cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
disspreads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disspread
disspreading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disspread
business studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An academic subject covering various elements of business, such as accountancy and marketing.
care factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: care factors
Senses: examples: text: My care factor, along with my libido, had disappeared right out my bedroom window.
ref: 2012, Tamra Mercieca, Getting Naked: The Dating Game, page 44:
text: I earned some strange looks walking through the halls with it, but my care factor about what others thought was pretty close to zero. I just wanted to get — and feel — better.
ref: 2012, Jen Jones, Lissa on the Sidelines:
text: Fortunately, my care factor was now dangerously close to fuck-it levels.
ref: 2013, Kylie Scott, Lick:
text: Not my finest moment, but my care factor is subzero right now. My attention is elsewhere.
ref: 2015, Ryan Thomas Grice, Photosynthesis:
glosses: The degree to which somebody cares about something.
Derived terms: care factor zero
over-elaborate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more over-elaborate
form: most over-elaborate
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overelaborate.
nanoinstruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoinstructions
Etymology: From nano- + instruction.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A hardware instruction in the CPU of a nanoprocessor; a software instruction in a nanoprogram.
nanoprocessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoprocessors
Etymology: From nano- + processor.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The processor (CPU) of a nanocomputer.
schnicklefritzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schnicklefritz
Semey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /sɪˈmeɪ/
Etymology: From Kazakh Семей (Semei).
Senses: glosses: A city on the Irtysh in east Kazakhstan.
Synonyms: english: official name until 2007
translation: official name until 2007
word: Semipalatinsk
alt: official name from 1917–1920
word: Alash-kala
nanoprocessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoprocessor
unstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + standing.
Senses: examples: text: As will be seen by referring to sketch, the frame comprises angular and flat base to be covered with roofing when in position and has integral unstanding inclined walls.
ref: 1908, Steel and Iron, page 1199:
glosses: Not standing; not in a standing, upright position
butt burp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butt burps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bottom burp.
synonyms: word: bottom burp
curmurrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curmurring
butt burps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butt burp
full-deckism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full-deckisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of full deckism.
Oskemen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɒskəmɛn/
Etymology: From Kazakh Өскемен (Öskemen).
Senses: glosses: A city (population 300,000) on the Irtysh in east Kazakhstan.
Synonyms: Ust-Kamennaya (1720-)
Ust-Kamenogorsk
turkey tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turkey tails
Senses: synonyms: word: turkey butt
glosses: A fatty cut of turkey meat from the pygostyle, popular in the South Pacific.
glosses: The polypore mushroom Trametes versicolor.
Related terms: mutton flaps
turkey tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turkey tail
preen oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preen oils
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Oil produced by the uropygial gland in birds, used in preening.
saboted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sabotted
Etymology: From sabot + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Of a projectile: held in place by a sabot (carrier).
examples: text: […]the speaker suddenly claps her saboted foot down on the ground, and continues to rock and knit.
ref: 1868 July, “St. Michael’s Night”, in The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics., volume XXII, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., chapter VIII, page 23:
text: Two swarthy peasants, male and female, who’d plainly wolfed down more than the customary quota of three square meals a day, were planting a saboted foot apiece on the nude, lily-white behind of an ample woman, her blond head circled in a crown of coins.
ref: 1952, Geri Trotta, Veronica Died Monday, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, pages 29–30:
text: A cheerful Dutch motif of saboted children,[…]
ref: 1968, Modern Packaging, page 133:
glosses: Wearing a sabot or sabots (shoes).
saccadically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more saccadically
form: most saccadically
Etymology: From saccadic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a saccadic manner.
sacculiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sacculiform
form: most sacculiform
Etymology: From saccule + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a little sac.
sacramentarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sacramentarian
safeblower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safeblowers
Etymology: From safe + blower.
Senses: glosses: A criminal who breaks into safes using explosives.
safeblowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From safe + blowing.
Senses: glosses: The act of breaking into a safe using explosives.
Related terms: safeblower
safeblowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safeblower
sahukar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sahukars
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi साहूकार (sāhūkār).
Senses: glosses: A moneylender.
sahukars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sahukar
Chinese elder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese elders
Senses: glosses: A species of elderberry, Sambucus javanica, in the family Adoxaceae native to subtropical and tropical Asia.
sahookar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sahookars
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of sahukar.
sahookars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sahookar
bumblebee bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumblebee bats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kitti's hog-nosed bat.
synonyms: word: Kitti's hog-nosed bat
bumblebee bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumblebee bat
saleyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saleyards
Etymology: From sale + yard.
