cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
eventfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eventfull
form: most eventfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of eventful.
fancifull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fancifull
form: most fancifull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of fanciful.
forcefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forcefull
form: most forcefull
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of forceful.
fretfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fretfull
form: most fretfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of fretful.
frightfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frightfull
form: most frightfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of frightful.
gainfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gainfull
form: most gainfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of gainful.
gleefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gleefull
form: most gleefull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of gleeful.
guilefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more guilefull
form: most guilefull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of guileful.
heedfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heedfull
form: most heedfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of heedful.
hurtfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hurtfull
form: most hurtfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of hurtful.
spitefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spitefull
form: most spitefull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of spiteful.
sinfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sinfull
form: most sinfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of sinful.
lustfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lustfull
form: most lustfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lustful.
unsinful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsinful
form: most unsinful
Etymology: From un- + sinful.
Senses: glosses: Not sinful.
Derived terms: unsinfully
unsinfulness
masterfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more masterfull
form: most masterfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of masterful.
playfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more playfull
form: most playfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of playful.
mirthfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mirthfull
form: most mirthfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of mirthful.
profeminist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: profeminists
Etymology: From pro- + feminist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of feminism.
profeminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: profeminisms
form: pro-feminism
Etymology: From pro- + feminism.
Senses: glosses: Support for feminism.
Related terms: profeminist
pro-feminist
profeministic
pro-feministic
profeminists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of profeminist
mindfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mindfull
form: most mindfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of mindful.
painfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more painfull
form: most painfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of painful.
slothfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slothfull
form: most slothfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of slothful.
engenious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more engenious
form: most engenious
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of ingenious.
enhabit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enhabits
form: enhabiting
form: enhabited
form: enhabited
Etymology: Old French enhabiter, variant of inhabiter.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of inhabit.
enhabitant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enhabitants
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of inhabitant.
enheritance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enheritances
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of inheritance.
enheritaunce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enheritaunces
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of inheritance.
encluded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enclude
encluding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enclude
tonetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The use or study of intonation.
Related terms: tonetic
tonetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tonetic + -ally.
Senses: examples: tonetically transcribed
glosses: In terms of tonetics.
taximan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taximen
Etymology: From taxi + man.
Senses: examples: text: As I very much wanted to travel on the line, it unfortunately was necessary to add considerably to the finances of a very genial Irish taximan, who thought me quite mad when I directed him to the station at Ballycastle, as this could only take me back once again to Ballymoney.
ref: 1950 May, Patrick B. Whitehouse, “A Northern Ireland Miscellany, 1949”, in Railway Magazine, page 342:
glosses: A male taxi driver.
taximen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taximan
mournfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mournfull
form: most mournfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of mournful.
neglectfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neglectfull
form: most neglectfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of neglectful.
peacefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peacefull
form: most peacefull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of peaceful.
pitifull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pitifull
form: most pitifull
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pitiful.
plentifull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plentifull
form: most plentifull
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of plentiful.
reproject
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reprojects
form: reprojecting
form: reprojected
form: reprojected
Etymology: From re- + project.
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
Related terms: reprojection
decolonizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decolonization
reprojected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reproject
reprojects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reproject
reprojecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reproject
bridgebuilder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridgebuilders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bridge-builder.
bridgebuilding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bridge + building.
Senses: glosses: The construction of bridges.
bridgebuilders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridgebuilder
reprojection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reprojections
Etymology: From re- + projection.
Senses: glosses: Projection again or anew; the act of reprojecting.
reprojections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reprojection
storativities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storativity
dispersivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dispersivity
antiprogressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiprogressive
uncoincidental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncoincidental
form: most uncoincidental
Etymology: From un- + coincidental.
Senses: glosses: Not coincidental.
airstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airstones
Etymology: From air + stone.
Senses: glosses: A piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is to diffuse oxygen gradually into the tank, eliminating the noise and large bubbles of conventional air filtration systems.
