cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Hagedorn temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Discovered by German physicist Rolf Hagedorn in the 1960s.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The temperature at which hadronic matter (i.e. ordinary matter) is no longer stable, and must either "evaporate" or convert into quark matter.
GAPO syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the initial letters of its symptoms.
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disorder characterized by growth retardation, alopecia, pseudoanodontia, and progressive optic atrophy.
Isle of Ely
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historical area in northern Cambridgeshire, England; administered as its own county between 1890 and 1965, when it was absorbed into Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.
unsuspend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unsuspends
form: unsuspending
form: unsuspended
form: unsuspended
Etymology: From un- + suspend.
Senses: examples: text: The systems administrator will unsuspend your user account if you agree to stop publishing inappropriate material.
glosses: To allow to continue after a period of suspension.
Related terms: unsuspension
unsuspends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsuspend
unsuspending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unsuspend
unsuspension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + suspension.
Senses: glosses: The act of unsuspending something.
Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Georges Bardet and Arthur Biedl.
Senses: glosses: A ciliopathic human genetic disorder characterized principally by obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, polydactyly, hypogonadism, and renal failure in some cases.
wikipedia: Arthur Biedl
Georges Bardet
Synonyms: BBS
Hypernyms: english: no longer a valid classification
translation: no longer a valid classification
word: Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Coordinate terms: Alström syndrome
Laurence-Moon syndrome
LMS
McKusick-Kaufman syndrome
MKS
MKKS
MORM syndrome
Usher syndrome
Derived terms: BBS
BBSome
ciliopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ciliopathy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ciliopathy.
Laurence-Moon syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the physicians John Zachariah Laurence and Robert Charles Moon, who first formally described the condition in 1866.
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disorder associated with retinitis pigmentosa, extra digits, spastic paraplegia, hypogonadism, and mental retardation.
Synonyms: LMS
Hypernyms: english: no longer a valid classification
translation: no longer a valid classification
word: Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Coordinate terms: Bardet-Biedl syndrome
BBS
Birmingham dribbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Birmingham dribblers
Etymology: Many were made in Birmingham, England, and they were known for leaving a trail of water behind them as they ran across the floor.
Senses: glosses: An early model of a steam locomotive, popular in Victorian times.
Birmingham dribblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Birmingham dribbler
skaggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skaggy
form: most skaggy
Etymology: From skag + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The sixth is a skaggy redhead, skin and bone and track marks, with a fag hanging out her mouth.
ref: 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 95:
glosses: Alternative form of scaggy.
skaggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skaggies
Senses: glosses: A Haida medicine man.
skaggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skaggy
scaggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scaggy
form: most scaggy
form: skaggy
Etymology: From scag + -y.
Senses: glosses: vile; skanky; physically unattractive and/or sexually promiscuous
scenescape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scenescapes
Etymology: From scene + -scape.
Senses: glosses: A work, such as a painting, that presents or conveys a scene.
Related terms: landscape
scenery
scenescapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scenescape
q-analog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: q-analogs
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalization of a theorem, identity or expression that involves a new parameter q that returns the original theorem, identity or expression in the limit as q → 1. They have applications in the study of fractals and the entropy of chaotic dynamical systems.
Related terms: q-derivative
q-analogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of q-analog
q-analogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: q-analogues
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of q-analog.
q-analogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of q-analogue
yarligh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /jɑɹˈliɡ/
Forms: form: yarlighs
form: jarlig
form: yarlyk
form: yarlyg
form: jarliq
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠵᠷᠯᠭ᠋ (ǰrlg /⁠ǰarliɣ⁠/) / ꡆꡘ
ꡙꡞꡢ (jar liq /⁠jarliq⁠/) / 札兒里黑 (jarlih). Compare modern Mongolian ᠵᠠᠷᠯᠢᠭ (ǰarlig) / зарлиг (zarlig).
