cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
distal phalanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distal phalange
glosses: plural of distal phalanx
proximal phalanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proximal phalange
BACH motifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BACH motif
hawser-laid ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hawser-laid rope
antiset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisets
Etymology: From anti- + set.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any set that transforms via a converse function.
Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction
aperiodicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aperiodicities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being aperiodic
pathetic fallacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathetic fallacy
defective numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defective number
excessive numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excessive number
lay-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lay-in
assortativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assortativities
Etymology: From assortative + -ity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The extent to which nodes of a graph link to others of the same degree.
backflowing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Flowing backwards.
backflowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backflow
bionanotechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bionanotechnologies
Etymology: From bio- + nanotechnology.
Senses: glosses: The biological application of nanotechnology
defuzzification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌfʌzɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
ipa: /diːˌfʊzɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Forms: form: defuzzifications
Etymology: From de- + fuzzification.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A process, in fuzzy logic, of producing a useful result from fuzzy data.
dimensionful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dimension + -ful. Coined in technical writing c. 1960 as antonym of dimensionless.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Possessing dimension
Synonyms: dimensional
dimensioned
Related terms: dimensional analysis
dodecagrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodecagrids
Etymology: From dodeca- + grid.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular dodecagons.
heptagrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptagrids
Etymology: From hepta- + grid.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular heptagons
pentagrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentagrids
Etymology: From penta- + grid.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular pentagons
Related terms: pentagrid converter
eternality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eternal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being eternal; endlessness
glosses: All of time; eternity
Synonyms: alt: endlessness
word: ceaselessness
word: unendingness
word: endlessness
sense: eternity
word: foreverhood
word: perpetuity
word: eternity
verdomde
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: damned (as an expletive)
fluxonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluxoniums
Etymology: From flux + -onium.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A superconducting artificial atom modelled from Josephson junctions
fractionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: frăk'shənălʹĭti
ipa: /ˌfɹæk.ʃənˈæl.ɪ.ti/
Forms: form: fractionalities
Etymology: From fractional + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being fractional
fuzzification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuzzifications
Etymology: From fuzz + -ification or fuzzy + -fication.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The addition of fuzziness to data in fuzzy logic.
hypersequents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypersequent
interreducible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + reducible.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing matrices that are mutually reducible
isochors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isochor
isochor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isochors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of isochore.
Related terms: isochoric
who are you and what have you done with someone
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: who are you and what have you done with
Senses: examples: text: Who are you and what have you done with the "real" editors of The Roanoke Times?
ref: 2000 May 15, “Letters to the editor”, in Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia:
text: One thing she has noticed over the years, Dorothea says, is that "he's developed more of a sense of humor. Now, when he'll crack a joke, I'll say, Oh, my God, who are you and what have you done with my husband?"'
ref: 2002 November, Tom Gliatto, “Local boy makes good”, in People, volume 58, number 22, page 114:
text: "Who are you and what have you done with Izzy Zanella?" she finally said. / "Go on," he said. "Mock me. The one time I'm being serious and trying to do the right thing."
ref: 2009, Suzanne Brockmann, Into the Fire, page 49:
text: ‹Nanase, are you studying?› ‹Yes, mother.› ‹That's unnecessary. You should spend the weekend resting.› ‹Who are you, and what have you done with my mother?›
ref: 2025 August 4, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Aug 4, 2025:
glosses: Said to express surprise due to a perceived drastic change of behaviour of a person.
ant-heap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ant-heaps
Senses: examples: text: All along the Coast we have ant-heaps ten feet high, and more in diameter.
ref: 1901 April 12, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 75:
text: The floor was made of crushed ant-heap, the hard dome of excavated earth above an ant colony, and was kept smooth by smearing it regularly with fresh cow dung.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 9:
glosses: An ant-hill.
lightshift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightshifts
Etymology: From light + shift.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The change in the energy (and thus frequency) of light upon interaction with matter.
magnonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magnon + -ic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to magnons
Derived terms: optomagnonic
thermomagnonic
multimessenger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + messenger.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing the use of multiple types of wave to study distant objects
nanocircuitry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocircuitries
Etymology: From nano- + circuitry.
