cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
opiomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From opium + -o- + mania.
Senses: glosses: Opium addiction.
WORA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more WORA
form: most WORA
Senses: examples: text: Is JavaScript any more WORA than C?
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of write once, run anywhere.
Synonyms: WORE
WORE
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: WORA
glosses: Initialism of write once, run everywhere.
dandler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdændələ(ɹ)/
Forms: form: dandlers
Etymology: From dandle + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who dandles.
dandlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dandler
sifflement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sifflements
Senses: examples: text: The sifflement was heard over the region of the heart, a short distance on each side of the sternum, and under the clavicles.
ref: 1837, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 368:
glosses: A hissing sound.
sifflements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sifflement
slow-cook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slow-cooks
form: slow-cooking
form: slow-cooked
form: slow-cooked
Senses: glosses: to cook slowly
glosses: to cook in a slow cooker
bathtub curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathtub curves
Etymology: From its shape.
Senses: glosses: A curve used in reliability engineering, describing a particular form of the hazard function taking into account three categories of failure rate.
bathtub curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bathtub curve
textlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From textless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being textless.
elephanticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elephant + -icide.
Senses: glosses: The killing of an elephant.
love apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love apple
greater fool theory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Theory that the price of an object is determined by irrational beliefs and expectations of market participants, rather than intrinsic value; i.e. that one can make money by buying something for the sole reason of selling it to some one else for a higher price.
cheaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːpɪŋ/
homophone: cheeping
Etymology: From Old English ċīeping.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cheap
cheaping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːpɪŋ/
homophone: cheeping
Etymology: From Old English ċīeping.
Senses: glosses: Bargaining, haggling.
examples: text: O Lord, thou biddest in thy gospell to beware of the Pharises, for it is a point of pride contrary to meeknesse. And Lord, thou sayest that they love the first sittings at suppers, and also the principal chaires in churches, and greetings in cheeping, and to bee cleped masters of men. And Lord, thou sayest be yee not cleped masters, for one is your Master, and that is Christ, and all ye be brethren: and clepe ye to you no father upon earth, for one is your Father that is in heauen. O Lord, this is a blessed lesson to teach men to be meeke.
ref: 14-15th c. (Published 1531), The Praier and Complaynte of the Ploweman unto Christe
glosses: A market.
corsetlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːsɪtləsˌnəs/
Etymology: From corsetless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Yet six years later, this trade journal expressed a decided panic about corsetlessness.
ref: 2001, Philip Scranton, Beauty and Business, page 117:
text: Actual corsetless dresses arrived only in 1908, from a French designer, and the debate over foundation garments continued into the 1920s, with a lingerie makers' counter-attack about the evils of corsetlessness in 1921.
ref: 2002, Peter N Stearns, Fat History, page 13:
text: The identification and exploitation of corsetlessness as an evil fad not only bolstered support among those whose livelihoods depended upon the continuing use of the corset but also armed the industry with the weapon of ideology.
ref: 2007, Jill Fields, An Intimate Affair, page 57:
glosses: The fact of not wearing a corset.
Naxcivan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: This spelling is from Azerbaijani Naxçivan.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhichevan.
Naxçivan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: This spelling is from Azerbaijani Naxçıvan.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhichevan.
Nakhijevan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: This spelling is from Armenian Նախիջևան (Naxiǰewan).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhichevan.
Nakhchawan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: This spelling is from Old Armenian Նախճաւան (Naxčawan).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhichevan.
Nakhchivan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: This spelling is from Azerbaijani Naxçivan.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhichevan.
Derived terms: english: corresponding adjective
translation: corresponding adjective
word: Nakhchivani
Nachidsheuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhichevan.
Nakhjavan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhichevan.
Nakhitchevan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhichevan.
Nakhdjevan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhichevan.
paleontography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of palaeontography.
Derived terms: paleontographical
pano-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pan-.
lethalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lethality
panto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: pan-
form: pant-
form: panta-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παντ- (pant-), combining form of πᾶς (pâs, “all”).
