cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
teeny-weeny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: teeny-weenier
form: teeny-weeniest
form: teeny weeny
form: teensy-weensy
Etymology: From teeny + weeny.
Senses: examples: text: And she was allus a making teeny-weeny little night caps and flannel shirts...
ref: 1855, Frank Forester, “The Wigwam in the Wilderness”, in W.C. Bryant et al., editors, Graham's American monthly magazine of literature, art, and fashion, volume 47, page 321:
text: "... Why, you were a little, teeny, weeny fellow then — the brightest and lovingest in all Enfield!"
ref: 1855, Which : the right, or the left?, page 500:
glosses: Very small; tiny; minuscule.
tepidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈpɪd.ɪ.ti/
Forms: form: tepidities
Etymology: From tepid + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being tepid.
cock cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cock-cheese
Etymology: The consistency of the curds of smegma have an appearance similar to some cheeses, such as feta.
Senses: examples: text: Holding his stiff prick by the base with pre-cum oozing out of it, I swabbed the drool off the rosy bullet-shaped head, tasting the cock cheese.
ref: 2006, John Patrick, Lover Boys, page 178:
synonyms: dickcheese
head cheese
glosses: Smegma or dried semen on the glans penis, usually underneath the foreskin.
cock cheeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cock cheese
major generals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of major general
staff sergeants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staff sergeant
colour sergeant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colour sergeants
Senses: glosses: A non-commissioned officer in some infantry regiments of the British army, equivalent in rank to a staff sergeant in most other armies. A colour sergeant ranks above a sergeant and below a warrant officer.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A nymphalid butterfly, Athyma nefte, of tropical Asia.
colour sergeants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colour sergeant
tenpins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ten + pins.
Senses: glosses: A game, a form of bowling, played with ten pins as the target.
tenpins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ten + pins.
Senses: glosses: plural of tenpin
sergeant major
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sergeant majors
form: sergeants major
Senses: glosses: A senior non-commissioned appointment in the Army of a company or unit, directly responsible to the officer in charge for their soldiers' performance, standards, discipline, morale, welfare, et al, that can be held by a Warrant Officer or above.
qualifier: plural sergeants major
glosses: The most senior rank of non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above a first sergeant. In the United States Marine Corps it ranks above First Sergeant and is equal in grade to Master Gunnery Sergeant.
qualifier: plural sergeant majors
glosses: An appointment (not a rank) in the British Army and Royal Marines, denoting the most senior non-commissioned officer in a battalion, regiment or company.
qualifier: plural sergeant majors
glosses: An appointment (not a rank) in the Singapore Army and National Cadet Corps, denoting the most senior non-commissioned officer in a battalion, regiment, company or unit.
glosses: A pintano, (Abudefduf saxatilis), species of damselfish.
glosses: Abrota ganga, a butterfly of Southeast Asia.
Derived terms: company sergeant major
regimental sergeant major
sergeant major loach
sergeant-majorly
thanklessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more thanklessly
form: most thanklessly
Etymology: From thankless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a thankless manner, ungratefully.
ungratefully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ungratefully
form: most ungratefully
Etymology: From ungrateful + -ly or un- + gratefully.
Senses: examples: text: Still, in the very fullest blaze of gospel light, while we see that both Christ and His work are most ungratefully and flagrantly dishonoured, by our persistings in the attempt to do for ourselves what He has told us we cannot do, […]
ref: 1854, Robert Aitken, The teaching of the types, page 99:
glosses: In an ungrateful manner, done in a way lacking gratitude.
thanklessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thankless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the property of being thankless
Synonyms: ingratitude
thirstily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more thirstily
form: most thirstily
Etymology: From thirsty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He drank the water thirstily; I've never seen anyone drink so fast.
glosses: In a thirsty manner.
thirstiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thirsty + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It was not the heat that caused his thirstiness, it was the low humidity.
glosses: The property of being thirsty; thirst.
thorniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thorninesses
Etymology: From thorny + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult).
threateningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more threateningly
form: most threateningly
Etymology: From threatening + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He tried to glare threateningly, but how much of a threat can you be when you are naked AND tied to a bed?
text: As the beasts surrounded her, chattering threateningly the while they goaded her with their cudgels and beat and kicked her with their fists and feet, she lay with closed eyes, praying for the merciful death that she knew alone could give her surcease from suffering[.]
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 194:
glosses: In a threatening manner.
