cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Flower Garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A solitaire card game, starting with 36 cards (6 columns of 6 cards each) on the tableau. The sixteen leftover cards become the reserve, also called the bouquet.
Janko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yanko
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Baker's Dozen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A solitaire card game, starting with 13 piles of 4 cards each.
Pyramid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: pyramid
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A solitaire card game where the cards are arranged as a triangle (a "pyramid") and the object is to get the cards from the bottom to the top.
Lisowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lisowskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Lisowski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
canches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canch
glosses: plural of canche
antiamarillic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + amarillic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That counters yellow fever.
cryptogames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptogame
cyclonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cyclonal
form: most cyclonal
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cyclonic.
synonyms: word: cyclonic
unwestern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwestern
form: most unwestern
Etymology: From un- + western.
Senses: glosses: Not western (culturally speaking).
saxotromba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saxotrombas
Senses: glosses: A valved brasswind instrument designed for the mounted bands of the French military.
Related terms: saxhorn
saxotrombas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saxotromba
nuclear isomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear isomer
petty-fogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petty-foggers
Senses: examples: text: This Fellow, I ſay, ſtiled himſelf a Lawyer, but was indeed a moſt vile Petty-fogger, without Senſe or Knowledge of any Kind; one of thoſe who may be termed Train-bearers to the Law; [...]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, “Jones Arrives at Gloucester, and Goes to the Bell; the Character of that House, and of a Petty-fogger, which He there Meets with”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII, page 110:
glosses: Alternative form of pettyfogger.
petty-foggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petty-fogger (alternative spelling of pettyfoggers).
zebra plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebra plants
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of tropical plants with contrasting patterns of light and dark on their leaves, which are grown as houseplants, especially:
Aphelandra squarrosa (saffron spike)
glosses: Any of several species of tropical plants with contrasting patterns of light and dark on their leaves, which are grown as houseplants, especially:
Calathea zebrina (syn. Goeppertia zebrina)
glosses: Any of several species of tropical plants with contrasting patterns of light and dark on their leaves, which are grown as houseplants, especially:
Cryptanthus zonatus
glosses: Any of several species of tropical plants with contrasting patterns of light and dark on their leaves, which are grown as houseplants, especially:
Aechmea chantinii (Amazonian zebra plant)
glosses: Any of several species of tropical plants with contrasting patterns of light and dark on their leaves, which are grown as houseplants, especially:
Haworthiopsis attenuata (syn. Haworthia attenuata; zebra haworthia)
Hoople
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and town in North Dakota.
Lankin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and village in North Dakota.
knee-capping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knee-cappings
Etymology: From knee-cap + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kneecapping.
juvenoia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːvəˈnɔɪə/
Etymology: Coined by American sociologist David Finkelhor in 2010, from a blend of juvenile + paranoia.
Senses: examples: text: One particularly salient and instructive example of a full blown juvenoia from recent time was the comic book scare of the 1950s, elaborated in a fascinating book by David Hajdu, The 10 Cent Plague.(Hajdu, 2009)
ref: 2011 January 24, David Finkelhor, “The Internet, Youth Safety and the Problem of “Juvenoia””, in University of New Hampshire, Crimes against Children Research Center, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2014, page 14:
text: I suspect that this case and the attention it has garnered is another example of juvenoia. Juvenoia, a term usually credited to sociologist David Finkelhor, refers to the fear of juveniles by older adults. Juvenoia is manifest in a multitude of ways, including the belief that today’s youth are worse behaved than ever before, despite much evidence to the contrary.
ref: 2014 March 12, Chris Ferguson, “What’s Really Wrong With Young People Today: Juvenoia”, in TIME:
glosses: The fear or hostility directed by an older generation toward a younger one, or toward youth culture in general.
