cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
drop in the ocean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: a drop in the ocean
form: drops in the ocean
Senses: synonyms: word: drop in the bucket
word: drop in the sea
word: spit in the ocean
word: bagatelle
word: bag of shells
word: bric-a-brac
word: dicky
word: dicky-bird
word: fico
word: fig
word: flyspeck
word: minuity
word: niff-naff
word: picayune
word: scuddick
word: sop
word: toy
word: trick
word: trifle
word: triviality
word: whiffle
word: white chip
glosses: A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.
loose change
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I had a bit of cash on me, but no loose change.
glosses: Synonym of small change (“coins in the pocket, ready to spend”).
synonyms: word: small change
extra: coins in the pocket, ready to spend
examples: text: The cost of an opulent wedding is loose change to a millionaire.
text: "For Haughley Junction, we are talking of rising cost estimates from £15m to £30m - that's loose change in rail terms. [...].
ref: 2020 April 22, Richard Clinnick, “"We are feeling positive"”, in Rail, page 62:
glosses: Synonym of small change (“insignificant amount of money”).
synonyms: word: small change
extra: insignificant amount of money
common buzzard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common buzzards
Senses: examples: text: The common buzzard often spots prey by waiting on a prominent perch and scanning the ground for movement.
ref: 2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, International Wildlife Encyclopedia:
glosses: A bird of prey species, Buteo buteo.
Synonyms: tourist's eagle
postcolonialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postcolonialisms
form: post-colonialism
Etymology: From post- + colonialism.
Senses: glosses: An era or attitude relating to the period after the settlement of one country by another, or very broadly, after the 1960s, when many colonised countries gained their independence.
examples: text: As a literary theory, postcolonialism examines literature produced both by authors in colonial countries and by colonized peoples responding to colonial legacies by ‘writing back’, or challenging colonial cultural attitudes through literature.
ref: 2009, Cheryl McEwan, Postcolonialism and Development, Routledge, →ISBN, page 23:
text: There can be no doubt that Derrida's contribution to postcolonialism is not as clearly politicized as that of Fanon, Sartre or Gandhi, but it is nevertheless crucial in its careful consideration of the contrasting ethics and politics that might inform postcolonial thought.
ref: 2014, Jane Hiddleston, Understanding Postcolonialism, Routledge, →ISBN, page 112:
synonyms: postcolonial studies
glosses: An academic discipline that attempts to analyse, explain, and respond to the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism.
Related terms: postcolonial
tax bracket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax brackets
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: slab
glosses: A range over which a piecewise linear, generally progressive, tax is linear.
floodable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more floodable
form: most floodable
Etymology: From flood + -able.
Senses: glosses: able to be flooded
lucubrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lucubrators
Etymology: From lucubrate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who lucubrates.
lucubrators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lucubrator
lucies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lucy
lucidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lucidity
brush turkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brush turkey
out-thereness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: out-there-ness
Etymology: From out-thereness + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being out there.
Related terms: reality
lubrifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lubrify
out-there-ness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From out-there + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of out-thereness.
anthropogenetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthropo- + genetics.
Senses: glosses: The study of the origins and development of human beings and of human genetics.
Related terms: anthropogenetically
electromagnetic fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electromagnetic field
galjoen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: black bream
blackfish
glosses: Dichistius capensis, a marine fish found only along the coast of South Africa.
Siberian weasels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Siberian weasel
living rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of living room
nanogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanogrammes
Etymology: From nano- + gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nanogram.
picogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picogrammes
Etymology: From pico- + gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of picogram.
femtogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femtogrammes
Etymology: From femto- + gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of femtogram.
attogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attogrammes
Etymology: From atto- + gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of attogram.
zeptogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeptogrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zeptogram.
yoctogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoctogrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yoctogram.
nanogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanogramme
picogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picogramme
femtogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femtogramme
attogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attogramme
zeptogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeptogramme
yoctogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yoctogramme
exaliter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exaliters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of exalitre.
exaliters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exaliter
petaliter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petaliters
form: petalitre
Etymology: From peta- + liter.