Synonyms: bubbler
airstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airstone
unsinfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsinful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of sin.
unsinfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsinfully
form: most unsinfully
Etymology: From unsinful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without sin.
interblock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + block.
Senses: glosses: Between blocks.
interblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interblocks
Etymology: From inter- + block.
Senses: glosses: A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
unsimulable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsimulable
form: most unsimulable
Etymology: From un- + simulable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be simulated.
simulable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more simulable
form: most simulable
Senses: glosses: Capable of being simulated.
interblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interblock
intireties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intirety
garryowen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garryowens
Etymology: After the Irish Garryowen Football Club, named from Garryowen, Limerick.
Senses: examples: text: England had an early opportunity with a line-out deep in French territory after a clever grubber from Foden only for Lionel Nallet to burgle back possession, and they then tore into France again as Alexis Palisson was smashed backwards after taking a garryowen and Manu Tuilagi thundered into Morgan Parra.
ref: 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: A high short punt onto or behind the defending team.
wikipedia: Garryowen Football Club
Garryowen, Limerick
garryowens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garryowen
grubbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grubber
lactyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactyls
Etymology: From lactic + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from lactic acid
Derived terms: dilactyl
monolactyl
lactifuge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactifuges
Etymology: From Latin lac (“milk”, stem lact-) + -fuge.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body
Related terms: lactifugal
lactifuges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactifuge
offenceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more offenceless
form: most offenceless
Etymology: From offence + -less.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of offenseless.
Derived terms: offencelessness
Anasazis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anasazi
great house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great houses
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: manor house, great hall
text: And now I will speak of the Great House of Allington. After all, it was not very great; nor was it surrounded by much of that exquisite nobility of park appurtenance which graces the habitations of most of our old landed proprietors. But the house itself was very graceful.
ref: 1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 1, in The Small House at Allington, London: Smith, Elder & Co.:
coordinate_terms: country house
glosses: A large, luxurious house or mansion, with a sizeable indoor and outdoor staff; especially of properties in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United Kingdom and United States.
glosses: A large complex with many rooms, built for worship by the Anasazi.
Related terms: big house
hall house
labyrinthiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more labyrinthiform
form: most labyrinthiform
Etymology: From labyrinth + -iform; compare French labyrinthiforme.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.
air cleaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air cleaner
underfloors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underfloor
lytta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyttae
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue"; compare French lysses.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.
non-offender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-offenders
form: nonoffender
Etymology: From non- + offender.
Senses: examples: text: juvenile nonoffenders
glosses: One who is not an offender; one who has not broken the law.
nonoffenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonoffender
nonoffending
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + offending.
Senses: examples: text: In these cases, the available nonoffending parent is almost always the mother.
ref: 2001, Rebecca Morris Bolen, Child sexual abuse: its scope and our failure, page 187:
glosses: Not violating the law.
lycopodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lycopodium
lycophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lycophyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lycophytes.
neighboure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neighboures
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of neighbour.
lymphogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lympho- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands
Related terms: lymphogenesis
Dundee cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dundee cakes
Senses: glosses: A traditional rich fruit cake of Scotland.
katoey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: katoeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kathoey.
katoeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of katoey
kathoey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæˈtoɪ/
Forms: form: kathoeys
form: katoey
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai กะเทย (gà-təəi).
Senses: synonyms: ladyboy
coordinate_terms: trans woman
glosses: A transgender person or person of a third gender assigned male at birth.
glosses: A feminine gay man.
kathoeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kathoey
agenting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From agent + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: His agenting career brought him into contact with numerous Hollywood stars.
glosses: Working as an agent (one who acts for another).