Senses: glosses: all
pant-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panto-.
panta-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panto-.
nonreplier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrepliers
Etymology: From non- + replier.
Senses: examples: text: Five hundred five respondents and 882 nonrepliers were personally interviewed.
ref: 1948, Douglas Edgar Scates, Frank Nugent Freeman, John Cayce Morrison, Review of educational research, page 440:
glosses: One who does not reply (to a survey etc.).
nonrepliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonreplier
subcontractee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcontractees
Etymology: From subcontract + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is subcontracted to perform work.
subcontractees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcontractee
nontheorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nontheorists
Etymology: From non- + theorist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a theorist.
nontheorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontheorist
case quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: case quarters
Senses: glosses: A single 25-cent coin, as opposed to any combination of coins adding up to 25 cents.
patho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæθoʊ-/
Forms: form: path-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos).
Senses: glosses: disease
path-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of patho-.
phon-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phono-.
potamo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: potam-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ποταμός (potamós).
Senses: glosses: river
potam-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of potamo-.
carpenter ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpenter ant
carpenter's squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpenter's square
pterido-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: pterid-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”).
Senses: glosses: fern
pterid-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pterido-.
pyr-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pyro-.
nonpetrochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + petrochemical.
Senses: glosses: Not petrochemical.
grandiloquism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandiloquisms
Senses: glosses: A word, or the use of a word, that is grandiloquent.
grandiloquisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandiloquism
Abitibian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Abitibian
form: most Abitibian
Etymology: From Abitibi + -an.
Senses: glosses: From or related to the Abitibi region of Quebec.
limberly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more limberly
form: most limberly
Etymology: From limber + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a limber manner.
thrang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thrang
form: most thrang
Etymology: From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”).
Senses: glosses: Busy, preoccupied.
synonyms: throng
glosses: Crowded, busy.
thrang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thrangs
form: thranging
form: thranged
form: thranged
Etymology: From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”).
Senses: glosses: To throng.
thrang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From thring (“to press, squeeze”).
Senses: glosses: simple past of thring
thrung
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of thring
glosses: past participle of thring
phallology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phallo- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of the penis.
Related terms: phallologic
phallological
phallologically
phallologist
phallologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallologists
Etymology: From phallology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in phallology
Related terms: phallologic
phallological
phallologically
phallology
phallological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of or relating to phallology, the study of the penis
Synonyms: phallologic
Derived terms: phallologically
Related terms: phallologist
phallology
you learn something new every day
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: every day is a school day
glosses: Uttered after acquiring new knowledge.
Related terms: word: continuing education
word: knowing is half the battle
word: live and learn
english: lifelong learning
translation: lifelong learning
word: LLL
word: the more you know
english: today I learned
translation: today I learned
word: TIL
word: today years old
word: you're never too old to learn
never say never
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Anything can happen; a certain option should not be totally dismissed.
Related terms: never say die
nonsporadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sporadic.
Senses: glosses: Not sporadic.
phallologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phallologist
spiffingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more spiffingly
form: most spiffingly
Etymology: From spiffing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a spiffing manner; wonderfully, marvellously.
ayoo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪoʊ/
/ˈeɪuː/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ayo.
ingenuitous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ingenuitous
form: most ingenuitous
Senses: examples: text: I hope all who try to make easels will meet with success, as I did, but I fear all cannot hope to be cheered, as I was when mine was first exhibited, by the astonished and admiring exclamation of, “O-o-o my ! Isn’t it pretty? How ingenuitous you be!”
