cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
atherosclerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From athero- + sclerotic.
Senses: examples: text: Orificial atherosclerotic lesions are much less likely to respond to balloon dilation alone because they are essentially composed of aortic plaque, which cannot be effectively cracked and remodeled in a durable manner by a balloon alone.
ref: 2007, Courtney M. Townsend, Sabiston Textbook of Surgery:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis.
Derived terms: antiatherosclerotic
neoatherosclerotic
nonatherosclerotic
preatherosclerotic
proatherosclerotic
attapulgite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attapulgites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: palygorskite
glosses: A clay mineral containing silicates of aluminium and magnesium that is a constituent of fuller's earth and bentonite.
avenasterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avenasterols
Etymology: From Avena + sterol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric sterols, related to cholesterol, found in some vegetable oils
Stradivarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɹædɪˈvɛəɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: Stradivariuses
form: Stradivarii
Etymology: Named after the Stradivari family (Latin Stradivarius), an Italian surname either from the plural of Lombard stradivare (“toll-man”), or from strada averta (“open road”) in the Cremonese dialect.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: Strad
glosses: A violin made by another manufacturer, named to capitalise on the fame of the instruments made by Antonio Stradivari.
examples: text: A Bath boat is the Stradivarius of destroyers!
glosses: A name invoked as a standard of excellence in unrelated fields.
Derived terms: Strad
Related terms: Amati
Guarneri
luthier
value theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: value theories
Senses: glosses: A theory of how people positively and negatively value things and concepts, the reasons they use in making their evaluations, and the scope of applications of legitimate evaluations across the social world.
Related terms: theory of value
maritozzo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɑɹɪˈtoʊtsoʊ/
ipa: /ˌmæɹɪˈtɒtsəʊ/
Forms: form: maritozzi
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, from marito (“husband”), possibly because it used to be given to a girl by her fiancé.
Senses: glosses: Any one of a kind of brioche-style bun filled with whipped cream and dusted with powdered sugar, originating in Rome, Italy, and traditionally eaten as a breakfast pastry.
corollary relief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The custody and support of children in divorce proceedings.
head of navigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The farthest point above the mouth of a river that can be navigated by ships. This term can be somewhat subjective on many streams, as this point may vary greatly with the size of the ship being contemplated for navigation. On others it is quite objective, being caused by a waterfall, dam or lock.
lexical correspondence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexical correspondences
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A set of cognate words or morphemes in two or more related languages, where regular sound correspondences occur between the phonemes contained in the words.
memory stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memory sticks
Etymology: From Memory Stick, a Sony brand name.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.
examples: text: The first step to increasing your drive space is to add a new storage device. It can be a hard drive (IDE or SCSI), but also a USB or FireWire memory stick.
ref: 2003, Jon Hall, Paul G. Sery, Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies, page 343:
text: You might be wondering at this point what dark secrets I had locked away on my phone and memory sticks and email.
ref: 2008, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, page 56:
text: To do this, you can run a script on a computer periodically to check for any attached USB disk drives or memory sticks.
ref: 2009, Steve Seguis, Windows PowerShell 2 For Dummies, unnumbered page:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A portable solid-state electronic flash memory data storage device equipped with a USB (or similarly specified) plug for direct connection to a corresponding port; a USB drive, thumb drive or pen drive.
Synonyms: sense: generic portable solid-state data storage device
word: data stick
sense: generic portable solid-state data storage device
word: pen drive
sense: generic portable solid-state data storage device
word: thumb drive
sense: generic portable solid-state data storage device
word: USB drive
Related terms: flashcard
flash card
memory card
brewer's droop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Impotence caused by heavy drinking.
