cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Mysia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪʒə/
ipa: /ˈmɪsɪə/
Etymology: From Latin Mysia, from Ancient Greek Μυσία (Musía).
Senses: glosses: a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor
Derived terms: Mysian
Faliscans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Faliscan
Mexican marigold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexican marigolds
Senses: glosses: A wild flowering plant, Tagetes erecta, native to Mexico and Central America, with numerous small orangish petals.
glosses: Mexican tarragon, Tagetes lucida
Synonyms: sense: Tagetes erecta
word: African marigold
sense: Tagetes erecta
word: Aztec marigold
sense: Tagetes erecta
word: big marigold
years to date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of year to date
Mexican marigolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mexican marigold
spasmophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spasmophile
studettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studette
make nice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes nice
form: making nice
form: made nice
form: made nice
Senses: examples: text: And now he had to go make nice with the good doctor's grandma.
ref: 1999, Gina Wilkins, Doctor in Disguise, page 18:
text: [H]e either had to make nice with the guards or make nice with the prisoners. And frankly, the way the prisoners made nice scared the bejeesus out of him.
ref: 2002, Dee Davis, Dark of the Night, page 31:
text: “A jackass? I'm trying to make nice.” “I don't need your nice. Go make nice with Angela.”
ref: 2010, Catherine Wade, Let's Dish, page 76:
glosses: To be friendly or conciliatory towards another, often in the context of maintaining good relations or resolving a conflict with the other person.
bejeesus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bejesus.
tell tales out of school
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tells tales out of school
form: telling tales out of school
form: told tales out of school
form: told tales out of school
form: talk out of school
Senses: examples: text: I see then we have both been at school. But did you never, when you were there, hear it said, "Tell no tales out of school?"
ref: 1831 April 27, “Court of Aldermen”, in The Times, page 4:
text: Mr. Washington had seen the gentlemen of honour and fashion over their cups, and perhaps thought that all their sayings and doings were not precisely such as would tend to instruct or edify a young man on his entrance into life; but he wisely chose to tell no tales out of school.
ref: 1857, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 8, in The Virginians:
text: [T]he boys laughed and nudged one another, for it was evident that some one told tales out of school, else how could he know of the existence of these inconvenient treasures.
ref: 1871, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 11, in Little Men:
text: "But now maybe I'm telling tales out of school," he added, with a laugh. "I shouldn't like to get the little girl into trouble."
ref: 1884, Martha Finley, chapter 9, in Elsie at Nantucket:
text: "Don't blush, Katherine, I am sure Mr. Willoughby won't tell any tales out of school to your old Valleyfield friends."
ref: 1907, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Shorty Stories: 1907 to 1908, published 2008, A Millionaire's Proposal:
text: "He wound up in the emergency room three different times, twice in Connecticut and once down here. The first two were drug ODs. I'm not telling tales out of school, because all that's been reported—exhaustively—in the press."
ref: 1997, Stephen King, Desperation, →ISBN, page 94:
text: Bush's former Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill, told tales out of school, prompting hot denials—and an investigation of whether he disclosed classified information.
ref: 2004 April 5, Peter Bailey, TIME, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2012:
glosses: To reveal confidential or sensitive information; to gossip.
Synonyms: blab
gossip
squeal
talk out of turn
Related terms: kiss and tell
talk out of school
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks out of school
form: talking out of school
form: talked out of school
form: talked out of school
Senses: examples: text: "Hope I'm not talking out of school but I do feel you acted unwisely by employing a one-armed chauffeur."
ref: 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 152:
glosses: Alternative form of tell tales out of school.
begroan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: begroans
form: begroaning
form: begroaned
form: begroaned
Etymology: From Middle English bigronen, bygronen, equivalent to be- (“at, about”) + groan.