Synonyms: minaciously
thriftily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more thriftily
form: most thriftily
Etymology: From Middle English thriftily, þriftiliche, equivalent to thrifty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a thrifty manner; economically.
thriftiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thriftinesses
Etymology: From thrifty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being thrifty.
Synonyms: frugality
parsimony
thrillingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more thrillingly
form: most thrillingly
Etymology: From thrilling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She held up her hands, and gazing upon me, uttered various exclamations which I could not understand. I could only remark that her accents were thrillingly musical.
ref: 1799, Charles Brockden Brown, chapter 5, in Arthur Mervyn, Philadelphia: H. Maxwell, page 51:
text: She spoke again, but in a less excited tone, although it was thrillingly earnest.
ref: 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 14, in Mary Barton:
text: Actually, Billy’s outward listlessness was a screen. The listlessness concealed a mind which was fizzing and flashing thrillingly.
ref: 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 9, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 243:
text: They had started so thrillingly but all their early momentum was lost once Salah went off. It never properly came back and the players in red took a long time – too long, probably – to adjust to being without the man who had scored 44 times over a record-breaking season.
ref: 2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: In a thrilling manner.
throatiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From throaty + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Mademoiselle de Roissi’s voice […] is quite free from that throatiness of sound, an invariable characteristic of French voices, which, had we no evidence to the contrary, would lead us to suppose, that Mdlle. de Roissi had studied vocalization in Italy […]
ref: 1848 November 4, “Dramatic Intelligence”, in The Musical World, volume 23, number 45, page 716:
text: Amazement took the throatiness out of his voice.
ref: 1930, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 11, in The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 130:
text: His eyes began to glow and his voice took on the throatiness he used in sermons.
ref: 1952, John Steinbeck, chapter 43, in East of Eden, New York: Viking, published 1986, page 633:
glosses: The property of being throaty; roughness, coarseness.
raw_tags: with reference to a voice
examples: text: We have before noticed, that a pendulous skin under the throat, what we term throatiness, is much esteemed, because it is supposed to denote a tendency both to wool and to a heavy fleece.
ref: 1803, John Southey Somerville, Facts and Observations Relative to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs, and Oxen, London: William Miller, page 24:
text: A variety was produced superior to the Merino in form, carrying less wool, but this more than compensated by its fineness. The excessive throatiness of the Paulars disappeared or was greatly diminished.
ref: 1840, Willis Gaylord, Luther Tucker, chapter 9, in American Husbandry, volume 1, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 190:
text: 1859, “Stonehenge” (John Henry Walsh), The Dog in Health and Disease, London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, Chapter 3, p. 49,
Both, however, were large, bony hounds, with long falling ears, but the southern hounds had absolute dewlaps, or at all events such excessive throatiness as to make them rejected in the present day on that account alone.
text: The neck [of the foxhound] must be long and clean, without the slightest throatiness.
ref: 1905, Frank Townend Barton, chapter 8, in Sporting Dogs, London: R.A. Everett, page 114:
glosses: The property of having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck.
raw_tags: with reference to a sheep or dog
twelveth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of twelfth.
cut-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut-offs
Etymology: Deverbal from cut off.
Senses: examples: text: [sense 4 at cutoff] I should doubt if the consumption exceeded 30lb per mile, although it must be remembered that the regulator and cut-off were virtually unchanged from Etaples to Amiens, while the speed remained constant at 100 k.p.h. (62.5 m.p.h.) for mile after mile.
ref: 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 150:
glosses: Alternative spelling of cutoff.
cut-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cut-off
form: most cut-off
Etymology: Deverbal from cut off.
Senses: glosses: Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.
cut-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cut-off (alternative spelling of cutoffs).
thunderously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more thunderously
form: most thunderously
Etymology: From thunderous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The line to Dunières consists of a series of breakneck descents almost invariably ended by a violent curve and followed immediately by a panting climb, on which the engine barked thunderously but failed unhappily to maintain its booked speed of 13 m.p.h.
ref: 1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:
glosses: In a thunderous manner, very loudly.
timbered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more timbered
form: most timbered
Etymology: From timber + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: His steps were imperceptibly led almost in a circle; nor did he observe that he was on the verge of a tract of land heavily timbered, but not with pine-trees.
ref: 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Roger Malvin's Burial”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
text: It [the Platte River] is destitute of timber along its banks, but there are here and there islands which are well timbered.
ref: 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 29:
glosses: Wooded; bearing timber; forested.
examples: text: The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels.
ref: 1946 September and October, D. J. Rowett, “Stamford L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
glosses: Made from timber, especially large or coarsely finished timber.
