cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sororities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorority
minster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnstə/
ipa: /ˈmɪnstɚ/
Forms: form: minsters
Etymology: From Middle English menstre (see mynisterie), from Old English mynster, from Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “monastery; solitary dwelling”). Doublet of monastery.
Senses: examples: text: [F]urther south in Kent, there was St. Mildred, whose mother, in 670, founded the minster that still stands there in good nick, with nine nuns who are an ever-present help in trouble to all religions and none.
ref: 2014 July 20, Jane Gardam, “Give us a bishop in high heels [print version: “Give us a high-heeled bishop”, International New York Times, 22 July 2014, page 11]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2014:
glosses: A monastic church.
glosses: A cathedral church without any monastic connection.
Derived terms: Axminster
Eastminster
Ilminster
minster house
Minster Lovell
Westminster
milldust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mill + dust.
Senses: glosses: The fine, flour-like dust produced when corn or wheat is milled
maturation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maturations
Etymology: From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming mature.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.
Derived terms: cisternal maturation model
dysmaturation
glycomaturation
hypomaturation
immunomaturation
maturational
neuromaturation
postmaturation
prematuration
rematuration
lightwell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪtˌwɛl/
Forms: form: lightwells
Etymology: From light + well.
Senses: examples: text: In it a covered porch and vestibule were backed by a vertical shaft or "light-well," which served as a great window both to the vestibule itself, and to the corridors, staircases, and landings that connected it with the upper stories.
ref: 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 80:
text: The sliding glass door with its rolled-up blinds looked onto a lightwell, composed of a glass platform overhead and carefully angled mirrors that were reflecting a confusing cold light into the bedroom.
ref: 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 240:
topics: architecture
synonyms: airshaft
air well
ventilation shaft
vent shaft
glosses: An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room.
chastities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chastity
externalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of externality
full dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clothing worn on formal occasions.
Derived terms: full dress uniform
full dress
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Requiring a full-scale operation with attention to every minute detail.
full dress uniform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full dress uniforms
form: full-dress uniform
Senses: glosses: The most formal military uniform worn by a member of the military for a formal occasion, corresponding to the civilian white tie dress code.
wikipedia: 2019 Moscow Victory Day Parade
Russian Aerospace Forces
Hyponyms: blues
Coordinate terms: fatigues
khakis
camos
Related terms: mess dress
full dress uniforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full dress uniform
immunities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunity
zoologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoology
singing bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singing bowls
Senses: glosses: A type of bronze bell, shaped like a bowl, related to Buddhist and pre-Buddhist religious practice.
piping bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piping bags
Senses: synonyms: pastry bag
glosses: A cloth bag shaped like a cone with a small hole at the tapered end, used with a metal (or similar) nozzle for squeezing out decorative icing and other pastes in cooking.
falsities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of falsity
untruthfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more untruthfully
form: most untruthfully
Etymology: From untruthful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an untruthful manner; falsely.
kizami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 刻み (kizami).
Senses: glosses: A shredded form of nori used in Japanese dishes.
MICTOR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of matched impedance connector.
morphotactics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ordering restrictions in place on the ordering of morphemes.
Related terms: morphology
workshy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more workshy
form: most workshy
form: work-shy
Etymology: From work + shy.
Senses: examples: text: Workshy benefits claimants should stop watching daytime television and get a job.
glosses: Disinclined to work; lazy.
Related terms: ergophobic
baby teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby tooth
backboned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From backbone + -ed.
Senses: examples: a backboned animal
synonyms: vertebrate
vertebrated
glosses: Having a spine.
background music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BGM
Senses: glosses: Any music played in a public space whose main function is to create an atmosphere suitable to a specific occasion, rather than to be listened to.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any music in a film, video game, or other medium that establishes mood and is not meant to be the focus of attention.
Synonyms: sense: atmospheric music played in public space
word: piped music
Coordinate terms: elevator music
Muzak
Related terms: diegetic
underscore
verruga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verrugas
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of verruca (“wart”).
backseat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backseats
Etymology: From back + seat.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of back seat.
Synonyms: word: backseat
word: tonneau
Hypernyms: word: seat
backseat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backseats
form: backseating
form: backseated
form: backseated
Etymology: From back + seat.
Senses: glosses: To act in the manner of a back-seat driver or a back-seat gamer.
bedhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛd.hɛd/
rhymes: -ɛdhɛd
Forms: form: bedheads
form: bed head
Etymology: From bed + head. Superficially similar to, but etymologically distinguishable from, forms built from -head.
