cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
run across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs across
form: running across
form: ran across
form: run across
Senses: examples: text: The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal.
glosses: To cross by running.
examples: text: While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother's recipe for Cornish game hens.
synonyms: encounter
glosses: To find or discover by chance; to come across.
Jaredites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jaredite
dishonoured bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dishonoured bills
Senses: glosses: A cheque or similar financial instrument whose payment has been refused.
Synonyms: word: bounced check
Coordinate terms: word: bad check
word: hot check
word: rubber check
Welsh dresser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welsh dressers
Senses: examples: text: They furnished the house with mahogany sideboard, leather settee, oak Welsh-dresser – handsome furniture […].
ref: 1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 14:
glosses: A piece of furniture used to store and display crockery.
dishonoured bills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dishonoured bill
ladies' lounge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladies' lounges
form: ladies lounge
Etymology: From plural genitive of lady + lounge.
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lady, lounge.
examples: text: When she accepted his invitation, finally, and went to have a drink with him in the ladies′ lounge, her first experience of such a place, she alone seemed to notice how in the raucous group conversations he had a peculiar mannerism.
ref: 2003, Robert Gray, “from: The Waters under the Earth”, in Peter Craven, editor, The Best Australian Essays 2003, page 229:
text: In 1961 Australia was a very uptight place. The Queen and Sir Robert Menzies loomed large in the national psyche; there was capital punishment, pubs closed at 6 pm and women stayed in the ladies′ lounge; White Australia, cricket and the sheep′s back were pillars of the community. Dissent or satire — especially where these matters were concerned — was unthinkable.
ref: 2008, Toby Creswell, Notorious Australians, unnumbered page:
text: ‘There′s definitely no ladies′ lounge?’
‘Not for us.’
Ivy had taken Erica into ladies′ lounges when she was younger, after RSL Women′s Auxiliary meetings, and Erica remembered Ivy hissing at her to get back to the table if she ever ventured near the door that opened to the public bar.
ref: 2008, Julia Lawrinson, The Push, unnumbered page:
glosses: A room in a pub or hotel, separate from the main drinking area, in which drinks are served; originally a place for women to drink in when not welcome or not comfortable in the traditionally male-oriented public bar, and latterly a more genteel area than the public bar.
Synonyms: sense: drinking area separate from main bar
word: beer garden
Related terms: ducks on the pond
staminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin staminatus (“consisting of threads”), from stamen (“thread”).
Senses: examples: text: The tree is diaecious, and those who would have fruit must be careful to get both staminate and pistillate trees.
ref: 1895, The Minnesota Horticulturist: Annual report, page 179:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having functional stamens, but (typically) no carpels.
Related terms: word: carpellate
word: pistillate
sense: Welsh
word: brigerog
coinciding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coincide
coinciding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: coincidings
Senses: glosses: Act or situation by which things coincide; coincidence.
adjudications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjudication
aggressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggressor
aggressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggression
Arbil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Erbil
form: Irbil
Senses: glosses: A city in Kurdistan, Iraq.
glosses: A governorate of Iraq.
Synonyms: word: Arbela
word: Hawler
mutterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutterers
Etymology: From mutter + -er.
Senses: examples: text: "To accuse a priest!" said someone in a tone of indignation, and a murmur arose at once in sympathy. ¶ It moved the young officer to mirth. He half-swung on his heel so as to confront those mutterers.
ref: 1926, Rafael Sabatini, chapter 3, in Bellarion the Fortunate:
text: c. 1954, Jack Kerouac, Untitled poem, in Book of Sketches, 1952-57, Penguin, 2006, p. 239,
I, mutterer to / myself in childhood French […]
glosses: One who mutters.
mutterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutterer
mumbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mumblers
Etymology: From mumble + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Attending Bradly for company when he went abroad with his painting traps failed to account for itself under the heading of a diversion. Old Mudgy surpassed himself as a scowler and mumbler when engaged in the practice of his art.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 91:
glosses: Agent noun of mumble; one who mumbles.
mumblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumbler
mudroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mudrooms
form: mud room
Etymology: From mud + room.
