cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dariole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: darioles
Etymology: From French dariole, from Old Occitan daurar (“to brown”)
Senses: topics: baking
cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A dessert consisting of puff pastry filled with almond cream, baked in an oven.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A mould, in the shape of a truncated cone (frustum of a cone), in which the dessert is cooked.
darioles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dariole
is there a smaller size
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker needs a smaller size (of clothes or shoes).
decimalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decimalisation
decimalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decimalization
dentelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dentelle
it's cold outside
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the weather is cold.
Related terms: how's the weather?
stu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: stew
Forms: form: stus
form: stu'
Senses: examples: text: That's a track that's weak that he got last week / Cause everybody in the stu' was like: "That's that heat!"
ref: 2007 December 8, “Hip Hop Saved My Life”, in Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, performed by Lupe Fiasco (feat. Nikki Jean):
text: And lest you naysayers doubt it, Swizz even posted a video of Egpyt^([sic]) in the stu, adding, "oh and to all you old ass producers mad at a 5yr old on his grind early step ya game up and get a life."
ref: 2016 March 4, “Kendrick Lamar Just Released a New Album, 'untitled unmastered.'”, in VICE, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2023:
text: My first car I might cop a Mercedes / In the stu' everyday can't be lazy
ref: 2018 July 9, “Brothers”, in True 2 Myself, performed by Lil Tjay:
text: "[W]ell ............. 'twas a pretty rough day in nyc," Grande tweeted. "My friends took me to tiffany's. we had too much champagne. i bought us all rings. it was very insane and funny. & on the way back to the stu njomza was like 'bitch, this gotta be a song lol'. so we wrote it that afternoon."
ref: 2019 January 11, Kaitlin Reilly, “Ariana Grande Shares Lyrics & Artwork For Her New Song "7 Rings"”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2023:
text: They had a big influence on me. They had a big influence on Brooklyn period. I like the nonsense. [laughs] They were wildin'. Everyone in Brooklyn was liking that shit. They're wildin'. Their story in the stu, it gets deep.
ref: 2021 April 6, Shirley Ju, quoting 26AR, “The New Voice of Brooklyn is Here To 'Drench 'Em'”, in Flaunt, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2022:
text: I know I can fly, cause once I tried then I done flew / Only time I really give a speech is in the stu'
ref: 2021 October 7, “Immune”, BLP Kosher (lyrics):
qualifier: rap
glosses: Clipping of studio.
videomicrographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to videomicrography or to videomicrographs
nondevelopable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + developable.
Senses: glosses: Not developable.
undevelopable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + developable.
Senses: glosses: Not developable.
gossipiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gossipy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being gossipy.
Jägerbomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjeɪɡɚˌbɑm/
text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: Jägerbombs
form: Jagerbomb
form: jagerbomb
form: jägerbomb
form: Jäger bomb
Etymology: Blend of Jägermeister + bomb.
Senses: examples: text: Anyone who has been to a bar in the past 5 years has surely seen or even tasted a Red Bull and vodka or a Jägerbomb (Jägermeister and energy drink).
ref: 2009, Harvey B. Milkman, Stanley G. Sunderwirth, Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs: A Positive Approach to Mood Alteration:
text: The ambience: locals, tourists, mad fishermen, rednecks and the odd journalist saddling up for endless Jägerbombs before dancing the night away to any number of consistently good live acts.
ref: 2009, Jeff Campbell, Becca Blond, Willy Volk, Adam Karlin, Florida:
text: You won't see me buying a round of Jägerbombs for girls half my age because I know when I have no shot.
ref: 2009, David P. Murphy, Phil Torcivia, Rebecca Shockley, Such a Nice Guy:
glosses: A cocktail of Jägermeister and Red Bull.
Jägerbombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jägerbomb
jaggedy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jaggedy
form: most jaggedy
Etymology: From jagged + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Can you help Uncle Pete find a way through the jaggedy rocks to the island?
ref: 1997, Susannah Leigh, Brenda Haw, Uncle Pete's Pirate Adventure:
text: Then as Donnica turned the cheese in her hands, Oggie caught a glimpse of what looked like a very jaggedy edge and suddenly he felt nervous for her.
ref: 2008, Sarah Weeks, Oggie Cooder:
glosses: jagged
Segler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seglers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Segler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Runyonese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Runyon + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The language of the narrator in the stories of Damon Runyon: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, usually in the present tense and devoid of contractions.
