cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
crashworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crashworthy
form: most crashworthy
Etymology: From crash + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: Knowledge, therefore, of the conditions prevailing, which are not uniquely defined during the static or dynamic axial collapse, leads to an estimate of the mechanical response and the crashworthy behaviour of the structural component [...]
ref: 1998, Athanasios G. Mamalis, Crashworthiness of composite thin-walled structural components:
glosses: Capable of withstanding a crash.
raw_tags: of a vehicle
examples: text: “This is a traditional wake,” I explained, hoping that maybe the addition of an actual corpse might convince them this party wasn't crash-worthy.
ref: 2007, Tate Hallaway, Dead Sexy, Berkley, →ISBN:
text: 2011, Wendy Gillis, "Five crashworthy holiday parties — and one you can attend", The Toronto Star, 2 December 2011(used in title only)
text: In the unlikely event of there being no crashworthy weekend parties, […]
ref: 2014, Edward Joffe, Before Mandela's Rainbow, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 169:
glosses: Worthy of being gatecrashed.
raw_tags: of a social event
Derived terms: crashworthiness
uncrashworthy
overapply
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overapplies
form: overapplying
form: overapplied
form: overapplied
Etymology: From over- + apply.
Senses: examples: text: German speakers, like English speakers, are prone to overapplying the weak suffix (-t) to irregular verbs, resulting in errors.
ref: 1999, Steven Pinker, Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language:
glosses: To apply to excess.
overapplies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overapply
overapplied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overapply
overapplying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overapply
overapplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overapplications
Etymology: From over- + application.
Senses: examples: text: The misapplication of justice can result in injustice in either of two ways: its overapplication, beyond the domain of actual interaction...
ref: 1995, Andrew Bard Schmookler, The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution:
glosses: The act of overapplying.
overapplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overapplication
desktop publisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desktop publishers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person involved in desktop publishing.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A piece of software that performs desktop publishing.
underapplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underapplications
Etymology: From under- + application.
Senses: examples: text: Both farmers and suburban users fertilizing lawns and golf courses generally apply more fertilizer rather than risk underapplication.
ref: 2004, Ellen E Wohl, Disconnected Rivers: Linking Rivers to Landscapes:
glosses: The act of underapplying.
underapply
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underapplies
form: underapplying
form: underapplied
form: underapplied
Etymology: From under- + apply.
Senses: examples: text: Some authorities recommend using sunscreens of at least SPF 29, with the rationale that most people underapply […]
ref: 2003, Paul S Auerbach, Medicine for the Outdoors:
glosses: To apply to an insufficient degree.
underapplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underapplication
underapplies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underapply
underapplying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underapply
underapplied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underapply
desktop publishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desktop publisher
S.D. Ala.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, as used in case citations.
Related terms: M.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
M.D. Ala.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, as used in case citations.
Related terms: N.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, as used in case citations.
Related terms: M.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.
S.D.N.Y.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “I have heard from a good number of people in the S.D.N.Y. who have said, ‘Why the heck would Todd do this — why would he ever take this case?’” said Elie Honig, the CNN senior legal analyst, who worked with Mr. Blanche at the Southern District and speaks highly of him.
ref: 2024 April 4, Maggie Haberman, Ben Protess, Alan Feuer, “Trump’s Trial Lawyer Gambled a Gilded Manhattan Career to Represent Him”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Southern District of New York (The federal jurisdiction (district) containing the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York).
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Southern District of New York (The federal jurisdiction (district) containing the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York).
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, as used in case citations.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Southern District of New York (The federal jurisdiction (district) containing the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York).
Various law enforcement bodies associated with the district, such as the prosecutor's office (U.S. Attorney)
Coordinate terms: E.D.N.Y.
N.D.N.Y.
W.D.N.Y.
Related terms: NYSD
N.Y.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: NY
form: N. Y.
Senses: examples: text: Cal Nathan, owner of the New York Fun Factory, an event planner in Hicksville, N.Y. (nyfunfactory.com), said that he, too, has witnessed an uptick in the number of couples using out-of-the-box gimmicks like stilt walkers, celebrity look-alikes, photo booths and minicasinos to make their weddings stand out.
ref: 2007 December 16, Marcelle S. Fischler, “First the Wedding, Then the Real Show and Razzle-Dazzle Begins”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2018:
glosses: Initialism of New York: a state of the United States.
Derived terms: E.D.N.Y.
F.D.N.Y.
