cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Gramza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gramzas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Gramza.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
precleaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precleaners
Senses: examples: text: The mechanical-centrifugal dust units employed an involute scroll as a precleaner, the scroll deflecting the air through a 270° turn before admission to the separator.
ref: 1956, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Information Circular, page 25:
text: Depending on the design of the precleaner, the particulate removed from the airstream can either be discharged or collected in a dust bowl.
ref: 2012, Sean Bennett, Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Engines, Fuel & Computerized Management Systems, page 219:
glosses: A device or component that performs preliminary cleaning.
precleaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precleaner
Griffee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Griffees
Etymology: Variant of Griffey.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
preclerical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + clerical.
Senses: examples: text: And on the other hand, Tolstoy's attempt to recapture the ethos of "primitive," preclerical Christianity enjoined a dramatic detachment from personal wealth and possessions, a communitarian communism […]
ref: 2007, Daniel Burston, Erik Erikson and the American Psyche: Ego, Ethics, and Evolution, page 132:
glosses: Before the development of the clergy.
Griffees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Griffee
Gramzas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gramza
Hirayama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hirayamas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 平山 (Hirayama).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Capulongs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Capulong
Hirayamas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hirayama
frithstow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frithstows
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of frithstool.
frithstows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frithstow
preconizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preconizers
Etymology: From preconize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who preconizes.
preconizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preconizer
Cavanah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cavanahs
Etymology: Either a variant of Kavanagh or a reduced form of McCavana.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Corralejo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Corralejos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Corralejo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Corralejos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Corralejo
Cavanahs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cavanah
Colfer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Colfers
Etymology: Perhaps an Irish variant of the English surnames Culver or Colliver.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cebulski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cebulskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Cebulski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
predecree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + decree.
Senses: glosses: Before a decree.
postdecree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + decree.
Senses: glosses: After a decree.
predeterminately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From predeterminate + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The kingdom of God, then, as contained in Christ is predeterminately the kingdom of grace.
ref: 1884, Egbert Coffin Smyth, editor, The Andover Review, page 126:
glosses: In a predeterminate manner.
Colfers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Colfer
Cebulskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cebulski
predetention
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + detention.
Senses: examples: text: This was a powerful symbolic ruling, but it eliminated neither the ill treatment of detainees during the predetention period (when the suspects are in the hands of the military or the police) nor forms of “moderate physical pressure” […]
ref: 2017, Gershon Shafir, A Half Century of Occupation, page 40:
glosses: Prior to detention.
predietary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dietary.
Senses: glosses: Before starting a diet.
prefectorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prefectorially
form: most prefectorially
Etymology: From prefectorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a prefectorial manner.
fecundatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to fecundation.
prefertility
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + fertility.
Senses: examples: text: One patient, who was pregnant, pointed out that these are the parts of the body that become fullest during pregnancy; they are striving for a prefertility, prepubescent look.
ref: 1989, Lynne M. Hornyak, Ellen K. Baker, Experiential Therapies for Eating Disorders, page 25:
glosses: Before becoming fertile.
Dorwart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dorwarts
Etymology: Variant of Dorward.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dorwarts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dorwart
Crewes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Crewe
calapee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calapees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calipee.
calapees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calapee
callipashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callipash
calapash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calapashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calipash.
calapashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calapash
pregustator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pregustators
Senses: hypernyms: taster
glosses: A servant employed to taste the food and drink served to another, to ensure its quality and safety.
pregustators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pregustator
Dowis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dowises
Etymology: Probably an Americanized form of Dutch Douwes.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Dowises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dowis
preincorporate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preincorporates
form: preincorporating
form: preincorporated
form: preincorporated
Etymology: From pre- + incorporate.
Senses: examples: text: We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.
ref: 2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191:
glosses: To incorporate in advance.
preincorporating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preincorporate
preincorporates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preincorporate
preincorporated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preincorporate
bastible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastibles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bastable.
bastibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bastible
fruit leathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fruit leather
McCavana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCavanas
form: Cavanah
Etymology: Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac an Mhanaigh (“son of the monk”), from manach (“monk”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Woolfall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Woolfalls
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place in Huyton, Lancashire, from the Old English personal name *Wulfa, a byname from wulf (“wolf”), + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
preinstructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + instructive.
