remember about him was something he told me, and I'll get to that in a minute.
ref: 1991, Jim Ritchie, Shocco Tales: Southern Fried Sagas, page 39:
text: "Firstmost," he said, "I wish to extend my thanks for the goodwill and friendship, though both be undeserved, such as you would show by your having come
ref: 1999, Thomas Mann, translated by John E. Woods, Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn:
glosses: superlative form of first: most first; first even among others of leading rank.
Synonyms: first
firstly
foremost
enoteca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enotecas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian enoteca.
Senses: examples: text: The JakeWalk is a counterpoint to Manhattan’s conspicuously chic enotecas, less a wine bar than a friendly neighborhood bar with over 200 wines.
ref: 2008 May 7, The New York Times, “Turqua Grill and The JakeWalk”, in New York Times:
glosses: A wine bar giving visitors or tourists the opportunity to sample locally-produced wine with a view to buying it.
Savoia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Savoias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Savoia.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
San Lorenzo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish San Lorenzo (literally “Saint Lawrence”).
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States.
glosses: A city in Santa Fe province, Argentina.
glosses: A city in Tarija department, Bolivia.
glosses: A town and port in Esmeraldas province, Ecuador
glosses: A town in Ahuachapán department, El Salvador.
glosses: A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador.
Saba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪ.bə/
Etymology: Possibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.
Senses: glosses: An island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, in the southern part off the west coast of Venezuela.
Derived terms: Saba Island
Saban
Saba Rock
Saba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪ.bə/
ipa: /ˈsɑː.bə/
ipa: /ˈsɑ.bə/
rhymes: -ɑːbə
ipa: /ˈseɪ.bə/
Etymology: From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā). Doublet of Sheba
Senses: glosses: Sheba: an ancient civilization in South Arabia (now Yemen), and crossing the Red Sea into the Horn of Africa.
Synonyms: Sheba
Derived terms: Sabaean
Sabean
Saba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪ.bə/
ipa: /ˈsɑː.bə/
ipa: /ˈsɑ.bə/
rhymes: -ɑːbə
Senses: glosses: An East Chadic language spoken in Chad.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Saba terms
Saba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪ.bə/
ipa: /ˈsɑː.bə/
ipa: /ˈsɑ.bə/
rhymes: -ɑːbə
Forms: form: Sabas
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صبا (ṣabā).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Rosalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rosaria
Senses: glosses: A festival of roses celebrated on various dates in the ancient Roman Empire, primarily in May, but scattered through mid-July.
choil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɔɪl/
rhymes: -ɔɪl
Forms: form: choils
Etymology: Unknown; originally a dialectal term from Sheffield.
Senses: glosses: An unsharpened portion of a knife blade at the base of the blade, near the handle of the knife.
examples: text: This knife's large finger choil helps compensate for the short handle.
glosses: The region of a knife where such a portion is, or would be if it existed; the region may be arranged as a grip, guard, or combination thereof (a finger choil), or it may be a notch demarking the end of the sharpened edge (a sharpening choil).
glosses: The region of a knife where such a portion is, or would be if it existed; the region may be arranged as a grip, guard, or combination thereof (a finger choil), or it may be a notch demarking the end of the sharpened edge (a sharpening choil).
The portion where the heel meets the bolster.
qualifier: on fixed-blade knives
glosses: The region of a knife where such a portion is, or would be if it existed; the region may be arranged as a grip, guard, or combination thereof (a finger choil), or it may be a notch demarking the end of the sharpened edge (a sharpening choil).
The indentation of a pocket-knife blade where it joins the tang.
qualifier: on folding knives
Related terms: ricasso
brent goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brent geese
form: brant goose
Etymology: The first word is perhaps from branded, meaning brindled.
Senses: synonyms: word: brant
word: brant goose
word: road-goose
word: rood goose
word: rot-goose
word: rout
word: ware goose
glosses: A small member of the goose family (Anatidae), Branta bernicla.
brant goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brant geese
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brent goose.
terzanelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terzanelles
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A poetry form which is a combination of the villanelle and the terza rima.
Leser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lesers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Leser.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Leser-Trélat sign
calzoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Drawers; underwear.
calyxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calyx
ambisinister
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌæm.bɪˈsɪn.ə.stɚ/
Forms: form: more ambisinister
form: most ambisinister
Etymology: From ambi- + sinister, literally “both sides left-handed”, by analogy with ambidextrous (literally “both sides right-handed”).
Senses: glosses: Awkward or clumsy with both hands.
Related terms: ambidextrous
lacunose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lacunose
form: most lacunose
Etymology: From lacuna + -ose.
