cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cane toad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cane toads
Senses: examples: text: Pieces of the deadly cane toad (Bufo marinus) are thought to be contained in some zombi poisons.
ref: 2007 Gee, Joshua Encyclopedia Horrifica, Scholastic: New York. p110
glosses: A large toad, Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus), of Central and South America, introduced to Australia and various Pacific islands where it is now an invasive pest species.
glosses: A person from Queensland; a Queenslander.
raw_tags: used in rugby league
blind pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blind pools
Senses: examples: text: A Manhattan-based lawyer who is an expert in "blind pool" stock issues--those with a prospectus that says we don't know what we'll do with your money--notes that one of the better tactics is pinpointing specific groups for the sales pitch.
ref: 1985, Richard L. Stern, Lisa Gubernic, “The Smarter They Are, The Harder They Fall”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2005, 05.20.85:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Collective investment (such as a company or syndicate) where the investors have little or no idea what is being done.
thruster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɹʌ.stɚ/
rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: thrusters
Etymology: From thrust + -er. The surfboard sense was coined (but never trademarked) by Simon Anderson, who created the design in 1980. The name was almost immediately applied generically to any surfboard with that fin design.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless osteopaths are coming to regard themselves not so much as thrusters, or even as repositioners, of bones, but as releasers of the patient's own recuperative forces.
ref: 1978, Brian Inglis, The Book of the Back, page 109:
glosses: One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
glosses: A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
examples: text: The executive is a thruster with ideas to expand or improve the business and his superiors fail to react—for whatever reason—and do not give acceptable explanations.
ref: 1973, Director, volume 25, numbers 7-12, page 346:
text: His hi-spec gear suggests that he's a corporate high-flyer and he's definitely a bit of a thruster, very much in control, taking care of business.
ref: 2006, Robert Graham, How to Write Fiction (And Think About It), page 16:
glosses: An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
Hyponyms: bow thruster
Shkadov thruster
stern thruster
Derived terms: azimuth thruster
microwave resonant cavity thruster
pusher-thruster
daguerrotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of daguerreotype.
Mainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Mainers
Etymology: From Maine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: “People have no idea how good this stuff is, but they are about to find out,” said Mr. Patry, 62, who is possibly the most optimistic and talkative native Mainer in history.
ref: 2012 September 11, Julia Moskin, “Buttermilk, Often Maligned, Begins to Get Its Due”, NYTimes.com
glosses: A native or resident of the state of Maine in the United States of America.
Synonyms: word: Mainiac
word: Mainite
word: Vacationlander
Hypernyms: American
Mainer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Mainers
Etymology: From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) and *harjaz (“army”).
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
possessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [pʰəˈzɛsə(ɹ)]
Forms: form: possessors
form: possesser
form: possessour
Etymology: From possess + -or.
Senses: examples: text: When students fear that their peers will report them, they are less likely to display their guns; when students are reluctant to display them, guns become less valuable for conveying information about attitudes and intentions. In addition, the perception that onlookers are willing to sell out possessors counteracts the inference that possessors enjoy high status among their peers.
ref: 1998, Dan M. Kahan, Tracey L. Meares, “Law and (Norms of) Order in the Inner City)”, in Law and Society, number 32, page 825:
antonyms: word: possessum
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Agent noun of possess; one who possesses
Synonyms: word: haver
word: holder
word: owner
word: possessor
word: proprietary
word: proprietor
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: bondholder
word: heir
word: homeowner
word: impropriator
word: ironmaster
word: landlord
word: lord
word: lord of the manor
word: master
word: mistress
word: principal
word: shareholder
word: shipowner
word: storeowner
Derived terms: nonpossessor
possessoress
possessorship
Related terms: word: possess
word: property
deceptive cadence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deceptive cadences
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: interrupted cadence
glosses: a falling cadence in which the ear expects a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but it resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.
Related terms: plagal cadence
gleek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: glēk
ipa: /ɡliːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: gleeks
form: gleak
Etymology: From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like.
