cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
garlicky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑːlɪki/
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹlɪki/
Forms: form: more garlicky
form: garlickier
form: most garlicky
form: garlickiest
Etymology: From garlic + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "I had rather see an English beef-steak and horse-raddish than this eternal succession of greasy stews and garlicky ragouts," returned Grumpall.
ref: 1786, Mrs. Johnson, Juliana, volume 3, page 22:
text: Jersey lamb is sometimes garlicky early in the season. Avoid buying it; you can easily tell it by the garlicky smell. It can only be rendered eatable by stewing, or frying it with plenty of onions. To plain roast or boil garlicky meat is in vain.
ref: 1857, Eliza Leslie, “Lamb”, in Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book, Philadelphia, Pa.: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, →OCLC, page 182:
text: My companion's Caesar salad, garlickier than most versions, featured homemade croutons.
ref: 1982, Serena Jutkovitz, SJ's Winners: An Exceptional Approach to Round-the-world Wining and Dining in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco, Calif.: Russian Hill House Books, →ISBN, page 202:
text: It opened up a new world of taste and provided me with one of the keenest—and the garlickiest—gastronomic experiences of my life.
ref: 2012, Liz Primeau, “A Pungent Love Affair: The Art of Eating Garlic”, in In Pursuit of Garlic: An Intimate Look at the Divinely Odorous Bulb, Vancouver, B.C.: Greystone Books, D&M Publishers Inc., →ISBN, page 31:
text: A burger with garlic aioli, caramelized onions, and garlicky mushrooms could be anyone's perfect meal, whether they're on GAPS [Gut and Psychology Syndrome] or not.
ref: 2014, Hilary Boynton, Mary G. Brackett, “The GAPS Introduction Diet”, in The Heal Your Gut Cookbook: Nutrient-Dense Recipes for Intestinal Health Using the GAPS Diet, White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page 73:
text: Currently, the Palestinian territories are being featured, and the menu boasts treats like maftoul (a garlicky chicken and couscous dish) and tamar Hindi (chilled tamarind juice with rose water).
ref: 2015 April 30, Jordan Bissell, “10 wacky U.S. restaurants”, in CNN:
glosses: Tasting or smelling of garlic.
Synonyms: alliaceous
Derived terms: garlickiness
Related terms: word: garlicked
garnishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garnishments
Etymology: From garnish + -ment.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.
Related terms: distraint
garote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garotes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of garrote.
garote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: garotes
form: garoting
form: garoted
form: garoted
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of garrote.
garroter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: garroters
Etymology: From garrote + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who uses a garrote.
glosses: A person who strangles someone from behind.
garrulity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈɹuː.lɪ.ti/
enpr: /gə-ro͞o′-lĭ-tē/
Forms: form: garrulities
Senses: examples: text: He ought to bee of some abilities in disputing; and what he wants in Logick, he must supply in Garrulity: for whatsoever he affirms, the interest he hath in his seduc'd hearers, improves into Syllogism […]
ref: 1652, William Sancroft, Modern Policies:
text: With all the affectionate garrulity of age, she a thousand times expressed her pleasure at beholding the sisters;[…]
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 249:
text: She delivered herself of a great number of original reflections. It was the most charming garrulity he had ever heard.
ref: 1879, Henry James, Daisy Miller, pt. 1:
text: A stream of inquiry and comment issued from her lips. . . . At last Gillian managed to stem the torrent of garrulity and interposed a question.
ref: 1921, Margaret Pedler, chapter 31, in The Lamp of Fate:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
Synonyms: garrulousness
loquaciousness
talkativeness
garrulously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more garrulously
form: most garrulously
Etymology: From garrulous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously.
ref: 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 26:
glosses: In a garrulous manner.
garrulousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From garrulous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Garrulity.
gas-guzzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas-guzzlers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gas guzzler.
romanza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /rə(ʊ)ˈmantsə/
ipa: /rɒˈmanθə/
ipa: /roʊˈmæntsə/
ipa: /roʊˈmænθə/
Forms: form: romanzas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian romanza. Doublet of romance.
Senses: glosses: A sentimental piece of music.
glosses: A romance; a romantic flight of fancy; a fanciful invention.
