cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thaumaturgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thaumaturgical
form: most thaumaturgical
Senses: glosses: Relating to thaumaturgy; magical.
blandest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bland: most bland
theocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theocrat
blessedest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blessed: most blessed
common nightingale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common nightingales
Senses: glosses: The nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos.
blesseder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: “There never was a dearer or a blesseder young lady than is my young lady, Sir,” said Susan, […]
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: comparative form of blessed: more blessed
blithest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blithe: most blithe
blockiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blocky: most blocky
jetons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jeton
blockier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blocky: more blocky
bloodthirstier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bloodthirsty: more bloodthirsty
bloodthirstiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bloodthirsty: most bloodthirsty
stupidité
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stupidity.
alternative universe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternative universes
form: alternate universe
Senses: examples: text: In particular, it has been argued that if any of six (or perhaps a few more) numbers did not have rather particular values, then life as we know it would not be possible; atoms would not exist, or no grativationally bound structures would form in the Universe, or some other calamity would occur that would appear to make the alternative universe a very dull and lifeless place. How, then, did we get so lucky as to be here?
ref: 2007 June 21, Bernard Carr, editor, Universe Or Multiverse?, page 367:
topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical world situated in a different dimension of space and time than the real world consisting of the universe known and experienced by human beings.
examples: text: This mirroring was marked out by the way in which the Federation of Planets, a voluntary association of different worlds, never existed in the alternative universe; instead we find ourselves confronting a vicious militaristic Terran empire.
ref: 2022 June 13, S. Sayyid, Recalling the Caliphate – Decolonization and World Order:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
literature
media
narratology
publishing
sciences
glosses: An imaginary realm, often a variant form of the real world, depicting a different way events could have unfolded or the universe could have functioned.
Synonyms: word: alternative dimension
word: parallel dimension
word: parallel universe
sense: narrative setting
word: alternative world
sense: narrative setting
word: heterocosm
sense: narrative setting
word: parallel world
Coordinate terms: word: dimension
word: metaverse
word: multiverse
word: omniverse
word: universe
word: world
topics: cosmology
astronomy
natural-sciences
word: brane
topics: cosmology
astronomy
natural-sciences
word: bulk
topics: cosmology
astronomy
natural-sciences
word: higher-dimensional space
topics: cosmology
astronomy
natural-sciences
word: many-worlds
topics: cosmology
astronomy
natural-sciences
word: superspace
Related terms: allohistory
alternative history
counterfactual
darkest timeline
worst timeline
retrofuture
Peter Pan syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːtə pan ˈsɪndɹəʊm/
Senses: examples: text: The husband himself (called "he" to emphasize his role as Typical Male) comes across as a rather dense, naughty adolescent boy. He is clearly suffering from a terminal case of the Peter Pan syndrome.
ref: 1989, Alice Hall Petry, “Alice Walker: The Achievement of the Short Fiction,”, in Modern Language Studies, volume 19, number 1, page 17:
glosses: The supposed psychological phenomenon of immaturity among some men, who, like the fictional character, remain childish or childlike and fail to assume appropriate adult social roles and responsibilities.
Related terms: kidult
thrush nightingale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrush nightingales
Senses: glosses: A small passerine bird of species Luscinia luscinia, related to the common nightingale.
Synonyms: sprosser
Coordinate terms: nightingale
slug line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slug lines
form: slugline
Senses: topics: authorship
broadcasting
communications
film
journalism
literature
media
publishing
television
writing
glosses: A line of abbreviated text at the beginning of each scene in a screenplay that describes the location and time of day.
glosses: A queue for "casual carpoolers" (slugs) commuting in the Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia metropolitan area.
Related terms: sluglining
epentheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epenthesis
plz
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: pls
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of please.
plz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pls
Senses: synonyms: Plz
Plz.
coordinate_terms: Cr.
Rte.
St.
Blvd.
Ave.
Pl.
Ln.
Lnwy.
Pkwy.
Hwy.
Wy.
glosses: Abbreviation of plaza.
symposion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion).
