cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dimwittedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dimwittedly
form: most dimwittedly
Etymology: From dimwitted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Pitchfork dimwittedly chose to interview him at a gun range; following the Lil Jojo murder, it removed the interview from its Web site and apologized.
ref: 2012 October 4, Jon Caramanica, “Chicago Hip-Hop’s Raw Burst of Change”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: In a dimwitted or stupid manner.
damningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more damningly
form: most damningly
Etymology: From damning + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The recordings are damningly explicit.
text: In contrast, Kindersley takes an approach that is closer to that of a descriptive linguist and is largely devoid of the superior tone of Goffin: where Kindersley uses the term ‘pleonastic cliché’, Goffin more damningly has ‘phrase-mongering’.
ref: 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116:
glosses: In a damning manner, or to an extent that is damning.
fearsomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fearsomely
form: most fearsomely
Etymology: From fearsome + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: After supper, the men sprawled in their bunks or along the deacon-seat, and fearsomely they spat and swore, and fearsomely they lied.
ref: 1967, Rober E. Pike, Tall Trees, Tough Men, published 1999, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent
Related terms: fearsome
fearsomeness
glancingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more glancingly
form: most glancingly
Etymology: From glancing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The blow struck his opponent glancingly on the arm.
glosses: In a glancing manner
heretically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more heretically
form: most heretically
Etymology: From heretical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Your position is heretically wrong.
glosses: In a heretical way, or to a heretical extent
ascendancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ascendancy
cashmeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cashmere
gestalts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gestalt
ingenuities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ingenuity
retellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retelling
shakedowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shakedown
syncopations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syncopation
barye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baryes
form: barad
form: barie
form: barrie
form: bary
form: baryd
form: baryed
Etymology: From French French barye, from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per square centimeter. 1 Ba = 0.1 Pa = 0.1 N/m2 = 1x10⁻⁶ bar.
smart money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: First, we will try to understand the market using a simplified model focusing on the psychological perspective of two major groups: the smart money players who are assumed to be driving the market, and the general, uninformed public.
ref: 2012, Adam Grimes, The Art and Science of Technical Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 32:
text: If the smart money is so smart, why did it tell you what it's doing? If you're smart enough to know what the smart money thinks, then why aren't you keeping it a secret so you can cash in on it all by yourself?
ref: 2015, Jason Zweig, “smart money”, in The Devil's Financial Dictionary, PublicAffairs, →ISBN:
topics: business
finance
antonyms: dumb money
glosses: Experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers, etc. considered as a group.
examples: text: The smart money is on a half percent cut in the basic bank lending rates before the end of the week.
text: Simple game theory tells us that a process of backward induction should, really, at some point, induce the smart money to get out. And were that to happen, investors really should be prepared to lose everything.
ref: 2021 December 14, Richard Partington, quoting Thomas Belsham, “Bitcoin could become ‘worthless’, Bank of England warns”, in The Guardian:
text: Although the Department for Transport (to its credit) wants the GBR legislation, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak does not. He doesn't see railways as a priority in the run-up to a General Election which the smart money says he will likely lose.
ref: 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3:
antonyms: dumb money
glosses: The money invested or bet by such people; by extension, the opinions of such people.
glosses: Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation.
examples: text: The reader may remember that Mr Allworthy gave Tom Jones a little horse, as a kind of smart-money for the punishment which he imagined he had suffered innocently.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and injuries received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service.
examples: September 30 1893, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, "Empolyers' Liability Bill", quoted in The Parliamentary Debates
it made was paid by employers to workmen employers liable for injuries resulting as smart money
topics: law
glosses: Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.
will on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wills on
form: willing on
form: willed on
form: willed on
Senses: examples: text: The pleasure of identifying with Rambo as he kicks and punches his persecutors is the willing him on to succeed.
ref: 1992, Jonathan Rutherford, Men's Silences: Predicaments in Masculinity, page 180:
text: With the home crowd willing England on, Matthews crossed after more scrum dominance as simple and effective rugby continued to bring success.
ref: 2025 September 27, Alastair Telfer, “England overpower Canada to win Women's World Cup”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish.
clear round
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clear rounds
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The completion of a show jumping course without knocking down any of the obstacles.
