cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
epigeous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- +?
Senses: glosses: Growing on, or close to, the ground.
Coordinate terms: hypogeous
Related terms: epigeal
epigean
epigeic
psychopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈkɑpəθiz/
ipa: /saɪˈkɒpəθiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of psychopathy
psychopathically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more psychopathically
form: most psychopathically
Etymology: From psychopathic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a psychopathic manner.
sporebearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spore + bearing.
Senses: glosses: That bears spores.
perithecium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perithecia
Etymology: From peri- + thecium.
Senses: examples: text: The Erysiphacae may possibly have given rise to the Laboulbeniales, the only other group in which a single daughter cell of the oogonium is responsible for the asci, and perhaps to the lower Pyrenomycetes also; these, like the Erysiphaceae, have regularly arranged asci, and in Chaetomium fimete the perithecium is without an ostiole.
ref: 2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: An ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.
Derived terms: protoperithecium
pseudoperithecium
perithecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perithecium
ostiolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ostiole + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the ostiole.
ostiole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostioles
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ostiolum.
Senses: examples: text: The Erysiphacae may possibly have given rise to the Laboulbeniales, the only other group in which a single daughter cell of the oogonium is responsible for the asci, and perhaps to the lower Pyrenomycetes also; these, like the Erysiphaceae, have regularly arranged asci, and in Chaetomium fimete the perithecium is without an ostiole.
ref: 2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A similar hole or opening in plants, such as the opening of the involuted fig inflorescence through which fig wasps enter to pollinate and breed.
Derived terms: ostiolar
ostiolate
ostioles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ostiole
coevolutional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + evolutional.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to coevolution.
pseudothecium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudothecia
Etymology: From pseudo- + thecium.
Senses: glosses: An ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a hymenium and are bitunicate, having a double wall which expands when it takes up water and shoots the enclosed spores out suddenly to disperse them.
pseudothecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudothecium
basidiome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basidiomes
form: basidioma
Etymology: From basidium + -ome.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of basidiocarp.
synonyms: word: basidiocarp
basidiomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basidiome
basidioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bəˌsɪdiˈəʊmə/
Forms: form: basidiomata
Senses: glosses: A basidiocarp.
basidiomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basidioma
twilighty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twilighty
form: most twilighty
Etymology: From twilight + -y.
Senses: examples: text: When she was in the room, the kitchen seemed too small and mean altogether. Miriam's beautiful twilighty parlour looked stiff and stupid. All the Leivers were eclipsed like candles.
ref: 1913, D H Lawrence, Sons and lovers:
text: The air was hot and twilighty; but there was a nice smell somewhere. Bin sniffed curiously, wondering where the fragrance came from.
ref: 1967, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Happiness; selected short stories:
glosses: Resembling or suggesting twilight.
nonprevention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + prevention.
Senses: glosses: Absence of prevention; failure to prevent something.
otolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otolites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of otolith.
Indianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Indianizes
form: Indianizing
form: Indianized
form: Indianized
Etymology: From Indian + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Even an intellectually lively society such as India has generally failed to Indianize the social sciences.
ref: 2006, Syed Farid Alatas, Alternative discourses in Asian social science: responses to Eurocentrism:
glosses: To make Indian.
Related terms: Indianization
Indianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Indianize
Indianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Indianize
Indianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Indianize
Ottaviano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ottaviano.
Senses: glosses: A comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
Indianise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Indianises
form: Indianising
form: Indianised
form: Indianised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Indianize.
Indianising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Indianise
Indianised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Indianise
Indianises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Indianise
wholefood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wholefoods
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whole food.
healthfood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: healthfoods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of health food.
healthfoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of healthfood
wholefoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wholefood
healthcentres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of healthcentre
handweaving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hand + weaving.
Senses: glosses: the manufacture of handwoven goods
handweaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handweavers
Etymology: From hand + weaver.
Senses: glosses: A maker of handwoven goods.
handweavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handweaver
misproportioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misproportioned
form: most misproportioned
Etymology: From mis- + proportioned.
Senses: glosses: Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
Synonyms: deformed
malformed
misshapen
misproportioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See misproportion (verb).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misproportion
zymoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zymosis
zymophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zymophyte
zymographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zymography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to zymography.
Derived terms: zymographically
zymographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From zymographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of zymography.
zygophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zygophyte
zygomorphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From zygomorphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a zygomorphic manner.
zwanzigers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zwanziger
zubrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zubr
zootheist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zootheists
Etymology: From zoo- + theist.
