cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ariette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ariettes
Etymology: From French ariette, from Italian arietta.
Senses: examples: text: a military ariette
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A short aria, or air.
perjurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perjurous
form: most perjurous
Senses: examples: text: The witness made perjurous statements under oath.
text: The judgment will be set aside based on the client's perjurous answer to the judge's direct questions.
text: something even in the official's self-possessed and somewhat ostentatious manner in making his specifications strangely reminded him of a bandsman, a perjurous witness in a capital case before a courtmartial ashore of which when a lieutenant, he, Captain Vere, had been a member.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
glosses: Alternative form of perjurious.
compliancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compliancies
Etymology: From compliant + -cy or comply + -ancy or compliance + -y.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being compliant; compliance, complaisance
perjurious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perjurious
form: most perjurious
Etymology: From Latin perjuriosus.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to perjury.
Derived terms: perjuriously
perjuriousness
reified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reify
arriccio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arriccios
Senses: coordinate_terms: intonaco
glosses: A layer of plaster laid slightly coarsely to provide a key for the intonaco.
out of one's sight
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Don't go out of my sight, Jenny.
glosses: In a place where one cannot see it.
Related terms: out of sight
s-band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛsˌbænd/
Forms: form: s-bands
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An ultrahigh radio frequency, one within the range of 1,550 to 5,200 MHz.
Related terms: spectrum
in sight
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: When we rounded the corner, Peter was in sight at the other end of the road.
synonyms: visible
glosses: In a place where something can be seen.
examples: text: The end is in sight.
text: We were in sight of land.
text: The only silver lining for businesses and local residents was that there was at least an end in sight, and that the new station, once built, would enhance the area and provide improved east-west access for pedestrians.
ref: 2025 February 19, Chris Howe, “Euston: a work in progress”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 45:
glosses: Near or close in either distance or time.
Related terms: in one's sight
in one's sight
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 18:10:
glosses: According to one's point of view, or opinion
ondé
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of undé.
secularising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: secularize
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of secularise
secularise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: secularises
form: secularising
form: secularised
form: secularised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularize.
uncredited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + credited.
Senses: examples: text: “Your lack of basic journalistic ethics in both the manner in which you ‘reported’ this uncredited nonsense, and the slanderous, unnecessary use of my picture without permission demands a response, and I am, of course, pursuing legal action.”
ref: 2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, anonymous quotee, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost:
glosses: Unacknowledged.
examples: text: I find, with him to whom the tale is told, belief only makes the difference betwixt truth and lies; for a lie believed is true, and truth uncredited a lie.
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
glosses: Not believed.
examples: text: Several uncredited musicians worked on the film score.
topics: media
glosses: Not listed in the credits.
Make-make
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Makemake.
TNO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TNOs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: KBO
EKO
glosses: Initialism of trans-Neptunian object.
SDO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SDOs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of scattered-disc object.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of squadron duty officer.
glosses: Initialism of social dominance orientation.
glosses: Initialism of special development order
SDO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Solar Dynamics Observatory.
cash money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 2008 July 9, Jacqueline Mitchell, “America's Most Stolen Vehicles”, in Forbes magazine,
So don't think for a moment that your old but tired vehicle matters only to you. Your clunker is cash money to professional thieves.
glosses: Cash, or a thing easily converted to cash, as opposed to credit.
Related terms: cash advance
cash machine
time is money
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Generally attributed to Benjamin Franklin. See the cite from 1748.
Senses: examples: text: Remember that Time is Money. He that can earn Ten Shillings a Day by his Labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle one half of that Day, tho’ he spends but Sixpence during his Diversion or Idleness, ought not to reckon That the only Expence; he has really spent or rather thrown away Five Shillings besides.
ref: 1748, Benjamin Franklin, “Advice to a young Tradesman, written by an old One”, in George Fisher, editor, The American Instructor: or Young Man’s Best Companion, 9th edition:
text: And what do you mean to do with your time this winter? You must remember that time is money.
ref: 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 14, in The Pioneers:
text: His words and manner carried the crisp terseness of the busy man whose time is money.
ref: 1919, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 31, in Dawn:
text: The habit of overnight travel was encouraged by the introduction of third class sleepers in 1928, developed greatly during the war, and in an age when time as money has clearly come to stay; […].
ref: 1957 July 24, D. S. M. Barrie, “Sixty Years of British Expresses”, in Railway Magazine, page 456:
glosses: Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted.
