cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
vintaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vintagings
Senses: examples: text: I stalked his vintagings, And here, to Bacchus vowed, alive he swings.
ref: 1904, The Living Age - Volume 240, page 64:
text: When I lifted mine eyes, far, far away, Thou it was turning the new-mown hay, Thou it was in the new vintagings, And it was thy step, all a shiver of wings.
ref: 1912, Jethro Bithell, Contemporary French Poetry, page 202:
text: "And in the days of Noah," the rector added, pausing in the act of choosing a cigar, "if not in salons, then at their marryings and feastings, their vintagings and gossipings round fountains while the pitchers ran over."
ref: 1916, Maxwell Gray, The World-mender: A Novel, page 74:
glosses: The act of vintaging.
standbying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of standby
redefiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redefiners
Etymology: From redefine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Next the "key redefiner" software came along. These were special programs that could "redefine" the keys on your keyboard , while still permitting you the normal use of the keys.
ref: 1992, Herman Holtz, Databased Marketing, page 170:
glosses: One who or that which redefines.
redefiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redefiner
smoochily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more smoochily
form: most smoochily
Etymology: From smoochy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a smoochy way.
smoochier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of smoochy: more smoochy
smoochiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of smoochy: most smoochy
automobileless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From automobile + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without an automobile.
Synonyms: carless
microeinstein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microeinsteins
Etymology: From micro- + einstein.
Senses: glosses: The unit equal to one millionth of an einstein.
microeinsteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microeinstein
slaggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of slaggy: most slaggy
slagginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slaggy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The absence of slagginess and vesicularity in the considerable thickness exposed is also against its being a lava.
ref: 1931, Henry Woodward, Geological magazine:
glosses: The state or condition of being slaggy (resembling or containing slag).
glosses: The condition of being slaggy, or sluttish.
raw_tags: of a person
vesicularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vesicularities
Etymology: From vesicular + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being vesicular; presence of vesicles.
vesicularities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vesicularity
freeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freenesses
Etymology: From free + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing the Freeness of Speech; a Thing terrible to Publick Traytors.
ref: 1722, Benjamin Franklin (as Silence Dogood), "Silence Dogood, No. 8", The New-England Courant, July 9, 1722
text: Vern could appreciate his freeness. He was a spirited, buoyant thing.
ref: 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 163:
glosses: The state or condition of being free (unconstrained, unconfined, unencumbered, unobstructed, or free-spirited).
examples: text: The freeness of a confession.
glosses: Openness; unreservedness; frankness; ingenuousness; candor.
examples: text: The freeness in giving.
glosses: Liberality; generosity.
examples: text: The freeness of divine grace.
glosses: Gratuitousness.
Synonyms: freedom
Derived terms: nonfreeness
freenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freeness
eirenicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈɹiːnɪkɒn/
Forms: form: eirenicons
form: eirenica
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἰρηνικόν (eirēnikón), neuter form of εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).
Senses: glosses: A proposal to resolve disputes and reconcile differences in order to advance peace, strengthen or establish unity, or foster solidarity, usually in a modus vivendi.
Related terms: eirenarch
eirenarchical
eirenarchy
eirenic
eirenical
spankable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spankable
form: most spankable
Etymology: From spank + -able.
Senses: examples: text: 'If he says he won't come, he won't,' she said, as though he were one of the elemental forces of nature instead of a spankable brat […]
ref: 1900, Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel:
text: Judge Fang knew that Dr. X controlled legions of criminals ranging from spankable delinquents up to international crime lords […]
ref: 1995, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age […] , New York: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN:
text: […] the level on which she can be pert, sly, and spankable, and fill out a small personality.
ref: 1996, James C Bulman, Shakespeare, Theory, and Performance:
glosses: Suitable for spanking.
unironically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unironically
form: most unironically
Etymology: From unironic + -ally or un- + ironically.
Senses: examples: text: I unironically loved that movie!
text: "“[88 Minutes] is unironically one of my favorite podcasts. Literally the only source for non-pozzed news from Canada,” wrote one Daily Stormer commentator.
ref: 2018 May 16, Martin Patriquin and others, “Canadian Far Right Extremism: The Racist Podcaster Who Started a Neo-Nazi Coffee Company to Fund White Nationalism”, in Vice:
antonyms: ironically
glosses: In an unironic manner; without irony; sincerely; genuinely.
unironical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unironical
form: most unironical
Etymology: From un- + ironical.