Senses: examples: text: For these deeds' sake do I begroan thy fate.
ref: 1902, Robert Browning, The poetical works of Robert Browning:
text: And, why dost thou oft begroan in sorrow Then other times, bid wisdom good morrow?
ref: 1914, James Calvin Hooper, Portinia:
text: Yo, guys, I hate to break it to you: It's your own misbegotten will, your dumb choices, your desire to bemoan and begroan your terrible, miserable, luckless fate […] that put you into harm's way.
ref: 2008, Lee Robert Schreiber, Poker as Life, page 49:
glosses: To groan about; bewail; groan at.
Shia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːə
Forms: form: Shias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shi'a.
Shia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːə
-aɪə
-iːə
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
bescorch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bescorches
form: bescorching
form: bescorched
form: bescorched
Etymology: From be- + scorch.
Senses: examples: text: Tis like the bursting of the desert stream When to the field, with sultry drought bescorch'd, Between its echoing rocks it rolls its way.
ref: 1817, Ossian, The poems of Ossian:
text: To my well-pleaded plaint on breach of faith Concerning Malta, as at Amiens pledged, Has lighted up anew such brands of ire As may bescorch the world.
ref: 2007, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts:
glosses: To scorch about, around, or all over; scorch completely.
za'atar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zaatar.
caffeoylquinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to any of the caffeoylquinic acids or their derivatives
Derived terms: caffeoylquinate
caffeoylquinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caffeoylquinic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several polyphenolic acids derived from caffeic acid
Synonyms: cryptochlorogenic acid
Related terms: chlorogenic acid
comparativist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparativists
Etymology: From comparative + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of comparatist.
Derived terms: omnicomparativist
comparatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comparatist
comparativists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comparativist
glott-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: text: glott- + -onym → glottonym
synonyms: gloss-
glosses: Alternative form of glotto- (before a vowel)
Abiturients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abiturient
flood chute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flood chutes
Senses: glosses: A short cut taken by a river or similar waterway during high water, rather than following the normal meandering route.
counterexemplify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterexemplifies
form: counterexemplifying
form: counterexemplified
form: counterexemplified
Etymology: From counter- + exemplify.
Senses: glosses: To serve as a counterexample to; to disprove.
counterexemplifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterexemplify
counterexemplifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterexemplify
counterexemplified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterexemplify
Cassubians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cassubian
Kashubians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kashubian
counterexemplification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counter- + exemplification.
Senses: glosses: The giving, or existence, of a counterexample; disproof.
beggaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beggary
crotaline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crotaline
form: most crotaline
Etymology: From translingual Crotalus + -ine.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Resembling, or relating to, the Crotalinae, or rattlesnake subfamily
crotaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crotalines
Etymology: From translingual Crotalus + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Any snake of the subfamily Crotalinae
denized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of denize
denizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of denize
depured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depure
graphics whore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphics whores
Senses: examples: text: for weeks all you were going on about is that VF3tb isn't arcade perfect, the graphics weren't 100% this, or that.. now you are saying graphics aren't everything. And trust me Marty, you are not talking to some "graphics whore" I've been involved in gaming since the late 70's, and follow it with a passion.
ref: 1999 January 30, David Wooten, “Re: Dreamcast is not going to make it. Sonic has dismal sales”, in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet):
text: I tried to find this sort of information in some of the reviews of DC SR2, but /every/ one I've read (fansites and professional) was written from the graphics-whore-viewpoint, and didn't talk much about such "nonessential" things as gameplay or car selection and handling.
ref: 1999 March 21, Raymond McKeithen II, “Re: Super GT is NOT coming to DC...”, in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet):
text: 1999 July 21, Charles E. Taylor IV, “Re: Dreamcast or Playstation?”, rec.games.video.sony, rec.games.video.sega, Usenet
Observe the marks of a true graphics whore. The first love is what the games look like. You probably bought a 3DO day of release too.
text: anf final fantasy 8 sucks ass... if you like it you're a worthless graphics whore that never played real rpgs like the first 3 final fantasies on the nes.
ref: 1999 October 26, Mihn Lynn Pau, “revolted with tokyo”, in alt.games.video.sega-dreamcast (Usenet):
text: I submit that if the presence of technology ruins a game for you, you're just as bad as a "graphics whore" who complains about the presence of 2-D...