Senses: examples: text: Captain Waverley,—my young and esteemed friend, Mr Falconer of Balmawhapple, has craved of my age and experience, as of one not wholly unskilled in the dependencies and punctilios of the duello or monomachia, to be his interlocutor in expressing to you the regret with which he calls to remembrance certain passages of our symposion last night, which could not but be highly displeasing to you, as serving for the time under this present existing government.
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], “Repentance, and a Reconciliation”, in Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 162:
text: The imagery is that of marriage, the iconographic theme was borrowed from the banquet, but these divine couples are not participating in a symposion.
ref: 2011, Pauline Schmitt Pantel, “Dionysos, the Banquet and Gender”, in Renate Schlesier, editor, A Different God? Dionysos and Ancient Polytheism, De Gruyter, →ISBN, section “Dionysiac Realms in Perspective”, page 134:
text: The addition of inscribed names can indicate that the symposion is mythological, as on the Eurytios krater, where Herakles is depicted banqueting as a guest of the king (Paris, Musée du Louvre, E635, Payne, 1931: pl. 27).
ref: 2011, Alexandra Alexandridou, The Early Black-Figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630-570 bce) (Monumenta Graeca et Romana; 17), Brill, →ISBN, page 67, column 2:
text: Thus, what begins as a komastic venture does not end in a symposion, even though the action keeps it firmly in mind.
ref: 2013, Fiona Hobden, The Symposion in Ancient Greek Society and Thought, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 177:
glosses: A drinking together; a symposium.
law of large numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the law of large numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The statistical tendency toward a fixed ratio in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; law of averages.
cohyponym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohyponyms
form: co-hyponym
Etymology: From co- + hyponym.
Senses: examples: text: Seventy-two subjects attempted to recall the object nouns of seven once-exposed sentences given as retrieval cues the subject noun of each sentence and four other words related to the subject noun. The related cues were a remote superordinate, a close superordinate, a remote cohyponym, and a close cohyponym of the subject noun. Four predictions about differences in effectiveness of these cues, derived from the Katz and Fodor and the Quillian theories of semantics, were confirmed. There was one case about which the theories made different predictions. Consistent with Quillian's theory, but contrary to the Katz and Fodor theory, significantly more words were recalled when the cue was a close rather than a remote superordinate.
ref: 1972 December 1, Richard C. Anderson, “Semantic organization and retrieval of information from sentences”, in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, volume 11, number 6, →DOI, pages 794-800:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: Synonym of coordinate term.
synonyms: word: coordinate term
Derived terms: cohyponymous
cohyponymy
Related terms: autohyponym
comeronym
hypernym
hyponym
under-served
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more under-served
form: most under-served
Senses: examples: text: This includes extending rail services into under-served areas such as the North Midlands and North West of Ireland, and enhancing cross-border connectivity between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
ref: 2024 August 21, Hassard Stacpoole, “Network News: Ireland rail review calls for new lines and faster speeds”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 16:
glosses: Alternative spelling of underserved.
lilypad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lilypads
Senses: examples: text: You've reached all sorts of conclusions by jumping around like a frog from lilypad to lilypad.
ref: 1985, Philippe van Rjndt, Last Message to Berlin, →ISBN, page 269:
text: Dad's head popped up right underneath a lilypad.
ref: 2000, Justin D'Ath, Koala Fever, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 44:
text: Born on a lilypad in a Mississippi swamp, Kermit the Frog was one of several thousand children.
ref: 2002, Sandra and Harry Choron, The All-New Book of Lists for Kids, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 379:
glosses: Alternative spelling of lily pad.
under-resourced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more under-resourced
form: most under-resourced
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of underresourced.
oaktag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oaktags
form: oak-tag
form: oak tag
Senses: glosses: A flexible material akin to thick paper.
glosses: A rectangular sheet of this material.
Related terms: cardboard
card stock
manila
pattern paper
poster board
railroad board
tag board
tagboard
oak-tag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oak-tags
form: oaktag
form: oak tag
Senses: glosses: A flexible material akin to thick paper.
glosses: A rectangular sheet of this material.
glosses: Poster board.
oak tag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oak tags
form: oak-tag
form: oaktag
Senses: glosses: A flexible material akin to thick paper.
glosses: A rectangular sheet of this material.