Nazi Shepherd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nazi Shepherds
Senses: examples: text: The cop had a Nazi shepherd in the back of his car (K-9 unit). I inquired about the dog and the cop let the dog out so I could see that it was not vicious.
ref: 2003, Sobowtor, “Interesting conversation”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):
glosses: Synonym of German Shepherd.
synonyms: word: German Shepherd
Hamberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city and village in North Dakota.
epistolaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epistolary
jumping castle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumping castles
Senses: glosses: A bouncing castle
jumping castles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumping castle
IARU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: amateur radio
glosses: Initialism of International Amateur Radio Union.
glosses: Initialism of International Alliance of Research Universities.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: Initialism of Irish Amateur Rowing Union.
meadowfoams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meadowfoam
orchidectomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: orchidectomizes
form: orchidectomizing
form: orchidectomized
form: orchidectomized
Etymology: From orchidectomy + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To perform an orchidectomy upon.
orchidectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of orchidectomize
orchidectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Surgically castrated
orchidectomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of orchidectomize
orchidectomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of orchidectomize
plantazolicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A natural antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and active against anthrax.
subscenario
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subscenarios
Etymology: From sub- + scenario.
Senses: glosses: A secondary or subsidiary scenario.
subscenarios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subscenario
synaptotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synaptotoxicities
Etymology: From synapto- + toxicity.
Senses: examples: text: Compared with vehicle-treated controls, rapamycin protected against the tau-induced neuronal loss, synaptotoxicity, reactive microgliosis and astrogliosis, and activation of innate neuroimmunity.
ref: 2015 November 6, “The mTOR Inhibitor Rapamycin Mitigates Perforant Pathway Neurodegeneration and Synapse Loss in a Mouse Model of Early-Stage Alzheimer-Type Tauopathy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of being synaptotoxic
undersing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undersings
form: undersinging
form: undersang
form: undersung
Etymology: From under- + sing.
Senses: examples: text: …the enthusiastic borderism of Scott, who, rather than that a freebooter should under-act his part, or a bard undersing his praise, took the liberty of sometimes inventing the action and then resounding its glories, and debiting both to the account of originals, quite innocent of either.
ref: 1858, “The Ballad Poetry of Scotland—Professor Aytoun” (review) in MacPhail’s Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal, no. 152
text: But the night’s true indictment of country’s man problem was the dullness of the performances by male stars exponentially more famous than Mr. Stapleton: Zac Brown, undersinging on “Beautiful Drug”; Kenny Chesney’s lethargic turn on “Save It for a Rainy Day”; Blake Shelton mugging for the cameras on “Gonna,” Dierks Bentley needlessly stoic on “Riser.”
ref: 2015 November 5, Jon Caramanica, “At C.M.A. Awards, Triumph for Chris Stapleton and Country Music’s Fringes”, in New York Times:
glosses: To sing inadequately, or with too little vocal effort.
examples: text: Alas me! what a murmur and motion I hear,
As of birds flying near!
And the air undersings
The soft stroke of their wings—
And all life that approaches, I wait for in fear.
ref: 1851, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Prometheus Bound:
text: Other post-Spenserian undersongs resonate with some of these implications… But even here, the stream of time is clearly the source of the Spenserian undersinging.
ref: 1990, John Hollander, Melodious Guile: Fictive Pattern in Poetic Language, pages 158, 161:
glosses: To sing beneath, or in accompaniment to; to sing an undersong.
undersings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undersing
undersinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undersing
undersang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of undersing
supercrisp
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supercrisp
form: most supercrisp
Etymology: From super- + crisp.
Senses: examples: text: A large, slightly elliptical apple with red skin or yellow skin blushed with faint orange-red stripes, it has flesh that is supercrisp, juicy, and an even balance of sweet and tart.
ref: 2015, Olwen Woodier, The Apple Cookbook, 3rd Edition: 125 Freshly Picked Recipes:
text: The most important part is to have a fresh, supercrisp 10-ounce club soda.
ref: 2015 November 5, Bee Shapiro, “Adam Rapoport, Bon Appétit’s Editor, on 5 Favorite Things”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very crisp.
nonpersonalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + personalized.
