cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Arian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
homophone: Aryan
homophone: Arrian
homophone: Arean
Forms: form: more Arian
form: most Arian
Etymology: From Aries + -ian, from Latin aries (“ram”).
Senses: examples: text: The Arian nature is to create the idea...
ref: 1917, Herbert T. Waite, Compendium of Natal Astrology and Universal Ephemeris, page 39:
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or related to Aries, its nature, and its influence.
Synonyms: Arietian
Arian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
homophone: Aryan
homophone: Arrian
homophone: Arean
Forms: form: Arians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Aryan.
Arian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
homophone: Aryan
homophone: Arrian
homophone: Arean
Forms: form: Areian
Etymology: From Latin Arianus, from Aria + -anus (“-an”). Equivalent to Aria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to Aria, the region around Herat in Afghanistan, particularly in the context of its ancient history.
Athenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈθiː.ni.ən/
rhymes: -iːniən
Forms: form: Athenians
form: Athenean
Etymology: From Latin athēniēnsis; compare Middle English Athenyensis pl and Old English Athēniense pl. By surface analysis, Athens + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Euen plaine Cittizens, hauing well deſerued of the Common-weale, were therefore among the Athenians ennobled.
ref: 1610, [Robert Glover], translated by Tho[mas] Milles et al., “Of the First Greeke Nobility”, in The Catalogue of Honor or Tresury of True Nobility, Peculiar and Proper to the Isle of Great Britaine […], London: […] William Iaggard, →OCLC, page 4:
text: Here the satire is directed against the passion of the Athenians for the excitement of the law-courts[…]
ref: 1872, William Lucas Collins, chapter V, in Aristophanes, page 101:
glosses: An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.
Athenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈθiː.ni.ən/
rhymes: -iːniən
Forms: form: Athenean
Etymology: From Latin athēniēnsis; compare Middle English Athenyensis pl and Old English Athēniense pl. By surface analysis, Athens + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to Athens, particularly (historical) ancient Athens, its empire, and its people.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.
Synonyms: word: Of
word: related to Athens
mythologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒdʒɪk
Forms: form: more mythologic
form: most mythologic
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to mythology
lagomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlæɡəˈmɔɹfɪk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Etymology: Lagomorpha + -ic
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: harelike, rabbitlike
synonyms: lagomorphous
;
for others, see leporine
glosses: Shaped like a hare or rabbit.
synonyms: lagomorphous
;
for others, see leporine
coordinate_terms: harelike
rabbitlike
glosses: Characteristic of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha.
open mic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open mics
form: open mike
Senses: glosses: A music, poetry, or comedy stage platform with open invitation, that is, where anyone is invited to perform.
Related terms: amateur hour
amateur night
karaoke
Decembrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Decembrists
Etymology: From December + -ist, a calque of Russian декабри́ст (dekabríst).
Senses: examples: text: Thus on the death of Alexander I in 1825 the succession of his brother Nicholas I was delayed and confused by doubts over the heir and was marked by the bloody mutinies of the Decembrists; Nicholas died during the Crimean War when a contemporary wrote that his only choice was between abdication and death; his son, Alexander II, was assassinated by terrorists a quarter of a century later.
ref: 1960, J. P. T. Bury, editor, The New Cambridge Modern History, Volume 10: The Zenith of European Power, Cambridge University Press, page 358:
text: 2003, Catherine O'Neil, With Shakespeare's Eyes: Pushkin's Creative Appropriation of Shakespeare, University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses, page 81,
Many of the Decembrists listed Pushkin's poetry as a source for their "free-thinking," and there were reports of frightened people (Pushkin himself was one of them) hastily burning unfinished poems that had circulated in manuscript.
text: These liberal revolutionaries, who have gone down in history as the Decembrists, called on the army not to swear allegiance to Nicholas. The Decembrist-led rebels were surrounded by troops loyal to Nicholas on the banks of the Neva River in St. Petersburg.
ref: 2009, Frank L. Kidner, Maria Bucur, Ralph Mathisen, Sally McKee, Theodore R. Weeks, Making Europe: People, Politics, and Culture, Volume II: Since 1550, Cengage Learning, page 587:
glosses: A participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt.
Synonyms: Dekabrist
Related terms: Decembrism
Decembrist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From December + -ist, a calque of Russian декабри́ст (dekabríst).
