cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
obligators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obligator
fiumara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiumaras
Etymology: From Italian fiumara.
Senses: examples: text: Having skirted the sea for two hours, I rode off with the End of Time to inspect the Dihh Silil, a fiumara which runs from the western hills north-eastwards to the sea.
ref: 1856, Richard F. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Könemann, published 2000, page 123:
glosses: A flooded river (or its riverbed), especially one running down from a mountain.
sociality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsəʊ.ʃiˈælɪti/
ipa: /ˌsoʊ.ʃiˈæləti/
Forms: form: socialities
Etymology: From social + -ity, from French socialité or directly from Latin sociālitās (“fellowship, sociality”), from sociālis (“social”), from socius (“companion, ally”) + -ālis.
Senses: examples: text: Unless opinions favorable to democracy and to aristocracy, to property and to equality, to co-operation and to competition, to luxury and to abstinence, to sociality and individuality, to liberty and discipline, and all the other standing antagonisms of practical life, are expressed with equal freedom, and enforced and defended with equal talent and energy, there is no chance of both elements obtaining their due; one scale is sure to go up, and the other down.
ref: 1859, John Stuart Mill, “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, page 86:
glosses: The character of being social; sociability
examples: text: That the divine will is expressed by it, Cumberland, “not being so fortunate as to possess innate ideas,” tries to prove by a long inductive examination of the evidences of man's essential sociality exhibited in his physical and mental constitution.
ref: 1911, “Ethics”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
text: To develop, from a fleeting instant of physical lust, a lifelong community encompassing the whole of the conjoint lives--that has been and is one of the greatest triumphs of sociality in the struggle against the persistent animality of our species.
ref: 1985, James Q. Wilson, Richard J. Herrnstein, Crime & Human Nature, page 524:
text: To understand how sociality is programmed—that is, how friendships are programmatically organized and shaped, let us consider the ways in which the platform simulates existing notions of friendship.
ref: 2018, Taina Bucher, chapter 1, in If … Then, OUP, →ISBN:
glosses: The quality of an animal kind of being social.
examples: text: [A]fterwards he had no leisure for the game, and no inclination for the socialities there.
ref: 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book VII, chapter 66:
glosses: Social events or entertainments; pleasantries.
Derived terms: asociality
heterosociality
homosociality
hypersociality
parasociality
unsociality
Related terms: social
not to put too fine a point on it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒt tʊ ˌpʊt tuː ˌfaɪn ə ˈpɔɪnt ɒn ɪt/
ipa: /nɑt tə ˌpʊt tu ˌfaɪn ə ˈpɔɪnt ɑn ət/
Etymology: A reference to the fact that the speaker is about to say something blunt rather than fine (that is, delicate or subtle).
Senses: examples: text: My little woman is at present in—not to put too fine a point on it—in a pious state, or in what she considers such, and attends the Evening Exertions (which is the name they go by) of a reverend party of the name of Chadband.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “Mr. Bucket”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC, page 217:
text: En route, to his taciturn, and, not to put too fine a point on it, not yet perfectly sober companion, Mr Bloom, who at all events, was in complete possession of his faculties, never more so, in fact disgustingly sober, spoke a word of caution re the dangers of nighttown, women of ill fame and swell mobsmen, […]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 570:
text: You explain slowly and clearly that you are doing him the honour of not beating about the bush […] Well, you will end up – not to put too fine a point on it (you lower your voice) – having sex. And while you are sure that sex would be very nice, the prognosis for a future between the two of you is not good.
ref: 2000, Amy Jenkins, chapter 4, in Honeymoon, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN; republished as Honeymoon (Flame), London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: Used to apologize for a possibly impolite statement one is making; to put it bluntly; to express it in plain terms.