Senses: glosses: nanoscale circuitry
Related terms: nanocircuit
nanofragments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanofragment
nanofragment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanofragments
Etymology: From nano- + fragment.
Senses: glosses: A nanosized fragment
nonadiabatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nonadiabatically
form: most nonadiabatically
Etymology: From non- + adiabatically.
Senses: glosses: In a nonadiabatic manner
nonzeros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonzero
phasonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phason + -ic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to phasons
photodestruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + destruction.
Senses: glosses: photobleaching
quadriphase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quadri- + phase.
Senses: glosses: A phase modulation technique that uses four different phase angles.
referentiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: referentialities
Etymology: From referential + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being referential.
Derived terms: self-referentiality
resimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resimulations
Etymology: From re- + simulation.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent simulation
scalefree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: scale-free
Etymology: From scale + -free.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Describing any property that is independent of scale.
semiamplitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiamplitudes
form: semi-amplitude
Etymology: From semi- + amplitude.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The amplitude of a wave equal to half of that from peak to peak.
superharmonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superharmonic
stroopwafel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹəʊpˌwɒfəl/
ipa: /ˈstɹoʊpˌwɑfəl/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈstɹuːp-/
Forms: form: stroopwafels
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch stroopwafel, from stroop (“syrup”) + wafel (“wafer; waffle”).
Senses: examples: text: Now's your chance to also taste the other local delicacy, stroopwafel. A wafer-and-syrup pastry sandwich served atop a steaming cup of coffee, stroopwafel slowly transforms into a warm, soft treat.
ref: 2008, Marybeth Bond, Best Girlfriends Getaways Worldwide, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Books, →ISBN, page 201:
text: A waffle is the action, or inaction, of making up your mind. In Holland, when you slice a round one in half, and glue fill it back whole again, with warm caramel, it becomes a vice. And clamped Between the Cartwheels of the stroopwafel, I was the syrup, holding them together, and apart.
ref: 2012, Lawrence Winkler, “Stroopwafel”, in Between the Cartwheels, [S.l.]: Lawrence Winkler, →ISBN:
text: [B]akers in Gouda […] were perfecting their well-known diamond patterned stroopwafels ("syrup waffles") which were handmade in Gouda for more than three centuries, lore says, as a way to make use of sugar refinery by-products. Stroopwafels, in spite of their name, are not waffles as North Americans know them. Goudse stroopwafels are another form of cookie, a buttery yeasted iron-baked cookie-dough wafer sliced in half and filled with a unique warm toffee-like mixture of molasses or treacle, sugar, butter, vanilla, and cinnamon, then joined together again.
ref: 2014, Timothy G. Roufs, Kathleen Smyth Roufs, Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 243:
text: The Dutch work hard to satisfy their sweet tooth. The quintessential Dutch treat is a stroopwafel—syrup sandwiched between two crispy, thin waffles. Prepackaged stacks of stroopwafels are sold in grocery stores, but a fresh, hot stroopwafel from a street vendor is a revelation.
ref: 2015, Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw, Rick Steves Amsterdam & the Netherlands, Berkeley, Calif.: Avalon Travel, →ISBN:
text: He paused while the waitress deposited his coffee and stroopwafel on the table. He picked up the stroopwafel and put it on top of the coffee cup, like a lid.
ref: 2015, Jake Woodhouse, Into the Night, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers with syrup in between.
superharmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superharmonics
Etymology: From super- + harmonic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A wave whose frequency is an integer multiple of that of another; an overtone
Related terms: subharmonic
tetradecagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetradecagon + -al.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the form of a tetradecagon
moratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin moratorius (“delaying”).
Senses: examples: moratory interest
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: Pertaining to delay of payment or fulfilment of an obligation.
uncataloged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of uncatalogued.