glosses: The completion of a series of tasks without error.
best bet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: best bets
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: fair bet, good bet, safe bet, sure bet
text: I think your best bet would be to book the Italian tour for the end of June.
glosses: The best proposal or plan.
diamanté
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamantés
Etymology: Borrowed from French diamanté.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diamante.
rubifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rubify
rubifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rubify
rubified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rubify
roperies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ropery
rosefinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosefinch
retitles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retitle
retitling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retitle
retitling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retitlings
Senses: glosses: The act of giving something a new title.
reties
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retie
retying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retie
retying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Forms: form: retyings
Senses: examples: March 31, 1885, Mark Twain, speech at the Tile Club Dinner for Laurence Hutton
I found that a new oath holds pretty well; but that when it is become old and frayed out and damaged by a dozen annual retyings of its remains, it ceases to be serviceable; any little strain will snap it.
glosses: The act of tying something again.
retied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retie
Petrosyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛˈtɹəʊsiən/
Forms: form: Petrossian
form: Petrosian
form: Bedrosian
form: Bedrossian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Պետրոսյան (Petrosyan), from the given name Պետրոս (Petros) (equivalent to Peter) + patronymic suffix -յան (-yan). The forms with B- reflect the Western Armenian pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Peterson.
Related terms: Ter-Petrosyan
stamping grounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stamping ground
Vahagn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈhɑ(ː).ɡən/
Forms: form: Vahakn
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Վահագն (Vahagn). Doublet of Verethragna.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Ancient Armenian god of war, fire and courage. A dragonslayer. Lover of Astghik.
glosses: A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Վահագն (Vahagn).
Related terms: word: Vahag
kosher tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kosher taxes
Senses: examples: text: which provided ten to twenty new francs per person on a monthly basis as well as fifteen new francs to Jews toward the kosher tax, paid to the city for the purchase of kosher meat.
ref: 1994, Michael M. Laskier, North African Jewry in the Twentieth Century, page 336:
glosses: A tax on or for kosher products.
yez
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: you (plural)
yiz
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yous.
youz
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: From you + -z.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yous.
kosher taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kosher tax
Republic of Armenia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of Armenia
Etymology: Calque of Armenian Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն (Hayastani Hanrapetutʻyun)
Senses: glosses: Official name of Armenia: a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe.
Baums
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Baum
Bildungsromans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bildungsroman
Bildungsromane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bildungsroman
chicken feed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken feeds
form: chickenfeed
form: chicken-feed
form: chicken feet
Senses: glosses: Food (usually grain) given to poultry.
examples: text: "Some of them old skinflints has no heart Al but why should I fight with a old man over chicken feed like $10?"
ref: 1916, Ring Lardner Sr., chapter 3, in You Know Me Al:
text: The 20 per cent cut is chicken feed compared to us having to pay Moore compensation for the remaining 16 months […]
ref: 1998 August 28, Seak Poh Leong, The New Paper, Singapore, page 64:
glosses: A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money.
examples: text: BMT [Basic Military Training] was literally ‘chicken feet’ compared to Officer Cadet School (OCS) […]
ref: 1994, C. S. Chong, NS: An Air-Level Story, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: A trivial or easy task; a piece of cake.
chickenfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chickenfeeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chicken feed.
chicken-feed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken-feeds
Senses: examples: text: Our load was 597 tons, but this appeared to be chicken-feed for the engine and for us as well.
ref: 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 151:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chicken feed.
XQuery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A query language designed to query collections of XML data
Related terms: XLink
XML
XPath
XPointer
XSLT
shama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shamas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi [Term?].
Senses: glosses: Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts, and six other species in genus Copsychus.
carancho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caranchos
Senses: glosses: southern crested caracara
radiolarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiolarian
rhotacize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rhotacizes
form: rhotacizing
form: rhotacized
form: rhotacized
form: rhotacise
form: rhoticize
Senses: glosses: To pronounce with an exaggerated 'R' sound (a rhotacism).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To change a consonant to an 'R' sound under certain circumstances.
rhotacizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rhotacize
rhotacizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rhotacize
rhotacized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rhotacize
cohost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohosts
form: co-host
Etymology: From co- + host.
