cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Pushtun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pushtun
form: most Pushtun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pashtun.
Pushtun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pushtuns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pashtun.
Pushtun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pashtun.
Pushtuns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pushtun
nanoantibodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoantibody
nanoantibody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoantibodies
Etymology: From nano- + antibody.
Senses: glosses: A nanobody
Haleb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːˈlɛb/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Halab.
neoplastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neoplastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: With reference to neoplasm or neoplasia.
Related terms: neoplastic
grainings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graining
Seleucid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈluːsɪd/
Etymology: From Latin Seleucides, from Ancient Greek Σελευκίδης (Seleukídēs), named after Seleucus I Nicator. Equivalent to Seleucus + -id.
Senses: examples: text: The Seleucid and Dendera Zodiacs are illustrations of the pictograph tradition from the 5th phase, showing the zodiac plus the four ‘parazodiacal’ animals (crow, serpent, eagle, and southern fish).
ref: 1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 10, column 1:
text: An extraordinary material reflection of close Ptolemaic-Seleucid relations was the gift, in 190 BCE or shortly thereafter, of a Ptolemaic gold mnaeion, the largest regularly minted gold issue in the Greek world, conveyed by some high Ptolemaic official to a similarly situated Seleucid counterpart, […]
ref: 2021, Andrea M. Berlin, Paul J. Kosmin, The Middle Maccabees (page 151)
glosses: Relating to the Greek-Macedonian dynasty which ruled (312–63 BCE) an empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great.
Derived terms: Seleucid Empire
Related terms: Seleucia
Seleucus
Seleucid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈluːsɪd/
Forms: form: Seleucids
form: Seleucides
form: Seleucidae
Etymology: From Latin Seleucides, from Ancient Greek Σελευκίδης (Seleukídēs), named after Seleucus I Nicator. Equivalent to Seleucus + -id.
Senses: glosses: A member of this dynasty.
Seleucids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seleucid
Seleucidae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seleucid
Seleucian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɪˈl(j)uːsɪən/
Etymology: From Seleucus + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Seleucid.
synonyms: word: Seleucid
Seleucian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɪˈl(j)uːsɪən/
Forms: form: Seleucians
Etymology: From Seleucus + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Seleucia.
Seleucidan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɪˈl(j)uːsɪdən/
Etymology: From Seleucid + -an.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Seleucid.
synonyms: word: Seleucid
Seleucus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛleˈukəs/
ipa: /ˌsɛlˈjukəs/
ipa: /səˈluːkəs/
ipa: /səˈljuːkəs/
Etymology: From Latin Seleucus, from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, particularly Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire.
Related terms: Seleucia
Seleucid
ski bum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski bums
Senses: examples: text: But high unemployment in the United States, coupled with policy changes that make it more difficult for seasonal foreign workers to get visas, has brought about the return of the American ski bum.
ref: 2010 February 19, Katherine Bindley, “The Return of the Ski Bum”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Many locals thought doing so contradicted the democratic spirit of skiing, where strangers sharing a lift chair might include both billionaires with second homes in Bend and ski bums living in vans.
ref: 2025 January 23, John Branch, “Revenge of the Ski Bums”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: A low-wage employee at a ski resort who enjoys perks such as free ski passes.
kerfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kerf
ski bums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ski bum
Seleucia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈluː.ʃə/
ipa: /sɪˈluː.ʃɪ.ə/
ipa: /sɪˈlu.ʃə/
other: /səˈlu.ʃə/
other: /sɪˈlu.ʃi.ə/
other: /səˈlu.ʃi.ə/
Forms: form: Seleucias
Etymology: From Latin Seleucia, from Ancient Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia), from Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), usually in honor of Seleucus I, founder of the Seleucid Empire which succeeded to Alexander the Great’s conquests in Syria and Central Asia. Equivalent to Seleucus + -ia. Compare Alexandria, Antioch, Ptolemais, Laodicea, Apamea. Doublet of Silifke.
Senses: glosses: A former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.
glosses: Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:
A former city in Syria, the Mediterranean seaport of ancient Antioch on the Orontes.
glosses: Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:
A former city in Sittacene near Seleucia-on-Tigris.
glosses: Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:
Synonym of Gadara: a former city in northwestern Jordan, near present-day Umm Qais.
synonyms: word: Gadara
extra: a former city in northwestern Jordan, near present-day Umm Qais
glosses: Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:
Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
glosses: Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:
Former name of Silifke: a city in southern Turkey.
