cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Dagestanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Dagestanian
form: most Dagestanian
Etymology: From Dagestan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.
Dagestanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dagestanians
Etymology: From Dagestan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.
Dagestanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dagestanian
nigromants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nigromant
nigromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nigromantic
form: most nigromantic
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of necromantic.
neuromental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From neuro- + mental.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the nervous system and brain.
niggarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content
And, tender churl, mak’st waste in niggarding.
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 1”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
glosses: present participle and gerund of niggard
neuropilar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuropil + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the neuropil
Derived terms: perineuropilar
neopunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neopunks
Etymology: From neo- + punk.
Senses: examples: text: I want to thank Daniel Emberley for his design for my piece "The New Harmony" (GCN, March 23). I liked the asymmetry, the neo-punk block graphics, and the way the illustrations were spaced.
ref: 1985 April 13, Scott Tucker, “Praise for the Designer”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
text: Today's legion of neopunk bands play music marked by three chords and simple melodies. They have taken the genre into the mainstream.
ref: 1999, Walt Mueller, Understanding Today's Youth Culture, page 118:
text: The temporal incongruity of her body suggested that she simply did not identify with what I would have taken to be her own emergent peer culture of neopunk polymorphs, Queer Nationals, Riot Grrrls, and so on […]
ref: 2010, Mandy Merck, Stella Sandford, Further Adventures of The Dialectic of Sex, page 256:
glosses: A more recent style or subculture descended from punk.
glosses: A proponent of such a style or subculture.
neopunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neopunk
neisserial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Neisseria + -al
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Neisseria bacteria.
Neisserian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Neisseria + -an
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Neisseria bacteria.
nematophorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nematophore + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to nematophores.
hydrocladial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a hydrocladium.
nephrorrhaphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nephrorrhaphy
new historicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A school of literary theory developed in the 1980s, aiming simultaneously to understand a work through its cultural context and to understand intellectual history through literature.
spot stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spot strokes
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.
spot strokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spot stroke
induction motors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of induction motor
sweat of the brow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In intellectual property law, the effort and expense expended by the creator of a protected work, which are entitled to certain protections, even if the work involves little creativity or originality.
Related terms: sweat of one's brow
hit the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits the wall
form: hitting the wall
form: hit the wall
form: hit the wall
Senses: synonyms: bonk
glosses: To experience sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion, e.g. when cycling.
examples: text: Don't tell Heather Locklear. She won't be able to hear you anyway, as she is over forty and will have to turn up her hearing aid. By the way, please note that, according to urbandictionary.com, men don't hit the wall.
ref: 2014, Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella, Have a Nice Guilt Trip, page 50:
text: N. L. Shraman, How to Seduce a Girl? The Science of Seduction
Ninety percent of girls hit 24, they hit the wall; 25 they hit the wall because they don't care take care of themselves. They don't know any better because they hit their peak so young.
topics: lifestyle
seduction-community
sexuality
glosses: Of a woman: to lose her physical attractiveness through growing older.
Related terms: hit a wall
stovain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Based on a translation of the French name of the discoverer, Fourneau, meaning stove.
Senses: glosses: The hydrochloride of the benzoyl ester of 1-(dimethylaminomethyl)-1-methyl propanol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local anaesthetic.
stadia hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stadia hairs
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: In a theodolite, etc., one of the horizontal crosshairs equidistant from the central horizontal crosshair.
Synonyms: stadia wire
stadia hairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stadia hair
geocerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white, flaky, waxlike resin of approximate composition C₂₇ H₅₃ O₂ in brown coal.
Synonyms: geocerain
geocerin
octogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒk.tə.ɡɹæm/
ipa: /ˈɒk.toʊ.ɡɹæm/
Forms: form: octograms
form: octagram
Etymology: From octo- + -gram.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A regular eight-pointed star shape.
