cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
extenuating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extenuating
form: most extenuating
Etymology: From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.
Senses: glosses: That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.
Derived terms: extenuating circumstance
extenuatingly
nonextenuating
unextenuating
wine bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wine bottles
form: winebottle
form: wine-bottle
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wynebotellys pl, equivalent to wine + bottle.
Senses: glosses: A tall bottle with a long neck, normally made of dark or clear glass, for holding and serving wine.
wikipedia: wine bottle
Hyponyms: Balthazar
chopine
clavelin
demi
double magnum
Goliath
half bottle
imperial
Jeroboam
magnum
Marie Jeanne
McKenzie
Melchior
Melchizedek
Methuselah
Midas
Nebuchadnezzar
piccolo
Primat
quadruple magnum
quarter bottle
Rehoboam
Salmanazar
snipe
Solomon
sovereign
split wine bottle
standard
tappit hen
tregnum
triple magnum
extenuated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extenuated
form: most extenuated
Etymology: From extenuate + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: To this extenuated spectre, perhaps, a crumb is not thrown once a year; but when ahungered and athirst to famine—when all humanity has forgotten the dying tenant of a decaying house—Divine Mercy remembers the mourner, […]
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Old Maids”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 264:
glosses: Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.
Derived terms: unextenuated
extenuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From extenuate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of extenuate
wine cooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wine coolers
Senses: glosses: Any piece of equipment used to keep wine chilled.
glosses: A drink made from a mixture of wine, fruit juice and soda water.
Hypernyms: cooler
Hyponyms: sense: equipment
word: psykter
Coordinate terms: malternative
alcopop
wine list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wine lists
Senses: glosses: A list of wines, usually with a short description, available at e.g. a restaurant or bar.
tolerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tolerate
tolerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tolerate
potes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pote
potes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pote
poules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poule
benda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bendas
Senses: glosses: An old Guinean unit of mass, equivalent to 0.0642 kilograms.
padella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: padellas
Senses: glosses: A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's in Rome.
salotto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salottos
Etymology: From Italian salotto.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand exedras or reception rooms, painting galleries, and salottos other than Corinthian, were half-cubes.
ref: 1976, George L[eonard] Hersey, Pythagorean Palaces: Magic and Architecture in the Italian Renaissance, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 160:
text: These included the decision to dismantle and rebuild the stairs at the head of a salotto which led to the room looking onto the cortile segreto, and to dismantle part of a ceiling to accommodate the new vault in the vaulted salotto.
ref: 1996, Thomas Tuohy, Herculean Ferrara: Ercole d’Este (1471–1505) and the Invention of a Ducal Capital (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture), Cambridge University Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 315:
text: Its vigorously carved acanthus frieze (fig. 4-29) and its classical foliated consoles and pilasters recall the chimneypiece in the salotto of the duchess’s apartment at Urbino (fig. 4-30), executed under Francesco di Giorgio, perhaps by Ambrogio Barocci. […] Thus the vestibule, the courtyard, and the staircase and the sala and the salotto on the piano nobile functioned as lochi publici (public areas), accessible to all visitors; […]
ref: 1999, Olga Raggio, The Gubbio Studiolo and Its Conservation, volumes I (Federico da Montefeltro’s Palace at Gubbio and Its Studiolo), New York, N.Y.: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, pages 62 and 79, column 2:
text: We saw the salotto on the other side of the portego, with its many historically important papers and maps.
ref: 2002, Paula Weideger, Venetian Dreaming, New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, Atria Books, →ISBN, pages 146–147:
text: All good salottos have need of a hostess, who puts her guests at their ease and encourages them to enter into the spirit of the occasion.
ref: 2007, Jonathan White, Italian Cultural Lineages, Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 235:
glosses: An Italian drawing room.
like taking candy from a baby
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Taking the money from the safe will be like taking candy from a baby, since I know the combination.
synonyms: easy as pie
like shooting fish in a barrel
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very easy to achieve.