Senses: glosses: A yard where livestock is sold.
saleyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saleyard
salmagundy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salmagundies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of salmagundi.
salmagundies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salmagundy
samek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sameks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of samekh.
sameks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samek
sanctioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanctioneers
Etymology: From sanction + -eer.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sanctioner.
synonyms: word: sanctioner
sanctioneers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanctioneer
sanctifiedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sanctifiedly
form: most sanctifiedly
Etymology: From sanctified + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sanctified or holy manner.
glosses: Sanctimoniously.
sandburr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandburrs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sandbur.
sandburrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandburr
undeterministic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undeterministic
form: most undeterministic
Etymology: From un- + deterministic.
Senses: glosses: Not deterministic.
unmechanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmechanistic
form: most unmechanistic
Etymology: From un- + mechanistic.
Senses: glosses: Not mechanistic.
burlesk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burlesks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of burlesque.
burlesk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more burlesk
form: most burlesk
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of burlesque.
sapiency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sapiencies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sapience.
synonyms: word: sapience
Sartorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sartorian
form: most Sartorian
Etymology: From Sartori + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Giovanni Sartori (1924–2017), Italian political scientist.
antisystems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisystem
Downsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Downsian
form: most Downsian
Etymology: From Downs + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Anthony Downs (1930–2021), American economist specializing in public policy and public administration.
sautoire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sautoires
Etymology: Borrowed from French sautoire.
Senses: examples: text: 1893, Charles Ranhofer, The Epicurean, Dover (Calla Editions), 2017 Facsimile Edition, page 334,
Use the same slices of bread, only instead of toasting them, lay them in a sautoire with hot clarified butter; brown them on one side only, then drain, and leave the butter in the sautoire.
text: Dip them in beaten egg, roll in fresh bread crumbs, and place in a sautoire with one ounce of clarified butter.
ref: 1900, Jennie Day Rees, The Complete Cook Book, page 109:
text: Lay them in a sautoire, season with salt, pepper and two ounces butter.
ref: 1903, Mrs. Simon Kander, Mrs. Henry Schoenfeld, The "Settlement" Cook Book, 1903: The Way to a Man's Heart, Dover, published 2005, page 74:
glosses: A heavy skillet with straight sides, used for sautéing food.
examples: text: Another new conceit is the sautoire made of narrow colored or metal ribbons and carrying at the end a symbol of good luck, such as an ivory elephant […]
ref: 1920, Dry Goods Economist, volume 74, numbers 3982-3990, page 73:
glosses: Misspelling of sautoir.
Related terms: word: sautoir
alt: sautéing skillet with sloping sides
word: sauteuse
sautoires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sautoire
scabridity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scabrid + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being scabrid.
parmesaned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From parmesan + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: “Bread!” called a busty woman who pushed her way into the kitchen. She held a wooden tray above her head with one hand and thrust a bowl of peppered and parmesaned olive oil toward Angel.
ref: 2014, Chris Sgambati, The Vineyard:
glosses: Prepared with parmesan cheese.
scantity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being scant or sparse.
Ferghana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fergana
form: Farg'ona
Etymology: From Classical Persian فَرْغَانَه (farġāna).
Senses: glosses: The regional capital of the Ferghana region, Uzbekistan.
glosses: A region of Uzbekistan.
Synonyms: word: New Margelan
word: Skobelov
Related terms: Ferghana Valley
Braddon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹædən/
rhymes: -ædən
homophone: Braddan
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Braddonian
schooltide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From school + -tide.
Senses: examples: text: My greatest intimate, from the days of my schooltide, was Mr. John Irving, now a Writer to the Signet.
ref: 1837, John Gibson Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, volume 1, page 26:
text: […] Miriam's absolute silence respecting her home, gave rise to the suspicion that she shared the hapless fate of those to whom schooltide and holidays are alike. But, while Miriam made no friends, she had not a few admirers […]
ref: 1858, Margaret Agnes Paul, Uncle Ralph, page 198:
glosses: schooltime
fans out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fan out
fanning out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fan out
fanned out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fan out
scleritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scleritis + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: A scleritic or episcleritic infiltration is first found in a part adjacent to the cornea.
ref: 1889, Hermann Schmidt-Rimpler, Ophthalmology and ophthalmoscopy, page 414:
glosses: Having or relating to scleritis.
