cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bracketings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bracketing
unguises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unguis
chengs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheng
heteromorphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteromorphies
Etymology: From hetero- + -morphy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The state or quality of being heteromorphic; heteromorphism.
secancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From secant + -cy.
Senses: examples: the point of secancy of one line by another
glosses: cutting; intersection
sept-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Seven: forming words relating to seven.
apotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apotome
nephralgy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of nephralgia.
helminthologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more helminthologic
form: most helminthologic
form: helminthological
Etymology: From helminthology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to helminthology.
reviviscence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reviviscences
form: reviviscency
Senses: examples: 25 June, 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk
In this age we have a sort of reviviscence, not, I fear, of the power, but of a taste for the power, of the early times.
glosses: The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life.
examples: text: But, what is still more serious, it goes apparently against the theological doctrine of the reviviscence of the Sacraments.
ref: 1910, Pierre Pourrat, Theology of the Sacraments: A Study in Positive Theology, page 190:
text: Reviviscence means that, when this person converts and abandons sin, he will receive the special grace of the sacrament that was conferred.
ref: 2021, Jose Granados, Introduction to Sacramental Theology, page 293:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Revival; renewal of force, validity, or effect.
bittered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bitter
enthymematical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enthymematical
form: most enthymematical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enthymematic.
maleficiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maleficiate
maleficiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maleficiate
aquatintas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquatinta
aquatinting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aquatint
aquatinted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aquatint
inappetencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inappetency
inappetency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inappetencies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inappetence.
positures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of positure
persuadedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From persuaded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being persuaded or convinced.
prores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prore
footmeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.
Senses: examples: text: Grandees must covet condos, since they let bids rip, And "spaces" measured footmeal now reach record tops.
ref: 2001, Arnold Klein, Rangefinder & Powderhorn:
glosses: Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.
footmeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footmeals
Etymology: From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.
Senses: topics: units-of-measure
glosses: A fotmal.
Synonyms: little by little
Related terms: piecemeal
stepmeal
Motorola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Forms: form: Motorolas
Etymology: From motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars.
Senses: examples: text: […] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]
ref: 2009, Julius Mutwol, Peace Agreements and Civil Wars in Africa, →ISBN, page 190:
text: Because I think these radios are infiltrated. The terrorists could easily listen to the Motorolas.
ref: 2009, Al-Anbar Awakening, V. 2, Iraqi Perspectives, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.
optimisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From optimise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of optimizable.
Samsung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæm.sʌŋ/
other: /ˈsæm.sʊŋ/
Forms: form: Samsungs
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally tristar or three stars, combined to represent powerful eternity.
Senses: examples: text: [Some of] them, potentially, are the Sonys and Samsungs of tomorrow. Some companies try to lure customers to their booths with food: a soft ice cream machine maker plies passersby with free cones, a wine fountain maker touts cups of sour red.
ref: 2008, Alexandra Harney, The China Price: The True Cost, →ISBN, page 13:
text: Now they are required to be profitable and may find that North Korea is not worth the risk. Perhaps North Korea will need to found its own Hyundais and Samsungs and hire South Koreans as executives and consultants.
ref: 2011, Michael Breen, Kim Jong-Il, Revised and Updated, →ISBN, page 134:
text: But without its own respected brands, its Toyotas and Samsungs, China will always languish at the lower end of the value chain.
ref: 2013, Richard Rosecrance, The Resurgence of the West, →ISBN:
text: The Sonys, Sanyos, and Samsungs of the world — not to mention Chinese upstarts — all have access to the same huge pool of chips, liquid crystal displays, audio pickups, power supplies, and packaging.
ref: 2015, Panos Mourdoukoutas, Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy, →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: A South Korean conglomerate company which manufactures electronics and ships.
Samsung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæm.sʌŋ/
other: /ˈsæm.sʊŋ/
Forms: form: Samsungs
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally tristar or three stars, combined to represent powerful eternity.
