cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Oriental
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/
ipa: /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: Orientals
form: oriental
Etymology: From Middle English oriental, from Anglo-Norman oriental, Middle French oriental, from Latin orientālis (“eastern”), from oriēns (“rising (of the Sun)”), present active participle of orior (“I rise”).
Senses: glosses: A precious stone, especially an orient pearl.
examples: text: He looked at her face. He ran his index finger down the bridge of her nose.
“Exotic. The last one was an Oriental, too.”
“Orientals are rugs and furniture,” Anna said. “Not people.”
ref: 2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 200:
glosses: A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient.
glosses: A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.
examples: 1848, National anthem of Uruguay
Orientals, the Fatherland or the grave, Liberty or with glory we die!
glosses: A person from the eastern region of a place.
Related terms: austral
boreal
Asia
Asiatic
East Asia
Far East
Middle East
Occident
occidental
Persia
Persian rug
audio guide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audio guides
Senses: glosses: Any of various forms of apparatus, either fixed or mobile, used to provide audio information at an exhibition, archeological site etc.
Synonyms: audio tour
mediately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdi.ətli/
Etymology: From mediate + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: A second [question] is, whether these Eggs are immediately dropt into the Water by the Gnats themselves, or, mediately, are brought down by the falling rain […]
ref: 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographica, section XLIII:
text: The Leibnitzio-Wolfians distinguish three acts in the process of representative cognition: — 1° the act of representing a (mediate) object to the mind; 2° the representation, or, to speak more properly, representamen, itself as an (immediate or vicarious) object exhibited to the mind; 3° the act by which the mind is conscious, immediately of the representative object, and, through it, mediately of the remote object represented.
ref: 1861, Sir William Hamilton, The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton, page 318:
synonyms: indirectly
antonyms: directly
immediately
glosses: In a mediate manner, by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; indirectly.
phytoherm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytoherms
Senses: topics: biology
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A calcareous 'freshwater reef', generally built up from autochthonous petrification of bryophytes, fungi, algae and cyanobacteria.
inexcogitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + excogitable.
Senses: synonyms: beyond belief
unthinkable
glosses: unimaginable; unable to be imagined; inconceivable or mind-boggling
Related terms: unimaginability
go to someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to someone's head
form: going to someone's head
form: went to someone's head
form: gone to someone's head
Senses: examples: text: That one glass has gone to my head, that is, touched my brain; slightly, to be sure, but enough to weaken my will.
ref: 1886, John Bartholomew Gough, Lyman Abbott, Platform Echos; or, Living Truths for Head and Heart:
text: Moreover, Dolores' promise had gone to my head like new wine.
ref: 1903, Jerome K. Jerome, Robert Barr, Arthur Lawrence, Sidney Sime, editors, The Idler: an illustrated monthly magazine, volume 22:
text: Oh, red, red wine / She goes to my head / The blue cigarette / And your Italian bed
ref: 1982, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robin Scott, “Left Bank”, in The Arrangement:
text: I'm gonna start a revolution from my bed / 'Cause you said the brains I had went to my head
ref: 1996, “Don't Look Back in Anger”, in (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, performed by Oasis:
text: For I am a man of many sorrows. Yet there is no necessity for me to sit sobbing and sighing in someone else's house. Unremitting grief is tiresome and I'm afraid some of your maids or you yourself might lose patience with me and conclude it was the wine that had gone to my head and released this flood of tears.
ref: 2003, Emile Victor Rieu, D. Christopher H. Rieu, transl., The Odyssey, translation of original by Homer:
glosses: To strongly affect a person, especially to the detriment of his or her senses or mental faculties.
To cloud one's thinking, as do alcohol and many drugs.
examples: text: He caught the biggest fish on record and it really went to his head.
glosses: To strongly affect a person, especially to the detriment of his or her senses or mental faculties.
To greatly raise one's conception of their social status or accomplishments.
