cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
womanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊmənlʌɪk/
Forms: form: more womanlike
form: most womanlike
Etymology: From woman + -like.
Senses: glosses: Befitting or characteristic of a woman.
glosses: Resembling a woman; feminine; (of a man) effeminate.
Synonyms: womanly
womanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊmənlʌɪk/
Forms: form: more womanlike
form: most womanlike
Etymology: From woman + -like.
Senses: examples: text: I really meant it for a compliment, and to put her in a good mood; but, woman-like, she took it the wrong way.
ref: 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 313:
glosses: In a manner perceived to be characteristic of a woman.
horror film
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horror films
Senses: glosses: Synonym of horror movie.
synonyms: word: horror movie
workmanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜː(ɹ)kmənlaɪk/
Forms: form: more workmanlike
form: most workmanlike
Etymology: From workman + -like.
Senses: examples: text: She was dressed in khaki, khaki slacks and khaki shirt, practical and workmanlike.
ref: 1957, Neville Shute, chapter 3, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow & Co:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a workman.
examples: text: In appearance the new 4-4-0s were magnificent engines for the period in which they were built; the boiler, bulging over the typical Drummond splasher, gave the engine a sturdy, workmanlike look, and the blue livery enhanced a picture of sleek, powerful, efficiency.
ref: 1959 February, A. G. Dunbar, “The "Dunalastair I" 4-4-0s of the Caledonian”, in Trains Illustrated, page 85:
text: Even his most matter-of-fact, workmanlike paintings are charged with an entirely personal morbidity.
ref: 1999, Andrew Graham-Dixon, A History of British Art, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 120:
text: 2002, Tom Friedman, Germano Celant, Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy), Mario Perniola, Tom Friedman, Progetto Prada Arte
The tandem arrangement does not misuse Close, for he has gotten decades of acclaim for a tedious, workmanlike art.
text: Clear, workmanlike prose will do fine, and polishing up the prose is for the second draft.
ref: 2014, Scott Winfield Sublett, Screenwriting for Neurotics: A Beginner's Guide to Writing a Feature-Length Screenplay from Start to Finish, University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 190:
text: Isaacson comes from the “his eyes lit up” school of cliched writing, the rest of his prose workmanlike bordering on AI.
ref: 2023 September 13, Gary Shteyngart, “Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson review – arrested development”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Done competently but without flair.
glosses: Performed with the skill of an artisan or craftsman.
Coordinate terms: workwomanlike
hostess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊstɪs/
ipa: /ˈhəʊstəs/
Forms: form: hostesses
Etymology: From Middle English hostesse, from Middle French hostesse, from Old French ostesce, made up of oste (“host”) + -esce (“feminine marker”).
Senses: examples: text: The host and hostess greeted their guests at the door.
text: The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.
ref: 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
glosses: A female host.
glosses: A female innkeeper.
glosses: Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane.
glosses: A bar hostess or bargirl; a paid female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex.
synonyms: girl rented overnight
glosses: A female prostitute.
Synonyms: word: hostress
Derived terms: air hostess
airline hostess
cohostess
dance hostess
flight hostess
hostess bar
hostess dress
hostess gown
hostess-ship
hostess trolley
hostess with the mostess
hostess with the mostest
hostessy
hostie
hostess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊstɪs/
ipa: /ˈhəʊstəs/
Forms: form: hostesses
form: hostessing
form: hostessed
form: hostessed
Etymology: From Middle English hostesse, from Middle French hostesse, from Old French ostesce, made up of oste (“host”) + -esce (“feminine marker”).
Senses: examples: text: Later in January, the alum club hostessed the initiation brunch at the Pi Beta Phi chapter house. It was thrilling to see so many girls with such enthusiasm!
ref: 1975, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, volume 92, number 2, page 69:
text: Over the years she has maintained a close relationship with several former students. Currently, she alternates between visiting and hostessing two in Roanoke and Greenville, N.C., respectively, and is a proud godgrandmother to one’s new baby.
ref: 1986 fall, MWC Today, volume 11, number 1, page 21, column 1:
text: Dad and I had left early to make sure to get a booth in the back. But when I got there, Teddy Selander’s older sister was hostessing and she said, ‘You’re meeting Dean West? He’s sitting right over here,’ loud enough for everyone to hear.
ref: 2009, Eireann Corrigan, Accomplice, Frome, Som: The Chicken House, published 2010, →ISBN, page 161:
glosses: To host, as a woman.
hostess trolley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hostess trollies
form: hostess trolleys
Senses: glosses: A piece of mobile furniture within which cooked food may be kept hot, and from which it may be served.
demain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demains
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A demesne, especially the ancient demesne claimed by William the Conqueror.
