cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nonclipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + clipped.
Senses: glosses: Not clipped.
e-auction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-auctions
Etymology: From e- + auction.
Senses: synonyms: cyberauction
glosses: An auction that takes place between remote bidders by means of a computer network.
e-auctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-auction
steinboks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steinbok
speedometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speedometres
Etymology: From speed + -o- + -metre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of speedometer.
pedometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedometres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pedometer.
odometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odometres
Senses: qualifier: nonstandard and now largely obsolete
glosses: Alternative form of odometer.
jheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: jheels
form: bheel
form: jeel
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani جھیل (jhel) / झील (jhīl).
Senses: examples: text: In Spring, it is ablaze with roses; in Summer, the roses die and the hot winds blow from the hills; in Autumn, the white mists from the jhils cover the place as with water, and in Winter the frosts nip everything young and tender to earth-level.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 59:
glosses: A pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.
hexametre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexametres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hexameter.
hydrometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrometres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hydrometer.
kurma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kurmas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of korma.
kurmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kurma
jheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jheel
clinometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinometres
Senses: qualifier: nonstandard and now largely obsolete
glosses: Alternative form of clinometer.
nontetragonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tetragonal.
Senses: glosses: Not tetragonal.
calorimetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: calorimetres
Etymology: From calorie + -metre.
Senses: qualifier: nonstandard and now largely obsolete
glosses: Alternative form of calorimeter.
barometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barometres
Etymology: From baro- + -metre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barometer.
anemometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anemometres
Etymology: From anemo- + -metre.
Senses: examples: text: It has been found, however, that the anemometre, or airmeasurer, can be so adjusted that after a few revolutions it releases a spring[…].
ref: 1877, The Shamrock, volume 15, page 297:
text: Few people perhaps could tell if asked what an anemometre is.
ref: 1883, American Tract Society, Illustrated Family Christian Almanac for the United States, page 25:
text: The government suggested that two anemometres should be erected to control traffic during storms.
ref: 2005, Brian Mac Aongusa, Broken Rails: Crashes and Sabotage on Irish Railways, page 156:
qualifier: nonstandard and now largely obsolete
glosses: Alternative form of anemometer.
altimetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altimetres
Etymology: From Latin altus (“high”) + -metre.
Senses: examples: text: To fire this stationary weapon the pilot would have no need to remove his hand from the controls. The instruments consisted of a compass, an altimetre to register the height, a speed indicator and several others. Then there was a map in a roller case.
ref: 1919, W. Crispin Sheppard, Don Hale with the Flying Squadron:
qualifier: nonstandard and now largely obsolete
glosses: Alternative form of altimeter.
acidimetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acidimetres
Etymology: From acid + -i- + -metre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acidimeter.
chronometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronometres
Senses: qualifier: nonstandard and now largely obsolete
glosses: Alternative form of chronometer.
griottes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of griotte
simulacres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simulacre
majorations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of majoration
gasometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gasometres
Etymology: From gas + -o- + -metre.
Senses: qualifier: nonstandard and now largely obsolete
glosses: Alternative form of gasometer.
scream loudest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: screams loudest
form: screaming loudest
form: screamed loudest
form: screamed loudest
form: scream the loudest
Senses: examples: text: Her sister always got the nicest things because she screamed loudest.
glosses: To complain or speak up with more intensity than others, especially in relation to a trivial matter.
Related terms: the squeaky wheel gets the grease
hygrometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hygrometres
Etymology: From French hygromètre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hygrometer.
sphygmomanometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphygmomanometres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sphygmomanometer.
manometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manometres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of manometer.
seismometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seismometres
Etymology: From seismo- + -metre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seismometer.
telemetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telemetres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of telemeter.
powrefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more powrefull
form: most powrefull
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of powerful.
stay the distance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stays the distance
form: staying the distance
form: stayed the distance
form: stayed the distance
Senses: examples: text: He was sure his girlfriend would stay the distance with her addiction treatment.
glosses: Synonym of stay the course.
synonyms: word: stay the course
JVD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of jugular vein distention.
pewtre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pewtres
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pewter.
pathetick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pathetick
form: most pathetick
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of pathetic.
seraphick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seraphick
form: most seraphick
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of seraphic.
AEIOU TIPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ealiest known use is from April 1980 in a paper by Carl C. Bell.