Derived terms: clean-timbered
half-timbered
well-timbered
timbered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From timber + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of timber
master sergeant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master sergeants
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above sergeant first class and below sergeant major; equal in grade and pay to a first sergeant.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A non-commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above gunnery sergeant and below master gunnery sergeant or sergeant major.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A non-commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, ranking above technical sergeant and below senior master sergeant.
ceruloplasmin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceruloplasmins
form: caeruloplasmin
Etymology: cerulo (derived from Latin caeruleus (“colored blue”)) + plasmin
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A blue metalloprotein that contains copper; it acts as a ferroxidase in association with transferrin.
Synonyms: ferroxidase
Derived terms: aceruloplasminemia
apoceruloplasmin
holoceruloplasmin
dismutase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dismutases
Etymology: From dismutate + -ase.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
ref: 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.
Derived terms: superoxide dismutase
fistulization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fistulizations
Etymology: From fistul(a) + -ization.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The formation of a fistula (usually pathologically; occasionally therapeutically).
Related terms: anastomosis
incumbrance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/
/-bɹən(t)s/
Forms: form: incumbrances
Etymology: Variant of encumbrance.
Senses: examples: text: I was then lying at length upon that very couch, the scene of Mr. H . . .'s polite joys, in an undress which was with all the art of negligence flowing loose, and in a most tempting disorder: no stay, no hoop . . . no incumbrance whatever.
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
glosses: Alternative form of encumbrance (“that which encumbers”).
topics: law
property
glosses: An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
examples: a widow without incumbrances (i.e. without children)
topics: law
glosses: One who is dependent on another.
Derived terms: incumbrancer
incumbrances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incumbrance
Earthian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜː.θi.ən/
ipa: /ˈɝ.θi.ən/
Forms: form: more Earthian
form: most Earthian
form: Earthean
Etymology: From Earth + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Septimus Spink, sole survivor of the Earthian space ship...
ref: 1955. Fantastic Universe: Science Fiction, Great American Publications: 1955, page 41
text: An Earthian metallurgist could tell very easily that 'aluminum' was molybdenum...
ref: 1975. Hilary Putnam. Mind, Language, and Reality. Cambridge University Press: 1975, page 226
text: Nowadays speakers on Twin Earth are well aware (thanks to chemistry) that their word 'water' does not refer to the Earthian stuff.
ref: 1997. Diego Marconi. Lexical Competence. MIT Press: 1997, page 174
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: Earthish
glosses: Of or from the planet Earth.
Earthian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜː.θi.ən/
ipa: /ˈɝ.θi.ən/
Forms: form: Earthians
form: Earthean
Etymology: From Earth + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: I inquired of one prominent Earthian: "What's of constructing ships and buildings...?"
ref: 1940. America: A Catholic Review of the Week, America Press: 1940, page 420
text: I most likely will be the second Earthian to reach that planet. ...
ref: 1955. Fantastic Universe: Science Fiction, Great American Publications, 1955, page 41
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: word: Earthling
word: Terran
word: Earthan
word: Earther
word: Earthian
word: Earthican
word: Earthie
word: Earthlet
word: Earthling
word: Earthperson
word: Earthsider
word: Gaian
word: Tellurian
word: Terran
word: Terrestrial
word: Terrestrian
glosses: A person from planet Earth.
Earthian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜː.θi.ən/
ipa: /ˈɝ.θi.ən/
Forms: form: Earthean
Etymology: From Earth + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: According to Fodor's definition, it follows that 'water' in Twin Earthian means XYZ and not H2O.
ref: 1997. Diego Marconi. Lexical Competence. MIT Press: 1997, page 102
text: I thought the females spoke Earthian to you. Improving their Earthian was why they asked for a couple.
ref: 2004. Sheri S. Tepper. The Companions. HarperCollins: 2004, page 79
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: Earthish
glosses: A universal language spoken on Earth.
Earthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Earthites
Etymology: From Earth + -ite.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A person from planet Earth.