Senses: examples: text: We made sure to hang our wet clothes on the hook in the mudroom when we came in from the snow.
text: In the mud room, I grabbed my wool-lined jacket and headed back out.
ref: 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.28
coordinate_terms: airlock
boot room
half bath
vestibule
foyer
glosses: A room used as a barrier between indoors and outdoors.
mudrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mudroom
muralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muralists
Etymology: From mural + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An artist who paints murals.
muralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muralist
murkily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more murkily
form: most murkily
Etymology: From murky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew.
ref: 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 16:
glosses: In a murky way.
murkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murkinesses
Etymology: From Middle English mirkines, equivalent to murky + -ness. Compare also Middle English mirkenes, merkenes (“darkness”).
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being murky.
mutuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmjuːtjuˈælɪti/
ipa: /ˌmjuːtʃuˈælɪti/
Forms: form: mutualities
Etymology: From mutual + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The mutuality of mutually assured destruction is key to its function as a deterrent.
glosses: The property of being mutual.
moviegoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moviegoers
Etymology: From movie + goer.
Senses: synonyms: filmgoer
glosses: Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
Related terms: go to the movies
cinephile
moviegoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moviegoer
mournfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mournfulnesses
Etymology: From mournful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being mournful.
mousiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mousy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being mousy.
mouthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mouthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being mouthy.
motherliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From motherly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being motherly.
morbidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morbidnesses
Etymology: From morbid + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: morbidity
glosses: The property of being morbid.
motorman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motormen
Etymology: From motor + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man who controls a motor.
hypernyms: motorist
glosses: A person who operates a motor vehicle.
examples: Near-synonym: engineer
coordinate_terms: brakeman
fireman
glosses: A train driver.
examples: text: Near-synonym: engineer
text: Four years later, on May 27, 1898, he was promoted to fireman, and worked on all types of freight trains until November 27, 1911, when he was transferred to Heaton and became a motorman on the Tyneside electric services. After a spell of just over eight years as a motorman, he returned to Gateshead as a driver, and apart from a further short period as a motorman, he was employed at the Gateshead depot, first as a pilot driver, and then as a freight train driver.
ref: 1943 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: VII—Driver Matthew Morton, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 220:
text: The electric train motorman denied emphatically that he had misread this train's signals for his own and asserted that the inner home signal on the up main through line for his train was displaying a green aspect, with the indicator showing platform 14.
ref: 1961 March, “Talking of trains: Collision at Waterloo”, in Trains Illustrated, page 138:
text: But to no avail - the suburban (Sunday) service ground to a halt, with only 20 of the 268 motormen turning up for work on Boxing Day [1949]. Kempton Park races lost 10,000 visitors, with the cancellation of 12 extra race day trains.
ref: 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:
synonyms: word: motorneer
coordinate_terms: brakeman
glosses: An electric train or tram driver.
Derived terms: motorman's friend
motormen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motorman
muddleheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more muddleheaded
form: most muddleheaded
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of muddle-headed.
Derived terms: muddleheadedly
muddleheadedness
prince bishop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prince bishops
Etymology: From prince (“ruler”) + bishop.
Senses: glosses: A bishop who also holds a secular princely rank, regardless whether its territory concurs wholly or partially with his diocese.
Related terms: Vladika
semi-conscious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + conscious.
Senses: glosses: Only partially conscious and aware; confused, groggy.
recapitalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recapitalizations
Etymology: From re- + capitalization.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A restructuring of a company's mixture of equity and debt
Related terms: recapitalize
man-size
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of man-sized.
synonyms: word: man-sized
man-sized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The man-sized ants made quick work of the Earthan army.
glosses: Having about the same size as an adult human male.
examples: text: Three pounds of chicken wings? Now that's a man-sized meal.
glosses: Of a size suitable for a man; larger than normal.
examples: text: Swimming across the icy river is a man-sized task.
glosses: That needs manly attributes, such as strength or endurance.
man-to-man
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: direct, forthright, and honest
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: one-on-one
man-to-man
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: directly, forthrightly, and honestly
many-sided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more many-sided
form: most many-sided
Etymology: From many + side + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having many sides; polygonal
glosses: Having many aspects
Derived terms: many-sidedness
marbleize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marbleizes
form: marbleizing
form: marbleized
form: marbleized
form: marbelize
form: marbleise
Etymology: From marble + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: And later that evening, speeding along the marbleised esplanade towards the lights of Winter Wonderland, a machine voice can be heard emerging from some hidden grill.
ref: 2022 November 27, Barney Ronay, “Welcome to Lusail: Lego-city of the gods and one of the strangest places on earth”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To make (something) look like marble; to marble.
glosses: To come to look like marble; to marble.