Senses: examples: text: […] minimally guided forms of instruction provided prior to the explicit instruction may be beneficial for novice learners. Such preinstructive learning tasks could take the forms of independent or partially supported problem-solving attempts, problem exploration, or problem posing.
ref: 2015, Slava Kalyuga, Instructional Guidance: A Cognitive Load Perspective, page 195:
glosses: Prior to instruction.
preinjurious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + injurious.
Senses: examples: text: Adequately restoring a patient to a preinjurious state of form and function can at times be vexing, even for the experienced surgeon.
ref: 2012, Gary P. Orentlicher, Digital Technologies in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, page 81:
glosses: Prior to injury.
dress-coded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dress-code
dress-codes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dress-code
dress-coding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dress-code
non-belligerent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + belligerent.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonbelligerent.
non-belligerent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-belligerents
Etymology: From non- + belligerent.
Senses: examples: text: While the United States remained a non-belligerent speeds continued unimpaired, despite the increasingly dense occupation of main-line tracks, but the entry of the U.S.A. into the war in December, 1941, made its effect felt almost immediately.
ref: 1943 March and April, "Mercury", “U.S.A. Express Train Services in 1942”, in Railway Magazine, page 67:
glosses: Alternative form of nonbelligerent.
Hockenhull
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hockenhulls
Etymology: Perhaps from Old English ācen (“oaken”) or from the genitive form of the personal name Hocca + hyll (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A former civil parish now in Tarvin parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4765).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
preinvolvement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He dreamily took a glance at the newcomers, but soon ignored them for his commitments and preinvolvement with his work.
ref: 2021, Khushi Mohunta, Waist Number 42:
glosses: Prior involvement.
non-belligerents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-belligerent
Hockenhulls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hockenhull
McCavanas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCavana
preknown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + known.
Senses: glosses: Already known; known in advance.
Woolfalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Woolfall
telepoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telepolls
Etymology: From tele- + poll.
Senses: glosses: A poll carried out by telephone.
telepolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telepoll
prelegendary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + legendary.
Senses: glosses: Before the development of a legend, or legends in general.
preneolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + Neolithic.
Senses: glosses: Before the Neolithic era.
preoccurrence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preoccurrences
Etymology: From pre- + occurrence.
Senses: glosses: A prior occurrence.
preoccurrence
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + occurrence.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: postoccurrence
text: Risk prevention can be subdivided into two major parts: preoccurrence activities and postoccurrence activities. Preoccurrence activities include all tasks and functions associated with preventing incidents that might give rise to losses. Postoccurrence activities are those tasks and functions that can be carried out after the incident to help mitigate the potential or real loss.
ref: 1986, Gary P. Kraus, “Introduction to Risk Management”, in Health Care Risk Management: Organization and Claims Administration, Washington, D.C.: Beard Boooks, published 2000, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: Prior to an occurrence.
preoccurrences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preoccurrence
Maroochy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia, which existed as a local government entity from 1890 until 2008.
premunicipal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + municipal.
Senses: examples: text: It is noticeable that many of these changes to urban policy and government bear more resemblance to the premunicipal era in the early phase of capitalist urbanization.
ref: 2008, Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson, A Companion to the City, page 512:
glosses: Before the establishment of a municipality.
Sint Maarteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sint Maartener
Antilleanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Antillean + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Antillean.
prepaleolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + Paleolithic.
Senses: examples: text: In the prepaleolithic geological era when the Earth was formed it is said that it rained continuously for forty thousand years. This is how the oceans were formed.
ref: 2014, M. B. Lal, Going Back to Gettysburg, page 258:
glosses: Before the Paleolithic era.
preoutfit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preoutfits
form: preoutfitting
form: preoutfitted
form: preoutfitted
Etymology: From pre- + outfit.
