cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
infotainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infotainers
Senses: examples: text: Endless film stars turned infotainers appear on talk shows to push their new product.
ref: 2009, Gerald Nachman, Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!: Ed Sullivan's America, page 152:
text: Now a large segment of the media, the infotainers, are in a delicate position. Having cast their lot with the anti-warming forces, they are in danger of being proved wrong.
ref: 2010, Brian C. Alston, Visions in Conflict: International Perspectives on Values and Enmity, page 146:
glosses: One who produces or presents infotainment.
infotainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infotainer
antiwarming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiwarming
form: most antiwarming
Etymology: From anti- + warming.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, many U.S. corporations foresaw the coming confirmation and the likely regulations and antiwarming measures.
ref: 1996, Joseph Francis Coates, John B. Mahaffie, Andy Hines, 2025, page 119:
text: The post-Bali negotiations over how the world's countries will share the responsibilities of the antiwarming campaign after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 are scheduled to be completed in December 2009.
ref: 2008, Helena Cobban, Re-engage!: America and the world after Bush, page 80:
qualifier: environmental science
glosses: Counteracting global warming.
antisealing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisealing
form: most antisealing
Etymology: From anti- + sealing.
Senses: examples: text: Antisealing and antifur lobbies are criticized in the North for having a double standard; condemning hunters for harvesting “luxury” furs when fur has been the only “cash crop” available for northerners to export.
ref: 2012, Mark Nuttall, Encyclopedia of the Arctic, page 692:
glosses: Opposing the hunting of seals.
antitrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitrapping
form: most antitrapping
Etymology: From anti- + trapping.
Senses: examples: text: According to the Wildlife Legislative Fund of America, 10 to 20 antitrapping bills are brought before state legislatures annually.
ref: 1999 December, Field and Stream, volume 104, number 8, page 12:
glosses: Opposing the trapping of animals.
anticorrelating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anticorrelate
antigriddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antigriddle
antibipolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + bipolar.
Senses: examples: an antibipolar drug
glosses: Counteracting bipolar disorder.
semijoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semijoins
Etymology: From semi- + join.
Senses: topics: algebra
computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of join in relational algebra, denoted by ⋉ or ⋊.
Hypernyms: join
Related terms: antijoin
semijoins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semijoin
antiministerial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiministerial
form: most antiministerial
Etymology: From anti- + ministerial.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposed to government ministers or ministries.
Related terms: antiministerialist
antisuffragette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisuffragettes
Etymology: From anti- + suffragette.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes the suffragette movement for women's voting rights.
antisuffragettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisuffragette
antizombie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antizombies
form: anti-zombie
Etymology: From anti- + zombie.
Senses: examples: text: Let's find that bibulous "antizombie" state of pure experience.
ref: 1998, Stuart R. Hameroff, Alfred W. Kaszniak, Alwyn Scott, Toward a Science of Consciousness II, →ISBN:
text: Finally, in chapter 6 I revisit certain questions, especially concerning the nature of subjectivity, in the context of an exploration of various anti-zombie arguments.
ref: 2003, Joseph Levine, Purple Haze: The Puzzle of Consciousness, →ISBN, page 10:
text: The perfect experiment suggests the anti-zombie: a creature which is conscious, perhaps in just one respect, as in Cohen and Dennett«s isolation of colour consciousness, but gives no sign of it.
ref: 2016 -, William Seager, Theories of Consciousness: An Introduction and Assessment, →ISBN:
text: We must all be functionalists. By demolishing the intuitions, the anti-zombie argument removes what has long been seen as a major problem for physicalism and functionalism. And by bringing out the fact that consciousness depends on a number of different information-processing capacities, that argument hints at what it really is.
ref: 2017, Robert Kirk, Robots, Zombies and Us: Understanding Consciousness, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The inverse of the philosophical zombie; an exact duplicate of a human being which certainly and necessarily does have conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.
antizombie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antizombie
form: most antizombie
form: anti-zombie
Etymology: From anti- + zombie.
Senses: examples: text: During the second and third volumes of the series, Nathan Mather, a radical antizombie preacher, and his followers become more and more powerful[…]
ref: 2011, Joni Richards Bodart, They Suck, They Bite, They Eat, They Kill, page 182:
glosses: Opposing or countering zombies.
antiprostitute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiprostitute
form: most antiprostitute
Etymology: From anti- + prostitute.