Related terms: Doomsday Book
Domesday Book
off label
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: off-label
Senses: examples: text: The use of colchicine for gout is FDA approved, whereas the use of colchicine for pericarditis is off label (but is widely respected).
text: Off label use of colchicine for pericarditis is widely respected.
text: Use of a strong opioid such as fentanyl for mild headache is not only off label but also unprofessional.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside of regulatorily approved indications, but (unless otherwise specified) within the bounds of reasonable use as defined by a licensed prescriber.
raw_tags: of a prescription medication
off label
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: off-label
Senses: examples: text: While the drug is approved for use in treating stomach cancer, many doctors prescribe it off label for other cancers as well.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside of regulatorily approved indications, but (unless otherwise specified) within the bounds of reasonable use as defined by a licensed prescriber.
raw_tags: of a prescription medication
novena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: novenas
form: novenae
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin novēna, from Latin novēnus (“nine [each]”).
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.
decieve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of deceive.
hooves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ho͝ovz
enpr: ho͞ovz
ipa: /hʊvz/
ipa: /huvz/
rhymes: -ʊvz
rhymes: -uːvz
Forms: form: hoofs
Senses: glosses: plural of hoof
hooves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ho͝ovz
enpr: ho͞ovz
ipa: /hʊvz/
ipa: /huvz/
rhymes: -ʊvz
rhymes: -uːvz
Forms: form: hoofs
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hoove
balkanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balkanizations
Senses: examples: text: TV is the mass medium now, and balkanization has hit the newspaper industry.
ref: 1988 October 14, Michael Miner, “Local Paper Does Good; Quayle Watching”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization.
blurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blurses
Etymology: Blend of blessing + curse
Senses: glosses: Something that has both very good and very bad points.
Related terms: blessing in disguise
blursed
double-edged sword
go ape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes ape
form: going ape
form: went ape
form: gone ape
Senses: glosses: To become wildly excited or enthusiastic.
examples: text: "Forgot to tell you. Some reporter found out we had a Russkie up here and tried to bluff his way onto the floor. A nurse stopped him. Admiral Blackburn found out and went ape. The whole floor's sealed off. What's the big secret, anyway?"
ref: 1984, Tom Clancy, “The Eleventh Day: Monday, 13 December”, in The Hunt for Red October, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 267:
glosses: To become very angry.
Synonyms: word: go apeshit
word: go bananas
jumping spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumping spiders
Senses: glosses: Any of very many spiders, of the family Salticidae, that jump from place to place with the aid of a silk tether.
Synonyms: sense: spider in Salticidae
word: salticid
wellness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛl.nɪs/
ipa: /ˈwel.nɪs/
Forms: form: wellnesses
Etymology: From Middle English welnes, welenes. By surface analysis, well + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: health and wellness
text: Diet and exercise are cornerstones of wellness.
text: The police conducted a wellness check.
synonyms: wellbeing
well-being
glosses: The quality or state of being in good health (sometimes emphasizing both health and safety); mental and physical soundness.
examples: text: She made a fortune as a wellness guru.
glosses: The process of learning about and engaging in behaviors that are likely to result in optimal health.
Derived terms: wellness check
wellness hotel
mund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʊnd/
ipa: /mʌnd/
rhymes: -ʊnd
rhymes: -ʌnd
Forms: form: munds
Etymology: From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, security”).
Senses: glosses: A hand.
glosses: Security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd).
glosses: Protection; guardianship.
Derived terms: mundbreach
trapdoor spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trapdoor spiders
Senses: glosses: Any spider, of the family Ctenizidae, that constructs a silk-lined burrow with a hinged lid.
Derived terms: brushed trapdoor spider
wafer trapdoor spider
trapdoor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trăpdô
ipa: /ˈtræpdɔː/
enpr: trăpdôr
ipa: /ˈtræpdoɹ/
Forms: form: trapdoors
form: trap door
form: trap-door
Etymology: From trap + door.
Senses: glosses: A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; a weather door.