Senses: topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of alcohol, epilepsy, insulin, overdose, underdose/uremia, trauma, infection, psychiatric, stroke/shock: reasons why a patient may have an altered mental state.
anti-lifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-lifers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antilifer.
Kussmaul breathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Introduced by Adolph Kussmaul.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: Kussmaul respiration
glosses: A form of labored breathing and hyperventilation associated with metabolic acidosis, renal failure, and diabetes.
wikipedia: Adolph Kussmaul
HHNC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma.
hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic comas
Etymology: hyperosmolar + hyperglycemic + nonketoic + coma
Senses: glosses: A type of diabetic coma caused by elevated levels of sugar in the bodies of people with type II diabetes.
Synonyms: HHNC
hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic comas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma
scenographick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scenographick
form: most scenographick
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of scenographic.
a-fib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: a-fibs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of A-fib.
v-fib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: v-fibs
form: vfib
form: V-fib
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: VF
V-fib
vfib
glosses: Abbreviation of ventricular fibrillation;.
Related terms: a-fib
v-tach
v-fib
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: v-fibs
form: v-fibbing
form: v-fibbed
form: v-fibbed
form: vfib
form: V-fib
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To undergo ventricular fibrillation.
fetus fetishist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fetus fetishists
Senses: examples: text: "Defeat the fetus fetishists" and "I am more important than a fetus" were among the placards carried by nearly 100 women […]
ref: 1972 October 3, Laurie Johnston, “Respect Life Week Stresses the Unborn”, in The New York Times:
text: As Campbell announced he supported life, Morgentaler cut him off and shouted, "I'm a pro-choicer and a pro-lifer. You are not a pro-lifer; you are a fetus fetishist."
ref: 1988 February 10, “TV Opponents Take Gloves Off Following Debate on Abortions”, in Toronto Star:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: antiabortionist
antichoicer
forced-birther
pro-lifer
right-to-lifer
glosses: One who supports fetal rights; an antiabortionist.
paravanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paravane
French onion soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: French onion soups
Etymology: As with french fries, it is notional rather than literal that such a dish is exclusively or distinctively French, but this subset of onion soup styles does involve French influence; details are at Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: A soup made with onions and beef broth or beef stock, traditionally served with croutons and cheese as toppings.
wikipedia: French cuisine
Singapore
French onion soups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French onion soup
hotwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hotwashes
form: hot wash
Etymology: From hot + wash. Some sources say this refers to the practice by some soldiers of dousing their weapons in extremely hot water as a means of removing grit and residue after firing. Others interpret "hot" as referring to immediacy (not temperature), and "wash" to be used metaphorically (compare come out in the wash).
Senses: glosses: Discussions and evaluations of an agency's (or multiple agencies') performance following an exercise, training session, or major event.
Isle of White
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Isle of Wight.
make peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes peace
form: making peace
form: made peace
form: made peace
form: make one's peace
Senses: examples: text: Both countries can rebuild now that they have made peace with each other.
text: He's finally made peace with his estranged father.
glosses: To end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.
examples: text: The committee made peace and agreed to go with the new plan.
glosses: To settle a dispute or disagreement.
examples: text: I've finally made peace with the fact that having diabetes means no more sugar.
glosses: To accept something, especially if it is considered unfavourable.
Synonyms: sense: settle a dispute
word: bury the hatchet
sense: accept something unfavourable
word: come to terms with
Nagorny Karabakh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Наго́рный Караба́х (Nagórnyj Karabáx, “Mountainous Karabakh”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nagorno-Karabakh.
finochie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Finochi, or Finochio of the Italians, and which, from a literal Termination generally put to Engliſh Words, I call Finochie, is a Kind of Fennel; which when tied up, and blanched a little, is one of the wholſomeſt Aromaticks that any Body can eat, (but is withal a little two ſtrong for ſome Palates,) yet is in great Requeſt amongſt Valetudinarians, or thoſe who endeavour after Health and long Life.