Senses: examples: text: In the subassembly and modular assembly areas these kits are used to preoutfit the subassemblies and modules.
ref: 1973, United States. Commission on American Shipbuilding, Annexes IA-IE, page 414:
text: The integration facilities would preoutfit the common modules for multiple shipyards.
ref: 1992, Naval Engineers Journal, volume 104, page 51:
glosses: To outfit in advance.
preoutfitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preoutfit
preoutfits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preoutfit
preoutfitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preoutfit
ideathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ideathons
Etymology: From idea + -athon.
Senses: glosses: A collaborative event where people meet to discuss and evaluate ideas.
ideathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ideathon
designathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: designathons
Etymology: From design + -athon.
Senses: glosses: A collaborative event where people meet to design things.
pancit canton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɐnˌsit kɐnˈton/
Etymology: From Philippine Spanish pancit cantón, where Philippine Spanish pancit is from Hokkien, while Spanish Cantón is ultimately from Mandarin 廣東 /广东 (Guǎngdōng), possibly via Portuguese Cantão.
Senses: synonyms: canton noodles
glosses: A Filipino dish of stir-fried egg noodles with meat, vegetables, soy sauce and other seasonings.
Related terms: chow mein
pancit mami
designathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of designathon
workathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workathons
form: work-athon
Etymology: From work + -athon.
Senses: examples: text: Just days after the “work-athon” with Facebook managers this month, Mr. Zuckerberg posted an update to his Facebook profile, noting some coming changes in the app.
ref: 2022 July 26, Mike Isaac, “‘Operating With Increased Intensity’: Zuckerberg Leads Meta Into Next Phase”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A collaborative event where people meet to complete work projects, sometimes having a fundraising component.
workathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workathon
prepink
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + pink.
Senses: examples: text: The apple trees were to receive no dormant lime sulphur, but an application of Scalecide 1 to 15 at the delayed dormant, followed by a prepink lime sulphur 1 to 30 and the pink lime sulphur 1 to 10.
ref: 1885, Pamphlets on Parasitology, volume 128, page 255:
text: These all showed positive correlation (r = +.414 to +.507) with the length of the interval prepink to calyx. This is not surprising, since always most of this interval was in May and usually rainy days in May are cool days […]
ref: 1948, Donald Folsom, Comparative Effects of Certain Sulphur Fungicides on McIntosh Apple Trees, page 19:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: After the development of buds and leaves on an apple tree, but before the pink coloration appears.
prepersuasive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + persuasive.
Senses: examples: text: The party supporting independence in Quebec assumed that the French-speaking audience was already constituted rhetorically, that they already had an identity and ideology, that of the "peuple Quebecois," and developed its arguments from that assumption. Although the referendum on Quebec independence ultimately failed, the party rose to power, won control of the government, and built up substantial support for the referendum based on this adroit assumption about the prepersuasive situation.
ref: 2013, H. Dan O'Hair, Gary L. Kreps, Applied Communication Theory and Research, page 235:
text: Instead, ask questions from a place of genuine curiosity. Then, and only then, take the time to sculpt your persuasive case, incorporating the answers you discovered. […] What did you learn from your prepersuasive case Q&A?
ref: 2018, Alexia Vernon, Step into Your Moxie, page 114:
glosses: Prior to persuasion.
prepersuasion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + persuasion.
Senses: examples: text: In this way it [humor] can be used to set up alliances and oppositions, and can act as pre-persuasion even before the central topic of a communication is begun.
ref: 2003, Joan Mulholland, A Handbook of Persuasive Tactics: A Practical Language Guide:
text: Pratkanis and Aronson identify four stratagems of influence: (1) prepersuasion: framing, setting the context; (2) source credibility: creating a favorable brand image […]
ref: 2015, Jeff Koob, Ad Nauseam:
glosses: The process of preparing a person to be amenable to persuasion.