Senses: examples: text: Lady Loadstone: Laugh, and keep company, at gleek or crimp. / Mistress Polish: Your ladyship says right, crimp sure will cure her.
ref: 1640, Ben Jonson, The Magnetick Lady, or, Hvmors Reconcil'd, act 2, scene 4:
glosses: A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
glosses: Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
Related terms: murnival
gleek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: glēk
ipa: /ɡliːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: gleeks
form: gleak
Etymology: Related to Etymology 1. Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *gleikr, leikr (“sport, play, game”), from Proto-Germanic *galaikaz (“jump, play”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Cognate with Old English ġelācan (“to play a trick on, delude”), Scots glaik (“a glance of the eye, deception, trick”, n.), Scots glaik (“to trick, trifle with”, v.). More at lake.
Senses: examples: text: Where's the Baſtards braues, and Charles his glikes: What all amort?
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
examples: text: A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye:
ref: 1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:
glosses: An enticing glance or look.
glosses: A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
Synonyms: sense: jest or scoff
word: deception
sense: jest or scoff
word: jest
sense: jest or scoff
word: scoff
gleek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: glēk
ipa: /ɡliːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: gleeks
form: gleeking
form: gleeked
form: gleeked
form: gleak
Etymology: Related to Etymology 1. Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *gleikr, leikr (“sport, play, game”), from Proto-Germanic *galaikaz (“jump, play”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Cognate with Old English ġelācan (“to play a trick on, delude”), Scots glaik (“a glance of the eye, deception, trick”, n.), Scots glaik (“to trick, trifle with”, v.). More at lake.
Senses: examples: text: I have seen you gleeking and / galling at this gentleman twice or thrice.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
examples: text: […] that ſome honeſt neighbours will not make them friends. Nay, I can gleeke vpon occaſion.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: To jest.
glosses: To pass time frivolously.
examples: text: i just push the tip of my tongue against the roof of my mouth and saliva squirts out in a groovy little arc. i think you'd really have to see it to know what i am talking about. but you can gleek best right after chewing big red gum.
ref: 1999 October 18, Gem, “what can you wiggle?”, in alt.music.soulcoughing (Usenet):
text: My buddy can gleek (thats what he called it too) but he used highly pressured spit forced out between two teeth with his tounge to do it.
ref: 1999 November 15, THAT antix GUY, “the weird personal info”, in alt.rave (Usenet):
text: I used to be able to gleek "by accident" every now and then, but I couldn't figure out how to do it deliberately.
ref: 2002 July 21, Sean Wilkinson, “Can you gleek?”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):
text: The man said he “gleeked” on the woman, but did not intentionally spit on her.
glosses: To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.
Synonyms: sense: to ridicule
word: gibe
sense: to ridicule
word: mock
sense: to ridicule
word: scoff at
sense: to ridicule
word: sneer at
Related terms: glicke
gleet
gleek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: glēk
ipa: /ɡliːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: gleeks
form: gleak
Etymology: Blend of glee + geek
Senses: glosses: A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
Gallia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Related terms: Gallia County
games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪmz/
rhymes: -eɪmz
Senses: glosses: plural of game
games
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪmz/
rhymes: -eɪmz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of game
jerking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jerk off
jerking off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An act of masturbation.
Flidais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A woodland goddess whose chariot is drawn by deer.
Mesgegra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mes Gegra
form: Mes Gedra
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The king of Leinster during the events of the Ulster Cycle. He was killed by Conall the Victorious.
Mórrígan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Mórrígan
form: Morrígan
form: Morrigu
Etymology: From Irish Mór-Ríoghain ("great queen"), from Middle Irish Morrígan.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An Irish mythological figure widely considered to be a goddess, and usually interpreted as a triple goddess.
Macha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The wife of Nemed. She died only twelve days after arriving in Ireland.
glosses: Macha of the Tuatha Dé Danann who is the daughter of Ernmas and sister of Mórrígan.
Donn Cuailnge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Brown Bull of Cooley: an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the Táin Bó Cúailnge was fought.
apple seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple seeds
form: appleseed
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
synonyms: apple pip
glosses: The seed of the fruit of the Malus domestica (apple) tree or other tree of the genus Malus.
