cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Aa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The river names are ostensibly from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“river”).
Senses: glosses: Several waterways in Europe.
A river in northern France, flowing 93 km from near Bourthes, Pas-de-Calais department into the North Sea near Gravelines, Nord department.
glosses: Several waterways in Europe.
A small river in the Netherlands, flowing 72 km from near Nederweert, Limburg into the Dieze at 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant.
glosses: Several waterways in Europe.
A tributary of the Möhne river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Rhine basin.
glosses: Several waterways in Europe.
A tributary of the Nether river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Weser basin.
glosses: Several waterways in Europe.
A tributary of the Werre river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Weser basin.
glosses: A village in Ida-Viru County, northern Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.
glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
fictionise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fictionises
form: fictionising
form: fictionised
form: fictionised
form: fictionize
Etymology: From fiction + -ise.
Senses: glosses: To fictionalize.
fictionises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fictionise
fictionising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fictionise
fictionised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fictionise
field hospital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field hospitals
Senses: glosses: A large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.
field hospitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of field hospital
shock rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of rock music typified by elements of theatrical shock value in live performances.
sports day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sports days
Senses: glosses: A school day set aside for athletics events.
sports days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sports day
scalier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scaly: more scaly
scattier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scatty: more scatty
scrap-heap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrap-heaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scrapheap.
scrap-heaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrap-heap
seafoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seafood
seat belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seat belt
seat-belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seat-belts
Senses: examples: text: "The captain has turned off the seat-belt sign. But he cautions you to stay alert, as sometimes these planes don't work as well as we'd like them to."
ref: 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 57:
glosses: Alternative spelling of seat belt.
lap sash seatbelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap sash seatbelt
brass section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brass sections
Senses: glosses: The part of an orchestra formed by brass instruments.
seat-belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seat-belt
secularizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of secularize
secularizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of secularize
sellotaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sellotape
sellotaped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sellotape
sticky tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sticky tape
sensitizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sensitize
self-portraits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-portrait
semi-finals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semi-final
sentimentalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sentimentalize
sentimentalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sentimentalize
sentimentalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sentimentalize
sentimentalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sentimentalises
form: sentimentalising
form: sentimentalised
form: sentimentalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sentimentalize.
sentimentalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sentimentalise
sentimentalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sentimentalise
sentimentalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sentimentalise
shadower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadowers
Etymology: From shadow + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who shadows.
shadowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadower
sheikhdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheikhdom
shoot-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoot-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from shoot out.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shootout.
shoot-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoot-out
short-listed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of short-list
short-listing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of short-list
short-lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short-list
short-lists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of short-list
side-effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of side-effect
side-effects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of side-effect
sing-songs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sing-song
sketch pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sketch pad
sketchpad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sketchpads
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sketch pad.
sketchpads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sketchpad
slowcoaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slowcoach
slummed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slum
smooched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smooch
smooches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smooch
smooches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smooch
smoothish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smoothish
form: most smoothish
Etymology: From smooth + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat smooth.
smudgier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of smudgy /smudgey: more smudgy /smudgey
smudgiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of smudgy /smudgey: most smudgy /smudgey
snazzier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of snazzy: more snazzy
snazziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of snazzy: most snazzy
snarl-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snarl-up
sniveller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snivellers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sniveler.
snivellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sniveller
snivelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snivel
snivelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: And to mend these slouenly maners, [they] be not ashamed, many tymes with these filthy napkyns, to wype awaye the sweat that trickleth and falleth downe their browes, their face and their necke (they be such greedy guts in their feeding) and otherwhile to, (when it comes vppon them) spare not to snot their sniueld nose vppon them.
ref: 1576, Robert Peterson, transl., Galateo of Maister Iohn Della Casa, London: Raufe Newbery, page 13:
text: Nor imitate with Socrates
to wipe thy snivelled nose
Upon thy cap, as he would doe,
nor yet upon thy clothes.
ref: 1619, Richard Weste, The Booke of Demeanor, London: Nathaniel Butter, page 8:
text: […] she felt she could not forgive the boy for being the huddled, blubbering object, all wet and snivelled, which he was.
ref: 1915, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 13, in The Rainbow, London: Martin Secker, published 1926, page 367:
glosses: Covered or dripping with nasal mucus; snotty.
