cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
recrossed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Crossed a second time.
examples: text: M'Glashan, Sco. a long cross recrossed, gules,[…]
ref: 1817, Alexander Deuchar, British Crests: Containing the Crests and Mottos of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, page 189:
text: gules, a bend argent acc. by six crosses recrossed argent
ref: 1900, John William De Forest, The DeForests of Avesnes and of New Netherland: A Huguenot Thread in American Colonial History, 1494 to the Present Time, page 245:
text: The arms of Poix, assumed by Sir Walter Tyrrell III., at the siege of Jerusalem, were as follows: Gules, with bend argent, together with six crosses, recrossed with small crosslets and pointed in gold, posed three and three.
ref: 1909, Edwin Holland Terrell, Further Genealogical Notes on the Tyrrell-Terrell Family of Virginia and Its English and Norman-French Progenitors, page 21:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Having the ends crossed, like (or as) a cross crosslet.
recrossed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recross
workless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From work + -less.
Senses: examples: text: In the future, will machines end the need for employment and lead to a workless society?
text: 1935, Christopher Isherwood, Mr Norris Changes Trains (U.S. title: The Last of Mr Norris), Chapter Eight, in The Berlin Stories, New York: New Directions, 1963, p. 87,
And morning after morning, all over the immense, damp, dreary town and the packing-case colonies of huts in the suburb allotments, young men were waking up to another workless empty day to be spent as they could best contrive […]
glosses: Devoid of work.
examples: text: The number of workless swelled to terrible dimensions
ref: 1516, Sir Thomas More, Utopia:
text: A workless household is defined as a household that includes at least one person of working-age (men aged 16-64 years and women aged 16-59 years) where no one in the household aged 16 or over is in employment.
ref: 2007, Helping people from workless households into work (published by the National Audit Office of the United Kingdom)
glosses: Having no work to do; unemployed.
glosses: Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact.
bicolon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicolons
Senses: glosses: A pair of adjacent lines of poetry in which the second echoes the meaning of the first
Related terms: tricolon
Gobelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gobelins
Etymology: Named after a Parisian manufacturing company founded by Jean Gobelin, whose French name derives from German Kobold (“evil gnome”).
Senses: examples: text: So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
ref: 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40:
glosses: A mainly French and Flemish type of tapestry having richly coloured pictorial designs.
Related terms: gobelin
goblin
similitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of similitude
physical therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physical therapies
Senses: glosses: Any of various therapeutic exercises and other activities to treat injury or dysfunction, or such exercises and activities collectively.
glosses: The medical discipline dealing with such.
Synonyms: sense: both senses
word: physiotherapy
ministries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ministry
desugar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desugars
form: desugaring
form: desugared
form: desugared
Etymology: From de- + sugar.
Senses: qualifier: chiefly food processing
glosses: To remove sugar from.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To remove syntactic sugar from.
Wilf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A male given name, diminutive of Wilfred.
intraspecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intraspecific
form: most intraspecific
Etymology: From intra- + specific.
Senses: glosses: Occurring among members of the same species.
Synonyms: interspecies
Derived terms: intraspecifically
intraspecific competition
Related terms: interspecific
interspecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntəspəˈsɪfɪk/
ipa: /ˌɪntɚspəˈsɪfɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Etymology: From inter- + specific.
Senses: glosses: occurring among members of different species; interspecies
examples: text: Interspecific crossing in the wild appears to be limited as well, at least partly due to geographic isolation. However, I. wallerana and I. usambarensis are known to have naturally hybridized in the wild (Grey-Wilson, 1980a; Grey-Wilson, 1980b). With the wonderful horticulture discovery of the New Guinea group of impatiens in the early 1970's, there was significant interest in attempting controlled interspecific pollinations.
ref: 2007, Neil O. Anderson, Flower Breeding and Genetics: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 293:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Existing or occurring between different species
Derived terms: interspecifically
interspecific competition
interspecific plum
Carolyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛɹəlɪn/
ipa: /ˈkæɹəlɪn/
Senses: examples: text: He never called me "Carolyn" until long after I'd stopped studying with him. It was always "Caroline", as in his Jardin aux Lilas. When at Juilliard he first learned my name, he snorted "How affected!" I was surprised. "Carolyn" affected? "Caroline" not? I'd always thought it was the other way around.
ref: 2007, Carolyn Brown, Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years with Cage and Cunningham, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, a variant of Caroline used since the 19th century.