Related terms: prepersuasive
prepositorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prepositorships
Etymology: From prepositor + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or business of a prepositor.
prepositorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prepositorship
prepositorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a prepositor.
prepolitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a prepolitical context.
prepromise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + promise.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, these texts are found in the prepromise layers of the Jacob and Joseph materials, and they anticipate elements in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
ref: 1996, David McLain Carr, Reading the Fractures of Genesis, page 226:
text: […] including only panel data for prepromise years, and assign a synthetic treatment to years in which the policy was not present.
ref: 2020, Laura W. Perna, Edward J. Smith, Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs, page 160:
glosses: Before a promise is made.
prepsychological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + psychological.
Senses: glosses: Before the development or use of psychology.
preracing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + racing.
Senses: examples: text: Another example of inconsistency is the fact that the proposed staffing pattern would assign only one investigator to the three preracing days at the San Joaquin County Fair but would provide three investigators […]
ref: 1956, California. Legislature. Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Legislative Auditor, Analysis of the Budget Bill of the State of California for the Fiscal Year..., page 523:
glosses: Before racing (sporting activity).
thanksies
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From thanks + -sies.
Senses: examples: text: “Look, I blew the last of my airplane ticket to Seattle renting that pink panther because I knew you’d want Sandy to bring you the sad news in person. No, that’s all right, save the thanksies.[…]”
ref: [1979, Esquire, page 50:
text: “Hi, let me get two orders of nachos with extra beef and extra jalapeños, two orders of your fish and chips with extra of that white sauce, I fucking love that sauce. Actually, can you put some of that sauce on the nachos too? Thanksies. And fifty fried oysters. Can you also go out and grab me a La Scala chopped salad, add cucumber, and include extra dressing and two seeded lemons on the side? You’re the best.”
ref: 2014, Babe Walker (David Oliver Cohen; Tanner Cohen; Lara Marie Schoenhals), Psychos: A White Girl Problems Book, Gallery Books, →ISBN:
text: “Can you do me a huge favor? Could you fetch me some bobby pins?” She shoved the clutch into my hands. “And maybe some of that double-sided tape celebrities use.” She tilted her head in a half shrug. “Thanksies!”
ref: 2016, Stephanie Scott, Alterations, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
text: “Bufh! Y-Y-You can leave everything to us, Miss Horn!” “We’ll keep your luggage safe!” “Oh god, my nose won’t stop bleeding…” “Please, misters! And thanksies~” Horn exclaimed enthusiastically as she got away from them.
ref: 2016, Yukiya Murasaki, translated by ZackZeal, How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord, volume 6, J-Novel Club, published 2018, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of thankies.
presanitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + sanitary.
Senses: examples: text: It was my fate to commence my career in the medical service forty years ago in the presanitary days, long before the introduction of modern methods of diagnosis, at two of the most unhealthy stations in the whole of India — Bellary and Secunderabad.
ref: 1881, International Congress of Medicine, Transactions of the 1st, 2nd, 4th-17th Congress, page 541:
glosses: Before sanitation.
presbyophrenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presbyophrenia
presbyophrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more presbyophrenic
form: most presbyophrenic
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to presbyophrenia.
presbyophrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presbyophrenics
Senses: glosses: A person who has presbyophrenia.
presbyophrenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presbyophrenic
preseparator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preseparators
Senses: glosses: A device or component that performs preliminary separation.
preseparators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preseparator
pressdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From press + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Not all the practitioners of the pressdom the world over may confidently and conscientiously claim that the profession has done enough or all its best to print an accurate, balanced and full account of the news, […]
ref: 1980, Lee O. Thayer, Hanno Hardt, Ethics, Morality, and the Media: Reflections on American Culture, page 147:
glosses: The world or sphere of the press; journalism generally.
you miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: True origin unknown, but was most likely popularized by Wayne Gretzky.
Senses: glosses: To make no attempt to do something guarantees failure, so you should always try.
beach sandal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach sandals
Etymology: Calque of Japanese ビーチサンダル (bīchi sandaru), from English beach + sandal.
Senses: glosses: A flip-flop (footwear).
beach sandals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beach sandal
power spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power spot
presidentiary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin praesidentia + -ary
Senses: examples: text: The presidentiary courts, from which the present Irish courts of quarter-session are derived, were regulated more by the discretion of the president than by established principles of law; […]
ref: 1837, William Cooke Taylor, History of Ireland, page 175:
glosses: Relating to a president or presidency.
pressural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pressure + -al.