N.D.N.Y.
N.Y.P.D.
S.D.N.Y.
W.D.N.Y.
pork pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pork pie
urolithiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urolithiases
Etymology: By surface analysis, uro- + lithiasis, or, by surface analysis, urolith + -iasis.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: nephrolithiasis (broadly synonymous)
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Formation of, and thus also presence of, calculi in the urinary tract.
porkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porky
porkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of porky: more porky
porkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of porky: most porky
sensationalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sensationalistic
form: most sensationalistic
Etymology: From sensational + -istic or sensationalist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: sensationalist
nephrolithiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, nephro- + lithiasis, or, by surface analysis, nephrolith + -iasis.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: urolithiasis (broadly synonymous)
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Formation of, and thus also presence of, calculi in the kidneys (kidney stones).
Related terms: cholecystonephrolithiasis
toponium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toponiums
form: toponia
Etymology: From top + -onium. From top quark and "-onium" as in positronium.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any hypothetical meson formed from a top quark and its antiquark; would be very unstable because of the large mass of the top quark
Related terms: bottomonium
quarkonium
council estate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: council estates
Senses: examples: text: A person who has grown up in a council housing estate is likely to be—indeed, visibly is—more middle class in outlook than a person who has grown up in a slum.
ref: 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:
synonyms: council housing estate
scheme
glosses: A housing estate consisting, entirely or principally, of council housing.
Related terms: council house
sink estate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sink estates
Senses: glosses: A council estate characterised by high levels of economic and social deprivation, often associated with high crime rates.
council estates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of council estate
sink estates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sink estate
housing estate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housing estates
Senses: examples: text: She suggested he was destroying all Sarkozy had achieved in proving that a traditional, Catholic, rightwing area could vote for an ethnic-minority candidate such as her, from a poor housing estate in the provinces, the Muslim child of illiterate north African parents. She vowed to "resist" Fillon.
ref: 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in The Guardian:
text: Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.
ref: 2014 August 23, Neil Hegarty, “Hidden City: Adventures and Explorations in Dublin by Karl Whitney, review: 'a necessary corrective' [print version: Re-Joycing in Dublin, p. R25]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
text: That project would mean reinstating 5½ miles of decommissioned line between Tavistock, where a new single-platform railway station would be built alongside the 750-home housing estate currently under construction, and Bere Alston.
ref: 2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor”, in RAIL, number 944, page 43:
glosses: A group of often architecturally similar buildings constructed at the same time, primarily for residential accommodation.
Related terms: council estate
council housing estate
sink estate
industrial estate
subdivision
housing estates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housing estate
nephrolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephroliths
Etymology: From nephro- + -lith.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of kidney stone.
synonyms: word: kidney stone
Derived terms: nephrolithiasis
nephrolithic
urethritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urethritides
form: urethrites
Etymology: From urethr- + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the urethra, a finding possible in many diseases (e.g., STI and non-STI, including UTI) but often in gonorrhea and chlamydia.
crematories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crematory
chairpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chairpeople
Senses: glosses: plural of chairperson
chairpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chairpersons
Senses: glosses: plural of chairperson
colleens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colleen
cosies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosy
cosies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cosy
cosying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cosy
cosied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cosy
sensationalistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sensationalistically
form: most sensationalistically
Etymology: From sensationalistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a sensationalistic manner.
cozier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cozy: more cozy
cozier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coziers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cosier.
coziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cozy: most cozy
hard up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hard up
form: most hard up
form: hard-up
Senses: examples: 1886, Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, On being hard up
I can speak with authority on the subject of being hard up. I have been a provincial actor. If further evidence be required, which I do not think likely, […]
synonyms: word: almsless
word: arm
word: badly off
word: bankrupt
word: beggared
word: beggarly
word: boracic
word: broke
word: broken
word: broker than the Ten Commandments
word: destitute
word: dirt poor
word: disadvantaged
word: down and out
word: down at heel
word: down on one's luck
word: down on one's uppers
word: empty-handed
word: feeling the pinch
word: flat
word: hard up
word: impecunious
word: impoverished
word: in need
word: indigent
word: insolvent
word: lower-class
word: necessitous
word: needy
word: oofless
word: pauperized
word: penniless
word: penurious
word: pinched
word: pok kai
word: poor
word: poor as a church mouse
word: poor as a rat
word: poor as Job
word: possessionless
word: poverty-ridden
word: poverty-stricken
word: shillingless
word: skint
word: stone-broke
word: stony-broke
word: strapped
word: stuck
word: threadbare
word: unwealthy
word: wealthless
glosses: Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.
