cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
caillach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caillachs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cailleach.
cailliach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cailliachs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cailleach.
caillachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caillach
cailliachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cailliach
calamined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of calamine
calamining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of calamine
calathea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calatheas
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Calathea.
Senses: examples: text: Even the plants look expensive. A humidifier hisses beneath her calatheas.
ref: 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 11:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Calathea of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.
calatheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calathea
calcanean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of calcaneal: relating to the calcaneus (heel bone).
synonyms: word: calcaneal
extra: relating to the calcaneus (heel bone)
Derived terms: astragalocalcanean
calcifugous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin calcifugus (“limestone-phobic”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of calcifugal.
synonyms: word: calcifugal
calendal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a calendal inscription
glosses: calendrical; relating to a calendar
caliatour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of dyewood that grows in India on the Coromandel coast.
calorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calorists
Senses: glosses: A scientist who favoured the caloric theory, dealing with the hypothetical medium of heat.
Synonyms: caloricist
calorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calorist
camaieux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camaieu
cambiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cambiform
form: most cambiform
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling the cells of the cambium.
cambism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He will there find observations on trading correspondence, and the art of letter writing, on the authors who have written pro forma invoices, bills, &c.; those on law, on cambism, and the operations in exchanges.
ref: 1842, Nathaniel Whittock, The Complete Book of Trades:
text: ... to misconception of the involutions of cambism, underlying the assumptions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as expressed in his speech on the Gold Standard Bill on May 4, 1925.
ref: 1925, A.S. Baxendale, Currency : an indictment, page 141:
text: A more hybrid approach, e.g. Spraos [1972], is that Cambism may on the whole be realistic when speculation is not rife.
ref: 1978, Michael Beenstock, The foreign exchanges: theory, modelling, and policy, page 24:
text: Even if a cambiste is already considered much more than an ordinary river merchant, the work remains incompatible with 'tradition', which expects respectable women to withdraw from public life (La Fontaine, 1974:956). Note the double morality surrounding cambism...
ref: 1999, Tom De Herdt, Stefaan Marysse, “The Reinvention of the market from below: the end of the women's money changing monopoly in Kinshasa”, in Review of African Political Economy, volume 26, number 80:
glosses: The business of currency exchange.
Related terms: cambist
cambistry
camerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of camerate
camerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of camerate
camerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of camerate
camise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camises
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camis (“a dress or robe”).
Camorrista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkaməˈɹɪstə/
ipa: /ˌkɑməˈɹistə/
rhymes: -ɪstə
rhymes: -iːstə
Forms: form: Camorristas
form: Camorristi
Etymology: From Italian camorrista, from camorra + -ista (“-ist”).
Senses: synonyms: Camorrist
glosses: A member of the Camorra criminal organization.
Camorristas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Camorrista
Camorristi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Camorrista
campaignist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: campaignists
Etymology: From campaign + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: This is certainly making out a good case for the cheap sugar campaignists.
ref: 1922, The Australian Sugar Journal, volume 13, page 427:
text: I was pleased to hear so much mention of children in the rhetoric of our political campaignists this morning. I do want to make clear, though, that it takes more than political rhetoric to protect our children and our nation's future.
ref: 1983, City Problems: The Annual Proceedings of the United States Conference of Mayors:
glosses: A campaigner.
campaignists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campaignist
campanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: campanists
Senses: glosses: One who studies bells.
Related terms: campanistic
campanology
campanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campanist
canefruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canefruits
Etymology: From cane + fruit.
Senses: glosses: Fruit grown on canes, such as raspberries and blackberries.
canefruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canefruit
canephor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canephors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of canephora.
canephors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canephor
canephore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canephores
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of canephora.
canephores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canephore
canistering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of canister
canistered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of canister
capuera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capueras
Senses: glosses: In Latin America, cleared land that has developed a secondary forest.
capueras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capuera
secondary forest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary forests
Senses: glosses: Synonym of second-growth forest.
synonyms: word: second-growth forest
secondary forests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secondary forest
caprify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: caprifies
form: caprifying
form: caprified
form: caprified
Etymology: From Latin caprifīcus + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To pollinate (figs) by caprification.
