cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
prophesy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒfɪsaɪ/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑfɪsaɪ/
Forms: form: prophesies
Etymology: From Middle English prophecie.
Senses: examples: text: I take it néedles, and booteles to make ouer déepe, or ſcrupulous enquiry into euery moſt auncient, and obſolete antiquitie: I preſuppoſe it ſufficient to peruſe, and examine the moſt famous, and moſt autentique ſuppoſed propheſies, that haue curranteſt paſſage, and repaſſage in moſt mouthes, and bookes: conſidering how eaſily euerie indifferent man may proportionably make eſtimation of the woorſe, by the better, and ratably value the one by the other.
ref: 1588, John Harvey, A Discoursive Probleme concerning Prophesies, how far they are to be valued or credited, page 8:
text: This was the fullneſs of Time, in which all the Propheſies (concerning the Meſſias) were exactly fulfilled. Nothing was ever foretold of Jeſus Chriſt, which was not exactly performed in the fullneſs of Time.
ref: 1670, Thomas Price, The Mystery of Mysteries Revealed in the Fullnesse of Time. […], London: Printed by T. R. and T. D. for William Saywell […], page 25:
text: BEING An Hiſtorical Deſcription of the Papal Empire, as it is Originally Copied out of the Propheſies of Holy Writ.
ref: 1690, J[ohn] B[utler], Bellua Marina: or the Monstrous Beast Which Arose out of the Sea. […], London: […] George Croom, title page:
text: From 1890, when the McKinley bill passed, nursery products had steadily declined, until to-day many articles were being offered at rates below the actual cost of production, so that the people who favored the restoration of the duty have lived to see their prophesies falsified, because the result has not been to decrease the plantage and increase the price, but has had exactly the opposite effect.
ref: 1894 July, “The American Association: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting at Niagara Falls”, in The National Nurseryman, volume 2, number 6, page 74:
text: I’ve watched the “magic” and the “mystery” of the Bible from soul-winning clinics, Salvation Army curb services, and stadiumsful-on-crusade to perjury-proofing on Perry Mason (“Swear to tell the whole truth . . . so help me God.”) to prophesies of submarines by desert-dwellers!
ref: 1975 December, The Student, volume LV, number 3, Nashville, Tenn.: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention:
text: The nut-bar in Bed Three kept us all awake with his morose, nonsensical prophesies.
ref: 2007, Emily Givner, A Heart in Port, page 202:
text: Prophesies of degentrification appear to have been overstated as many neighborhoods continue to gentrify while others, further from the city center begin to experience the process for the first time.
ref: 2013, Loretta Lees, Tom Slater, Elvin Wyly, Gentrification:
text: We bend our knees to the ground
Seeking refuge from the One on High
To redeem us from the
Prophesies of the fore-days
Consigning these daysafter
The last days, as the evil days
ref: 2016, David Udo, “The Last Days”, in The Ripples:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of prophecy; now a misspelling.
tacitly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tacitly
form: most tacitly
Etymology: From tacit + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Your failure to object to the request resulted in you tacitly approving the change.
text: The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.
ref: 1856, Mrs. William Busk, Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, and Crusaders: Or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268, volume IV, London: Hookham and Sons, →OCLC, page 294:
text: Since old Waziri’s death Tarzan had been directing the warriors in battle, and the temporary command had been tacitly conceded to him.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 148:
text: The assumption that these are identical in meaning and usage between Indian English and Anglo-American English, while tacitly accepted, is untested, and fundamentally unknown.
ref: 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 306:
text: Regarding the “3.5% rule”, she [Erica Chenoweth] points out that while 3.5% is a small minority, such a level of active participation probably means many more people tacitly agree with the cause.
ref: 2019 May 13, David Robson, “The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world”, in BBC:
glosses: In a tacit manner; done in silence or implied.
primordial soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primordial soups
Senses: qualifier: evolutionary theory
glosses: The state of the Earth's oceans at a very early time in the planet's history, during the early development of multicellular organisms.
examples: text: While the number of ideas floating in this primordial soup is quite large , only a few ever receive serious consideration.
ref: 1995, Nikolaos Zahariadis, Markets, States, and Public Policy, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN:
text: Freud would place in this primordial soup Eros and Thanatos, the tensions between life and death instincts; Jung would stress identification with universal archetypes.
ref: 2018, Vladimir Mirodan, The Actor and the Character, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
glosses: A collection of ideas or objects that become refined over time.