'Nam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Nam.
hebrephrenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hebrephrenic
euphroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of euphroe
usnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of or relating to usnic acid
beehive shelves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beehive shelf
Grignard reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grignard reaction
capital ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capital ship
Wolffian ducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wolffian duct
protoplanetary discs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protoplanetary disc
bat-pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bat-pad
leg cutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leg cutter
off cutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of off cutter
leg slips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leg slip
off spinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of off spinner
plus-minus signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plus-minus sign
minus-plus signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minus-plus sign
cricket balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cricket ball
long hops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long hop
long offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long off
long ons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long on
pro skirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pro skirt
cricket bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cricket bat
match referees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of match referee
medium pacers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medium pacer
middle stumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle stump
LBWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LBW
top edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top edge
top edges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of top edge
top edging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of top edge
top edged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of top edge
inside edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inside edge
inside edging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inside edge
inside edged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inside edge
outside edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outside edge
outside edges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outside edge
outside edging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outside edge
leg byes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leg bye
camel toes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camel toe
mitzvoth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitzvah
blaker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blake: more blake
aforegoing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From afore- + going.
Senses: examples: text: For sensible remarks on the overlowness, or inadequacy, of wages, see the head Poor Rates, p. 285, aforegoing.
ref: 1815, William Marshall, A Review (and Complete Abstract) of the Reports to the Board of Agriculture from the Midland Department of England, page 295:
glosses: preceding, going before.
Synonyms: foregoing
daric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: darics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δᾱρεικός (dāreikós), from Old Persian *darikah. Doublet of gold and yellow.
Considered by classical authors to be from Δαρεῖος (Dareîos, “Darius”) who standardized the coinage as such, but this is a folk etymology.
Senses: glosses: A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).
Related terms: siglos
dataria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪˈtɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /deɪˈtɛɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Etymology: From Late Latin, from Latin datum (“given”).
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Part of the Roman Catholic Curia, abolished in 1967, from which were sent graces or favours such as appointments to benefices.
Related terms: datary
datura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹə
Forms: form: daturas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: Garcias ab Horto [...] makes mention of an herb called datura, “which, if it be eaten for twenty-four hours following, takes away all sense of grief, makes them incline to laughter and mirth” [...].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 5, member 1, subsection 5:
text: "Apple of Death" is what the Jungle call thorn-apple or dhatura, the readiest poison in all India.
ref: 1895, Rudyard Kipling, “The King’s Ankus”, in The Second Jungle Book, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 188:
text: "Suffice it that it was of the datura family which supplies deadly poisons as well as powerful medicines."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: Datura did grow in Haiti, three species, all of them introduced from the Old World.
ref: 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 37:
text: It was a decoction of datura that wrung the truth from the old woman, by sending her into a trance from which she never recovered.
ref: 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 38:
glosses: A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties.
Derived terms: daturism
Related terms: daturametelin
datumetine
datumetixone
daturilin
daturilinol
daturism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From datura + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Poisoning from hyoscyamine and scopolamine present in thorn apple and similar plants (of genus Datura).
single quote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single quotes
Senses: glosses: A quotation mark, as in She said, 'Go ahead'.
glosses: An apostrophe, as in Let's do it.
Synonyms: inverted comma
Related terms: double quote
flocculi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flocculus
bad-boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad-boys
Senses: examples: text: He wants to understand how proximity relates to women's preference for bad-boys who are not interested in monogamous relationships, and who nonetheless finish up with "more female attention than they can reasonably handle."
ref: 2015, Stephen Jarosek, Tyrants of Matriarchy, →ISBN:
text: We then pull the boat out, close the door, and bust this bad-boy open!
ref: 2016, Curtis L Alcutt, Of the Dark, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bad boy.
concolorate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From con- + colorate?
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a uniform colour
Synonyms: concolorous
concomitancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concomitancies
Senses: glosses: The condition of being concomitant; concomitance
concordal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From concord + -al.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: of or pertaining to concord
concordancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concordancers
Etymology: From concordance + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or automated system that compiles a concordance.
concordantial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From concordance + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a concordance (especially to a concordance of the Bible)
concordatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a concordat (as between church and state).
concorporate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From con- + corporate.
Senses: glosses: united into a single body
concorporate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: concorporates
form: concorporating
form: concorporated
form: concorporated
Etymology: From con- + corporate.