Senses: examples: text: He told his friend that the game wasnt available on Samsung phones.
text: The advantage of the Hercules card over the EGA is that it can be used with a standard IBM Monochrome Monitor or an inexpensive monochrome monitor such as a Samsung, priced at around $100.
ref: 1989, Nace, Ted, Ventura tips & tricks:
text: When a grandmother from Pittsburgh bought a Samsung, she bought the most reliable microwave oven made.
ref: 1990 April 23, Luce, Henry Robinson, Fortune:
glosses: A consumer electronic device manufactured by the South Korean conglomerate company Samsung.
examples: text: They are wearing pajamas and shouldering pillows, with iPhones in their left hands and Samsungs in their right hands.
ref: 2014, Min Ding, Jie Xu, The Chinese Way, →ISBN, page 337:
text: Everywhere Nokias and Samsungs are stapled to eager ears, clipped onto trousers or slipped into purses.
ref: 2007, Susan Reinhardt, Don't Sleep with A Bubba: Unless Your Eggs Are in Wheelchairs, →ISBN:
glosses: A consumer electronic device manufactured by the South Korean conglomerate company Samsung.
A phone manufactured by Samsung.
synonyms: Android#Noun
glosses: An Android smartphone.
deal with the devil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deals with the devil
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Faustian bargain.
synonyms: word: Faustian bargain
semi-tractors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semi-tractor
hold the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds the line
form: holding the line
form: held the line
form: held the line
Etymology: Probably an allusion to a line of soldiers remaining steadfastly in position during combat.
Senses: examples: text: The UN General Assembly was expected to hold the line again today against seating Red China.
ref: 1966 November 29, “UN Expected To Hold Line On Red China”, in The Robesonian, USA, retrieved 29 Aug 2012, page 1:
text: The quarterly survey . . . said banks were holding the line on lending standards for commercial loans and were more willing to lend to individuals.
ref: 1992 December 9, “Business Loans Up”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Aug 2012:
text: Think of our heroes: the Silent Step, who defeated a nation with a single shot. Or the Ever Alert, who kept armies at bay with hidden facts.
These giants do not seem to give us solace here, but they are not all that we are. Before the network, there was the fleet. Before diplomacy, there were soldiers.
Our influence stopped the rachni, but before that, we held the line. Our influence stopped the krogan, but before that, we held the line!
Our influence will stop Saren! In the battle today, we will hold the line!
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Virmire:
text: But the GOP lawmakers are happy to take home the news that they have held the line against deficit spending.
ref: 2010 July 2, Jay Newton-Small, “Amid a Political Standoff, the Unemployed Still Wait”, in Time:
text: So you put your finger on how complicated and complex this relationship is, but we have to hold the line. I mean, on matters of national security, particularly things like artificial intelligence semiconductors, which, we are way ahead of China, and they want in order to expand/improve their military- there can be no room for compromise.
ref: 2023 August 31, Gina Raimondo, 0:49 from the start, in Commerce Secy. Raimondo says ‘we have to hold the line’ on tech export controls after China visit, MSNBC:
text: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham pulled no punches in March 20's Transport for the North board meeting in Leeds. He wants rid of Avanti West Coast. And he may yet get his way, although ministers in London are holding the line at the moment.
ref: 2024 April 3, Philip Haigh, “Discord over Avanti West Coast is part of a wider problem”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 52:
glosses: To firmly maintain one's viewpoint, principles, or situation; to refuse to change one's practices or plans.
Related terms: stick to one's guns
keep rank
pleaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pleach
pleaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleach
pleaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpliːtʃɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈplit͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ
Etymology: From pleach + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: [I]t now seems that in the heart of the seventeenth century many writers advanced a vision of inquiry in which truth and falsehood, far from being always and everywhere incompatible, must sometimes be combined in the search for knowledge. To understand this pleaching of truth and untruth, we need to consider how facets of the baroque interact.
ref: 2005, John D. Lyons, “Self-knowledge and the Advantages of Concealment: Pierre Nicole’s ‘On Self-knowledge’”, in Massimo Ciavolella, Patrick Coleman, editors, Culture and Authority in the Baroque (UCLA Clark Memorial Library series), Toronto, Ont.; Buffalo, N.Y.: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 193:
glosses: gerund of pleach: an act of entwining or interweaving.
examples: text: Osage thorn hedge should not be pleached during severe freezing weather, but pleaching may be done in mild weather, when there is but little frost in the wood, and in the winter in southern latitudes.
ref: 1868, “Osage Hedges”, in Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1868, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1869, →OCLC, page 255:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: A technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing.
pleaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpliːtʃɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈplit͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ
Etymology: From pleach + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pleach
pleached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pliːtʃt/
ipa: /plit͡ʃt/
rhymes: -iːtʃt
Forms: form: more pleached
form: most pleached
Etymology: From pleach + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Would'ſt thou be window'd in great Rome, and ſee / Thy Maſter thus with pleacht Armes, bending downe / His corrigible necke, his face ſubdu'de / To penetratiue ſhame; [...]
