cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
filtre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: filtres
form: filtring
form: filtred
form: filtred
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of filter.
filtres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filtre
filtres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of filtre
firman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜː.mən/
ipa: /ˈfɜɹ.mən/
ipa: [ˈfɝ.mən]
Forms: form: firmans
form: pharmaund
form: phirmaund
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish فرمان (ferman), from Persian فرمان (farmân, “command, order, decree”).
Senses: examples: text: his Sublimity's firman, The most imperative of sovereign spells, / Which every body does without who can […]
ref: 1821 August 8, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto IV, (please specify the stanza number):
text: He managed to obtain from the vizier a firman bearing the Emir's personal seal and ordering all Bokharan officials to assist the party in every way possible.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 134:
text: It will be noted that the title of Sultan was adopted partly because that of Khedive had been conferred by an Ottoman firman.
ref: 2005, Coleman Phillipson, International Law And The Great War:
hyponyms: hatti-sherif
glosses: A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.
amaretto sour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amaretto sours
Senses: glosses: a drink made from amaretto and a sweetened mixture of lemon or lime juice
French fry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French fries
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of french fry.
almirah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /alˈmaɪɹə/
Forms: form: almirahs
form: almira
form: almyrah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani الماری / अलमारी (almārī) from Portuguese armário, from Latin armarium. Doublet of ambry, armarium, and armoire.
Senses: examples: text: The three women ran past an almirah and entered a godown.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
glosses: Cupboard, cabinet or chest of drawers.
escapado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escapados
form: escapadoes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of escapade.
heather-mixture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heather-mixtures
Senses: glosses: a mixture of interwoven yarns that gives a muted appearance with flecks of colour
toadflax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toadflaxes
Etymology: From toad + flax.
Senses: examples: text: One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed. If that doesn't sound like the makings of a witch's brew, then I'm the queen of England.
ref: 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest:
glosses: Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.
glosses: Any of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae.
Hyponyms: sense: Linaria
word: yellow toadflax
Derived terms: bastard toadflax
common toadflax
ivy-leaved toadflax
Jersey toadflax
Pelisser's toadflax
yellow toadflax
flirtee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flirtees
Etymology: From flirt + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Whilst 36% of men were able to correctly detect when flirtation occurred, women were only half as likely to realise, with a mere 18% of female flirtees realising that a bloke was putting on the moves.
ref: 2014 June 19, Caroline Kent, “Men are terrible at flirting - but it’s not their fault”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2021:
glosses: Someone who is flirted with; the target of flirtation.
butter-and-eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the yellow and white coloration of the flowers.
Senses: glosses: A flowering plant, of species Linaria vulgaris, native to Europe and northern Asia; yellow toadflax; common toadflax.
glosses: A flowering plant, of species Triphysaria eriantha, native to North America; johnny-tuck.
flotas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flota
flotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flote
pick-up joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pick-up joints
Senses: glosses: A place, such as a nightclub, where people congregate in order to find a romantic or sexual partner.
vesting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vestings
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement.
topics: law
glosses: The entitlement of an employee to exercise a stock option after a predetermined period of time.
glosses: Cloth for making vests.
glosses: A vest pattern.
Derived terms: vesting schedule
vesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vest
vestryman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vestrymen
Etymology: From vestry + -man.
Senses: synonyms: vestryperson
hypernyms: vestryperson
coordinate_terms: vestrywoman
glosses: A member of a parochial vestry, especially one who is a man.
forman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formen
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of foreman.
formé
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Azure, on a Fess Undé, Or, […] Cross formé, Gules, in Chief two […].
ref: 1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, page 203:
text: ARMs : Argent, a fess dancette, in the upper part a cross formé, Gules.
ref: 1858, John Tanswell, The History and Antiquities of Lambeth, page 78:
glosses: Alternative form of formée.
formes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forme
formen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forman
goss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of gossip.
