cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wellsinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wellsinkers
Senses: examples: text: It may be some particular set of workmen—brickmakers, wellsinkers, and others, who are the ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water’ in our locality, but who, unlike the Nethinim of old, cannot be said to have anything to do with the congregation of the Lord.
ref: 1865, Richard Gee, ‘From Sunday to Sunday’ […], pages 137–8:
text: If I contract with a wellsinker to sink a well in my field I am under no duty to provide for the safety of his workmen.
ref: 1885 February 6, Lord Young, “Mrs Isabella Robertson and Others […] [v.] Archibald Russell […]”, in Middleton Rettie et al., editors, Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary and House of Lords, from August 1, 1884, to July 18, 1885, published 1885, page 638:
text: The name, however, is of wide import, and is applied to masons, bricklayers, plasterers, wellsinkers, field-labourers, roadmakers, and labourers of every kind.
ref: 1888 January 1, James Smith, “Chumarni School, Delhi”, in The Missionary Herald of the Baptist Missionary Society, page 29:
text: With several other wellsinkers, he advertised in 1850 that he would sink wells at one dollar a foot, and guaranteed a supply of good water.
ref: 1971, William Henry Newnham, Old Adelaide Hotels Sketchbook, →ISBN, page 12:
text: It was sunk in such an odd place one can only suppose the wellsinker was fooled by his divining rod.
ref: 1984, Eric C. Rolls, A Million Wild Acres, →ISBN, page 315:
glosses: Uncommon spelling of well sinker.
wellsinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wellsinker
well sinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: well sinkers
form: well-sinker
form: wellsinker
Etymology: From well + sinker.
Senses: glosses: A worker who digs wells.
well sinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well sinker
well-sinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: well-sinkers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of well sinker.
well-sinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well-sinker
major scores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of major score
distance teaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of distance learning.
synonyms: word: distance learning
makakunyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makakunya
makalani palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makalani palm
makarisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makarism
Mak'ems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mak'em
labor action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labor actions
form: labour action
Senses: glosses: Synonym of industrial action.
synonyms: word: industrial action
labor actions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labor action
foreseeableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From foreseeable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Thus the foreseeableness of a disaster occurring arguably is dependent upon how the chance of that event taking place is evaluated in the first place. If an assessment of a risk is undertaken and no disaster occurs then, as discussed above in relation to chance, the people concerned with that evaluation will simply attribute the successful outcome to their ability to control the environment.
ref: 1994, Brian Toft, Simon Reynolds, Learning From Disasters, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: Synonym of foreseeability.
synonyms: word: foreseeability
Related terms: unforeseeableness
congenital heart disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congenital heart diseases
Senses: examples: text: Advances in surgical treatment of congenital heart disease have contributed to the need of more accurate techniques for evaluating alterations in physiology of the circulation.
ref: 1951 March, J. H. Lehmann, A. D. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, J. Michel, D. M. Green, “Cardiac Catheterization—A Diagnostic Aid in Congenital Heart Disease”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 170:
topics: cardiology
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of congenital heart defect.
synonyms: word: congenital heart defect
impredictability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From im- + predictability.
Senses: examples: text: As we move forward, we might want to look at how narratives are produced in multiplayer environments, for example, where the parameters of the story are not all fixed by a designer and where new kinds of experiences arise due to the impredictability of the behaviour of the other players.
ref: 2008, Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, Jonas Heide Smith, Susana Pajares Tosca, Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction, New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 199:
glosses: Synonym of unpredictability.
synonyms: word: unpredictability
Related terms: impredictable
Fick principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after German physician and physiologist Adolf Eugen Fick (1829–1901).