Jeffery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Geoffrey.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Cindy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪndi/
Forms: form: Cindi
form: Cindie
form: Cyndi
form: Cyndie
form: Cyndy
Etymology: Shortened from Lucinda and Cinderella. In the 20th century adopted as a pet form of Cynthia.
Senses: examples: text: Cindy came in lugging my trunk, assisted by an elderly servant-woman - - - ["]You may go, Tabitha, to your spinning, and you, Lucinda, bring up a pitcher of water for Miss Mary," said Mrs. Hardinge.
ref: 1849, Godey's Magazine, volume 39, page 55:
text: Now, you must know that Cinderella had a godmother, - - - . The little old lady sat down upon a small log of wood on the opposite side, and said ,― "Why, Cindy, my darling, you have been crying?"
ref: 1870, George Cruikshank, George Cruikshank's Fairy Library, page 10:
text: Her twin daughters were on the playground equipment. Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them.
ref: 1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:
text: 'Cindy sounds nice.' 'She is.' 'Is that her real name? Like the doll?' 'Aye, but with a C. C-I-N-D-Y.' 'Isn't that how the doll's spelled?' 'No, the doll has an S.'
ref: 2010, James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 95:
text: A woman using the byline Cindy Steinberg has previously published Substack posts under the username "Radical Reflections." However, it's unclear if the woman in the TikTok screenshot is the same person or whether she has made any public comments celebrating or otherwise dismissing the Texas floods, which have left over 100 people dead.
ref: 2025 July 8, Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, “Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot goes on an antisemitic rant”, in Business Insider:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Cynthia and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name.
Debra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛbɹə/
rhymes: -ɛbɹə
Etymology: A spelling variant of Deborah first used in the 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: "She's Debra Jean," the children shouted in chorus. "We decided last night with Daddy." - - - So her name is Debbie, I thought to myself. With a pretty name and a family to love her this baby has to make it.
ref: 1966, Marilyn M. Segal, Run Away, Little Girl, Random House, page 6:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew popular in the 1950s and the 1960s.
Fannie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fannies
form: Fanny
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of Frances, also used as a formal female given name.
Brianna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹiːˈænə/
ipa: /bɹiːˈɑnə/
rhymes: -ænə
rhymes: (also US) -ɑːnə
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Briana.
Sadie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪdi/
rhymes: -eɪdi
Senses: examples: text: We are some of the sales-ladies -
Minnies, Mamies, Susies, Sadies -
From the famous house whose trade is
The distinction and the glory
Of all modern retail story.
ref: 1888, William Dean Howells, A Sea-change, Ticknor and company, published 1888, page 34:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Sarah. Also a popular formal given name in the 19th century.
Derived terms: Sadie Hawkins Day
Connemara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑnəˈmɑɹə/
ipa: /ˌkɒnɪˈmɑːɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Conamara, from Conmhaícne Mara (literally “the Conmhaícne of the sea”), a branch of an ancient native tribe named Conmhaícne (literally “descendants of Con Mhac”).
Senses: glosses: A mountainous district of western County Galway, Ireland.
Connemara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑnəˈmɑɹə/
ipa: /ˌkɒnɪˈmɑːɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Forms: form: Connemaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Conamara, from Conmhaícne Mara (literally “the Conmhaícne of the sea”), a branch of an ancient native tribe named Conmhaícne (literally “descendants of Con Mhac”).
Senses: glosses: A pony of a particular breed native to this Irish district.
eusocial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + social.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals whose genetic endowment they share
Derived terms: eusociality
eusocially
racking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rackings
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: A method of asphalt shingle application, whereby shingle courses are applied vertically, up the roof rather than laterally across and up.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: spun yarn used in racking ropes
topics: beverages
brewing
business
food
lifestyle
manufacturing
glosses: The process of clarifying, and thereby deterring further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
Synonyms: topics: roofing
construction
manufacturing
business
word: straight-up method
Derived terms: racking bend
racking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rack
racking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more racking
form: most racking
Senses: examples: text: It was a racking experience, and he did not repeat it. The muscular cramps which are characteristic of the complaint were tying the sufferer into knots, and he was biting his lips to shut down the screams which might have relieved his agony at the expense of his manhood.