Earther
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜːθ.ə/
ipa: /ˈɝθ.ɚ/
Forms: form: Earthers
form: earther
Etymology: From Earth + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Like Haiti, the Belt is dominated by a wealthy class of colonizers (in this case, Earthers who speak English). […] Some characters speak pure Belter, but most speak about half-English, half-Belter, adjusting their vocabulary for each situation. If they’re holding a separatist rally to protest Earther rule, Belter is the order of the day. If they’re trying to talk to a boss, English makes more sense.
ref: 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A person from planet Earth.
Synonyms: Earthling
Terran
Tellurian
Hypernyms: Solarian
Hyponyms: Earthgirl
Earthman
Earthwoman
Earthan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝθən/
ipa: /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θən
homophone: earthen
Forms: form: Earthans
Etymology: From Earth + -an.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A person or thing from planet Earth; an Earthling.
Earthan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝθən/
ipa: /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θən
homophone: earthen
Forms: form: more Earthan
form: most Earthan
Etymology: From Earth + -an.
Senses: examples: text: When, for unknown reasons, gene-splicing with Earthan reptiles had failed to take, scientists had turned to the sea dragons found on the water world of Aquatilis, home planet of the merpeople.
ref: 2008, Crystal Jordan, Carnal Desires, page 59:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Of or from planet Earth.
Related terms: Earthling
100s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 100's
Senses: glosses: Hundreds.
glosses: The period from year 100 to 199, almost the same period as the 2nd century which, however, was from year 101 to 200.
extrasolar planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extrasolar planets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of exoplanet.
synonyms: word: exoplanet
case-in-chief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cases-in-chief
form: case in chief
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The stage during trial in which the party with the burden of proof presents supporting evidence.
therapeutically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk.li/
Forms: form: more therapeutically
form: most therapeutically
Etymology: From therapeutic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: This drug cannot be used therapeutically except as a placebo.
glosses: In a therapeutic manner.
Derived terms: chemotherapeutically
hypnotherapeutically
pharmacotherapeutically
phototherapeutically
physiotherapeutically
phytotherapeutically
pretherapeutically
psychotherapeutically
radiotherapeutically
sociotherapeutically
subtherapeutically
untherapeutically
virotherapeutically
ticklishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪklɪʃˌnɛs/
Etymology: From ticklish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Reportedly the wrestler’s ticklishness was used against him.
glosses: The property of being ticklish.
toastmistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toastmistresses
Etymology: From toast + mistress.
Senses: glosses: A female toastmaster.
togaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊɡəd/
ipa: /ˈtoʊɡəd/
Etymology: From toga + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The togaed fratboy looked silly.
glosses: Wearing or covered by a toga.
Synonyms: word: betogaed
word: togate
word: togated
word: toged
tolerantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tolerantly
form: most tolerantly
Etymology: From tolerant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tolerant manner.
examples: text: `Not a bad-looking wench at all,' said Robert tolerantly.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 47:
glosses: With tolerance.
Kantianism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkæntɪənɪzəm/
Etymology: From Kantian + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The philosophical system of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and his followers; also called transcendental idealism.
towelette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /taʊˈlɛt/
ipa: /taʊ.əˈlɛt/
Forms: form: towelettes
Etymology: From towel + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: The folded moist towelette was smaller than my palm, but when unfolded at least cleaned my hands.
glosses: A small towel, hand or face wipe, either dry or more commonly impregnated with water or a cleansing fluid.
touchiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: touchinesses
Etymology: From touchy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
glosses: The property of being touchy.
torpidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more torpidly
form: most torpidly
Etymology: From torpid + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a torpid way or manner.
towheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more towheaded
form: most towheaded
Etymology: From tow + headed.
Senses: glosses: Having pale blond hair, resembling tow.
Kantian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kantian
form: most Kantian
form: Kantean
Etymology: From Kant + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Gurwitsch's notion of the perceptual noema as a completely idealized phenomenon is more Kantian than Husserlian.
ref: 1964 Sep, James M. Edie, “Transcendental Phenomenology and Existentialism”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, volume 25, number 1, page 59:
text: Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States.
ref: 2014 July 31, Oliver C. Speck, editor, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: The Continuation of Metacinema, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 25:
text: It aimed to pacify intra-European relations through exchange and economic cooperation. The framework was therefore Kantian: it was based on the principle of peace through exchange.
ref: 2023 September 30, Patrick Wintour, quoting Zaki Laïdi, “‘No turning back’: how the Ukraine war has profoundly changed the EU”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the philosophical views of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).