Senses: examples: text: The rate of blood flow in the peripheral and pulmonic vessels and the approximate size of existing shunts can be calculated by application of the Fick principle. […] It may be of interest to explain in some detail the Fick principle as employed in calculation of cardiac output, pulmonic blood flow and blood flow in shunts.
ref: 1951 March, J. H. Lehmann, A. D. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, J. Michel, D. M. Green, “Cardiac Catheterization—A Diagnostic Aid in Congenital Heart Disease”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 171:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A principle used in physiology and medicine, originally applied to measure cardiac output, stating that the total uptake (or release) of a substance by an organ is equal to the product of the blood flow through the organ and the arteriovenous concentration difference of the substance.
wikipedia: Adolf Eugen Fick
imprevisibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From imprevisible + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Free-will, thus shown to be open to no logical objection, is to be affirmed on moral grounds. It is definable as "the power in virtue of which man can choose between two contrary actions without being determined by any necessity"; and the notion of "imprevisibility" is to be asserted, without qualification, as a part of its meaning.
ref: 1887 October, “New Books”, in Mind, volume 12, number 48, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 622:
glosses: The quality of being imprevisible or unforeseeable; unpredictability.
Related terms: imprevisible
free-will
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Free-will, thus shown to be open to no logical objection, is to be affirmed on moral grounds. It is definable as "the power in virtue of which man can choose between two contrary actions without being determined by any necessity"; and the notion of "imprevisibility" is to be asserted, without qualification, as a part of its meaning.
ref: 1887 October, “New Books”, in Mind, volume 12, number 48, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 622:
glosses: Archaic form of free will.
unprevisibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unprevisible + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: 'Decision', we have said, is a fundamental feature in the cosmos; and there is thus a certain unprevisibility of events belongs to their intrinsic character.
ref: 1990, Robert E. Wood, A Path Into Metaphysics: Phenomenological, Hermeneutical, and Dialogical Studies, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 286:
glosses: Synonym of imprevisibility.
synonyms: word: imprevisibility
arterio-venous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arteriovenous.
unprevisible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprevisible
form: most unprevisible
Etymology: From un- + previsible.
Senses: examples: text: For the flowering and fruitage, for the actual creation of a new and great poetry, it awaits, as it did before Homer, before Virgil, before Milton, the incalculable and unprevisible individual genius.
ref: 1911, J[ohn] W[illiam] Mackail, “The Progress of Poetry”, in Lectures on Poetry, London […]: Longmans, Green and Co., page 330:
text: And I think of the ultimately unprevisible atom threatening to come asunder, the left wing of the atom plotting without ceasing to spit in the eye of the physical statistician and commit a most copious offence of nuisance on his cenotaphs of indivisibility.
ref: 1932, Samuel Beckett, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, London; Paris: Calder Publications, published 1993, →ISBN, page 139:
synonyms: imprevisible
glosses: Not previsible; unforeseeable, unpredictable.
Derived terms: unprevisibility
anticipability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anticipable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: More generally, low anticipability of the source speech, which can be due to the speaker's personal style rather than to linguistic or cultural features or to flaws in his/her rationale, can have the same effect (see also Section 4).
ref: 2009, Daniel Gile, Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training, revised edition, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, P.A.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 193:
synonyms: anticipatability
glosses: The quality of being anticipable; foreseeability, predictability.
anticipatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anticipatable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Barring unexpectedly good or poor educational performance, or perhaps an unforeseen opportunity, it is possible to predict accurately the month and year in which one's full-time education will end. This anticipatability can have several effects, some of which are likely to make the transition smoother and more pleasant for the person experiencing it.
ref: 1990, Shirley Fisher, Cary L[ynn] Cooper, editors, On the Move: The Psychology of Change and Transition, Chichester, West Sussex […]: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 208:
glosses: Synonym of anticipability.
synonyms: word: anticipability
anti-jamming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + jamming.