examples: text: We were hard up for amusements.
glosses: Lacking anything.
examples: text: Dating him? She must be hard up.
glosses: Desperate.
hard up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hards up
form: harding up
form: harded up
form: harded up
form: hard-up
Senses: glosses: Synonym of harden up (to become or make hard)
synonyms: word: harden up
extra: to become or make hard
cozied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cozy
walking frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walking frames
Senses: synonyms: word: walker
word: rollator
word: Zimmer frame
hyponyms: baby walker
glosses: A framework device used to support either an infant learning to walk or a person with walking difficulties.
walking frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking frame
Zimmer frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zimmer frames
form: zimmer frame
Etymology: From Zimmer Orthopaedic Ltd, the original manufacturer, now Zimmer Biomet, founded by Justin O. Zimmer in 1927 in Warsaw, Indiana.
Senses: examples: text: Aids, such as a Zimmer frame, walking stick, or foot-drop splint may be needed at some point by many patients.
ref: 1988, Derick T Wade, Stroke: A Practical Guide:
text: These are three- or four-legged frames, on wheels, which remind one of a modern-day Zimmer frame.
ref: 2006, Irina Metzler, Disability in Medieval Europe:
synonyms: walker
rollator
Zimmer
glosses: A walking frame.
wikipedia: Zimmer Biomet
Derived terms: Zimmer
Zimmer frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zimmer frame
yumberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yumberry
affiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affiche
affiches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of affiche
zimmer frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zimmer frames
Senses: examples: text: the well-dressed, terminally ill defendant who stumbles into the dock, supported by a zimmer frame
ref: 1998, Michael J Comer, Corporate Fraud:
text: She was leaning on a zimmer frame, peering up at them from under a bird's nest of uncombed grey hair.
ref: 2004, M C Beaton, Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Zimmer frame.
zimmer frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zimmer frame
affineurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affineur
baby walkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby walker
baby-walker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby-walkers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baby walker.
herbalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herbalisms
Etymology: From herbal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Herbalism holds a great attraction for those seeking a more natural, holistic approach to their well-being. Herbalism is a science and an art, combining the objectivity of science with the subjectivity of human experience.
ref: 2002, Non Shaw, Illustrated Elements of Herbalism, Element, →ISBN:
synonyms: herblore
glosses: The use or study of medicinal herbs.
glosses: Botany, the study of plants in general.
Derived terms: geoherbalism
baby-walkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby-walker
herborist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herborists
Senses: glosses: One who herborizes.
Related terms: herbalist
hydropneumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + pneumatic.
Senses: glosses: Operated by both fluid and air power
glosses: Being, or pertaining to, a type of automotive suspension system based on a nitrogen springing medium.
Derived terms: hydropneumatically
pourability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pour + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being pourable.
puris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puri
bolt actions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolt action
bolt-action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolt-actions
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bolt action.
bolt-actions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolt-action
sickbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sickbags
Etymology: From sick + bag.
Senses: examples: text: By the time he got back to Nashville, he had written the rest of the song on the back of a sickbag from the airplane.
ref: 1975, Bill C Malone, Judith McCulloh, Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez:
glosses: A bag for catching vomit, often provided on aeroplanes in case of travel sickness.
sickbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sickbag
travel sickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: motion sickness caused by travel in a vehicle
shuts up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shut up
shutting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shut up
headwrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headwraps
Etymology: From head + wrap.
Senses: examples: text: On her head was the usual three-cornered headwrap, which in the hands of the negress becomes a turban.
ref: 1900, Samuel A. Hamilton, The Vengeance of the Mob, Abbey Press:
text: When Queen Anne came to the throne the fontage had already dwindled in height and width until it appeared more like a cap, over which the ladies threw a black lace or silk fichu or headwrap.
ref: 1922, Florence Anslow, Practical Millinery, Sir I. Pitman & Sons, Limited:
text: An erect old man who wore a tasseled, purple headwrap of native weave, came in, followed by six younger men. Four of them had machetes, two carried muskets.
ref: 1940, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine, Abbey Press:
text: This is the single most useful headwrap to know about. It's one of the simplest, yet manages to look quite different each time you vary the size/ shape/ pattern of scarf you're using. It can be a square or long and narrow, but it has to be big enough to wrap around your head and have enough length to twist and tie...The two below show variants. The head, left, is wrapped in a 45" square of sheer cotton; the right in a 14" X 60" thin wool scarf.
ref: 1988, Outlet, Make it with Mademoiselle, Harmony Books, →ISBN:
glosses: An article of headwear in the form of a piece of cloth of any convenient shape, such as a scarf, a strip, a triangle, or a square, variously secured, typically by knotting.