FAN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Fanling in Hong Kong.
FAN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FANs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of file area network.
topics: beverages
brewing
business
food
lifestyle
manufacturing
glosses: Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.
horse's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horses' mouths
Senses: examples: text: I thought it would be quicker to hear it from the horse's mouth.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 374:
glosses: An authentic source; someone who directly experienced or witnessed something.
Derived terms: straight from the horse's mouth
horses' mouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The students had the chance to hear the stories straight from the horses' mouths in the field interviews.
glosses: plural of horse's mouth
vasa deferentia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vas deferens
native son
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: native sons
Senses: examples: text: […]he is banished into the vast and wailing outer darkness whenever we speak of the “purity” of our women, of the “sanctity” of our homes, of “American” ideals. What is more, he knows it. He is indeed the “native son”: he is the “nigger.”
ref: 1955, James Baldwin, “Many Thousands Gone”, in Notes of a Native Son, Boston: Beacon Press, page 37:
text: The city [Lubbock], known for little besides its native son Buddy Holly, lies far from the urban centers of the Texas gay community.
ref: 1984 February 4, Ted Stroll, “No Gay Big Brothers in Lubbock, Texas”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 8:
text: As Argentines bid farewell to Pope Francis, the grief of the faithful has been deepened by a lingering sorrow, a question that has hung in the Buenos Aires air: Why did their native son never return home?
ref: 2025 April 22, Daniel Politi, “Why Did Francis Never Return Home to Argentina as Pope?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
coordinate_terms: native daughter
glosses: A man born in a specified place.
knowhow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knowhows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of know-how.
grant-back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grant-backs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In U.S. patent law, a license under which a party grants another the right to use a patent under the condition that the licensee agrees to grant the licensor a license with respect to any improvements to that patent made by the licensee.
Related terms: grant-forward
f-hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: f-holes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
hypernyms: sound hole
coordinate_terms: ff-hole
d-hole
c-hole
s-hole
glosses: A sound hole, shaped like a lowercase f, through the top surface of a string instrument.
grant-forward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grant-forwards
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In U.S. patent law, a provision accompanying the license of a patent under which a party agrees not only to grant a licensee the right to use a patent, but also to grant the licensee a license to any improvements made on the existing patent.
Related terms: grant-back
but for
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: I’d’ve attended but for the fact that the train was late.
text: I once did lend my body for his wealth,
 Which, but for him that had your husband's ring,
 Had quite miscarried: […]
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: She had a woman to take care of her called Mrs Poole — an able woman in her line, and very trustworthy, but for one fault — a fault common to a deal of them nurses and matrons — she kept a bottle of gin by her, and now and then took a drop over-much.
ref: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: But for that beneficent drug, not one of those men would have slept a moment during that fearful night.
ref: 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad:
text: In the whole extent of the house, which but for the old woman remained otherwise empty, Mr. Hyde had only used a couple of rooms
ref: 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
text: In reconditioning existing locomotives, carriages and wagons, it is intended to replace obsolete types which would have been scrapped but for the war and to embody the latest scientific improvements.
ref: 1945 March and April, “Higher speeds”, in Railway Magazine, page 67:
text: But for the stinging cold of January, this Casanova would not have taken shelter behind the coffeehouse window, […].
ref: 1992, Najīb Maḥfūẓ, Sugar Street, page 48:
glosses: Except, except for; save for; not counting; were it not for; had it not been for.
glosses: despite; in spite of
Derived terms: there but for the grace of God go I
but for
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: but-for
Senses: examples: text: This relevance can in many cases, as here, be tested by the sine qua non or ‘but for’ rule.
ref: 1985, Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart, Tony Honoré, Causation in the Law, page xlv:
text: When the expert constructs the "but for" world, he or she must construct it by taking into account how the plaintiff could have adjusted or did adjust to the changed circumstances.
ref: 2003, Mark A. Glick, Lara A. Reymann, Richard Hoffman, Intellectual Property Damages: Guidelines and Analysis, Wiley, →ISBN, page 37:
text: But it is important to realise that but for causation is no more than indicative of true legal causation.