Senses: glosses: A khan's decree in the Mongol Empire.
yarlyk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarlyks
Senses: examples: text: the reasons for such graciousness on the part of the "infidel" (at first pagan; later, from Uzbek on, Mahometan) conquerors of Russia toward the Orthodox faith, its representatives, and even toward all in any way in its service, are quite explicitly set forth in the yarlyks.
ref: 1932, M. N. Pokrovskii, History of Russia:
glosses: Alternative form of yarligh.
yarlighs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarligh
yarlyks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarlyk
gereges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gerege
archaeomaterial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeomaterials
Etymology: From archaeo- + material.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of archeomaterial.
archaeomaterials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaeomaterial
archeomaterial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archeomaterials
form: archaeomaterial
Etymology: From archeo- + material.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any material from an earlier civilization, found during archeological studies.
archeomaterials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archeomaterial
dilatometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From dilatometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, dilatometry.
seamline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seamlines
Etymology: From seam + line.
Senses: glosses: A line formed by the seam of a garment.
seamlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seamline
Lostaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lostaways
Etymology: Blend of lost + castaway.
Senses: examples: text: Die-hard "Lostaways" and other collectors will get the chance to purchase props and costumes from the series during a weekend auction at the Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hangar.
ref: 2010 August 19, “A big find for `Lost' fans: Items from hit show will be auctioned off”, in Daily News, Los Angeles:
text: The character of Rose Henderson spurns us diehard Lostaways to confront the same issue week after week as we throw ourselves onto the living room couch and join our friends on the island: […]
ref: 2011, Daniel B. Gallagher, “Aquinas and Rose on Faith and Reason”, in William Irwin, David Kyle Johnson, editors, Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture: From Socrates to South Park, Hume to House, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: In its use of mathematics, Lost also highlights this unfortunate circumstance, and in the process further separates the viewers into the binary mode of casual viewer versus diehard “Lostaways.”
ref: 2012, Kristine Larsen, “'You Never Said Anything about Math': Math Phobia and Math Fanaticism in the World of Lost”, in Jessica K. Sklar, Elizabeth S. Sklar, editors, Mathematics in Popular Culture: Essays on Appearances in Film, Fiction, Games, Television and Other Media, McFarland, →ISBN, page 34:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the television series Lost.
examples: text: At the end of the previous episode, the Lostaways discovered a crate full of food and supplies that seems to have literally appeared out of thin air, […]
ref: 2006, Nikki Stafford, Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide, ECW Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 284:
text: We get a little of that in the travel of a frame story, too, romantic or not–don't think there wasn't flirting going on even among the storytellers of the Decameron, and we've all seen the pairings, possible pairings, and former pairings of the Lost'''aways.
ref: 2006, Evelyn Vaughn, “Oceanic Tales: Have You Been Framed?”, in Orson Scott Card, editor, Getting Lost: Survival, Baggage, and Starting over in J. J. Abrams, Lost , BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 59:
text: The cumulative effect of this densely allusive atmosphere is insistent enough to suggest that when the Lostaways crashed on that creepy island, they became stranded in a kind of reality that is not altogether real, but one that is eerily continuous with the kind of reality found in fictional literature.
ref: 2011, Randy Laist, "Introduction", in Looking for Lost: Critical Essays on the Enigmatic Series (ed. Randy Laist), McFarland (2011), page 1
topics: lifestyle
glosses: One of the fictional characters stranded on the mysterious island on the television show Lost.
Synonyms: Lostie
Lostaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lostaway
viellist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viellists
Etymology: From vielle + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A musician who plays the vielle.
viellists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viellist
violinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: more violinic
form: most violinic
Etymology: From violin + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a violin or its sound.
Related terms: violinistic
Welsh not
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welsh nots
form: Welsh Not
Senses: synonyms: Welsh note
Welsh lump
Welsh stick
Welsh lead
Welsh Mark
Welsh Ticket
glosses: A wooden board hung around the neck of a student who was caught speaking Welsh, as a punitive method to discourage students from speaking the language.
razor burn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razor burns
Senses: glosses: skin irritation caused by shaving improperly, or with a blunt razor
razor burns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of razor burn
bakestone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bakestones
Etymology: Compound of bake + stone.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of baking stone.
synonyms: word: baking stone
glosses: Synonym of Welsh cake.
synonyms: word: Welsh cake
bakestones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bakestone
bakstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bakstones
Senses: qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: Obsolete form of bakestone.
bakstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bakstone
riddlebread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of oatcake cooked on a baking stone or griddle.
oatbread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oat + bread.
