cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
implex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭmʹpleks
ipa: /ɪmˈplɛks/
Etymology: From Latin implexus.
Senses: examples: text: The fable of every poem is, according to Aristotle’s division, either simple or implex. It is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. The implex fable is thought most perfect: I suppose, because it is more proper to stir up the passion of the reader, and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents.
ref: c. 1711, Joseph Addison, essay in The Spectator, 9 February 1711/12
glosses: Intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.
implex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭmʹpleks
ipa: /ɪmˈplɛks/
Forms: form: implexes
Etymology: From Latin implexus.
Senses: glosses: A genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation (the degree of pedigree collapse).
waveless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wave + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Today, hydraulic waveless mattresses contain foam or vinyl inserts or compartmentalized baffles, small vinyl chambers with holes inside that control the flow of water.
ref: 1986 August 28, Patricia Leigh Brown, “17 YEARS OF THE WATER BED: A SOCIAL HISTORY; CHECKING OUT REFINEMENTS”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2018:
glosses: Free from waves.
Derived terms: waveless picking
waveless processing
Orsamål
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unofficial language or dialect of the Dalecarlian language in Sweden, where it is spoken in the Orsa municipality in the northern part of Dalarna.
Dalecarlian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Dalecarlia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Dalecarlia or Dalecarlians.
Derived terms: Dalecarlian horse
Dalecarlian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dalecarlia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of dialects spoken in Dalecarlia, Sweden
glosses: Dialect group spoken in Dalecarlia, Sweden
Dalecarlian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dalecarlians
Etymology: From Dalecarlia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Dalecarlia.
Dalecarlia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From New Latin Dalecarlia.
Senses: glosses: A province in central Sweden.
Synonyms: Dalarna
stationary phases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stationary phase
do someone's head in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does someone's head in
form: doing someone's head in
form: did someone's head in
form: done someone's head in
Senses: examples: text: Please stop reading the name of every sign we come across; it's doing my head in!
text: ‘So you spend the nights listening to music?’
‘And thinking. Does my head in, thoughts going round and round. Dope stops it. The medication sort of does a bit, but not the same.’
ref: 2005, Richard Bryant-Jefferies, Responding to a Serious Mental Health Problem: Person-Centred Dialogues, page 101:
text: 2006, Claire Taylor, quoting “Donnie”, Young People in Care and Criminal Behaviour, page 121,
I just want to get out there to me bird really...′cos she don′t want me in here all the time, it′s doing her head in. It′s doing my head in. It didn′t used to do my head in, it used to be like care, if you know what I mean, when I first started coming to jail. It used to be like ‘yeah, I′m back in care’ kind of thing.
text: The endless hours spent in my cell did my head in. With my diagnosed mental illness I find it shocking that I should have had to endure this.
ref: 2011, Giorgio Pin, An Interesting Life, page 75:
glosses: To frustrate, infuriate, irritate or disturb someone.
brochettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brochette
Matsumoto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Matsumotos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 松本 (まつもと, Matsumoto).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
brunoises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brunoise
carbometallations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbometallation
carboskeletal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From carbo- + skeletal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a carboskeleton
carboskeleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboskeletons
Etymology: From carbo- + skeleton.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The arrangement of connected carbon atoms in an organic compound
Related terms: carboskeletal
clinostat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪ.nə.stæt/
Forms: form: clinostats
Etymology: From clino- + -stat.
Senses: glosses: A rotating device that is used to investigate gravitropism in plants
Related terms: clinostatic
cocculolidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic alkaloid, isolated from plants of the genus Erythrina, that has insecticidal activity.
calcin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcins
Etymology: From calc(ium) + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of polypeptides that have an affinity for calcium
Derived terms: chondrocalcin
nephrocalcin
calcins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calcin
codeformational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + deformational.