Synonyms: romance
rosticceria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rosticcerias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian rosticceria. Doublet of rotisserie and roastery.
Senses: glosses: An Italian rotisserie (cooking device).
glosses: An Italian rotisserie (type of shop or restaurant).
noble metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noble metals
Senses: topics: alchemy
chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
pseudoscience
synonyms: perfect metal
glosses: A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold or platinum.
Related terms: base metal
noble gas
precious metal
tarnishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tarnish
tarnishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tarnish
tarnishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarnishings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is tarnished.
tarnished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑɹnɪʃt/
rhymes: -ɑɹnɪʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tarnish
tarnished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑɹnɪʃt/
rhymes: -ɑɹnɪʃt
Forms: form: more tarnished
form: most tarnished
Senses: glosses: Discolored or blemished.
qualifier: name or word
glosses: Sullied or dishonored.
raw_tags: of one's reputation
Derived terms: tarnished plant bug
cholinomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cholinomimetic
form: most cholinomimetic
Etymology: From cholino- + mimetic.
Senses: glosses: Resembling acetylcholine or simulating its physiological action.
cholinomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholinomimetics
Etymology: From cholino- + mimetic.
Senses: glosses: A drug with cholinomimetic properties.
yes to death
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yeses to death
form: yesses to death
form: yessing to death
form: yessed to death
form: yessed to death
Senses: examples: text: I was yessed to death.
text: There's a fruit-man on our street whose name is Mr. Pete
And he keeps good things to eat but you should hear him speak
When you ask him anything he never answers no
He just yesses you to death and then he takes your dough
ref: 1949, Louis Prima, “Yes! We Have No Bananas”, in Beepin' & Boppin:
glosses: To agree with someone, often sarcastically.
milk bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk bars
Senses: glosses: A convenience store.
examples: text: 1972, The Australian, quoted in 1988, Lois E. Foster, David Stockley, Australian Multiculturalism: A Documentary History and Critique, page 211,
As one immigration man put it, “More pofessional migrants — and especially teachers — from countries like Italy and Yugoslavia would help to dispel the idea some Australians still have that the only migrants we get from these countries are milk-bar owners or greengrocers.”
text: Once he was at the milk bar, trying to buy cigarettes with an old bus ticket even though he didn′t smoke. Mum was upset about the cigarettes and the milk-bar man was angry about the bus ticket Dad was shoving into his hand.
ref: 2008, Anna Krien, “Turning off the Lights”, in Delia Falconer, editor, The Best Australian Stories 2008, page 131:
text: There′s another ATM at the newsagent, although Eftpos is possible at the milk bar and Maldon Pharmacy, both on Main St.
ref: 2009, Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber, Cycling Australia, Lonely Planet, page 153:
text: Today the State shows a benevolent face to Culture-Diffusion but to those who produce culture no trace of sympathy or indulgence, with the result that we are becoming a nation of commentators, of critics and hack-explainers, most of whom are ex-artists. Everything for the Milk-bar, nothing for the cow!
ref: 1944, Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave, revised edition, London, published 1955, page 55:
glosses: A small shop or cafe, often part of a larger shop, that sells fast food and a range of dairy-based beverages such as milkshakes and ice creams; a deli or delicatessen.
Synonyms: bodega
convenience store
corner store
dairy bar
ice cream parlor
delicatessen
soda fountain
soda shop
malt shop
Derived terms: milk-bar cowboy
reducting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reduct
reducted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reduct
valspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valleyspeak
form: val-speak
Senses: examples: text: It is the opinion of Andrea Levitan, 15, who does “a lot of window shopping though not always with the intention of buying,” that Val-Speak “is a conscious exaggerated imitation of the American Princess.”
ref: 1982 September 15, Ron Alexander, “They're Clothes Crazy, Fer Sure; Valley Girls aren't just in California”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: Valley Girl
glosses: The sociolect spoken by stereotypical Southern Californian valley girls.
duotheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duotheisms
form: dyotheism
Etymology: From duo- + theism.
Senses: glosses: Belief in the existence of two deities. This often refers to the belief in a god and goddess of roughly equal power, as is the case in Wicca.
