cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gut rehab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gut + rehab.
Senses: glosses: A major restoration project on an old house or other building, ripping out plaster walls back to the studs and rafters and replacing them along with some or all of the trim, windows and doors, plumbing and electrical systems, exterior siding, roof, etc.
certaine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more certaine
form: most certaine
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of certain.
certaine
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of certain.
Sorcha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːɹkə/
/ˈsɔːɹʃə/
/ˈsɝkə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (literally “light, radiant”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Scottish Gaelic or Irish.
Dorcha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Dorcha (literally “dark”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Related terms: Sorcha
rehabilitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
ipa: [ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃn̩]
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: rehabilitations
Etymology: From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.
Senses: examples: text: The working life span of a passenger carriage, on average, is between 30 and 35 years, so a steady replacement takes place quite naturally. The life span of a station, however, cannot be so easily reckoned, for it depends largely on the rehabilitation and upkeep of the existing structures.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 250:
text: Maybe now it should be clearer why Louis van Gaal has been telling anyone who cares to listen they should not be surprised if Manchester United’s rehabilitation takes longer than they would ideally like.
ref: August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk
glosses: The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
Related terms: rehab
piastre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piˈæstɚ/
ipa: /piˈɑstɚ/
ipa: /piˈæstə/
ipa: /piˈɑːstə/
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: piastres
form: piaster
form: pyaster
Etymology: From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.
Senses: examples: text: The Silkes, Velvets, Cloth of gold, and Tissue, Pyasters, Chicqueenes and Sultanies, which is gold and silver, they unloaded in foure and twentie houres, was wonderfull [...].
ref: 1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 39:
glosses: A coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.
glosses: A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.
glosses: A dollar.
Related terms: ghurush
nibbling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪblɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈnɪb(ə)lɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪblɪŋ
homophone: nibling (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: nibblings
Etymology: From nibble + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Minute nibblings and rustlings broke the silence.
ref: 1941, Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts:
glosses: The act or sound of one who nibbles.
examples: text: I send you back the two last sheets, because you bid me. I reserve my nibblings and minutiae for another day.
ref: 1821, The British Prose Writers: Gray's letters, page 26:
text: Meantime the penetration of Shantung by means of railway discrimination, railway military guards, continual nibblings here and there, will be going on.
ref: 1921, John Dewey, China, Japan, and the USA:
glosses: A small adjustment or encroachment.
nibbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪblɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈnɪb(ə)lɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪblɪŋ
homophone: nibling (one pronunciation)
Etymology: From nibble + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nibble
Related terms: english: the child of one’s sibling
translation: the child of one’s sibling
word: nibling
nibbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nibble
rehabilitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiː(h)əˈbɪlɪteɪt/
Forms: form: rehabilitates
form: rehabilitating
form: rehabilitated
form: rehabilitated
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rehabilitātus, perfect passive participle of Latin rehabilitō.
Senses: glosses: To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
glosses: To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.).
glosses: To return (something) to its original condition.
examples: text: Cumaratunga was so furious that he intensified his campaign for revitalizing the traditional practices of asweddumization, so that neglected arable land could be rehabilitated, and a degenerating economy restructured and rejuvenated.
ref: 1992, Alavattāgoḍa Pēmadāsa, Cumaratunga, the Unknown: Hidden Facets of His Scientific Profile, page 115:
text: Engineers are considering using the blowable insulation to rehabilitate residential buildings in Chicago under an Argonne partnership with Bethel New Life, a Chicago community economic initiative.
ref: 1996 November, “Doggone it, it's a new ceramic binder”, in DOE this Month, page 14:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To restore or repair (a vehicle, building); to make habitable or usable again.
topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain.
examples: text: Patty Wahlers, 40, is the founder and director of Horse of Connecticut, an organization situated on a 46-acre farm in Washington that rescues and rehabilitates neglected horses and puts them up for adoption.
ref: 2002 March 24, Sherri Daley, “Finding Homes for Horses That Were Left for Dead”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction, etc.
examples: text: Truman made us all feel welcome and relaxed as we shook hands with him. We sat around the desk, and he spoke very earnestly about the necessity of rehabilitating Europe and emphasized his concern that peaceful German production should be encouraged.
ref: 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 43:
glosses: To go through such a process; to recover.
Derived terms: rehab
rehabilitation
rehabilitative
nooit
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans nooit (“never”).