Senses: examples: pressural drag
a pressural wave
glosses: Of or relating to pressure.
prespeculation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + speculation.
Senses: examples: text: […] the full, newly inflated value or could it merely pay the prespeculation price for the parcels of land that were to be made into a public street or garden?
ref: 1993, Jeffry M. Diefendorf, In the Wake of War:
glosses: Before financial speculation.
pressworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressworkers
Etymology: From press + worker.
Senses: glosses: A person employed to press or draw with dies or presses.
pressworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pressworker
presteam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: presteams
form: presteaming
form: presteamed
form: presteamed
Etymology: From pre- + steam.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To steam in advance.
presteamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of presteam
presteams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of presteam
presteaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of presteam
presteel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + steel.
Senses: examples: text: He made his fortune during the presteel era of Pittsburgh's development — the period before Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick — beginning in the 1820s and 1830s with a start in pharmaceuticals and white lead.
ref: 2001, William Alan Blair, William Pencak, Making and Remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War, page 107:
glosses: Before steel.
Elwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elwicks
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Ella + wīc (“village”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in Hartlepool district, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4532).
glosses: A placename:
A village in Middleton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1136).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
MACH
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Acronym of microservices, API-first, cloud-native, headless.
presubstantial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + substantial.
Senses: examples: text: Faith, which has but one definition, the realization of the invisible, begins by realizing the invisible past, the prehistoric, the pre-Adamite, the prematerial presubstantial past, and understands that it was by a fiat of the Self-Existent that it was made to be.
ref: 1894, Charles John Vaughan, Last Words in the Temple Church, page 221:
text: By way of explanation, Narbonne suggests that Plotinus accepts the Aristotelian notions of actuality and potentiality used to explain change in substance, but also elaborates a new, presubstantial notion of potentiality.
ref: 2003, Jennifer Yhap, Plotinus on the Soul: A Study in the Metaphysics of Knowledge, page 118:
text: Hegel is a materialist rather than an idealist insofar as he represents subjectivity as an irreducible “crack” in the cosmos rather than as a presubstantial ground from which substance itself would proceed.
ref: 2014, Andrew Cutrofello, All for Nothing: Hamlet's Negativity, page 148:
text: Damascius's elucidation of the presubstantial matrix of the subtle body served his larger project of fusing the theoretical and theurgical trajectories of the Neoplatonic tradition, which in his view were complementary methods on equal footing: […]
ref: 2021, Simon Cox, The Subtle Body: A Genealogy, page 30:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Having no physical substance, but having the potential to become substantial.
Tuddenham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tuddenhams
Etymology: From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Tudda + hām (“homestead”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7371).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: East Tuddenham
North Tuddenham
Tuddenham St Martin
Tuddenhams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tuddenham
Elwicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Elwick
preswallow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + swallow.
Senses: examples: text: Increased respiratory drive also reduced swallowing frequency and shortened duration of preswallow apnea. Water swallows had longer duration of preswallow apnea.
ref: 2012, Issues in Neurological Surgery and Specialties: 2011 Edition:
glosses: Before swallowing.
preterrational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From preter- + rational.
Senses: glosses: Going beyond reason or rational thinking.
Enderbys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Enderby
preternormal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From preter- + normal.
Senses: glosses: Beyond what is normal; supernatural; paranormal.
pretribal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + tribal.
Senses: examples: text: His social habits were still pretribal. The fairly large dwellings used by the Neanderthal men indicate that their hunting groups and settlements included large numbers of participants and their families.
ref: 1949, Peter I. Lyashchenko, History of the National Economy of Russia to the 1917 Revolution, page 26:
glosses: Before the development of tribes.
pretraditional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + traditional.
Senses: examples: text: Three periods of occupation were brought to light in the investigations; a pretraditional epoch, marked by corrugated pottery; a traditional epoch, and a documentary epoch.
ref: 1881, The American Naturalist, volume 15, page 825:
glosses: Before the development of a tradition.
pretreaty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + treaty.