Synonyms: sense: Seleucid capital
word: Seleucia-on-Tigris
sense: Seleucid capital
word: Seleucia on the Tigris
sense: Antiochian port
word: Seleucia Pieria
word: Kokhe
word: Mahoza
word: Veh-Ardashir
word: Bahurasir
Related terms: Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Seleucia Cilicia
Seleucia in Cilicia
Seleucia in Isauria
Seleucia Isauria
Seleucia-on-Calycadnus
Seleucia on the Calycadnus
Seleucia on the Tigris
Seleucia-on-Tigris
Seleucia Pieria
Seleucia Trachea
Seleucia Tracheotis
Seleucid
friborg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friborgs
form: friborgh
form: fribourg
form: friburgh
Etymology: From Old English friborh, from fri (“peace”) + borh, borg (“pledge”), akin to English borrow. The first part of the word was confused with free and the last part with borough.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge
friborgs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friborg
hegemonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hegemonical
form: most hegemonical
Etymology: From hegemony + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: The principal and hegemonical power of the soul the Stoics situated in the heart
ref: 1862, Nathaniel Culverwell, Of the Light of Nature:
text: supremacy in an area that the hegemonical state controls fundamentally by coercive power
ref: 1973, Klaus Knorr, Power and Wealth:
text: the hegemonical princes crushed assassins and murderers, restored legitimate but displaced princes to power
ref: 2005, Hawkling Lugine Yen, A Survey of Constitutional Development in China:
glosses: Leading; controlling; predominant.
Related terms: hegemonic
liquefacients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquefacient
radeaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radeau
augets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auget
gleysolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gleysolic
form: most gleysolic
Etymology: From gleysol + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to gleysol.
gleysol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gleysols
form: gleysoil
Etymology: From gley + -sol.
Senses: glosses: gley soil
Derived terms: gleysolic
gleysols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gleysol
gleisol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gleisols
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gleysol.
gleisols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gleisol
spodosols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spodosol
podsol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podsols
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of podzol.
Derived terms: podsolic
podsolization
podsolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more podsolic
form: most podsolic
Etymology: From podsol + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of podzolic.
podsols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podsol
veneficious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌvɛnɪˈfɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more veneficious
form: most veneficious
Senses: examples: text: an old veneficious practice
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Acting by poison; used in poisoning or sorcery.
Related terms: veneficial
veneficiously
holly-leaved cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holly-leaved cherries
Senses: glosses: A species of cherry native to California, Prunus ilicifolia.
gray out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grays out
form: graying out
form: grayed out
form: grayed out
form: grey out
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: ghost
glosses: To make (a visual element) gray or lighter in colour to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable.
Related terms: grayed out
grayed-out
grayed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of gray out.
grayed out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Once you save a spreadsheet for the first time, and every time you open it thereafter, the button will be replaced by the grayed out "Autosave" box. You cannot click or otherwise configure this box; it exists only to provide information.
ref: 2012, Adam Darbyshire, Getting StartED with Google Apps, Apress, →ISBN, page 214:
text: But due to an issue with the IDM Provisioning wizard, it will still validate the grayed out values and throw an error in the install or configure phase.
ref: 2015, Tushar Thakker, Pro Oracle Fusion Applications: Installation and Administration, Apress, →ISBN, page 124:
text: Scroll to the grayed out item and press the center button. The camera then displays a screen that explains why this feature is not available.
ref: 2016, David D. Busch, David Busch's Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV: Guide to Digital Photography, Rocky Nook, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: Form of grayed out used when attached to a noun rather than as a predicate.