Lutherism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Luther + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Lutheranism
nighly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nighly
form: most nighly
Etymology: From nigh + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Nearly; nigh.
lysobactins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lysobactin
katanosins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of katanosin
lustest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lust + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of lust
lusteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lust + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lust
lustingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lustingly
form: most lustingly
Etymology: From lusting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With lust; lustfully.
lustrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lustration
lutestrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lutestring
lurving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lurve
come thick and fast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes thick and fast
form: coming thick and fast
form: came thick and fast
form: come thick and fast
Senses: examples: text: England had never before come back to win from a margin of more than 12 points, and the errors continued to come thick and fast as Tom Croft became the latest to cough up the ball.
ref: 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
glosses: To arrive rapidly in large groups.
lymphitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lymph + -itis.
Senses: glosses: lymphadenopathy
lycopodiaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Lycopodiaceae + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the family Lycopodiaceae of club mosses.
tap and go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tap and gos
Senses: examples: text: They grabbed an unlikely lifeline when Ben Youngs took a quick tap and go to release Foden, who jinked and dummied his way over to make it 16-5 with 23 minutes left on the clock, Wilkinson popping over the conversion for 16-7.
ref: 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A quick free kick taken by touching the ball with the boot and running forward.
devaluer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devaluers
Etymology: From devalue + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, devalues.
devaluers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devaluer
Uefa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: England and Capello can now make plans for Euro 2012, but they will be without Rooney for at least the opening group match and perhaps more should Uefa decide to increase his suspension.
ref: 2011 October 7, Phil McNulty, “Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England”, in BBC Sport:
text: The obvious joy of England's players and supporters after that dramatic finale was another indicator that the Uefa Nations League, mocked and maligned at its inception, is capturing the public's imagination.
ref: 2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of UEFA.
Poincaré space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Poincaré spaces
Senses: examples: text: Any closed, orientable, connected manifold is a Poincaré space.
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: An n-dimensional topological space with a distinguished element µ of its nth homology group such that taking the cap product with an element of the kth cohomology group yields an isomorphism to the (n − k)th cohomology group.
bequote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bequotes
form: bequoting
form: bequoted
form: bequoted
Etymology: From be- + quote.
Senses: glosses: To quote frequently or much.
cap.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: demo n. (usu. cap.) a Democrat.
ref: 2004, The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 90:
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of capitalized.
steady the ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steadies the ship
form: steadying the ship
form: steadied the ship
form: steadied the ship
form: right the ship
Senses: examples: text: As England attempted to steady the ship, the Rooney flashpoint occurred 17 minutes from time. He was involved in little more than a routine battle for possession near the touchline before lashing out at Dzudovic.
ref: 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
text: In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship [title]
ref: 2016 June 28, Jane Dudman, “In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship”, in The Guardian:
text: If there is a moment to steady the ship, it is now. For [Grant] Robertson, that means investing significantly in the worn-out health system and pumping money into climate change solutions – big-ticket concerns he says he “owes to people”.
ref: 2022 May 13, Eva Corlett, “As the shine comes off NZ Labour, Grant Robertson hopes his budget can steady the ship”, in The Guardian:
text: Early on, Musk brought in a team of executives and staffers from elsewhere in his business empire, including Tesla and The Boring Company, to help steady the ship.
ref: 2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 17:
text: To steady the ship, [Laurent] Freixe was implementing an ambitious plan to cut costs by at least SFr2.5bn ($3.1bn), with the help of consultants like McKinsey.
ref: 2025 September 20, Madeleine Speed, Mercedes Ruehl, “The meltdown at Nestlé”, in FT Weekend, page 6:
glosses: To bring under control.
Related terms: steady as she goes
wonderfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wonderfull
form: most wonderfull
Senses: examples: text: Then he said that Homer was wonderfull in all his things, but that amongst others, he was an excellent architector.
ref: 1579, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives, page 570:
glosses: Archaic spelling of wonderful.
Lusitanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lusitanian
lustered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of luster
lustering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of luster
woonderful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more woonderful
form: most woonderful
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of wonderful.
wondaful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wondaful
form: most wondaful
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of wonderful.
fabbo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fabbo
form: most fabbo
Etymology: From fab + -o.