[…]
ref: 1733, Practical Huſbandman and Planter, volume 1, pages 139 and 185
roman: Once a Week, or Fortnight, or thereabout, alſo ought the Gardener to be putting in a few Finochie-Seeds; and to be tranſplanting out thoſe Cauliflore, Brocaulie, Borecaule, and Savoy Plants, with which the Tables of the Curious are to be furniſh’d between Michaelmas and Chriſtmas.
text: Fennel is a good deal used, in continental Europe, in soups, fish-sauces, garnishes, and salads. It is also considerably used in England, but less with us. The Italians blanch and eat the stalks of one variety called Finochie, like celery.
ref: 1868, William Nathaniel White, J. Van Buren, James Camak, Gardening for the South, page 328:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of finocchio.
finnochia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sow Finnochia to ſucceed that which was ſown in the former Month.
ref: 1737, The Complete Family-Piece, 2nd edition, part II, chapter iii, page 381:
text: ante''' 1763, Philip Miller, The Gardeners Kalendar (unknown ed.), excerpted in the Univerſal Muſeum⁽¹⁺³⁾ and the Univerſal Magazine,⁽²⁾ selected in The Beauties of all the Magazines ſelected for the Year 1763 (T. Waller), ed. George Alexander Stevens, volume 2, pages 126,⁽¹⁾ 221,⁽²⁾ and 266⁽³⁾
⁽¹⁾ Sow the ſeeds of finnochia in drills made about a foot aſunder, thinly ſcattered over about half an inch thick.
⁽²⁾ Sow finnochia in drills about eighteen inches or two feet aſunder, to ſucceed that ſown laſt month; draw the earth up to the plants almoſt full grown, to blanch them.
⁽³⁾ Thin the finnochia plants, ſown the former month, allowing them room enough to grow: the plants which are taken out ſhould not be tranſplanted, for they rarely are good for any thing.
text: FINNOCHIA, sweet-fennel, in botany, a ſpecies of fennel, cultivated in gardens as a ſallad-herb, and as ſuch much liked by ſome.
ref: 1763, “Finnochia”, in A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2nd edition, volume 2, page 1240:
text: Sow finnochia in drills about twenty inches aſunder. A light rich and moiſt ſpot is neceſſary at this ſeaſon, otherwiſe the plants will run to ſeed.
ref: 1771, Thomas Hitt [aut.] and James Meader [contrib., ed.], The Modern Gardener; or, Univerſal Kalendar, page 209
text: In ſome warm place ſow young ſallads, likewiſe rape, ſorrel, finnochia and ſpinach.
ref: 1780, Samuel Cooke, The Complete Engliſh Gardener (J. Cooke), page 24
text: Finnochia, a variety of fennel.
ref: 1847, John Craig, “Finnochia”, in A New Universal Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Embracing All the Terms Used in Art, Science and Literature:
text: The Florence or Finnochia Fennel (F. dulce) is an Italian annual of dwarf compact growth, not exceeding 2½ ft. high.
ref: 1913, John Weathers, Commercial Gardening, volume 4, Gresham publishing company, page 193:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of finocchio.
breathe a sigh of relief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breathes a sigh of relief
form: breathing a sigh of relief
form: breathed a sigh of relief
form: breathed a sigh of relief
Senses: examples: text: And the home fans breathed a huge sigh of relief barely two minutes later when Andros Townsend's cross was finished by Defoe.
ref: 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: to be relieved; to feel relief.
you betcha
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you bet.
win by a nose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wins by a nose
form: winning by a nose
form: won by a nose
form: won by a nose
Etymology: From horse racing, where the winning horse is slightly ahead, and the length of the nose separates it from the runner-up.
Senses: glosses: To win by a small margin; to have a narrow victory.
without question
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The mind boggles that to be "liberal" in Britain you have to believe, without question, in the EU
ref: 2011 September 29, Alan Posener, “Germany will remain the euro's defender – however reluctantly”, in Guardian:
glosses: totally obediently
examples: text: It was, without question, the greatest night of regular-season baseball that I've ever experienced. And one could argue, without being guilty of hyperbole, that it was the wildest night in the history of the sport.
ref: 2011 September 29, “A night like no other leaves baseball fans abuzz”, in Reporter News, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2011:
glosses: undeniably
time to time
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: After I left the Detention Center, I kept contact with some few friends I met there. Time to time I could talk to Emma who was already in Mexico.
ref: 2010, Jenny Tshibola, From the Darkness to the Light, page 59:
glosses: from time to time
twilight years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Now that he's entering his twilight years, he's writing his memoirs.
glosses: Old age.