Senses: examples: text: The believer was purified and, united with Christ, convivified with Him, even as, in the Eucharist, the body of the church, was concorporated, unified, sanctified, and offered in sacrifice with Christ its head.
ref: 1987, Richard Eugene Sullivan, Thomas F. X. Noble, John J. Contreni, Religion, culture, and society in the early Middle Ages, page 230:
glosses: To unite into a single body
concorporeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From con- + corporeal.
Senses: glosses: Belonging to a single body.
Synonyms: concorporal
concrescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Senses: glosses: growing together
concrescible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more concrescible
form: most concrescible
Etymology: From Latin concrēscō + -ible.
Senses: glosses: Capable of growing together.
Zim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Zimbabwe.
Senses: glosses: Zimbabwe.
Zim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened from Zimmerman, the surname of a man who worked in lumber in the area. A post office was in operation from 1899 to 1990.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Minnesota.
concreter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concreters
Etymology: From concrete (noun) + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who pours or works with concrete
concreter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concreters
Etymology: From concrete (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device for concentrating sugar syrup by boiling
concreter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From concrete (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of concrete: more concrete
concretional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more concretional
form: most concretional
Etymology: From concretion + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a concretion
concretionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From concretion + -ary.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Composed of concretions
concupiscently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more concupiscently
form: most concupiscently
Etymology: From concupiscent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence
concurringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more concurringly
form: most concurringly
Etymology: From concurring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a concurring manner; concurrently
naivetés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naiveté
Niçoise salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Niçoise salad
non-strikers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-striker
off breaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of off break
old balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old ball
new balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of new ball
one-day matches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-day match
outswingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outswinger
game master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game masters
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: A person conducting a role-playing game, generally responsible for controlling all beings and processes other than the players, either individually or as part of a team.
Synonyms: word: GM
word: dungeon master
word: Dungeon Master
word: storyteller
word: ST
word: referee
Derived terms: game mastering
Related terms: master of game
bites the dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bite the dust
biting the dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bite the dust
game masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game master
dungeon master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dungeon masters
form: dungeonmaster
form: Dungeon Master
Senses: examples: text: He shrugged helplessly. "Whenever we've played before, it was so orderly: people would get their turns one by one, then the dungeon master would say what the results were, then we'd take another turn . . . but this way . . ." He shook his head.
ref: 1991, Vivian Vande Velde, User Unfriendly, page 48:
text: Nicholas and his black-masked companions waited with feet planted apart as the dungeon master fumbled for his key ring.
ref: 1998, Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, R.C. Ryan, Marianne Willman, Once Upon a Castle, page 147:
text: A few of the boys became really good dungeon masters, and they all learned a lot about percentages and chance and stuff that I just couldn't grasp.
ref: 1999, Maureen Cassidy Quackebush, “Real Magic”, in Donna Steichen, editor, Prodigal Daughters: Catholic Women Come Home to the Church, page 82:
text: They give up a great deal in dispensing with the custom-tailored, high storytelling craft of our new age Dungeon Masters. Nevertheless, they anticipate and lead the way for the automated Dungeon Master, white cell, and automated story generation of the future. Nevertheless, while the creation of the automated Dungeon Master is a great research problem, for those constructing simulations that are not purely research oriented, it's clear that participants learn more when a live instructor or game manager is built into the system.
ref: 2006, Nicholas V. Iuppa, Terry Borst, Story and Simulations for Serious Games: Tales from the Trenches, page 118:
text: Marco is a paladin. He fights for the glory of Christ. Marco has been many paladins since winter break. They are all named Valentine, and the Dungeon Master makes certain they die with the least possible amount of dignity.
ref: 2011, Sam Lipsyte, “The Dungeon Master”, in Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor, editors, The Best American Short Stories: 2011, unnumbered page:
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: A game master in Dungeons & Dragons games.
