cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
exterminatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕkstûr'mĭnāʹtrĭks
ipa: /ɛkˌstɜːmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/
enpr: ĕkstûr'mĭnāʹtrĭks
ipa: /ɛkˌstɝmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/
Forms: form: exterminatrices
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exterminātrīx. By surface analysis, exterminate + -trix.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:exterminatrix.
glosses: A woman who exterminates; an exterminatress.
aquose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkwəʊs/
ipa: /əˈkwoʊs/
rhymes: -əʊs
Forms: form: more aquose
form: most aquose
Etymology: From Latin aquosus (“watery”), from aqua. See aqua, aqueous.
Senses: examples: text: The cachexy, which is a diffusion of the whole body into an aquose and tumid softnesse […]
ref: 1661, Robert Lovell, Sive panzoologicomineralogia:
glosses: watery; aqueous
deperditely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more deperditely
form: most deperditely
Senses: examples: text: deperditely wicked
glosses: Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined.
circumvection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circumvections
Etymology: From Latin circumvectio, from circum + vehere (“to carry”).
Senses: glosses: The act of movinging around, such as in orbit, or the state of being so carried.
circumvections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumvection
immoble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of immobile.
textury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: [T]his is no lavv unto the vvoof of the neat Retiarie Spider, vvhich ſeems to vveave vvithout tranſverſion, and by the union of right lines to make out a continued ſurface, vvhich is beyond the common art of Textury, and may ſtill nettle Minerva the Godeſſe of that myſtery.
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter II.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, pages 110–111:
glosses: The art or process of weaving
glosses: texture.
districtly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more districtly
form: most districtly
Senses: examples: text: these apostolicall writings, districtly and in vertue of obedience commanding you
ref: 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
glosses: strictly
tomalleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomalley
reiglement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reiglements
Etymology: See reglement.
Senses: examples: text: c. 1620, letter to the King
Commission for staying treasure within the realm, and the reiglement of monies
text: but no preheminence in reiglement
ref: 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old:
glosses: rule; regulation
reiglements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reiglement
exterminatress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕkstûrʹmĭnā'trĭs
ipa: /ɛkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪtɹɪs/
Forms: form: exterminatresses
Etymology: From exterminator + -ess, compare exterminatrix.
Senses: glosses: A female exterminator; an exterminatrix.
inégalitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inégalitarian
form: most inégalitarian
Senses: examples: text: If I have a beautiful singing voice, a pretty face, a high I.Q., an inherited title, or the gift of salesmanship, I shall be stupid to think that the égalitarian state is the safest hedged state for me. I don’t expect the inégalitarian state to deal me a random selection of the cards.
ref: 1964 June, Paul A. Samuelson, “A. P. Lerner at Sixty” in The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul A. Samuelson, volume 3 (June 1972, MIT Press, ed. Robert C. Merton, page 650
glosses: Rare spelling of inegalitarian.
Related terms: égalitarian
égalitarianism
reversive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Etymology: From reverse + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The reversive suffix only occurs with quite a small number of verbs that all denote an action of placing an object in a certain position, which is inherently reversible[…]
ref: 2000, Maria Soukka, A descriptive grammar of Noon: a Cangin language of Senegal:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Designating the reversion of an action.
replacive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From replace + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Replacive conjuncts indicate that what is being said is a replacement for what has been said before.
ref: 1969, Sidney Greenbaum, Studies in English adverbial usage:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Denoting replacement.
examples: text: Early replacive calcite and late replacive calcite exhibit similar carbon isotope and different oxygen isotope compositions.
ref: 2003, M. J. Salem, Khaled M. Oun, Sedimentary Basins of Libya, Second Symposium, page 166:
text: a mass of nodular replacive anhydrite
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to replacement of one mineral by another, or a rock which exhibits such replacement.