But never mind; doubtless it will be only because your friends have not sufficient command of pure English to express their unbounded admiration.
ref: 1887 December, “Frances H. P.”, under “Home Decoration and Fancy Needlework”, in Arthur’s Home Magazine, Volume 56, T. S. Arthur & Son, page 636
text: Thus the reason why the hacker ethos is disappearing is simple: people are doing what they do in the real world here in cyberspace, and the fact is, there are far more petty vandals (wannabes) in the real world than brilliant, ingenuitous intellectuals (hackers).
ref: 1997 December 16, "Kubla Khan" (username), "Re: Is it just me?", in alt.2600 and other newsgroups, Usenet
text: But I am sure there are some ingenuitous things here or there...
ref: 1998 November 29, andy r, “Re: parental advisory, explicit...cabinet art? (har)”, in rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (Usenet):
text: Obviously, Mexicans are very ingenuitous, and adapt them as they see fit.
ref: 2002 August 27, GLORIA HUERTA, “'Taco Stand'”, in alt.food.mexican-cooking (Usenet):
glosses: Having or displaying ingenuity.
hallucinants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hallucinant
isolants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isolant
malodorants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malodorant
marchants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: genitive of marchant
glosses: plural of marchant
provocants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of provocant
Gelendzhik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Navalny's team releases investigation into Putin's 100-billion ruble ‘palace’ in Gelendzhik.
ref: 2021 January 19, Alexey Navalny, Meduza.io, retrieved 20 Jan 2021:
glosses: A city in southern Russia, on the Black Sea, in Krasnodar Krai, famous for its resorts.
Anapa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ана́па (Anápa).
Senses: glosses: A town, a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, in southern Russia, on the Black Sea.
sea dragons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea dragon
chews the fat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chew the fat
chewing the fat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chew the fat
chewed the fat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chew the fat
Hatshepsut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hætˈʃɛpsʊt/
Forms: form: Hatshepsuts
Etymology: From the short form of her birth name, Egyptian HAt:t-A51-t:Z2ss (ḥꜣt-špswt, “Hatshepsut”, literally “Foremost of Noblewomen”), from ḥꜣt (“front”) + the plural of špst (“noblewoman”).
Senses: examples: text: The documentary film refers to using the CT scans to build a composite Thutmosid face to compare to the putative Hatshepsuts as well as indicating any possible “common features” that she may have shared with them (Quilici 2007b).
ref: 2016, Ryan Metcalfe, “Hatshepsut’s Tooth”, in Richard H. Wilkinson, Kent R. Weeks, editors, The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part X (Human Remains from the KV and Their Study), chapter 27 (Recent Identity and Relationship Studies, Including X-Rays and DNA), page 404:
glosses: An ancient Egyptian queen (1508–1458 BCE).
compotators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compotator
trust fall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trust falls
form: trust-fall
Senses: glosses: A trust-building exercise in which someone lets themselves fall without trying to stop it, relying on another person or people to catch them.
Derived terms: trust-falling
trust falls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trust fall
solvus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solvi
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: liquidus
solidus
glosses: A line or surface in a phase diagram delimiting the region of stability of a solid solution.
sorbus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorbuses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the genus Sorbus.
sangos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sango
dewy-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dewy-eyed
form: most dewy-eyed
form: dew-eyed
Etymology: From dewy + eyed.
Senses: examples: text: One she saw clearly—a dewy-eyed, lovely woman who murmured loving, broken words.
ref: c. 1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 1, in The Call of the North:
text: Bill Clinton has never shied away from displays of dewy-eyed, lip-biting sentimentality.
ref: 2000 June 12, Romesh Ratnesar, “The Victory Lap?”, in Time Europe:
text: What does his wife, music teacher Caroline, think about his retiring to a quiet life in Wantage? "I think she's a bit dewy-eyed. She thinks it's going to be nice to spend more time with me. I have to take time to decompress from a job like this for so long, but coming from that to doing nothing would be very unhealthy."
ref: 2025 September 17, Paul Clifton, “"You don't get the luxury of self-pity in this job, because the machine is continuing to churn problems at me" says Sir Andrew Haines”, in RAIL, number 1044, page 28:
glosses: Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions.
examples: text: At one moment he gave himself up completely to his pride at having captured this pretty, trustful, dewy-eyed thing!
ref: 1918, John Galsworthy, “The Apple Tree”, in Five Tales:
text: Dowie could scarcely have told what phrase or word at last suddenly brought up before her a picture of the nursery in the house in Mayfair—the feeling of a warm soft childish body pressed close to her knee, the look of a tender, dewy-eyed small face and the sound of a small yearning voice saying: "I want to kiss you, Dowie."
ref: 1922, Frances Hodgson Burnett, chapter 21, in Robin:
glosses: Naive or innocent in the manner of a child.
glosses: Excessively nostalgic.