Senses: examples: text: STIX: You never bought shit? HENRY: Never! STIX: Nooit?
ref: 1999, David Graver, Drama for a New South Africa: Seven Plays, page 133:
text: What would your average South African celebrity say if you used her name or image to sell your product without first obtaining her consent? Probably something like 'Nooit, ek sê, I want big bucks.'
ref: 2005, Hans Muhlberg, The Law of the Brand, page 72:
glosses: never; no way
two pot screamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two pot screamers
form: two-pot screamer
Etymology: From two + pot (“standard glass”) + screamer (“one who yells”).
Senses: examples: text: “I′m sorry,” Jimmy said. “A two-pot screamer from the sound of him.”
“What?”
“Can′t hold his liquor.”
ref: 1979, Charlotte Vale Allen, Moments of Meaning, page 48:
text: “I′m not a drinker. Two glasses of fine wine with a meal is more my style, and my limit. Raymond always called me a two pot screamer.”
ref: 2006, C. A. Hocking, Damaged Goods, Lulu, page 97:
text: Dougie happens to be in the bar, they natter about this and that, sink a pot or two, then Dougie says Dave′s over point-o-five and should cab it out to Ryans Lane. Prick doesn′t offer to drive himself. Tells Dougie he′s not a two-pot screamer like him, leaves feeling much better for the little interlude.
ref: 2011, John Sullivan, Firebug, Australia: Boolarong Press, page 138:
glosses: One who becomes talkative or rowdy after consuming a relatively small amount of alcohol; one who quickly becomes intoxicated.
Related terms: hold one's liquor
green slip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green slips
Senses: examples: text: […]we may smile at the indignation about the assistant surveyors and the green slips of South Australia.
ref: 1839, Thornton Leigh Hunt, Canada and South Australia: A Commentary on that Part of the Earl of Durham′s Report Dealing with Disposal of Wate Lands and Emigration: South Australian Facsimile Editions, number 30, page 52:
text: Police Preventive Stations at
[…]
11. The Reed-beds, Green-slip, near to section 448, district A.
ref: 1840, South Australian Colonization Commission, British House of Commons, Fourth Annual Report of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, page 21:
text: After the best sections had been chosen, the rejected ones had to be cut up into 80-acre sections, and green slips as they were called ; and then the 80-acre land orders might be exercised.
ref: 1878, John Wrathall Bull, Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia, page 200:
glosses: A portion of Crown land remaining unalienated due to a size discrepancy between the land survey and the actual division.
examples: text: Every car in Australia must be registered. Payment for this includes car tax and requires a minimum of third-party insurance. This type of insurance is called the Green Slip, or compulsory third party (CTP) insurance.
ref: 2005, Jane Egginton, Working & Living Australia, page 150:
text: In New South Wales you must get an endorsed Compulsory Third Party Certificate (Green Slip) from an insurance company to be able to register your vehicle.
ref: 2009, Deborah Penrith, Jodie Seal, Live & Work in Australia, page 238:
text: In some states, a minimum form of car insurance is compulsory when you register a car. This Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance (also known as a green slip), insures you or anyone in your vehicle against personal injury caused by your driving. CTP does not cover damage to vehicles.
ref: 2010, Danny Ong, The International Students′ Handbook: Living and Studying in Australia, page 106:
glosses: A certificate of third party personal liability insurance, required in order to register a motor vehicle.
Related terms: pink slip
deadest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: What crime was this, that lived incarnate in this sequestered mansion, and could neither be expelled nor subdued by the owner? -- what mystery, that broke out now in fire and now in blood, at the deadest hours of night?
ref: 1848, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre:
text: Here Rosa fell flat on her back in the deadest of faints. Her limbs were rigid, her eyes glassy; what had Jerry been doing? It must have been something very bad, for her to take on like that.
ref: 1915, Kenneth Grahame, The Golden Age:
glosses: superlative form of dead: most dead.
country house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country houses
form: country-house
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: country seat
text: One of those utterly tedious amusements one only finds at an English country house on an English country Sunday. I don't think any one at all morally responsible for what he or she does at an English country house.
ref: 1909, Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, act 3:
hypernyms: second home#Noun
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house#Noun
home#Noun
residence#Noun
coordinate_terms: pied-à-terre#Noun
glosses: A house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners.
examples: text: a country house look
hypernyms: house#Noun
home#Noun
residence#Noun
glosses: Such a house, even as a primary residence and even in an area that is no longer rural, but with an aesthetic in keeping with that traditional distinction of country ways.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see country, house: a house in the country: one not in town.
Related terms: dacha
great house
holiday home
manor house
summerhouse
villa
winterhouse
coup de théâtre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkuː.də.teɪˈɑː.tɹə/
Forms: form: coups de théâtre
form: coup de theatre
Etymology: Borrowed from French coup de théâtre.