Senses: examples: text: The word civicism (grazhdanstvennost’) originated in the enlightenment ideal of civic Rome, perceptions of the poet as a patriotic citizen and son of the fatherland, and Decembrist dreams of a republic.
ref: 1994, Lauren G. Leighton, Esoteric Tradition in Russian Romantic Literature: Decembrism and Freemasonry, Penn State University Press, page 17:
text: War and Peace grew out of Tolstoy's attempts to write a Decembrist novel, a work that first began to take shape in October 1856, when "The Distant Field" was begun.
ref: 2008, Kathryn B. Feuer, Tolstoy and the Genesis of War and Peace, Cornell University Press, page 206:
text: Mariia Trubnikova was raised in an atmosphere of pious reverence for Decembrist ideals.
ref: 2006, “Trubnikova, Mariia (1835-1897)”, in Francisca de Haan, Krasimira Daskalova, Anna Loutfi, editors, Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries, Central European University Press, page 584:
glosses: According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists.
grooves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groove
grooves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of groove
two thumbs up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: American film critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel co-hosted a movie review program, At the Movies. The two had different tastes, and often verbally sparred and traded humorous barbs. When both critics gave the film a thumbs up, it was assumed that the film was very good.
Senses: glosses: Strong approval.
examples: text: Two thumbs up means everything on time and perfect.
ref: 1935 July 7, “GLOSSARY OF RADIO'S NEW TERMS COMPILED”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: As he walked out of the court house, he showed two thumbs up and reached in his pocket to display his registration slip to some 30 other Negroes
ref: 1963 October 18, “Three More Negroes Register To Vote In Louisiana Town”, in Toledo Blade:
text: When shown the blueprint for the new building, I gave my two thumbs up to show my approval
glosses: A hand gesture indicating strong approval.
Related terms: five-by-five
copycat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copycats
form: copy cat
form: copy-cat
Etymology: Originally American English, from copy + cat (“former derogatory term for a person”).
Senses: examples: text: And in it all they are merely copy-cats—servile followers of the aristocratic creed, but without the genuine prestige of the old-time nobilities.
ref: 1899 July, Robert Grant, “Letter to a young man wishing to be an American”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume 26:
text: I wanted to make them brilliant. I wanted to make them interesting. And of course I could not do it by myself. I am nothing but a copycat. I just quoted a lot of things I had heard you say; and I did worse than that, Peter.
ref: 1921, Gene Stratton-Porter, Her Father's Daughter:
text: Early offerings--many of them packaged in sultry covers featuring buxom women in silk pajamas--were huge sellers. But when copycats and counterfeiters drove down margins, Chan switched to real estate, snapping up 200 acres of land in the city of Guigang and erecting dozens of office towers and residential developments. Among his most ambitious recent projects: a luxury Guigang housing complex dubbed "Wealthy Persons' New Town."
ref: 2000 August 1, Clay Chandler, “A Golden Goose in Red China? Entrepreneur Bets Millions That Foie Gras Will Fatten Export Figures”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017:
glosses: One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
examples: text: a copycat strangler
glosses: A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just or recently been committed by someone else.
Derived terms: copycatism
copycatter
copycat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more copycat
form: most copycat
form: copy cat
form: copy-cat
Etymology: Originally American English, from copy + cat (“former derogatory term for a person”).
Senses: examples: text: copycat crime
text: “Because of my size, I was a natural leader in junior high school. Gangs are the most copycat of subcultures. It used to be zoot suits; now it's tattoos. When I was thirteen, I got a tattoo.”
ref: 1998 July, Robert D. Kaplan, quoting Alex Villa, “Travels Into America's Future”, in The Atlantic:
text: As one executive put it: Now in the beverage market we are to a great extent very copycat.
ref: 1997, Daniel Miller, Capitalism: an ethnographic approach:
text: It was that very copycat kind of "grandfather stealing" that makes Jinjue's text look like the son of Du Fei's Record, even as it works to push Du Fei's "father-text" out of the way.
ref: 2009, Alan Cole, Fathering your father: the Zen of fabrication in Tang Buddhism:
text: We need to figure out how to balance the public interest in learning about a mass shooting with the public interest in reducing copycat crime.
ref: 2012 December 19, Zeynep Tufekci, “The Media Needs to Stop Inspiring Copycat Murders. Here's How.”, in The Atlantic:
text: The chief executive and founder of Meta used his new Threads account to say Twitter had not “nailed” its opportunity to become a mega app and that his copycat version would be “focusing on kindness”.
ref: 2023 July 6, Dan Milmo, quoting Mark Zuckerberg, “Zuckerberg uses Threads to say Twitter has missed its chance”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Imitative; unoriginal.
copycat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: copycats
form: copycatting
form: copycatted
form: copycatted
form: copy cat
form: copy-cat
Etymology: Originally American English, from copy + cat (“former derogatory term for a person”).
