cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
megashears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megashear
distance fog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gradient that progressively obscures objects as they get further from the camera, typically used to avoid the processing overhead of rendering distant objects.
sorehon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː(ɹ)hən/
Etymology: Corrupted from sojourn, Scots soirne, sorn.
Senses: examples: text: Sorehon was a tax laide upon the free - holders , for certaine dayes in each quarter of a yeare , to finde victualls , and lodging , and to pay certaine stipends to the kerne
ref: 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
glosses: A kind of servile tenure in Ireland which required the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.
Davidsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Davidsonian
form: most Davidsonian
Etymology: From Davidson + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: My teacher was a big supporter of Davidsonian ethics
text: For, there is a considerably larger epistemic gap between ordinary attitude attributions and their Fodorian truth conditions than between those attributions and their Davidsonian truth conditions.
ref: 1987, Terence Horgan, “Cognition Is Real”, in Behaviorism, volume 15, number 1, →JSTOR, page 19:
glosses: Of or relating to Donald Davidson (1917–2003), American philosopher.
chironomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chironomy
chironomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chironomies
form: chieronomy
Etymology: From French chironomie and directly from Latin chīronomia, from Ancient Greek χειρονομία (kheironomía, “gesturing, gesticulation”), from χειρονόμος (kheironómos, “mime, skilled gesturer”), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + νόμος (nómos, “controller, manager”), from νέμω (némō, “to control, to manage”).
Senses: glosses: The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The skill of conducting music with hand gestures.
Derived terms: chironomer
chironomic
cammock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cammocks
Etymology: From Middle English cammok (“Ononis repens; Peucedanum officinale; Rhamnus cathartica”), from Old English cammoc.
Senses: glosses: A common restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots.
glosses: A Venus comb (Scandix pecten-veneris).
Derived terms: cammocky
cammock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cammocks
Etymology: From Middle English camboke; see cambuca for more.
Senses: examples: text: For, say they, although iron the more it is used the brighter it is, yet silver with much wearing doth waste to nothing; though the cammock the more it is bowed the better it serveth, yet the bow the more it is bent and occupied the worse it waxeth.
ref: 1578, John Lyly, Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit:
glosses: A crooked stick, staff or club.
cammocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cammock
tucan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation, older US
ipa: /ˈtuːkən/
Forms: form: tucans
form: tugan
form: tuza
Etymology: Native to Mexico, from Nahuatl tuçan, togan.
Senses: examples: text: THE TUCAN, OR MEXICAN GOPHER (G. mexicanus, (Licht.) Rich.) is a Mexican species, with the coloration much […]
ref: 1862, Sir John Richardson, The Museum of Natural History: Being a Popular Account of the Structure, Habits, and Classification of the Various Departments of the Animal Kingdom:
text: Geomys mexicanus, (Licht.) Baird. Tucan. Mexican Pocket-Gopher. Mexico. / Geomys hispidus, Le Conte. Quackil. Central American Pocket-Gopher […]
ref: 1885, Frederick William True, A Provisional List of the Mammals of North and Central America, and the West Indian Islands:
glosses: The hispid pocket gopher (Heterogeomys hispidus).
tucans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tucan
paleolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoliths
Etymology: From paleo- + -lith.
Senses: examples: text: A large number of the reported discoveries of paleoliths in Kent had been made in the district surrounding the village of Ightham, some seven miles east of Shoreham, where Prestwich had his country home.
ref: 1990, George W. Stocking, Bones, Bodies, Behavior: Essays on Biological Anthropology, page 94:
glosses: A relic from the Paleolithic era.
paleoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleolith
pocoson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocosons
Senses: examples: text: raising mud from the pocosons
ref: 1799, George Washington, Directions concerning Crops for the River Farm, and Operations thereon, for the Year 1800:
glosses: Alternative form of pocosin.
pocosons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocoson
Caxton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæk.stən/
rhymes: -ækstən
Etymology: From Middle English Caxton.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A kind of printing-type in imitation of William Caxton's.
glosses: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3058).
Derived terms: Caxtonian
Caxton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæk.stən/
rhymes: -ækstən
Forms: form: Caxtons
Etymology: From Middle English Caxton.
