cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Slovenianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Slovenian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Slovenian.
tunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tunk
opobalsam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opobalsams
form: opobalsamum
Etymology: From Latin opobalsamum.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The aromatic resinous juice of Commiphora opobalsamum (balm of Gilead).
opobalsams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opobalsam
Belarusianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Belarusian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Belarusian.
conchylious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of conchylaceous.
forwonder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forwonders
form: forwondering
form: forwondered
form: forwondered
Etymology: From Middle English forwonderen. By surface analysis, for- + wonder. Compare Dutch verwonderen, German verwundern (“to astonish, amaze, bewilder, astound”).
Senses: examples: text: Let the window glow, let the air be soft and weary, let it be forwondered, weary, let them taste of the evening sun, of this place they have fallen, let them taste of saving love again, let them call it beauty.
ref: 1987, Jane Kopp, Setting the heart to understand:
text: The wise of the weathers forwondered they were.
ref: 1988, Helen Phillips, University of Lancaster. Dept. of English, Arthur's adventures at Tarn Wadling
glosses: To astonish; fill with wonder or amazement.
hepatogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepato- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: hepatogenic jaundice
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Arising from the liver; caused by a condition of the liver.
Synonyms: hepatogenous
Derived terms: hepatogenically
prohepatogenic
Related terms: hepatogenesis
hepatogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepato- + -genous.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of hepatogenic.
synonyms: word: hepatogenic
Derived terms: hepatogenous jaundice
bunkums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunkum
copperiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From coppery + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: the relative copperiness of marine bronze grades
glosses: The quality or state of being coppery, as:
The trait or degree of containing copper.
examples: text: the copperiness of the sunset
text: She tasted the copperiness of blood in her mouth.
glosses: The quality or state of being coppery, as:
The trait of resembling copper.
synonyms: copperishness
Coordinate terms: copperishness
forwork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forworks
form: forworking
form: forworked
form: forworked
form: forwrought
form: forwrought
Etymology: From Middle English forwirken, forwerken, forwurchen, from Old English forwerċan, forwyrċan (“to do wrong, sin; ruin, undo, destroy; condemn, convict, curse; forfeit; barricade, obstruct, close up”), from Proto-Germanic *frawurkijaną, equivalent to for- + work. Cognate with Dutch verwerken (“to digest, assimilate, work up, put into action”), German verwirken (“to forfeit”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frawaurkjan).
Senses: synonyms: shoot oneself in the foot
glosses: To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
examples: text: And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie.
ref: 1881, Grant Allen, Early Britain:
synonyms: word: forslow
word: barricade
word: block
word: choke
word: clog
word: close off
word: cumber
word: forslow
word: forwork
word: hamper
word: hinder
word: impede
word: interfere
word: interrupt
word: intervene
word: jam
word: obstruct
word: obturate
word: occlude
word: plug
word: roadblock
word: seal
word: stonewall
word: thwart
word: yield
glosses: To obstruct; barricade; block.
synonyms: word: harm
word: wound
word: abuse
word: annoy
word: bewound
word: damage
word: damnify
word: dere
word: do damage to
word: do for
word: do ill
word: do violence to
word: forwork
word: grieve
word: harm
word: harrow
word: hurt
word: injure
word: maul
word: misdo
word: put someone in hospital
word: scaith
word: scathe
word: vulnerate
word: wet
word: wound
glosses: To do wrong to; injure; scathe.
examples: text: And toiling so, well-nigh forwrought, She prayed full fervently; […]
ref: 1889, St. John's College (University of Cambridge), The Eagle:
synonyms: burn out
overburden
overlabour
overply
overtax
run someone ragged
glosses: To overwork; exhaust with toil.
forwax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forwaxes
form: forwaxing
form: forwaxed
form: forwaxed
form: forwaxen
Etymology: From Middle English forwaxen, from Old English forweaxan (“to progress, grow too much, become overgrown”), equivalent to for- + wax (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with German verwachsen (“to grow together, heal over, overgrow”).