Senses: glosses: Causing mutual deformation
Related terms: codeformation
copolymerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: copolymerizes
form: copolymerizing
form: copolymerized
form: copolymerized
Etymology: From co- + polymerize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To polymerize so as to form a copolymer
Related terms: copolymerization
copolymerizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of copolymerize
cantaloups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantaloup
caramboles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carambole
cupration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuprations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of an organic cuprate
Derived terms: hydrocupration
silylcupration
candlemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candlemakers
Etymology: From candle + maker.
Senses: glosses: Someone who makes candles; a chandler.
candlemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candlemaker
'droid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'droids
Senses: examples: text: “These aren’t the ’droids you’re looking for,” [Obi-Wan] Kenobi told him pleasantly.
ref: 1976, George Lucas, [Alan Dean Foster], Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: Alternative form of droid.
barbiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The disease has been confounded with the barbiers — a chronic disease in which paralysis, tremors, spasms, contractions of the limbs, and emaciation are the most remarkable symptoms.
ref: 1868, William Aitken, The science and practice of medicine:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast, thought to be a chronic form of beriberi.
sangliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanglier
saucissons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saucisson
seiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seiner
somnolences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somnolence
pull-focus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʊl ˈfəʊkəs/
Etymology: From pull + focus.
Senses: examples: text: ...this image of pure light forms (through a pull-focus) into an image of a snow-covered field, in the middle of which is a mother holding her two sons.
ref: 1989, R Bruce Elder, Image and Identity: Reflections on Canadian Film and Culture, page 384:
text: To set up a pull-focus shot, frame your shot so that the two subjects, at different distances from the camera, are in view.
ref: 2007, Gary Hudson et al., The Broadcast Journalism Handbook, page 212:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A filming technique whereby the focal point is drawn towards the viewer; also a shot (as part of an edit) in which such a technique is used. Also used attributively.
Related terms: push-focus
unprosperous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprosperous
form: most unprosperous
Etymology: From un- + prosperous.
Senses: glosses: Not prosperous.
Derived terms: unprosperously
unprosperousness
cisatracurium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cis- + atracurium.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A neuromuscular-blocking drug, one of the ten isomers of atracurium.
sugammadex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug for reversal of neuromuscular blockade by the agent rocuronium in general anesthesia.
methohexital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛθ.əʊˈhɛk.sɪt.əl/
ipa: /ˌmɛθ.əˈhɛk.səˌtɔl/
Forms: form: methohexitone
Etymology: From meth(yl) + -o- + hex(ynyl) + (secobarb)ital.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A derivative of barbituric acid, used, as the sodium salt (more fully sodium methohexital), as a short-acting intravenous anesthetic; (1-methyl-5-allyl-5-[1-methyl-2-pentynyl])barbituric acid, C₁₄H₁₈N₂O₃.
methohexitone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: methohexital
amethocaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tetracaine.
synonyms: word: tetracaine
ropivacaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹoʊˈpɪv.əˌkeɪn/
Etymology: From [Term?] + pipecoloxylidide + -vacaine (“alteration of Novocaine”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A local anesthetic drug belonging to the amino amide group.
ropily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ropily
form: most ropily
Etymology: From ropy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ropy manner.
nalbuphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnæl.bjʊ.fiːn/
Etymology: From nal(or)phine + (cyclo)bu(tyl).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic opioid antagonist which is very similar to morphine in chemical structure and is given by injection (usually in the form of its hydrochloride) as an analgesic; (−)-(5R,6S,14S)-9a-cyclobutylmethyl-4,5-epoxymorphinan-3,6,14-triol, C₂₁H₂₇NO₄.
Derived terms: nalbuphine hydrochloride
clivi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clivus
desflurane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From des- + -flurane (“halogenated compound”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The compound perfluoro methyl ethyl ether, which is used for maintenance of general anesthesia.
levobupivacaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌli.voʊ.bjuˈpɪv.əˌkeɪn/
Etymology: From levo- + bupivacaine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular local anesthetic drug.
pipecuronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pipe(razine) + -curonium (“neuromuscular blocking agent”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A muscle relaxant that acts as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.
