cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
low-key
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊki/
ipa: /ˌləʊˈkiː/
ipa: /ˈloʊˈki/
ipa: /ˌloʊˈki/
note: occasionally
ipa: /ˈloʊki/
homophone: Loki stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -əʊki
Forms: form: more low-key
form: most low-key
form: lowkey
form: low key
form: lowk
form: LWK
form: lwk
Etymology: From low + key.
Senses: examples: text: The classic example of low key photography is a black cat in a coal cellar. […] The most popular use of low-key photography is in making portraits of celebrities or theatrical personalities. These people demand either dignity or drama, and this type of lightning is appropriate for both.
ref: 1942 November, Victor Keppler, “Key to Good Pictures”, in Popular Photography, →ISSN, page 98:
topics: art
arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
antonyms: high-key
coordinate_terms: mid-key
glosses: Dark; characterized by dark tones and muted colors.
examples: text: She deserves an Oscar for her low-key performance in that movie.
text: For a low-key, somewhat predictable meal, dinner at Basem's offers good value.
ref: 1984 November 18, Patricia Brooks, “Specials Best at Low-Key Spot”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: [David Blaine's] deceptively low-key, ultracool manner leaves spectators more amazed than if he'd razzle-dazzled.
ref: 1997 May 19, David Handelman, “The Wizard of Grunge”, in Time:
text: From the Samba band and colourfully-clad dancers that made a lap of Wembley before kick-off - even prompting some neat moves from one or two Brazilian journalists - to the roars of delight every time Neymar got on the ball, it was still a night that contained entertainment despite the increasingly low-key fare on the pitch.
ref: 2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News:
text: The relatively low-key opening was attended by Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram, who declared "We have a brand-new station serviced with brand-new lines and new publicly owned trains.
ref: 2023 October 18, Chris Howe, “Network News: Headbolt Lane station opens on Merseyrail”, in RAIL, number 994, page 22:
text: [Senator Todd] Young is a low-key Indiana lawmaker with an enthusiasm for wonky, but important national security issues. He's a protégé of the late Sen. Richard Lugar, a low-key Indiana lawmaker who had an enthusiasm for wonky but important national security issues.
ref: 2025 April 11, Steve Inskeep, “One Republican tries to make sense of Trump's tariffs”, in NPR:
antonyms: word: unadorned
glosses: Restrained, subtle, not trying to attract attention.
Derived terms: low-keyness
low-key
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊki/
ipa: /ˌləʊˈkiː/
ipa: /ˈloʊˈki/
ipa: /ˌloʊˈki/
note: occasionally
ipa: /ˈloʊki/
homophone: Loki stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -əʊki
Forms: form: more low-key
form: most low-key
form: lowkey
form: low key
form: lowk
form: LWK
form: lwk
Etymology: From low + key.
Senses: examples: text: I'm low key salty about the way that nigga did you but it seems like he still cares about you.
ref: 2015, Lady Onyxx, Started From The Top Now I'm Here 3, page 81:
text: Before I open the messages, I disable the activity notification so no one will know I'm low-key obsessed with a party I didn't get to attend.
ref: 2018, Rachel Vincent, Strange New World:
text: “Is this a social experiment? I’m 95 percent sure it is,” said Alex Feinstein, an accountant. “I low-key think it’s an N.Y.U. production.”
ref: 2023 September 25, Becky Hughes, quoting Alex Feinstein, “New York’s Hottest Steakhouse Was a Fake, Until Saturday Night”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Kind of.
synonyms: furtively
glosses: In a low-key or surreptitious manner; secretively; understatedly; on the down-low.
paramilitary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛɹəˈmɪlɪˌtɛɹi/
Forms: form: paramilitaries
form: para-military
Etymology: From para- + military.
Senses: examples: text: From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified.
ref: 2007 July 13, Kyle Whitmire, “Suit in U.S. Over Murders in Colombia”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
text: Cossack paramilitaries operate in Ukraine and southern Russia. […] Before he entered eastern Ukraine, Girkin led paramilitary groups in Crimea and negotiated with Ukrainian military officers in attempts to induce them to defect to Russia.
ref: 2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, pages 44-45:
glosses: A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.
glosses: A member of a paramilitary group.
paramilitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛɹəˈmɪlɪˌtɛɹi/
Forms: form: para-military
Etymology: From para- + military.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a paramilitary.