Related terms: grayed-out
grayed-out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Commands displayed in gray type are sometimes referred to as grayed-out commands. Gray type indicates that a command is not currently available.
ref: 1997, David Auer, Comprehensive Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Windows, Course Technology, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Alternative form of grayed out.
grey out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: greys out
form: greying out
form: greyed out
form: greyed out
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gray out.
rifely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rifely
form: most rifely
Etymology: From rife + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rife or widespread manner.
orbic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orbic
form: most orbic
form: orbical
Etymology: From orb + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: the body of this orbic frame
ref: 1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')
text: The orbic wake of thy once whirling feet, / Elohim, still I hear thy sounding heel!
ref: 1930, Hart Crane, “Ave Maria”, in The Bridge:
glosses: Shaped or moving like an orb; spherical, circular.
preconcertion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preconcertions
Senses: examples: 1821-1822, Timothy Dwight, Travels in New England and New York
Its taste , intelligence , affections , and conduct are so intimately related , that no preconcertion can prevent them from being mutually causes and effects
glosses: The act of preconcerting; preconcert.
bear's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bears' ears
Etymology: From the shape of the leaf.
Senses: glosses: A kind of primrose (Primula auricula).
pottern ore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I likewise took notice of an ore, which, for its aptness to vitrify, and serve the potters to glaze their vessels, the miners call pottern-ore, and sell it dearer than other ore
ref: 1663, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part I:
glosses: Dated form of potter's ore.
batardeau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batardeaus
Etymology: From French batardeau.
Senses: examples: text: An experiment was tried during the day upon the dykes of the citadel, which, as before stated, are fed by means of a sluice opposite the Scheldt, and separated from those of the city by a batardeau.
ref: 1833, The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine:
glosses: A cofferdam.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
batardeaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batardeau
sterculiaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Sterculia + -aceous, the typical genus, from Latin Sterculius (“the deity that presided over manuring”), from stercus (“dung”). So called because one of the original species has a foetid smell.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant.
contributary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contributary
form: most contributary
Senses: examples: text: It was situated on the Ganges, at the place where this river received a contributary stream.
ref: D'Anville (in translation)
glosses: Obsolete form of contributory.
spaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaws
Senses: examples: text: The Aix-la-Chapelle Waters are drunk at this Day, more as Purgers, and Preparatives for the Spaw, […]
ref: 1728, Of Bathing in the Hot-baths, at Bathe:
glosses: Archaic form of spa.
spaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaw
copple-crown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copple-crowns
Senses: examples: text: Like the copple-crown the lapwing has.
ref: 1638, Thomas Randolph, Amyntas:
text: the flowery downs,
With spiral tops and copple crowns
ref: 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyric Of The Dean:
glosses: A crested or high-topped crown, head or peak.
Related terms: copple-crowned
simonious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more simonious
form: most simonious
Senses: examples: text: [I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating clergie; […]
ref: 1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], “To the Parlament of the Commonwealth of England with the Dominions therof”, in Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC:
glosses: Simoniac.
miswend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miswends
form: miswending
form: miswent
form: miswent
Etymology: From mis- + wend.
Senses: examples: text: It sitteth not in no maner wyse / A thefe for theft to syt in iudgement, / A lecherous man a lechour to chastise, / Nor he that hath al his lyfe spent / In waste & riote forfeted and miswent.
ref: 1554, “The .iiii. chapter. Of the Strife bytwene Caligula Tiberius and Messalyne”, in A Memorial of Suche Princes, as Since the Tyme of King Richard the Seconde, Haue Been Unfortunate in the Realme of England, The Seventh Boke:
text: I now forsake the former tyme I spent. / And sorie am, for that I was miswent.
ref: 1581, Barnabe Rich, Riche His Farewell to Militarie Profession, published 1583:
text: But things miscounselled must needs miswend.
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To go wrong; to stray.
Related terms: misgo
tommy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑmi/
ipa: /ˈtɒmi/
rhymes: -ɒmi
Forms: form: tommies
Etymology: Generally agreed to have come from appellativization of Tommy in most senses, but the historical details are apparently largely unknown, including whether such an evolution happened several times (with one sense being independent of another).