Synonyms: english: inexact
translation: inexact
word: bitheism
english: inexact
translation: inexact
word: ditheism
Derived terms: duotheist
duotheistic
duotheistical
duotheistically
duotheists
Related terms: binitarianism
kathenotheism
monolatrism
monotheism
polytheism
quetzalcoatlus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləs/
Forms: form: quetzalcoatluses
Etymology: From the genus name Quetzalcoatlus, based on Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl.
Senses: glosses: A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
meningomyelocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Meningo comes from the root meninges, meaning "brain lining"
Myel comes from the Greek root myelos, meaning the marrow/brain/spinal cord
Cele comes from the Greek word kēlē, meaning tumor or hernia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column.
Synonyms: myelocystomeningocele
myelomeningocele
xenobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌzɛnəʊbaɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌziːnəʊbaɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈziːnoʊbaɪˌɑːləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌzɛnoʊbaɪˈɑːləd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Etymology: From xeno- + biology. Sometimes attributed to science-fiction author Robert A. Heinlein.
Senses: examples: text: This massive skull is scored by deflected mass accelerator shots. The xenobiology files in your hardsuit computer can't identify the species. It must have been brought here from an unknown world.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Odd Skull, Maji, Vamshi System, Armstrong Nebula:
synonyms: astrobiology
exobiology
glosses: The speculative biology of extraterrestrial life forms.
glosses: The biology of life forms with non-standard biochemistry or codes.
scratchily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scratchily
form: most scratchily
Etymology: From scratchy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a scratchy manner.
sensitively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sensitively
form: most sensitively
Etymology: From sensitive + -ly.
Senses: antonyms: insensitively
unsensitively
glosses: In a sensitive manner; with sensitivity.
Derived terms: insensitively
unsensitively
sentimentalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentimentalists
Etymology: From sentimental + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: But Flay, for all his longing to return to his birthplace was no sentimentalist in exile. His thoughts when they turned to the castle were by no means in the nature of reveries.
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
glosses: A person who is sentimental.
shallowness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shallownesses
Etymology: From shallow + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The dimensions of the ships used on this service have always been restricted by the shallowness of the Lymington River, although the Lymington was somewhat larger than her predecessors, and was the first steel vessel built for this service.
ref: 1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
glosses: The property of being shallow; having little depth.
shampooer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shampooers
Etymology: From shampoo + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I felt like a home appliance one seldom buys but rents when needed, something like a rug shampooer.
ref: 1988, Edmund White, chapter 8, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
glosses: A machine for shampooing carpets.
glosses: A person (such as a hairdresser) who washes hair.
shapelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shapelessnesses
Etymology: From shapeless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being shapeless.
glosses: The result or product of being shapeless.
predicament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/
Forms: form: predicaments
form: prædicament
Etymology: From Middle English predicament, from Old French predicament, from Late Latin praedicāmentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category”).
Senses: glosses: A definite class, state or condition.
examples: text: Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life.
ref: 1978, Daniel Bell, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, page xv (20th edition):
text: The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.
ref: 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: tight spot
glosses: An unfortunate or trying position or condition.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That which is predicated; a category.
Synonyms: plight
Derived terms: egocentric predicament
predicament bondage
Related terms: preach
predicate
can of worms
difficulty
kettle of fish
tight spot
trouble
colligate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colligates
form: colligating
form: colligated
form: colligated
Etymology: First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century.
Senses: examples: text: The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows.
ref: 1821, William Nicholson, “ISINGLASS”, in American Edition of the British Encyclopedia:
glosses: To tie or bind together.
examples: text: He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful […] phenomena.
ref: 1870, Dr. Bence Jones, Life and Letters of Faraday:
glosses: To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.
Derived terms: bicolligate
colligability
colligative
Related terms: lictor
ligate
ligation
ligature
obligation
obligatory
oblige
colligate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more colligate
form: most colligate
Etymology: First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century.
Senses: examples: text: The first & second Vertebre […] are most especially Colligate, & bound to the Head.
ref: 1578, John Banister, The Historie of Man, I. 19:
glosses: Colligated, bound together.
raw_tags: as a participle
speedo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːdəʊ
Forms: form: speedos
Etymology: Abbreviation of speedometer.