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume equivalent to 10¹⁵ liters. Symbol: Pl
petaliters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petaliter
femtoliter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femtoliters
form: femtolitre
Etymology: From femto- + liter.
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume equal to 10⁻¹⁵ liters
femtoliters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femtoliter
femtolitres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femtolitre
yoctoliter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoctoliters
form: yoctolitre
Etymology: From yocto- + liter.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of volume equal to 10⁻²⁴ liters. Symbol: y
Derived terms: word: yl
yoctolitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoctolitres
form: yoctoliter
Etymology: From yocto- + litre.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of volume equal to 10⁻²⁴ litres. Symbol: y
Derived terms: word: yl
yoctolitres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yoctolitre
yoctoliters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yoctoliter
tough road to hoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: misconstruction of tough row to hoe
long road to hoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: misconstruction of long row to hoe
tough row to hoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tough rows to hoe
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of long row to hoe.
whispering campaign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whispering campaigns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whisper campaign.
rumor campaign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumor campaigns
form: rumour campaign
Senses: glosses: A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.
Synonyms: whisper campaign
Related terms: smear campaign
rumour campaign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumour campaigns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rumor campaign.
undisputably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more undisputably
form: most undisputably
Etymology: From undisputable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an undisputable manner; undeniably.
screencasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of screencasts.
anorexigenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anorexigenic
lamburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamburgers
form: lambburger
Etymology: From lamb + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A burger made with lamb instead of beef.
lamburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamburger
fishburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishburgers
Etymology: From fish + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A burger made with fish instead of beef.
Synonyms: fishwich
fishburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishburger
doser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dosers
Etymology: From dose + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who administers a dose.
douaniers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of douanier
draine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draines
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of drain.
draines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draine
oxygenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygenation
oxygen bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygen bar
oxygen bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygen bottle
oxygen cylinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygen cylinder
enlightener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enlighteners
Etymology: From enlighten + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The heart entirely engrossed by one, is the last to suspect it can be the object of preference to another. Vanity, the great enlightener on such subjects, is here lost in a more powerful feeling. She never thought of Mr. Spenser in any other character than as a pleasant acquaintance.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 271–272:
glosses: One who, or that which, enlightens.
examples: text: The French enlightener Jean-François Marmontel […]
ref: 1982, Critical Essays, page 121:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: One who, or that which, enlightens.
A thinker of the Age of Enlightenment.
enlighteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enlightener
unenlighteningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unenlighteningly
form: most unenlighteningly
Etymology: From unenlightening + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unenlightening way.
batida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batidas
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese batida (“shaken (drink)”).
Senses: examples: text: Pepe's Food & Liquor […] carries a small stock of Brazilian goods, most importantly two kinds of cachaca, the rumlike sugarcane liquor critical to caipirinhas and batidas.
ref: 2007 March 9, Mike Sula, “Diversify Your Larder”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: a Brazilian cocktail made from cachaça, fruit juice, and sugar
destrudo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As described earlier, I rejected Freud's concept of Thanatos, and I introduced the dual concept of Eros (love), associated with libido, and Ares (hate), associated with destrudo.
ref: 1990, Benjamin B. Wolman, George Stricker, Depressive disorders: facts, theories, and treatment methods, John Wiley & Sons Inc:
synonyms: mortido
antonyms: libido
qualifier: Freudian psychology
glosses: A destructive impulse, the opposite of libido.
desugars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desugar
desugaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desugar
B10
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B10s
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A motor vehicle fuel blend of 90% diesel and 10% biodiesel
Coordinate terms: B100
B15
B5
B85
E10
E100
E15
E5
E85
M10
M100
M15
M5
M85
carbon stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbon star
B7
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Be'er Sheva.