ref: 1999 November 1, John Ford, “Re: After a month of trying to get into FF8 I give up...”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet):
text: Simply put, the reviewer is another misplaced, PSX graphics whore. Just the headline of the review was a clue: His Dreamcast turned into a Super Nintendo? At what point could a SNES handle 1/10 of the sprites that are in Giga Wing?
ref: 1999 November 16, Dan Riley, “Re: There's a Giga Wing review at IGN”, in alt.games.video.shooters (Usenet):
text: The visuals are great...everything from the characters to the backgrounds to the cutscenes, absolutely amazing. I don't want to sound like a total graphics whore, but the visuals will keep me going even if the gameplay isn't the best.
ref: 2000 February 12, L Fernandez, “U9 isn't so bad..”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (Usenet):
text: If you are what the kids these days call a "graphics whore", that is, someone whose sole motivation for buying games is how they look, then ignore the rest of this review...
ref: 2008, Gran Turismo 5 (game review) in GameAxis Unwired magazine (issue 56, page 42)
topics: video-games
glosses: A fan of computer graphics who favours good graphics over gameplay.
Related terms: achievement whore
loot whore
stat whore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stat whores
form: stat whoring
form: stat whored
form: stat whored
Senses: glosses: To guide one's actions based on the (usually public) statistical results in which those actions will generate.
51 percent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 51%
Senses: examples: text: But in a political system, everything tends to be a yes-or-no decision; if 51 percent vote yes, it's yes.
ref: 1975, Milton Friedman, There's no such thing as a free lunch:
text: Majority rule, loosely put, is the proposition that 51 percent of the people should be able to get whatever they want.
ref: 1995, Lani Guinier, The tyranny of the majority:
text: It was he who argued that the tyranny imposed by 51 percent of the people was every bit as threatening to democracy as the royal tyranny the colonists had fought to leave behind.
ref: 1999, K. C. Cole, The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty, page 100:
glosses: A narrow or bare majority.
siala
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sial ah.
improbative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more improbative
form: most improbative
form: improbatory
Senses: examples: text: an improbative writ
topics: law
glosses: Implying, or showing, improbation; disapproving.
alopecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of alopecia.
visaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of visa
visaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of visa
visaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: nonvisaed
unvisaed
glosses: Having a visa.
processionings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of processioning
bushhammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushhammers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bush hammer.
bushhammer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bushhammers
form: bushhammering
form: bushhammered
form: bushhammered
Senses: examples: to bushhammer a block of granite
glosses: To dress with bush hammer.
bushhammered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bushhammer
bushhammering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bushhammer
bushhammers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bushhammer
permutableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From permutable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being permutable.
tintinnabulary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tintinnabulary
form: most tintinnabulary
Etymology: From tintinnabular + -ary. Noun sense possibly also under the influence of Latin tintinnabularius (“bell-ringer”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tintinnabular: related to bells or bell-ringing.
tintinnabulary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tintinnabularies
Etymology: From tintinnabular + -ary. Noun sense possibly also under the influence of Latin tintinnabularius (“bell-ringer”).
Senses: glosses: A bell-ringer.
photonovel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photonovels
Etymology: From photo + novel.
Senses: glosses: A story illustrated with photographs and text captions.
Related terms: comic
paraphrastical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paraphrastical
form: most paraphrastical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paraphrastic.
modalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modalist
personators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personator
protoscolex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protoscoleces
form: protoscolices
Etymology: From proto- + scolex.
Senses: glosses: The juvenile scolex formed from the germinal layer of a hydatid metacestode.
tremulant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt/
Forms: form: more tremulant
form: most tremulant
Etymology: From Medieval Latin tremulāns (“trembling, shaking”), ultimately from Latin tremēre (“to tremble, shake”).