Senses: glosses: bread made with oatmeal
labialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of labialise
labialising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of labialise
labroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labroid
labrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labrum
labanotations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labanotation
lachrymosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lachrymosely
form: most lachrymosely
Etymology: From lachrymose + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lachrymose manner.
lachrymosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lachrymosities
Etymology: From lachrymose + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lachrymose.
lachrymosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lachrymosity
lacquerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacquering
lacquerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lacquer + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for lacquering.
laddery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more laddery
form: most laddery
Etymology: From ladder + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We followed the twain in breathless speed; and, not to be baulked at last after such a walk, ran rapidly down seaward by a long series of hanging terraces, communicating by short flights of abrupt laddery steps […]
ref: 1852, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, page 455:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a ladder (frame with steps for climbing).
laetriles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laetrile
laevigated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of laevigate
laevigates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of laevigate
laevigating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of laevigate
head lad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head lads
Senses: glosses: A person employed to manage a stable of racehorses.
head lads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head lad
lagnappe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lagnappes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lagniappe.
lagnappes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lagnappe (alternative form of lagniappes).
laicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪˈɪsɪti/
ipa: /leɪˈɪsɪti/
rhymes: -ɪsɪti
Forms: form: laicities
Etymology: Borrowed from French laïcité. By surface analysis, laic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The control or influence of the laity or the fact of being lay.
glosses: Alternative form of laïcité.
examples: text: A correlation may be observed between the subjects studied in the masonic assemblies and those discussed in the Radical and Radical-Socialist party congresses: between 1901 and 1910 these subjects included state laicity, [...]
ref: 1949, The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, page 73:
text: This shows that there can be laicity even where there is no formal separation [of Church and State].
ref: 2007, The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, page 724:
text: In this sense, there is no doubt that the concept of laicity has been tremendously useful.
ref: 2017, Second International Handbook of Urban Education, page 596:
glosses: Synonym of secularism.
synonyms: word: secularism
laiked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of laik
laiking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of laik
lambencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lambency
lamellately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lamellately
form: most lamellately
Etymology: From lamellate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lamellate fashion.
lamentedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lamentedly
form: most lamentedly
Etymology: From lamented + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is lamented.
lammings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamming
lampases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampas
Middle Easterners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Middle Easterner
racialistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more racialistically
form: most racialistically
Etymology: From racialistic + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a racialistic manner.
landdros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landdroste
form: landdroses
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans landdros.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of landdrost.
landdroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landdros
landownership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landownerships
Etymology: From landowner + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or position of landowner.
glosses: The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
landownerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landownership
landownings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landowning
lanknesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lankness
lanthanums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanthanum
lanugos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanugo
larghettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larghetto
largenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of largeness
lassoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lassoers
Etymology: From lasso + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who uses a lasso.
lassoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lassoer
Latinities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Latinity
latinizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latinization
laughful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more laughful
form: most laughful
Etymology: From laugh + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Thou hast been trained from thy post by some deep guile — some well-devised stratagem — the cry of some distressed maiden has caught thine ear, or the laughful look of some merry one has taken thine eye.
ref: 1860, Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman:
glosses: Full of laughter; merry.
laughier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of laughy: more laughy
lawyerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawyering
laxists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laxist
laxnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laxness
Taroudant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Taroudant, from Arabic تَارُودَانْت (tārūdānt).
Senses: glosses: A Moroccan city located in the Souss Valley in the southern part of the country.
wikipedia: Taroudant
leachability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leachabilities
Etymology: From leach + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being leachable.
leachabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leachability
leachtub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leachtubs
Etymology: From leach + tub.
Senses: glosses: A tub used as a container for a substance being leached.
leachtubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leachtub
leadwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leadworks
Etymology: From lead + work.