Related terms: anti-B7-H4
vitamin B7
carbon papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbon paper
data types
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data type
turf wars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turf war
othering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌðəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʌðɹɪŋ/
Etymology: From other + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of other
otherings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of othering
Boccaccian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /bəˈkɑːt͡ʃiən/
/bəˈkæt͡ʃiən/
Forms: form: more Boccaccian
form: most Boccaccian
Etymology: From Italian Boccaccio + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375), Italian author and poet, or to his works.
Sophoclean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sŏfəklēʹən
ipa: /sɒfəˈkliːən/
Forms: form: more Sophoclean
form: most Sophoclean
Etymology: From Latin Sophoclēus + English -an.
Senses: examples: text: It was one of those sequestered spots outside the gates of the world where may usually be found more meditation than action, and more passivity than meditation; where reasoning proceeds on narrow premises, and results in inferences wildly imaginative; yet where, from time to time, no less than in other places, dramas of a grandeur and unity truly Sophoclean are enacted in the real, by virtue of the concentrated passions and closely knit interdependence of the lives therein.
ref: 1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, “chapter 1”, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: Of course, we would have been insulted if someone had accused us of cheating on an exam or confounding lie and lay, but we smiled charmingly when charged with wanting to murder our father—smiled and shrugged our shoulders. The attribution of Sophoclean passions to ditherers could only be heartening.
ref: 1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Sophocles or his works.
anacardic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anacardic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow liquid obtainable from the shell of the cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale), closely related to urushiol, and also causing itchiness like urushiol.
Coordinate terms: urushiol
iodoquinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪ.ə.doʊˈkwɪˌnɔl/
Etymology: From iodo- + quin(oline) + -ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of diiodohydroxyquinoline.
synonyms: word: diiodohydroxyquinoline
diiodohydroxyquinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˌaɪ.ə.doʊ.haɪˌdɹɑk.sɪˈkwɪn.əˌlin/
Etymology: From diiodo + hydroxy- + quinoline.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: diiodohydroxyquin
diodoquin
iodoquinol
glosses: A quinoline derivative used in the treatment of amoebiasis.
Noether's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A theorem, proven by Emmy Noether in 1915 and published in 1918, stating that any differentiable symmetry of the action of a physical system has a corresponding conservation law.
anticlutter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + clutter.
Senses: glosses: Serving to prevent clutter, especially radar clutter.
big iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a large pistol
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Large, expensive, powerful computers such as mainframes.
Behcet's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Behçet's disease.
logit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈloʊd͡ʒɪt/
ipa: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪt/
ipa: /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪt/
Forms: form: logits
Etymology: Blend of logistic + unit, by analogy with probit, coined by Joseph Berkson in 1944: “I use this term [logit] for ln p/q following Bliss, who called the analogous function which is linear on x for the normal curve ‘probit.’”
Senses: examples: operatorname logit(p)= log (p/(1-p))= log (p)- log (1-p).!,
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the inverse of the "sigmoid" or "logistic" function used in mathematics, especially in statistics. The logit of a number p between 0 and 1 is given by the formula
Related terms: probit
bit
clock golf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of golf in which the ball is putted from positions around the circumference of a circle centred on the hole, these corresponding to the positions of the numbers on a clock face.
Yenisey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Yenisei.
Muffin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A surname.
Muffin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Muffins
form: Muffining
form: Muffined
form: Muffined
Senses: examples: text: Microsoft’s and SDS’s compilers come on 3.2 disks that may be Muffined to 3.3.
ref: 1981, The Book of Apple Computer Software, The Book Company, page 192:
text: Muffining Integer Basic Plus to DOS 3.3[…]DUAL BOOT is an excellent tool for modifying adventure disks and other disks that can not be Muffined to DOS 3.3 disks.
ref: 1982, Call-A.P.P.L.E.:
text: No disk swapping or Muffining.
ref: 1984, Nibble:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of MUFFIN.
tribunician
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪbjuːˈnɪʃən/
Forms: form: more tribunician
form: most tribunician
form: tribunicial
form: tribunitian
Etymology: From Latin tribunicius + -an.