Senses: examples: text: The hottest goss in celeb-land today is that Angelina Jolie is jealous of her fella's relationship with his ex-wife.
text: To give myself a break from the energy sapping, demoralising patrolling of this uninviting habitat, and to get away from any more creepy visions, I decided to drive into Mount Isa, ostensibly to be within phone range so I could contact Bob Forsyth and find out any local goss from him.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 285:
glosses: Gossip.
goss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: through / Toothed briars, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns,
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], line 180:
glosses: Obsolete form of gorse.
goss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gosses
Etymology: From gossamer.
Senses: examples: text: He now states, as one of the miseries of being tall, his frequent collision with the shop blinds projecting over the footway, which endanger his head—or what is of more consequence to him, his hat. Some malicious people, on seeing him in full chase up Regent-street after his goss. (a la Pickwick) compared his activity to a snail in full gallop, while others remarked on his affinity to a spider after a fly.
ref: 1838, Actors by Daylight, volume 1, page 143:
glosses: A hat.
Related terms: give someone goss
formulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formulæ
form: formulae
Senses: glosses: plural of formula
HDLC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of High-Level Data Link Control.
formules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of formule
escribes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of escribe
escribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: escribes
form: escribing
form: escribed
form: escribed
Etymology: From Latin e (“out, out of”) + scribere (“to write”).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
antonyms: inscribe
glosses: To draw outside of; designating a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the extensions of the other two sides.
Coordinate terms: excircle
incircle
inscribe
forrad
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative spelling of forrard.
forrad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative spelling of forrard.
forrad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forrads
Senses: qualifier: representing dialect or variant pronunciation
glosses: Forehead.
forren
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forren
form: most forren
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of foreign.
forzando
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sforzando.
forzando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forzandos
form: forzandi
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sforzando.
fracases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹækɑːz/
ipa: /fɹəˈkɑːz/
rhymes: -ɑːz
Senses: glosses: plural of fracas
fractures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fracture
fractures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fracture
frena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frenum
fritas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frita
frita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fritas
Senses: glosses: A kind of hamburger of Cuban origin, consisting of a seasoned ground beef and pork patty with chorizo or chorizo spices, topped with sauteed onions, served on a Cuban bread roll and garnished with julienned or shoestring potato fries.
Derived terms: Cuban frita
frote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹəʊt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: frotes
form: froting
form: froted
form: froted
Etymology: From French frotter.
Senses: examples: text: Let a man ſweat once a weeke in a Hothouſe, and be well rubd and froted with a good plumpe juicie wench, and ſweet linnen, he ſhall ne’re ha’ the Poxe.
ref: 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii, signature [L iiij], verso:
text: She smelles, she kisseth, and her corps
She loves exceedingly; She tufts her heare , she frotes her face
ref: 1577, Timothy Kendall, Flowers of Epigrammes:
glosses: To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
stinkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinka
fulmines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fulmine
fumado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fumados
form: fumadoes
Etymology: From Spanish fumado.
Senses: glosses: a smoked fish, especially a pilchard
fumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fjuːmz/
rhymes: -uːmz
Senses: glosses: plural of fume
fumes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fjuːmz/
rhymes: -uːmz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fume
fundido
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish fundido (“melted”).
Senses: examples: text: Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019.
ref: 2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2022:
glosses: melted
raw_tags: of cheese
fusile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fusile
form: most fusile
Etymology: From Latin fūsilis, from the participle stem of fundere (“to pour”).
Senses: glosses: That can be melted; meltable
glosses: That has been melted to by heat; liquid, flowing
glosses: Forged or formed by melting or casting
fusile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fusiles
Etymology: Alternative forms.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of fusil.
fusiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fusile
lactoflavin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactoflavins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: riboflavin
vitamin B4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitamin B₄
Senses: glosses: adenine
estafas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estafa
estafa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estafas
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish estafa.
Senses: glosses: fraud, con
germina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of germen
germine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A ceveratrum alkaloid.
ergocalciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergocalciferols
Etymology: From ergo- + calciferol. The calciferous ergosterol.
Senses: glosses: Constituent of vitamin D₁ and vitamin D₂.