Related terms: primordial sea
primordial ocean
primordial ooze
back beat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back beats
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats
quangos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quango
camping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæmp.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -æmpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of camp
camping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæmp.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -æmpɪŋ
Forms: form: campings
Senses: examples: text: Camping is a favorite summer activity.
text: to foreclose the possibility completely. she packed the footwell of the passenger seat with her duffel bag and camping gear and buckled a stack of seed trays on to the seat.
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 55:
glosses: The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation.
examples: text: In some quarters, indeed, it was different — the troops bivouacked in many places. It was a strange and an unpleasing sight to see these campings in the heart of a city, yet it was picturesque in the extreme.
ref: 1848, The North British Review, volume 9, page 17:
glosses: The act of setting up a camp.
Derived terms: anticamping
boutique camping
camping chair
camping coach
camping gas
camping ground
camping mat
camping site
camping stove
canoe camping
champing
freedom camping
glamping
noncamping
random camping
stealth camping
tent camping
vamping
workamping
cal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæl/
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: cals
Etymology: Clippings.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of calorie.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Clipping of caliber.
examples: text: “I set an hour on my cal every day for a home workout. Then I’d be on calls for three hours, then I’d make a homemade breakfast, take a walk at lunchtime, work on something non-screen-related in the evening, cook dinner and go on a run,” she said.
ref: 2020 April 1, Taylor Lorenz, “Stop Trying to Be Productive”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Clipping of calendar.
glosses: Clipping of calibration.
Derived terms: lo-cal
low-cal
cal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæl/
rhymes: -æl
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: wolfram, an ore of tungsten.
cal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæl/
rhymes: -æl
Etymology: From an abbreviation of calcium hydroxide.
Senses: glosses: calcium hydroxide, slaked lime
Related terms: Nor-cal
So-cal
multimillionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multimillionaires
form: multi-millionaire
Etymology: From multi- + millionaire.
Senses: glosses: A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.
Derived terms: multimillionairess
Related terms: billionaire
millionaire
megamillionaire
supermillionaire
multi-millionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multi-millionaires
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multimillionaire.
prime numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prime number
fly-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fly-ins
Etymology: Deverbal from fly in.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An informal gathering of private pilots and their aircraft at a prearranged airfield.
examples: text: IBM […] has staged to "fly-ins" of company executives to appeal to lawmakers.
ref: 2018, The New York Times Editorial Staff, Transgender Rights: Striving for Equality, page 165:
glosses: The bringing of a people to a place by air travel.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: A method of application for roll materials by which the dry sheet is set into the bitumen or adhesive applied to the roof surface.
rebellious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈbɛliəs/
ipa: /ɹəˈbɛljəs/
rhymes: -ɛliəs
Forms: form: more rebellious
form: most rebellious
form: rebellous
Etymology: From Middle English rebellious; equivalent to rebel + -ious.
Senses: examples: text: "Tedd's feeling a bit rebellious." "I'm not rebelling! I'm self actualizing! By rebelling."
ref: 2014 April 17, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Thursday, Apr 17, 2014:
glosses: Showing rebellion.
Synonyms: defiant
restive
Derived terms: rebelliously
rebelliousness
centerfold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕnʹtər-fōld
ipa: /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/
ipa: /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/
Forms: form: centerfolds
form: centrefold
Etymology: From center + fold.
Senses: hypernyms: foldout
glosses: The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.
synonyms: pin-up
glosses: A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
examples: text: My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold
ref: 1981, “Centerfold”, performed by The J. Geils Band:
synonyms: word: pin-up
word: pin-up girl
english: woman
translation: woman
glosses: The person appearing in such a photograph.
synonyms: word: beefcake
word: bona omi
word: chicken
word: chick magnet
word: dimber cove
word: dreamboat
word: himbo
word: hunk
word: lady-killer
word: man-meat
word: pretty boy
word: rizzler
word: spunk
word: stud
word: stud muffin
word: superhunk
word: twink
word: angel
word: babe
word: beauty
word: belle
word: betty
word: bit of crumpet
word: bomb
word: bombshell
word: cookie
word: cupcake
word: cutie
word: dimber mort
word: doll
word: enchantress
word: femme fatale
word: fox
word: goddess
word: golden girl
word: HB
word: hottie
word: houri
word: jelly
word: knockout
word: looker
word: lovely
word: odalisque
word: peng ting
word: piece of crumpet
word: pretty
word: stoater
word: stunner
word: stunna
word: tchotchke
raw_tags: in Jewish contexts
word: ten
word: vixen
glosses: Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
fulgent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/
ipa: /ˈfʊld͡ʒənt/
Forms: form: more fulgent
form: most fulgent
Etymology: From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns.