Related terms: Runyonesque
vacillatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vacillatory
form: most vacillatory
Etymology: From vacillate + -ory.
Senses: synonyms: vacillating
;
see others there
glosses: Liable to waver; irresolute and hesitant.
Related terms: vacillate
vacillant
vacillation
Runyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wontedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwoʊntɪdli/
ipa: /ˈwɔːntɪdli/
ipa: /ˈwɑːntɪdli/
Forms: form: more wontedly
form: most wontedly
Etymology: From wonted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It matched for that matter her other elements, which were wontedly conspicuous as usual as she sat there suggestive of early tea.
ref: 1899, Henry James, The Awkward Age, published 1908:
text: What if she happened to meet him! Would he imagine her purpose in coming there? Her heart began to beat un-wontedly.
ref: 1921, Zane Grey, The Mysterious Rider, published 2008:
text: "My dear child," Mr. Jenkins said, and his voice was un-wontedly compassionate.
ref: 1973, Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door:
glosses: Usually, customarily, or habitually.
Related terms: unwontedly
wonted
wont
wontly
wone
wantonly
the bill, please
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: could I get the bill
could we get the bill
glosses: Indicates the speaker wishes to pay the bill (e.g. in a restaurant).
Related terms: cheque, please
member states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of member state
do you have any pets
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to ask whether the interlocutor is an owner of pets.
Synonyms: word: have you got any pets
I like you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker likes the interlocutor.
fucktastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fʌkˈtæstɪk/
Forms: form: more fucktastic
form: most fucktastic
Etymology: From fuck + -tastic.
Senses: glosses: fantastic or marvelous in a sexual way
I lost my glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her glasses.
bus bulb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bus bulbs
Senses: glosses: an arrangement by which a sidewalk is extended outwards for a bus stop
Synonyms: bus boarder
bus border
bus route
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bus routes
Senses: glosses: The set route taken by a bus service.
bus shelter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bus shelters
Senses: examples: text: I eventually got to a smelly bus shelter and perched cautiously on the bench inside.
ref: 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 44:
text: NR Chairman Sir Peter Hendy had made it clear that he didn't want anything that smacked of the bus shelters seen at many small, usually unstaffed stations.
ref: 2021 June 30, Anthony Lambert, “A railway station fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 934, page 42:
glosses: A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop, to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.
Synonyms: sense: South Asian English
word: bus que shelter
sense: South Asian English
word: bus queue shelter
sense: South Asian English
word: BQS
word: bus stop shelter
Related terms: bus garage
bus station
bus stop
bus terminal
bus terminus
waiting shelter
bargain agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bargain agents
Senses: glosses: A labor union designated by an appropriate government agency or recognized by the employer as the exclusive representative of all employees in the bargaining unit for purposes of collective bargaining
bidiagonalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bidiagonalizations
Etymology: From bi- + diagonalization.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular form of matrix decomposition
bike-and-ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bike-and-rides
Senses: glosses: An activity involving the use of a bicycle in conjunction with another type of transportation such as public transit. Typically, bike-and-ride facilities include bicycle storage areas adjacent to transit stops, giving passengers the option of traveling to the stops without the use of a motorized vehicle.
Related terms: bike ride
metalens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metalenses
Etymology: From meta- + lens.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A lens made from a metamaterial
nonstoichiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + stoichiometry.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nonstoichiometric.
organosilica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organosilicas
Etymology: From organo- + silica.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a range of hybrid materials combining silica with various organic compounds
pnictogenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pnictogenides
Etymology: From pnictogen + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any binary compound containing an anion of a pnictogen; namely nitride, phosphide, arsenide, antimonide or bismuthide
solvophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: having an affinity for a particular solvent
Related terms: hydrophilic
subhadronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + hadronic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing particles smaller than a hadron; especially describing quarks, the constituents of hadrons
wavefields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wavefield
appro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Short for approbation.