ref: 2003, A. P. Simester, G. R. Sullivan, Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine, page 71:
text: But in important ways the ‘but for’ test obscures the true role played by causal principles in assessing legal responsibility.
ref: 2006, Tal Becker, Terrorism and the State: Rethinking the Rules of State Responsibility, page 291:
topics: law
glosses: Pertaining to a test of causation whereby an agent or action is considered to have caused an event (and therefore to be responsible and/or liable for said event) if, had said agent or action not existed, the event would not have taken place.
declaration of war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: declarations of war
Senses: examples: text: Make no mistake, the sway of the railways' mandate in the middle of the 19th century was, in some quarters, a declaration of war on the old.
ref: 2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 55:
text: Although the Take Care Clause grants the president significant authority to enforce the laws, the duty to take care does not include a power to forbid the execution of the laws. Consequently, the president does not have the authority to disregard Congress’s declaration of war against Country X. On the contrary, the president has an obligation to faithfully execute the declaration of war, even against their own beliefs and wishes.
ref: 2023 November, Andrea L. R. Pillai, “Hawks and Doves: Evaluating Presidential Powers and Duties Against Congress's Power to Declare War”, in Duke Law Journal, volume 73, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2024, page 419:
glosses: A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.
Related terms: act of war
androgynies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androgyny
amirate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amirates
Etymology: From amir + -ate.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of emirate.
ancillaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ancillary
amirates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amirate
anesthetizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anesthetize
anesthetizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anesthetize
allotropies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allotropy
aluminas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alumina
Ignatius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭg-nā′shəs
ipa: /ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃəs/
Etymology: From Latin Ignātius, variant of gens name Egnātius, altered to resemble ignis (“fire”), establishing a folk etymology meaning akin to “Fiery One”. Of uncertain origin, perhaps originally borrowed from Etruscan.
It might be related to Ancient Greek ἴγνης (ígnēs, “indigene”), ἴγνητος (ígnētos), from *ἔν-γνη-τες (*én-gnē-tes), formed from έν (én) + Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth, produce”), also seen in γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin; of mostly Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox usage in English.
A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Ignatius of Antioch (died c. 108/140 CE)
glosses: A male given name from Latin; of mostly Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox usage in English.
A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556)
Derived terms: Iggy
Saint Ignatius
Related terms: Ignaty
posterboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posterboard
NOMAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnoʊ.mæs/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of National Organization for Men Against Sexism.
Peripatetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: Peripatetics
form: Peripatetick
form: peripatetic
Etymology: From Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περίπατος (perípatos, “strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “I walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + πατέω (patéō, “I walk”). Aristotle’s school was sometimes called the περιπατητικοί (peripatētikoí) "those who are prone to walking" or οἱ ἐκ τοῦ περιπάτου (hoi ek toû peripátou, “those from the walk”) in reference either to his supposed habit of teaching while traversing the περίπατοι (perípatoi, “walkways”) of the Lyceum or simply to the walkways themselves with which the school became associated.
Senses: examples: text: And though it be True indeed, that some Aristotelians have occasionally written against the Chymical Doctrine he Oppugnes, yet since they have done it according to their Principles, And since our Carneades must as well oppose their Hypothesis as that of the Spagyrist, he was fain to fight his Adverfaries with their own Weapons, Those of the Peripatetick being Improper, if not hurtfull for a Person of his Tenents ; besides that those Aristotelians, (at Least, those he met with,) that have written against the Chymists, seem to have had so little Experimental Knowledge in Chymical Matters, that by their frequent Mistakes and unskilfull way of Oppugning, they have too often expos'd Themselves to the Derision of their Adversaries, for writing so Confidently against what they appear so little to understand.
ref: 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, p. A5(r)
synonyms: Aristotelian
glosses: A disciple of Aristotle.
Peripatetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: Peripatetick
form: peripatetic
Etymology: From Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περίπατος (perípatos, “strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “I walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + πατέω (patéō, “I walk”). Aristotle’s school was sometimes called the περιπατητικοί (peripatētikoí) "those who are prone to walking" or οἱ ἐκ τοῦ περιπάτου (hoi ek toû peripátou, “those from the walk”) in reference either to his supposed habit of teaching while traversing the περίπατοι (perípatoi, “walkways”) of the Lyceum or simply to the walkways themselves with which the school became associated.