Senses: examples: text: Because beasts don't talk with words, they talk with sounds, and I copycatted my language from beasts and birds[…]
ref: 1910, Gouverneur Morris, “Targets”, in The Spread Eagle and Other Stories:
text: In a genre that is rife with copycatting, Ms. Cain deserves some credit for having gotten a potentially interesting new series off the ground.
ref: 2007 September 3, Janet Maslin, “His Girl Friday Meets a Sadistically Chic Serial Killer”, in New York Times:
glosses: To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way.
short story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short stories
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.
Derived terms: short short story
newsmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsmakers
Etymology: From news + maker.
Senses: glosses: One whose actions make the headlines of news reports; one who affects the course of public discourse.
self-portrait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-portraits
Etymology: From self- + portrait.
Senses: glosses: The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.
Hyponyms: english: photograph
translation: photograph
word: selfie
kangas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kanga
Abkhazia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ə/
other: /æbˈkeɪ.ʒə/
other: /æbˈkeɪ.zi.ə/
other: /æbˈkɑ.ʒi.ə/
other: /æbˈkɑ.zi.ə/
Forms: form: Abkhasia
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija), ultimately from Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti).
Senses: glosses: A geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community.
glosses: Kingdom of Abkhazia (a former kingdom in the Caucasus region).
Derived terms: Abkhazian
Principality of Abkhazia
Republic of Abkhazia
Related terms: Abkhaz
Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
ticked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ticked
form: most ticked
Senses: glosses: Ticked off; annoyed.
glosses: flecked, multicolored
ticked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tick
crud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: cruds
Etymology: From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.
Senses: examples: text: Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning.
ref: 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 30:
glosses: Dirt, filth or refuse.
glosses: Something of poor quality.
glosses: A contemptible person.
glosses: Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
synonyms: crap
glosses: Feces; excrement.
qualifier: military and students
glosses: Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
glosses: A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
glosses: Cottage cheese.
Derived terms: bullcrud
con crud
creeping crud
crudball
cruddy
crudware
crudzine
cybercrud
holy crud
crud
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: cruds
form: crudding
form: crudded
form: crudded
Etymology: From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.
Senses: examples: text: The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.
ref: 2011, Henry Z. Kister, Distillation Troubleshooting, page 203:
glosses: To clog with dirt or debris.
crud
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Etymology: From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!
text: Aw, crud! I have to start all over again!
synonyms: crap
qualifier: minced oath
glosses: Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, darn.
Western Apache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See Apache.
Senses: glosses: The Apache peoples living primarily in east central Arizona.
Western Apache
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Apache.
Senses: glosses: The Southern Athabascan language spoken by the Western Apache people.
Mescalero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mescaleros
Senses: glosses: A member of a certain Native American tribe.
Mescalero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by these people.
Jicarilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jicarillas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jicarilla, diminutive of jícara, from Nahuatl xicalli.
Senses: glosses: A Southern Athabascan (Native American) people.
Jicarilla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jicarilla, diminutive of jícara, from Nahuatl xicalli.
Senses: glosses: An Athabascan language spoken by the Jicarilla people.
Synonyms: Jicarilla Apache
Related terms: Chiricahua
Lipan Apache
Mescalero
Western Apache
Chiricahua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chiricahuas
form: Chiricahua
Etymology: Via Spanish Chiricahua, most likely from Opata chiguicagui (“mountain of the wild turkey”).
Senses: glosses: A member of a particular Native American tribe.
Chiricahua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Via Spanish Chiricahua, most likely from Opata chiguicagui (“mountain of the wild turkey”).
Senses: glosses: The Apache language these people speak.