so-and-sos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of so-and-so
snugger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌɡə(ɹ)
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of snug: more snug
snuggest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of snug: most snug
softwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softwood
soggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of soggy: more soggy
soggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of soggy: most soggy
solitaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solitaire
soppier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of soppy: more soppy
soppiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of soppy: most soppy
cook-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cook-off
sou'westers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sou'wester
specialisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specialism
spectrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectrum
spikier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of spiky /spikey: more spiky /spikey
spikiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of spiky /spikey: most spiky /spikey
spongier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of spongy: more spongy
spongiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of spongy: most spongy
spoon-feeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spoon-feed
spoon-feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spoon-feed
spoonsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoonful
spring-cleans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spring-clean
spring-cleaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spring-clean
spunkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of spunky: more spunky
spunkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of spunky: most spunky
invariant section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invariant sections
form: INVARIANT section
Etymology: * (law): Coined by Free Software Foundation in free software copyright licenses.
Senses: examples: text: I had to include the GNU Manifesto, as it was part of an invariant section.
topics: law
glosses: Something that must not be removed or modified during redistribution.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A section that will not vary through changing state.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A property that does not change through a program's execution.
squashier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of squashy: more squashy
squashiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of squashy: most squashy
stable-boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stable-boy
stallholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stallholders
Etymology: From stall + holder.
Senses: glosses: A person who operates a market stall.
stallholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stallholder
statelier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stately: more stately
stateliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stately: most stately
stencilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stencil
stencilling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stencillings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stenciling.
stencilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stencil
stencilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Switzerland for Railfans, by B. J. Prigmore and W. J. Wyse (1s.) is a stencilled pamphlet produced by the Electric Railway Society with a number of useful tips for the tyro planning his first visit.
ref: 1959 May, “New Reading on Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 271:
glosses: Printed on a duplicator from a typed stencil.
stonemasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stonemason
stonemasonry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stonemason + -ry, or stone + masonry.
Senses: glosses: The work or art of a stonemason.
stringiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stringy: most stringy
stringier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stringy: more stringy
stubbier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stubby: more stubby
stubbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stubby: most stubby
stubblier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stubbly: more stubbly
stubbliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stubbly: most stubbly
streakier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of streaky: more streaky
streakiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of streaky: most streaky
suaver
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of suave: more suave
suavest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of suave: most suave
stripier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stripy: more stripy
stripiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stripy: most stripy
stultifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stultify
stubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stub
stubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stubbings
Senses: examples: text: Let us discuss, as if our lives depended upon it, stubbings of the toe. But wait a minute! How likely is it that our lives could ever depend upon a stubbing, or stubbings, of a toe, or toes?
ref: 2011, Frank Key, Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke:
glosses: The act by which something is stubbed.
sturdiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sturdy: most sturdy
subpoenaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subpoena
subtlest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of subtle: most subtle
super-ego
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-egos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of superego.
super-egos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super-ego
swampier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of swampy: more swampy
swampiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of swampy: most swampy
swarthier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of swarthy: more swarthy
swarthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of swarthy: most swarthy
symposiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symposium
scavenger hunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)hʌnt/
Forms: form: scavenger hunts
Etymology: From scavenger + hunt.
Senses: examples: text: Before he died, James Halliday (Mark Rylance), the hermit-like, socially maladjusted tech genius who created The Oasis, hid an Easter egg somewhere in the circuitry, scattering bread crumbs that lead to its location. Find the egg, and the mogul’s fortune—along with total control of his digital fiefdom—is yours. It’s the ultimate capitalist scavenger hunt!
ref: 2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2018:
glosses: A game in which individuals or teams seek to find a number of specific items, or perform tasks, as given in a list.
scavenger hunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scavenger hunt
sick pay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Money paid to an employee on sick leave.
Synonyms: sickness allowance
sickness benefit
sick benefit
incapacity benefit
Derived terms: Statutory Sick Pay
SSP
Related terms: sick leave
status symbols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of status symbol
stock certificates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock certificate
student bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of student body
summarisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summarisation
supersizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of supersize
supersizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of supersize
supersized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + sized.
Senses: examples: text: Her bank account is supersized. 🤑
ref: 2024 September 4, Mehera Bonner, “Doja Cat Is One of Music’s Highest-Paid Artists, and Her Net Worth Shows It”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Very large; supersize.
supersized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supersize
stylise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stylises
form: stylising
form: stylised
form: stylised
Etymology: From style + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stylize.
stylises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stylise
stylising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stylise
adenectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adenectomy
selectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selector
fierily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fierily
form: most fierily
Etymology: From fiery + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The mountain-ash berries across the field stood fierily out from the dark leaves, for a moment.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication.
ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 256:
text: Hypnotized, my eyes stared at the small bulge made by that book inside the pocket, they gazed fierily at that one inconspicuous spot as if to burn a hole in the coat.
ref: 2006, Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell, Chess, Penguin:
glosses: In a fiery manner.
boltholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolthole
bear's breeches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear's breeches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bear's breech.
glosses: plural of bear's breech
bear's-breech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear's-breeches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bear's breech.
bolívars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolívar
filmgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filmgoers
Etymology: From film + goer.
Senses: synonyms: moviegoer
glosses: Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
filmgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filmgoer
filterability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filterabilities
Etymology: From filter + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being filterable.
filterabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filterability
bolivars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolivares
Senses: glosses: plural of bolivar
bolivares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolivars
Senses: glosses: plural of bolivar
bear's breech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear's breeches
form: bear's breeches
form: bear's-breech
Senses: glosses: Any of two common species of acanthus, Acanthus mollis and, less frequently, Acanthus spinosus.
glosses: Any species of the genus Acanthus.
glosses: A species of hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium
Synonyms: sense: Acanthus mollis
word: common bear's breech
sense: Acanthus spinosus
word: spiny bear's breech
sense: Any Acanthus species
word: acanthus
fire opal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire opals
Senses: examples: text: […] the body of each high seat was a single jewel of monstrous size: the left-hand seat a black opal, asparkle with steel-blue fire, the next a fire-opal, as it were a burning coal, the third seat an alexandrite, purple like wine by night but deep sea-green by day.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 2:
glosses: Any transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red.
Synonyms: girasol
girosol
fire opals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire opal
boomtowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boomtown
fish sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish sauces
Senses: glosses: A condiment made from fermented fish.
Related terms: fish paste
fish sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish sauce
parasitologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasitologists
Etymology: From parasitology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who works in, or is an expert in, parasitology.
Derived terms: paleoparasitologist
parasitologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parasitologist
bridleway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪdəlˌweɪ/
Forms: form: bridleways
Etymology: From bridle + way.
Senses: glosses: A path for riding a horse (which is controlled by a bridle).
examples: text: The bulk for the funding (£40 million) will be spent on a 240MW Supergrid to boost power supply in the area, while £5 million will be spent on a new bridleway bridge over the East Coast main line to enable the closure of Lindsells level crossing, which has a high risk rating from Network Rail.
ref: 2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line service”, in Modern Railways, page 18:
text: The master plan for the site includes 3.3km of new surfaced and unsurfaced walking routes, more than 1km of new bridleways and cantering routes, and retention of the 2.3km Old Shire Lane bridleway.
ref: 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:
glosses: A right of way defined in law, over which the public have the right to travel on foot or on horseback or leading a horse, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the way.
Synonyms: halterpath
parasuicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parasuicidal
form: most parasuicidal
Etymology: From para- (“resembling”) + suicidal.
Senses: examples: text: Patterns of behavioral dysregulation, such as substance abuse, sexual promiscuity, and previous parasuicidal acts are frequent[…]
ref: 1993, Marsha Linehan, Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, page 15:
text: Studies of impulsivity and self-directed and other-directed aggression in humans include studies of individuals who have attempted suicide and completed suicide and of patients with parasuicidal or self-mutilating behavior[…]
ref: 1994, John M. Oldham, Michelle B. Riba, American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry:
glosses: Inclined towards parasuicide.
parasuicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasuicidals
Etymology: From para- (“resembling”) + suicidal.
Senses: glosses: One who carries out parasuicide.
parataxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹəˈtæksɪk/
Senses: examples: text: Taking the breath of life, I suspect, from the convulsive sputterings of Allen Ginsberg (the Ginsberg of "Kaddish," to which homage is paid in its pages), the parataxic reportage of John Wieners ("i see the poet occasionally...and never did find my copy/ of measure"), and the stuttered exclamations of John Giorno, […]
ref: 1976 December 18, Rudy Kikel, “The Doomsday Book by the Jewish Comedian”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 14:
glosses: Pertaining to parataxis.
chaoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaos
parfumier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parfumiers
Etymology: From French parfum + -ier.