Derived terms: doxercalciferol
hydroxyergocalciferol
lumisterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Constituent of vitamin D₁.
calciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined in 1931 as a blend of calciferous + sterol (see quote below).
Senses: examples: text: Owing to the exceptional difficulty of purification in the sterol group, we cannot yet be certain that this substance is a single compound, but we think the provisional adoption of a new name is justified, for the sake of convenience, and suggest “Calciferol” in view of the high antirachitic activity of the substance.
ref: 1931 June 1, T. C. Angus, F. A. Askew, R. B. Bourdillon, Hilda M. Bruce, Robert Kenneth Callow, Catherine Fischmann, J. St L. Philpot, T. A. Webster, “A crystalline antirachitic substance”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, volume 108, number 757, →DOI, page 340:
glosses: Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
Synonyms: cholecalciferol
Coordinate terms: calcitriol
Derived terms: cholecalciferol
dihydroxycalciferol
dihydroxycholecalciferol
ergocalciferol
hydroxycalciferol
hydroxycholecalciferol
lumicalciferol
sitocalciferol
cholecalciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecalciferols
Etymology: From chole- + calciferol. The calciferous cholesterol.
Senses: glosses: Vitamin D₃
Derived terms: hydroxycholecalciferol
dihydroxycholecalciferol
dihydroergocalciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Vitamin D₄
glose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gloses
form: glosing
form: glosed
form: glosed
Senses: examples: text: [M]y honoured Lord, ſaid Iſabella, who reſented Theodore’s warmth, which ſhe perceived was dictated by his ſentiments for Matilda, diſcompose not yourſelf for the gloſing of a of a peaſant’s ſon: He forgets the reverence he owes you; but he is not accuſtomed⸺[…]
ref: 1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter IV, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, page 134:
glosses: Alternative form of gloze.
gloses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glose
sitocalciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sito- + calciferol. The calciferous sitosterol.
Senses: glosses: vitamin D₅
tocopherols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tocopherol
granules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granule
guarde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guardes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of guard.
guarde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: guardes
form: guarding
form: guarded
form: guarded
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of guard.
guardes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guarde
guises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡaɪzɪz/
rhymes: -aɪzɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of guise
habitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: habitans
Senses: examples: text: General met an emissary […] sent […] to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry.
ref: 1855–1859, Washington Irving, The Life of George Washington:
text: The paper offered by the Yankee speculator in exchange for colts, or cows, or grain, or butter, might please in New England or New York, but the habitan preferred silver dollars or gold doubloons, and would sell for nothing else.
ref: 1862, The Bankers' magazine: Volume 22, page 347:
text: […] not an habitan from Hamtramck to l'Anse Creuse had closed an eye the livelong night for the baying of the Huntsman's Hound […]
ref: 1901, Henrietta Channing Dana Skinner, Heart and soul:
glosses: Obsolete form of habitant.
hallan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hallans
Senses: examples: text: Nails had been driven into the boards in every spot where a nail could possibly be inserted, and on these were hung the various articles of this curious museum. Exactly opposite the door there had been originally cut in the hallan an opening […]
ref: 1881, Chambers's Journal, volume 58, number 1, page 343:
text: Having successfully negotiated the threshwood, the visitor found himself in the hallan, which was about four feet wide. The hallan formed a convenient storage place for sacks of corn on the eve of market day and here, too, pigs were hung up […]
ref: 1981, William Rollinson, Life & Tradition in the Lake District, page 22:I:
qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: The passage or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage; the partition between the passage and the room.
Derived terms: hallanshaker
harten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑː(ɹ)tən/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən
Forms: form: hartens
form: hartening
form: hartened
form: hartened
Senses: examples: text: Her nourslings did with mutinous uprore / Harten against her selfe, her conquer'd spoile, / Which she had wonne from all the world afore […]
ref: 1591, Joachim du Bellay, “Ruines of Rome: By Bellay”, in Ed[mund] Sp[enser], transl., Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of hearten.
hila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪlə
Senses: glosses: plural of hilum
hile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hiles
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of hilum
hile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hiles
Etymology: Probably a collateral form of ail (“awn of barley”).