Senses: examples: text: This part will help you chill out, get ready, and plan to have a fabbo time.
ref: 2005, Joy Browne, Dating for Dummies, page 120:
synonyms: faberoo
faboo
glosses: fabulous, excellent
excellento
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more excellento
form: most excellento
Senses: glosses: excellent
excellest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: excel + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of excel
lupinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lupine + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine.
lung fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: pneumonia
luteocobaltic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From luteo- + cobaltic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Applied to certain cobalt compounds with a yellow colour.
Derived terms: luteocobaltic chloride
crappo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹæpəʊ/
ipa: /ˈkɹæpoʊ/
Forms: form: more crappo
form: most crappo
Etymology: From crap (“of poor quality”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).
Senses: synonyms: word: ass
word: bad
word: base
word: below par
word: broken
word: bum
word: cheap
word: chintzy
word: crappo
word: crappy
word: craptastic
word: crapperific
word: craptabulous
word: craptacular
word: crummy
word: flimsy
word: inferior
word: lousy
word: low
word: low-grade
word: pitiful
word: poor
word: rinky-dink
word: rubbish
word: sad
word: schlocky
word: shoddy
word: slight
word: slim
word: sorry
word: subpar
word: shitty
word: substandard
word: tin-pot
word: unacceptable
word: unfit
word: unsatisfactory
word: unsound
word: unsuitable
word: woeful
word: wretched
antonyms: word: bad
word: inferior
word: awful
word: bad
word: detestable
word: disagreeable
word: dreadful
word: unsatisfactory
glosses: Of very low quality; crap, lousy.
crappo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹæpəʊ/
ipa: /ˈkɹæpoʊ/
Forms: form: crappos
form: crapaud
form: crapo
Etymology: Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English crappo, from French crapaud (“toad”), from Middle French crapaud, from Old French crapaut, crapot (“frog; toad”), from Frankish *krappō, *krappa (“claw, hook”) (because of a toad’s hooked feet; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *greb-) + -aud (suffix forming diminutives or nouns having a pejorative connotation). Doublet of crapaud.
Senses: examples: text: Medical attention is immediately needed if "Fido" encounters a specie of huge toad, up to eight to ten inches round, called a "crappo", and decides to take it into his mouth to play with. This toad exudes a substance from glands in its skin which will cause profuse salivation, and sometimes, if absorbed, will cause the animal to become very excited with high fever and twitching uncontrollable motions.
ref: 1982, The Settler’s Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 6th edition, Christiansted, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands: Prestige Press, →OCLC, pages 37–38:
text: crapo (from the French crapaud, frog) a huge toad (Bufo marinus)
ref: [2004, William L. Murphy, “A Trinbagonian Lexicon”, in A Birdwatchers’ Guide to Trinidad & Tobago (Birdwatchers’ Guides), Cley next the Sea, Norfolk: Prion, →ISBN, page 163:
text: One of the wild animals most familiar to all Trinidadians, even those with not the slightest interest in wildlife, is the crappo, that large toad which is seen so often at this time of year around houses and roads.
ref: 2007, Richard ffrench, “August”, in The Naturalist’s Year, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Prospect Press, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Little crappos would find their way into the house. I was tormented by them. When in panic I feared they, like fluttering pigeons, were liable to do anything.
ref: 2011, Rahul Bhattacharya, chapter 7, in The Sly Company of People Who Care, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 86:
text: This sentry type wooden cubicle was built in the yard; not far from the house. It was not a very respectful bathroom in my opinion; especially since the fat crappos (crapaud/huge toad) took up residence. How I despised them.
ref: 2011 October 27, Helena Martin, “1947 Jacklow, Pomeroon River”, in Walk Wit’ Me …: All Ova Guyana, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, Hay House, →ISBN, section 4 (Primitive Plumbing), page 19:
text: Crickets call out in the coming dark. Crappo answer.
ref: 2013, Gaiutra Bahadur, “Beautiful Woman Without a Nose”, in Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture, London: C[hristopher] Hurst & Co., →ISBN, Part 2 (Exploring), page 105:
glosses: A toad (chiefly from the family Bufonidae).
bepuzzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bepuzzles
form: bepuzzling
form: bepuzzled
form: bepuzzled
Etymology: From be- + puzzle.