Senses: glosses: A maker or seller of perfumes.
Synonyms: perfumer
perfumier
scentmaker
parfumiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parfumier
chartists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chartist
cheekier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cheeky: more cheeky
cheekiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky
parkward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From park + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: Autumn appeared; people flew away from summer resorts like so many leaves before the wind; the roll of carriages parkward began anew...
ref: 1872, Harper's Magazine:
text: There are also many smaller intervening play and rest areas to entice the parkward-bound into pausing there instead.
ref: 1971, Alexander Klein, Empire City: A Treasury of New York:
glosses: Towards a park.
dandifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dandify
dandifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dandify
partis pris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parti pris
deconstructs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deconstruct
pasque flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasque flower
deconstructing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deconstruct
pasqueflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasqueflowers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pasque flower.
Derived terms: alpine pasqueflower
American pasqueflower
prairie pasqueflower
deconstructed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deconstruct
pasqueflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasqueflower
pasquinading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pasquinade
pasquinaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pasquinade
passed balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passed ball
passion fruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passion fruit
Passion flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Passion flower
invariant sections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invariant section
pataphysicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pætəˈfɪzɪsɪst/
Forms: form: pataphysicists
Senses: glosses: A person involved in pataphysics.
pataphysicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pataphysicist
deviancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deviancy
live blogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of live blog
live blogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live blog
live blogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of live blog
metametaphysics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + metaphysics.
Senses: examples: text: Since if we have seen reason to concede to Derrida that metaphor and non-philosophy lie beyond philosophy and are to metaphysics a metametaphysics...
ref: 1988, Hugh J Silverman, Philosophy and Non-Philosophy since Merleau-Ponty:
text: Then naturalistic metametaphysics, we hold, should be based on naturalistic metaphysics, which should in turn be based on science.
ref: 2007, James Ladyman, Don Ross, David Spurrett, John Collier, Every Thing Must Go:
glosses: The part of philosophy that studies the nature of metaphysics.
live blogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of live blog
gazumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gazump
gazumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gazump
fellates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fellate
gazumping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gazump
gazumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gazumpings
Senses: examples: text: The year had been a record one for industrial disputes, for muggings and for gazumpings.
ref: 1979, Lucy Grace Dibble, More return tickets, page 183:
glosses: The act of one who gazumps.
gazumped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gazump
fellating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fellate
fellated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fellate
gift certificate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gift certificates
Senses: glosses: A gift voucher entitling the bearer to a free product or service, intended to be purchased as a gift.
Synonyms: gift voucher
Derived terms: e-gift certificate
Related terms: gift card
gift token
gift certificates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gift certificate
patentability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patentabilities
Etymology: From patent + -ability.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The state or condition of being patentable.
Derived terms: nonpatentability
patentabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patentability
senesces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of senesce
senescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of senesce
senesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of senesce
tenderizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tenderize
tenderizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tenderize
tenderized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tenderize
tenderized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tenderized
form: most tenderized
Senses: glosses: Having been made tender.
tepidariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tepidarium
tepidaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tepidarium
accessory fruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accessory fruit
rehydrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehydrate
rehydrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehydrate
rehydrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehydrate
reidentifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reidentify
reidentifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reidentify
reidentified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reidentify
patupaiarehe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patupaiarehe
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of a legendary fair-skinned fairy race said to have inhabited Polynesia before the arrival of human beings.
scrunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹʌnt/
rhymes: -ʌnt
Forms: form: scrunts
Etymology: Onomatopoetic.
Senses: examples: text: Just as they were in the roughest part of the mountains, there was a wild shriek of the whistle, a sudden scrunt of the air-brakes, and the train, with an abruptness that was just short of an accident, stopped.
ref: 1894, Robert Barr, "Held Up," McClure's Magazine, 1893-1894 Dec-May, p. 309
text: But Jess would not budge, and all of a sudden I sees a white flash in the dark, and hears a rattle of harness, and a scrunt in the shafts as Jess shook her head clear of the blow.
ref: 1901, David S. Meldrum, "The Conquest of Charlotte," Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, v.171, 1902 Jan-Jun, pg. 128
text: They rose, and the scrunt of Janet's chair on the floor, when she pushed it behind her, sent a thrilling shiver through her body, so tense was her mood.