Synonyms: erectile dysfunction
Related terms: coke dick
crystal dick
whiskey dick
dope dick
underskirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underskirt
unwiser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unwise: more unwise
military spouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: military spouses
Senses: glosses: A person whose spouse (wife or husband) is a member a nation's armed forces.
unwisest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unwise: most unwise
unfriendlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unfriendly: more unfriendly
unfriendliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unfriendly: most unfriendly
nephromegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephromegalies
Etymology: From nephro- + -megaly.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The process whereby one or both kidneys become enlarged.
unkinder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: An unkinder deduction, considering only the Select Committee's report and discounting rumours of wayward conclusions by the Stedeford Group, would be that if one inquisition doesn't produce the desired answers, the Minister's policy is "try, try again"—or should one say "fight, fight, fight again".
ref: 1961 January, “Talking of Trains: Marples out of step”, in Trains Illustrated, page 1:
glosses: comparative form of unkind: more unkind
wrist shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrist shots
Senses: examples: text: That wrist shot completely fooled the defenders.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A short stroke usually played with an iron, from the wrist, without swinging the club over the shoulder.
unfairer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unfair: more unfair
unfairest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unfair: most unfair
umps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ump
umps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ump
umping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ump
umped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ump
unfurls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfurl
unfurled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
ref: 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
glosses: simple past and past participle of unfurl
understates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of understate
understating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of understate
unworthier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unworthy: more unworthy
unworthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unworthy: most unworthy
Ukrainians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ukrainian
hook shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hook shots
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shot in which the offensive player gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height; a hook.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of hook (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”).
synonyms: word: hook
extra: (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”)
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of hook (“shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side”).
synonyms: word: hook
extra: shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side
unaccepted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + accepted.
Senses: examples: text: In the case of a mere offer unaccepted, the offence of bribery can hardly be said to be complete.
ref: 1857, Reports of the Decisions of Committees of the House of Commons: During the Fifteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom, Case XVIII. District of Wigton Burghs:
glosses: Not accepted; unacceptable.
unaccepted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + accepted.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unaccept
tubbier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tubby: more tubby
tubbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tubby: most tubby
risoni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian risoni.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of orzo (“type of pasta”).
synonyms: word: orzo
extra: type of pasta
tubbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubby
tramples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trample
tramples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trample
tonguing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tongue
tonguing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonguings
Senses: examples: text: Your partner will be so eager to be licked and caressed that your introductory tonguings in this area just won't be enough.
ref: 1992, The Ultimate Sex Book:
glosses: A licking or lapping with the tongue.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.
examples: text: While there had been four parties operating during 1837, the following season saw a reduction to three stations and one 'tonguing party' that salvaged blubber from the whale carcasses discarded by pelagic whaling vessels.
ref: 2010, Martin Gibbs, The Shore Whalers of Western Australia, page 17:
glosses: Cutting off strips of blubber in the butchering of a whale.
Derived terms: double-tonguing
triple-tonguing
snatch the pebble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snatches the pebble
form: snatching the pebble
form: snatched the pebble
form: snatched the pebble
Etymology: From the 1970s television series called Kung Fu starring David Carradine. In the title sequence to this series, the protagonist (a young martial arts student) is finally able to snatch a pebble from his master's hand, indicating he has developed sufficient skills and wisdom and is ready to leave the school and venture into the world.
Senses: glosses: To fully grasp the meaning of a concept or to develop a skill to a high degree of proficiency, often that rivals some specific expert.
topmasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topmast
taxidermists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taxidermist
tangos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangoes
Senses: glosses: plural of tango
tangos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tangoes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tango
tangoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tango
tangoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tango
tinsels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tinsel
tinselling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tinseling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tinsel
tinseling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tinselling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tinsel
tinselled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tinseled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tinsel
tinseled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tinselled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tinsel
tandems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tandem
tandems
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tandem
Sarasota
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida.
oilfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilfield
overgrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overgrow
overgrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overgrow
overindulges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overindulge
St Giles' Greek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The term comes from the St Giles' area of present-day central London which, during the 17th and 18th centuries, was notorious as a refuge for thieves and other criminals.