Synonyms: turn someone's head
disqualifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disqualifiers
Etymology: From disqualify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: “If indeed Chris Dodd got below-market loans, it could be a disqualifier for someone being considered for an important appointment.”
ref: 2008 June 14, Leslie Wayne, “Senators Caught in Mortgage Fallout”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who, or that which, disqualifies.
in sum
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: In sum, the New Testament came to teach a principle of nonretaliation or nonrevenge (Matt. 26:50–52), […]
ref: 2007, Frank K. Flinn, Encyclopedia of Catholicism, page 403:
glosses: Briefly; summarily; in a few words; to sum up; in summary.
draft card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draft cards
Senses: glosses: A card issued to a person by the government to certify that they have registered for military conscription (the draft) and may be obliged to report for military service at any time.
draft cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draft card
incrementality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incrementalities
Etymology: From incremental + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The property or characteristic of being incremental.
glosses: The amount of change caused by a small increment of input.
duvet day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duvet days
Senses: examples: text: To staff at Text 100Italic, a PR company, there is a third option. They can take a "duvet day". Each employee is allowed two days a year when they can play hookey with their employer's blessing.
ref: 1966, Financial Times:
text: The news server at Demon has decided to have a duvet day today.
ref: 2001 March, uk.local.london (Usenet):
text: For the most part, I loved school. But this didn’t stop me also loving duvet days. Every kid knows the tricks used to hoodwink parents.
ref: 2021 July 9, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The sickie may be a guilty pleasure, but sometimes you just need a duvet day”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's school or employer, when one is feeling stressed or fragile.
Related terms: lie-in
tipstaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tipstaffs
form: tipstaves
Etymology: From tip + staff.
Senses: glosses: A ceremonial staff, with a metal tip, carried by a constable or bailiff etc as a sign of office
examples: text: Fire and furies, do a set of boozing tipstaves think to take the man who outwitted Jeffreys and slipped through Kirke's lambs?"
ref: 1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XII, in Shrewsbury:
glosses: An officer, of a court etc. who carries such a staff
congius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congiuses
form: congii
Etymology: From Latin congius, from Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”).
Senses: glosses: A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 10 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 3.3 L although differing slightly over time.
glosses: A Roman unit of mass instituted by Vespasian equivalent to about 3.3 kg, the weight of a congius of water.
Synonyms: word: Roman gallon
english: Roman contexts
translation: Roman contexts
word: gallon
word: congy
word: conge
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of liquid volume
word: lingula (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 288 congius)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: cyathus (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 72 congius)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: acetabulum (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 48 congius)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: quartarius (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 24 congius)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: hemina (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 12 congius)
sense: unit of liquid volume
alt: ⅙ congius
word: sextarius
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: urna (4 congii)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: amphora (8 congii)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: culeus (160 congii)
Related terms: congiaria
congiary
dittology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dittologies
Etymology: From ditto + -logy.
Senses: glosses: A double reading or interpretation of a text.
audioguide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audioguides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of audio guide.
lay down the law
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays down the law
form: laying down the law
form: laid down the law
form: laid down the law
Senses: examples: text: Six or eight thousand years ago / They laid down the law / In Mesopotamia
ref: 1982, “Mesopotamia”, performed by The B-52's:
text: [I]n other words, some Jews thought of Moses as the one who laid down the Law, while others saw him more as a prophet.
ref: 2004, John Lierman, The New Testament Moses, page 125:
glosses: To promulgate law.
topics: law
glosses: To present the law that applies to a given case.
examples: text: He concluded this sentence with a self-important cough, as one who has laid down the law in an indisputable manner.
ref: 1818, Sir Walter Scott, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, chapter 4:
text: Montague could picture the grim, hawk-faced old man, sitting at the head of the council board, and laying down the law to the masters of the Metropolis.
ref: 1908, Upton Sinclair, The Moneychangers, chapter 19:
text: Looks like the governor's laid down the law about the guards getting too lax, so we have to be damned careful.
ref: 2003, Robert Ludlum with Gayle Lynds, The Altman code, page 357:
glosses: To authoritatively or dogmatically assert what is permitted or not permitted.
Related terms: read the riot act
optimisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optimism
pessimisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pessimism
precative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more precative
form: most precative
Etymology: From Latin precativus (“of prayer”), derived from precatio (“prayer”).
Senses: glosses: Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.
precative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precatives
Etymology: From Latin precativus (“of prayer”), derived from precatio (“prayer”).
Senses: examples: text: The precative expresses a wish (may...!); it is formed by preposing the particle lu to the stative or the preterite.
ref: 2002, Richard Caplice, Introduction to Akkadian:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Mode expressing a wish, a prayer.