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:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wracking.
portemanteaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portemanteau
free-diving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of various aquatic disciplines in which divers attempt to stay underwater without a breathing apparatus for as long as possible.
free-diving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of free-dive
Related terms: free-diver
apnea
parrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parrot
parrots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parrot
cotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotter
parroter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parroters
Etymology: From parrot + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who mindlessly repeats what they have heard.
Synonyms: parrot
jiu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 酒 (jiǔ).
Senses: examples: text: I didn’t attempt homebrew versions of Chinese jiu or Japanese sake.
ref: 2007 February 7, Harold Mcgee, “In a Bottle, the Scent of a Mouse”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any Chinese alcoholic beverage
powder keg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powder kegs
form: powderkeg
Senses: glosses: A barrel containing gunpowder.
examples: text: powder keg of Europe (term describing the unstable state of the Balkans before World War I)
glosses: An explosive or otherwise volatile situation.
Synonyms: word: tinderbox
qu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qus
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 區 /区.
Senses: examples: text: […]the Party committee of Peiyuanmen commune of Lienhu ch'u in Sian municipality has since the year before last set up outside-school cultural activity centers in the commune headquarters and in various neighborhood committees.
ref: [1973, Survey of China Mainland Press, numbers 5308-5345, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52:
text: At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu).
ref: 1990, Barrett L. McCormick, “Elections to Local People's Congresses”, in Political Reform in Post-Mao China: Democracy and Bureaucracy in a Leninist State, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138:
text: As we have seen, the people of Guide/Shangqiu have traced the history of their city back well before the Ming and especially to the Han period. The People's Republic has recognized that heritage by naming the district subordinate to Shangqiu city the Liangyuan qu (Liang Garden District) and the district subordinate to Guide the Suiyang qu (Suiyang District) (see Map 3).
ref: 2009, Roger Des Forges, “Tales of Three City Walls in China's Central Plain”, in Chinese Walls in Time and Space: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 60–61:
glosses: An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian).
powder kegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powder keg
camera obscura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæm.ə.ɹə əbˈskjʊə.ɹə/
ipa: /ˌkæm.ɹə əbˈskjʊə.ɹə/
ipa: /ˌkæm.ɚ.ə əbˈskjʊɚ.ə/
ipa: /ˌkæm.ɹə əbˈskjʊɚ.ə/
Forms: form: camerae obscurae
form: camera obscuras
Etymology: From New Latin camera obscūra (literally “dark chamber”); compare camera.
Senses: glosses: A darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface.
morning impaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Bob doesn't show up on time for early meetings; he is morning impaired.
glosses: Unable to think clearly or get moving in the morning.
blood sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood sugars
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Glucose in the blood.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
synonyms: glycemia
glosses: The amount of glucose in a person's blood.
Derived terms: fasting blood sugar
Related terms: hypoglycemia
inverted sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of invert sugar.
synonyms: word: invert sugar
Derived terms: inverted sugar syrup
maple sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maple sugars
form: maple-sugar
Senses: examples: text: MAPLE SUGAR SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered white bread spread maple sugar, put slices together and cut with a maple leaf cutter. Serve with hot coffee.
ref: 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 159:
glosses: A type of sugar made by boiling the sap of the sugar maple.
Coordinate terms: sugar maple
Derived terms: maple sugaring
maple sugary
maple-sugared
Related terms: beet sugar
cane sugar
sugar alcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar alcohols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrogenated form of carbohydrate, whose carbonyl group has been reduced to a primary or secondary hydroxyl group; sugar alcohols are commonly used as sugar substitutes in food, often in combination with artificial sweeteners.