Senses: examples: text: The goods were delivered on appro.
topics: business
glosses: The situation where goods, especially jewellery, must be returned by the retailer if not successfully sold.
Related terms: sale or return
ramal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪməl/
Etymology: From ramus + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to a branch.
examples: text: Between the ramal walls above this the bone is longitudinally scooped out to the upper termination of the symphysis.
ref: 1890, R.W. Shufeldt, “Osteophysiology of Arctic and Subarctic Water-Birds”, in Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 24, page 98:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branching
BSMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
BSMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bus-service management system.
build-to
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: build-tos
Senses: glosses: A boundary or alignment, usually parallel to the property line, along which a building or structure must be placed. It usually establishes the maximum distance away from the property line that a building or structure may be placed.
call to mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls to mind
form: calling to mind
form: called to mind
form: called to mind
Senses: examples: text: […]she could take no rest: for if she waked, she began to call to minde his beautie, and thinking to beguile such thoughts with sleepe, she then dreamed of his perfection[…]
ref: 1588, Robert Greene, The Historie of Dorastus and Fawnia, published 1902:
text: And so father, calling to mind his death on the cross, and his perfect sacrifice made once for the sins of all men; and […]
ref: 1980, The Alternative Service book, Church of England:
glosses: To intentionally think about; to reflect upon.
examples: text: It is allowed that his tones are full and soft, and that his performance called to mind that of the celebrated Rhode;[…]
ref: 1829, “Varieties”, in The Athenæum and Literary Chronicle, Volume 1 (90): 446:
text: The painting calls to mind the description in Xenophon of how the animal was driven into the net and killed.
ref: 1929, Mary Hamilton Swindler, Ancient Painting: from the earliest times to the period of Christian art, page 101:
text: This sort of painting calls to mind what musicians call timbre.
ref: 2004, Michael Drolet, editor, The Postmodernism Reader: Foundational Texts, page 258:
text: The chopped mushrooms add depth to both the Waitrose and the Go-Go Vegan recipe, but what gives the latter some real clout on the flavour front is a teaspoon of Marmite. Vegetarian tweeter Jessica Edmonds tells me her boyfriend likes a similar recipe because "it tastes of Twiglets!". I'm with him – frankly, what's Christmas without a Twiglet? – but Annie Bell's goat's cheese has given me an idea for something even more festive. Stilton works brilliantly with parsnips, providing a savoury richness which feels a little more special than common or garden yeast extract. Blue cheese calls to mind the chestnuts used by Mary Berry of course, and now I'm on a roll, I pop in some sage and onion too, in a nod to the classic festive stuffing.
ref: 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
synonyms: bring to mind
glosses: To cause to think about; to evoke.
Related terms: come to mind
spring to mind
bring to mind
leap to mind
calls to mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of call to mind
calling to mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of call to mind
called to mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of call to mind
arterial road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arterial roads
Senses: glosses: A major thoroughfare, particularly one used to provide a large capacity for travelling some distance.
duumviri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duumvir
duumvirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duumvir
grand-ducal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grand-ducal
form: most grand-ducal
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grand ducal.
bug-a-boo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌɡəbuː/
Forms: form: bug-a-boos
form: bugaboo
Etymology: An earlier form was seen in buggybow, probably an alteration of bugbear (see bug), but connected by Chapman ("Dictionary of American Slang") with Bugibu, demon in the Old French poem Aliscans from 1141, which is perhaps of Celtic origin as a pagan god (compare Cornish buccaboo (“devil”), from bucca (“bogle, goblin”)). Alternatively, bug + a + boo. For a similar semantic development from a heathen god to demon to monster, compare etymology of French lutin.