Senses: examples: text: I recall vividly a bright summer morning, many years ago, when, in search of Caxtons, I entered the inner quadrangle of a certain wealthy College in one of our learned Universities.
ref: 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 37:
text: This remarkable passion of the British nobility for editiones principes and Caxtons seems to have lasted but a couple of decades.
ref: 2011, Seymour De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts (1530-1930), page 43:
glosses: Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
Caxtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Caxton
swiftfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From swift + foot.
Senses: examples: 1838-1842, William Jardine, The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland
The Courser or Swiftfoot […] are Little Bustard Plovers, intermediate in many respects, and showing a beautiful gradation of form.
glosses: A bird, the courser.
swiftfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swiftfoot
form: most swiftfoot
Etymology: From swift + foot.
Senses: examples: text: The hauke, the hound, the hinde, the swift-foot hare
ref: 1610, “Robert, Duke of Normandy”, in Richard Niccols, editor, The Mirror for Magistrates:
glosses: nimble; fleet
eurocentrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Back-formation from eurocentric. Superficially euro- + -centrism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Eurocentrism.
fanfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanfoots
Etymology: From fan + foot, for sense 1 a calque of translingual Ptyodactylus.
Senses: glosses: A gecko of the genus Ptyodactylus, having toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion.
glosses: Any moth of the genus Polypogon.
fanfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanfoot
scasely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪsli/
Senses: examples: text: For it scasely ever chaunceth that the moste vertuous amonge vertuous
ref: 1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:
text: If a thing wanted regulating, he warn't a man to go browsing around after somebody to do it, but he would prance in and regulate it himself. He warn't a Catholic. Scasely. He was down on 'em. His word was, 'No Irish need apply!'
ref: 1872, Mark Twain, Roughing It:
glosses: scarcely; hardly
Eurocentrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurocentrists
Senses: glosses: One who holds Eurocentric beliefs or opinions.
Eurocentrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurocentrist
Eurocentrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Eurocentrically
form: most Eurocentrically
Etymology: From Eurocentric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a Eurocentric manner.
riglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riglets
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: rare spelling of reglet
riglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riglet
supraciliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪliəɹi
Etymology: From supra- + ciliary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of superciliary.
supraciliary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪliəɹi
Forms: form: supraciliaries
Etymology: From supra- + ciliary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of superciliary.
sarmentous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sarmentous
form: most sarmentous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sarmentose.
tableau vivant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tableaux vivants
Etymology: Borrowed from French tableau vivant (literally “living picture”).
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, there is something uncanny about the careful re-enactment of the scene in the manner of a tableau vivant, something that Jean-Luc Godard would also experiment with and try to push to its limits in Passion (1982).
ref: 2013, Rob Stone, Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla, A Companion to Luis Buñuel, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A tableau (group scene resembling a painting).
tableaux vivants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tableau vivant
refret
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: refrets
form: refretting
form: refretted
form: refretted
Etymology: From re- + fret.
Senses: examples: text: Can you refret my guitar?
glosses: To replace the frets on (a musical instrument).
refret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refrets
form: refrette
form: refreite
form: refrayt
form: refraid
form: refrayde
form: refreyd
Etymology: From Middle English refreit, from Anglo-Norman refreit (“response”), refraindre (“to sing a refrain”); also Old French refreit (“refrain”). The Oxford English Dictionary suggests influence from an unattested Late Latin form, refrangere; compare Latin refractus (past participle). See refrain (noun), refract.
Senses: examples: text: Our old English term refrette, ‘the foote of the dittie, a verse often interlaced, or the burden of a song,’ was probably from refrain; or from refresteler, to pipe over again. […] ‘Refrain, the refret, burthen, or downe of a ballad.’ All this discussion is rendered necessary, because Steevens unfortunately forgot to note from whence he made the following extract,
ref: 1820, Samuel Weller Singer, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Prince of Denmark, page 136:
text: The refret or burden of the song in ver. 6, 8, 9, 10, “Yet have ye not returned to me,”[…] alludes to Deut. iv. 29(30),
ref: 1847, E.W. Hengstenberg, translated by J.E. Ryland, Dissertations on the Genuineness of the Pentateuch, volume 1, page 143:
glosses: A refrain.
refrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refret
top-armour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top-armours
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: top armour, i.e. armour on the top side of e.g. a tank.
top-armours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top-armour
teil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiːl/
ipa: /til/
Forms: form: teils
form: til
Etymology: From Old French teil, til, from Latin tilia.