Cortes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Corteses
form: Cortes
Etymology: From Spanish Cortés.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish, variant of Cortez
Cortes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Corte
Related terms: Cort
Corte
Cortez
-tropia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -τροπίᾱ (-tropíā), from τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: turning, movement; identical in origin to -tropy but more commonly associated with medicine, especially eye conditions.
Related terms: -tropy
-tropism
prilocaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪl.əˌkeɪn/
Etymology: From pr(op)yl(amin)o + -caine (“local anesthetic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A local anesthetic related to lidocaine and used in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₃H₂₀N₂O·HCl as a nerve block for pain especially in surgery and dentistry.
Derived terms: prilocaine hydrochloride
metocurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular muscle relaxant.
nondepolarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nondepolarising
Etymology: From non- + depolarizing.
Senses: glosses: Not depolarizing
gallamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæl.əˌmiːn/
Etymology: From (pyro)gall(ol) + amine.
Senses: glosses: A substituted ammonium salt C₂₄H₄₅N₃O₃ that is used to produce muscle relaxation especially during anesthesia.
Derived terms: gallamine triethiodide
oxandrolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑkˈsæn.dɹəˌloʊn/
Etymology: From oxa- + andro(stan)olone.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An androgenic anabolic steroid C₁₉H₃₀O₃ administered orally especially to promote weight gain (as after extensive surgery or a chronic infection) and to relieve bone pain in osteoporosis.
doxacurium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -curium (“curare-like substance”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A muscle relaxant that acts as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.
alcuronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From al(lyl) + -curonium (“neuromuscular blocking agent”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A semisynthetic muscle relaxant derived from toxiferine.
toxiferine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toxiferines
Senses: glosses: A curare toxin and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.
toxiferines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toxiferine
flumazepil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flumazenil.
flumazenil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fluˈmæz.əˌnɪl/
Forms: form: flumazepil
Etymology: Probably from flu(oro)- + m(ethyl) + -azenil (“benzodiazepine derivative”).
Senses: examples: text: The documents indicate that Dr. Murray tried to revive Mr. Jackson with flumazenil, which reverses the effects of benzodiazepines like lorazepam.
ref: 2009 August 25, Solomon Moore, “Court Papers Show Jackson Died of Propofol”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A benzodiazepine antagonist used to counter drowsiness caused by benzodiazepines.
nonbroadcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + broadcasting.
Senses: examples: a nonbroadcasting computer network
glosses: That does not broadcast.
examples: nonbroadcasting revenues
glosses: Not of or pertaining to broadcasting.
get inside someone's pants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets inside someone's pants
form: getting inside someone's pants
form: got inside someone's pants
form: got inside someone's pants
form: gotten inside someone's pants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get into someone's pants.
you and what army
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you and whose army.
Peter Pans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peter Pan
wapatos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wapato
website aggregator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: website aggregators
Senses: glosses: A website that consolidates information from a multitude of other websites (often by means of newsfeeds), allowing users to view all of the information in one place.
milk-caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk-cap
hypothermias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypothermia
hyperthermias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperthermia
hypertexturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hypertexture
hypertextured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hypertexture
sous-chefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sous-chef
suages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suage
number theoretician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: number theoreticians
Senses: glosses: A number theorist.
number theoreticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of number theoretician
algebraic geometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algebraic geometers
Senses: glosses: A mathematician who specializes in algebraic geometry.
algebraic geometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algebraic geometer
geometric topologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geometric topologists
Senses: glosses: A mathematician who specializes in geometric topology.
geometric topologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geometric topologist
group theoretician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: group theoreticians
Senses: glosses: A group theorist.
group theoreticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of group theoretician
group theoretical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having to do with group theory.
Synonyms: group theoretic
ring theoretical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having to do with ring theory.
Synonyms: ring theoretic
ring theoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having to do with ring theory.
Synonyms: ring theoretical
group theoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having to do with group theory.