Senses: examples: text: The German ubu, as well as the French bibou, is also used for bug-a-boo, hobgoblin, or any other fantastical, terrific nocturnal object.
ref: 1776, William Kenrick, London review of English and foreign literature, page 316:
text: “Oh! Of all the intolerable bugaboos. Gentlemen, this is a family discu-- Oh!”
ref: 2006 August 6, Jackson Publick, “Twenty Years to Midnight” (17:35 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season 2, episode 5, spoken by Professor Impossible (Stephen Colbert):
glosses: A mythical, nocturnal creature; a hobgoblin.
examples: text: ...a fear had come upon them, and they had a kind of bug-a-boo terror about roving gangsters.
ref: 1949, – George R. Stewart, Earth Abides, page 80:
text: There is the Goody-good Bug-a-boo, the Consistency Bug-a-boo, and the Bug-a-boo that Thomas Jefferson if he were living now, would never never ride in a carriage.
Each of these bug-a-boos in the general mistiness and muddleheadedness of the time can be seen going about, saying "Boo! Boo!" to this democracy ...
ref: 2008, Gerald Stanley Lee, Crowds, →ISBN, page 543:
text: “Uh, Celeste? Sorry to bug. You said you were gonna start making us vampires, quote, "Hopefully within the week." And that was last week.” “Is someone talking to me right now?” “That's actually true. You did say that. And I don't want to be a bugaboo.” “Bugaboo?” “But you know what it's like for us.” “What is this, an ambush?” “Sort of, like, a timeline would mean a l-lot.” “Okay.”
ref: 2020 May 27, Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil, “Collaboration” (17:32 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Guillermo de la Cruz (Harvey Guillén):
glosses: Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is.
Synonyms: sense: hostile supernatural creature
word: goblin
Related terms: bogey
boo-boo
bugbear
bogeyman
bug-a-boos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bug-a-boo
Free Zone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Free Zone
Senses: glosses: A variety of groups and individuals practicing Scientology independently of the Church of Scientology.
vaginal ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaginal rings
form: VR
Senses: examples: text: Inequality, research shows, [is why] we still see Aids-related deaths in an era when we have all the antiretrovirals, HIV prevention pills, vaginal rings, injections and harm-reduction plans needed to end the pandemic.
ref: 2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A device consisting of a flexible ring held in the vagina which provides a controlled release of drugs, typically used for contraception.
compact neighborhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compact neighborhoods
form: compact neighbourhood
Senses: glosses: Higher-density development in which a variety of land uses are located such that residents and workers are within walking distance of many destinations.
compact neighbourhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compact neighbourhoods
form: compact neighborhood
Senses: glosses: Higher-density development in which a variety of land uses are located such that residents and workers are within walking distance of many destinations.
sexperimentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of sex + experimentation.
Senses: synonyms: sexploration
glosses: Sexual exploration; experimentation in sexuality.
e-noses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-nose
undersnow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + snow.
Senses: examples: text: An investigation was conducted at Camp Century, Greenland, to study the feasibility of using air wells to cool undersnow structures in the arctic […]
ref: 1962, Yin-Chao Yen, James A. Bender, Cooling of an undersnow camp:
glosses: Beneath snow.
supershort
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supershort
form: most supershort
Etymology: From super- + short.
Senses: glosses: Extremely short.
Related terms: ultrashort
fameless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fame + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Sluggish are the spirits and base the lot of the men I am ordained to lead through a dull life to a fameless grave.
ref: 1834, E. Bulwer Lytton, The Pilgrims Of The Rhine:
text: And in the midst of better conditions and brighter prospects the shameless, brainless, fameless bipeds pollute the atmosphere, poison hearts and plant discontent.
ref: 1915, William Crosbie Hunter, Evening Round Up:
glosses: Without fame.
Derived terms: famelessly
famelessness
brady-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”).
Senses: glosses: slow
arterial streets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arterial street
prêt-à-porter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: First use appears c. 1957 in Punch. See cite below. Reborrowed from French prêt-à-porter (1951), itself a calque of English ready-to-wear.