Senses: glosses: A British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Short for 'Tommy Atkins.'
hypernyms: tack
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foodstuff#Noun
food#Noun
coordinate_terms: biscuit
glosses: Bread or breadlike foodstuff, generally a penny roll.
glosses: The supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
examples: text: No. 84. April 6. * * * * * *, aged 13: Works at gimlets and centre-bits, &c.; works from six in the morning till seven at night; has worked here about two years; gets 4s. 6d. a week. Works for one of the men; every man pays his own boy; is paid in tommy; the man he works for gives him a note to the office, Mr. Parsons', for the money; Mr. James Parsons gives him the money, and he gives it to the man, who gives him the tommy for the money. It is John Parsons's Tommy-shop; doesn't know if his name is over the door, can't read. The man he works for behaves well to him; does not beat him; likes his work, has nothing to complain of. Went to a day-school about three years ago, but for a very little time. His father could not afford to pay for it; it was only 2d. a week, but they could hardly get bread enough at that time. Never goes to a Sunday-school; his clothes is ript so bad his father's ashamed on him going. Not badly grown; meagre, not unhealthy; dirty, and in rags.
ref: 1842, Commissioners for Inquiring into the Employment and Condition of Children in Mines and Manufactories, “Evidence of the Employment of Children”, in Appendix to the Second Report of the Commissioners: Trades and Manufactures, Reports and Evidence from Sub-Commissioners, Part 2. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, London: William Clowes and Sons, page 19:
glosses: A truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money; the scrip by which such exchange occurs.
glosses: A tommy bar.
glosses: Short for Tommy gun
Derived terms: soft tommy
Related terms: tommy cooker
tommyknocker
tommy logge
tommyrot
tommy-rot
tommy ruff
tommy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑmi/
ipa: /ˈtɒmi/
rhymes: -ɒmi
Forms: form: tommies
form: tommying
form: tommied
form: tommied
Etymology: Generally agreed to have come from appellativization of Tommy in most senses, but the historical details are apparently largely unknown, including whether such an evolution happened several times (with one sense being independent of another).
Senses: glosses: To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.
arace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: araces
form: aracing
form: araced
form: araced
Etymology: From Middle English aracen, arasen, from Old French arachier, esracier (modern French arracher), from Latin exradicare, eradicare. The prefix a- is perhaps due to Latin ab. See eradicate.
Senses: examples: text: I had my thought, and mynde araced
ref: 1557, Thomas Wyatt, “Complaint upon Love to Reason”, in Tottel's Miscellany:
glosses: To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
araced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arace
araces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arace
aracing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arace
lion's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lions' ears
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants with shaggy tomentose leaves
species of Culcitium and Espeletia in South America
glosses: Any of various plants with shaggy tomentose leaves
motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) and Christmas candlestick (Leonotis nepetifolia), both native to Africa, but grown widely as herbal remedies.
lions' ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lion's ear
prief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priefs
Senses: examples: text: And of her willë / sothly this was chief, That she thoughte forto mak a prief
ref: 1421, Lydgate, “v. 2328”, in The Siege of Thebes: Part I:
text: But late repentance through thy follies prief; Ah! ceasse to gaze on matter of thy grief:
ref: 1596, Spenser, “v. 293”, in An Hymne of Heavenly Beavtie:
glosses: Obsolete form of proof.
purtenance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purtenances
Etymology: Clipping of appurtenance.
Senses: examples: 1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman
The purtenaunces of purgatory.
glosses: possession (something that belongs to someone)
examples: text: Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:9:
glosses: The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.
purtenances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purtenance
yerba mansa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish yerba mansa.
Senses: glosses: A fragrant plant, used medicinally, and native to the southern US and northern Mexico, Anemopsis californica.
skinbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skinbound
form: most skinbound
Etymology: From skin + bound.
Senses: glosses: Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.
Derived terms: skinbound disease
coachyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coachyards
Etymology: From coach + yard.
Senses: glosses: A yard adjoining an inn, etc. where coaches could be kept.
coachyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coachyard
repercuss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repercusses
form: repercussing
form: repercussed
form: repercussed
Etymology: From Latin repercusus, past participle of repercutere (“to drive back”), from re- (“re-”) + percutere. See percussion.
Senses: glosses: To drive or beat back.
examples: text: Perceiving all the subjacent country, […] to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.
ref: 1641 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 4 October 1641]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
glosses: To reflect; to reverberate.
repercussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repercuss
repercusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repercuss
repercussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repercuss
submenta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submentum
submentum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntəm
Forms: form: submenta
Etymology: From sub- + mentum.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The basal part of the labium of insects, which bears the mentum.
ecteron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See ect-.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.