Senses: examples: text: The night air wrapped them warmly, and the balm of the little breezes that stirred the foliage around them was the smell of damask roses from the garden. . . . She stood by the bench, one hand resting on it; she stood all in the tremulant shadow.
ref: 1899, Booth Tarkington, chapter 6, in The Gentleman From Indiana:
text: Lightning exploded through the sky, followed quickly by a tremulant clap of thunder.
ref: 2009, Faye Kellerman, The Quality of Mercy, →ISBN, page 436:
text: [S]he continued in a throaty, yet tremulant voice, punctuating her words with a shy, small smile.
ref: 2010, Joy Jouse, School Days, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: Trembling, tremulous.
tremulant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt/
Forms: form: tremulants
Etymology: From Italian tremolante (“trembling, shaking”).
Senses: examples: text: The tremulant is a small apparatus that gives to the tone of any department of an organ to which it may be applied a waving or undulating effect.
ref: 1855, Edward J. Hopkins, “XVI: The Tremulant”, in The Organ: Its History and Construction, page 70:
text: The tremulant intentionally disturbs the stability of the wind in order to produce a desirable musical oscillation.
ref: 2009, John R. Shanon, Understanding the Pipe Organ, →ISBN, page 22:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds produced by the instrument.
encik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnt͡ʃek/
ipa: [ˈɪn˧.t͡ʃeʔ˦]
Forms: form: enciks
Etymology: From Malay encik, from Hokkien 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Informal term of address for a male warrant officer in the Singapore Armed Forces.
Related terms: word: cik
metacestode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacestodes
Etymology: From meta- + cestode.
Senses: glosses: The larval stage of a tapeworm
milk-and-water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Something insipid or mawkish.
glosses: A light bluish color.
milk-and-water
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more milk-and-water
form: most milk-and-water
Senses: examples: text: […] she was still, as heretofore, a namby-pamby milk-and-water affected creature […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: He gave other equally milk-and-water examples and everyone grew sleepy, waiting for the last lap: ‘Our policy has been exactly the same each time.’
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 166:
glosses: Insipid, wishy-washy, weak.
Derived terms: milk-and-wateriness
milk-and-watery
social contracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social contract
DoD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOD.
DDOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DDO
sellsword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛlˌsɔːd/
ipa: /ˈsɛlˌsɔɹd/
Forms: form: sellswords
form: sell-sword
Etymology: From sell + sword. Compare hired gun.
Senses: examples: text: One such warrior was Kothar, cast up by the sea in the northlands of his world, a sellsword and a mercenary, a wencher after the women of his day, a freebooter and a thief, at times, whose sword Frostfire was a magic sword.
ref: 1969, Gardner Francis Fox, “Prologue”, in Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman, reprinted in The First Kothar the Barbarian MEGAPACK, Wildside Press, published 2016, →ISBN:
text: Your profession always charges high and never guarantees their work. No sellsword would stay alive if he demanded a sorcerer's terms.
ref: 1982, Robert Lynn Asprin, “Exercise in Pain”, in Storm Season, →ISBN:
text: The sellsword scrambled backward, checking each blow, stepping lithely over rock and root, his eyes never leaving his foe. He was quicker, Catelyn saw; the knight's silvered sword never came near to touching him, but his own ugly grey blade hacked a notch from Ser Vadis's shoulder plate.
ref: 1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire), Bantam Books (2011), →ISBN, pages 367–368:
text: Bandit: It's those fool villagers...They think they can buy a bunch of sellswords to chase us away.
ref: 2005, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, "Chapter 1: The Battle Begins", developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube
topics: fantasy
glosses: A mercenary.
examples: text: Whenever I see Alcides Escobar make another unbelievable play at shortstop, I can’t help but think we got the better of the deal in the trade for Zack Grienke. The money-hungry Grienke is now pitching for the Dodgers and admits he wanted to play for the team that paid him the most cash. A sellsword. A gunslinger for hire.
ref: 2013 April 2, Matt Stewart, “Opinion: Royals poised to make the playoffs”, in Fox 4 (Kansas City), archived from the original on 31 May 2013:
text: Soccer is class warfare, a battle between the haves and the have-nots, and those with more money and resources always win. In soccer, The Empire is undefeated. And José Mourinho, the world's greatest sellsword, the man who has discovered nothing in soccer but how to win, is its face.
ref: 2014 April 28, Greg Howard, “José Mourinho Is The Antichrist: A Closet Liverpool Fan's Lament”, in Deadspin, retrieved 24 Nov 2014:
glosses: Someone who only works for money, in the manner of a mercenary.