Quirkian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Quirkian
form: most Quirkian
Etymology: From Quirk + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Naturally, such an interpretation must remain a wholly subjective matter even if one were to follow to their logical limits the clusters of Foucauldian and Quirkian beliefs about languages[…]
ref: 1999, Irma Taavitsainen, Gunnel Melchers, Päivi Pahta, Writing in nonstandard English, page 84:
text: […]three works of Crystal who, of course, used the Quirkian model.
ref: 1999, Rodney D. Huddleston, Peter Collins, David A. Lee, The clause in English: in honour of Rodney Huddleston, page 310:
text: We are interested in the Quirkian notion that frequency of use of words correlates with acceptability of those words as part of the vocabulary[…]
ref: 2005, Petra Perner, Atsushi Imiya, Machine learning and data mining in pattern recognition, page 572:
glosses: Of or relating to Randolph Quirk (1920–2017), British linguist who championed a descriptive approach toward English grammar.
sacrotuberous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sacro- + tuberous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, or connecting, the sacrum and the tuberosity of the ischium.
scrofulosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrofuloses
Etymology: From scrofula + -osis.
Senses: glosses: scrofula
scrofuloses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrofulosis
scrofulides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrofulide
nasopalatine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌneɪ.zəʊˈpal.ə.tʌɪn/
ipa: /ˌneɪ.zəʊˈpal.ət.ɪn/
ipa: /ˌneɪ.zoʊˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/
rhymes: -ælətaɪn
rhymes: -ælətɪn
Etymology: From naso- + palatine.
Senses: examples: text: the nasopalatine artery, the nasopalatine nerve
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the nasal cavity and the palate.
Derived terms: nasopalatine nerve
sphenopalatine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsfi.noʊˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/
rhymes: -ælətaɪn
rhymes: -ælətɪn
Etymology: From spheno- + palatine.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting, the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone.
Derived terms: sphenopalatine artery
sphenopalatine foramen
sphenopalatine fossa
sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia
sphenopalatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsfi.noʊˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/
rhymes: -ælətaɪn
rhymes: -ælətɪn
Forms: form: sphenopalatines
Etymology: From spheno- + palatine.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A sphenopalatine part.
squillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squilla
tosheroon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tosheroons
form: tusheroon
form: tossaroon
Etymology: From 19th-century British slang, developed from or alongside tusheroon, of uncertain derivation from British slang caroon (“crown, a 5-shilling silver coin”), from Sabir and (originally) Italian corona (“crown”). The term was either derived from or influenced by madza caroon, the British slang for the Sabir and Italian mezzo corona (“half-crown”), possibly under influence from tosh (“copper items; valuables”) above or from the half-crown's value of two shillings & sixpence.
Senses: examples: text: “’Ere y'are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown]^([sic]) for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf. That's seven bob.”
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, pages 214–215:
text: tush or tosh. Money: Cockney: late C.19–20. Ex: tusheroon... But H. errs, I believe: he should mean half-a-crown, for tusheroon and its C.20 variant tossaroon (2s. 6d.) are manifest corruptions of Lingua Franca MADZA CAROON.
ref: 1961, Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang:
glosses: A half-crown coin; its value
examples: text: Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
ref: 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words:
text: ‘Tush’, for money, would be an abbreviation of ‘tusheroon’, which in old cant, and also in tinker dialect, signified a crown.
ref: 1912, J.W. Horsley, I Remember, xii. 253:
glosses: A crown coin; its value
Derived terms: tosh
tossaroon
tosheroons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tosheroon
tepuy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tepuys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tepui.
tepuis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tepui
tepuys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tepuy
posteromesal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From postero- + mesal.
Senses: glosses: posteromedial
posteromesial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From postero- + mesial.
Senses: glosses: posteromedial
phallodeum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallodea
Etymology: From phallo- + a latinized and nominalized form of Ancient Greek ὁδαῖος (hodaîos, “on the way”), modelled after proctodeum and stomodeum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A penis-like organ in male caecilians, which is inserted into the cloaca of the female for several hours.
phallodea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phallodeum
subroof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subroofs
Etymology: From sub- + roof.
Senses: glosses: An inner or underlying roof.
subroofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subroof
subcardioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + cardioid.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Partially or imperfectly cardioid.