Senses: glosses: One who worships animals.
zootheists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zootheist
pleatlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pleatlike
form: most pleatlike
Etymology: From pleat + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pleat.
pleatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleating
zoosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoo- + sexual.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to zoosexuality.
zoosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoosexuals
Etymology: From zoo- + sexual.
Senses: glosses: A person who is sexually attracted to animals.
Synonyms: word: bestialist
word: zoophile
word: zoo
word: zooey
zoosemiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoo- + semiotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to zoosemiotics.
zooptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /zəʊˈɒptɪk/
/zuːˈɒptɪk/
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to zoopsia.
planktons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plankton
zoophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌzəʊəˈfeɪd͡ʒɪk/
/ˌzuːəˈfeɪd͡ʒɪk/
Senses: glosses: zoophagous
zoonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoonomy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to zoonomy.
nonzoologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonzoologists
Etymology: From non- + zoologist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a zoologist.
nonentomologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonentomologists
Etymology: From non- + entomologist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an entomologist.
nonentomological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + entomological.
Senses: glosses: Not entomological.
nonentomologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonentomologist
nonzoologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonzoologist
holidaymaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From holiday + making.
Senses: glosses: Going on holiday.
Related terms: holidaymaker
zoœcia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoœcium
zoodendrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoodendria
form: zoödendrium
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria.
Related terms: zoocytium
zoodendria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoodendrium
zoocidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zoocidal
form: most zoocidal
Etymology: From zoo- + -cidal.
Senses: glosses: Deadly to animals.
Related terms: zoocide
nonmining
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mining.
Senses: glosses: Not involved in, or pertaining to, mining.
nonminer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonminers
Etymology: From non- + miner.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a miner.
nonminers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonminer
zoochores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoochore
zoochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoo- + chemical.
Senses: coordinate_terms: mycochemical
phytochemical
glosses: Of or pertaining to zoochemistry.
zoochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoochemicals
Etymology: From zoo- + chemical.
Senses: coordinate_terms: mycochemical
phytochemical
glosses: Any chemical substance characteristic of, or derived from, animals.
zooarcheologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zooarcheologists
Etymology: From zooarcheology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zooarchaeologist.
zooarcheologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zooarcheologist
larchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more larchlike
form: most larchlike
Etymology: From larch + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a larch.
larklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more larklike
form: most larklike
Etymology: From lark + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a lark (the bird).
poplarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poplarlike
form: most poplarlike
Etymology: From poplar + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a poplar.
firlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more firlike
form: most firlike
Etymology: From fir + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a fir.
zokors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zokor
zoetropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zoetropic
form: most zoetropic
Etymology: From zoetrope + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of a zoetrope.
divine service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divine services
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A service of public Christian worship.
zoanthropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From zoanthropy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to zoanthropy.
cobrand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cobrands
form: cobranding
form: cobranded
form: cobranded
Etymology: From co- + brand.
Senses: examples: text: The cobranded credit card features both companies' logos.
glosses: To market (a product or service) under two or more brands together.
cobrands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cobrand
cobranding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cobrand
cobranded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cobrand
buccally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌkəli/
Etymology: From buccal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a buccal manner, such as
examples: text: Banded molars can be rotated, moved buccally and lingually, extruded on one side, and intruded on the other side in ways that are not desired.
ref: 2010, Robert N. Staley, Neil T. Reske, Essentials of Orthodontics: Diagnosis and Treatment, →ISBN, page 86:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
qualifier: movement
glosses: In the buccal direction; toward the cheek.
raw_tags: referring to force
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Via buccal administration; via absorption through the mucosa of the cheek.
Derived terms: posterobuccally
multibranding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + branding.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: The use of multiple brands.
Related terms: multibranded
multibranded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + branded.
Senses: examples: text: This allows active sales outside of established territories and multibranded retailing in order to open up competition across the automotive value chain.
ref: 2005, Chris Fill, Marketing communications: engagements, strategies and practice:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Existing under multiple brands.
Related terms: multibranding
zingiberaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Zingiberaceae + -ous.