Synonyms: sense: having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance
word: teary-eyed
sense: having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance
word: misty-eyed
sense: naive, innocent
word: callow
sense: naive, innocent
word: green
sense: naive, innocent
word: wet behind the ears
centigrades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centigrade
jojos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jojo
Kentucky rifle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kentucky rifles
Senses: synonyms: Pennsylvania rifle
Tennessee rifle
long rifle
hypernyms: rifle
<
firearm
<
gun
<
weapon
glosses: A distinctive type of flintlock (later percussion cap) rifle used on the American frontier from 1700 to the 1850s.
Related terms: Kentucky windage
Kentucky rifles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kentucky rifle
in a word
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: In order to deliver the news of Greek victory to Athens, Pheidippides covered the distance there from the plain of Marathon as quickly as his two legs could carry him, and did so without making any stops; in a word, he ran the entire distance.
text: Man, I got here by putting one foot in front of the other; in a word, I walked.
text: In a Word, to hint at no more Reaſons for his Conduct, Mr. Northerton was deſirous of departing that Evening, and nothing remained for him but to contrive the Quomodo, which appeared to be a Matter of ſome Difficulty.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, “The Conclusion of the foregoing Adventure”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 132:
qualifier: abbreviative action or effect
glosses: In summarization: briefly, concisely, summarily, in short; to sum up
examples: text: He was suspicious, standoffish, taciturn; in a word, hostile.
text: Susan soon discovered her blind date to be mean, vulgar, obstreperous, presuming, and insulting; in a word, a cad.
qualifier: cumulative action or effect
glosses: In summation: all in all, altogether, in total, overall, to sum up
ult.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: your letter of the 21ˢᵗ ult.
text: A correspondent in Shantung sends us the following note, under date the 23rd ult., and adds that "the subject is of vital interest for commerce, especially if this action of Germany's contemplates the opening of Chingtao as a port in the near future. It is well known that such has been their desire for some time past."
ref: 1897 December 3, North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume LIX, number 1583, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 982, column 1:
text: Sir,—In the Agricultural Journal of the 16th ult. appears a lengthy letter signed by Mr. Andrew Smith, treating on the symptoms and remedies for Milt-sick Blood-poisoning.
ref: 1891 September 10, H. W. Browne, Agricultural Journal, volume 4, number 5, Department of Agriculture of the Cape Colony, Milt-sick Blood-poisoning, page 58:
glosses: Abbreviation of ultimo (of last month).
Related terms: instant
inst.
inessentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inessential
e-mailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-mailers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of emailer.
lacewood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lace + wood.
Senses: glosses: Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several varieties of sycamore.
lipslide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipslides
Etymology: From lip + slide.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
snowboarding
sports
glosses: A manoeuvre in which the board slides along a structure on its front or back lip
Related terms: boardslide
matchwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matchwoods
Etymology: From match + wood.
Senses: examples: text: The great stick was torn from his grasp and broken in two as though it had been matchwood, to be flung aside as the now infuriated beast charged for his adversary’s throat.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 45:
text: The walls were as thin as matchwood, and to hide the cracks they had been covered with layer after layer of pink paper, which had come loose and housed innumerable bugs.