Senses: examples: text: A morning TV anchor in Oklahoma apologized a day after likening her black cohost to a gorilla.
ref: 2019 August 27, Mallory Simon, “TV anchor apologizes after comparing black cohost to a gorilla”, in CNN:
text: It’s exactly what you’d expect from the cohosts of “Door, Bumper, Clear,” the weekly podcast featuring Griffin, Majors and Kraft, along with host Casey Boat and producer Jason Schultz, with the podcast produced by Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Dirty Mo Media company. It’s this kind of candor that has made DBC so popular with an almost cultlike following.
ref: 2022 March 11, Jordan Bianchi, “‘Door, Bumper, Clear’: The unfiltered NASCAR podcast that isn’t afraid to speak its mind”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A joint host alongside another (compare costar).
cohost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cohosts
form: cohosting
form: cohosted
form: cohosted
form: co-host
Etymology: From co- + host.
Senses: glosses: To act as a joint host.
examples: text: Generally speaking, in a shared computing system, such as a server farm shared by multiple cohosted Web sites, common resources can be categorized into two different types: those shared in time and those shared in space.
ref: 2006, Hossein Bidgoli, Handbook of Information Security:
text: If you choose to cohost specific components on the same server (e.g., VMM server and database), please keep in mind that each has its own performance characteristics and resource requirements.
ref: 2011, Michael Michael, Hector Linares, Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, →ISBN, page 52:
text: For small and midsize scenarios, which commonly address an environment with a small number of users and few packages in a single geographical site, you might cohost all of the roles on a single server.
ref: 2015, Byron Wright, Brian Svidergol, Virtualizing Desktops and Apps with Windows Server 2012 R2 Inside Out, →ISBN:
text: However, it is not a Microsoft-recommended installation path and you should build your CAs on their own servers; try not to cohost them with other roles whenever possible.
ref: 2016, Jordan Krause, Mastering Windows Server 2016, →ISBN, page 115:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To store data or applications on a shared server (as in web hosting).
co-host
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊˈhəʊst/
Forms: form: co-hosts
form: cohost
Etymology: From co- + host.
Senses: examples: text: One who is quickly causing controversy — although his 249K Instagram follower tally is a far cry from Tate’s 4.6 million before Tate was banned — is Myron Gaines, co-host of the Fresh and Fit podcast which markets itself as the No. 1 men’s podcast in the world.
ref: 2023 June 9, John Mac Ghlionn, “The new Andrew Tate: Toxic ‘manosphere’ podcaster claims ‘all women are whores’”, in New York Post:
glosses: A joint host alongside another (compare co-star).
co-host
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊˈhəʊst/
Forms: form: co-hosts
form: co-hosting
form: co-hosted
form: co-hosted
form: cohost
Etymology: From co- + host.
Senses: glosses: To act as a joint host.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To store data on a shared server (as in web hosting).
dancefloors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dancefloor, an alternative form of dance floor.
madrasas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madrasa, an alternative spelling of madrassah.
thinktanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thinktank, an alternative form of think tank.
thinktanks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thinktank
firebases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firebase
dogwalkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogwalker
plotlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Yet Brexit and Johnson’s ambitions are not the only plotlines in Birmingham.
ref: 2018, Matthew d'Ancona, “The Tories are a party in crisis, their identity in desperate shape”, in Guardian:
glosses: plural of plotline
prime-time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prime time.
Pumpokol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Yeniseian language formerly spoken in Siberia that has been extinct since the 18th century.
dogwalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogwalkers
form: dog-walker
form: dog walker
Etymology: From dog + walker.
Senses: examples: text: If you don't have time, hire a dogwalker.
glosses: One who walks a dog or dogs, sometimes on a professional basis.
Related terms: dogwalk
firebase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌɪəbeɪs/
ipa: /ˈfaɪɚˌbeɪs/
Forms: form: firebases
form: fire-base
form: fire base
Etymology: From fire + base.