Senses: glosses: To puzzle greatly; perplex.
Derived terms: bepuzzlement
luniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more luniform
form: most luniform
Etymology: From luni- + -form.
Senses: glosses: moon-shaped
lunistice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlun.ɪ.stɪs/
Forms: form: lunistices
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin *lūnistitium, coined from lūna + sistō (“to stand, place”) in 1650, on the model of solstitium (“solstice”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: lunar standstill
glosses: The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.
lunistices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunistice
cap product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cap products
Etymology: A reference to the symbol used, ∩, in this context called "cap"; compare cup product.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A method of adjoining a chain of degree p with a cochain of degree q, such that q ≤ p, to form a composite chain of degree p − q.
cochains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochain
luncheoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of luncheon
luncheoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of luncheon
lumbaginous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /lʌmˈbæd͡ʒɪnəs/
Senses: examples: text: Her first sense was of fatness, their incredible, caravaning, lumbaginous fatness!
ref: 2019, Fannie Hurst, Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl:
glosses: Of or pertaining to lumbago.
lumbricines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumbricine
lunicurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin luna (“moon”) and English current.
Senses: glosses: Related to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases.
queazen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: queazens
form: queazening
form: queazened
form: queazened
Etymology: From queas(y) + -en.
Senses: glosses: To make queasy; sicken.
lumbriciform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lumbriciform
form: most lumbriciform
Etymology: From Latin lumbricus + -form.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.
ludwigites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ludwigite
low-studded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low-studded
form: most low-studded
Senses: examples: text: a low-studded house
text: a low-studded room
text: The walls of the room, which was rather low-studded, were ornamented by sundry notices and posters of different colors, with here and there an engraving of no great artistic excellence--one representing a horse race, another a steamer of the Cunard Line, and still another, the Presidents of the United States grouped together, with Washington as the central figure.
ref: 1873, Horatio Alger, Bound to Rise, Chapter XXIII:
text: Reba had often wandered there after dark at night and she well knew that in scores of smoky little low-studded kitchens behind those stars in the windows supper was now being prepared.
ref: 1918, Olive Higgins Prouty, The Star in the Window, Chapter 2:
glosses: Furnished or built with short studs.
examples: text: low-studded boots
text: low-studded shoes
glosses: Having a textured (studded) sole, but one that has multiple small projections rather than fewer taller projections.
loxodromism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve, or moving in a loxodromic curve.
loyalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loyalism
lowlinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowliness
cordlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cordless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without the use of an electrical cord.
lozengy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: French losangé
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
coordinate_terms: fusilly
masculy
semé
glosses: Divided into or composed of rhombuses (lozenges).
lovemongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lovemonger
auntiently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more auntiently
form: most auntiently
Etymology: From auntient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of anciently.
aunciently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more aunciently
form: most aunciently
Etymology: From auncient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of anciently.
situation comedies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of situation comedy
queencraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From queen + -craft.