Related terms: ecteronic
sinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cinch (simple saddle girth used in Mexico)
sinch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sinches
form: sinching
form: sinched
form: sinched
Senses: examples: text: to sinch up a saddle
glosses: Alternative spelling of cinch.
sinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinch
sinched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sinch
sinching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sinch
ataxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪtæksi/
Forms: form: ataxies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: ataxia
examples: text: Neither is there any Ataxy to be feared , in bringing to this distinction , betwixt pastors and flock
ref: c. 1640, Joseph Hall, Episcopacy by Divine Right:
glosses: disorder; irregularity
homotaxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of homotaxis.
courche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courches
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of curch.
courches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of courche
wiggle dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiggle dresses
Senses: glosses: A dress whose hem is narrower than the hips, causing the wearer to walk in short strides with legs close together, producing a sway or wiggle of the hips.
Related terms: hobble skirt
pencil skirt
sheath dress
scroddleware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scroddle + -ware.
Senses: glosses: scroddled pottery
hijackware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hijack + -ware.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Malicious software that commandeers other software, especially a web browser, so as to affect its behaviour.
nesidioblastosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nesidioblastoses
Etymology: From nesidioblast + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of hyperplasia in tissue of the islets of Langerhans
neuroinflammatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neuroinflammatory
form: most neuroinflammatory
Etymology: From neuro- + inflammatory.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, or causing inflammation of the central nervous system
Derived terms: antineuroinflammatory
nitrosothiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosothiols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound of general formula R-S=N=O
Synonyms: thionitrite
nonfungicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfungicides
Etymology: From non- + fungicide.
Senses: glosses: Any compound that is not a fungicide
noninoculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-inoculated
Etymology: From non- + inoculated.
Senses: glosses: That has not been inoculated.
Synonyms: uninoculated
nonreinforcement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + reinforcement.
Senses: glosses: The absence of normal reinforcement
norbinaltorphimine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular opioid antagonist
nutcrack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nutcracks
form: nutcracking
form: nutcracked
form: nutcracked
Etymology: From nut + crack.
Senses: examples: 2012 Claudio Tennie, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello "Untrained Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Fail to Imitate Novel Actions" PLos ONE
Marshall-Pescini and Whiten noticed that Baluku performed cracking actions in the air while watching the demonstrator nutcrack […]
glosses: To crack nuts for food.
raw_tags: of primates
nutcracking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nutcrack
elephant tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephant trees
Senses: glosses: A distinctive shrub or small tree native to northern Mexico and the farthest southern edge of California and Arizona (Bursera microphylla), having a smooth-skinned, bulging round trunk reminiscent of an elephant's trunk or legs.
appendencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appendency
appendency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appendencies
form: appendance
form: appendence
Senses: glosses: State of being appendant.
glosses: Something that is appendant.
functionate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: functionates
form: functionating
form: functionated
form: functionated
Etymology: From function + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To function.
Synonyms: function
functionated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of functionate
functionates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of functionate
functionating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of functionate
Cahuilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cahuillas
form: Cahuilla
Etymology: Probably from Cahuilla kawi'a (“master”).
Senses: glosses: A member of a group of Native Americans of the inland areas of southern California.
Cahuilla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from Cahuilla kawi'a (“master”).
Senses: glosses: Their Uto-Aztecan language.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Cahuilla terms
boxhauling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boxhaul
legislatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin lēgislātrīx. By surface analysis, legislate + -trix.
Senses: examples: text: Every woman too is her own legislatrix. 'Good doctor, reprint this sheet; add, but in capitals,—“every woman is her own legislatrix.”—These words alone will sell at least nine more editions of your work.
ref: 1776, John Lind (1776), "Letter II: Of civil liberty, and the principles of government", in: Three letters to Dr. Price, London: T. Payne, J. Sewell, and P. Elmsly, page 40
text: The Ganges has been held in the most profound veneration ever since De-arg, according to the received tradition, precipitated herself into it. She was a celebrated legislatrix. In her advanced age, she descended into the Ganges, where she now dwells.
ref: 1818, Adam Neale (1818), Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, page 3
text: The Empress as Legislatrix gazed down upon a long table also covered in red velvet, surrounded by twelve carved and gilded armchairs reserved for the first twelve recipients of the Order, her true “disciples”.
ref: 2014, Erin McBurney (1 January–15 May 2014), "Picturing the Greek Project: Catherine II’s iconography of conquest and culture", Russian Literature, 75(1–4):415–443, DOI:10.1016/j.ruslit.2014.05.018, page 428
synonyms: legislatress
glosses: A female legislator.
reformattings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reformatting
Pepper's ghost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pepper's ghosts
Etymology: Named after John Henry Pepper, who attempted to popularize the effect.