ref: 2004, George Douglas Brown, The House with the Green Shutters, Kessinger Publishing, →ISBN, page 243:
glosses: An abrupt, high-pitched sound.
scrunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹʌnt/
rhymes: -ʌnt
Forms: form: scrunts
Senses: examples: text: It's a fine, ennobling thing, is poverty. It would make me a brutal scrunt, and you a whinging harridan in three years.
ref: 1938, James Bridie, The Last Trump, Constable, page 29:
text: And without my work what am I but an unemployed scrunt on the meat market of the streets?
ref: 1987, David Rabe, Hurlyburly: A Play, publ. Samuel French, Inc., →ISBN, page 112:
text: Not slum-dweller socialist but high-class fanny socialist. [...] Socialism that drinks wine - a single bottle costs a year's pay to a fuckin scrunt like Uxbridge.
ref: 2005, Ronan O'Donnell, The Doll Tower, →ISBN, page 20:
glosses: A beggar or destitute person.
Derived terms: scrunty
scrunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹʌnt/
rhymes: -ʌnt
Forms: form: scrunts
form: scrunting
form: scrunted
form: scrunted
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand in countries where people scrunt to live, the birth rate is high.
ref: 1976 February 2, Alister Hughes, “Love Carefully”, in The Virgin Islands Daily News:
text: Four out of every five women are forced to stay at home or scrunt for a meagre existence.
ref: 1979, Maurice Bishop, Selected Speeches, 1979-1981, Casa de las Américas, pg. 11
text: As a woman of color living in the north of Metropole, anything that I did dig up I really had to scrunt for.
ref: 1996, Defining Ourselves: Black Writers in the 90s, publ. P. Lang, published 1999, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: To beg or scrounge.
peacemongering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peace + mongering.
Senses: glosses: Behaviour of a peacemonger; irrational pacifism.
aggregate fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aggregate fruits
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry.
Synonyms: etaerio
Related terms: compound fruit
multiple fruit
aggregate fruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggregate fruit
multiple fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiple fruits
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A fruit that develops from the fusion of carpels from more than one flower, as for instance, a pineapple.
Synonyms: collective fruit
Related terms: aggregate fruit
multiple fruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiple fruit
peacify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peacifies
form: peacifying
form: peacified
form: peacified
Etymology: From peace + -ify.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pacify.
synonyms: word: pacify
peacifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peacify
peacifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peacify
peacified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peacify
pedagoguette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedagoguettes
Etymology: From pedagogue + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: […] and I saw below me, like pale daisies, the upturned faces of stupefied children, and the pedagoguette, who seemed to be falling backward […]
ref: 1935, Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading:
glosses: A schoolmistress.
pedagoguettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedagoguette
fist-fucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fist-fuck
fist-fucking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sexual practice of fisting.
fist-fucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fist-fuck
fist-fucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fist-fuck
fistsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fistful
basketsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basketful
fivepenny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From five + penny.
Senses: examples: text: This is a rare fivepenny stamp.
glosses: Costing fivepence.
embarrasser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embarrassers
Etymology: From embarrass + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Then, all these embarrassers of my ministry and I are hardly made to pull together, so that I thanked him for the high honor, placing myself at the disposal of the Cabinet for anything else.
ref: 1884 June 12, “Massimo d’Azeglio’s Letters to His Nephew”, in The Nation: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Science, & Art, volume XXXVIII, number 989, New York, N.Y.: The Evening Post Publishing Company, page 509, column 2:
glosses: One who embarrasses (someone or something).
take a dip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a dip
form: taking a dip
form: took a dip
form: taken a dip
Senses: glosses: To swim.
fluoxetine hydrochloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: fluoxetine
ice shows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice show
ice picks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice pick
ice plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice plant
ice storms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice storm
hydrophil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrophils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hydrophile.
refrein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refreins
form: refrain
Senses: examples: text: The refrein of Spenser's Prothalamion turns upon “the Thames”; of his Epithalamion on “the echoing woods”.
ref: 1845, The Shakespeare Society Papers, Great Britain: Shakespeare Society, page 19:
text: While the last words of the War Song, just brought under notice, are yet awakening doubts as to the authenticity of the refrein, or chorus, here alleged to have been shouted forth by the Norman Army, I take occasion to observe that Monsieur Travers must have treated a vague tradition as an historical fact, in imputing to so able a Commander as William of Normandy the folly of setting fire to his fleet.