Related terms: bagatelle
breeze
cakewalk
cinch
doddle
duck soup
easy pickings
piece of cake
turkey shoot
walk in the park
walkover
Hephzibah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛpzɪbə/
/ˈhɛfzɪbə/
Forms: form: Hepzibah
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (ḥep̄ṣî-ḇāh, “my delight is in her”).
Senses: examples: text: Thou shalt no more bee termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land, Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shalbe maried.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 62:4:
text: "My mother's name was Hephzibah," said Silas, "and my little sister was named after her."
ref: 1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XIV, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, part I, page 250:
text: "Well, anyhow," she chuckled, "you can be glad it isn't Hephzibah." "Hephzibah!" "Yes. Mrs White's name is that. Her husband calls her 'Hep', and she doesn't like it. She says when he calls out 'Hep - Hep!' she feels as if the next minute he was going to yell,'Hurrah!'"
ref: 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 7, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used by Puritans in the 17th and 18th century.
glosses: A town in Richmond County, Georgia, United States.
frontrunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontrunners
Etymology: From front + runner.
Senses: examples: text: “Republican frontrunner Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Michigan on Monday to make astonishingly sexist attacks against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton,” the left-leaning ThinkProgress wrote.
ref: 2015 December 22, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2015:
text: The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Liz Truss, has rejected “handouts” as a way of helping people affected by the cost of living crisis.
ref: 2022 August 6, Geneva Abdul, “Liz Truss rejects ‘handouts’ as way to tackle cost of living crisis”, in The Guardian:
text: In 2020, Edward Pentin, the senior Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Register, released a book on the topic, titled "The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates." In the book, Pentin listed 19 cardinals he considered to be papabile, or "popeable" frontrunners.
ref: 2025 April 21, Sam Clancy, Andrew Weil, “Former St. Louis archbishop Burke among 'popeable' candidates after Francis' death”, in KSDK:
text: But as the old papal election saying goes: “He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal”, because few of those who are frontrunners at the start make it through the successive rounds of voting.
ref: 2025 May 8, Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood, “White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of front runner.
net profit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: net profits
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The gross revenue minus all expenses.
Neale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /niːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Niall.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Neil.
glosses: A small village in County Mayo, Ireland.
spreeuw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spreeuws
Senses: glosses: A starling.
star jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star jumps
form: starjump
Etymology: Referring to the star-like shape of the person jumping with limbs extended.
Senses: glosses: A form of exercise where one touches one's toes, then jumps up.
eff off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒf
Forms: form: effs off
form: effing off
form: effed off
form: effed off
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of F off.
Senses: glosses: fuck off.
eff all
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: fuck all.
zufoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zufolo
nebs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neb
nebby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nebbier
form: nebbiest
form: nebbie
Etymology: From neb (“face, nose, beak”) + -y.
Senses: glosses: Overly inquiring; nosey.
nebbie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nebbier
form: nebbiest
Etymology: From neb + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nebby.
bread-and-butter letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread-and-butter letters
Senses: glosses: A short, handwritten communication to thank someone who has recently provided the writer with hospitality, usually dinner or an overnight visit.
Synonyms: bread-and-butter note
peed off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pee off.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pee off
peed off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peed off
form: most peed off
Etymology: Either from the verb sense (above), or directly from pissed off (pee being a euphemism for piss).
Senses: examples: 1962, John Charles Wahlke, The Legislative System: Explorations in Legislative Behavior, Wiley (1962), page 109,
I was in business then. Some guy named Isidore Lubin sent forms all the time wanting to know what I was doing. I was peed off.
1973, George Plimpton et al., Mad Ducks and Bears, Random House (1973), →ISBN, page 311,
Sandusky said, "Even if the team wins, Curtis will get peed off because we didn't win big; we just won."
glosses: Annoyed, irritated, angry.
precipitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of precipitate
maledictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malediction
two birds with one stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two birds, one stone
form: two birds/one stone
form: two birds—one stone
Etymology: From the phrase kill two birds with one stone.