Senses: glosses: Prior to a treaty.
prettikins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prettikins
Etymology: From pretty + -kins.
Senses: examples: text: "I took my cat, Prettikins, to three vets who told me her urinary tract infection had progressed too far and there was nothing they could do," says widowed grandmother Allyson Taivor.
ref: 1999, Weekly World News, volume 20, number 48, page 9:
text: “Not you, prettikins, him.” He pointed at Marston.
ref: 2007, Richard A. Lupoff, The Compleat Ova Hamlet, page 234:
text: “Trust me, prettikins, not much in this world can resist my embrace.”
ref: 2013, Robin Wayne Bailey, Dragonkin:
glosses: Affectionate term of address to a person who is pretty.
pretextuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pretextuous
form: most pretextuous
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pretextual (“false or contrived”).
synonyms: word: pretextual
extra: false or contrived
posttariff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + tariff.
Senses: examples: text: Both a pretariff and posttariff situation are shown to provide some insight into the relative competitive positions of foreign and domestic canners before and after the new tariff was imposed.
ref: 1982, Marketing Research Report, numbers 1127-1143, page 14:
glosses: After the imposition of a tariff.
pretariff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + tariff.
Senses: examples: text: Both a pretariff and posttariff situation are shown to provide some insight into the relative competitive positions of foreign and domestic canners before and after the new tariff was imposed.
ref: 1982, Marketing Research Report, numbers 1127-1143, page 14:
glosses: Before the imposition of a tariff.
shower tray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shower trays
Senses: glosses: The tray at the base of a shower on which a person stands and onto which the water splashes, typically with an exit hole allowing water to drain away.
shower trays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shower tray
terry cloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terry cloth
French terry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French terries
Senses: glosses: A form of terry cloth having one flat side and cross loops on the other side, often warp-knitted.
glosses: Any warp-knitted form of terry cloth.
French terries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French terry
labelese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From label + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: A revision of the 1972 Care Labeling Rule, which became effective in January, makes the care information on clothing labels more consistent and succinct. To help you sort through the new labelese, the Federal Trade Commission offers a guide covering the rules and includes a glossary of standard terms manufacturers are encouraged to use.
ref: 1984 August, “Things to write for”, in Changing Times: The Kiplinger Magazine, volume 38, number 8, page 74:
text: Don’t despair, Fellow Computer User, in trying to read the labels - labelese can be fun. Clyde finally figured it out after studying labels for a long time. Labelese is a mixture of ancient Chinese text, mixed with Old Slavonic and interspersed with Old Celtic and written as if mortals could possibly interpret it. Clyde says forget it. Look for the FAT and SODIUM only. Ignore everything else.
ref: 2003, Clyde Cartwright, “Sector 002 - Dante’s Inferno”, in Clyde’s Guide to Computerese and Weight Loss, New York, N.Y.: Kroshka Books, →ISBN, pages 5–6:
text: Sure, the label says in big, bold print: “NO TRANS FATS.” But “zero” trans fats aren’t always zero. It might mean 0.5 milligrams in labelese.
ref: 2009, Elizabeth Somer, “Secret 1: Eat Real 75% of the Time”, in Eat Your Way to Happiness, Harlequin, →ISBN, section “The 75% Solution”, page 18:
glosses: The type of language used on labels.
Llwyngwril
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A coastal village in Llangelynin community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5909).
navjot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navjots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of navjote.
navjots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of navjot
pretyphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + typhoid.
Senses: examples: text: This pretyphoid state needs further investigation.
ref: 1906, The Year Book of General Medicine, volume 6, page 13:
glosses: Before the onset of typhoid.
prevolitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹɛvəˈlɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːvəˈlɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌpɹɛvəˈlɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːvəˈlɪʃənəl/
Etymology: From pre- + volitional.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
antonyms: postvolitional
glosses: Before an act of the will.
Derived terms: prevolitionally
postvolitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpəʊstvəˈlɪʃənəl/
ipa: /ˌpoʊstvəˈlɪʃənəl/
Etymology: From post- + volitional.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
antonyms: prevolitional
glosses: After an act of the will; (loosely) after-the-fact.