Senses: examples: text: Wani had been wet about the game until he turned out to be good at it, and now he was absorbed and unironical, tripping after the ball, yapping and grinning when he bombed the other boules away from the jack-ball, or cochonnet.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: Not ironical; without irony.
Synonyms: unironic
aheight
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /əˈhaɪt/
Etymology: From a- + height.
Senses: glosses: From high, from a high point.
Clotilda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A Latinate form of the French Clotilde, of Germanic origin (Proto-Germanic *Hlūdahildiz).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.
aflaj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aflajes
form: aflaj
form: aflaaj
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَفْلَاج (ʔaflāj), plural of فَلَج (falaj, “irrigation channel”).
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: An irrigation system which catches mountain water and controls its movement down man-made subterranean channels, found in Oman.
Related terms: falaj
bejeebers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Mental soundness, wits.
Synonyms: bejeepers
bejesus
scare the bejeebers out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scares the bejeebers out of
form: scaring the bejeebers out of
form: scared the bejeebers out of
form: scared the bejeebers out of
Senses: glosses: To terrify thoroughly.
Synonyms: scare out of one's wits
scare the pants off
Letizia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Letizias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Letizia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
food supplements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food supplement
biggity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡɪti/
Forms: form: more biggity
form: most biggity
form: biggedy
form: biggety
form: biggoty
form: bigotty
Etymology: Apparently from big + -ed + -y, a compound suffix used to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”; compare uppity. Alternately, perhaps from big + -ety, a suffix used to extend monosyllabic words; compare hot diggety, hippity-hop. Attested in the Southern United States since the late nineteenth century. Commonly reanalyzed as bigot + -y.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he captains were very independent and airy—pretty ‘biggity,’ as Uncle Remus would say.
ref: 1883, Mark Twain, chapter 58, in Life on the Mississippi:
text: "Oh, Jeff Wain!" returned the countryman slightingly; "yas, I knows 'im, an' don' know no good of 'im. One er dese yer biggity, braggin' niggers—talks lack he own de whole county."
ref: 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter 33, in The House Behind The Cedars:
text: “Aint you talking biggity. I bet you better not let your grandmammy hear you talking like that.”
ref: 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 15:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Conceited, uppity.
wikipedia: Southern United States
Synonyms: arrogant
ploppy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ploppier
form: ploppiest
Etymology: From plop + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She made angry ploppy sounds in the glasses because her hand was shaking with temper.
ref: 1965, Stephen Murray-Smith, An Overland Muster: Selection from Overland ; 1954-1964, page 210:
text: Fine with me, she said, sliding off the stool with a little ploppy sound in her shoes.
ref: 1997, Leslie Edgerton, Monday's Meal: Stories, page 190:
text: She snapped her fingers, but they were too plump to made anything but a ploppy noise.
ref: 2005, Terese Pampellonne, The Unwelcome Child:
glosses: Making a plopping sound.
examples: text: Sweaty too, you'll see her waiting sweaty, sweaty and plopped onto a sweaty ploppy sofa, a sweaty ploppy sofa that changes into a bed that changes into a sofa, an elegant member of a transvestite domestic cast that can do everything.
ref: 1982, Luis Rafael Sánchez, Macho Camacho's Beat, page 5:
text: When Heather and I gather for prayer, she often sits cross-legged on the ploppy (her word) couch, puppy Darla resting snugly against her, and I sit across from them in the large overstuffed chair by the window with the very cool plantation blinds.
ref: 1999, Denise Jones, Circle of Friends:
glosses: Suitable for plopping into; soft and comfortable.
examples: text: I'm wearing Turkey's boots and they're so ploppy I got me a pukey blister on my heel.
ref: 1976, Ted Curtis Williams, The reservation, page 150:
text: The snow was falling in thick ploppy moist flakes
ref: 1987, Susan Trott, Sightings, page 154:
text: One day the small cottonwool clouds begin to form and soon they become ominous black clouds from which the first big, ploppy drops fall.
ref: 1992, Jeff Stutchbury, Veronica Stutchbury, Spirit of the Zambezi, page 68:
text: Maybe you can grab it that way. But be careful. The waves are real ploppy today.
ref: 2012, Nell Wise Wechter, Taffy of Torpedo Junction, page 37:
glosses: Tending to plop; limp and heavy.
ploppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ploppies
Etymology: From plop + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Craps is a simple game, made even simpler because most of the bets are worthless to the smart player, although ploppies—the unschooled, unthinking masses of casino craps players—will fall all over themselves to wager on them.
ref: 2010, Frank Scoblete, Casino Craps: Shoot to Win!:
glosses: An unskilled gambler.
binocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Armed with binocs, she was positioned on a low rise that overlooked the entire valley. No one was going to sneak past her.
ref: 2011, Cindy Gerard, With No Remorse, page 310:
glosses: binoculars
bitless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bit + -less.