Related terms: in all honesty
to be honest
to speak frankly
frankly speaking
to tell the truth
pardon my French
excuse my French
pardon my German
paddocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpædəkɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of paddock
panging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pang
panged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pang
patrimonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patrimony
Pennsylvanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pennsylvanian
portlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of portly: more portly
portliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of portly: most portly
one-day internationals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-day international
paronomasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paronomasia
memoryless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From memory + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Now the wide and vacant blurrings of my early life thicken in my mind. All goes wholly memoryless to me now. It may have been that about that time I grew sick with some fever, […]
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: Without a memory or memories.
topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
glosses: Of a probability distribution, such that any derived probability from a set of random samples is distinct and has no information (i.e. "memory") of earlier samples.
Derived terms: memorylessness
Related terms: stateless
memorylessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From memoryless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a memory or memories.
topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
glosses: The property of being memoryless.
Related terms: stateless
wau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waus
Etymology: From the transliteration of Ancient Greek *ϝαῦ (*waû) (reconstructed from Latin vau (/⁠wau̯⁠/)), from Phoenician 𐤅 (w /⁠wāw⁠/). Doublet of vav and waw.
Senses: glosses: Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).
Related terms: sense: Archaic Greek alphabet; Previous
alt: Ε
word: epsilon
sense: Archaic Greek alphabet; Next
alt: Ζ
word: zeta
fohn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fohns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of foehn.
metanalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛtəˈnaləsɪs/
ipa: /mɛtəˈnæləsəs/
Forms: form: metanalyses
form: meta-analysis
Etymology: From meta- + analysis. In the linguistic sense coined by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen.
Senses: examples: text: a metanalysis of 35 existing studies
synonyms: meta-analysis
glosses: Meta-analysis.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: rebracketing
coordinate_terms: reanalysis
glosses: The act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it; breaking down the original boundaries between morphemes, words, or other units.
Related terms: metanalyse
articulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jə.lə.t(ə.)ɹɪ/
ipa: /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.ləˌtɔɹ.i/
Etymology: From articulate + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: One child who had burned his tongue started immediately to lall and continued in this articulatory disorder long after the tongue had healed.
ref: 1963, Charles Van Riper, Speech Correction: Principles and Methods, page 200:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to articulation; phonetic.
examples: text: Articulatory treatment moves a joint back and forth repeatedly to increase freedom of range of movement.
ref: 2017, David X. Cifu, Henry L. Lew, Braddom’s Rehabilitation Care: A Clinical Handbook, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 113:
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: articular
glosses: Related to the specific articulation function of a joint.
Derived terms: articulatorily
articulatory phonology
articulatory speech recognition
coarticulatory
phonoarticulatory
postarticulatory
prearticulatory
pantryman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pantrymen
Etymology: From pantry + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person in charge of the pantry, or food store, on a ship, train, or other transport where food is kept for passengers and crew. Also in a hospital, school, or hotel, etc.
syllabize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: syllabizes
form: syllabizing
form: syllabized
form: syllabized
Etymology: From Medieval Latin syllabizō, from Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω (sŭllăbĭ́zō), from σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “-ize”).
Senses: examples: text: No pupil who will syllabize and pronounce carefully will misspell such words as "accommodate" and "professor."
ref: 1920, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, The Classical Journal, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, page 361
glosses: To syllabify.
Synonyms: syllabify
syllabicate
morales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morale
gansa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gansas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ganza (“kind of wild goose”).
gansa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ganza (“type of metal”).
Morales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Morales.
Senses: glosses: A town in Bolívar department, Colombia.
glosses: A town in Cauca department, Colombia.
glosses: A municipality of Izbal department, Guatemala.
glosses: A surname from Spanish.
athetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæθətaɪz/
ipa: /ˈæθəˌtaɪz/
Forms: form: athetizes
form: athetizing
form: athetized
form: athetized
form: athetise
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “removed”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”).