Senses: examples: text: And univerſally, the greateſt and moſt fulgent tails always ariſe from Comets, immediately after their paſſing by the neighbourhood of the Sun.
ref: 1729, Isaac Newton, “Proposition XLI. Problem XXI. From Three Observations Given to Determine the Orbit of a Comet Moving in a Parabola.”, in Andrew Motte, transl., The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. […] , volume II, London: […] Benjamin Motte, […], →OCLC, book III (Of the System of the World), page 361:
text: Shirley takes life easily: is not that fact written in her eye? In her good-tempered moments, is it not as full of lazy softness as in her brief fits of anger it is fulgent with quick-flashing fire?
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Two Lives”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 266:
glosses: Shining brilliantly; radiant.
Derived terms: circumfulgent
fulgently
subfulgent
nebbish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛ.bɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɛbɪʃ
Forms: form: nebbishes
form: nebech
form: nebesh
form: nebish
form: nebbich
Etymology: From American Yiddish נעביש (nebish), from נעבעך (nebekh, “poor, unfortunate”).
Senses: examples: text: Actor Rick Moranis often plays a nebbish.
text: “I don't consider myself a nebbish,” Woody told interviewers early in his career, “but everyone else does.”
ref: 2001, Foster Hirsh, quoting Woody Allen, Love, Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen:
text: But as Lisa Schwarzbaum, the former movie critic for Entertainment Weekly, pointed out in an email interview, “‘Manhattan’ was always about a middle-aged man with a high school girlfriend. Back then, ‘Manhattan’ was made by Woody the Lovable Neurotic Nebbish, and now it has been made by Allen the Monster. And it’s the same movie.”
ref: 2018 March 1, Steven Kurutz, quoting Lisa Schwarzbaum, “How Do You Solve a Problem Like ‘Manhattan’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
text: “Having a camera in my hands transformed a nebbish into someone who could make New York into a better place,” he said. “To help others do the same is important to us.”
ref: 2023 May 14, Alix Strauss, “How the Head of a Filmmaking Center Spends His Sundays”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 May 2023:
glosses: One who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.
Derived terms: nebbishlike
nebbish-like
nebbishy
backscatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backscatters
form: back scatter
form: back-scatter
Etymology: Back-formation from backscattering.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The deflection of particles or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
glosses: The particles or radiation deflected in this manner.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: blowback
outscatter
glosses: The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
Derived terms: backscatterer
backscatter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backscatters
form: backscattering
form: backscattered
form: backscattered
form: back scatter
form: back-scatter
Etymology: Back-formation from backscattering.
Senses: glosses: To scatter particles or radiation back to the direction from which they originate.
numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌmbɚz/
ipa: /ˈnʌmbəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of number
numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌmbɚz/
ipa: /ˈnʌmbəz/
Senses: examples: text: Numbers of people have visited the fair.
text: Unlike fairies who could produce only a single child every twenty years, Mud People bred like rodents. Numbers would subdue even magic.
ref: 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 50:
text: Wrex: We didn't have the numbers to go to war. Even if we did, the genophage made sure we couldn't replenish our numbers fast enough.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: SSV Normandy:
glosses: Many individuals as a group.
examples: text: Her aunt played the numbers every day for years.
glosses: Ellipsis of numbers game.
numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌmbɚz/
ipa: /ˈnʌmbəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of number
decalitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛkəlɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: decalitres
form: decaliter
Etymology: From French décalitre, equivalent to deca- + litre.
Senses: glosses: Ten litres. Symbol: daL
Related terms: gigalitre
hectolitre
kilolitre
megalitre
deke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːk
ipa: /diːk/
Forms: form: dekes
Etymology: Canadian English, a contraction of decoy.
