cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
plank down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: planks down
form: planking down
form: planked down
form: planked down
Senses: glosses: To pay (an amount of money in cash).
yift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɪft/
rhymes: -ɪft
Forms: form: yifts
Etymology: From Old English ġift. Doublet of gift.
Senses: glosses: a gift
Related terms: yive
evangelicanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From evangelican + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of evangelicalism.
synonyms: word: evangelicalism
evangelican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more evangelican
form: most evangelican
Senses: glosses: Synonym of evangelical.
synonyms: word: evangelical
evangelican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evangelicans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of evangelical.
synonyms: word: evangelical
Derived terms: evangelicanism
evangelicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evangelican
Chatham House Rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Chatham House Rule
form: Chatham House rule
Etymology: Named after the headquarters of the UK Royal Institute of International Affairs, based in Chatham House, London, where the rule originated in June 1927.
Senses: examples: text: The Chatham House Rule is used to help facilitate free speech and confidentiality at meetings.
ref: 2014, Louise Corti, Veerle Van den Eynden, Libby Bishop, Matthew Woollard, Managing and Sharing Research Data: A Guide to Good Practice, SAGE, →ISBN, page 112:
glosses: A rule, applied to some controversial debates and discussion panels, stating that anybody who attends is free to use information from the discussion, but cannot reveal who made any comment.
wikipedia: Chatham House
antistall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + stall.
Senses: glosses: Preventing the stalling of an engine.
antistalling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + stalling.
Senses: glosses: Preventing the stalling of an engine.
get along with you
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Get along with you! You must be joking!
synonyms: get on with you
go along with you
go on with you
get out of here
glosses: A light-hearted expression of disbelief.
Related terms: get along
get along with
get on with you
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get along with you (“light-hearted expression of disbelief”).
synonyms: word: get along with you
extra: light-hearted expression of disbelief
Related terms: get on
get on with
go on with you
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get along with you (“light-hearted expression of disbelief”).
synonyms: word: get along with you
extra: light-hearted expression of disbelief
Related terms: go on
finger-and-toe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thirty years later I proved, by a series of experiments conducted at Kew, that the organism causing 'finger-and-toe' in turnips, cabbages, etc., and other plants belonging to the crucifer family, required an acid medium for its development, and that an alkaline medium arrested its growth.
ref: 1915, George Massee, Diseases of cultivated plants and trees, page 9:
glosses: The plant disease clubroot.
allergologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more allergologic
form: most allergologic
Etymology: From allergology + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the study and treatment of allergies.
allergologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of allergology.
line fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: line fishes
form: line fish
Senses: examples: text: The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line.
ref: 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)
glosses: Fish caught by line fishing.
line fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line fish
glabrously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more glabrously
form: most glabrously
Etymology: From glabrous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a glabrous manner; without hair.
have a head on one's shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a head on one's shoulders
form: having a head on one's shoulders
form: had a head on one's shoulders
form: had a head on one's shoulders
Senses: examples: text: "You'd best keep the tatts till he's drunk," said Killigrew drily, "for I think you'll find my lord has a head on his shoulders when he's sober."
ref: 1897, Frances Heath Freshfield, The Wrothams of Wrotham Court, page 73:
glosses: To have good sense or judgement.
Related terms: good head on one's shoulders
Havisham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Havishamesque
Miss Havishamesque
word to conjure with
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: words to conjure with
Senses: glosses: Any word that gives the impression of something important or exciting.
Related terms: name to conjure with
words to conjure with
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of word to conjure with
misfact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misfacts
Etymology: From mis- + fact.
Senses: examples: text: These transformations often occur because the "treatment" has unlocked the genetic or evolutionary "potential" being bottled up by our own inadequacies as humans — social commentary and science misfact in one big melange.
ref: 2003, Jay S Hosler, Sandwalk Adventures, page 148:
text: All summer long, I was busy battling the assistant chief who continued to cry the criminally libelous misfact.
ref: 2011, Roger Chiang, Travails To Truth: My Peace From Prison, page 8:
glosses: A wrong or untrue piece of information.