Senses: synonyms: Aristotelian
glosses: Of or pertaining to the philosophy or methods of Aristotle, or to his followers.
dropping point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropping points
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The temperature at which a grease passes from a semi-solid to a liquid state under specific test conditions.
trucial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From truce + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Without staking an explicitly colonial claim to Iraq, Sir Henry asserted […] in essence, the integration of Mesopotamia into Britain's trucial system in the Persian Gulf.
ref: 2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin, published 2016, page 283:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a truce; specifically, to the truce obtaining between Britain and various Arab sheikdoms of the Oman peninsula.
Derived terms: Trucial
Trucial Coast
Trucial Oman
Trucial State
Trucial States
Jell-O shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jell-O shots
Senses: glosses: A confection of Jell-O (jelly) made with an admixture of alcohol in place of approximately one third to one half of the usual amount of water, mixed in a shot glass and consumed as a shot.
anatto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of annatto (“dye”).
daled
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑl.əd/
Forms: form: daleds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dalet.
scrupleless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scrupleless
form: most scrupleless
Etymology: From scruple + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Your Grace's swordsmen have had ill luck of late; and it is hard, since you always choose the best hands, and such scrupleless knaves too.
ref: 1822, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 44, in Peveril of the Peak:
text: Almost he longed to be a scrupleless Oriental and carry her off across his saddle bow.
ref: 1914, Mary Hastings Bradley, The Palace of Darkened Windows, D. Appleton & Co., page 312:
text: We feel one of these untrained civilians will come face to face with a scrupleless smuggler.
ref: 2005 April 29, “Ex-valley Man Eyes US-Mexico Border”, in Daily News of Los Angeles:
glosses: Without scruples; uninhibited by conscience or moral concerns.
wencher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wenchers
Etymology: From wench + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Knights Templars were notable wenchers, for whose convenience and use the stewes on yᵉ Bankside (over against the Temples) were erected and constituted.
ref: 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 97:
glosses: One who chases women (or men) in a lecherous manner.
Related terms: wench
womanize
womanizer
succuba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: succubas
form: succubae
Etymology: From Latin succuba, from succubō (“to lie under”).
Senses: examples: text: a. 1610, The Mirror for Magistrates
Though seeming in shape a woman natural / Was a fiend of the kind that succubae some call.
text: In other stories of the midrashim, Adam, in penance for his fall, abstains from sexuality for 130 years, but he is not able to control his nocturnal emissions; in his dream state female spirits, the succubae, come and have intercourse with him, and with Adam's seed they give birth to demons.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 19:
glosses: A female demon or fiend; a succubus.
Norwalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː.wɔːk/
ipa: /ˈnɔ(ː)ɹ.wɔːk/
Etymology: (For noun) Named after Norwalk, Ohio, where an outbreak of gastroenteritis in 1968 led to the isolation of the virus.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
virology
glosses: Designating a calicivirus affecting humans, characterized by severe vomiting and diarrhea.
Norwalk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː.wɔːk/
ipa: /ˈnɔ(ː)ɹ.wɔːk/
Etymology: (For noun) Named after Norwalk, Ohio, where an outbreak of gastroenteritis in 1968 led to the isolation of the virus.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Los Angeles County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A river in Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Warren County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Manistee County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Huron County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Huron County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
Related terms: norovirus
hose clamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hose clamps
Senses: glosses: A device used to attach and seal a hose onto a fitting.
Synonyms: word: hose clip
word: Jubilee clip
Hyponyms: Jubilee clip
infirmation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin infirmātiō.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: disconfirmation
Airi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
bloomiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bloomy: most bloomy
bloomier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bloomy: more bloomy
Keene's cement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Richard Wynn Keene, who first patented it in 1838.