Senses: examples: text: A big concern with a nonpersonalized therapy is that the transplanted T cells will recognize the patient’s own cells as “foreign” and attack them.
ref: 2015 November 5, Andrew Pollack, “A Cell Therapy Untested in Humans Saves a Baby With Cancer”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not personalized.
noncomputing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + computing.
Senses: examples: text: A similar challenge is now facing many of world’s largest noncomputing technology companies.
ref: 2015 November 6, John Markoff, “Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in U.S.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not relating to computing.
ballerinadom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ballerina + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Then there was Susan Jaffe, promoted to ballerinadom just about overnight some years back and left to grow into the responsibilities of the rank as best she could.
ref: 1986, “Going Through the Motions”, in New York Magazine, volume 19, number 20, page 123:
glosses: The realm or sphere of ballerinas.
puckhandler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puckhandlers
Etymology: From puck + handler.
Senses: examples: text: He was a great goaltender but a poor puckhandler.
text: Even the defencemen, most of whom are smart, mobile puckhandlers, pinch in more often.
ref: 2009 April 7, Paul Hunter, “Devils aim to exorcise demons”, in Toronto Star:
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A player skilled or involved in puck-handling.
puckhandlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puckhandler
fakiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fakeyness
Etymology: From fakey + -ness.
Senses: glosses: fakeness
antiglycemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Etymology: From anti- + glycemic.
Senses: examples: text: Diabetes mellitus was defined as fasting blood glucose ≥126 mg/dL or the use of antiglycemic medications.
ref: 2015 November 7, “Carotid Artery Longitudinal Displacement, Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Preventing or countering glycemia.
antiglycaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + glycaemic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiglycemic.
benoxathian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular α 1-adrenoceptor antagonist.
dactylogyrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dactylogyrids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any flatworm in the family Dactylogyridae.
dactylogyrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dactylogyrid
dermatomucosal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dermato- + mucosal.
Senses: examples: text: Seven (29%) patients had had pneumonia and eight (33%) patients had a history of other infections, including dermatomucosal infections (n = 5), gastroenteritis (n = 1), and pyelonephritis (n = 2).
ref: 2015 November 7, “Immune Dysfunction in Children with CHARGE Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the skin and mucous membranes.
imbricately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more imbricately
form: most imbricately
Etymology: From imbricate + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The area of each specimen was lased imbricately twice with a uniformly slow speed at a 90-degree angle to the surface and at a distance of 1 mm.
ref: 2015 November 7, “Effect of Er,Cr:YSGG Laser at Different Output Powers on the Micromorphology and the Bond Property of Non-Carious Sclerotic Dentin to Resin Composites”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In an imbricate manner.
localizational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From localization + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Sound localizational judgements, often based merely on the description of clinical seizure patterns, are first expected from the referring doctor, who has to decide whether he should send a patient to a special epilepsy surgical center.
ref: 2012, Heinz G. Wieser, Presurgical Evaluation of Epileptics: Basics, Techniques, Implications:
glosses: Relating to localization.
nonpathologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pathologic.
Senses: examples: text: MiRNA levels in these never smoker OSCCs were compared to that in nonpathologic mucosa in never smokers.
ref: 2015 November 7, “Similar Squamous Cell Carcinoma Epithelium microRNA Expression in Never Smokers and Ever Smokers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not pathologic.
nontryptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒnˈtɹɪp.tɪk/
ipa: /nɑnˈtɹɪp.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪptɪk
Etymology: From non- + tryptic.
Senses: examples: text: Tryptic and nontryptic peptides were considered.
ref: 2015 November 7, “In Vitro Identification of Histatin 5 Salivary Complexes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not tryptic.
nonsynthetase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + synthetase.