Senses: glosses: zinziberaceous
zincographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to zincography.
zimarras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zimarra
zigzaggedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more zigzaggedly
form: most zigzaggedly
Etymology: From zigzagged + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a zigzagged manner.
ziamets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ziamet
zephyry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zephyry
form: most zephyry
Etymology: From zephyr + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The armature 12, governed by spring 14, regularly opens the valve of a spraying device, 10, blowing a zephyry shower of pre-digested onion emulsion on the red and bulbous nose of the treated person.
ref: 1916 June 24, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 115, column 2:
glosses: zephyrlike
zephyrlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zephyrlike
form: most zephyrlike
Etymology: From zephyr + -like.
Senses: glosses: Like a zephyr; gently breezy.
Synonyms: zephyrous
zephyry
zeotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeotype
unpurposeful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + purposeful.
Senses: glosses: Not purposeful, unintended.
zealless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zeal + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without zeal.
zastrugi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian заструги (zastrugi).
Senses: glosses: plural of zastruga
zaouias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zaouia
setars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setar
zadruge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zadruga
wallhacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wall + hacking.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The use of wallhacks.
wallhacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From wall + hacking.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wallhack
wallhack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallhacks
Etymology: From wall + hack.
Senses: examples: text: He was so good, I figured I could learn something by watching it. I couldn't understand why I couldn't get anything at all from the demo, until I discovered he was using the wallhack.
ref: 2002 July 28, Hedgehog, “Cheating bastard - was Re: Wallhack”, in alt.games.quake3 (Usenet), message-ID <3D44478B.DA7AB89@KIspamLLpernc.com>:
text: Wallhacks expose everyone on a map so cheaters get a huge advantage of knowing when you’re about to push a point or turn a corner.
ref: 2020 May 6, Tom Warren, “The world’s biggest PC games are fighting a new surge of cheaters and hackers”, in The Verge:
topics: video-games
glosses: A patch enabling a player to cheat by modifying the properties of walls, as by making them transparent or nonsolid.
Derived terms: wallhacking
wallhack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wallhacks
form: wallhacking
form: wallhacked
form: wallhacked
Etymology: From wall + hack.
Senses: examples: text: im like damn this guy is good.. then the next round... I noticed he wallhacked me... started shooting me before he came around and I was silent walking...
ref: 2002 March 18, Marcus Leach, “MafiaTech - Why must they cheat? (funny story and video)”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (Usenet), message-ID <1tzl8.39041$Q9.9349739@twister.kc.rr.com>:
text: Got wallhacked in PVP (first world problem)
Oh no, HD-DVD (first world problem)
ref: 2010 April 6, “First World Problem”, in MC Frontalot (music), Zero Day:
topics: video-games
glosses: To use a wallhack.
wallhacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallhack
wallhacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wallhack
rubicundity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubicundities
Etymology: From rubicund + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being rubicund; ruddiness, redness.
wallhacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallhackers
Etymology: From wall + hacker.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A player who uses wallhacks.
wallhackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallhacker
chargrill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹˌɡɹɪl/
Forms: form: chargrills
form: chargrilling
form: chargrilled
form: chargrilled
form: char-grill
Etymology: From char + grill.
Senses: glosses: To grill on burning charcoal.
chargrill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹˌɡɹɪl/
Forms: form: chargrills
form: char-grill
Etymology: From char + grill.
Senses: glosses: A kind of grill that uses burning charcoal.
chargrills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chargrill
chargrills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chargrill
chargrilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chargrill
toggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toggeries
Etymology: From tog + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Old Sally, with her kind, mild, grave face, and gray locks, stood modestly behind in the hall; and pretty Lilias, his only child, gave him her parting kiss, and her last grand charge about his shoes and other exterior toggery, in the porch; and he patted her cheek with a little fond laugh, taking old John Tracy's, the butler's, arm. John carried a handsome horn-lantern, which flashed now on a roadside bush—now on the discoloured battlements of the bridge—and now on a streaming window.
ref: 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “The Rector’s Night-walk to His Church”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 20:
glosses: Clothing, togs.
glosses: A clothing shop.
ligulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ligula
ligulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ligula
Genoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Genoan
square centimeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square centimeter
atgeir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atgeirs
Etymology: From Old Norse atgeirr or Icelandic atgeir.