Senses: examples: text: You don′t need to change dashboards since the switches and instruments are suited to the V8, although the speedo and tachometer will require modification to adjust them to your V8′s gearing and cylinders.
ref: 2006, Roger Williams, How to Give your MGB V-8 Power, page 209:
text: One further advantage of the ‘J’ type overdrive units is that the speedo drive gear on the rear drive shaft of the gearbox can be changed, thereby adjusting the speedo-drive ratio to suit the TR′s 15in wheels.
ref: 2009, Roger Williams, How to Restore Triumph TR2, 3, 3A, 4 & 4A, page 126:
text: The main instruments are in the centre of the dash, finished in silver (grey on the GP); consisting of a circular speedo with petrol and temperature gauges on either side.
ref: 2012, Martyn Collins, The New Mini: All Models 2001 to 2006, page 34:
glosses: A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile.
speedo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːdəʊ
Forms: form: speedos
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Speedo.
speedos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Speedos
Etymology: From Speedos (“trademark of the Speedo company”), which has become a generic name.
Senses: examples: text: For example, board riders paid more attention to appearances (short hair v long hair, speedos v board shorts) and conspicuous behavior (surfing for training rather than for fun or to express oneself), than life savers.
ref: 1979, Kent Pearson, Surfing Subcultures of Australia and New Zealand, University of Queensland Press, page 118:
text: 2000 July, Ian Jack (editor), Granta, Issue 70: Australia: The New New World, →ISBN, page 42,
I remember my mother standing exasperated in the rain with the brolly over her head at dusk while I frog-kicked around in my speedos.
text: Their club is Manly, and this word is emblazoned across the back of their speedos.
ref: 2006, Margaret Henderson, Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia, page 212:
glosses: A men′s tight fitting brief swimsuit.
glosses: plural of speedo
stand from under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands from under
form: standing from under
form: stood from under
form: stood from under
Senses: examples: text: "Stand from under," he shouted out, as he threw down a cocoa-nut, which very nearly hit Billy, who had not attended to his warning.
ref: 1873, W. H. G. Kingston, The Three Admirals:
text: I see I was in a fix now. But it warn't no use to worry; there warn't nothing to do but just hold still, and try and be ready to stand from under when the lightning struck.
ref: 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:
glosses: to escape something falling or being thrown from above.
André
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/
/ˈɒndɹeɪ/
Senses: glosses: A male given name from French or Portuguese, borrowed from the French and Portuguese form of Andrew.
wikipedia: André
notetaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnoʊt.teɪkɪŋ/
Forms: form: notetakings
form: note-taking
Etymology: From note + taking.
Senses: glosses: The practice of writing down pieces of information gained from a particular source, such as a lecture or presentation.
notetaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnoʊt.teɪkɪŋ/
Forms: form: note-taking
Etymology: From note + taking.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of notetake
Related terms: take notes
shamefaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst/
Forms: form: more shamefaced
form: most shamefaced
Etymology: Alteration (due to folk etymology: shame + faced) of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), equivalent to shame + fast. Synchronically with -faced (/ˈfeɪst/).
Senses: examples: text: Youth is not glorious; it is shamefaced. It is a time of self-searching and self-exacerbation.
ref: 1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company:
glosses: Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
glosses: Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
Derived terms: shamefaced crab
shamefacedly
shamefacedness
shakiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shakinesses
Etymology: From shaky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being shaky.
meum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːəm/
ipa: /ˈmi.əm/
rhymes: -iːəm
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mēum (“Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.
Senses: synonyms: meon
meu
baldmoney
bearwort
glosses: spignel, Meum athamanticum
Related terms: meum et tuum
gastroenteritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastroenterites
form: gastroenteritides
Etymology: From gastro- + enteritis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestine; often caused by an infection.
Synonyms: word: gastro
sharecrop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sharecrops
form: sharecropping
form: sharecropped
form: sharecropped
Etymology: From share + crop.
Senses: glosses: To participate in the financial arrangement of sharecropping.
gastronomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From French gastronomique.
Senses: examples: text: In a sense, Mr. Maillier is living the classic French dream – working the land in the bucolic countryside, feeding his children good food, and keeping France’s gastronomic heritage alive.
ref: 2025 February 10, Colette Davidson, “Farming in France is on the decline. Who will feed the French?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Of or pertaining to gastronomy.