Synonyms: golden years
sunset years
old age
tub of guts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubs of guts
Senses: glosses: A fat person
toughen up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: toughens up
form: toughening up
form: toughened up
form: toughened up
Senses: glosses: To make or become mentally tougher.
tool around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tools around
form: tooling around
form: tooled around
form: tooled around
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: cruise
text: It's like when you were in high school, hanging out with your friends and tooling around in your parents' jalopy.
ref: 2001 April 26, “Pay-to-play space mission”, in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, US, retrieved 06 Jul 2012:
text: Many drivers tool around town or take long drives with cell phone in hand, one eye on the road but their mind clearly someplace else.
ref: 2005 July 14, “Editorial: Talking heads”, in Toledo Blade, US, retrieved 06 Jul 2012:
text: Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is known for selling the jet her predecessor as Alaska governor used to tool around the state. She now has one of her own.
ref: 2008 September 5, “Palin can't say no to jet this time”, in azcentral.com, US, retrieved 06 Jul 2012:
glosses: To drive or jaunt about, going from place to place without any specific direction or goal.
synonyms: word: fool around
word: arse about
word: arse around
word: bludge
word: bum around
word: cabbage
word: clown around
word: dally
word: dawdle
word: dick about
word: dick around
word: diddle
word: dilly-dally
word: dretch
word: drumble
word: faff
word: faff about
word: faff around
word: fanny about
word: fanny around
word: fart about
word: fart around
word: fiddle about
word: fiddle around
word: fool about
word: fool around
word: footle
word: forslow
word: goof around
word: goof off
word: hang about
word: hang around
word: hang out
word: horse around
word: idle
word: jerk off
word: lallygag
word: lamp
word: laze
word: laze about
word: laze around
word: linger
word: loaf
word: loaf about
word: loaf around
word: loiter
word: lollop
word: lollygag
word: mess around
word: mill about
word: mill around
word: muck about
word: muck around
word: piddle
word: pingle
word: stand by
word: tarry
word: tool around
word: waste time
word: while
glosses: To spend one's time idly.
toke up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tokes up
form: toking up
form: toked up
form: toked up
Senses: glosses: To smoke cannabis
get one's tits in a wringer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's tits in a wringer
form: getting one's tits in a wringer
form: got one's tits in a wringer
form: got one's tits in a wringer
form: gotten one's tits in a wringer
Senses: glosses: To get into trouble.
time's up
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmz ˌʌp/
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: time is ripe
text: “Time’s up,” the proctor announced at the end of the third section. “Put your pencils down. There will be a fifteen minute break. You are encouraged to use the bathroom during this time.”
ref: 2008, Rick Lax, Lawyer Boy, St. Martin’s Press, page 28:
related: word: time is up
coordinate_terms: clock is ticking
clock is running
time is ticking
time is short
;
tick-tock#Interjection
;
time is of the essence
glosses: The deadline has passed; there is no more available time.
tied up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tied-up
Senses: glosses: occupied; busy
tied up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tied-up
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tie up
throw chunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws chunks
form: throwing chunks
form: threw chunks
form: thrown chunks
Senses: glosses: To vomit.
think nothing of it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A polite way to dismiss thanks as unnecessary
Synonyms: sense: acknowledgment of thanks
word: you're welcome
word: de nada
word: don’t mention it
word: my pleasure
word: no problem
word: not at all
word: no worries
word: you bet
word: you're welcome
Related terms: english: verbal phrase
translation: verbal phrase
word: think nothing of
there's nothing to it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: It is easy; it is simple.
then and there
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: 'Well, I soon saw to that, I told him to bolt it then and there[.]'
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 99:
glosses: Right at that moment in time and on the spot; immediately.
Synonyms: there and then
Related terms: here and now
thank heavens
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: thank heaven
Senses: synonyms: thank God
;
see others there, including thank goodness
glosses: An expression of relief or gratitude.
Related terms: thank one's lucky stars
thank one's stars
tempt fate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tempts fate
form: tempting fate
form: tempted fate
form: tempted fate
Senses: examples: text: Don't tempt fate by driving without a seatbelt.
text: When the traffic signal says, "Don't Walk," flashing its ominous red, my companions may tempt fate, but I […] stand still.
ref: 1979 February 3, Nancy Walker, “Going Bananas”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 11:
synonyms: court disaster
play Russian roulette
glosses: To take a risk.
examples: text: I shouldn't tempt fate, but it looks like it's going to rain.
text: "I'm sure everything will work out fine" — "Don't tempt fate!"
glosses: To take an imagined or superstitiously believed risk of provoking an adverse outcome by mentioning something or making a prediction.