Senses: examples: text: See 'Social and Political Structure'. halberd atgeir: Atgeir is translated as 'halberd', which it seems to have resembled even though no specimens of this combination of spear and axe have been found in archaeological excavations in[…]
ref: 2004 September 30, Leifur Eiriksson, Egil's Saga, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: The Atgeir The Atgeir was a 'spearlike spear' that was used before and through the Viking Age. One reference to the atgeir comes from Icelandic Sagas about the Viking hero Gunnar Hámundarson whom used an atgeir in Njál's Saga that would “sing” by making a ringing sound when it anticipated 'bloodshed' when it was used in battle.
ref: 2015, Njord Kane, The Vikings: The Story of a People, Spangenhelm Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Beyond description from old records and sagas, there have not been any atgeirs discovered by archeologists to get a clear picture as to what one was beyond the assumption of it being a spearheaded type of polearm.
ref: 2019, Njord Kane, History of the Vikings and Norse Culture, Spangenhelm Publishing, →ISBN:
text: In Laxdaela saga one of the characters, twelve years old Hardbein Helgason, pierces with an atgeir a steel helmet on the head of his opponent (App. 19). Another reference to using an atgeir in a fight can be found in Landnámabók […] Gunnar lifted him on the atgeir and hurled into the river” (App. 21). This technique is described in the saga three times. The atgeir piercing through a shield and splitting it in two: “Gunnar threw the atgeir to him and hit the shield,[…]"
ref: 2019, Daniel Jaquet, Matyas Miskolczi, Acta Periodica Duellatorum (vol. 7, issue 1), →ISBN, pages 36–37:
glosses: A kind of spear-like polearm used by the Norse, conventionally translated as halberd, but of uncertain precise nature.
throw to the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws to the wind
form: throwing to the wind
form: threw to the wind
form: thrown to the wind
form: toss to the wind
form: throw to the winds
Senses: examples: text: Proud of their accomplishment, they recently threw secrecy to the wind, opened their basement display room to visitors.
ref: 1967 December 1, “Under the Haberdashery By the City Gate”, in Time:
text: There are men in the Bible whom God condemns for wasting their talent, for throwing it to the wind.
ref: 2002, Elizabeth Nunez, Discretion, →ISBN, page 274:
glosses: To discard or dispense with, especially in an abrupt or reckless manner.
Derived terms: throw caution to the wind
toss to the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tosses to the wind
form: tossing to the wind
form: tossed to the wind
form: tossed to the wind
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throw to the wind.
toss caution to the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tosses caution to the wind
form: tossing caution to the wind
form: tossed caution to the wind
form: tossed caution to the wind
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throw caution to the wind.
Kippen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6594).
glosses: A surname.
taken ill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be taken ill
was taken ill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be taken ill
is taken ill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be taken ill
being taken ill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be taken ill
been taken ill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be taken ill
flying kiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying kisses
Senses: glosses: A symbolic kiss given by kissing one's own hand, then blowing on the hand in a direction towards the recipient.
glosses: An air kiss.
Related terms: blow a kiss
Jahwe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yahweh.
put food on the table
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts food on the table
form: putting food on the table
form: put food on the table
form: put food on the table
Senses: examples: text: I don't care what I do. If it pays the bills and puts food on the table, I'm not bothered.
ref: 2009, “My Laid-off Life”, in The Guardian, 15 Jun 09:
text: The locals bemoan the tourist crush and at the same time welcome it because it puts food on the table.
ref: 2005, Darwin Porter et al., Frommer's Italy 2005:
text: The middle class does not consider itself free form the concern of putting food on the table.
ref: 1996, Werner Peters, Society on the Run, page 81:
synonyms: word: put bread on the table
word: bring home the bacon
word: carry one's weight
word: earn a living
word: earn one's corn
word: earn one's crust
word: earn one's keep
word: keep the home fires burning
word: put bread on the table
word: put food on the table
glosses: To provide enough money to cover basic necessities.
suspensorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suspensoria
Etymology: From New Latin
Senses: examples: text: fish suspensorium
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Anything that suspends or holds up a part, especially the mandibular suspensorium, a series of bones or cartilages connecting the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals
Related terms: suspensorial
application domains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of application domain
rake it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rakes it in
form: raking it in
form: raked it in
form: raked it in
Senses: examples: text: Budget hotels are raking it in as business people feel the crunch.
ref: 2008, The Observer, 5 Oct 08:
text: Alas, geriatrics and convalescent homes, however regal, don't rake it in like moneyed metrosexuals.
ref: 2006, The Guardian, 12 Aug 06:
text: [I've l]ooted them all, brought back heirlooms
 By the ton, and handed it all over
 To Atreus' son, who hung back in camp
 Raking it in and distributing damn little.
ref: 1997, Stanley Lombardo, tr. Homer, The Iliad, page 169:
glosses: To make a lot of money.