Synonyms: group theoretical
group-theoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of group theoretic.
Phanariote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Phanariotes
form: Phanariot
Etymology: From Greek Φαναριώτης (Fanariótis).
Senses: examples: text: For a little over a hundred years, from 1711 until the outbreak of the Greek Revolution in 1821, with only brief interruptions during times of war, Moldavia and Wallachia would be ruled by a succession of Phanariot princes.
ref: 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 17:
glosses: An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.
Phanariote
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Phanariot
Etymology: From Greek Φαναριώτης (Fanariótis).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to these people or to the Phanar.
fault lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fault line
drum majors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drum major
unblinkered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unblinkered
form: most unblinkered
Etymology: From un- + blinkered.
Senses: glosses: Not wearing blinkers.
raw_tags: of a horse
glosses: Not blinkered; having full vision or awareness.
nondialectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Etymology: From non- + dialectic.
Senses: glosses: Not dialectic.
intentionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intention + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without intention.
Derived terms: intentionlessness
nonpervasive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pervasive.
Senses: glosses: Not pervasive.
cyanocuprate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanocuprates
Etymology: From cyano- + cuprate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two anions that are cyanide derivatives of cuprate Cu(CN)₂⁻ and Cu(CN)₄³⁻; any salt containing such an anion
pyrovalerone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪ.roʊˈvæl.ɚ.roʊn/
Etymology: From pyr(r)o(lidine) + valer(o) + (phen)one.
Senses: glosses: A psychoactive drug, (RS)-1-(4-methylphenyl)-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)pentan-1-one, used to treat chronic fatigue and as an anorectic. It belongs to the family of substituted cathinones.
Derived terms: methylenedioxypyrovalerone
Related terms: pyro-
valeric
-one
valerone
cyanocuprates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanocuprate
dionine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: ethylmorphine
paracodeine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + codeine.
Senses: glosses: dihydrocodeine
hamentaschen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamentasch
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hamantaschen.
cyanocycline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of antibiotics, produced by Streptomyces bacteria, composed of a tetrahydroisoquinoline residue fused to a diazabicyclic core, that has antitumour activity
hamantashen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamantash
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hamantaschen.
cyanopyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanopyridines
Etymology: From cyano + pyridine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric nitriles that are cyano derivatives of pyridine
cystamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The disulfide 2,2'-dithiobis(ethylamine)
Derived terms: selenocystamine
multimedium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + medium.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one medium.
doughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dough
doughed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dough
craftsmanships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craftsmanship
breadcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bread + -craft.
Senses: glosses: The art of making bread.
breadmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bread + making.
Senses: glosses: The making of bread.
Related terms: bread science
doughmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dough + making.
Senses: glosses: The making of dough.
Nzima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nzima
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Nzema.
Nzima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Nzema.
throw someone out of bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws someone out of bed
form: throwing someone out of bed
form: threw someone out of bed
form: thrown someone out of bed
Senses: examples: text: Woof isn't queer, though he wouldn't throw Mick Jagger out of bed.
ref: 1981, Vito Russo, The celluloid closet: homosexuality in the movies, page 251:
text: She was the sort of woman middle-aged men said they wouldn't throw out of bed, but never expected to get into it.
ref: 1985, Max Davidson, Beef Wellington blue, page 3:
glosses: Synonym of kick someone out of bed.
synonyms: word: kick someone out of bed
Nyssa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Claire would have wagered there was nothing in life that could make her like Nyssa.
But Claire had not counted on Nyssa herself. Nyssa's aim in life seemed to be to do whatever she wanted whenever she wanted to do it.
ref: 1992, Jude Deveraux, The Duchess, page 276:
text: “What?” Nyssa asks, in shock.
Bejine hurries from the area with his daughter in his arms. Barry, Nyssa and the rest quickly follow.
Bejine stops outside of the portal. He is about to enter it when Nyssa stops him.