Senses: examples: text: Hand was looking flustered with me, though he was still only half-awake and his bedhead was ridiculous […]
ref: 2002, Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity, Vintage Canada, published 2011:
text: She always came to the office late because she was an INSOMNIAC, lewd grin, bedhead, and miniskirt, the CEO laughing his head off down the hallway, old word style, but new to have this dirty kind of hilarious brunette.
ref: 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
synonyms: bed hair
glosses: The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.
Derived terms: bed-headed
bedhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛd.hɛd/
rhymes: -ɛdhɛd
Forms: form: bedheads
form: bed head
Etymology: From Middle English bed-head, bedhede (also as beddeshed, beddes hede, beddes heed), equivalent to bed + head.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: bedstead; bedframe (sometimes comeronymous)
text: […] upon this he went up stairs in his shirt, and found the boy hanging in his belt to the staple within the bed-head, and no higher than would admit him to be on his knees, having only his shirt on.
ref: 1772, anonymous author, A True and Genuine Account of the Life, Trial, and Execution of James Bolland, London: self-published, page 2:
text: Feeling slightly ashamed of himself, he sat up against the bedhead.
ref: 1949, George Orwell, chapter 4, in Nineteen Eighty-Four:
text: There was a big black wrought-iron double bed, with a mosaic in the centre of the bedhead.
ref: 1977, Edna O'Brien, Johnny I Hardly Knew You, Penguin, published 1984, page 82:
text: A few miles from Skara Brae, you can see hearths, bedheads, and milk crate-style shelving in a cluster of stone houses that are joined by an internal corridor, like those of an apartment block. The houses are five thousand years old, older than the Egyptian pyramids.
ref: 2014, Christine Kenneally, chapter 8, in The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures, New York: Viking:
synonyms: headboard
glosses: A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed.
examples: text: Miss Macspleuchan, with a faint shriek, rang the bell at the bed-head violently; but before she or any one else could reach her, Lady Cecilia had fallen heavily on the floor, where she lay unconsciously, her maid falling down over her as she rushed into the room, alarmed by the sudden and violent ringing of the bell.
ref: 1841, Samuel Warren, Ten Thousand a-Year, Boston: Little & Brown, published 1900, Vol. III, Chapter, VIII, p. 342:
text: She turned off the bed-head light in this tiny, low-ceiled rolling home of hers, raised the curtain and watched the specks of light streak by.
ref: 1940, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXXIII, in Bethel Merriday, London: Jonathan Cape, page 364:
synonyms: head
bed's head
glosses: The end of a bed where the pillow is placed, the head of the bed.
latten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlætən/
ipa: /ˈlaʔən/
Forms: form: lattens
form: laton
Etymology: From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).
Senses: glosses: An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.
glosses: Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.
examples: text: gold latten
glosses: Any metal in thin sheets.
Derived terms: black latten
roll latten
shaven latten
white latten
infectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infectivities
Etymology: From infective + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The reputation for low infectivity of rubella was probably based on failure to recognise rashless cases.
ref: 1972, Charles Allan Birch, The House Physician's Handbook, page 70:
glosses: The ability of a pathogen to establish an infection
inescutcheon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnɪˈskʌt͡ʃn̩/
ipa: /ɪnɛ-/
ipa: /ɪnɪˈskʌt͡ʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ɪnɛ-/
rhymes: -ʌtʃən
Forms: form: inescutcheons
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₁én
From in- (prefix meaning ‘in; within’) + escutcheon.
Senses: examples: text: All the quartered Arms that I meet vvith belonging to Scottiſh Families, do not exceed ſix different Coats of Arms, vvhich are marſhalled after theſe three vvays, Plain Quartering, Quartering, and Counter-quartering, of vvhich I have treated and illuſtrate by Examples, vvith their Surtouts and Ineſcutcheons.
ref: 1718, Alexander Nisbet, “Of Arms of Alliances, with the Method of Marshalling Them and Others Quarterly”, in An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories; […], Edinburgh: […] William Adams Junior, for Mr. James Mack Euen, […], →OCLC, page 112:
text: [A]n Ineſcutcheon is properly the Charge of a Shield, and born vvithin a 'Scutcheon or Shield, […]
ref: 1724, John Guillim, chapter VII, in A Display of Heraldry. […], 6th edition, London: […] T. W. for R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin, […] [a]nd J. Walthoe and Tho[mas] Ward, […], →OCLC, page 49, column 1:
text: When only one escutcheon is borne as a charge, it is now generally termed an in'''escutcheon, but in the early rolls there is no such distinction.