Senses: glosses: Opposing prostitutes.
Related terms: antiprostitution
nuggetty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nuggetty
form: most nuggetty
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nuggety.
darshans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of darshan
disinsect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disinsects
form: disinsecting
form: disinsected
form: disinsected
Etymology: From dis- + insect.
Senses: examples: text: The clothes which such person is wearing, his baggage, and any other article likely to spread typhus, shall be disinsected and, if necessary, disinfected.
ref: 1952, Statutes of the Union of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, p. 339
text: Malaria is also of interest mainly because of the need to disinsect the aircraft cabin when required by the government at destination.
ref: 2008, Diseases Know No Frontiers, volume 2, House of Lords, page 486:
qualifier: public health; chiefly air travel; public health; chiefly air travel
glosses: To eliminate insects from something, usually by application of an insecticide.
Related terms: disinsection
disinsectization
disinsects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disinsect
disinsecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disinsect
disinsected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disinsect
Mjolnir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Thor, Redbeard, strong-armed wielder of Mjolnir, guardian of mankind, we make you welcome.
ref: 2012, Hester Butler-Ehle, Hearth and Field: A Heathen Prayer Book, page 180:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Mjollnir.
Fennicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Fennicize
Fennicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Fennicize
suffragettism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From suffragette + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The suffragette movement for women's voting rights.
antismear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + smear.
Senses: glosses: Inhibiting the smearing of a substance.
dactylographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dactylography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to dactylography.
antimajority
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimajority
form: most antimajority
Etymology: From anti- + majority.
Senses: examples: text: If further evidence of the BBC's willingness to operate an antimajority colour bar were required, then it was provided in an advertisement in the Guardian of Monday, 6 June 1994. This applied exclusively to "ethnic minority applicants,"[…]
ref: 1998, R. Honeyford, The Commission for Racial Equality, page 271:
text: The zoot suit was antimajority class and antimajority ethnicity. There are classic black-and-white photos of Bennington College women in the 1940s and 1950s dressed in a manner that offended the townspeople because the women were not "well dressed."
ref: 2011, Will Barratt, Social Class on Campus: Theories and Manifestations, page 34:
glosses: Opposing a social majority.
Related terms: antiminority
antimajoritarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimajoritarian
tumblelog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tumblelogs
Etymology: From tumble + log, an early term for microblog, coined by Jonathan Gillette in 2005, based on the tagline of Leah Neukirchen's Anarchaia blog (“experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin’”).
Senses: examples: text: For a concrete example, imagine you've created a Tumblelog, which is like a weblog but with many small posts of different types.
ref: 2006, Chad Fowler, Rails Recipes, Raleigh, N.C.: Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN, page 195:
text: Tumblr, launched in March, allows users to publish digital files or brief blog posts to a single online location, dubbed a tumblelog.
ref: 2007, The Deal, volume 5, page 26:
text: Twitter and tumblelogs work equally well in this case. However, blogging and longer forms of writing are still important for communicating complex or longer ideas.
ref: 2009, Gavin Bell, Building Social Web Applications, page 133:
text: Sue Weston details her current artwork. “It’s called 'Magpie.’ I stand in Daley Plaza, jotting down the things people say into their cells. Then I post it on a tumblelog. Amazing, what people will tell a street full of strangers.”
ref: 2010, Richard Powers, Generosity, New York: Picador, →ISBN, page 10:
text: At the same time as maintaining activity on my tumblelog, I was communicating with other bloggers outside the group, collaborating with other teachers at my own institution, reflecting alone and reading both online and on paper.
ref: 2011, Dr Kay Irie, Dr Alison Stewart, Realizing Autonomy:
glosses: A microblog, especially one on the Tumblr microblogging service.
Derived terms: Tumblr
tumblelogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumblelog
civilisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civiliser
adscriptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adscription
plattings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platting
fizzingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fizzingly
form: most fizzingly
Etymology: From fizzing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a fizzing sound or action.
glosses: With energy or dynamism.
soleres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solere
thinhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thinhorns
Senses: glosses: thinhorn sheep
thinhorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thinhorn
Froebelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Froebelian
form: most Froebelian
form: Fröbelian
Etymology: From Froebel + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: We quoted a month or two back some amusing verses from Punch poking fun at child study, pædometry and the new faddists; but it is easy to turn the tables and show the nauseating diet that was provided for children of the early Victorian age when Froebelian methods were unknown.
ref: 1908, Journal of Education XXX, “A Child’s Garland of the ‘Fifties’”, page 529
glosses: Of or relating to Friedrich Fröbel (or Froebel; 1782–1852), German pedagogue who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities.
Froebelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Froebelians
form: Fröbelian
Etymology: From Froebel + -ian.
Senses: glosses: One who favours Fröbel's system of education.
Fröbelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fröbelian
form: most Fröbelian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Froebelian.
Fröbelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fröbelians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Froebelian.
skim-read
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skim-reads
form: skim-reading
form: skim-read
form: skim-read
Senses: glosses: To read quickly, skipping some detail.
Synonyms: skim
skim-reading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skim-read
skim-reads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skim-read
meazel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
meazel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meazels
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
glosses: Obsolete form of measle (“a leper”).
meazels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meazel
measling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: measlings
Etymology: Unknown, but probably via Scandinavian forms such as Swedish mässlingen (“pustules, measles”), Danish mæslinger (“measles”), Icelandic mislingar (“measles”), etc. combining the Germanic roots related to blood blisters with the suffix -ing. In reference to delamination, possibly a separate derivation from measle + -ing under influence from the dialectical name for the disease.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of measle: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, a red spot caused by the disease.
synonyms: word: measle
extra: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, a red spot caused by the disease.
glosses: A form of delamination or separation in a laminate material that results in a spotty appearance.
draggability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drag + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: For any drag to work, there needs to be a way to indicate draggability. In the prior examples the only indication that something was draggable was the cursor change on mouse hover.
ref: 2009, Bill Scott, Theresa Neil, Designing Web Interfaces, page 203:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The property of being draggable.
teredines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teredine
teredoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teredo
guaranteer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guaranteers
Etymology: From guarantee + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who guarantees.
Synonyms: guarantor
guaranteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guaranteer
guisards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guisard
bluecap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluecaps
Etymology: From blue + cap.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Hewitson mentions a pair of bluecaps having built their nest in a bottle[…]
ref: 1869, W. J. Sterland, The birds of Sherwood Forest, page 84:
glosses: A bird, the blue titmouse.
glosses: A fish of the salmon kind with blue spots on its head.
glosses: A Scotsman.
topics: business
human-sciences
mining
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A tiny blue-skinned fairy that inhabits a mine and helps the miners.
bluecaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluecap
codille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French
Senses: examples: text: The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily Arts,
and wins (oh shameful Chance!) the Queen of Hearts
At this, the Blood the Virgin's Cheek forsook,
A livid Paleness spreads o'er all her Look;
She sees, and trembles at th' approaching Ill,
Just in the Jaws of Ruin, and Codille.
ref: 1712-17, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (London: Chiswick Press. 1925. p. 33-34)
topics: card-games
games
glosses: The winning of the majority of tricks in the game of ombre.
pasans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasan
housepride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From house + pride.
Senses: examples: text: In the West Riding also the woman's real domain was still the home, and her daily experience one of housepride and fatigue.
ref: 1982, Patrick Joyce, Work, society and politics: the culture of the factory in later Victorian England, page 114:
glosses: pride in the upkeep of one's home; the quality of being house-proud
serpentined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of serpentine
serpentining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serpentinings
Etymology: From serpentine + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Among the waltzings, and the droppings, and the swarmings of the sounds, Pierre now heard the tones above deftly stealing and winding among the myriad serpentinings of the other melody: […]
ref: 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book VI. Isabel, and the First Part of the Story of Isabel.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section VI, page 172:
glosses: gerund of serpentine: a serpentine twisting.
serpentining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From serpentine + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of serpentine
letterwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From letter + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Skillful readers' processing of text seems far too fast and efficient to be based on letterwise processing of its print.
ref: 1994, Marilyn Jager Adams, Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print, page 105:
text: […] an encryption algorithm with multiple usage of a secret key for the letterwise encryption of prefixes […]
ref: 2008, Joachim Biskup, Security in Computing Systems: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions, page 410:
glosses: In terms of letters of the alphabet.
Picassoesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Picassoesque
form: most Picassoesque
Etymology: From Picasso + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the style of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish artist; Cubist
Picassoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Picassoan
form: most Picassoan
form: Picassan
form: Picassian
Etymology: From Picasso + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish artist.