Senses: examples: text: But this is a doubtful compliment to a ship ; the alternative "a first-rate sailor," suits the context better, and so here, "or first-rate build," primarie compacti (Döderl[ein]), avoids the awkward tautology with νεοτευχέες which made Zenod[otos] athetize the line.
ref: 1886, Walter Leaf, The Iliad: Edited with English Notes and Introduction, volume 1, London: Macmillan and Co., translation of Ἰλιάς by Homer, page 157, column 2:
text: All of this, of course, flies in the face of μιχτὴν ϱ̔αψῳδίαων. But that phrase is suspicious in its own right. It was bracketed long ago by Tyrwhitt, and the Arabic version translates it strangely if at all. […] In short, there is every reason to athetize μιχτὴν ραψῳδίαων as a note of late origin which has gotten into the text.
ref: 1957, Gerald F. Else, chapter 1, in Aristotle's Poetics: The Argument, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →LCCN, pages 58–59:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To reject a passage of text as spurious.
Related terms: thesis
barse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑːs/
ipa: /bɑɹs/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: barses
Etymology: From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”).
Senses: glosses: The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.
Related terms: bass
barse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑːs/
ipa: /bɑɹs/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: barses
Etymology: Blend of balls + arse.
Senses: examples: text: So the prospects for this were pretty bad, and truly the most exciting thing I got out of watching this was feeling a pool of cold sweat collect in the hairy part of my barse, so livid was I with the treatment of Hooper's original classic.
ref: 2000 March 13, death_hammer [username], “texas chainsaw 4”, in alt.horror (Usenet):
text: The padding is also way too thin and I'm constantly aware of the pressure on my barse (I think perinium^([sic]) is the correct term) - something I don't have with my other shorts or tights.
ref: 2002 September 5, bomba, “SR: Shorts Review”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet):
text: Going to be a cruiser style one me thinks, low seat making it easy to swing my leg over, laid back riding position, bit wide seat for my arse cheeks to sit on, rather than my barse being perched on a plank seat,
ref: 2012 March 28, Gazz, “After a mid size cruiser”, in uk.rec.motorcycles (Usenet):
glosses: The perineum of a man.
rebuys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebuy
rebuys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebuy
rebuying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebuy
rebought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebuy
socialisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: socialisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of socialization.
lube job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lube jobs
Senses: glosses: The lubrication of the suspension and drive train of a motor car.
Related terms: lube up
lubricant
grease gun
grease up
oil change
zerk
yonsei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yonsei
Etymology: From Japanese 四世 (よんせい (yonsei)), from 四 (yon-, “fourth”) + 世 (sei, “generation”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: issei
nisei
sansei
glosses: The fourth generation or great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants, particularly in North America and in Latin America.
in-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in-boxes
Senses: examples: text: Academic life, like any other, has a full in-box. A professor can stay busy answering his or her mail.
ref: 1999, Michael Szenberg, Passion and Craft: Economists at Work, page 187:
text: Since your next job may not have a very full in-box or a very heavy schedule, and might lack some of the psychic rewards that your previous leadership job had, your state of depression may worsen.
ref: 2002, Perry M. Smith, Rules & Tools for Leaders, page 122:
text: Our livers were never designed to have such a full in-box, and because most people are nutritionally deficient, the body also lacks the materials needed for detoxification
ref: 2006, Sally Beare, 50 Secrets of the World's Longest Living People, page 177:
glosses: Alternative form of inbox.
in-box
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: in-boxes
form: in-boxing
form: in-boxed
form: in-boxed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inbox.
ideates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ideate
ideating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ideate
ideated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ideate
romanettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romanette
trouting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trout
trouted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trout
rainbow trouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainbow trout
hystrichosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hystrichospheres
Senses: glosses: A microfossil of a dinophyte cyst, having a spherical shape and thick walls.
hystrichospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hystrichosphere
hysterotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hysterotomes
Etymology: From hystero- + -tome.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A special knife used in hysterectomy.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of hysterotomy.
hysterotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hysterotome
in-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of in-box
hystero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: hyster-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑστέρᾱ (hustérā, “the womb”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: utero-
metro-
glosses: Uterus; uterine.
glosses: Hysteria; hysterical.