Senses: qualifier: horse tack
glosses: without a bit (piece of metal in a horse's mouth).
ladles and jellyspoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ladies and gentlemen, used for comedic effect by clowns and entertainers.
ploppier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ploppy: more ploppy
ploppiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ploppy: most ploppy
blowbys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blowby
blowby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blowbys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blow-by.
bludy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of bloody.
paxis
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ˈpæksɪs/
Etymology: From the Latin pax (“peace”).
Senses: glosses: Used by schoolchildren to express immunity from "being caught" in games such as bulldog or it.
philerast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭʹlərăst
ipa: /ˈfɪləɹast/
enpr: fĭʹlərăst'
ipa: /ˈfɪləˌɹæst/
Forms: form: philerasts
form: philerastes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φιλεραστής (philerastḗs), from φίλ(ος) (phíl(os), “dear”, “friend”) or φιλ(έω) (phil(éō), “I love”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”) (compare the English cognates phil- + erast(es)); φιλεραστής (philerastḗs) was used by Plato in his Symposium as an alternative to ἐρώμενος (erṓmenos, “eromenos”), to imply greater equitability and reciprocity and to avoid the latter term’s denotational passivity.
Senses: examples: text: When in turn they reach man’s estate they love youths themselves[; i]n general terms such people are either paiderasts or philerasts, being always attracted by kindred kind. But when a boy-lover, or any other, chances to meet his own original half, they are both seized with an ecstasy of affection and intimacy and love, and can hardly bear to be separated for as much as a single instant from each other.
ref: 1924, Plato et al., Symposium, page 40:
text: […] “while they are still boys [i.e., pubescent or pre-adult], they are fond of men, and enjoy lying down together with them and twining their limbs about them, . . . but when they become men they are lovers of boys. . . . Such a man is a paederast and philerast [i.e., fond of or responsive to adult male lovers]” at different stages of his life […]
ref: 1990, David M. Halperin, One hundred years of homosexuality: and other essays on Greek love, page 20:
text: 1997: “Leo”, uk.politics.misc (Google group): Broome House: Paedophiles, the 31st day of August at 8 o’clock a.m.
[The Ancient Greeks] also had a word which can be rendered ‘philerast’, meaning a boy who loves his lover.
text: Milton strained to redefine marriage as the friendship Socrates recommended — an erotics beyond the sexual. As a result, his notion of marriage sometimes looks a lot like a heteroerotic paederasty, with Adam as the paederast and Eve the philerast destined never to outgrow the role of student and beloved.
ref: 2005, Thomas H. Luxon, Single Imperfection: Milton, Marriage, and Friendship, page 140:
text: For more examples of the usage of this term see this entry’s citations page as well as the citations page for philerast.
glosses: A boy who feels philia or more specifically anterōs, for his paederastic lover.
raw_tags: in historical usage pertaining to Ancient Greece
Synonyms: sense: the junior partner in a paederastic relationship
word: beloved
sense: the junior partner in a paederastic relationship
word: boy
sense: the junior partner in a paederastic relationship
word: catamite
sense: the junior partner in a paederastic relationship
word: darling
sense: the junior partner in a paederastic relationship
word: erōmenos
sense: the junior partner in a paederastic relationship
word: pais
Derived terms: philerastic
philerasty
philerasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philerast
capture the flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A game normally played by children, or as part of paintball, in which two teams have a flag which is stored at the other team's base. Whichever team returns their flag to their own base first is the winner.
topics: video-games
glosses: A computer game with similar rules, usually in first-person shooter format.
bluecurls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluecurls
form: blue curls
Etymology: From blue + curls.
Senses: glosses: Any plant in genus Trichostema, with blue flowers.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Trichostema dichotomum
word: forked bluecurls
taxonomic: Trichostema oblongum
word: mountain bluecurls
taxonomic: Trichostema lanatum
word: woolly bluecurls
bluidy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Scots bluid (“blood”).