Senses: examples: text: They had each set up a one-tank firebase, and become the center of a small community. Behind the sandbagged fort that each crew had built, a cluster of refugee huts and sprung up, and now, as the company drove by, these were the scenes of farewells.
ref: 1986, Ralph Zumbro, “Road to Pleiku”, in Tank Sergeant, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 102:
text: US ground troop operations in the A Shau Valley were strengthened by fire support bases strategically located throughout the area. Firebase names like Eagle's Nest, Berchtesgaden, and Currahee evoked connections to the 101st Airborne's storied past during WWII. […] Our assignment after Hamburger Hill was at Firebase Airborne. […] The firebase housed batteries of 60mm and 81mm mortars, as well as 105mm and 155mm artillery pieces manned by units of the 211st and 319th Field Artillery.
ref: 2005, Arthur Wiknik, Jr., “The A Shau Valley”, in Nam-sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division, Drexel Hill, Pa.; Newbury, Berkshire: Casemate Publishers, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Firebase Birmingham seemed pretty nice after our recent field experiences and it was good to be back. It was really great to be able to take a shower every day, wear relatively clean fatigues and eat hot chow most of the time. The food on Birmingham and the rest of the firebases was generally pretty good.
ref: 2008, John A. Nesse, “Firebase Gastogne”, in The Ghosts of Thua Thien: An American Soldier's Memoir of Vietnam, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 79:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An encampment designed to provide indirect artillery support to infantry troops operating beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps; a fire support base.
wikipedia: Firebase Phoenix
Korangal Valley
United States Army
Synonyms: word: fire support base
word: FB
word: FSB
plotline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plotlines
form: plot line
Etymology: From plot + line.
Senses: glosses: The basic plot of a story or group of stories.
examples: text: Advocacy groups have long known the power of TV plot lines. Back in the 1980s, the Harvard School of Public Health mounted a campaign to normalize the idea of a “designated driver” to reduce drunk driving.
ref: 2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A group of stories sharing a plot.
Related terms: logline
dreadlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dreadlock + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The dreadlocked guitarist played a solo.
synonyms: ropeheaded
glosses: Wearing dreadlocks.
dreadlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From dreadlock + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dreadlock
dreadlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɛdlɒk/
ipa: /ˈdɹɛdˌlɑk/
Forms: form: dreadlocks
Etymology: From dreadlocks.
Senses: coordinate_terms: cornrow#Noun
glosses: A single strand of dreadlocks.
dreadlock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɛdlɒk/
ipa: /ˈdɹɛdˌlɑk/
Forms: form: dreadlocks
form: dreadlocking
form: dreadlocked
form: dreadlocked
Etymology: From dreadlocks.
Senses: examples: text: I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt.
ref: 2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 86:
synonyms: dread#Verb
coordinate_terms: cornrow#Verb
glosses: To put (hair) into dreadlocks.
dreadlocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dreadlock
glees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Senses: glosses: plural of glee
shieldmaiden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shieldmaidens
form: shield-maiden
form: shield maiden
Etymology: From shield + maiden. Calque from Old Norse skjaldmær (“shieldmaiden”).
Senses: examples: text: The shield-maiden (skölde-mö) was dedicated to Odin, and forbidden to wed; her love brought calamity.
ref: 1845 [1832–1836], Erik Gustaf Geijer, translated by J. H. Turner, The History of the Swedes, London: Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane, translation of Svenska folkets historia (in Swedish), page 33:
text: The Anglosaxon belief in the Shieldmaidens comes to us indeed in a darkened form, yet we can hardly doubt that it survived.
ref: 1849, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England:
text: Störkud rushed through the ranks with a drawn sword and killed one after another; he cut down Hjört; whereupon Visma, shieldmaiden, who carried the standard of Harald, met him.
ref: 1890, Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, The Viking Age: The Early History, Manners, and Customs of the Ancestors of the English-speaking Nations, volume 2:
text: There goes a lord who tamed a wild shieldmaiden of the North!
ref: 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, →ISBN, page 262:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A female virgin who had chosen to fight as a warrior in battle.