Related terms: coin it
pathognomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pathognomic
form: most pathognomic
Etymology: From Latin pathognomicus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παθογνωμικός (pathognōmikós), shortened form of παθογνωμονικός (pathognōmonikós, “pathognomonic”).
Senses: glosses: Related to how emotions are manifested, especially in the face.
examples: text: In 1859, Alfred Garrod (1819–1907) devised a simple chemical test pathognomic for gout.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 334:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Indicative of a specific disease, disorder etc.; pathognomonic.
pathognomic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathognomics
Etymology: From Latin pathognomicus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παθογνωμικός (pathognōmikós), shortened form of παθογνωμονικός (pathognōmonikós, “pathognomonic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An indication of a specific disease or disorder.
kerbau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kerbaus
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kerbau.
Senses: glosses: A water buffalo.
rumoredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rumoredly
form: most rumoredly
form: rumouredly
Etymology: From rumored + -ly.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, purportedly, putatively, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly
glosses: According to rumor.
rumouredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rumouredly
form: most rumouredly
Etymology: From rumoured + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rumoredly.
palin-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: pali-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πᾰ́λῐν (pắlĭn).
Senses: glosses: forms terms, of Greek origin, related to repetition or recurrence
Related terms: palindrome
palingenesis
paludamentum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paludamenta
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin palūdāmentum.
Senses: examples: text: The horse was not in the least like a Greek horse (nor even a Trojan), and F.M. the Duke of Wellington was not represented with the ensis or short sword in his grasp, the chlamys flying from his shoulder, or the paludamentum, as more suitable for the cool of the English climate (totidem divisos orbe &c.), the kothornos on his leg, the galea slung at the crupper? no reins, and his naked nether-man, not (as in these precious models) seated on the bare back of the bull-necked, square-jawed, dray-limbed steed.
ref: 1847, “The Wellington Statue”, in The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c., London, page 523, column 2:
synonyms: paludament
glosses: A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers, fastened at one shoulder.
stetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stet
stetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stet
toccatalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toccatalike
form: most toccatalike
Etymology: From toccata + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a toccata.
propless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prop + -less.
Senses: examples: a propless roadway
propless comedy
glosses: Without props (in various senses).
nonelevated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + elevated.
Senses: glosses: Not elevated.
nonelevator
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + elevator.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to elevators.
abaxially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From abaxial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an abaxial manner.
adaxially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From adaxial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an adaxial manner.
elevatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From elevate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being mechanically elevated.
nonliturgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + liturgical.
Senses: glosses: Not liturgical.
noncongregational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + congregational.
Senses: glosses: Not congregational.
nonresponsible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + responsible.
Senses: examples: text: The defendant was found nonresponsible.
text: In 2004, the authority declared Abec a nonresponsible bidder after the company failed to submit accurate information.
ref: 2009 June 25, Simon Akam, “Distributor Guilty of Selling Counterfeit Parts to the M.T.A.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not responsible.
ental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: more ental
form: most ental
Etymology: From ent- + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Each pleura is seen to be a closed sack, which lines the corresponding side of the thorax to form the ectal or parietal lamina, and is reflected upon the viscera to form the ental or visceral lamina
ref: 1881, Burt Green Wilder, A Guide to the Practical Work in Elementary Anatomy Etc.:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or situated near, central or inside parts; inner.
Derived terms: entally
noninsider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noninsiders
Etymology: From non- + insider.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an insider.
noninsiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noninsider
nondisseminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + disseminated.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not disseminated; topical, local.
nontrader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nontraders
Etymology: From non- + trader.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a trader.
nontraders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontrader
noniteratively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From noniterative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a noniterative manner.
gossipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gossippers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gossiper.
gossippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gossipper
nonpersonality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + personality.
Senses: examples: nonpersonality factors
glosses: Not of or pertaining to personality.
GUAM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the first letters of the member states.
Senses: glosses: GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, a regional organization of the four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova.
deconstructional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːkənˈstɹʌkʃənəɫ]
ipa: [diːkənˈstɹʊkʃənəɫ]
Etymology: From deconstruction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to deconstruction.
demoralisingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more demoralisingly
form: most demoralisingly
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of demoralizingly.
demoralizingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more demoralizingly
form: most demoralizingly
form: demoralisingly
Etymology: From demoralizing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a demoralizing manner.
nonmature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mature.