Senses: glosses: bloody.
Beatley
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Beatley
form: most Beatley
Etymology: From Beatle + -y.
Senses: glosses: in the style of The Beatles.
Synonyms: Beatlesque
booklouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booklice
Etymology: From book + louse. So called because they feed on bookbinding glue.
Senses: synonyms: bookmite
glosses: Any of the small insects who feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocodea.
psocopterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Psocoptera + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the taxonomic order Psocoptera.
booklice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of booklouse
bowbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bowbent
form: most bowbent
Etymology: From bow + bent.
Senses: glosses: bent, like a bow (for archery)
ambassadorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ambassadorially
form: most ambassadorially
Etymology: From ambassadorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ambassadorial way.
Gan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 贛／赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”).
Senses: glosses: One of the major varieties of Chinese, spoken in Jiangxi province.
Gan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”).
Gan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gans
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 甘 (Gān), Hokkien 顏／颜 (Gân), etc.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
boysy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boysy
form: most boysy
Etymology: From boys + -y.
Senses: examples: text: A group of Aussie guys broke into laughter at a boysy joke.
ref: 2009, S. K. Lindsay, The India Experiment, page 67:
glosses: Characteristic of stereotypical boys.
brevipennate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin brevis (“short”) + pennate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: short-winged; having short wings.
bulbiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌlˈbɪfəɹəs/
rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Etymology: From Latin bulbus + -iferous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Producing bulbs or bulbils.
bandmember
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandmembers
Etymology: From band + member.
Senses: examples: text: On another night at the Rosebud, the whole upper deck of the club was taken over by performers accompanying famous Cuban trumpetist and former bandmember of the Havana Latin fusion band […]
ref: 2016, Miguel A. Sagué-Machiran, Canoa: Taino Indigenous Dream River Journey:
glosses: A member of a band (musical group).
bandmembers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandmember
McNichol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McNicol
Senses: glosses: A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Nichol.
Costello
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑˈstɛloʊ/
ipa: /ˈkɑstəloʊ/
Forms: form: Costellos
form: Costilow
form: Costley
form: Costlow
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Oisdealbhaigh (“son of Oisdealbhach”), a personal name composed of the elements os (“deer”) and dealbhach (“resembling, in the form of”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A locality in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia, named after John Costello (pastoralist).
Derived terms: Costello syndrome
Related terms: Costelloe
Amie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, a less common spelling of Amy.
Related terms: Aimee
Amata
Amee
Amey
Amy
Amie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Amies
Etymology: Perhaps a variant spelling of the female given name Amy.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Onley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Onleys
Etymology: From Old English ān (“only, alone”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A deserted medieval village in Barby parish, Northamptonshire, England.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Frizell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Frizells
Etymology: Variant of Frizzell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States.
HO scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From half + O scale.
Senses: glosses: A popular scale for model railroads; 1:87 scale
Synonyms: sense: 1:87 scale
word: HO
word: H0
word: HO gauge
Coordinate terms: O scale
N scale
crow scarer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crow scarers
Senses: examples: text: For example, little Joseph Arch, aged seven or eight years, started as a crow-scarer on a twelve-hour shift, earning four pennies a day. After two or three years he became a ploughboy at six pennies a day […]
ref: 2004, Marjatta Rahikainen, Centuries of Child Labour, page 89:
glosses: A farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields.
glosses: Synonym of scarecrow (“effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there”).
synonyms: word: scarecrow
extra: effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
glosses: A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare crows and other birds.
wiener breath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiener breaths
Senses: glosses: An obnoxious or annoying individual.
glosses: An individual who suffers from halitosis.
zincum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin zincum. Doublet of zinc.
Senses: topics: homeopathy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Zinc.
plugfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plugfests
Etymology: From plug + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: In the New Serial Bus (NSB) plugfest, the FooMonkey device was unable to connect to a NSB controller and therefore did not receive compliance certification.
text: https://web.archive.org/web/20090510001105/http://syseng.nist.gov/se-interop/plugfest/
text: https://web.archive.org/web/20061230043903/http://www.scsita.org/news_events/plugfests/plugfests.html
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An event during which hardware devices are tested for interoperability with emerging standards by physically connecting them together.
ZCN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ZCNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of zero-coupon note.
zooids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zooid
Zwingli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈzwɪŋɡli/
/ˈswɪŋɡli/
/ˈtsvɪŋɡli/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zwingli, itself from Alemannic German Zwingli.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German [in turn from Alemannic German], notably borne by Huldrych Zwingli, a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.