Derived terms: sense: uterus
word: hysterocele
sense: uterus
word: hysterocleisis
sense: uterus
word: hysterogram
sense: uterus
word: hysterograph
sense: uterus
word: hysterography
sense: uterus
word: hysterology
sense: uterus
word: hysterolysis
sense: uterus
word: hysteromyomectomy
sense: uterus
word: hysteropathy
sense: uterus
word: hysteropexy
sense: uterus
word: hysterorrhaphy
sense: uterus
word: hysterosalpingectomy
sense: uterus
word: hysterosalpingogram
sense: uterus
word: hysterosalpingography
sense: uterus
word: hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
sense: uterus
word: hysterosalpingostomy
sense: uterus
word: hysteroscope
sense: uterus
word: hysteroscopy
sense: uterus
word: hysterospasm
sense: uterus
word: hysterotomy
sense: hysteria
word: hysterocatalepsy
sense: hysteria
word: hystero-epilepsy
sense: hysteria
word: hysterogenic
sense: hysteria
word: hysteroid
hystero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: hyster-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὕστερος (hústeros, “higher, outer”).
Senses: glosses: later, latter
Derived terms: sense: later
word: hysteranthous
sense: later
word: hysteresis
sense: later
word: hysteretic
sense: later
word: hysterodynamic
sense: later
word: hysterology
sense: later
word: hysteron
sense: later
word: hysteron proteron
hysteromyomectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: hysteromyomectomies
Etymology: From hystero- + myoma + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Removal of a myoma in the uterus.
hysteromyomectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hysteromyomectomy
hysteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyster- + -oid.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Similar to hysteria
examples: text: They curl into angular and hysteroid shapes, and may develop any time of year.
ref: 1971, George Henry Hepting, Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees, page 390:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a uterine shape
Synonyms: hysteroidal
hysteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hysteroids
Etymology: From hyster- + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Like Alex, hysteroids lead crisis-ridden lives reflecting poor social judgment (Meissner 1984).
ref: 1997, Cheryl Glickauf-Hughes, Marolyn Clark Wells, Object Relations Psychotherapy, →ISBN, page 169:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person with a condition similar to hysteria
leucoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /l(j)uːˈkəʊ.mə/
ipa: /luˈkoʊ.mə/
rhymes: -əʊmə
Forms: form: leucomas
form: leucomata
form: leukoma
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεύκωμα (leúkōma). By surface analysis, leuco- + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Derived terms: leucomatous
leukoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukomas
form: leukomata
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leucoma.
Derived terms: keratoleukoma
leucomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucoma
leucomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucoma
leukomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukoma
leukomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukoma
humectate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: humectates
form: humectating
form: humectated
form: humectated
Etymology: First attested in 1640; borrowed from Latin humectātus, perfect passive participle of humectō/ūmectō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from humectus/ūmectus (“moist”).
Senses: glosses: To moisten.
humectates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of humectate
humectating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of humectate
humectated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of humectate
humming-bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humming-birds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hummingbird.
humming-birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humming-bird
humpback salmon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humpback salmons
form: humpback salmon
form: humpbacked salmon
Senses: examples: text: The six species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) are Chinook (king), Coho (silver), Sockeye (red), Chum (dog), Pink (humpback or humpy), and Cherry.
ref: 2012, C. Pierce, Education in the Age of Biocapitalism, →ISBN:
glosses: a small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), which ascends Pacific coast rivers of Asia and of America from California to Alaska.
Synonyms: sense: Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
word: pink salmon
sense: Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
word: humpie
humpback salmons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humpback salmon
'twouldn't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: ’twou’dn’t
Etymology: ’twould + -n’t or 't + wouldn't
Senses: examples: text: My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Contraction of it would not.
mesofaunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mesofaunal
form: most mesofaunal
Etymology: From meso- + faunal.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the mesofauna
reflets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reflet
maggotlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maggotlike
form: most maggotlike
Etymology: From maggot + -like.