Senses: examples: text: They talk about how 'these places' [pornographic bookstores] are gathering spots for homosexuals. The implication is that if you close down 'these places' you get two birds with one stone.
ref: 1985 August 17, Janice Irvine, quoting Nan Hunter, “Meese's Crew Looks at Porn”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 3:
text: On another occasion, when trying to brainstorm things I could do to make myself feel better despite all the pandemic restrictions, Woebot suggested I “try doing something nice for someone in your life,” like make a calming tea for my housemate or check in with a loved one. I poured my mum some chamomile: Two birds, one stone.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Any two things that were performed or completed at the same time by one action.
Related terms: twofer
sportscar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sportscars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sports car.
wu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wus
form: wu
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 巫 (wū, “shaman”).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese shaman.
Related terms: wu-ts'ai
wu wei
gentlest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gentle: most gentle
anæmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anæmic
form: most anæmic
Etymology: From anæmia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of anaemic.
Derived terms: anæmical
anæmically
nebbier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of nebby: more nebby
nebbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of nebby: most nebby
pernicious anæmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pernicious anæmias
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of pernicious anaemia.
homebuilder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homebuilders
Etymology: From home + builder.
Senses: glosses: A person or company which builds houses
homeownership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homeownerships
form: home ownership
Etymology: From homeowner + -ship or home + ownership.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a homeowner.
idempotence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idempotency
Etymology: Latin roots, idem (“same”) + potence (“the quality of having power”) – literally, “the quality of having the same power”. Coined by 19th century American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in context of algebra.
Senses: examples: text: The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.
ref: 2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent.
wikipedia: Benjamin Peirce
Related terms: idempotent
impotence
nilpotence
nilpotent
nullipotence
nullipotent
omnipotence
potence
potency
potential
unipotence
unipotent
fixed point
fit as a lop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: In good health; very fit.
Valentinus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Roman masculine name Latin Valentinus, from Latin valens (“strong, healthy”).
Senses: glosses: A gnostic theologian living in Egypt and Rome (c.100 - c.153).
Derived terms: Valentinian
glaiky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glaiky
form: most glaiky
form: glaky
Senses: glosses: Daft; odd; thoughtless; foolish.
Related terms: glaik
gowans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gowan
hawkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawkies
Senses: glosses: A cow with a white face and darker body.
hawkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hawkie
even keel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: even keels
form: even-keel
Senses: examples: text: [T]he rude winds died away; and gradually a light breeze sprang up directly aft, filling out every sail, and wafting us smoothly along on an even keel.
ref: 1855, Washington Irving, “The Bermudas”, in Woolfert’s Roost and Other Papers:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The situation in which a watercraft is floating or proceeding in a smooth and level manner.
examples: text: The disease . . . plays havoc with mood, personality, perception and thought, and can require constant adjustments by friends and relatives just to keep life on an even keel.
ref: 2007 December 26, Denise Grady, “Coping With Alzheimer’s: Disease Brings Drastic Changes to Patients, and Stress to Family Members”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Dec 2013:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being under control and balanced.
raw_tags: of emotions
examples: text: Wall Street was on a fairly even keel Tuesday morning but the same could not be said for Best Buy as the company's stock plummeted.
ref: 2010 December 14, Steve Schaefer, “Stocks Stable, Best Buy Battered”, in forbes.com, retrieved 14 Dec 2013:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being well controlled and running smoothly.
raw_tags: of a business or other activity
Derived terms: even-keeled
Related terms: right the ship
rudderless
steady hand on the tiller
hippin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippins
form: hipping
Etymology: Compare Scots hippin, hippen; from hip + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Theatre curtain.