examples: text: It is most unfortunate that FILM SOCIETY REVIEW chose to print an article about the Fourth National Student Film Festival filled with statements of misfact which raised so many questions concerning the objectives of the Festival's sponsor, […]
ref: 1969, Film Society Review, volume 5, page 13:
glosses: Misinformation.
misfacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misfact
elf-shot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Without visible mark or sign she was elf-shot; and the proof of this appeared from her going off her milk, dwining away, and dying before her calves could be counted on the hooves of one foot.
ref: 1897 August 5, The Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, Qld, page 4, column 5:
text: The malicious elves did not confine their attacks to human beings; references to elf-shot cattle are numerous.
ref: 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, page 16:
text: Frequently this practitioner would keep a stock of elf-shot from which one would be produced by sleight of hand from the ailing animal's flank as evidence that it had indeed been elf-shot.
ref: 1976, Ulster Folklife:
qualifier: Anglo-Saxon and British mythology and folklore
glosses: Maliciously wounded or sickened as a result of having been shot by an elf.
examples: text: There, ev'ry herd, by sad experience, knows
How, wing'd with Fate, their elf-shot arrows fly,
When the sick ewe her summer food foregoes,
Or, stretch'd on earth, the heart-smit heifers lie.
ref: 1789, William Collins, An Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland, London: J. Bell, page 11:
text: Ley whatever elf-shot darts, whatever flying venoms, be concentrated among those already ill.
ref: 2018, Lauren B. Davis, Against A Darkening Sky, Canelo + ORM:
text: Following Singer, Bonser relates the word gescot (shot) to the elf-shot arrows believed to cause illness in both animals and humans.
ref: 2021, Marie Nelson, Structures of Opposition in Old English Poems, Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, page 52:
glosses: Of a missile, fired by an elf.
elf-shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elf-shots
Senses: examples: text: In Scotland the flint arrow heads are denominated ‘elf shots,’ from a belief among the people that they are of rib human formation, but the shot with which the elves or fairies assail cattle, and there are many superstitions in connection with them.
ref: 1906 August 7, The Clarence River Advocate, NSW, page 4, column 5:
text: Frequently this practitioner would keep a stock of elf-shot from which one would be produced by sleight of hand from the ailing animal's flank as evidence that it had indeed been elf-shot.
ref: 1976, Ulster Folklife:
glosses: An elf arrow; elf arrows.
elf-shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elf-shot
shrinking frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrinking frogs
Etymology: So called because it is larger as a tadpole than as an adult frog.
Senses: glosses: paradoxical frog
shrinking frogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrinking frog
lrnd.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of learned.
happy dispatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happy dispatches
form: happy despatch
Senses: glosses: The act of hara-kiri.
happy dispatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happy dispatch
happy despatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happy despatches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of happy dispatch.
happy despatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happy despatch
straight-cut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of tobacco: cut lengthwise of the leaf.
mid-sizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mid-size
midsizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midsize
nubbiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nubby + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being nubby.
nontaxables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontaxable
non-taxables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-taxable
nonsteroidals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsteroidal
nonsociety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsocieties
Etymology: From non- + society.
Senses: glosses: A group or organization that is not a society.
nonsocieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsociety
nonsocialized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + socialized.
Senses: glosses: Not socialized.
nonforfeiting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + forfeiting.
Senses: glosses: Not forfeiting.
nonroutines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonroutine
nonrestraints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrestraint
nonresistants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonresistant
nonrepresentationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nonrepresentational + -ism.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A nonrepresentational approach to art.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosophical approach denying that something is representational.
noncontacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncontact
non-contacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-contact
noncooperationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncooperationists
Etymology: From noncooperation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who refuses to cooperate as a matter of policy.
noncooperationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncooperationist
nonelectronics
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + electronics.
Senses: glosses: Not being or relating to electronics.
nondegradables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondegradable
nonelectrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonelectric
nondomestics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondomestic
nondominants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondominant
nonessentialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + essentialistic.
Senses: glosses: Not essentialistic.
stamp note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stamp notes
Senses: glosses: A certificate from a custom house officer for goods to be loaded as freight of a ship.
stamp notes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stamp note
the whole shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The whole lot; everything; the works.
German Reich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the German Reich
Etymology: Partial calque of German Deutsches Reich.