Senses: examples: text: 17. Dio, 79(78).15–16 is sadly lacunose, but it is clear that Dio describes the reception by the Senate of letters from Macrinus, which Macrinus signed using the titles of office: [...]
ref: 2012, Clifford Ando, Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284: The Critical Century (The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome), 22 George Square, Edinburgh EH89LF: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: Full of gaps or lacunae.
Derived terms: lacunosity
epigoni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epigonus
emeriti
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɛɹɪtaɪ/
ipa: /əˈmɛɹətaɪ/
ipa: /-ˈmɚ-/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēmeritī.
Senses: glosses: masculine plural of emeritus
emeriti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɛɹɪtaɪ/
ipa: /əˈmɛɹətaɪ/
ipa: /-ˈmɚ-/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēmeritī.
Senses: glosses: plural of emeritus
prismatic compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prismatic compasses
Senses: glosses: A compass, equipped with a small prism, that allows the heading to be read while sighting
Sutratman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread”) and आत्मन् (ātman, “self”).
Senses: glosses: The "String Soul" or "Thread-Self": the cosmic soul, one aspect of the cosmic supreme being.
glosses: The soul's consciousness-stream.
delta-v
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delta-vs
Etymology: From delta (“change”) + v (“velocity”).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A vector change in velocity, especially a small change as a result of a corresponding change in some other parameter.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The maximum possible change in the scalar speed of a rocket or other vehicle if operated in a vacuum away from external forces.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The minimum scalar change in speed required to perform a particular manoeuvre.
subadar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌbəˈdɑː/
Forms: form: subadars
form: soubadar
form: soubedar
form: subahdar
form: subedar
form: subidar
Etymology: From Hindi सूबेदार (sūbedār) / Urdu صوبدار (sūbadār), and its source, (Indian) Persian صوبهدار (sūbadār), corresponding to صوبه (sūba, “province”) + ـدار (-dār, “in ownership of, in charge of”).
Senses: examples: text: Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.
ref: 1806, [Thomas Maurice], Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Antient Geographical Divisions, […] of Hindostan: […] , volume I. Containing the Dissertation on the Antient Geographical Divisions of Hindostan, London: Printed […] by C. & W. Galabin […] and sold by John White […] , pages 231–232:
glosses: The governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy.
examples: text: Also in his favour were his family's connections, the most notable of which consisted of an uncle who had risen to the rank of subedar in the East India Company's army […]
ref: 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 31:
glosses: An Indian officer in the British Indian Army, of a rank equivalent to captain.
glosses: A noncommissioned officer rank in the armies of India and Pakistan.
Derived terms: subadar-major
Bueller
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: (waiting for absent response): From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Ben Stein's character, when doing roll-call, called "Bueller" multiple times with no answer, as Ferris Bueller was absent.
Senses: glosses: A surname
Bueller
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: (waiting for absent response): From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Ben Stein's character, when doing roll-call, called "Bueller" multiple times with no answer, as Ferris Bueller was absent.
Senses: examples: text: Does anyone want to go to the movies? ...Bueller?
glosses: Expression used to convey waiting for a response when there is none.
V1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V1s
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The speed by which a pilot must have decided whether to continue a takeoff or to abort.
Coordinate terms: V2
VD
VMO
VNE
VR
Vs0
Vs
Vxse
Vx
Vyse
Vy
V2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From velocity, where this is the second important velocity.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The airspeed at which an aircraft leaves the runway on takeoff.
Coordinate terms: V1
VD
VMO
VNE
VR
Vs0
Vs
Vxse
Vx
Vyse
Vy
V2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V2s
Etymology: From V- + 2.
Senses: topics: automotive
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: Alternative form of V-twin.
V2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V2s
Senses: examples: text: Mr. A. J. Somers writes to say that the "V2" which caused the scrapping of "J17" 0-6-0, No. 8200, was not of the 2-6-2 type, but a considerably more destructive German rocket!
ref: 1945 July and August, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 238:
glosses: Alternative form of V-2 (WWII rocket)
hanami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 花見 (hanami).
Senses: glosses: The Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, usually cherry blossoms or plum blossoms, also known as "flower viewing".
tivo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tivos
form: tivoing
form: tivoed
form: tivoed
Etymology: From the TiVo service.
Senses: examples: text: I think I'll be out to dinner when Michael Phelps goes for the gold. Oh well – I'll just tivo it.
glosses: To digitally record (a television show).
examples: My mum loves to watch Neighbours. She has the series tivoed.
glosses: To have a show on one's lineup of shows to record.
viddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viddies
Etymology: From video (“video recording”) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Have you seen Holly in her latest viddy? She is hot.
glosses: A video or video recording.
Derived terms: viddy game