Synonyms: sense: mercenary
word: mercenary
sell-sword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sell-swords
Senses: examples: text: He was a mercenary, a sell-sword, a barbarian out of the forested mountains of Norumbria. A wanderer by nature, he earned his keep wherever he went by the might of his sword-arm, by his skill with weapons.
ref: 1977, Gardner Francis Fox, “Shadow of a Demon”, in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3, →ISBN, page 32:
text: I'm a sell-sword. I make my living because I keep my word. Unreliable mercenaries don't get paid.
ref: 1985, Mary Gentle, Golden Witchbreed, →ISBN, page 189:
text: Bezul saw the sell-swords choose the doorway, not him, and somehow got in front of them, then desperation took control of his mind.
ref: 2003, Lynn Abbey, "The Red Lucky", Thieves' World: Turning Points, Macmillan,, →ISBN, page 303:
glosses: Alternative form of sellsword.
sellswords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sellsword
sell-swords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sell-sword
kwailo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kwailos
form: kwailo
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gweilo.
nightwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌɪtwəːk/
Etymology: From night + work. Compare Dutch nachtwerk, German Nachtwerk.
Senses: examples: text: Much of that highway reconstruction project was nightwork.
text: I don't know why it is the hours fly with such a strange celerity in the monotony and solitude of such nightwork.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
text: ‘Under journalist cover we bring her into play, give her Chinese newspapers to translate, send her on little errands, involve her, complete her education and train her in nightwork.’
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 183:
related: word: night work
hypernyms: work#Noun
glosses: Work which is carried out at night.
Related terms: at night
be on nights
night job
nightly
night owl
night shift
shiftwork
graveyard shift
moonlighting
third shift
F-bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of F-bomb
night work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nightwork.
yesterday night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Last night.
Synonyms: list in last night
confessive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more confessive
form: most confessive
Etymology: From confess + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: ‘No, no. No sugar, thank you,’ said Smiley with a confessive grin.
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 197:
glosses: Confessing; constituting a confession or admission.
furfurylthiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From furfuryl + thiol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A mercaptan derivative of furan that is mainly responsible for the aroma of roasted coffee
methional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The mercapto-aldehyde CH₃-S-CH₂-CH₂-CHO that is a primary aroma constituent of several vegetables
pyrrolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyrrole + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, or having a structure based on, a pyrrole
retronasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪzəl
Etymology: From retro- + nasal.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the back of the nose
bioactives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioactive
skylift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skylifts
Etymology: From sky + lift.
Senses: glosses: cable car
stells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stell
idiocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪdioʊˈkɹætɪk/
ipa: /ˌɪdioʊˈkɹætɪk/
Forms: form: more idiocratic
form: most idiocratic
form: idiocratical
Etymology: From idiocrasy + -cratic, as with other -crasy + -cratic adjectives (e.g., idiosyncratic).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of idiosyncratic.
synonyms: word: idiosyncratic
idiocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪdioʊˈkɹætɪk/
ipa: /ˌɪdioʊˈkɹætɪk/
Forms: form: more idiocratic
form: most idiocratic
form: idiocratical
Etymology: From idiocracy + -cratic, as with other -ocracy + -cratic adjectives (e.g., plutocratic, kleptocratic, autocratic).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or characterized by, idiocracy.
ruggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rugging
tubbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubbing
livelies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lively
propaedeutical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more propaedeutical
form: most propaedeutical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of propaedeutic.
instillators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instillator
divs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of div
correctible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more correctible
form: most correctible
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of correctable.
Gond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gonds
Senses: glosses: A member of the Gondi people of India.
Gonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gond
herb Robert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herb robert
form: herb-robert
Etymology: Said to be a reference to the abbot and herbalist Robert of Molesme.