Senses: examples: text: Horrible gret was, A forwoxen grome, Such Another neuer had he sain.
ref: 1475, Couldrette, The romans of Partenay:
glosses: To grow to excess; become huge; overgrow; swell.
bariolage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French bariolage.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A rapid alternation of two notes on two strings of a violin etc
basoche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basoches
Etymology: French. Doublet of basilica.
Senses: glosses: A guild of legal clerks in pre-revolutionary France.
homoscedasticities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homoscedasticity
petri dish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petri dishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Petri dish.
hassas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hassa
in keeping with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: In keeping with the stock they are replacing, the B23s are fully automated.
ref: 2023 February 22, Paul Stephen, “TfL reveals first of new B23s for Docklands Light Railway”, in RAIL, number 977, page 12:
text: The Cop28 presidency released a draft text in the early evening on Monday, which called for “reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, so as to achieve net zero by, before or around 2050, in keeping with the science”.
ref: 2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, “Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The goal was scruffy, with some debate over whether Johnson got the last touch - and was totally in keeping with the tepid domestic seasons of these two underperforming sides, but no-one at Spurs will care about that.
ref: 2025 May 21, Simon Stone, “Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: in accordance with
takkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takkie
GCJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of GNU Compiler for Java.
Malrucian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Malrucian
form: most Malrucian
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the life, works or literary style of André Malraux (1901–1976), French novelist and art theorist.
Messenians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Messenian
I²C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ ˈskwɛə(ɹ)d ˈsiː/
Forms: form: I²Cs
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: serial bus
glosses: Initialism of Inter-Integrated Circuit, a standard for integrated circuit communication using two lines.
I²Cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of I²C
bluettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluette
boutades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boutade
cabalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəˈbɑːlaɪz/
/ˈkæbəlaɪz/
Forms: form: cabalizes
form: cabalizing
form: cabalized
form: cabalized
Etymology: From cabal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The heroes who cabalize and lend on pledge , who pocket silver spoons and risk the pillory , are found in Schröder's “Fähndrich,” in ffland's “Hagestolzen," in "Verbrechen aus Ehrsucht, ” by the same dramatic writer, and in Kotzebue's "Kind der Liebe."
ref: 1840, Edmund Bach, The Poems of Schiller Explained, page 134:
text: Thus, again, in politics we see the centrifugal principle cabalizing with the most calculating desperation between the shades or factions of the same political party , who vie with each other for the spoils.
ref: 1851, M. Edgeworth Lazarus, The Zend-Avesta and Solar Religions, page 14:
text: The cabinet became a center of petty bickering and continuous cabalizing, and Congress split into irreconcilable factions and repeated asserted its will against the president.
ref: 2017, M. Andrew Holowchak, Jefferson’s Political Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Utopia, page 171:
glosses: To engage in politics as part of a cabal.
examples: text: Neopatrimonialism describes a political system in which political power is personalized and in some cases cabalized; public offices and resources are prebendalized;
ref: 1995, The Journal of African Policy Studies, page 55:
text: The reason is that political and economic power is primarily personalized and cabalized .
ref: 1997, Fidelis U. Okafor ·, New Strategies for Curbing Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Nigeria, page 227:
text: Some have argued that the subsidy is one of the benefits many Nigerians derive from the country's 'cabalized' political regimes.
ref: 2013, Jideofor Adibe, Politics and Economics of Removing Subsidies on Petroleum, page 157:
glosses: To control or manipulate via a cabal or secret political organization.
cabalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cabalize
cabalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cabalize
cabalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cabalize
Georgianity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Georgian + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Georgian (relating to the Georgian era).
Related terms: Georgianness
world clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world clocks
Senses: glosses: A clock that shows time around the globe.
world clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of world clock
BD-J
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: media
glosses: Initialism of Blu-ray Disc Java.