Related terms: risk one's life and limb
hostage to fortune
cheat fate
takes one to know one
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of it takes one to know one.
take one's pick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one's pick
form: taking one's pick
form: took one's pick
form: taken one's pick
Senses: glosses: To choose; to select.
take cover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes cover
form: taking cover
form: took cover
form: taken cover
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: give cover
text: Can't you hear, can't your hear the thunder? / You better run, you better take cover
ref: 1981, Men At Work, “Down Under”, in Business as Usual:
synonyms: run for cover
glosses: To shelter oneself.
take a guess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a guess
form: taking a guess
form: took a guess
form: taken a guess
Senses: glosses: To guess.
slug away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slugs away
form: slugging away
form: slugged away
form: slugged away
Senses: glosses: To work very hard (at); to toil
rise and shine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rises and shines
form: rising and shining
form: rose and shone
form: risen and shone
Etymology: Presumably Isaiah 60:1.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: get up
text: Good morning, little Martin; rise and shine!
synonyms: up and at 'em
wake up
glosses: Used to wish someone happiness upon waking up
Related terms: get up early
sunrise
rise and shine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Presumably Isaiah 60:1.
Senses: topics: bingo
games
glosses: A traditional call for the number twenty-nine.
ring leader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring leaders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ringleader.
rhodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rō'dĭk
ipa: /ˈɹəʊdɪk/
rhymes: -əʊdɪk
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to rhodium, especially tetravalent rhodium
vinew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɪnjuː/
Etymology: Variant of finew, from Middle English *fine, from Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *funją (“moisture, mold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (“mud, slush, morass”). Related to Middle Low German vunsch and Middle Dutch vunsc (“musty”), Old English fenn (“swamp, bog”). More at fen.
Senses: glosses: Moldiness, mould.
vinew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈvɪnjuː/
Forms: form: vinews
form: vinewing
form: vinewed
form: vinewed
Etymology: Variant of finew, from Middle English *fine, from Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *funją (“moisture, mold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (“mud, slush, morass”). Related to Middle Low German vunsch and Middle Dutch vunsc (“musty”), Old English fenn (“swamp, bog”). More at fen.
Senses: glosses: To become musty or mouldy.
Related terms: vinnow
vinnewed
vinewed
Blue Vinney
relativiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relativisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of relativizer.
depictor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depictors
Etymology: From depict + -or.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of depicter.
depictors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depictor
undepictable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undepictable
form: most undepictable
Etymology: From un- + depictable.
Senses: glosses: Impossible to depict.
undepicted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + depicted.
Senses: glosses: Not having been depicted.
undepletable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undepletable
form: most undepletable
Etymology: From un- + depletable.
Senses: glosses: Impossible to deplete.
agreest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: agree + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of agree
agreeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: agreeeth
Etymology: agree + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of agree
papistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more papistically
form: most papistically
Etymology: From papistical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a papistical manner; by, or with reference to, a pope.
Hemingwayan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hemingwayan
form: most Hemingwayan
Etymology: From Hemingway + -an.
Senses: examples: text: We each had a bedroom, and there was a kitchenette with food in the icebox, and a huge living room where Major sat in his silk dressing gown composing his latest Hemingwayan short story[…]
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 7, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
tezontle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).
Senses: glosses: A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.
Judas Iscariots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Judas Iscariot
Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Maroon Spirit
devil's proof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil's proofs
Etymology: Latin probatio diabolica
Senses: glosses: A legal requirement to achieve an impossible proof. Remedies are reversing the burden of proof, or giving additional rights to the individual faced with this requirement.
fientive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiˈ(j)ɛntɪv/
rhymes: -ɛntɪv
Etymology: From Latin fīēns (“becoming; happening”, present active participle of fīō (“to become; to happen”)), on the pattern of words such as stative, durative, iterative, causative etc.