Senses: glosses: A bundle of sheaves of wheat (or similar crop) stacked vertically to dry; a stook.
hile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hiles
form: hiling
form: hiled
form: hiled
Etymology: Probably a collateral form of ail (“awn of barley”).
Senses: glosses: To form sheaves into a hile.
hiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hile
hilare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hilare
form: most hilare
Senses: examples: text: Subsequently, the queens sashayed down the runway in their finest Silver Foxy attire, where they dressed as themselves in 50 years time, and it made for one of the most hilarious runways evaaah! Who knew Kameron would be so hilare?
ref: 2018 May 18, Sam Damshenas, “What effect will this week's Drag Race have on the rest of the season?”, in Gay Times, London: Gay Times Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of hilar (hilarious).
hipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hipes
form: hype
Etymology: Uncertain.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.
hipe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hipes
form: hiping
form: hiped
form: hiped
form: hype
Etymology: Uncertain.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: To throw (an opponent) using this technique.
Derived terms: hiper
hipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hipe
hipes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hipe
hurte
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hurtes
form: hurting
form: hurted
form: hurted
form: hurte
form: hurte
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of hurt.
hurte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hurtes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of hurt.
hurtes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hurte
hurtes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hurte
tillable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləbəl
Forms: form: more tillable
form: most tillable
Etymology: From till + -able.
Senses: glosses: able to be tilled or ploughed; arable
raw_tags: of land
optionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑpʃənəli/
Forms: form: more optionally
form: most optionally
Etymology: From optional + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Plural suffixes may be optionally added after the Ist person exclusive ƞə—z̆e, Ist person inclusive ƞə—təƞ, and IInd person non-honorific khyo—z̆e and honorific ñe—z̆e.
ref: 1979, Ladakhi grammar, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: In an optional manner; not mandatorily.
Synonyms: facultatively
Derived terms: nonoptionally
optionally piloted vehicle
mossy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒsi/
ipa: /ˈmɔsi/
ipa: /ˈmɑsi/
rhymes: -ɒsi
rhymes: -ɔːsi
Forms: form: mossier
form: mossiest
Etymology: From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]
ref: 1798, [Samuel Rogers], “An Epistle to a Friend”, in An Epistle to a Friend, with Other Poems. […], London: […] R. Noble, for T[homas] Cadell, Junior, and W[illiam] Davies, […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 19–20:
text: A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky!
ref: 1798 (date written), W[illiam] Wordsworth, “Song [She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways]”, in Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems. […], 2nd edition, London: […] T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Co., […], published 1800, →OCLC, page 52:
text: Two particularly attractive cottages, roofed with mossy and lichened slates, stand at the churchyard's eastern gate, looking up a long avenue of yew trees.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 127:
synonyms: moss-grown
glosses: Covered in or overgrown with moss.
Derived terms: mossily
mossiness
mossy-back
mossy-backed
mossy cell
mossy crêpe
mossy-cup oak
mossy fiber
mossy fibre
mossy foot
mossy horn
mossy New Caledonian gecko
mossy saxifrage
mossy stonecrop
mossy zinc
Vietnamese mossy frog
mossy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒsi/
ipa: /ˈmɔsi/
ipa: /ˈmɑsi/
rhymes: -ɒsi
rhymes: -ɔːsi
Forms: form: mossies
form: mossys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”).
mandatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mandatory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mandatory manner; not optionally; required.
Synonyms: nonoptionally
Derived terms: nonmandatorily
tilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪld/
rhymes: -ɪld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of till
tilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪld/
rhymes: -ɪld
Senses: glosses: ploughed or cultivated
Related terms: no-tilled
updraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: updrafts
form: updraught
Etymology: From up- + draft.
Senses: glosses: an upward current of air, especially a strong one
updraught
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: updraughts
Etymology: From up- + draught.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of updraft.
qualifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of qualify
modifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of modify; Altering.
Derived terms: nonmodifying
self-modifying
protects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of protect
upmarket
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more upmarket
form: most upmarket
Etymology: From up- + market.