I came, I saw, I conquered
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Calque of Latin vēnī, vīdī, vīcī (“I came, I saw, I conquered”).
Senses: glosses: I have gained a total and swift victory.
scazon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskeɪzɒn/
ipa: /ˈskeɪzən/
Forms: form: scazons
form: scazontes
Etymology: From Latin scāzon, from Ancient Greek σκάζων (skázōn), from σκάζω (skázō, “I limp”).
Senses: glosses: A limping satiric meter in classical verse.
synonyms: choliamb
limping iamb
glosses: An iambic trimeter ending with a trochee or spondee.
fast-breeder reactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæstbɹiːdɚ ɹiˈæaktɚ/
Forms: form: fast-breeder reactors
Senses: glosses: A nuclear plant which produces fissionable material from high-energy neutrons as a byproduct in excess of the amount it uses to operate.
Related terms: power plant
nuclear reaction
indescript
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indescript
form: most indescript
Senses: glosses: undescribed
Related terms: nondescript
undescribed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + described.
Senses: glosses: Not described
glosses: Not previously known to science
nispero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nisperos
Etymology: From Spanish níspero (“medlar, loquat”), from Latin mespilum (“medlar”).
Senses: glosses: The loquat, Eriobotrya japonica.
glosses: The sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
phosphorus ylide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorus ylides
Senses: glosses: A molecule of phosphorus that contains both covalent and ionic bonds.
talk is cheap
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: The expression first appears c. 1783 in the play All pleas'd at last.
Senses: examples: text: Cecil Winwood accepted the test. He claimed that he could dope the guards the night of the break. “Talk is cheap,” said Long Bill Hodge. “What we want is the goods. Dope one of the guards to-night.”
ref: 1915, Jack London, chapter 2, in The Star-Rover:
glosses: It is easy to make boastful or unrealistic statements which are not supported by actions or evidence.
Related terms: actions speak louder than words
fine words butter no parsnips
money talks, bullshit walks
put one's money where one's mouth is
talk the talk
eye pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye patterns
Etymology: A binary signal passed through an LC lowpass filter looks like a row of eyes.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.
Synonyms: eye diagram
barbarisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbarisation
berde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berdes
Senses: glosses: A stringed instrument (chordophone) of Bosnian origin, a large guitar-shaped instrument that is played upright, using a plectrum.
quadriga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɒdˈɹiː.ɡə/
ipa: /kwəˈdɹiː.ɡə/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹi.ɡə/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹaɪ.ɡə/
rhymes: -aɪɡə
rhymes: -iːɡə
Forms: form: quadrigae
form: quadrigas
Etymology: From Latin quadrīgae, literally "four yoked", from quattuor (“four”) + iugum (“yoke”).
Senses: examples: text: In the Vatican Library is a vase of terra cotta, on whose upper part we see delineated the sun and moon, in a quadriga, which proceeds forward [travels, voyages, fulfils its course] upon a ship. […] Both these deities stand in a quadriga, which indeed is the vehicle proper to the sun, insomuch that the Rhodians every year threw into the sea a quadriga, dedicated to this divinity.
ref: 1830, Charles Taylor, Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, in five volumes, volume III, page 425
text: On another denarius we see Victory holding a wreath and driving a quadriga […]
ref: 1898 (May), A. W. Hands, "Chats on Roman coins with young collectors", Monthly Numismatic Circular 66, col. 2719
glosses: A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
glosses: A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.
half-awake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From half- + awake.
Senses: glosses: Barely awake.
Related terms: half-asleep
nonapplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonapplications
Etymology: From non- + application.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The failure to apply an existing law, rule, regulation etc.
nine thousand
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: cardinal number between eight thousand nine hundred ninety nine and nine thousand and one
Derived terms: nine-thousander
eight thousand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number between seven thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and eight thousand and one.