Derived terms: episcleritic
scleritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sclerite + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: One feature that has apparently been overlooked is the presence of scleritic processes in the atriolum.
ref: 1940, Allan Frost Archer, The Argiopidae Or Orb-weaving Spiders of Alabama, page 18:
glosses: Relating to a sclerite.
scissortail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scissortails
Etymology: From scissor + tail.
Senses: glosses: A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
glosses: A dragonfly of the genus Microgomphus.
glosses: Any of various kinds of fish with forked tails, as the bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus) or a devilfish (genus Assessor)
scissortails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scissortail
sclerodermous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scleroderma + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to scleroderma.
scribaciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scribacious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being scribacious.
scungeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scunge
sdeigne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sdeign.
seafolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sea + folk.
Senses: glosses: Merpeople.
examples: text: The early boat people of south China, like most seafolk the world over, were highly religious, and invariably burned incense and made thank-offerings to their sea-goddess on their safe return from a successful venture afloat […]
ref: 1999, Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Jason Wordie, The Voices of Macao Stones:
glosses: People who live near the sea and make a traditional living from it.
seaworn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seaworn
form: most seaworn
Etymology: From sea + worn. According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.
Senses: examples: text: With Waltham, and the Bere, that on the Sea-worne shore
See at the Southerne Iles the Tides at tilt to runne;
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 2 p. 28:
text: Some of the larger stones are completely angular, including the tallest stone in the structure, but others, including a large capstone of peculiar shape, broken and now repaired with iron rods and molten lead, are obviously seaworn and must have been brought up the hill from sea level […]
ref: 1977, Société jersiaise, Annual Bulletin (volume 22, part 1, page 43)
glosses: Smoothed or worn away gradually by the action of the sea.
secretaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secretaire
semideponents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semideponent
semi-deponents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semi-deponent
sectionalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sectionalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sectionalization.
sectionalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sectionalisation
sectionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sectionalizations
Etymology: From sectional + -ization.
Senses: glosses: division into sections
sectionalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sectionalization
seigniorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seigniorships
Etymology: From seignior + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of seignior.
seigniorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seigniorship
segregators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of segregator
preapartheid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + apartheid.
Senses: examples: life in preapartheid South Africa
glosses: Before the imposition of apartheid.
sedimentarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sedimentary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Humus may accumulate both sedimentarily and sedentarily.
text: The characteristics noted here are not universal for conditions in Germany because the samples were obtained from petrographically and sedimentarily different aquifers and some sites are represented by only a single sample.
ref: 1992, Suzanne Lesage, Groundwater Contamination and Analysis at Hazardous Waste Sites:
glosses: As, or in terms of, sediment.
sectionisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sectionization.
sedgeland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sedgelands
Etymology: From sedge + land.
Senses: glosses: Land where sedge grows in abundance.
sedgelands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sedgeland
semifit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + fit.
Senses: examples: text: The bandages came off, the collarbone and wrists healed and I was, well, at least semifit. By the time the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games rolled around in July, my body felt ready to respond to the challenge of the Games race.
ref: 2009, Simon Whitfield, Simon Says Gold, page 59:
glosses: Somewhat physically fit.
semigovernmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + governmental.
Senses: glosses: Partly governmental.
seminarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛmɪˈnɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˌsɛməˈnɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Senses: glosses: Relating to a seminary (in various senses).
fanfaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fanfare
fanfaring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanfarings
Senses: examples: text: The National Orchestral Association wound up its tenth concert season last week without much fanfaring.
ref: 1940, The New Yorker - Volume 16, Issues 12-24, page 57:
text: A broad tier of shelves below an expanded metal "pegboard" gives Kline's a focal point for shoe-apparel-accessory fanfaring.
ref: 1967, Boot and Shoe Recorder: The Magazine of Fashion Footwear:
text: It then attempts to answer, with much fanfaring, 'The world's most embarrassing questions', eg, 'Why is my chest getting bumpy', 'What's a wet dream?'