Senses: examples: text: […] improvements incorporated include provisions for minimising the effects of possible collision, such as anti-telescoping pillars on the exterior of the car ends and flush fitted anti-jamming connecting doors, while a further safeguard against over-riding is the tying of the bogies to the body by means of king-pins.
ref: 1950 February, “Rolling stock for London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
glosses: Alternative form of antijamming.
mucilloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mucilloids
Etymology: From mucil(age) + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: METAMUCIL® is the highly refined mucilloid of Plantago ovata (50%), a seed of the psyllium group, combined with dextrose (50%) as a dispersing agent.
ref: 1951 March, “You Can Assure… adequate water, bulk, dispersion with METAMUCIL [advertisement]”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 185:
text: Feeding psyllium mucilloid may promote colonic healing in horses with RDUC.
ref: 2008, Bradford P. Smith, Large Animal Internal Medicine, page 757:
text: The effectiveness of dietary fiber in diminishing the number and severity of GI side effect was demonstrated in a pancreatic lipase inhibitor study, which concluded that the mucilloid of dietary fiber prevents the GI side effect, most probably by absorbing free fat (oil) (30).
ref: 2013 January, Barbara Grube, Pee-Win Chong, Kai-Zhia Lau, Hans-Dieter Orzechowski, “A Natural Fiber Complex Reduces Body Weight in the Overweight and Obese: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study”, in Obesity, volume 21, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, page 63:
glosses: A substance prepared from mucilage.
Related terms: mucilage
mucilaginous
mucoid
Higgs factory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Higgs factories
Senses: glosses: A particle accelerator designed to produce Higgs bosons at a very high rate.
Higgs factories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Higgs factory
dislikee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dislikees
Etymology: From dislike + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: When confronted with cases of racial prejudice it is usual to lay the blame on the disliker rather than the dislikee.
ref: 1941, The National Review, volume 116, page 478:
glosses: One who is disliked.
dislikees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dislikee
X17 particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X17 particles
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical subatomic particle proposed to explain certain anomalous measurements.
X17 particles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X17 particle
matman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matmen
Etymology: From mat + -man.
Senses: examples: text: But at that time the victories of this compactly built young man over the strongest matmen looked impossible. Alexander bore very little resemblance to the huge, not very agile kings of the wrestling mat.
ref: 1972, Soviet Life, numbers 184-195, page 63:
glosses: A male wrestler.
matmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matman
electric razors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric razor
fifth force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifth forces
Senses: examples: text: The tantalising theory that a fifth force of nature could exist has been given a boost thanks to unexpected wobbling by a subatomic particle, physicists have revealed. […] Dr Mitesh Patel, from Imperial College London, said: “We’re talking about a fifth force because we can’t necessarily explain the behaviour [in these experiments] with the four we know about.”
ref: 2023 August 11, Nicola Davis, “Scientists may be on brink of discovering fifth force of nature”, in The Guardian:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical fundamental force, distinct from gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong force and weak force, proposed to explain various anomalous observations that do not fit existing theories.
electro-funk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of electrofunk.
fifth forces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fifth force
stevenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The neoflavonoid 6-hydroxy-4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxychromen-2-one.
Priestlys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Priestly
social-security number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social-security numbers
Senses: examples: text: Charles Wilson figured it was going to be easy to remember his social-security number. It was tattooed on his shoulder.
ref: 1937 September 3, Associated Press, “Government Problem”, in Shreveport Journal, volume 41, number 207, Shreveport, La., page nineteen:
text: The agency also pointed to neighbor Bulgaria, which requires users to give their name, address, and a social-security number.
ref: 2016 March 30, Alison Mutler, “Prime minister says extremists used prepaid cards bought in Romania”, in Miami Herald, volume 113, number 198, page 15A, column 3:
text: A social-security number is not required to apply, tenants can qualify regardless of immigration status, and an eviction notice is not needed.
ref: 2022 April 14, Alena Kuzub, “Emergency-Rental Assistance Program expires on Friday”, in The Daily Item, volume 142, number 418, Lynn, Mass., page A6, column 6:
glosses: Alternative form of social security number.
spaghetti stringing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A style of stringing a tennis racket with two sets of main strings and five parallel pairs of cross strings that are not interwoven with those main strings, designed to impart maximum spin to the ball.