Derived terms: Chiricahuan
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Chiricahua terms
envoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/
ipa: /ˈɑn.vɔɪ/
ipa: /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/
Forms: form: envoys
Etymology: From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
examples: text: special envoy to the United Nations
text: In the year 1460 the king Tu-ma-pan (Tumapel?)† sent envoys to carry tribute. When these envoys went back, and had arrived at An-ch’ing,‡ they got drunk and had a fight with foreign priests who came to bring tribute, and of whom six were killed.
ref: 1887, W. P. Groeneveldt, “Notes on the Malay Archipelago and Malacca”, in Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago, volume I, London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC, page 165:
glosses: A representative.
glosses: A diplomat.
glosses: A messenger.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).
Synonyms: sense: diplomatic agent of second rank
word: envoy extraordinary
sense: diplomatic agent of second rank
word: minister plenipotentiary
Derived terms: e-envoy
envoyship
insalubrious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnsəˈluːbɹɪəs/
Forms: form: more insalubrious
form: most insalubrious
Etymology: From in- + salubrious.
Senses: examples: text: What in the name of Common Sense is to recommend Brinshore?—A most insalubrious Air—Roads proverbially detestable—Water Brackish beyond example, impossible to get a good dish of Tea within 3 miles of the place—& as for the Soil—it is so cold & ungrateful that it can hardly be made to yeild^([sic]) a Cabbage.
ref: 1817 (date written), Jane Austen, chapter 1, in R[aymond] W[ilson] Chambers, editor, Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817 […] [Sanditon], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1925, →OCLC, page 16:
english: Sanditon
translation: Sanditon
text: But while the were a few pockets of the city centre that were desirable places in which to live, for the most part London's traditional areas were overcrowded and insalubrious.
ref: 2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “9 to 5: The changing face of commuting”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 55:
glosses: Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.
Derived terms: insalubriously
insalubriousness
flea market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flea markets
form: fleamarket
form: flea-market
Etymology: Calque of French marché aux puces.
Senses: examples: text: Although things are sold cheaper at the flea market, it's always a good idea to check whether the item is stolen.
glosses: An outdoor temporary market selling inexpensive antiques, curios, etc.
examples: text: The Towne Hall is a big inflatable building in the middle of the Snooze ’n’ Crusie. It is Derelict Las Vegas: convenience store, video arcade, laundromat, bar, liquor store, flea market, whorehouse.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 276:
glosses: A permanent indoor market of stalls in a warehouse selling inexpensive antiques, outdated goods, curios, etc.
Synonyms: sense: temporary outdoor market
word: swap meet
Related terms: word: flea-market
word: flea marketer
word: car boot sale
word: garage sale
palpitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpælpɪteɪt/
Forms: form: palpitates
form: palpitating
form: palpitated
form: palpitated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin palpitō, palpitātus (“throb, pulsate, palpitate”).
Senses: examples: text: When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
glosses: To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
examples: text: The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
glosses: To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
examples: text: I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
text: “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
glosses: To shake tremulously
Synonyms: sense: to beat rapidly
word: flutter
sense: to beat rapidly
word: pound
sense: to beat rapidly
word: throb
sense: to beat rapidly
word: thump
sense: to shake tremulously
word: quiver
sense: to shake tremulously
word: tremble
sense: to shake tremulously
word: vibrate
Derived terms: palpitant
palpitation
dishevel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪ(s)ˈʃɛvl̩/
rhymes: -ɛvəl
Forms: form: dishevels
form: disheveling
form: dishevelling
form: disheveled
form: disheveled
form: dishevelled
form: dishevelled
Etymology: From Old French descheveler (modern French écheveler).
Senses: glosses: To throw into disorder; upheave.
examples: text: With garments rent, and haire discheueled, / Wringing her hands, and making piteous mone;
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12:
text: Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind.
ref: 1785, William Cowper, The Garden:
text: [...] the natural finish seems much less likely to show up the stains of travel which might soon dishevel the golden ochre or dark blue—especially the latter—[...].
ref: 1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 262:
synonyms: rumple
muss
glosses: To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).
glosses: To spread out in disorder.
Derived terms: dishevelment
dancefloor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dancefloors
Senses: examples: text: Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs. Glitterballs. Lassies writhing on little checkerboard handkerchiefs of dancefloor.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 125:
glosses: Alternative form of dance floor.
encina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encinas
Etymology: Spanish encina
Senses: examples: text: The form of this tree is much more beautiful than that of the encina, as it grows with more freedom, and, in the districts suited to it, attains a great height.
ref: 1836, John Claudius Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine and Register, page 366:
glosses: holm oak, live oak, evergreen oak
vaqueros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaquero
circuit race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circuit races
Senses: qualifier: bicycle racing
glosses: A mass-start road-cycle race somewhat similar to a criterium in that it consists of several laps of a closed circuit, but where the length of each circuit or lap is slightly longer, up to a couple of miles per lap.