Synonyms: -itol
polyalcohol
polyhydric alcohol
Hypernyms: polyol
Hyponyms: isomalt
Derived terms: sugar alcohol dehydrogenase
maple-sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maple sugar.
bucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buck
bucking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ
Forms: form: buckings
Senses: glosses: The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
glosses: The liquid used in this process.
glosses: A washing.
glosses: The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
topics: business
forestry
synonyms: logging-up
crosscutting
glosses: The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
glosses: The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
Derived terms: bucking keir
binning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪnɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪnɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bin
binning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪnɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪnɪŋ
Forms: form: binnings
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A data pre-processing technique in which original data values fall into a small interval ("bin") and are replaced by a value representative of that interval, often the central value. ᵂᵖ
glosses: The process of grouping reads or contigs and assigning them to operational taxonomic units. ᵂᵖ
glosses: The categorization of finished products based on their characteristics. ᵂᵖ
glosses: The process of combining charge from adjacent pixels of an image sensor during readout. ᵂᵖ
glosses: The process of downscaling a digital image (or any array) by combining blocks of adjacent elements by taking the sum, average, median, minimum, or maximum of each block.
Synonyms: sense: data pre-processing technique
word: data binning
sense: data pre-processing technique
word: statistical data binning
sense: data pre-processing technique
word: discrete binning
sense: data pre-processing technique
word: bucketing
sense: categorization of products
word: product binning
sense: categorization of products
word: grading classifying
sense: categorization of products
word: sorting
binned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪnd/
rhymes: -ɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bin
binned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪnd/
rhymes: -ɪnd
Forms: form: more binned
form: most binned
Senses: examples: text: They're probably still pre-drinking in Rob's says Lisa. They'll be absolutely binned by the time they get here, says Karen.
ref: 2018, Sally Rooney, “Six Weeks Later (April 2011)”, in Normal People:
glosses: Drunk.
glosses: Component(s) selected during a production for either good or bad qualities (and put in a bin with like parts).
Derived terms: unbinned
sugarallie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugarally
form: sugarellie
form: sugarelly
form: sugarolly
Etymology: From sugar + Scots alicreesh, allacreesh (“liquorice”), earlier alacreische, probably through Dutch lakkeris from Old French licorece, licoresse, whence English licorice, liquorice.
Senses: glosses: liquorice
Derived terms: sugarallie button
sugarallie hat
sugarallie water
sugarally
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugarellie
form: sugarolly
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugarallie.
sugarellie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugarallie.
sugarolly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugarally
form: sugarellie
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugarallie.
sugar-baker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar-bakers
Senses: glosses: The owner of a sugarhouse.
Derived terms: sugar-baker's itch
sugar-cane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar-canes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sugar cane.
sugar-coat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sugar-coats
form: sugar-coating
form: sugar-coated
form: sugar-coated
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugarcoat.
sugarcoated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sugarcoated
form: most sugarcoated
form: sugar coated
form: sugar-coated
Etymology: From sugar + coated.
Senses: glosses: Coated with sugar.
glosses: Made superficially more attractive, possibly to conceal flaws or faults.
Derived terms: sugar-coated liver
sugar-coated spleen
sugar-coated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sugar-coat
sugar-coated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sugar-coated
form: most sugar-coated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sugarcoated.
parroting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parrot
parroting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parrotings
Senses: examples: text: The discriminatory sense of moral position denotes a subclass of anthropological morality by contrasting a sincere moral conviction about proper conduct with prejudices, rationalizations, parrotings of others, etc.
ref: 2002, Michael D. Bayles, W. L. Robison, The Legal Essays of Michael Bayles, page 27:
glosses: mindless repetition of words or ideas
parroted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parrot
sugar-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sugarfree
Etymology: From sugar + -free.
Senses: synonyms: sugarless
glosses: Of food, drink, medication, chewing gum, etc: not containing sugar (and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute instead).
Derived terms: sugar-free suspension structured vehicle
sugarhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugarhouses
form: sugar house
form: sugar-house
Etymology: From sugar + house.
Senses: hypernyms: refinery
glosses: A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.
examples: Holonym: sugarbush
synonyms: sugar shack
sugar shanty
glosses: A small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup.
Derived terms: sugar-house molasses
sugarhouse molasses
parrot fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydophila psittaci and contracted from many species of bird.
Synonyms: ornithosis
parrot disease
psittacosis
sugar-house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar-houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugarhouse.
sugar house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugarhouse.
parrothouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parrothouses
Etymology: From parrot + house.