Synonyms: caprificate
caprified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caprify
caprifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of caprify
caprifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of caprify
capologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capologists
Senses: topics: business
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who studies capology.
capologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capologist
capsuling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of capsule
captiving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of captive
caramelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of caramel
caramelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: CARAMELLED AMERICAN CAKE
ref: 1938 May 14, “Readers’ Oven Recipes: Versatile Collection Will Be Welcomed By All”, in The Australian Women’s Weekly, Sydney, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC, Cooking section, page 6:
text: Mixture is well blended then poured into a caramelled pie dish and baked in a pan of hot water until it is golden and rises.
ref: 1965 February 8, Adrienne Keith Cohen, “The Guardian guide to Madrid”, in The Guardian, number 36,885, Manchester, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 6:
text: They had their fortunes told, ate caramelled apples on sticks, and won a wooden doll with a hoop.
ref: 1969, Rosalind Laker, chapter 9, in Sovereign’s Key, Bath, Somerset: A Lythway Book, Chivers Press, published 1990, →ISBN, page 95:
text: FLAN / A delicious caramelled custard
ref: 1995 December 29, Andramari, “Special Spanish New Year’s Eve Menu”, in The Arizona Republic, 106th year, number 229, Phoenix, Ariz., “Scottsdale/Foothills Community” section, page 12:
glosses: Alternative spelling of carameled.
caramelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caramel
dinoflagelate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinoflagelates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dinoflagellate.
dinoflagelates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinoflagelate
spannable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From span + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The span length for the proposed line design is 800 to 1,000 feet, thus many wetlands less than 800 feet in width could likely be spanned. For 115 kV construction, the maximum spannable distance is 800 feet.
ref: 2000, Arrowhead-Weston Electric Transmission Line Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement:
glosses: Able to be spanned.
inverse spelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inverse spellings
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A spelling that is not etymological, arising from a merger between a phoneme in the spelled word and a different phoneme.
Synonyms: back-spelling
backspelling
inverse spellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inverse spelling
acantharean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That belongs to the taxonomic class Acantharea.
acantharean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acanthareans
Senses: glosses: Any member of the Acantharea.
caranna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carana
Senses: glosses: A hard, brittle, resinous gum, obtained from the West Indian tree Dacryodes excelsa, and formerly used in medicine.
caramboled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carambole
caramboling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carambole
acanthareans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acantharean
reboosted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reboost
reboosting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reboost
carap oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An oil obtained from Carapa guianensis.
Synonyms: crab oil
crab oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of carap oil.
synonyms: word: carap oil
carboyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carboy
carboying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carboy
carcake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carcakes
form: carecake
form: caarcake
form: kercaik
form: car-cake
Etymology: From care + cake. Compare Scots caurcake, kercake.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.
Related terms: Care Sunday
carcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carcake
cardamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardamines
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Cardamine.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Cardamine; a bittercress.
cardamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardamine
geniocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From genius + -cracy.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A system of government based on creative intelligence and problem-solving, proposed especially by Raëlians.
Derived terms: geniocratic
cardamum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardamums
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of cardamom.
cardamums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardamum
cardecues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardecue
cardecue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardecues
Etymology: From French quart d'écu.
Senses: examples: text: Sir, for a Cardceue he will ſell the fee-ſimple of his ſaluation, the inheritance of it, and cut th’ intaile from all remainders, and a perpetuall ſucceſsion for it perpetually.
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 248, column 2:
glosses: An old French coin worth one quarter of an écu.
unclothedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unclothed + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In themselves, naturally, neither the concept of clothed- and unclothedness, nor that of man and woman before one another, have anything whatsoever to do with good and evil […]
ref: 1958, Joseph Henry Satin, Ideas in Context, page 382:
glosses: The state or condition of not wearing clothes
undressee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From undress + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: […] mail order service is for people who potter around at home all day in dressing-gowns. Postmen have clearly been instructed to deliver the stuff no matter what the addressee or undressee is wearing.
ref: 1989, Punch, volume 297, page 104:
text: “Ah, um, only the undresser is allowed to touch the undressee.”
ref: 2016, Linda Andrews, A Time For Us, page 184:
glosses: An undressed person.
cariama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cariamas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seriema.
cariamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cariama
carpogonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpogonia
form: carpogone
Etymology: From carpo- + -gonium.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
Related terms: carpogenous
carpogonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpogonium
carromed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carrom
carroming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carrom
carrot-topped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having ginger hair.