Coordinate terms: sense: bicycle racing
word: criterium
-arian
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: Back-formation from various words ending in “arian”, some directly derived from Classical or Medieval Latin words ending in -arius by adding -an to the stem, other indirectly via Old French words ending in "arien(ne)" or "erien(ne)" or from English words ending in “ary” to which -an was suffixed; note the same phenomenon in -ary. Equivalent to -ary + -an.
Senses: glosses: A believer in something.
glosses: An advocate of something.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of somewhere.
articular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Latin articularis. By surface analysis, article + -ar.
Senses: examples: an articular disease; an articular process
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the grammatical article.
Derived terms: abarticular
anguloarticular
articular bone
articular cartilage
articular facet
articularly
biarticular
cerebrofacioarticular
circumarticular
conarticular
extraarticular
interarticular
intraarticular
juxtaarticular
juxta-articular
monarticular
monoarticular
multiarticular
musculoarticular
nonarticular
oligoarticular
osteoarticular
pauciarticular
periarticular
pluriarticular
polyarticular
postarticular
prearticular
retroarticular
subarticular
tibioarticular
transarticular
uniarticular
hydrophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrophones
Etymology: From hydro- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: a transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone
Derived terms: hydrophonic
hydrostatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ætɪks
Forms: form: hydrostaticks
Etymology: From hydro- + statics.
Senses: examples: 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 30,
"to estimate his skill in hydrostatistics or astronomy; ..."
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure.
Derived terms: hydrostatic
Related terms: statics
hydrodynamics
hydrothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + thermal.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to hot water.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to emanations of hot water that are rich in minerals, or to the rocks formed from them.
Derived terms: hydrothermal circulation
hydrothermalism
hydrothermally
hydrothermal vent
nonhydrothermal
photohydrothermal
three-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: A gambling game played with three coins.
Related terms: two-up
highfaluting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more highfaluting
form: most highfaluting
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of highfalutin.
lay-by
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪ.baɪ/
Forms: form: lay-bys
form: lay by
form: lay bye
form: lay-bye
Senses: glosses: A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities such as food vendors or public telephones.
glosses: A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A widened section of a narrow river or canal, formed to one side so as to leave the channel free, for mooring of vessels, where vessels can lay over or allow others to pass.
examples: 1930 October 16, Hordern Brothers (Sydney retailer), advertisement, quoted in 1966, Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, chapter X, section 2, page 206,
Avail yourself of our Lay-By Service
glosses: A method of retail purchase in which the selected goods are set aside and the customer pays for them in instalments, receiving them when fully paid; layaway.
Synonyms: sense: road-side rest area
word: turnout
sense: road-side rest area
word: rest stop
sense: road-side rest area
word: truck stop
sense: railroad side track
word: siding
sense: railroad side track
word: sidetrack
sense: retail program of delayed purchase
word: layaway
signification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Forms: form: significations
Etymology: From Old French significacion, from Latin significātiō.
Senses: glosses: The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
glosses: Evidence for the existence of something.
glosses: A meaning of a word.
voyeurism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: most common
ipa: /ˈvɔɪəˌrɪz(ə)m/
ipa: /vɔɪˈɜːrɪz(ə)m/
ipa: /vwɑˈjɜːrɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: voyeurisms
Etymology: From voyeur + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: word: inspectionism
glosses: The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching unsuspecting people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or undressing, toileting, or engaging in sexual activity.
glosses: The derivation of satisfaction by obsessively watching or following sensational or sordid subjects.
Derived terms: cybervoyeurism
Related terms: voyeur
exhibitionism
Peeping Tom
knife pleat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knife pleats
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: A type of sharply pressed pleating, especially in a skirt or kilt, in which all of the folds are turned in one direction, with each pleat being three layers of fabric thick.
mountain bike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain bikes
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
related: word: mountainbike
synonyms: MTB
mountain bicycle
trail bike
ATB
all-terrain bike
coordinate_terms: road bike
glosses: A bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.