Related terms: hypercardioid
supercardioid
subvariance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subvariances
Etymology: From sub- + variance.
Senses: examples: text: This variance can also be broken down into three subvariances: a direct labor efficiency variance, a yield variance that relates to materials usage, and a variable overhead efficiency variance.
ref: 2010, Steven M. Bragg, The Ultimate Accountants' Reference:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: A variance making up part of a larger variance.
subvariances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subvariance
short reckonings make long friends
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: short accounts make long friends
Senses: glosses: Borrowed money should be paid back as soon as possible.
pœnitential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pœnitential
form: most pœnitential
Senses: examples: text: We ſhould ſtudy to be skilful Confeſſaries, as well as good Preachers, to know when and how to uſe the Power of remitting and retaining Sins, of bleſſing the People, and of adminiſtring the Chriſtian Sacrifices aright. Theſe things God expects indiſpenſably from us, as well as Preaching, and of which let me ſay to thoſe, who as it were devote themſelves to the one, and neglect the other, theſe things ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone, That of the two, requires our Care at leaſt as much as this, tho’ it is now ſo much diſſuſed, chiefly I fear by the want of Pœnitential Canons, which every Biſhop of any Country may ſupply in his own Dioceſs, till the whole College can make pœnitential Canons for the Dioceſſes of the National Church.
ref: 1707, George Hickes, Two Treatiſes, One of the Chriſtian Prieſthood, The Other of the Dignity of the Epiſcopal Order, preface, pages ccxl-ccxli:
text: Afterwards there were divers articles exhibited to them against the Lady Purbeck for adultery, and Mrs. Peele, and others; that she in annis Domini 1621, 1622, 1623, or 1624, in some one or all of these was an abettor of this adultery. For which she was sentenced to pay 200l. &c. and that she made a pœnitential acknowledgement of her offence, and farther that she shall be imprisoned untill she found security for the performance of that order.
ref: 1912, The English Reports (W. Green), volume 4 or 124, page 380
glosses: Archaic spelling of penitential.
simulationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From simulation + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An art movement of the 1980s, somewhat akin to pop art.
glosses: The imitation of characteristics of a certain genre in a roleplaying game.
glosses: Belief in the simulation hypothesis.
antonyms: secessionism
glosses: An ideology or position in which a micronation does not claim or actively seek to achieve sovereignty or independence (statehood), but rather seeks to function as a political or cultural simulation.
Mexicanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexicanizations
Etymology: From Mexican + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process or result of Mexicanizing.
Mexicanizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mexicanization
unadoring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unadoring
form: most unadoring
Etymology: From un- + adoring.
Senses: examples: text: A man who had been more frequently contradicted and thwarted, who had learned to put up with criticism from kind but unadoring comrades, would have been more tolerant[…]
ref: 1929, George McLean Harper, William Wordsworth: his life, works, and influence:
text: I don't believe very young mothers ever get wrapped up in their babies. It's when women are older that they so adore their children, and maybe it's better for the children to have young unadoring mothers and to lead more detached lives.
ref: 1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love:
glosses: Not adoring.
unchristlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unchristlike
form: most unchristlike
Etymology: From un- + Christlike.
Senses: glosses: Not Christlike.
Related terms: unchristian
interspiration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interspirations
Etymology: From Latin interspiratio. See inter- and spirit.
Senses: examples: text: By this means it comes to pass, that these small interspirations set an edge upon our reassumed speculations […]
ref: 1651, Jos[eph] Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC:
glosses: spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals
interspirations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interspiration
irrugate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: irrugates
form: irrugating
form: irrugated
form: irrugated
Etymology: First attested in 1566; borrowed from Latin irrūgātus, perfect passive participle of irrūgō (“to wrinkle”), from rūga (“a wrinkle”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To wrinkle.
irrugated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of irrugate
irrugates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of irrugate
irrugating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of irrugate
basyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basyles
Etymology: From base + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A positive or non-acid constituent of a compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.
Derived terms: basylous
basyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basyle
contraindicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contraindicants
Etymology: From contra- + indicant.