Senses: examples: text: A wormlike, or else more commonly a maggotlike, creature, according to the species of the parasite, hatches from this egg […]
ref: 1876, George Bowdler Buckton, Monograph of the British Aphides:
text: Once we had the photos, it was just a matter of counting all the maggotlike images of caribou on the white snow background.
ref: 1998, L David Mech, The Wolves of Denali:
glosses: Resembling a maggot.
multifarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌltɪˈfæɹɪti/
ipa: /ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəɹɪti/
rhymes: -æɹɪti
Senses: glosses: The quality of being multifarious; multifariousness.
serialisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From serialise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of serializable.
serializable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From serialize + -able.
Senses: examples: text: This implies that the fields must be either of primitive types or of class types that are themselves serializable.
ref: 2002, Ivor Horton, Beginning Java 2: SDK 1.4 Edition:
text: If a class is serializable, all of its subclasses are also serializable.
ref: 2006, Herbert Schildt, Java: The Complete Reference:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That can be serialized.
Related terms: externalizable
reverse-engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reverse-engineer
reverse-engineered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reverse-engineer
paltrier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of paltry: more paltry
paltriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of paltry: most paltry
zhanghengite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Zhang Heng, ancient Chinese astronomer, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A golden-yellow mineral containing predominantly copper and zinc but also iron, chromium, and aluminium.
yttrialite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yttrialites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare, highly radioactive yttrium thorium sorosilicate mineral with conchoidal fracture.
zirkelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zirkelites
Etymology: Ferdinand Zirkel (1838-1912), German petrographer, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An isometric oxide mineral with the chemical formula (Ca,Th,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb)₂O₇.
zircophyllite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zircophyllites
Etymology: Blend of zirconium + astrophyllite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex mineral with the chemical formula (K,Na)₃(Mn,Fe)₇(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂Si₈O₂₄(OH,F)₇.
zirconolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zirconolites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The mineral calcium zirconium titanate.
putsches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putsch
parallaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parallax
perfecters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfecter
zincochromite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zincochromites
Etymology: From zinco- + chromite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral, the zinc analogue of chromite.
pewters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pewter
zinalsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zinalsites
Etymology: From the opening letters of the words zinc aluminium silicate, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A supposed zinc aluminium silicate mineral, not officially recognised.
ziesite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Emmanuel G. Zies, mineralogist + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A copper vanadate mineral.
zaherite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaherites
Etymology: From the name of Mohamed Abduz Zaher, the Bangladeshi geologist who discovered it, and + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral, a complex sulphate of aluminium, coloured white to blue-green.
Mississippians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mississippian
Missourians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Missourian
muckier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mucky: more mucky
muckiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mucky: most mucky
muckrakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muckraker
mortgagors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortgagor
marchionesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marchioness
jawboning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jawbone
jawboning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jawbonings
Senses: examples: text: Or the merely verbal pressure of jawbonings by prominent people may try to silence a certain point of view.
ref: 1991, Terrence E. Cook, The Great Alternatives of Social Thought, page 194:
text: It's shocking to Douek, because she is a close-watcher of what's known as "jawboning," when regulators or government officials pressure private actors, like a social media company or broadcast network, to stifle speech. The libertarian Cato Institute calls the practice "censorship by proxy."
ref: [2025 September 18, Bobby Allyn, “Legal experts say pulling Jimmy Kimmel from air may amount to illegal 'jawboning'”, in Television, NPR, retrieved 18 Sep 2025:
hypernyms: persuasion
coordinate_terms: moral suasion
glosses: Persistent persuasive talk, particularly (politics, economics) talk that includes implied threats of punitive action, such as tighter government regulation.
jawboned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jawbone
jawboned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: When we finally made our departure, a long-jawboned old desk clerk gave me a knowing wink and chortled, "That's a mighty frisky little bride you've got."
ref: 1970, Douglass Cater, Dana, the Irrelevant Man, page 252:
glosses: Having a specified kind of jawbone.
unloadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + loadable.