Synonyms: drop
Derived terms: trapdoor effect
trapdoor spider
trapdoor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: trăpdô
ipa: /ˈtræpdɔː/
enpr: trăpdôr
ipa: /ˈtræpdoɹ/
Forms: form: trapdoors
form: trapdooring
form: trapdoored
form: trapdoored
form: trap door
form: trap-door
Etymology: From trap + door.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To subvert (a cryptographic scheme) by means of a secret parameter that makes the trapdoor function easy to compute.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: To form a trapdoor deformity.
trap door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trap doors
Senses: examples: text: Trap doors are provided at various places in the floor to facilitate inspection and maintenance of the diesel equipment.
ref: 1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 559–560:
glosses: Alternative form of trapdoor.
trap-door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trap-doors
Senses: examples: text: Your garret-windows therefore ſhould always be ſecured, and trap-doors opening to the leads well bolted.
ref: 1786, [John] Trusler, The London Adviser and Guide: Containing Every Instruction and Information Useful and Necessary to Persons Living in London, and Coming to Reside There; […], London: […] [T]he Author, […], page 149:
text: A bell tinkles, and forthwith the trap-doors beneath the stage open and a variety of musical instruments, followed by an equally diversified assortment of heads, are thrust through.
ref: 1892, H[enry] Herman Chilton, “Romeo and Juliet”, in Woman Unsexed, London: W. Foulsham & Co., page 94:
text: It was reached by a trap-door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Cyclone”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 12:
text: Then I went to the roof. […] A ladder and a trap-door led to it, and it required some nice balancing on my part to get up with my useless arm. […] The roof of the empty house adjoined mine along the back wing, but investigation showed that the trap-door across the low dividing wall was bolted underneath.
ref: 1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “The Trap-Door”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, pages 144–145:
text: Oozing and surging up out of that yawning trap-door in the Cyclopean crypt I had glimpsed such an unbelievable behemothic monstrosity that I could not doubt the power of its original to kill with its mere sight.
ref: 1933, H. P. Lovecraft, Out of the Aeons:
glosses: Archaic form of trapdoor.
velvet spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velvet spiders
Senses: glosses: any spider, of the family Eresidae, that build unkempt webs
fuck buddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuck buddies
form: fuckbuddy
Senses: examples: text: As I get to know a man, the image becomes overshadowed by his real self. I like him for who he is, but not for sex. There are also men I've been sexual with who did not become friends. These have been men with whom the only basis for interaction was sexual attraction […] It was easier to continue to be sexual with these men, because I did not care to learn about them as people. They could more easily remain sex objects than the men I cared about. So I'm left with some friends, some fuck buddies, and no sustaining intimate sexual relationships. I'm lonelier than I'd like to be, not because I have to be half of a couple, but because I want to connect with men more deeply.
ref: 1984 December 22, Patrick Scully, “The Attraction of the Unknown”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 23, page 7:
text: “Laszlo is so lucky to have someone like you. Someone who cares about him and worries about his well-being.” “Well, yes, Laszlo is not just my husband, or my number one fuckbuddy, but he is also my best friend.” “Must be nice.”
ref: 2023 August 31, William Meny & Paul Simms, “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor” (10:17 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 9, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):
synonyms: friend with benefits
glosses: A sex partner with whom one has sex, usually repeatedly, but without any romantic attachments.
Hypernyms: no strings attached
Coordinate terms: notch in one's bedpost
cane brake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cane brakes
form: canebrake
Senses: examples: text: But the long cactus-strewn levels still stretched away, empty and bare, to the distant line of the cane-brake.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
ref: 1947, Merle Travis, Sixteen Tons:
glosses: A dense thicket of sugar-canes or bamboos.
madding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmædɪŋ/
rhymes: -ædɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: The madding wheels of brazen chariots raged.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Check thy self, thou Air-monger; that with a madding thought, thus chasest fleeting shadows.
ref: 1670, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political, 9th edition, page 26:
text: Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
ref: 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:
glosses: Affected with madness; raging; furious.
Derived terms: maddingly
madding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmædɪŋ/
rhymes: -ædɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mad
haline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more haline
form: most haline
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls).
Senses: glosses: salty; saline
glosses: of or relating to the degree of saltiness
Derived terms: amphihaline
euhaline
euryhaline
hyperhaline
hypohaline
isohaline
mesohaline
oligohaline
polyhaline
stenohaline
thalassohaline
thermohaline
kartoffel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kartoffels
Etymology: From German Kartoffel.
Senses: examples: text: I’ll shplit dem like kartoffels: […]
ref: 1868, Charles G[odfrey] Leland, “Breitmann in Battle”, in Hans Breitmann’s Party. With Other Ballads., Philadelphia, Pa.: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; […], page 7:
text: One man who reported that the occasion was the first time he had ever attended the races or bet on a horse in his life confessed to having donated forty kartoffels to the cause.
ref: 1957, News and Views, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, page 15:
text: Neighbors roasted chestnuts, kartoffels and bratwurst, raised steins of black beer and stamped over the floorboards of the tiny apartment.