Related terms: carrot top
carrotin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrotins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carotin.
carrotins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrotin
cartelist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartelists
Etymology: From cartel + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who belongs to a cartel, or supports cartelism
Related terms: cartelistic
cartelists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartelist
cartoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carton
cartoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carton
cartroad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartroads
form: cart road
Etymology: From cart + road.
Senses: glosses: A road for the driving of carts.
cartroads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartroad
caryopsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caryopsis
cascable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cascables
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cascabel (knob at end of cannon)
cascables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cascable
cashaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cashaws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cushaw.
cashaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cashaw
caseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casemen
Etymology: From case + -man.
Senses: examples: text: Green was a caseman for several of the 'Big Boys'. He visited house after house in residential sections of London's suburbs, checking the quality of furniture, decor, and general prosperity, and then advising the 'Big Boys' whether they were worth a visit.
ref: 2014, John Creasey, Policeman's Dread:
text: Based primarily on his record as a suspect in several prior burglaries and his reputation as a “case-man” − a man who could expertly plan heists − investigators became interested in Anthony Pino.
ref: 2015, James W Henry, Jr, Elephant Executed For Murder:
glosses: A person who examines a building to determine whether it is worth burgling.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A compositor; a typesetter.
casemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caseman
castral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a castrum.
casseroling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of casserole
cassaripe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of cassareep.
catarhine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of catarrhine.
catarhine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catarhines
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of catarrhine.
catarhines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catarhine
catastae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catasta
catharizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of catharize
catharizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catharize
catharized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catharize
catharize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catharizes
form: catharizing
form: catharized
form: catharized
Senses: glosses: To clean or purify thoroughly.
premature optimization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premature optimizations
form: premature optimisation
Etymology: It was first coined by Donald Knuth in his 1974 monograph The Art of Computer Programming which won a Turing Award.
Senses: examples: text: The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times; premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming.
ref: 1973, Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming:
text: 2016, Amitt Mahajan, Why you’re mispricing your VR seed round, VentureBeat
Similar to engineering, premature optimization can cause you to focus on items that don’t materially affect your outcome and can divert your attention away from those that do.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The act of wasting resources on optimising source code that does not represent a significant bottleneck.
wikipedia: The Art of Computer Programming
Turing Award
Hypernyms: optimization
cathetuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathetus
cathodally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Towards a cathode.
Catholic twin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Catholic twins
Senses: glosses: singular of Catholic twins
Synonyms: Irish twin
catworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catworms
Etymology: From cat + worm.
Senses: glosses: A nephtyid.
catworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catworm
caucussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of caucus
caucussing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caucussings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caucusing.
caucussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caucus
caucusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caucus
caucusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of caucus
caudates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caudate
causewaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of causeway
tenson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tensons
Senses: examples: text: Kolsen himself (op. cit., II, p. 16) remarks that it seems surprising that, at this early stage in a career which dated only from about 1165 (cf. Jeanroy, op. cit. II, p. 51, note 2), Giraut should address his interlocutor, Raimbaut, in the familiar second person in contrast with his much more formal manner a few years later in the tenson on trobar clus, placed by Pattison shortly before Christmas, 1170 (op. cit., p. 23). One may wonder why Giraut should write his part of the tenson with such deference to Raimbaut if they had met and written together as early as 1166.
ref: 1976, Peire Rogier, Derek E. T. Nicholson, The Poems of the Troubadour Peire Rogier, →ISBN, page 25:
text: Another type of medieval text that could highlight conflicting perspectives is the Provencal lyric form called the tenson. The tenson involves a dialogue between two voices that take turns discussing a subject, either in alternating stanzas or in two groups of stanzas that mirror each other in form. In most cases, the two halves of a tenson are attributed to different poets, who in effect engage in an exchange or debate that is then presented as a single work, creating a paradox of unity and difference, closure and inconclusiveness.