Synonyms: precatory
Related terms: precation
tight as a tick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For there ain't no kick
Getting tight as a tick
When you know that you're not breaking the law
ref: 1933, Irving Berlin, “Eighteenth Amen Repealed”, in The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin, page 290:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Drunk, inebriated.
examples: text: I blow it up until it's tight as a tick. Just below the skirt through which the lanyard passes, a tiny mouth whistles a single-note tune until the balloon's lungs are emptied.
ref: 2002, Steven Callahan, Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea, page 115:
glosses: Fully inflated; swollen near to bursting.
examples: text: "Son, excuse me, but the woman was as tight as a tick, as my grannie used to say. The reason I didn't work on that car of hers is because the one time I did, I charged her a hundred forty-four dollars for a battery, which as you know is the cost to me. She said I was gouging her."
ref: 2003, Anna Quindlen, Blessings: a Novel, page 215:
text: The last time she had visited, Sean's father, Tiny Tim, who was tight as a tick with his money, jovially presided over the place, one big yard filled with rusting cars.
ref: 2003, Rita Mae Brown, Catch as Cat Can, page 20:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Unwilling to spend money.
Synonyms: sense: drunk, inebriated
word: drunk
word: full as a goog
word: full as a tick
word: inebriated
word: intoxicated
word: drunk
sense: fully inflated
word: full
sense: fully inflated
word: full as a tick
sense: fully inflated
word: inflated
sense: fully inflated
word: overinflated
sense: fully inflated
word: swollen
sense: unwilling to spend money
word: miserly
word: thrifty
word: stingy
eminency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪnənsi/
Forms: form: eminencies
Senses: glosses: prominence or relative importance
glosses: eminence
glosses: a height or prominence; an elevated point
glosses: a point in which one excels; a forte
glosses: an outstanding quality
Derived terms: supereminency
eminencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eminency
to a hair
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuː‿ə ˈhɛə/
ipa: /tu‿ə ˈhɛ(ə)ɹ/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Etymology: A reference to the very small diameter of a strand of hair: compare hair's breadth.
Senses: examples: text: Pand[arus]. Youle remember your brothers excuſe? / Par[is]. To a hayre.
ref: c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: As to our own representative, the well-known athlete and international Rugby football player, E. D. Malone, he looks trained to a hair, and as he surveyed the crowd a smile of good-humored contentment pervaded his honest but homely face.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘A Procession! A Procession!’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 298:
synonyms: to the turn of a hair
glosses: To a high degree of precision; with the utmost exactness; to a nicety.
Related terms: hair's breadth
foreslash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreslashes
Etymology: From fore- + slash, a retronym, distinguishing slash from backslash; compare forward slash.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, that is a combination of foreslashes and backslashes.
ref: 1994 February, InfoWorld:
text: Don't confuse the backslash (\) with the foreslash (/).
ref: 1994, Bryan Pfaffenberger, I hate PCs:
text: ...using transitions labelled by their input and output, separated by a foreslash, with x and y standing for any non-identical nucleotides...
ref: 1997, Sándor Suhai, Theoretical and computational methods in genome research:
text: The command set print rat off . switches off the special printing for _/_ so that rational numbers will be printed with spaces around the foreslash sign.
ref: 2007, Manuel Clavel, Francisco Durán, Steven Eker, Patrick Lincoln, Narciso Martí-Oliet, All About Maude - A High-Performance Logical Framework:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
synonyms: word: slash
extra: /
swingset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪŋˌsɛt/
Forms: form: swingsets
Etymology: From swing + set.
Senses: glosses: A set of swings (hanging seats for children) attached to a frame.
swingsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swingset
enthralment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enthralments
Etymology: From enthral + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of enthrallment.
enthralments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enthralment
one hit wonder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one hit wonders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one-hit wonder.
fagottist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fagottists
Etymology: From fagotto + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who plays the fagotto, or bassoon.
Statue of Liberty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Statue of Liberty
Senses: glosses: A very large statue in New York harbor, representing the Roman goddess Libertas, and considered emblematic of the United States and its attractiveness to immigrants.
Statue of Liberty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A Statue of Liberty play, which involves a fake in which the quarterback assumes a pose like that of the statue.
examples: text: Famous tricks such as the Mills Mess, Burke's Barrage, and Rubenstein's Revenge are covered, along with fundamentals (Statue of Liberty, the Snake, the Machine, 4 4 1)[…]
ref: 1991, George Gillson, Beyond the Cascade:
topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: A pattern where the props are thrown from one hand to the other in a circular motion, with one hand raised significantly above the other.
tegu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪɡuː/
Forms: form: tegus
form: teju
Etymology: From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).