Senses: examples: text: In Rome, the crucial step is taken of offering Octavian the tribunician powers for life: tribunes had personal immunity and important powers of veto.
ref: 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin, published 2009, page 123:
glosses: Pertaining to a Roman tribune.
djembé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: djembés
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of djembe.
juniority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juniorities
Etymology: From junior + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Had a vast knowledge of the aboriginal tribes; was, in spite of his juniority, the greatest authority on the aboriginal Gullals.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 37:
glosses: The quality or state of being junior.
methinkst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /miːˈθɪŋkst/
Senses: examples: text: If thou designest to be honest, methinkst thou sayst, Why should not Singleton's plot be over with thee, as it is with her brother?
ref: 1811, The history of Clarissa Harlowe: in a series of letters, Volume 3, J. Carpenter and William Miller, pg. 314
text: "Dwarf," said the king, " God save thee, too ! for thou methinkst are honest. Speak without fear, and do thy message featly."
ref: 1857, Alfred Elwes, trans. Mary Lafon, "Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende," Graham's illustrated magazine, publ. Watson, pg. 203
text: And yet, methinkst, as Ajax did of old
Defy the lightning, so thou, too, dost dare
To ask to have our tariff, so I'm told,
Revised somewhat.
ref: 1907, Nixon Waterman, “New England Apostrophes,”, in The New England Magazine, volume 36, page 346:
glosses: methinks
Related terms: word: methought
word: meseems
word: methinkest
forced laborer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forced laborers
Etymology: From forced + laborer.
Senses: glosses: A convict sentenced to perform forced labor
forced laborers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forced laborer
grisons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grison
spring clean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring cleans
Senses: glosses: A systematic clean or clear out of something.
Related terms: word: spring cleaning
spring cleans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring clean
rete testis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retia testes
Etymology: From rete + testis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A hilar testicular network that collects produced sperm from the seminiferous tubules, and connects with the efferent ducts.
diphthongization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphthongizations
form: diphthongisation
Etymology: From diphthong + -ization.
Senses: coordinate_terms: monophthongization
triphthongization
glosses: The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).
Related terms: diphthongize
diphthongizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diphthongization
controversiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: controversialities
Etymology: From controversial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being controversial.
Synonyms: word: controversialness
Muscovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Muscovian
form: most Muscovian
Etymology: From Muscovy + -ian.
Senses: glosses: In, from, or otherwise relating to Muscovy
Muscovian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Muscovians
Etymology: From Muscovy + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A member or descendant of the (Russian) people of Muscovy
Related terms: Moscovian
Muscovians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Muscovian
trompes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trompe
vasa efferentia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vas efferens
etiquettal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more etiquettal
form: most etiquettal
Etymology: From etiquette + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, etiquette.
descriptivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From descriptive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being descriptive.
Synonyms: descriptiveness
Related terms: normativity
prescriptivity
prescriptivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prescriptive + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: He is underambitious in his characterization of morality, cashing out prescriptivity in terms of prevailing expectations rather than objective authority, settling for an account of a sense of obligations rather than obligations themselves, and for empathetic behavior rather than empathetic motivations.
ref: 2016, David Baggett, Jerry L. Walls, God and Cosmos: Moral Truth and Human Meaning, →ISBN:
glosses: The quality or state of being prescriptive.
Synonyms: prescriptiveness
Related terms: descriptivity
normativity
normativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being normative.