Senses: examples: a nonmature technology
glosses: Not mature.
nonmonetarist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + monetarist.
Senses: glosses: Not monetarist.
nonmonetarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonmonetarists
Etymology: From non- + monetarist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a monetarist.
nonmonetarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmonetarist
nondrip
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + drip.
Senses: examples: nondrip candles
nondrip paint
glosses: Designed not to drip.
OSCE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
OSCE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OSCEs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of objective structured clinical examination.
Related terms: CSCE
ODIHR
nondemanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + demanding.
Senses: examples: text: Nondemanding mothers were less insistent that their children do certain things...
ref: 1995, Barbara Jill Golby, Divorced mothers' narratives on childrearing: a qualitative analysis:
glosses: undemanding
by all accounts
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: * First attested in 1798.
Senses: examples: text: […]and also by all accounts of the surplus which shall from time to time be settled between the new company and the liquidators of the old company[…]
ref: 1881, Francis Beaufort Palmer, Company precedents, for use in relation to companies subject to the Companies acts 1862 to 1880. With copious notes., page 512:
glosses: According to all available accounts or reports.
examples: text: The reputation of the elder Baron, although by all accounts justly merited, was destined to be completely thrown into the shade by that of his son[…]
ref: 1878, Charles Dickens, All Year Round, page 161:
text: […]that they say, by all accounts, it costs him great trouble to make, by rason that he must fast a long time, and pray by the day, afore he gets himself[…]
ref: 1887, William Carleton, Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, page 302:
text: I sent the particulars to the ship-builder, and by all accounts the news killed him, for he died not long after.
ref: 2007, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, →ISBN, page 272:
text: The society had apparently been formed the previous year, but as the Cheltenham Spa Railway Society, which sounded rather parochial and unambitious - particularly as (by all accounts) its founders had gathered in a garden shed in the town.
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques Cheltenham (1928)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:
glosses: According to everything that people have said.
superteacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superteachers
Etymology: From super- + teacher.
Senses: glosses: A particularly talented or successful teacher.
superteachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superteacher
NKAO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
white-shouldered antshrikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-shouldered antshrike
on tilt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Playing badly, usually overaggressively because of losing hands.
overaggressively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more overaggressively
form: most overaggressively
Etymology: From overaggressive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an overaggressive way; involving too much aggression.
Canada geese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Canada goose
Saône
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /soʊn/
ipa: /səʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
homophone: sewn
homophone: sone
homophone: sown
Etymology: From French Saône.
Senses: glosses: A river in France that flows into the Rhone.
Related terms: Chalon-sur-Saône
Crêches-sur-Saône
Saône-et-Loire
Villefranche-sur-Saône
triple bluffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triple bluff
doctoresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doctoress
flâneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flâneur
bulleting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bullet
bulleting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The game of road bowling.
nonback
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + back.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore these facts are doubly anomalous, since they have not only gemination after a nonback vowel but also after a vowel that is stressed.
ref: 1982, John J McCarthy, Formal problems in semitic phonology and morphology:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Not back; not produced at the back of the mouth.
examples: text: As we have noted, back pain may stem from many nonback conditions, including peptic ulcer, prostate disease, kidney disease, retroverted uterus...
ref: 1973, Lawrence W Friedmann, Lawrence Galton, Freedom From Backaches:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not of or pertaining to the back (rear side of the body).
saddlebacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of saddleback
saddlebacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of saddleback
musang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musangs
Etymology: From Malay musang.
Senses: glosses: The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), of South and Southeast Asia up to the Wallace Line.
Synonyms: Asian palm civet
coffee rat
toddy cat
nonfacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From non- + facial.
Senses: glosses: Not facial.
noncraniofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + craniofacial.
Senses: glosses: Not craniofacial.
nicknameless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nickname + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a nickname.
subsulphide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsulphides
Etymology: From sub- + sulphide.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of subsulfide.
subsulphides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsulphide
schoolgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From school + going.
Senses: glosses: Attending school.
Related terms: schoolgoer
playfight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playfights
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of play fight.
playfight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: playfights
form: playfighting
form: playfought
form: playfought
Senses: glosses: To engage in play fights.
playfights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of playfight
playfights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playfight
playfighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of playfight
playfought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of playfight
catfighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkætˌfaɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: Engaging in catfights.
schoolgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schoolgoers
Etymology: From school + goer.