ref: 1852, J[ames] R[obinson] Planché, “Artificial Objects”, in The Pursuivant of Arms, or Heraldry Founded upon Facts, London: W. N. Wright, […], →OCLC, page 124:
text: Within a blue garter inscribed "Great Northern Railway Ireland" is a shield, on which are marshalled the arms of the principal towns in the company's area. The shield is divided quarterly with the arms of Dublin in the first quarter, Londonderry in the second quarter, Enniskillen in the third, and Belfast in the fourth; and overall is a gold inescutcheon (a small shield placed in the centre of the large shield) charged with the red left hand of Ulster.
ref: 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, pages 476-477:
text: When he became titular bishop of Hippo and auxiliary bishop of Boston, he added an inescutcheon or small shield in the center of his shield bearing a gold heart inflamed pierced by an arrow and on a blue field. Since titular bishops do not impale their personal arms with those of the see, this was a convenient reference to his titular see.
ref: 1992, Duane L. C. M. Galles, “The Reform of Ecclesiastical Heraldry Revisited”, in The American Benedictine Review, volume 43, number 4, Atchison, Kan.: American Benedictine Review, →ISSN, →OCLC, footnote 15, page 424:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A small escutcheon (“coat of arms; shield”) (such as an escutcheon of pretence) which is charged (“represented”) on a larger escutcheon.
wikipedia: John de Vaux
indusia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indusium
indusium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indusia
Etymology: From Latin indusium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A protecting membrane, especially that covering the developing spores of a fern.
Derived terms: indusium griseum
Related terms: indusial
sorus
haywain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haywains
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of hay wain (“haywagon”).
hay wain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hay wains
form: haywain
Senses: examples: text: By the 1870s in England, toy dappled-grey horses were much in favour, some pulled bright yellow carts with tip-up backs, some pulled coal-trucks, others pulled haywains and dust-carts, all of these being a convenient size for a child to pull along on a string.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 82:
glosses: A large open vehicle, drawn by horses, used to carry loads of hay; a haywagon.
Synonyms: hay wagon
fridstol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fridstols
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of frithstool.
frithstool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frithstools
form: frith stool
form: fridstoll
form: fridstol
form: fridstool
form: frithstow
Etymology: From frith + stool. Compare Old English frið-stol (“place of safety; refuge”).
Senses: glosses: An Anglo-Saxon stone seat, placed near the altar of a church, which afforded protection to those seeking sanctuary.
forpet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forpets
form: forpit
Senses: examples: text: Now, as I learned afterwards[…]that straw is used each day, which carried six bolls, one firlot, and three forpets of grain; that each bunch of straw yielded something less than one peck and three forpets; and that the extent of ground which produced the straw for one day's consumption, was seventy hundredth parts of an acre, Scotch measure.
ref: 1807, Letters from a young Farmer to his Father: The Farmer's Magazine, volume 8, Edinburgh, page 472:
text: The forpet, or one-fourth part of a peck, contains 3 Scotch standard pints and one choppin, is 7¾ inches diameter at the bottom, 6¾ inches at the mouth, and 9⅛ inches deep.
ref: 1816, James Cleland, Annals of Glasgow, volume 2, page 221:
text: […]they were gradually disposed of during the winter and ensuing spring, on the Edinburgh street—hawked about in carts, or sold to hucksters, who re-sold them to the town's people, in forpets and half-forpets, at a small advance in price, (about a shilling on a boll,) to reimburse them for their trouble.
ref: 1829, George Robertson, Rural Recollections, page 313:
glosses: A quarter (fourth part) used especially as a unit of mass or capacity.
fogou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfuː.ɡuː/
/ˈfəʊ.ɡuː/
Forms: form: fogous
form: fougou
Etymology: From Cornish fogo (“cave”); compare vug.
Senses: examples: text: Cornish fogous typically consist of a long passage with walls built up in horizontal courses of rough granite stones, typically some 40 to 50 feet long, 6 feet in height, and 5 to 6 feet in width, constructed in a deliberate curve.
ref: 2005, Ross Heaven, Simon Buxton, Darkness Visible: Awakening Spiritual Light Through Darkness Meditation, page 8:
text: All known fogous are associated with settlements, and their creation would have taken considerable effort, so they obviously had some function for these communities. The fogou at Carn Euny dates from the early part of the Iron Age; here it is thought that the large, stone-lined chamber, which is circular and 5 metres in diameter, was constructed first.
ref: 2008, Sarah Chapman, David Chapman, Iconic Cornwall, page 18:
text: 2009, Patricia Monaghan, fogou, entry in The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, page 198,
Underground stone chambers found in Cornwall, believed to have been built between between 500 B.C.E. and 500 C.E., fogous appear to have been places of ritual. As there is evidence of occupation by Celts in the latter part of that period, it is possible that the fogous were built by or used by them, although evidence suggests a pre-Celtic spiritual vision.
text: Because as you are going to discover very shortly, what's under there is no Bronze Age chieftain, no medieval king, or whatever else you expect to find in a fogou like this.
ref: 2010, Gary Russell, Doctor Who: The Glamour Chase, page 139:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends.
flix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɪks/
rhymes: -ɪks
homophone: flicks
Etymology: Compare flax.