ref: 1988, LA Youth Libraries Group, YLG Pamphlet - Issues 20-21; Issues 24-29, page 27:
text: He had retired two years ago amid much fanfaring and fandangoing, with medals and speeches and bands; and Time had asked him what he proposed to do and he'd said, 'Grow fruit on Mt Carmel.'
ref: 2015, John Trenhaile, Blood Rules, →ISBN:
glosses: Pomp or activity to call attention to something.
examples: text: Loud drumming and blaring And strident fanfaring, Big banging and booming were rife in the air.
ref: 1894, Christmas Number, page 46:
text: If you can take it, you'll find all this fanfaring a lot of fun.
ref: 1991, Stereo Review - Volume 56; Volume 56, page 104:
text: The start of the D major concerto K2 18 goes back to cheerful fanfaring, and the movement maintains a very active role for the soloist.
ref: 2006, Nicholas Kenyon, The Pegasus Pocket Guide to Mozart, →ISBN, page 195:
glosses: The playing of fanfares.
fanfaring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Then Fraser discovered that the forty million fanfaring Uncle Blaises were rolling towards him again on the surface of their Beachball of the World.
ref: 2006, Richard Leviton, Fraser's Angel, →ISBN:
text: 'PJ's!' explained Steve, unnecessarily, adding in a fanfaring kind of a voice, 'Home of PJ's fa-a-amous pancakes!"
ref: 2010, Stephen Fry, Making History, →ISBN, page 294:
text: Thapelo gives a grand fanfaring laugh, for celebration or derision: it it yona ke yona or shaya-shaya, this bit of black empowerment.
ref: 2012, Nadine Gordimer, Get a Life, →ISBN, page 183:
glosses: Characteristic of fanfare; In a manner to dramatically introduce.
examples: text: You want to inveigle me from my own clear task and metier — the writing of verse — into a vague maelstrom of fanfaring trumpets, bewildering lights, chaos of costumes, enigmatical actors, untangoing dancers, all helplessly entangled in frescos of civic reform; pageantry, in short.
ref: 1918, Howard Willard Cook, Our Poets of Today:
text: Bulging muscles, steaming with sweat and all completely accurate and recognizable, in service to rattling flags, fanfaring festival music, pretty parades, girls dressed only in the German fashion, such was the art of the Third Reich: loud and gaudy, banal and servile - and for many very beautiful.
ref: 1989, Sherrill Grace, Regression and apocalypse, page 13:
text: Then, with a parenthetic reminiscence of the fanfaring fourths in the piano, it repeats the first movement's closing bars (also based on fourths, but with trills that chill to the bone) almost literally, with some slight intensification of effect.
ref: 2008, Pauline Fairclough, David Fanning, The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich, →ISBN:
text: Naturally, with no pretense at capturing actual musicological accuracy, the fourteen-minute permutation twisted the overfamiliar tune into interesting new shapes and made it bubble with enthusiastically fiddling string sections, whooping girls, fanfaring Woodwinds, and lots of Parisian gaiety.
ref: 2011, Alan Jones, Jussi Kantonen, Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco, →ISBN:
glosses: Marked by the playing of fanfares.
semiparasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiparasites
Etymology: From semi- + parasite.
Senses: glosses: A semiparasitic organism.
semiparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiparasite
sequining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sequinning
Etymology: From sequin + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The application of sequins to clothing etc.
sequinning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sequining.
fanfarings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanfaring
septicidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From septicidal + -ly.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In a septicidal manner.
septleva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septlevas
Etymology: From French sept et le va.
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: In the game of faro, the situation where a player gains seven times the number he or she laid down.
carte anglaise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartes anglaises
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French carte anglaise (literally “English card”).
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: The third card to be drawn by the dealer in the game of faro (after the soda and the banker's card), placed on the left of the shoe for the players.
casekeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casekeepers
Etymology: From case + keeper.