Senses: examples: text: Puck carriers will often use the blade of the hockey stick in timing a deke or fake (if one is used) to get around an opponent.
ref: 1971, Gerald A. Walford, Ice hockey: an illustrated guide for coaches:
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
examples: text: Simmons casually leaned back as if he was going to let the throw go to third. That momentary hesitation made Correa think he could take off for second. Only problem? Simmons was simply laying in wait. He grabbed the ball and threw to first.... Even though Simmons was never the focal point of the play, one deke, one cutoff, and two throws later, he had tricked the Astros out of an inning.
ref: 2017, Michael Clair, “Andrelton Simmons used a great deke and some great throws to fool the Astros out of an inning”, in Cut 4:
glosses: As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team.
glosses: A quick detour.
deke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːk
ipa: /diːk/
Forms: form: dekes
form: deking
form: deked
form: deked
Etymology: Canadian English, a contraction of decoy.
Senses: glosses: To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery.
examples: text: The advantage is with the shooter from fifteen to twenty feet, but if you notice a weakness, you may want to fake a shot and "deke" to goalie.
ref: 1968, Ira Gitler, Make the Team in Ice Hockey:
text: "Deke!" Joe would shout hoarsely. "You deke with your shoulder. Drop it like you were going that way!"
ref: 1973, R. J. Childerhose, Hockey Fever in Goganne Falls:
text: Andrelton Simmons dekes out Carlos Correa to get him in a rundown, which eventually ends with Jose Altuve being tagged out at home.
ref: 2017, Simmons' deke leads to rundown:
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports.
Related terms: body swerve
decoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːkɔɪ/
rhymes: -iːkɔɪ
Forms: form: decoys
Etymology: From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).
Senses: glosses: A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
glosses: A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
examples: 2002, Robotech: Battlecry – Guide and Walkthrough
Just every 5 seconds or so shoot out a decoy near the Cats Eye and the enemies will aim for that instead of the Cats Eye.
glosses: Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
glosses: An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
Synonyms: word: body double
word: decoy
word: red herring
Derived terms: decoy-duck
decoy effect
decoyman
duck decoy
Related terms: word: correspondent
word: counterpart
word: dependent
word: fake
word: imitate
word: lie
word: substitute
decoy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːkɔɪ/
rhymes: -iːkɔɪ
Forms: form: decoys
form: decoying
form: decoyed
form: decoyed
Etymology: From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).
Senses: examples: text: to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
text: E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.
ref: 1770, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, a Poem, London: […] W[illiam] Griffin, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
examples: text: As they were being decoyed, the rescue team carried the hostage and quietly slipped away.
glosses: To act as, or use, a decoy.
Derived terms: decoyable
decoyer
deke
undecoyed
Related terms: red herring
urs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urus
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عرس (ʕurs).
Senses: glosses: The anniversary of the death of a Sufi saint, celebrated with music and ritual.
urs
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: yours
draconitic month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draconitic months
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: the interval between the moon's successive passing of the same moving node.
Synonyms: draconic month
nodal month
litoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of littoral.
litoral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: litorals
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of littoral.
nic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪk/
homophone: Nick
homophone: nick
rhymes: -ɪk
Etymology: Clipping of nicotine.
Senses: examples: text: I prefer vaping with nic-free juice.
glosses: nicotine
therianthrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɛɹ.i.ənˌθɹoʊp/
ipa: /ˈθiːɹ-/
ipa: /-æn-/
Forms: form: therianthropes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”).
Senses: examples: text: Among the depictions are a black rhinoceros, the body of an antelope covered by a red line, two white animals with black stripes that may be zebras, and a therianthrope. The therianthrope (Figure 9.11) appears to have a feline body with human hind legs that may have been added after the original legs had faded somewhat (Wendt 1974:27).
ref: 2016, Carmel Schrire, Past and Present in Hunter Gatherer Studies, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: One appears to have a large beak while another has an appendage resembling a tail. In the language of archaeology, these are therianthropes, or characters that embody a mix of human and animal characteristics. […] The otherworldly nature of the therianthropes also raises the possibility that they are mythical beings, or manifestations of “animal spirit helpers” that are common in shamanic beliefs, according to the study.
ref: 2019 December 11, Becky Ferreira, “Mythical Beings May Be Earliest Imaginative Cave Art by Humans”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any mythical being which is part human, part animal.
examples: text: Identifying as a therianthrope, Alex felt a deep, instinctive connection to wolves that shaped their sense of self and community.
text: Another is that I myself identify as Otherkin—a wolf therianthrope, to be exact—and I find this particular subculture to be absolutely fascinating.
ref: 2007 April 20, Lupa, A Field Guide to Otherkin, 1st edition, Stafford: Megalithica Books, →ISBN, page 18:
synonyms: therian
glosses: Someone with an intense spiritual or psychological identification as a non-human animal.