Web browsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Web browser
DLJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Distributor License for Java.
w.l.o.g.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of without loss of generality.
menobranch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnəbɹæŋk/
Forms: form: menobranchs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “to remain”) + βράγχιον (bránkhion, “gill”).
Senses: synonyms: waterdog
mudpuppy
glosses: A large aquatic American salamander of the genus Necturus (formerly Menobranchus), with permanent external gills.
menobranchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menobranch
dextroversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dextroversions
Etymology: From dextro- + version.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A turning to the right.
laevoversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laevoversions
form: levoversion
Etymology: From laevo- + version.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A turning to the left.
dextroversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dextroversion
laevoversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laevoversion
levocardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levocardias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laevocardia.
levocardias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levocardia
laevocardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laevocardias
form: levocardia
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition where the heart is on the correct side of the body (the left), but the related structures are on the wrong side, due either to corrected transposition of the great vessels or to situs inversus.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The absence of dextrocardia; normal positioning of the heart.
laevocardias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laevocardia
dextrocycloversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dextro- + cycloversion.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition in which the top of the eye rotates to the right.
laevocycloversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From laevo- + cycloversion.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition in which the top of the eye rotates to the left.
pahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pah
brigandages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brigandage
atterrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of atterrate
atterrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of atterrate
dimyary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Alternative form of dimyarian.
hydrail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- + rail, coined in 2004 in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
Senses: glosses: Any rail technology where vehicles use on-board hydrogen as a source of energy to power the motors.
Britannically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Britannically
form: most Britannically
Etymology: From Britannic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In the British manner
glosses: With reference to Britain or Great Britain
mathmo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmæθməʊ/
Forms: form: mathmos
Etymology: Diminutive of mathematician with -o.
Senses: examples: text: This year's Honesty Prize goes to the natural sciences supervisor, who replied to a question with, "Don't ask me, I'm not a mathmo."
ref: 1986, University of Cambridge. Archimedeans, Eureka: Issues 46-50:
text: I'm currently a third year mathmo at Cambridge […]
ref: 2003, Sally Clough, “Teacher Training - opinions please”, in alt.uk.a-levels (Usenet):
text: Historians mingled with mathmos, medics with geographers. It was beautiful.
ref: 2007, C. N. Barton, The Cambridge Diaries: A Tale of Friendship, Love And Economics, page 134:
qualifier: chiefly Cambridge University
glosses: A mathematician.
Related terms: natsci
mathmos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mathmo
hydrolley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrolleys
Etymology: * Blend of hydrogen + trolley coined at the Fourth International Hydrail Conference, Valencia, Spain, in 2008
Senses: glosses: Any streetcar or tram vehicle using on-board hydrogen as a source of energy to power the motors.
eliquate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eliquates
form: eliquating
form: eliquated
form: eliquated
Senses: glosses: To liquate; to smelt.
glosses: To part by liquation.
eliquates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eliquate
eliquated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eliquate
eliquating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eliquate
bacules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacule
hydrolleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrolley
elkerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elkerites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A subgroup of pyrobitumens rich in oxygen and partly soluble in alkali, resembling an earthy brown coal and probably representing a product of intense weathering of bitumens.
elkerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elkerite
unisexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unisexual + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: In all cases of hermaphroditism in animals where unisexuality of the individuals is the rule, the doubly sexed organs are always imperfect, […]
ref: 1883, Lawson Tait, The Pathology and Treatment of Diseases of the Ovaries: (being the Hastings Essay for 1873), page 128:
text: As pointed out by Allen (1940), most mutations in the sex genes of hermaphroditic species will tend towards unisexuality, whereas most mutations in dioecious species will tend towards hermaphroditism (or monoecism), […]
ref: 1958, Advances in Genetics, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 218:
glosses: The property of being unisexual (having characteristics of a single sex); (especially in botany) the property of being imperfect, i.e. having only male (stamina) or female (pistils) reproductive organs in one flower (monoecism) or individual (dioecism).