Derived terms: Zwinglian
Related terms: Zuinglius
Zouaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zouave
Nichol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nickol
Senses: glosses: A Scottish and Irish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Nicholas.
Derived terms: Nicholtown
empaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: empalers
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of impaler.
Christlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christlike
form: most Christlike
Etymology: From Christ + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Paul's faith was at this crisis in his spiritual illumination more Abrahamic than Christlike in its character.
ref: 1896, James S. Kennedy, “Spiritual Development of St. Paul”, in The Methodist review, page 66:
text: I always wanted him to get angrier, sharper. He was too Christlike — too decent (and I am convinced he was sincere) to convey the horror, to get across just how ugly it is on the inside of life with AIDS.
ref: 1988 December 25, G. Steven Rose, “A Brave And Charming Diplomat”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 12:
synonyms: Jesuslike
glosses: Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
Related terms: Christian
administratrixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of administratrix
ride the rails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the rails
form: riding the rails
form: rode the rails
form: ridden the rails
Senses: examples: text: He had bummed his way around the West riding the rails.
ref: 1935 May 13, “Gas Man's Trial”, in Time:
text: Many of New York's most celebrated personalities hitch-hiked here, or rode the rails from wherever it was that they spent their youth dreaming ambitiously.
ref: 1956 December 19, Phyllis Battelle, “Poor Commuter's Life Not So Dreadful After All”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 11 May 2009:
text: There are a number of variables in the trip from Manhattan that you should weigh when deciding whether to ride the rails ($7 to $12), hop a bus ($13) or spring for a taxi (roughly $45, with toll and tip).
ref: 2004 April 4, Susan Stellin, “J.F.K. by AirTrain: Bag the Bus”, in New York Times, retrieved 11 May 2009:
glosses: To travel by railway train, trolley, etc.
chagrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chagrines
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of chagrin.
chagrine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chagrines
form: chagrining
form: chagrined
form: chagrined
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of chagrin.
chagrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chagrine
form: most chagrine
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of chagrin.
chagrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chagrine
chagrines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chagrine
frivoler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frivolers
form: frivoller
Etymology: From frivol + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who frivols, or acts frivolously.
deuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deuse
birdshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birdshots
Etymology: From bird + shot.
Senses: examples: text: In the first shooting, four of the teenagers were sitting on a porch and were peppered with birdshot from a shotgun fired from a passing car around 2:30 p.m., Sheriff John Rutherford said.
ref: 2007 May 2, The Associated Press, “Florida Six Wounded in Shootings”, in New York Times:
hypernyms: shot
coordinate_terms: buckshot
glosses: Small lead or steel shot, as pieces of ammunition, used in shotgun shells.
glosses: A rifle or pistol cartridge containing small shot instead of a single larger projectile.
Related terms: scattershot
remotivate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remotivates
form: remotivating
form: remotivated
form: remotivated
Etymology: From re- + motivate.
Senses: examples: text: Despite a desire to put together some kind of opposition, several months passed with little action. But the group got remotivated on Jan. 13 […] when Helms announced his re-election bid.
ref: 1990 April 7, Jennie McKnight, “N.C. Activists Mobilize To Oust Helms”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
text: Some insiders said the chief executive’s priority would be to remotivate employees and restore confidence in a shaken company.
ref: 2007 May 4, Jad Mouawad, “For New Chief, BP’s Problems Range From Rusted Pipes to a Tarnished Image”, in New York Times:
antonyms: demotivate#Verb
hypernyms: motivate#Verb
coordinate_terms: reinvigorate#Verb
reencourage#Verb
reprompt#Verb
respark#Verb
rekindle#Verb
restart#Verb
glosses: To motivate again.
Related terms: unmotivated
remotivates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remotivate
remotivating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remotivate
remotivated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remotivate
ridgelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridgeline
hakama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hakama
Etymology: From Japanese 袴.
Senses: examples: text: In place of his usual garb — baggy cargo pants, T-shirt and sneakers — he was done up in a traditional hakama, his hair pulled back in a neat bun, with his signature round glasses and wispy goatee.
ref: 2007 May 7, Carol Vogel, “The Warhol of Japan Pours Ritual Tea in a Zen Moment”, in New York Times:
glosses: A type of traditional Japanese clothing, resembling very wide pleated trousers.
lapilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapillus
glosses: plural of lapillo
postimplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-implantation
Etymology: From post- + implantation.