Senses: glosses: A cranesbill (Geranium robertianum), native to temperate Eurasia, northern Africa, and North America.
wikipedia: Robert of Molesme
Synonyms: word: red robin
word: death-come-quickly
word: fox geranium
word: stinking Bob
word: squinter-pip
word: crow's foot
centupling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of centuple
centupled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of centuple
esurients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esurient
emongst
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Most sacred fire, that burnest mightily / In liuing brests, ykindled first aboue, / Emongst th'eternall spheres and lamping sky […]!
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of amongst.
emong
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of among.
incubously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs.li/
ipa: /ˈɪn.kjə.bəs.li/
Etymology: From incubous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] such as in the Lepidoziaceae (with primarily incubously inserted leaves […]
ref: 1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 481:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In an orientation such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
Related terms: incubous
incubus
succubously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌk.jʊ.bəs.li/
ipa: /ˈsʌk.jə.bəs.li/
Etymology: From succubous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] and the Trichocoleaceae (with predominantly succubously inserted leaves but Eotrichocolea with the leaves incubous; […]
ref: 1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 481:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In an orientation such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.
Related terms: succubous
succubus
sassafrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sassafras
sassy bark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophleum suaveolens), known as the ordeal tree. It was known to be used as a poison in a process called sassywood, and also medicinally.
Synonyms: Mancona bark
Related terms: sassy tree
ronyon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌnjən/
rhymes: -ʌnjən
Forms: form: ronyons
form: ronion
Etymology: From French rogne (“scab, mange”).
Senses: examples: text: 'Aroynt thee, witch!', the rump-fed ronyon cries.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: A mangy or scabby creature.
delectated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delectate
delectating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of delectate
Chouan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chouans
Etymology: From Jean Chouan, a name by which Jean Cottereau was known.
Senses: glosses: A member of a major revolt led by Jean Cottereau against the French Revolution
Chouans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chouan
merling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merlings
Etymology: From Middle English merlynge, from Old French merlenc, from Latin merula.
Senses: examples: 1995, Maryanne Kowaleski, footnote, Local Markets and Regional Trade in Medieval Exeter, page 310,
The types were cod, conger eel, common eel, dried fish (most probably cod and hake), hake, herring, lamprey, ling, mackerel, merling (whiting), mulwell, pike, pilchard, pollack, porpoise, ray, salmon, stockfish (probably cod), sturgeon, and whiting; they arrived fresh, dried, salted, or smoked.
glosses: The fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea.
Synonyms: sense: Merlangius merlangus): whiting (UK; in countries outside the range of Merlangius merlangus
word: English whiting
sense: Merlangius merlangus): whiting (UK; in countries outside the range of Merlangius merlangus
word: European whiting
merlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merling
bastinading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bastinade
bastinaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bastinade
detracters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detracter
forelaid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forelay
gymnical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gymnical
form: most gymnical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gymnic.
forelaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forelay
vetturinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vetturino
saxicava
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saxicavas
form: saxicavae
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava.
saxicavae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saxicava
saxicavas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saxicava
misogynisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misogynism
paradigmatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paradigmatical
form: most paradigmatical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paradigmatic.
Derived terms: paradigmatically
viséing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of visé
viséed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of visé
notturnos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notturno
Ephs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eph
pseudolisten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pseudolistens
form: pseudolistening
form: pseudolistened
form: pseudolistened
Etymology: From pseudo- + listen.
Senses: glosses: To pretend to listen; to feign attention to what is being said.
pseudolistened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pseudolisten
pseudolistening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pseudolisten
pseudolistens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pseudolisten
intersectionalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intersectionality
sea mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea mats
Senses: glosses: Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frond-like corals.
sea mats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea mat
Babylonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Babylonical
form: most Babylonical
Etymology: From Latin Babylōnicus + -al.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Babylonic.
synonyms: word: Babylonic
Berneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bernese
dorsals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dorsal
rosalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rosalias
Etymology: Compare French rosalie. Doublet of rusalka.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: melodic sequence
glosses: A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a tone or semi-tone higher or lower
Related terms: rosalia longicorn
rosalias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosalia
scaption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaptions
Etymology: Shortened form of scapular plane elevation.