Related terms: hippins
sea-parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-parrots
form: sea parrot
Senses: glosses: A puffin (Fratercula spp.)
glosses: An auk.
parroty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parroty
form: most parroty
Etymology: From parrot + -y.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a parrot.
winter break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter breaks
Senses: glosses: A period of time off during the winter, especially over the Christmas period.
hoond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoonds
Senses: glosses: A dog; a hound.
hoonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoond
mouthfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouthful
overprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌoʊvɚpɹəˈtɛktɪv/
ipa: /ˌəʊvəpɹəˈtɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Etymology: From over- + protective.
Senses: antonyms: underprotective
glosses: excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children)
Derived terms: overprotectively
overprotectiveness
overprotectivism
overprotectivity
Related terms: mama bear
come back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes back
form: coming back
form: came back
form: come back
Senses: examples: text: But he never knew that it really was his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be Real.
ref: 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: To return to a place.
examples: text: Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.
glosses: To return to one's possession, especially of memories.
examples: text: […] I don't wanna sit on the pavement while you fly / But I will, I will, oh yes I will / 'Cause maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back around / Maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back[…]
ref: 2009 July 14, Ingrid Michaelson, “Maybe”, in Everybody:
glosses: To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner.
examples: text: Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever.
text: Paisley is coming back this year.
text: I'll come back to the harder questions after finishing the rest of the test.
glosses: To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.
examples: text: He came back with one of his snide remarks.
glosses: To retort.
Derived terms: word: comeback
word: comebacker
Related terms: go back
dry one's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dries one's eyes
form: drying one's eyes
form: dried one's eyes
form: dried one's eyes
Senses: examples: text: "Be careful!" cried the green girl. "The tears will fall on your green silk gown and spot it."
So Dorothy dried her eyes and said, "I suppose we must try it; but I am sure I do not want to kill anybody, even to see Aunt Em again."
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
text: These two stood in the corridor, waving till the last of the platform was out of sight; then they came into our compartment, and the woman cried a little. Soon she dried her eyes, and went back into the corridor, to have a last glimpse of her native heath.
ref: 1955 May, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “An Irish Journey—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 303:
text: Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now, it's over
ref: 2004, The Streets, “Dry Your Eyes”, in A Grand Don't Come for Free:
glosses: To cease crying.
hogget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒɡɪt/
ipa: /ˈhɑɡət/
ipa: /ˈhɔɡət/
Forms: form: hoggets
Etymology: From Middle English hogget, from Anglo-Norman hoget and an Anglo-Latin hogettus.
Senses: examples: text: They were kept in separate flocks; first there were the hoggets, then the oldest of the younger lambs and lastly the very young ones all kept apart from one another […]
ref: 1900, Samuel Butler, transl. The Odyssey, Book IX., page 113
glosses: A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
glosses: The meat of a young sheep.
glosses: A young boar of the second year.
Related terms: hogg
hoggerel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoggerels
form: hoggeril
form: hoggrel
form: hogrel
form: hogrell
Etymology: From hog + -erel (as a diminutive).
Senses: glosses: A sheep of the second year.
hogframe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogframes
Etymology: From hog + frame.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness, used chiefly in American river and lake steamers.
Synonyms: hogback
hogging frame
hogcote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogcotes
form: hog cote
Etymology: From hog + cote (“building for domesticated animals”).
Senses: glosses: A shed for pigs; a sty.
hogchain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogchains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hog chain.
steamfitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steamfittings
Etymology: From steam + fitting.
Senses: glosses: A part used in the piping for steam.
examples: text: Steamfitting can be a dangerous task, because the steam is under great pressure.
glosses: The act or occupation of installing and maintaining piping for steam.
hodograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hodographs
Etymology: From hodo- + -graph.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A curve described by the moving extremity of a line whose other end is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; used in investigations respecting central forces.
Derived terms: hodographic
hodmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hodman
hodiern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊdiˌɜː(ɹ)n/
/ˈhɒdiˌɜː(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: more hodiern
form: most hodiern
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin hodiernus, from hodie (“today”).