Senses: examples: text: Temperatures in the western suburbs of Sydney, far from the upmarket beachside glamour, reached 47C (117F) last week, topping the 44C I experienced there the week before. For reference, if it reached 47C in the middle of the Sahara desert, that would be an unusually hot day.
ref: 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Designed for customers with a high income.
upmarket
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From up- + market.
Senses: glosses: Towards the more expensive end of the market.
Coordinate terms: downmarket
mid-market
upmarket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upmarkets
form: upmarketing
form: upmarketed
form: upmarketed
Etymology: From up- + market.
Senses: examples: text: […] their flats and shops are upmarketed or pulled down to be replaced by hotels, offices and a privately owned park.
ref: 1992, Elizabeth Wilson, The Sphinx in the City, page 159:
glosses: To render or become upmarket.
tubular assault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubular assaults
Senses: glosses: An assault operation, performed in a confined tube-like space (mostly inside vehicles, like trains, airliners, buses, coaches etc.), usually for rescuing of hostages.
upperclassman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upperclassmen
Etymology: From upper + classman.
Senses: glosses: A junior or senior student in a school or college.
Related terms: upperclasswoman
freshman
freshwoman
lowerclassman
underclassman
underclasswoman
uppercut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: uppercuts
Etymology: From upper + cut.
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A cut shot that sends the ball over the wicket-keeper's head.
uppercut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: uppercuts
form: uppercutting
form: uppercut
form: uppercut
Etymology: From upper + cut.
Senses: examples: text: The bowler was bowling a bouncer so he uppercut the ball for six.
glosses: To strike with an uppercut.
uprightly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uprightly
form: most uprightly
Etymology: From upright + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an upright manner.
uproariously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌpˈɹɔ.ɹi.əsli/
Forms: form: more uproariously
form: most uproariously
Etymology: From uproarious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Everybody, old and young, laughs uproariously at this and immediately forgets all about it.
ref: 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 35:
text: From the first frames, it reveals itself as an outrageously, uproariously sexed-up piece of work, stylishly directed by Alfonso Cuaron from a script by his brother Carlos.
ref: 2002 April 12, Peter Bradshaw, “Three go mad in Mexico”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: uproaringly
glosses: In an uproarious manner.
nut huggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So-called due to their propensity to compress (hug) the nuts (testicles).
Senses: glosses: Men's swimming briefs, tight-fitting jeans or similar, especially tight, lower-body garments.
Related terms: butt-huggers
man panties
punk panties
tighty whities
banana hammock
grape smugglers
upwardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more upwardly
form: most upwardly
Etymology: From upward + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an upward manner.
glosses: Towards a higher level, position or status.
Derived terms: upwardly mobile
Related terms: backwardly
downwardly
forwardly
sidewardly
urbanely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more urbanely
form: most urbanely
Etymology: From urbane + -ly. Piecewise doublet of urbanly.
Senses: examples: text: The other took the card from his hand, read it in a rapid glance, looked again at Newman from head to foot, hesitated a moment, and then said, gravely but urbanely, “Madame de Cintré is not at home.”
ref: 1876 June, Henry James, Jr., “The American”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume XXXVII, number CCXXIV, Boston, Mass.: H[enry] O[scar] Houghton and Company; New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, chapter III, page 673, column 1:
text: Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
glosses: In an urbane manner.
Low Countries
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Low Countries
Senses: glosses: A historical region of Western Europe, consisting of the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Related terms: Benelux
Netherlands
urbanologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urbanologists
Etymology: From urbanology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: a sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns
urbanology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urbanologies
Etymology: From urban + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The branch of sociology that studies the problems of living in cities and towns.
Related terms: urbanologist
urethrae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urethra
urinalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urinalysis
urinalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /jʊəɹɪˈnælɪsɪs/
Forms: form: urinalyses
Etymology: Blend of urine + analysis.