Related terms: sense: star shape
word: pentagram (5-pointed)
sense: star shape
word: hexagram (6-pointed)
sense: star shape
word: heptagram (7-pointed)
sense: star shape
word: nonagram (9-pointed)
sense: star shape
word: decagram (10-pointed)
more than one bargained for
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This was more than he had bargained for, and he squeaked shrilly with the pain.
ref: 1874, Ambrose Bierce, “Fables of Zambri, the Parsee”, in Cobwebs From an Empty Skull:
text: The sound of guns grew louder. . . . [W]hat if the Germans were to break through and sweep over all calculations? This was a little more than Jimmie Higgins had bargained for when he entered the recruiting-office in Leesville, U.S.A.!
ref: 1919, Upton Sinclair, chapter 22, in Jimmie Higgins:
text: [T]hey found much and more than they had bargained for. Nestled amid the weeds and debris near the bottom of the slope was a human skull.
ref: 1987 July 27, Cristina Garcia, “Law: Casting A Net at Green River”, in Time, retrieved 23 May 2015:
text: A bull elephant gave tourists in Thailand more than they bargained for on Sunday when it sat on and rubbed itself along their cars.
ref: 2015 Jan. 14, "Bull elephant gets too close for comfort in Thai park" (video), New York Times (retrieved 23 May 2015)
glosses: An unexpected and (usually) unwanted result of a decision or action.
septogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septograms
Etymology: From septo- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A geometric figure resembling a star with seven points; a heptagram
Related terms: pentagram (5-pointed)
hexagram (6-pointed)
octogram (8-pointed)
nonagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonagrams
Etymology: From nona- + -gram.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A regular nine-pointed star shape.
Related terms: sense: star shape
word: pentagram (5-pointed)
sense: star shape
word: hexagram (6-pointed)
sense: star shape
word: heptagram (7-pointed)
sense: star shape
word: octogram (8-pointed)
sense: star shape
word: decagram (10-pointed)
Eastern Euro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eastern Euros
Senses: glosses: Clipping of Eastern European.
loose-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more loose-handed
form: most loose-handed
Etymology: From loose + handed.
Senses: examples: text: If Daklan had drawn the sword from his flesh then there would be more blood than he could have stanched, but Daklan was now stumbling away, loose-handed, then falling.
ref: 2009, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dragonfly Falling: Shadows of the Apt 2, →ISBN:
text: Exiting in the order of their deaths: Senhora Teixeira, holding her unlit torch loose-handed, helping Maria Elena up the stair.
ref: 1997, Patricia Anthony, God's Fires, page 344:
text: That night at supper we heard the crash from the kitchen. "Well," said Amos, for I went on eating, "there you are. Loose-handed, just like I thought."
ref: 1968, Elizabeth Spencer, This crooked way, page 156:
glosses: With a poor grip.
loose-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From loose-handed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being loose-handed.
loose-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more loose-handedly
form: most loose-handedly
Etymology: From loose-handed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a loose-handed manner.
invester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of investor.
ungenderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + genderable.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, she crossed the boundaries separating men from women not with a cozy androgyny, nor even with the 'glam rock' stylizations of the period, but by displaying a cold and forbidding, more-than-masculine, and ultimately ungenderable hardbody.
ref: 2010, Steven Shaviro, Post Cinematic Affect:
text: A notable instance is the placing of burnt, and hence ungenderable, fragments of human cranial bones inside a complete female anthropomorphic vessel deposited in the Koros settlement of Hodmezovasarhely-Gorzsa […]
ref: 2013, John Chapman, Fragmentation in Archaeology:
glosses: To which no gender can be assigned.
small loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small loops
Senses: glosses: A loop antenna that is significantly smaller than a wavelength. They have a poor efficiency and are mainly used as receiving antennas at low frequencies.
small loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of small loop
wigman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wigmen
Etymology: From wig + -man.
Senses: glosses: Among the Huli people of Papua New Guinea, a male warrior who grows his hair long in order to weave it into a ceremonial wig.
wigmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wigman
tierod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tierods
Senses: examples: text: In 1925, to counteract an observed outward movement of the spandrel walls, star plates and tierods were fixed to each span.
ref: 1954 January, “Strengthening of Coquet Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:
text: The absence of tierods where they should be used is one of the most frequent hazards in existing piping systems. This section will show the conditions which require tierods to make a piping system safe […]
ref: 1992, John J. McKetta Jr, Piping Design Handbook, page 342:
glosses: Alternative form of tie rod.
tie rods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tie rod
tierods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tierod
buckstay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buckstays
form: buck stay
Etymology: From buck + stay.