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: An employee at a gambling establishment who assists the players and prevents dealer cheating by counting cards using an abacus-like device with counters on spindles.
casekeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casekeeper
velfies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velfie
cartes anglaises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carte anglaise
ewwie
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From eww + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ew.
synonyms: word: ew
nontrumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontrump
serfship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From serf + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a serf.
serfhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From serf + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a serf.
serendipitist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serendipitists
Etymology: From serendipity + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who benefits from serendipity.
serendipitists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serendipitist
serenates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serenate
fanfared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fanfare
fanfared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Pure fanfared melodies also occur, as we have seen, in rural Annam and in Cambodia.
ref: 1954, Egon Wellesz, New Oxford History of Music: Ancient and oriental music, page 188:
text: Fanfared music, on the other hand, is exclusive, as far is known, to Karesau and the central range. The area in which the panpipes are found and that in which fanfared music occurs are, therefore, by no means identical.
ref: 2013, Jaap Kunst, Music in New Guinea: Three Studies, →ISBN, page 31:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Characterized by fanfares.
examples: text: So with this month, this testing-time of storm-- when it is out, the willing sun will warm for all the pouts and buffets these days bring are fanfared heralds of a gentle spring.
ref: 1946, John Hugh Brignal Peel, Mere England: a poem, page 18:
text: The Ballets Russes had currently lost its two main attractions — Karsavina, who, despite her fanfared return, was refusing to leave her young son for extended tours of Europe; and, far more ruinously, Massine.
ref: 2013, Judith Mackrell, Bloomsbury Ballerina, →ISBN:
text: They were not named in the triumphant communiqués and the fanfared Orders of the Day.
ref: 2014, James Lucas, Kommando: German Special Forces of World War Two, →ISBN:
text: Boxing, once it was released from its legal restraints, was quick to revive and garnish its old rituals and ceremonials, the challenge and the response, the public weigh-in, the fanfared entrance of the gladiators, and the post-fight congratulations and recriminations -- all is extended as far as it will stretch.
ref: 2014, Dennis Brailsford, Sport, Time and Society (RLE Sports Studies), →ISBN, page 85:
glosses: Celebrated; greeted or publicized with enthusiasm or ceremony.
sericiculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sericulture.
synonyms: word: sericulture
sericiculturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sericiculturists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sericulturist.
synonyms: word: sericulturist
sericiculturists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sericiculturist
serpentarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɜː.pənˈtɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌsɝ.pənˈtɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: serpentariums
form: serpentaria
Etymology: From serpent + -arium.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ophidiarium.
synonyms: word: ophidiarium
serpentariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serpentarium
ophidiaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ophidiarium
herpetarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɜː.pəˈtɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌhɝ.pəˈtɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: herpetariums
form: herpetaria
Senses: glosses: A zoological exhibition space for reptiles and amphibians.
Hyponyms: ophidiarium
serpentarium
herpetaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herpetarium
herpetariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herpetarium
lizard brain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lizard brains
Senses: glosses: The most primitive part of the brain; the brain stem.
examples: text: With her pistol drawn, she hurried down the ramp and into cover behind one of the landing pad’s walls, listening carefully. The hangar was as silent as—well, as a tomb. The temptation to take off her helmet was powerful, to rely on scents and sounds and instincts instead of equipment and sensors. Everything about this mess had her lizard-brain in overdrive. SAM-E’s warning about a hostile intent in the system, controlling life support and even the hangar bay doors, kept her from obeying that instinct.
ref: 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 8, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155:
synonyms: id
reptilian brain
glosses: Any part of a person's psyche or personality dominated by instinct or impulse rather than rational thought.
examples: text: Which was good. If she kept her superego occupied with minor considerations, the lizard brain could keep planning routes and obscuring caches and examining half-melted human candles for the Markey equivalent of spoor without interference. She didn't want her emotional intelligence and creativity to be paying close attention when she found Michael Nass half-fused to a cave wall, drooling pink slime into the dust and talking portentous nonsense about Norte Chico burial rituals while his jellified skin sloughed off, considering whose fault it had been that he'd been at AAF-D when the sinners came marching in.
ref: 2023 October 10, HarryBlank, “The Cruelest Fight”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024:
glosses: Any part of a person's mind concerned with automatic, repetitive tasks rather than emotion.
Derived terms: lizard-brained
lizard brains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lizard brain
affzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affzers
Etymology: Initialism of alt.fan.frank-zappa + -er.
Senses: glosses: A member of the alt.fan.frank-zappa newsgroup, for fans of the musician Frank Zappa.
affzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affzer
serpentinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: serpentinises
form: serpentinising
form: serpentinised
form: serpentinised
Etymology: From serpentine + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of serpentinize.
serpentinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of serpentinise
serpentinises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of serpentinise
serpentinising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of serpentinise
serpentiningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more serpentiningly
form: most serpentiningly
Etymology: From serpentining + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: What if my words wind in and out the stone
As yonder ivy, the God's parasite?