Related terms: Picassoesque
da Vincian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more da Vincian
form: most da Vincian
Etymology: From da Vinci + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian artist and polymath.
wikipedia: da Vinci
Synonyms: Vincian
Cézannian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cézannian
form: most Cézannian
form: Cézannean
Etymology: From Cézanne + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), French artist.
Related terms: Cézannesque
Cézannesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cézannesque
form: most Cézannesque
Etymology: From Cézanne + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the style of Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), French artist.
Picassan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Picassan
form: most Picassan
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Picassoan.
Cézannean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cézannean
form: most Cézannean
Etymology: From Cézanne + -an.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cézannian.
cavettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavetto
transitioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transitioners
Etymology: From transition + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Before clinical intervention is offered, the intending transitioner must live as a person of the intended gender for a period of a year.
ref: 2012, Julie Fish, Social Work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People:
text: […] this LITA guide first describes what a digital librarian is and does, how to prepare for this type of information role (MLIS coursework), and how to pursue a career as a digital librarian (as a new grad or career transitioner).
ref: 2016, G. Kim Dority, Rethinking Information Work:
glosses: One who transitions.
transitioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transitioner
transitionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transitionalities
Etymology: From transitional + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being transitional.
transitionalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transitionality
docketer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docketers
Etymology: From docket + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He liked the new archivists, docketers, typists, printers, stenographers, binders, and second division clerks. He accepted the system as he found it.
ref: 1930, Sir Harold George Nicolson, Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bart., First Lord Carnock, page 326:
glosses: One who dockets.
docketers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of docketer
undocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + docketed.
Senses: glosses: Not docketed.
docketings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of docketing
vermiculations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vermiculation
vermicomposter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vermicomposters
Etymology: From vermicompost + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who vermicomposts.
glosses: A device for vermicomposting.
vermicomposters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vermicomposter
caba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabas
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Sherbourne […] hurriedly searched her pocket, her caba, and her muff, without finding the lost treasure.
ref: 1860, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, The haunted homestead: and other nouvellettes, page 279:
glosses: A cabas, or lady's bag.
undefrauded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + defrauded.
Senses: glosses: Not having been defrauded.
unmurdered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + murdered.
Senses: examples: text: So when the ship foundered she did not know it, and if any unmurdered hands and passengers escaped, she didn’t know that either.
ref: 2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, Chatto & Windus, page 115:
glosses: Not having been murdered.
hypostoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypostomas
form: hypostomata
Senses: glosses: hypostome
hypostomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypostoma
biohybrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biohybrid
cave pearl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cave pearls
Senses: glosses: A kind of speleothem, formed as calcite crystallizes on a nucleus such as a grain of sand, in much the same way that a biological pearl forms within a mollusc.
cave pearls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cave pearl
semirational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + rational.
Senses: glosses: Partly rational; employing a certain amount of reasoning.
misocapnists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misocapnist
chiromantist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiromantists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheiromantist.
chiromantists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiromantist
Bayuvarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Bavarian (German-Austrian) (chiefly in reference to the language or language family)
stoechiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stoichiology.
stoichiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoechiology
Etymology: Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon, “first element, fundamental principle”) + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The part of physiology that deals with the elements, or principles, composing animal tissues.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The doctrine of the elementary requisites of mere thought .
glosses: The statement or discussion of the first principles of any science or art.
trench-plow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trench-plows
form: trench-plowing
form: trench-plowed
form: trench-plowed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trench-plough.
trench-plow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trench-plows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trench-plough.
trench-plowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trench-plow
trench-plough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trench-ploughs
form: trench-ploughing
form: trench-ploughed
form: trench-ploughed
form: trench-plow
Senses: glosses: To plough with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.
trench-plough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trench-ploughs
form: trench-plow
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A plough for turning up the land more deeply than usual.
trench-ploughed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trench-plough
trench-plowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trench-plow
trench-plows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trench-plow
trench-ploughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trench-plough
trench-ploughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trench-plough
trench-ploughs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trench-plough
subelliptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌb.ɪˈlɪp.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪptɪk
Etymology: From sub- + elliptic.
Senses: glosses: Imperfectly elliptic; not quite elliptic; approximating an ellipse.
nonexpansiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + expansiveness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being nonexpansive.
midinfrared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + infrared.
Senses: glosses: Within the infrared portion of the spectrum.
undecimated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + decimated.