Senses: qualifier: cant
glosses: A secret language, as spoken by beggars and thieves.
overindulging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overindulge
overindulged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overindulge
optimiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optimisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of optimizer.
octogenarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octogenarian
jasmines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jasmine
jugulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jugular
Jewishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jewishnesses
Etymology: From Jewish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: When I first knew you I was struck by your pride in your Jewishness, but as far as I knew you weren't yet a lesbian. Can you ttell me something about how you came to terms with these two parts of yourself?
ref: 1982 August 14, Andrea Fred Loewenstein, Evelyn Torton Beck, “Bringing it all Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 8:
text: When Zack Galifianakis asks Paul Rudd about his Jewishness in “Between Two Ferns: The Movie,” the actor responds with a quip.
ref: 2023 April 4, Harmeet Kaur, “What does it mean to be Jewish in the US?”, in CNN:
synonyms: Jewhood
Jewship
glosses: The property of being Jewish.
Related terms: Jewiness
Yiddishkeit
jollier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑliɚ/
Senses: glosses: comparative form of jolly: more jolly
jolliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑliɪst/
Senses: glosses: superlative form of jolly: most jolly
jollying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jolly
jollying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jollyings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who jollies; amusement; diversion.
joying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of joy
joyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of joy
Derived terms: underjoyed
Januaries
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌɛɹiz/
Forms: form: Januarys
Senses: glosses: plural of January
jerkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of jerky: more jerky
jerkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of jerky: most jerky
rhinorrhagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhinorrhagias
Etymology: From rhino- + -rrhagia.
Senses: glosses: A profuse nosebleed.
Hypernyms: epistaxis
Jungian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈjʊŋijən]
ipa: [ˈjʊŋɡiən]
Forms: form: more Jungian
form: most Jungian
Etymology: From Jung + -ian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the psychology of Carl Jung.
Derived terms: Jungianism
Jungian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈjʊŋijən]
ipa: [ˈjʊŋɡiən]
Forms: form: Jungians
Etymology: From Jung + -ian.
Senses: glosses: One who follows the psychology of Carl Jung
Related terms: english: named after Jung's teacher
translation: named after Jung's teacher
word: Freudian
bowl pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowl packs
Senses: examples: text: Later that night a couple of Splinter's hippie friends come over and we get stoned. Alice continues working on me to take her to the Bluff. It's on the third bowl-pack when I decide definitively that she has to go.
ref: 2006, N. Frank Daniels, Futureproof, page 222:
text: He had some good herb; a little sticky, a little blueberry-scented, nice and clumpy, perfect for a bowl pack.
ref: 2007, Jeffery Rogers, Told You So, page 164:
glosses: A quantity of a recreational drug sufficient to fill the bowl of a small pipe used to smoke it.
jukeboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jukebox
jukeboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jukebox
joggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of joggle
joggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of joggle
starrier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of starry: more starry
starriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of starry: most starry
Antofagasta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in northern Chile.
glosses: A region and province therein, in northern Chile.
Derived terms: Territory of Antofagasta
Ananias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ænəˈnaɪəs/
Forms: form: Hananiah
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀνανίας (Ananías), from Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה (khananyá).
Senses: examples: But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
glosses: In the New Testament, any of certain members of the early Christian church.
examples: text: Bunter entertained a hope of convincing Quelch that he hadn't been in the study at all. He had great faith in his powers as an Ananias!
ref: 1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Kidnapped from the Air:
qualifier: type
glosses: (with reference to Acts 5.3) A liar.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Mayas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maya
Mayans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mayan
Marxists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marxist
Melanesians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Melanesian
monkeying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of monkey
monkeyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: monkied
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of monkey
monkied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: monkeyed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of monkey
talis qualis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin tālis (“such, of such”) quālis (“of such”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: such as it is; as such; just as they come
Suyog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit (meaning "favourable juncture", "good opportunity" and "Auspicious time") from su- (best, very) and yoga (juncture).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in Nepal.