Derived terms: marbleizer
Related terms: marbelization
marbleization
marbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of marble
marbling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marblings
Senses: glosses: A mottled or streaky appearance
glosses: The process of adding such an appearance, especially as a decoration
draft horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draft horses
form: draught horse
Etymology: From draft (itself from to draw) + horse.
Senses: glosses: A horse used for muscular work other than carrying a rider and/or load, such as pulling a cart, plow, or log.
glosses: A horse of a race specifically bred for such work, heavier and stronger than a mount.
draught horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draught horses
form: draft horse
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of draft horse.
Hypernyms: draught animal
alway
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.weɪ/
other: /ɔːlˈweɪ/
Etymology: From Middle English alwey, from Old English ealneġ, ealne weġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way”), from ealne + weġ (accusative case), equivalent to al- (“all”) + way. Cognate with Scots alwayis (“always”). More at all, way.
Senses: examples: text: And lo I am with you allwaye even untyll the ende off the worlde.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxviij, folio xliii, recto:
text: Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 7:6, column 1:
text: Tired flower! upon my breast,
I would wear thee alway
ref: 1900, Ernest Dowson, Villanelle of Sunset, lines 16–17:
glosses: Alternative form of always.
Derived terms: alwayness
deies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deie
sarcling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sarcle
hoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hoe
glosses: present participle and gerund of ho
hoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoeings
Senses: examples: text: The field required frequent hoeings.
glosses: The act of digging, weeding, etc. with a hoe.
sarcle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcles
Senses: glosses: hoe
sarcle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sarcles
form: sarcling
form: sarcled
form: sarcled
Senses: glosses: To weed with a hoe
evolutionary theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evolutionary theories
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A theory of evolution, especially the scientific theory of evolution through natural selection.
examples: text: Opposed to the evolutionary theory of the universe is the theory of the steady state universe.
ref: 1962, Clifford D. Simak, The Solar System: Our New Front Yard, page 70:
text: A more refined version is the concept of restless capitalism developed by Metcalfe, working on the evolutionary theory of economic change by Nelson and Winter. In both cases, the economy is in a state of disequilibrium all of the time.
ref: 2015, Jorge Turmo Arnal, Financial Crisis and the Failure of Economic Theory, page 155:
glosses: Any model of disequilibrium or accumulating change.
Hyponyms: topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: natural selection
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: transmutationism
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: saltationism
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: transformationism
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: transformism
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: orthogenesis
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: Lamarckism
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: adaptationism
Related terms: evolutionary biology
deie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dey (“dairymaid”).
signature tune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: signature tunes
Senses: topics: broadcasting
entertainment
lifestyle
media
music
synonyms: theme song
theme tune
glosses: The tune that opens and/or closes a radio or television programme.
Related terms: signature song
chartered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chartered
form: most chartered
Senses: glosses: Having a charter.
examples: a chartered surveyor, a chartered accountant
glosses: Having a charter.
Having membership of the relevant professional body and the necessary qualifications to carry on a particular profession.
Derived terms: chartered accountant
Chartered Director
Chartered Surveyor
unchartered
chartered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of charter
ACA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ACAs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of airspace control authority.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of airspace coordination area.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Initialism of associate chartered accountant.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of anterior cerebral artery.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of anti-cardiolipin antibody.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of anti-centromere antibody.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of antigen-capture assay.
examples: text: In a community where much socializing centers around bars, lesbian/gay ACAs may frequently find themselves in situations conducive to alcohol abuse or where the drinking of others triggers old feelings of anxiety.
ref: 1984 August 11, Janice Irvine, “Secrets of Fear, Shame, and Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 11:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of adult child of an alcoholic or adult child of alcoholics.