Synonyms: word: Kantianist
word: Kantist
Coordinate terms: Fichtean
Hegelian
Schellingian
Derived terms: Kantianism
Neo-Kantian
Kantian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kantians
form: Kantean
Etymology: From Kant + -ian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A person who subscribes to philosophical views associated with Immanuel Kant.
gadding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gad
gadding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaddings
Senses: examples: ref: 1879, William Adolph Baillie Grohman, Gaddings with a Primitive People:
glosses: The act of one who gads, or moves about frivolously.
Related terms: gadding car
gaddingly
gadded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gad
disaffiliation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disaffiliations
Etymology: From dis- + affiliation.
Senses: glosses: The termination of an affiliation; the act of ceasing to be associated with something.
disaffiliations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disaffiliation
dourness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dournesses
Etymology: From dour + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being dour; gloominess; sternness.
ATM machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ATM machine
mixoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪkˈsɒskəpi/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mixoscopie, from Ancient Greek μίξις (míxis, “intercourse”) + German -skopie (“-scopy”). Reportedly coined by Albert Moll (1862–1939).
Senses: examples: text: Founded on the sense of vision also we find a phenomenon, bordering on the abnormal, which is by Moll termed mixoscopy. This means the sexual pleasure derived from the spectacle of other persons engaged in natural or perverse sexual actions.
ref: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, volume 4, page 299:
text: Among the ancient Tyrrhenians also mixoscopy was prevalent.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 157:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex.
twelve hundred
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Forms: form: twelvehundred
Senses: glosses: The number 1200; one thousand two hundred
glosses: The year 1200; MCC in Roman numerals.
glosses: The start of the thirteenth hour of the day on the 24-hour clock, i.e. 12:00, which generally coincides with noon in local time.
gynaecomasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡaɪnɪkəˈmæsti/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gynecomastia.
gynecomasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡaɪnɪkəˈmæsti/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gynecomastia.
lynchpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lynchpins
Senses: examples: text: Every design that villainy could suggest was had recourse to in the hopes of nobbling Wild Dayrell; but never being left for an hour by either his trainer or jockey, he escaped the intended 'coopering', even when the lynchpins of the wheels of his van had been tampered with.
ref: 1864, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 8, page 110:
glosses: Alternative form of linchpin.
lynchpin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lynchpins
form: lynchpinning
form: lynchpinned
form: lynchpinned
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of linchpin.
dismutation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dismutations
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disproportionation reaction, especially in a biological context, in which oxidized and reduced forms of a chemical species are produced simultaneously
Derived terms: retrodismutation
Related terms: dismutate
dismutator
redox
metastable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + stable.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.
Derived terms: metastable isomer
metastably
nonmetastable
metastable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metastables
Etymology: From meta- + stable.
Senses: glosses: A particle, etc. in the metastable state.
dehydrogenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌhaɪdˈɹɒdʒəneɪz/
Forms: form: dehydrogenases
Etymology: From de- + hydrogen + -ase.
Senses: examples: text: This led to a search in the filtrate for a dehydrogenase which should activate lactate in preference to the other three substances.
ref: 1928, Marjory Stephenson, “On lactic dehydrogenase: A cell-free enzyme preparation obtained from bacteria”, in Biochemical Journal:
text: Our stomachs and livers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart.
ref: 2012 September 26, Jacque Wilson, “Experts: Alcohol enemas ‘extremely dangerous’”, in CNN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several enzymes that catalyze the removal of hydrogen (a proton) from biological compounds.
Synonyms: sense: dehydrogenating enzyme
alt: disused
word: dehydrase
Derived terms: alcohol dehydrogenase
apodehydrogenase
co-dehydrogenase
codehydrogenase
dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase
hydrogenase
isocitrate dehydrogenase
lactate dehydrogenase
lactodehydrogenase
succinic dehydrogenase
arrogating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arrogate
phenanthroline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenanthrolines
Etymology: Blend of phenanthrene + quinoline
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic heterocyclic compound having two pyridine rings fused with a benzene ring; any of its derivatives
Derived terms: bathophenanthroline
terce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɜːs/
ipa: /tɝːs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
homophone: terse
Forms: form: terces
form: tierce
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Old French terce, from Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”).
Senses: glosses: The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: The service appointed for this hour.
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.