Senses: glosses: Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
glosses: Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
especially any of genus Tupinambis, which is sometimes kept as a pet.
Synonyms: word: salipenter
word: jacuaru
Derived terms: taxonomic: Salvator merianae
word: Argentine black and white tegu
taxonomic: Salvator merianae
word: Argentine giant tegu
taxonomic: Salvator rufescens
word: Argentine red tegu
word: Argentine tegu
taxonomic: Salvator merianae
word: black and white tegu
word: black and yellow tegu
taxonomic: Tupinambis teguixin
word: black tegu
taxonomic: Tupinambis teguixin
word: Colombian black and white tegu
taxonomic: Tupinambis teguixin
word: common tegu
word: crocodile tegu
word: gold tegu
taxonomic: Tupinambis teguixin
word: golden tegu
taxonomic: Salvator merianae
word: huge tegu
taxonomic: Salvator rufescens
word: red tegu
taxonomic: Salvator duseni
word: yellow tegu
tegus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tegu
rockpile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockpiles
Etymology: From rock + pile.
Senses: glosses: A pile of rocks.
rockpiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockpile
unlicentious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlicentious
form: most unlicentious
Etymology: From un- + licentious.
Senses: glosses: Not licentious.
minimalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minimalism
statuesqueness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From statuesque + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being statuesque.
statuesquely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more statuesquely
form: most statuesquely
Etymology: From statuesque + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a statuesque way.
superbness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From superb + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being superb; excellence.
glosses: Haughtiness.
megabooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megabook
megabreccias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megabreccia
suckiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sucky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being sucky; inferiority or badness.
booklessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bookless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] but facts such as these warn us against the exaggerated and indeed absurd statements often made as to the booklessness of the medieval student.
ref: 1895, Hastings Rashdall, The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages:
glosses: The state or condition of being bookless; lack of books.
untrellised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + trellised.
Senses: glosses: Not trellised.
gone down the toilet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go down the toilet
mopier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊpiəɹ/
rhymes: -əʊpiə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mopey: more mopey
glosses: comparative form of mopy: more mopy
mopiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mopey: most mopey
mopily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mopily
form: most mopily
Etymology: From mopy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mopy way.
international orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The width of the chrome-yellow or international orange bands should be one-seventh the height of the structure for all structures less than 250 feet […]
ref: 1937, United States Bureau of Air Commerce, Aeronautics Bulletin:
text: This specification covers the general requirements for international orange paint for use on steel, concrete and wood surfaces, such as galvanized steel […]
ref: 1945, United States Civil Aeronautics Administration, Civil Aeronautics Bulletin:
text: Colors such as black lettering on an international orange background are common and are easily visible in most conditions.
ref: 1993, Robert J. Johnson, C. Daniel Mote, John Zelcer, Skiing Trauma and Safety: Ninth International Symposium:
glosses: A reddish-orange colour used to set things apart from their surroundings, especially in the aerospace industry.
Related terms: safety orange
gamboges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamboge
nongambler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nongamblers
Etymology: From non- + gambler.
Senses: glosses: Somebody who is not a gambler.
nongamblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nongambler
felicitousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From felicitous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being felicitous.
seagull managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seagull manager
malleabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malleability
radiopacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiopacity
radioopaque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radioopaque
form: most radioopaque
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of radiopaque.
radioopacity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioopacities
Etymology: From radio- + opacity.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of radiopacity.
radioopacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioopacity
Cornishman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cornishmen
Etymology: From Cornish + -man.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Cornishwoman
glosses: A man from Cornwall.
Hypernyms: word: Cornish
word: West Briton
Cornishwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cornishwomen
Etymology: From Cornish + woman.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Cornishman
glosses: A woman from Cornwall.
Cornishwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cornishwoman
Cornishmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cornishman
Cuyonon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cuyo
form: Cuyono
form: Cuyunon
form: Kuyonon
form: Kuyunon
Senses: glosses: A language spoken on the coast of Palawan and the Cuyo Islands in the Philippines.
viverrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viverrids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Viverridae
Related terms: viverridous
viverrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viverrid
vivariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vivarium
vituperativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vituperative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being vituperative.
fortyfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From forty + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a multiple of forty; by forty times as much or as many.
fortyfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From forty + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of forty.
sixtyfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English sixtifold, sexti fold, from Old English sixtiġfeald (“sixtyfold”), equivalent to sixty + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a multiple of sixty; by sixty times as much or as many.
sixtyfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English sixtifold, sexti fold, from Old English sixtiġfeald (“sixtyfold”), equivalent to sixty + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of sixty.
dinosaurlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dinosaurlike
form: most dinosaurlike
Etymology: From dinosaur + -like.