ref: 1980, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, “Rock & Roll Heaven”, in Joe David Bellamy, editor, Moral Fiction: An Anthology, Canton, N.Y.: Fiction International, →ISBN, page 42:
text: At the end of his speech and knowing what the Kriegies’ diet had been, he turned to the cooks and said “OK, start serving the kartoffels and turnips.”
ref: 2003, Trailblazer, volumes 61–63, 70th Infantry Division Association, page 10:
text: Big Jim Lockett is in command, and with the aid of about ten others enough items of food are collected among the 60 of us (bullion cubes, kartoffels, some carrots, salt, oleo, etc.) to make a good soup with seconds all the way around. […] We sat by the fire all-day and bashed. We fried kartoffels, baked kartoffels, boiled kartoffels and really filled ourselves up.
ref: [2004], Grandon E. Tolstedt, Stories of the Forties, →OCLC, pages 196 and 200:
text: In the distance the patrol approaches at port arms, in a line of skirmishers, Teutonic, in search of Celts. […] I do not share their fondness for kartoffels.
ref: 2005, John Pritchard, “Shaw’s Notebooks—Bone Face—Shaw Runs Off—Sheep”, in Junior Ray: A Novella, Montgomery, Ala.: NewSouth Books, →ISBN, page 45:
text: [T]heir first thoughts after finding out if they were still at war was of kartoffels and comic supplements.
ref: 2017, Sam Jefferson, “In the land of the lotus eaters”, in The Sea Devil: The Adventures of Count Felix von Luckner, the Last Raider under Sail, London; New York, N.Y.: Osprey Publishing, →ISBN, page 118:
glosses: A potato.
raw_tags: in German context
meshweb weaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meshweb weavers
Senses: glosses: Any spider in the family Dictynidae.
thermohaline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + haline.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to a combination of temperature and salinity
Derived terms: thermohaline circulation
thermohaline staircase
thermohaline intrusion
thermohaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermohalines
Etymology: From thermo- + haline.
Senses: glosses: thermohaline circulation
air-conditioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of air-condition
air-conditioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more air-conditioned
form: most air-conditioned
Senses: examples: text: Our servers are kept in an air-conditioned room.
text: At midnight they left the air-conditioned dream-world and entered the oven of the street.
ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 358:
text: Computers were still enormous, so expensive and complicated that only specially trained technicians were allowed to operate them, and so noisy and prone to overheating that they had to be sealed away inside air-conditioned rooms.
ref: 2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times:
text: In 1970, passengers were at last promised air-conditioned coaches for the first time on East and West Coast services, and the orders for 350 Mk 2c vehicles was good news for the workforce at Derby Litchurch Lane [...].
ref: 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:
glosses: Equipped with and climate-controlled by air-conditioning; cooled by an air-conditioner.
Ljubljana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌl(j)ʊbliˈɑːnə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovene Ljubljana.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Slovenia.
Derived terms: Ljubljanan
purseweb spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purseweb spiders
Senses: glosses: any of several spiders, of the family Atypidae, that builds a silken tube close to the ground.
Synonyms: atypical tarantula
Coordinate terms: alt: Atracidae, Macrothelidae
word: funnel-web spider
english: Theridiidae
translation: Theridiidae
word: cobweb spider
english: Nesticidae
translation: Nesticidae
word: scaffold web spider
english: in Araneidae
translation: in Araneidae
taxonomic: Cyrtophora exanthematica
word: pan-web spider
english: Segestriidae
translation: Segestriidae
word: tube-web spider
english: Araneidae
translation: Araneidae
word: orb-web spider
Related terms: purse
web
atypical tarantula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atypical tarantulas
Senses: examples: text: The atypical tarantula, or Purse Web Spider, as it is more commonly known, is rarely seen wandering around outside of its web. They tend to build burrows with a little trap door on the front and lay in wait for an unknowing victim to crawl by its lair, before it strikes with its fangs and drags the bug back into its tunnel.
ref: 2023 February 24, Lauren Cole-Lomas, “Chobham Common rare spider with huge fangs it uses to drag prey back to lair you didn't know wanders around Surrey”, in Surrey Live:
glosses: Synonym of purseweb spider.
synonyms: word: purseweb spider
tangled nest spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangled nest spiders
Senses: glosses: Any spider of the family Amaurobiidae.
trust deed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trust deeds
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.
w/off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: w/offs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of write-off.
writeoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writeoffs
Etymology: Deverbal from write off.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of write-off.
araneomorph funnel-web spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: araneomorph funnel-web spiders
Senses: glosses: Any spider of the family Agelenidae.
salticid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salticids
Senses: glosses: jumping spider
palaeotropics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + tropics.
Senses: glosses: The tropics of "the old world", the tropical areas of both Africa and Asia. Used in biology (rare), pertaining to area of geographical occurrence.