Senses: examples: text: I do not deny that the poet may write an ode to a parrot as well as to a skylark; or for that matter a serenade to a penguin or a pelican. But he will prefer the parrot outside the parrothouse. He will prefer the pelican in the wilderness.
ref: 1964, G. K. Chesterton, The Spice of Life and Other Essays: The Soul in Every Legend:
glosses: An aviary where parrots and similar exotic birds are kept for display.
L-bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L-bombs
Senses: examples: text: “Then take her on a tour of places that are special to the two of you — the bar where you had your first date, the park where you dropped the L-bomb, [...]”
ref: 2003, Joe Kita, Guy Q: 1,305 Totally Essential Secrets You Either Know, Or You Don’t, Rodale, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: The word love, or an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship.
sugarloaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugarloaves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugar-loaf.
rosella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/
Forms: form: rosellas
Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill.
Senses: examples: text: Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella, hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 138:
synonyms: rosehill
rosehiller
glosses: A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus Platycercus (originally specifically Platycercus eximius) which is native to Australia and nearby islands.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Platycercus venustus
word: Brown's rosella
taxonomic: Platycercus elegans
word: crimson rosella
taxonomic: Platycercus eximius
word: eastern rosella
taxonomic: Platycercus caledonicus
word: green rosella
taxonomic: Platycercus venustus
word: northern rosella
taxonomic: Platycercus adscitus
word: pale-headed rosella
taxonomic: Platycercus venustus
word: smutty rosella
taxonomic: Platycercus caledonicus
word: Tasmanian rosella
taxonomic: Platycercus icterotis
word: western rosella
Related terms: lorikeet
rosella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/
Forms: form: rosellas
Senses: examples: text: Rosellas, a fruit, I imagine, not very well known, we grew most successfully, its delicious sub-acid making the most splendid substitute for the English red currant; and we varied its uses by transforming the raw material into jam and jelly, and freshly-stewed fruit.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 122:
glosses: Alternative form of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
sugar-loaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar-loaves
form: sugar loaf
form: sugarloaf
Senses: glosses: A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century.
examples: text: why, do not I know you, grannam? and that sugar-loaf?
ref: 1607, Thomas Dekker, John Webster, Westward Ho:
glosses: A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf.
glosses: Ellipsis of sugar-loaf chicory, a certain cultivar.
glosses: Ellipsis of sugar-loaf cabbage, a certain cultivar.
Derived terms: sugar-loaf bonnet
sugar-loaf button
sugar-loaf cabbage
sugar-loaf cap
sugar-loaf cornea
sugar-loaf crown
sugar-loaf eminence
sugar-loaf hat
sugar-loaf head
sugar-loaf hill
Sugarloaf Island
Sugarloaf Mountain
sugar-loaf page
sugar-loaf pine
sugar-loaf pippin
sugar-loaf rock
sugar-loaf sea
sugar-loaf-shape
sugar-loaf stone
sugar-loaf-stump
sugar-loaf tool
sugar-loaf yew
Related terms: sugarcane
sugar cube
sugar lump
loaf sugar
sugar nips
sugar loaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar loaves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugar-loaf.
parrotfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parrotfishes
form: parrotfish
form: parrot-fish
Etymology: From parrot + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.
Derived terms: Mediterranean parrotfish
bloodiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bloody: most bloody
bloodier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bloody: more bloody
rosellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosella
parrot fashion
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: parrot-fashion
Senses: examples: text: He failed the tests because he could only recite the lessons parrot-fashion.
synonyms: parrotwise
glosses: In the manner of a parrot; with thoughtless repetition of what others have said.
shimmy-shammy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The four-month suspension is, in effect, the result of a little political shimmy-shammy. In return for some high profile Gorecki supporters endorsing Bob Spence, a judicial candidate favored by Thomas, he agreed to the four-month suspension.
ref: 2006, Michael Miner, “Court of No Resort”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Secretive, illicit activity or favor trading.
coltsfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coltsfoots
form: coltsfeet
Etymology: From Middle English coltisfote, coltys fot, equivalent to colt + -s- + foot.
Senses: examples: text: The russet cliffs are wetted by a beck, and where the water runs, yellow coltsfoot grows.
ref: 2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 179:
glosses: An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.
glosses: Various flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia.
glosses: Homogyne alpina (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot).