Derived terms: antiparamilitary
paramilitarily
paramilitarism
paramilitarist
cross junction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross junctions
Senses: topics: railways
transport
glosses: A location where two railroad tracks cross, without switches, as where different roads intersect.
Related terms: double crossover
lick one's wounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: licks one's wounds
form: licking one's wounds
form: licked one's wounds
form: licked one's wounds
Senses: examples: text: Prevented by internal and external influences, this ideal of placing the sovereignty in the hands of the people was not carried out immediately after the establishment of the Republic of China. With the changes of time, particularly with the relocation of the ROC government to Taiwan, we have gradually carried it out at last, but only after having licked our wounds and built our strength for forty years.
ref: 1996 May, Lee Teng-hui, “Political Reforms”, in Peace Through Democratic Reforms, Taipei: Wen Ying Tang Press Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11:
text: If the ball was out of play, someone in blue would dash to get it back. This was not a side licking its wounds from the humbling of Anfield or Saturday’s ordeal against Manchester United. It was the best team in England with adrenaline running through their veins, playing as if they believed anything was achievable.
ref: 2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: To withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat; to recuperate.
think up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thinks up
form: thinking up
form: thought up
form: thought up
Senses: examples: text: I can think up plenty of excuses not to go, but we really should attend.
glosses: To create in one’s mind; to invent.
Synonyms: come up with
get the drift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪft
Forms: form: gets the drift
form: getting the drift
form: got the drift
form: got the drift
form: gotten the drift
Senses: examples: text: I don't really read French, but I can often guess enough to get the drift.
text: By now you're probably starting to get my drift that cutting costs in today's rail industry is not going to be either easy or pain-free.
ref: 2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 24:
glosses: To understand, at least on some basic or general level.
Related terms: catch someone's drift
hopped up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: You could see in his eyes that he was hopped up on goofballs.
glosses: Drugged; intoxicated.
raw_tags: followed by "on"
examples: text: His car featured a hopped up Mercury engine and sported the fender skirts and DeSoto bumpers that were popular on hot rods of the era.
ref: 2002, Ron Roberson, Middletown Pacemakers: The Story of an Ohio Hot Rod Club, Arcadia Publishing, page 1938:
glosses: Mechanically enhanced for high performance; souped-up.
Related terms: hepped up
hop joint
hopped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hop up
scouring powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scouring powders
Senses: glosses: A powdered abrasive cleaner.
double booked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The room was double booked for a convention and a wedding in the same night.
glosses: Of a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.
each and every
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: Do not leave without checking each and every door to make sure it is locked.
text: Each and every one of the employees attended, and everyone had a good time.
synonyms: any and every
any and all
every last
every single
glosses: Each without exception; used for emphasis.
to each his own
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: each to his own
form: to each their own
Etymology: Calque of Latin suum cuique, short for suum cuique pulchrum est (“to each his own is beautiful”).
Senses: examples: text: I would never want my bathroom decorated in chartreuse and turquoise, but to each his own, I suppose.
synonyms: chacun à son goût
there's no accounting for taste
different strokes for different folks
to each their own
glosses: Every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences and tastes.
glosses: Everyone should receive what they deserve.
Related terms: you pays your money and you takes your choice
horses for courses
long haul
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: long-haul
Senses: examples: a long-haul flight
antonyms: short haul
qualifier: usually hyphenated
glosses: Travelling a long distance.
long haul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long hauls
form: long-haul
Senses: antonyms: short haul
glosses: A long distance.
examples: text: I thought it would be a short project, but now it looks like I'm in it for the long haul.
text: The national rail dispute is set to grind on after ASLEF members voted to renew their mandate for strikes for a further six months […]. RMT members renewed their strike mandate for six more months in May […]. "Once again, our members have decided that we are in this for the long haul," said ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan after the ballot result.
ref: 2023 June 28, Mel Holley, “Network News: "In this for the long haul": mandate for further strikes”, in RAIL, number 986, page 16:
glosses: A long time; the long term; an extended period.