Derived terms: eight-thousander
seven thousand
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: cardinal number between six thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and seven thousand and one
blockade runner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blockade runners
Senses: glosses: A vehicle, typically a naval one, with the purpose of transporting cargo across a military blockade.
six thousand
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: cardinal number between five thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and six thousand and one
four thousand
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: cardinal number between three thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and four thousand and one
Derived terms: four-thousander
three thousand
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: cardinal number between two thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and three thousand and one
radicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state or the quality of being radical.
Synonyms: word: radicality
radicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of radicalize
radicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radicalized
form: most radicalized
Senses: examples: text: While the majority of Uyghurs might temporarily yield to Beijing’s Sinification campaign, it can be expected that a significant minority among them will resist it and adopt a more radicalized stance against the Chinese state.
ref: 2016, Patrik Meyer, China's De-extremization of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, →OCLC, page 2:
glosses: That has been through the process of radicalization.
radicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radicalities
Etymology: From radical + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: However, the radicality of political praxis and the radicality of Theory might not be of the same order.
ref: 2000, "Post-theory: New Directions in Criticism", Martin McQuillan, Graeme Macdonald, Robin Purves, Stephen Thomson, p. 5
glosses: The quality of being radical; radicalness.
examples: text: there may be equivocal seeds and hermaphroditical principles, which contain the radicality and power of different forms
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Germinal principle; source; origination.
glosses: Radicalness; relation to root in essential nature or principle.
Synonyms: word: radicalness
radicalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 2001, "Content's Dream: Essays 1975-1984", Charles Bernstein, p. 73.
By 'constructive' partly I'm trying to point to certain radicalities or extremes of compositional strategy that tend to increase the artifactual, …
glosses: plural of radicality
arteriosclerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arteriosclerotic
form: most arteriosclerotic
Etymology: From arterio- + sclerotic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or caused by arteriosclerosis
Derived terms: antiarteriosclerotic
nonarteriosclerotic
arteriosclerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arteriosclerotics
Etymology: From arterio- + sclerotic.
Senses: examples: text: Halo and Banga have recently indicated (1953) that the elastase content of the pancreas of human arteriosclerotics is substantially less than normal.
ref: 2009, General Aspects: Colloquia on Ageing:
glosses: A person suffering from arteriosclerosis.
abovementioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˌbʌvˈmɛnʃənd/
Etymology: From above + mentioned.
Senses: examples: text: … bended that the abovementioned two officers and one hundred and thirty-four men may be quartered in the towns of New- haven, Wallingford and Brani'ord, …
ref: 1881, "The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776]", Connecticut, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut General Assembly, p. 543
glosses: mentioned above
Synonyms: above-mentioned
abovelisted
aforementioned
aforesaid
mentioned
previously mentioned
Christmastimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmastime
Christmas times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas time
excellentness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From excellent + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state or the quality of being excellent
Synonyms: excellence
excellency
splendidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From splendid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state or the quality of being splendid.
glosses: something that is splendid.
Synonyms: word: splendidity
word: splenditude
word: splendor
word: splendour
nicenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niceness
definitions by pointing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of definition by pointing
gentlenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentleness
talk radio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talk-radio
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: A radio program format consisting of discussions regarding topical or controversial issues.
talk-radio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of talk radio.
non-commercial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: NR's own guidelines clearly state that non-commercial photography by rail enthusiasts and passengers is not only permitted but "welcomed" at stations it manages directly and those managed by other operators.
ref: 2022 November 2, “Network News: Network Rail to investigate alleged threat to enthusiast photographer”, in RAIL, number 969, page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of noncommercial.
sea trial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea trials
Senses: glosses: testing of watercraft
sea trials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea trial
fluttersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: rhotic
enpr: flŭt'ərsəm
ipa: /ˈflʌtəɹsəm/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈflʌtəsəm/
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)səm
Forms: form: more fluttersome
form: most fluttersome
Etymology: From flutter + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Her discomfort at the fluttersome part of her when he became a dragon the first time had prevented him from taking that shape again—until she ordered him to do whatever it took to get Motsey back.
ref: 2010, Landon Porter, Rune Breaker:
text: “That fluttersome jade's better suited to the scullery. She'snot got the looks for a lady's maid, nor ever will, I vow.” She grinned at Elizabeth.
ref: 2014, Judith E. French, Lovestorm:
text: “[...] 'Twill freeze the blood in thy veins to the consistency of cold tar, bring thy fluttersome heart to an ominous halt, and make thine eyes protrude on stalks, like unto those of the dilatory snail.”
ref: 2016, L. Sprague de Camp, The Reluctant King:
glosses: Marked by fluttering; (by extension) restless; nimble.
burdalane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burdalone
Etymology: A form of bird alone.