Senses: examples: text: gloves, scarves, jewellery, and prêt-à-porter clothes; belts, beads, flowers, scent ... all the fleeting frivolities and lovely ephemera of the passing mode are strewn about as though by some demented diseuse gone berserk with her travelling trunk of properties.
ref: 1957, Francis Cowley Burnand, Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Owen Seaman, Shirley Brooks, Tom Taylor (editors), Punch, volume 232, page 136:
glosses: Ready-to-wear.
wikipedia: Punch (magazine)
resorcine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of resorcin.
tree-hugging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tree-hugging
form: most tree-hugging
Senses: examples: text: He could have developed his oil wells if it wasn't for those pesky tree-hugging hippies.
glosses: Supporting of environment concerns such as combating pollution, deforestation, etc.
examples: text: “They were hugely embarrassed to find out I was tree-hugging champion; it wasn’t exactly the ‘cool mum’ hat they wanted me to have. So I do feel slightly bad for their street cred.”
ref: 2024 October 9, Severin Carrell, “Teacher Hannah Willow crowned as Glasgow’s first tree-hugging champion”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: literal
glosses: To wrap one's arms around the trunk of a tree, as in an embrace.
Synonyms: lentil-weaving
yoghurt-knitting
Related terms: tree-hugger
well-trodden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-trodden
form: most well-trodden
Senses: examples: text: He beat the familiar and well-trodden path to her door.
text: Toto whimpered a little but none of the others was frightened and they kept along the well-trodden path until they came to an opening in the wood, in which were gathered hundreds of beasts of every variety.
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 238:
text: But I'm here to follow the less well-trodden route up to the most northerly point of the British mainland, which has its own scenic claim to make.
ref: 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 47:
glosses: Describing a route or path that is frequently used.
word-blindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of word blindness.
dulcification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dulcifications
Etymology: Compare French dulcification.
Senses: examples: text: the exactest calcination , follow'd by an exquisite dulcification , does not alwaies reduce the remaining body into elementary earth.
ref: 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of dulcifying or sweetening.
dulcifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dulcification
duperies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dupery
tonsil tennis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: French kissing; tongue kissing
Synonyms: tonsil hockey
mis-spellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mis-spelling.
dulcite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin dulcis (“sweet”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sugar alcohol dulcitol (galactitol)
Derived terms: isodulcite
Freezone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Free Zone.
Related terms: freezoner
freezoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freezoners
Etymology: From Free Zone + -er.
Senses: glosses: A Scientologist who practises outside the official Scientology organisation.
staniel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstænjəl/
rhymes: -ænjəl
Forms: form: staniels
form: stanyel
form: stannyel
form: stannel
form: standgale
form: stanchel
form: steingale
form: stonegall
Etymology: From Middle English staniel (“bird of prey”), from Old English stānġilla, stānġella (“staniel, pelican”, literally “rock-crier”), from stān (“stone, rock”) + ġella (“yeller, crier”). More at stone, yell.
Senses: glosses: The kestrel or windhover.
Synonyms: stand hawk
stannel hawk
taulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taula
hoarfrosted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hoarfrosted
form: most hoarfrosted
form: hoar-frosted
Etymology: From hoarfrost + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered with hoar-frost.
Synonyms: hoarfrosty
biblical blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: tekhelet
glosses: A particular bluish color mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
intraoesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of intraesophageal.
Derived terms: intraoesophageally
disquietly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disquietly
form: most disquietly
Etymology: From disquiet + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We have seen the best of our time: / machinations, hollowness, treachery, and all / ruinous disorders, follow us disquietly to our / graves […]
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], lines 111–114:
glosses: In a disquiet manner.
unintrusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + intrusive.
Senses: glosses: not intrusive
alabamium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Alabama + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A rejected name for astatine.
athenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːniəm
Etymology: From Athens + -ium, after the ancient city where the philosophical idea of atoms originated.
Senses: glosses: A rejected name for einsteinium.
centurium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From its position as element number 100.
Senses: glosses: A rejected name for fermium.
nonstrengthened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + strengthened.
Senses: glosses: Not strengthened.
unstrengthened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + strengthened.
Senses: glosses: Not strengthened.
minor sixth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor sixths
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 8:5. It is one chromatic semitone narrower than a major sixth. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eight semitones and spanning six degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented fifth.
Related terms: major sixth
augmented fifth
minor sixths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minor sixth
augmented fifths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of augmented fifth
major sixth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major sixths
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 5/3. It is one chromatic semitone wider than a minor sixth. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of nine semitones, spans six degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished seventh.