ref: 1855, George Musgrave Musgrave, A ramble through Normandy, page 415:
text: [T]here are frequent returns to particular portions of the airs, more indeed in the manner of a refrein or burden, than Da Capo, or Rondo […]
ref: 1935, Charles Burney, Frank Mercer, A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period (1789), page 601:
glosses: Alternative spelling of refrain.
lancet arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lancet arches
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A sharp pointed arch used in doors and windows, etc. This type of architecture was peculiar to England in the 13th century.
tautologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlədʒɪst
Forms: form: tautologists
Etymology: From tautology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: His is the pseudo-movement, where the doubling simply mimics the routine of a tautologist, of a monologist, and of a Hegelian dialectician.
ref: 1996, Syed Manzoorul Islam, The Ethics of Travel: From Marco Polo to Kafka, page 28:
text: Nature isn't such a tautologist as to make another to follow him.
ref: 1995, Philip Collins, Charles Dickens: The Critical Heritage, page 579:
text: When his action is mechanically good he produces a great effect on an uncritical assembly, but he is a tiresome tautologist to the intellectual.
ref: 1886, Alexander Melville Bell, Essays and Postscripts on Elocution, page 162:
text: Do you think that God is a tautologist? Let us have faith! Let us say something positive. Irony of itself is the beginning of baseness.
ref: 1870, Victor Hugo, The Destroyer of the Second Republic: Being Napoleon the Little, page 302:
text: Oh, that damn'd tautologist too!
ref: 1797, John Bell, Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, page 19:
glosses: One who makes tautologies.
tautologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tautologist
actins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actin
anilines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aniline
gonocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gonocytes
Etymology: From gono- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A long-lived germ cell responsible for spermatogenesis in males and oogenesis in females
Hyponyms: gametogonium
spermatogonium
oogonium
oocyte
ootid
ovum
gonocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonocyte
thimerosal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: US standard form of thiomersal.
aminoacetophenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoacetophenones
Etymology: From amino + acetophenone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound formed by the substitution of an amine group for one of the hydrogens of acetophenone, having the molecular formula C₈H₉NO; or any specific isomer of this compound.
Synonyms: acetylaniline
aminoacetophenones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoacetophenone
adatoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adatom
adatom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adatoms
Etymology: From ad- + atom, meaning "adsorbed atom".
Senses: examples: text: We studied silicon adatoms on the Si(100) surface.
text: An approach to help correct this involves an adcluster, consisting of an adatom (molecule) and cluster, which is "dipped" into the electron "background" of the substrate [24,25].
ref: 1999, Thomas F George, Daniel A Jelski, Computational Studies Of New Materials, page 339:
text: Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small.
ref: 1987, PDMS and Clusters, page 125:
qualifier: materials science
glosses: An atom that lies on a crystal surface
Derived terms: adatomic
you don't dip your pen in company ink
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: you don't dip your pen in the company's ink
form: you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell
form: you don't dip your pen in the inkwell
Senses: examples: text: "In my job, young hot things have been coming up to me for years," says Fletcher, the retired pilot. "You don't dip your pen in company ink."
ref: 1998 September 28, Roxanne Roberts, “Men's Bad Rep: Just a Bad Rap?”, in Washington Post, retrieved 13 Dec 2008, page A1:
text: It wasn't money that attracted his current wife, Madeleine Deininger, who started working for Ravenswood in 1985. . . . "We had the policy that you don't dip your pen in company ink. We stayed good friends for a long time," Peterson says.
ref: 2006 July 27, W. Blake Gray, “Ravens to Riches”, in San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 13 Dec 2008:
glosses: One should avoid romantic or sexual relationships in the workplace.
Synonyms: don't shit where you eat
you don't fish off the company pier
you don't get your nookie where you get your cookies
don't get your honey where you make your money
don't get your meat where you get your bread
don't fish off the company dock
Related terms: mix business with pleasure
you don't dip your pen in the company's ink
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.
you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.
you don't dip your pen in the inkwell
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.
activationless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From activation + -less.
Senses: examples: text: In this case, ionization is activationless, i.e. its rate constant is extemely large and independent of potential.
ref: 1986, Lev Isaevich Krishtalik, (Please provide the book title or journal name), →ISBN, page 73:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having an activation energy near 0