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene xiv], page 362, column 2:
english: Would you be looking through a window in great Rome, and see / Your Master thus, with entwined arms [tied together], bending down / His docile neck, his face subdued / with shame penetrating through [i.e. blushing]; …
translation: Would you be looking through a window in great Rome, and see / Your Master thus, with entwined arms [tied together], bending down / His docile neck, his face subdued / with shame penetrating through [i.e. blushing]; …
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glosses: Entwined, intertwined, interwoven, plaited.
examples: text: [T]he prince and Count Claudio, walking in a thicke pleached alley in mine orchard, were thus much ouer-heard by a man of mine: [...]
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: I, in my pleached garden, watched the pomp.
ref: 1857, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Days:
text: The garden ended in [...] pleached fruit trees.
ref: 2019, Ian McEwan, Machines Like Me, Jonathan Cape, page 229:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: Of a hedge, trees, etc.: created by interweaving branches.
Derived terms: self-pleached
unpleached
pleached
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pliːtʃt/
ipa: /plit͡ʃt/
rhymes: -iːtʃt
Etymology: From pleach + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pleach
velvet handcuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If turnover is low, is this for good reasons or because staff have no other opportunities or are trapped by "velvet handcuffs" — are dissatisfied and would like to leave, but the money is too good.
ref: 2000, Jack A. Green, Contact: a Guide to Developing Effective Call Centre Skills:
text: Inevitably, it turns out, singing other people's songs or having to collaborate with one's bandmates can sometimes feel like a prison sentence, albeit one with velvet handcuffs and minimum security.
ref: 2004 March 13, Billboard, volume 116, number 11, page 11:
text: The transfer sounded prestigious, but it was definitely a demotion. This was the style of the Brezhnev Politburo: velvet handcuffs, but handcuffs nevertheless.
ref: 2011, Christopher Shulgan, The Soviet Ambassador: The Making of the Radical Behind Perestroika:
synonyms: golden handcuffs
glosses: Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from choosing to leave it.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see velvet, handcuffs.
WHOI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhuːi/
Senses: topics: sciences
qualifier: Earth
glosses: Initialism of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
curly brace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curly braces
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Synonym of curly bracket.
synonyms: word: curly bracket
Derived terms: curly-brace language
curly braces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curly brace
missels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of missel
pelisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelisse
articulated lorries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of articulated lorry
poursuivants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poursuivant
rudery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruderies
Etymology: From rude + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: 1992, Jeremy Isaacs, quoted in John Hartley, Tele-ology: Studies in Television, page 67,
But if people try to blow the transmitters by their rudery they are going to make life very difficult for themselves and for the Channel.
text: Whatever contradictions fuelled, or at this time failed to fuel my cartooning, I would have been better throwing in my lot with overt rudery and dysfunction, rather than trying to gain acceptance from the effete mob that ran the New Yorker.
ref: 2007, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, page 56:
text: The other children loved his nickname and were now able to share the ruderies they didn′t dare read out in the French lesson.
ref: 2010, Gerald Killingworth, Mister Misery, page 200:
text: All of which is confirmed by Lockhart′s attack on Hunt′s pantheon: Voltaire (French, and therefore renowned for licentiousness), Chaucer (whose work was full of ruderies), John Buncle (the story of an amorous Unitarian) and Launcelot of the Lake (about a morally questionable liaison).
ref: 2012, Duncan Wu, editor, John Gibson Lockhardt (1794—1854): Romanticism: An Anthology, page 1376:
glosses: Crudeness; the use of crude language.
ruderies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rudery
West Coast Bajau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The West Coast language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Bajau people in the west coast of Sabah.