Synonyms: M6
major sixths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of major sixth
diminished seventh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diminished sevenths
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical interval equivalent to narrowing a minor seventh by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of nine semitones and spans seven degrees of the diatonic scale, is one semitone narrower than a minor seventh, and is enharmonically equivalent to a major sixth.
diminished sevenths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diminished seventh
crapheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craphead
minor seventh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor sevenths
Senses: examples: text: The minor seventh has a pitch ratio close to 57:32.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical interval in Western music that is equal to or approximates a ratio of 9/5 or 16/9, depending on the context. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans ten semitones and seven degrees of the diatonic scale.
Synonyms: m7
undecidedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more undecidedly
form: most undecidedly
Etymology: From undecided + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in an undecided manner
minor sevenths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minor seventh
major seventh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major sevenths
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 15/8. It is one semitone wider than a minor seventh. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eleven semitones, spans seven degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished octave.
Synonyms: M7
maj7
major sevenths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of major seventh
diminished octave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diminished octaves
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical interval in Western music formed by narrowing an octave by a chromatic semitone. It is one chromatic semitone narrower than a perfect octave. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eleven semitones, spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a major seventh.
diminished octaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diminished octave
perfect octave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfect octaves
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of twelve semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented seventh and is commonly referred to as an octave.
augmented octave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: augmented octaves
Senses: examples: text: An augmented octave on C:
1
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of thirteen semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a perfect octave and enharmonically equivalent to a minor ninth/compound minor second.
typhl-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: enpr: tĭfl
ipa: /tɪfl/
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek τῠφλός (tŭphlós, “blind”).
Senses: glosses: blind, blindness
Derived terms: word: nyctotyphlosis
word: typhlitis
word: typhlocolitis
word: typhlograph
word: typhlology
Related terms: alt: zoölogy
word: typhlope
alt: zoölogy
word: typhlophthalmic
typhl-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: enpr: tĭfl
ipa: /tɪfl/
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek τῠφλόν (tŭphlón, “cæcum”, “blind gut”), the neuter form of τῠφλός (tŭphlós, “blind”), whence typhl-¹.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: caecum
Derived terms: typhlatony
typhlectomy
typhlenteritis
typhlodicliditis
typhlolithiasis
typhlopexy
typhlostenosis
typhlotomy
Related terms: topics: medicine
sciences
word: paratyphlitis
topics: pathology
medicine
sciences
word: perityphlitic
topics: medicine
sciences
word: perityphlitis →
word: typhlitic
topics: pathology
medicine
sciences
word: typhlitis →
augmented octaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of augmented octave
anywhence
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕʹ.nĭ.hwĕns
ipa: /ˈɛn.ɪ.ʍɛns/
Etymology: From any + whence.
Senses: examples: text: As soon as I receive it anywhence, you shall have it presently returned.
ref: 1671: Thomas Brancker, in Stephen Peter Rigaud’s Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century, volume 1, page 167 (1841 publication)
glosses: From anywhere.
Related terms: sense: related through any
word: anybody
sense: related through any
word: anyhoo
sense: related through any
word: anyhow →
sense: related through any
word: any-kyns
sense: related through any
word: any-lengthian
sense: related through any
word: any more
sense: related through any
word: anyon
sense: related through any
word: anyplace
sense: related through any
word: anythingarianism
sense: related through any
word: anythingarian →
sense: related through any
word: anything →
sense: related through any
word: anyway
sense: related through any
word: anyways →
sense: related through any
word: anywhat
sense: related through any
word: anywhen
sense: related through any
word: anywhere
sense: related through any
word: anywhither
sense: related through any
word: anywise
sense: related through whence
word: elsewhence
sense: related through whence
word: everywhence
sense: related through whence
word: nowhence
sense: related through whence
word: otherwhence
sense: related through whence
word: somewhence
sense: related through whence
word: whenceforth
sense: related through whence
word: whenceforward
sense: related through whence
word: whenceness
sense: related through whence
word: whencesoever
sense: related through whence
word: whencever
sense: related through whence
word: whenceward
multipolicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + policy.