Synonyms: sense: game master
word: DM
sense: game master
word: game master
sense: game master
word: GM
sense: game master
word: ST
sense: game master
word: storyteller
Derived terms: Dungeon Mastering
dungeon masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dungeon master
end quote
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: -əʊt
Senses: glosses: Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
Synonyms: unquote
communize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: communizes
form: communizing
form: communized
form: communized
form: communise
Etymology: From commune + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make something the property of a community.
glosses: To impose Communist ideals upon.
glosses: To become or be made communistic.
glosses: To come under public ownership or control.
Derived terms: word: communization
word: communizer
alt: de-communize
word: decommunize
communizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of communize
communizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of communize
communized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of communize
communise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: communises
form: communising
form: communised
form: communised
Etymology: From commune + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of communize.
Derived terms: communisation
communises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of communise
communising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of communise
communised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of communise
N.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Citibank, N.A.
topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of national association (“a national bank, as defined in the National Banking Act”).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of numerary adjunct.
Coordinate terms: FSB
actin-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of actino-.
xysti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xystus
algesias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algesia
anabioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anabiosis
anaclases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anaclasis
anacoluthias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anacoluthia
anasarcas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anasarca
androecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androecium
angiographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiography
aplasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aplasia
antoniniani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antoninianus
dictation machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dictation machine
myxoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myxovirus
rimshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rimshot
rim shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rim shot
viscidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more viscidly
form: most viscidly
Etymology: From viscid + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The room was stuffy, the smoke hanging as viscidly in the warm still air as the white of an egg hangs in water, as if she’d been sitting there for some time.
ref: 2009, Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger, Virago Press (2018), page 444:
glosses: In a viscid fashion or manner.
papes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pape
milles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mille
importances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of importance
nonstereospecifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nonstereospecifically
form: most nonstereospecifically
Etymology: From non- + stereospecifically.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
A complex mixture of adducts arose from the reaction of isobenzofuran 67 with Smith’s diene (4) as addition occurred nonstereospecifically at both p-centers of 4.
glosses: In a nonstereospecific manner
nonstereospecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonstereospecific
form: most nonstereospecific
Etymology: From non- + stereospecific.
Senses: glosses: Not stereospecific
swordtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swordtails
Etymology: From sword + tail.
Senses: examples: text: But ongoing efforts to sequence genes from other fishes, including salmon and swordtail, will also help to test the theory, Postlethwait says.
ref: 1998 August 21, Gretchen Vogel, “EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY:Doubled Genes May Explain Fish Diversity”, in Science, volume 281, number 5380, →DOI, pages 1119–1121:
glosses: One of many species of freshwater fish, in genus Xiphophorus, others of which are called platyfish.
glosses: Any of various papilionid butterflies that have a long sword-like projection from the tornal section of each hindwing.
Hyponyms: five-bar swordtail
green swordtail
red swordtail
oxabicyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oxa- + bicyclic.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
These oxabicyclic systems are very versatile intermediates in organic synthesis and have been prepared typically in racemic form by the [3 + 4] annulation between allyl cations and furans.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a bicyclic compound having a bridging oxygen atom.
swimmy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪ.mi/
Forms: form: more swimmy
form: most swimmy
Etymology: From swim + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I hadn't noticed at Peter Anderson's—my head was too swimmy to notice anything.
ref: 1901, Henry Lawson, Joe Wilson and His Mates:
text: "I guess it was the heat, but I felt swimmy for a moment. That's all."
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: It was as well I was sitting down; the experience of dizziness induced by a familial revelation did not seem to be a condition I was becoming inured to, despite the frequency with which it had swept through me in the past few days. My sight seemed to go a bit swimmy for a while, but I just sat and waited for it to clear.
ref: 1995, Iain Banks, Whit:
glosses: Dizzy; swirling or moving as if seen in a daze.
swimmy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪ.mi/
Forms: form: swimmies
Etymology: From swim + -y.