Derived terms: word: for the long haul
word: longhaul
word: long-haul COVID
word: longhauled
word: long-hauler
word: longhauling
word: over the long haul
long run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long runs
Senses: examples: text: in it for the long run
text: It's a little more work up front, but it will save a lot of time in the long run.
text: Stocks for the Long Run [title]
ref: 1994, Jeremy J. Siegel, Stocks for the Long Run, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN:
synonyms: long term
antonyms: short run
glosses: An extended period of time.
Derived terms: in the long run
run over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs over
form: running over
form: ran over
form: run over
Senses: examples: text: The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late.
glosses: To exceed the allotted time.
examples: text: The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line.
text: A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge.
ref: 1957 December 24, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871:
glosses: To cross by running.
examples: text: Can you believe somebody would just run over a cat like that?
glosses: To drive over, causing injury or death.
examples: text: It is time that all bisexuals and gays that are in prison become unified and stop letting the administration and other inmates run over them.
ref: 1987 February 1, LeRoy Burroughs Jr., “Come Inside And Speak To Us!”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 4:
glosses: To mistreat out of disregard.
examples: text: Before we start the project, let's just run over who is doing what.
text: Each man was running over the what ifs in his mind.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 199:
glosses: To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate; to go through or consider quickly.
examples: text: You'd better run over your statement before going on the platform.
glosses: To rehearse quickly.
examples: text: The bath water nearly ran over.
glosses: To overflow.
examples: text: Andrew Bishop then ran over in the closing stages, but it was too late.
ref: 2010 December 31, “Magners League: Cardiff Blues 27-25 Osprey”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: To score a try.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.
cutesy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjutsi/
rhymes: -uːtsi
Forms: form: cutesier
form: cutesiest
Etymology: From cute + -sy.
Senses: examples: text: The couple called each other cutesy pet names like "honeypot" and "smoochie-poochie" that disgusted everyone else.
text: If each subject attracts roughly the same amount of attention (and with a judgmental adjustment to drop the more cutesy papers), that's roughly 100 papers per topic.
ref: 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, page 231f:
glosses: Overly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken seriously.
Synonyms: cutesy-wootsy
saccharine
precious
syrupy
twee
Derived terms: cutesification
cutesify
cutesily
cutesiness
cutesy-poo
cross out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosses out
form: crossing out
form: crossed out
form: crossed out
Senses: examples: text: If you make a mistake, just cross it out.
glosses: To strike out (something); to draw a line through (something).
topics: arts
graffiti
visual-arts
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To disrespect (someone) by covering up or painting over their graffiti, especially their name.
glosses: To lie to or betray (someone); to deceive or scam (someone).
Derived terms: crossing-out
Related terms: rub out
cross off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosses off
form: crossing off
form: crossed off
form: crossed off
Senses: glosses: To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through.
examples: text: I can cross off another project from the list.
glosses: To finish; to regard something as complete.
rumour has it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: rumour had it
form: rumor has it
Senses: examples: text: Rumour has it Joe is looking for a new job.
text: Rumour has it that a new luxury lounge car design is also under discussion at the moment.
ref: 1964 July, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 2:
text: “Why bother with the daily grind when you can go to Mosul, get paid $400 a month, get a wife – and live an Islamic way,” went an exchange between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow’s pension from jihadi coffers.
ref: 2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:
glosses: According to rumour or gossip.
Synonyms: word has it
hear through the grapevine
a little bird told me
Related terms: the story goes
rumor has it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rumour has it.
measure up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: measures up
form: measuring up
form: measured up
form: measured up
Senses: examples: text: It's a passable substitute, but it will never measure up to the original.
glosses: To meet expectations; to be as good as.
in stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "I was just dancing with old Doctor Riley, and he kept me in stitches. Half the time he had almost to carry me around, I was laughing so."
ref: 1918, Laura Lee Hope, chapter 15, in The Outdoor Girls in Army Service:
text: Leaving the White House after a unilateral chat with Coolidge, Actress Barrymore, in stitches from laughter, was confronted by perplexed newsmen wondering what was so funny.
ref: 1955 May 15, “People”, in Time:
text: I took a graduate seminar in close-reading of Dylan Thomas and Joyce, and among the smart students a nun and a rabbi kept us in stitches with their endless whimsy and scholarship.
ref: 2004, Willis Barnstone, We Jews and Blacks, →ISBN, page 59:
synonyms: in hysterics
glosses: Laughing vigorously; very amused; aching due to convulsive laughter.