Related terms: neotropics
palaeotropical
nursery web spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nursery web spiders
Senses: glosses: Any spider, from the family Pisauridae, that builds a "tent" in which the eggs are hatched.
long-jawed spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any spider from the family Tetragnathidae.
Synonyms: long-jawed orb weaver
wolf spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf spiders
Etymology: Partial calque of translingual Lycosa, Lycosidae.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of wandering spiders (family Lycosidae) that catch their prey on the ground by stalking it and not building webs.
Derived terms: Arctic wolf spider
rabid wolf spider
tither
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪðə/
ipa: /ˈtaɪðɚ/
rhymes: -aɪðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tithers
Etymology: From Middle English tither; equivalent to tithe + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who collects tithes.
glosses: One who pays tithes.
tither
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪðə/
ipa: /ˈtaɪðɚ/
rhymes: -aɪðə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈtɪðə/
ipa: /ˈtɪðɚ/
rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈtaɪðə/
ipa: /ˈtaɪðɚ/
rhymes: -aɪðə(ɹ)
Etymology: Probably a variant of dither, pronunciation perhaps influenced by titter.
Senses: examples: text: You know, in the story of the Good Samaritan. So I was in a little bit of a tither about it. But I said to myself —
ref: 1988, Stephen King, chapter 4, in The Dark Half, page 61:
synonyms: dither
fuss
tizzy
glosses: a very anxious, excited, or distressed state
water spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water spiders
Senses: glosses: An aquatic spider; a spider that lives or spends time in or on the surface of the water.
glosses: An aquatic spider; a spider that lives or spends time in or on the surface of the water.
the diving bell spider.
glosses: A water strider, which superficially resembles a spider and lives on the water.
qualifier: operations; logistics; operations; logistics
glosses: A warehouse worker who performs only certain specific tasks, often replenishment.
thermohaline circulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermohaline circulations
Senses: glosses: Any of the global circulatory currents, such as the Gulf Stream, that are driven by differences in temperature and salinity.
international auxiliary language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: international auxiliary languages
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A language intended to be used by people who do not share a common language.
lynx spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lynx spiders
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Oxyopidae of spiders, which hunt their prey rather than spinning webs to ensnare them.
ground spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground spiders
form: ground-spider
Senses: glosses: Any of very many spiders, of the family Gnaphosidae, that hunt their prey instead of building a web to catch them.
platt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platts
Etymology: From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”); see plat and plot for more.
Senses: examples: text: 3rdly That it also be recommended to all persons concerned to have their platts passed through the Surveyor Generals Office, and, in all respects, ready for the grant, in case they shall be entitled to the same, by the said 10th of September.
ref: 1794 July 30, minutes of the Executive council of Georgia, published in Minutes of the Executive council, from January 14, 1778, to January 6, 1785 (1908), page 684
glosses: Obsolete spelling of plat (“scheme, plan, design, map”).
platt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platts
Etymology: From Middle English platten, whence also plait; see plat.
Senses: examples: text: straw platt
text: The versatility of his craftsmanship is likewise evidenced by the inventory which included "8½ Doz. Walking Sticks & Rodds" and "3½ Doz. Straw Hatts, some platt &c." His name appears in several account books of early Philadelphians, in 1751, […]
ref: c. 1750, a record, quoted in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1931)
glosses: Obsolete spelling of plat (“material made by interweaving, especially by interweaving straw, to make hats”).
voilà
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vwæˈlɑː/
ipa: /vwɑːˈlɑː/
ipa: /vwʌˈlɑː/
ipa: /(v)wɑˈlɑ/
Forms: form: voila
form: wallah
form: whalah
Etymology: Borrowed from French voilà.
Senses: glosses: Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold!
Synonyms: lo
voila
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of voilà.
speed networking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From speed + networking, by analogy with speed dating.
Senses: glosses: The act of creating possible professional relationships by briefly meeting with candidates and exchanging contact details.
cage diving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An activity where people in metallic cages are immersed underwater to undergo an experience with sharks
liocranid sac spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liocranid sac spiders
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Liocranidae of spiders.
7/7
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕv'ən sĕvʹən
ipa: /ˌsɛvənˈsɛvən/
Etymology: The date 7 July (or July 7) in numbers, by analogy with 9/11.