montages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of montage
TEWT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TEWTs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Tactical Exercise Without Troops: a wargame or training exercise not involving deployment of troops.
mistier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of misty: more misty
mistiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of misty: most misty
manlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of manly: more manly
manliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Published scientific research shows that women are more attracted to the manliest men when they are ovulating[…]
ref: 2008, Nate Green, Built for Show, page 4:
glosses: superlative form of manly: most manly
metabolises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of metabolise
metabolising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of metabolise
metabolised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metabolise
misanthropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misanthrope
matriarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matriarchy
patriarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patriarchy
mimicries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimicry
moccasins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mocassins
form: moccassins
Senses: glosses: plural of moccasin.
modulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modulator
tin god
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tin gods
Etymology: From tin's figurative sense as "worthless" or "counterfeit" in relation to silver and god's use for idols.
Senses: examples: text: Wherefore the Little Tin Gods harried their little tin souls, / Seeing he came not from Chatham, jingled no spurs at his heels; […]
ref: 1886, Rudyard Kipling, “[Departmental Ditties] Public Waste”, in Departmental Ditties […], New York, N.Y.: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, published 1899, →OCLC:
text: In Prussia alone there are 492 Landräte—a sort of district commissioner—all Government officials or directly in touch with the central government, and all little tin gods in their own district.
ref: 1909, Frederic William Wile et al., Our German Cousins, page 89:
text: [Frank Lloyd Wright] was regarded by members of the [Taliesin] fellowship as somewhat of an idol, a tin god, or a master, who could do no wrong.
ref: 1943 March 3, Redacted Dodgeville, Wisconsin, Draft Board member, FBI report
text: ELIAS: Well, Doctor, I've been thinking about what sort of work I could assign you to.
MCCOY: What do you mean, what sort of work? I'm a doctor.
ELIAS: Not any more, of course. We don't need you. Not as a doctor.
MCCOY: Oh, no? Would you like to see just how fast I can put you in a hospital?
ELIAS: I am the leader of this colony. I'll assign you to whatever work I think is suitable.
MCCOY: Just a minute. You'd better make me a mechanic. Then I can treat little tin gods like you. (He punches Elias.)
ref: 1967, “This Side of Paradise”, in Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 25 (television production), Paramount Pictures:
glosses: A false god, particularly a petty tyrant, a person who abuses or exceeds their authority over others in petty ways.
mulattos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mulattoes
Senses: glosses: plural of mulatto
Moluccas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /məˈlʌkəz/
Etymology: From Maluku, thought to have been derived from the term used by Arab traders for the region, Arabic جَزِيرَات المَلِك (jazīrāt al-malik, literally “king islands”), from the word مَلِك (malik). However, since the name itself has been mentioned in a 14th-century Majapahit eulogy, Nagarakretagama, that predates the arrival of Islam in Maluku at the late fifteenth century, other sources claim that the name comes from a local language with the meaning "the head of a bull" or "the head of something large".
Senses: glosses: An archipelago of Indonesia.
Synonyms: Maluku
Malukus
Maluku Islands
Maluku islands
Moluccan Islands
Spice Islands
misbehaviour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjɚ/
ipa: /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjə/
Forms: form: misbehaviours
Etymology: From mis- + behaviour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of misbehavior.
Related terms: misbehave
monopolisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of monopolization.
misconducting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misconduct
misconducted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misconduct
matadors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matador
medallions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medallion
mellower
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mellow: more mellow
mellower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mellowers
Senses: glosses: One who or that which mellows.
mellowest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mellow + -est.