Derived terms: postvolitionally
postdigestive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + digestive.
Senses: glosses: After digestion.
Denault
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Denaults
Etymology: Borrowed from French Denault.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
devlog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛvlɒɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: devlogs
Etymology: dev + log; see dev (“development”).
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A diary (or blog, vlog, etc.) that updates the audience on the development progress of something, usually a video game, website, or app.
devlogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devlog
Herreshoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Herreschoff.
Senses: glosses: An English surname from German.
ACKing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ACK
ACKed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ACK
polysatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysatins
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: polyester satin
polysatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polysatin
messaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: messalines
Senses: glosses: A lightweight, loosely woven kind of satin.
messalines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of messaline
wolf moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in January.
wolf moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf moon
snow moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in February.
snow moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow moon
worm moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worm moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in March.
worm moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worm moon
onesied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From onesie + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: College kids filled the seats, but other neighbors came to check it out, too—young couples with pierced noses and onesied infants, artists with gray hair to their waists.
ref: 2013, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Pastors’ Wives, Plume, →ISBN:
text: Tony was sitting on his sofa in sweatpants and a T-shirt with his onesied son in his lap.
ref: 2015, Michael P. King, “The Day After the Robbery”, in The Traveling Man (The Travelers: Book One), Blurred Lines Press, →ISBN:
text: I wasn’t tech-savvy at three, but a dinosaur-onesied Tommy had run into the living room, gone straight for the remote and started playing a totally inappropriate episode of Riverdale at full volume.
ref: 2021, Jenni Keer, The Secrets of Hawthorn Place, Headline Accent, →ISBN:
text: Cradling a onesied twin in each arm, his button-down shirt the periwinkle blue of his eyes, he looked keenly amiable.
ref: 2022, Tad Friend, “Borderlands”, in In the Early Times: A Life Reframed, Crown, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: Wearing a onesie.
thunder moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunder moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in July.
thunder moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunder moon
sturgeon moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sturgeon moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in August.
Synonyms: grain moon
sturgeon moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sturgeon moon
grain moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grain moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in August.
Synonyms: sturgeon moon
grain moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grain moon
frost moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frost moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in November.
Synonyms: beaver moon
Binondo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈnon.do/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Binondo, with the older form Binondoc or Minondoc, as attested in the Velarde map, possibly from Tagalog binundok (“formed into a mound or embankment; species of rice grown in fertile irrigated land”), from bundok (“mountain”) + -in- (“verb infix”), according to Nick Joaquin, or from *ming- + Tagalog tundok, according to Potet.
Senses: synonyms: Manila Chinatown
glosses: A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Baganga, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
frost moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frost moon
flower moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flower moons
Senses: examples: text: May’s full moon is named after the blooming of abundant flowers in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also called the Budding Moon, or Leaf Budding Moon.
ref: 2025 May 16th, “Flower Moon: May Legendary Wildcard”, in Rise of the Half Moon:
synonyms: budding moon
leaf-budding moon
glosses: A full moon in May.
flower moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower moon
corn moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corn moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in September.
corn moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corn moon
cold moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in December.
cold moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cold moon
pink moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink moons
Senses: examples: text: April’s moon is named after the appearance of pink wildflowers, including the moss pink, or wild ground phlox — one of the first spring blooms.
ref: 2025 April 24th, “Pink Moon: April legendary wildcard”, in Rise of the Half Moon:
glosses: A full moon in April.
Synonyms: egg moon
Related terms: Phlox subulata
egg moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in April.
Synonyms: pink moon
pink moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink moon
egg moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg moon
unacked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ACKed.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: unacknowledged
glosses: Not having been sent an ACK message (acknowledgement of a packet or a message received from a network).
TL;DL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: TL
form: DL
form: tl;dl
Senses: topics: communication
communications
glosses: Initialism of too long; didn’t listen, signaling that an audio message (such as a podcast or voicemail) lacked communicative efficacy because of its length.