Senses: glosses: fittings made from lead (the metal)
glosses: small square-shaped decorations of closely-worked basket stitch.
leadworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leadwork
leadworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leadworks
Senses: glosses: A factory that processes lead (the metal).
pupillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pupillary.
leakinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leakiness
leaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaner
learnednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of learnedness
leaperous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leaperous
form: most leaperous
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of leprous.
leaporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leaporous
form: most leaporous
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of leprous.
lecheries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lechery
leewards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lee + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of leeward.
synonyms: word: leeward
legibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legibility
legitimacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legitimacy
legitimator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legitimators
Etymology: From legitimate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who legitimates.
legitimators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legitimator
lemonfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lemonfishes
Etymology: From lemon + fish.
Senses: glosses: A marine fish, the cobia.
lemonfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lemonfish
lemonier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lemony: more lemony
lemoniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lemony: most lemony
lengthinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lengthiness
lenitively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lenitively
form: most lenitively
Etymology: From lenitive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lenitive manner.
leprosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leprosity
leprechaunish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leprechaunish
form: most leprechaunish
Etymology: From leprechaun + -ish.
Senses: synonyms: leprechaunesque
leprechaunic
leprechauny
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a leprechaun.
leukoplakic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leukoplakia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to leukoplakia.
levellest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of level: most level
levitational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From levitation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to levitation.
levulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levulin
laevulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laevulins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of levulin.
laevulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laevulin
lexicalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lexicality
libationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From libation + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: libationary rituals
text: Now it is true that the Massachusetts legislature has passed laws to protect the citizenry from the unlicensed sale of soda pop. […] It is also true that Massachusetts still maintains Sunday laws, regulating those impious individuals who would lure us away, with dance or drink, from our regular weekly church services. […] And it surely comes as no surprise that a state which passes laws governing libationary activity might also seek to control sexual activity.
ref: 1982 August 14, Larry Goldsmith, “The Great Soda Pop Scandal: Vice Beneath the Palm Tree”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 3:
glosses: Relating to, or involving, a libation.
lidocaines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lidocaine
lignosulfonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lignosulfonate
lignosulphonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lignosulphonate
lignosulphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lignosulphonates
Etymology: From ligno- + sulphonate.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lignosulfonate.
limberest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of limber: most limber
limberer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of limber: more limber
limnologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of limnological.
synonyms: word: limnological
limnologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limnology
linebreedings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linebreeding
lirked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lirk
lirking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lirk
lirks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lirk
lirks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lirk
listlessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of listlessness
literalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of literality
lithifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lithification
litotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more litotic
form: most litotic
Senses: synonyms: litotical
glosses: Of or relating to litotes.
Derived terms: litotically
lithopones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lithopone
littlish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From little + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat little; smallish.
livelinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liveliness
lividnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lividness
loaferish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more loaferish
form: most loaferish
Etymology: From loafer + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like a loafer; idle.
loathsomenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loathsomeness
lobelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lobeline
localisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of localiser
locofocos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of locofoco
logicalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logicality
lognormally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lognormal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lognormal fashion.
lognormality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lognormalities
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lognormal.
lognormalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lognormality
logoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logos
monthiversary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌnθɪˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/
Forms: form: monthiversaries
form: monthaversary
Etymology: Blend of month + anniversary.
Senses: examples: text: I might have expected you to forget. It's our first monthiversary!
ref: 1922, Courtney Ryley Cooper, The White Desert, page 301:
text: The Companies make a monthly deduction from the Policy's cash value on the Policy's effective date and on each monthiversary (the same day of each succeeding month as the Policy's effective date, or, if there is no comparable valuation, the next valuation date).
ref: 1999, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Docket, volume 69, page 861:
text: “Happy monthiversary.” “Wait... what?” “Today, it's exactly one month since we met. I kept count.”
ref: 2011, David N. Brown, Zombies Vs. Exotroopers, page ii:
synonyms: mensiversary
glosses: A commemorative event like an anniversary, but taking place monthly rather than annually.
monthiversaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monthiversary
ego-surfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of egosurfing.
ego-surfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ego-surf
parazonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parazonia
Etymology: From Latin parazonium, from Ancient Greek παραζόνιον (parazónion).