Senses: glosses: Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen; kingcraft as practised by a female sovereign.
asterisc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asteriscs
Senses: examples: text: There is no punctuation, but three signs are used, namely, 1st, the asterisc (※); 2nd, the obelus (—:); and 3rd, the two dots (:). The asteriscs indicate the words of the Hebrew text, not admitted by the Seventy into their Greek version, which words are included between the asterisc and the two dots; […]
ref: [1849, M. J. B. Silvestre, “Plate LXI. Square Uncial Greek Writing. IVth. or Vth. Century. Fragments of the Greek Pentateuch, in the Bibliothèque Royale.”, in Frederic Madden, transl., Universal Palæography: Or, Fac-similes of Writings of All Nations and Periods, […], volume I, London: Henry G[eorge] Bohn, […], →OCLC, page 163:
text: The Hôtels marked with one asterisc are Restaurants also. Those marked with two asteriscs have Table d'Hôte.
ref: 1869, “Notices Useful to the Foreigner”, in One Week at Venice: Illustrated Guide for Visiting Every Thing Worthy of Consideration, Venice: Colombo Coen’s New Library, […], →OCLC, page 128:
text: Data were collected from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Nutrition Coordination Center (NCC) Carotenoid Database (Holden et al., 1999) and correspond to raw foods unless indicated with an asterisc (cooked) or two asteriscs (canned).
ref: 2012, Úrsula Flores-Perez, Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion, “Carotenoids”, in Andrew Salter, Helen Wiseman, Gregory Tucker, editors, Phytonutrients, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, figure 3.2 caption, page 94:
glosses: Alternative spelling of asterisk.
auncestrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auncestries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ancestry.
auncestry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auncestries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ancestry.
prys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Hammers create, saws shape, wire enlightens, and pipes irrigate. But the crowbar prys, levers, moves, pushes or destroys.
ref: 1998, Brick, numbers 58-63, page 58:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pry
basilisc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basiliscs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of basilisk.
scetch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scetches
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of sketch.
scetch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scetches
form: scetching
form: scetched
form: scetched
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of sketch.
ruffed grouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruffed grouse
contrapasso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Dante in his work Inferno, from contra (“counter”) and passo (“step, pace”).
Senses: glosses: The concept that the punishment of an individual's soul in Hell corresponds to the sin that person committed on earth.
Related terms: poetic justice
kick against the pricks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks against the pricks
form: kicking against the pricks
form: kicked against the pricks
form: kicked against the pricks
Etymology: Biblical phrase; see citation below.
Senses: glosses: To kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goaded.
examples: text: Near-synonym: kick over the traces
text: The lorde ſayd / I am Ieſus whom thou perſecuteſt / it ſhalbe harde for the to kycke agaĩſt the pricke.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts ix:[5], folio clxvj, verso:
text: Paul was laid up with an attack of bronchitis. He did not mind much. What happened happened, and it was no good kicking against the pricks.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Young Life of Paul”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part I, page 67:
text: The whirlwind is in the thorn tree / It’s hard for thee to kick against the pricks
ref: 2002 November 5, Johnny Cash, “The Man Comes Around”, in American IV: The Man Comes Around (Compact Disc), performed by Johnny Cash, United States of America: American Recordings, →OCLC, 440 063 339-2:
text: Middle-class, indie-loving, media-savvy 18-40-year-olds in their tens of thousands joined Facebook groups, signed online petitions, added Twibbons, wrote letters of complaint and politely but efficiently kicked against the pricks.
ref: 2010 December 8, Dan Hancox, The Guardian:
glosses: To struggle against fate or authority.
good for nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of good-for-nothing.
unparagoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + paragoned.
Senses: examples: text: Either your vnparagon'd Miſtirs is dead, or ſhe's out-priz'd by a trifle.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], page 372, column 1:
text: Rubies vnparagon'd, How deerely they doo't:
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 376, column 2:
glosses: Superlative; the best; without equal.
worth a Jew's eye
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Lord love you, I'd swear it was worth a Jew's eye. Indeed, no money can compensate me for its loss.
ref: 1825, The Port Folio, page 118:
glosses: Of high value.