ref: 1998, Rosemarie Potz McGerr, Chaucer's Open Books: Resistance to Closure in Medieval Discourse, →ISBN:
text: In Gryll Grange, however, the tenson functions as the basis for the advancement of the plot (which is the production of an Aristophanic comedy) and characterises the continual debate between what is uttered (e.g^([sic]) the name Palestine Soup) and what is not uttered (the word-associational etymology that Dr. Opimian offers for the name).
ref: 2014, David Musgrave, Grotesque Anatomies: Menippean Satire since the Renaissance, →ISBN:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A form of lyric poem used by troubadours in Provençal in which two voices present different sides of an argument, in alternate stanzas, lines, or groups of lines with identical structure.
tensons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenson
cebadilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cebadillas
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of sabadilla.
cebadillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cebadilla
cedarbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cedarbirds
Etymology: From cedar + bird.
Senses: glosses: The cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum.
cedarbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cedarbird
cedar waxwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cedar waxwings
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized passerine bird native to North and Central America (Bombycilla cedrorum).
Synonyms: cedarbird
cedar waxwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cedar waxwing
ceiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceilers
Etymology: From ceil + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who ceils, who lines or finishes a surface in construction.
ceilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceiler
centoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centoists
Etymology: From cento + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who compiles a cento, or collection of writings by various authors.
centoists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centoist
centonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centonists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of centoist.
centoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of centonism.
centonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centonist
centonel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centonels
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sentinel.
centonels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centonel
unprofessorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more unprofessorial
form: most unprofessorial
Senses: glosses: Not professorial; not befitting a professor.
unprofessorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unprofessorially
form: most unprofessorially
Senses: glosses: In an unprofessorial manner.
scrillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrillions
Etymology: See + -illion
Senses: examples: text: Richard is an innovator. He showed the way and had to then take on the extraordinary pressures of scrillions of copycats. It probably gets tricksy to tell your own voice apart from your disciples’ – which one is the original?
ref: 2014, Piers Martin, “Aphex Twin: ‘His music is a perfect mix of mystery and adrenaline’”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An unspecified large number (of).
scrillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrillion
over one's skis
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: out over one's skis
form: in front of one's skis
form: ahead of one's skis
Etymology: Per Noreen Malone’s article in the Intelligencer: “the phrase’s metaphorical use seems to have begun in the finance world. Its first non-skiing print usages came in the early nineties, in publications like Investment Dealers’ Digest. For instance, a 1991 article quoted a “market source” describing a race between Goldman Sachs’ and Lehman Bros.’ preferred stock desk. “Someone said [Lehman] couldn’t get a clean legal opinion on it. They may have been out over their skis a little bit with their structure.””
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2012/05/where-did-the-phrase-over-his-skis-come-from.html
As in skiing, the person in question has taken a position from which they must quickly back away. Taking a position that one lacks the ability to maintain. Quite normal in skiing, but costly in other fields.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Michigan coach said Cunningham was “way out over his skis” in projecting that Lewis’ absence was due to more than a minor injury.
ref: 2016 September 5, Nick Bromberg, “Jim Harbaugh: ESPN commentator ‘way out over his skis’ speculating on player suspension”, in Yahoo Sports, retrieved 13 Dec 2016:
glosses: Acting or speaking prematurely; getting ahead of oneself.
out over one's skis
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of over one's skis.
centralistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more centralistic
form: most centralistic
Etymology: From centralist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of centralist.
synonyms: word: centralist
ceorls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceorl
cerealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerealists
Etymology: From cereal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: In order to have more effective co-ordination of the zones and recommendations which are drawn up and approved by the cerealists of the prairie provinces, the three cereal committees, at the suggestion of the co-ordination committee, have staggered the dates of their meetings […]
ref: 1944, Canadian Journal of Agriculture Science, volume 25, page 279:
glosses: A cereal grower.