Senses: examples: text: This was sometimes repeated again and again, the rings remaining in the rifling until the weapon was unloadable.
ref: 1907, William Wellington Greener, The Gun and Its Development:
glosses: Not loadable; that cannot be loaded.
unloadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From unload + -able.
Senses: examples: text: With standardization, a type of car could be built that would be readily unloadable and fitted for a back haul.
ref: 1918, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science:
text: 2001, Cheek et al, Tru64 UNIX System Administrator's Guide
[…] may or may not be dynamically unloadable […]
glosses: Capable of being unloaded.
zinnwaldites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zinnwaldite
variscite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variscites
Etymology: Named after the locality of Variscia, the dated name of Vogtland (Germany), + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A relatively rare hydrated aluminum phosphate mineral (AlPO₄·2H₂O), sometimes confused with turquoise.
sent to the Tower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Referring to the Tower of London, a famous citadel used as a prison.
Senses: glosses: imprisoned; punished.
school voucher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: school vouchers
Senses: glosses: A paper, issued by a government, that a parent can use as payment for his or her child's tuition at any school.
school vouchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of school voucher
dad-blamed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: these dad-blamed newfangled notions
ref: 1918, Robert Lemuel Wiggins, The Life of Joel Chandler Harris:
text: He said he didn't have a dad-blamed furriner nor a dad-blamed Injun in his outfit.
ref: 1938, William Riley Burnett, The Dark Command: A Kansas Iliad:
text: You know how that dad-blamed fathead is always talking like a doctor.
ref: 1967, Nevada C Colley, From Maine to Mecca:
glosses: goddamned
technofear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technofears
Etymology: From techno- + fear.
Senses: examples: text: It was widely supposed that technofear was a female characteristic.
ref: 1993, Cynthia Cockburn, Susan Ormrod, Gender and Technology in the Making:
text: ...it was a revelation, it was liberation. Get over your technofear.
ref: 2004, Simon Loxley, Type: The Secret History of Letters:
glosses: Technophobia.
morphosyntactically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From morphosyntactic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a morphosyntactic context.
technopop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From techno- + pop.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An early synthpop genre with a cold, robotic sound.
marketing collateral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: Printed matter used to present business information, e.g. leaflets, folders, brochures, fliers, fact sheets, and direct mailpieces.
pleasurableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pleasurable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being pleasurable.
Related terms: pleasantness
pleasingness
pleasurability
pleasure
refurb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈfɜːb/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: refurbs
form: refurbing
form: refurbed
form: refurbed
Etymology: Clipping of refurbish
Senses: examples: text: Arrangements were made for deliveries, then he found a furnishings outlet and purchased what he felt he needed to refurb the place with essentials.
ref: 2002, Chris C. Davidson, A Time for Everything: Even Time Could Not Stand in Their Way, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 235:
text: The Three Cities group has done a wonderful job of restoring and refurbing the building, which once housed the run-down Swiss Excelsior Hotel
ref: 2007, Pippa de Bruyn, “The Mother City: Cape Town & The Winelands”, in Frommer's South Africa, 5th edition, Frommer's, →ISBN, page 153:
text: Alan had stashed a number of them in his garage, waiting for time to refurb them.
ref: 2008, Thomas Sherry, Shatter, Book 2 of Deep Winter, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: to refurbish
refurb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈfɜːb/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: refurbs
Etymology: Clipping of refurbished
Senses: examples: text: Most of the trains running today are refurbs.
text: I paid $75 for a refurb Horrock-Ibbotson single-tip eight-and-a-half footer which casts like a dream.
ref: 2005, Roger Emile Stouff, “March”, in Native Waters: A Few Moments in a Small Wooden Boat, iUniverse, →ISBN, Here at the Beginning of All Things, page 60:
text: But what do you do if you already have equipment that you bought, on the cheap, and you don't know whether or not it is a refurb or not?