Senses: examples: text: ‘He was still booking them in for their check-ups. All that cholesterol to be tested, all those urinalyses.’
ref: 2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 70:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The comprehensive analysis of urine.
urological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From urology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to urology.
Synonyms: urologic
useable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more useable
form: most useable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of usable.
uselessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uselessly
form: most uselessly
Etymology: From useless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a useless manner.
examples: text: Mr. Civil, warned and guided by distant axe-whangs, had found them, and had been unsparing in his condemnation of Jim's stupid waste of time in coming an unnecessary mile to chop down a tree uselessly far away.
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 213:
glosses: To no useful purpose.
uselessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uselessnesses
Etymology: From useless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the quality of being useless
user-friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: user-friendlier
form: more user-friendly
form: user-friendliest
form: most user-friendly
form: userfriendly
form: user friendly
Etymology: From user + friendly.
Senses: examples: text: In the past few years, product engineers have infused the basic telephone with lots of high-tech, razzle-dazzle, and user friendly innovations such as speed dialing, automatic redial, speakerphones, cordless phones, hold buttons, and dialing memories.
ref: 1994 May, Gary Turbak, “The Phone Phenomenon”, in The Rotarian, volume 164, number 5, page 31:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Designed to be easy for an untrained user to use, with intuitive ordering of steps, consistent and logical placement of controls, etc.
Synonyms: ergonomic
Related terms: user-friendliness
user-friendliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From user-friendly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being user-friendly.
ubiquitously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ubiquitously
form: most ubiquitously
Etymology: From ubiquitous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ubiquitous manner.
chalypsography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: steel-engraving
ulcerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ulcerated
form: most ulcerated
Senses: glosses: affected with ulcers
ulnae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ulnas
Senses: glosses: plural of ulna
ultrahigh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + high.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ultra-high.
ultrasonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ultrasonically
form: most ultrasonically
Etymology: From ultrasonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an ultrasonic manner.
glosses: Using ultrasonics.
ultrasonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒnɪks
Senses: glosses: the science and technology of ultrasound
Derived terms: acousto-ultrasonics
umbrae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌmbɹiː/
enpr: ŭmʹbrē'
enpr: ŭmʹbrī'
ipa: /ˈʌmˌbɹi/
ipa: /ˈʌmˌbɹaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of umbra
hollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holly
ilex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ilexes
form: ilices
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ilex (“holm oak”).
Senses: examples: text: There is a point of strand / Near Vada's tower and town; and on one side / The treacherous marsh divides it from the land, / Shadowed by pine and ilex forests wide, / And on the other creeps eternally, / Through muddy weeds, the shallow, sullen sea.
ref: 1818 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Mazenghi”, in Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor, Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and Henry L[eigh] Hunt, […], published 1824, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 259:
text: Many nights, though autumnal mists were spread around, I passed under an ilex—many times I have supped on arbutus berries and chestnuts, making a fire, gypsylike, on the ground […]
ref: 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter X, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
text: Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous rock-roses, juniper, ilex [translating chênes verts], yellow and white asphodel.
ref: 1962, Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Peter Green, The Prime of Life, Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, translation of La Force de l'âge, →OCLC, page 77:
glosses: Holm oak (Quercus ilex).
glosses: Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex.
unaffiliated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + affiliate + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: But politically correct universities and colleges, overrun by SJW liberals and angry geeds (read uninitiated and unaffiliated members of the university who have no wish to join Greek life or support it whatsoever) want to destroy the Greek system.
ref: 2012, Edward Masters, In Defense of Fraternity and Political Freedom, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: Not affiliated, not associated.
unaffiliated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + affiliate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unaffiliate
unaffiliated
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unaffiliateds
Etymology: From un- + affiliate + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: These unaffiliated (or independent) directors are, supposedly, the purifying factor against the contamination of the Managing Group's duality. The unaffiliateds are, in short, the Fund's watchdogs.
ref: 1967, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Mutual Fund Legislation of 1967: Hearings, page 706:
text: Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.
ref: 1968, Progressive Grocer's Marketing Guidebook, page 13:
glosses: A person or organization having no affiliation.
premenstrual tension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Robert T. Frank in 1931 of New York, the first doctor to treat PMS's physical and psychological components as related to a single cause.