Senses: glosses: A long ceremonial dagger from Roman times.
parazonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parazonium
salad fork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salad forks
Senses: glosses: A fork intended for use when eating salad, often shorter than a usual dinner fork and sometimes having one of the outer tines shaped differently.
salad forks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salad fork
homeland security
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The concerted national effort, principally by government, to keep the United States safe and resilient to terrorism and other hazards.
polytetrafluorethylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytetrafluorethylenes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polytetrafluoroethylene.
polytetrafluorethylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polytetrafluorethylene
conciergeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From concierge + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of concierge.
cowdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cow + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The society of cowdom is not democratic. Cows are not created equal. There is an aristocracy. This aristocracy of cowdom earns its way by producing more milk, and by producing offspring that in turn are high milk producers.
ref: 1937, The Nation's Business, volume 25, page 26:
glosses: The state or essence of being a cow.
shagfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shagfest
pukefest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pukefests
Etymology: From puke + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: The marathon pukefest had sort of thrown her off schedule.
ref: 2007, Alex Richards, Back Talk, page 43:
glosses: An event involving a great deal of vomiting, nausea, or disgust.
pukefests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pukefest
face-melter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face-melters
Senses: examples: text: And then they launch into a face-melter by way of acoustics, playing so hard that one expects Thile's fingers either to spontaneously combust or at least start spurting blood.
ref: 2005, No Depression, numbers 55-60, page 97:
text: Can You Rock, an Indy-based live karaoke band, gives those face-melters some actual context.
ref: 2009, Indianapolis Monthly, volume 32, numbers 10-14, page 10:
text: Whenever it is uttered by a character on the show, the first person in the room to dash off a searing face-melter of a musical run wins the round.
ref: 2010, Greg Horne, The Couch Potato Guitar Workout, page 47:
text: “Wee-weewee [Psycho music].” “Marvin Glasscock! Dude comes in with the total facemelter!!!”
ref: 2013, William Landay, Defending Jacob: A Novel, page 209:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Particularly in heavy metal music, a musical passage or sung note that is particularly intense.
groaning cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groaning cheeses
Etymology: groaning refers to the travails of childbirth.
Senses: glosses: A large cheese traditionally divided among the members of a household when a childbirth took place. It was cut from the middle so that the baby, when born, could be passed through it.
Related terms: groaning board
groaning cheeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groaning cheese
sun spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sun spots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sunspot.
sun spots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sun spot
sentiment analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentiment analyses
Senses: topics: computational
computing
engineering
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: text analysis
glosses: The use of computers to process natural language in an attempt to identify and extract information about the writer's affective state.
sentiment analyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentiment analysis
hornblendite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hornblendites
Etymology: From hornblende + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A plutonic, ultramafic igneous rock composed mostly of hornblende.
Derived terms: hornblenditic
soup spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soup spoons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of soupspoon.
soup spoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soup spoon
hornblenditic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hornblenditic
form: most hornblenditic
Etymology: From hornblendite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of, or relating to, hornblendite.
hornblendites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hornblendite
clinopyroxenitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clinopyroxenitic
form: most clinopyroxenitic
Etymology: From clinopyroxenite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of, or relating to, clinopyroxenite.
theralitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more theralitic
form: most theralitic
Etymology: From theralite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of, or relating to, theralite.
petrogenetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From petrogenetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of petrogenesis.
monzonitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monzonitic
form: most monzonitic
Etymology: From monzonite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of, or relating to, monzonite.
theralite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theralites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: calcic foidal gabbro, a kind of plutonic hylocrystalline rock
Related terms: essexite
teschenite
theralites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theralite
teschenitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teschenitic
form: most teschenitic
Etymology: From teschenite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of, or relating to, teschenite.
essexitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more essexitic
form: most essexitic
Etymology: From essexite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of, or relating to, essexite.
teschenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛʃəˌnaɪt/
Forms: form: teschenites
Etymology: From German Teschen (“Cieszyn, a Polish town”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: Any of a group of rocks containing essential pyroxene, olivine, and analcime.
teschenites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teschenite
essexite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: essexites
Etymology: From Essex + -ite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: A form of silica-undersaturated pyroxene gabbro, containing nepheline and orthoclase as essential constituents.