Synonyms: gastronomical
Derived terms: nongastronomic
Related terms: gastronomically
gastronomical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.
ref: 1847, George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, page 267:
text: Do you agree that a bologna sandwich is a satisfactory meal, whereas caviar and champagne, roast duck and baked Alaska, that might be considered a delightful meal? We object, these gastronomical comments are irrelevant to these proceedings, your Honor.
ref: 1993, Ron Nyswaner, Philadelphia:
glosses: gastronomic
Derived terms: gastronomically
gastronomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gastronomically
form: most gastronomically
Etymology: From gastronomical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The liver and the kidneys of animals have long been gastronomically popular for their aphrodisiac properties.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 124:
glosses: From the perspective of gastronomy.
gatehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gatehouses
form: gate house
Etymology: From gate + house.
Senses: glosses: A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
glosses: A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall
glosses: A shelter for a gatekeeper.
Derived terms: Gatehouse of Fleet
gauchely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gauchely
form: most gauchely
Etymology: From gauche + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gauche manner.
gaucheness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gauchenesses
Etymology: From gauche + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: An incident at a rally in Ohio last Sunday resembled an excruciating study in social gaucheness, when Vance suggested Democrats might think drinking Diet Mountain Dew, a popular soft drink, was racist, before laughing at his own lame joke; as the audience remained largely silent, Vance laughed awkwardly, saying: “I love you guys.”
ref: 2024 July 27, Robert Tait, “From rising star to potential liability: how JD Vance’s fortunes have turned”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: The quality of being gauche; awkwardness.
gaudily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gaudily
form: most gaudily
Etymology: From gaudy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Apparently, Henry VII visited the city [Bristol] in 1487, "taking care to entail a sumptuary fine on the citizens because their wives dressed too gaudily".
ref: 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 55:
glosses: In a gaudy manner.
gawkily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gawkily
form: most gawkily
Etymology: From gawky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gawky manner.
gauntness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gauntnesses
Etymology: From gaunt + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The curtains of his office are still closed, but a soft, warm light filters past the bodyguards and into the room. It drapes his face, smooths the sharp lines of his new gauntness.
ref: 2019, Maaza Mengiste
, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 327:
glosses: The quality of being gaunt.
gauziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gauzy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being gauzy
gawkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gawkinesses
Etymology: From gawky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being gawky.
career-limiting move
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: career-limiting moves
form: career limiting move
Senses: examples: text: 1991 Oct 08: dan herrick, Re: IV&V as a tool for dealing with "mistakes" and uncertainty, sci.space, http://groups.google.com/group/sci.space/msg/87a7ffb1d5a872df?dmode=source&hl=en
However, such a career limiting move is only worth while if it can be reasonably expected to succeed in changing the wrong-headed policy.
text: 1995 Jan 11: Kay Hammer as cited in Neil Raden, Re: Data Warehousing, comp.databases, http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases/msg/7176488e9967cceb?dmode=source&hl=en
Consequently, it can be a career-limiting move not to consider carefully all these issues during the design phase.
text: ... you would make it clear to any luser that did have access that filling up your root dbspace is a career limiting move? :-)
ref: 1999 August 2, Obnoxio The Clown, “Re: "Create Database" Security Hole?”, in comp.databases.informix (Usenet):
text: 2006 Feb 28: Xocyll, Re: WoW teaches the wrong things, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg/msg/ef8d37ae7f01cbb3?dmode=source&hl=en
Kind of a career limiting move to leave the game running where management might find it.
glosses: An act that is likely to result in the actor's demotion or loss of employment.
gearshift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gearshifts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gear shift.
gearshift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gearshifts
form: gearshifting
form: gearshifted
form: gearshifted
Senses: glosses: To shift gears.
Related terms: gear change
stickshift
drive stick
Monika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏn'ĭ-kə
ipa: /ˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/
homophone: moniker
homophone: monicker
Etymology: A less common spelling of Monica, used since the twentieth century.