Synonyms: shieldmaid
shield-maid
shieldmay
shield-may
Related terms: amazon
Amazon
fighteress
fightress
gladiatrix
valkyrie
virago
warrioress
shieldmaidens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shieldmaiden
balletomanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæˈlɛt.əˌmeɪnz/
ipa: /bəˈlɛt.əˌmeɪnz/
Senses: glosses: plural of balletomane
nematophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /nɛməˈtɒfəɡəs/
/niːməˈtɒfəɡəs/
Etymology: From nemato- + -phagous.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Consuming nematodes.
virally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪɹəli/
Forms: form: more virally
form: most virally
Etymology: From viral + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The cells have been virally infected.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Due to, or by means of, a virus or viruses.
examples: text: The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets.
ref: 2009, Seema Gupta, Branding and Advertising, page 303:
glosses: In a viral fashion; often specifically in the context of viral marketing.
stonecrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstəʊnˌkɹɒp/
ipa: /ˈstoʊnˌkɹɑp/
rhymes: -əʊnkɹɒp
Forms: form: stonecrops
Etymology: From stone + crop, from the apparent ability of the plant to grow out of bare rock and stone.
Senses: examples: text: A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the bows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed.
ref: 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers:
glosses: Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum
glosses: Certain plants of genus Lithospermum, in family Boraginaceae.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Hylotelephium telephioides
word: Allegheny stonecrop
taxonomic: Sedum acre
word: biting stonecrop
taxonomic: Hylotelephium spectabile
word: butterfly stonecrop
word: cliff stonecrop
taxonomic: Crassula colorata
word: dense stonecrop
taxonomic: Penthorum sedoides
word: ditch stonecrop
taxonomic: Sedum acre
word: goldmoss stonecrop
taxonomic: Rhodiola spp.
word: ledge stonecrop
taxonomic: Sedum acre
word: mossy stonecrop
taxonomic: Crassula moschata
word: musky stonecrop
taxonomic: Phedimus kamtschaticus
word: orange stonecrop
taxonomic: Sedum debile
word: orpine stonecrop
taxonomic: Petrosedum sediforme
word: pale stonecrop
taxonomic: Aethionema grandiflorum
word: Persian stonecrop
taxonomic: Petrosedum rupestre
word: reflexed stonecrop
taxonomic: Crassula moschata
word: shore stonecrop
taxonomic: Hylotelephium spectabile
word: showy stonecrop
word: Virginia stonecrop
taxonomic: Penthorum sedoides
word: Virginian stonecrop
taxonomic: Sedum ternatum
word: wild stonecrop
taxonomic: Sedum reflexum
word: yellow stonecrop
naunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naunts
Etymology: From rebracketing of phrases an aunt, mine aunt. Compare nuncle.
Senses: glosses: aunt, mine aunt
wikipedia: rebracketing
castillated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of castellated.
baryton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹɪtɒn/
Forms: form: barytons
form: bariton
form: barydon
Etymology: From the German Baryton, from bary- + Ton. Doublet of baritone and barytone.
Senses: examples: text: I love his music, but it is a bit disconcerting to realize that you could die in extreme old age and still only be familiar with a mere handful of the baryton trios.
ref: 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 281:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A viol-like stringed instrument (chordophone) mainly played with a bow but with a set of plucked strings as well, originating in European music prior to the 1800s.
Synonyms: paradon
viola paradon
viola di bordone
Related terms: baritone
Baryton
barytons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baryton
bit of skirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bits of skirt
Senses: examples: text: I never heard a word about a bit of skirt. Not like some blokes you meet — they're born out of one and they try to spend the rest of their lives getting back in.
ref: 2000, Roy Holland, Just a Bit Touched: Tales of Perspective, page 44:
text: Rosemary overheard him say that he did not usually grace such functions with his presence, but had been dragged along one January evening with the promise of a 'nice bit of skirt'.
ref: 2012, Jane Roberts, Triple Challenge: '69 to '70, page 24:
text: He slapped the visor back into place. “Tired?” Baldwin asked. “A bit. This case, you know. Been keeping me up all hours for weeks. Your bit of skirt is quite the woman, isn't she?” Memphis asked.
ref: 2012, J. T. Ellison, The Cold Room:
synonyms: word: bit of muslin
word: bit of stuff
glosses: A woman, when regarded as a sexual object.