Related terms: spaghetti-strung
spaghetti string
spaghetti-strung
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: Of a tennis racket: strung according to the spaghetti stringing method.
spaghetti string
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaghetti strings
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A string forming part of a tennis racket strung according to the spaghetti stringing method.
spaghetti strings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaghetti string
depthness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From depth + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Then I saw the interior of the book, and I was blown away by the depthness of the color and the suppleness of the page.
ref: 2015 August 22, Michael Cavna, quoting Darren Adams, “Rare Superman book draws record $3.2 million top bid: The long, ’cool’ journey of a record-setting comic [UPDATED]”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2014:
text: I was even willing to cop the criticism that my introduction, regardless of how skilfully crafted I, a paid writer, thought it was, was not in "academic speak". ¶ But then … ¶ "Your discussion requires more depthness." ¶ "Depthness?" ¶ The word is "depth". ¶ Not only dissatisfied with my ability to be succinct, to write with flair and meaning and to be able to formulate an opinion of my own without the help of (Jones, Smith, Anderson, Loren, van Gibben, Johnston et al (1996) p67898), apparently regular words aren't even long enough for this "expert".
ref: 2015 May 24, Jenna Cairney, “SOAPBOX: Academics dreaming if they want more 'depthness'”, in The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, QNS: News Corp Australia, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2023:
glosses: Synonym of depth.
synonyms: word: depth
Related terms: in-depthness
q.i.d.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Dilatation of this type “irons out the folds” of the urethra, giving better drainage of the paraurethral glands, stimulating circulation and promoting rapid healing, especially when small doses (7½ gr. q.i.d.) of one of the triple-sulfonamides are given as an adjunct.
ref: 1951 January, Gordon W. Reynolds, “The Female Urethra and Chronic Urethritis”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 1, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 34:
glosses: Alternative form of QID (“four times a day”).
Constitutioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Constitutioners
Etymology: From Constitution + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And when the Constitutioners shall lay open to publick view a full State of their Case, and appeal to the Reason of Mankind, they are perswaded that the Representation of an Oxford-shire Grand-jury will appear to have proceeded either from Mistake or Prejudice.
ref: 1716 February 9, The Speech of a Member of the Constitution-Club at Oxford, Feb. 9 1715–16 […], published 1716, page 35:
text: One of the proctors, in particular, had the modesty and good manners to tell the convocation, that the constitutioners were […] most vile wretches who were hated by gods and men.
ref: 1726, Nicholas Amhurst, Terræ-Filius: Or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford […], page 283:
text: A Brasenose man was wounded by a gunshot fired by one of the Constitutioners, or their friends in Oriel, after which the crowd retired to pull down the conventicles.
ref: 1874, Christopher Wordsworth, Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century, page 43:
related: word: constitutioner
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: A member of the Constitution Club, a reformist Whig society at Oxford in the 1710s.
examples: text: The Constitution Party of Texas Tuesday substituted Mrs. W. Lee O’Daniel in the place of her husband as their nominee for governor of Texas. [see title]
ref: 1956 September 18, “Constitutioners: Party to Run O’Daniel’s Wife Instead”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, volume 76, number 231, Fort Worth, Tex., page 1:
text: William P. Gale, the Constitution Party’s candidate for governor of California, says it is mixture of the races which is leading the world to Armageddon […] [see title]
ref: 1957 December 13, “'Constitutioner' Says Race Mixing Means Final War”, in The Fresno Bee, volume 68, number 12739, Fresno, Cal., page 13-A:
text: The Constitution Party Monday night named Charles Sullivan, 29, Clarksdale, Miss., attorney, as its presidential candidate. [see title]
ref: 1960 August 10, “Constitutioners Name Candidate”, in The Progress-Index, volume 96, number 38, Petersburg–Colonial Heights, Va., page 16:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of the Constitution Party, a loosely organized far-right third party in the United States founded in 1952 and dissolved in the 1970s.
Constitutioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Constitutioner
playbroking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From play + broking.
Senses: glosses: The procuring and sale of theatrical plays.
Levanto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and comune in La Spezia province, Liguria, Italy.
glosses: A district in Chachapoyas province, Amazonas, Brazil.