cerealists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerealist
instantize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: instantizes
form: instantizing
form: instantized
form: instantized
form: instantise
Etymology: From instant + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The greater proportion of nonfat dry milk, however, is distributed by firms which buy it in bulk from manufacturers, instantize it, and either repackage it or have it repackaged for retail sale.
ref: 1960, Margaret Ruth Purcell, Nonfat Dry Milk Packaged for Household Use:
text: Figure 19.4 outlines the steps in the production of dried nonfat milk showing the MCCPs and QCCPs. Of interest is the step where steam is added to instantize the product […]
ref: 1984, T. P. LaBuza, John W. Erdman, Food science and nutritional health: an introduction, page 318:
glosses: To process (milk powder) into an "instant" version that is very easy for the consumer to reconstitute.
Derived terms: instantizer
Related terms: instantization
instantizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of instantize
instantizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of instantize
instantized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of instantize
instantization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of instantizing.
F-35
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: F-35s
Senses: examples: text: The US Air Force calls it the “Frankenjet,” a stealth fighter stitched together from the parts of two F-35s wrecked in accidents that is now on duty and combat ready.
“’Frankenjet’” is fully operational and ready to support the warfighter,” a report from the military’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said on Wednesday.
ref: 2025 April 10, Brad Lendon, “‘Frankenjet’ stealth fighter made from two wrecked warplanes joins US Air Force fleet”, in CNN:
qualifier: aircraft
glosses: Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Derived terms: F-35A
F-35B
F-35C
F-35s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of F-35
instantizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: instantizers
Etymology: From instantize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A machine that instantizes.
instantizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instantizer
ceresine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceresines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ceresin.
ceresine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: There were also additional mesquite trees up top, off which I again beat a single Agrilus sp. along with a few other things, notably a series of ceresine treehoppers.
ref: 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Related to treehoppers of the tribe Ceresini.
ceresines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceresine
ceruleins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerulein
caeruleins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caerulein
cervicites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cervicitis
cervicitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cervicitis
oiled silks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oiled silk
cestuis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cestui
ceylonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceylonites
Etymology: From Ceylon + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ferroan spinel with a manganese-iron ratio from 3:1 and 1:1, and little or no ferric iron.
ceylonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceylonite
Roxburgh bindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Roxburgh binding
chaetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the chaetae
Derived terms: interchaetal
postchaetal
prechaetal
chainworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chainworks
Etymology: From chain + works.
Senses: glosses: A factory where chains are made.
Related terms: chainwork
challas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of challa
challises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of challis
chaleh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of challah.
chalehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaleh
chalonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chalone + -ic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to the chalones.
shammying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shammy
shammied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shammy
chammy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: chammies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shammy.
chammy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: chammies
form: chammying
form: chammied
form: chammied
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shammy.
chammying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chammy
chammied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chammy
chammies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chammy
chammies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chammy
channery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more channery
form: most channery
Etymology: From channer + -y.
Senses: examples: a channery soil
glosses: Containing channers.
channer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: channers
Senses: glosses: A flat fragment of sandstone, slate, etc. found in soil.
Derived terms: channery
channer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: channers
Etymology: From chan + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This is just one of a number of so-called 'false flag' operations undertaken by 'channers' in an effort to infiltrate and undermine progressive social movements.
ref: 2016, Michael Salter, Crime, Justice and Social Media:
glosses: A user of the imageboard site 4chan; a 4channer.
glosses: A user of other imageboard sites similar to 4chan.
channers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of channer
socialpreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: socialpreneurs
Etymology: From social + -preneur.
Senses: glosses: An entrepreneur who aims to help society.
socialpreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of socialpreneur
charioting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chariot
Charleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Charley
charley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charleys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Charlie (a fool)
charleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charley
chattas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chatta
cybercide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybercides
Etymology: From cyber- + -cide.
Senses: glosses: A death that takes place in, or is broadcast over, cyberspace or the Internet.
Related terms: cybersuicide
technocide
cybercides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybercide
Leary biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leary biscuits
Etymology: Named after Timothy Leary (1920–1996), American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration of psychedelic drugs.