Related terms: doek
gele
turban
belt up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: belts up
form: belting up
form: belted up
form: belted up
Senses: glosses: To fasten one's seat belt.
glosses: To stop talking or chattering; to shut up.
glosses: To beat up (someone).
Synonyms: sense: fasten one's seat belt
word: buckle up
belts up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of belt up
belting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of belt up
belted up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of belt up
retrocomputing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + computing.
Senses: glosses: A hobby involving the collecting, maintenance, and use of obsolete computer equipment.
Hypernyms: technostalgia
Hyponyms: retrogaming
ungrouped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + grouped.
Senses: glosses: Not assembled into a group.
ungrouped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ungroup
unassimilated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + assimilated.
Senses: glosses: Not assimilated.
little gull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little gulls
Senses: glosses: A small migratory gull, Larus minutus, from Northern Europe and Asia.
falconet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfæl.kə.nɛt/
Forms: form: falconets
Etymology: falcon + -et
Senses: glosses: A small or young falcon.
glosses: Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: falcon
glosses: A light cannon developed in the late 15th century and decorated with an image of a falcon.
Derived terms: black-thighed falconet
Microhierax fringillarius
collared falconet
Microhierax caerulescens
Philippine falconet
Microhierax erythrogenys
pied falconet
Microhierax melanoleucos
white-fronted falconet
Microhierax latifrons
agrafes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrafe
gormanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gormanites
Etymology: Donald Gorman, Canadian geologist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A triclinic hydrated phosphate mineral.
gormanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gormanite
tertiaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tertiary
gourmandize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gourmandizes
form: gourmandizing
form: gourmandized
form: gourmandized
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
Derived terms: gourmandizer
gourmandizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gourmandize
gourmandizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gourmandize
gourmandizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gourmandizings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gormandizing.
gourmandized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gourmandize
high bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high bits
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The most significant bit in the binary representation of a number, sometimes used to record the sign of the number.
baby foods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby food
non-contact
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + contact.
Senses: examples: text: Since the first G.W.R. equipment was installed there has been much development of A.T.C. systems which do not depend on contact between the track apparatus and an attachment on the locomotive. Such non-contact systems have been of special interest to countries where severe weather may interfere with picking up current from a ramp or similar device.
ref: 1950 August, B. K. Cooper, “British A.T.C. Systems Compared”, in Railway Magazine, page 518:
glosses: Alternative form of noncontact.
non-contact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-contacts
Etymology: From non- + contact.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of noncontact.
mark-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mark-ups
Etymology: Deverbal from mark up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of markup.
mark-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mark-up
string trimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of string trimmer
jokiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of jokey /joky: most jokey /joky
jokier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of jokey /joky: more jokey /joky
jokily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jokily
form: most jokily
Etymology: From joky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a joky manner; jokingly, humorously.
illlit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more illlit
form: most illlit
form: ill-lit
Senses: examples: text: He walked on and on through illlit streets, fearing to stand still for a moment lest it might seem that he held back from what awaited him.
ref: 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:
text: The narrow street was empty and illlit.
ref: 2003, Ken MacLeod, Dark Light:
glosses: ill lit, poorly lit, dim.
techno-utopian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more techno-utopian
form: most techno-utopian
form: technoutopian
form: technotopian
Etymology: From techno- + utopian.
Senses: examples: text: Representing perfectly the expansionary interests of the recombinant commodity-form, the virtual class has seized the imagination of contemporary culture by conceiving a techno-utopian high-speed cybernetic grid for travelling across the electronic frontier.
ref: 1994, Arthur Kroker, Michael A. Weinstein, Data Trash, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, pages 6–7:
text: Bitcoin represents a techno-utopian dream.
ref: 2022 June 7, Siobhan Roberts, “How ‘Trustless’ Is Bitcoin, Really?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Believing that technological advances will create a utopia.
techno-utopian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: techno-utopians
form: technoutopian
form: technotopian
Etymology: From techno- + utopian.