Derived terms: sweet coltsfoot
yellow coltsfoot
under the impression
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: We opened a store in Beijing under the impression that our product would be popular.
text: Under the impression he was about to be fired, he decided to quit.
glosses: Believing or making assumptions, often incorrectly.
raw_tags: followed by a clause
Sunday roast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sunday roasts
Senses: glosses: A traditional roast dinner, eaten on a Sunday, consisting of roast meat and trimmings.
Girl Scout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Girl Scouts
form: girl scout
form: girlscout
Senses: glosses: A member of the Girl Scouts, a worldwide youth organization for girls, known as Girl Guides in Commonwealth countries.
Related terms: Boy Scout
Girl Guide
reef triggerfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reef triggerfish
form: reef triggerfishes
Senses: glosses: Rhinecanthus rectangulus, a species of triggerfish.
Synonyms: humuhumunukunukuapuaa
transparentness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From transparent + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being transparent; transparency.
unkeen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unkeen
form: most unkeen
Etymology: From un- + keen.
Senses: glosses: Not keen, lacking in enthusiasm or motivation.
Derived terms: unkeenly
Pythagorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈθæɡ.əˌɹaɪz/
Forms: form: Pythagorizes
form: Pythagorizing
form: Pythagorized
form: Pythagorized
Senses: glosses: To speculate in the manner of Pythagoras.
octonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
Senses: glosses: Of eighth rank or order.
glosses: Consisting of eight things
octonary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octonaries
Etymology: From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
Senses: glosses: A group of eight things
Synonyms: octet
octal
dunsh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dunshes
form: dunshin
form: dunshed
form: dunshed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dunch.
dunshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dunsh
dunshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dunsh
dunshin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of dunsh
fashous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fashous
form: most fashous
Senses: glosses: That fashes one; troublesome.
realer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: realler
Senses: examples: text: Even those martyr-women who have stood by him in the long course of his transgressions, and maintained through thick and thin, that he is by all odds the novelist whom they could best trust with the cause of woman in fiction, have liked his anti-heroines more,—I mean, found them realer,—than his heroines.
ref: 1903 January, William Dean Howells, “Mr. Henry James’s Later Work”, in The North American Review, University of Northern Iowa, page 126:
text: 1956, A. B. Guthrie, These Thousand Hills, Mariner Books (1995), →ISBN, page 180,
Those were the eyes remembered, the eyes of Rising Moon, father of Little Runner, who had prayed for his son in a time realer than this one and had seen the prayer answered and gone on his way, friend out of enemy.
text: 2007, Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 464,
With the future glowing so brightly it seems realer than the present, I put the page from Jane Eyre in the game bag as well, for safekeeping, and a spoon that is on the kitchen table.
glosses: comparative form of real: more real
realer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: realers
Etymology: From real + -er.
Senses: coordinate_terms: lawner
glosses: A player of real tennis.
iridesces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of iridesce
iridescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of iridesce
iridesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of iridesce
usurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of usurer
loan sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loan shark
loan sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of loan shark
fixed set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixed sets
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a set, S, is a fixed set of a function, f, if and only if for all x in S, f(x)=x.
pyloric sphincter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyloric sphincters
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Muscular valve connecting the stomach to the duodenum and regulating flow of materials out of the stomach.
natural logarithm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural logarithms
Etymology: From New Latin logarithmus nātūrālis, coined in 1668 by Nicholas Mercator in his book Logarithmo-technica.
Senses: examples: text: The natural logarithm can be used to integrate ¹⁄ₓ.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that eʸ = x, or the value of y given by the function.
Synonyms: hyperbolic logarithm
ln
Naperian logarithm
Napierian logarithm
Related terms: common logarithm
logarithm
nunnation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nunnations
Etymology: From nun + -ation, from Arabic نُون (nūn, “the letter ن”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nunation.
examples: text: Not only in formal discourse, but in the ordinary walks of life, a well-modulated, expressive voice is a most valuable asset, whether one’s object be to interest, persuade or convince, to give a command or entreat a favor. The moulding of the voice into finished articulate speech is a mechanism in which the entire oral cavity, including palate, teeth, tongue and lips, take an important part. As a result of either structural defect of these organs, or, as is more often the case, as a consequence of their imperfect innervation, various logopathies may occur, which profoundly affect the social status of the unfortunate individual and seriously embarrass his way to a successful career.