ACA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: However, it is unclear whether the ACA will cover nonprescription contraception such as Opill.
ref: 2023 July 21, Amanda Musa, “The FDA approved the US’ first over-the-counter birth control pill. What happens next?”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Affordable Care Act (“H.R. 3590”), from the U.S. national law "Affordable Care Act" (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)
glosses: Initialism of Adult Children of Alcoholics.
Synonyms: sense: Affordable Care Act
word: ObamaCare
sense: Affordable Care Act
word: PPACA
wrested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wrest
wresting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wrest
wrests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛsts/
rhymes: -ɛsts
homophone: rests
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wrest
massed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæst/
rhymes: -æst
homophone: mast
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mass
massed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæst/
rhymes: -æst
homophone: mast
Derived terms: massedness
unmassed
sympathized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sympathised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sympathize
counselled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counseled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counsel
symbology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [sɪmˈbɑləd͡ʒi]
ipa: [sɪmˈbɒləd͡ʒi]
Forms: form: symbologies
Etymology: From symbol + -ology, with (haplology) of -olol- to -ol.
Senses: glosses: The study or use of symbols.
examples: text: The pronounced symbology of antispecial privileges in schools and in society at large underscores the pervasive emphasis on the social equality of the common man.
ref: 1972, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Revolutionary Change in Cuba, →ISBN, page 391:
text: Two-dimensional symbologies provide a means of storing large amounts of data in a very small space. Stacked symbologies (linear bar codes stacked on top of each other), matrix symbologies (comprising a matrix of light and dark elements, circles, squares, or hexagons), and packet symbologies (a collection of linear symbols “randomly” arranged on a page) are commonly used.
ref: 2012, Harvey Lehpamer, RFID Design Principles, Artech House, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: An encoding scheme, particularly for barcodes.
Derived terms: symbological
Related terms: semiology
semiotics
glenohumeral joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glenohumeral joints
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The shoulder joint, a joint that connects the scapula (shoulder blade) and the humerus (upper arm bone).
shoulder joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoulder joints
Senses: glosses: The glenohumeral joint.
heavy-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heavyhandedness
Etymology: From heavy-handed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property or state of being heavy-handed.
Synonyms: iron-handedness
iron-fistedness
neverending
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: never-ending
Etymology: From never + ending.
Senses: examples: text: Lulling music washed around me, soft voices announced the rising and falling of airliners, huge screens clicked soothingly through neverending arrivals and departures.
ref: 1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, page 99:
glosses: Having no end or being endless.
Synonyms: unending
endless
eternal
Derived terms: neverendingly
neverendum
high-grade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: higher-grade
form: highest-grade
Senses: examples: text: The high-grade ore was much more profitable than lower-grade ore.
text: Were the possibilities of improving the efficiency of British Railways' steam locomotives by making the best use of the reasonably satisfactory low-grade lump coal available today, and thereby saving more high-grade locomotive coal, borne in mind when it was decided to go ahead rapidly with replacement of steam traction?
ref: 1961 September, “Talking of Trains: Greater scope for steam”, in Modern Railways, page 517:
text: Strikes are now due to take place on [...], while conductors also remain under instruction not to work any rest days or to undertake any higher-grade duties until further notice.
ref: 2021 September 8, “Network News: RMT on "war footing" in response to workforce cutback threats”, in RAIL, number 939, page 15:
glosses: Of high quality, particularly good.
examples: text: This chapter on high-grade pelvic prolapse by Phillip Toozs Hobson and Amallia Brair concisely reviews prevalence, risk factors, conservative and surgical management options, surgical complications and prevention. High-grade prolapse is a particularly challenging clinical scenario because it reflects a severe loss of native support and has been associated with a higher rate of recurrence over time. Pelvic prolapse is an intimate condition in which education and counselling is critical to patient’s understanding, expectations and treatment satisfaction.
ref: 2021 April 14, Una Lee, “High-Grade Prolapse”, in Female Pelvic Medicine. Challenging Cases with Expert Commentary, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 209–215:
text: Surgical treatment of patients affected by high-grade high-dysplastic spondylolisthesis still represents a challenge for spine surgeons.