examples: text: It is somewhat jarring to find the name "Charlie," a name usually [applied to men, applied to a woman] […] those oriented toward female equality or unisexuality in names and behavior will silently approve of his apparent broad-mindedness.
ref: 1988, Joseph Reino, Stephen King: The First Decade, Carrie to Pet Sematary, Twayne Publishers, page 45:
text: One observes the increasing percentage of unisexuality in Igbo onomastics, and it would not be surprising if such unisexuality invades the area of politically suggestive names.
ref: 1993, U. D. Anyanwu, Jude C. U. Aguwa, The Igbo and the Tradition of Politics, Fourth Dimention Publishing Company Limited, →ISBN, page 86:
glosses: The state of being unisex (suitable for any sex).
Synonyms: diclinism
Related terms: bisexual
monosexual
tergeminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See tergeminous.
Senses: examples: text: tergeminate leaves
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having three pairs of leaflets.
e-liquid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-liquids
Etymology: From e- + liquid.
Senses: examples: text: Categories: E-Cigar E-MiniCigar E-Cartridge E-Liquid Accessories ... E-Liquid: tobacco purified liquid with 4 different density.
ref: 2007 April, “E-Cig.com -”, in E-CIG, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2007:
text: Andy: It is far, far cheaper. I don't use cartridges, personally, I use a technique known as dry-smoking. Basically you put a few drops of the liquid directly into the atomizer chamber. An 8ml bottle of the E-liquid (roughly $5 US) lasts me around a week and a half to two weeks. Even when I did use cartridges, it ended up cutting my cost by about 1/3rd.
ref: 2008 March 29, John R. Polito, “Do Kennedy and Waxman know about electronic or e-cigarettes?”, in WhyQuit, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2008:
ref: 2010, Mike Sands, Make Your Own E-Liquid:
synonyms: e-juice
glosses: The liquid in an electronic cigarette that is used to produce the vapour.
sursumversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sursum- + version.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: elevation of the eyes; upward gaze
deorsumversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deorsum- + version.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: lowering of the eyes; downward gaze
basoches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basmati
dextroelevation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dextro- + elevation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: eye movement up and to the right
dextrodepression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dextro- + depression.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: eye movement down and to the right
laevodepression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levodepression
Etymology: From laevo- + depression.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: eye movement down and to the left
laevoelevation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levoelevation
Etymology: From laevo- + elevation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: eye movement up and to the left
parallactical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parallactic.
blastophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blastophore + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the blastophore.
puffin crossing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puffin crossings
Etymology: Short for pedestrian user-friendly intelligent crossing.
Senses: glosses: A kind of pedestrian crossing with the lights controlling the pedestrians on the near side of the road, rather than on the opposite side, and with sensors to detect the presence of pedestrians.
puffin crossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puffin crossing
osmundas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osmunda
Elijah seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elijah seats
Senses: examples: text: But Cohn can and does extend "recognition," suspecting from the beginning a significant core of feeling in the immense isolato, seeing hints of a "true gentleman" and even going so far as to offer him the Elijah seat at the Seder.
ref: 1987, Joel Salzberg, Critical Essays on Bernard Malamud, G. K. Hall, →ISBN, page 219:
text: Because of my schedule of chores, the seder was half-over when I arrived and there was a choice of two seats: one right beside the rabbi, or else Elijah's seat, a chair that sits empty in case the prophet Elijah turns up with the Messiah in tow, on his donkey. I sat beside Michael as I am not Elijah, and I have absolutely no messianic pretensions or connections, and thus the Elijah seat implied responsibilities that I did not care to take on.
ref: 2003 September 7, Bonnie Glassford, Living the Sacred Story: A Journey Into the Landscape of the Bible, iUniverse, →ISBN, →OL, page 196:
text: The Elijah seat on which the sandák sits and the performance of the brit at the synagogue as a religious ritual are elements that help affirm the link to Judaism.
ref: 2004, Matilda Koén-Sarano, King Solomon and the Golden Fish: Tales from the Sephardic Tradition, Wayne State University Press, page 193:
glosses: In Jewish ceremonies, an unoccupied seat reserved for the prophet Elijah.