Senses: glosses: Of this day; present-day.
Derived terms: hodiernal
steelyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstiːljɑːɹd/
ipa: /ˈstiːljɚd/
ipa: /ˈstiːljɑːd/
ipa: /ˈstiːljəd/
ipa: /ˈstɪljəɹd/
Forms: form: steelyards
form: stilliard
form: stilyard
Etymology: From steel + yard (“enclosed area, rod”).
The sense of “place” is a calque of Dutch staalhof or Middle Low German Stalhof (Modern Dutch staal (“steel”) + hof (“court, yard”)).
The sense of “balance” is presumably from the sense of “place”, originally “steelyard beam”, mixed with additional sense of “rod” (hence “rod for weighing steel”), replacing earlier Latin statera.
Senses: glosses: A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths.
glosses: A place where steel (and possibly other metals as well) is stored and sold.
kinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kink
kinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kink
platters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platter
pretenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈtɛndə(ɹ)z/
Senses: glosses: plural of pretender
papas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papa
starry-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more starry-eyed
form: most starry-eyed
Senses: examples: text: He was so starry-eyed when he started, but reality ground him down, and he became both more realistic and more practical.
glosses: Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks.
Related terms: rose-colored glasses
stars in one's eyes
creepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creeper
creepers
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Oh, creepers, Mom, that's part of getting to know the gang," Bain said. "Why they used to call Bill 'Cheese,' and he didn't let it bother him."
ref: 1961, Presbyterian Life, volume 14, page 43:
glosses: An expression of surprise, fear, or excitement
Derived terms: jeepers creepers
star-studded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more star-studded
form: most star-studded
Senses: examples: text: It was a star-studded cast, until the money ran out and they all went back to Hollywood.
glosses: Having a large number of celebrities (colloquially stars).
examples: text: The star-studded sky at that latitude was breathtakingly clear and bright.
glosses: Having a large number of visible celestial stars.
straggly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: stragglier
form: straggliest
Etymology: From straggle + -y.
Senses: glosses: Spread around in a chaotic and disorganized manner.
glosses: Not arranged in a line.
Related terms: straggle
telescopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telescope
telescopes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of telescope
strung out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strung out
form: most strung out
form: strung-out
Senses: examples: text: While he was strung out, he ranted about conspiracies that he couldn't remember when he sobered.
text: She believed he was becoming strung out, if he wasn't hooked yet
ref: 1971, Donald Goines, Dopefiend, page 20:
text: When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff / Yeah, and I'm so strung out / I'm high as a kite, I just might / Stop to check you out
ref: 1983, Gordon Gano, “Blister in the Sun”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent Femmes:
text: When Ted Hollander first agreed to travel to Naples in search of his missing niece, he drew up for his brother-in-law, who was footing the bill, a plan for finding her that involved cruising the places where aimless, strung-out youths tended to congregate.
ref: 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Goodbye, My Love”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
glosses: Experiencing withdrawal symptoms of an addiction.
examples: text: After the storm the armada was strung out over the ocean, unable to cover each other in battle.
text: "Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.
ref: 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232:
glosses: Widely spaced.
examples: text: Then I had to sit through a long strung-out discussion about nothing in particular.
glosses: Prolonged in an unnecessary or time-filling manner.
strung out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strung-out
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of string out
undertones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undertone
undertones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undertone
vipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viper
seahorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seahorse
sea horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea horse
sweet dreams
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌswiːt ˈdɹiːmz/
Senses: synonyms: pleasant dreams
glosses: Said to someone before they fall asleep, wishing them a good sleep.
Coordinate terms: good night
polystrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Found within several strata.
Synonyms: word: upright fossil
Laestrygonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛstɹɪˈɡəʊni.ən/
ipa: /ˌlɛstɹɪˈɡoʊni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Laestrygonians
form: Lestrygonian
form: Lestrigonian
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Λαιστρυγόνες (Laistrugónes).