Senses: glosses: A snack consisting of cheese and a marijuana bud on a cracker, briefly microwaved.
wikipedia: Timothy Leary
Leary biscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Leary biscuit
Learyesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Learyesque
form: most Learyesque
Etymology: From Leary + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Timothy Leary (1920–1996), American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration of psychedelic drugs.
chauntry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chauntries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of chantry.
chauntries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chauntry
sux0r
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sux0rs
form: sux0ring
form: sux0red
form: sux0red
Etymology: From suck + -0r.
Senses: examples: text: Damb Cowboys were my last remaining Final Four team. I really suxor at this bounceyball thing. Must be a Hokie thing.
ref: 2005 March 25, Bill Lang, “Where's that fork?”, in (Usenet):
glosses: To suck; to be inferior or objectionable.
fux0r
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fux0rs
form: fux0ring
form: fux0red
form: fux0red
Etymology: From fuck + -0r.
Senses: glosses: fuck (in various senses)
pix0r
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pix0rs
Etymology: From pic + -0r.
Senses: examples: text: i'm actually quite flattered, i like being androgonous^([sic])...but in that pix0r i thought i was being incredibly girly and i find it so amusing that you mistook me for a man! it made my morning!
ref: 2002, silver_cyber_aj, “Cyberdog in Vogue”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet):
glosses: picture
pix0rs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pix0r
cheatery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːtəɹi/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃitəɹi/
ipa: [-ɾə-]
Forms: form: cheateries
Etymology: From cheat + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: I touch not now the vulgar thought, as of tricks and cheateries in trade; / I speak of honest purpose, character, speech and action: [...]
ref: 1842, Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Honesty”, in Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated (Second Series), London: J[ohn] Hatchard and Son, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 258:
text: It is not only possible, but probable , that we are going to have more of the political cheatery of which the honorable member spoke. Is he going to perpetuate this cheatery, and cheat the workers again?
ref: 1909, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives, page 739:
text: West Ham shouldn't even be in the Premiership, given what happened last season, but to add insult to injury they are now staying where they don't belong once again because of some heinous and blatant cheatery.
ref: 2008 February 27, Sir Benjamin Nunn, “Teh Ghey Premiership Hugs - 23-29022008”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet):
glosses: Cheating; fraud.
cheateries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheatery
chawer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɔːə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: chawers
Etymology: From chaw + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The tobacco chawer is wiping his neck with a wet bandanna, his legs dangling off the bed of his vehicle.
ref: 2012, Jack Teeter, Jake's Preacher Gig, page 59:
glosses: One who chaws; a chewer.
chawers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chawer
chayroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chayroots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chay root.
chayroots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chayroot
multiplanetary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-planetary
Etymology: From multi- + planetary.
Senses: examples: text: As of November 10, 2015, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered, some of them in the 484 known multiplanetary systems.
ref: 2016, Priyamvada Natarajan, Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos:
glosses: Consisting of multiple planets.
multi-planetary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multiplanetary.
cold hard cash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: hard cash
cold cash
glosses: Money, regarded as an incentive that can override any doubts or ethical concerns.
synonyms: hard cash
cold cash
glosses: Money in the form of banknotes and coins as opposed to electronic money, credit, and checks.
synonyms: hard cash
cold cash
glosses: Money in the form of specie as contrasted with paper money.
cheechaco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheechacos
form: cheechacoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheechako.
cheechacoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheechaco
cheechacos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheechaco
safed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of safe
safing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of safe
safing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: The process of (a spacecraft) entering safe mode.
Coolgardie safes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coolgardie safe
untrialed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not having been trialed; untested.
untrialled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not having been trialled; untested.
charchari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charcharis
Senses: glosses: A Bengal dish made with chopped vegetables and spices.
glosses: An Indian folk dance.
charcharis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charchari
weaksome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weaksome
form: most weaksome
Etymology: From weak + -some.