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mellow: most mellow
mellowest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mellow + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of mellow
mammograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammogram
Menkalinan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened form of Arabic مَنْكِب ذِي الْعِنَان (mankib ḏī l-ʕinān, “shoulder of the rein-holder”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A traditional name of the star Beta Aurigae.
magnetises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of magnetise
magnetising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of magnetise
magnetised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnetised
form: most magnetised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of magnetized
Derived terms: unmagnetised
magnetised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of magnetise
Maimonides
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪˈmɑnədiz/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Maimōnidēs, from Ancient Greek Μαϊμωνίδης (Maïmōnídēs), a translation of Hebrew בֵּן מַיְמוֹן (ben maymon) or Arabic اِبْن مَيْمُون (ibn maymūn), both meaning “son of Maymon”.
Senses: examples: text: Maimonides, the 12th century scholar, rabbi and physician also extolled the health benefits of wine in moderation.
ref: 2022 January 22, Jonathan Reiner, “If you think that glass of wine is good for you, it’s time to reconsider”, in CNN:
glosses: A medieval Jewish philosopher.
monarchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monarchist
whatshisname
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatshisnames
form: whatstheirnames
Etymology: A compound of what is his name.
Senses: glosses: A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten
Synonyms: word: thingamabob
word: thingamafuck
word: thingum
word: thingummy
word: whatsisname
word: whatshisname
word: whasisname
word: whatshername
word: whatshisface
word: so-and-so
word: you-know-who
word: Tom
word: Dick and Harry
word: Fred Bloggs
word: Joe Bloggs
word: Joe Soap
word: Fred
word: Joe Public
word: A.N. Other
word: Joe Blow
word: Joe Schmoe
word: John Doe
word: Jane Doe
word: John Q. Public
word: John Smith
word: Joneses
word: dat fella
word: yer man
word: yer one
word: himself
word: herself
word: Jimmy
word: Lord Muck
word: Lady Muck
word: Frick and Frack
word: Grandma
word: Grandpa
word: Tommy Atkins
word: Joe Random
word: Joe Average
word: Joe Sixpack
word: Jane Sixpack
word: John Citizen
word: Whosis
Related terms: word: whatshername
word: whatstheirname
word: whatshisface
word: whatchamacallit
word: thingamajig
word: thingy
word: :Category:English placeholder terms
word: Placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
anti-monarchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-monarchist
Abiturient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑbɪˌtuɹiˈɛnt/
Forms: form: Abiturienten
form: Abiturients
form: abiturient
Etymology: Borrowed from German Abiturient, from Latin abituriō (“I wish to leave”).
Senses: examples: text: If we examine the statistics of the German Gymnasia, we shall find that an Abiturient very rarely leaves a Gymnasium so young as eighteen, [...]
ref: 1875, The Southern Review, volume 16, number 33, page 195:
text: He is already an Abiturient, a graduate of a gymnasium, one who has completed enough preparatory studies to turn directly, if need be, to professional work, [...]
ref: 1900, Elbert Francis Baldwin, The Educational Value of the Social Side of Student Life, III, In Germany, in The Outlook, page 804:
text: (3) an Abiturient, minimum age 19, needs a practical course of ½ year and 2-2½ years at Chemieschule (day classes). An Abiturient is a student who has passed the matriculation examination after 9 years (8 in Austria) at secondary school.
ref: 1958, Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, volume 82, page 528:
text: Well, obviously a bright kid, but: When he got his Abitur (final exam at the Gymnasium), he had already the German equivalent of a 2-year US college education behind him. Nobody in his/her right mind would compare a US high-school graduate with an Abiturient. There is a two-year difference. The US public school system goes for only 12 years, and starts one year earlier than the German one.
ref: 2000 February 22, Peter Alfke, “German Education”, in soc.culture.german (Usenet):
glosses: A pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur.
Related terms: Abitur
manicuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manicure
manicured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manicured
form: most manicured
Derived terms: unmanicured
manicured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manicure
manifestoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manifesto
manifestoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manifesto
medallist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medallists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of medalist.
Derived terms: bronze medallist
medallists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medallist
behenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From behen + -ic, from its presence in the oil.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to behenic acid or its derivatives.