Derived terms: mountain biker
mountain biking
pictographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pictograph.
cricoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌɪ.kɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈkɹaɪˌkɔɪd/
rhymes: (General American) -aɪkɔɪd
Etymology: Borrowed rom New Latin cricoīdēs, from Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs, “ring-shaped, annular”), from κρίκος (kríkos, “ring”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: cricoidal
glosses: Of, relating to, or being a cricoid cartilage.
Derived terms: cricoid cartilage
postcricoid
precricoid
supracricoid
cricoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌɪ.kɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈkɹaɪˌkɔɪd/
rhymes: (General American) -aɪkɔɪd
Forms: form: cricoids
Etymology: Borrowed rom New Latin cricoīdēs, from Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs, “ring-shaped, annular”), from κρίκος (kríkos, “ring”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
Senses: examples: text: What luck that Mr. Romeo still gripped and twisted and cracked that crooked cricoid as X-rayed by the firemen and mountain guides in the street.
ref: 1972, Владимир Набоков, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, page 81:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of cricoid cartilage.
Derived terms: crico-
cricoidal
cricoidectomy
honk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɒŋk/
ipa: /hɑŋk/
ipa: /hɔŋk/
rhymes: -ɒŋk
Forms: form: honks
form: honking
form: honked
form: honked
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk.
glosses: To use a car horn.
glosses: To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.
glosses: To make the vocal sound of a goose.
examples: text: WAYNE: Phil, what are you doing here? You're partied out, man. Again.
GARTH: What if he honks in the car?
ref: 1992, Wayne's World (film):
glosses: To vomit.
synonyms: stink
pong
glosses: To have a bad smell.
examples: text: She honked my titties.
glosses: To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.
Derived terms: honk it on
honk off
honker
honking
honk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɒŋk/
ipa: /hɑŋk/
ipa: /hɔŋk/
rhymes: -ɒŋk
Forms: form: honks
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: The operator went out on to the platform with his handlamp and waved it in the traditional "wash-out" signal across the body. The engineer had been expecting this and responded at once with an acknowledging honk on the horn before bringing this huge, 16-car train gently to a stand at the platform.
ref: 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States:Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 424:
glosses: The harsh note produced by a typical car horn.
glosses: The cry of a goose or similar bird.
synonyms: stink
pong
glosses: A bad smell.
honk
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɒŋk/
ipa: /hɑŋk/
ipa: /hɔŋk/
rhymes: -ɒŋk
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.
honk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɒŋk/
ipa: /hɑŋk/
ipa: /hɔŋk/
rhymes: -ɒŋk
Forms: form: honks
Senses: glosses: Clipping of honky.
Related terms: honk-shoo
mihi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mihis
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori mihi.
Senses: examples: text: After acknowledging the mihis of the various speakers, and thanking the donors for their gift, the guest of honour spoke as follows in English: […]
ref: 1948, Eric Ramsden, Sir Apirana Ngata and Maori Culture, page 86:
glosses: A greeting, in Maori culture.
Related terms: mihi itch
incidentaloma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incidentalomas
Etymology: From incidental + -oma (“tumour”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A mass lesion discovered incidentally on radiologic examination.
aerosolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerosolizations
form: aerosolisation
Etymology: From aerosol + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The creation of an aerosol; the creation of a fine mist or many small droplets.
Synonyms: atomization
nebulization
Derived terms: bioaerosolization
reaerosolization
Related terms: aerosolize
seamlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more seamlessly
form: most seamlessly
Etymology: From seamless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Imagine this: you walk into work and the camera above the doors scans your face, opening them seamlessly without you lifting a finger.
ref: 2019 May 21, Dylan Curran, “Facial recognition will soon be everywhere. Are we prepared?”, in The Guardian:
text: To allow up to 250,000 passengers a day to move seamlessly between HS2, Elizabeth line and Great Western Main Line services, the station will have 53 lifts and 44 escalators across the 14 platforms.
ref: 2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60:
glosses: In a seamless manner.
retardance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retardances
Etymology: From Middle French retardance.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The difference in phase shift between two characteristic polarizations of light upon reflection from an interface. Retardance can be reported in the Abelès or Mueller conventions. The retardance phase shift angle is often specified in degrees.
tansy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtanzi/
ipa: /ˈtæn.zi/
rhymes: (US) -ænzi
Forms: form: tansies
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tansy, tansey, syncopic forms of earlier tanesie, tanesei, from Old French tanesie, tanoisie, tanasie, tanaisie, from Medieval Latin tanacetum, atanacetum, attested since the 8th century, of obscure origin, speculated from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía, “immortality”) owing to hallucinations from the thujone in the plant, else from taenia (“tapeworm”) due to its primary use against parasites by which reason it is called in Arabic حَشِيشَة الدُود (ḥašīša ad-dūd, literally “worm herb”), otherwise a Berber borrowing like tagetes.