Senses: examples: text: My old mother is pretty weaksome, and can't do much besides get the victuals, so I have to look to all the geese and pigs and hens, when I or't to be 'tendin' to the cattle, and plowin' and farm-work.
ref: 1861, Philip Thaxter: A Novel
text: A beggar in course he is, poor brat, but, saving your worship's pardon, I don't see how he can be anything else — coming, as he did, by a wrong tack into the world, and taken up by a weaksome, cranky creature, as always lived more or less on charity.
ref: 1884, Mr. Nobody - Volume 1
text: “[...] And how shall the weaksome rise if they that loves 'em best deserts 'em ?”
ref: 1899, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 166:
text: 'Are they both pub-crawlers?' asked Edwina, whose thoughts had gone back to times when pubs, if they then existed — and when did they not exist, in one form or another, since there were vases, bowls, jars, flagons, cups, however mutilated and weaksome, to suggest their existence—'one doesn't necessarily have to go to a pub to get a drink.
ref: 1972, Leslie Poles Hartley, The collections:
text: 'Call that a bite? You is weaksome as a wormwiggler!' Grimbeard carried them over to the fireside, where he gave his brother's chair a savage kick.
ref: 2012, Alan MacDonald, Sir Bigwart: Knight of the Wonky Table:
glosses: Characterised or marked by weakness; feeble
chedite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheddite.
chemicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chemic
chemicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chemic
check-rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: check-rails
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of check rail.
chemick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: chemicks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of chemic.
chemick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: chemicks
form: chemicking
form: chemicked
form: chemicked
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of chemic.
chemicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemick
chemicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chemick
chemiexcited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having undergone chemiexcitation.
checkrail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: checkrails
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of check rail.
check-rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of check-rail
checkrails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of checkrail
chemitypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to chemitypy.
chemitypy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
Derived terms: chemitypic
spoilsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spoilsome
form: most spoilsome
Etymology: From spoil + -some.
Senses: examples: text: They muss our Monday washing up; on Tuesdays steal our tubs; a most distressful nuisance are these soilsome, spoilsome Blubs.
ref: 1918, St. Nicholas, Volume 45, Part 2:
text: A childish (and Rousseau-ist) view of children as noble savages often is part of a belief that nature is a sweet garden and science and technology are spoilsome intrusions.
ref: 1984, Gary Goshgarian, The Contemporary Reader from Little, Brown:
text: In my country, it's awful weather. And spoilsome weather.
ref: 1985, Blanche McCord Harrison, Changes in infant feeding practices of Vietnamese refugees interpreted through qualitative data:
text: Back in the spoilsome comforts of Kodiak and about to fly south again, I trade friendly barbs with my skipper over the seven-day St. Matthew opening.
ref: 1987, National Fisherman, volume 68:
text: My spoilsome sin is ever in front of my face.
ref: 2005, Calvin Seerveld, Voicing God's Psalms:
glosses: Characterised by spoiling or ruin; ruinous
Chekist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chekists
form: Tchekist
Etymology: From Russian чеки́ст (čekíst) from Чека́ (Čeká) + -ист (-ist).
Senses: glosses: An agent of the Cheka.
glosses: A national security official of the KGB, FSB or any of the security services of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation.
Chekists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chekist
chemmy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemmie
Etymology: From chem(in de fer) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We use him for eloping with heiresses, getting involved in drug scandals, and running illegal chemmy parties.
ref: 1960, The Bedside "Guardian", page 248:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: The card game called chemin de fer.
chemmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemmie
shemmy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chemmy (card game)
cherriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: cherry + -est
Senses: examples: text: Liveliest and merriest Girl in the west;
Thy lips the cherriest Lips ever pressed.
Thy teeth the pearliest, By nature well set;
Thy locks the curliest Locks fingered yet.
ref: 1873, Arnold Isler, Wild Thoughts in Rhyme, page 73:
text: The lovable dope admitted stealing glimpses of her as she rounded the table shooting. He went on to compliment that her hair was lustrous. The cherriest lips he had ever seen.
ref: 2013, Billy-John, Cougar Shame:
glosses: superlative form of cherry: most cherry; most bright red in colour.
chibol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chibols
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cibol (“spring onion; Welsh onion”).
chibols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chibol