Senses: glosses: Not decimated.
impositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more impositional
form: most impositional
Etymology: From imposition + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to imposition; intrusive.
biomatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + matter.
Senses: examples: Holonym: biotissue
coordinate_terms: biomaterial
glosses: biological matter.
biomathematician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomathematicians
Etymology: From bio- + mathematician.
Senses: glosses: One who studies biomathematics.
biomathematicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomathematician
biomathematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biomathematical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In biomathematical terms.
nonexpansive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + expansive.
Senses: glosses: Not expansive.
majorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of majorization
majorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: majorizes
form: majorizing
form: majorized
form: majorized
Etymology: From major + -ize.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To subject to majorization.
Derived terms: majorizability
majorizable
majorizer
majorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of majorize
majorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of majorize
majorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of majorize
familistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more familistically
form: most familistically
Etymology: From familistical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a familistical manner.
familywise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From family + -wise.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: In terms of a family of related inferences.
unramified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ramified.
Senses: glosses: Not ramified.
perioding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of period
perioded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of period
Corfiote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Corfiotes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Corfiot.
Corfute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Corfutes
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Corfu.
Corfutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Corfute
Corfiotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Corfiote
passcoded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From passcode + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Protected by a passcode.
belonephobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛloʊnɛfoʊbiːə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “needle”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: The strapping bloke with the belonephobia was taken to a doctor who said, "We'll cut you and squeeze a few drops onto the card. […]
ref: 1989, Joseph Wambaugh, The Blooding, MysteriousPress.com, published 2011, →ISBN:
text: Again, just being afraid of, say, needles (belonephobia) would not necessarily mean that you have OCD.
ref: 2007, Chelsea Lowe, The Everything Health Guide to OCD, F+W Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 22:
text: "That's the medical name for it, trypanophobia?" He heard the scholarly curiosity in her voice and knew she was writing it down, probably to research it the first chance she got.
"Or belonephobia. Or needle phobia."
ref: 2009, Mary Margret Daughtridge, “SEALed with a Promise”, in Mary Margret Daughtridge SEALed Bundle: SEALed with a Kiss, SEALed with a Promise, SEALed with a Ring, Sourcebooks Casablanca, unnumbered page:
text: Another approach more familiar to Lorna is phobia cure, used for people with belonephobia.
ref: 2010, Lorna Foyle, Janis Hostad, “Finding human masterpieces: progressing cancer and palliative care education through neuro-linguistic programming”, in Lorna Foyle, Janis Hostad, editors, Illuminating the Diversity of Cancer and Palliative Care, Radcliffe Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 79:
text: Disturbing though that list is, it won't lead to the onset of belonephobia, the "fear of pins and needles." That only applies to fear of sharp points (belone is Greek for "needle").
ref: 2010, John Mitchinson, John Lloyd, The Second Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong, Crown, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: An irrational fear of needles and pins, usually resulting in abnormal behavior and anxiety.
Synonyms: aichmophobia
trypanophobia
Related terms: belonoid
ceroplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cero- + -plasty.
Senses: glosses: ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
senega
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: senega root
glosses: Seneca root
pawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawk
granade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granades
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of grenade.
granadoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granado
seroon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seroons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ceroon.
seroons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seroon
tornariae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tornaria
brutisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brutism
yesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /jɛsɪz/
Forms: form: yeses
Senses: glosses: plural of yes
yesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /jɛsɪz/
Forms: form: yeses
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yes
wettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wetting
drenchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drenching
sluicings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sluicing
cystoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyst + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a cyst or bladder.
Synonyms: cystiform
cystoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystoids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A cystidean.
Derived terms: cystoidean
cystoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystoid
cystoidean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystoideans
Etymology: From cystoid + -ean.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A cystidean.
cystoideans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystoidean
seerwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seerwoods
form: searwood
Etymology: See sear.
Senses: examples: text: Caught, like dry stubble fired, or like seerwood
ref: 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: dry wood
seerwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seerwood
suburbicary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈbɜː.bək(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /səˈbɝ.bəˌkɛɹi/
Senses: glosses: suburbicarian
antagoniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antagonisers
Etymology: From antagonise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antagonizer.
antagonisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antagoniser
milliped
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millipeds
Senses: glosses: Dated form of millipede.
millipeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milliped
tough-pitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
synonyms: tough-cake
glosses: Copper in this state.