Derived terms: behenate
behenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A fatty acid, docosanoic acid, having twenty-two carbon atoms.
Derived terms: iodobehenic acid
maharajas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maharaja
energy transfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: energy transfers
Senses: examples: text: Solar panels allow for energy transfer from light energy to heat and electrical energy.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another.
misidentifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misidentify
misruling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misrule
misruling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misrulings
Senses: examples: misrulings of the court
glosses: A bad or wrong ruling.
misruled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misrule
menials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menial
marshier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of marshy: more marshy
marshiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of marshy: most marshy
maximise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈmæksəmaɪz/
Forms: form: maximises
form: maximising
form: maximised
form: maximised
Senses: examples: text: The project was attractive because of the ability to maximise the use of existing and decommissioned railways, minimise land take, and decrease the amount of disruption during the project. With London land prices rocketing, there was also a significant financial incentive.
ref: 2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, pages 48–49:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of maximize.
maximises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of maximise
maximising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maximise
maximised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maximise
maxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of max
Marianas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mariana
Marianas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: The Marianas
Etymology: Named after Spanish Queen Mariana of Austria (1634–1696).
Senses: examples: text: After refueling and taking on supplies in New Guinea, we steamed north and east to support the landings on Kwajalein and Eniwetok and the thrusts against the island of Truk. We participated in the famous "Turkey Shoot" in the Marianas, during which we decimated the enemy's forces.
ref: 1979, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, published 1980, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 57:
glosses: An archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, a part of the geographical Micronesia.
Synonyms: Mariana Islands
Derived terms: Marianas Trench
Mariana Trench
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Marianas
misreckon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈɹɛkən/
Forms: form: misreckons
form: misreckoning
form: misreckoned
form: misreckoned
Etymology: From mis- + reckon.
Senses: glosses: To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
examples: text: And therefore he that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.207
glosses: To make a wrong calculation, to be in error.
MTFBWY
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Senses: glosses: Initialism of may the Force be with you.
Micronesians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Micronesian
maximisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maximisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maximization.
maximisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maximisation
menageries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menagerie
cony-catch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cony-catches
form: cony-catching
form: cony-caught
form: cony-caught
form: conicatch
Etymology: Back-formation from cony-catcher.
Senses: examples: text: But those that gull and conicatch us with the assurance of an extraordinary facultie […] ought to be double punished.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: [W]hy ſiſter do you thinke I'le cunny-catch you, vvhen you are my cozen?
ref: 1604 (date written), Tho[mas] Dekker, [Thomas Middleton], The Honest Whore. […] (4th quarto), London: […] Nicholas Okes for Robert Basse, […], published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, signature B2, recto:
glosses: To trick, cheat.
mentalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mentality
moisturise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moisturises
form: moisturising
form: moisturised
form: moisturised
Etymology: From moisture + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of moisturize.
Derived terms: moisturisation
moisturiser
moisturises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of moisturise
moisturising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moisturise
moisturised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of moisturise
mislays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mislay
mislaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mislay
mislaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mislayings
Senses: synonyms: mislayal
glosses: The act of something being mislaid or lost.
materialisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: materialisations
Etymology: From material + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: The sandpit, mud, lollipop sticks, goo, plasticine, oozing clay and, later, petri dishes and test tubes: playing with such stuff, Hall argues, has clearly influenced the materialisations of contemporary art, so much of it three-dimensional, inherently transient and labile, and playful. Homo ludens has supplanted homo faber.
ref: 2000 April 13, Marina Warner, “A New Twist in the Long Tradition of the Grotesque”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 08, →ISSN:
text: There are floating tables, floating musical instruments, and at some point you get full-form materialisation of ghosts, dressed in white.
ref: 2013 December 23, Kira Cochrane, “Ghost stories: why the Victorians were so spookily good at them”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of materialization.