Synonyms: word: normativity
Related terms: descriptiveness
prescriptiveness
cab driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cab drivers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cabdriver.
cab drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cab driver
Phineas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Φινέας (Phinéas), alternative form of Φινεύς (Phineús). See Phineus. Alternative source from Hebrew (פִינְחָס). See Phinehas.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Phinehas.
examples: text: And when Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of Aaro the preast sawe it he rose vp out of the companye and toke a wepon in his hande
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, xxv:[7]:
text: And we'll rub up our old Latin, and dip into modern poetry—great rubbish, I fear! Nobody like our old friend Will of Avon, or even your namesake, worthy Phineas Fletcher.
ref: 1857, Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Gentleman, Chapter XL
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, Hebrew (פִינְחָס), or Egyptian of biblical origin.
Derived terms: Phinabella
Phineas Priesthood
Phinehas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīnəḥās), from Egyptian pꜣ-nḥsj (literally “the Nubian”), from pꜣ + nḥsj.
Senses: examples: And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
glosses: Any of a number of Old Testament men, including a son of Eli and a grandson of Aaron.
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, Hebrew, or Egyptian of biblical origin.
Related terms: Phineas
Pinchas
sanation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: sanations
Etymology: From Middle English sanacion, sanacioun, from Latin sānātiō (“a healing”) and Middle French sanacion.
Senses: glosses: Act of healing or curing.
sanations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanation
axiom schema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axiom schemas
form: axiom schemata
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A formula in the language of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
Synonyms: axiom scheme
axiom scheme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axiom schemes
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A formula in the language of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
Synonyms: axiom schema
Tehani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Tahitian te (“the”) + hani (“darling”)
Senses: examples: text: "Tehani," he announced in my ear, which is to say "the Darling," a name by no means inappropriate, I thought.
ref: 1936 Charles Nordhoff - James Norman Hall, Mutiny on the Bounty.The Bounty Trilogy, Little, Brown and co, 1940, page 84
text: "I am Tehani, chief Tatai's daughter."
"Tehani," Teroro interpreted. "The little darling."
ref: 1959, James Michener, Hawaii, Corgi Books, published 1981, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: A female given name.
air-dry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: airdry
form: air dry
Senses: glosses: That is free of moisture to the degree possible by exposure to; naturally dried.
air-dry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: air-dries
form: air-drying
form: air-dried
form: air-dried
form: airdry
form: air dry
Senses: glosses: To dry by exposure to the air.
Related terms: line-dry
subformula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subformulas
form: subformulae
Etymology: From sub- + formula.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A formula that is part of another formula.
schematic variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schematic variables
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A variable that appears in an axiom schema and ranges over formulas, distinguished from the variables of the axiom schema that are quantified over and that range over the individuals of the universe of discourse.
charmante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A silk fabric with a crepe back.
axiom system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axiom systems
Senses: glosses: A set of axioms or axiom schemata from which theorems can be derived.
Synonyms: axiomatic system
axiom schemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axiom schema
axiom schemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axiom scheme
entent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more entent
form: most entent
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of intent.
entent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entents
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of intent.
enterons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enteron
indign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdʌɪn/
Forms: form: more indign
form: most indign
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French indigne, from Latin indignus, from in- (“un-”) + dignus (“worthy, dignified”).
Senses: examples: text: even th'Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […].
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Unworthy, undeserving.
glosses: disgraceful
glosses: unbecoming
Related terms: indignant
indignation
indignity
indignly
dignity
liquidiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liquidisers
Etymology: From liquidise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liquidizer.
radiowaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiowave
lovez
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: love + -z.
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of loves.
disciplinant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disciplinants
Senses: glosses: One who subjects themselves to a certain discipline.
glosses: A member of an order of Spanish flagellants.
redresse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redresses
form: redressing
form: redressed
form: redressed
Senses: examples: text: Ne living aide for her on earth appeares, / But-if the heavens helpe to redresse her wrong, / Moved with pity of her plenteous teares.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: To redreſſe which default (the poore in all places beeing in penurie) I haue vndertaken to be their Solicitour, vnto all manner of perſons, which ought in equitie either to ſupply them, or to prouide that ſuch as make default (being well able) may bee compelled thereunto by further authoritie front the Almightie, if this gentle motion in the words precedent will not preuaile, which heere I will repeate and explane vnto them, (by Gods aſſiſtance)
ref: 1597, Hen[ry] Arth[ington], Prouision for the Poore, Now in Penurie. Out of the Store-House of Gods Plentie: […], London: […] Thomas Creede:
text: What neede we any ſpurre, but our owne cauſe / To pricke vs to redreſſe? What other Bond / Than ſecret Romans, that haue ſpoke the Word, / And will not palter?