Senses: examples: text: The sunny afternoon was there, like another land. By the path grew tansy and little trees.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: Various measures were taken to avoid it, most popular being the suspension of certain herbs and tree branches over the doorways of dwellings and stables. Commonly used greenery were tansy, honesty, garlic, St. John's Wort, mountain ash, roadside verbena.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 271:
glosses: A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.
examples: text: I had a pretty dinner for them; viz., a brace of stewed carps, six roasted chickens, and a jowle of salmon, hot, for the first course; a tanzy and two neats' tongues, and cheese the second; and were very merry all the afternoon, talking and singing and piping upon the flageolette.
ref: 1662, Diary of Samuel Pepys:
glosses: A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs (including tansy), baked with butter in a shallow dish. "Originally flavoured with tansy, but by Pepys's time generally having spinach as its predominant flavouring."
Derived terms: word: bushy seaside tansy
taxonomic: Tanacetum camphoratum
word: camphor dune tansy
taxonomic: Tanacetum vulgare
word: common tansy
word: double tansy
taxonomic: Argentina anserina
alt: syn. Potentilla anserina
word: goose tansy
taxonomic: Tanacetum douglasii
word: northern dune tansy
taxonomic: Amsinckia spp.
word: sheep tansy
taxonomic: Descurainia sophia
word: tansy mustard
word: white tansy
taxonomic: Tanacetum vulgare
word: wild tansy
Related terms: pennyroyal
savin
tannery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtænəɹi/
Forms: form: tanneries
Etymology: From tan + -ery; compare Old French tannerie.
Senses: examples: text: The River Avon divides the village in two, and at its centre is a tannery, built in 1918 and still in use, with its frontage on the river bank.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 155, about Downton, Wilts:
synonyms: tanhouse
glosses: A place where people tan hides to make leather.
glosses: The business of a tanner.
Related terms: tanner
tan
taproot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæpˌɹuːt/
Forms: form: taproots
Etymology: From tap + root. The oldest use (by Philemon Holland) is spaced as tap root. In the 18th and 19th centuries the standard spelling was tap-root.
Senses: examples: text: The taproots of trees like the false acacia, growing between Park Royal and Alperton, thrust deeply into the ground, while the spreading roots of the silver birch stitch the soil.
ref: 1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement):
text: Above the lower headcut, phreatophytic mesquite and little leaf sumac hug the banks, drawing pendulate water from the silts remaining from former marsh deposits and sending long taproots into channel stores.
ref: 2007, Susan L. Woodward, “Modern Vegetation of the Murray Springs Area and the Upper San Pedro Valley”, in Caleb Vance Haynes, Bruce B. Huckell, editor, Murray Springs, page 58:
text: On the other hand, those who are compelled by a single strong desire are obsessed with a well-defined problem, which touches the taproot of their soul. They are on the attack, on the move.
ref: 2024 October 10, David Brooks, “How Harris Can Finish Strong”, in The New York Times:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A long, tapering root, exhibited by many plant species (such as carrots and dandelions).
wikipedia: Philemon Holland
Derived terms: taproot text
lamda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamdas
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of lambda.
tarantella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə/
ipa: /tæɹənˈtɛlə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: tarantellas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tarantella, a diminutive of Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola (“tarantula”), on the belief that the dance was variously a result of, or cure for, its bite).
Senses: examples: text: The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish.
ref: 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:
text: "A tarantella, I presume?" blandly suggested the doctor.
Miss Mannersley stopped, and rose carelessly from the piano. "It is a Moorish gypsy song of the fifteenth century," she said dryly.
ref: 1895, Bret Harte, The Devotion of Enriquez:
text: We learn to understand why our addled minds seize so little with precision, why they are caught up and tossed about in a kind of tarantella by headlines and catch-words, why so often they cannot tell things apart or discern identity in apparent differences.
ref: 1922, Walter Lippmann, “chapter v”, in Public Opinion:
glosses: A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.
wikipedia: Taranto
Related terms: tarantism
tarantula
teamster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtim.stɚ/
Forms: form: teamsters
Etymology: From team + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: Dirty boys playing in the ditch, clerks, teamsters, riders, loungers on the comers, ranchers on dusty horses, little girls running errands, and women hurrying to the stores all looked up at her coming with glad eyes.
ref: 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 7, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
text: He turned to the man who spoke. He wore long moustaches after the fashion of teamsters and he wore a widebrim hat with a low round crown.
ref: 1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC:
glosses: A person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).
glosses: A person who drives a cargo truck (see Teamster).