“You said 'only on this world'?" Nyssa remarks. "What did you mean by that?"
ref: 2009, Benjamin W. Schenk, The Immortals: Eternal War, page 583:
text: Bliss gasped, and Nyssa could not help the little giggle that escaped her. It was not often that someone could set her aunt back on her heels so firmly and neatly.
ref: 2012, Bertrice Small, Love, Remember Me, page 100:
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: An ancient Roman town in Cappadocia, noted for its once bishop, the 4th century Christian saint Gregory of Nyssa.
glosses: A city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.
Nzema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nzema
form: Nzima
Senses: glosses: Any member of an Akan people of southwestern Ghana and southeast Côte d'Ivoire.
Nzema
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nzima
Senses: glosses: The language of the Nzema.
Synonyms: Appolo
chrysanthemumlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chrysanthemumlike
form: most chrysanthemumlike
Etymology: From chrysanthemum + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chrysanthemum.
rhododendronlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rhododendronlike
form: most rhododendronlike
Etymology: From rhododendron + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a rhododendron.
sunflowerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sunflowerlike
form: most sunflowerlike
Etymology: From sunflower + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sunflower.
dandelionlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dandelionlike
form: most dandelionlike
Etymology: From dandelion + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a dandelion.
buttercuplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buttercuplike
form: most buttercuplike
Etymology: From buttercup + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a buttercup.
intercamp
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + camp.
Senses: examples: an intercamp competition
glosses: Between camps.
rappeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rappel
rappeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rappel
megafight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megafights
Etymology: From mega- + fight.
Senses: glosses: A major fight with heavy promotion (in boxing, wrestling, etc.).
megafights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megafight
primatial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹʌɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)l/
rhymes: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From primate + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: The Inquisition even ruined the career of Bartolomé Carranza, Archbishop of Spain's primatial see of Toledo, and a distinguished Dominican theologian.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 672:
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Of or pertaining to a primate.
retee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retees
form: reteeing
form: reteed
form: reteed
Etymology: From re- + tee.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To place the ball back on the tee in preparation for another stroke.
retees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retee
reteeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retee
reteed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retee
pointework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pointwork
Etymology: From pointe + work.
Senses: qualifier: ballet
glosses: Dancing en pointe.
toe shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toe shoes
form: toeshoe
Senses: qualifier: ballet
glosses: Synonym of pointe shoe.
synonyms: word: pointe shoe
glosses: Synonym of barefoot shoe.
synonyms: word: barefoot shoe
toeshoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toeshoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of toe shoe.
toeshoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toeshoe
ultrapasteurized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + pasteurized.
Senses: glosses: Having undergone ultrapasteurization.
ultrapasteurization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultra- + pasteurization.
Senses: glosses: A form of pasteurization in which the product is subjected to extreme heat for only a few seconds.
Related terms: ultrapasteurized
pasteurizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasteurization
womenless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From women + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without women.
Synonyms: wenchless
womanless
womanless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English womanles, equivalent to woman + -less.
Senses: examples: text: [I]t was furnished with the spartan simplicity which characterizes womanless quarters.
ref: 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 4:
glosses: Without women or a woman.
Synonyms: wenchless
womenless
manless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English manles, from Old English mannlēas, from Proto-Germanic *manalausaz, equivalent to man + -less. Cognate with Dutch manloos, German mannlos, Icelandic mannlauss.
Senses: glosses: Without a man or men.
examples: text: A eunuch is a negative creature. A beardless Moslem is contemptuously designated as manless.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
glosses: Lacking masculinity.
Derived terms: manlessly
manlessness
Related terms: menless
industrywise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From industry + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to industry.
factorywise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From factory + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a factory.
outseam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outseams
Etymology: From out + seam.
Senses: glosses: The seam of a trouser up the outside of the leg.
outseams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outseam
sitz bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitz baths
Etymology: Partial calque of German Sitzbad (“idem.”, literally “sit bath”).