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 115, column 1:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of redress.
redresse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redresses
Senses: examples: text: who liſt to lyue yn quyetnes
by me lett hym beware
For I by highe dyſdayne
ame made withoute redreſſe
and vnkyndenes Alas hathe ſlayne
my poore trew hart all comfortles
ref: c. 1536-1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Yf in the world ther be more woo”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 63r:
text: But yee […] ought to be like sheep to your King, who ought to be like a Shepheard unto you, even in the time when your profit was sought, and better redresse was intended then your upstirres and unquietnesse could obtaine […]
ref: 1549, John Cheke, The Hurt of Sedition:
text: For in that you would your awardship shuld take none effect, you shew your selfe nothing inclinable to the redresse of your brothers vnright dealinge wyth an honeste poore man, which hath bene redye at your request to doo you pleasure with his things, or els he had neuer come into this wrāgle for his own goods with your brother.
ref: 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, “A Frutefull Letter of Maister Latimer Written to a Certaine Gentilman”, in John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC, book V, page 1350 [1419]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of redress.
revend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /riˈvɛnd/
ipa: /ˌriːˈvɛnd/
Forms: form: revends
form: revending
form: revended
form: revended
form: re-vend
Etymology: From Old French revendre, from Latin revēndere, from re- (“re-: again, back”) + vēndere (“to sell”). Equivalent to re- + vend.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of resell: to sell again.
synonyms: word: resell
extra: to sell again
glosses: Synonym of return: to sell back to the original vendor.
synonyms: word: return
extra: to sell back to the original vendor
Derived terms: revender
revending
immerges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of immerge
step ladder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step ladders
form: stepladder
form: step-ladder
Senses: glosses: A ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs that is hinged in the middle to form an inverted V, with stays to keep the two halves at a fixed angle.
qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: The player over whom another player marks to take a spectacular mark.
Related terms: pair of stepladders
step stool
step chair
cathartine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cathartic + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: The sulphate of potash insoluble in this fluid, being separated by the filter; the excess of sulphuric acid was precipitated by acetate of lead; then, by decomposing this latter salt, by sulphuretted hydrogen, and again filtering and evaporating to dryness, the Cathartine, or purgative principle of senna, was obtained.
ref: 1822, “The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 7”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: In this state this residue has all the properties ascribed to cathartine; but it is easy to be convinced, from the colour and the avidity with which it attracts moisture, that the substance is not pure.
ref: 1850, “The Chemical Gazette, Volume 8”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: A hypothetical substance formerly imagined to cause the bitterness and purgativeness of the dried leaves or pods of senna plants.
methodize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: methodizes
form: methodizing
form: methodized
form: methodized
Etymology: From method + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make orderly or methodical; to arrange in a systematic manner.
glosses: To convert or adapt to Methodism.
glosses: To talk Methodistically.
glosses: To perform a theatrical role in accordance with the principles of method acting.
Derived terms: methodizer
unmethodized
a broken clock is right twice a day
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of a stopped clock is right twice a day.
conforaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏnfərāʹnĭəs
ipa: /kɒnfəˈɹeɪnɪəs/
Etymology: From Latin conforāneus (“using the same forum”), from con- (“with”, “together”) + forum (“marketplace”) + -āneus.
Senses: examples: text: In times of scarcity, wardens of the peace patrolled the city’s streets to deter the conforaneous vendors’ less scrupulous competition strategies.
glosses: Of the same court or marketplace.
binomina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binomen
-aneous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: -āʹnĭ.əs
ipa: /-ˈeɪ.nɪ.əs/
Etymology: From Latin -āneus.