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:
text: The brute had made a loop of itself round the Dawn Treader and was beginning to draw the loop tight. When it got quite tight—snap!—there would be floating matchwood where the ship had been and it could pick them out of the water one by one.
ref: 1952, C. S. Lewis, chapter 8, in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Collins, published 1998:
text: The prison at Omsk, which had known Dostoyevsky, was not like any old Gulag transit prison, hastily knocked together from matchwood.
ref: 1978, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by Harry Willetts, The Gulag Archipelago, volume 3, Harper & Row, Part V, Chapter 2, p. 49:
text: They noted: "The crashworthiness of the early carriage was of a low standard. By the end of the 19th century, the continuous automatic brake and the absolute block system had greatly reduced the accident rate, but the accidents that did occur often reduced the wood vehicles to matchwood."
ref: 2020 October 7, Philip Haigh, “From Southall to Carmont... how to keep passengers safe”, in Rail, page 46:
glosses: Wood, often in the form of splinters, suitable for making matches.
overfulfil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overfulfils
form: overfulfilling
form: overfulfilled
form: overfulfilled
Etymology: From over- + fulfil.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overfulfill.
palmarosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmarosas
Senses: synonyms: ginger grass
motia grass
rosha grass
rusa grass
sofia grass
glosses: A plant related to lemongrass, but with a rose fragrance, of species Cymbopogon martini.
glosses: Essential oil obtained from this plant, used in perfume.
metapolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metapolitical
form: most metapolitical
Etymology: From meta- + political.
Senses: examples: text: In each feature of this sovereign friendship (exception, improbable and random unicity, metapolitical transcendence, disproportion, infinite dissymmetry, denaturalization, etc.), it might be tempting to recognize a rupture with Greek philía – a testamentary rupture, as some would hasten to conclude, a palaeo- or neo-testamentary rupture.
ref: 1997, “He Who Accompanies Me”, in George Collins, transl., The Politics of Friendship, London; New York, N.Y.: Verso, translation of Politiques de l’amitié by Jacques Derrida, published 2005, →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: Pertaining to metapolitics.
Derived terms: metapolitically
publicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: publicizations
Etymology: From public + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act of publicizing
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: conversion of private entities to public ones
schizandra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizandras
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several woody vines of the genus Schizandra.
schizanthus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizanthuses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several flowering plants of the genus Schizanthus.
Synonyms: sense: Schizanthus
word: butterfly flower
sense: Schizanthus
word: fringeflower
sense: Schizanthus
word: poor-man's orchid
sephira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛfɪɹɑː/
ipa: /səˈfiɹə/
Forms: form: sephiroth
form: sephirot
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sefirah.
sparaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparaxises
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several deciduous perennial flowering herbs, of the genus Sparaxis, from South Africa
sparid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparids
Senses: glosses: Any of several perciform fishes of the family Sparidae
Synonyms: porgy
symplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sym- + -plasm.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The cytoplasm of a symplast
Related terms: symplasmic
tetrastyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrastyles
Etymology: From tetra- + -style.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A building (especially a portico) that has four columns
Related terms: hexastyle
octostyle
decastyle
waterweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterweeds
Etymology: From water + weed.
Senses: glosses: Any of several aquatic herbs of the genus Elodea.
irokos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iroko
retag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retags
form: retagging
form: retagged
form: retagged
Etymology: From re- + tag.
Senses: examples: text: Merchandise marked down must be retagged in the same manner, and the comptroller must be notified of the total amount of the markdown.
ref: 2007, William D. Gordon, Modern Accounting Systems, page 265:
glosses: To tag again or anew.
Derived terms: retagger
retags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retag
retagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retag
retagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retag
stagette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stagettes
Etymology: From stag + -ette, from stag night.
Senses: glosses: A party held for a woman who is about to be married.
stagettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stagette
cacophonously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cacophonously
form: most cacophonously
Etymology: From cacophonous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cacophonous manner.
libidoless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From libido + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a libido.
knickerlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)ləsnəs/
Etymology: From knickerless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Stone's stardom rests on the knickerlessness of Basic Instinct; Stone as actress tries to revisit and retake that scene, but fails to rewrite its significance.
ref: 2005, Linda Ruth Williams, The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema, page 224:
text: Never have there been more opportunities to have one's knickerlessness displayed in so many formats.
ref: 2007, The Independent, 10 Jan 07:
text: No, when she laid her arm on Norton and spoke of her knickerlessness, I think she wanted to say: "I am not what you think I am. I am not just a smiling, middle-class, slightly boring woman who wears caftans and talks about buffets."
ref: 2008, Tanya Gold, The Guardian, 26 Jun 08:
glosses: The fact of being without knickers.
squigglies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squiggly
sapr-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sapro-.
sarco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: sarc-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx).