Senses: examples: text: There may be an actual distaste for sexual relations for a week or so prior to the period, perhaps as part of a picture of general irritability and vague feelings of discomfort of which some women complain; the name "premenstrual tension" has been applied to this.
ref: 1950, Louis Portnoy, Jules Saltman, Fertility in Marriage: A Guide for the Childless:
text: However, the pervasive social impact of the premenstrual tension comes from psychological, behavioral change, and this is the time of month that women are likely to be admitted to psychiatric wards.
ref: 1950, Public Health Service publication no. 263, sect. 20, 1969:
text: In 1931, Frank coined the term premenstrual tension, in reference to the cyclical recurrence of tension, anxiety, and suicidal ideation in 15 women during their premenstrual phase.
ref: 2006, Corey L.M. Keyes, Sherryl H. Goodman, Women and Depression: A Handbook for the Social, Behavioral, and Biomedical Sciences:
glosses: Synonym of premenstrual syndrome: the physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation.
synonyms: word: premenstrual syndrome
extra: the physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation
scooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskuːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: scoopers
Etymology: From scoop + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who scoops.
glosses: Something that scoops.
glosses: An engraver's tool.
glosses: The avocet, a bird that scoops up the mud to obtain food.
glosses: A journalist who obtains a scoop, or exclusive.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
firefighting
government
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of air tanker waterbomber airplane, which is capable of landing on water, and directly scooping up water to fill its tanks, by skimming the water's surface with scoops delopyed.
Synonyms: sense: something that scoops
word: scoop
Derived terms: melon ball scooper
pooper-scooper
premenstrual syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Katharina Dalton in 1953 to replace the earlier premenstrual tension, which she considered accidentally created the impression of focusing solely on PMS's mental aspects.
Senses: examples: text: The thiazides and similar compounds have also been used in patients with edema associated with nephritis and …the premenstrual syndrome….
ref: 1968, Diet Pill Industry: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 26 . Part 56, p. 702:
text: In The Premenstrual Syndrome, Dr. Katherina Dalton summarizes many studies of behavior change that show a large portion of crimes (63 percent in an English study, 84 percent in a French) are not distributed evenly over time, but clustered in the premenstrual interval along with suicides, accidents, a decline in the quality of schoolwork, decline in intelligence test scores, visual acuity, and response speed.
ref: 1969: Public Health Service publication no. 263, sect. 20, 1969
text: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) takes a lot of bashing in the media. It is true that many women become more aggressive during this period, though they are rarely out of control...Therefore, any PMS symptoms that are perceived as unstable are due to the fact that women act more like men during this phase than at any other time in their cycles.
ref: 1998, Edain McCoy, Celtic Women's Spirituality:
text: The term "premenstrual syndrome" first emerged in 1953 when Dr. Katharina Dalton used it to describe the same symptoms delineated by Dr. Frank [who coined premenstrual tension in 1931].
ref: 2006, Kristen Brown, Nietzsche And Embodiment: Discerning Bodies and Non-Dualism:
text: The physical symptoms of this premenstrual syndrome include bloating, weight gain, breast tenderness, abdominal discomfort, lethargy and headache whilst the psychological symptoms include anxiety, irritability, aggression and loss of control.
ref: 2006, Geoffrey P Webb, Dietary Supplements And Functional Foods:
glosses: The physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation; premenstrual tension.