Senses: examples: text: No one is ready to let an embryo experiment hatch yet. But when that point is reached, when the plan is to have a fully formed dinosaurlike chick hatch, then the experiment will come under review boards that deal with animal welfare.
ref: 2009 March 28, James Gordon, Jack Horner, “Which comes first? The dinosaur or the egg?”, in The Globe and Mail:
text: Biologists and artists later proposed alternatives, albeit fanciful, that were more plausibly dinosaurlike and less biased towards the form of our own species.
ref: 2023 June 7, Massimo Sandal, “How Smart Were Dinosaurs? New Studies Fuel the Debate”, in Scientific American:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a dinosaur.
affirmant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affirmants
Etymology: From Latin affirmans, present participle of affirmo.
Senses: glosses: Someone who affirms or asserts.
topics: law
glosses: Someone who affirms, when taking an oath.
infirms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of infirm
infirming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of infirm
infirmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of infirm
rezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rez
amour-propre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amour propre.
sunlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sunless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In Penzance and Falmouth, the total eclipse will last for 2 minutes 2 seconds. The longest period of sunlessness will be in Romania, at 2 mins 23 seconds.
ref: 1999 August 7, Tim Radford, “Light and shade”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 03 Aug 2009:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being without the sun or sunshine.
examples: text: The honor she paid the honesty of these women helped her much to pity the sunlessness of their existence, and the poor end for which they lived.
ref: 1882, George MacDonald, chapter 7, in Weighed and Wanting:
text: Given such an aware sensibility, they move, it seems to me, marginally past the sunlessness of a great deal of the wasteland literature of this century, and past the literature of despair of our own day.
ref: 1986, Terrence Anthony Whalen, Philip Larkin and English Poetry, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 116:
glosses: Dreariness, joylessness.
voëls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voël
loose woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loose women
Senses: examples: text: ‘I don’t know what people mean by a loose woman – sometimes she is someone who walks the streets, sometimes she is an educated woman, sometimes she is a successful man’s daughter or she is simply beautiful.’
ref: 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 265:
text: Rarely does a loose woman have a tight pussy.
ref: 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 72:
text: Bill Clinton’s mother, you see, was a “loose woman,” and he may have even been a love child, not the son of a man who died before the future president was born.
ref: 2016 September 30, Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian:
glosses: A sexually promiscuous woman, or a prostitute.
force of nature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forces of nature
Senses: glosses: A mighty natural force which is beyond human control, notably if potentially catastrophic, such as the elements (e.g. storms and extreme temperatures) or geological (e.g. seismic and volcanic) activity.
examples: text: "She might be a little thing, but she's a force of nature." "I believe it," Damon said with a nod. "You should have heard her put me in my place the other day." He reached up to readjust his tie. “Not that I didn't deserve it."
ref: 2009 December 1, Kristina Cook, Force of Nature, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 36:
text: Again, she will never be a rider; however, she's a force of nature and a powerhouse.
ref: 2020 May 5, Christine Feehan, Shadow Flight, Berkley, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: A thing or person that exhibits qualities which appear to be beyond outside control.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A fundamental force.
Related terms: freak of nature
forces of nature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of force of nature
sensoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensorium
embarcaderos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embarcadero
autobiographism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From autobiography + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The tendency of writers to base their writings on their own lives.
zurna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zurnas
form: sorna
form: sornai
form: surnay
form: surla
form: zurla
form: zournas
form: zurma
Etymology: From Turkish zurna, from Ottoman Turkish زورنا (zurna), from Classical Persian سرنا (surnā); see there for more. Cognate with English horn, Latin cornu (“horn”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A double-reed outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Anatolian folk music.
Synonyms: shawm
suona
zurnas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zurna
sorna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sornas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zurna.
sornas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorna
surnay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surnays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zurna.
-xizu-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Etymology: From -xi- + -zu-.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A hybrid monoclonal antibody, derived from both chimeric and humanized sources.