Senses: qualifier: strictly
glosses: A former German country that existed between 1871 and 1945, de facto ending with World War II. Capital: Berlin.
synonyms: word: German Empire
word: Imperial Germany
word: Kaiserreich
word: Second Reich
glosses: Synonym of Second Reich.
glosses: Synonym of Weimar Republic.
synonyms: word: Weimar Republic
synonyms: word: Fascist Germany
word: Nazi Germany
word: Third Reich
glosses: Synonym of Third Reich.
Derived terms: Greater German Reich
wise as an owl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Association of owl with wisdom dates back at least to 500 BC in Greece which associated the owl with the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very wise.
Swanny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Names + -y.
Senses: glosses: A nickname of the surnames Swan and Swann.
Pricey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Price + -y.
Senses: glosses: A nickname of the surname Price.
Browny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Brown + -y.
Senses: glosses: A nickname of the surname Brown.
Hodgey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hodge + -y.
Senses: glosses: A nickname of the surname Hodge.
hop-forward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hop-forward
form: most hop-forward
Senses: glosses: Of a beer, having hop characters most prominent in the flavour profile.
Fages
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Fagan + -s.
Senses: glosses: A nickname of the surname Fagan.
chicanerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chicanerous
form: most chicanerous
Etymology: From chicanery + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Engaging in chicanery.
acanthostegid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acanthostegids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct tetrapod of the family Acanthostegidae
well-lit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌwɛlˈlɪt/
Forms: form: better-lit
form: more well-lit
form: best-lit
form: most well-lit
Etymology: From well + lit.
Senses: examples: text: Filming was difficult as the room was not well-lit.
text: The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.
ref: 1960 July, “New Eastern Region diesel depot at Finsbury Park”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 422–423:
text: All around is dark, so all you can really see when you look out of a well-lit carriage is a distorted view of yourself looking back at you.
ref: 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 43:
glosses: Adequately illuminated by light.
raw_tags: of a location
acanthostegids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthostegid
better-lit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of well-lit: more well-lit
best-lit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of well-lit: most well-lit
adipostat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A supposed mechanism of adipostasis in which signals from adipose tissue regulate appetite
alcyonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alcyonids
Senses: glosses: Any bryozoan of the genus Alcyonidium
surtaxation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The imposition of a surtax.
alcyonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alcyonid
surtaxable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From surtax + -able.
Senses: glosses: On which a surtax may be imposed.
subtax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtaxes
Etymology: From sub- + tax.
Senses: glosses: A tax making up part of a larger tax.
subtaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtax
subtaxonomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtaxonomies
Etymology: From sub- + taxonomy.
Senses: glosses: A taxonomy making up part of a greater taxonomy.
subtaxonomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtaxonomy
supertaxonomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒnəmi
Forms: form: supertaxonomies
Etymology: From super- + taxonomy.
Senses: glosses: A taxonomy formed of lesser taxonomies.
Coordinate terms: subtaxonomy
alkoxyalkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkoxyalkyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkoxy derivative of an alkyl radical
supertaxonomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supertaxonomy
alkoxyamino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkoxyaminos
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkoxy derivative of an amino radical
alloparasitoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alloparasitoids
Etymology: From allo- + parasitoid.
Senses: glosses: Any organism that is alloparasitic during part of its life cycle
alloparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + parasitic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an alloparasite
amphisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphisins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic lipoundecapeptide present in some strains of Pseudomonas
amphisins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphisin
anastrephin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The lactone (3aS,4R,7aS)-4-ethenyl-4,7a-dimethyl-3a,5,6,7-tetrahydro-3H-1-benzofuran-2-one present in the pheromone of some male fruit flies
ancyrocephalid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ancyrocephalids
Senses: glosses: Any flatworm of the family Ancyrocephalidae
ancyrocephalids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ancyrocephalid
angeogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of angiogenic.
anisocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From an- + isocratic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not isocratic
antennocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From antenn(a) + ocular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an antenna and eye of an insect
Derived terms: antennocular distance
antennulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an antennule
aplotaxene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (8Z,11Z,14Z)-heptadeca-1,8,11,14-tetraene present in the roots of burdock
arachidate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arachidates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of arachidic acid
archibenthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From archi- (“highest”) + benthic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the upper part of the benthic region, from the sublittoral to the abyssal
exegeticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exegeticists
Senses: examples: text: Many of these stories are ingenuous and charming, and to the exegeticist extremely troublesome: for the Bhāgavata-puråna refers to the Gopis being the wives of others at the time when they fell in love with Krishna.