Related terms: sense: textual counterpart
word: TL
sense: textual counterpart
word: DR
sense: textual counterpart
word: tl
sense: textual counterpart
word: dr
sense: textual counterpart
word: TLDR
sense: video counterpart
word: TL
sense: video counterpart
word: DW
sense: video counterpart
word: tl
sense: video counterpart
word: dw
sense: video counterpart
word: TLDW
tl;dl
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: tl
form: dl
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of TL;DL
Hedbavny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hedbavnys
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Hedbávný.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
TLDW
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of TL;DW.
Zverina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zverinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Zvěřina.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
TLDL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tl;dl.
OECs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OEC
Missouria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Missouri (indigenous tribe)
synonyms: word: Missouri
extra: indigenous tribe
Jeanetta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
tea-gowned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: teagowned
Etymology: From tea-gown + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: She wears her black silk every day, a trailin’ on the ground, / Leastwise, a trailin’ on the floor; ’tis called I b’lieve, tea-gowned, / An’ frills an’ lace, ’an hot-house flowers, such waste, it worried me, / Rememberin’ Jotham Peckham’s kin, as poor as poor could be.
ref: 1889 November, Margaret E[lizabeth] Sangster, “Thanksgivin’ Pumpkin Pies”, in The Ladies’ Home Journal, volume VI, number 12, Philadelphia, Pa.: Curtis Publishing Company, page 7:
text: “[…]Do you know,” and she turned to the group of tea-gowned dames and damsels who were making a move stairwards—“do you know that Mrs. Jackson Lafaye has arrived at last?[…]”
ref: 1891, Rita [pen name; Eliza Humphreys], “Politics and People”, in The Man in Possession, New York, N.Y.: Hovendon Company, […], page 166:
text: Over tea and buttered toast, with feet on the fender, slippered and tea-gowned, to the adjunct of the fragrant cigarette, what pleasanter theme than one’s neighbours’ faults and peccadilloes?
ref: 1892 November 12, Violet Greville, ““Place aux Dames””, in The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper., number 1,198, London, page 588:
text: Lady Malcolm, presiding bejewelled and tea-gowned over a silver teatray, thought that Diana, well bred, well mannered, beautiful and seemingly biddable, would make an excellent wife for her good-looking son and encouraged them to wander on the hills in the long Scottish evenings.
ref: 2003, Anne de Courcy, chapter IV, in Diana Mosley, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: Wearing a tea-gown.
teagowned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A girl on a stage coach in sailor hat and plain linen duster, with the warm breeze bringing tan and freckles to her face and the dust peppering her back hair, is a very different being from her other befrilled and teagowned self at home, pouring afternoon Hyson.
ref: 1897 August, Lillian Ferguson, “A Difficult Wooing”, in The Traveler. An Illustrated Family Journal of Travel and Recreation., volume X, number 2, San Francisco, Calif., page 28:
text: The lovely young actress of today looks at the tired teagowned, romantic ladies who were the fashion—not a hundred years ago—somewhere before 1914, with a certain amount of envy.
ref: 1928 April 29, Mrs. Pat Campbell [stage name; Beatrice Cornwallis-West], quotee, “Modern Dress Held Inferior for Acting: Difficult to Play Tragic Role in 1928 Garb, Says Mrs. Campbell”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., page 2:
text: Although Herbert was expecting no less, at the same time he found that as he placed his hat and cane on the hall table and followed the hall boy to the library door behind which he well knew his teagowned hostess would be waiting for him, it still seemed hardly possible that he, Herbert Forrester, a lad who once went bare-footed, was going to be received in this manner by the mistress of the Prince of Wales.
ref: 1995, Charlotte Bingham, Debutantes, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: Alternative form of tea-gowned.
antique satin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antique satins
Senses: glosses: A kind of textile that is satin on one side and shantung on the other.
antique satins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antique satin
surf satin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surf satins
Etymology: From an American trademark of the 1910s.
Senses: glosses: A taffeta fabric used for swimsuits.
surf satins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surf satin