Senses: glosses: flesh
Related terms: topics: anatomy
word: myo-
sarc-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sarco-.
afare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɛɚ/
homophone: affair
Forms: form: afares
form: afaring
form: afared
form: afore
form: afared
form: afore
form: afaren
Etymology: From Middle English afaren, from Old English āfaran (“to depart, march, to go out of or from a place, travel, remove, lead out”). Equivalent to a- + fare.
Senses: glosses: To depart.
glacés
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glacé
outrée
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more outrée
form: most outrée
Etymology: From French outrée.
Senses: examples: text: “Really—my Lady,”—said the beau, adjusting his cravat, and following a sprightly élégante round the room, with his eye-glass—“your observation is very outrée—very outrée, indeed.[…]”
ref: 1808, Charles Sedley, The Faro Table; or, The Gambling Mothers. A Fashionable Fable., volume I, London: […] J. Dean, […] for J. F. Hughes, […], page 141:
text: I believe I have been very rude; but really Miss Fairfax has done her hair in so odd a way—so very odd a way—that I cannot keep my eyes from her. I never saw any thing so outrée!—Those curls!—This must be a fancy of her own. I see nobody else looking like her!
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 152:
text: But she could find no words to describe Isobel’s appearance, it was really so very outrée.
ref: 1949, Angus Wilson, The Wrong Set and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow & Company, published 1950, page 23:
text: […] they had seen her at the Governor’s, dressed very outrée; […]
ref: 1973, Patrick O’Brian, H.M.S. Surprise, Fontana, published 1977, page 234:
glosses: Used when referring to a woman: feminine of outré.
vulcanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vulcanic
form: most vulcanic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of volcanic.
glosses: Fiery.
Vulcanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Vulcan + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: His still, Vulcanic face hiding its burning brightness like a forge, he moved with ostentatious deference towards the scuttle.
ref: 1856, Herman Melville, “The Bell-Tower”, in The Piazza Tales:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Roman god Vulcan.
spondylo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: spondyl-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek σπόνδυλος (spóndulos).
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: vertebro-
rachi-
spino-
glosses: Vertebra; vertebral column (spine, spinal).
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Related terms: english: back
translation: back
word: dorso-
english: spinal cord
translation: spinal cord
word: myelo-
word: neuraxial
spondyl-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spondylo-.
stetho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: steth-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στῆθος (stêthos).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: chest
steth-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stetho-.
veloutés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velouté
taxi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, ordering”).
Senses: glosses: taxo-
taxo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæk.soʊ/
Forms: form: tax-
form: taxi-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis).
Senses: glosses: order, arrangement
tax-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of taxo-.
vergées
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vergée
tekn-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tecno-.
tecn-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tecno-.
jaspés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaspé
eaves trough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eaves troughs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eavestrough.
han't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: ha'n't
Senses: examples: text: They can't launder fast enough, so what do you do with it? Where do you put it? You hide it in somebody else's place; somebody who han't got a clue what's going on and couldn't do a fat lot about it if they did.
ref: 2023, Sally Wainwright, 26:09 from the start, in Happy Valley, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire):
qualifier: otherwise archaic
glosses: Haven't; hasn't.
nonseismic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + seismic.
Senses: glosses: Not seismic.
fleech
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fleeches
form: fleeching
form: fleeched
form: fleeched
form: fleich
form: fleitch
form: fleche
Etymology: From Middle Dutch fletsen (“to flatter, fawn”). More at flatter.
Senses: examples: text: I fleeched him, and I coaxed him, and I kicked him, and I cuffed him; but I might as weal hae kicked my heel upon the floor, or fleeched the fireplace.
ref: 1884, John MacKay Wilson, Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, page 64:
glosses: To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
glosses: To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely.