Senses: examples: text: Among twenty ARSs, eight ARSs (RARS, DARS, QARS, EPRS, LARS, IARS, KARS, and MARS) with three nonsynthetase components, aminoacyl tRNA synthetase complex-interaction multifunctional protein (AIMP) 1, 2 and 3, are known to form a supramolecular multi-tRNA synthetase complex (MSC), whose molecular weight has been proposed to be about 1.5 MDa.
ref: 2015 November 7, “Evaluation of Multi-tRNA Synthetase Complex by Multiple Reaction Monitoring Mass Spectrometry Coupled with Size Exclusion Chromatography”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not being or relating to synthetase.
refocusable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From refocus + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Dephasing of transverse magnetization due to the magnetic field inhomogeneities at boundary surfaces of intrapulmonary air and liquid or solid tissue are refocusable through the use of spin echoes.
ref: 2015 November 7, “Microstructural Analysis of Peripheral Lung Tissue through CPMG Inter-Echo Time R2 Dispersion”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Capable of being refocused.
tetradecanoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetradecanoates
Etymology: From tetradecanoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of tetradecanoic acid.
tetradecanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetradecanoate
chalcanthites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalcanthite
tenderstem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenderstems
Etymology: From tender + stem, originally a trademark.
Senses: glosses: A vegetable that is a cross between broccoli and Chinese kale.
Synonyms: sense: broccoli hybrid
word: broccolini
homespunness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homespun + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: We talk about the homespunness of Les. He’s a better X’s and O’s coach than he gets credit for.
ref: 2015 November 6, Fred Bierman, “Gary Danielson of CBS on L.S.U.-Alabama and Going Pro Early”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being homespun.
snorefest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snorefests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snore-fest.
snorefests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snorefest
gigglefest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigglefests
Etymology: From giggle + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: The story of an ingénue from Pittsburgh (invoking another ’80s-’90s bellwether, “Flashdance”) who takes New York by storm, “Flesh and Bone” is a solemn gigglefest, too wintry in its look and deliberate in its pacing to ascend to true camp status, but still ripe for group viewing and drinking games.
ref: 2015 November 6, Mike Hale, “Review: ‘Flesh and Bone,’ a Ballet Drama With Strippers”, in New York Times:
glosses: An event, film, etc. that causes plenty of giggling.
gigglefests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigglefest
anthracology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthraco- + -logy or anthrac- + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The science of the analysis and identification of charcoal based on wood anatomy, which remains perfectly preserved after carbonization
Derived terms: anthracologist
Related terms: anthracological
anthracological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anthracology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to anthracology.
Derived terms: dendroanthracological
anthracologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthracologists
Etymology: From anthracology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies anthracology.
anthracologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthracologist
biepicondylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + epicondylar.
Senses: examples: text: We used Somatotype 1.0 software (MER Goulding Software Development, Geeveston, Australia) to evaluate each individual somatotype profile from ten anthropometric measures (height, weight, tricipital, subscapular, suprasinal and medial calf skinfolds, biepicondylar humerus and femur breadths, arm (flexed and tensed) and calf circumferences).
ref: 2015 November 5, “Development and Validation of the Body Size Scale for Assessing Body Weight Perception in African Populations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to two epicondyles.
one-year-old
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From one + year + old.
Senses: examples: a one-year-old car
glosses: Having lived or existed for one year.
Synonyms: year-old
one-year-old
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-year-olds
Etymology: From one + year + old.
Senses: glosses: A child or animal that is one year of age.
Synonyms: english: certain animals
translation: certain animals
word: yearling
maturationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more maturationally
form: most maturationally
Etymology: From maturational + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "It is presumed that the stimulus-response sequences set up by learning depend, just as maturationally established sequences do, […]"
ref: 1958, Joseph Wolpe, Psychotherapy by Reciprocal Inhibition:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: in a maturational manner
retrogame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrogames
Etymology: From retro- + game.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: An older video game or computer game that is played by hobbyists.
Derived terms: retrogamer
retrogaming
retrogames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrogame
blatancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blatancy
blackballings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackballing
blepharoplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blepharoplasts
Etymology: From blepharo- + -plast.