Derived terms: teamster tea
toasty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtoʊsti/
rhymes: -əʊsti
Forms: form: toastier
form: toastiest
Etymology: From toast + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The toasty smell of baked baguettes pulled out of the oven, of vanilla, butter and sugar from the pastries, resonated in the air.
ref: 2013, Michelle Zarrin, From My Heart to Yours, page 1:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of toast.
examples: text: […] would you want to go to the expense of setting up a furnace in the cellar? It would make the whole house toasty warm; […]
ref: 1918, Gene Stratton-Porter, A Daughter of the Land:
hypernyms: cosy
glosses: Pleasantly warm.
Derived terms: toastiness
Related terms: French-toasty
toasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtoʊsti/
rhymes: -əʊsti
Forms: form: toasties
Etymology: From toast + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Ciara and I were in the backroom having a cup of tea and a ham and cheese toasty, along with a bowl of potato leek soup we'd ordered from the café next door. Ciara set her toasty down and took a sip of her soup.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Cindy Kline, Shamrocks, Shenanigans and Murder: A Molly McGuire Cozy Mystery Book 3, Cindy Kline:
text: Before we begin, let's get one thing straight: a grilled cheese sandwich is not just a cheese toasty. A toasty is made in one of those pillow-shaped machines (preferably with a baked bean and Cheddar filling). A grilled cheese sandwich,[…]
ref: 2019 August 8, John Whaite, A Flash in the Pan: Simple, speedy stovetop recipes, Octopus Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of toastie.
lambdoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French lambdoïde, from the New Latin lambdoīdēs, from the Ancient Greek λαβδοειδής (labdoeidḗs).
Senses: glosses: Shaped like the Greek letter lambda
Derived terms: lambdoid suture
lambdoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lambdoids
Etymology: Borrowed from French lambdoïde, from the New Latin lambdoīdēs, from the Ancient Greek λαβδοειδής (labdoeidḗs).
Senses: glosses: The lambdoid suture.
tipi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːpi/
rhymes: -iːpi
homophone: teepee
Forms: form: tipis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teepee.
teepee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːpi/
rhymes: -iːpi
homophone: tipi
Forms: form: teepees
form: tepee
form: tipi
Etymology: From the Lakota word thípi (/ˈtʰipi/), which consists of two elements: the verb thí (“to dwell”), and pi, a pluralising enclitic (a suffix-like ending that marks the subject of the verb as plural), which means they dwell. Lakota verbs can be used as nouns and this is the case with thípi, which in practice simply means house.
Senses: glosses: A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
glosses: A conical formation of small flammable sticks leaning on each other, in roughly the shape of an Indian teepee, built over smaller tinder such as cotton or leaves.
Related terms: sense: traditional Native American dwellings
alt: used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States
word: hogan
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
english: used by the Inuit, made of snow
translation: used by the Inuit, made of snow
word: igloo
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
english: used by the Inuit during the summer
translation: used by the Inuit during the summer
word: tupik
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
alt: used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States
word: wetu
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
english: used in the southwestern and western United States
translation: used in the southwestern and western United States
word: wickiup
sense: traditional Native American dwellings
english: used in the northeastern United States
translation: used in the northeastern United States
word: wigwam
english: traditional Sami dwelling
translation: traditional Sami dwelling
word: lavvu
teepee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːpi/
rhymes: -iːpi
homophone: tipi
Forms: form: teepees
form: teepeeing
form: teepeed
form: teepeed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of TP (“to cover with toilet paper”).
teepee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːpi/
rhymes: -iːpi
homophone: tipi
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of TP (“toilet paper”).
lambdacism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlæmbdəˌsɪzəm/
Forms: form: lambdacisms
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lambdacismus. By surface analysis lambda + -cism (phenomenon related to a specific phoneme).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Molly for Mary.
Derived terms: paralambdacism
Related terms: rhotacism
iotacism