Senses: examples: text: sleek of flix, and brown like deer,
Fearful and shepherdless, they bound along
The sands[…]
ref: 1757, John Dyer, The Fleece:
glosses: The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
flix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɪks/
rhymes: -ɪks
homophone: flicks
Etymology: Phonetic respelling.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flicks (motion pictures)
firlot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firlots
Senses: examples: text: [T]he valuation of lands, tenor of leaſes, the rents, the entails, rent charges, life rents, and payments for or out of land revenue, are all reckoned in Scotland by the chalder, boll, firlot, and lippy, and cannot be altered; [...]
ref: 1786, Daniel De Foe [i.e., Daniel Defoe], “Appendix. Part I. Containing an Account of Transactions in both Parts of the United Kingdoms, subsequent to the Union; […]”, in A History of the Union between England and Scotland, with a Collection of Original Papers Relating thereto. […], London: Printed for John Stockdale, […], →OCLC, page 600:
glosses: A measure of capacity, once used for corn etc, equal to four pecks.
epanodos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epanodoses
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπάνοδος (epánodos), from ἐπ- (ep-) + ἀνα- (ana-) + ὁδός (hodós).
Senses: examples: text: By Epanodos the same word moves its place,
Takes first and last and also middle space.
ref: 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Epanodos.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 83:
glosses: The repetition of a sequence of words or phrases in reverse order.
glosses: Recapitulation of the main points in a discourse.
brain stem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brain stems
form: brainstem
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.
Meronyms: medulla oblongata
pons
pons Varolii
midbrain
exciseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excisemen
Etymology: From excise + -man.
Senses: antonyms: smuggler
glosses: An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.
Derived terms: excisemanship
Related terms: custom house
customs
HMRC
erotogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more erotogenic
form: most erotogenic
Etymology: From eroto- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: That causes sexual excitement
Derived terms: erotogenically
erotogenicity
erotical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more erotical
form: most erotical
Etymology: From erotic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Erotic.
entranceway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entranceways
Etymology: From entrance + way.
Senses: examples: text: The second platform surrounds the base of the prang proper, whose closed entranceways are guarded by four statues of the Hindu god Indra on his three-headed elephant Erawan.
ref: 2001, Paul Gray, Lucy Ridout, The Rough Guide to Bangkok, page 119:
glosses: Something that provides access to an entrance; an entryway.
G-spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒiː.spɒt/
ipa: /ˈdʒi.spɑt/
rhymes: -iːspɒt
Forms: form: G-spots
Etymology: Abbreviation of Gräfenberg spot, popularized in The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality, a pop-sci book published in 1982.
Senses: examples: text: Yeah, because if your fuckin' is anything like your police work then you couldn't hit the G-spot on a twelve pound pussy.
ref: 2000, Mike Cerrone, the Farrelly brothers, Me, Myself & Irene, spoken by Lee Harvey:
text: Two types of evidence have been used to argue for the existence of the G-spot and will be reviewed in turn. The first is behavioral, the second is based on claims of female ejaculation.
ref: 2005, “Is the G-Spot a Myth?”, in William J. Taverner, editor, Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Human Sexuality, McGraw-Hill, →ISSN:
synonyms: Gräfenberg spot
glosses: A proposed sensitive, erogenous zone on the anterior wall of the vagina.
examples: text: The very notion of a G-spot aroused so much interest, however, that this phrase not only stuck around but became metaphorical, as when Newsweek's Jonathan Alter wrote, “Smart politicians have always known that the G Spot of the American body politic is in the middle."
ref: 2009 March 31, Ralph Keyes, quoting Jonathan Alter, I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
text: By manipulating this note you have your finger on the G-spot of the blues; handle it with care!
ref: 2009 August 1, Chris Haigh, The Fiddle Handbook, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN:
text: But, although Iain Duncan Smith touched the G-spot of the Blackpool audience, I was reminded of Archie Rice's prophetic cry as he foresaw the end of the music halls and stand-alone British imperialism: “Don't clap too hard, we're all in a very old building."
ref: 2021 September 23, Michael Billington, Affair of the Heart: British Theatre from 1992 to 2020, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:
glosses: A focal point; a place (real or metaphorical) where activity should be directed for the best result.