bits of skirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bit of skirt
composite numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of composite number
hows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /haʊz/
ipa: /huːz/
homophone: house stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -aʊz
Forms: form: how's
Senses: glosses: plural of how
huggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌɡi/
rhymes: -ʌɡi
Forms: form: huggier
form: huggiest
form: huggie
Etymology: From hug + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Gordy, who looks sort of like a bear cub, only not cute, is a very huggy person.
ref: 2007, Joseph Finder, Killer Instinct, page 58:
text: I wasn't typically a huggy person, but I knew better than to argue with anyone in Bones's genetic line.
ref: 2004, Lani Diane Rich, Time Off for Good Behavior, page 136:
text: Sonia is an affectionate but not very huggy woman.
ref: 2001, Joseph H. Berke, Beyond Madness: Psychosocial Interventions in Psychosis, page 197:
coordinate_terms: touchy-feely
glosses: Tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.
Derived terms: huggily
hugginess
biostatistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪoʊstəˈtɪstɪkl̩/
Etymology: From bio- + statistical.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to biostatistics.
Derived terms: biostatistically
huggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of huggy: more huggy
huggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of huggy: most huggy
hydrocalcite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrocalcites
Etymology: From hydro- + calcite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Monohydrocalcite.
hydrocalcites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocalcite
monohydrocalcite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monohydrocalcites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white trigonal mineral with the chemical formula CaCO₃·H₂O, a hydrous form of calcium carbonate.
Synonyms: word: hydrocalcite
monohydrocalcites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monohydrocalcite
siderophyllite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siderophyllites
Etymology: From sidero- + phyllite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare silicate mineral of the mica group.
siderophyllites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siderophyllite
skirting boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skirting board
skirting-board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skirting-boards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skirting board.
skirting-boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skirting-board
sekaninaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sekaninaites
Etymology: Josef Sekanina, Czech mineralogist, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with the chemical formula ((Fe⁺²,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈).
sekaninaites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sekaninaite
postal history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A Wisconsin Postal History Collection, comprising a master collection of covers and postmarks which display in detail the postal history of Wisconsin.
ref: 1950, Proceedings [of the] annual business meeting, State Historical Society of Wisconsin - History, page 29:
text: It is an outstanding series and belongs in the library of every serious stamp collector whether they collect postal history or not.
ref: 1957, Lauren Robert Januz, The American Philatelist, volume 71:
glosses: Items such as covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems.
maternity leaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maternity leave
paternity leaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paternity leave
parental leaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parental leave
paragneiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paragneisses
Etymology: From para- + gneiss.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.
orthogneiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthogneisses
Etymology: From ortho- + gneiss.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A gneiss derived from an igneous rock.
orthogneisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthogneiss
paragneisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paragneiss
gneissose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gneissose
form: most gneissose
Etymology: From gneiss + -ose.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having properties similar to gneiss.
paternity suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paternity suits
Senses: glosses: A lawsuit to identify a child's father and establish child support.
paternity suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paternity suit
neorealism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neorealisms
form: neo-realism
Etymology: From neo- + realism.
Senses: examples: text: Italy, likewise starting afresh after Fascism and defeat, has created a brilliant neo-realism. What is holding Germany back?
ref: 1957 March 24, Friedrich Luft, “The Postwar Film”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A movement in art, literature and (especially in Italy) cinema, shortly after the Second World War, that concentrated on real life.
topics: political-science
social-sciences
glosses: A theory of international relations based on the idea that power is the most important factor.
Related terms: neorealist
new realism
Shakespeareana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃeɪkˌspɪəɹɪˈɑːnə/
enpr: shāk-spîr'ē-äʹnə
ipa: /ʃeɪkˌspɪɹiˈænə/
ipa: /ʃeɪkˌspɪɹiˈɑnə/
ipa: /ʃeɪkˌspɪɹiˈeɪnə/
enpr: shāk-spîr'ē-ănʹə
enpr: shāk-spîr'ē-äʹnə
enpr: shāk-spîr'ē-āʹnə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
rhymes: -ænə
rhymes: -eɪnə
Forms: form: Shakespeariana
form: Shakesperana
Etymology: From Shakespeare + -ana.
Senses: glosses: Items related to William Shakespeare, especially collectibles.