Senses: examples: text: This underlines again that a contrast of nominality versus verbality conveys a stative versus fientive purport.
ref: 1977, Haiim B. Rosén, Contemporary Hebrew, page 182:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
qualifier: Semitic linguistics
glosses: designating a durative and dynamic action performed by the subject
examples: text: The basic idea is that what previous scholarship categorised as a stative, viz. the various forms going back to a derivation with a long ē, is in fact a fientive, i.e. it designates the becoming and not the being.
ref: 2007, George Hinge, “The Proto-Indo-European essive and fientive in Greek”, in glossa.dk, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2023:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
qualifier: Indo-European linguistics
glosses: designating entering into a state as opposed to being in a state
e-sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + sales.
Senses: glosses: Sales activity carried out by means of computer networks.
Related terms: e-commerce
e-shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-shop
e-stores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-store
e-safety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + safety.
Senses: examples: text: On one hand, many of the children in our study clearly saw e-safety as an important issue that they thought needed addressing in schools.
ref: 2010, Neil Selwyn, John Potter, Sue Cranmer, Primary schools and ICT: learning from pupil perspectives, page 125:
glosses: Safety when using the Internet.
Synonyms: cybersafety
e-publisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-publishers
Etymology: From e- + publisher or e-publish + -er.
Senses: examples: text: [Signature] Bob M. Grahame * Administrator/E-Publisher EdgeWays! InfoLInk GUI BBS "The Edge of Communications and Gateways to the World" A friendly information service bringing a wonderful new world to your desktop
ref: 1992 November 11, Bob M. Grahame, “Re: FirstClass Anyone”, in comp.sys.mac.comm (Usenet), retrieved 04 Feb 2018, message-ID <1992Nov11.110023.42681@edgeway.wimsey.bc.ca>:
text: [Subject: Seeking e-publisher information] If anyone knows of a specific electronic publisher or a good resource for electronic publisher information, please let me know. Also, I would be happy to look at any literature that you might want to send about your publishing company.
ref: 1993 December 13, Fred D. Barnhart, “Seeking e-publisher information”, in bit.listserv.cdromlan (Usenet), retrieved 04 Feb 2018, message-ID <CDROMLAN%93121312144064@IDBSU.BITNET>:
glosses: One who publishes works in an electronic format.
Related terms: e-publication
e-publish
e-publishing
e-publishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-publisher
she-dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: she-dogs
Etymology: From she- + dog.
Senses: glosses: A female dog; a bitch.
Synonyms: bitch
Related terms: she-cat
she-wolf
she-bear
she-tiger
e-publishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + publishing or e-publish + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: And believe it or not, I have nothing against commercial e-mail and commercial e-publishing. Just not on Usenet. Compuserve is where you go for that.
ref: 1989 June 10, Patrick Townson, “Re: In Moderation: A Moderator's Response”, in news.groups (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, message-ID <3740022@eecs.nwu.edu>:
text: A few of the original participants from those days are still on the mailing list today, as we near the end of eight years of e-publishing.
ref: 1989 June 11, Patrick Townson, “What Is TELECOM Digest, Anyway?”, in comp.dcom.telecom (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, message-ID <telecom-v09i0194m09@vector.dallas.tx.us>:
text: I think that the court whould not reconize epublising (sic) since it is much easier to fake you ID, but I whould like to see a test of this made.
ref: 1991 April 18, tsource, “Re: RFD: Rec.games.design”, in news.groups (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, message-ID <1991Apr17.214138.1@happy.colorado.edu>:
text: Why is it that people don't equate Epublishing with paper publishing? Both have the same desires: spreading of information. Just because one doesn't bother to put itself onto paper intentionally, should it not have the same rights as traditional publishing techniques?
ref: 1991 April 18, tsource, “Re: RFD: Rec.games.design”, in news.groups (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, message-ID <1991Apr17.214138.1@happy.colorado.edu>:
glosses: The publication of works in an electronic format.
Synonyms: e-publication
e-publication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-publications
Etymology: From e- + publication.
Senses: glosses: The publication of works in an electronic format.
glosses: A work published in an electronic format.
Synonyms: sense: publication of electronic works
word: e-publishing
e-publications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-publication
e-zines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-zine
e-newsletter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-newsletters
Etymology: From e- + newsletter.
Senses: glosses: A newsletter published in electronic form.
e-newsletters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-newsletter
e-news
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + news.