Senses: examples: text: Both Maya and Monika had inherited Megan's coloring, without a trace of Amit's deeply tan skin and black eyes, so that apart from their vaguely Indian names they appeared fully American.
ref: 2008, Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth, Knopf, →ISBN, page 94:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
gear shift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gear shifts
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: word: shift lever
word: stick shift
word: gear lever
word: gear stick
glosses: The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
glosses: a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music)
Sheela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃiːlə/
rhymes: -iːlə
Forms: form: Sheila
Etymology: From Hindi शीला (śīlā), from Sanskrit शील (śīla, “character, good conduct”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit of Indian origin.
foundling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foundlings
Etymology: From Middle English foundlyng, fondeyng, variants of Middle English fyndling, fyndlyng. By surface analysis, found + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: foundling hospital
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
text: In foundling hospitals, and among the children brought up by parish charities, the mortality is still greater than among those of the common people.
ref: 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations:
text: Moses was a foundling; Jesus Christ was born in a stable; and Mahomet was a mule driver.
ref: 1794, Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (Part I):
text: [Owl:] YOU HEARD THAT FREMOUNT IS REALLY A^([sic]) ANT LION, MR. CONGERSMAN?
 [Frog:] IT'S A SAD BLOW TO THE PARTY JUST AT A TIME WHEN US OWLS MUST STICK TOGETHER. WORST PART IS, MRS. WEEVIL SAYS HER SISTER-AN'-LAW FOUND THE CANDIDATE IN A BOX OF POPCORN.
 [Owl:] AIN'T IT WORSE TO BE A CANNIBAL THAN A FOUNDLING?
 [Frog:] WE CAN SAY HE'S CHANGED HIS HABITS! BUT A FAMILY TREE LOOKS BAD SPROUTIN' OUT OF POPCORN⋯
ref: 1960 June 13, Walt Kelly, “The Confoundling”, in Pogo, comic strip, published 1974, →ISBN, page 342:
glosses: An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
Derived terms: foundling wheel
foundlinghood
Related terms: changeling
oblate
foundlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foundling
foundling wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foundling wheels
Senses: glosses: a revolving crib set in the wall of a church or convent, allowing an abandoned baby to be left anonymously and safely.
Synonyms: baby hatch
damn skippy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Expressing approval or excitement.
glosses: Expressing strong agreement.
Related terms: damn right
damn straight
right on
single-parent family
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single-parent families
Senses: glosses: A nuclear family with only one parent.
hump day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hump days
Etymology: The term alludes to the fact that Wednesday is the middle of the work week, meaning that one has made it "over the hump" towards the weekend.
Senses: glosses: Wednesday.
Related terms: POETS day
thank God it's Friday
Praetorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Praetorians
form: praetorian
form: pretorian
form: Pretorian
form: prætorian
form: Prætorian
Senses: glosses: A member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors, their symbol being the scorpion.
interferant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interferants
Etymology: From interfere + -ant.
Senses: glosses: A person applying for a patent that conflicts with an earlier one.
examples: text: In many cases, the absolute amount of the interferant is more effective to induce an observed interference than the interferant/analyte ratio.
ref: 2006, Namik K. Aras, O. Yavuz Ataman, Trace Element Analysis of Food and Diet, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Equation (1.15) may be used to evaluate the selectivity coefficient for that interferant.
ref: 2010, Jiri Janata, Principles of Chemical Sensors, →ISBN, page 6:
text: In an aspect of the first embodiment, the auxiliary electrode is configured to electrochemically modify an electrochemical interferent to render the electrochemical interferent substantially electrochemically non-reactive at the working electrode.
ref: 2013, Acetanilides—Advances in Research and Application, →ISBN, page 86:
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A compound in the sample that produces readings which overlap those of the analyte, making analysis more difficult.
PEEP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A World War II jeep attached to an armored regiment.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of positive end-expiratory pressure.
Related terms: sense: positive end-expiratory pressure
english: peak inspiratory pressure
translation: peak inspiratory pressure
word: PIP
diverges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diverge
biogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnəsɪs/
ipa: /baɪə-/
ipa: /baɪoʊ-/
ipa: /biːə-/
ipa: /biːoʊ-/
ipa: /-nɪ-/
ipa: /ˌbaioʊˈd͡ʒɛnəsɪs/
Forms: form: biogeneses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source; manner of birth; creation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth; production”)). The words biogenesis and abiogenesis were both coined by English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) in 1870 (see the quotation).