Senses: examples: text: Throughout it was full of contraindicants. On one hand Government, daily growing more invidious for an apparent increase of the means of strength, was every day growing more contemptible by real weakness.[…] On the other hand[…]
ref: 1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A contraindication.
contraindicants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contraindicant
mainpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainpins
Etymology: main + pin
Senses: glosses: A kingbolt; kingpin.
mainpins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainpin
capnomor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kapnomar
Etymology: Borrowed from capno- + Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra, “part”), or some other derivative of μείρομαι (meíromai).
Senses: examples: 1868-1881, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry
To this class of products belong the two empyreumatic oils which Faraday obtained from fat ; also eupione , creosote , picamar , and capnomor
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless oil with a peculiar odour, obtained from beech tar.
E-la
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The highest note in the scale proposed by Guido of Arezzo.
examples: text: Why, this is above E-la!
ref: 1619, John Fletcher, “The Humorous Lieutenant”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv:
glosses: Any extravagant saying.
sienitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sienitic
form: most sienitic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of syenitic.
pisonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pisonias
Etymology: From translingual Pisonia, from New Latin, from the Latin form of Willem Pies, a Dutch doctor and naturalist, + -nia.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: bird-catcher tree
catchbirdtree
birdcatcher tree
birdlime tree
glosses: Any of the genus Pisonia of nyctaginaceous flowering plants.
pisonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pisonia
nyctaginaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Nyctaginaceae + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae of flowering plants.
fingrigo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A prickly climbing shrub of the species Pisonia aculeata (pullback) or other species of Pisonia.
Synonyms: cockspur
vanglo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sesamum indicum, the sesame plant.
subglobular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + globular.
Senses: glosses: Nearly globular.
cataphonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.
tredecennial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin trēdecennium + English -al or Latin trēdecim + English -ennial
Senses: examples: text: The tredecennial covered by the period of the survey was in a sense a most remarkable one; for it includes, with almost exact divisions, three significant sub periods: the prewar, the war and the post-war.
ref: 1952, Proceedings of the IInd International Congress on Criminology III: “Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis”, page 65
glosses: A period of thirteen years.
child benefit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: family allowance
glosses: A regular government payment made to parents or guardians for each child up to a certain age.
artotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artotypes
Etymology: Blend of art + autotype, possibly originally a trademark.
Senses: glosses: A kind of autotype.
artotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artotype
alluvions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alluvion
übersexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: übersexuals
Senses: examples: 2005 October 10, Andrew Adam Newman, “In Time of Studied Ambiguity, a Label for the Manly Man” in The New York Times
The new ideal, according to Marian Salzman, Ira Matathia and Ann O’Reilly in their new book, “The Future of Men”, is the “übersexual”. In contrast to metrosexuals, who, they write, risk being “sad sacks who seem incapable of retaining their sense of manhood in postfeminist times”, übersexuals “mark a return to the positive characteristics of the Real Man of yesteryear (strong, resolute, fair)”. Yet they are poised to not only change a diaper but to discuss how they feel about it.
2005 October 23, Paul Harris, “Metrosexual man bows to red-blooded übersexuals” in The Observer
Now, however, maleness has hit back, she says. While metrosexuals were obsessed with self-image and lifestyle, the übersexual is politically aware and passionate about real world causes. The metrosexual has women who are his best friends, while the übersexual respects women but retains men as his closest confidants. The metrosexual grooms his hair: the übersexual grooms his mind. The metrosexual reads Vogue and Cosmo, the übersexual the Economist and the New Yorker.
glosses: Alternative spelling of ubersexual.
übersexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more übersexual
form: most übersexual
Senses: examples: text: The übersexual régime is a continuation of the metrosexual administration, unnoticed by the public and hyped up by the media who are padding themselves on the back for creating a régime change that isn’t really all that different anyway. Just as the Clear Skies Act is a continuation of polluting the country, übersexual is just a different word for more of the same.
ref: 2005 December 11, Marc C.M. van Bree, The Metrosexual is Dead, Long Live the Metrosexual! - Narcissism and Masculinity in Popular Culture:
text: In the midst of “the crisis”, men tend not to acknowledge or embrace new masculinities — despite discourses regarding metrosexual or übersexual masculinities — but rather retrench themselves into traditional, essentialized and hegemonic masculine images and embodied performances.
ref: 2006 September, Dennis D. Waskul, Phillip Vannini, Body/embodiment: Symbolic Interaction and the Sociology of the Body, pages 248–249:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ubersexual.
healall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heal-all.
übersexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of übersexual
apeek
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of apeak.
apeak
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /əˈpiːk/
Forms: form: apeek
Etymology: From French à pic (“at its summit; vertically”), compare with Italian a picco.
Senses: examples: text: Thus the good we should cherish, the bad never seek, / For death will too soon bring each anchor apeak.
ref: a 1796, Charles Dibdin, "Nautical Philosophy"
text: I found the New Shoreham with her anchor apeak and, within a quarter of an hour after I reached her, running seven knots an hour, right before the wind.
ref: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 163
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: In a vertical line, the cable having been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.
raw_tags: of an anchor
haffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: haffles
form: haffling
form: haffled
form: haffled
Etymology: Compare German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”).
Senses: examples: text: the clergy were haffling and timid
ref: 1840, James Everett, Wesleyan Takings:
glosses: To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
haffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of haffle
haffles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of haffle
haffling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of haffle
inconform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inconform
form: most inconform
Etymology: From in- + conform.
Senses: examples: text: in a way most charitable , most comfortable , and no way inconform to the will of God in his Word
ref: 1659, John Gauden, The Tears, Sighs, Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England:
glosses: unconformable
porphyrogenitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From porphyrogenite + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The doctrine of Porphyrogenitism, congenial to popular sentiment, and not without some foundation in principle, prevailed influentially and widely in many countries.
ref: 1851, Francis Palgrave, The History of Normandy and of England:
text: The only legitimate spouse for a Ptolemy was a princess of the royal house, and generally a daughter not of a crown prince, but of a consecrated king. The evidence of this porphyrogenitism in the dynasty is quite clear.
ref: 1915, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 2:
glosses: The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was born prior to it.
generification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˌnɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Forms: form: generifications
Etymology: From Latin genus (“kind, class”). See -fy.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.
examples: text: Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification.
ref: 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
glosses: A generalization.
generifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generification
intrenchant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intrenchant
form: most intrenchant
Etymology: From in- + trenchant.
Senses: examples: text: As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii]:
glosses: Not to be cut or sliced.
teretial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /təˈɹiːʃiəl/
/təˈɹiːʃəl/
Forms: form: more teretial
form: most teretial
Etymology: See terete.
Senses: examples: text: the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes
text: the teretial, postpyramidal, and cerebellar tracts
ref: 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: rounded
tongueworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tongueworms
Etymology: From tongue + worm, from the resemblance of the genus Linguatula to a vertebrate tongue.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the Pentastomida, a group of parasitic invertebrates.
tongueworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tongueworm
tonguesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonguester
utteress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From utter + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: I *did* think…we could wrap ourselves in suits of some very shiny silver foil-y sort of stuff, and wear hats with mirrors…to reflect any curse or imprecation back upon its utterer (or, in this case, utteress).
ref: 1999 December 2nd, Robin Somes, uk.media.radio.archers, “Re: Next week w/e 10 Dec.…” (see the original message)
glosses: A woman who utters; a female utterer.
-ress
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭs
ipa: /ɹɪs/
enpr: rəs
ipa: /ɹəs/
Forms: form: -resse
Etymology: From -er + -ess.
Senses: glosses: Forms feminine agent nouns.
Synonyms: word: -a
word: -ess
word: -ette
word: -ine
word: she-
word: -trix
readdressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From readdress + -able.