Senses: glosses: Having or pertaining to more than one policy.
minor ninth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor ninths
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical interval in Western music consisting of an octave widened by a diatonic semitone.
Synonyms: compound minor second
nonhistoriographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + historiographic.
Senses: glosses: Not historiographic.
nonhagiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hagiographic.
Senses: glosses: Not hagiographic.
lipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lip
lipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lippings
Senses: examples: text: Note: No metal fixings must be used when fixing the lippings.
ref: 1981, Peter Brett, Carpentry and Joinery for Building Craft Students 2:
topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: edging
nonprehistoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + prehistoric.
Senses: glosses: Not prehistoric.
nontelevisual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + televisual.
Senses: glosses: Not televisual.
prehistories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prehistory
nonmassage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + massage.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to massage.
Digby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪɡ.bi/
rhymes: -ɪɡbi
Forms: form: Digbies
Etymology: From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”).
The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9591).
glosses: A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0854).
glosses: A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A village in Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A barony in the peerage of Ireland.
Derived terms: Digby County
District of Digby
Digby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪɡ.bi/
rhymes: -ɪɡbi
Forms: form: Digbies
Etymology: From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”).
The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Digby chicken.
updrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of updraw
updrawn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of updraw
primigenial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: primogenial
Etymology: From Latin primus (“first”) and genio (from generare (“to create”)), + -al.
Senses: examples: text: What difference is there, then, between God and primigenial chaos?
ref: 1983, Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver, The Name of the Rose:
glosses: First of all; firstborn; primary; original.
Bird's Head
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bird's Head
Etymology: Calque of Dutch Vogelkop.
Senses: synonyms: Doberai
Vogelkop
glosses: A large peninsula that makes up the Province of Southwest Papua and the northeast portion of the Province of West Papua in Indonesia.
Derived terms: East Bird's Head
South Bird's Head
West Bird's Head
call the police
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Use a telephone to request the arrival of a police officer.
antœci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of antoeci.
antoeci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăntēʹsī
ipa: /ænˈtiːsaɪ/
Forms: form: antoikoi
form: antœci
Etymology: From the Latin antoecī, from the Ancient Greek ἄντοικοι (ántoikoi, “dwellers opposite”), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “dwelling”).
Senses: examples: text: Antœci are such as dwell under the same Meridian and the same Latitude or Parallel equally distant from the Æquator; the one northward, the other Southward; the days in both places being of a length; but the Summer of the one being the others winter.
ref: 1622, Peter Heylin, Cosmographie in Four Bookes, Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, published 1674, introduction, page 20, column 1:
text: Antichthones…comprehend both the Antipodes and Antœci, or all beyond the Line[.]
ref: 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth, book 2, published 1697, page 174:
text: Antœci…have their noon, or midnight, or any other hour at the same time; but their seasons are contrary, being spring to the one, when it is autumn with the other.
ref: 1796, Charles Hutton, A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, volume 1, page 121, column 1:
glosses: The inhabitants at two points on the globe that share a longitude and for which the sum of their degrees of latitude equals zero.
Derived terms: antoecian
Related terms: antipodeans
ecumene
perioeci
antoecian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăntēʹshən
ipa: /ænˈtiːʃən/
Etymology: From antoeci + -an.
Senses: examples: 1860, Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, chapter XX: “The Winds of the Southern Hemisphere”, § 818;
[T]he westerly winds which prevail on the polar side of 40° S. are stronger and more constant than their antœcian fellows of the north[.]
glosses: Of or belonging to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude.
antoecian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăntēʹshən
ipa: /ænˈtiːʃən/
Forms: form: antoecians
Etymology: From antoeci + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person inhabiting to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude.
pearl divers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearl diver
antoikoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăntoiʹkoi
ipa: /ænˈtɔɪkɔɪ/
Etymology: As antoeci, but closer to the Ancient Greek spelling.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antœci.
abood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aboods
Senses: examples: text: Because yt was offred that his only sonne should be lefte there as a pledge for his allegeance, or to geve sufficient caucion for his repaire hether to avoyd all doubtes that his abood there might breede, his Lordship was required either to accepte the said pledg or such sufficient bond of him […]
ref: 1590, Privy Council, Acts of the Privy Council of England, volume 19:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of abode.