Senses: synonyms: hip bath
glosses: A hydrotherapeutic bath taken in a sitting position.
hydrotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hydrotherapy.
pseudotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudotherapeutic
form: most pseudotherapeutic
Etymology: From pseudo- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: As if, but not actually, therapeutic.
pseudotumors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudotumor
pseudotumour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudotumours
Etymology: From pseudo- + tumour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pseudotumor.
pseudotumours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudotumour
diarylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diarylike
form: most diarylike
Etymology: From diary + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Is it just an odd coincidence that the first event of the diarylike text is also the earliest element of the prosecutor's case?
ref: 1990, Roy Jay Nelson, Causality and narrative in French fiction from Zola to Robbe-Grillet:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a diary.
dairylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dairylike
form: most dairylike
Etymology: From dairy + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a dairy or of dairy products.
forgelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forgelike
form: most forgelike
Etymology: From forge + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a forge.
grabfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grabfests
Etymology: From grab + -fest.
Senses: glosses: An event at which participants greedily attempt to grab goods or resources.
grabfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grabfest
ambrein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fragrant substance (a triterpenoid alcohol) derived from ambergris, used in the perfume industry.
inelegances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inelegance
crimsonly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more crimsonly
form: most crimsonly
Etymology: From crimson + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Embarrassed beyond measure, she blushed crimsonly.
glosses: With a crimson colour.
crimsonness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crimson + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being crimson in colour.
midgesture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + gesture.
Senses: examples: text: The gym instructor stopped in midgesture and turned to greet the newcomer.
glosses: The middle of a gesture.
choosily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more choosily
form: most choosily
Etymology: From choosy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a choosy manner; pickily.
overswing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overswings
form: overswinging
form: overswung
form: overswung
Etymology: From over- + swing.
Senses: examples: text: The golfer overswung and missed the ball completely.
glosses: To swing too far.
overswing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overswings
Etymology: From over- + swing.
Senses: glosses: An excessive swing
overswings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overswing
overswings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overswing
overswinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overswing
overswung
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overswing
pubkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pubkeepers
Etymology: From pub + keeper.
Senses: glosses: The person responsible for the running of a pub, usually the proprietor.
pubkeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pubkeeper
ranchlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ranchland
saetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saeta
sadomasochistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sadomasochistically
form: most sadomasochistically
Etymology: From sadomasochistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a sadomasochistic manner.
subscribership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subscriberships
Etymology: From subscriber + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being a subscriber.
subscriberships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subscribership
needlecrafter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needlecrafters
Etymology: From needlecraft + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who creates needlecraft.
needlecrafters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needlecrafter
doggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doggeries
Etymology: From dog + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: There is an enemy of religion here, who […] keeps a public house, and also a "doggery." […] By his "doggery," he keeps around him a gang of ten or fifteen of the most abandoned persons, whom he employs as assistants in carrying out his nefarious schemes. When intoxicated, he is most abusive; […]
ref: 1846, Home Missionary, volume 19, page 125:
text: 1829. Atwater Remarks Made on a Tour to Prairie du Chien.... Page 59 in context of mixed race community at of Am. Fur Co. station at Keokuck, Iowa: "their lights on the rapids, in a dark night, were darting about, appearing and disappearing like so many fire flies; the constant roaring of the waters on the rapids, the occasional Indian yell, the lights of their fires on the shore, and the boisterous mirth of the people at the doggery, attracted my attention occasionally, while we were lying here." and at Galena in lead region p.192 "Mr Gratiot has a large lead furnace here; and there is a store of dry goods, but no doggery in the village."
glosses: A squalid tavern.
examples: text: "There's a lot of 'doggery' about this business," my informant added musingly.
ref: 1908, The Nation, volume 4, page 379:
text: Then it is all doggery and devilry and there is no God and no mercy.