Senses: glosses: An illusionary technique used in theatres, at funfairs, etc. that uses a plate glass and special lighting techniques to make objects seem to appear or disappear.
hypoglycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoglycins
Etymology: From hypoglycemia + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic organic compound related to lycine, found in Blighia sapida (ackee fruit), causing hypoglycemia, and responsible for Jamaican vomiting sickness.
Derived terms: hypoglycin A
hypoglycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypoglycin
engroove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: engrooves
form: engrooving
form: engrooved
form: engrooved
Etymology: From en- + groove.
Senses: examples: text: The box i is engrooved into the edge of the stock a b, so that it may move freely ...
ref: 1816, Encyclopaedia Perthensis, Digitized edition, J. Brown, published 2010, page 668:
text: The boy had forgotten that the moor just here was broken by a narrow glen, engrooved with sliding water.
ref: 1880, RD Blackmore, Mary Anerley, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2006:
text: I would like sometimes to rest, to be at peace, to choose a nook, a love, and engroove myself in it — to make a final selection.
ref: 1992, Anaïs Nin, Incest: From a Journal of Love, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: To fit into a groove; to channel
frit away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: frits away
form: fritting away
form: fritted away
form: fritted away
Senses: examples: text: the feelings must be fresh as well as matured; they must not have been fritted away by previous indulgence
ref: 1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram:
text: Luck was not mine to frit away life unconsorted in wedlock
ref: 1888, Virgil, translated by Rev. Oliver Crane, The Aeneid:
text: Most people think the International Set is made up of a group of wealthy party goers who frit away their time in Paris, St. Moritz and on the Riviera.
ref: 1957, Art Buchwald, The Brave Coward:
glosses: To fritter away.
engrooved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of engroove
engrooving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of engroove
groovemeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groovemeisters
Etymology: From groove + -meister.
Senses: examples: text: Eddie "Bongo" Brown was the funky groovemeister at the workshop […]
ref: 2004, Dennis Coffey, Guitars, bars, and Motown superstars, page 52:
text: Gress, a stalwart on New York's downtown scene, is one reliable groovemeister and one of the most creative improvisers around.
ref: 2007, Jazz Times, volume 37, numbers 1-5:
glosses: A performer of groovy music.
groovemeisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groovemeister
Alpers' disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Bernard Jacob Alpers.
Senses: synonyms: Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome
Alpers' syndrome
progressive infantile poliodystrophy
progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy
glosses: A progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs mostly in infants.
Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Bernard Alpers and Peter Huttenlocher.
Senses: glosses: Alpers' disease
Alpers' syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alpers' disease
progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alpers' disease
progressive infantile poliodystrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alpers' disease.
leucodystrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucodystrophies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukodystrophy.
leucodystrophies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucodystrophy
poliodystrophies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poliodystrophy
krengs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kreng
flashpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flashpots
Etymology: From flash + pot.
Senses: glosses: A kind of pyrotechnic device.
flashpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flashpot
kerrang
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Imitative; see ker-.
Senses: glosses: The sound of a power chord on an electric guitar.
kerrang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kerrangs
form: kerranging
form: kerranged
form: kerranged
Etymology: Imitative; see ker-.