ref: 2022 October 1, C. Faldini, F. Barile, M. Ialuna, M. Manzetti, G. Viroli, F. Vita, M. Traversari, A. Rinaldi, T. Cerasoli, A. Paolucci, G. D’Antonio, A. Ruffilli, “High-grade dysplastic spondylolisthesis: surgical technique and case series”, in MUSCULOSKELETAL SURGERY, volume 107, →DOI, pages 323–331:
text: The additional detection rate of HSIL [high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions] using indiscriminating ECC [abnormal endocervical curettage] was 5%. Patients with abnormal ECC were older (P < 0.001), predominantly menopausal (P = 0.001), had high-grade cytology (P = 0.032), a type 3 transformation zone (P = 0.046), and a higher proportion of HPV type 16/18 infection (P = 0.023).
ref: 2023 August 3, Chunyang Feng, Liying Gu, Yingting Wei, Jiaxin Niu, Haima Yang, Zubei Hong, Lihua Qiu, “Analysis of outcomes following loop electrosurgical excision and clinical features of patients with cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions with abnormal preoperative endocervical curettage”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, volume 21, number 237, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Severe.
Related terms: top-grade
low-grade fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: low-grade fevers
form: low grade fever
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A slight fever, typically defined as never exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius (about 101 degrees Fahrenheit).
low-grade fevers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low-grade fever
high-test
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From high + test.
Senses: glosses: Applied to premium gasoline.
glosses: Of coffee: not decaffeinated.
glosses: Of a high standard.
Derived terms: alt: HTP
word: high-test peroxide
marvelously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more marvelously
form: most marvelously
Etymology: From marvelous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: With a vicious lunge the elephant swerved to the right to dispose of this temerarious foeman who dared intervene between himself and his intended victim; but he had not reckoned on the lightning quickness that could galvanize those steel muscles into action so marvelously swift as to baffle even a keener eyesight than Tantor’s.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 132:
glosses: Alternative form of marvellously.
massiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massivenesses
Etymology: From massive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Her height and massiveness in the low room gave her the look of a huge sibyl, while the strange fragrance of the mysterious herb blew in from the little garden.
ref: 1896, Sarah Orne Jewett, chapter 2, in The Country of the Pointed Firs:
text: 1914, H. G. Wells, “The Common Sense of Warfare” in An Englishman Looks at the World (U.S. title: Social Forces in England and America), New York: Harper & Brothers, § 2, pp. 163-164,
The progress of invention makes both the big ship and the army crowd more and more vulnerable and less effective. A new phase of warfare opens beyond the vista of our current programmes. Smaller, more numerous and various and mobile weapons and craft and contrivances, manned by daring and highly skilled men, must ultimately take the place of those massivenesses.
text: A Norman capital can be heavy because the Norman column is thick, and the whole thing expresses an elephantine massiveness and repose.
ref: 1920, G. K. Chesterton, chapter 11, in The New Jerusalem:
text: There was an oil lamp in all the four huts on Okonkwo's compound, and each hut seen from the others looked like a soft eye of yellow half-light set in the solid massiveness of night.
ref: 1958, Chinua Achebe, chapter 11, in Things Fall Apart, New York: Astor-Honor, published 1959:
glosses: The property of being massive.
masted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mast + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: It was a three-masted sailing ship.
glosses: Having (the specified kind or number of) masts.
Derived terms: double-masted
multi-masted
quadruple-masted
single-masted
triple-masted
twin-masted
undermasted
Related terms: master
masted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mast + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mast
matricidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From matricide + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
Derived terms: matricidally
matronly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪtɹənli/
Forms: form: more matronly
form: most matronly
Etymology: From matron + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The matronly woman cared for the sick orphan.
glosses: In the capacity of a matron; serving as a housekeeper or head nurse.
examples: c. 1977, Janeane Garofalo, a skit
the matronly upper arms girls know about life and love and losing
glosses: Exuding the authority, wisdom, power, and intelligence of an experienced woman.
examples: 27 April 2009, LA Times https://web.archive.org/web/20090427074230/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/04/susan-boyle-gets-a-makeover-is-she-going-hollywood-already.html
Gone is her matronly gray frizzy hair and those bushy brows, frumpy frock and old lady pearls.
glosses: Having the appearance of a mature woman, often of larger physical stature and somewhat unkempt or dowdy.