Senses: glosses: Following implantation.
postmenstrual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-menstrual
Etymology: From post- + menstrual.
Senses: glosses: After a period of menstruation
Derived terms: postmenstrually
postresidency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-residency
Etymology: From post- + residency.
Senses: glosses: Following residency (the term of a resident)
prelabour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-labour
form: prelabor
form: pre-labor
Etymology: From pre- + labour.
Senses: glosses: Before the onset of labour.
prelabour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-labour
form: prelabor
form: pre-labor
Etymology: From pre- + labour.
Senses: glosses: The period before labour begins.
prestudy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prestudies
form: pre-study
Etymology: From pre- + study.
Senses: glosses: A small study undertaken before a larger one.
prestudy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-study
Etymology: From pre- + study.
Senses: glosses: Before a study.
prestudy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prestudies
form: prestudying
form: prestudied
form: prestudied
form: pre-study
Etymology: From pre- + study.
Senses: glosses: To study beforehand.
prevalences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prevalence
op-eds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɒpˌɛdz/
Senses: glosses: plural of op-ed
preventability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preventabilities
Etymology: From prevent + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being preventable
glosses: The extent to which something is preventable
proerythroblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proerythroblasts
Etymology: From pro- + erythroblast.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The earliest stage in the development of a normoblast
Synonyms: pronormoblast
rubriblast
normoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: normoblasts
Etymology: From normo- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: An erythroblast in its normal course of maturation.
Derived terms: normoblastic
normoblastosis
pronormoblast
proteinuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proteinuric
form: most proteinuric
Etymology: From proteinuria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to proteinuria.
pseudoquantitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudoquantitative
form: most pseudoquantitative
form: pseudo-quantitative
Etymology: From pseudo- + quantitative.
Senses: glosses: Having most, but not all, characteristics of a quantitative procedure
psychoeducation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psycho- + education.
Senses: examples: text: Given that some autistic students found socialisation at university to be ‘necessary but exhausting’ (Van Hees et al., 2015), university stakeholders may consider supporting students to find the right balance of academic and social life for themselves at university. For example, universities may consider providing more psychoeducation on ways for maintaining one’s wellbeing at university and emphasise on the importance of setting wellbeing as a goal for successful university transition, beyond that of either social and/or academic success.
ref: 2021 July 25, Jiedi Lei, and Ailsa Russell, “Understanding the role of self-determination in shaping university experiences for autistic and typically developing students in the United Kingdom”, in Autism, volume 25, number 5, →DOI, pages 1262–1278:
glosses: Education given to people who have, or have to deal with, psychological disturbances.
Related terms: psychoeducator
quasijudicial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: quasi-judicial
Etymology: From quasi- + judicial.
Senses: glosses: Having a resemblance to a judicial system or process
hellburner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hellburners
Etymology: From hell + burner.
Senses: synonyms: explosion ship
glosses: A fireship designed to explode devastatingly.
Hypernyms: fireship
radiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radiography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to radiography.
Derived terms: cineradiographic
clinicoradiographic
electroradiographic
microradiographic
neuroradiographic
nonradiographic
photoradiographic
preradiographic
radiographically
teleradiographic
videoradiographic
xeroradiographic
hellburners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellburner
reaudit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reaudits
form: re-audit
Etymology: From re- + audit.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent audit
reaudit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaudits
form: reauditing
form: reaudited
form: reaudited
form: re-audit
Etymology: From re- + audit.
Senses: glosses: To audit again
rebleed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rebleeds
form: rebleeding
form: rebled
form: rebled
Etymology: From re- + bleed.
Senses: glosses: To bleed (hemorrhage) again.
rebleed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebleeds
Etymology: From re- + bleed.
Senses: examples: text: Rebleeds are not unusual. A brisk rebleed is an urgent concern.
synonyms: rebleeding#Noun
hypernyms: bleed#Noun
bleeding#Noun
recurrence
glosses: An occurrence of rebleeding; a recurrence of bleeding.
rebleeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebleed
rebleeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Rebleeding is not uncommon after endoscopic treatment for ulcers. Any rebleeding identified on follow-up requires evaluation.
synonyms: rebleed#Noun
hypernyms: bleeding#Noun
bleed#Noun
recurrence
glosses: An occurrence of rebleeding; a recurrence of bleeding.
renoprotection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reno- + protection.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The protection of the kidneys from damage
Related terms: renoprotector
resectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more resectable
form: most resectable
Etymology: From resect + -able.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Suitable for resection
reticulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reticulins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A scleroprotein, similar to collagen, found in lymphatic connective tissue
Related terms: reticulinic
scleroprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scleroproteins
Etymology: From sclero- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many fibrous proteins found in connective tissue etc.