Senses: glosses: A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
buckstays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckstay
keep across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps across
form: keeping across
form: kept across
form: kept across
Senses: examples: text: We'll keep across this story for you as the events unfold.
glosses: To keep abreast of or up to date with; to keep people informed of.
vakass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vakasses
form: vakas
Senses: glosses: An Armenian priest's vestment resembling the amice.
Emery's rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after entomologist Carlo Emery, who noticed it in insects in 1909.
Senses: glosses: The rule that social parasites generally tend to be parasites of species or genera to which they are closely related.
lyricize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lyricizes
form: lyricizing
form: lyricized
form: lyricized
Etymology: From lyric + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make lyrical; to treat in a poetically sentimental or emotional manner.
examples: text: Three numbers were taken from “The Shocking Miss Pilgrim,” a 1947 Betty Grable movie whose musical score consisted of posthumously lyricized George Gershwin tunes.
ref: 2009 May 11, Stephen Holden, “The Gershwin Brother Who Treasured His Dictionary”, in New York Times:
glosses: To provide lyrics for (an existing melody).
Related terms: lyricization
lyricized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lyricize
lyricizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lyricize
lyricizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lyricize
thermobalance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermobalances
Etymology: From thermo- + balance.
Senses: glosses: An instrument that measures the change in weight of a sample while it is being heated.
thermobalances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermobalance
recatholization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + Catholization.
Senses: examples: text: The baroness was also active as a supporter of Protestant religious refugees from Silesia following its recatholization.
ref: 2014, Douglas Shantz, A Companion to German Pietism, 1660-1800, page 435:
glosses: The process of converting (a territory, etc.) back to the Catholic religion.
Catholization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of converting (a territory, etc.) to the Catholic religion.
Derived terms: recatholization
recarburize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recarburizes
form: recarburizing
form: recarburized
form: recarburized
Etymology: From re- + carburize.
Senses: coordinate_terms: decarburize
glosses: To carburize again; to restore removed carbon to.
Related terms: word: recarburization
recarburized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recarburize
recarburizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recarburize
recarburizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recarburize
precoloniality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + colonial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being precolonial.
precolonially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From precolonial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Prior to colonization.
postcoloniality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postcolonialities
Etymology: From postcolonial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being postcolonial.
postcolonialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postcoloniality
Rehobother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rehobothers
Etymology: From Rehoboth + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Baster.
synonyms: word: Baster
Rehobothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rehobother
Baaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baster.
Baasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baaster
Baster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Basters
form: Baaster
Etymology: Derived from the Dutch word for "bastard" (i.e. crossbreed), due to their mixed ethnic origin; see Dutch bastaard.
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group comprising the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. They live largely in Namibia, in and around the town of Rehoboth.
Synonyms: Rehobother
Basters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baster
remotivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remotivations
Etymology: From re- + motivation.
Senses: examples: text: Neither reality orientation nor remotivation techniques helped these very old disoriented residents face present reality. Nor could they relate to the objects that the therapist used to stimulate awareness of present time in a remotivation group.
ref: 1991, Paul K. H. Kim, Serving the Elderly: Skills for Practice, page 92:
glosses: A form of therapy attempting to re-establish an interest in the world in institutionalized patients.
repulp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repulps
form: repulping
form: repulped
form: repulped
Etymology: From re- + pulp.
Senses: glosses: To convert paper back into pulp, as during recycling.
Derived terms: repulpable
repulped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repulp
repulps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repulp
repulping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repulp
repulping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repulpings
Senses: glosses: The conversion of paper back into pulp.
repulpable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more repulpable
form: most repulpable
Etymology: From repulp + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for repulping.
repulpings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repulping
walking boss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walking bosses
Senses: glosses: A maritime foreman who goes about from place to place, rather than supervising one particular location.
walking bosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking boss
walking disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the aimless wandering behaviour that it induces in animals.