Synonyms: Elijah chair
Elijah's seat
moplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moplike
form: most moplike
Etymology: From mop + -like.
Senses: examples: his moplike fringe of hair
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mop.
spikebill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spikebills
Etymology: From spike + bill.
Senses: glosses: A hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus).
glosses: A marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).
spikebills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spikebill
willsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more willsome
form: most willsome
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wilsome.
teeter-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teeter-tails
Senses: glosses: A bird, the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius.
teeter-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teeter-tail
riggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪɡəl
Forms: form: riggles
Senses: glosses: The European lancefish.
riggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪɡəl
Forms: form: riggles
form: riggling
form: riggled
form: riggled
Senses: examples: text: I must take care, knowing what an eеl I have to do with, that the little riggling rogue does not slip through my fingers
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Archaic form of wriggle.
riggles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riggle
stoccados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoccado
stoccadoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoccado
arriding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arride
arrided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arride
kermises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kermis
monophyodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Ancient Greek μονοφυής (monophuḗs, “single”) (μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + φύω (phúō, “produce”)) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having only one set of teeth.
Derived terms: monophyodontism
Related terms: diphyodont
homodont
polydont
monophyodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophyodonts
Etymology: Ancient Greek μονοφυής (monophuḗs, “single”) (μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + φύω (phúō, “produce”)) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism with only one set of teeth.
monophyodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monophyodont
straight shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight shooters
form: straight-shooter
Senses: examples: text: The image he projects seems at home here in Iowa: the straight-shooter, the truth-teller, the unadorned Kansan from the prairie.
ref: 1996 February 12, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Politics: Bob Dole—In No-Frills Message, Modesty Vies With Pride in Service”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Sep 2012:
text: And those lucky enough to be around him always knew who he was too — a gentleman of extraordinary character, a straight shooter and a pioneering journalist destined to be remembered.
ref: 2006 December 25, Dan Rather, “A Fond Farewell: Ed Bradley”, in Time:
synonyms: straight talker
glosses: A person who is honest and forthright.
examples: text: A 1934 journalism graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Fleming, who has a reputation as an abrasive straight shooter, was a newspaper and magazine correspondent before joining ABC in 1957.
ref: 1966 February 18, “The Administration: Unburdening Bill”, in Time:
text: [B]aseball's equivalent of John Wayne, one Dallas Green, will likely come in, take some players by the scruffs of their necks, tell them to shut up and play in a fundamentally sound way. . . . The human boom box, the relentless straight shooter, will keep all comers more than well aware of where he stands.
ref: 1991 September 11, Claire Smith, “On Baseball: Green Could Mean Luck for the Mets”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Sep 2012:
text: Keating . . . was an impatient taskmaster, but he was also a straight shooter who never held back a punch. . . . "Mitchell, you look like crap."
ref: 2008, David Michaels, Tom Clancy, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, →ISBN, page 177:
glosses: A person who is blunt, sometimes to the point of being harsh or offensive.
examples: text: This homemade crack tool was known as a straight shooter, which sped up the effects of smoking rock cocaine allowing it to reach the lungs faster.
ref: 2007, Martin L. Stockton, Hustler's Greed, →ISBN, page 3:
qualifier: recreational drugs
glosses: A type of pipe used for smoking cocaine.
Synonyms: sense: person who is honest and forthright
word: square shooter
Related terms: play it straight
shoot someone straight
straight-shooting
straight talk
tell it like it is
straight-shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight-shooters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of straight shooter.
straight shooters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight shooter
straight-shooters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight-shooter
limb of Satan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limbs of Satan
Senses: synonyms: limb
glosses: A wicked or mischievous child.
limbs of Satan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limb of Satan
outfind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outfinds
form: outfinding
form: outfound
form: outfound
Etymology: From out- + find.