West Coast Bajau
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: In, or relating to, this language.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of West Coast Bajau terms
rouf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɔːf/
rhymes: -ɔːf
Forms: form: roufs
Etymology: Backslang for four.
Senses: examples: text: The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a 'rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Gambling of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 17:
text: "Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer."
ref: 1978, Rose Ayers, The Street Sparrows:
text: Then the horse trading would begin with the words, from the jobber, of: "What's your size?" […] The broker might reply with the word rouf (a 4,000 share trade, which was a very small order); a score (20,000); a monkey (half a million); or a gorilla (one million shares - a very big order).
ref: 2011, Ian Lyall, The Street-Smart Trader, Harriman House Limited, →ISBN, page 11:
qualifier: costermongers
glosses: The number four.
qualifier: costermongers; crime; crime
glosses: The number four.
A prison sentence of four years.
topics: business
finance
money
qualifier: costermongers
glosses: The number four.
Four shillings.
examples: text: I don't want a cockle – I don't want a neuf – I don't want a fat lady or a nevis – I don't want an exis, a flim or a rouf – or a carpet or bottle – These green flip-flops are a phunt a pair! And they've all got to go!
ref: 2014, David Eldridge, Market Boy, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 48:
topics: business
finance
money
qualifier: costermongers
glosses: The number four.
Four pounds sterling.
topics: gambling
games
qualifier: costermongers
glosses: The number four.
Odds of four to one.
Derived terms: english: odds of 9:4
translation: odds of 9:4
word: enin to rouf
english: odds of 14:1
translation: odds of 14:1
word: net and rouf
english: odds of 7:4; betting
translation: odds of 7:4; betting
word: neves to rouf
saurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saur
part ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parts ways
form: parting ways
form: parted ways
form: parted ways
Senses: examples: text: The two friends parted ways at the intersection.
glosses: To go in different directions.
glosses: To end a relationship; to pursue a certain choice, course of action, etc. in a way that alienates or reduces communication with a partner.
ubuthi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Xhosa [Term?].
Senses: glosses: witchcraft (among the Xhosa people)
surveillants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surveillant
sericulturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sericulturists
Etymology: From sericulture + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A producer of raw silk
sericulturists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sericulturist
ensorcellments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ensorcellment
roufs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rouf
Septics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Septic
Romanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Romani
glosses: plural of Romany
septics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septic
Svaneti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Georgian სვანეთი (svaneti, “Svan region”).
Senses: glosses: А historic-geographic province in Georgia (a country in the Caucasus).
Derived terms: Principality of Svaneti
Related terms: Lower Svaneti
Upper Svaneti
Svan
gall mite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gall mites
Senses: glosses: Any mite of the more than 200 genera of the family Eriophyidae, which live as plant parasites, commonly causing galls or other damage to the plant tissues.
muhfugga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muhfuggas
form: mahfucka
form: mahfucker
form: mahfugga
form: mufucka
form: mufucker
form: muhfucka
form: muhfuckah
form: muhfucker
form: muhfuggah
Etymology: Bowdlerization of motherfucker.
Senses: examples: text: "Say man, I know you said you had more po-boys. You think you got any to spare for these muhfuggas here? We hungry."
ref: 2005, Sean Patrick Harris, All Saints Day: A New Orleans Football Fairy Tale, New Orleans Stories, →ISBN, page 109:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Motherfucker.
Derived terms: muhfuggin'
muhfuggas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muhfugga
talketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of talk
ridgeplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ridgeplates
Etymology: From ridge + plate.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ridgepiece.
synonyms: word: ridgepiece
ridgeplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridgeplate
peltated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peltated
form: most peltated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peltate.
English oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: English oaks
Senses: synonyms: pedunculate oak
French oak
glosses: A tree of the species Quercus robur, native to most of Europe, and to Anatolia to the Caucasus, and also to parts of North Africa.
glosses: Wood from such tree.
glosses: This plant seen as a national emblem of England.
fastigiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fastigiated
form: most fastigiated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fastigiate.
peltately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more peltately
form: most peltately
Etymology: From peltate + -ly.
Senses: examples: peltately dilated at the base
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In a peltate manner.
endorhizal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: endorhizous
Etymology: From endorhiza + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.
lazarettoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lazaretto
Improperia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin [Term?] (“reproaches”).