Related terms: would give a Jew's eye
scathful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scathful
form: most scathful
Etymology: Equivalent to scath + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scatheful.
odious as a toad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: And we have already rendred our irreconcileable Enemy the Duke of Buckingham as odious as a Toad.
ref: 1680, The History of the Damnable Popish Plot, in Its Various Branches & Progress:
text: E'en to a Rat he favour show'd, To some as odious as a toad : To him for bread it often came, ( For kindness can all creatures tame)
ref: 1762, Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review - Volume 32, page 494:
text: How fear, self-condemnation, guilt and joy flushed through her as she hastily pushed Brownfield away; pushed him away as if he were as odious as a toad, as inconsequential as some kind of harmless lizard.
ref: 2011, Alice Walker, The Third Life of Grange Copeland, →ISBN:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very odious; hateful.
scathless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scathless
form: most scathless
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scatheless.
sudary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)uːdəɹi/
ipa: /ˈsudəɹi/
Forms: form: sudaries
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin sudarium. Doublet of sudarium.
Senses: glosses: A napkin or handkerchief.
glosses: A burial shroud.
maukin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maukins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of malkin. Alternative form of mawkin.
decrassify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈkɹæsɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: decrassifies
form: decrassifying
form: decrassified
form: decrassified
Senses: glosses: To clean; to remove dirt from.
glosses: To make less crass or coarse.
taintless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From taint + -less.
Senses: examples: text: And then, ſo nice, and ſo genteel; / Such Cleanlineſs from Head to Heel: / No Humours groſs, or frowzy Steams, / No noiſom Whiffs, or ſweaty Streams, / Before, behind, above, below, / Could from her taintleſs Body flow.
ref: 1731, [Jonathan Swift], “Strephon and Chloe”, in A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed. […], Dublin; London: […] [William Bowyer] for J. Roberts […], published 1734, →OCLC, page 8:
glosses: Free from blemish; totally clean; spotless.
slovenry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slovenries
Etymology: From sloven + -ry.
Senses: glosses: dirtiness; uncleanliness
tainture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taintures
Etymology: Perhaps taint + -ure; perhaps from Middle French tainture (“dye; dyeing; tincture”). Doublet of teinture, tinctura, and tincture.
Senses: examples: text: Gloster, ſee here the Taincture of thy Neſt,
And looke thy ſelfe be faultleſſe, thou wert beſt.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 127, column 2:
text: Dem[etrius]. Now Princes, your demands?
Sel[eucus]. Peace, if it may bee
Without the too much tainture of our honour: […]
ref: 1619, John Fletcher, “The Humorous Lieutenant”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene vi, page 135, column 1:
text: But, woe is me, other creatures are fraile too, none but man is sinfull; our soule is not more excellent, than this tainture of it, is odious, and deadly […]
ref: 1637, Joseph Hall, The Remedy of Prophanenesse, or, Of the True Sight and Feare of the Almighty, London: Nathanael Butter, Book 1, Section 11, p. 83:
glosses: Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.
soiliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From soily + -ness.
Senses: glosses: dirtiness; uncleanliness
wallow in the mire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wallows in the mire
form: wallowing in the mire
form: wallowed in the mire
form: wallowed in the mire
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wallow, mire.
glosses: To revel in baseness or scandal.
expencive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more expencive
form: most expencive
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of expensive.
enfringe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒ
Forms: form: enfringes
form: enfringing
form: enfringed
form: enfringed
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of infringe.
cley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleys
Etymology: From Middle English cle, clea, from Old English clēa (“claw”) (where the oblique forms > English claw).
Senses: examples: text: But that more heavy Birds are otherwise provided for defence, namely either by Spurs that grow on their Legs, or by the strength and sharpness of some single cley in their Foot; as I have observed in the Cassoware or Emeu
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 74
glosses: A claw.
Derived terms: cleystaff
cley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleys
Etymology: From Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of clay.
inquirance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English inquyraunce, probably from Anglo-French.