Senses: examples: text: This may be due to the fact that Aeschylus, in the last play of the Oresteia (458 B.C.), brings him to Athens to stand trial for his mother's murder--a coup de théâtre that would have been spoiled if he had come from there in the first place.
ref: 1996, Bernard Knox, endnotes to Robert Fagles's translation of The Odyssey
synonyms: twist
glosses: A sudden or unexpected event in a play, pulled off by the author, the director, or even an actor.
examples: text: I had arranged to track her husband down, reason with him, work on his feelings, telegraph for his wife, and in an affecting interview throw them into each other's arms. Now, goodness knows what would happen. Certainly not my beautifully conceived coup de theatre.
ref: 1886, William John Locke, chapter 11, in Simon the Jester, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014:
glosses: A theatrical trick or gesture, something staged for dramatic effect.
coup de theatre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coups de theatre
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coup de théâtre.
tostada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tostadas
form: tostado
Etymology: From Spanish tostada. Doublet of tostado.
Senses: examples: text: A platter of chicken and octopus tostadas and two ceviches arrived at the table[…].
ref: 2008 February 3, Tatiana Boncompagni, “Tostadas to a Salsa Beat”, in New York Times:
glosses: A flat tortilla that has been fried or toasted, or a dish based on this, usually associated with the cuisine of Latin America.
synonyms: taco salad
glosses: A bowl-shaped tortilla that has been fried and filled with various ingredients.
examples: text: The Marina and Vicentino restaurants are good places for a coffee and tostada (toasted sandwich) for breakfast.
ref: 1995 April, Damien Simonis, Geoff Crowther, “The Rif Mountains”, in Morocco (A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit), 3rd edition, Hawthorn, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, “The Mediterranean Coast & the Rif” section, page 176, column 1:
text: Tostada means any bread—tortillas or sliced loaves—that has been toasted. Any leftover bread or tostadas can be used in Torrijas (page 29) or ground into bread crumbs.
ref: 2013 April 2, Ingrid Hoffmann, “Sardine Antipasto Tostadas”, in Latin D’lite: Delicious Latin Recipes with a Healthy Twist, New York, N.Y.: Celebra, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 44:
text: A normal urban breakfast typically consists of a cup of coffee - and there are many combinations - which will often be accompanied by a tostada. A tostada is a slice of fresh bread, toasted and covered with jam, or tomato, olive oil and garlic purée, or ham and cheese.
ref: 2018, Malcolm Coxall, “The Role of Baking in Spanish Society”, in Traditional Baking Recipes of Spain (Traditional Recipes of Spain; 4), Cornelio Books, →ISBN, section 1 (Introduction):
glosses: A Latin American toast (toasted bread).
stranded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From strand + -ed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strand
stranded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From strand + -ed
Senses: examples: text: I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…]
ref: 1904, Rudyard Kipling, Mrs. Bathurst:
glosses: Abandoned or marooned.
raw_tags: of a person
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Run aground on a shore or reef.
raw_tags: of a vessel
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Not having any expressed complement.
raw_tags: of a word or phrase that can take a complement
glosses: Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
raw_tags: of a piece of wire
examples: text: With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.
glosses: That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
raw_tags: of expenses or costs
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.
examples: text: single-stranded, double-stranded, triple-stranded
glosses: Having the specified number or kind of strands.
Related terms: strandable
stranding
unstrandable
court order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: court orders
Senses: examples: text: The Reds were raising an awful howl. Andrews, the lawyer, had succeeded in getting a court order to see the arrested men, and of course the prisoners had all declared that the case was a put-up job.
ref: 1920, Upton Sinclair, 100%: The Story of a Patriot:
topics: law
glosses: A legally binding directive issued by a judge or authorized judicial officer that requires an individual or an entity to fulfill or perform specific actions or refrain from certain behaviors.
stiffship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stiffships
Etymology: From stiff + ship.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Too much weight concentrated in the lower holds of a vessel, resulting in excessive stability.
sternpost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sternposts
Etymology: From stern + post.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.
Coordinate terms: sternson
station bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: station bills
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A bill posted in the crew’s quarters and other conspicuous places, listing the station of the crew at maneuvers and emergency drills; sometimes called the muster roll.
phonetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more phonetically
form: most phonetically
Etymology: From phonetic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: The hard words in the passage have been spelled phonetically.
text: Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically “eighty-six”.
ref: 2025 May 16, Edward Helmore, “What does ‘8647’ really mean? Not what Trump’s supporters are saying”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling.