Derived terms: essexitic
essexites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of essexite
foidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foidal
form: most foidal
Etymology: From foid + -al.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: feldspathoidal
foids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foid
shonkinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shonkinites
Etymology: From Shonkin + -ite, after the type locality at Shonkin Sag in the Highwood Mountains of north-central Montana.
Senses: examples: text: Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.
ref: 1954, J. C. Olson, D. R. Shawe, L. C. Pray, W. N. Sharp, Rare-Earth Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District, San Bernadino County, California, U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 261, page 22:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A kind of mafic foidal syenite.
shonkinites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shonkinite
shonkinitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shonkinitic
form: most shonkinitic
Etymology: From shonkinite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of, or relating to, shonkinite.
supermanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From superman + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: In truth he had already attained that supermanship which he dreamt, taught and lived for.
ref: 1968, Astrological Magazine, volume 57, page 105:
glosses: The quality of being a superman.
catapleiites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catapleiite
eucolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eucolites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὔκολος (eúkolos, “easily satisfied”) + -ite, relating to the etymology for eudialyte.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An optically negative variety of eudialyte.
logorrheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logorrhea
lokshen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Yiddish לאָקשן (lokshn).
Senses: glosses: Flat egg noodles from Yiddish cuisine.
zhonghu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zhonghu
form: zhong hu
form: zhong-hu
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 中胡 (zhōnghú).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A large low-pitched lute-like string instrument (chordophone) similar to the erhu, usually with two strings and played with a bow; it is part of the huqin family of instruments originating in Chinese traditional music.
Ramathan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of Ramadan.
dihu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihu
Etymology: From Mandarin 低胡 (dīhú).
Senses: glosses: A large, bowed Chinese string instrument of the huqin family, with a large soundbox covered at one end with snakeskin.
conmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From conman + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Conmanship does not arise from the defector. Even those who are pressurising people in the Opposition to defect are involved in acts of political conmanship.
ref: 1994 April 5, Orengo, “Ministerial Statements”, in Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 25:
text: Human values like love for all living things, compassion, friendship, camaraderie and pity, regard for truth, abhorrence for all forms of conmanship and brain-washing, repugnance of anything that seeks to take advantage of those that are handicapped socially, economically or politically, etc., have taken a terrible beating in recent times from imperialists and neo-colonialists of the West, who have followed, in the main, three strategies to uphold capitalist market values:
ref: 2000, Ishwar Modi, Thottamon Kantan Kesavan Narayanan Unnithan, Human Values and Social Change, page 249:
text: The increasingly dysfunctional socio-economic conditions exacerbated the increase in extreme healing practices and general religious conmanship.
ref: 2020, Mookgo S. Kgatle, Allan H. Anderson, The Use and Abuse of the Spirit in Pentecostalism:
glosses: The role or status of being a conman.
fast follower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fast followers
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: One who is not an early adopter but begins using a product or service shortly after its introduction.
fast followers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fast follower
tubax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubaxes
Etymology: Blend of tuba + sax
Senses: glosses: A kind of modified saxophone, made compact by having more folds in the tubing.
tubaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubax
mud bog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud bogs
Senses: glosses: The pit of mud used in the motor-racing sport of mud bogging.
mud bogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud bog
cowmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cowman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The skills of a cattle rancher in breeding and looking after cattle.
cattledom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cattle + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of cattle ranching.
shop-worn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shop-worn
form: most shop-worn
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shopworn.
spamouflage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈspæməˌflɑːʒ/
Etymology: Blend of spam + camouflage
Senses: examples: text: This message generated enormous curiosity and speculation on the web. Recipients didn't know what to make of it. Was it a bizarre hoax or joke? A deviously sophisticated form of spamouflage designed to trick them into buying something?
ref: 2010, Alex Boese, Hippo Eats Dwarf, page 123:
glosses: Attempts to disguise spam as legitimate messages.
pagejacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of page + hijacking
Senses: glosses: The use of deception to redirect a user's web browser from one web page to another.
lomentums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lomentum
WDYT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: “WDYT,” she IM'd Sophie, wondering what her new friend thought of the idea. Sophie, sitting next to her, quickly IM'd back “G4I” to show her support.