Lisping, stuttering, stammering, lallation, nunnation, and sigmatism, paragammacism and paralambdacism are but few of the locutory evils encountered, much too frequently in adolescents and adults. The fact that they are mostly amenable to treatment and may often be completely corrected, with proper attention and training, is something that needs to be more thoroughly impressed upon our educational bodies and sociologic reformers.
ref: 1910, Walter A. Wells, “The hygienic, economic and sociologic aspect of the throat”, in The Laryngoscope, volume 20, number 1, →DOI, pages 47–48:
glosses: A stammering speech disorder, in which the /n/ sound is given to other consonants.
examples: text: § 146. The two important exceptions to the rule
that the Frisian agrees with the Westsaxon rather than
with the Northumbrian are the two connected with its
Phonesis; in respect to (1) its Nunnation and (2) its
Sigmatismus. It has less of both than the Westsaxon;
though the absence of neither is quite so conspicuous
as it is in the Norse.
 § 147. Eschewal of the Nunnation; Change from -an to -a.—This we find in three inflections:
a. In the Weak (or Simple) Substantive—A. S.; eágan = eye’s and eyes, &c.; tungan = tongue’s and tongues, &c.; naman = name’s and names &c.—in Frisian ága, tunga, nama, &c.
b. In the Definite Adjective—A. S. gódan = boni, bonæ, bono, in the Singular; and boni, bonæ, bona, bonos, &c., in the Plural. In Frisian the form is góda.
c. In the Infinitive Mood of Verbs — A. S. deman = judicare, bærnan = urere, &c.; in Frisian, dema, berna, &c.
In all these the Northumbrian agrees with the Frisian, and both with the Norse.
ref: 1875, Robert Gordon Latham, Handbook of the English Language: For the Use of Students of the Universities and Higher Classes of Schools, 9th edition, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 202:
glosses: An inclination of Germanic languages to employ -n in endings.
ophidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ophid- + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Poisoning by snake venom.
clays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kleɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of clay
clays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kleɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clay
lavatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lavatory
Kroeberian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kroeberian
form: most Kroeberian
Etymology: From Kroeber + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: ...there are languages, in particular Eskimo and Tiwa, in which noun-incorporation of the Kroeberian sort appears.
ref: 1985, Sadock, Jerry, The Noun Incorporation Debate (Abstact), CSLI Newsletter, Stanford University, Vol. 2, No. 19 (Online)
text: Kroeberian frames of reference...
ref: 1994, Leventhal et al. (Bean, Lowell J., editor), Back from Extinction, in The Ohlone: Past and Present Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region, Ballena Press Publication, page 300
text: Additionally, some academic institutions still teach the Kroeberian theory of extinction...
ref: 1998, Escobar, Lorraine, Understanding the Composition of Costanoan Indians, San Jose State University (Online)
glosses: Of or pertaining to theories formulated by American anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber.
aq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of aqueous solution.
aq
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of as quoted (used on a menu to indicate that the price is not listed because it varies depending on the composition of a dish (as in a charcuterie or cheese platter) or because it is particularly high).
Synonyms: english: market price
translation: market price
word: mp
word: price available upon request
Penutian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in Washington, Oregon, and California.
Derived terms: Penutianist
Miwokan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Miwok + -an.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Miwok.
synonyms: word: Miwok
Miwokan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Miwokans
Etymology: From Miwok + -an.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Miwok.
synonyms: word: Miwok
Miwokan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Miwok + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Miwok people.
neurobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurobiologies
Etymology: From neuro- + biology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The scientific study of nerve and brain function in people and animals: the biological extent of neuroscience.
Derived terms: neurobiologism
paleoneurobiology
Related terms: bioneural
bioscience
biotechnology
neurotechnology
brain science
sugar-maple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar-maples
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugar maple.
sugar mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar mills
form: sugar-mill
Senses: glosses: A machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane.
glosses: A sugar refinery, a factory that processes sugar cane or sugar beet to produce sugar.
Synonyms: sense: machine
word: cane mill
sugar-mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar-mills
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sugar mill.
exemptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exemption
sugar off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sugars off
form: sugaring off
form: sugared off
form: sugared off
Senses: glosses: To reduce maple sap by boiling to make maple syrup, maple sugar or maple toffee.