Abood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əˈbuːd/
Etymology: Variation of Abboud, from Arabic عَابُّود (ʕābbūd).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
protandrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + -androus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Exhibiting protandry.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Whose male parts (anthers) become mature before the female ones (stigma).
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Whose male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids before the female parts (archegonia) mature.
Related terms: protandry
adelphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See adelphic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Fusion of stamen filaments.
Derived terms: diadelphy
diadelphous
monadelphy
monadelphous
pentadelphy
pentadelphous
polyadelphy
polyadelphous
tetradelphy
tetradelphous
triadelphy
triadelphous
hang fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hang fire
monadelphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mon- + adelphy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Presence of monadelphous stamen.
diadelphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós) + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a flower, or the plant bearing it: having the stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form two separate bundles, or a bundle and a lone separate stamen.
diadelphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + adelphy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Presence of diadelphous stamen.
acupunctuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acupunctuates
form: acupunctuating
form: acupunctuated
form: acupunctuated
form: acu-punctuate
Etymology: From Latin acus (“needle”) + punctuate.
Senses: examples: text: In the course of these months she was bled, leeched, acupunctuated, […].
ref: 1830, George Tate, A Treatise on Hysteria, page 72:
text: Indeed, a lady quietly remarked to the writer, with that exquisite sweet malice wherewith French ladies so much delight to acu-punctuate their English sisters, "I have never seen any English lady handle her fan nearly so gracefully as that Basque boy does; they ALWAYS make themselves in a heat by blowing so hard, but look at him."
ref: 1865, “A Basque Pastorale”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 65, number 9, page 251:
text: Who do you suppose get acupunctuated better, a Tibetan yak-herd or Chairman Mao?
ref: 1975, The American Scholar, volume 44, page 133:
glosses: To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
Derived terms: acupunctuation
Related terms: acupuncture
triadelphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós) + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form three separate groups, some of which may contain a lone stamen.
tetradelphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós) + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form four separate groups, some of which may contain a single stamen.
pentadelphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- + Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós) + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a flower or plant: having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form five separate groups, some of which may contain a single stamen.
triadelphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + adelphy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Presence of triadelphous stamen.
tetradelphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + adelphy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Presence of tetradelphous stamen.
pentadelphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penta- + adelphy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Presence of pentadelphous stamen.
polyadelphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + adelphy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Presence of polyadelphous stamen.
sand eel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand eels
form: sand-eel
form: sandeel
Etymology: From Middle English sandeel, sandell, sandel, equivalent to sand + eel. Cognate with German Sandaal (“sand eel”), Danish sandål (“sand eel”).
Senses: examples: text: In short, this means sandeels, the small, oily fish that are a staple diet for many seabirds, need to be in the right place at the right time for puffins to be able to feed their chicks.
ref: 2018 June 20, Louise Tickle, The Guardian:
glosses: Any of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the family Ammodytidae.
Synonyms: sandling
actinost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinosts
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Senses: examples: text: The second well-developed actinost is below the vertebra supporting the subcaudal blood-vessels, but that is not so strong proximally as the first; the ribs are not directed downwards, but backwards, and are entirely separated from each other.
ref: 1889, Dr. G. Baur, “On the morphology of ribs and the fate of the actinosts of the median fin in fishes”, in Journal of morphology, volume 3:
topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A bone at the base of a paired fin (of a fish)
synantherology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From obsolete French synanthérées, itself derived from the synanthery unique to the family.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: The study of the Asteraceae.
synanthery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The property of being synantherous.
Related terms: adelphy
synantherous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having stamens that are fused by the anthers, usually with the filaments not being fused.
syngenecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of syngenesious.
synandrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having stamens fused along both their filaments and anthers.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having stamens fused together in any way.
Related terms: synantherous
-adelphous