ref: 1981, Edward C. Dimock, In Praise of Krishna, →ISBN:
text: The Buddhist truths which the exegeticist seeks to penetrate can be the object of a threefold wisdom, or prajna arising from listening (s'ruta-mayi), reflecting (cintdmayi) or meditation (hhdvandmayi)...
ref: 1992, Donald S. Lopez, Buddhist Hermeneutics, →ISBN:
text: The assimilation of sentences to pictures does not only carry advantages, it also raises difficulties, a close examination of which is instructive for our purposes. A delicate question immediately arises for the exegeticist as well as for the philosopher intent upon saving what is valid in this theory: how far exactly can one push the analogy between sentences and pictures, either in order to be faithful to Wittgenstein or to take account of facts?
ref: 2012, Paul Gochet, Outline of a Nominalist Theory of Propositions, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of exegete A person who undertakes the exegesis of a work or body of work, particularly an apologist for a given religion.
archopallium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of archipallium.
asiaticoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A triterpenoid, present in the pennywort Centella asiatica, that has antioxidant, antiinflammatory and immunomodulatory properties
austrotilapiine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: austrotilapiines
Senses: glosses: Any of a certain genus of African cichlid
austrotilapiines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of austrotilapiine
autocleavable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + cleavable.
Senses: glosses: That can be autocleaved
handgunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handgunners
Senses: glosses: One who uses a handgun.
handgunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handgunner
autoinjected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + injected.
Senses: glosses: injected by means of autoinjection
autophagosomally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From autophagosomal + -ly.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: In an autophagosomal manner
auxinome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auxinomes
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From auxin + -ome.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: All the auxins present in a particular plant
auxinomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auxinome
extraphysiologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + physiologic.
Senses: glosses: Not physiological.
cyturia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyto- + -uria.
Senses: examples: epithelial cyturia
glosses: The presence of cells of some kind in the urine.
Related terms: erythrocyturia
leukocyturia
chonetaceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chonetacean
choofas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choofa
non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-Hodgkin lymphomas
form: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of diseases that includes all types of lymphomas other than Hodgkin's lymphoma.
non-Hodgkin lymphomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
chorioids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioid
choriomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioma
chorogis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorogi
christs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of christ
Christkindls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christkindl
chromatography papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromatography paper
chromatomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromatome
chromatophils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromatophil
chromatoplasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromatoplasm
get one's oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's oats
form: getting one's oats
form: got one's oats
form: got one's oats
form: gotten one's oats
Senses: examples: text: Probably he's in a bad mood because he didn't get his oats last night.
text: “I Dig a Pygmy” by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids. Phase one, in which Doris gets her oats.
ref: 1970, Paul McCartney, “Two of Us”, in Let it Be, performed by The Beatles:
glosses: To have sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: sense: to have sexual intercourse
word: do it
word: get one's end away
word: get one's leg over
word: copulate
Related terms: feel one's oats
sow one's wild oats
in regard to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: in regards to
Senses: examples: I am writing in regard to the advertisement that you placed in last week's Daily News.
synonyms: word: IRT#Prepositional phrase
word: apropos
word: with regard to
word: with respect to
word: WRT
word: regarding
word: about
word: anent
word: apropos
word: as far as
word: as for
word: as regards
word: as relates to
word: as respects
word: as to
word: concerned with
word: connected with
word: concerning
word: dealing with
word: in reference to
word: in regard to
word: in regards to
word: in relation to
word: in respect of
word: IRT
word: in terms of
word: on
word: re
word: referring to
word: regarding
word: relating to
word: relative to
word: respecting
word: with regard to
word: with respect to
word: WRT
word: touching
glosses: Concerning; about.
with regards to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Etymology: Perhaps confusion between as regards and with regard to.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of with regard to.
in regards to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of in regard to.
ballochory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ballistic + -chory.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of seed dispersal in which the seed is forcefully ejected by explosive dehiscence of the fruit
Related terms: ballochorous
bankfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bank + full.