Synonyms: albuminoid
Related terms: scleroproteinaceous
retreatment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retreatments
form: re-treatment
Etymology: From re- + treatment, after retreat.
Senses: examples: text: In Europe, when people have syphilis infection they are treated very aggressively and their medical history is flagged, McKenna said. She recommends similar treatments for primary syphilis, including aqueous penicillin, and retreatment and reevaluation for two years on a regular basis.
ref: 1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
glosses: A treatment performed a second or subsequent time.
prime of life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prime of one's life
Senses: glosses: The period of one's mature life when one is at a peak of health and performance.
Related terms: in the flower of one's youth
retrodisplace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retrodisplaces
form: retrodisplacing
form: retrodisplaced
form: retrodisplaced
Etymology: From retro- + displace.
Senses: glosses: To displace backwards
Related terms: retrodisplacement
retrolental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From retro- + lental.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated behind a lens (of the eye).
lental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a lens
Derived terms: cerebellolental
circumlental
retrolental
lental
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of lentil.
revascularisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revascularisations
Etymology: From re- + vascularisation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of revascularization.
revascularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revascularizations
Etymology: From re- + vascularisation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The restoration of a blood supply to an organ or limb, as:
Vascular surgery or vascular interventional radiology, such as coronary artery bypass graft or percutaneous coronary intervention (coronary angioplasty).
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The restoration of a blood supply to an organ or limb, as:
Neovascularization forming a collateral circulation (eg, neoangiogenesis, angiogenesis, vasculogenesis).
Related terms: reperfusion
revictimization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revictimizations
Etymology: From re- + victimization.
Senses: examples: text: It appears that once victimized, the risk of revictimization or repeat victimization is greater.
ref: 2014, Richard Wright, Sex Offender Laws, Second Edition, page 18:
glosses: victimization again or anew
rhinoconjunctivitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rhino- + conjunctivitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A combination of rhinitis and conjunctivitis.
rhinoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From rhinoscopy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.
glosses: By use of a rhinoscope.
rizatriptan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A triptan agonist used in the treatment of migraine
seroconversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seroconversions
Etymology: From sero- + conversion.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: seronegativity
seropositivity
glosses: Change between the states of seronegativity and seropositivity, in either direction: either the process of this change or an instance of it.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: seronegativity
seropositivity
seronegativity
seropositivity
glosses: Change between the states of seronegativity and seropositivity, in either direction: either the process of this change or an instance of it.
Such change in the negative-to-positive direction, as a result of infection or immunization: the development of specific antibodies in the blood serum.
antonyms: serodeconversion
qualifier: often strictly
Derived terms: seroconversion illness
Related terms: word: seroconcordance
word: seroconvert
word: serodiscordance
serodiagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serodiagnoses
Etymology: From sero- + diagnosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A diagnosis based on a reaction of a patient's blood serum
Related terms: serodiagnose
serodiagnostic
seroepidemiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sero- + epidemiology.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: epidemiology based on the distribution of blood serum antibodies
Related terms: seroepidemiologic
seroepidemiological
seroprotection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sero- + protection.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The protection obtained by vaccination.
serostatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serostatuses
Etymology: From sero- + status.
Senses: examples: text: […] a recent amendment that set criminal penalties for HIV positive health care workers who fail to disclose their serostatus.
ref: 1991 August 10, Jacob Smith Yang, “ACT UP Holds Senator Accountable For Vote”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 4, page 2:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence or absence of specific substances in blood serum (but especially HIV).
Related terms: seropositive
seronegative
serodisclosure
serosurvey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serosurveys
Etymology: From sero- + survey.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A survey of the serostatus of a sample of blood serum with respect to a range of substances.
propedeuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek προπαίδευσις (propaídeusis), from προπαιδεύω (propaideúō, “I give preparatory instruction”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + παιδεύω (paideúō, “I teach”).
Senses: glosses: A diploma obtained after completion of a first year's (preparatory) study at some European universities.