Senses: glosses: One who attends school.
Related terms: schoolgoing
schoolgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schoolgoer
schoolgirly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more schoolgirly
form: most schoolgirly
Etymology: From schoolgirl + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Wilbur's paper was earnest, enthusiastic, a trifle schoolgirly in its sounding periods. It caused much more discussion than poor Flaubert.
ref: 1898, Robert Herrick, The Gospel of Freedom, page 115:
text: It was good writing; astringent, economical. I now saw that Dawn O'Hara was sentimental and schoolgirly. This second piece of writing had a completely different attack. It was as though two distinct people had written these two pieces of fiction.
ref: 1960, Edna Ferber, A Peculiar Treasure: Autobiography, page 163:
text: "I finished early at college so I thought I'd see if I could spot you amongst all your little schoolgirly chums. So come on. Let's go for a walk or something."
ref: 2002, Jacqueline Wilson, Girls in Love, page 51:
glosses: schoolgirlish
nonidiomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-idiomatic
Etymology: From non- + idiomatic.
Senses: examples: text: The melodies are unaffected, almost stoic; there’s a kind of nonidiomatic breeze blowing through them.
ref: 2009 July 27, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
antonyms: idiomatic
glosses: Synonym of unidiomatic.
synonyms: word: unidiomatic
twilitten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: twīʹlĭtən
ipa: /ˈtwaɪlɪtən/
Senses: examples: text: You’ve faintly felt on your twilitten face / The air of a swallow’s arrowy pace?
ref: [1892], Sydney Jephcott, “Melbourne Memories: II. A Ballade of Bertha’s Moustache”, in The Secrets of the South: Australian Poems, London: William Reeves, […], →OCLC, page 126:
text: Till at last on an eve came one / through twilitten ways, / With foam on his beard, and his eyes / yet afire with amaze: […]
ref: 1899, W[illiam] G[ershom] C[ollingwood], “The Great Circle”, in Coniston Tales, Ulverston, Lancashire: W[illia]m Holmes, →OCLC, page 13:
text: Not yet the youngest day is born nor the oldest night is sped; / The hidden norns have woven hope through the murky woof of days; / Still the god’s twilitten end is far and the dreadful dream is fled; / Hear thou, great god of the flow’ring world, thy grateful children’s praise!
ref: 1918, Herman Scheffauer, “The Sons of Baldur: A Forest Music-Drama”, in Porter Garnett, editor, The Grove Plays of the Bohemian Club, volume I, San Francisco, Calif.: […] [F]or the Bohemian Club at the Press of the H[enry] S[mith] Crocker Company, →OCLC, page 212:
text: From the twitter at dawn / On the twilitten lawn, / Through the hum of the morning, the silence of noon, / To the robin’s last trill / When the others are still, / There are songs without number interpreting June— / Each a poem—and each / Is made prosy by speech!
ref: 1920 June 5, Ted Robinson, “Philosopher of Folly”, in Erie C[lark] Hopwood, editor, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 79th year, number 157, Cleveland, Oh.: Plain Dealer Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 8, column 3:
text: Stars of Night, / twilitten blue hued, / black is the sky. / Blue, to them, match the Moon.
ref: 2008, Terence Scott, “The Wind that Whispers Crystal Blue”, in Broken Poetry in Abstract Fragmentation, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, verse 2, page 32:
synonyms: twilighted
twilit
glosses: Illuminated by or as if by twilight.
nonprinted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + printed.
Senses: glosses: Not printed.
nonprinting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + printing.
Senses: examples: text: Some nonprinting characters are used to control formatting.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not having a visual representation.
raw_tags: of a character
krais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of krai
englue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: englues
form: engluing
form: englueing
form: englued
form: englued
Etymology: From en- + glue: compare French engluer to smear with birdlime.
Senses: examples: text: a coffer well englued
glosses: To join or close fast together, as if with glue.
substandardness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From substandard + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being substandard.
calvadoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calvados
impurify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: impurifies
form: impurifying
form: impurified
form: impurified
Etymology: From impure + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To make impure.
unaccountability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unaccountabilities
Etymology: From un- + accountability.
Senses: synonyms: unaccountableness
glosses: The state or condition of being unaccountable.
Related terms: impunity
impurifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of impurify
impurifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impurify
impurified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of impurify
impurification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impurifications
Senses: glosses: The act or process of impurifying.