Senses: glosses: An inflatable armband to help children swim.
surfy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: surfier
form: surfiest
Etymology: From surf + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Now again in the latter summer do those Kings of the Niblungs ride To chase the sons of the plunder that curse the ocean-side: So over the oaken rollers they run the cutters down Till fair in the first of the deep are the glittering bows up-thrown; But, shining wet and steel-clad, men leap from the surfy shore, And hang their shields on the gunwale, and cast abroad the oar; Then full to the outer ocean swing round the golden beaks, And Sigurd sits by the tiller and the host of the spoilers seeks.
ref: 1904, William Morris, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs:
glosses: of a shore, having lots of breaking waves
examples: text: All this is set to a driving backdrop of hard, slightly surfy, surprisingly powerful strumming.
ref: 1993 September 3, Chris Dickinson, “Singers to watch”, in Chicago Reader:
text: They do a kind of surfy version of New Order, bright and clattery, a minimalist collision of the 1950s and the 1980s.
ref: 2009 August 30, Ben Ratliff, “Chanting, Jazzy, Beachy, Funky, Lonely Sounds”, in New York Times:
glosses: characteristic of surf music
surrenderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surrenderers
Etymology: From surrender + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I will warrant him hanged and one or two of his fellows, but you must not tell your shirt of this yet;" and when he was congratulating the government on his having at length procured the execution of Captain Hemart, the surrenderer of Grave, he added, pithily, "and you shall hear that Mr. P. B. shall follow."
ref: 1867, John Lothrop Motley, Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete:
text: A massive desk lamp shields him almost entirely from the client, who's left to contemplate a framed photograph of the professional surrenderer planting his flag atop a hill.
ref: 2004 March 19, Justin Hayford, “Good Things in Small Spaces”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: one who surrenders
sunrising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunrisings
Etymology: From sun + rising.
Senses: examples: text: "Those," he says, "in the castle of Llanpadarn have submitted to the Prince, and have sworn on the body of the Lord, administered to them by the hands of our cousin Richard Courtney, chancellor of Oxford, in the presence of the Duke of York, that if we, or our son, or our lieutenant, shall not be removed from the siege by Owyn Glyndowr between the 24th October next coming at sunrising, and the Feast of All Saints the next to come (1st (p. 217) November), in that case the said rebels will restore the castle in the same condition; and for greater security they have given hostages.
ref: 1838, J. Endell Tyler, Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1:
text: The pilgrim they laid in a large upper chamber, whose window opened toward the sunrising.
ref: 1903, Philip P. Wells, Bible Stories and Religious Classics:
text: Not into the sunset but into the sunrising did he love to sail some goodly black-hulled ship.
ref: 1919, Lucas Malet, Deadham Hard:
glosses: sunrise, daybreak
Synonyms: break of day
dayspring
sunup
dawn
bilocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + local.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing a situation in which a married couple alternate their residence between that of the wife's and husband's group
Derived terms: bilocally
dodecanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dodecane + -oic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to dodecanoic acid or its derivatives
Synonyms: lauric
Derived terms: dodecanoyl
dodecanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodecanoic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric aliphatic carboxylic acids having twelve carbon atoms; but especially n-dodecanoic acid (lauric acid).
Related terms: dodecanoate
eigenprojections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenprojection
magnetopolariton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetopolaritons
Etymology: From magneto- + polariton.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A magnetic (rather than electric) polariton
multibaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + baric.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Involving multiple pressures
nonseparable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + separable.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Not separable
featherbrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: featherbrains
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of feather-brain.
Related terms: featherbrained
featherhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: featherheads
Etymology: From feather + head.
Senses: examples: text: He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust. Why hadn't he come straight to him—whatever the mysterious document was—instead of talking it over with French featherheads?
ref: 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, London: Macmillan and Co.:
glosses: A foolish person.
felt tip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: felt tips
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of felt-tip.
felt-tipped pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: felt-tipped pens
Senses: glosses: Synonym of felt-tip pen.
synonyms: word: felt-tip pen
Fens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛnz
Forms: form: the Fens
Etymology: A proprialization from the common noun fen.
Senses: synonyms: Fenlands
glosses: A marshy area in eastern England.
Related terms: the Wash
fernbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fernbirds
Etymology: From fern + bird.
Senses: glosses: Megalurus punctatus, an insectivorous bird native to New Zealand.
fertility drug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fertility drugs
Senses: examples: text: ‘My brother,[…], is at Radley, on account of my parents thinking it a bad idea to have us both at the same school.’
‘On account of your being twins?’ said Adrian.