Senses: glosses: seneciosis
seneciosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Senecio + -osis
Senses: glosses: An animal disease caused by consumption of plants in the genus Senecio.
Synonyms: walking disease
Related terms: senecio
walking chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walking chairs
Senses: glosses: A kind of wheeled chair used to assist disabled people and infants in walking.
walking chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking chair
repressment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repressments
Etymology: From repress + -ment.
Senses: glosses: repression
repressionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more repressionary
form: most repressionary
Etymology: From repression + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Causing repression; repressive.
repressments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repressment
kriek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹiːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: krieks
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kriek.
Senses: glosses: A Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with sour morello cherries.
krieks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kriek
refractious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more refractious
form: most refractious
Senses: examples: text: Another example of brutal disregard of the most common promptings of nature, is that of a refractious son who was so incorrigible that his father condemned him to death.
ref: 1900, The Rosary Magazine, volume 16, page 366:
glosses: refractory
reglow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + glow.
Senses: glosses: recalescence
reglow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reglows
form: reglowing
form: reglowed
form: reglowed
Etymology: From re- + glow.
Senses: glosses: To recalesce.
Related terms: refire
rekindle
pant-hoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pant-hoots
form: pant-hooting
form: pant-hooted
form: pant-hooted
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: To utter a complex vocalization that starts off quietly and builds up to a succession of hoots and screams.
raw_tags: of chimpanzees
pant-hoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pant-hoot
pant-hooted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pant-hoot
pant-hooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pant-hoot
class actions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of class action
palleted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pallet
palleting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pallet
forkliftable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From forklift + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being lifted and transported by forklift.
lyricization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyricizations
Etymology: From lyric + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of lyricizing.
lyricizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lyricization
gross profits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gross profit
photodegrades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photodegrade
photodegrading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photodegrade
locked groove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: locked grooves
Senses: glosses: The inner groove on a vinyl record in the form of a closed loop, which traps the tonearm and needle, preventing it from entering the label area.
locked grooves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of locked groove
photoprotect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photoprotects
form: photoprotecting
form: photoprotected
form: photoprotected
Etymology: From photo- + protect.
Senses: glosses: To have a photoprotective effect upon.
photoprotected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photoprotect
photoprotects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photoprotect
photoprotecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photoprotect
photoprotectant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoprotectants
Etymology: From photo- + protectant.
Senses: glosses: A substance with photoprotective properties.
photoprotectants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoprotectant
guiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guilers
Etymology: From Middle English giler, gylur, gylour, gilour, from Old French guilëor, equivalent to guile + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And þow hast gyuen hire to a gyloure · now god gyf þe sorwe.
ref: c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
text: But he was wary wise in all his way,
And well perceived his deceitful sleight,
Ne suffered Lust his Safety to betray;
So goodly did beguile the Guiler of the Prey
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: The devil is the arch-trickster — who tricked Man with the apple in Eden — and in the 'guiler beguiled' model God beats him at his own game with the ultimate 'trick', or paradox of the God–man Jesus.
ref: 2017 June 14, Beatrice Groves, Literary Allusion in Harry Potter, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: A deceiver, a beguiler.
pigscot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigscots
form: pigscote
Etymology: From pig + -s- + cot.
Senses: examples: text: There the tire-tracks swept round a curve, away from the leafy stormy hill lane that had a rusty iron smell of cottages and pigscots. The hill went up abruptly above the roofs, and the slates shining looked like sealskin.
ref: 1956, Gwyn Jones, Welsh Short Stories, page 61:
text: Halfway up the garden was a set of hives, for in those days my grandfather kept bees; and then, further up the garden and well away from the house was a pigscot, where a pig, our pig, was fattened on potato and other vegetable peelings […]
ref: 2000, R. H. Hickling, Memoir of a wayward lawyer, page 26:
glosses: A pigsty.
pigscots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigscot
pigstye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigstyes
Etymology: From pig + stye.