Senses: glosses: The last child that survives in a family.
gradability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gradabilities
Etymology: From grade + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The gradability of adjectives has important consequences for their grammatical behaviour.
glosses: The property of being gradable.
cumberground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌm.bə.ɡɹaʊnd/
ipa: /ˈkʌm.bɚ.ɡɹaʊnd/
Forms: form: cumbergrounds
form: cumber-ground
form: cumber ground
Etymology: From cumber + ground, in reference to the Bible, Luke 13:7.
Senses: examples: text: Give a man money, and he may sit down upon it and spend it, or live upon the interest which it will yield in idleness, a mere cumberground and drone, from whose life the world derives no benefit.
ref: 1927, Henry William Wolff, Co-operation in India, page 285:
glosses: Any totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way.
Synonyms: cumberworld
Related terms: cumbersome
cumbrous
encumbrance
cumbergrounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cumberground
drumble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drumbles
form: drumbling
form: drumbled
form: drumbled
Etymology: See drumly.
Senses: examples: text: Go, take up these clothes here. Quickly! Where's the / cowl-staff? Look how you drumble! Carry them to the / laundress in Datchet Mead. Quickly! Come.
ref: a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, scene 3:
glosses: To be sluggish or lazy.
glosses: To be confused.
glosses: To mumble in speaking.
glosses: To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble.
Synonyms: sense: to be sluggish
word: loiter
Derived terms: drumbler
earth-fast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: earthfast
Etymology: From Middle English *erthfast, *erthfeste, from Old English eorþfæst (“earthfast, fixed in the earth, firm in the earth”), equivalent to earth + fast.
Senses: glosses: Firm or planted in the earth, and difficult to remove.
elden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl.dən/
rhymes: -ɛldən
homophone: Eldon
Forms: form: eldens
form: eldening
form: eldened
form: eldened
Etymology: From eld + -en (“to become”). Compare Middle English elden, ealdien (“to age, grow older”). More at eld.
Senses: examples: text: Margery looked up at him, colouring, startled, suspicious. "Truth, Lady, you've no call to look at me thus," Hugh said, smiling. "I'm eldening now, like my late master, God cherish him, but I'm not so old I can't remember what it is to burn, […]
ref: 1955, Barbara Jefferis, Beloved Lady, page 49:
glosses: To advance in eld or old age; to grow older; to age.
Synonyms: eld
olden
to age
elden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl.dən/
rhymes: -ɛldən
homophone: Eldon
Etymology: From eld + -en (“pertaining to”).
Senses: examples: text: In the orient, elden age, / Ere man had learned to wage / Dispassionate war against his natural mind, / Thy voice of mystery— / Reading aloud the earth’s extended page, / Bade human aspirations find, / In the cool fountain and the forest tree, / A sentient Deity; […]
ref: 1852 June, E[dmund] C[larence] S[tedman], “Ode to Pastoral Romance”, in The Yale Literary Magazine: […], volume XVII, number VII, New Haven, Conn.: […] A. H. Maltby. […] T. J. Stafford, stanza V, page 260:
text: And when, adown life’s current floating slow, / Earth’s mated hearts with happy cooings go, / It may be scarce begun the joyful voyage, / Which hope has drawn out unto elden age, / Ere the sad mandate is received, to cast / Aside the aspirings fostered of the past; […]
ref: 1882, Robert Whittet, “Suffering in the Individual Life of Man”, in The Brighter Side of Suffering, and Other Poems, Richmond, Va.: Whittet & Shepperson; West, Johnston, & Co.; and J. W. Randolph & English, page 86:
text: And some miles ahead, at the heart of the Riverwood and upon the banks of the Islebome, stood the ruins of Luren, once a great trade city, but destroyed in elden times: […]
ref: 1984, Dennis L[ester] McKiernan, “The Gathering”, in The Darkest Day (The Iron Tower; 3), New York, N.Y.: Signet, New American Library, published 1985, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: Rare form of olden.
eldfather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eldfathers
Etymology: From Middle English eldfader, variant of olde fader, from Old English eald fæder (“grandfather, ancestor”), equivalent to eld (“old”) + father. Cognate with Scots eldfader (“grandfather, father-in-law”), Old Frisian aldafeder (“grandfather”).