Senses: examples: text: But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 6:13:
glosses: The lime tree, or linden.
teils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teil
clanny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clanny
form: most clanny
Etymology: From clan + -y.
Senses: examples: text: They were a clanny bunch who favored each other for jobs[…]
ref: 1991, Gerald Lynch, Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, page 35:
text: Each time I use a personal pronoun, I hear a mafioso echo, a clanny, insular, hegemonic reverberation[…]
ref: 2004, Karin M. Ekström, Helene Brembeck, Elusive Consumption, page 63:
glosses: clannish; socially exclusive
clanny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clannies
Etymology: From clan + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Once Assamite clannies can dissect the new cards, we'll know the true state of the clan.
ref: 2007 August 17, Jeff Kuta, “Re: another thought on 'fixing' the Assamites”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet):
text: Join a clan to flaunt your victories and be a good sport by donating support troops to fellow clannies.
ref: 2014 January, Alexis Capitini, “Five Apps You Should Be Playing”, in Living Out, page 28:
text: The festival has given me the chance to meet long term friends and clannies that I've known playing RuneScape.
ref: 2018 October, Rich Eddy, “Casting the Runes”, in MCV/Develop, published 2019, page 65:
topics: video-games
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: A player who habitually plays the same clan or with the other players on the same team.
hiccius doctius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Corrupted from Latin hic est doctus (“this is a learned man”).
Senses: examples: text: Play fast and loose; make men obnoxious, / And clear again, like Hiccius Doctius.
ref: c. 1660–1680, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part III, canto III:
glosses: A juggler.
Related terms: doctor
hocus-pocus
paraconsistently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more paraconsistently
form: most paraconsistently
Etymology: From paraconsistent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a paraconsistent fashion.
morling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morlings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mortling.
morlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morling
classitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From class + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Classitis can be avoided through a better understanding of CSS selectors.
ref: 2006, Paul Haine, HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling, page 175:
text: Frameworks tend to suffer from divitis and classitis.
ref: 2011, Antony Kennedy, Inayaili de León, Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites, page 102:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
glosses: The practice of authoring stylesheets with redundant and semantically unhelpful classes.
Related terms: divitis
glycocin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glycocoll + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: glycine
'Gater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'Gaters
form: Gater
Etymology: From Gate, clipping of Stargate, + -er.
Senses: examples: text: 'Gaters, break out the Kleenex.
ref: 2006, TV Guide: Volume 54:
text: 1994: Stargate, the movie, starts unlocking the secrets of interstellar travel and producing rabid 'Gaters.
ref: 2010, Carrie Tucker, I Love Geeks, page 99:
glosses: A fan of the science fiction franchise Stargate.
campanularian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæm.pænjʊːˈlɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌkæm.pænjəˈlɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the hydroid family Campanularidae.
campanularid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: campanularids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Alternative spelling of campanulariid.
sphenethmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛθmɔɪd
Etymology: From spheno- + ethmoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the sphenoidal and ethmoidal regions of the skull.
Synonyms: sphenoethmoid
sphenethmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛθmɔɪd
Forms: form: sphenethmoids
Etymology: From spheno- + ethmoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A bone of the skull that surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibians.
sphenethmoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphenethmoid
atherine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæθəɹaɪn/
ipa: /ˈæθəɹɪn/
rhymes: -æθəɹɪn
Forms: form: atherines
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀθερῑ́νη (atherī́nē, “a kind of smelt”).
Senses: glosses: A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae having a silvery stripe along the sides.
Synonyms: atherinid
Related terms: silverside
atherines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atherine
sphenoethmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛθmɔɪd
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sphenethmoid.
Derived terms: sphenoethmoid recess
tirralirra
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: tiralee
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: The lark, that tirra-lyra chants,
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
text: From the bank, and from the river, / He flashed into the crystal mirror, / "Tirra lirra, tirra lirra," / Sang Sir Launcelot.
ref: 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Lady of Shalott”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, part the third, page 15:
glosses: A verbal imitation of a musical sound, such as of the note of a lark or a horn.
Related terms: toora loora
uneducatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uneducated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being uneducated; lack of education; ignorance.
Biden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪdən/
rhymes: -aɪdən
Forms: form: Bidens
Etymology: Ultimately from Old French bouton (“button”), a metonymic surname for a button-maker, of Germanic origin. See button.