Though they leap all the way the pillar leads,
Festoon about the marble, foot to frieze,
And serpentiningly enrich the roof,
Toy with some few bees and a bird or two,—
What then? The column holds the cornice up.
ref: 1871, Robert Browning, Balaustion's Adventure:
glosses: With serpentine twistings.
serrefile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serrefiles
Senses: glosses: The leader of a cavalry troop.
serrefiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serrefile
serriedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more serriedly
form: most serriedly
Etymology: From serried + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Crowded together in rows.
unplacarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + placarded.
Senses: glosses: Not adorned with a placard.
flip teaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flipped learning.
synonyms: word: flipped learning
front office
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front offices
Senses: examples: text: She had introduced herself to an elderly, shapeless secretary in the front office, but wasn't convinced that the woman had heard her.
ref: 2014, Steffen Jacobsen, Trophy, →ISBN:
text: A woman in the front office invited me to wait in the director's office.
ref: 2014, Jim Auton, The Secret Betrayal of Britain's Wartime Allies, →ISBN, page 76:
text: While Nathan took his time walking toward the front office to get a tardy slip, he got a text message on his cellphone from his mother.
ref: 2015, Monica Helene Thomas, I'll Never Amount to Nothing So You Say, →ISBN:
glosses: An office which members of the general public can contact or consult when dealing with an organization.
examples: text: The demand for real-time risk calculations and regulatory capital optimization enables the traditional risk management functions to be integrated into the front office to involve them in the decision-making process.
ref: 2014, Raghurami Reddy Etukuru, Enterprise Risk Analytics for Capital Markets, →ISBN, page 335:
text: The primary function of the transactional HR SSC is the performance of the back- and front-office functions and processes through deployment of the operational service delivery capabilities.
ref: 2014, Tanya Bondarouk, Shared Services as a New Organizational Form, →ISBN, page 159:
text: The front office sells and sells; the back office struggles to cope.
ref: 2015, Andrew Palmer, Smart Money, →ISBN, page 64:
text: The eFez Project aimed at automating the back office operations (through the digitization of all the BEC's records into a database) and enabling electronic front office service delivery through a multilingual (i.e., Classical Arabic, Moroccan dialect, Berber and French), multichannel (i.e., web, GSM, self-service kiosk and conventional desk service) and multimodal (i.e., vocal instructions, text messaging, etc.) interface.
ref: 2015, Driss Kettani, Bernard Moulin, E-Government for Good Governance in Developing Countries, →ISBN:
glosses: The systems or divisions of an organization that deal with customer or public interactions or revenue generation.
examples: text: Any good undercover agent ruffled a few feathers in the front office, and Jake more often than not upset the entire henhouse.
ref: 2014, Oliver North, Bob Hamer, Counterfeit Lies, →ISBN, page 119:
text: Sabean insisted he kept Posey at Triple A because the front office wasn't convinced the rookie could excel behind the plate in the big leagues.
ref: 2015, Andrew Baggarly, Duane Kuiper, A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: The executive or policymaking officers of an organization.
Coordinate terms: sense: all senses
word: back office
sense: all senses
word: middle office
Related terms: front of house
front room
front offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front office
serumal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From serum + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to serum.
back offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back office
servitress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: servitresses
Etymology: From servitor + -ess.
Senses: synonyms: servitrix
glosses: A female servant.
servitresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of servitress
bum burp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bum burps
Senses: examples: text: Distinguished farts in this category included the Piffy Farts - These were close to silent farts in that their sound was barely audible. As the name illustrates, the sound made was 'piff'. They may be compared to the bum burp of the household cat.
ref: 2009, George Same, Yxsy Glyxsy, page 357:
glosses: Synonym of bottom burp.
synonyms: word: bottom burp
bum burps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bum burp
sestette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sestettes
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of sestet.
sestettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sestette
setline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setlines
Etymology: From set + line.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trotline.
synonyms: word: trotline
setlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setline
unrevetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + revetted.