Senses: examples: text: Structurally adhering to a literal table of contents or index function with its three-column newspaper formatting, the e-news page provides both national and regional headlines[…]
ref: 2009, Anna Everett, Digital diaspora: a race for cyberspace, page 93:
glosses: News published in electronic form.
e-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of e- + retail
Senses: examples: text: It is to be found in examining and evaluating what roles could happily co-exist for both the retail and e-tail parties.
ref: 2001, Martin Lindström, Clicks, bricks and brands, page 239:
glosses: e-tailing
hyperliteral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperliteral
form: most hyperliteral
Etymology: From hyper- + literal.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: overliteral
text: a hyperliteral translation
antonyms: figurative
metaphorical
;
idiomatic
hypernyms: literal
coordinate_terms: etymonic
glosses: Extremely literal.
Derived terms: word: hyperliterally
e-money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + money.
Senses: examples: text: Once e-money is accepted as universally as greenbacks, don't be surprised if a disheveled man on the street steps up to you and says, "Brother, can you spare a little stored value?"
ref: 1995, “E-money”, in Popular Science, volume 247, number 1, page 74:
text: Another form of e-money is the smart card.
ref: 2009, Roger LeRoy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz, Fundamentals of Business Law: Excerpted Cases, page 412:
synonyms: cybercash
cybermoney
e-cash
coordinate_terms: cybercurrency
digital currency
e-currency
virtual currency
glosses: The virtual money used in e-banking or its shadow banking counterparts.
Related terms: e-payment
e-wallet
hyperliterally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hyperliterally
form: most hyperliterally
Etymology: From hyperliteral + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If the language of the “your work” exclusion is read broadly and hyperliterally, it could be construed to bar coverage for almost any claim connected to policyholder activity that involves a representation or warranty.
ref: 2006, Jeffrey W. Stempel, Stempel on insurance contracts: Volume 1:
glosses: In a hyperliteral manner.
Coordinate terms: overliterally
hyperlipoproteinaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperlipoproteinaemic
form: most hyperlipoproteinaemic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hyperlipoproteinemic.
hyperlipoproteinemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperlipoproteinemic
form: most hyperlipoproteinemic
form: hyperlipoproteinaemic
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or afflicted with, hyperlipoproteinemia.
Derived terms: antihyperlipoproteinemic
e-procurement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + procurement.
Senses: glosses: The purchase of supplies, work and/or services by means of computer networks.
e-tender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-tenders
Etymology: From e- + tender.
Senses: glosses: A tender for a contract made by means of computer networks.
Related terms: e-tendering
beardies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beardy
glosses: plural of beardie
e-service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-services
Etymology: From e- + service.
Senses: glosses: A service offered over a computer network.
e-services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-service
e-literature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + literature.
Senses: examples: text: […]working to incorporate today's realities into today's e-literature.
ref: 1994, Educom Review, volume 29:
text: Online libraries, literature, and e-literature can enrich the reading/writing experience for students even as the computer is improving access to instructional frameworks.
ref: 2004, James A. Inman, Computers and writing: the cyborg era, page 145:
glosses: Literature published in electronic form, possibly incorporating hypertext and multimedia.
e-lessons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-lesson
e-finance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + finance.
Senses: glosses: Financial activity carried out electronically, as for example over the Internet.
Synonyms: cyberfinance
Related terms: e-banking
blouselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blouselike
form: most blouselike
Etymology: From blouse + -like.
Senses: examples: text: […]a red flannel shirt of Fred's, soft and blouselike[…]
ref: 2001, Roberta A. MacAvoy, Tea with the Black Dragon, page 91:
glosses: Resembling a blouse.
tripeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tripemen
form: tripe man
form: tripe-man
Etymology: From tripe + man.
Senses: examples: text: These portions, with the legs (called " feet" in the trade), form what is styled the tripe-man′s portion, and are disposed of to him by the butcher for 5s. 6d.
ref: 1862, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopædia of the Conditions and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, And Those That Will Not Work, volume 2, Cosimo Classics, published 2009, page 7:
text: George Sims, a tripeman in St. James's Market always forward in street quarrels, then went up to the great gate in the Old Bailey with some others,[…].
ref: 1872, Charles Dickens, Jr., editor, All the Year Round, page 424:
text: Without another syllable, of reasoning or reproof, the cobbler, the tailor, and the tripeman turned, and marched all abreast to the Three Horse-shoes ; and shame alone stopped their calumniators, from hastening after them, to drink their health.
ref: 1882, Richard D. Blackmore, Christowell: A Dartmoor Tale, volume 1, Elibron Classics Replica Edition, published 2005, page 242:
glosses: A male seller of tripe (meat product).
tripemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tripeman
sticheron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sticherons
form: stichera
Etymology: From Greek στιχηρό (stichiró), from Ancient Greek στιχηρός (stikhērós, “written in lines”).