Related terms: therianthropic
therianthropism
therianthropy
chimera
otherkin
quadrobist
slammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He was only a little guy and he got absolutely slammed when I burst through the door like a human battering ram. I sent him flying down the hall, then he continued sliding on his back, already unconscious. 'Knock, knock,' I said[…]
ref: 2020 July 1, Mike Dowsett, CHERNOBYLITE: A fast-paced kidnap action thriller, DowCorp Press, →ISBN:
text: But those who were slammed, truly slammed, were those who had more on the stock side of their portfolios than they should have. It happens, and it happens especially after bull markets, as investors saw in the several years prior[…]
ref: 2021 November 1, Russell Wild, Exchange-Traded Funds For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 334:
glosses: simple past and past participle of slam
fiord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiords
Senses: examples: text: At last one gave a deep groan, and another declared that the spirits of the fiord were against them, and there was no doubt that their boat was now lying twenty fathoms deep, at the bottom of the creek; drawn down by the strong hand of an angry water-spirit. [...] Another said he would not go till he had looked abroad over the fiord, for some chance of seeing the boat.
ref: 1841, Harriet Martineau, “The Water Sprites’ Doings.”, in Feats on the Fiord. A Tale (The Playfellow; a Series of Tales to be Published Quarterly; 3), London: Charles Knight & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 123–124:
text: Disenchantment Bay, as the Yakutat Bay inlet is called north of Point Latouche, is bordered on the east by the steep hills of the peninsula and on the west by the main mountain front. Its coast is precipitous and through nearly its entire length it is a true mountain-walled fiord. The two mountain walls approach each other at Point Latouche almost at right angles, and Disenchantment Bay enters between them with a nearly north-south axis.
ref: 1909, Ralph S[tockman] Tarr, “General Physiography”, in The Yakutat Bay Region, Alaska (United States Geographical Survey, Department of the Interior, Professional Paper; 64), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, part I (Physiography and Glacial Geology), page 15:
text: At the head of the fiord, and along its sides, can still be seen the hulks of German destroyers and submarines. These sought shelter in this secluded spot, but the British Navy sought them out and sank them.
ref: 1953 June, C. E. N. Watts, “Railway Through Lapland”, in Railway Magazine, page 384:
text: Fiords are glacially carved oceanic intrusions into land. They are often deep and narrow with a sill in the mouth. Waters from neighboring seas and locally supplied fresh water fill up the fiords, often leading to strong stratification. Fiords with tidewater glaciers also contain glacial ice. During transport into and stay in the fiord, mixing processes modify the properties of imported water masses.
ref: 2019, J. N. Moum, W. D. Smyth, “Upper Ocean Mixing”, in J. Kirk Cochran, Henry J. Bokuniewicz, Patricia L. Yager, editors, Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, volume I (Marine Biogeochemistry), London; San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fjord.
Derived terms: Fiordland
Lavasan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city north east of Tehran, Iran, comprising Lavasan-e-Bozorg (which means "Great Lavasan") and Lavasan-e-Kochak (which means "Little Lavasan").
convertible mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convertible marks
Senses: glosses: The official currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, abbreviated BAM.
beholds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of behold
Gesamtkunstwerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈsɑmtkʊnstˌvɚk/
Forms: form: Gesamtkunstwerks
form: gesamtkunstwerk
Etymology: From German Gesamtkunstwerk (“total artwork”), synthesis of the arts; used by the composer Richard Wagner.
Senses: examples: text: Andre Emmerich, Mr. Hockney's longtime New York dealer, said: "There's a nice German word, gesamtkunstwerk. It means the entirety is a work of art."
ref: 1993 January 21, Trip Gabriel, “Acquainted with the Light”, in New York Times, New York:
text: References to the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, abound in modernist discourse in the disciplines of art and architectural history ...
ref: 2008 September 14, Juliet Koss, “The Myth of the Gesamtkunstwerk”, in Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin:
text: The original PokéRap is no Gesamtkunstwerk.
ref: 2019 April 7, Brian David Gilbert, “The Perfect PokéRap”:
glosses: Total artwork; an artistic creation such as an operatic performance that encompasses music, theatre and the visual arts.
wikipedia: Richard Wagner
muggins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌ.ɡɪnz/
rhymes: -ʌɡɪnz
Forms: form: mugginses
Etymology: Origin unknown. Sense 'fool' originally British slang of 1770s, probably an extension of earlier mug (“fool”). Game senses perhaps from surname Muggins.