Related terms: P-spot
C-spot
G-spot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒiː.spɒt/
ipa: /ˈdʒi.spɑt/
rhymes: -iːspɒt
Forms: form: G-spots
form: G-spotting
form: G-spotted
form: G-spotted
Etymology: Abbreviation of Gräfenberg spot, popularized in The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality, a pop-sci book published in 1982.
Senses: glosses: To stimulate the G-spot of.
Derived terms: G-spotter
ealdorman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ealdormen
form: ealderman
form: eolderman
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ealdormann. See alderman (from Old English aldormann).
Senses: glosses: The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
Derived terms: ealdormanic
ealdormanry
dyking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diking.
diking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dike + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The process of building a dike.
drypoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drypoints
form: dry point
Etymology: From dry + point.
Senses: hypernyms: intaglio
coordinate_terms: engraving
glosses: A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
glosses: The needle used in this technique.
glosses: A print made using this technique.
dowery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doweries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dowry.
dandiprat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dandiprats
form: dandyprat
form: dandypratt
Senses: glosses: An English coin worth three half-pence
examples: text: It seems but proper, every way, therefore, for us to know, that this king of poets and philosophers was also among the best of men ; that, in his character, modesty and humility kept pace with greatness ; and that he was as much better than the beau-ideals of our intellectual popinjays and dandiprats, as those beau-ideals were prouder than he.
ref: 1848, Henry Norman Hudson, Lectures on Shakespeare - Volume 1, page 41:
glosses: An insignificant or contemptible person
goo-goo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goo-goos
form: gugu
Etymology: First attested circa 1899, in US military slang, probably from American soldiers during the Philippine-American War hearing Tagalog gago (“idiot; fool; simpleton”) and Tagalog gaga (“female idiot; female fool”) and considering it to sound like babbling (goo goo ga ga).
Possibly influenced by goo-goo eyes, which "was in vogue c. 1900 and may have contributed to this somehow" since early uses of goo-goo and gook refer specifically to prostitutes who followed army camps.
See also gook.
Senses: glosses: A Filipino person.
goo-goo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goo-goos
form: Goo-Goo
Etymology: From good government. Attested from the 1890s.
Senses: examples: text: Stinging Rebuke Administered to Bald Attempt to Grab City; Goo-Goo Clique Swept Off Their Feet by Landslide Against Municipal Freak
ref: 1912 December 4, “Voters, Aroused, Rout Goo-Goo Gangsters”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
text: Some goo-goos are so relentless in their pursuit of goo-gooism that they become a public menace.
ref: 1993 December 7, Mike Royko, “Pass the pablums, it's goo-goo time”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013, page 13:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A government reformer.
Derived terms: goo-gooism
Related terms: do-gooder
goo-goo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goo-goo
form: most goo-goo
Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from goggle. Attested from 1900.
Senses: examples: text: I wants to ask one question now, please let me call you dear, It cost a lot to gain a rep. But I’ll blow the road right here, if you’ll be mine, if you’ll be mine, Just because you makes them goo-goo eyes
ref: 1900, “Just Because She Made Dem Goo-goo Eyes”, John Queen (lyrics), Hughley Cannon (music):
text: I have to admit he is really easy on the eyes, but I don’t go all goo-goo over him every time he’s near like most of the girls in class.
ref: 2011, Carolyn Moring Lowes, Awakening Avery, page 2:
text: A Ordinance to Suppress Flirting, aka “Goo-Goo Eyes” (1905)
The so-called “Goo-Goo Eyes” ordinance prescribed penalties for men who made “goo-goo eyes at, or in any other manner look at or make remarks to or concerning, or cough or whistle at, or do any other act to attract the attention of any woman.”
ref: 2012, Mitchel P. Roth, Tom Kennedy, Houston Blue: The Story of the Houston Police Department, page 52:
glosses: Amorous, affectionate.
raw_tags: of the eyes
Derived terms: goo-goo eyes
goo-goo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: The noise of a baby trying to imitate speech.
Derived terms: goo goo ga ga
Related terms: goo goo ga ga
rodente
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rodentes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of rodent.
cheval de frise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəˈvɑːl də ˈfɹiːz/
ipa: /ʃəˈvɑːl də ˈfɹiːs/
Forms: form: chevaux de frise
form: cheval-de-frise
Etymology: Borrowed from French cheval de frise (“Frisian horse”), so named because it was employed by the Dutch (who lacked cavalry) against the Spanish cavalry in their war for independence.