Senses: examples: text: First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday spoke candidly about her new life, lamenting the enormous pressure a first lady can face.
ref: 2021 October 20, Kate Bennett, “Jill Biden speaks candidly about being a first lady: ‘Nothing can prepare you’”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
examples: text: Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate, they would uniformly offer a look of infinite patience, tolerance and condescension and say something like, “Well, I could understand how someone would think that.”
ref: 2021 March 20, Maureen Dowd, “Old Pol, New Tricks”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2021:
glosses: A surname.
Joe Biden, 46th president of the United States (2021–2025).
synonyms: word: 46
word: Beijing Biden
word: Bidet
word: Brandon
word: Xiden
Derived terms: Beijing Biden
Biden bucks
Bidencare
Bidenese
Bidenesque
Bidenflation
Bidenian
Bidenism
Bidenist
Bidenite
Bidenoid
Bidenomics
Bidenworld
Bidet
Bidone
bigrant
FJB
Obiden
Xiden
resocialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resocializes
form: resocializing
form: resocialized
form: resocialized
Etymology: From re- + socialize.
Senses: glosses: To socialize again or anew; to rehabilitate into society.
resocializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resocialize
resocializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resocialize
resocialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resocialize
unsocializable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsocializable
form: most unsocializable
Etymology: From un- + socializable.
Senses: glosses: Not socializable.
unexemplary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unexemplary
form: most unexemplary
Etymology: From un- + exemplary.
Senses: examples: unexemplary conduct
glosses: Not exemplary; setting a poor example.
porphyroblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more porphyroblastic
form: most porphyroblastic
Etymology: From porphyroblast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a porphyroblast.
dove plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dove plants
Senses: examples: text: The flower of the dove plant (Peristeria elata), the loveliest of all orchidacean flowers, consists of a rose-like crown of white sepals, from the bosom of which a white dove, with outstretched wings, is, as it were, upon the point of taking flight.
ref: 2024, Charles Bland Radcliffe, Proteus, or Unity in Nature:
synonyms: dove orchid
glosses: An American orchid (Peristeria elata) that produces numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The centre of the flower resembles a dove.
examples: text: Columbine, or the Dove-plant, calls our attention to the "resemblance of its nectaries to the heads of pigeons in a ring around a dish, a favourite device of ancient artists" (Dr. Prior); or to "the figure of a hovering dove with expanded wings, which we obtain by pulling off a single petal with its attached sepals" (Lady Wilkinson);
ref: 2017, Henry N. Ellacombe, The Plant-Lore and Garden-Craft of Shakespeare, page 57:
glosses: Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, so called because the flower resembles a ring of five doves.
examples: text: Dove Plant can flower year-round following even the smallest rain.
ref: 2012, William J. Little, A Sonoran Desert Scrapbook:
glosses: A tropical or subtropical flowering shrub, Melochia tomentosa.
dove plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dove plant
diocesean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diocesan.
musit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musits
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of muset.
musits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musit
rocoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa orellana, from which annatto is prepared.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of roucou
ligsam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare Dutch liggen (“to lie”), English lie (“to be prostrate”), and flotsam, jetsam, or ligan.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lagan.
mullingong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mullingongs
form: mollingong
Senses: glosses: The platypus.
mullingongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mullingong
clionid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clionids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Clionidae of sea angels.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: clionaid
glosses: Any member of the family Clionaidae of sponges.
clionids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clionid
sea angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea angels
Etymology: Its flapping appendages (parapodia) suggest an angel's wings.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of small swimming sea slugs of the suborder Gymnosomata
Hyponyms: clionid
dignation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dignations
Etymology: From Latin dignātiō.
Senses: examples: text: because it is an act of favour, and depends wholly upon the divine dignation, and was revealed to us by Jesus Christ, who was made not only the Prophet and preacher , but the Mediator of this new covenant and mercy ; it was necessary we should become disciples of te holy Jesus[…]
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: The act of thinking worthy; honour.
dignations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dignation
skringe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒ
Forms: form: skringes
form: skringing
form: skringed
form: skringed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scringe.
skringed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skringe
skringes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skringe
skringing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skringe
astrogony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of astrogeny.