Related terms: english: sense 3
translation: sense 3
word: stitch
by hand
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The computers went down and they had to do all the bookkeeping by hand that day.
text: Georgia’s secretary of state announced Wednesday that the state will conduct an audit of the 2020 presidential race, recounting by hand the millions of ballots cast in the state, where President-elect Joe Biden is leading.
“With the margin being so close, it will require a full by hand recount in each county,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, said at a news conference in Atlanta. “This will help build confidence.”
ref: 2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN:
text: A full set costs $245 and takes around 10 to 14 days to make by hand.
ref: 2025 July 27, Kathleen Magramo, “The game is almost over for one of Hong Kong’s last mahjong carvers”, in CNN:
glosses: Manually; without the use of automation or machines.
examples: text: to bring up an infant by hand
text: That left me an orphan and folks were at their wits’ end, so Mrs. Thomas said, what to do with me. [...] Finally Mrs. Thomas said she’d take me, though she was poor and had a drunken husband. She brought me up by hand. Do you know if there is anything in being brought up by hand that ought to make people who are brought up that way better than other people? Because whenever I was naughty Mrs. Thomas would ask me how I could be such a bad girl when she had brought me up by hand--reproachful-like.
ref: 1908, L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables:
glosses: Without suckling it.
raw_tags: of raising a child
off chance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off chances
form: off-chance
form: offchance
Etymology: From off + chance.
Senses: examples: text: He submitted a job application on the off chance that nobody better would.
glosses: A possibility that is not likely or probable.
Derived terms: on the off chance
break into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks into
form: breaking into
form: broke into
form: broken into
Senses: examples: text: Somebody broke into his car and stole his tools and CDs.
text: Hackers broke into the bank's computer system and stole customer data.
glosses: To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
examples: text: I finally broke into the second package of cookies.
glosses: To open or begin to use.
examples: text: He hopes to break into show business.
glosses: To successfully enter a profession or business.
examples: text: The horse broke into a gallop as they neared the barn.
text: I just broke into tears while talking to my mom.
text: She broke into a smile, wrenching herself away from our head physician.
text: Now, sometimes in my sorrow shut,
⁠Or breaking into song by fits;
⁠Alone, alone, to where he sits,
The Shadow cloak’d from head to foot
Who keeps the keys of all the creeds,
⁠I wander, often falling lame, […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 39:
text: Then, as usual, the sheep broke into "Four legs good, two legs bad!" and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: That struck me as hilarious, and I broke into hysterical giggles. And once I began, I couldn’t stop. I laughed until I was gasping for breath, tears streaming down my face.
ref: 2010, Julie Kagawa, The Iron King, Don Mills: Harlequin Teen, →ISBN, page 237:
glosses: To begin suddenly.
Derived terms: break into a run
building blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of building block
Synonyms: sense: toy
word: toy blocks
take a crack at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a crack at
form: taking a crack at
form: took a crack at
form: taken a crack at
Senses: examples: text: I don't really know where to begin, but I guess I can take a crack at it and see how I do.
glosses: To attempt or try.
take a stab at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a stab at
form: taking a stab at
form: took a stab at
form: taken a stab at
Senses: examples: text: Would you like to take a stab at explaining the theory?
text: Jimmy Carter is the third President in a row to take a stab at reforming the “welfare mess” — an almost obligatory pejorative of political oratory.
ref: 1978 July 9, Robert Lekachman, “Welfare Needs Help”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To attempt or try.
examples: text: I'll take a stab at the answer, but I don't really know for sure.
glosses: To guess.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, stab.
Synonyms: sense: attempt or try
word: take a run at
sense: attempt or try
word: give something a go
sense: attempt or try
word: give something a try
sense: attempt or try
word: give something a stab
prurition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pɹʊˈɹɪʃən/
Etymology: From Latin prurire (“to itch”).
Senses: examples: text: He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin.
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
glosses: itching
Related terms: prurient
prurience
Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiwɑk/
ipa: /ˈmiːwɒk/
Forms: form: Miwoks
form: Miwok
form: Miwuk
form: Mewuk
Etymology: Miwok means "the people" in the native Utian language.
Senses: glosses: A member of a linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.