Senses: glosses: The terrorist bombings of London’s public transportation system on 7 July 2005.
wandering spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wandering spiders
Senses: examples: text: Wandering spiders generally attack large insects or other arthropods such as harvestmen, but some prefer to hunt vertebrates (animals with backbones). Some large species of wandering spiders are expert frog hunters.
ref: 2003, various authors, “Wandering spider”, in Insects and Spiders of the World, volume 10, Marshall Cavendish, page 582:
text: ln South America, wandering spiders in the genus Phoneutria (family Ctenidae) are also rightly feared.
ref: 2003, Astri Leroy, John Leroy, Spiders of Southern Africa, page 49:
text: Unlike the bite of the black widow, the bite of the wandering spider is immediately painful and the victim can go into shock.[…]A bite from a wandering spider should be treated as a medical emergency as the patient will need antivenin as soon as possible.
ref: 2011, Ross Piper, Pests: A Guide to the World's Most Maligned, Yet Misunderstood Creatures, page 20:
glosses: Any spider of the family Ctenidae, some of which have a reputation of being extremely aggressive.
Synonyms: sense: spider of the family Ctenidae
word: running spider
Krabbe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Krabbes
Etymology: Borrowed from German and Danish Krabbe.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
impatience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/
Forms: form: impatiences
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.
Senses: synonyms: haste
antonyms: patience
glosses: The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
Derived terms: inheritance impatience
Related terms: impassivity
corners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹnɚz/
ipa: /ˈkɔːnəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of corner
corners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹnɚz/
ipa: /ˈkɔːnəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of corner
fiddler crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiddler crabs
Senses: glosses: a genus of crab in which the male has one hugely enlarged claw (genus Uca).
kroepoek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kroepoeks
form: kroepoek
form: krupuk
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kroepoek, from Javanese ꦏꦿꦸꦥꦸꦏ꧀ (krupuk), from Old Javanese kurupuk (“a crunchy flake”).
Senses: examples: text: Dipped in seething oil, kroepoek cockles like burning pink paper.
ref: 1971, E. M. Beekman, Lame duck, page 112:
text: They are very hard and flat and, to put it plainly, uninteresting looking until they are deep-fried. Kroepoek is a traditional part of a rice table.
ref: 1988, Johanna Bates, Let's Go Dutch, page 111:
text: In Indonesia one can find a wide range of kroepoek (the 'oe' spelling betrays the Dutch influence).
ref: 2008, Sarah Ainley, Around the world in 450 recipes, page 116:
glosses: An Indonesian (Javanese) shrimp cracker, made from tapioca flour, salt, ground shrimps and various spices.
Synonyms: prawn cracker
shrimp cracker
crab spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crab spiders
form: crabspider
Senses: examples: text: In temperate regions, these comprise predominantly the adults of smaller money spiders (Linyphiidae) or the juveniles of larger wolf— and crabspiders (Lycosidae, Thomisidae).
ref: 2012, Jean Clobert, Michel Baguette, Tim G. Benton, Dispersal Ecology and Evolution:
glosses: Any spider of the family Thomisidae of spiders that hunt in flowers.
Drucker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Druckers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Drucker.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
solifugid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solifugids
Etymology: From https://www.dictionary.com/browse/solifugid:
: "variant of solpugid (Late Latin solifuga, by folk etymology from Latin salpūga"
Senses: glosses: Synonym of camel spider.
synonyms: word: camel spider
campion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæmpiən/
Forms: form: campions
Etymology: Likely from Middle English campion, a variant of champioun; see champion. In classical times, the rose campion was fitted in garlands used to crown victors.
Senses: glosses: Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
examples: text: Then over his turnèd temples—here— / Was a rose, or, failing that, / Rough-Robin or five-lipped campion clear / For a beauty-bow to his hat, […]
ref: 1918, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “[Poem 63]”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 83:
glosses: Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Viscaria alpina
alt: syn. Lychnis alpina
word: alpine campion
taxonomic: Silene vulgaris
word: bladder campion
taxonomic: Silene latifolia subsp. alba
alt: syn. Lychnis alba
word: evening campion
taxonomic: Lychnis flos-cuculi
word: meadow campion
taxonomic: Silene dioica
word: morning campion
taxonomic: Silene acaulis
word: moss campion
english: Silene dioica; Lychnis sect. Agrostemma
translation: Silene dioica; Lychnis sect. Agrostemma
word: red campion
taxonomic: Silene coronaria
alt: syn. Lychnis coronaria
word: rose campion
english: syn. (for both, different authors) Silene maritima
translation: syn. (for both, different authors) Silene maritima
taxonomic: Silene uniflora subsp. uniflora
word: sea campion
taxonomic: Silene nivea
word: snowy campion
taxonomic: Silene stellata
word: starry campion
taxonomic: Silene latifolia subsp. alba
alt: syn. Lychnis alba
word: white campion
Pech
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An indigenous Amerindian language spoken in Honduras.