Derived terms: dematerialisation
materialisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of materialisation
militaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of military
memorisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memorisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of memorization.
misprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misprint
examples: text: A few used TOAST (again with drinking connotations) as misprint for ROAST, failing to spot perhaps that it is itself a passable definition of SWEAL and therefore less effective, if acceptable at all, in a misprints clue.
ref: 1982 December 5, “Azed Slip 556”, in The Azed Slip Archive:
text: Ximenes introduced several new types of crossword including 'Misprints' in which misprints occur in either the clues or the answers; he also started competitions for clue-setting which became very popular among solvers.
ref: 1985, Times of India Illustrated Weekly:
text: I had a go at setting more of his specialised crosswords and then one day I had the luck to hit the jackpot. I set a Misprints puzzle and, when he returned it, Ximenes enclosed a four page letter.
ref: 2002 April 13, Eric Chalkley, “Apex Speech”, in The Crossword Centre:
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: A crossword puzzle in which clues or answers have one letter changed.
misprints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misprint
misprinting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misprint
misprinted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misprint
misdoings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misdoing
musks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musk
Mohammedans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mohammedan
milkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of milky: more milky
milkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of milky: most milky
medleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medley
meatloaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meatloaf
mashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masher
measlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of measly: more measly
measliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of measly: most measly
mambos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mambo
mambos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mambo
mamboing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mambo
mamboed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mambo
mosies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mosy
moseying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mosey
mosied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mosy
Mercia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɜːsi.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɜːʃə/
ipa: /ˈmɜːʃi.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɝsi.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɝʃə/
Etymology: Latinization of Old English Mierċe (literally “border people”), derived from mearc, whence mark.
Senses: glosses: One of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England.
glosses: An alternative name for the Midlands.
Derived terms: Mercian
misdemeanours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misdemeanour
misfitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misfit
misfitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misfit
missioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mission
missioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mission
Melanesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Melanesia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: While Melanesian cannibals make "long pig," barbecuing enemies, legal and political cannibals in San Francisco put a beautiful wealthy woman, Penny Penny Hill, on trial for murder […]
ref: 2002, William C. Miller, Long Pig:
glosses: Of or relating to Melanesia.
Derived terms: Australo-Melanesian
Melanesian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Melanesians
Etymology: From Melanesia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Blackbirding was the euphemism given to the slave-trading that occurred in the Pacific from the mid-1800s through to the early-1900s. According to one study, blackbirding, [as] “the practice of luring Melanesians and Polynesians to toil for next to nothing was called”, involved upwards of 60,000 people between 1863 and 1904 (Horne, 2007, p. 2).
ref: 2008, Andrew David Grainger, The Browning of the All Blacks: Pacific Peoples, Rugby, and the Cultural Politics of Identity in New Zealand, page 326:
glosses: A Melanesian person.
Related terms: Melanesia
miming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪmɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mime
miming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪmɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ
Forms: form: mimings
Senses: glosses: A performance in mime.
mimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mime
modernises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of modernise
modernising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more modernising
form: most modernising
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of modernizing.
modernising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of modernise
modernised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of modernise
modernised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more modernised
form: most modernised
Senses: examples: text: […] the Plan incorporates in proper combination every available modern technique, including extensive electrification on the new standard high-voltage a.c. system at a frequency of 50 cycles; main-line diesel traction as a half-way house to electrification; lightweight diesel trains for secondary and branch services; and a smaller wagon fleet doing more work by the use of continuous brakes in conjunction with modernised terminals and marshalling yards.
ref: 1958 January 24, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 15:
glosses: That has undergone modernisation.
Derived terms: unmodernised
mealier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mealy: more mealy
mealiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mealy: most mealy
metastasise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metastasises
form: metastasising
form: metastasised
form: metastasised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of metastasize.
Derived terms: unmetastasised
metastasises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of metastasise
metastasising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of metastasise
metastasised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metastasise
mangos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mangoes
Senses: glosses: plural of mango
maturer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mature: more mature