Synonyms: sense: hour
word: undern
sense: hour
word: half undern
sense: hour
word: undermeal
sense: hour
word: underntide
sense: hour
word: undertide
sense: hour
word: undern-time
sense: service
word: undern-song
Hypernyms: sense: both senses
word: canonical hour
sense: service
word: liturgy of the hours
spics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spic
canonical hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canonical hours
Senses: synonyms: stound
tide
glosses: The three-hour intervals of daytime religious services appointed by canon law.
topics: Christianity
hypernyms: Liturgy of the Hours
little hour
glosses: The divine office or prayers appointed to each of these times of day.
Related terms: book of hours
natural food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural foods
Senses: glosses: A food that has been not been processed in any way that alters covalent bonds, and to which no artificial substance has been added.
India ink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.di.ə ɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: India inks
form: Indian ink
Etymology: From India + ink.
Senses: glosses: A black ink, made from lampblack, used for printing and artwork.
Synonyms: China ink
Derived terms: India-inky
m'lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈleɪdi/
rhymes: -eɪdi
Forms: form: m'ladies
form: milady
Etymology: Elision of my + lady.
Senses: glosses: My Lady (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc).
Related terms: madam
mademoiselle
m'lord
m'lady
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈleɪdi/
rhymes: -eɪdi
Forms: form: m'ladies
form: m'ladying
form: m'ladied
form: m'ladied
form: milady
Etymology: Elision of my + lady.
Senses: examples: text: […]when people living in the same social set m’lorded and m’ladied each other with much frequency.
ref: 1929, Mrs. C. S. Peel [i.e., Constance Peel], A Hundred Wonderful Years: Social and Domestic Life of a Century, 1820-1920, London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., page 103:
text: […]lavishly “M’Ladyed,” as was the fashion of the day.
ref: 1932, Mrs. C. S. Peel [i.e., Constance Peel], The Stream of Time: Social and Domestic Life in England, 1805-1861, page 162:
text: Then he was coming down the slope to her, m’ladying her again: “It’s the lady who telephoned, m’lady. I wasn’t sure whether you would wish to receiver her, m’lady. So I asked her to wait in the hall until I ascertained whether you had returned, m’lady”.
ref: 1938, Gilbert Frankau, The Dangerous Years: A Trilogy, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., book three (Present Day), chapter ninety-eight, section 5, page 680:
text: Fanny (how much Tom had told her about Fanny) m’ladied her and took her cloak.
ref: 1939, Gilbert Frankau, Royal Regiment: A Novel of Contemporary Behaviours, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., page 423:
text: “[…]Please get out of the habit of m’ladying me, once and for all, and reserve it for Grandmama.” “Yes, m’lady!” “There you go again!”
ref: 1962, Frank Baines, Culture of Bacillus, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, page 96:
text: If only she could get him to stop m’ladying her...
ref: 2021, Jackie Barbosa, “Epilogue”, in A Bit of Rough: The House of Uncommons, Book One, Circe Press, →ISBN:
glosses: To address as “m’lady”.
m'lord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlɔːd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: m'lords
form: m'lud
form: milord
Etymology: Elision of my + lord.
Senses: examples: 1986, Ben Elton et al., Blackadder II, 3: "Money"
There's a priest wants t'see you, m'lord.
Well, tell him I'm Jewish.
2012, David Benioff et al., A Game of Thrones, 2.3: "A Man without Honor"
And, girl.
My lord.
Lowborn girls say "m'lord", not "my lord". If you're going to pose as a commoner, you should do it properly.
topics: law
glosses: My Lord (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc).
raw_tags: in India
Related terms: m'lady
m'ladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of m'lady
m'ladies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of m'lady
m'lords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of m'lord
pièce de résistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piˈɛs də ɹəˈzɪs.tɑ̃s/
Forms: form: pièces de résistance
form: piece de resistance
Etymology: Borrowed from French pièce de résistance; the first use of this phrase in English appears in 1789 in Richard Cumberland's novel Arundel.