Senses: examples: text: Elof sat with his eyes closed, still in the grip of the thought that he had just heard his eldfathers, all the way back to Adam, chanting at the table.
ref: 1975, Frederick Feikema Manfred, The chokecherry tree, page 19:
text: For some reason "rune" continued to be the most attractive of the two, though, truth to tell, there had been no more than the usual mention of the word either in my general reading or in the Frisian (the language of my eldfathers) […]
ref: 1994, Frederick Feikema Manfred, Duke's Mixture, page 12:
glosses: One's grandfather or forefather.
glosses: One's father-in-law.
Related terms: elderfather
eldmother
eldfathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eldfather
eldmother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eldmothers
form: eldermother
Etymology: From Middle English eldmoder, from Old English eald mōdor (“grandmother”), equivalent to eld (“old”) + mother. Cognate with Scots eldmoder, eldmother (“mother-in-law”), Old Frisian aldemōder.
Senses: examples: text: Item I gyve vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke and a read petticote and a smoke.
ref: 1571 November 5, John Heworth of Gatisheid, Will, in Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham (1835)
text: John Morpeth [...] saith that, on Sondaie last [...] the said John Robson said to the said Arthure, "Thou haiest a witch to thy eldmother[.]"
ref: 1586 July 15, “Isabel Chamber against John Robson in Causa Defamationis”, in Depositions and Other Ecclesiastical Proceedings from the Courts ... of Durham, published 1845:
glosses: One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law.
Related terms: eldfather
eldmothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eldmother
evenhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evenhoods
form: evenhead
form: evenhede
Etymology: From Middle English *evenhode, evenhede, equivalent to even + -hood.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:evenhood.
glosses: Equality; equity; justice.
homonymy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /həˈmɒnəmi/
Forms: form: homonymies
Etymology: From homonym + -y.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
hypernyms: colexification
coordinate_terms: polysemy
glosses: The property of being a homonym.
Synonyms: english: less commonly used
translation: less commonly used
word: homonymity
Related terms: homonymic
homonymous
polysemy
forswunk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English forswunken, past participle of forswinken (“to overwork”), equivalent to for- + swunk. More at forswink.
Senses: examples: text: If indeed he had so turned from Latin texts to garden-tools, he would certainly have been forswunk.
ref: 1943, "Just Another Word: Comprising A Word in Your Ear & Just Another Word", Ivor John Carnegie Brown, Ivor Brown, p. 112
glosses: totally worn out from work
gowl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡaʊl/
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: gowls
form: gowling
form: gowled
form: gowled
Etymology: From Old English gaulen, goulen. Compare yawl (intransitive verb).
Senses: glosses: To weep angrily; to howl.
Related terms: girn
gowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡaʊl/
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: gowls
Senses: glosses: vulva.
glosses: an annoying person; an idiot; a dishonest person.
hardel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardels
Etymology: Apparently from hard + -el (diminutive suffix).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
antonyms: loof
palm
glosses: the back of the hand
lanken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lankens
form: lankening
form: lankened
form: lankened
Etymology: From lank + -en.
Senses: glosses: To become lank or lanky; grow thin.
kulang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kulangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of koulan (“kind of onager”).
gearmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gearmakers
Etymology: From gear + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of gears.
glosses: A manufacturer of any type of equipment.
Related terms: gearmaking
burling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of burl
anthologise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: anthologises
form: anthologising
form: anthologised
form: anthologised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthologize.