ref: 2005, William M. Lolli, Backup 2 Disk Now! Advanced Design and Scalability Guide for Backup for Workgroups, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, Spare Hardware Ensures a Successful Recovery, page 172:
text: However, before buying a refurb, investigate how the retailer defines “refurbished.” And find out about the return policy and what warranty you’ll get.¶ The safest place to buy a refurb is from a manufaturer.
ref: 2009, Gregory Karp, “How to Buy Stuff”, in The 1-2-3 Money Plan - The Three Most Important Steps to Saving and Spending Smart, FT Press, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: a thing that has been refurbished
refurb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈfɜːb/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: refurbs
Etymology: Clipping of refurbishment
Senses: examples: text: The refurb program is progressing on schedule
text: Whatever happens long-term, we are going to have phase III, the refurb, the modernisation of Bury-Altrincham, and all that does need to happen and happen soon.
ref: 2005, Tony McNulty MP, Integrated Transport: The Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in the United Kingdom; Tenth Report of Session 2004-05, volume II, House of Commons Transport Committee, →ISBN, 9 March 2005 Mr Tony McNulty MP and Mr Bob Linnard., page 30, Q258:
text: A redent refurb means that there is now a larger play area for children, with a table and crayons to amuse them while you flex Daddy's Amex.
ref: 2005, Emmah Duffus, Charlotte Purssord,, edited by Emmah Fuffus, Where to Wear London 2006: Fashion Shopping From A-Z, Where to Wear International, →ISBN, page 41:
text: At the time of writing, Ambleside YHA was due to close for a refurb and planning to reopen in April 2009
ref: 2009, David Else, Lonely Planet England, 5th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, Cumbria & the Lake District, page 713:
glosses: The act of refurbishing
refurbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refurb
refurbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refurb
refurbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refurb
refurbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refurb
knightage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knightages
Etymology: From knight + -age.
Senses: glosses: knighthood; state of being a knight
glosses: knights collectively
gimpier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gimpy: more gimpy
entrepreneurially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more entrepreneurially
form: most entrepreneurially
Etymology: From entrepreneurial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an entrepreneurial manner
gimpiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gimpy: most gimpy
goalies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goalie
glamorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glamorises
form: glamorising
form: glamorised
form: glamorised
form: glamourise
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of glamorize.
Derived terms: glamorisation
glamorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glamorise
glamorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glamorise
glamorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glamorise
godlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of godly: more godly
godliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of godly: most godly
grassier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grassy: more grassy
grassiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grassy: most grassy
groundings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of grounding
guessable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more guessable
form: most guessable
Etymology: From guess + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being guessed.
Derived terms: guessably
gringos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gringo
gringas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gringa
gymnasiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnasia
Senses: glosses: plural of gymnasium
pocket bikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket bike
graving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grave
graving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvɪŋ/
Forms: form: gravings
Senses: glosses: The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
examples: text: And the work itself of the bases, was intergraven: and there were gravings between the joinings.
ref: 1610, Douay–Rheims Bible, 3 Kings vii. 28
glosses: An engraving.
Derived terms: graving dock
graved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹeɪvd/
rhymes: -eɪvd
Forms: form: grove
form: graven
Senses: glosses: simple past of grave
grizzlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grizzly
grizzlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grizzly: more grizzly
grizzliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grizzly: most grizzly
gynaecologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynaecologist
ganglier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gangly: more gangly
gangliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gangly: most gangly
gaoled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gaol
gaudier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gaudy: more gaudy
gaudiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gaudy: most gaudy
gaudies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaudy
genealogists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genealogist
generalissimos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generalissimo
generosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generosity
genies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genii
Senses: glosses: plural of genie
glibber
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of glib: more glib
glibbest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of glib: most glib
gruesomer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gruesome: more gruesome
gruesomest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gruesome: most gruesome
roadbeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roadbed
roamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roamer
ritziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ritzy: most ritzy
goitres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goitre
röntgens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of röntgen
gobbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gob
gobbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gobbings
Senses: examples: text: This objection , however , applies still more to the case of a road which has solid on one side , and gobbing on the other.
ref: 1850, John Phillips, Report on the Ventilation of Mines and Collieries:
topics: business
mining
glosses: The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.
glosses: The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
gobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gob
rundowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rundown
girlhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girlhood
geeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gee
geed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒiːd/
ipa: /d͡ʒid/
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: geeds
Etymology: From the first syllable of GDI (“God Damn Independent”).