Related terms: astrogonic
Epsom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛpsəm/
Etymology: From Old English Ebba (“a personal name”) + hām (“homestead”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Epsom and Ewell borough, Surrey, England, known for its racecourse (OS grid ref TQ2060).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bogard Township, Daviess County, Indiana, United States; the well water tasted of Epsom salts.
glosses: A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States, named after Epsom, Surrey.
glosses: A rural locality in Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Bendigo in the City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
Derived terms: Epsom and Ewell
Epsom Downs
Epsom salt
Epsom salts
gets ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get ahead
getting ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get ahead
got ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of get ahead
nonparalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + paralytic.
Senses: examples: a nonparalytic polio infection
glosses: Not paralytic.
elephantoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more elephantoidal
form: most elephantoidal
Etymology: From elephantoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Resembling an elephant; elephantoid.
rhodomontader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhodomontaders
Etymology: Equivalent to rodomontade + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who makes vain boasts.
rhodomontaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhodomontader
sincaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinkaline
Etymology: So called because obtained by the action of alkalis on sinapine.
Senses: glosses: choline
sinkaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sincaline.
capapie
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cap-a-pie.
onion routing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By analogy with the many layers of an onion.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A technique for anonymous communication over a computer network, the messages being repeatedly encrypted and sent through nodes called onion routers, each of which performs only one stage of the decryption.
Related terms: Onionland
onion network
transitology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transitologies
Etymology: From transit + -ology.
Senses: topics: political-science
social-sciences
glosses: The study of the process of change from one political regime to another.
Related terms: transitological
transitologist
transitological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transitological
form: most transitological
Etymology: From transitology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to transitology.
transitologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transitologists
Etymology: From transitology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies transitology.
transitologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transitologist
terebrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of terebrate
terebrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of terebrate
terebrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of terebrate
sea dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea doves
Senses: glosses: A bird, the little auk.
sea doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea dove
abortoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æ.bɔɹˈtɔɹ.i.ə/
Senses: glosses: plural of abortorium
sea clam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea clams
Senses: glosses: The Atlantic surf clam, Spisula solidissima.
glosses: A kind of clamp for deep-sea sounding-lines.
sea clams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea clam
mactrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mactrids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the family Mactridae of saltwater clams.
mactrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mactrid
gooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goom
pathogenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathogeny
pathogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathogenies
Etymology: From patho- + -geny.
Senses: examples: text: The pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled.
text: Dr. Schmitz (Neuenahr) calls attention to four interesting cases (two fatal) as illustrating the pathogeny of diabetes, the symptoms resembling that produced in the dieted diabetics by that over-indulgence in saccharine food, for which they have such a craving.
ref: 1881 July 15, “The Lancets”, in The Australian Medical Journal, volume 3, page 321:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The generation and method of development of disease.
Derived terms: physiopathogeny
harrower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harrowers
Etymology: From harrow + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Then an old harrower of the dark
happened to find the hoard open[.]
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 72:
glosses: One who harrows.
harrowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harrower
stabiliments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stabiliment
illaqueates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of illaqueate
illaqueated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of illaqueate
illaqueating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of illaqueate
ramequins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ramequin
douters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of douter
douser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dousers
Etymology: From douse + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, douses (extinguishes, especially with water).
Related terms: bucket brigade
waterbomber
dousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of douser
Jersey cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jersey creams
Senses: glosses: A type of biscuit with two slices of shortbread joined with vanilla frosting.
survivance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: survivances
Etymology: French survivance.
Senses: examples: text: And what is the space of time to look backward upon, between an early departure and the longest survivance?
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Survival.
examples: text: His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership.
ref: a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:
glosses: Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.
glosses: The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.
Derived terms: survivancy
survivances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of survivance
Tel Aviv-Yafo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Etymology: From Tel Aviv + Yafo (“Jaffa”).
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Israel, formed by the merger of Tel Aviv and Jaffa.
lincture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪŋk.t͡ʃɚ/
rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: linctures
Etymology: From Latin līnctūrus.
Senses: glosses: A linctus.
glosses: Any medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
linctures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lincture
despumating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of despumate
despumated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of despumate
despumates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of despumate
Yafo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jaffa.
millieme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milliemes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of millime.
Aladinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aladinists
Etymology: From Aladin, for Ala Eddin, i.e. "height of religion", a learned theologian under Mohammed II and Bajazet II. See -ist.
Senses: glosses: One of a sect of freethinkers among the Muslims.
Aladinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aladinist
yland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ylands
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of island.
Cape elk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cape elks
form: Cape elk
Senses: glosses: An eland (Taurotragus spp.).
unbeatified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + beatified.