Derived terms: dorlixizumab
otelixizumab
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
-axo-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Etymology: From -a- (“rat”) + x (“cross”) + -o- (“mouse”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a hybrid monoclonal antibody, derived from both rat and murine sources
Derived terms: catumaxomab
ertumaxomab
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
-ner-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Forms: form: -ne-
form: -xi-
form: -zu-
Etymology: From nervous system.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a monoclonal antibody that targets the nervous system
Derived terms: gantenerumab
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
-kin-
Language: English
Part of speech: interfix
Forms: form: -ki-
form: -xi-
form: -zu-
Etymology: From interleukin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a monoclonal antibody that targets interleukins
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
-mul-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Forms: form: -mu-
form: -xi-
form: -zu-
Etymology: From musculoskeletal.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a monoclonal antibody that targets the musculoskeletal system
Derived terms: stamulumab
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
-os-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Forms: form: -o-
form: -xi-
form: -zu-
Etymology: From Latin os (“bone”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a monoclonal antibody that targets bone
Derived terms: denosumab
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
-fung-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Forms: form: -fu-
form: -xi-
form: -zu-
Etymology: From fungus.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a monoclonal antibody that targets a fungus
Derived terms: efungumab
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
n00blet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: n00blets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nooblet.
-toxa-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Forms: form: -tox-
form: -xi-
form: -zu-
Etymology: Irregular toxo-
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a monoclonal antibody that targets a toxin
Derived terms: urtoxazumab
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
-fu-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -fung-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation
-mu-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mul-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation
-ki-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -kin-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation
Derived terms: lebrikizumab
-ne-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -ner-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation
Derived terms: solanezumab
-tox-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -toxa-, used for ease of pronunciation before all source affixes but -xi- and -zu-
n00blets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of n00blet
newblet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newblets
Etymology: From newb + -let.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nooblet.
newblets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newblet
volatiliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volatilisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of volatilizer.
white metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white metals
Senses: glosses: Any tin- or lead-based alloy (commonly used to make bearings, jewellery, toy soldiers, fusible plugs, some medals and metal type).
qualifier: auctions
glosses: Silver that cannot be labeled as silver in the UK because it does not bear an Assay Office hallmark.
glosses: Any silvery or whitish metal or alloy.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Christian-themed heavy metal, as distinguished from black metal.
Hyponyms: sense: tin- or lead- based alloy
word: pewter
sense: tin- or lead- based alloy
word: Babbitt metal
sense: tin- or lead- based alloy
word: Britannia metal
Derived terms: whitemetalled
Related terms: monkey metal
pot metal
molosse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈlɒs/
Forms: form: molosses
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of molossus.
altar boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altar boy
Hammurabi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hammourabi
Etymology: From Akkadian 𒁹𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉 (/⁠Ḫammurapi⁠/), from Amorite *ʿAmmurāpi, a compound *ʿammu (“father”) + *āpi (“healer”).
Senses: examples: text: He gave a copy to his son Marduk, who passed it on to Hammurabi.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 380:
glosses: the sixth king of Babylon.
Related terms: Code of Hammurabi
out-of-body experiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of out-of-body experience
bank transfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bank transfers
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: A wire transfer.
preposterate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preposterates
form: preposterating
form: preposterated
form: preposterated
Senses: glosses: To reverse or turn upside down.
examples: text: I never saw thinge done by you which preposterated or perverted the good judgment that all the world esteemeth to shine in you.
glosses: To pervert or disgrace.
bank transfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bank transfer
cashbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cashboxes
form: cash box
form: cash-box
Etymology: From cash + box.
Senses: glosses: A box for holding cash.
glosses: A toll booth.
Hypernyms: box
cashboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cashbox
cash box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cash boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cashbox.
cash boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cash box
chess sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chess set
private joke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: private jokes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inside joke (“a joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details”).
synonyms: word: inside joke
extra: a joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details
torchwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔːtʃwʊd/
ipa: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃˌwʊd/
Forms: form: torchwoods
Etymology: From torch + wood.
Senses: synonyms: word: foxfire
english: one sense
translation: one sense
glosses: Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
glosses: Wood used to make torches.
glosses: A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)
glosses: A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)
glosses: A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)
glosses: A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)
glosses: A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris texana (Texas torchwood)
glosses: A type of cactus (Stenocereus heptagonus, syn. Cactus heptagonus).
glosses: Ixora brachiata
torchwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torchwood
Mývatn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Icelandic Mývatn (“midge lake”).
Senses: glosses: A lake in Iceland.