Senses: synonyms: Reproaches
glosses: A series of antiphons and responses expressing the remonstrance of Jesus Christ with his people, usually sung on Good Friday.
turkey oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turkey oaks
Etymology: From the resemblance of the leaves to the feet of the turkey.
Senses: glosses: Any of several oaks that grow on dry, sandy barrens.
Quercus laevis, of the southeastern U.S.
glosses: Any of several oaks that grow on dry, sandy barrens.
Quercus incana, of the southern U.S., from Texas through the Piedmont to Virginia
Synonyms: sense: Quercus laevis
word: American turkey oak
sense: Quercus incana
word: bluejack oak
sense: Quercus incana
word: upland willow oak
sense: Quercus incana
word: sandjack oak
sense: Quercus incana
word: cinnamon oak
dizz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See dizzy.
Senses: examples: text: You hold food like plaatic bags because you love dizz like Raskit fans.
ref: 2018 February 20, “Songer BL@CKBOX S13E102” (track 1), in Best of Bl@Ckbox 1, performed by Songer:
glosses: MDMA.
dizz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dizzes
form: dizzing
form: dizzed
form: dizzed
Etymology: See dizzy.
Senses: examples: text: now he is dizzed with the concinuall circuits of the Stables, which are ever approached, and never enter'd
ref: 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote:
glosses: To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle.
Italian oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian oaks
Senses: synonyms: Hungarian oak
winter oak
glosses: Quercus frainetto, a species of oak native to southeastern Europe (parts of Italy, the Balkans, parts of Hungary, Romania) and Turkey.
glosses: Synonym of downy oak.
synonyms: word: downy oak
Related terms: Turkey oak
biangulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + angulate.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of biangular.
synonyms: word: biangular
biangulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biangulates
form: biangulating
form: biangulated
form: biangulated
Etymology: From bi- + angulate.
Senses: examples: e.g. Move one mile north-east, then two miles south.
glosses: To establish the two-dimensional position of a point by measuring the position of an intermediate point relative to a fixed point
Derived terms: biangulation
biangulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biangulate.
dobson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dobsons
Senses: synonyms: dobsonfly
glosses: The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in fishing.
dobsons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dobson
corydalises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corydalis
fumewort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fumeworts
Etymology: From fume + wort.
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
Related terms: fumitory
fumeworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fumewort
waking life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waking lives
Senses: examples: Holonyms: daily life, real life
Meronyms: work life; nightlife, love life, sex life
antonyms: dream life
dreaming life
glosses: The reality of the awakened state of consciousness, in contrast to the supposed reality of the dream state.
Related terms: personal life
working life
dream life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dream lives
Senses: synonyms: dreaming life
antonyms: real life
waking life
glosses: The world of the dream state of consciousness taken as a reality.
glosses: A person's ideal lifestyle.
Related terms: nightlife
bigams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bigam
witwall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witwalls
form: whitewall
form: witwal
Etymology: Akin to German Wittewal, Wiedewall. Compare wittol.
Senses: glosses: Any oriole, especially the golden oriole.
glosses: The great spotted woodpecker.
witwalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of witwall
supereminencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supereminency
supereminency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supereminencies
Etymology: From super- + eminency.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of supereminence.
dreaming life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dreaming lives
Senses: glosses: dream life
Synonyms: dream life
fibre-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fiber-faced
Senses: glosses: Having a visible fibre embodied in the surface; applied especially to a kind of paper for cheques, drafts, etc.
muflons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muflon
triluminar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + luminar.
Senses: glosses: Having three lights.
trillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trilling
stipended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stipend
stipending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stipend
speedy delete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speedy deletes
form: speedy deleting
form: speedy deleted
form: speedy deleted
Etymology: Back-formation from speedy deletion.