Derived terms: anthologiser
anthologiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthologisers
Etymology: From anthologise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
hoped-for
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: But things were not to go with the hoped-for smoothness.
ref: 1954 September, Kevin Murray, “The End of the Atmospheric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 645:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hoped for.
hoped for
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hoped for
form: most hoped for
form: hoped-for
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, the job opportunities they are seeking are often more hoped for than real, […]
ref: 1968, Leonard E. Goodall, The American Metropolis, page 5:
glosses: desired; wished for.
Related terms: longed-for
cumber-ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cumberground.
cumber ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cumber grounds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cumberground.
bastos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basto
dimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪmp/
rhymes: -ɪmp
Forms: form: dimps
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Manchester
glosses: A small or short cigarette.
glosses: The butt end of a cigarette, before it has been completely smoked; a half-smoked cigarette.
ascaroside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascarosides
Etymology: Realized as ascar- + -ose + -ide rather than ascarylose + -ide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of glycolipids, containing the sugar ascarylose, found in some nematode worms
autoinhibited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autoinhibit
autoinhibited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autoinhibited
form: most autoinhibited
Senses: glosses: Subject to, or produced by autoinhibition
autoinhibition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoinhibitions
Etymology: From auto- + inhibition.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several intramolecular interactions that regulate protein function.
autoinhibitory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autoinhibitory
form: most autoinhibitory
Etymology: From auto- + inhibitory.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to autoinhibition
cuproenzyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuproenzymes
Etymology: From cupro- + enzyme.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any metalloenzyme that contains one or more copper atoms
cuproprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuproproteins
Etymology: From cupro- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any metalloprotein that contains one or more copper atoms
defocused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfəʊkəst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defocus
defocused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfəʊkəst/
Forms: form: more defocused
form: most defocused
Senses: glosses: Produced by defocusing
defocus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfəʊkəs/
ipa: /diˈfoʊkəs/
Forms: form: defocuses
form: defocusses
form: defocusing
form: defocussing
form: defocused
form: defocused
form: defocussed
form: defocussed
Etymology: From de- + focus.
Senses: glosses: To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus.
defocus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfəʊkəs/
ipa: /diˈfoʊkəs/
Etymology: From de- + focus.
Senses: glosses: The process of going out of focus.
examples: text: Fundamental to the concept of recovering the depth by measuring defocus is the relationship between the focused and the defocused images of a scene.
ref: 2012, Subhasis Chaudhuri, A. N. Rajagopalan, Depth From Defocus: A Real Aperture Imaging Approach, page 16:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The distance by which the focal point is in front of (positive defocus) or beyond (negative defocus) the image or target surface.
dideoxysugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dideoxysugars
Etymology: From di- + deoxysugar or dideoxy- + sugar.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any deoxysugar having two deoxy- groups
deoxysugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxysugars
Etymology: From deoxy + sugar.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of deoxy sugar.
Derived terms: aminodeoxysugar
dideoxysugar
differentiator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: differentiators
Etymology: From differentiate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Anything that differentiates, or causes differentiation (in any sense); a distinguishing feature.
differentiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of differentia
endomembrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛmbɹeɪn
Forms: form: endomembranes
Etymology: From endo- + membrane.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: All the membraneous components inside a eukaryotic cell, including the nuclear envelope, endoplastic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus
Derived terms: endomembranous
Related terms: exomembrane
enterohaemorrhagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enterohaemorrhagic
form: most enterohaemorrhagic
form: enterohemorrhagic
Etymology: From entero- + haemorrhagic.
Senses: glosses: That causes bleeding in the intestines.
hypopigmentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypopigmentations
Etymology: From hypo- + pigmentation.
Senses: synonyms: underpigmentation
antonyms: hyperpigmentation
overpigmentation
hypernyms: pigmentation
coordinate_terms: depigmentation
glosses: Abnormally reduced pigmentation.
Derived terms: Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome
Related terms: hypopigmented
underpigmented
magnetosensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnetosensitive
form: most magnetosensitive
Etymology: From magneto- + sensitive.
Senses: glosses: Whose properties, or behaviour, is affected by the strength or orientation of a magnetic field
Related terms: magnetosensitivity
magnetosensitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magneto- + sensitivity.
Senses: glosses: Any property, or behaviour, that is affected by the strength or orientation of a magnetic field
Related terms: magnetosensitive
melanosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanosomes
Etymology: From melano- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organelle that contains melanin.