Senses: examples: text: Searching time / With piercing insight will the truth outfind[…]
ref: 1590, Robert Greene, Isabel's Sonnet that she made in Prison:
glosses: To find out; to discover.
outfound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outfind
outfinds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outfind
outfinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outfind
fittin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fitting.
fittin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fitting.
preportioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pre- + portioned.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preportion
preportioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + portioned.
Senses: examples: preportioned meals
glosses: Divided into portions in advance.
rich man's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Because it was caused by overindulgence in food and drink.
Senses: glosses: Gout.
pericardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pericardial.
Derived terms: prepericardiac
parainfective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parainfective
form: most parainfective
Etymology: From para- + infective.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to parainfection.
pericardial fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pericardial fluids
Senses: glosses: A fluid that reduces friction within the pericardium by lubricating the epicardial surface, allowing the membranes to glide over each other with each heartbeat.
draconianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more draconianly
form: most draconianly
form: Draconianly
Etymology: From draconian + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: draconically
glosses: In a draconian manner.
cantinière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kæn.tinˈjɛɹ/
Forms: form: cantinières
Etymology: Borrowed from French cantinière, from cantine (“sutler's shop, canteen”).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.
cantinières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantinière
facecare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From face + care.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, not everyone will want to badmouth their long-term supplier or facecare product to a complete stranger.
ref: 2010, Matt Thomas, Shaa Wasmund, The Smarta Way To Do Business, Enhanced Edition, page 242:
glosses: Care of the face; the use of cosmetics, etc. to make the face healthy or attractive.
endosmotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From endosmotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By endosmosis.
exosmotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From exosmotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By exosmosis.
exosmoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exosmosis
rescribed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rescribe
rescribing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rescribe
Parasceve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɹəˌsiːv/
ipa: /ˌpaɹəˈsiːviː/
Forms: form: Parasceves
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin parascevē, from Ancient Greek παρασκευή (paraskeuḗ, literally “preparation”).
Senses: examples: text: And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,)
ref: Mark 15:42 (Douay version)
topics: Christianity
glosses: The day of preparation before the (Jewish) Sabbath; Friday.
Parasceves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Parasceve
parainfectious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parainfectious
form: most parainfectious
Etymology: From para- + infectious.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to parainfection.
examples: text: Parainfectious optic neuritis typically follows the onset of a viral infection by 1-3 weeks, but it also can occur as a postvaccination phenomenon.
ref: 2009, Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker, James J. Augsburger, Ophthalmology, page 965:
glosses: Accompanying, but not caused by, an infection.
parainfection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parainfections
Etymology: From para- + infection.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition resembling an infection but not caused by an infectious agent.
Related terms: parainfectious
parainfective
forthtell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forthtells
form: forthtelling
form: forthtold
form: forthtold
Etymology: From forth- + tell.
Senses: examples: text: If someone who is seated is conscious that he has been given a special message, let the first be silent, for you can all forthtell the truth one by one so that all may learn and may be encouraged - and the spirits of those who forthtell the truth are [...]
ref: 2002, William Barclay, The Letters to the Corinthians:
text: These are prophets who “forthtell,” which means that they speak forth a living message from God for the hour. In this context, the prophet is using interpretive gifts to forthtell the will and counsel of God.
ref: 2005, Chuck D. Pierce, Rebecca Wagner Sytsema, When God Speaks:
glosses: To tell forth; publish abroad.
parainfections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parainfection
nonparaneoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + paraneoplastic.