Senses: examples: text: The mountains of Colorado were, till a comparatively recent date, richly clothed with forest; but owing partly to natural causes, and still more to the lavish consumption and reckless destruction of the early settlers, the quantity of growing timber in the State is exceedingly small, and before long, if restorative measures are not adopted, the Colorado demand for wood will require to be supplied from without. Whole mountain sides often present the appearance of monstrous cheavaux-de-frise, the dead trunks of the wind-thrown pines being tossed about in all directions.
ref: 1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 162
text: Round the crucified animal long, sharp bamboo stakes are placed, which form chevaux de frise round about it. These commemorate the days when such defences surrounded the villages on all sides to keep off human enemies.
ref: 1909, Major A. Playfair, The Garos, page 92:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An obstacle made of wood with spikes, for use against attacking cavalry.
glosses: Protective row of spikes or broken glass set into the top of a wall and used to prevent intrusion.
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: The jagged edge of 18th-century women's clothing.
soakage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soakages
Etymology: From soak + -age.
Senses: glosses: The act of soaking.
glosses: The amount of liquid soaked in.
glosses: A source of water in Australian deserts, where water has seeped into the sand.
examples: text: It's a place that does carvery as well during the day time if you want some soakage in between your mid-day or evening pints.
ref: 2019 March 10, Darragh Berry, “There's Only Two Pubs In Dublin That Sell Guinness For Under €4”, in Lovin' Dublin:
text: Any experienced drinker knows the importance of soakage. You never embark on a session with an empty stomach
ref: 2020 January 9, Fiona Cooney, “A Christmas Eve celebration which almost cost me my life”, in Irish Examiner:
glosses: food or nonalcoholic beverages consumed before or during a bout of drinking to slow down the onset of drunkenness
loadsamoney
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From loadsa + money. Originally the name and catchphrase of a vulgar character who flourished wads of banknotes, invented by British comedian Harry Enfield in the 1980s.
Senses: examples: text: My hon. Friend entered the House in 1987, and I am sure that my hon. Friend will recall the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition talking about the "loadsamoney society" and the bad effect that that has had on crime rates.
ref: 1989 March 10, John Patten, parliamentary debates:
text: Questioned on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on whether he would be adopting a pre-election "loadsamoney" stance, Mr Blunkett said that there would be "substantial investment" but "loadsamoney will not be a term I'll be using".
ref: 2000 July 17, “Blunkett rejects 'loadsamoney' tag"”, in BBC News:
text: [see title]
ref: 2007 June 4, “Loadsamoney! West Ham set to join high rollers with £13m offer for Johnson; £90,000 a week.”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 25 May 2009:
glosses: Referring to the free flowing of money, to large amounts spent or earned, or to the perceived acquisitiveness and materialism engendered in society by a booming economy.
loadsamoney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loadsamoneys
Etymology: From loadsa + money. Originally the name and catchphrase of a vulgar character who flourished wads of banknotes, invented by British comedian Harry Enfield in the 1980s.
Senses: glosses: A vulgar person who has gained a large amount of wealth and flaunts it whenever possible.
Related terms: nouveau riche
cream cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cream cakes
Senses: glosses: Any of many varieties of cake that are either filled, layered or topped with any of several forms of cream or custard.
Related terms: cannoli
cream horn
cream puff
crème pâtissière
éclair
profiterole
cream cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cream cake
cousin sister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cousin sisters
form: cousin-sister
Senses: examples: text: Late in 1997 the entire family returned to India to arrange the marriages of Nimrat's brothers and cousin-sister.
ref: 2006, Nicola Mooney, “Aspiration, reunification and gender transformation in Jat Sikh marriages from India to Canada”, in Global Networks, volume 6, number 4, page 394:
text: Welfare Ministry Secretary Upali Dahanayake, his elderly father, daughter, and a cousin sister died on the spot in a tragic accident in Mahiyangana yesterday.
ref: 2007 July 2, Kurulu Kariyakarawana, Yohan Perera, “Ministry secretary, three others killed in road accident”, in Daily Mirror e-edition, Sri Lanka, page 1:
glosses: A female first cousin.
Related terms: cousin brother
cousin brother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cousin brothers
form: cousin-brother
Etymology: A semantic loan from respective Indo-Aryan languages' terms for cousin brothers. Compare Punjabi ਚਾਚੇਰਾ ਭਰਾ / چاچیرا بھرا (cācerā bhrā) and Hindi चाचेरा भाई / Urdu چاچیرا بھائی (cācerā bhāī).