Senses: examples: 1900, (translated by) George Herbert Palmer, The Odyssey of Homer, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Before town they met a maiden drawing water, the stately daughter of the Laestrygonian Antiphades.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A member of a mythical Greek tribe of man-eating giants.
Laestrygonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛstɹɪˈɡəʊni.ən/
ipa: /ˌlɛstɹɪˈɡoʊni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Lestrygonian
form: Lestrigonian
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Λαιστρυγόνες (Laistrugónes).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to that tribe.
galactopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From galacto- + -poiesis.
Senses: glosses: The continued production of milk by the mammary gland.
Related terms: galactogenesis
depurate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛpjʊəɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdiːpjʊəɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛpjʊəɹət/
Forms: form: depurates
form: depurating
form: depurated
form: depurated
Etymology: From Late Latin depuratus, past participle of depurare (“to purify”).
Senses: examples: text: depurate the salt
ref: 1663, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part I:
glosses: To remove impurities from; to purify.
glosses: To make impure.
Derived terms: depurator
undepurated
depurate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛpjʊəɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdiːpjʊəɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛpjʊəɹət/
Forms: form: more depurate
form: most depurate
Etymology: From Late Latin depuratus, past participle of depurare (“to purify”).
Senses: glosses: Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities.
krans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kranses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of krantz.
Aboriginal American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aboriginal Americans
Senses: glosses: A member or descendant of the first immigrants to North America.
Aboriginal American
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Aboriginal American
form: most Aboriginal American
Senses: glosses: Of the original settlers of North America.
Related terms: list at Native American
countercurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countercurrents
Etymology: From counter- + current.
Senses: glosses: A current that flows against the prevailing one.
Derived terms: countercurrently
countercurrentwise
Related terms: eddy
countercurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + current.
Senses: glosses: Running in an opposite direction.
cerrado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerrados
form: Cerrado
Etymology: From Portuguese cerrado (literally “shut, thick”), from cerrar (“to shut”).
Senses: topics: biogeography
biology
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of tropical savanna biome found in much of central Brazil and parts of Paraguay.
examples: text: The biggest breakthrough on the horizon is coming on Latin America's vast cerrado, the seemingly endless grassy plains centered in Brazil. The cerrado covers more than 200 million hectares (500 million acres)—more than all the cultivated land that feeds India's more than 800 million people.
ref: 1993 July 15, Richard Critchfield, “For Green Revolutionaries, A Latin American Triumph”, in International Herald Tribune:
topics: biogeography
biology
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A region with this biome.
high schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high school
Bay Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A division of the Miwok people, who resided east of the San Francisco Bay.
Bay Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Utian (Penutian) language spoken by this people.
Related terms: Valley Miwok
Coast Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A division of the Miwok people, who resided north of the San Francisco Bay.
glosses: The Utian (Penutian) language spoken by this people.
Derived terms: Bodega Miwok
Marin Miwok
Lake Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A division of the Miwok people, who resided in the Clear Lake basin, California.
glosses: The Utian (Penutian) language spoken by this people.
Sierra Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The linguistic divisions of Miwok people who resided in the western foothills Sierra Nevada Mountains, California (often sub-divided on maps as Northern Sierra Miwok, Central Sierra Miwok, and Southern Sierra Miwok).
Sierra Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these people.
Related terms: Valley Miwok
Plains Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A division of the Miwok people, who resided in the general area of modern San Joaquin County and parts of Sacramento Valley, California.
glosses: The Utian (Penutian) language spoken by this people.
Related terms: Valley Miwok
Valley Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The eastern Miwok groups of people native to the Sacramento Valley, comprising the Plains Miwok, Bay Miwok, and Sierra Miwok.
giver-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giver-uppers
Senses: glosses: Someone who or something that gives up: synonym of quitter.
Marin Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of the Coast Miwok people, who resided in present-day Marin County, California.