Miwok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiwɑk/
ipa: /ˈmiːwɒk/
Forms: form: Miwuk
form: Mewuk
Etymology: Miwok means "the people" in the native Utian language.
Senses: glosses: The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups.
Derived terms: Bay Miwok
Bodega Miwok
Coast Miwok
Lake Miwok
Marin Miwok
Miwokan
Plains Miwok
Sierra Miwok
Valley Miwok
pschent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: pschents
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψχέντ (pskhént), from Late Egyptian pꜣ-sḫmtj (“the two powerful ones”), from pꜣ (“definite article”) + sḫmtj, dual of sḫmt (“powerful one”), from sḫm (“to be powerful, to have power over”).
Senses: examples: text: In his left eye flashes the monocle of Cashel Boyle O’Conner Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell. On his head is perched an Egyptian pshent. Two quills project over his ears.
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
text: […] a tall, slim figure with the young face of an antique Pharaoh, gay with prismatic robes and crowned with a golden pshent that glowed with inherent light.
ref: 1943, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath:
glosses: The double crown of ancient Egypt, combining the white crown of Upper Egypt with the red crown of Lower Egypt, worn by pharaohs after the union of the two kingdoms in around 3000 BC.
ptosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊ.sɪs/
ipa: /ˈtoʊ.sɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: ptoses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling, fall”), from πίπτω (píptō, “to fall down”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix). First used in 1710.
Senses: examples: text: There were many other factors to be taken into account: Miss West’s age, the type of enlargement, whether the condition was one of pure hypertrophy, the degree of ptosis present, the actual scale of enlargement and, finally, the presence of any pathology in the breast tissue itself.
ref: 1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.
Derived terms: apoptosis
blepharoptosis
cladoptosis
gastroptosis
mastoptosis
nephroptosis
visceroptosis
Related terms: word: ptotic
english: atrophy
translation: atrophy
word: phthisis
pucelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʊˈsɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: pucelles
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pucele, Middle French pucele, perhaps from a Late Latin *pullicella, but the further etymology is disputed. Compare Sicilian pulla.
Senses: examples: text: 1608 (at the earliest), Ben Jonson, letter to John Fletcher
Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan.
text: Seven weeks before, Joan of Arc had ridden into Orleans. She was at the height of her strange career.…‘Maid or Witch, Pucelle or Puzzell – she is very hard to understand.’
ref: 1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff:
glosses: A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc).
glosses: A prostitute, a slut.
pudor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːdɔː/
/ˈpjuːdər/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pudor (“sense of modesty or shame”), from pudet (“it shames”), as is pudency (via pudentia).
Senses: examples: text: Woman, undoing with sweet pudor her belt of rushrope, offers her allmoist yoni to man’s lingam.
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
glosses: An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.
punkah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌŋkə/
ipa: /ˈpʌŋkɑː/
rhymes: -ʌŋkə
Forms: form: punkahs
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पंखा (paṅkhā, “fan”), from Sanskrit पक्षक (pakṣaka), from पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”).
Senses: examples: text: A punkah is, by some, used instead of a chattah, (or umbrella); but it is very inferior as a defence against either sun, wind, or rain.
ref: 1810, Thomas Williamson, East India Vade-Mecum..., page 313:
text: Outside the court the sun blazed—within was the wind of great punkahs that made you shiver …
ref: 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 4, in Lord Jim:
text: In the refreshment room a few would-be passengers were cooled by the punkah, worked by a string tied to the big toe of a sleepy Burmese boy.
ref: 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
text: Perhaps it was a mistake to invite Mr Stanhope; the day was intolerably hot and humid; all he wanted to do was to lie on his bed with a punkah sighing over him, at least moving the unbreathable air.
ref: 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
glosses: A fan, particularly a large fan made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling, (historical) formerly often operated by a servant.
Derived terms: punkahwallah
tasukizori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tasukizori
Etymology: From Japanese たすき反り (“reverse backwards body drop”).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker ducks under his opponent's arm, grabs his arm and back leg and leans backwards, driving him over.
pyorrhoea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pʌɪəˈɹɪə/
Forms: form: pyorrhoeas
form: pyorrhœa
form: pyorrhea
Etymology: From pyo- + -rrhoea.