Senses: synonyms: magnum opus
masterpiece
glosses: A masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetime.
examples: text: Our pièce de résistance was a traditional preparation of poularde de Bresse en vessie: an entire chicken, stuffed with truffles and foie, steamed inside an inflated pig’s bladder in a bath of liquor and still more truffles.
ref: 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 30:
glosses: The chief dish at a dinner.
arborsculpture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
Related terms: bonsai
pleach
topiary
falchion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fôlʹ(t)shən
ipa: /ˈfɔːl.(t)ʃən/
ipa: /ˈfɔl.(t)ʃən/
ipa: /ˈfɑl.(t)ʃən/
Forms: form: falchions
form: fachon
form: fachone
form: fachoun
form: fauchon
form: fauchone
form: fauchoun
form: fawchon
form: fawchone
form: fawchoun
form: fauschune
form: fawchun
form: fawken
form: fouchon
form: fwalchon
form: fachen
form: falcheon
form: faucheon
form: fauchin
form: fauchine
form: fauchion
form: faulcheon
form: faulchion
form: fawcheon
form: fawchin
form: fawchine
form: fawchion
form: falcen
form: falchon
form: faulchin
Etymology: From Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx.
Senses: examples: text: I haue seene the day, with my good biting Faulchion
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 309:
text: Thy Chamber vvith Ambroſiall odors breatheth, / Nevv loues and true loues vnto them that entreateth, / And furious Mars made milde his Faulcheon ſheatheth / At thy delicious aſpect: […]
ref: 1607 February 12 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [Barnabe Barnes], The Divils Charter: A Tragædie Conteining the Life and Death of Pope Alexander the Sixt. […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Iohn Wright, […], published 1607, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, signature E2, verso:
text: Even when the battle-roar was deep, / With dauntless heart he hewed his way, / Mid splintering lance and falchion-sweep, / And still was heard his warrior-lay; […]
ref: 1816, [Walter Scott], “Letter IX. Paul to His Sister Margaret. The Troubadour.”, in Paul’s Letters to His Kinsfolk, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and John Murray, →OCLC, page 211:
text: The Jester wore his usual fantastic habit, but late accidents had led him to adopt a good cutting falchion, instead of his wooden sword, with a targe to match it; […]
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter X, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 242:
glosses: A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
glosses: A billhook.
Derived terms: alt: swordplay
word: case of falchions
alt: swordplay
word: double falchion
english: armed with a falchion
translation: armed with a falchion
word: falchioned
alt: swordplay
word: single falchion
falchion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: fôlʹ(t)shən
ipa: /ˈfɔːl.(t)ʃən/
ipa: /ˈfɔl.(t)ʃən/
ipa: /ˈfɑl.(t)ʃən/
Forms: form: falchions
form: falchioning
form: falchioned
form: falchioned
form: fachon
form: fachone
form: fachoun
form: fauchon
form: fauchone
form: fauchoun
form: fawchon
form: fawchone
form: fawchoun
form: fauschune
form: fawchun
form: fawken
form: fouchon
form: fwalchon
form: fachen
form: falcheon
form: faucheon
form: fauchin
form: fauchine
form: fauchion
form: faulcheon
form: faulchion
form: fawcheon
form: fawchin
form: fawchine
form: fawchion
form: falcen
form: falchon
form: faulchin
Etymology: From Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx.
Senses: glosses: Attack with a falchion.
Derived terms: alt: slain by a falchion
word: falchioned
Barbados cherries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barbados cherry
pigmentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigmentations
Etymology: From pigment + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: It may hence be assumed that this apparently capillary pigmentation should be ascribed merely to an accumulation of pigment-molecules towards one side of the hepatic cells.
ref: 1855, Carl Wedl, Rudiments of Pathological Histology:
text: The neoplasm which, since the time of Laennec, is known by the designation Melanosis, is to be carefully distinguished from this pigmentation of the ordinary structures of the lung, which has been designated Anthracosis.
ref: 1858, Rudolf Virchow, “The Pathology of Miners' Lung”, in Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 4, page 205:
text: In order to help understand the pigmentary changes which occur throughout the aging process and in the management of aging skin, it is necessary to examine how pigmentation varies among different ethnicities.
ref: 2009, Miranda A. Farage, Textbook of Aging Skin, page 503:
glosses: Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.
Derived terms: acropigmentation
copigmentation
depigmentation
dermapigmentation
dyspigmentation
hyperpigmentation
hypopigmentation
keratopigmentation
malpigmentation
micropigmentation
overpigmentation
pigmentational
repigmentation
underpigmentation
astragal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astragals
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos). Doublet of astragalus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of anklebone: the bone forming the ball of the ankle joint.
synonyms: word: anklebone
extra: the bone forming the ball of the ankle joint
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:astragal.
glosses: A die, especially a four-sided die historically made from or in imitation of an ankle bone.
topics: architecture
glosses: A semicircular molding separating the architrave at the top or bottom of a column.
glosses: A tool used to mold such features; similar tools used for connecting panes of glass in a window.