Senses: glosses: A basal body.
blepharoplasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blepharoplast
bletherer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bletherers
Etymology: From blether + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blatherer.
bletherers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bletherer
blearest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blear: most blear
blimbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blimbings
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of bilimbi.
blimbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blimbing
cucumber trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cucumber tree
blimy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Blimy if I don't believe 'e's taking 'ome 'is washing up his back.
ref: 1908 September, Jerome K[lapka] Jerome, “Passing of the Third Floor Back”, in Passing of the Third Floor Back, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, →OCLC, page 2:
text: ‘Blimy, Will,’ he said confidentially.
ref: 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of blimey.
belimbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belimbing
balimbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balimbing
blockworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blockwork
blusterier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blustery: more blustery
blusteriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blustery: most blustery
bobbinets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bobbinet
boccas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bocca
boddhisattva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boddhisattvas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bodhisattva.
boddhisatvas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boddhisatva
boddhisattvas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boddhisattva
bodylines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodyline
bogong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bogongs
Etymology: From Ngarigu bugung; early 19thC.
Senses: examples: text: He described how after cooking, the bogongs were winnowed to remove the dust and wings, then pounded into cakes resembling lumps of fat which would not keep more than a few days, 'but by smoking they are able to preserve them for a much longer period'.
ref: 2015, John Blay, On Track: Searching out the Bundian Way:
glosses: Synonym of bogong moth.
synonyms: word: bogong moth
bogongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogong
boheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bohea
bohemianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bohemianism
Bohemianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bohemianism
Bohemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bohemia
bolases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolas
bolshevisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolshevism
Bolshevisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bolshevism
boltonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boltonias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of genus Boltonia of plants in the sunflower family; doll's daisy.
boltonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boltonia
boobyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boobyisms
Etymology: From booby + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Such are the written placards wafered up in the gentlemen’s dressing-room, or the green-room (where there is any), at a private theatre; and such are the sums extracted from the shop-till, or overcharged in the office expenditure, by the donkeys who are prevailed upon to pay for permission to exhibit their lamentable ignorance and boobyism on the stage of a private theatre.
ref: 1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC, chapter XIII, "PRIVATE THEATRES,”:
text: Samuel gazed upwards at the handsome long nose and rich lips of his elder cousin, so experienced, so agreeable, so renowned, so esteemed, so philosophic, and admitted to himself that he had lived to the age of forty in a state of comparative boobyism.
ref: 1908, Arnold Bennett, chapter IV, in The Old Wives' Tale:
glosses: The quality of being a booby, foolishness.
boobyisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boobyism
boogerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boogermen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bogeyman.
boogermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boogerman
retro gaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of retrogaming.
boozey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boozey
form: most boozey
Senses: examples: text: "I always wanted to be a priest," Fr. Riley said, and a boozey tear slid crookedly down his cheek. Conor excused himself to go get ready for evening confessions.
ref: 1993, Epoch, volume 42, page 242:
glosses: Alternative form of boozy.
retro-gaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of retrogaming.
borsches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borsch
borshts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borsht
bossisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bossism
botchily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more botchily
form: most botchily
Etymology: From botchy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a botchy manner.
botrytises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botrytis
botrytises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of botrytise
bountyhed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Formerly grounded, and fast setteled / On firme foundation of true bountyhed […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1:
glosses: goodness; virtue
bourgeoisifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bourgeoisification
bourgeoisify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /bɔː(ɹ)ʒˈwɑːzifaɪ/
/bʊə(ɹ)ʒˈwɑːzifaɪ/
Forms: form: bourgeoisifies
form: bourgeoisifying
form: bourgeoisified
form: bourgeoisified
Etymology: From bourgeois + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: The workers' militias and police-forces must be preserved in their present form and every effort to "bourgeoisify" them must be resisted.
ref: 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter V, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
text: For women from 'bourgeoisified' families, the crisis afflicting how they had always seen themselves increasingly manifested itself in minor ailments, sickness, and emotional upset.
ref: 2002, Heiko Haumann, A History of East European Jews, translated by James Patterson, Budapest and New York: Central European University Press, Part III, p. 142
text: Larkin's contribution to the genre playfully bourgeoisifies the aristocratic conventions […]
ref: 2005, James Booth, chapter 3, in Philip Larkin: The Poet's Plight, Palgrave Macmillan, page 69:
glosses: To make bourgeois.