Senses: glosses: A variant of -ous
promnesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more promnesic
form: most promnesic
Etymology: From pro- + mnesic.
Senses: examples: text: The search continues for drugs with promnesic effects.
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or promoting memory.
benedicite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benedicites
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Benedicite.
unvoted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + voted.
Senses: examples: text: There shall also be a large box for the reception of the unvoted ballots.
glosses: not having been used to cast a vote
raw_tags: of a ballot paper
Related terms: voted
haplography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hæpˈlɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: haplographies
Etymology: From haplo- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: In the apparatus of Trounce's edition, dittography occurs at line 266, haplography at line 352, and there are numerous erasures and corrections within the text.
ref: 1999, Elaine Treharne, “Romanticizing the Past in the Middle English Athelston”, in The Review of English Studies, Oxford University Press:
glosses: Accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, for example, mispell for misspell.
Related terms: haplology
soup du jour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsuːp duː ˈʒʊə/
ipa: /ˌsup də ˈʒʊɹ/
ipa: /ˌsup du ˈʒʊɹ/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: soups du jour
form: soupe du jour
form: soup de jour
Etymology: From French soupe du jour (literally “soup of the day”). See du jour.
Senses: examples: text: “What's your soup du jour?” “Cream of tomato, just like every day.”
hypernyms: plat du jour
glosses: Soup of the day; today's soup; whatever soup is sold under that name in a particular restaurant and/or on a particular day.
haplographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haplography
legal ages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legal age
sign-post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sign-posts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of signpost.
sign-posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sign-post
scorbic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scorbic
form: most scorbic
Etymology: From scurvy, scorbutic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to scurvy.
Related terms: ascorbic
unrecoverably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unrecoverably
form: most unrecoverably
Etymology: From unrecoverable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The data on the hard disk was unrecoverably corrupted.
glosses: In an unrecoverable manner, or to an unrecoverable degree
tomorrow is another day
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈmɒɹoʊ ɪz əˈnʌðə(ɹ)deɪ/
ipa: /təˈmɑɹoʊ ɪz əˈnʌðɚ deɪ/
Senses: examples: text: Phil. Yonder comes my Mother, Coridon,
whether shall I flie?
Cor. Under yonder Beech my lovely one,
while she passeth by.
Say to her thy true-Love was not heere,
remember, remember,
to morrow is another day:
ref: 1600, author unknown, "Phillidaes Love-call to her Coridon, and his replying" (song), in England's Helicon, printed at London by I.R. for John Flasket
text: "Well, well, my dear lass, to-night we cannot work, but we may sleep. . . . Keep a still heart tonight, and tomorrow is another day."
ref: 1896, Amelia E. Barr, chapter 8, in A Knight of the Nets:
text: "Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."
ref: 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter 63, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:
text: "Half of me is depressed—the idea didn't work out—and half is hopeful. Tomorrow is another day and maybe something will work then."
ref: 2005 June 19, Fran Schumer, “JERSEY: In Princeton, Taking On Harvard's Fuss About Women”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Aug 2009:
glosses: Tomorrow will bring new opportunities and a fresh start for one's endeavors.
Related terms: hope springs eternal
this too shall pass
when one door closes, another opens
djembés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of djembé
flaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flax
otherways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From other + ways.
Senses: synonyms: differently
contrarily
glosses: Otherwise; by another means; in other respects
examples: text: […] you must now serve the upper part thereof with water as well as the under, and thereby keep the sap in equal motion, as well below as above ground; otherways the young branches of your trees will be parched, instead of being nourished […]
ref: 1759, James Justice, The British Gardener's Calendar:
glosses: Otherwise; in different circumstances.
glosses: In a similar or comparable way; similarly.
excrescency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excrescencies
Etymology: From excrescent + -cy.