Derived terms: matronliness
unmatronly
matronly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪtɹənli/
Forms: form: more matronly
form: most matronly
Etymology: From matron + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The mother dressed matronly, in a bonnet and in black, always sat between her two big daughters, firm, directing, and repressed.
ref: 1906, Gertrude Stein, Three Lives, page 166:
text: She was the same height and weight as Mother and had the same hairdo and dressed matronly like her. It was scary. She looked so much like Mother.
ref: 2004, Irene Kai, The golden mountain: beyond the American dream, →ISBN, page 214:
text: “I had to dress matronly to get the position. I've had trouble with that before. I have actually been turned away for a position as stewardess because I was too pretty.”
ref: 2011 May 25, Kellianne Sweeny, The One That Got Away, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: In the manner of a matron.
mawkishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mawkishnesses
Etymology: From mawkish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being mawkish.
matter-of-factness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From matter-of-fact + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: His matter-of-factness might merely be lack of tact.
glosses: The property of behaving in a matter-of-fact manner.
mealiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mealinesses
Etymology: From mealy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being mealy.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Synonym of foxing: blemishes in a print or printed work.
synonyms: word: foxing
extra: blemishes in a print or printed work
mellifluousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mellifluous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: "You should read Spanish," he said. "It is a noble tongue. It has not the mellifluousness of Italian, Italian is the language of tenors and organ-grinders, but it has grandeur: it does not ripple like a brook in a garden, but it surges tumultuous like a mighty river in flood."
ref: 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage:
glosses: The property of being mellifluous.
mellowness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mellownesses
Etymology: From mellow + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: To mark this absolutism of change over the works of man is both pleasing and profitable, for what is more emotional than to observe the hoarness, the mellowness, and the natural final decay of objects whose beginnings date almost from the immemorial […] ?
ref: 1871, The Antiquary, volumes 1-2, page 13:
synonyms: word: mellow
glosses: The property of being mellow.
melodiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From melodious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being melodious.
mesmerizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesmerizers
Etymology: From mesmerize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who mesmerizes; a hypnotist.
mesmerizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesmerizer
metacarpi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metacarpus
metatarsi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metatarsus
meticulousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meticulous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or characteristic of being meticulous.
Synonyms: meticulosity
painstakingness
scrupulousness
methodicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methodical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being methodical.
microfiber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfibers
form: microfibre
Etymology: From micro- + fiber.
Senses: examples: text: The spilled wine hadn't stained the microfiber couch.
glosses: Very fine synthetic fiber; cloth made of such fiber.
microsurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + surgery.
Senses: glosses: Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body.
microsurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsurgeries
Etymology: From micro- + surgery.
Senses: examples: text: Reattaching his severed finger required microsurgery to suture together the tiny blood vessels.
glosses: Surgical procedures that are very small.
Derived terms: laryngomicrosurgery
phonomicrosurgery
supermicrosurgery
supramicrosurgery
microsurgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsurgery
militiaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: militiamen
Etymology: From militia + -man.
Senses: glosses: A member of a militia.
militiamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of militiaman
mimicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mimickers
Etymology: From mimic + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mimic (noun).
synonyms: word: mimic
extra: noun
mimickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimicker
milkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milkinesses
Etymology: From milky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being milky.
mindlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mindlessnesses
Etymology: From mindless + -ness.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: thoughtlessness
antonyms: mindfulness
;
presence of mind
coordinate_terms: absence of mind
absent-mindedness
glosses: The property of being mindless.
mudslinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mudslingers
Etymology: From mud + slinger.
Senses: examples: text: Yet, even while modern mudslinging has grown more rampant […] the phenomenon is hardly new.
ref: 2008, Kerwin C. Swint, Mudslingers, Union Square Press.:
glosses: One who casts aspersions or insults; especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
mudslingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mudslinger
motionlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From motionless + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: immobility
glosses: The property of being motionless.
moodiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmuːdɪnəs/
Forms: form: moodinesses
Etymology: Either inherited from Middle English modinesse (“pride”), from Old English mōdiġnes, or formed anew from moody + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being moody.
monsoonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From monsoon + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Who fishes in the yellow-coloured monsoonal runoff from the drainages, with sheets of deep water pouring into the wide rivers swollen over their banks, filling vast plains with floodwaters?