Senses: examples: an unbeatified saint
glosses: Not beatified.
ylands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yland
ilands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iland
Bosnianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bosnian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being Bosnian.
Serbianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Serbian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being Serbian.
Related terms: Serbiandom
Serbianhood
Serbianism
epizooty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epizooties
Etymology: French épizootie.
Senses: glosses: An epizootic disease or outbreak.
toolings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tooling
ahoyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ahoy
ahoying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ahoy
misadventur'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of misadventured.
anencephalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνεγκέφαλος (anenképhalos, “brainless”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”).
Senses: examples: text: Similar loops were observed by the same anatomist in the cranial nerves of an anencephalous fœtus which had been preserved in spirits
ref: 1857, Robert Bentley Todd, The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Without a brain.
Synonyms: anencephalic
melluco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus)
cursèd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cursèd
form: most cursèd
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Alternative form of cursed; used to specify a disyllabic pronunciation
chelidonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See celandine.
Senses: examples: text: Chelidonic acid can be prepared in two steps from diethyl oxalate and acetone.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocyclic organic acid with a pyran skeleton.
heterocyclically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From heterocyclic + -ally.
Senses: examples: heterocyclically substituted benzylsulfonamides
glosses: In a heterocyclic fashion.
hemastatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hemastatic
form: most hemastatic
Senses: glosses: rare spelling of hemostatic
banishèd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of banished.
fanals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanal
ficoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fico
wennish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wennish
form: most wennish
Etymology: From wen + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: a wennish excrescence
text: a wennish tumor
glosses: Having the nature of, or resembling a wen (cyst)
Synonyms: wenny
crotalums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crotalum
antiserotoninergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiserotoninergic
form: most antiserotoninergic
Etymology: From anti- + serotoninergic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiserotonergic.
serotoninergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From serotonin + -ergic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of serotonergic.
vesselling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vessel
vesselled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vessel
gitterned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gittern
gitterning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gittern
torqueless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From torque + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Working in microgravity also requires the use of many special tools such as torqueless wrenches, handholds, and foot restraints.
ref: 2003, Joseph A. Angelo, Space Technology, page 180:
glosses: Without torque.
almightiful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more almightiful
form: most almightiful
Etymology: From almighty + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Which if we do, he wil so defende vs with his almightiful arme, yͭ al foreyne enemies (what euer they be) shal eyther bee vnhable to doe vs any scathe: or els shall be turned in theyr heartes, and of eager enemies shall beecome oure earnest frendes and folowers.
ref: 1550, “[Preface]”, in An epistle both of Godly consolacion and also of aduertisement […], folios 2ᵛ–3ʳ:
text: And hereto they frame a wonderous great and large argumente gathered of the almightifull power of God, for that he is able to dooe muche greater and higher thinges then this.
ref: 1550, Peter Martyr Vermigli, A discourse or traictise […] concernynge the sacrament of the Lordes supper […], folio 6ᵛ:
text: God, who by his worde and almightifull decree, / Hath appoynted thee Esau his lord to bee, / Hath appointed some way to haue it brought about.
ref: c. 1550–7, A newe mery and wittie Comedie or Enterlude […] treating upon the Historie of Iacob and Esau […], published 1568, folio 4ᵛ:
glosses: almighty; all-powerful
bibliopolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See bibliopolic.
Senses: examples: March 8, 1822, Lord Byron, letter to Mr. Moore
I have not the heart to tell him how the bibliopolar world shrink from his Commentary.
glosses: Concerned with bookselling.
bibliopolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bibliopole + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Bibliopolic difficulties.
ref: 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to bookselling.
Derived terms: bibliopolically
suffrutices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sʌˈfɹuːtɪsiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of suffrutex
Philhellenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Philhellenists
Senses: glosses: A philhellene.
Philhellenists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Philhellenist
hardcodes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hardcode
hardcoding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hardcode
hardcoded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hardcode
hardcoded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: softcoded
glosses: Having values that are constants rather than variables.