Marin Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The dialect of Coast Miwok language spoken by this people.
Bodega Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of the Coast Miwok people, who resided at Bodega Bay, California.
Bodega Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The dialect of Coast Miwok language spoken by this people.
a man's home is his castle
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Traditional; the sentiment dates back to Roman times:
: quid enim sanctius, quid omni religione munitius, quam domus unusquisque civium?
: What more sacred, what more strongly guarded by every holy feeling, than a man's own home?
: —Cicero
In English, see Book 4, Chapter 16 of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England:
: And the law of England has so particular and tender a regard to the immunity of a man's house, that it stiles it his castle, and will never suffer it to be violated with immunity: agreeing herein with the sentiments of ancient Rome, as expressed in the works of Tully; quid enim sanctius, quid omni religione munitius, quam domus unusquisque civium?
Senses: synonyms: word: an Englishman's home is his castle
glosses: A proverbial expression of personal privacy and security.
Related terms: castle doctrine
knock-and-announce
Miwuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Miwuks
form: Miwuk
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Miwok.
Miwuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Miwok.
Mewuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mewuks
form: Mewuk
form: Miwok
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Miwok.
Mewuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Miwok
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Miwok.
nucellus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nucelli
Etymology: From French nucelle (“little nut”), from Latin nux (“nut”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The tissue which surrounds and protects the embryo and lies inside of the integuments.
Derived terms: crassinucellate
tenuinucellate
Related terms: nucellular
nucleus
chalazae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalaza
micropyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌpaɪl/
ipa: /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌpaɪl/
Forms: form: micropyles
Etymology: From French, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + πύλη (púlē, “gate”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The hilum of an ovum at the point of attachment to the ovary; any opening in the coverings of an ovum by which spermatozoa may find entrance.
Derived terms: micropylar
immane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: more immane
form: most immane
Etymology: From Latin immānis.
Senses: examples: text: There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars. Petro-dollars, electro-dollars, multi-dollars, reichmarks, rins, rubles, pounds, and shekels.
ref: 1976, Paddy Chayefsky, Network, spoken by Arthur Jensen (Ned Beatty):
text: […] if this gentleman could have been purged of an immane conceit of himself and of his own worth, and made clean from his disaffection to the crown and monarchy of England, which always warped his engagements towards the sectarian and republican model, and made him restless[…]
ref: 1808, Roger North, The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North, […] , page 98:
synonyms: word: ample
word: big
word: bodacious
word: broad
word: commodious
word: considerable
word: expansive
word: good-sized
word: full
word: generous
word: giant
word: grand
word: great
word: hefty
word: hench
word: immense
word: jumbo
word: larger than life
word: largifical
word: leviathan
word: long
word: massive
word: mega-
word: overlarge
word: outsized
word: oversize
word: oversized
word: prodigious
word: roomy
word: rotund
word: sizeable
word: spacious
word: stonking
word: tall
word: vast
word: voluminous
word: wide
word: astronomic
word: behemothic
word: big fat
word: boxcar
word: Brobdingnagian
word: bulky
word: colossal
word: cyclopean
word: Daniel Lambertish
word: elephantine
word: elephantic
word: enormous
word: gargantuan
word: giantesque
word: gigantesque
word: gigantic
word: ginormous
word: great big
word: honkin'
word: huge
word: hulking
word: humongous
word: hunormous
word: immane
word: mahoosive
word: mammoth
word: mastodonic
word: monstrous
word: monumental
word: mountainous
word: pantagruelian
word: pyramidal
word: Pythonic
word: stupendous
word: super-
word: supersized
word: titanic
word: tremendous
word: whopping
word: yuge
glosses: Very large; huge; vast.
examples: text: so immane a man
ref: [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
glosses: Monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce.
Related terms: immanely
athazagoraphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an unknown element + -phobia.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:athazagoraphobia.
glosses: The fear of being forgotten or ignored.
game sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game sheets
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A document used in sports in order to keep track of goals, penalties, assists, etc.