Derived terms: nonphonetically
ridiculously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs.li/
ipa: /ɹiːˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs.li/
ipa: /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs.li/
Forms: form: more ridiculously
form: most ridiculously
Etymology: From ridiculous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: `I was with the ballet back home, but the money was ridiculously low.'
ref: 1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 78:
text: It's a shame; not only are nuts quite ridiculously nutritious but, as anyone who's ever shelled out (sorry) for a tiny glass of pistachios in a pub will know, they're a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. But although I happen to have a soft spot for nut roast – an option often preferable to the meat that emerged from the school kitchen – it seems I'm in a cranky minority. A request for recipe recommendations was met with a polite silence on Twitter: vegetarianism, apparently, has moved on a bit. You don't see Yotam Ottolenghi faffing about with nut roasts, do you? But I'm determined to revive the fortunes of this much-maligned classic. After all, Christmas isn't Christmas without a luxury nut selection.
ref: 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
glosses: In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.
examples: text: Thus, after eighteen months of fantastic and ruinous warfare, the companies had come to their senses and agreed to do what they might have done at the start; the only gainers were the passengers who had been carried at ridiculously uneconomic fares.
ref: 1956 January, M. D. Greville, “Scottish Railways in 1856”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
qualifier: degree
glosses: extremely; very
referral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈfɜːɹəl/
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɝəl/
rhymes: -ɜːɹəl
Forms: form: referrals
Etymology: From refer + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The insurance company insists I get a referral from my regular doctor. I can't just go to the specialist; a GP has got to refer me.
coordinate_terms: consultation
glosses: The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.
examples: text: After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.
glosses: A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the actions taken before and after the student's receipt of the referral.
Derived terms: referral spam
referral marketing
Related terms: referent
referrer
shields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shield
shields
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shield.
slurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slur
slurs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He always slurs his 'R's. I wish he'd stop mumbling.
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slur
highboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highboys
Etymology: See high and lowboy.
Senses: examples: text: mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles
ref: 1897, Katharine Lee Bates, American Literature:
text: […] the well-known Pennsylvania "Highboy," which is only the English "Tallboy" double-chest elevated on cabriole legs […]
ref: 1929 June, Herbert Cescinsky, “American furniture problems”, in The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, volume 54, number 315, page 313:
text: (US) National Gallery of Art
During the Queen Anne period in America, the highboy attained its characteristic form. … The cabriole leg was a distinctive feature developed in the Queen Anne period; its shape repeats the S-curve that dominated all Queen Anne design.
hypernyms: tallboy
coordinate_terms: lowboy
glosses: A tall chest of drawers that is raised up on high legs.
glosses: One who enjoys the high life.
glosses: A political highflier.
almonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.məndz/
ipa: /ˈɑ.məndz/
ipa: /ˈɑl.məndz/
ipa: /ˈɑl.mənz/
ipa: /ˈæ.məndz/
Senses: glosses: plural of almond
bedchamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedchambers
form: bed-chamber
Etymology: From Middle English bedchambre, bedchaumbre, equivalent to bed + chamber.
Senses: glosses: A bedroom.
bedchambers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedchamber
rams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹæmz/
Senses: glosses: plural of ram
rams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹæmz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ram
rams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹæmz/
Forms: form: rounce
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A French trick-taking card game related to nap and loo.
docks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒks/
rhymes: -ɒks
Senses: glosses: plural of dock
docks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒks/
rhymes: -ɒks
Senses: glosses: A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices
docks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒks/
rhymes: -ɒks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dock
doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌvz/
rhymes: -ʌvz
Senses: glosses: plural of dove
vestments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vestment
widows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of widow
widows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of widow; to make a widow of
cowhide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊˌhaɪd/
Forms: form: cowhides
Etymology: From cow + hide.
Senses: glosses: A hide of a cow.
glosses: Any quantity of hides of cows.
glosses: Leather made from the hide of cows.
examples: text: “Luke did his work,” I said. “How could your father sell him?”
“He worked all right. And the hands would work hard for him—mostly without the cowhide. But sometimes he didn't show much sense.”
ref: 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred
glosses: A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
Coordinate terms: horsehide
sheepskin
kidskin
cowhide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊˌhaɪd/
Forms: form: cowhides
form: cowhiding
form: cowhided
form: cowhided
Etymology: From cow + hide.
Senses: glosses: To flog with a cowhide.
cowpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊˌpaɪ/
Forms: form: cowpies
Etymology: From cow + pie.
Senses: synonyms: cow pat
meadow muffin
glosses: A single pile of cow excrement.