Senses: examples: text: I got one cousin-brother. He dam rich. I speak him for the ten thousand rupees.
ref: 1853, J. H. Stocqueler, The Old Field Officer or The Military and Sporting Adventures of Major Worthington, volume 2, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 3:
text: In Punjabi joint families, first cousins are considered siblings (cousin-sisters and cousin-brothers).
ref: 2006, Nicola Mooney, “Aspiration, reunification and gender transformation in Jat Sikh marriages from India to Canada”, in Global Networks, volume 6, number 4, page 392:
text: "I was just recovering from the death of my close cousin brother," says Patil.
ref: 2007, Deepa Venkataraman, "Brave Hearts," expressindia.com, Mumbai, 2 July
glosses: A male first cousin.
Related terms: cousin sister
nursery school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nursery schools
Senses: synonyms: word: preschool
word: prep
word: kindergarten
english: borrowed from German "Kindergarten"; mainly Canada, the U.S. and Australia
translation: borrowed from German "Kindergarten"; mainly Canada, the U.S. and Australia
glosses: An educational institution for small children (normally around 3 to 5 years old, who not yet have begun primary school).
sonicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sonicates
form: sonicating
form: sonicated
form: sonicated
Etymology: From sonic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To disrupt with ultrasonic sound waves.
Related terms: word: sonication
pre-school
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of preschool.
sonicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sonicate
sonicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sonicate
sonicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sonicate
sales assistant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sales assistants
Senses: glosses: A shop assistant
sonication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonications
Etymology: From sonic + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of disrupting or homogenizing something, usually a chemical solution or biological medium, with sound waves.
Related terms: sonicate
subsonication
swaddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swaddle
vote buying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Because of vote buying, the election process in Nan-t'ou County underwent a drastic change overnight.
ref: 1993 March 5 [1992 November 30], Article Explores KMT 'Vote Buying', United States Joint Publications Research Service, page 43:
text: There have been accusations of vote-buying for the 2022 elections, like when social media users criticized Senator Manny Pacquiao for handing out money during his recent trips to cities and provinces.
ref: 2021, Gabriel Pabico Lalu, “Robredo on Vote Buying: That Might be Taxpayer’s Money so Accept It, But Vote Based on Conscience”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer:
glosses: The distribution of a material benefit to an individual voter in exchange for support in a ballot
cousin-brother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cousin-brothers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cousin brother.
cupping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpɪŋ/
Forms: form: cuppings
Etymology: From Middle English cupping, equivalent to cup + -ing.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
hyponyms: dry cupping
wet cupping
glosses: The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
glosses: The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
examples: text: the cupping of one's hands
glosses: The act of forming something into a cup shape.
Synonyms: sense: vacuum treatment
english: a modern therapeutic sports injury treatment technique using a partial vacuum to draw blood to the area
translation: a modern therapeutic sports injury treatment technique using a partial vacuum to draw blood to the area
alt: MFD
word: myofascial decompression
Derived terms: cupping glass
cupping jar
cupping therapy
cupping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpɪŋ/
Etymology: From cup + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cup
cowshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowsheds
Etymology: From cow + shed.
Senses: examples: text: K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy, / You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore; / When the m-m-m-moon shines, / Over the cowshed, / I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door.
ref: 1917, Geoffrey O'Hara, “K-K-K-Katy”:
coordinate_terms: byre
cowbarn
cowhouse
;
milkshed#Etymology_2
glosses: A shed for keeping cows.
acrylics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɪlɪks/
Senses: glosses: plural of acrylic
broadleaved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: On February 11, HS2 Ltd did confirm that some 9.8 hectares of ancient woodland will be lost as a result of HS2 Phase 2a. However, 78 hectares of native broadleaved woodland will be planted during the construction.
ref: 2021 February 24, “Network News: HS2 counters Greens' environmental damage claims”, in RAIL, number 925, page 8:
glosses: Alternative spelling of broad-leaved.
broad-leaved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having relatively broad leaves
Derived terms: taxonomic: Epiphyllum oxypetalum
word: broad-leaved epiphyllum
taxonomic: Allium ursinum
word: broad-leaved garlic
taxonomic: Senecio sarracenicus
word: broad-leaved ragwort
spirit of salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirits of salts
Etymology: Due to a method of obtaining HCl through reaction of salt and sulphuric acid.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hydrochloric acid.
synonyms: word: hydrochloric acid
weight gain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weight gains
Senses: antonyms: weight loss
glosses: An increase in weight, usually of a person or animal.
brank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: branks
Etymology: Compare Gaelic brangus, brangas, a sort of pillory, Irish brancas, halter, or Dutch pranger, fetter.