Senses: examples: text: […]the men which were ſent from Cornelius / had made inquyrance for Simons houſſe / and ſtode befor the dore.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts x:[17], folio clxix, recto:
glosses: Inquiry.
cleystaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleykstaff
form: cley-staffe
form: cleyke-staffe
Etymology: Perhaps from cley + staff, but ‘more probably’ (according to the OED) from cleek + staff.
Senses: glosses: A bishop's crook or crosier.
'fridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'fridges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fridge (refrigerator)
manaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manace
remble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rembles
form: rembling
form: rembled
form: rembled
Senses: examples: a niver rembles the stoäns - Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Northern Farmer (Old Style) stanza XV
glosses: To move in order to make tidy; to tidy or put away.
the night before last
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: During the night before last night; two nights ago.
Related terms: day before yesterday
Botany Bay dozens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Botany Bay dozen
I'm a guy
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker is male.
Related terms: I'm a girl
I'm a girl
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker is female.
Related terms: I'm a guy
curtain-raise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: curtain-raises
form: curtain-raising
form: curtain-raised
form: curtain-raised
Etymology: From curtain-raiser.
Senses: examples: text: The fall and humiliation of Algerian President Ahmed ben Bella were carefully timed to curtain-raise what Bella intended as his biggest show, the "Second Bandung Conference."
ref: 1965, Herbert David Croly, The New Republic, volume 153:
text: Curtain-raised here, also, is Cromwell's eventual readiness to smash the monasteries and confiscate their revenue and property to finance the building of a modern state […]
ref: 2010 Mar, Christopher Hitchens, “The Men Who Made England”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: To introduce; to prefigure, to set the stage for.
Botany Bay fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: What!—me not know my * * * Testament! Why!—it's the only * * * book you get a word of when you're nursing for Botany Bay fever.
ref: 1914, William Frend De Morgan, When Ghost Meets Ghost, page 410:
glosses: Penal servitude; transportation.
death erection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death erections
Senses: glosses: A post-mortem priapism observed in the corpses of human males who have been executed, particularly by hanging.
Synonyms: angel lust
terminal erection
death erections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death erection
wash off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: washes off
form: washing off
form: washed off
form: washed off
Senses: examples: text: I'm trying to wash off this equipment.
text: I'm trying to wash off all this mud.
text: I'm trying to wash all this mud off this equipment.
text: I'm trying to wash all this mud off it.
text: I'm trying to wash all this mud off of it.
text: I hope this mud will wash off without too much scrubbing.
hypernyms: clean off#Verb
coordinate_terms: wash down#Verb
;
hose off#Verb
hose down#Verb
rinse off#Verb
rinse down#Verb
;
wipe off#Verb
wipe down#Verb
glosses: To remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.
washes off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wash off
washing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wash off
washed off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wash off
cap products
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cap product
upslopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upslope
overshape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overshapes
form: overshaping
form: overshaped
form: overshaped
Etymology: From over- + shape.
Senses: examples: text: "Why not?" she asked. Trying not to overshape the words. Trying not to say them too fast. Trying not to show how indignant she was at the idea of being left out.
ref: 2002, Orson Scott Card, Rebekah:
glosses: To transform; alter.
examples: text: This has become the routine this week: start off with a disaster, make some adjustment, and carry on. Yesterday in the media room he explained that because his swing was so off, he had intentionally been “overshaping” shots during the round.
ref: 2009, Bob Smiley, Follow the Roar:
glosses: To adjust; reshape.
examples: text: Keep checking your progress against the form Wheel lightly and check often so you don't overshape an area.
ref: 2008, Eddie Paul, Sheet Metal Fabrication: Techniques and Tips for Beginners and Pros:
glosses: To shape, form, or manipulate excessively.
overshape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overshapes
Etymology: From over- + shape.
Senses: glosses: That which is overshaped.
examples: text: If a wider fitting overshape is required extend the side seam approx. 1–2cm.
ref: 2009, Winifred Aldrich, Metric Pattern Cutting for Children's Wear and Babywear:
glosses: That which forms or fits over something else.