Aweti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Native American group living near the headwaters of the Xingu River in Brazil.
Aweti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Tupian language of these people.
Augustin process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Augustin process
Senses: glosses: A silver extraction technique that involves the roasting of copper ore containing small amounts of silver in chloridizing conditions, then leaching the resulting silver chloride by means of brine.
Atterberg limit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atterberg limits
Etymology: Devised in 1911 by Swedish chemist and agronomist Albert Atterberg.
Senses: glosses: Any of three basic measures of the critical water contents of a fine-grained soil: its shrinkage limit, plastic limit, and liquid limit.
Atterberg limits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atterberg limit
Atlas beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atlas beetles
Senses: glosses: Chalcosoma atlas, a very large scarabaeid beetle of Southeast Asia, the males having three prominent horns.
Atlas beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atlas beetle
Atlas cedar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atlas cedars
Senses: glosses: A tree of species Cedrus atlantica.
Atlas cedars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atlas cedar
Atlantic croaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atlantic croakers
Senses: glosses: The marine ray-finned fish Micropogonias undulatus.
Atlantic croakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atlantic croaker
Astis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asti
Assyr.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Assyrian.
Assyr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Assyrian.
Assyrian plum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Assyrian plums
Senses: glosses: Any tree of species Cordia myxa.
Assyrian plums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Assyrian plum
felices culpae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felix culpa
melanettin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The neoflavone 6-hydroxy-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxycoumarin.
Australian salmon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kahawai (“the fish Arripis trutta”).
synonyms: word: kahawai
extra: the fish Arripis trutta
MVE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Murray Valley encephalitis.
Australian encephalitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Murray Valley encephalitis.
synonyms: word: Murray Valley encephalitis
Australian X disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Murray Valley encephalitis.
synonyms: word: Murray Valley encephalitis
Murray Valley encephalitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: Australian encephalitis
word: Australian X disease
word: MVE
glosses: A zoonotic disease caused by a flavivirus endemic to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Kunjin virus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A certain zoonotic flavivirus, a subtype of West Nile virus, endemic to Oceania.
Aushiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Auxira
form: Awishira
Senses: synonyms: Vacacocha
glosses: An extinct Zaparoan language formerly spoken in Peru.
Auxira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aushiri.
Awishira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aushiri.
Vacacocha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Aushiri.
synonyms: word: Aushiri
superposers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superposer
unsuperimposed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + superimposed.
Senses: glosses: Not superimposed.
unsuperposed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + superposed.
Senses: glosses: Not superposed.
unsuperimposable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + superimposable.
Senses: glosses: Not superimposable.
unsuperposable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + superposable.
Senses: glosses: Not superposable.
AYPO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras.
murdelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: murdelizes
form: murdelizing
form: murdelized
form: murdelized
form: mertilize
form: murdalize
Etymology: Perhaps a blend of murder + pulverize.
Senses: glosses: To kill; to murder.
synonyms: word: beat
word: bring down
word: chew up
word: eat someone for breakfast
word: eat someone's lunch
word: flog
word: humble
word: kick ass
word: murdelize
word: outfox
word: outguess
word: outrun
word: outsmart
word: outwit
word: overcome
word: overpower
word: overwin
word: own
word: pulverise
word: pwn
word: spank
word: steal the show
word: subdue
word: subvert
word: surmount
word: thrash
word: trounce
word: vanquish
glosses: To defeat soundly; to trounce.
Related terms: murderize
murdelizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of murdelize
murdelizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of murdelize
AYPE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition.
murdelized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of murdelize
Aztec lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aztec lilies
Senses: glosses: Any of the plants (not true lilies) in the genus Sprekelia.
Aztec lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aztec lily
Baalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Baalistic
form: most Baalistic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Baalism.
Baciroa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extinct Uto-Aztecan language.
right out
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: 1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
One minute he's so glad to be with me, kissy-kissy, & the next minute he tells me right out he doesn't care if he's with me or not.
glosses: bluntly, directly, straight up.