ref: 1935, Frank Philpott Bacon, The Use of Spiritualism in the Drama, page 126:
text: They fed on oily carcasses washed down with rum, brawled away the evenings, and collapsed each night in drunken stupor. After a week of this doggery, they made the rounds again, gathering freshly laid eggs, […]
ref: 1961, Boys' Life, volume 51, number 11, page 13:
glosses: Bestial or underhand behaviour.
examples: text: […] we'd distinguish an "entelechial" dog, the "compleat" dog toward which all doggery variously aspires […]
ref: 1967, Stanley Romaine Hopper, David LeRoy Miller, Interpretation: the Poetry of Meaning, page 84:
glosses: Dogs generally; the realm or sphere of dogs.
doggeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doggery
alims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alim
drudgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drudgery
bishonen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bishounen
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 美少年 (bishōnen びしょうねん), from Middle Chinese 美 (mij^X, “beautiful”) + 少年 (syewᴴ nen, “teenaged boy”) (compare Mandarin 少年 (shàonián)).
Senses: examples: text: Incidentally, I'm not sure you're bucking the trend so much as going along with it; FTM crossplay is getting pretty popular, although you see more women going for bishounen and visual-kei genderfucky stars than anything else.
ref: 2001 May 22, Wednesday, “Re: 'There are only 500 REAL anime fans in the UK'”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet), message-ID <-6y*A5OWo@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
glosses: An Asian aesthetic of young men whose beauty (and sex appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation, found in manga, etc.
Derived terms: bishie
Related terms: girlyman
bishounen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bishonen.
bishie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bishies
Etymology: Diminutive of bishonen, + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: This is actually a boy bishie in the form of an ogre. It's called an oni in Japanese. Onis have supernatural powers that can command the forces of nature such as wind (to create hurricanes) and lightning (to create thunderbolts).
ref: 2005, Christopher Hart, Manga Mania Shoujo: How to Draw the Charming and Romantic Characters of Japanese Comics, →ISBN, page 69:
text: There will be no rocking back and forth on pigeon-toed feet, while my face flushes with the blood of a thousand timid bishies.
ref: 2012 January 24, Andrew Hussie, Homestuck, archived from the original on 01 May 2022:
glosses: A bishonen character.
bishies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bishie
boatneck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boatnecks
Etymology: From boat + neck.
Senses: glosses: A wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
boatnecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boatneck
bogeywoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bogeywomen
Etymology: Blend of bogeyman + -woman
Senses: glosses: A female bogeyman.
bogeywomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogeywoman
catwalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catwalkers
Etymology: From catwalk + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The bouncer insisted that the club had hit maximum capacity— even though others were allowed in and it was not that crowded inside— and told the Czech catwalker to get in line like a civilian.
ref: 2003, New York - Volume 36, page 9:
text: Originally a model herself, she made her acting debut as an aspiring catwalker (with Michael Learned and Leah Remini, hugging, and Alison Elliott, right) in an '89 sitcom.
ref: 2003, Editors of People Magazine, People: 100 Greatest TV Stars of Our Time, →ISBN, page 58:
text: Twenty years later, dissatisfied with the lack of foundation shades for women of color, she segued from catwalker to cosmetics entrepreneur, founding her eponymous line.
ref: 2005, Elle - Issues 242-243, page 258:
text: Lola was more cat lady than catwalker.
ref: 2009, Anna Carey, Sloane Sisters - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: A fashion model who works on a catwalk.
examples: text: Production Assistant and catwalker on Harry and Tonto.
ref: 1976, Directors Guild of America, Directory of Members, page 118:
text: Like the man who work on the swaying cables of suspension bridges and steel girders of skyscrapers, the catwalkers are nonchalant about the height, the slim path they tread and the penalty of a false step.
ref: 1984, Gene Brown, The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film: 1964-1968, →ISBN:
text: The longer the walk, the longer the finished rope or cable, so the narrow catwalks began high up under the roof, with a catwalker walking backwards to add the hemp strands fed to him by helpers.
ref: 1985, Oliver Howard, Goldena Roland Howard, The Mark Twain Book, page 39:
text: The catwalker is the fascinated but detached spectator who now and then has a strange illusion of power— "the feeling . . . that you could put out your finger and make a change in the universe."
ref: 1987, Ruth Marguerite Vande Kieft, Twayne's United States Authors Series - Volume 15, page 90:
glosses: One who works on a catwalk (high elevated platform).
catwalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catwalkers
Etymology: From cat + walker.