Senses: glosses: Flowing or discharge of pus; periodontitis
tokkurinage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tokkurinage
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 徳利投げ, "two-handed head twist down".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's head or neck with both hands and twists him over.
tottari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tottari
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese とったり, literally "arm bar throw".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's arm at the wrist, bars it, and forces him down.
tsukaminage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌ(t)suːkəmɪˈnɑːɡeɪ/
Forms: form: tsukaminage
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese つかみ投げ (tsukaminage), literally "lifting throw".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent past him and heaves him into the air.
tsukidashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tsukidashi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 突き出し, literally frontal thrust out.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent backwards and out using a rhythmic thrusting motion.
tenures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenure
ectoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: From ectoblast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ectoblast.
ectoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectoblasts
Etymology: From ecto- + -blast.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm or epiblast.
Derived terms: ectoblastic
CharlieCard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CharlieCards
Etymology: From Charlie + card, named after a fictional character in a folk song who cannot leave the Boston subway system because he cannot pay the five-cent surcharge required to leave the train.
Senses: glosses: A stored-value smart card used by passengers to pay their fares on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Related terms: word: CharlieTicket
word: EasyRider
word: EZ-Link
word: GTA Farecard
word: MetroCard
word: Multivia
word: Octopus
word: Oyster card
word: Readycard
word: SmartRider
word: SmarTrip
word: Suica
word: Touch 'n Go
word: Translink
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20060305223958/http://www.mbta.com/projects_underway/easyway.asp
word: MBTA's official CharlieCard site
ectoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Senses: glosses: of, related to, or composed of ectoplasm; ectoplasmic
relating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈleɪts/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relate
relating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈleɪts/
Forms: form: relatings
Senses: examples: text: Such a dynamic, biological concept of consciousness as reflecting ever-shifting 'global mappings' in the brain, ceaseless relatings of current perceptions to past mappings, has been articulated with great force recently, by Gerald Edelman.
ref: 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
text: What makes a complex practice like education or medicine distinctive is the content of sayings, doings and relatings characteristic of the practice[…]
ref: 2008, Stephen Kemmis, Tracey J. Smith, Enabling praxis: challenges for education:
glosses: The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.
flavours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavour
flavours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flavour
picking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pick
picking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ
Forms: form: pickings
Senses: examples: text: We went to a strawberry picking last June.
glosses: A gathering to pick fruit.
examples: text: Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage.
ref: 1899, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 9, in Via Crucis:
qualifier: usually pluralized
glosses: Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
examples: text: easy pickings, rich pickings
text: He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself.
ref: 1919, Anthony Hope, chapter 11, in The Secret of the Tower:
qualifier: usually pluralized
glosses: Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
examples: text: The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.
glosses: Something picked or pulled out.
glosses: The act of making a choice; selection.
glosses: The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
glosses: The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
glosses: Dabbing in stoneworking.
Synonyms: sense: items remaining after others have selected the best
word: leftovers
sense: unscrupulously acquired gains
word: booty
Derived terms: batch picking
berrypicking
brain-picking
case picking
chronic skin-picking
cluster picking
cotton-picking
digital picking
discrete picking
easy pickings
electronic picking
e-picking
flowerpicking
garbage picking
individual item picking
in-store picking
in the picking
litter picking
mobile scanner picking
multi-batch picking
multi-order picking
nitpicking
nit-picking
nutpicking
order picking
pallet picking
picking by SKU
piece picking
single order picking
skin-picking disorder
slim pickings
speech-based picking
store picking
Travis picking
voice picking
warehouse picking
waveless picking
zone-batch picking
zone-batch-wave picking
zone picking
zone-wave picking
encaustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːstɪk
Forms: form: encaustick
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐγκαυστικός (enkaustikós, “burning in”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”).
Senses: examples: text: After all, no sealant or finish is necessary in the encaustic medium, and shellac is stinky, caustic and messy.
ref: 2019, Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch, Encaustic Workshop, Penguin, →ISBN, page 90:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
Derived terms: encaustically
encaustic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːstɪk
Forms: form: encaustics
form: encaustick
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐγκαυστικός (enkaustikós, “burning in”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”).