Related terms: buffalo chip
horse biscuit
Cowper's gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cowper's glands
Etymology: Named after English surgeon and anatomist William Cowper (1666–1709).
Senses: glosses: The bulbourethral gland.
Related terms: Cowper's fluid
Cowper's glands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cowper's gland
crabgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crabgrasses
Etymology: From crab + grass.
Senses: glosses: Those members of the genus Digitaria, grasses of tropical to temperate climates, which are pests of lawns, mainly from their invasive habits and the fact they die off in the fall and winter, leaving bare patches.
examples: text: The herb is also called of divers, Cali articulatum, or jointed Glassewort : in English, Crab-grasse, and Frog-grasse.
ref: 1597, John Gerard, The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes:
glosses: A marine grass of salt marshes, glasswort (Salicornia herbacea)
Derived terms: Arizona crabgrass
hairy crabgrass
Asian crabgrass
Caribbean crabgrass
Carolina crabgrass
dwarf crabgrass
East Indian crabgrass
Eggers' crabgrass
Florida crabgrass
Isle of Pines crabgrass
Indian crabgrass
Jamaican crabgrass
longleaf crabgrass
Madagascar crabgrass
millet crabgrass
naked crabgrass
Natal crabgrass
roadside crabgrass
sand crabgrass
shaggy crabgrass
shortleaf crabgrass
slender crabgrass
smooth crabgrass
southern crabgrass
Texas crabgrass
trailing crabgrass
tropical crabgrass
twospike crabgrass
velvet crabgrass
violet crabgrass
yellow crabgrass
watercraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔtɚkɹæft/
Forms: form: watercrafts
form: watercraft
Etymology: From water + craft or water + -craft.
Senses: synonyms: vessel
hypernyms: vessel
;
vehicle#Noun
glosses: Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.
glosses: Skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.
Synonyms: word: watercraft
word: vessel
word: seacraft
Hypernyms: word: vehicle
Hyponyms: word: airboat
word: aircraft carrier
word: ark
word: barge
word: battleship
word: boat
word: canoe
word: carrier
word: catamaran
word: caravel
word: carrack
word: car carrier
word: cigarette boat
word: coracle
word: craft
word: cruise ship
word: cruiser
word: cutter
word: destroyer
word: dhow
word: dinghy
word: dory
word: dragon boat
word: dugout
word: felucca
word: ferry
word: ferryboat
word: fishing boat
word: flatboat
word: folding boat
word: frigate
word: galley
word: galleon
word: gig
word: go-fast boat
word: gondola
word: houseboat
word: hovercraft
word: hydrofoil
word: hydroplane
word: icebreaker
word: inflatable boat
word: inflatable raft
word: jetboat
word: jet ski
word: jet-ski
word: jetski
word: junk
word: kayak
word: ketch
word: lifeboat
word: lightship
word: lightvessel
word: liner
word: log boat
word: minelayer
word: minesweeper
word: motorboat
word: motorsailer
word: narrowboat
word: ocean liner
word: outrigger canoe
word: packet-boat
word: paddlewheeler
word: peniche
word: personal water craft
word: pinnace
word: powerboat
word: proa
word: PT boat
word: punt
word: raft
word: rowboat
word: sailboat
word: schooner
word: scow
word: ship
word: ship of the line
word: skiff
word: sloop
word: speedboat
word: steamboat
word: steamer
word: sternwheeler
word: submarine
word: supertanker
word: tanker
word: tender
word: tjalk
word: trawler
word: trireme
word: trimaran
word: troller
word: tug
word: tugboat
word: U-boat
word: warship
word: water taxi
word: whaleboat
word: wherry
word: yacht
word: yawl
Meronyms: word: aftcastle
word: anchor
word: beakhead
word: bilgeboard
word: boom brake
word: bow
word: capstan
word: centreboard
word: cockpit
word: crow's nest
word: daggerboard
word: deck
word: figurehead
word: forecastle
word: gunwale
word: head
word: helm
word: hull
word: jackline
word: keel
word: leeboard
word: mast
word: orlop deck
word: poop deck
word: rudder
word: sail
word: skeg
word: spinnaker
word: steerage
word: steering wheel
word: stern
word: tiller
word: top
word: wheel
word: winch
word: yard
Derived terms: personal watercraft
Related terms: word: bucket
word: tub
word: captain
word: crewman
word: helmsman
word: mariner
word: rower
word: sailor
word: seaman
word: steersman
word: :Category:Watercraft
craniofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From cranio- + facial.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the cranium and face, as with craniofacial surgery.