Senses: topics: exercise
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An exercise designed to strengthen the rotator cuff muscle and the deltoid by raising one's arms in front of the body while holding weights and maintaining a straight back.
admittaturs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admittatur
potioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of potion
potioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of potion
kadis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kadi
game changer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game changers
form: gamechanger
form: game-changer
Senses: glosses: A visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation.
examples: text: Improved drug testing has been a game changer for many sports.
text: Kane’s magnificent pass from deep to Bellingham that led to the penalty was the game changer, resulting in a penalty which the captain scored, the Republic also being reduced to 10 men with Scales’ red card.
ref: 2024 November 17, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 Republic of Ireland”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: An innovative idea, product, event or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game.
Related terms: game-changing
change the game
landmark
milestone
trailblazer
watershed
Generation Jones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by author Jonathan Pontell, from jonesing (“intense craving”).
Senses: examples: text: Generation Jones listened to a lot of classic rock when young.
text: The later cohort of Generation Jones really seems to combine some Baby Boom qualities with those of later generational cohorts.
ref: 2011, Tracy D. Connors, The Volunteer Management Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
glosses: The generation of people born in the late 1950s and early 1960s; they are the younger subset of the baby boomers but are sometimes conceptualized as being sandwiched between the older subset of baby boomers and Gen-Xers.
Hypernyms: english: usually hypernymous
translation: usually hypernymous
word: baby boomers
Derived terms: Joneser
Related terms: sandwich generation
Porajmos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /poʊɹaɪmoʊs/
ipa: /pɔɹaɪmɔs/
Forms: form: Porrajmos
Etymology: Coined by a Kalderash Romani acquaintance of, and popularized by, Ian Hancock in 1990s. From Romani porajmos (“devouring”).
Senses: synonyms: Samudaripen
hypernyms: Holocaust
coordinate_terms: Shoah
glosses: The planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people during the Second World War by Nazi Germany and its allies.
wikipedia: Ian Hancock
Kalderash
Related terms: final solution
Meds Yeghern
Porrajmos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Porajmos.
rilly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of really.
idjit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪd͡ʒət/
Forms: form: idjits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of idiot.
Related terms: eejit
Juǀʼhoan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A southern variety of the ǃKung dialect continuum spoken in Namibia and Botswana.
Derived terms: Juǀʼhoansi
Wadala Sandhuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town situated on the Gujranwala-Pasrur road in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
telegramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of telegram
glosses: present participle and gerund of telegramme
telegrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of telegram
glosses: simple past and past participle of telegramme
supputations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supputation
May 7th
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Mao Zedong's directive of 7th May 1966 calling upon all people to study industry, agriculture and military affairs.
Senses: examples: text: This was the first leg of his labours. The second began with […] the names of such Shanghainese officials who, in consequence of criminal pro-Russian leanings, had been officially purged, humiliated or sent to a May 7th school to rediscover the virtues of peasant labour.
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 239:
text: The difference was that the May 7th Instruction excluded commerce from "the big school" that only included industry, agriculture, army, and education.
ref: 1996, Zongli Tang, Bing Zuo, Maoism and Chinese Culture, page 399:
glosses: Used attributively to designate various institutions in the People's Republic of China which combine education with manual labour with a view to helping people understand life as a peasant.
wikipedia: Mao Zedong
termitophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From termite + -o- + -phagy.
Senses: examples: text: The aardvark or "ant bear" is actually mainly termitophagous rather than ant-eating.
text: Six categories of stenophagy were found: myrmecophagy, araneophagy, lepidopterophagy, termitophagy, dipterophagy, and crustaceophagy.
ref: 2012, S. Pekár, J. A. Coddington, T. A. Blackledge, Evolution of stenophagy in spiders. Evolution. 2012 Mar;66(3):776-806. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01471.x. Epub 2011 Oct 31., Wiley-Blackwell, pages 776-806
glosses: Feeding on termites as the dominant item of diet.