Related terms: bourgeoisification
bourgeoisifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bourgeoisify
bourgeoisifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bourgeoisify
bourgeoisified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bourgeoisify
boustrophedons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boustrophedon
boustrophedonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From boustrophedonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In boustrophedonic fashion.
Synonyms: boustrophedonally
bovinities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bovinity
ciswashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ciswash
ciswashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ciswash
bowes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowe
bowes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bow.
bowwowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bowwow
bowwowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bowwow
brachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brach
ciswashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ciswash
bradded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brad
bradding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brad
braillewriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: braillewriters
Etymology: From braille + writer.
Senses: glosses: A kind of mechanical typewriter that produces braille output.
braillewriters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braillewriter
brailled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: The Book of Common Prayer: Brailled in Thirteen Volumes
glosses: simple past and past participle of braille
brainpowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brainpower
Brannigan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brannigans
form: Branagan
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Branagáin (“descendant of Branagán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of bran (“raven”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
unsealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsealers
Etymology: From unseal + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Under the old regime, the places of unsealers of letters were hereditary in two or three families, like the dignities of the Bar.
ref: 1829, Robert Walsh, John Jay Smith, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
glosses: One who unseals something.
unsealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unsealer
brattlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brattling
bremsstrahlungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bremsstrahlung
briared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more briared
form: most briared
Etymology: From briar + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered in briars.
worthlesser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 1892, Henry Adams, letter, in Part 1 of Supplement to the Letters of Henry Adams: Letters Omitted from the Harvard University Press Edition of the Letters of Henry Adams, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1989.
I let myself vaguely hope that you are all right, and that perhaps some day, when I am still older and worthlesser than now, I may see you again — at a distance.
text: Now there's old Sapperson — never touched liquor as far as I know, but a worthlesser human never lived.
ref: 1898, Opie Percival Read, The Waters of Caney Fork: A Romance of Tennessee, page 228:
text: The two kids caught fish to eat and they helped Uncle Frank cook stuff. I tried to help out by washing up the pots but I got lost finding the stream and they had to come get me. "I'm worthlesser than a cockroach." That's what I told Uncle Frank.
ref: 1998, Michael V. Angrosino, Opportunity House: Ethnographic Stories of Mental Retardation, page 55:
text: Most of them guys was even more worthlesser than Daddy.
ref: 2016, Johnny Saldana, Matt Omasta, Qualitative Research: Analyzing Life, page 348:
glosses: comparative form of worthless: more worthless
worthlessest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This instance of the Court being imposed on, by the knot of men now mentioned, to grant a remission to the worthlessest rogue living, is no small mortification to the lovers of the Constitution […]
ref: 1838, James Browne, A history of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, page 435:
glosses: superlative form of worthless: most worthless
bridally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bridal + -ly.
Senses: examples: a bridally pregnant woman
glosses: As a bride; at the point of marriage.
examples: text: […] those crystal robes and trimmings which deck, bridally, the bass-toned pipes of our great organ of Erie.
ref: 1852, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 5, page 127:
glosses: In a bridal manner or style.
bridemaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridemaids
Etymology: From bride + maid.
Senses: examples: text: "Lord love you, miss! we did think you were to be bridemaid, till mistress told us not to call you."
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 135:
glosses: Archaic form of bridesmaid.
bridemaids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridemaid
brightworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brightwork
brigandry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brigandries
Etymology: From brigand + -ry.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of brigandage.
synonyms: word: brigandage
brigandries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brigandry
broadtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broadtail
broched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of broche
broching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of broche
broiderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broidering
bromals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromal
bromelins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromelin
brominism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bromine + -ism.