Senses: examples: text: The article should be speedy deleted, as a blatant and obvious hoax.
text: On Wednesday evening, Wales posted this note on Wikimedia Commons: […] “I think our existing policies here on commons are sufficient to deal with the problem – with the minor exception that many things should just be speedy deleted and argued about later.[…]”
ref: 2010 May 7, Jana Winter, “Exclusive: Wikipedia's Parent Company Starts Purging Porn From Its Websites”, in Fox News:
text: “Speedy Delete—G1 [general criterion 1], G2, G3, or G11—Take your pick. How about simply not notable, vandalism, hoax, etc? Whether it can be considered art or not is irrelevant. Wikipedia ain’t your canvas.”
ref: 2015, Nathaniel Tkacz, Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness, →ISBN, page 59:
text: “Speedy Delete. Yawn. […] There’s *less* attention to him now than before. He’s little different than most teenagers that host a party without their parents^([sic]) knowledge, even if he does wear big glasses and make an ass of himself on TV.”
ref: 2017, Catherine Hartung, Conditional Citizens: Rethinking Children and Young People’s Participation, →ISBN, page 101, note 10:
qualifier: wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon; wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon
glosses: To summarily delete one or more pages without having a discussion on whether to keep or to delete, almost always if the page is obviously worthy of uncontroversial deletion.
Synonyms: speedy
sunshaft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunshafts
Etymology: From sun + shaft.
Senses: examples: text: Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast:
glosses: A shaft of sunlight; a sunbeam.
sunshafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunshaft
angelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angelet
lotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lot
postrejection
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + rejection.
Senses: examples: text: These prerejection and postrejection communications were then rated by trained, independent judges along a number of dimensions designed to reflect the child's strategy for attaining acceptance and to reveal alterations in strategy.
ref: 1981, Steven R. Asher, John Mordechai Gottman, The development of children's friendships, page 331:
glosses: After rejection.
prerejection
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + rejection.
Senses: examples: text: These prerejection and postrejection communications were then rated by trained, independent judges along a number of dimensions designed to reflect the child's strategy for attaining acceptance and to reveal alterations in strategy.
ref: 1981, Steven R. Asher, John Mordechai Gottman, The development of children's friendships, page 331:
glosses: Prior to rejection.
tpyos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tpyo
ghostdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghostdoms
Etymology: From Middle English *gostdom, *gastdom, from Old English gāstdōm (“spirituality”), equivalent to ghost + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: I have seized the key that unlocks the mystic realms of ghostdom, and I will hold it as a flaming torch over that dark domain till its shadows have fled forever from the minds of men.
ref: 1853, S. B. Brittan, B. W. Richmond, A Discussion of the facts and philosophy of ancient and modern spiritualism:
text: Of course non-Christians adopt another method, and they often get the waifs and strays of ghostdom to bother and annoy.
ref: 1877, The spiritual magazine:
text: He has been as active as the next man since his arrival in ghostdom.
ref: 1996, Health Research, Strange Visitors: A Clairvoyant:
text: Bonnie sighed. “You've been very challenging, Mama. You still won't admit I'm anything but a dream.” “Because your so-called ghostly powers seem to be rather limited. Ghostdom? What kind of word is that?
ref: 2003, Iris Johansen, Body of Lies:
text: In this ecstatic surge of floral imagery she relinquishes Bloom's presence for his name, and thus bequeaths him with his ghostdom and his passport to eternity.
ref: 2004, Derek Attridge, James Joyce's Ulysses: A Casebook:
text: But what we're seeing is, even the ghostdoms that are coming in and joining the central government, or even Fahim Khan, who was defense minister and first vice president, they are not giving up their militias, …
ref: 2005, An Army at War: Change in the Midst of Conflict
text: If so, he would be one of the most obvious candidates for ghostdom in the Lowcountry.
ref: 2007, Geordie Buxton, Haunted Plantations:
text: “You mean a different kind of ghostdom than you're living now?” “It will be no ghostdom or afterlife at all.” He tried not to shudder.
ref: 2008, Allie MacKay, Tall, Dark and Kilted:
glosses: The condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.
Related terms: ghosthood
Siemens-Martin process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Developed by German-born engineer Carl Wilhelm Siemens, and then licensed in 1865 by French engineer Pierre-Émile Martin.
Senses: glosses: A kind of open-hearth process for producing steel.
amaryllideous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amaryllid + -eous.
Senses: glosses: = amaryllidaceous
bibbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibblers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bibler.
bibblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibbler
wibblier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wibbly: more wibbly
wibbliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of wibbly: most wibbly
ghostkind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ghost + -kind.