Balearic crane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Balearic cranes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crowned crane.
synonyms: word: crowned crane
Balearic cranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Balearic crane
hubbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hubbies
Senses: examples: text: 1975-1976, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
I'm certainly not the type to sit home waiting up for hubbie every night.
text: She leaves her hubbie home with the kids so she can play here all day long.
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
glosses: Alternative form of hubby.
Balkan pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Balkan pines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Macedonian pine.
synonyms: word: Macedonian pine
Balkan pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Balkan pine
Baltic pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baltic pines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Scots pine.
synonyms: word: Scots pine
Baltic pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baltic pine
read someone's beads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reads someone's beads
form: reading someone's beads
form: read someone's beads
form: read someone's beads
Senses: examples: 1976-1977, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
He began to read our beads saying he's observed us often & he sees J as "a villain," not very flexible or open & a cynical person. But he sees me as a man with a sense of humor, much more open to different things, that J can't adjust to change.
topics: LGBT
glosses: To read someone; to call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
B&L
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B&Ls
Senses: glosses: Initialism of building and loan (association).
B&Ls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of B&L
Barbados lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barbados lilies
Senses: glosses: Hippeastrum puniceum, a bulbous perennial native to tropical regions of South America.
Barbados lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barbados lily
caryopterises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caryopteris
caryopterides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caryopteris
bluebeard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluebeards
Etymology: From blue + beard.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Caryopteris.
bluebeards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluebeard
Ald.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of alderman.
reads someone's beads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of read someone's beads
reading someone's beads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of read someone's beads
nosist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin nos + -ist (see nosism).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:nosist.
glosses: Practicing or pertaining to nosism.
air integration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: A feature on dive computers that measures, displays, and monitors pressure in one or more diving cylinders.
mock examination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mock examinations
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An examination, where the marks may or may not count, which serves chiefly as practice for future exams or so that the teachers are able to set a grade before the end of the term.
mock examinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mock examination
veilwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From veil + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a veil.
hoodwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hood + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a hood (part of a garment).
battlewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From battle + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Battlewise the conflict was to be gauged in terms of skirmishes and local fighting, but actually the hurtful war was that between citizen and soldier against the ruthless guerrillas who preyed on the land.
ref: 2000, Henry P. Scalf, Kentucky's Last Frontier, page 7:
glosses: In terms of battle.
battlewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more battlewise
form: most battlewise
Etymology: From battle + wise.
Senses: examples: text: The column stopped. The battlewise men at the rear of the column immediately started eating their "K" rations.
ref: 1946, Infantry Journal, volumes 58-59, page 29:
hyponyms: battle-hardened
glosses: Experienced in battle.
stretch the rules
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stretches the rules
form: stretching the rules
form: stretched the rules
form: stretched the rules
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bend the rules.
synonyms: word: bend the rules
benchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more benchy
form: most benchy
Etymology: From bench + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The landscape may exhibit a benchy or hummocky appearance.
ref: 1976, Edward R. Burroughs, George R. Chalfont, Martin A. Townsend, Slope Stability in Road Construction, page 50:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bench.
benzal chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound with the chemical formula C₆H₅CHCl₂, used as a lachrymator and as a building block in organic synthesis.
biaswise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bias + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Slantingly.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: In terms of bias.
biblia abiblia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Books that are purely informational or propagandist and have no literary merit.
muscle head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muscle heads
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of musclehead (“muscle-man”).
glosses: A separately targetted compartment of a muscle, more usually referred to as head of a muscle or muscular head.
muscle heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muscle head
heartwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From heart + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Did I understand from your response to the chairman there, Doctor, that we already get some kind of reading that if there is an abnormality in either of the parents of that child, heartwise, the chances are that it could show up in that child?
ref: 1976, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare, Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare appropriations for 1977: Hearings... (page 715)
glosses: In terms of the heart.
nevey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nevvy.
roundsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: In the game of marbles, a player's right to move around the edge of the circle to find a better angle to shoot from.
roupet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more roupet
form: most roupet
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roopit.
roundheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roundheels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roundheels.