Senses: examples: text: Because these bars are typically much longer than their migrating counterparts (up to 20 times bankfull width), morphodynamic influence can affect bank erosion and planform evolution at relatively great distances from the disturbance location […]
ref: 2012, Michael Church, Pascale Biron, Andre Roy, Gravel Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: The increased volume of runoff results in an increase in the frequency of bankfull or near-bankfull flow conditions in stream channels.
ref: 2012, Thomas H. Cahill, Low Impact Development and Sustainable Stormwater Management, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 106:
qualifier: etc
glosses: Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
raw_tags: of a river
viseing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vise
beamsplitting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describes the optics of a beam splitter
bikelock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikelocks
Etymology: From bike + lock.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bike lock.
bike lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bike locks
form: bikelock
Senses: glosses: A device, fitted with a lock, that is used to immobilise a bicycle when not in use.
wisdomwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From wisdom + -wise. Attested since the 20th century.
Senses: glosses: with regard to wisdom
bilenticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + lenticular.
Senses: glosses: lenticular on two surfaces
biodetrital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + detrital.
Senses: glosses: Relating to biological detritus
biopathomechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biopathomechanisms
Etymology: From bio- + pathomechanism.
Senses: glosses: A biopathological mechanism
biopathomechanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biopathomechanism
food pantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food pantries
Senses: synonyms: food closet
glosses: A small front-line agency that hands out packages of food from food banks directly to people in need.
food closet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food closets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of food pantry (“agency that hands out food to people in need”).
synonyms: word: food pantry
extra: agency that hands out food to people in need
food closets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food closet
food pantries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food pantry
bioradiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + radiation.
Senses: glosses: The biological effects of radiation
Related terms: radiobiology
bioretentions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioretention
biphthalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biphthalates
Etymology: From bi- + phthalate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt of phthalic acid in which only one of the acidic hydrogen atoms has been replaced
bloodfluke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodflukes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blood fluke.
hakham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hakhams
form: hakhamim
Etymology: From Hebrew חָכָם.
Senses: glosses: A wise man or scholar.
glosses: A Sephardic rabbi.
hakhams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hakham
hakhamim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hakham
branchiovisceral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From branchio- + visceral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the branchial arch and the viscera
bloodflukes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloodfluke
biphthalates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biphthalate
Coxy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cox + -y.
Senses: glosses: A nickname of the surname Cox.
republicwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: republic-wide
Etymology: From republic + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Across the republic; throughout the republic.
sensuist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sensuists
Senses: glosses: A sensualist.
Related terms: sensuism
sensuists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensuist
sense capsule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sense capsules
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A receptive chamber for sensory perception, connected with the ear, eye, and nose.
sense capsules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sense capsule
fennell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To cause nurses to have abundance of milk, I have taken the fresh branches or tops of fennell, and boyled them in water or wine, and given it to drinke at dinner or supper, and at all times, for it greatly augmenteth the milk.
ref: quoted in 2006, Arthur Greenberg, From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story (page 139)
glosses: Obsolete form of fennel.
augmenteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: augment + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of augment
arsnike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 1610?, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
What makes the Divell so divelish, I would aske you, / Sathan, our common enemie, but his being / Perpetually about the fire, and boyling / Brimstone and Arsnike?
glosses: Obsolete form of arsenic.
dropping fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropping fires
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A continuous irregular discharge of small arms.
dropping fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropping fire
geo-block
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geo-blocks
form: geo-blocking
form: geo-blocked
form: geo-blocked
Etymology: From geo- + block.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To deny access to content to users from certain regions based on geolocation.
Derived terms: geo-blocking
drop astern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drops astern
form: dropping astern
form: dropped astern
form: dropped astern
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To pass or move towards the stern.
assizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of assize
assized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of assize
school-point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: school-points
Senses: glosses: A topic for scholastic disputation.
school-points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of school-point
school pence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A small sum of money taken to school by a child as payment for the teaching they receive.
Tübingen School
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Tübingen School
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A rationalistic school of theologians founded by Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860), which explained the origin of the Catholic Church as due to the gradual fusion of an antagonistic Judaistic and gentile party, the various stages of fusion being capable of being traced in the extant documents.
placcates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placcate
unplacid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unplacid
form: most unplacid
Etymology: From un- + placid.