Senses: glosses: bromism
bromocriptines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromocriptine
bromoforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromoform
broomcorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broomcorn
brushworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brushwork
buccanier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buccaniers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of buccaneer.
buccanier
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buccaniers
form: buccaniering
form: buccaniered
form: buccaniered
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of buccaneer.
buccaniering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buccanier
buccaniered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buccanier
buccaniers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buccanier
buccaniers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buccanier
buckishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more buckishly
form: most buckishly
Etymology: From buckish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a buckish manner.
buckshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckshot
bucksom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bucksom
form: most bucksom
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of buxom.
bugseed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bugseeds
Senses: glosses: The plant Dicoria canescens in the family Asteraceae.
glosses: Plants in the genus Corispermum.
Derived terms: alt: Corispermum ochotense Ignatov var. alaskanum
word: Alaskan bugseed
taxonomic: Corispermum americanum
word: American bugseed
taxonomic: Corispermum pacificum
word: common bugseed
taxonomic: Corispermum navicula
word: crescent bugseed
taxonomic: Corispermum villosum
word: hairy bugseed
taxonomic: Corispermum hookeri
word: Hooker bugseed
taxonomic: Corispermum pallidum
word: pale bugseed
taxonomic: Corispermum ochotense
word: Russian bugseed
taxonomic: Corispermum nitidum
word: shiny bugseed
taxonomic: Corispermum pallasii
word: Siberian bugseed
word: Welsh's bugseed (Corispermum welshii
bugseeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bugseed
buirdliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of buirdly: most buirdly
buirdlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of buirdly: more buirdly
bulghur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bulgur (prepared wheat grains)
bulldogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulldoggers
Etymology: From bulldog + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who bulldogs (chases and wrestles a steer as a rodeo performance).
bulldoggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulldogger
Ugger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ʌɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: the Ugger
Etymology: Jocular modification of Union + -er. See Oxford "-er".
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: The Oxford Union.
wikipedia: Oxford "-er"
bumpkinish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bumpkinish
form: most bumpkinish
Etymology: From bumpkin + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bunchily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bunchily
form: most bunchily
Etymology: From bunchy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bunchy manner.
buntals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buntal
buoyances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buoyance
burbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burblers
Etymology: From burble + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who burbles.
burblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burbler
bureaucratism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bureaucratisms
Etymology: From bureaucrat + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Bureaucratic policies or behaviour.
bureaucratisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bureaucratism
burgoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgoo
burgout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of burgoo.
burleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burley
burnoosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bernoused
form: bournoused
form: burnoused
Etymology: From burnoose + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Dressed in a burnoose.
burrawang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burrawangs
Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug buruwang.
Senses: examples: text: Another plant that is toxic if left untreated is the burrawang (Zamia spiralis [syn. of Macrozamia spiralis]).
ref: 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 150:
glosses: Any of various cycads of the genera Macrozamia and Cycas, especially Macrozamia communis, a tree with fronds yielding edible nuts.
burrawangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burrawang
bursarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːˈsɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /bɝˈsɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Senses: examples: a bursarial fellowship
glosses: Of or relating to a bursary.
bursitises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bursitis
bushcrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushcraft
butyrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butyral
Cumberbatchian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cumberbatchian
form: most Cumberbatchian
Etymology: From Cumberbatch + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Sherlock-the-character has a fanatic following, with fans who debate every Cumberbatchian movement and every plot twist with the fervor of grassy-knoll conspiracy buffs.
ref: 2014 March 7, Karim Sadli, “The Case of the Accidental Superstar”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine:
text: Alan Turing in The Imitation Game may be the actor’s oddest, fullest, most Cumberbatchian character yet.
ref: 2014 November 20, Richard Corliss, “Review: The Imitation Game: Dancing With Dr. Strange”, in Time:
text: (Under the name wordstrings, she also writes stories in which the Cumberbatchian Holmes experiences vivid synesthesia and other intense internal effects, some obviously due to diagnosable psychiatric disorders.)
ref: 2015, Zach Dundas, The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, pages 262–263:
glosses: Of, relating to, or characteristic of English actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
puntastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more puntastic
form: most puntastic
Etymology: From pun + -tastic.