Senses: examples: text: One of the best moments came during the flashpot blasts in "Closer to the Heart," when the whole crowd came alight, sixteen thousand faces hanging open as Alex, in his fringed monk's robe, kerranged a D-major chord[…]
ref: 2004, Dave Bidini, For Those About to Rock: A Road Map to Being in a Band:
text: Meanwhile, with Brain Stew, Green Day do some serious kerranging on their electric guitars, which they have mixed in with Godzilla vocals (!), to provide a tune of migraine-inducing proportions.
ref: 1998, Film Review: issues 23-24:
text: […] he stretched his cordless guitar's reach to the limit (and possibly into the realm of apocrypha) by leaving the building mid-solo, taking a cab to a local radio station, and kerranging all the way up to its fiftieth-floor studio.
ref: 2010, Phil Sutcliffe, AC/DC: High-Voltage Rock 'n' Roll: The Ultimate Illustrated History, page 77:
glosses: To play a power chord on an electric guitar.
kerranging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kerrang
kerranged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kerrang
carse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑɹs/
other: /ˈkɛɹs/
Forms: form: carses
Etymology: From Middle English kerrs, cars, of uncertain origin. Perhaps Celtic: the term is "first found in a semi-Gaelic form", Carsach (c. 1143); compare Welsh cars (“bog, fen”), carsen (“reed”), Armoric kars, korsen (“bog plant, reed”). Alternatively, perhaps related to carr (“bog, march, swampland”) (perhaps suffixed with a variant of -ish, -sæ); compare Swedish kärr (“fen; bog”).
Senses: examples: text: In the Carse of Gowrie to all the flat land , which is a great proportion of the district , is a deep rich clay
ref: 1799, James Robertson, General View of the Agriculture in the County of Perth:
text: […] and the parish of St. Madois, now in the carse of Gowrie, is said to have been once on the southern side of the river. Such parts of the carse as are called inches, are elevated above the flat ground which has been covered with water. The soil of these eminences is[…]
ref: 1842, The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, page 214:
text: A carse is a district of country, consisting of deep horizontal depositions of alluvial or diluvial clay, on one or both sides of a considerable river; and may be of great or small extent, but generally comprehends a large tract of country[…]
ref: 1846, Henry Stephens, The Book of the Farm ...: To which are Added, Explanatory Notes ..., page 66:
glosses: Low, fertile land; a river valley.
prolifical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prolifical
form: most prolifical
Senses: glosses: Producing young or fruit abundantly; prolific; fruitful.
molly house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molly houses
form: molly-house
form: Molly house
form: Molly House
form: mollie house
form: mollie-house
form: Mollie House
form: Mollie house
Etymology: From the Victorian slang molly (“a male homosexual”).
Senses: examples: text: Just west of Charing Cross (where a molly named Tolson kept a brandy shop in the late 1720s, and where Whale and Horner were pilloried for keeping a molly house), we come to St James's Square and Pall Mall, ...
ref: 1992, Rictor Norton, Mother Clap's molly house: the gay subculture in England, page 90:
text: In a vivid illustration of the dynamics created by sexual deviance, molly houses were a defense against the pressures of prejudice, but their visibility inspired new hostility.
ref: 2007, Katherine Crawford, European Sexualities, 1400-1800, page 204:
text: One visitor to a molly house in the Old Bailey observed “men calling one another 'my dear' and hugging, kissing, and tickling each other as if they were a mixture of wanton males and females, and assuming effeminate voices and airs.
ref: 2007, Thomas A. Foster, Long Before Stonewall, page 99:
text: Just — we must fuck who we will. Else what's the point of a molly house?
ref: 2014, Mark Ravenhill, Mother Clap's Molly House, page 71:
glosses: A tavern or other establishment in 18th and 19th century England where homosexuals could meet for sexual encounters.
posie ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posie rings
form: poesy ring
form: posey ring
form: posy ring
Senses: glosses: A finger ring with a short inscription, once popular as lovers' tokens in England.
heterosexualist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heterosexualist
form: most heterosexualist
Etymology: From heterosexual + -ist.
Senses: examples: a heterosexualist society
glosses: In favour of heterosexual relations.
heterosexualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterosexualists
Etymology: From heterosexual + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who is in favour of heterosexual relations.
heterosexualists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterosexualist
Green Hornet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Green Hornets
Etymology: Named after Green Hornet, an American fictional vigilante, originally a character on a radio serial.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: In the Vietnam War, a member of the US Air Force's 20th Special Operations Squadron, who used the Bell UH-1F variant of the "Huey" military helicopter.
glosses: A cocktail consisting of equal parts brandy, sake, and melon liqueur.
goo ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goo balls
Senses: glosses: Any sweet sticky concoction made with cannabis.
anthropical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪkəl
Forms: form: more anthropical
form: most anthropical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anthropic.
devirginated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of devirginate
devirginating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of devirginate
devirginates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of devirginate
genderlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more genderlessly
form: most genderlessly
Etymology: From genderless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: All of them were dressed vaguely, genderlessly alike, in loose, flowing pants or willowy skirts, wide-sleeve shirts, long hair and sandals, and a variety of homemade jewelry.
ref: 2003, Elise Juska, Getting Over Jack Wagner, page 91:
glosses: Without gender; with no specific gender.
agendered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agendered
form: most agendered
Etymology: From a- + gendered.