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 3:
glosses: Relating to monsoons.
Derived terms: intermonsoonal
moistness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moistnesses
Etymology: From Middle English moistnesse, moistnes, equivalent to moist + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being moist.
examples: text: The moistnesse which the roote of a tree suckes becomes a trunke, a leafe, and fruite: And the aire being but one, applied unto a trumpet, becommoth diverse in a thousand sorts of sounds.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
Synonyms: sense: both senses
word: moisture
misstatement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misstatements
Etymology: From mis- + statement.
Senses: examples: text: Again we read at page 174: “Instead of the Universal Roman Catholic Church there existed after 1650 the National Catholic Churches of Spain, France, Austria, Poland, etc. more subject to the Royal supremacy than to the Papal, not, however, so completely as in England.” This is obviously an exaggeration. There never existed in the countries mentioned, least of all in Spain, any National Catholic Church. There would not have existed any such contradictorially-named organization even in England had it not been for the lechery of Henry VIII. Other similar misstatements might be noticed here and there. The author's intention, however, to be just is patent and his success in this respect is noteworthy.
ref: 1916 March, “Criticisms and Notes: Burgess: The Reconciliation of Government with Liberty”, in American Ecclesiastical Review, volume LIV, number 3, Philadelphia: The Dolphin Press, pages 373–374:
text: his gubernatorial campaign, noteworthy mostly for his seemingly daily racist and otherwise offensive misstatements
ref: 1990 April 7, Laura Briggs, “Silber Comes Out Against Homophobia”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
glosses: Something stated wrongly; a (usually unintentionally) incorrect statement.
misstatements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misstatement
meatiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meaty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being meaty.
meningeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈnɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/
ipa: /ˌmɛn.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/
rhymes: -ɪndʒiəl
rhymes: -iːəl
Etymology: From New Latin mēningeus + -al, from mēninga (“membrane covering the brain”) + -eus (adjectival suffix), equivalent to meninx (meninge) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs.
ref: 2018 November 8, Dr. Melina Jampolis, “The real science behind fascia ailments”, in CNN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the meninges.
Derived terms: cerebromeningeal
corticomeningeal
extrameningeal
intermeningeal
intrameningeal
meningeal artery
meningeally
neuromeningeal
nonmeningeal
pachymeningeal
parameningeal
perimeningeal
submeningeal
hip bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hip bones
form: hipbone
Etymology: From hip (noun) + bone (noun).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: innominate
innominate bone
os coxae
os innominatum
holonyms: pelvis
meronyms: acetabulum
ilium
ischium
pubis
glosses: One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
Related terms: english: not a fracture of this bone
translation: not a fracture of this bone
word: hip fracture
word: hip joint
word: hip replacement
arachnoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹæk.nɔɪd/
rhymes: -æknɔɪd
Etymology: Mid 18th century borrowing from New Latin arachnoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής (ărăkhnoeidḗs, “like a cobweb”), from ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (ărắkhnē, “spider web”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”). By surface analysis, arachn- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or resembling spider webs; covered with or composed of soft loose hairs or fibers.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the arachnoid mater.
Derived terms: arachnoid mater
periarachnoid
subarachnoid
superarachnoid
arachnoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹæk.nɔɪd/
rhymes: -æknɔɪd
Forms: form: arachnoids
Etymology: Mid 18th century borrowing from New Latin arachnoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής (ărăkhnoeidḗs, “like a cobweb”), from ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (ărắkhnē, “spider web”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”). By surface analysis, arachn- + -oid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of arachnoid mater.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A round network of fractures in the crust of Venus.
Derived terms: arachnoidal
arachnoidian
arachnoiditis
arachnoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹæk.nɔɪd/
rhymes: -æknɔɪd
Etymology: 19th century from translingual Arachnida + -oid.