Synonyms: Paya
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Pech terms
spittoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɪˈtuːn/
Forms: form: spittoons
form: spitoon
Etymology: From spit + -oon.
Senses: examples: text: In the only arm-chair which the apartment boasted—one of the legs of which was shorter than the other three, and to remedy that defect was ingeniously stuck into an iron spittoon—sat the young man Mr. Pascoe had come to visit, very unlike, it must be confessed, any "portraits of a gentleman" one ever saw in the exhibition of the Royal Academy.
ref: 1835, James Payn, From Exile, page 142:
text: For use in public institutions, in corridors and grounds, I would recommend an elevated spittoon, which has numerous advantages over the ordinary spittoon placed on the floor.
ref: 1903, S. A. Knopf, “A practical talk to the nurses of tuberculous patients”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 3, page 444:
text: These had once been divided meticulously between the three classes and were still embellished by lengthy extracts from the Decrée of 1902 ("passengers must not spit except into the spittoons provided on pain of..."—but, alas, the spittoons are no more).
ref: 1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:
text: They had made good time, Streight thought, considering what they were using: a chisel, a wooden spittoon to put the dirt in, a clothesline to pull the spittoon back and forth, a candle for the digger, and the rubber blanket for fanning air.
ref: 2003, Marie Jakober, Only Call Us Faithful: A Novel of the Union Underground, page 194:
synonyms: cuspidor
goboon
pigdan
spitbox
spit bucket
spit-cup
glosses: A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.
cuspidor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuspidors
Etymology: From Portuguese cuspidor (“spitter”).
Senses: examples: text: Clif Clawson and he lived in a large room with flowered wall-paper, piles of filthy clothes, iron beds, and cuspidors.
ref: 1925, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 5, in Arrowsmith, page 40:
text: Despite the dirty ceiling and the cigarette butts swelling in the cuspidor, they're civilised.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 528:
glosses: A spittoon.
spitting spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spitting spiders
Senses: glosses: Any spider from the family Scytodidae. These spiders catch their prey by spitting an immobilizing fluid at them.
Netz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Netzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Netz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
great crested grebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great crested grebes
Senses: glosses: A freshwater bird of species Podiceps cristatus, of Europe and Asia.
Synonyms: arsefoot
cobweb spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobweb spiders
Senses: glosses: Any spider of the world-spanning family Theridiidae, that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the fourth leg.
Synonyms: tangle web spider
tangle-web spider
comb-footed spider
Coordinate terms: alt: Atracidae, Macrothelidae
word: funnel-web spider
english: Atypidae
translation: Atypidae
word: purseweb spider
english: Nesticidae
translation: Nesticidae
word: scaffold web spider
english: in Araneidae
translation: in Araneidae
taxonomic: Cyrtophora exanthematica
word: pan-web spider
english: Segestriidae
translation: Segestriidae
word: tube-web spider
english: Araneidae
translation: Araneidae
word: orb-web spider
zittern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɪtən/
ipa: /ˈzɪtəɹn/
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)n
Forms: form: zitterns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cittern.
electric eel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric eels
Senses: qualifier: strictly
glosses: Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.
glosses: Any species of the genus Electrophorus.
examples: text: Katherine put some Coloxyl down the drain, and we booked the plumber to come around the next day to use the electric eel on Jack.
ref: 2021, John Martin, Jack and the Jellybean Stalk:
glosses: A plumber's snake powered by electricity.
daddy long-legs spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daddy long-legs spiders
Senses: related: word: daddy longlegs spider
word: daddy long-leg spider
synonyms: daddy longlegs
granddaddy long-legs spider
cellar spider
vibrating spider
house spider
glosses: Any of the true spiders of the family Pholcidae: small spiders with long legs.
Related terms: sense: not to be confused
word: daddy longlegs
sense: not to be confused
word: harvestman
sense: not to be confused
word: Opiliones
fantabulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fantabulous
form: most fantabulous
form: fabtabulous
form: fantabulosa
form: fantabuloso
Etymology: Blend of fantastic + fabulous
Senses: glosses: Wonderful, marvelous, outstanding; both fantastic and fabulous.
Derived terms: craptabulous
fantabulously
fantabulousness
didactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dī-dăkˈtĭk
ipa: /daɪˈdæk.tɪk/
ipa: /dɪˈdæk.tɪk/
rhymes: -æktɪk
Forms: form: more didactic
form: most didactic
form: didactick
Etymology: From French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”), from διδακτός (didaktós, “taught, learnt”), from διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach, educate”). By surface analysis, didact + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: didactic poetry
text: Falling Bastilles, Insurrections of Women, thousands of smoking Manorhouses, a country bristling with no crop but that of Sansculottic steel: these were tolerably didactic lessons; but them [the Nobility] they have not taught.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
text: The finest didactic poem in any language.
ref: 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
synonyms: educative
instructive
glosses: Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
glosses: Excessively moralizing.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.