Baba Jaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑːɡə
Forms: form: Baba Jaga
form: the Baba Jaga
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Baba Yaga.
divertingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more divertingly
form: most divertingly
Etymology: From diverting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 'Curse him, the dog! Never mind, Ursula, you'll be all right now we're here. No hat?' he asked divertingly, looking at her sunburnt face.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 234:
glosses: In a diverting manner; so as to divert attention.
displayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more displayable
form: most displayable
Etymology: From display + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being displayed.
Derived terms: nondisplayable
undisplayable
autorun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + run.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any feature that runs a program, etc. automatically.
autorun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoruns
form: autorunning
form: autoran
form: autorun
Etymology: From auto- + run.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To run (a program, etc.) automatically.
itraconazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪ.tɹəˈkɑn.əˌzoʊl/
Etymology: Probably from itra- (“alteration of tria(zole)”) + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular triazole antifungal agent (trademark Sporanox) that may be given orally or intravenously especially to treat blastomycosis and histoplasmosis.
Derived terms: hydroxyitraconazole
quinapril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An ACE inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure, a prodrug that is converted to its active metabolite, quinaprilat, in the liver.
isooctanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iso-octanol
Etymology: From iso- + octanol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 2-ethylhexanol, a fatty alcohol used in the manufacture of a variety of products.
isoindene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoindenes
Etymology: From iso- + indene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A flammable polycyclic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₉H₈, composed of a cyclohexadiene ring fused with a cyclopentadiene ring.
isoindenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoindene
isoborneol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoborneols
Etymology: From iso- + borneol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The exo-isomer of borneol.
Derived terms: methylisoborneol
isoborneols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoborneol
ipratropium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪp.ɹəˈtɹoʊ.pi.əm/
Etymology: From i(so)pr(opyl) + atrop(ine) + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).
Senses: glosses: An anticholinergic drug C₂₀H₃₀NO₃⁺ that is used as an inhalational aerosol for bronchodilation especially in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and as a nasal spray in the treatment of runny nose associated with rhinitis.
Derived terms: ipratropium bromide
nucleophilicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleophilicity
exo-isomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exo-isomers
Etymology: From exo- + isomer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of a bridged organic compound in which a particular substituent is located furthest from the longest bridge
Related terms: endo-isomer
oxindoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxindole
endo-isomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endo-isomers
Etymology: From endo- + isomer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of a bridged organic compound in which a particular substituent is located closest to the longest bridge.
Related terms: exo-isomer
squamously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more squamously
form: most squamously
Etymology: From squamous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a squamous way.
onychomycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɒnɪkəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs/
Forms: form: onychomycoses
Etymology: From onycho- + mycosis.
Senses: glosses: Fungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.
Synonyms: word: nail fungus
english: of the nail
translation: of the nail
word: ringworm
word: tinea unguium
onychomycoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onychomycosis
dermatophytid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dermatophytids
Senses: glosses: A fungus-free disseminated skin lesion resulting from induced sensitization in patients with ringworm infections.
dermatophytids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermatophytid
imazapyr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A nonselective herbicide used for the control of a broad range of weeds.
ergosterols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergosterol
ergocalciferols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergocalciferol
ergodically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ergodically
form: most ergodically
Etymology: From ergodic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an ergodic way.
ergodicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergodicity
voriconazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A triazole antifungal medication generally used to treat serious, invasive fungal infections, as in patients who are immunocompromised.
candidiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: candida + -iases
Senses: glosses: plural of candidiasis
posaconazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A triazole antifungal drug used to treat invasive infections in severely immunocompromised patients.
sportsfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sportsfields
Etymology: From sports + field.
Senses: glosses: A field on which sports are played.
sportsfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sportsfield
blastomycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastomycoses
Etymology: From blasto- + mycosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis, endemic to parts of North America, whose clinical symptoms resemble those of histoplasmosis
blastomycoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blastomycosis
diphenylcyanoarsine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diphenyl + cyano- + arsine.
Senses: glosses: A chemical compound that forms colourless, garlic-smelling crystals and causes nausea and headaches, used as a weapon by the Germans during World War I.
autoscrolling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + scrolling.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Automatic scrolling.
autoscrolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From auto- + scrolling.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autoscroll
damascone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damascones
Etymology: From damask + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a series of closely related rose ketones that are components of essential oils, derived from the degradation of carotenoids.