Senses: examples: text: "You wicked boy, do you mean to say you've left those poor children there alone in the pigstye?"
ref: 1919, H. H. Munro, “Hyacinth”, in The Toys of Peace and Other Papers:
glosses: Archaic form of pigsty (“shelter for pigs”).
pigstyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigstye
pied-bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pied-bills
Senses: glosses: pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
pied-bills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pied-bill
pied-billed grebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pied-billed grebes
Senses: glosses: Podilymbus podiceps, a bird with a striped beak, primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas.
informalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: informalisms
Etymology: From informal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: At other times, in complete contrast, as noted elsewhere (Section 7.3), there is frequent recourse to slang and informalisms. Speech style in this sense is closely connected to footing.
ref: 2003, Alan Partington, The Linguistics of Political Argument, page 213:
text: The reason we don't, he said, is because our educational system has swung too far in the direction of formal methods and has neglected such informalisms as common sense and natural language communication.
ref: 2006, Robert L. Glass, Tom DeMarco, Software Creativity 2.0, page 236:
glosses: A word, phrase, behaviour, etc. that is informal.
glosses: An art movement based on abstract and gestural tendencies rather than definite form.
informalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of informalism
creatianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The doctrine that God creates a soul for each body that is generated.
Coordinate terms: traducianism
Related terms: creationism
creatianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creatianists
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to the religious theory of creatianism.
traducianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traducianists
Etymology: From traducian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to the religious theory of traducianism.
creatianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creatianist
traducianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traducianist
pick-and-pick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pick-at-will.
synonyms: word: pick-at-will
pick-at-will
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Of or relating to a kind of loom with several shuttle boxes, allowing various colours of yarn to be combined as desired.
Synonyms: pick-and-pick
picket bullet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picket bullets
Senses: glosses: A kind of sharp-pointed bullet, used mainly in rifles.
picket bullets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picket bullet
conicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conical
underhammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underhammers
Etymology: From under- + hammer.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A firing mechanism where the hammer is mounted under the frame, behind the barrels, and forward of the trigger.
underhammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underhammer
multishuttle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + shuttle.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to more than one shuttle.
mosquito coils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosquito coil
centrefires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centrefire
CFI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CFIs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: certificated flight instructor
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: chief flying instructor
CFIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CFI
picky head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picky heads
Senses: glosses: A person with short, curly, thin hair.
picky heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picky head
photocoagulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photocoagulation
pumpman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pumpmen
Etymology: From pump + -man.
Senses: examples: text: This engine, and the branch engine, were washed out regularly after six days' work by the pumpman (but not on a Monday) the spare engine being used to cover their normal duties on such occasions.
ref: 1952 February, J Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83:
glosses: A man employed to operate a pump, as in a mine.
pickman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pickmen
Etymology: From pick + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man employed to break ground using a pick.
pumpmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pumpman
pickmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pickman
pickerel weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pickerel weeds
form: pickerelweed
Senses: synonyms: pickerel rush
wampee
water hyacinth
glosses: Any of the genus Pontederia of tristylous aquatic plants with large waxy leaves, succulent stems, and a thick pad of fibrous roots.
Derived terms: heart-leaved pickerel weed
false pickerel weed
pickerel weeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pickerel weed
distylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + stylous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two types of styles and/or stamens
Related terms: distyly
tristylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having three style morphs.
Related terms: tristyly
herkogamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From herkogamy + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting, or relating to, herkogamy.
rapiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: From what I hear, Butlin's is essentially one rowdy WKD sponsored Liverpudlian girl with a snatch like a chewed slipper who's been cloned a thousand times over to make the world's rapiest hen party.
ref: 2013, David Hughes, Last Clean Shirt Volume 3:
glosses: superlative form of rapey: most rapey
femalenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femaleness
phospholipoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phospholipoid
phosphamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphamide
phoenicoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Belonging or relating to a group of fungi that fruit in response to heat.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Phoenicoideae.
Malatestan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Malatestan
form: most Malatestan
Etymology: From Malatesta + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Errico Malatesta (1853–1932), Italian anarchist.
Hardinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hardinian
form: most Hardinian
Etymology: From Hardin + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Garrett Hardin (1915–2003), American ecologist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation and wrote about the tragedy of the commons.
metaxylems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaxylem
coryphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coryphoids
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any palm of the subfamily Coryphoideae
chamaedoroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the genus Chamaedorea.
calamoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Calamoideae.
arecoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Arecoideae.
ceroxyloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Ceroxyloideae.
nypoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Nypoideae.
cocosoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Cocosoideae, now mostly treated as the tribe Cocoseae in the subfamily Arecoideae.
cocosoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocosoids
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any palm tree in the subfamily Cocosoideae.
lepidocaryoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Lepidocaryoideae.
borassoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Borassoideae, now considered to be the tribe Borasseae.
sabaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Sabaloideae, now considered to be the tribe Sabaleae.
photoreproduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoreproductions
Etymology: From photo- + reproduction.
Senses: glosses: A photocopy.
photoreproductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoreproduction
photoreproduce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photoreproduces
form: photoreproducing
form: photoreproduced
form: photoreproduced
Etymology: From photo- + reproduce.
Senses: glosses: To photocopy.
photoreproduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photoreproduce
photoreproduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photoreproduce
photoreproducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photoreproduce
photomesonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + mesonic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to photomesons.
umara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umaraʾ
form: umarā
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:umara.
glosses: plural of emir
umaraʾ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:umaraʾ.
glosses: plural of emir
umarā
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:umarā.
glosses: plural of emir
nutational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nutation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Related to nutation
phrenicocolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phrenico- + colic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the diaphragm and colon.
Lichtenbach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Gottscheer village in Carniola, now called Svetli Potok.
photochemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Etymology: From photo- + chemic.
Senses: glosses: photochemical
photometrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photometrographs
Etymology: From photo- + metro- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for recording the amount of daylight.
photometrographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photometrograph
Shkodran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shkodran
form: most Shkodran
Etymology: From Shkodra + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the city of Shkodër in northwestern Albania.
Shkodran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shkodrans
Etymology: From Shkodra + -an.
Senses: glosses: A male native or resident of Shkodër, Albania.
Synonyms: sense: male native or inhabitant
word: Shkodrane
Shkodrans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shkodran
phonophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phono- + -phore + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The graphic component in a character that plays a phonetic role is called phonophoric, and the one that plays a semantic role is called signific.
ref: 2016, Haeree Park, The Writing System of Scribe Zhou: Evidence from Late Pre-imperial Chinese Manuscripts and Inscriptions (5th-3rd Centuries BCE):
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Sound-bearing; said of certain characters in otherwise ideographic languages.
phonophoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phono- + phoretic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phonophoresis.
Derived terms: phonophoretically
phonophoretically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phonophoretic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of phonophoresis.
piezooptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒptɪk
Etymology: From piezo- + optic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a change in refractive index caused by pressure.
Related terms: electrooptic
piezooptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From piezo- + optical.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of piezooptic.
synonyms: word: piezooptic
Philonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪˈləʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /fɪˈ-/
ipa: /faɪˈloʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /fɪˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Philonian
form: most Philonian
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Φίλων (Phílōn, “Philo”) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Philo of Alexandria (c. 25 BCE – c. 50 CE), a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher.
Derived terms: Philonian conditional
Philonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪˈləʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /fɪˈ-/
ipa: /faɪˈloʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /fɪˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Philonians
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Φίλων (Phílōn, “Philo”) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Philo's philosophy.
Metrodorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Metrodorian
form: most Metrodorian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the philosopher Metrodorus of Stratonicea.
roofing bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roofing bones
Senses: glosses: Any of the bones covering the brain, eyes, and nostrils in bony fishes and all land-living vertebrates.
roofing bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roofing bone
bony fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bony fish
Rogationtide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rogationtides
Etymology: From rogation + -tide.
Senses: glosses: The Rogation days, days of prayer and fasting in Western Christianity.