Senses: glosses: Not placid.
diswant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diswants
form: diswanting
form: diswanted
form: diswanted
Etymology: From dis- + want.
Senses: glosses: To not want; to reject.
diswant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dis- + want.
Senses: examples: 1978, Ruta Nagucka, Negatively Phrased Utterances in English: An Essay in Some Aspects of Negation Against the Historical Background, https://books.google.com/books?id=7KYIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22his+diswant%22&dq=%22his+diswant%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiirtzlg9jiAhUSMH0KHSMjAFsQ6AEIKjAA
The speaker uttering this sentence expresses his diswant to believe that somebody (i. e. he) experiences the state devoid of understanding […]
glosses: The condition of not wanting something.
calopterygoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calopterygoids
Senses: glosses: Any damselfly of the superfamily Calopterygoidea
calopterygoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calopterygoid
calopyterygid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calopyterygids
Senses: glosses: Any damselfly of the family Calopterygidae
calopyterygids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calopyterygid
cardiodeceleration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiodecelerations
Etymology: From cardio- + deceleration.
Senses: glosses: A slowing down of the heartbeat
cardiotoxicological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + toxicological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cardiotoxicology
cardiotoxicology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardio- + toxicology.
Senses: glosses: The toxicology of cardiotoxins
Related terms: cardiotoxicological
triact
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having three rays; triactinal.
triact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triacts
Senses: glosses: An organism having three rays.
matrix algebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matrix algebras
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Generically, the arithmetic of matrices, involving matrix addition, scalar multiplication of matrices, matrix multiplication, and matrix inversion.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: associative algebra
glosses: A matrix ring over a commutative ring.
gas burner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas burners
Senses: synonyms: gas jet
glosses: A piece of metal fitted to the end of a gas pipe, with one or more small holes so arranged as to spread out the flame.
gas jet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas jets
Senses: glosses: gas burner
gas burners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gas burner
gas jets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gas jet
chromitites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromitite
chromolipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromolipid
chromosome conformation captures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromosome conformation capture
chromotropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromotrope
chronifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronification
chroniosuchians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chroniosuchian
chronopotentiograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronopotentiogram
chronotolerances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronotolerance
chrysamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysamine
chrysenylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysenylene
chute houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chute house
chylangiomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chylangioma
chytridiomycetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chytridiomycete
cicadettines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cicadettine
cicadoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cicadoid
cicadomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cicadomorph
cinctoblastulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinctoblastula
cineloops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cineloop
cingulopsoideans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cingulopsoidean
projective space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: projective spaces
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A kind of geometrical space in which only relation(s) of incidence between points and lines matter; in such a space distances or angles do not matter and parallelism (as in an affine space) does not matter either.
Hyponyms: projective Hilbert space
projective line
projective plane
churchtowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of churchtown
projective spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of projective space
traveller's tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traveller's trees
form: traveler's tree
Senses: glosses: Synonym of traveller's palm.
synonyms: word: traveller's palm
dishoard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dishoards
form: dishoarding
form: dishoarded
form: dishoarded
Etymology: From dis- + hoard.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: To spend or reinvest money or goods previously hoarded, thus bringing them back into the economy.
dishoarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dishoard
dishoards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dishoard
dishoarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dishoard
travelling dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travelling dresses
Senses: glosses: A woman's plain and easy dress to wear when travelling.
travelling dresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of travelling dress
travel bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travel bags
Senses: synonyms: travelling bag
glosses: A light bag or case, smaller than a suitcase, for carrying toiletries and similar articles when travelling.
travelling bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travelling bags
Senses: glosses: Synonym of travel bag.
synonyms: word: travel bag
travel bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of travel bag
travelling bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of travelling bag
azoindoxyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azoindoxyl
walking fan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walking fans
Senses: glosses: A large hand-held fan used outdoors to protect the face from the sun.
Coordinate terms: dress fan
walking fans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking fan
dress fan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dress fans
Senses: glosses: A lady's small hand-held fan for use at parties, entertainments, and court ceremonies.
Coordinate terms: walking fan
dress fans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dress fan
redrink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redrinks
form: redrinking
form: redrank
form: redrunk
Etymology: From re- + drink.