The word biogenesis was first used by English physiologist and neurologist Henry Charlton Bastian (1837–1915) around 1869 to mean “life-origination or commencement” in an unpublished exchange of correspondence with Irish physicist John Tyndall. However, in an 1871 book, Bastian announced he was adopting a new term, archebiosis, because of the confusion that might be caused by Huxley’s use of biogenesis with a different meaning.
Equivalent to bio- + genesis.
Senses: examples: text: And thus the hypothesis that living matter always arises by the agency of pre-existing living matter, took definite shape; […] It will be necessary for me to refer to this hypothesis so frequently, that, to save circumlocution, I shall call it the hypothesis of Biogenesis; and I shall term the contrary doctrine—that living matter may be produced by not living matter—the hypothesis of Abiogenesis.
ref: 1870 September 17, [Thomas Henry Huxley], “The President’s Address”, in The Athenæum: Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music and the Drama, number 2238, London: Printed by Edward J. Francis, Took's Court, Chancery Lane, published at the office, 20, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C., by John Francis. [...], →OCLC, page 374, columns 2–3:
text: It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.
ref: 2013 March–April, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell [letter]”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2017, page 83:
glosses: The principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms.
glosses: Biosynthesis.
Derived terms: biogenesist
glycobiogenesis
mitobiogenesis
neurobiogenesis
rogue state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rogue states
Senses: examples: text: In the early 2160s, the Alliance began aggressive colonization of worlds in the Skyllian Verge, much to the dismay of the batarians who had been developing the region for several decades. In 2171, the batarians petitioned the Council to declare the Verge a "zone of batarian interest". The Council refused, however, declaring unsettled worlds in the region open to human colonization.
In protest, the batarians closed their Citadel embassy and severed official diplomatic relations with the Council, effectively becoming a rogue state. They instigated a proxy war in the Verge by funneling money and weapons to criminal organizations, urging them to strike at human colonies.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Batarians Codex entry:
glosses: A state or nation acting outside of the accepted international norms and policies.
pass water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: passes water
form: passing water
form: passed water
form: passed water
Etymology: From medical use of pass to refer to removing a substance from the body through natural processes.
Senses: examples: text: My bladder has also been affected by nerve damage: sometimes I cannot pass water, sometimes I have to have a catheter.
ref: 1996 July 16, Daine Mahood, “Caught in a web of spinal pain”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 27 Jul 2015:
text: [P]atients arrived at hospitals complaining of fatigue, loss of appetite, joint pain and difficulty passing water.
ref: 2015 January 18, Associated Press, “Mystery Kidney Disease Killing Sri Lankan Farmer”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Jul 2015:
glosses: To urinate.
Synonyms: make water
urinate
Related terms: move one's bowels
abaddon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abaddons
Etymology: UK C19. From Abaddon, from Middle English, from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn, “Abaddon”), from Hebrew אבדון (ābaddōn, “destruction, abyss”), from אבד (ābad, “to be lost, to perish”).
Senses: examples: text: The prisoner, Money Moses, better known among thieves and fences as Moses the abaddon, has been, to my knowledge, for the last twenty years a receiver and dealer in stolen property.
ref: c. 1839, Report of the Trial of the Great Gold Dust Robbery:
glosses: An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
Synonyms: grass
nark
stool pigeon
informant
noggen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Made of flax or hemp
noggen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Coarse linen; a garment made of this.
Related terms: noggin
on the contrary
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Even if they managed to strike Japan, the United States or South Korea with nuclear weapons — a big if, given that they do not have a reliable delivery system — they could not save themselves from ultimate defeat. On the contrary, the use of nuclear or other terror weapons would be certain to invite overwhelming retaliation, delivering North Korea’s decision makers to a fiery oblivion.
ref: 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed; to the contrary.
Synonyms: sense: opposite of what had earlier been assumed
word: au contraire
sense: opposite of what had earlier been assumed
word: if anything
sense: opposite of what had earlier been assumed
word: far from it
word: contrariwise
Related terms: to the contrary
toen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toon
Etymology: From Middle English toen, toon, tōn, from Old English tān, nominative and accusative plural of tā (“toe”), equivalent to toe + -en (plural ending).