Derived terms: fleecher
fleechment
fleeching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fleech
fleeching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleechings
Senses: glosses: cajolery; flattery
fleeches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fleech
fleeched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fleech
hain't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Senses: examples: text: "But he never speaks ter anybody, child—he hain't for years, I guess, except when he just has to, for business, and all that."
ref: 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
glosses: has not
examples: text: “Doan’ hurt me — don’t! I hain’t ever done no harm to a ghos’. I alwuz liked dead people, en done all I could for ’em. You go en git in de river agin, whah you b’longs, en doan’ do nuffn to Ole Jim, ’at ’uz awluz yo’ fren’.”
ref: 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:
glosses: have not
glosses: ain’t
dk
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: related: word: DK
glosses: Abbreviation of don't know.
dk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of dark (before color names usually also abbreviated).
dry behind the ears
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Why, you irreclaimable donkey, don’t you know the “notice” was an advertisement? When will you get dry behind the ears?
ref: 1850, Springfield Rep., (Whig.), Daily (Columbus) Ohio Statesman, 9 May, p. 3, col. 4
text: When you fellers was his age, you wa'n't dry behind the ears yet. He never was no kid. He was born a full-grown man.
ref: 1910, Jack London, chapter 3, in Burning Daylight:
text: "You're past twenty-one," he said, "an' dry behind the ears."
ref: 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 6, in The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:
text: ”When you bastards get dry behin' the ears, you'll maybe learn to let a ol' fella sleep."
ref: 1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 10, in The Grapes of Wrath:
text: That wearing of blinders by our intelligence agents was recently revealed by The Washington Post's columnist and editor Jim Hoagland, who is dry behind the ears, to say the least.
ref: 2001 October 22, William Safire, “Essay: Advance The Story”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Oct 2010:
antonyms: wet behind the ears
glosses: Seasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.
todd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: todds
Etymology: The use of todd derives from the name Todd as a reference to Middle English tod (“fox”). The common term for a male fox, dog, could be confused for the gender-neutral term for a domesticated canine.
Senses: examples: text: There's a lot of other bound todds here:
ref: 2001, Tara, “FUR: Bound Ponytodd on Riding Hitch”, in fur.artwork.erotica (Usenet):
text: I was told that I may have created or made a spiritual friend when I was a little boy in my grandma's house. Since that^([sic]) many todds have lived in and passed through my grandma's house, the house has the essence of the todds which gave the spiritual friend the form of a fox.
ref: 2001, Erik Mouse, “Kane Fox Origin”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet):
qualifier: furry jargon
glosses: A male fox.
Related terms: tod
Tod
Todd
todd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: todds
Senses: examples: text: “I’ve skipped my last train home and made my husband pick me up cos Trainline had me walking a mile in the dark on my todd from one station to another. Let alone strolling in a park in the dark!!”
ref: 2023 January 25, Ash Sarkar, “Yes, Women Fear Rape – But We Live Our Lives Anyway”, in Novara Media:
glosses: Clipping of toddle.
crossfostering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cross-fostering.
crossgrading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crossgrade
crossgraded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crossgrade
crossgrades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crossgrade
crossgrades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossgrade
nonamplified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + amplified.
Senses: glosses: Not amplified.
nonmacrobiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + macrobiotic.
Senses: glosses: Not macrobiotic.
todds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of todd
green behind the ears
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Your newspaper has helped me to look at all the other 'brothers and sisters' all around the world as well as taught about the world conditions around us. That's a good way to learn, if you're green behind the ears like me!
ref: 1988 May 7, Jeff Hershberger, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
glosses: Synonym of wet behind the ears.
synonyms: word: wet behind the ears
Koryak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koryaks
form: Koryak
form: Koriak
Senses: glosses: A member of an indigenous people in Kamchatka Krai, Russia.
Koryak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Koriak
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by this people.
Derived terms: Chukchi-Koryak
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Koryak terms
peakily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more peakily
form: most peakily
Etymology: From peaky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a peaky manner.
peakiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peaky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being peaky.
peakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peaker
redexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redex
lettucelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lettucelike
form: most lettucelike
Etymology: From lettuce + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of lettuce.