Senses: examples: text: Worthless Wiecky, janitor and catwalker! I can just see the haughty cat, tail tall, glide serenely across the lobby as the witless Wiecky holds the door for it while inside the elevator his employer fidgets at the delay!
ref: 2006 September 14, Andre Jute, “"Worthless Wiecky" stalks Mr Jute”, in rec.audio.opinion (Usenet):
text: The centralized hub provides weary catwalkers with a spacious rest area—and sanctuary from children and other loud noises.
ref: 2009, Bob Walker, The Cats' House, →ISBN, page 33:
text: One element a cat-walker has to be prepared for is the pursuit's unique, stop-start rhythm.
ref: 2011, Tom Cox -, Talk to the Tail: Adventures in Cat Ownership and Beyond, →ISBN:
text: Nor, if it was at all possible – although I accept this is a bit nit-picky – a daily cat-walker.
ref: 2012, Melissa Kite, Real Life, →ISBN:
glosses: One who walks a cat or cats.
catwalkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catwalker
cheeseparing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheese-paring
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cheesepare
cheeseparing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cheeseparing
form: most cheeseparing
form: cheese-paring
Senses: glosses: Niggardly, stingy.
cheeseparing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheeseparings
form: cheese-paring
Senses: examples: text: For this reason I publish it periodically in parts, and in the light unrestrained form of conversation, as best adapted for the convenience of those who can only read at odd hours during the cheeseparings of time.
ref: 1841, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 50, page 740:
glosses: A small fragment or sliver.
Related terms: cheeseparing economies
tsarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tsarlike
form: most tsarlike
form: czarlike
Etymology: From tsar + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tsar.
czarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more czarlike
form: most czarlike
Etymology: From czar + -like.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tsarlike.
unshippable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shippable.
Senses: glosses: Not shippable; impossible to ship, or unsuitable for shipping.
floriculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floricultures
Senses: glosses: the farming of flowers
Related terms: floricultural
floriculturist
nonbellicose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bellicose.
Senses: glosses: Not bellicose; unwarlike.
honeyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more honeyish
form: most honeyish
Etymology: From honey + -ish.
Senses: examples: a honeyish sweetness
glosses: honeylike
mishandlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mishandling
hoppier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of hoppy: more hoppy
hoppiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of hoppy: most hoppy
get off one's chest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets off one's chest
form: getting off one's chest
form: got off one's chest
form: got off one's chest
form: gotten off one's chest
form: take something off one's chest
Senses: examples: text: I wanna tell you things and show you all the rest / Broadcast my emotions on the radio and take them off my chest / I hope you're listening / Are you? Are you?
ref: 2020, Ava Max, Sorana, Roland Spreckley, Henri Antero Salonen, Cirkut, Jason Gill, “OMG What's Happening”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:
glosses: To relieve oneself psychologically or emotionally by speaking to someone.
Related terms: get the dirty water off one's chest
make a clean breast
out of one's system
safarilike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more safarilike
form: most safarilike
Etymology: From safari + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a safari.
omiai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omiais
form: omiai
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese お見合い (おみあい, o-miai).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese custom in which unattached individuals are introduced to each other to consider the possibility of marriage.
overplough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overploughs
form: overploughing
form: overploughed
form: overploughed
form: overplow
Etymology: From over- + plough.
Senses: glosses: To plough excessively.
overplow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overplows
form: overplowing
form: overplowed
form: overplowed
Etymology: From over- + plow.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overplough.
overplowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overplow
overploughs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overplough
overploughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overplough
overplows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overplow
overploughed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overplough
overplowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overplow