Derived terms: eumelanosome
macromelanosome
melanosomal
micromelanosome
pheomelanosome
premelanosome
promelanosome
multimodular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + modular.
Senses: glosses: Containing or relating to multiple modules.
preclinical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preclinical
form: most preclinical
Etymology: From pre- + clinical.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear
glosses: Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans
migratable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more migratable
form: most migratable
Etymology: From migrate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of migrating.
glosses: Capable to being induced to migrate.
topics: business
computing
engineering
marketing
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Suitable for being migrated.
Derived terms: nonmigratable
unmigratable
stiletti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stiletto
inner circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inner circles
Senses: glosses: The group comprising one's closest friends or associates.
examples: text: It was upon his return to London that Bok learned, through the confidence of a member of the British “inner circle,” the amazing news that the war was practically over: that Bulgaria had capitulated and was suing for peace; […]
ref: 1921, Edward W. Bok, The Americanization of Edward Bok:
text: Sassoon used the close relationship of Yedidia and Bankman-Fried to explore the FTX inner circle’s luxe lifestyle and allege how it hid a house of cards.
ref: 2023 October 5, Victoria Bekiempis, “FTX co-founder testifies he committed crimes with Sam Bankman-Fried”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The idea of an alleged Epstein "list" was turbocharged by Trump's own inner circle, most notably by Bondi herself. In a February interview with Fox News, she claimed, "The list of Jeffrey Epstein's clients is sitting on my desk." Her remark, quickly amplified by right-wing influencers, fueled weeks of speculation online and in MAGA circles.
ref: 2025 July 10, Jesus Mesa, “'We've Been Played': MAGA Faces Its Own Disappointment With Trump”, in Newsweek:
topics: business
government
politics
glosses: A small, exclusive group of people close to the center of power who control a movement, organization, political party, etc.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see inner, circle.
cherryade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cherryades
Etymology: From cherry + -ade.
Senses: glosses: A cherry-flavoured drink.
glosses: A serving of this drink.
Related terms: lemonade
limeade
capacity utilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capacity utilizations
Senses: topics: management
qualifier: operations
glosses: The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is being used productively.
Synonyms: capacity utilization rate
utilization rate
capacity utilization rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capacity utilization rates
Senses: topics: management
qualifier: operations
glosses: The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is being used productively.
Synonyms: capacity utilization
utilization rate
utilization rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utilization rates
Senses: topics: management
qualifier: operations
glosses: The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is used productively.
Synonyms: capacity utilization rate
capacity utilization
utilization review
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utilization reviews
Senses: topics: management
medicine
sciences
glosses: A review of the use of medical resources at a medical facility for purposes of cost control.
lawyer up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lawyers up
form: lawyering up
form: lawyered up
form: lawyered up
Senses: examples: text: By the time patrol cars got to the friend's house, so had her lawyer. With her attorney running blocker, police could not even ascertain if Grubman had been driving the car, says Suffolk County district attorney James Catterson. "She was lawyered up, as we like to say."
ref: 2001 July 15, Amanda Ripley, “Rage Of The Hamptons”, in Time, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2012:
text: In the summer of 2019, when the boys are involved in the death of the young woman at that swimming hole, the parents of Barton Hills do what any caregivers might do, if they are rich or rich-adjacent. They lawyer up, and when this strategy fails to provide a sufficient shield between their boys and whatever they may or may not have been party to, the families up their game.
ref: 2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To exercise one's right to legal representation; to engage the services of a lawyer.
examples: text: Whenever we do business with those guys, we lawyer up to protect ourselves.
text: And I'll bet what you hated the most was that they identified me as a co-founder of Facebook, which I am. You better lawyer up asshole, because I'm not coming back for 30%, I'm coming back for EVERYTHING.
ref: 2010, Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network, spoken by Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield):
topics: business
glosses: To conduct matters in accord with legal formalities or so as to avoid legal risk.
examples: text: By the time we finished lawyering up the agreement, we didn't want to sign it.
topics: business
glosses: To arrange in a way reflecting legal advice.
endocytose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: endocytoses
form: endocytosing
form: endocytosed
form: endocytosed
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.