NACG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Aeronautical Charting Group.
seawise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seawise
form: most seawise
Etymology: From sea + wise.
Senses: examples: text: Watt was a cardiac case, a seawise and kindly man, and probably by now he is dead.
ref: 2022, A. J. Liebling, Back where I came from:
glosses: Experienced in marine navigation.
slantable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slant + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be slanted.
slate purple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slate purples
Senses: glosses: A dull grayish purple.
slate purples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slate purple
wistless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wistless
form: most wistless
Etymology: From wist + -less.
Senses: examples: text: So ore Avernus, or the Luerine lake, / The wiſtleſs bird purſues his purpos'd flight: […]
ref: 1748, Glocester Ridley, “Psyche: or, The Great Metamorphosis”, in A collection of poems. By several hands., volume III, London: […] R. Dodsley, Stanza XX, page 26:
glosses: Unknowing; unaware.
world's fair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world's fairs
Senses: glosses: An international exposition (type of public exhibition).
Coordinate terms: expo
Derived terms: World's Fair plant
worm-eating warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worm-eating warblers
Senses: glosses: Helmitheros vermivorum, a small New World warbler that breeds in the Eastern United States and migrates to southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America for the winter.
worm-eating warblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worm-eating warbler
wormseed mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wormseed mustards
Senses: glosses: The plant Erysimum cheiranthoides.
wormseed mustards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wormseed mustard
Alcor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A binary star system in the constellation of Ursa Major.
7-hydroxymitragynine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A terpenoid indole alkaloid from the kratom plant.
zoophilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoophilites
Etymology: From zoo- + -philite.
Senses: examples: text: At the end of some three-score years since the earliest was founded, the various Zoophilite Societies in the Kingdom — Societies for Prevention of Cruelty, Anti-vivisection Societies, and Homes for Horses and for Lost Dogs — may possibly possess, including legacies and subscriptions, some forty thousand a-year between them all.
ref: 1889, The Animal's Defender and Zoophilist, volume 8, page 70:
text: She is first and foremost a zoophilite and as such has no fear whatever of wild animals.
ref: 1970, The Commonwealth Forestry Review, volumes 49-50, page 101:
synonyms: zoophilist
glosses: A person who is fond of animals.
Related terms: zoophilia
zoophile
zoophilites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoophilite
zortzico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zortzicos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zortziko.
zortzicos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zortzico
zortziko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsoɹtˌsi.koʊ/
ipa: /ˈsoɹtˌsi.kəʊ/
Forms: form: zortzikos
form: zortzico
Etymology: From Basque zortziko.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A dance rhythm that originated in the Basque Country, with a distinctive 5/8 time signature consisting of three subdivisions of 1, 2, and 2 beats.
zortzikos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zortziko
zeiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the taxonomic order Zeiformes of marine ray-finned fishes including the dories.
zenophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] will have to survive a heavy and sustained barrage of Anglophobia and zenophobia.
ref: 1946, Percy Ellwood Corbett, Britain: Partner for Peace, page 14:
text: It was unfortunate that the "normal precautions" did not allow for Tony Auerbach's publicity campaign, which had now reached new heights of interplanetary zenophobia.
ref: 1956, Satellite Science Fiction, volume 1, page 111:
text: This total transformation in the official image of the ARA cannot be attributed to Stalin's notorious zenophobia; the attacks continued unabated after his death.
ref: 1974, Benjamin M. Weissman, Herbert Hoover and Famine Relief to Soviet Russia, 1921-1923, page 185:
text: The whole design of The Caretaker is patterned by repetition of a large number of motifs including such matters as Davies's zenophobia, the bucket, friendship, naming, the Buddha, sleeping arrangements […]
ref: 1988, Ronald Knowles, The Birthday Party and the Caretaker, page 45:
glosses: Misspelling of xenophobia.
flower mantis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flower mantises
Senses: glosses: Any of various praying mantis species that mimic flowers to attract prey and avoid predators.
flower mantises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower mantis
Sado shrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sado shrews
Senses: glosses: Sorex shinto sadonis, a shrew endemic to the Japanese island of Sado.