Senses: examples: text: It has become usual in discussions of Flags facture to use the terms, suggested by [Jasper] Johns himself, ‘encaustic', oil and collage on fabric’.
ref: 1994, Fred Orton, Figuring Jasper Johns, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 114:
text: I have worked in encaustic and I really love encaustic printmaking, but when it comes to painting, I love my acrylics.
ref: 2015, Sandra Duran Wilson, Acrylic Painting for Encaustic Effects: 45 Wax Free Techniques, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: A wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating.
qualifier: painting
glosses: Ellipsis of encaustic painting, a painting produced using this paint.
Derived terms: encaustic painting
encaustic tile
endoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From endo- + -scopic.
Senses: examples: text: “At least patients who are age 45 will be able to get their screening procedure. But if someone’s younger than 45 and has symptoms, then there may be a delay in their care,” he said, adding that such prior authorization policies “create a barrier” to getting colonoscopies and other endoscopic procedures.
ref: 2023 May 26, Jacqueline Howard and Kyla Russell, “As colorectal cancer rises among younger adults, some seek colonoscopies earlier”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope.
Derived terms: chromoendoscopic
echoendoscopic
endoscopical
endoscopically
gastroendoscopic
laparoendoscopic
microendoscopic
miniendoscopic
nasendoscopic
neuroendoscopic
nonendoscopic
otoendoscopic
panendoscopic
postendoscopic
transendoscopic
videoendoscopic
smart card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smart cards
form: smartcard
form: smart-card
Senses: synonyms: chipcard
integrated circuit card
ICC
glosses: A plastic card that contains information stored on an embedded computer chip.
wikipedia: Maestro (debit card)
smart card
epiblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: From epi- + -blastic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to the epiblast
epiblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiblasts
Etymology: From epi- + -blast.
Senses: examples: text: 1993, Oded Khaner, 5: Axis Determination in the Avian Embryo, Roger A. Pederson, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 28, Academic Press, page 171,
Hypoblasts from these stages were separated from the epiblasts and rotated 90 and 180°, relative to their posterior regions.
text: It has been demonstrated that the clonal descendants of individual epiblast cells could contribute to a variety of embryonic and extraembryonic tissues that are derived from all three germ layers (Lawson et al., 1991; Lawson and Pedersen, 1992).
ref: 1999, Bruce P. Davidson, Anne Camus, Patrick P. L. Tam, “33: Cell Fate and Lineage Specification in the Gastrulating Mouse Embryo”, in Sally A. Moody, editor, Cell Lineage and Fate Determination, Academic Press, page 497:
text: The cells of the primitive embryoblast differentiate into two layers, the epiblast and the hypoblast.
ref: 2006, Cynthia S. Cook, Kathleen K. Sulik, Kenneth W. Wright, “1: Embryology”, in Kenneth W. Wright, Peter H. Spiegel, Lisa Thompson, editors, Handbook of Pediatric Eye and Systemic Disease, Springer, page 1:
text: Shortly after the blastocyst implants, the epiblast elongates and begins receiving regionalized patterning signals that direct different compartments of it to differentiate into the definitive endoderm, the mesoderm, or the definitive ectoderm.
ref: 2011, K. M. Loh, Boon Seng Soh, Wai Leong Tam, Bing Lim, “2: Molecular Principles Underlying Pluripotency and Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells”, in Ariff Bongso, Eng Hin Lee, editors, Stem Cells: From Bench to Bedside, World Scientific, page 26:
topics: biology
embryology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm.
Synonyms: sense: outer layer of a blastula that becomes the ectoderm
word: primitive ectoderm
Related terms: epiblastic
embryoblast
hypoblast
epinastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: From epinasty + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to epinasty.
Derived terms: epinastically
epinasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epinasties
Etymology: From epi- + -nasty.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward.
Derived terms: epinastic
photoepinasty
psychokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to psychokinesis.
psychokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychokinetics
Etymology: From psycho- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: A person having the paranormal ability of psychokinesis.
eugonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈɡɒn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Senses: examples: text: The eugonic cultures generally appeared first on glycerinated media, whereas the dysgonic favoured media with wax.
ref: 1939, Tubercle: The Journal of the British Tuberculosis Association:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
antonyms: dysgonic
glosses: rapid and luxuriant
raw_tags: of bacterial growth
pensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pension
pensions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pension
Hashem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hɑˈʃɛm/
/həˈʃɛm/
Forms: form: HaShem
Etymology: From Hebrew הַשֵּׁם (hashém, literally “the name”), likely via Yiddish השם (hashem).