Synonyms: PMS
premenstrual stress
PMT
premenstrual tension
Related terms: alt: PMDD
word: premenstrual dysphoric disorder
english: which in its sense as a symptom can be meronymic to premenstrual syndrome
translation: which in its sense as a symptom can be meronymic to premenstrual syndrome
word: dysmenorrhea
whacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwækə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈʍækə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
Forms: form: whackers
Etymology: From whack + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Joe was just about the best Australian heavyweight at the time, a very tough customer in his own right. He didn't have any science, but he was a mighty whacker.
ref: 1963, George Blaikie, Scandals of Australia's Strange Past, Adelaide: Rigby Limited, page 117:
glosses: One who, or something which, whacks.
glosses: Synonym of whopper (“anything large”).
synonyms: word: whopper
extra: anything large
examples: text: "Oh, there's a whacker!" cried East; "we haven't been within a hundred yards of his barn; we haven't been up here above ten minutes, and we've seen nothing but a tough old guinea-hen, who ran like a greyhound."
ref: 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days:
text: But all the while Captain Amos Brown was telling whackers that would have done credit to Baron Munchausen, he was really thinking of how he was to save those whose passage to a port not named in any bills of lading looked almost certain.
ref: 1908, Morley Roberts, “The Captain of the Ullswater”, in The Blue Peter:
glosses: Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”).
synonyms: word: whopper
extra: an outrageous or blatant lie
glosses: A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies.
Derived terms: Packer whacker
weed whacker
weedwhacker
estrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estrenes
Senses: examples: text: A series of compounds related to the estrenes, parent saturated hydrocarbon of which is 5a-estrane (Fig. 4.3), have been obtained by removing the 19-methyl group (No R or Nor) attached to the 10th position in androstene derivatives.
ref: 1979, L. V. Asolkar, Diosgenin and Other Steroid Drug Precursors, page 99:
text: In 1993 , a U.S. patent (# 5,272,134) was granted for fragrances containing 16-androstene and estrene steroids (see examples in Figure 14).
ref: 1997, J. J. Lagowski, Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry, page 1192:
text: A pharmaceutical composition in a dosage unit form adapted for nasal administration in a human subject, said composition comprising per dosage unit, an effective amount of an Estrene steroid in a range to effect the nervous system through the vomeronasal organ but ineffective to have a systemic effect by absorption into the circulatory system […]
ref: 2000, David L. Berliner, Nathan William Adams, Clive L. Jennings-White, “6140316 Estrebe Steriuds as Neurochemical Initiators of Change in Human Hypothalamic Function and Related pharmaceutical Compositions”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of estradiol characterized by a structure that includes a phenolic ring.
Derived terms: allylestrenol
ethylestrenol
lynestrenol
what-if
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: what-ifs
Senses: examples: text: Each man was running over the what ifs in his mind.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 199:
glosses: A speculation as to what might have happened if something else had happened earlier.
glosses: A hypothetical case or situation, usually evoked by a sense of anxiety or uncertainty.
Derived terms: what-iffery
Related terms: what if
what-if
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: what-ifs
form: what-iffing
form: what-iffed
form: what-iffed
Senses: glosses: To speculate about the consequences of something that could have happened.
Related terms: counterfactual
ifs, ands, or buts
affiliated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We are not affiliated with any commercial publisher.
text: The main Christian doctrines and festivals, besides a great mass of affiliated legend and ceremonial, are really quite directly derived from, and related to, preceding Nature worships; and it has only been by a good deal of deliberate mystification and falsification that this derivation has been kept out of sight.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 19:
antonyms: non-affiliated
unaffiliated
glosses: Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.
Derived terms: nonaffiliated
affiliated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of affiliate
wheeler-dealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheeler-dealers
form: wheeler dealer
form: wheelerdealer
Etymology: From the original context of betting and casino, one chancing his luck and skill and perhaps his ability to cheat.
Senses: examples: text: Seated at separate tables to underscore their differing levels of involvement with indicted savings and loan wheeler-dealer Charles Keating, the five were fighting to regain reputations earned in a lifetime of public service.
ref: 1990 November 26, Ed Magnuson, Hays Gorey, “You Sold Your Office”, in Time:
text: It is illegal to buy and sell this sort of item, he says, but not necessarily illegal to buy and sell the containers that they happen to come in. What an unexpected wheeler dealer.
ref: 2024 December 6, Stuart Heritage, “Meet the Rees-Moggs: a bluffer’s guide to the family’s weirdness”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator.
Related terms: wheel and deal
wheeler-dealing
wheeziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wheezy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state of being wheezy