Senses: glosses: Not revetted.
bankline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banklines
Etymology: From bank + line.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A heavy fishing line that can be left unattended to catch fish, having one end on the bank and the other anchored underwater.
banklines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bankline
buskle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buskles
form: buskling
form: buskled
form: buskled
Etymology: From busk + -le (frequentative suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The king will not 'buskle' himself to assault some other country; and, the next day, those of Guieime began to 'buskle' themselves to stand to their defence.
ref: 1904, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series ... - Page xxxvi:
text: For these reasons some historiographers have shrunk back from their task; others, being stout-hearted men, contemptuously trample their critics underfoot, and do not hesitate to “buskle forward, and rush through the pikes of their quipping nips [taunting sarcasm] and biting frumps [jeers]".
ref: 2011, St John D. Seymour, Anglo-Irish Literature: 1200-1582 - Page 156:
glosses: To prepare or equip; make ready; set out; hurry about; bustle
sextantal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sextant + -al.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a sextant.
shaftwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shaft + -work.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: shafts, collectively
bossling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bosslings
Etymology: From boss + -ling (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: If he can hope to go up higher only as the result of making himself useful to some boss or bossling, in matters having nothing in the world to do with the discharge of his legitimate duties, …
ref: 1915, The Town; A Civic Journal - Volumes 1-2 - Page 32
text: A thousand tribes' worth of memory and rite flowed underground, cooling for a year, to roar like a cataract at the appointed hour, and inevitably to dry up again, some bossling having carried off the tawdry shield.
ref: 2006, Ben Oswest, The New Suffolk Hymnbook - Page 209:
glosses: A diminutive, subordinate, or petty boss
bosslings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bossling
shaikha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shaikhas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheikha.
shaikhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shaikha
sheikha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheikhas
form: shaikha
Senses: examples: text: Plus, Umm Waraqah was never explicitly forbidden to lead a mixed congregation. Wadud is now among a growing number of scholars, jurists, sheikhas, imamahs, and ordinary Muslim women pressing for the powers of religious authority.
ref: 2012, Robin Wright, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World:
glosses: A female sheikh.
sheikhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheikha
shalot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shalots
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of shallot.
shalots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shalot
bossish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bossish
form: most bossish
Etymology: From boss + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: God, this is really going to pollute my vacation. Why must he be so bossish?" "Because he's your boss, and he's adorable, that's why. Hey, what about Eric from last night? He definitely looks like client material."
ref: 2007, Alexandra Koslow, Slacker Girl - Page 163:
text: And when did bodies stop being processed through the usual channels? I sit through the interview trying to look interested, but it's Lissa who asks most of the questions. I hope I appear affable and bossish enough, and not that distracted.
ref: 2011, Trent Jamieson, Managing Death:
glosses: Characteristic of a boss; bosslike
bosslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bosslike
form: most bosslike
form: boss-like
Etymology: From boss (“protrusion”) + -like.
Senses: examples: text: An electric motor comprising an oil-tight housing having a bosslike projection at one end thereof, said oil-tight housing being defined by a somewhat cup-shaped member open at the end remote from said end having said bosslike projection […]
ref: 1962, Canadian Patent Office Record, volume 90, page 3513:
glosses: Like or resembling a boss (raised area; protrusion)
bosslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bosslike
form: most bosslike
form: boss-like
Etymology: From boss (“employer; manager”) + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Malene tried to digest what it meant that he was looking bosslike this morning.
ref: 2014, Gina Robinson, Love Another Day - Page 5:
glosses: Like or resembling a boss; bossish
stolen valor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American writer B. G. Burkett in 1998.
Senses: glosses: An instance of a person falsely claiming to have served in the military, or of a member of the military falsely claiming to have served in ways they did not.
topics: law
glosses: An instance of stolen valor in which the perpetrator has the intention to receive money, donations, discounts, or other benefits.
glosses: The respect or benefits so gained.
examples: text: For the most part there are clothes and canvas totes and Palm Springs–esque items that better suit any old bland Trumpfluencer than the blue-collar, stolen-valor look of most Trump merch.
ref: 2020 December 15, Kenzie Bryant, “Kimberly Guilfoyle Pivots to Trumpfluencing”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2020:
glosses: Any instance of falsely claiming to be a part of a respected group to gain that respect.
civil tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civil tongues
Senses: examples: text: "[T]here would not have been the least offence had the youth only possessed a civil tongue."
ref: 1855, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 3, in The Lances Of Lynwood:
text: "Mister Duane," began Bosomer, in low, stinging tones, "I happen to be Luke Stevens's side-pardner. . . . An' I want the hoss an' them guns," he shouted.