Derived terms: craniofacially
dentocraniofacial
noncraniofacial
motorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: motorised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of motorize
motorized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: motorised
Senses: examples: text: Some would argue that a moped is little more than a motorized bicycle, but others would disagree.
glosses: Equipped with a motor.
examples: text: Because the medic had been supplied with a jeep, he and his aide were classed as a motorized detachment.
text: In Britain's highly motorized towns, increasing congestion and noxious emissions, as well as concerns about the nation's health, highlight a need to adopt more sustainable forms of transport like cycling and walking.
ref: 2017, David Dansky, Clare Morris, “Carsickness: Reconstruing Driving and Cycling”, in Peter Cummins, Harry Procter, David Winter, Nick Reed, editors, Personal Construct Psychology at 60: Papers from the 21st International Congress, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 433:
glosses: Supplied with motor vehicles.
Derived terms: motorized banca
motorized infantry
motorized scooter
nonmotorized
semimotorized
unmotorized
crape myrtle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crape myrtles
form: crêpe myrtle
Senses: examples: text: Olive cared for a stand of crape myrtles in her backyard because she delighted in butterflies and blossoms.
ref: 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 263:
glosses: Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms.
footboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footboards
Etymology: From foot + board. Compare Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (fōtubaurd).
Senses: glosses: An upright board across the foot of a bedstead.
glosses: A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.
glosses: A place to stand on a scooter or skateboard.
examples: text: Continuous footboards ran along each side of the narrow body.
ref: 1941 August, “Notes and News: The First British Sleeping Car”, in Railway Magazine, page 373:
text: Several parties of hop-pickers joined the train at the intermediate stations, and the guard performed the acrobatic feat of walking along the footboards of the coaches to examine tickets, while the train was in motion.
ref: 1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Kent & East Sussex Railway Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 182:
glosses: A board serving as a step on a vehicle.
creation science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] fundamentalist religious believers who look to religious texts (be it the Bible or the Qur'an) to espouse a so-called creation science […].
ref: 2013, Kostas Kamourakis, The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators, page 182:
text: The case of creation science vis-a-vis theory of evolution, 'Islamic science' (Koran being the source of all scientific knowledge) […]
ref: 2006, Ram Puniyani, Contours of Hindu Rashtra, page 321:
text: […] the inspired writings, be they the Torah, the Qur'an, or the Bible, are interpreted by some in these traditions as providing literal descriptions of all aspects of reality […] Based upon this assumption the idea of creation science was born.
ref: 2003, Ted Peters, Bridging Science and Religion, page 76:
synonyms: scientific creationism
glosses: The creation story found in Genesis in the Bible or the Qur'an, presented by fundamentalists as if it were a literal scientific truth.
Derived terms: creation scientist
co-axial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more co-axial
form: most co-axial
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coaxial.
crème anglaise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪz
Forms: form: crèmes anglaises
form: crème anglaises
Etymology: Borrowed from French crème anglaise.
Senses: glosses: A liquid, sweet custard used as a topping for a dessert, as a dessert by itself, or as a base for ice cream or crème brûlée.
sealant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːlənt/
Forms: form: sealants
Etymology: From seal + -ant.
Senses: glosses: Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A mixture of polymers, fillers, and pigments used to fill and seal joints where moderate movement is expected.
Derived terms: dental sealant
fissure sealant
pit and fissure sealant
sealant backing
piaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: piasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of piastre.
glosses: The subdivision of the South Sudanese pound, equal to 1/100 of a pound.
nuggety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nuggety
form: most nuggety
Etymology: From nugget + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Nuggety veins are characterized by localized, erratic, high-grades and coarse-free gold.
ref: 2000, T.N. Michalakopoulos, G.N. Panagiotou, Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2000, →ISBN, page 45:
text: Mikli (1986) does not recommend plate pulverizers for the final pulverizing of nuggety gold ores, as the plate pulverizer does not significantly reduce the particle size of gold nuggets.
ref: 2011, Peter Darling, SME Mining Engineering Handbook, →ISBN, page 189:
text: This type of nuggety gold is characteristic of deluvial and proluvial placers and appears to represent residual gold to which chemicl gold has been accreted; the whole nuggets in some cases have been extensively recrystallized.
ref: 2012, Boyle, Gold: History and Genesis of Deposits, →ISBN, page 457:
text: Like the old miners, I camped in the nuggety gully.
ref: 2016, John Bartel Weston, A Cryptic Odyssey, →ISBN, page 372:
glosses: Full of nuggets.