Karkin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.
glosses: The spoken language by this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.
Derived terms: Carquinez
Garg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gargs
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गर्ग (garg).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hindi.
gruds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I need a new pair of gruds.
glosses: Underpants, underwear.
Tamyen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tamien
form: Thamien
Senses: glosses: One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.
Tamyen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tamien
form: Thamien
Senses: glosses: The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.
Related terms: Santa Clara
value-added reseller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: value-added resellers
Senses: glosses: A company that adds some features to existing products, then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete turn-key solution.
Related terms: own-brand labeller
original equipment manufacturer
straight out of the chute
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Taken from rodeo routines: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, before being released.
Senses: examples: text: His ride on Bold Lancer started out just like he thought it would. The bull bucked straight out of the chute and slowly came around to the left. Clay remained in position, forward on his bull rope, spurs raking the bull’s side. It looked as if it was going to be an easy ride, albeit a low-scoring one. Bold Lancer had other ideas.
glosses: immediately, from the very outset.
Synonyms: off the bat § Synonyms
Awaswas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.
Awaswas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.
Synonyms: Santa Cruz
Chochenyo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chocenyo
form: Čočenyo
form: Chocheño
Senses: glosses: One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.
Chochenyo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chocenyo
form: Čočenyo
form: Chocheño
Senses: glosses: The language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.
Ramaytush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /rɑːmaɪtuʃ/
Etymology: From Northern Ohlone Rammay-tuš (“people from the west”), used by the Chochenyo people of the East Bay.
Senses: glosses: One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.
Ramaytush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /rɑːmaɪtuʃ/
Etymology: From Northern Ohlone Rammay-tuš (“people from the west”), used by the Chochenyo people of the East Bay.
Senses: glosses: The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.
Synonyms: San Francisco
Chalon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chalons
Senses: glosses: Any of a series of postage stamps whose illustration was inspired by a portrait of Queen Victoria by Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860); more formally known as the Chalon heads.
Chalon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Soledad
glosses: One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California native to the Salinas Valley.
Chalon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Soledad
glosses: The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.
Related terms: Chalon-sur-Saône
Soledad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Soledad.
Senses: glosses: A city in Monterey County, California, United States.
glosses: A mission with the same name as the city.
glosses: The native language spoken in this region of California.
Synonyms: sense: people
word: Chalon
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Chalon
Soledad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Soledad.
Senses: glosses: The native people of this California region.
Related terms: Nuestra Señora de Soledad
Tamien
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tamyen.
Tamien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tamyen.
Thamien
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tamyen.
Thamien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tamyen.
Santa Clara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The Spanish named a California Mission Santa Clara de Asís after Saint Clare of Assisi in the late 18th century. Eventually the name was extended by linguists to mean the native Tamyen people gathered at the mission and their primary language.
Senses: synonyms: Sta. Clara
glosses: A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
glosses: A mission located in the eponymous city.
synonyms: Tamyen
Thamien
Tamien
glosses: The native people of this region.
synonyms: Tamyen
Thamien
Tamien
glosses: The native language spoken in this region.
glosses: Numerous other places:
A city in Villa Clara, Cuba.
glosses: Numerous other places:
A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador.
glosses: Numerous other places:
a civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal.
glosses: Numerous other places:
A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
Derived terms: Santa Clara County
Sta. Clara
Chocenyo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chochenyo
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chochenyo.
shower gel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shower gels
Senses: synonyms: body wash
coordinate_terms: bar soap
;
body soap
glosses: A commercial gel soap, used to wash oneself, especially in the shower.
Related terms: liquid soap
shower cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shower caps
Senses: glosses: A waterproof headgear designed for use in the shower, to avoid wetting the hair.
shower curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shower curtains
Senses: glosses: A waterproof curtain which hangs by the shower, to prevent water splashing from the shower.