Senses: examples: text: Techno-utopians point to the fact that in 1940 the average American farmer fed 19 people, while today each farmer feeds 129 fellow citizens.
ref: 2018, Michael Robertson, The Last Utopians […] , Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 263:
glosses: A person of techno-utopian beliefs.
Related terms: techno-utopianism
techno-utopians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of techno-utopian
technoutopian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more technoutopian
form: most technoutopian
Etymology: From techno- + utopian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of techno-utopian.
technoutopian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technoutopians
Etymology: From techno- + utopian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of techno-utopian.
technoutopians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technoutopian
blue mussel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue mussels
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, found on the North Atlantic coast of North America, Europe, and in other temperate and polar waters around the world.
Synonyms: sense: Mytilus edulis
word: common mussel
serial ports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serial port
European spider crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European spider crabs
Senses: glosses: A species of migratory crab, Maja squinado, found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.
Synonyms: sense: Maja squinado
word: spiny spider crab
sense: Maja squinado
word: spinous spider crab
spiny spider crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiny spider crabs
Senses: glosses: European spider crab
spinous spider crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinous spider crabs
Senses: glosses: European spider crab
unselectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʊnˌsɪˈlɛktəbl̩/
ipa: /ˈʌnˌsəˈlɛktəbl̩/
Etymology: From un- + selectable.
Senses: glosses: Impossible to select.
adjectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjectivities
Etymology: From adjective + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: To the extent that predicate position is an indication of adjectivity, however, soon represents no radical departure from the norm.
ref: 1995, Robert Beard, Lexeme-morpheme Base Morphology:
text: Note that the declensional schwa appearing under certain conditions on prenominal adjectives in Dutch is not a bona fide adjectivity marker.
ref: 1999, Peter Ackema, Issues in Morphosyntax:
text: adjectivity is often indicated by the means of derivational morphology
ref: 2001, Östen Dahl, Past and Present:
glosses: The state or condition of being an adjective.
toponiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toponium
toponia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toponium
preoptimize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preoptimizes
form: preoptimizing
form: preoptimized
form: preoptimized
form: preoptimise
Etymology: From pre- + optimize.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To optimize in advance.
preoptimization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preoptimizations
form: preoptimisation
Etymology: From pre- + optimization.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An advance optimization; an instance of preoptimizing.
preoptimizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preoptimization
preoptimizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preoptimize
preoptimizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preoptimize
preoptimized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preoptimize
daggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of daggy: more daggy
daggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of daggy: most daggy
predecimalization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + decimalization.
Senses: examples: text: It is anticipated that all such cheques will then be cleared through the banks before the predecimalization closure period.
ref: 1970, The Commercial Motor:
text: A bob is a predecimalization word for 5 pence.
ref: 2004, Ray Puxley, Cockney Rabbit: A Dick 'n' Arry of Rhyming Slang:
glosses: pre-decimal
predecimalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + decimalisation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of predecimalization.
pre-decimalization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of predecimalization.
pre-decimalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + decimalisation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of predecimalization.
afghanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afghanites
Etymology: From Afghan + -ite, since it was discovered in Afghanistan.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrous hexagonal feldspathoid mineral of the cancrinite group.
afghanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afghanite
closeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of closet
closeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closetings
Senses: glosses: A private conference or interview.
kenneling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kennelling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kennel
kennelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kenneling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kennel
kenneled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kennelled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kennel
Derived terms: unkenneled
kennelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kenneled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kennel
Derived terms: unkennelled
fashionability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fashionabilities
Etymology: From fashionable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: And now, if all the devices made use of on the occasion we have suggested—scowls, contemptuosities, cries of “humbug,” “devil in’t,“ charlatanry, and the hue and cry of editors, D. D.’s, M. D.’s, priests, lawyers, fashionability of churches, etc., put into grand action for reversing the mighty current of the Mrs. Scip., would prove a non sequitur, you can judge of the result of similar action upon the great “humbug,” Spiritualism; […]
ref: 1872 January 20, J. R. Robinson, “From the Winona (Minn.) Republican. Huxley and the Spiritualists. That Eminent Scientist Catches an American Tartar in a Winona Defender of the Faith.”, in Religio-Philosophical Journal, volume XI, number 18, Chicago, Ill.: S[teven] S. Jones, page 1, column 5:
text: It is as uncomfortable for us to wear stilettos as it would be for you. It's just that some women don't see an inability to walk as a problem in the pursuit of (misguided) fashionability.