Senses: examples: text: Sir Valentine is dead, and our friend has just announced the possibly imminent doom of the vicious powers that have usurped his proper influence and blighted his philanthropic designs for the amelioration of the ills of ghostkind and mankind.
ref: 1894, Sarah Orne Jewett, The New England magazine:
text: But here again, the things that are most hateful to us are the Reincarnation into the "Three Vile Realms" (the Purgatory, the Hungry Ghostkind, and the Animalhood) in the next life.
ref: 2005, Cheng Guan, A trilogy of Ch'an:
text: But merely passing through the first floor was, of course, a giant leap for ghostkind.
ref: 2008, Douglas Anthony Cooper, Milrose Munce and the Den of Professional Help:
glosses: The whole body of ghosts or spirits; ghosts or spirits taken collectively.
black dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the black dog
Etymology: A personification, attested from 1826. Popularized by Winston Churchill, although it is not clear if he specifically referred to mental health.
Senses: examples: text: A light seen suddenly in the storm, snow / Coming from all sides, like flakes / Of sleep, and myself / On the road to the dark barn, / Halfway there, a black dog near me
ref: 1967, Robert Bly, “Melancholia”, in The Light Around the Body:
text: There's a black dog on my shoulder again / I'm playing with it but it's gone to my head
ref: 1998, “Black Dog On My Shoulder”, in This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, performed by Manic Street Preachers:
text: I can't breathe, feed the black dog / Refuse to breathe, refuse to fuck
ref: 2014, “They Told Me It Rained”, in Carry On the Grudge, performed by Jamie T:
text: Apologies, Miss Armstrong, the black dog has got me in its teeth.
ref: 2018, Kate Atkinson, Transcription, →ISBN, page 111:
text: I take a jump off the fire escape / To make the black dog go away
ref: 2020, “Black Dog”, in AP1, performed by Arlo Parks:
glosses: Depression, melancholy.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, dog.
Related terms: black dog syndrome
cobbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobbing
glass sponge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glass sponges
Senses: examples: text: 1996, Carroll Lane Fenton, Pat Vickers Rich, Mildred Adams Fenton, Thomas H. V. Rich, The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life, Revised Edition 1989, New Corrections 1996, page 114,
Glass sponges are rare in the Ordovician and Silurian but are preserved in enormous numbers in Late Devonian formations of western New York.
text: Glass sponges are found in deep water (greater than 500 m) in all oceans of the world, but only inhabit shallower waters (up to 20 m) in four known locations: Antarctica, southern New Zealand, submarine caves in the Mediterranean and coastal waters of the north Pacific.
ref: 2007, S. P. Leys, G. O. Mackie, H. M. Reiswig, “The Biology of Glass Sponges”, in D. W. Sims, editor, Advances in Marine Biology, volume 52, page 85:
text: Within the phylum Porifera is the class Hexactinellida, commonly known as glass sponges, which, until recently, remained largely unstudied due to past interests in another class, Demospongiae.^([25]) Glass sponges are typically found in marine environments at depths ranging from 200 to 6000 m, but have also been found to live at shallower depths.
ref: 2016, Samantha M. Gromek, Ashley M. West, Marcy J. Balunas, “Chapter 12: Off the Beaten Path: Natural Products from Extreme Environments”, in Bill J. Baker, editor, Marine Biomedicine: From Beach to Bedside, page 344:
glosses: Any organism of the class Hexactinellida of sponges, which have a skeleton made of four-pointed or six-pointed siliceous spicules.
Synonyms: sense: any species of Hexactinellida
word: hexactinellid
sense: any species of Hexactinellida
word: hexactinellid sponge
Derived terms: taxonomic: Spongicolidae spp.
word: glass sponge shrimp
Related terms: demosponge
Demospongiae
Bensonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛnˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /bɛnˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Bensonian
form: most Bensonian
Etymology: From Benson + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to E. F. Benson (1867–1940), English writer.
Sinto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sinti
Etymology: Ultimately from Sinte Romani sinto, possibly via German Sinto; see those entries for more.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Sinta
glosses: A member (especially male) of a Romani people found in Germany and surrounding areas.