"You or anybody else can have them, for all I care. I just fetched them in. But the pack is mine," replied Duane. "And say, I befriended your pard. If you can't use a civil tongue you'd better cinch it."
ref: 1915, Zane Grey, chapter 4, in The Lone Star Ranger:
text: They sang "good morrow" in reply, making sure they addressed him with a civil tongue; they, after all, wanted a tip for their good service.
ref: 2014, Michael Fitzalan, The Gunpowder Plot and Markham, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: A polite manner of speaking.
Derived terms: keep a civil tongue in one's head
IITian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IITians
Etymology: From IIT + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A student and alum of one of the Indian Institutes of Technology.
glosses: A student and alumnus of the Iligan Institute of Technology or MSU-IIT.
keep a civil tongue in one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps a civil tongue in one's head
form: keeping a civil tongue in one's head
form: kept a civil tongue in one's head
form: kept a civil tongue in one's head
form: keep a civil tongue
form: keep a civil tongue in one's mouth
form: put a civil tongue in one's head
form: put a civil tongue in one's mouth
Senses: examples: text: "I've had enough of that kind of talk. I don't intend to submit to your impudence. When you speak to me keep a civil tongue in your head."
ref: 1875, Horatio Alger, chapter 20, in Herbert Carter's Legacy:
text: "Keep a civil tongue in your head," cried the young man, his face paling in anger, at the insulting tone of the sailor.
ref: 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 13, in Tarzan of the Apes:
text: If every high-tempered man knew that his wife would leave him if he dared curse her because the coffee was cold, or dinner fifteen minutes late, he would keep a civil tongue in his head.
ref: 1943 March 25, Dorothy Dix, “Dorothy Dix”, in Spartanburg Herald, retrieved 24 Jan 2016, page 5:
text: After Helena Bonham Carter, the great-granddaughter of Herbert Asquith, complained that for all her advantages and beauty directors would not hire her because she was not "trendily working class", an exasperated Kathy Burke found the effort of keeping a civil tongue in her head too much to bear. "As a lifelong member of the non-pretty working classes," she told Time Out, "I would like to say to Helena Bonham Carter: shut up you stupid cunt."
ref: 2012 January 15, Nick Cohen, “Viscount Astor, you really are a class apart”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 23 Jan 2016:
glosses: To maintain a polite manner of speaking.
poopbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poopbag
keep a civil tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps a civil tongue
form: keeping a civil tongue
form: kept a civil tongue
form: kept a civil tongue
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keep a civil tongue in one's head.
keep a civil tongue in one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps a civil tongue in one's mouth
form: keeping a civil tongue in one's mouth
form: kept a civil tongue in one's mouth
form: kept a civil tongue in one's mouth
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keep a civil tongue in one's head.
put a civil tongue in one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts a civil tongue in one's head
form: putting a civil tongue in one's head
form: put a civil tongue in one's head
form: put a civil tongue in one's head
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keep a civil tongue in one's head.
put a civil tongue in one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts a civil tongue in one's mouth
form: putting a civil tongue in one's mouth
form: put a civil tongue in one's mouth
form: put a civil tongue in one's mouth
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keep a civil tongue in one's head.
IITians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IITian
bossful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bossful
form: most bossful
Etymology: From boss + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, suppose she does consider it, and does see the whole thing? She'd see I could be her Boss any time I wanted. Now, if there's anything Mrs. Minnely dislikes worst of all its^([sic]) a bossful employee.
ref: 1903, The Canadian Magazine, volume 21, page 258:
text: "I'll let you have it back to-morrow evening without fail", promised Lord Lamplough — and resumed his bossful occupations until, at five twenty-five exactly, the earthquake started to occur.
ref: 1937, Gilbert Frankau, Experiments in Crime and Other Stories - Page 262:
glosses: Pertaining to, resembling, or having the qualities of a boss; bosslike; bossy
Penn State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: PSU
glosses: Ellipsis of Pennsylvania State University.
UConn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈju.kɑn/
Senses: examples: text: UConn said it was unable to address Schlank’s experience, citing laws preventing it from commenting on individual students.
ref: 2018 August 25, Dakin Andone, “They pledge. Get hazed. The cycle continues”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2024:
glosses: Abbreviation of University of Connecticut.