Related terms: propaedeutic
sociodemographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + demographic.
Senses: examples: text: We believe that our article, which, unlike many studies in the literature, includes individuals with varying autism severity and intellectual levels and evaluates the activities of daily living and social functioning in adults, utilizes validated psychometric tests, will contribute greatly to the literature. […] There are limited studies assessing adults with ASD in the literature, and only one published study exists in Turkey, which evaluated functioning based solely on sociodemographic variables (Kutuk et al., 2023).
ref: 2025 August 13, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Kübra Özmeral Erarkadaş, Şahika Gülen Şişmanlar, “Autism Spectrum Disorder Beyond Childhood: A Comprehensive Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Social Functioning in Turkish Adults.”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to sociodemography
sociodemography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From socio- + demography.
Senses: glosses: A branch of study combining sociology and demography
GIF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪf/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪf/
homophone: jif
homophone: jiff
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: GIFs
form: gif
form: Gif
Etymology: Acronym of graphics interchange format.
Senses: examples: text: I'll send you a GIF of the proposed logo.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A bitmap image in a particular format with support for multiple images per file or animations, and up to 256 distinct colors per frame, including a fully transparent color.
examples: text: Crying Dawson ruled the internet comment sections of the late ’00s and early ’10s. It’s “on the Mount Rushmore of GIFs,” says TV critic Sarah D. Bunting.
ref: 2021 May 1, Constance Grady, quoting Sarah D. Bunting, “The Day Dawson Cried”, in Vox:
glosses: Any short video without audio, usually one which loops.
glosses: Any short video, in a format directly supported by HTML5 (ie. GIF, MP4, WebM)
Derived terms: anigif
gifset
reaction GIF
GIF
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪf/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪf/
homophone: jif
homophone: jiff
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: GIFs
form: GIFing
form: GIFed
form: GIFed
form: gif
form: Gif
Etymology: Acronym of graphics interchange format.
Senses: examples: text: He GIFed the highlights of the debate
text: In fact, it seems this latest round of interest in the 2011 cover was sparked by the GIF-ing of Lawrence’s pre- and post-Photoshopped image, which made the rounds on Tumblr before seeping out to blogs like Crushable.
ref: 2013 December 16, Caitlin Dewey, “Two-year-old Photoshopped Jennifer Lawrence magazine cover draws criticism”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: To create a GIF file of; (inexact) to create a similar animated image file of.
sternocleid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the sternum and the clavicle
subanalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subanalyses
Etymology: From sub- + analysis.
Senses: glosses: An analysis that is part of a larger one.
red tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red teas
Etymology: The “black tea” sense is a calque of Chinese 紅茶 /红茶 (hóngchá, literally “red tea”).
Senses: synonyms: rooibos
rooibos tea
redbush
glosses: A beverage made from the rooibos plant.
glosses: Black tea.
Coordinate terms: green tea
pink tea
white tea
yellow tea
subependymal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + ependymal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath the ependyma
ependymal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ependymal
form: most ependymal
Etymology: From ependyma + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the ependyma.
Derived terms: intraependymal
periependymal
subependymal
transependymal
ependyma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛpˈɛn.dɪm.ə/
Forms: form: ependymas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπένδυμα (epénduma), "upper garment", from ἐπενδύνω (ependúnō, “I put on over”) + -μα (-ma, noun suffix), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, over”) + ἐνδύνω (endúnō, “I put on (clothes)”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: endyma
glosses: The thin membrane of glial cells lining the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.
Derived terms: ependymal
ependymitis
ependymoblast
ependymocyte
ependymoma
subependyma
subnationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more subnationally
form: most subnationally
Etymology: From sub- + nationally.
Senses: glosses: In a subnational manner
supramesenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + mesenteric.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the mesentery
supraorganisational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supraorganisational
form: most supraorganisational
Etymology: From supra- + organisational.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of supraorganizational.
supraorganizational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supraorganizational
form: most supraorganizational
Etymology: From supra- + organizational.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a supraorganization.
supraorganization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supraorganizations
Etymology: From supra- + organization.
Senses: glosses: An organization whose members are themselves organizations.
technobureaucratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: techno-bureaucratic
Etymology: From techno- + bureaucratic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a technobureaucracy
technobureaucracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technobureaucracies
form: techno-bureaucracy
Etymology: From techno- + bureaucracy.
Senses: glosses: A technological bureaucracy