Senses: glosses: An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development
glosses: An exuberant outburst; an extravagance.
examples: text: And having enquir'd into the History of Cork, I find it reckoned as an excrescency of the bark of a certain Tree […].
ref: 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XVIII:
glosses: An excrescence, and excrescent growth; an outgrowth.
glosses: An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth time for RIP final always.
Related terms: excrescence
excrescent
excrescencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excrescency
heys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of hey
back four
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back fours
Senses: examples: text: It was a comfortable evening for the Gunners’ back four.
text: Despite dominating possession and territory, they were being comfortably contained by Everton's well-organised midfield and diligent back four.
ref: 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport:
text: With Wales in a back four, England found joy out wide. The defensive effort impressed though, and Neco Williams courageously took a driven strike from Rashford to the head as Wales stood firm, but then, concern hit.
ref: 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The set of four defenders in a team.
Derived terms: flat back four
home side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home sides
Senses: examples: text: Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative capacity of the home side in that department.
ref: 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
text: But the home side can look back with pride on a performance that boasted good football and a lot of heart.
ref: 2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The team that plays at home (in their own stadium).
Synonyms: home team
triple-jumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple-jumpers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of triple jumper.
strike partner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strike partners
Senses: examples: text: The striker crossed the ball into the area and found his strike partner Jones, who headed it into the net.
text: Barton played an important role in both strikes, finding the front two with raking past from just beyond the Newcastle area before feeding in Lovenkrands with a quick free-kick who in turn found his strike partner.
ref: 2011 January 5, Saj Chowdhury, “Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A fellow striker.
hierology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hierologies
Etymology: From hiero- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The comparative and historical study of religions.
Derived terms: hierological
hierologist
bibliomane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibliomanes
Etymology: From French bibliomane; equivalent to biblio- + -mane.
Senses: examples: text: A very significant fact is that the Greek and Latin classics in the choicest editions, unless indeed they have the good luck to be in Derome or Trautz-Bauzonnet bindings, are not looked at by the bibliomanes of the period.
ref: 1879 January 11, “Bibliomania in 1878”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume XLVII, London: […], page 46, column 1:
text: To the bibliomanes of my generation, it comes as a shock to learn how much of a book can be punched onto a tape and clicked off by a computer.
ref: 1966, Bibliotheca Medica: Physician for Tomorrow, the Harvard Medical School, page 78:
text: (A companion piece by Brenda Scragg on the bibliomane William Ford is, alas, but a shadow of the rewarding study of this collector-turned-dealer which Anthony Lister published in the book collector in 1989.)
ref: 2001, The Book Collector, volume 50, page 136:
text: The ever-present danger was that the cultivated amateur would overstep the bounds of civilized interest into the domain of obsession; the line between the bibliophile and the bibliomane was never quite as firmly drawn as Nodier would have liked: “There is only a single attack of nerves separating the bibliophile from the bibliomaniac” (Du bibliophile au bibliomane, il n’y a qu’une crise”; 102).
ref: 2007, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, volume 122, page 245, column 1:
glosses: Synonym of bibliomaniac.
synonyms: word: bibliomaniac
Hue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhweɪ/
enpr: hwā
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: Huế
Etymology: From Vietnamese Huế (化).
Senses: examples: text: Hue is the capital of Vietnam's North Central Coast economic region.
text: Trouble had been brewing for some time, and it burst into the open in the ancient capital city of Hué on May 8, 1963. On that day 8,000 to 10,000 Buddhists marched in protest against a government order banning parades and the display of Buddhist flags on Buddha's birthday.
ref: [1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60:
glosses: A port city in central Vietnam.
glosses: A Vietnamese province with that city as its capital.
bin-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bi- (sometimes used before a vowel)
chaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaines
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of chain.
chaines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaine
binate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Latin binus (“two each, in pairs”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix)
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Double; growing in pairs or couples.
Derived terms: binately
Related terms: unate
ternate
quadrinate