ref: 2010 November 14, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian:
glosses: Fashionableness.
kilning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kiln
kilned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kilned
form: most kilned
Derived terms: unkilned
kilned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kiln
karats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karat
palsying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of palsy
portering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of porter
portered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of porter
portered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a portered block of flats
glosses: Served by a staff of porters.
punned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnd/
rhymes: -ʌnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pun
pushier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pushy: more pushy
pushiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pushy: most pushy
simple machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simple machine
relaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relater
n.d.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of no date.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
topics: academia
scholarly
sciences
glosses: Initialism of no data (used to indicate where information was not available, especially in tables, rather than leaving a blank).
edentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The condition of being deprived of one or more teeth.
watergate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watergates
Etymology: From Middle English watergate, wateregate, watur-ȝate, equivalent to water + gate.
Senses: glosses: A gate opening onto water, or only or mainly accessible by water.
glosses: Alternative form of water gate.
Related terms: floodgate
sluice gate
watergate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: watergates
form: watergating
form: watergated
form: watergated
Etymology: From Middle English watergate, wateregate, watur-ȝate, equivalent to water + gate.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Watergate.
N/S
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛn ɛs/
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: Gent. early 40’s, a N/S, N/D, from the Okanagan Valley, wishes to meet a lady 34 to 40 for social or leading to permanent relationship.
ref: 1982 December 11, “Classified Want Ads: Companions [personal ad]”, in The Vancouver Sun (The Weekend Sun), Vancouver, BC, page E6:
coordinate_terms: N/D
glosses: Initialism of non-smoker.
raw_tags: in personal ads
topics: nautical
transport
related: word: NS
word: N.S.
word: N. S.
coordinate_terms: M/S
M/V
S/S
S/V
S/Y
R/S
R/V
glosses: Initialism of nuclear ship: a ship's prefix for shipnames of nuclear-powered ships.
N/S
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɛn ɛs/
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of non-serviceable, used on tags attached to equipment needing servicing.
liquid courage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “Their findings essentially suggest that while intoxication may not have resulted in beer goggles, it did seem to increase liquid courage, in that people were more likely to indicate a desire to interact with attractive others,” said Monk, whose previous research had found some evidence to support the beer goggles effect.
ref: 2023 August 30, Linda Geddes, “‘Beer goggles’ study finds alcohol does not make people seem better looking”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alcohol drunk to induce a feeling of courage.
Related terms: Dutch courage
pot-valiant
EL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ELs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electroluminescence.
glosses: Initialism of encephalitis lethargica (von Economo disease, sleepy sickness).
EL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Expression Language.
continuances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of continuance
deafie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛ.fi/
rhymes: -ɛfi
Forms: form: deafies
Etymology: From deaf + -ie.
Senses: antonyms: hearie
coordinate_terms: blindie
glosses: A deaf person.
deafies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deafie
exoticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From exotic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being exotic; foreignness.
Synonyms: exoticalness
exoticism
exoticity
quux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qux
Etymology: Attributed to Guy L. Steele Jr.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A metasyntactic variable.
wikipedia: Guy L. Steele Jr.
Synonyms: word: foo
word: bar
word: baz
expanded universe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expanded universes
Senses: examples: text: The Star Wars novels, comics, video games, television series, and radio shows created between 1977 and 2012 all constitute an original Expanded Universe (EU) of in-universe history and lore set within the same transmedia franchise.
ref: 2019, Monica Louzon, “Mara Jade, Frontier Woman”, in Melanie A. Marotta, editor, Women's Space, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: In fiction, the extension of a media franchise (i.e. a television show, series of feature films, etc.) with other media (generally comics and original novels), often with the result being that the stories described in the other media are not considered canon in the original.
expanded universes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expanded universe
procyclical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more procyclical
form: most procyclical
Etymology: From pro- + cyclical.
Senses: examples: text: The employment rate is procyclical, when the economy is doing well more people are working, when it's not doing well, fewer people are working.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Moving in the same direction as the overall state of an economy
qualifier: public policy
glosses: Magnifying the cyclical fluctuations of an economy.
Derived terms: procyclicality
Related terms: acyclical
countercyclical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more countercyclical
form: most countercyclical
Etymology: From counter- + cyclical.
Senses: qualifier: public policy
glosses: Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the business cycle in an economy.
examples: text: The unemployment rate is countercyclical in the sense that it rises when economic growth is low and vice versa.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Moving in the direction opposite to that of the overall state of an economy.