Senses: examples: text: I suppose muggins here will have to do all the work, as usual.
text: "And I thought: if muggins here, a 37-year-old government minister who can look after myself, feels that way, then we need to really think about how we're putting in place a level of protection for women.
ref: 2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, in RAIL, number 954, page 6:
glosses: A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
qualifier: cribbage
glosses: The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
glosses: A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
glosses: A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
Related terms: mugginsed
Buggins's turn
cutthroat
cutthroat cribbage
daisy chain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪzi t͡ʃeɪn/
ipa: /ˈdeɪzi ˌt͡ʃeɪn/
Forms: form: daisy chains
form: daisy chaining
form: daisy chained
form: daisy chained
Etymology: The noun is derived from daisy + chain. The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daisy-chain.
group sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of having sex with multiple partners at the same time.
Related terms: orgy
moresome
argentous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin argentosus.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or containing silver.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
Synonyms: sense: of, pertaining to, or containing silver
word: argentic
sense: of, pertaining to, or containing silver
word: silvery
Derived terms: argentous chloride
argentous fluoride
argentous oxide
Related terms: argenteous
argentine
argent
argentic
argentic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to or containing silver.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of certain compounds, containing silver in a lower proportion than in argentous compounds.
Synonyms: sense: of, pertaining to or containing silver
word: argentous
sense: of, pertaining to or containing silver
word: silvery
Derived terms: argentic chloride
Related terms: argentous
bismuthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bismuth + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, or containing bismuth in its higher valence.
Derived terms: bismuthic oxide
bismuthic tellurium
Related terms: bismuthous
bismuthous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bismuth + -ous.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, or containing bismuth in its lower valence.
Derived terms: bismuthous iodide
bismuthous oxide
Related terms: bismuthic
hydrobromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + bromic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Composed of hydrogen and bromine.
Derived terms: hydrobromic acid
Related terms: bromic
brominous
bromous
hypobromous
oxychloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxychlorides
Etymology: From oxy- + chloride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine.
Derived terms: berkelium oxychloride
bismuth oxychloride
californium oxychloride
carbon oxychloride
phosphorus oxychloride
plumbic oxychloride
symbols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmbəlz/
rhymes: -ɪmbəlz
homophone: cymbals
Senses: glosses: plural of symbol
symbols
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmbəlz/
rhymes: -ɪmbəlz
homophone: cymbals
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of symbol
sexpartite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin sex (“six”) + partitus (“divided”).
Senses: examples: text: This rib divided the vault bay into six compartments (of unequal size) rather than four. This is known as a sexpartite vault and is mainly to be seen in French Gothic architecture but occurs also in England at Canterbury Cathedral.
ref: 2003, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, How It Works: Science and Technology, page 2573:
glosses: In six parts.
priggish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪɡɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪʃ
Forms: form: more priggish
form: most priggish
Etymology: From prig + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: To ride; to dance; she had adored all that. Or going long walks in the country, talking, about books, what to do with one’s life, for young people were amazingly priggish—oh, the things one had said!
ref: 1923, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street:
text: When the Voice of Britain is heard at nine o'clock, better far and infinitely less ludicrous to hear aitches honestly dropped than the present priggish, inflated, inhibited, school-ma'amish arch braying of blameless bashful mewing maidens!
ref: 1946, George Orwell, quoting Letter in Tribune, Politics and the English Language:
text: Great ancient columns and rich marbles inspired him with respect, apart from their beauty; and this proprietary human esteem for the arts was a good corrective to the priggish aestheticism of my English-speaking artistic friends.
ref: 1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic:
text: With the advantage of hindsight, [Jess] Stein may seem priggish. But dictionary editors throughout history would sympathize. Figuring out how to put sex in the dictionary—which terms to include and how to define them—is actually one of the most challenging tasks we face.
ref: 2009 October 1, Jesse Sheidlower, “Why it's so hard to put sex in the dictionary.”, in Slate Magazine:
synonyms: prim
prissy
prudish
puritanical
glosses: Like a prig.