Senses: examples: text: Dry, powdered mineral colors can be added to Keene's cement, which is occasionally used sculpturally as a casting material.
ref: 1988, Jack C Rich, The Materials and Methods of Sculpture, Courier Dover, page 60:
synonyms: Martin's cement
Parian cement
glosses: A kind of plaster which sets white, made from gypsum with alum.
airworthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of airworthy: most airworthy
airworthier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of airworthy: more airworthy
shoegazing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃuːˌɡeɪ.zɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃuˌɡeɪ.zɪŋ/
Etymology: From shoe + gazing, because of the tendency of such performers to look down rather than at the crowd and the heavy use of effect pedals.
Senses: examples: text: "[…]Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong here, Danny, but wasn't it you who told me that true shoegazing began and ended with Slowdive's 12-inch debut: the imaginatively titled, 'Slowdive'?”
“You're taking me out of context here, dude. What I meant was that it was the epoch of the genre. The other bands still made a valid contribution, they just didn't define the moment."
ref: 2006, James Buckley, Celebrate Myself, page 12:
text: Johansson and Sitek started out in more faithful lo-fi style before filtering the songs through an indie-rock sensibility that's equal parts postpunk-gothic, 4AD dreampop, shoegazing drone, and TV on the Radio epicness.
ref: 2011, Barney Hoskyns, Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits, page 491:
text: Then in 2003, they released Still Electric only on their website; with this album, they'd taken on more of a shoegazing style of rock, similar to Chapterhouse or Catherine Wheel.
ref: 2013, Pete Crigler, Majorlabelland And Assorted Oddities, page 91:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: shoegaze
glosses: A subgenre of alternative rock music popularised in early 1990s, characterised by a dreamlike sound making much use of effect pedals, and by a detached or introverted performance style.
shoegazing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃuːˌɡeɪ.zɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃuˌɡeɪ.zɪŋ/
Etymology: From shoe + gazing, because of the tendency of such performers to look down rather than at the crowd and the heavy use of effect pedals.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoegaze
bendiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bendy: most bendy
disconfirmation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disconfirmations
Etymology: From dis- + confirmation.
Senses: examples: text: Once we move our search to the region of the mind, we find that access to the facts becomes much more difficult; as a result, disconfirmation is largely out of reach and metaphor begins to flourish.
ref: 1990, Donald P. Spence, “Theories of the Mind: Science or Literature?”, in Poetics Today, volume 11, number 2, page 331:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis.
examples: text: One can reduce the disconfirmations of economic generalizations by specifying a margin of error.
ref: 1981, Daniel M. Hausman, “John Stuart Mill's Philosophy of Economics”, in Philosophy of Science, volume 48, number 3, page 366:
glosses: A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true.
Synonyms: infirmation
Related terms: disconfirm
bendier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bendy: more bendy
blotchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blotchy: most blotchy
blotchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blotchy: more blotchy
blowsiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blowsy: most blowsy
blowsier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blowsy: more blowsy
blottiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blotty: most blotty
blottier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blotty: more blotty
blousier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blousy: more blousy
Heathrow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhiːθɹoʊ/
/ˌhiːθˈɹoʊ/
Etymology: Named after the hamlet of Heath Row, which was obliterated for construction of the airport. From Middle English heth (“heath”) + rew (“row”).
Senses: glosses: An international airport in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London.
blousiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blousy: most blousy
Gatwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English gāt (“goat”) and wīċ (“-wick”).
Senses: glosses: An airport in Crawley borough, West Sussex, England, approximately halfway between London and Brighton (OS grid ref TQ2841).
glosses: A hamlet in Westbury-on-Severn parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7313).
glosses: A hamlet in Shackleford parish, Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9145).
blowzier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blowzy: more blowzy
blowziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blowzy: most blowzy
booziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of boozy: most boozy
boozier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of boozy: more boozy
bluffest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bluff: most bluff
blowier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blowy: more blowy
blowiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blowy: most blowy
botchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of botchy: more botchy
botchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of botchy: most botchy
boxiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of boxy: most boxy
boxier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of boxy: more boxy
braggest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brag: most brag
braggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of braggy: more braggy
braggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of braggy: most braggy
brambliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brambly: most brambly
bramblier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brambly: more brambly
duellist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duellists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of duelist.
branchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of branchy: more branchy
demonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demonises
form: demonising
form: demonised
form: demonised
Etymology: From demon + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demonize.
branchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of branchy: most branchy
atomise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: atomises
form: atomising
form: atomised
form: atomised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of atomize.
sugar cube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar cubes
form: sugar-cube
form: sugarcube
Senses: examples: text: The new building was dubbed 'the sugar cube', owing to the white tiles which were supposed to adorn the exterior of the cube-shaped structure.
ref: 2025 February 19, Chris Howe, “Euston: Euston: a work in progress”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 46:
synonyms: sugar lump
glosses: Piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea.