Senses: examples: text: And then to redrink it above, Eternally fresh from the throne.
ref: 1797, John Wesley, A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the people called Methodists ... A new edition, page 355:
text: We shall come back! Ev'n now our eyes redrink the dawn
ref: 1921, New Catholic World, page 745:
text: Socrates is described as drinking the poison that makes his veins congeal, in contrast with people who quaff luxurious drinks, vomit, and redrink their own bile (3.12–13).
ref: 2012, James Ker, The Deaths of Seneca, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: To drink again.
Centre-Val de Loire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛntə væl ˈdə lwɑː/
/ˌsɛntə vɑːl ˈdə lwɑː/
Senses: glosses: An administrative region in central France, previously named Centre.
IrE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Quite a number of EE urban and rural dialects, educated English speech, IrE, and ScotE cannot be ruled out.
ref: 1990, Jerold A. Edmondson, Crawford Feagin, Peter Mühlhäusler, Development and diversity: language variation across time and space:
text: Like ScotE, IrE has certain word stress patterns that differ from RP (in -ise verbs, for example), but there are few categorical differences and a great deal of variability.
ref: 2013, Gunnel Melchers, Philip Shaw, World Englishes, →ISBN, page 77:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Irish English.
captain's goal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captain's goals
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see captain, -'s, goal.
examples: 1999 Clive Tyldesley, Juventus 2–3 Manchester United ITV, 21 April 1999. Accessed 8 June 2019.
Roy Keane with a captain's goal for Manchester United — game on!
2019 Andrew Stafford, Lions outlast Swans at drenched Gabba The Age, 4 May 2019. Accessed 6 June 2019.
It took a captain's goal to Dayne Zorko, who played his best game for the season, to put an anxious crowd – still learning to expect to win – at ease.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A goal scored by a captain when their team is in need of inspiration.
captain's goals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captain's goal
captain's try
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captain's tries
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see captain, -'s, try.
examples: 2003 Aussies crash out of Rugby Sevens ABC News, 5 December 2003. Accessed 8 June 2019.
The reigning world sevens champions were heading out of the tournament trailing 10-5 in the dying seconds of the quarter-final clash before a captain's try from Karl Te Nana brought them level at 10-10 and took the game to sudden death.
2014 Waratahs stay top in Australian division after win over Waikato Chiefs South China Morning Post, 1 June 2014. Accessed 8 June 2019.
A late surge by the NSW Waratahs, sparked by a captain's try from Dave Dennis, carried them to a 33-17 victory over the defending champions Waikato Chiefs in their Super Rugby clash on Saturday.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A try scored by a captain when their team is in need of inspiration.
captain's tries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captain's try
multigigabyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multigigabytes
Etymology: From multi- + gigabyte.
Senses: glosses: multiple gigabytes
multigigabytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multigigabyte
socialism in one country
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
socialism
glosses: The theory and practice of attaining socialism without world revolution.
Related terms: state socialism
carwashero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carwasheros
Etymology: Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from carwasher + Spanish -ero.
Senses: examples: text: A decade ago, it was common for these so-called carwasheros, many of whom are illegal immigrants from Mexico and Latin America, to earn $3 per hour plus tips, with no extra pay for overtime.
glosses: A carwasher, especially one who has immigrated to the United States from a Latin American country.
unmaterialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmaterialist
form: most unmaterialist
Etymology: From un- + materialist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Contrary to materialism.
cerebrosplanchnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cerebro- + splanchnic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Both cerebral and splanchnic
chaophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chao- + -philic.
Senses: glosses: That thrives in a chaotropic environment
chaotolerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chao- + tolerant.
Senses: glosses: That tolerates a chaotropic environment
Related terms: chaotolerance
chaotolerance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chao- + tolerance.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being chaotolerant
chitinozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitinozoa
form: chitinozoans
Etymology: From translingual Chitinozoa + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any extinct animal (known only as fossils) of the class Chitinozoa
chitinozoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chitinozoan
chorein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein associated with acanthocytosis and chorea
choreoatheosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of choreoathetosis.
chromoproteid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromoproteids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chromoprotein.
chromoproteids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromoproteid
chymokine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chemokine.