Bird
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Byrd
Etymology: * As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun bird.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized/translated from several names erroneously thought to contain the element éan (“bird”) such as Ó hÉinigh (see Heagney), Ó hÉanna (see Heaney), Ó hÉanacháin (see Heneghan) and Mac an Déaghanaigh (see McEneaney).
* Similarly translated from several other languages containing the word bird, such as German Vogel, French Loiseau, Czech Ptáček see Ptacek), Pták, Polish Ptak.
* This also extends to Native American names, such as Lakota ziŋtkala (“bird”). Compare Eagle, Hawk; Blackbird, Kingbird, Redbird, etc.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
examples: text: When Bird played like that, it was like hearing music for the first time. I'd never heard anybody play like that. Later Sonny Rollins and I would try to do things like that, and me and Trane, those short, hard bursts of musical phrases. But when Bird played like that, he was outrageous…
ref: 2012, John Szwed, quoting Miles Davis, So What: The Life of Miles Davis, arrow books, →ISBN:
qualifier: jazz
glosses: Charlie Parker (1920–1955), Jazz saxophonist.
Derived terms: Hargreaves-Bird cell
seerfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seerfishes
form: seerfish
form: seirfish
Senses: glosses: Any of Scomberomorini, a tribe of ray-finned bony fishes in the mackerel family.
seerfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seerfish
Byrd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bird
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Byrdstown
Marie Byrd Land
slamkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slamkins
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of slammerkin.
slamkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slamkin
slammerkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slammerkins
form: slamkin
form: slammakin
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A loose women's morning gown, popular in the eighteenth century.
examples: text: As for her other lover, Mr Ricketts, he very shortly after her premature death sought comfort for himself in the arms of a vulgar, huge, coarse Irish slammerkin, Miss Prendergast.
ref: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 400
glosses: A slut; an untidy or slatternly woman.
slammerkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slammerkin
concolour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin concolor.
Senses: examples: text: Thus in concolour animals and such as are confined unto one colour, we measure not their beauty thereby; for if a crow or blackbird grow white, we generally account it more pretty; and in almost a monstrosity descend not to opinion of deformity.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of the same colour; of uniform colour.
pickpack
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: See pickapack.
Senses: glosses: on the back or shoulders
bed blocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed blockers
form: bed-blocker
form: bedblocker
Senses: examples: text: A 72-year-old "bed blocker" was yesterday ordered to vacate the hospital bed he has refused to leave for three years, despite being in good health.
ref: 2006 March 7, Jacqueline Maley, “Court evicts NHS 'bed blocker'”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 02 Dec 2012:
text: There will also be a fee charged to a "bed blocker"—someone fit for discharge from an acute hospital but reluctant to go until a nursing home place is provided.
ref: 2008 October 10, Eilish O'Regan, “Plan aims to ease cost of nursing home care”, in Irish Independent, retrieved 02 Dec 2012:
text: Dimitra was slapped with a hospital bill worth $18,238, for taking up an acute car bed for too long. . . . "Maria's mother was desperately ill and needed hospital care and she was treated like a bed blocker."
ref: 2012 February 21, “Ontario woman on crusade to demand hospital accountability”, in Global News Toronto, Canada, retrieved 02 Dec 2012:
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: public policy
glosses: An elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.
Related terms: bed blocking
bed-blocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed-blockers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bed blocker.
tilt hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tilt hammers
Senses: glosses: A trip hammer.
tilt hammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tilt hammer
bedblocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedblockers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bed blocker.
bedblockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedblocker
milleped
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millepeds
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of millipede.
millepeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milleped
toonwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From toon + wood.
Senses: glosses: wood of the toon tree (Toona ciliata).
cremors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cremor
Cleopatran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Cleopatra + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Cleopatran coins
text: One of the most perfect touches of characteristic individuality in all that Cleopatra utters, is that little question;—"What says the married woman?" when asking Antony of his wife Fulvia. It is a fine piece of pungent insolence—exquisitely Cleopatran.
ref: 1868, Mary Cowden Clarke, World-noted women: or, Types of womanly attributes, page 84:
text: Her face was the same lovely exotic intelligent slim Cleopatran face, but her body seemed scaled to a head twice the size of the one she had. She was a big girl. Her arms were round and thick. Her mannerisms were a big girl's mannerisms.