Sado shrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sado shrew
Sado mole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sado moles
Senses: synonyms: Tokuda's mole
glosses: Mogera tokudae, a mole endemic to the Japanese island of Sado.
Tokuda's mole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tokuda's moles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sado mole.
synonyms: word: Sado mole
Japanese monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese monkeys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Japanese macaque.
synonyms: word: Japanese macaque
Japanese monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japanese monkey
fulvous whistling duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fulvous whistling ducks
Senses: synonyms: fulvous tree duck
glosses: Dendrocygna bicolor, a whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions.
funduck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funducks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fonduk.
funducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funduck
funk money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Money that is smuggled out of a country in case its owner later has to flee.
f-value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: f-values
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Synonym of f-number.
synonyms: word: f-number
garden mint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spearmint.
synonyms: word: spearmint
vesper mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vesper mice
Senses: glosses: Any rodent of the genus Calomys.
vesper mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vesper mouse
cyberclutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + clutter.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of e-clutter.
synonyms: word: e-clutter
e-clutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + clutter.
Senses: examples: text: […] are often overlooked by managers and staffers alike and can contribute to company "e-clutter."
ref: 2000, Business 2.0, volume 5, page 239:
text: You should also say no to e-clutter, video games, virtual worlds, and Internet porn. They are all mesmerizing, but they are also addictive and draining if you do too much of them.
ref: 2022, Summary of Jane B. Burka & Lenora M. Yuen's Procrastination:
text: The desk at which he sat was littered with electronics; the carcasses of several dismantled computers, cabling spilling out of them like entrails, were among the e-clutter, as if some epic electronic battle had taken place on it.
ref: c. 2022, M. E. Engmann, The Adventures of Mistress M., page 140:
synonyms: cyberclutter
glosses: A chaotic accumulation of computer hardware or digital data.
descend on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: descends on
form: descending on
form: descended on
form: descended on
Senses: examples: text: A coterie of aspiring Martians will descend on Washington, D.C. on Saturday (Aug. 3) for the first Million Martian Meeting.
ref: 2013, Tanya Lewis, Applicants for One-Way Mars Trip to Descend on Washington:
text: On a nearly a perfect spring Sunday many descended on Seattle’s Green Lake Park - walking, boating or catching up on lost time with loved ones.
ref: 2021, Kara Kostanich, To wear or not to wear? New CDC mask guidance causing confusion:
glosses: Synonym of descend upon.
synonyms: word: descend upon
vestibulourethral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vestibulo- + urethral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the vulval vestibule and the urethra.
vice-admiralties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vice-admiralty
viscomital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a viscount.
vicious intromission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vicious intromissions
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: The unauthorized assumption of ownership, or other interference with the rights of an estate.
vicious intromissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vicious intromission
videoland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video + -land.
Senses: examples: text: Some performers prefer to imagine that they are talking to a small group or family; in any case, don't envision yourself at a mass rally, addressing “millions of viewers out there in videoland.”
ref: 2012, Herbert Zettl, Video Basics, page 344:
glosses: The world of video-watching audiences.
Related terms: filmland
movieland
vinagrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinagron
vinhatico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viñatigo
Etymology: From Portuguese vinhatico.
Senses: glosses: The Madeira mahogany; Persea indica.
vinylog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vinylogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vinylogue.
vinylogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinylog
vinylogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to vinylogy.
vingt-un
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vingt-et-un.
violanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Viola -n- + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pigment found in the wild pansy (Viola tricolor).
violet root rot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant disease caused by the fungus Helicobasidium purpureum.
violent storms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of violent storm
verneuks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of verneuk
verneuking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of verneuk
verneuked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of verneuk
WIAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
glosses: Initialism of Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.
glosses: Initialism of Western India Automobile Association.
glosses: Initialism of Women's International Association of Aeronautics.
Veronese green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Paul Veronese green.