‘Right, on account of my mother OD-ing on fertility drugs.[…]’
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, pages 18–19:
glosses: A drug that improves fertility.
festination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: festinations
Senses: glosses: The involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease).
glosses: An involuntary quickening of speech in some speech disorders.
fetiparous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: bearing offspring born not fully developed
raw_tags: of a marsupial
Related terms: fetus
fetology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foetology
Etymology: From feto- + -logy.
Senses: coordinate_terms: embryology
glosses: The scientific study of fetuses.
fever pitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːvə pɪtʃ/
ipa: /ˈfivɚ pɪtʃ/
Senses: examples: text: [T]here was a wonderful exhilaration about it all: my blood was kept at fever-pitch
ref: 1837, J. G. Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Water Scott, Bart., volume i, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, page 312:
text: After all the hype, all the fever pitch build-up, the encounter never really lived up to expectations – as is so often the case with derbies – and the atmosphere was even a little subdued at times.
ref: 2013 November 3, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 – 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online:
text: The Second World War was reaching fever pitch, with the entire Allied effort in top gear for the imminent invasion of Europe, while later that month buzz bombs would start falling on London.
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
text: Mr. Trump’s campaign of retribution began to intensify in mid-July after an adviser stoked his snarling impatience over the slow pace of Justice Department investigations. It hit fever pitch over the past week with the resignation of Erik S. Siebert[…] and with Mr. Trump’s remarkable public demand last Saturday that Attorney General Pam Bondi move quickly to prosecute his enemies.
ref: 2025 September 27, “Inside the Trump Administration’s Push to Prosecute James Comey”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Extreme excitement.
fibriform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fibre + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a fiber.
finger buffet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finger buffets
Senses: glosses: A buffet where finger food is served.
First Family
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The family of the President of the United States.
glosses: The immediate family of a political chief executive.
Coordinate terms: family
first
First Cat
First Daughter
First Dog
first family
first gentleman
First Gentleman
First Lady
first lady
First Pooch
second family
Second Family
fist jam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fist jams
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A climbing technique where the fist is forced into a crack and clenched.
fish kettle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish kettles
form: fish-kettle
form: fishkettle
Senses: examples: text: They all looked directly at the ſcullion,—the ſcullion had juſt been ſcouring a fiſh-kettle.
ref: 1762, [Laurence Sterne], chapter IX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume V, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 52:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish.
fitness center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fitness centers
form: fitness centre
Senses: glosses: A gym or fitness club.
five-a-side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-a-sides
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: a variation of soccer played on a smaller pitch, and with only five players in a team.
Five Nations
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: 5 Nations
Senses: qualifier: rugby union
glosses: an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.
glosses: Ellipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Five Nations (“the original the Iroquois Confederacy; the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca”).
glosses: Synonym of Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole)
synonyms: word: Five Civilized Tribes
extra: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole
Related terms: Six Nations
Five Nations Iroquois
fish kettles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish kettle
Six Nations
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: 6 Nations
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Six Nations (“the Five Nations adding the Tuscarora to make Six in the Iroquois Confederacy”).
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: Ellipsis of Six Nations Championship (an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of Italy, France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the successor to the Five Nations tournament.)
glosses: Ellipsis of Six Nations of the Grand River.
Related terms: Five Nations
Six Nations Iroquois
five of a kind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-of-a-kind
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: five cards of the same rank, often only possible if one or more wild cards are being used.
finger buffets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finger buffet
flagellator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flagellators
Etymology: From flagellate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Someone who flagellates; a whipper.
flagelliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin flagellum (“whip”) + -form
Senses: glosses: shaped like a whip
flagellators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flagellator
flag football
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: flagball
glosses: A version of American football where the players must remove a flag, worn around the waist, from the ball carrier instead of tackling.
Related terms: touch football
fertility drugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fertility drug
felt-tipped pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felt-tipped pen
felt tips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felt tip
featherheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of featherhead
featherbrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of featherbrain
swordtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swordtail
surfier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of surfy: more surfy
surrenderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surrenderer
surfiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of surfy: most surfy