Senses: examples: text: […]the Gimix 16 K byte software readdressable static programmable memory boards[…]
ref: 1979, Byte, volume 4:
text: Some of the interrupts, such as those for the COM ports, are readdressable on some motherboards.
ref: 1995, Peter Norton, Peter Norton's Inside the PC:
text: A readdressable, wireless digital display tag shows handling instructions, transit addresses, bar codes, icons, multi-language text and more.
ref: 2004 July, Popular Science, volume 265, number 1, page 51:
glosses: Capable of being readdressed.
paradisaeid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradisaeids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A member of the bird family Paradisaeidae; a bird of paradise
Related terms: paradisaeine
paradisaeids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradisaeid
riflebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riflebirds
Etymology: From rifle + bird, from the resemblance of their black and green plumage to the uniform of early nineteenth-century British army riflemen.
Senses: glosses: Any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris.
riflebirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riflebird
necronym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necronyms
Etymology: From necro- + -onym; from Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “death”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Senses: examples: text: Some cultures have a taboo against uttering necronyms.
text: […] necronym taboo (i.e., a prohibition on saying the names of people who have passed away) […]
ref: 2007, Claire Bowern, Linguistic Fieldwork: A Practical Guide, Springer, →ISBN, page 227:
glosses: The name of a person who has died.
examples: text: ln some cultures the dead are given a new proper name, known as a "necronym," to avoid breaking the taboo. Necronyms sound to me a great deal like the euphemisms we use, such as "passed on" or "passed away," to say that someone died ...
ref: 1998, Louise Harmon, Fragments on the Deathwatch, MA: Beacon Press:
text: Often a recently deceased person is referred to circumlocutory by a teknonym or necronym according to their relationship with some living [person].
ref: 1999, David McKnight, People, Countries, and the Rainbow Serpent: Systems of Classification Among the Lardil of Mornington Island, Oxford University Press, USA:
text: Each list ends with a necronym: John for Timothy, […]
ref: 2003, The Genealogist, volumes 17-18, page 212:
glosses: A substitute name used to refer to a person who has died (instead of the name the person had in life).
examples: text: […] a Penan may be designated by three sorts of terms: a personal name, a teknonym ('father of so-and-so', 'mother of so-and-so') and, finally, what one feels like calling a necronym, which expresses the kinship relation of a deceased relative to the subject: 'father dead', 'niece dead', etc. The western Penan have no less that twenty-six distinct necronyms, corresponding to the degree of kinship, relative age of the deceased, [etc].
ref: 1966, Claude Lvi-strauss, The Savage Mind, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 191:
text: An individual takes a necronym, or death-name, when some of his primary relatives die, namely a parent, a sibling, ...
ref: 1978, Victor T. King, Essays on Borneo societies:
glosses: A name or name element which indicates that someone the person was closely related to is dead.
Related terms: deadname
dead-naming
patronym
necronyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necronym
pot cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pot cheeses
Etymology: Calque of Dutch potkaas (Modern Dutch kwark (“quark”)).
Senses: synonyms: word: cottage cheese
english: sometimes synonymous
translation: sometimes synonymous
word: ;
word: quark#Etymology_2
glosses: A soft, crumbly, unaged cheese resembling ricotta.
postcapture
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + capture.
Senses: examples: text: The record of this courtroom testimony and cross-examination, Eichmann's fourth postcapture account, fills more than four hundred fifty printed pages of another volume of The Trial of Adolf Eichmann.
ref: 2003, Christopher R. Browning, Collected memories: Holocaust history and postwar testimony, page 8:
text: For the CD66b isolation protocol here, there will be approximately 250K to 400K cells in the device ready for postcapture processing.
ref: 2009, Yaakov Nahmias, Sangeeta Bhatia, Microdevices in biology and medicine, page 16:
glosses: After a capture (of image data, a criminal, etc.).
deforciant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deforciants
Etymology: From Old French deforciant, present participle of deforcier. See deforce.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
topics: law
glosses: One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
deforciants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deforciant
altiport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altiports
Senses: glosses: A small airfield at high altitude, typically at a French skiing resort
sooner child
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sooner children
Senses: glosses: A child conceived before a wedding and born afterwards.
ambulancier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ambulanciers
Etymology: From French ambulancier.