Hypernyms: stenophagy
Related terms: myrmecophagy
terranean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more terranean
form: most terranean
Senses: glosses: Earthly; relating to the earth.
Related terms: subterranean
Mediterranean
stenophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From steno- + -phagy.
Senses: examples: text: The often-found stenophagy in local populations of euryphagous species may indicate the emergence of stenophagous forms from euryphagous ones.
text: ...there is sound circumstantial evidence ... that the predominance of stenophagy is due to the insects' restricted ability to recognize ... plant species...
ref: 1990, Jermy, T., Labos, E., Molnar, I., edited by John Maynard Smith, Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution, Manchester University Press, pages 157–166:
glosses: Eating just a few types of food, generally all of similar types, such as eating only some kinds of termites, or some kinds of lily bulbs, or some kinds of Eucalyptus leaves.
PGAD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of persistent genital arousal disorder.
Synonyms: PSAS
PSAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of persistent sexual arousal syndrome.
Synonyms: PGAD
persistent sexual arousal syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PSAS
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of persistent genital arousal disorder.
synonyms: word: persistent genital arousal disorder
epistoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epistomas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epistome.
epistomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epistoma
misdieting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misdiet
misdieted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misdiet
lion's foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lions' feet
Senses: glosses: An edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum).
glosses: A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States.
almude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ælˈmuːd(ə)/
Forms: form: almudes
Etymology: From Portuguese almude, from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), probably via Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ) and מוֹדְיָא (moḏyā) or Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā) from Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/⁠maddattu/middattu⁠/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”). Doublet of almud. Cognate with Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios) and Latin modius.
Senses: qualifier: measure
glosses: A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, equal to 14–26 liters.
qualifier: measure
glosses: Alternative form of almud, similar units of liquid volume in Spain and Turkey.
Coordinate terms: quartilho (1⁄48 almude)
canada (1⁄12 almude)
pot (1⁄2 almude)
pipa (25 almudes)
tonel (50 almudes)
almudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of almude
attestors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attestor
Helmontian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Helmontian
form: most Helmontian
Etymology: From Helmont + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jan Baptist van Helmont (1579?–1644), early Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician.
Boylean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Boylean
form: most Boylean
Etymology: From Boyle + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Robert Boyle (1627–1691), influential early chemist, physicist, and inventor, also noted for writings in theology.
Derived terms: Boylean vacuum
interscribed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interscribe
interscribing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interscribe
fliped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flipe
fliping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flipe
surveyingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more surveyingly
form: most surveyingly
Etymology: From surveying + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to survey or look over.
unpatroned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + patron + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: I was unpatroned 'till I had the honour of being distinguished by your grace[…]
ref: 1776, Benjamin Victor, Original letters, dramatic pieces, and poems: Volume 1, page 188:
text: This unpatroned and self-confident painter stung their curiosity[…]
ref: 1877, Paulist Fathers, Catholic World: Volume 25:
glosses: Without a patron.
forcipated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forcipated
form: most forcipated
form: forcipate
Senses: examples: text: a forcipated mouth
text: the Locuſs have Antenna or long horns before, with a long falcation or forcipated tail behind
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of forcipal (“forceps-shaped”).
synonyms: word: forcipal
extra: forceps-shaped
kameela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamala
Senses: glosses: Red dusty hairs of the capsules of a tropical Asian tree (Mallotus philippensis), used for dyeing silk and in the treatment of tapeworm.
scarabaeids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarabaeid
scaraboid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scaraboid
form: most scaraboid
Etymology: From scarab + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.
scaraboid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaraboids
Etymology: From scarab + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any scaraboid beetle.
examples: text: There were over a score of small gold beads, 2 gold scaraboids, gold crescents, pendants shaped like pomegranate buds, several gold rings, pins of gold-covered bronze.
ref: 1932, Elihu Grant, Irving Francis Wood, George Ernest Wright, Ain Shems Excavations (Palestine), page 21:
glosses: An imitation scarab ornament.
scaraboids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaraboid
darlingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: darlingnesses
Etymology: From darling + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being darling, or adorable.
terzettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terzetto