Senses: topics: arachnology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to or resembling spiders.
arachnoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹæk.nɔɪd/
rhymes: -æknɔɪd
Forms: form: arachnoids
Etymology: 19th century from translingual Arachnida + -oid.
Senses: glosses: An arachnid.
arachnoid mater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arachnoid maters
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: arachnoid
glosses: The middle layer of the meninges; a membrane that protects the brain and spinal cord below the dura mater and above the subarachnoid space and the pia mater.
subarachnoid space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subarachnoid spaces
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The space between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, through which the cerebrospinal fluid circulates and major blood vessels pass, and across which extend delicate trabeculae of connective tissue.
pia mater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pia maters
Etymology: From Medieval Latin pia māter (literally “tender mother”).
Senses: examples: text: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
ref: 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2013, page 200:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The innermost of the meninges, the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
messiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: messinesses
Etymology: From messy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: She was willing to forgive his messiness when they married, and pick up after him, but not that he forgot their anniversary.
glosses: The property of being messy.
meteorologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meteorology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to meteorology; meteorological.
Synonyms: meteorological
mightiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mightinesses
Etymology: From mighty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being mighty.
examples: your high mightinesses; your noble mightinesses
glosses: A title of dignity; excellency.
militarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/
ipa: /ˈmɪl.ə.tə.ɹɪst/
ipa: [ˈmɪl.ə.ɾə.ɹɪst]
ipa: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/
ipa: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹɪst/
Forms: form: militarists
Etymology: From military + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who believes in the use of military force.
Derived terms: antimilitarist
militaristic
Related terms: militarism
militant
bellicist
militarist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/
ipa: /ˈmɪl.ə.tə.ɹɪst/
ipa: [ˈmɪl.ə.ɾə.ɹɪst]
ipa: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹɪst/
ipa: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹɪst/
Forms: form: more militarist
form: most militarist
Etymology: From military + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The common efforts of the United Nations in rescuing China and Japan from the grasp of imperialist and militarist power must not be nullified by acquiescence in new imperialist conquest by more subtle devices than outright war.
ref: 1949 November 29, Thomas J. Hamilton, quoting Philip C[aryl] Jessup, “U. S. Plan on China Bids Nations Honor Her Independence […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025:
text: Soviet authorities said some books were banned because they did not "serve the purpose of detente and mutual understanding," others because they were "militarist and racist literature and pornography."
ref: 1979 September 5, Kevin Klose, “U.S. Publishers Threaten Boycott of Future Moscow Book Fairs”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2017:
text: Perot’s invocation of such solutions is integral to his ideological outlook, which is militarist-corporativist, reminiscent of 1930s Italian fascism. […] Perot’s ties to right-wing, militarist populism may be more complex and troubling than is now supposed.
ref: 1992 May 25, Alexander Cockburn, “Column Left; Alexander Cockburn: [Ross] Perot’s Plan Is There for Us to Find […]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2022:
glosses: Synonym of militaristic.
synonyms: word: militaristic
militarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of militarist
minibike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minibikes
Etymology: From mini- + bike.
Senses: glosses: A small motorized two wheeled vehicle, rarely street-legal.
Derived terms: minibiker
street-legal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Tanks are not street-legal because their treads chew up the pavement.
glosses: That can legally be operated on public streets.
raw_tags: of a vehicle
Related terms: roadworthy
repos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repo
repos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repo
minuteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minutenesses
Etymology: From minute + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being minute.
examples: text: Hitherto I have hoarded up mementoes and monuments of the past; been a worshiper of all heirlooms; a fond filer away of letters, locks of hair, bits of ribbon, flowers, and the thousand-and-one minutenesses which love and memory think they sanctify:—but it is forever over now!
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: Something very tiny.
mirthfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mirthfully
form: most mirthfully
Etymology: From mirthful + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: word: joyously
word: merrily
word: blessedly
word: bubblingly
word: chearfully
word: cheerfully
word: cheerily
word: cheerly
word: eudaemonically
word: eupeptically
word: gaily
word: gayly
word: genially
word: gladly
word: happily
word: joyfully
word: joyously
word: lightheartedly
word: merrily
word: mirthfully
glosses: In a mirthful manner; happily