examples: text: Post-68 Paris weighed on the spirits like a nightmare, a frightwig succubus sucking nuggety gobbets from the brainpans of the nervous and livid.
ref: 2010, Marco Maurizi, I Was a Teenage Critical Theorist, →ISBN, page 7:
text: Plastic cases that held what I knew was a single nuggety sugar rabbit—the 1960s version of today's Peeps.
ref: 2013, Elisa Morgan, The Beauty of Broken: My Story and Likely Yours Too, →ISBN, page 143:
text: For the first time, too, he felt conscious of Blue Fin as a ship with a spirit of her own. She was a solid, nuggety little vessel, with a good pair of shoulders to her and a backbone as tough as a battleship's.
ref: 2013, Colin Thiele, Blue Fin, →ISBN:
glosses: Having the characteristics of a nugget
examples: text: The nuggety seaman opposite grinned. “No need fer that at all, boyo!” he said, in a pleasant Welsh borders lilt.
ref: 2001, Julian Stockwin, Kydd: A Novel, →ISBN, page 232:
text: Mark was a tattooed, hairy, nuggety, foul-mouthed Aussie bloke (you're probably thinking, as opposed to all those gentle, feminine men who work at the sewage treatment plant).
ref: 2012, Adam Fraser, Write Now!The Third Space, →ISBN, page 133:
text: The little nuggety bloke moved towards Tim and said, “I'll take you.”
ref: 2012, Steven McCarthy, Black Angels-Red Blood, →ISBN:
glosses: Short, stocky, and powerful.
raw_tags: of a person
sealants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sealant
conformers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conformer
roisterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roisterers
Etymology: From roister + -er.
Senses: examples: text: But go to—carry thy roisterers elsewhere—to the alehouse if they list, and there are crowns to pay your charges—make out the day’s madness without doing more mischief, and be wise men to-morrow—and hereafter learn to serve a good cause better than by acting like ruffians.
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 326:
glosses: One who roisters; a reveller.
roofline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rooflines
Etymology: From roof + line.
Senses: examples: text: The leading end bodywork of the driver's cab is formed of a single fibreglass moulding and is in a modern styling with swept-back roofline and wrap-round windscreen.
ref: 1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 559:
glosses: the profile of a roof or a series of roofs
roque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹoʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
Etymology: Coined 1899 by removing the first and last letters from croquet.
Senses: glosses: A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface.
shock wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shock waves
form: shockwave
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A powerful compression wave produced by the movement of a body through a fluid or gas at a velocity greater than the local speed of sound.
examples: text: As we have seen, economic earthquakes often result in political shockwaves. […] He highlights a correlation between those states with the highest robot density and those states that unexpectedly swung behind Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, namely Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
ref: 2019 July 11, John Thornhill, “Does tech threaten to rerun the worst of the Industrial Revolution?”, in Financial Times:
text: To lose against Liverpool is a painful business at any time but to be on the receiving end of what was a record defeat in this fixture will send shock waves through Old Trafford.
ref: 2023 March 5, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Any violent disturbance.
Related terms: shock front
roquelaure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roquelaures
form: rockalow
form: roquelaire
Etymology: From French roquelaure, from the name of Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure.
Senses: examples: text: Putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.
ref: 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:
text: “Oh Miss Thorne, look here!” said she, as soon as she found herself in the drawing-room, ”do look at my roquelaure! It's clean spoilt, and for ever."
ref: 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, →ISBN, page 97:
glosses: A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
wikipedia: Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure
roquelaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roquelaires
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of roquelaure.
crew neck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuˌnɛk/
Forms: form: crewneck
Senses: examples: text: The designer herself was wearing tailored caramel-coloured trousers with a toning crew neck knit, because “it’s work, and I have too much to do to get dressed up”.
ref: 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian:
glosses: Referring to the collar of pullover garments and usually of sweaters and T-shirts, when [the collar] circles the neck. Often crew necked.
glosses: Referring to a collar, whose front is meant to ride up onto the neck, sometimes to Adam's apple level, more often termed as high crew.
crew neck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuˌnɛk/
Forms: form: crew necks
form: crewneck
Senses: examples: text: For a writer celebrated for his control of his characters’ inner lives, for a husband and father notoriously prickly about his expression of the suburban proprieties — the crewneck Shetland sweater and khakis, the plummy faux-Brahmin accent, the adoring Labrador at his feet, the woodpile neatly stacked and grass hand-scythed — here was scandal in full spate, sludge flooding over his family and friends.
ref: 2009 March 15, Geoffrey Wolff, “Suburban Suffering”, in New York Times:
glosses: A round neckline with a ribbed texture.
glosses: A shirt, sweater, or similar garment with such a neckline.