Related terms: hardwired
gang of four
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the gang of four
Senses: examples: text: Paishui County CCP Committee proposed: "We must go all out and aim high. From now to the end of this year, we must work hard to completely fulfill our production tasks, and recoup the losses caused by the interference and sabotage of the 'gang of four.'"
ref: 1976 December 6 [1976 December 2], “SHENSI DAILY Reports on Tachai Movement”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 235, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page M 3:
text: The provincial CCP Committee has dealt blows at the frantic attack launched by the bourgeoisie, advanced proletarian justice and greatly promoted the revolutionary activism of the cadres and masses in Kuoyang County in resolutely fighting well the third campaign to expose and criticize the gang of four.
ref: 1978 March 30 [1978 March 27], “Extravagant Funeral in Anhwei County Criticized”, in Daily Report People's Republic of China, volume I, number 62, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page G 1:
text: The Chinese are hastily obliterating all traces of hongweibing pogroms in Moslem mosques and other holy places. Mao's successors have been clamouring for Moslems to preserve the Islamic cultural heritage. The blame for all the excesses in the Islamic policy has been heaped upon the "gang of four" and Lin Biao.
ref: 1981, Far Eastern Affairs, number 4, Moscow: Progress Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 125:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gang of Four.
buhl work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buhlwork
Senses: examples: text: The inlaid plates of brass and rosewood, called buhl work, which ornament our furniture, are, in some instances, formed by punching; but in this case, both the parts cut out, and those which remain, are in many cases employed.
ref: 1835, Charles Babbage, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, 4th edition, page 96:
topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: Carved pieces of brass or other material for inlay in furniture and other woodwork.
buhlwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From buhl + work.
Senses: topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: Alternative form of buhl work.
begreet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: begreets
form: begreeting
form: begreeted
form: begreeted
Etymology: From be- + greet. Compare West Frisian begroetsje (“to begreet”), Dutch begroeten (“to salute, cheer, acclaim”), German Low German begröten (“to welcome; greet”), German begrüßen (“to welcome, appreciate, salute”).
Senses: examples: text: The high Atlantic swell soon meets us, A softer atmosphere betreats us, The solemn solon goose begreets us With strident jangling scream [...]
ref: 1883, John McCosh, Sketches in Verse at Home and Abroad:
glosses: To give or send greetings to; hail; salute; greet; acknowledge by greeting.
warr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warrs
Senses: examples: text: […] one of the most rich, and flourishing countreys of the Christian world […] now wasted with the miseries of a long and cruell warr, wallowing in blood, buried in rubbidge and dust […]
ref: 1641, Joseph Hall, The Works of the Lord, in Judgment and Mercy (sermon)
glosses: Obsolete form of war.
conceptualizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conceptualizable
form: most conceptualizable
Etymology: from conceptualize + -able
Senses: glosses: That can be conceptualized; capable of conceptualization
Derived terms: nonconceptualizable
reconceptualizable
unconceptualizable
unwaterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + waterable.
Senses: glosses: Unable to be watered.
whirrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whirring
abysmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more abysmic
form: most abysmic
Etymology: From abysm + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: These books will fill, and well fill, certain stretches of life […] But in old or nervous or solemnest or dying hours, when one needs the impalpably soothing and vitalizing influences of abysmic Nature, or its affinities in literature or human society, and the soul resents the keenest mere intellection, they will not be sought for.
ref: 1892, Walt Whitman, “Notes Left Over: Emerson's Books”, in Complete Prose Works:
text: The spacial depths between the glittering threads of the web and the chef seemed abysmic and prodigious. He might have belonged to another realm.
ref: 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
glosses: Abysmal; like an abyss.
interfacer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interfacers
Etymology: From interface + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Law enforcement executive managers must be interfacers who communicate with all segments of the agency, from chief deputy to patrol officer.
ref: 2011, Kären M. Hess, Christine Hess Orthmann, Shaun Edward LaDue, Management and Supervision in Law Enforcement, page 85:
glosses: one who, or that which, interfaces
interfacers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interfacer
hurdlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hurdling
archless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arch + -less.
Senses: examples: text: archless door frames
text: The archless tunnel was shaped like the outer door of the Vatican—straight across, narrow at the top, ceiled with slabs of stone and broad at the bottom, a matter of ten feet at least.
ref: 1913, Will Levington Comfort, The Road of Living Men, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, Part III, 16, pp. 275-276:
text: Towards this light Mr Flay suddenly turned and ran, while Swelter, whose frustrated blood-lust was ripe as a persimmon, thinking the thin man to have panicked, pursued him with horribly nimble steps for all the archless suction of his soles.
ref: 1946, Mervyn Peake, “Blood at Midnight”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
glosses: Lacking arches.