Senses: glosses: A hymn, often written in cycles and sung in alternation with psalm verses, used in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.
Related terms: sticherarion
stichera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sticheron
oscillometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oscillometer
omphaloi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omphalos
leadline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leadlines
form: lead line
Etymology: From lead (verb) + line.
Senses: glosses: A leash or strap for leading an animal.
leadline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leadlines
form: lead line
Etymology: From lead (noun) + line (after the metal); the attached plummet is usually made from lead.
Senses: examples: text: Approximately 60% of inshore hydrography was acquired by leadline (pre-1940) sounding technology.
ref: 2004, 2004 Atlantic Boating Almanac: Gulf of Mexico, →ISBN:
glosses: A sounding line; an instrument used in navigation to measure water depth.
examples: text: To attach the bridles, start measuring from the point on the gavel 16 metres from the floatline wheree you have seized the end of the leadline.
ref: 1987, M. Ben-Yami, Purse-seining with Small Boats, →ISBN, page 46:
text: The hold was empty, without a net, corkline, leadline or buoy to be found.
ref: 1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 103:
text: Generally, there will be equal selvedges to the floatline and leadline.
ref: 1987, Ludvik Karlsen, Bjorn A. Bjarnason, Small-scale Fishing with Driftnets, →ISBN, page 33:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A weighted line for holding down the lower edge of a gillnet.
leadlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leadline
cynomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cynomorphs
Etymology: From cyno- + -morph.
Senses: glosses: A member of the obsolete taxonomic subgroup Cynomorpha, the dog-like apes.
Related terms: cynomorphic
landscrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landscrips
Etymology: From land + scrip.
Senses: glosses: A certificate entitling the holder to land ownership in Texas.
landscrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landscrip
nonexchangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonexchanger
nonexchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonexchanges
Etymology: From non- + exchange.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: That which is not an exchange; an unequal transaction.
cacuminals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacuminal
undercutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undercutter
promuscis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promuscides
form: promusces
Senses: glosses: The proboscis of hemipteran insects.
clodpoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clodpolls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clodpole.
clotpoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clotpolls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clodpole.
clodpolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clodpoll
clotpolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clotpoll
froideurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of froideur
mailshotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mailshot
mailshotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mailshot
shiverier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of shivery: more shivery
shiveriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of shivery: most shivery
saporific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more saporific
form: most saporific
Etymology: From Latin sapor (“taste”) + facere (“make”).
Senses: glosses: taste-giving, or tasteful.
sarsenets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarsenet
skinflicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skinflick
skinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skinch
skinches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skinch
skinching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skinch
skinched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skinch
sokaiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sokaiyas
form: sokaiya
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 総会屋.
Senses: glosses: A form of racketeer in Japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management.
sokaiyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sokaiya
sojournest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sojourn + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of sojourn
Romandia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: After defendant was arrested, the shirt that he wore on the night of July 9th was discovered to have three small spots of blood on the shoulder. An analysis of the evidence as stated above shows that the testimony of Romandia is very strongly and quite convincingly corroborated by the defendant himself. He admits the continuous three-day association with Romandia; admits their common design to commit the serious crime of burglary or robbery; ...
ref: 1936, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the territory of Arizona:
text: In contrast, respondents' expert testified that Kannappan's treatment of Romandia during the entire delivery had met all standards of care.
ref: 2002, Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Appeal of the State of California:
text: It felt heavy and recalled feeling all the fabrics, they felt soft and rich, like thick butter and honey rubbed together, smooth but uneven as the silk had been woven. She replayed the words spoken by all the women attending, “The silk is from Spain.” A slender girl said. “Yes, from grand ladies” said another. “It was from my great-grandmother's wedding gown.” Helena added, “The seed pearls on the bodice were sown by three generations of Romandia women.”
ref: 2011, Raul Angulo Coronel, The Cortez Coins: The Moctezuma Treasure, BookBaby, →ISBN:
glosses: A surname.
coltsfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coltsfoot
rebabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebab
leucosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucosins
Senses: glosses: chrysolaminarin
Related terms: leuco-