Related terms: crew sock
turtleneck
nano-urchin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nano-urchins
Etymology: From nano- + urchin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dense cluster of nanotubes having a form resembling a sea urchin, especially one made from vanadium oxides.
hexaferrocenylbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hexa- + ferrocenyl + benzene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a derivative of benzene in which each hydrogen atom is replaced by a ferrocene group; prepared using Negishi coupling; it is a very crowded molecule that may be used as a gear in a nanomachine
Negishi coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Negishi couplings
Etymology: Named after Ei-ichi Negishi, Japanese chemist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of reactions in which an organic halide reacts with an organometallic zinc compound under the control of a catalyst; R-X + R'-Zn-X' => R-R'
nanomachine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanomachines
Etymology: From nano- + machine.
Senses: examples: text: There are many terrifying possibilities for nanotechnology; military nanomachines could infiltrate human bodies and systematically tear them apart using the same principles medical nanomachines will use to repair them. An uncontrolled nanomachine designed to replicate itself could lead to the "grey goo" scenario that once panicked Prince Charles.
ref: 2010 September 2, Thomas Barfield, “Get ready for a world of nanotechnology”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Any mechanical device, manufactured using nanotechnology, having a scale measured in nanometres.
Synonyms: nanite
nanorobot
Derived terms: bionanomachine
nanomachine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nanomachines
form: nanomachining
form: nanomachined
form: nanomachined
Etymology: From nano- + machine.
Senses: glosses: To machine with tolerances measured in nanometres.
buffo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffos
form: buffi
Etymology: From Italian buffo.
Senses: examples: text: Signor Bruschino was updated from a generic buffo character to an oily, scholarly-looking, suit-clad neurotic, excellently acted and sung by Marco Nistico.
ref: 2007 January 27, Vivien Schweitzer, “Young Lovers, a Vespa and a Frolic by Rossini”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A comic singer, particularly in comic opera
bugia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bugias
Etymology: From New Latin bugia, from Medieval Latin candēla Bugiae, candēla dē Bugia (“candle from Bejaia (a seaport town in northeastern Algeria from which they were exported)”), a calque of Middle French chandelle de Bougie. Doublet of bougie.
Senses: examples: text: The Bishop having given his blessing to the Subdeacon, reads the Epistle, Gradual, Alleluia, Prose, and Gospel, after having said with joined hands the Munda cor meum, &c., and Dominus vobiscum: the book is supported by the Clerk, and the bugia held as usual.
ref: 1853, J[ohn] D[uncan] Hilarius Dale, “Solemn Mass Sung by a Bishop in His Own Diocese”, in Ceremonial According to the Roman Rite. […] With the Pontifical Offices of a Bishop in His Own Diocese, Compiled from the “Cæremoniale Episcoporum.” […], London: Charles Dolman, […], →OCLC, article IV (The Pontifical Mass), pages 112–113:
text: Additionally, since the seminarians had to serve at Masses at various times for monsignors or bishops in the different seminary crypt chapels, they had to learn how to be a bugia-bearer.
ref: 2010, Richard L. Rotelli, “Seminary Years: 1962 – 1963”, in “Let Me Be a Light”: The Faith Journey of Father Ron Lawson, West Conshohocken, Pa.: Infinity Publishing, →ISBN, pages 149–150:
text: So, anyway, seeing the procession of young women with lighted phones in a darkened stairwell reminded me of all those bugia bearers bearing bugias. I hope they in that stairwell were and are as attentive to eternal truths as were those earliest prelates who prayed by the light from the bugia-borne candle.
ref: 2014, William C. Graham, “Bugia Bearers for the New Age”, in 100 Days Closer to Christ, Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: A liturgical candlestick held beside a Latin Catholic bishop or other prelate.
wikipedia: Pius XII
Wohl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wohls
Etymology: * As a German and Jewish surname, borrowed from the adjective meaning "good, pleasant" (see below).
* As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German wolt (“wood, forest”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
burin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbjʊɚ.ɪn/
ipa: /ˈbɝ.ɪn/
Forms: form: burins
Etymology: From French burin. Doublet of boline.
Senses: examples: text: I kept staring at the same wallpaper on the same wall; I stared at it so often that every line of its zigzag pattern has etched itself on the innermost folds of my brain as if with an engraver’s burin.
ref: 2006, Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell, Chess, London: Penguin:
glosses: A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
glosses: A prehistoric flint tool
Derived terms: burinate
burination
burinist
microburin