Senses: glosses: ambulanceman; paramedic
alambics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alambic
altiports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altiport
ambulanciers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambulancier
haematoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more haematoid
form: most haematoid
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hematoid.
mimotannic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Mimosa + tannic acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of tannin or tannic acid found in acacias, Mimosa, etc.
patriarchism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patriarchisms
Etymology: From patriarch + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: patriarchy
glosses: government or rule by a patriarch
Related terms: patriarchalism
patriarchisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patriarchism
hypogamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + -gamy.
Senses: examples: text: The reverse (hypogamy) is rare because with marriage a woman and her future offspring take on the social position of the husband, and so an upper‐class woman marrying a lower‐class man reduces her position as well as that of her children.
ref: 1972 August 27, Sheila K. Johnson, “A woman anthropologist offers a solution to the woman problem”, in The New York Times:
text: Men like Mr. Lim, according to Government officials, often end up marrying "downward" - hypogamy - after they fail to win a woman of their own educational level.
ref: 1988 November 7, Seth Mydans, “Singapore Journal; How to Marry Up, and Avoid the Frogs and Nerds”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The seeking of a spouse of lower socioeconomic status or caste than oneself.
Synonyms: english: colloquial expression
translation: colloquial expression
word: marrying down
Related terms: hypogamic
hypogamical
hypogamically
hypogamist
hypogamous
hypogamously
orchidean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Orchideae + -an.
Senses: examples: text: orchidean order
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: orchidaceous
glosses: orchidaceous
devoration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devorations
Etymology: From Latin devoratio. See devour.
Senses: examples: text: […]the death and deuoration of manie children in sundrie countries
ref: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
glosses: The act of devouring.
devorations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devoration
ODN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ordnance datum Newlyn, used to judge the height above/below sea level in England, from the MSL (mean sea level) in Newlyn between 1915 and 1921.
loup-cervier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loup-cerviers
form: loups-cerviers
Etymology: From French loup-cervier (“lynx”). Compare lusern.
Senses: glosses: The Canada lynx.
loup-cerviers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loup-cervier
effossion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɔʃən/
Etymology: From Latin effossio. See effodient.
Senses: examples: text: the effossion of coins
ref: 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
text: We shall now detail the whole process for the reduction of the ore, from the first moment of its effossion, until the developement of the precious metals […]
ref: 1818, Edward Daniel Clarke, Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa:
glosses: A digging out or up.
sylphish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sylphish
form: most sylphish
Etymology: From sylph + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: All these on a neck of snow slight-tinged with rose-bloom, and within it royal Life: amidst the blaze of lustres ; in sylphish movements, espiegleries, coquetries, and minuet-mazes[.]
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, “The Diamond Necklace”, in Fraser's Magazine:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sylph; sylphlike.
haematoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haematoscopes
Etymology: From haemato- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haemoscope.
haematoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haematoscope
lenified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lenify
lenifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lenify
lenify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈliːnɪfaɪ/
/ˈlɛnɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: lenifies
form: lenifying
form: lenified
form: lenified
Etymology: From Latin lenis (“soft, mild”) + -fy. Compare French lénifier. See lenition.
Senses: examples: text: And it is used for squinancies and inflammations in the throat ; whereby it seemeth to have a mollifying and lenifying virtue
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
text: These first infused, to lenify the pain
He tugs with pincers, but he tugs in vain
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To assuage or mitigate; to soften (fever/pain/effects etc.).
lenifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lenify
entheasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐνθεασμός (entheasmós, “divine inspiration”), ultimately from θεός (theós).
Senses: glosses: inspiration; enthusiasm
detorsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detorsions
Etymology: Like detort, from Latin detorqueo.