Senses: glosses: Not paraneoplastic.
postinfections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postinfection
pandysautonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pandysautonomic
form: most pandysautonomic
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to pandysautonomia.
dysautonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dysautonomic
form: most dysautonomic
Etymology: From dys- + autonomic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to dysautonomia.
moove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mooves
form: mooving
form: mooved
form: mooved
form: moovd
form: moovd
form: move
Senses: examples: text: Was heard, of Harp and Organ; and who moovd
ref: 1674, John Milton, chapter XI, in Paradise Lost^(http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(1674)/Book_XI):
text: we moovd a short distance below and Camped, …
ref: 2003, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, quoting Monday, 22nd Sept. 1806, edited by Gary E. Moulton, The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Vol 9, Univ. of Nebraska Press, →ISBN:
text: Josee married Susanah Adams moovd to Tennessee …
ref: 1958, Local History & Genealogical Society, Digitized edition, published 2008, page 32:
text: … my friend Marshell moovd^([sic]) and here's a picture of how I felt.
ref: 2008, Perry D. Jamieson, Khobar Towers: Tragedy and Response, Government Printing Office, →ISBN:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of move.
disseminable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disseminable
form: most disseminable
Senses: glosses: Capable of being disseminated.
bromopropanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromopropane
encephalomyelitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to encephalomyelitis.
Derived terms: meningoencephalomyelitic
encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˌsɛfələˌmaɪələɹəˌdɪkjʊlənjʊˈɹɒpəθi/
Etymology: From encephalo- + myelo- + radiculo- + neuro- + -pathy.
Senses: examples: text: We present two children with seizures and other signs of cerebral involvement at the outset of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, consistent with a diagnosis of encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy.
ref: 1988, Excerpta Medica: Section 7: Pediatrics and pediatric surgery: Volume 61:
text: The presumed cause of encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy of this type is an abnormal immune response triggered by an antecedent infection[…]
ref: 1993, Peter James, Peripheral neuropathy: Volume 2:
text: The authors advocate for combined therapy in cases of severe encephalomyelitis characterized by encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy.
ref: 2011, Dorothée Chabas, Emmanuelle L. Waubant, Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System in Childhood, page 215:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A disease that affects the brain, spinal nerves, and peripheral nervous system.
pseudomythical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudomythical
form: most pseudomythical
Etymology: From pseudo- + mythical.
Senses: glosses: Apparently, but not actually, mythical; resembling a myth; having mythic elements.
genre studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A structuralist approach to literary theory, film theory, and other cultural theories, examining the elements that combine in the telling of a story and seeking patterns in collections of stories.
podagras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podagra
pilours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilour
plunderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plundering
nonassociativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + associativity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being nonassociative; lack of associativity.
suicide headache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicide headaches
Etymology: From the negative feelings caused by the extreme pain associated with the condition.
Senses: glosses: cluster headache
suicide headaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicide headache
asperifolious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more asperifolious
form: most asperifolious
form: asperifoliate
Etymology: Latin asper (“rough”) + folium (“leaf”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having rough leaves.
asperifoliate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more asperifoliate
form: most asperifoliate
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of asperifolious.
pissiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pissy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being pissy.
take the bait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the bait
form: taking the bait
form: took the bait
form: taken the bait
Etymology: An allusion to a fish swallowing a baited hook.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
synonyms: strike
glosses: To nibble at bait on a hook.
examples: text: "I would like to first of all commend all of the police officers today. . . . They were in fact at various times provoked, and they didn't take the bait in any way, shape or form."
ref: 1997 August 30, John Kifner, “Thousands Call on City Hall To Confront Police Brutality”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 May 2015:
text: "He wanted to have a discussion about creationism. . . . But I didn't want that sort of discussion, and when I didn't take the bait, I think I spoiled the script that had been running in his head."
ref: 2011 June 2, Nick Duerden, “Dave Gorman: Games for a laugh”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 08 May 2015:
text: [T]he singing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. . . was pressed by our colleague, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, into demonstrating his reported ability to sing a rendition of the Irish holiday song, “Christmas in Killarney.” The general, improbably, took the bait, and you can now hear it.
ref: 2011 December 9, Craig Whitlock, “Gen. Martin Dempsey knows how to sing a tune”, in Washington Post, retrieved 08 May 2015:
text: Unlike Bing, GPT-4 usually flat-out refused to take the bait when I tried to get it to talk about consciousness, or get it to provide instructions for illegal or immoral activities, and it treated sensitive queries with kid gloves and nuance.
ref: 2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: bite
rise to the bait
glosses: To be lured by an offer, flattery, or a provocation into doing something, especially something disadvantageous or dubious.