Senses: examples: text: I was a geed until I rushed a frat in my sophomore year.
text: But politically correct universities and colleges, overrun by SJW liberals and angry geeds (read uninitiated and unaffiliated members of the university who have no wish to join Greek life or support it whatsoever) want to destroy the Greek system.
ref: 2012, Edward Masters, In Defense of Fraternity and Political Freedom, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 2:
text: "No random geeds tonight," another redacted message reads. "Also only 3 people have squared me to help out [with purchasing wine bags], don't be pussies."
ref: 2019 February 4, Andrew Linnabary, “Investigation documents shed light on Beta Theta Pi suspension”, in The Sunflower, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022:
text: This does not mention that the entire time I was with any of my sorority sisters, I was wishing I was back with my "geed" friends on the couch watching movies.
ref: 2020 December 2, anonymous author, “Opinion: My Unfiltered and Honest Greek Life Experience”, in The Whit Online, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022:
text: I will note that I am not an unabashed supporter of the Greek system. Though both of my grandfathers were Beta Theta Pi alumni, I myself am a geed.
ref: 2022 September 1, Weston Curnow, “For the Love of Beer, Save the Humanities”, in The University Daily Kansan, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022:
text: At Bama, there's a divide between "geeds" (non-Greek-affiliated students) and those in sororities and fraternities. I didn't understand this separation.
ref: 2022 November 16, Grant Sikes, “I was outed as trans while going through the University of Alabama's competitive sorority rush — before I was able to come out to myself”, in Insider, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2022:
qualifier: university slang
glosses: A student who is not affliated with a fraternity or sorority.
geed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒiːd/
ipa: /d͡ʒid/
rhymes: -iːd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gee
bohemians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bohemian
Bohemians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bohemian
castrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castration
cassias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cassia
cavorts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cavort
cavorted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cavort
condominiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condominium
Cai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tsai
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 蔡 (cài).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
inferable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inferrable
Etymology: From infer + -able. Compare transferable, deferrable.
Senses: glosses: That may be inferred or drawn as a conclusion; deducible; that may be put together from previous knowledge and current evidence.
Synonyms: sense: that may be inferred
word: inferrible
sense: that may be inferred
word: inferible
Derived terms: inferably
uninferable
Cài
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A state of China during the Zhōu Dynasty.
glosses: Anglicized form of a common Chinese A surname.
glosses: Anglicized form of a Korean A surname.
impellent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛlənt/
Forms: form: more impellent
form: most impellent
Senses: examples: text: an impellent force
text: Hence, the excess of impellent force which was given to the piston, beyond what was absolutely requisite to overcome the resistances to its motion, was made available to prolong that motion, beyond the point at which the impellent force […]
ref: 1827, John Farey, A Treatise on the Steam Engine Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, page 181:
glosses: Having the quality of being impelling.
impellent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛlənt/
Forms: form: impellents
Senses: examples: text: blind impellents and material conveyances
ref: 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
glosses: An impelling power or force.
impanation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin impānātiō, impānātiōnis, from Latin impānātus, past participle of impānō (“to impanate”), + -tiō, from im- (“in”) + pānis (“bread”). By surface analysis, impanate + -ion.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation.
Synonyms: consubstantiation
CAI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CAIs
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
inorganic-chemistry
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion, a type of mineral.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of chronic ankle instability.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of cold air intake.
glosses: Initialism of computer assisted instruction.