ref: 2010, Jeanne C. Meister, Karie Willyerd, The 2020 Workplace […] , Harper Collins, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of what do you think?.
second screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second screens
Senses: examples: text: The ultimate goal of GetGlue and its competitors is to drive advertising to the so-called second screen—whatever device you have in your hand or on your lap while you’re watching the show.
ref: 2011 August 14, Dylan C. Lathrop, Tim Fernholz, “Double The Glow: Will Second Screen Apps Change the Way We Watch TV?”, in GOOD:
text: Or perhaps you watch TV simply as a way to kill time. Perhaps you're in pain, or recovering from illness, or simply bored out of your mind. The goal is not necessarily to direct your full and undivided attention to the screen; it is to get through the day until something better comes along. Using a second screen here, too, makes sense.
ref: 2019 December 26, Nate Anderson, “88% of Americans use a second screen while watching TV. Why?”, in Ars Technica:
glosses: The screen of a mobile device, used to supply additional related content to its user while they are watching television.
Mixter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪkstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmɪkstɚ/
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Mixters
Etymology: Blend of mix + Mister or Mister + -x-, probably influenced by the earlier abbreviation Mx.
Senses: glosses: A gender-neutral title (coordinate with Mr. and Ms.), used especially for genderqueer/non-binary people.
Synonyms: word: Mx
Mixter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪkstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmɪkstɚ/
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Mixters
Etymology: Perhaps from southern French Mistre, a variant of Maitre, from Middle French maistre (“master”).
Senses: examples: text: 1921, Florence Kilpatrick Mixter, Out of Mist
text: I researching Daniel Mixter who was born in the Town of Prescott, Ontario, Canada on July 5, 1809.
ref: 1996 April 27, KdCaLeLaMg, “MIXTER Daniel; CAN; b. 1809”, in soc.genealogy.surnames (Usenet):
glosses: A surname.
subcontrabass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + contrabass.
Senses: examples: a subcontrabass saxophone
a subcontrabass flute
a subcontrabass tuba
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a pitch below contrabass.
Derived terms: subcontrabass saxophone
lonesomenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lonesomeness
longleaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longleaf
looneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of looney
looninesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of looniness
call upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls upon
form: calling upon
form: called upon
form: called upon
Senses: examples: text: They will be called upon to deal with freight trains of up to 900 tons over gradients considerably steeper than those of the Central Section—for example, the frequent stretches of 1 in 100 between Victoria and the Medway towns—and their running to fast schedules will include the haulage of the "Night Ferry", which may load up to as much as 700 tons, and fully-fitted trains of 30 or more heavy Continental train ferry wagons.
ref: 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 123:
glosses: Alternative form of call on (certain senses).
lorazepams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lorazepam
lornness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lornnesses
Etymology: From lorn + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The joys and sorrows, the loves and the lornnesses of young heiresses have furnished themes to novel-writers ever since heiresses or novelists have existed.
ref: 1872, The Spectator, volume 45, page 563:
glosses: The quality of being lorn.
lornnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lornness
losableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From losable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being losable.
lostnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lostness
lothefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lothefull
form: most lothefull
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of loathful.
lothfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lothfull
form: most lothfull
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of loathful.
lothsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lothsome
form: most lothsome
Senses: examples: text: Come on my Lords the better foot before, / Straight vvill I bring you to the lothſome pit, / VVhere I eſpied the Panther faſt a ſleepe.
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, […], published 1594, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], signature [D4], recto:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of loathsome.
lovingnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lovingness
loveably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more loveably
form: most loveably
Etymology: From loveable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lovably.
lovelights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lovelight
lowercases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lowercase
lowercasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lowercase
lownesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowness
hypochondriacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypochondriack
loxodromies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loxodromy
lubricative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lubricative
form: most lubricative
Etymology: From lubricate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Assisting, or relating to, lubrication.
lucidest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lucid + -est.
Senses: examples: text: [...] and (here particularly warm without fever) with the sanest, lucidest, intellectual life.
ref: 1956, Henry James, Leon Edel, The American Essays:
glosses: superlative form of lucid: most lucid
lukewarmnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lukewarmness
luminousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luminousness