Senses: glosses: plural of toe
non-affiliated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + affiliated.
Senses: examples: text: MPs and non-affiliated peers from across the Leeds City Region have joined forces and are calling on Government to publicly commit to building HS2 East to Leeds at the same time as HS2 West is built to Manchester.
ref: 2020 June 17, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: MPs join forces to push for confirmation on HS2 to Leeds”, in Rail, page 22:
glosses: unaffiliated
MUPPIE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MUPPIEs
Etymology: After yuppie.
Senses: glosses: Acronym of middle-aged urban professional.
tit-for-tat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tit for tat.
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, many adults retain a tit-for-tat attitude, but in a more refined way than the simple, childish shove for shove.
text: Amid fears that the end to more than five and a half years of talks would lead to a new era of tit-for-tat protectionism, negotiations between the United States and the European Union broke down.
ref: 2007 June 22, The Guardian, London:
text: It’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations.
ref: 2022 May 8, Katie Lobosco, “Trump’s trade war looms over soybean farmers 4 years later”, in CNN:
glosses: Having the characteristic of returning bad for bad.
hole card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hole cards
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A playing card, dealt face down, that the holder need not reveal until the showdown.
qualifier: extension
glosses: Something held in reserve, or concealed, until it is useful.
Derived terms: hole carding
Related terms: ace in the hole
community card
cytokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːsɪs
Forms: form: cytokineses
Etymology: From cyto- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.
Derived terms: precytokinesis
turn the tables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turn tables
form: turns the tables
form: turning the tables
form: turned the tables
form: turned the tables
Senses: examples: text: Well, the tables are turned—the times are changed. A peaceful and unoffending man might have expected from a neighbour, now powerful in his turn, such protection when walking in the paths of the law, as all men, subjects of the realm, have a right to expect even from perfect strangers.
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 21:
text: "The tables are turned, my red friend!" said the hunter, coolly. "It's your life, not mine, this time!"
ref: 1884, Horatio Alger, chapter 30, in Do and Dare:
text: Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world. But as the EU faces what Angela Merkel has called its toughest hour since the second world war, the tables appear to be turning.
ref: 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:
text: The execution of Littlefinger is formal, although his trial admittedly gives us ample opportunity to appreciate the tables finally turning on the man who got the ball rolling on all this bloodshed.
ref: 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: But, oh, how the tables have turned. Now students are complaining on sites like Rate My Professors about their instructors’ overreliance on A.I. and scrutinizing course materials for words ChatGPT tends to overuse, like “crucial” and “delve.”
ref: 2025 May 14, Kashmir Hill, “College Professors Are Using ChatGPT. Some Students Aren’t Happy.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To reverse a situation, so that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged.
Derived terms: how the turntables
the turns have tabled
Related terms: table-turning
turntable
turn the table
worm turns
taste of one's own medicine
the shoe is on the other foot
turn the tide
walk a mile in someone's shoes
Dantesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdæntɪˈɛsk/
Forms: form: more Dantesque
form: most Dantesque
Etymology: From Dante + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: “They’re screaming, looking for taxis, calling up friends and singing Happy Birthday to each other. It’s a spectacle, a Dantesque spectacle.”
ref: 2023 March 25, Ashifa Kassam, “‘Like a vacuum cleaner running all day’: noisy nightlife making Spanish streets ‘uninhabitable’”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Dante; characterized by a formal, elevated tone and somber focus.
Synonyms: Dantean
octli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl octli
Senses: glosses: Pulque.
window sill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪndəʊ ˌsɪl/
ipa: /ˈwɪndə ˌsɪl/
ipa: /ˈwɪndoʊ ˌsɪl/
Forms: form: window sills
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of windowsill.
prenuptual agreement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prenuptual agreements
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of prenuptial agreement.
nevi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nevus
behovely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more behovely
form: most behovely
Etymology: From Middle English behovely, equivalent to behoof + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Necessary; advantageous.
glosses: Useful.
behovely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more behovely
form: most behovely
Etymology: From Middle English behovely, equivalent to behoof + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Usefully.
aten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From ate + eaten.
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat; eaten