Sinto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Shinto.
Sinta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sinti
Etymology: See Sinto.
Senses: glosses: A female member of a Romani people found in Germany and surrounding areas.
Related terms: english: a (male) member
translation: a (male) member
word: Sinto
gangliated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gangliated
form: most gangliated
form: gangliate
Senses: examples: the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Furnished with ganglia.
splenitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsplɛnɪtɪv/
Forms: form: more splenitive
form: most splenitive
Senses: examples: text: For though I am not splenitive and rash,
Yet have I in me something dangerous
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: Even and smooth as seemed the temperament of the nonchalant, languid Virginian — not splenitive or rash[…]
ref: 1892, Thomas Nelson Page, The Old South: Essays Social and Political:
glosses: splenetic
cordeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French cordeler (“to twist”), from Old French cordel.
Senses: glosses: The pulling of a boat by people walking along the shore holding an attached rope.
talkless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From talk + -less.
Senses: examples: text: One of the most recent devices for use in communication between deaf mutes is a "talkless phone" that conveys messages by means of an alphabet printed on electric-light bulbs.
ref: 1924 November, Popular Science, volume 105, number 5, page 70:
text: The talkless 24-hour period was devoid of advertisements, record intros and all other spoken words.
ref: 1986 February 8, Billboard, volume 98, number 6, page 18:
glosses: Without talk.
inconsonance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inconsonances
form: inconsonancy
Etymology: From in- + consonance.
Senses: glosses: Lack of consonance or harmony; disagreement.
inconsonances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inconsonance
pencillike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pencillike
form: most pencillike
Etymology: From pencil + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pencil.
chalkless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chalk + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Modern technology has given us the chalkless classroom.
glosses: Without chalk.
shockdog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shockdogs
Etymology: From shock + dog.
Senses: synonyms: shock
glosses: A small dog with long shaggy hair
shockdogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shockdog
gritrock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grit + rock.
Senses: glosses: gritstone
defervescency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /diːfə(ɹ)ˈvɛsənsi/
Senses: examples: text: A defervescency in holy actions.
ref: 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of defervescence.
enviers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of envier
Judaical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːˈdeɪ.ɪkəl/
Forms: form: more Judaical
form: most Judaical
Senses: examples: text: The natural or Judaical [religion].
ref: a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “(please specify the sermon number)”, in Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume (please specify |volume=VII to XI), London: […] Charles Bathurst, […], published 1744, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of Judaic.
Marysole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marysoles
Etymology: From Mary + sole.
Senses: synonyms: carter
whiff
megrim
megrim sole
glosses: A large British fluke, or flounder (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis)
Marysoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marysole
discolorating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of discolorate
discolorated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of discolorate
dedecorated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dedecorate
dedecorates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dedecorate
dedecorating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dedecorate
peripheralize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peripheralizes
form: peripheralizing
form: peripheralized
form: peripheralized
form: peripheralise
Etymology: From peripheral + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The male bias that characterizes Western science has traditionally emphasized male activities while peripheralizing female activities.
ref: 1996, Margot Blum Schevill, Janet Catherine Berlo, Edward Bridgman Dwyer, Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes, page 21:
glosses: To make peripheral; to marginalize.
Derived terms: peripheralization
peripheralizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peripheralize
peripheralizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peripheralize
peripheralized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peripheralize
peripheralization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peripheralizations
form: peripheralisation
Etymology: From peripheralize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of peripheralizing; marginalization.
peripheralizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peripheralization
acquisititious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acquisititious
form: most acquisititious
Senses: examples: text: "Secondly, That there is no such Idea of God at all as we have describ'd, neither Innate nor Acquisititious or Transcriptitious; […] "
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, pp. 145-6
glosses: Of the nature or character of an acquisition; acquired, as opposed to innate.
antinationalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antinationalistic
form: most antinationalistic
Etymology: From anti- + nationalistic.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing nationalism.
antinihilistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antinihilistic
form: most antinihilistic
Etymology: From anti- + nihilistic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Opposing nihilism.
antinihilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + nihilism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Opposition to nihilism.
Turgenevian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Turgenevian
form: most Turgenevian
Etymology: From Turgenev + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883), Russian writer.