Related terms: hook, line and sinker
knobheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more knobheaded
form: most knobheaded
Etymology: From knob + headed.
Senses: examples: a knobheaded club or walking-stick
glosses: Having a knobby head.
JavaScripter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JavaScripters
Etymology: From JavaScript + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A lot of the most talented JavaScripters out there like to share their ideas, innovations, and experiments with the rest of the world through their blogs[…]
ref: 2006, Christian Heilmann, Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and AJAX, page xxiii:
glosses: One who uses the JavaScript programming language.
JavaScripters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of JavaScripter
unpsychiatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpsychiatric
form: most unpsychiatric
Etymology: From un- + psychiatric.
Senses: glosses: Not psychiatric.
unpsychological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpsychological
form: most unpsychological
Etymology: From un- + psychological.
Senses: glosses: Not psychological.
Cabeiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cabiri
form: Cabbiri
form: Kabeiroi
form: Kabeiri
form: Kabiri
Etymology: Ancient Greek Κάβειροι (Kábeiroi)
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A group of enigmatic chthonic deities worshipped by a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus.
Related terms: Cabiric
Cabiritic
junction point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junction points
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Microsoft Windows
glosses: A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
junction points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junction point
reparse point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reparse points
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Microsoft Windows
glosses: An extension to an NTFS object that determines how it will be treated by the operating system.
reparse points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reparse point
wirelessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wireless
wirelessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wireless
witnessable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more witnessable
form: most witnessable
Etymology: From witness + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being witnessed; observable.
preonset
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + onset.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Before the onset of a disease or other condition.
postonset
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + onset.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: After the onset of a disease or other condition.
nutty slack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnʌti ˈslæk/
ipa: /ˌnʌti ˈslæk/
ipa: [-ɾi-]
rhymes: -æk
Etymology: From nutty (“containing nuts”) + slack.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Nabarro asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the calorific value of nutty slack currently being marketed to domestic consumers, ration-free, by the National Coal Board, compared with normal house coals; what quantity of nutty slack is to be available, in total, during the present coal-winter; the market response to date; how much nutty slack it is estimated will be sold this winter; and whether nutty slack is to be a permanent, ration-free feature of our domestic fuel economy.
ref: 1953 February 2, Gerald Nabarro, Member of Parliament for Kidderminster, “Nutty Slack”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Commons Official Report (House of Commons of the United Kingdom), volume 510, London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, columns 1460–1461:
glosses: A cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and nuts (“small lumps of coal”); unlike other solid fuels it was not rationed during the period after World War II.
wikipedia: National Railway Museum
carabin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carabins
Senses: examples: text: Their arms are a scimitar, a brace of pistols, a carabin, and sometimes a lance, or a bow and arrow — all of which they alternately use, at full speed, with the utmost skill and dexterity.
ref: 1873, Charles Grey, A Narrative of Italian Travels in Persia, page 17:
glosses: Archaic form of carbine.
shoots through like a Bondi tram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot through like a Bondi tram
shooting through like a Bondi tram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoot through like a Bondi tram
curly-bracket language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curly-bracket languages
form: curly bracket language
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A programming language whose syntax uses curly brackets to enclose blocks, such as C, C++, Java, or C#.
Synonyms: curly-brace language
curly-braces language
Hypernyms: language
programming language
shot through like a Bondi tram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoot through like a Bondi tram
curly-braces language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curly-braces languages
form: curly braces language
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Synonym of curly-bracket language.
synonyms: word: curly-bracket language
curly-braces languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curly-braces language
curly-bracket languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curly-bracket language