Related terms: cube sugar
loaf sugar
sugar-loaf
anacrusic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anacrusic
form: most anacrusic
Etymology: From anacrusis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to anacrusis
contumaciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From contumacious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being contumacious.
Related terms: contumacious
contumaciously
contumacy
contumely
bestoweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bestow + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bestow
tesseracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tesseract
fareth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fare + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fare
farest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fare + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of fare
crueltie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruelties
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of cruelty.
tetrahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrahedra
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrahedron
theodolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theodolite
hereinbefore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From herein + before.
Senses: examples: text: When the ship-jumpers were apprehended, as hereinbefore mentioned, much to the surprise of this Grand Jury, it was discovered that a few days after their arrest they were permitted to furnish nominal bonds […]
ref: 1953, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Hearings, page 38:
glosses: Synonym of hereinabove (“above, in this document”).
synonyms: word: hereinabove
extra: above, in this document
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
thermodynamicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermodynamicists
Etymology: From thermodynamic + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: They are typified by those thermodynamicists who for decades have drawn ever closer to the temperature of absolute zero, when atoms cease all motion.
ref: 1998 April 26, Edward O. Wilson, “The Ionian Enchantment”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2020:
text: In my favorite Meta A.I. ad, a woman tells her boyfriend that she’s excited to have him meet her parents — before impishly mentioning that her father is a thermodynamicist at NASA. The befuddled boyfriend rushes home, phone in hand. “Hey Meta,” he asks. “What the heck is a thermodynamicist?”
ref: 2025 June 25, Ismail Muhammad, “Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?”, in The New York Times Magazine, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2025:
glosses: A person who studies thermodynamics.
thermodynamicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermodynamicist
thespians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thespian
threshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thresh
throwbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɹəʊ.bæks/
ipa: /ˈθɹoʊ.bæks/
Senses: glosses: plural of throwback
lookt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: look + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of look
Synonyms: looked
timepieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timepiece
boskier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bosky: more bosky
boskiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bosky: most bosky
brattiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bratty: most bratty
brattier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bratty: more bratty
brashiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brashy: most brashy
brashier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brashy: more brashy
brassier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brassy: more brassy
brassiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brassy: most brassy
brawlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brawly: more brawly
brawliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brawly: most brawly
brawnier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brawny: more brawny
brawniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brawny: most brawny
breathier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of breathy: more breathy
breathiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of breathy: most breathy
brickiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bricky: most bricky
brickier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bricky: more bricky
briniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of briny: most briny
brinier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of briny: more briny
brittler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brittle: more brittle
brittlest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brittle: most brittle
bronzier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bronzy: more bronzy
bronziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bronzy: most bronzy
broodier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of broody: more broody
broodiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of broody: most broody
broomiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of broomy: most broomy
broomier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of broomy: more broomy
brothier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brothy: more brothy
brothiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brothy: most brothy
brownier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of browny: more browny
browniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of browny: most browny
brushier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brushy: more brushy
brushiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brushy: most brushy
brusker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brusk: more brusk
bruskest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brusk: most brusk
tinkerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tinkerer
brusquest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brusque: most brusque
alienors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alienor
brusquer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brusque: more brusque
buggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of buggy: more buggy
buggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of buggy: most buggy
toolmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toolmaker
bulgier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bulgy: more bulgy
towboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of towboat
bulgiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bulgy: most bulgy
towropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of towrope
toymaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toymakers
Etymology: From toy + maker.
Senses: glosses: A craftsman who makes toys.
toymakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toymaker
bummest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bum: most bum