Senses: examples: text: Thank goodness for the RIBA's exhibition on the subject which, if you can ignore the trite and puntastic title, looks set to put this most versatile material into its historical context while also providing practical information on new technological developments.
ref: 2002, FX: Design, Business and Society, numbers 94-96, page 79:
text: Is it wrong to arrange destination baptisms in the same way people get married in tropical resorts just so I can make horribly puntastic T-shirts?
ref: 2010, Jonathan Acuff, Stuff Christians Like, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 122:
text: The Doctor: […] What's your plan, Zygella?
"Bonnie" (Zygon which has taken the form of Clara Oswald): I don't have a plan.
The Doctor: Come on, you don't invade planets without having a plan. That's why they're called planets – to remind you to plan it. Hey, that's good! Puntastic. Dr. Puntastic. Oh, come on, that was a good one, Zygella.
ref: 2015 7 November, Peter Harness & Steven Moffat, "The Zygon Inversion", episode 9-8 of Doctor Who, 00:13:12–00:13:26
glosses: Extremely funny.
raw_tags: of a pun
Synonyms: punny
idiotfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idiotfests
Etymology: From idiot + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: Now we have a nice crosspoted^([sic]) idiotfest and have invited trolls form^([sic]) other groups to come here and post how quake3 sucks, because they feel insulted now.
ref: 2000 March 24, Chicken-F© [username], “Re: Great Web Page”, in alt.games.quake3 (Usenet):
text: What I think they should do is cut that ridiculous 4th (!!!) hour of 'The Today Show' and put Leno on during the daytime. Put him up DIRECTLY against that idiotfest known as 'The View'.
ref: 2008 December 8, Taylor, “Re: NBC signs Leno to host 10 p.m. weeknight show”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):
text: Both of them looked at me and for once they had the same expression. Like they were annoyed at me for daring to interrupt their idiotfest!
ref: 2011, Jesse Petersen, Eat, Slay, Love, Orbit, →ISBN:
glosses: An idiotic situation or thing.
dirty kitchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dirty kitchens
Senses: glosses: A kitchen where everyday cooking is done by household staff, as distinct from a kitchen that is purely for show or for special use by the owner of the house.
glosses: A kitchen, sometimes auxiliary or situated outside the house, used primarily for preparing messy and smelly dishes or cooking with firewood or charcoal. It is also used for cooking for a large group of people.
Related terms: butler's pantry
subitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin subitō (“suddenly”) + -ive.
Senses: qualifier: Uralic linguistics
glosses: Characterizing verbs or verbal affixes denoting actions that occur suddenly or sharply.
raw_tags: of verbs
Related terms: subitize
subitive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subitives
Etymology: From Latin subitō (“suddenly”) + -ive.
Senses: qualifier: Uralic linguistics
glosses: A verbal form denoting an action that occurs suddenly or sharply.
subitives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subitive
sacreder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sacred: more sacred
belimbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of belimb
hairswidth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairswidths
form: hairwidth
form: hair's width
Etymology: From hair + -s- + width.
Senses: glosses: hairsbreadth; a very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair)
fingersbreadth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingersbreadths
Etymology: From finger + -s- + breadth.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fingerbreadth.
tremouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tremour
tremoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tremour
Neo-Baroque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Neo-Baroque
form: most Neo-Baroque
form: neo-baroque
form: neo-Baroque
Etymology: From neo- + Baroque.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Baroque Revival period in architecture and music.
Neo-Baroque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: neo-baroque
form: neo-Baroque
Etymology: From neo- + Baroque.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Neo-Renaissance
glosses: A period in western architecture and music in the late 19th century, characterized by the Baroque style but occurring after the Baroque period.
neo-baroque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neo-baroque
form: most neo-baroque
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Neo-Baroque.
neo-baroque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Neo-Baroque.
neo-Baroque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neo-Baroque
form: most neo-Baroque
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Neo-Baroque.