Derived terms: priggishly
priggishness
parhelion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑːˈhiː.lɪ.ən/
ipa: /pɑɹˈhi.li.ən/
rhymes: -iːliən
Forms: form: parhelia
form: parhelions
Etymology: From Latin parelion, from Ancient Greek παρήλιον (parḗlion), from παρά (pará) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”).
synonyms: word: sun dog
extra: (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”)
examples: text: The short (166 lines) Canto One, with all those amusing birds and parhelia, occupies thirteen cards.
ref: 1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985, →ISBN:
glosses: An image or reflection.
Synonyms: mock sun
sun dog
Derived terms: parhelic
parhelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːliə
Senses: glosses: plural of parhelion
clandescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clandescent
form: most clandescent
Senses: examples: text: I had no idea she was having a clandescent affair.
text: The neurotic symptom in itself does not have solely the significance of repelling a drive for it also is a means of satisfying a desire in a clandescent manner.
ref: 1940, Journal of Criminal Psychopathology, volume 2, page 96:
text: Also, other activities of a clandescent nature for the benefit not only of the prisoners but for the United States military authorities.
ref: 1989, Joseph P. O'Donnell, The Shoe Leather Express: February 6, 1945 to May 2, 1945, 86 days:
glosses: secret, clandestine
torse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: torses
Etymology: From Middle French torse (“wreath”), from Latin torqueō (“to twist”). Doublet of trousse and truss.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge.
Synonyms: orle
wreath
Related terms: torsion
torse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: torses
Etymology: From French torse, from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus. Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torso.
Senses: examples: text: To Painters, for the picturing of ſome exquiſit arme, leg, torſe or wreathing of the body, or any other rare poſture, whether ſmooth or forced.
ref: 1634, Henry Peacham, “Of Antiquities”, in The Compleat Gentleman. Fashioning Him Absolut, in the Most Necessary and Commendable Qualities Concerning Minde or Body, That May Be Required in a Noble Gentleman. […], enlarged edition, London: […] Francis Constable, [[sic] Crane.">…
text: One might ſtudy in this city for ages, and ſtill find ſomething new: we went from this to view the cardinal’s ſtatues, which are really very fine; there were three ſpintria executed in a very maſterly manner, all arm in arm: the torſe which I heard you talk ſo much of, is at laſt diſcovered to be a Hercules ſpinning, and not a Cleopatra bathing, as your lordſhip had conjectured: there has been a treatiſe written to prove it.
ref: 1760, Oliver Goldsmith, “Letter XXXIII. To the same.”, in The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, […], volume I, London: […] [F]or the author; and sold by J. Newbery and W. Bristow, […]; J. Leake and W. Frederick, […]; B. Collins, […]; and A. M. Smart and Co. […], published 1762, →OCLC, page 145:
text: This done, ’twas only needed to supply / The necessary quantity of heads / To suit the growing torse; […]
ref: 1892, [Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st] Earl of Lytton, “The Principle”, in King Poppy: Loftiness, Loneliness, Steadfastness, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], page 149:
glosses: The torso.
points classification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: points classifications
Senses: glosses: A competition held as part of a cycling stage race in which the riders are awarded points depending on how high they finish in each of the separate stages. The leader in the competition wears a special points jersey.
Coordinate terms: topics: cycling
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: mountains classification
topics: cycling
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: sprints classification
topics: cycling
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: general classification
DES
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DESes
form: DESs
Senses: examples: text: DES exposure
text: DES was widely prescribed to pregnant women in the 1950s to prevent premature deliveries (although it was of only questionable benefit in this regard).
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 277:
glosses: Abbreviation of diethylstilbestrol.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Dark Energy Survey, (an astronomy project).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Deep Ecliptic Survey, (an astronomy project).
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Dry Eye Syndrome.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Diffuse Esophageal Spasm.
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: BMS
glosses: Initialism of Drug-Eluting Stent.
DES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Data Encryption Standard.
DES
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Delivered Ex Ship.
coats of arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coat of arms
Hausfrau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hausfraus
form: Hausfrauen
form: house frau
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hausfrau.
Senses: glosses: A traditional housewife.
ooh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /uː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: oooh
form: ooooh
Senses: glosses: An expression of surprise.
glosses: An expression of awe.
glosses: A sound made to imitate a ghost.
glosses: An expression of affection.
glosses: An expression of pain.
examples: text: Ooh, that looks delicious!
glosses: An expression of interest or anticipation.
examples: text: Ooh, I love that book!
glosses: An expression of excitement or enthusiastic interest.