Synonyms: lettucey
Lettie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Letitia + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Letitia or Lettice.
snuggeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snuggery
tsunamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tsunami + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a tsunami.
lettucey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lettucey
form: most lettucey
form: lettucy
Etymology: From lettuce + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She read a bit in some evening paper about proper dieting, and she's gone all lettucey.
ref: 1937, Georgette Heyer, The unfinished clue, page 6:
text: The flowers and weeds around him have coarsened with new growth, and the trees have a fresh lettucey look — how absurd, how delightful that growth should continue even in the month of December.
ref: 1987, Carol Shields, Swann: a mystery, page 118:
text: The leaves were a gentle, lettucey green, and Calder found himself thinking it would be easy, if you wanted to murder someone, to mix a few in with a salad.
ref: 2010, Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist, The Calder Game, page 68:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of lettuce.
Synonyms: lettucelike
lettucy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lettucy
form: most lettucy
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lettucey.
slashable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slashable
form: most slashable
Etymology: From slash + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Because we would be away from the car for an hour or more and because the carrier, though zippable, was not lockable and, in any event, was slashable, we put all the suitcases, etc., in the car with us while we drove downtown from the motel.
ref: 2015, Paul Gabler, Slices of a Life:
glosses: Able to be slashed.
examples: text: I met so many other great people who have a similar interest in pairing up those oh-so-slashable couples.
ref: 1999, Reesa, “My very late Friscon report”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Suitable for writing slash fan fiction about.
disannuls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disannul
disannulling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disannul
disannulled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disannul
détentes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of détente
big cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big cat
corrosions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corrosion
merlins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merlin
pavés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pavé
pavés
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pavé
theophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more theophilic
form: most theophilic
Etymology: From theo- + -philic.
Senses: antonyms: theophobic
glosses: God-loving, god-loving.
pisés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pisé
-X
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of -cross.
Derived terms: english: bicycle motocross
translation: bicycle motocross
word: BMX
english: motocross
translation: motocross
word: MX
english: rallycross
translation: rallycross
word: RX
english: snowboardcross
translation: snowboardcross
word: SBX
scories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorie
K-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Clipping of Korean.
Senses: examples: text: K-beauty, K-drama, K-pop
glosses: Korean; used to form nouns relating to the (popular) culture of South Korea.
Coordinate terms: word: C-
word: J-
word: T-
english: Vietnamese
translation: Vietnamese
word: V-
Derived terms: K-beauty
K-drama
K-film
K-food
K-horror
K-pop
K-rock
ovulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒvjʊləm/
Forms: form: ovula
Etymology: From Late Latin ovulum, from Latin ovum + -ulum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An ovum.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An ovule.
Derived terms: ovulation
cèpes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cèpe
cordelières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cordelière
compères
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compère
pissaladières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pissaladière
stus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stu
pipérades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipérade
bussell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of bustle.
BKV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Abbreviation of BK virus.
cæcums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cæcum
storekeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From store + keeping.
Senses: glosses: The work of a storekeeper, looking after a shop.
barracudina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barracudinas
Etymology: From Spanish barracudina.
Senses: glosses: Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
Derived terms: duckbill barracudina
Japanese barracudina
longfin barracudina
naked barracudina
Pacific barracudina
ribbon barracudina
ringed barracudina
sharpchin barracudina
slender barracudina
spotted barracudina
tailspot barracudina
white barracudina
sharpchin flyingfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharpchin flyingfishes
Senses: glosses: A species of flying fish (Fodiator acutus), of the western coast of Africa.
tailspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailspots
Etymology: From tail + spot.
Senses: glosses: A colored spot on the tail of various animals, especially fish.
Related terms: tailspot blenny
tailspot cardinalfish
tailspot corydoras
tailspot goby
tailspot goodeid
tailspot lanternshark
tailspot squirrelfish
tailspot wrasse