Senses: examples: text: This is presented in an agendered and asexual way by using neutral language.
ref: 2011, Sexual Identities and Sexuality in Social Work, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: Not gendered; not having, pertaining to, or divided by gender.
Synonyms: word: agender
word: genderless
Related terms: gender-free
gender-neutral
transfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + folk.
Senses: examples: text: Transfolk are not covered in any applicable laws like Title VII or the ADA - in fact, transsexualism is explicitly excluded from the ADA. Therefore, you have no causes of action against an employer based on federal law.
ref: 1997, A. Spencer Bergstedt, Transition and Beyond, page 28:
text: This highlights the awkwardly linked histories of transfolk and the gay and lesbian community due to historical and geographical coincidences.
ref: 2010, Kath Browne, Catherine J. Nash, Queer Methods and Methodologies, →OCLC, page 140:
antonyms: cisfolk
glosses: Transgender people.
bunned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bun + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: She had been a handsome young woman, with bunned hair and a hardy smile.
ref: 1997, Mary McGarry Morris, A Dangerous Woman, page 46:
text: I studied her; she looked the same, her white hair bunned at her neck, her blue eyes large behind glasses, her skin the color of unvarnished wood.
ref: 1965, William Melvin Kelley, Dancers on the Shore:
glosses: Arranged in a bun.
raw_tags: of hair
bunned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From bun + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bun
blue jean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue jeans
Senses: glosses: A pair of blue jeans.
glosses: Attributive form of blue jeans.
periodisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periodisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of periodization.
periodisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periodisation
postlegal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + legal.
Senses: glosses: After the legal phase, especially of adoption.
prelegal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + legal.
Senses: examples: text: The better solution, however, is to press for a more adequate prelegal education for those students who intend to go into the study of law and to see that they are properly informed about the importance of their prelegal education.
ref: 1960, ABA Journal, volume 46, number 2, page 175:
glosses: In preparation for study at a law school; prelaw.
Gatha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gathas
Etymology: Transliteration of Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā). Doublet of gatha.
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any of the 17 hymns included in the Avesta believed to have been composed by Zoroaster himself.
wikipedia: Gatha
Derived terms: Gathic
attaintment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attaintments
Etymology: From attaint + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: There is that prouokes me to speake against this law of attaintment, they say I am not indifferent.
ref: 1553, Hugh Latimer, “The fourth Sermon […]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, made vppon the lords Prayer […], published 1562, folio 63ᵛ:
text: For where the party may have an attaintment, there no damages shall be assessed by the Court, if the same be not found by the Jury; and therefore the Court would be advised of it: […]
ref: 1613, Cookes Case; republished as John Godbolt, W. Hughes, editors, Reports of […] Severall Courts of Record at Westminster […], 1652, page 207:
text: The same day brought him intelligence of his wife's desertion, and of his attaintment as a traitor; and, further, that this accusation had been chiefly brought about by the intrigues of his former partner.
ref: 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, Theresa, page 165:
text: So zealous was he for good morals, that he drew upon himself the imputation of a leaning to the heresy of the Jansenists […] Yet Olier’s catholicity was past attaintment, and in his horror of Jansenists he yielded to the Jesuits alone.
ref: 1867 June, “The Founders of Montreal”, in The Atlantic Monthly […], volume 19, number 116, page 724:
text: Again costly litigation followed, the Crown setting up a prior claim, […] the only legal claimant being Sir Francis Anderton, and he being attainted of high treason was debarred and legally incapable of holding the estates, or of claiming any right as heir by and through such attaintment.
ref: 1883, Thomas Hampson, Horwich: Its History, Legends, and Church, page 171:
topics: law
glosses: Attainder, attainture; conviction.
glosses: Misspelling of attainment.