Shakespeariana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Shakespeare + -iana.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Shakespeareana.
librariana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From library + -ana.
Senses: glosses: Items related to libraries, especially collectibles.
yobbery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yobberies
Etymology: From yob + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Yobbery, in this instance, is one signifier of a certain social problem or set of problems...
ref: 1997, Timothy Bewes, Cynicism and Postmodernity:
text: The next day's papers criticized the yobbery but there was very little about racism.
ref: 2001, Ben Carrington, Ian McDonald, Race, Sport, and British Society:
glosses: Yobbish behaviour.
examples: text: ...minor incivilities and yobberies...
ref: 1995, John Patten, Things to Come: The Tories in the 21st Century:
glosses: An instance of yobbish behaviour.
yobberies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yobbery
dunkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dunkable
form: most dunkable
Etymology: From dunk + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Just remember to keep the mixture thick; it should coat the dunkable items heavily.
ref: 2006, Maida Heatter, Toni Evins, Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts:
text: They're milk-dunkable and sophisticated at the same time. I dare you to eat just one.
ref: 2007, Shauna James Ahern, Gluten-Free Girl:
glosses: Suitable for dunking (as of food).
examples: text: The row upon row of half-inch, hand-plaited straw, handsewn, is eminently dunkable, a feature not only useful to the seafaring inventors...
ref: 1961, Jeanne Harman, The Virgins: Magic Islands:
text: Such cases let you use your dry-land SLR underwater, but cost enough that an inexpensive "dunkable" camera seems the choice except for perfectionists!
ref: 1993, Lakeland Boating:
glosses: Waterproof.
dunkable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dunkables
Etymology: From dunk + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Other dunkables besides bread cubes are chunks of apples and pears, grapes, cocktail wieners, cubes of boiled ham, shrimp, pitted olives, and tiny boiled potatoes.
ref: 1984, Arthur Frommer, Darwin Porter, Frommer's Dollarwise Guide to Switzerland & Liechtenstein, page 22:
glosses: Any food item suitable for dunking.
Ceener
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ceeners
Senses: glosses: A rare surname from English
from A to Z
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: from A to Zed
form: from A to Zee
Senses: examples: text: Sunny, thank you for the truth you let me see / Sunny, thank you for the facts from A to Z / My life was torn like windblown sand / Then, a rock was formed when we held hands / Sunny, one so true, I love you
ref: 1966, Bobby Hebb, “Sunny”, in Sunny:
glosses: Covering a complete range; comprehensively; from beginning to end.
Synonyms: sense: completely
word: A to izzard
word: for more
word: completely
Related terms: A to Z
A to B
alpha and omega
Ceeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ceener
NERSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center.
noctule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒktjuːl/
ipa: /ˈnɑkt͡ʃul/
Forms: form: noctules
Etymology: Borrowed from French noctule, a latinised scientific borrowing of the Italian nottola (refers to various birds or bats), inherited from Late Latin noctula, diminutive of Classical Latin noctua (“night-owl”), ultimately from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Per the OED, first attested in English in 1771.
Senses: examples: text: We were all still growing used to the night-time, the blue-veined hours of morning that lay only lightly, the white spiders and noctule bats.
ref: 2019, Julia Armfield, “The Great Awake”, in Salt Slow, Picador, page 25:
glosses: A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.
Derived terms: Azores noctule
birdlike noctule
Chinese noctule
common noctule
greater noctule bat
Japanese noctule
lesser noctule
mountain noctule
quidnuncery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quidnunc + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: The cry so often raised abroad during the crisis of the Dreyfus case, that the military was overriding the civil power, was the veriest quidnuncery.
ref: 1901, Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page, The World's Work:
text: Built on hearsay, scandal, and downright fabrications, this volume, a veritable handbook of quidnuncery, is as much a work of fiction...
ref: 1968, Frederic Everett Faverty, The Victorian Poets: A Guide to Research:
glosses: Behaviour of a quidnunc; irresponsible rumourmongering.
boxset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boxsets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of box set (“collection of media”).
coalmine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalmines
Senses: examples: text: Work on the new railroad that thrust its way up onto the Shangtang: Plateau from the old railhead at the huge coalmine of Chiaotso in the Yellow River Valley went on for three years.