Derived terms: countercyclically
Related terms: contracyclical
acyclical
countercyclicality
acyclical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acyclical
form: most acyclical
Etymology: From a- + cyclical.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Moving independent of the overall state of an economy.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of acyclic.
synonyms: word: acyclic
Synonyms: noncyclical
Coordinate terms: procyclical
countercyclical
Derived terms: acyclicality
procyclicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procyclicalities
Etymology: From procyclical + -ity.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The quality of being procyclical.
Synonyms: cyclicality
Coordinate terms: acyclicality
countercyclicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From countercyclical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being countercyclical.
screech owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screech owl
screech-owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screech-owls
Senses: examples: text: It is said that whenever a member of the house of the Arundels of Wardour lies on his death-bed, a pair of large screech-owls fly round the battlements each night till his decease.
ref: 1888 July 14, “Bird Legends”, in Charles Dickens [Jr.], editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal., volume XLIII, number 1024, London: […], page 40, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of screech owl.
screech-owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screech-owl
wig head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wig heads
Senses: glosses: A stand for a wig, shaped roughly like a head.
wig heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wig head
missing persons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of missing person
fatsoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatso
fatsos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatso
morning stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morning star
evening stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evening star
dripstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dripstones
Etymology: From drip + stone.
Senses: topics: architecture
synonyms: hoodmold
headmold
throating
drip
watershoot
glosses: A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.
glosses: A water filter in which impurities are removed by running water through a porous stone.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Stalactites and stalagmites collectively.
contredanse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contredanses
Etymology: From French contredanse, itself from English country dance.
Senses: glosses: A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
glosses: The quadrille.
glosses: A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance.
country-dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country-dances
Etymology: From French contre-dance, from French contre (“against”) + danse (“dance”). Erroneously thought to be from country + dance.
Senses: glosses: Used as a generic name for many native British dances, especially where partners face each other in a long line.
ouvrière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /u.vɹiˈ(j)ɛɹ/
Forms: form: ouvrières
Etymology: Borrowed from French ouvrière.
Senses: glosses: A female ouvrier.
puchero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pucheros
Etymology: From Spanish puchero.
Senses: glosses: A kind of stew of Spanish origin.
yeuky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yeuky
form: most yeuky
Etymology: From yeuk + -y. Doublet of itchy.
Senses: glosses: itchy
yeuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeuks
Etymology: From (northern) Middle English *ȝuken, *ȝokken (suggested by Middle English ȝukynge, ȝokkyn (“itching”) and yuke (“an itching disease”)), from Middle Dutch jucken, jocken (“to itch”), from Old Dutch *jukken, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”). Doublet of itch.
Senses: glosses: itch, a prickly feeling
yeuk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yeuks
form: yeuking
form: yeuked
form: yeuked
form: euk
form: ewk
form: yook
form: youk
Etymology: From (northern) Middle English *ȝuken, *ȝokken (suggested by Middle English ȝukynge, ȝokkyn (“itching”) and yuke (“an itching disease”)), from Middle Dutch jucken, jocken (“to itch”), from Old Dutch *jukken, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”). Doublet of itch.
Senses: glosses: to itch, irritate the skin
Derived terms: yeuky
yeuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeuks
Etymology: From Cantonese 約 /约 (joek3).
Senses: glosses: An administrative division.
Coordinate terms: heung
cierge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪə̯dʒ/
ipa: /sɪˈɛə̯ʒ/
ipa: /sɪɹd͡ʒ/
ipa: /siˈɛɹʒ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)dʒ
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)ʒ
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: cierges
Etymology: From earlier cerge, from Middle English serge, cerge, from Old French cierge, cerge from Latin cereus (“waxy”), from cera (“wax”). The current pronunciation is learnedly taken from modern French cierge (with varying degrees of nativisation).
Senses: examples: text: The fire was lighted in the drawing-room, and in the soft obscurity Toppie with her high golden head looked like a tall white lighted cierge; a Christmas cierge in a votive chapel of a great cathedral; for though so sweet, so almost gay, the background to Toppie's gaiety was something dedicated and remote.
ref: 1924, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, “Chapter 7”, in The Little French Girl:
glosses: A wax candle used in religious rites.
noseguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noseguards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nose guard.
nose guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose guards
Senses: glosses: An item of protection worn over the nose.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A middle guard.