Derived terms: sugaring off
jeopardous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jeopardous
form: most jeopardous
Senses: examples: text: “I cast Jafar's Jeopardous Journey!”
ref: 2023, Joshua Wright, Slack Wyrm, published 1074:
glosses: Marked by jeopardy; dangerous or perilous
Derived terms: jeopardously
damsire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damsires
Etymology: From dam + sire.
Senses: topics: dogs
lifestyle
pets
glosses: The sire (father) of a dam (mother); equivalent to a maternal grandfather
raw_tags: in the breeding of horses
MEB disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: muscle-eye-brain disease
MEB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MEBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of muscle-eye-brain disease.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of marine expeditionary brigade.
muscle-eye-brain disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MEB
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A congenital muscular dystrophy associated with severe myopia or glaucoma and mental retardation or hydrocephalus
break one's duck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks one's duck
form: breaking one's duck
form: broke one's duck
form: broken one's duck
Etymology: From cricket, where duck means a score of zero.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To score one's first run in an innings.
examples: text: Best had come on as a substitute in the 1-0 win at Wigan last weekend and wasted a goalscoring opportunity after stumbling as he was about to shoot, so many of the fans in black and white could have been forgiven for thinking that perhaps the burly forward was destined not to break his duck.
ref: 2011 January 5, Saj Chowdhury, “Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham”, in BBC:
glosses: To do something for the first time.
haulm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɒm/
ipa: /hɔːm/
rhymes: -ɒm
rhymes: -ɔːm
Forms: form: haulms
form: halm
form: hame
form: hawm
Etymology: From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of calame, calamus, culm, and helm (Etymology 4, stalk).
Senses: synonyms: helm
straw
thatch
glosses: The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
glosses: An individual plant stem.
glosses: Part of a harness; a hame.
Derived terms: dehaulm
haulmy
puckered-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more puckered-up
form: most puckered-up
Senses: examples: text: puckered-up lips
glosses: Contracted so as to form wrinkles.
menisci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meniscus
phare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phares
Etymology: From French phare. Doublet of Pharos and Hvar.
Senses: glosses: beacon
glosses: lighthouse
Derived terms: aerophare
third party processor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third party processors
form: third-party processor
Senses: glosses: A company that is contracted, by a bank etc., to conduct some part of a financial transaction process; especially a company that provides software or hardware for such a process
all roads lead to Rome
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Modern wording of medieval sentiment; apparently originally a reference to Roman roads generally and the Milliarium Aureum (Golden Milestone) specifically.
Appears in the Latin form mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam (“a thousand roads lead men forever to Rome”) in Liber Parabolarum, 591 (1175), by Alain de Lille.
The earliest English form appears to be “right as diverse pathes leden the folk the righte wey to Rome”, in A Treatise on the Astrolabe (Prologue, ll. 39–40), 1391, by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Senses: synonyms: word: all roads lead to Mecca
word: there's more than one way to skin a cat
word: all roads lead to Sydney
glosses: Different paths can take one to the same goal.
wikipedia: A Treatise on the Astrolabe
Alain de Lille
Geoffrey Chaucer
Milliarium Aureum
Roman roads
Related terms: Rome wasn't built in a day
vacance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vəˈkæns/
/vəˈkɑns/
Forms: form: vacances
Etymology: From Middle French vacance, from Medieval Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacancy.
Senses: examples: text: On the petition of the scholars of the grammar school of Cupar, on 6th August 1678, for a vacance, in order that they may 'recreate' themselves, and visit their friends, the council allow them a holiday till 23d September next.
ref: 1876, James Grant, History of the Burgh and Parish Schools of Scotland, page 189:
glosses: A vacation.
wine glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪn ɡlæs/
Forms: form: wine glasses
form: wine-glass
form: wineglass
Senses: hypernyms: glass#Noun
<
dish#Noun
coordinate_terms: beer glass
glosses: A glass vessel, normally with a stem, from which wine is drunk.
Derived terms: wineglassful
Related terms: flute
goblet
wine bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wine bars
Senses: glosses: A drinking establishment where only wine is served.
extenuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of extenuate
extenuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of extenuate