ref: 1983, William Hinton, “Two Dams and a Railroad”, in Shenfan, New York: Vintage Books, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 226:
glosses: Alternative form of coal mine.
stockmarket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockmarkets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stock market.
boxsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boxset, an alternative form of box set
coalmines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of coalmine; alternative form of coal mines
privatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: privatises
form: privatising
form: privatised
form: privatised
Etymology: From private + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.
ref: 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
text: A senior rail source said: "Frankly, no one believes being on the government books is temporary. The only bits of the railway still genuinely privatised are the freight trains and the rolling stock owners.
ref: 2020 August 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rail passenger services nationalised in all but name”, in Rail, page 7:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatize.
Synonyms: denationalise
Derived terms: privatisation
reprivatise
stockmarkets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stockmarket, an alternative form of stock market
privatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of privatise
privatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of privatise
Milaras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Greek.
NZALPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association.
LPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Lao People's Army.
LPA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LPAs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of light personal aircraft.
examples: Holonym: CPA
glosses: Initialism of lakhs per annum.
topics: law
coordinate_terms: EPA
glosses: Initialism of lasting power of attorney.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of low-pressure area.
Coordinate terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: GA
english: light sport aircraft
translation: light sport aircraft
word: LSA
english: recreational pilot permit
translation: recreational pilot permit
word: RPP
english: ultralight aircraft
translation: ultralight aircraft
word: ULA
english: verylight aircraft
translation: verylight aircraft
word: VLA
Eramos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eramo
Eramo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eramos
Senses: glosses: A surname of Romance-language origin.
rehearser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rehearsers
Etymology: From rehearse + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who rehearses.
rehearsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rehearser
single parent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single parents
Senses: glosses: A parent who is the only guardian of offspring.
Synonyms: sole provider
Related terms: single father
single mother
single parent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: single parents
form: single parenting
form: single parented
form: single parented
Senses: examples: text: My husband would, no doubt, be the slightest bit fatigued from having single-parented a precocious preschooler 24/7 for a week.
ref: 2008, Deanna Davis, The Law of Attraction in Action, →ISBN, page 6:
text: My degrees and credentials are largely oriented to working with children and young adults in many different capacities. And I've single parented.
ref: 2009, Samuel D. G. Heath, The American Poet: Weedpatch Gazette for 1997, →ISBN, page 286:
text: I was single parenting and imagined that if this man and I argued or fought there would be a good chance he would be believed, not me.
ref: 2013, J. W. Wiley, The Nigger in You, →ISBN:
glosses: To act as the only guardian of offspring.
single-sex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: single-sex toilets
glosses: Suitable for, or restricted to, only one gender.
antispam
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + spam.
Senses: examples: text: […] at times I get huge amounts of duplicate messages that can overload my mail-reception pipeline, particularly antispam filters.
ref: 2005, Alex Martelli, Anna Ravenscroft, David Ascher, Python Cookbook:
glosses: Countering spam (unwanted electronic mail).
examples: text: This is why antispam advocates are so vigilant.
ref: 2004, Don Peppers, Martha Rogers, Managing Customer Relationships:
glosses: Opposed to spam.
spammier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of spammy: more spammy
spammiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of spammy: most spammy
truants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truant
tear-jerkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tear-jerker
jerkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerker
truancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truancy
termly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From term + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: a termly fee
glosses: Occurring every term.
termly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more termly
form: most termly
Etymology: From term + -ly.
Senses: glosses: term by term; every term
Related terms: long-termly
Thais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪz
Etymology: From Thai ไทย (tai).
Senses: glosses: plural of Thai
Thais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪz
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θαΐς (Thaḯs), became known as the name of the mistress of Alexander the Great.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
hotrods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hotrod
Thailander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thailanders
Etymology: From Thailand + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Thailand
Synonyms: Thai
Thailanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thailander
yobbishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more yobbishly
form: most yobbishly
Etymology: From yobbish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a yobbish manner.
thanedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thanedoms
form: thegndom
Etymology: From thane + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The property or jurisdiction of a thane.
Synonyms: thanage
thanedoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thanedom
thatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thatch
thatches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thatch