Derived terms: endocytosed
Related terms: endocytic
endocytosis
endocytotic
endocytoses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of endocytose
endocytosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of endocytose
disanimate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disanimates
form: disanimating
form: disanimated
form: disanimated
Etymology: From dis- + animate.
Senses: examples: text: That soul and life , that is now fled and gone from a lifeless carcass , is only a loss to that particular body or compages of matter , which by means thereof is now disanimated
ref: 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To deprive of life.
examples: text: Now will it best avail your majesty
To cross the seas and to be crown'd in France:
The presence of a king engenders love
Amongst his subjects and his loyal friends,
As it disanimates his enemies.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: To deprive of spirit; to dishearten.
dilacerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈlæsəɹeɪt/
Forms: form: dilacerates
form: dilacerating
form: dilacerated
form: dilacerated
Senses: glosses: To rend asunder; to tear to pieces.
Related terms: dilaceration
lacerate
agricultural shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ă-gri-kŭlʹ-ch(ə-)rəl shätʹ
Forms: form: agricultural shots
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
hypernyms: slog
glosses: A swing across the line of the ball (resembling a scything motion) played without much technique, often resulting in a chunk of the pitch being dug up by the bat.
stets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stet
hadaway and shite
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: qualifier: dismissal
glosses: go away
verstas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of versta
jökulhlaup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jökulhlaups
form: jokulhaup
form: jokulhlaup
Etymology: Borrowed from Icelandic jökulhlaup (“glacier burst”).
Senses: glosses: A subglacial outburst flood; a sudden release of water from a subglacial lake.
faux queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faux queens
Senses: glosses: A bio queen.
scoptophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scoptophiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scopophile.
scopophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: scopophiliac
form: scoptophiliac
form: scoptophilic
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
psychology
sciences
sexuality
glosses: Of or pertaining to scopophilia.
scoptophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scopophilic.
scopophiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of scopophilic.
synonyms: word: scopophilic
scopophiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scopophiliacs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of scopophile.
synonyms: word: scopophile
scoptophiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scopophilic.
scoptophiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scoptophiliacs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scopophile.
labouredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more labouredly
form: most labouredly
Etymology: From laboured + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of laboredly.
laboredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more laboredly
form: most laboredly
form: labouredly
Etymology: From labored + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a laboured manner; difficultly.
bukas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buka
piyut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piyuts
form: piyutim
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piyyut.
embayments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embayment
embroglio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embroglios
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of imbroglio.
embroglios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embroglio
double boiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double boilers
form: double-boiler
Senses: glosses: A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.
glosses: A pair of interlocking pots, the lower one filled with water which when boiling heats the contents of the upper pot.
Synonyms: bain-marie
Related terms: double boil
double steamer
scruffbucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scruffbuckets
Etymology: From scruff + bucket.
Senses: glosses: A scruffy or ill-kempt person; a ragamuffin.
op-amps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of op-amp
expeditor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expeditors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of expediter.
pudgier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pudgy: more pudgy
pudgiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pudgy: most pudgy
Daghestan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Dagestan: A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Caucasus region
Derived terms: Daghestani
Daghestanian
Dagestani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːni/
ipa: /ˌdæɡɪˈstæni/
Forms: form: Daghestani
form: Daghistani
Etymology: From Dagestan + -i, q.v.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.
Dagestani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːni/
ipa: /ˌdæɡɪˈstæni/
Forms: form: Dagestanis
form: Daghestani
form: Daghistani
Etymology: From Dagestan + -i, q.v.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.
Ingush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ingushes
form: Ingush
Etymology: From Russian Ингуши (Inguši), from Ангушт (Angušt), a former important settlement of the people.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Nakh people of the northeastern Caucasus, now mostly Sunni Muslim and resident in the Russian republic of Ingushetia.
qualifier: inexact
glosses: Synonym of Ingushetian: a resident of Ingushetia.
synonyms: word: Ingushetian
extra: a resident of Ingushetia
Ingush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Ингуши (Inguši), from Ангушт (Angušt), a former important settlement of the people.
Senses: glosses: The language of the Ingush, a member of the Nakh family.