Derived terms: ooher
ooh-wee
ooh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /uː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: oohs
form: oooh
form: ooooh
Senses: examples: text: The most underrated component in building a custom gun is the metalsmithing. Stock work immediately attracts attention. Fancy checkering patterns, meticulously executed, are sure to elicit oohs and ahhs.
ref: 2013, Tom Turpin, Modern Custom Guns: Walnut, Steel, and Uncommon Artistry, 2nd edition, Iola, Wis.: Gun Digest Books, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: An exclamation of ooh.
ooh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /uː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: oohs
form: oohing
form: oohed
form: oohed
form: oooh
form: ooooh
Senses: examples: text: In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.
ref: 2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: To exclaim ooh.
Related terms: oh
ooh la la
cops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒps/
ipa: /kɑps/
ipa: /kɔps/
homophone: copse
rhymes: -ɒps
Senses: glosses: plural of cop
examples: text: "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger.
ref: 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy:
text: I saw them leaving,” he says, and he stops / “One of us had better call up the cops” / And so Patty calls the cops / And they arrive on the scene
ref: 1976, Jacques Levy, Bob Dylan, “Hurricane”, in Desire, performed by Bob Dylan:
glosses: The police, considered as a group entity.
raw_tags: with the
cops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒps/
ipa: /kɑps/
ipa: /kɔps/
homophone: copse
rhymes: -ɒps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cop
cops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒps/
ipa: /kɑps/
ipa: /kɔps/
homophone: copse
rhymes: -ɒps
Senses: examples: text: It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops[…]
ref: 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry:
glosses: The connecting crook of a harrow.
how'd
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /haʊd/
rhymes: -aʊd
Senses: examples: How'd you find it?
glosses: how did
examples: Well? How'd he done it?
glosses: how had
examples: How'd you like a nice swift kick?
glosses: how would
could've
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊdəv/
ipa: /ˈkʊdə/
rhymes: -ʊdəv
Etymology: could + -'ve
Senses: examples: text: We could've missed the bus, but we just caught it.
glosses: Contraction of could have.
Synonyms: coulda
split personality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split personalities
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: dissociative identity disorder.
Synonyms: dissociative identity disorder
multiple personality
should've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃʊdəv/
rhymes: -ʊdəv
Etymology: should + -'ve
Senses: examples: text: He should've arrived earlier.
text: Mo said should-haves weren't going to do Lolly or me any good.
ref: 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.5, at p.113
glosses: Contraction of should have.
Synonyms: shoulda
Related terms: word: shouldn't've
checked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Senses: examples: text: a checked tie
text: At that moment a long, scraggy individual in a checked suit poked his head into the bar, looked around portentously, whistled mysteriously to my informant, and jerked his thumb and head in the direction of the door.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:
text: Later that day, all X's friends put on their red and white checked overalls and went over to see X.
ref: 1978, Lois Gould, X: A Fabulous Child's Story, New York: Daughters Publishing Co., →ISBN:
glosses: Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Of syllables, having a coda.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Of consonants, glottalized.
examples: text: a computer program using checked arithmetic
glosses: Verified or validated in some way.
antonyms: carry-on
qualifier: aviation or other transport
glosses: Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.) during check-in to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).
raw_tags: of baggage
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: Of a letter square in a crossword grid, part of both an across word and a down word.
Hyponyms: type-checked
Derived terms: checked build
checked exception
checked tone
unchecked
checked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Senses: examples: text: He checked his watch for the third time.
glosses: simple past and past participle of check
chandler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃændlɚ/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑːndlɚ/
Forms: form: chandlers
Etymology: From Middle English chaundeler, from Old French chandelier, from Latin candelarius (“a candle-maker; a candlestick”), from the Latin candela (“a candle”); compare the English term candle.
Senses: synonyms: candler
glosses: A person who makes or sells candles.
glosses: A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
glosses: A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.
Derived terms: chandleress
chandlering
chandlerly
chandlery
Related terms: candela
candelabrum
candid
candidate
candle
chandelier
movies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of movie
movies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We are going to the movies for our anniversary.
glosses: The cinema
interrogative pronoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interrogative pronouns
Senses: examples: What did you say?
Who said that?
To whom was that said?
Which student said that?
Whose question was that?
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent.
Synonyms: word: interrogative pronoun
Hypernyms: word: pronoun
word: interrogative
word: word
Related terms: pronoun
relative pronoun
indefinite pronoun