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A circular molding near the mouth of a cannon.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of milkvetch: a plant of the genus Astragalus.
synonyms: word: milkvetch
extra: a plant of the genus Astragalus
topics: architecture
glosses: A molding attached to double doors to prevent drafts.
qualifier: roof plumbing
glosses: A bracket used to fix downpipes to the wall of a building.
Derived terms: astragalin
Related terms: astragalar
astragaloid
astragalomancy
astragalus
fiveth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: And if any afternoone Lecture doe fall out to be on any fiveth daye of November then I doe appoint that the tenne shillinges...
ref: 1608, The Account Books of the Parish of St. Bartholomew Exchange in the City of London, page 35:
glosses: Obsolete form of fifth.
secondhand smoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of second-hand smoke.
smoky quartz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoky quartzes
form: smokey quartz
Senses: glosses: A brown to black variety of quartz.
mensae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mensa
subduct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌbˈdʌkt/
rhymes: -ʌkt
Forms: form: subducts
form: subducting
form: subducted
form: subducted
Etymology: From Latin subductus.
Senses: glosses: To push under or below.
glosses: To move downwards underneath something.
glosses: To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.
Related terms: subduction
microwave safe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Safe to use in microwave ovens.
Related terms: dish washer proof
dishwasher safe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dishwasher safe
form: most dishwasher safe
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dishwasher-safe.
telephone jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telephone jacks
Senses: examples: text: I stood up and the suddenness of my movement yanked the telephone jack out of its socket.
ref: 2002, Kamila Shamsie, Kartography, Bloomsbury (2003), pages 336-337:
glosses: A jack on a wall used to connect a telephone to the telephone line.
cable jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cable jacks
Senses: glosses: A jack on a wall used to connect a television to the cable television service.
truck driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truck drivers
form: truckdriver
form: truck-driver
Senses: synonyms: lorry driver
trucker
truckie
glosses: A person employed to drive a truck, especially a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
hypernyms: pike
double-grab
coordinate_terms: mute grab
Japan grab
glosses: A freestyle skiing aerialist move involving grabbing the front end of one's skis on a jump in a pike position, similar to holding the large steering wheel of a big truck.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A freestyle BMX move involving turning the bicycle handlebar 360-degrees, akin to spinning the steering wheel of a big truck to turn.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A bomber pilot.
Related terms: drive truck
bus driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bus drivers
Senses: glosses: A person employed to drive buses.
glosses: An exercise for the anterior deltoid performed by extending the arms and rotating them with a weight plate or rarely olympic bar.
Synonyms: sense: person employed to drive buses
word: bus operator
sense: person employed to drive buses
word: busman
Hyponyms: sense: person employed to drive buses
word: coach driver
sense: person employed to drive buses
word: operator
drive truck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drives truck
form: driving truck
form: drove truck
form: driven truck
Senses: examples: text: My uncle was a truckdriver. He drove truck for Roadway for years.
qualifier: trucking
glosses: To drive trucks, especially semi-trailer trucks, especially as one's occupation.
Related terms: drive stick
truck driver
thiefed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thief, meaning to steal.
stealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstiːlə/
enpr: stēlʹər
ipa: /ˈstilɚ/
rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stealers
Etymology: From Middle English stelere, equivalent to steal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Steler (“thief”), West Frisian steller, stelder (“stealer”), Dutch steler (“stealer, thief”), Danish stjæler (“stealer”).
Senses: examples: text: a child-stealer
text: a chicken-stealer
text: "So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!"
ref: 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:
text: “You're a stealer and a robber and a swiper and a thief,” I shouted.
ref: 2013, Ruth I. Johnson, Joy Sparton and the Money Mix-Up:
glosses: One who steals; a thief.
topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Clipping of infostealer.
Derived terms: angle stealer
cookie stealer
infostealer
kill stealer
man-stealer
men-stealer
scene-stealer
shop stealer
gas truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas trucks
Senses: glosses: A truck designed to store gasoline which is being delivered to gas stations.
mail truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mail trucks
Senses: glosses: A vehicle used by mail carriers to store and deliver mail.