Senses: examples: text: But often, when thy face [i.e., that of a horse] is turned from the stable, thou hast an unaccountable desire to place it in the position occupied by thy tail: thou stoppest, coughest, shyest, and erst, with swift detorsion, turnest round, then, with sidelong glance of my magic caduceus, ominously wagging between the horizon and thy ample sides, I incite thee on, but rarely does thy pace more than trot, from home.
ref: 1835 January 23 (date written), Frederic James Post, “A Discourse Touching Rides and Riding”, in Extracts from the Diary and Other Manuscripts of the Late Frederic James Post, of Islington. […], London: […] [James Moyes] for private circulation, published 1838, →OCLC, pages 331–332:
glosses: Alternative form of detortion.
detorsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detorsions
Etymology: From de- + torsion (reversal prefix).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The reduction of torsion, such as in correction of volvulated bowel.
Derived terms: detorse
detorsions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detorsion
dimish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dimish
form: most dimish
Etymology: From dim + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: My eyes are somewhat dimish grown.
ref: 1718, Jonathan Swift, Stella's Birthdays:
glosses: Archaic form of dimmish.
viciate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: viciates
form: viciating
form: viciated
form: viciated
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of vitiate.
Related terms: viciation
viciated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of viciate
viciates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of viciate
viciating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of viciate
unbit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Forms: form: unbits
form: unbitting
form: unbitted
form: unbitted
form: unbitt
Etymology: From un- + bit.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits.
topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: to remove the bit from (a horse's mouth)
unbit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Forms: form: unbitt
Etymology: From un- + bit.
Senses: glosses: simple past of unbite
unbits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unbit
unbitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unbit
induviae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin induviae (“clothes”), from induō (“I put on”). See indue.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: persistent portions of a calyx or corolla
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time
Derived terms: induvial
Related terms: induviate
supersphenoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + sphenoidal.
Senses: examples: text: supersphenoidal pituitary fossa
text: supersphenoidal peduncle
text: supersphenoidal canal
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
proscriptionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proscriptionists
Etymology: From proscription + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who proscribes; a prohibitor.
proscriptionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proscriptionist
spuller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spullers
Etymology: See spool.
Senses: glosses: One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom.
Related terms: spooler
spullers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spuller
exannulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ex- + annulate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; said of certain genera of ferns.
glosses: Destitute of a ring.
onerary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin onerarius, from onus, oneris (“load, burden”). Compare French onéraire. See onus, onerous.
Senses: examples: text: In the time of the Truce an hundred onerary Ships with Provisions, under a Convoy of twenty Men of War, came over out of Sardinia[…]
ref: 1686, some translator, The Roman History Written in Latine by Titus Livius:
glosses: Fitted for, or carrying, a burden.
undefensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undefensive
form: most undefensive
Etymology: From un- + defensive.
Senses: glosses: Not defensive.
paxwax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packwax
Etymology: From Middle English paxwax, a modification of faxwax (“nuchal ligament”), from fax (“head hair”) + waxen (“to grow”). See wax (“to grow”), and compare faxed.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds, connecting the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae; the nuchal ligament.
angle quote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angle quotes
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Any particular quotation mark consisting of a pair of straight lines radiating from a common point separated at an angle anywhere between 60°–150°, be it single or double.
A guillemet.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Any particular quotation mark consisting of a pair of straight lines radiating from a common point separated at an angle anywhere between 60°–150°, be it single or double.
A chevron.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Any particular quotation mark consisting of a pair of straight lines radiating from a common point separated at an angle anywhere between 60°–150°, be it single or double.
A Korean quotation mark; e.g., 〈, 〉, 《, 》.
Synonyms: guillemet
Derived terms: single angle quote
double angle quote
rupchanda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rupchanda
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali রূপচাঁদা (rupcãda).
Senses: examples: text: Rupchanda were darker than the folia chanda among the two groups. Control group rupchanda had stronger rancid odour than the folia chanda of the same group.
ref: 1983, D. James, The production and storage of dried fish:
text: Among the varieties of fish caught are the marine rupchanda, or pomfret, and the freshwater hilsa, a relative of the shad.
ref: 2002, Encyclopedia Britannica:
text: There are plenty of fish dishes − koi, hilsa, rupchanda and ayer all get a mention − but the menu has its chaotic moments and plenty of crossing out.
ref: 2008, Charles Campion, London Restaurant Guide 2009, page 196:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A Chinese silver pomfret, Pampus chinensis.