ref: 2000, The Best American Magazine Writing 2000, →ISBN, page 147:
text: The crescent-shaped jaw typically supported a smile that was Cleopatran in its allure. The twinkling gleam in the blue eyes was playful, almost boyish, but the well rounded chest, board flat stomach and tight bottom were anything but.
ref: 2009, Dave Russell, Raritan Female Institute, page 90:
text: She is called Essie Fairway, a crow-faced woman with black Cleopatran hair. Edward perceived hostility when they were introduced; […]
ref: 2012, Linda MacDonald, A Meeting of a Different Kind, →ISBN, page 265:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Cleopatra or her government or reign; for example, resembling her commanding beauty.
deictical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deictical
form: most deictical
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δεικτικός (deiktikós) + -al.
Senses: glosses: deictic
scotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scotomy
scotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scotomies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκότωμα (skótōma, “dizziness”).
Senses: examples: text: O, sir, 'tis past the scotomy;
ref: c. 1605–06, Ben Jonson, “Volpone; or The Fox”, in William Gifford, editor, The Works of Ben Jonson, published 1843, act 1, scene 1, page 178:
text: I have got the scotomy in my head already.
ref: c. 1615–18, Philip Massinger, “The Old Law”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 3, scene 2, page 511:
glosses: dizziness with dimness of sight
glosses: obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye
scotophases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scotophase
photophases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photophase
petardier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: petardiers
form: petardeer
Etymology: French pétardier.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: One who managed a petard.
petardeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: petardeers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of petardier.
petardiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petardier
petardeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petardeer
Cassandran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cassandran
form: most Cassandran
Etymology: From Cassandra + -an.
Senses: glosses: of or as if of Cassandra; Cassandraic
Ophelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə(ʊ)ˈfiːliən/
homophone: aphelion (one pronunciation)
rhymes: -iːliən
Forms: form: more Ophelian
form: most Ophelian
Etymology: From Ophelia + -an. Compare French ophélique, ophélien.
Senses: examples: text: the Ophelian scene
glosses: Depicting or pertaining to Ophelia.
examples: text: Punning in an Ophelian frenzy on the feminine glans? Raving about the delectations of clitorism?
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, published 1990, →ISBN:
text: But she was a wee tad affected, and from the little that Gabriel had read or heard from her, she had an Ophelian streak of potential craziness that he had, since day one, deemed wiser to steer clear of, […]
ref: 2010, Jean-Christophe Valtat, Aurorarama, →ISBN:
text: Great hailstones keep dashing against my window and dancing about on the garden walks like things demented. The monkey trees are waving their long arms about with Ophelian gestures, and the chestnuts near the gate groan and sway […]
ref: 1906, Mabel Sarah Barnes-Grundy, Hazel of Heatherland, page 213:
glosses: Frantic; tragically insane.
Jocastan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jocastan
form: most Jocastan
Etymology: From Jocasta + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Jocasta.
glosses: Incestuous.
Daphnean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdæfniən/
Etymology: From Daphne + -an.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the naiad Daphne in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the asteroid (41) Daphne.
Daphnian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Daphne + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Daphne.
Daphnian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Daphnians
Etymology: Daphnia + -an
Senses: glosses: A member of the genus Daphnia.
Cynthian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭnʹthē-ən
ipa: /ˈsɪnθiən/
rhymes: -ɪnθiən
Etymology: From Cynthus + -ian and Cynthia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Mount Cynthus.
glosses: Of or relating to the Moon.
Related terms: Cynthia
Hermionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Irminonic.
autoconvolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoconvolutions
Etymology: From auto- + convolution.
Senses: glosses: A convolution of a function with itself.
autoconvolutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoconvolution
epoxyalcohols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epoxyalcohol
seconds in command
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second in command
slow marches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slow march
iris dilator muscles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iris dilator muscle
prudent man rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prudent man rule
guaranis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guarani
génocidaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of génocidaire
antipodally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antipodal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I have said that I was at once relieved and made uneasy, but this expresses only crudely the overtones of diverse and largely subconscious feelings which comprised both the relief and the uneasiness. To begin with, the thing was so antipodally at variance with the whole chain of horrors preceding it—the change of mood from stark terror to cool complacency and even exultation was so unheralded, lightning-like, and complete!
ref: 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 5, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
glosses: In an antipodal manner
glosses: With regard to antipodes
completability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From complete + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being completable.