Senses: glosses: A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.
examples: text: Your armour gude ye mauna shaw, / Nor yet appear like men o' weir; / As country lads be a' array'd, / Wi' branks and brecham on each mare.
ref: 1802, “Jock o’ the Side”, in Walter Scott, editor, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: […], volume I, Kelso, Roxburghshire: […] James Ballantyne, for T[homas] Cadell Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, […]; and sold by Manners and Miller, and A[rchibald] Constable, […], →OCLC, 1st part (Historical Ballads), page 158:
glosses: A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
brank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: branks
form: branking
form: branked
form: branked
Etymology: Compare Gaelic brangus, brangas, a sort of pillory, Irish brancas, halter, or Dutch pranger, fetter.
Senses: glosses: To put someone in the branks.
glosses: To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
examples: text: Donald came branking down the brae
Wi' twenty thousand men.
ref: 1811, Anne MacVicar Grant, Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland:
glosses: To prance; to caper.
Derived terms: branky
brank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Etymology: Probably of Celtic origin; compare Latin brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.
Senses: examples: text: One - third of brank-ground , or mixed with any other kind of grain or roots, is as large a proportion as can be given with safety
ref: 1842, William Blackwood, The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture:
glosses: Buckwheat.
methacrylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methacrylate
2-methyl-2-propenoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The IUPAC name for methacrylic acid.
acrylic resins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acrylic resin
barmkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barmkins
Senses: glosses: The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
baillie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪli/
homophone: bailey
Forms: form: baillies
Senses: glosses: The jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff; a bailiwick.
examples: text: To ease street traffic congestion, improve transport facilities, and reduce unemployment, one Glasgow baillie has suggested establishing a Regional Passenger Transport Board.
ref: 1963 April, “News and Comment: Glasgow bus-rail disappointment”, in Modern Railways, page 228:
qualifier: Scottish local government
glosses: The equivalent of alderman in some Scottish cities.
Derived terms: baillie brushkie
evolutionary biologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evolutionary biologists
Senses: glosses: A scientist working in the field of evolutionary biology.
wikipedia: evolutionary biologist
bailie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bailies
Etymology: From Old French bailli (“land steward; officer of justice”).
Senses: glosses: A bailiff.
glosses: The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's.
glosses: A municipal officer in Scotland corresponding to an English alderman.
Derived terms: baron-bailie
water bailie
Related terms: bailiff
bailiwick
adulterated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: The adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollution has occurred; more at adulterate.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: laced, tainted, contaminated
text: The problem of adulterated milk has periodically reemerged as a public health menace, from New York in the 1850s to China in 2008.
text: Heroin is often adulterated with fentanyl.
glosses: Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug).
Related terms: adulterant
adulterated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: The adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollution has occurred; more at adulterate.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adulterate
wedsetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wedsetters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wadsetter.
wadsetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wadsetters
Etymology: From wadset + -er.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] he had land and living, kept himself close from wadsetters and money-lenders, paid each man his due, and lived on his own.”
ref: 1819, Walter Scott, chapter 6, in The Bride of Lammermoor:
text: The wadsetter was frequently a younger brother or near relative of the chief of the clan, who had made money abroad, or in some calling at home. He lent money to the chief, and in return he was secured by deed in the annual rents of certain specified lands.
ref: 1899, Hew Morrison, “The Life of Rob Donn,”, in Songs and Poems in the Gaelic Language by Rob Donn, Edinburgh: John Grant, page xiv:
glosses: A person who holds tenure by wadset.
wadset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wadsets
form: wadsett
form: wedset
Etymology: From Middle English wedsetten, equivalent to wed (“pledge”) + set. Wad is a Scottish form of wed.
Senses: examples: text: It was at this time that Rob Roy acquired an interest by purchase, wadset, or otherwise, to the property of Craig Royston already mentioned.
ref: 1829, Rob Roy, Walter Scott, Introduction to the 1829 edition:
glosses: The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.
wadset
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wadsets
form: wadsetting
form: wadsetted
form: wadsetted
form: wadsett
form: wedset
Etymology: From Middle English wedsetten, equivalent to wed (“pledge”) + set. Wad is a Scottish form of wed.
Senses: examples: text: I thought I heard the footstep of the young portioner of Glaiketha; he'll be come to borrow gold and to wadset land.
ref: 1822, Allan Cunningham, “Death of the Laird Of Warlsworm”, in Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry, volume 2, page 307:
glosses: To mortgage land.
Related terms: wadsetter
wattshode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: watchet