Senses: glosses: A substitute for the Tetragrammaton.
glosses: A name used by many Jews in ordinary conversation to refer to God.
Related terms: baruch Hashem
b'ezrat Hashem
chillul Hashem
names of God in Judaism
euphorbia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈfoɹ.bi.ə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)biə
Forms: form: euphorbias
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin euphorbia by 1601, reinforced by taxonomic name Euphorbia after 1753. Variant form euforbia is attested in Middle English.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
Derived terms: euphorbiaceous
euphorbial
euphorbin
euphorbine
euphorbone
Related terms: euphorbium
feudal system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feudal systems
Senses: glosses: feudalism
feudalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: feudalisations
Etymology: From feudalise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feudalization.
feudalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feudalizations
Etymology: From feudal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The introduction of a feudal system.
information technology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: information technologies
Senses: examples: text: Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
ref: 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: IT
info tech
hypernyms: tech
technology#Noun
glosses: The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.
examples: text: Have you spoken with Information Technology about this little workaround? And with Legal? You know that both of them frown on shadow IT because it's a big security risk, right?
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: IT
glosses: The computing department of an organization.
Related terms: information and communications technology
ICT
information and communications technology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: information and communications technologies
form: information and communication technology
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The processing of data using computers, and the movement of data between computers.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The creation of computer systems and applications, especially those that move data around a computer network, between clients and servers, or over the Internet.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The computing and communications department of an organization.
Synonyms: ICT
NLS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Neu-Laxova syndrome.
NLS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of National Language Support.
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of National Launch System.
lasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lästʹĭd
ipa: /ˈlɑːstɪd/
enpr: lăstʹĭd
ipa: /ˈlæstɪd/
ipa: /ˈlastɪd/
ipa: /ˈlɛə̯stɪd/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːstɪd
rhymes: (General American) -æstɪd
Senses: examples: text: The war lasted much longer than predicted.
text: These shoes have lasted a nice long time.
glosses: simple past and past participle of last
quaestor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwiːstə/
ipa: /ˈkwistɚ/
rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: quaestors
form: quæstor
form: questor
Etymology: From Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, from an old participle form of quaerō.
Senses: examples: text: Decoratus was quæstor in A.D. 508.
ref: 1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 85, footnote 2
glosses: An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
glosses: The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century.
glosses: In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.
quarrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒɹənz/
Forms: form: quarronses
form: quaroms
form: quaromes
form: quaroon
form: quarren
form: quarrom
form: quarrome
form: quarromes
form: quarroms
form: quarron
form: quarrones
form: quarrow
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from Italian carogna (“carrion”) or French charogne, caroigne (“carrion”); hence from Latin caro (“flesh”). If so, cognate with English carrion, carnage.
Senses: examples: text: White thy fambles, red thy gan, / And they quarrons dainty is; / Couch a hogshead with me then, / And in the darkmans clip and kiss.
ref: 1707, “The Maunder's Praise of his Strowling Mort”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 33:
text: Unfallen Adam rode and not rutted. Call away let him: thy quarrons dainty is. Language no whit worse than his.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: Salmon draws Its lovely quarrons through the pool.
ref: 1932, Wystan Hugh Auden, The Orators:
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: The body.
Synonyms: body
querencia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛˈɹɛnsɪə/
Forms: form: querencias
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish querencia.
Senses: examples: text: Once hit, a rebel unit must be hit again, and remain hit; the army must penetrate the querencia where – like a fighting bull – it was at home, and stay there, driving it out into unknown and unfriendly territory.
ref: 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962, New York: Review Books, published 10 October 2006, →ISBN, page 332:
text: The wolf paced and circled limping on three legs and then crouched by the iron stake where it seemed she’d made her querencia.
ref: 1994 June 7, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing (Border Trilogy), Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 114:
topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand.
examples: text: “We’ve lived there so long because of our querencia,” said Ms. Garcia, a term she defined as “a cultural longing, a pull, that keeps us there.”
ref: 2022 May 5, Simon Romero, “‘Burning Down a Way of Life’: Wildfire Rips Through a Hispanic Bastion”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2024:
qualifier: New Mexico
glosses: homesickness, nostalgia