Derived terms: autodidactic
autodidacticism
didact
didactical
didactically
didacticism
didacticist
didacticity
didacticization
didacticize
didacticness
didaction
nondidactic
undidactic
didactic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dī-dăkˈtĭk
ipa: /daɪˈdæk.tɪk/
ipa: /dɪˈdæk.tɪk/
rhymes: -æktɪk
Forms: form: didactics
form: didactick
Etymology: From French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”), from διδακτός (didaktós, “taught, learnt”), from διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach, educate”). By surface analysis, didact + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A treatise on teaching or education.
SIMD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American computer scientist (*1934) Michael J. Flynn in 1966. See Flynn's taxonomy.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: MIMD
MISD
SISD
glosses: Acronym of single instruction, multiple data.
autodialer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autodialers
form: autodialler
Etymology: From auto- + dialer.
Senses: glosses: an electronic device that can automatically dial telephone numbers to communicate between any two points in the telephone, mobile phone and pager networks
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: malicious software, embedded in a website, that routes dial-up Internet connections to a different telephone number charged at a premium rate
creepy-crawly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creepy-crawlies
Senses: examples: text: Mattresses were either spring or made of old straw, and sometimes contained little creepy-crawlies.
ref: 1919, Gerald Featherstone Knight, Brother Bosch: An Airman's Escape from Germany:
text: Many experts believe there is a clear environmental benefit to humans eating creepy-crawlies.
ref: 2013 March 2, Tracy McVeigh, “Insects could be the planet's next food source… even if that gives you the creeps”, in The Observer:
glosses: Any small crawling animal such as a spider, insect or worm that is unpleasant.
Synonyms: creepy crawler
creepy-crawly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more creepy-crawly
form: most creepy-crawly
Senses: examples: text: […] and slimy, creepy-crawly dungeons with chains for your hands and feet; […]
ref: 1903, Lloyd Osbourne, “Ffrenches First”, in Love, the Fiddler:
text: Still he paid no heed; and I don't mind saying to you men that, for half a second, I felt creepy-crawly and goose-flesh down the back.
ref: 1921, Dorothy Scarborough, Humorous Ghost Stories:
glosses: Unpleasant, repulsive.
creepy-crawly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creepy-crawlies
Etymology: From Kreepy Krauly, brand name, from Etymology 1.
Senses: qualifier: trademark erosion
glosses: An automated suction pool cleaner.
velodrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛl.ə.dɹəʊm/
Forms: form: velodromes
Etymology: From French vélodrome, from vélo (“bicycle”) + -drome, from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”); velo- + -drome.
Senses: glosses: An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing.
elative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈleɪtɪv/
rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Forms: form: elatives
Etymology: From Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty, high”) + -ive. Possibly borrowed from German, which has produced a great deal of pioneering Semitist literature, and where Elativ is a common term for absolute superlative in all languages.
Senses: examples: The elative of كَبِير (kabīr, “big”) is أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “bigger/biggest, greater/greatest”).
glosses: In Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority”. In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”
elative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈleɪtɪv/
rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Etymology: From Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty, high”) + -ive. Possibly borrowed from German, which has produced a great deal of pioneering Semitist literature, and where Elativ is a common term for absolute superlative in all languages.
Senses: examples: text: And so the fleas, and flies in their degree, / By their attracted moyst humiditie, / Drawne from a certaine vertue elatiue, / Whence raine his generation doth deriue: / Seeke more than their accustom'd nutriment.
ref: 1595, Thomas Lodge, A fig for Momus:
text: Thither shall gratitude's feelings elative wend, / Bath'd in the dew of the soul's lofty swelling.
ref: 1838, James Struthers, Poetic Tales, page 125:
text: The first case is that of E. M., 37 years of age, laborer, who on admission was elative, over-talkative, had a well marked feeling of well being.
ref: 1910 May 24, David Henderson, “The Diagnosis of Brain Syphilis”, in State Hospital Bullitens, volume III, number 1, [New York] State Commission in Lunacy:
text: whereas if one thinks instead that it is inflicted by others, then the elative feeling is one of masochism, which is quite rightly deemed a disease.
ref: 1984, Richard Taylor, Good and Evil: A New Direction: a Forceful Attack on the Rationalistic Tradition in Ethics, page 242:
glosses: Exalted; feeling elation.