Rogationtides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rogationtide
Robigalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Roman religious festival held on April 25, involving the sacrifice of a dog to protect grain fields from disease.
roof prism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roof prisms
Senses: glosses: A reflective optical prism containing a section where two faces meet at a 90° angle, resembling the roof of a building. Reflection from the two 90° faces returns an image that is flipped laterally across the axis where the faces meet.
roof prisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roof prism
roofing tin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: terne (tin-based alloy)
rod pod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rod pods
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A stand for holding various items of angling equipment while it is in use.
rod pods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rod pod
backlead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backleads
Etymology: From back + lead.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: An additional weight on a fishing line, to ensure that the line rests on the bed of the lake.
backleads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backlead
obliviation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obliviations
Etymology: From obliviate (“to forget; to wipe from existence”) + -ion (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The result is, three months after taking the first dose, an entire obliviation of the varicosed portion of the vein, with complete absorption of the mass.
ref: 1890, Journal of Materia Medica, volume 28, page 148:
text: She has taken a prominent part in all reform movements, the abolition of slavery, the obliviation of the rum power and guarding the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath, etc.
ref: 1905, Methodist Protestant Church. Ohio Conference, Official Minutes:
glosses: Total removal or erasure.
rostrad
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From rostro- + -ad.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Toward the rostral side.
roly-polies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roly-poly
roly-polys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roly-poly
pleustonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pleuston + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the pleuston.
plurify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plurifies
form: plurifying
form: plurified
form: plurified
Etymology: Compare plural and unify.
Senses: glosses: To make or become many.
plurified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plurify
plurifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of plurify
plurifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plurify
plunker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plunkers
Etymology: From plunk + -er.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: An angler who throws bait into the water and waits on the shore, rather than fishing from a boat.
Coordinate terms: drifter
plunkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plunker
pneumotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pneumo- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pneumotherapy.
pneumotherapeutics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pneumo- + therapeutics.
Senses: glosses: The use of pneumotherapy.
polyphemus moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphemus moths
Etymology: Partial calque of translingual Antheraea polyphemus, named after Polyphemus due to the false eye patterns on their wings.
Senses: glosses: A tan-coloured North American moth of species Antheraea polyphemus (family Saturniidae), with large, purplish eyespots on the hind wings.
polyploidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polyploidizes
form: polyploidizing
form: polyploidized
form: polyploidized
Etymology: From polyploid + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To subject to, or undergo, polyploidization.
Derived terms: depolyploidize
polyploidizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polyploidize
polyploidizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polyploidize
polyploidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polyploidize
polar fleece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polar fleeces
Senses: glosses: A soft napped insulating fabric made from polyethylene terephthalate or other synthetic fiber.
Related terms: microfleece
monster-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monsters-in-law
Etymology: Blend of monster + mother-in-law.
Senses: examples: text: So when we belatedly celebrated Caspar's third anniversary the following weekend, I was notably frosty towards her. But this is not a typical tale of monster-in-law woes.
ref: 2011 April 22, Anna Maxted, “Why I love my mother-in-law”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A very unpleasant mother-in-law (spouse's mother).
intercompetition
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + competition.
Senses: glosses: Between competitions.
intercompetitor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + competitor.
Senses: glosses: Between competitors.
polar wander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Polar wander can be used to measure the degree to which Earth's magnetic poles have been observed to move relative to the Earth's rotation axis.
glosses: The motion of a pole in relation to a fixed frame of reference.
Hypernyms: wander
pole of cold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poles of cold
Senses: glosses: Either of the places in the southern and northern hemispheres where the lowest air temperatures have been recorded.
poles of cold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pole of cold
pocket change
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I had a bit of cash on me, but no pocket change.
glosses: Synonym of small change (“coins in the pocket, ready to spend”).
synonyms: word: small change
extra: coins in the pocket, ready to spend
examples: text: The cost of an opulent wedding is pocket change to a millionaire.
text: I see your money on the floor / I felt the pocket change through all
ref: 1982, R.E.M., “Gardening at Night”, in Chronic Town:
glosses: Synonym of small change (“insignificant amount of money”).
synonyms: word: small change
extra: insignificant amount of money
pneumonic plague
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A severe lung infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
epochless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epoch + -less.
Senses: glosses: Of no particular epoch; eternal; timeless.
drop safe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop safes
Senses: glosses: A safe (lockable box) with a slot allowing items to be deposited without unlocking it.
drop safes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drop safe
rheographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rheography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to rheography.
rheographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From rheographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of rheography.