Derived terms: Johnny Appleseed
hoardings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoarding
deport
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpɔɹt/
ipa: /dɪˈpɔːt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /dɪˈpoɹt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /dɪˈpoət/
Forms: form: deports
form: deporting
form: deported
form: deported
Etymology: Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō.
Senses: examples: text: Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.
ref: December 30, 1710, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell:
glosses: To comport (oneself); to behave.
examples: text: Ask her to deport all illegals living in this town without a green card or the appropriate documents that prove their naturalized citizenship.
text: Boturini was accused of entering the country without permission, jailed, and deported to Spain eight years after his arrival in Mexico.
ref: 2019, Jane MacLaren Walsh, Brett Topping, The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban:
text: Brexit has also made it harder for the UK to deport migrants back to the EU as the country has left the bloc's asylum scheme.
ref: 2021 February 12, “Frontex plane arrives in northern France to help fight people smuggling Access to the comments”, in Euronews with AFP:
text: In another case pending at the Supreme Court, the administration conceded it made an error in deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador last month but is fighting efforts to bring him back to the US.
ref: 2025 April 8, John Fritze, “Supreme Court ruling on Alien Enemies Act raises new due process concerns for migrants”, in CNN:
glosses: To evict, especially from a country.
Derived terms: deportable
deportee
deporter
nondeported
redeport
self-deport
undeported
chastity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃastɪti/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæstɪti/
ipa: [ˈt͡ʃæstɪɾi]
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeɪstɪti/
Forms: form: chastities
Etymology: From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas, equivalent to chaste + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The monk took a vow of chastity.
text: vow of chastity
text: virtue and chastity
text: In Catholic doctrine, the virtue of chastity is taken to be the principal foil to everyone's favourite deadly sin, lust.
ref: 2010, The Guardian, Celibacy: whose bright idea was that?, 29 May 2010
glosses: The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
Synonyms: chasteness
Hyponyms: celibacy
Derived terms: Chastity
chastity belt
chastity cage
chastity ring
nonchastity
Related terms: chaste
chastity belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chastity belts
Etymology: From chastity + belt.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: chastity cage
text: He can inspect the Historical Cabinet, which includes a segment of Napoleon’s intestine—now believed to be perfectly genuine—a chastity belt, the mummy of the first Mrs. Van Butchell, and pieces of the skin of England's foes once nailed to the doors of parish churches.
ref: 1910 December 3, “Review of The Illustrated Guide to the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, England”, in The British Medical Journal, number 2605, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 1778:
text: […] the custom [of female infibulation], I think, does not appear in Greek or Roman life, and the virgin girdles of antiquity have nothing in common with the chastity belts, although certain of the customs clustering around the use of these sashes suggest ideas allied to the notion of a forcible closure of the private parts.
ref: 1931, Eric John Dingwall, The Girdle of Chastity: A Medico-historical Study, London: George Routledge & Sons, retrieved 07 Jan 2021, page 10:
text: There can be little doubt that the imposition of chastity belts upon women in order to allay masculine jealousy, and the operation of infibulation upon male slaves by their mistresses for the sake of lust, are two of the most remarkable customs ever devised by mankind in its efforts to control the intricacies of the erotic life.
ref: 1931, Eric John Dingwall, The Girdle of Chastity: A Medico-historical Study, London: George Routledge & Sons, retrieved 07 Jan 2021, page 164:
hypernyms: chastity device
glosses: A belt-like garment, designed to be worn over the genitals and locked to prevent sexual intercourse, typically for long periods of time, to maintain chastity, prevent masturbation, or to enforce BDSM submission.
alef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.lɛf/
Forms: form: alefs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aleph.
Derived terms: alef null
alef zero
re-cognize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-cognizes
form: re-cognizing
form: re-cognized
form: re-cognized
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of recognize.
perinaeum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perinaea
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of perineum.
region code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: region codes
Senses: glosses: A code used on DVDs to identify which region's DVD player it will play in.
glosses: A code used in DVD players to allow only DVDs being sold in that region to be played.
glosses: A two-character code used to identify a region in computer systems.
magnificence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns/
Forms: form: magnificences
form: magnificency
Etymology: From Middle English magnificence, from Old French magnificence, from Latin magnificentia.
Senses: examples: text: all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
glosses: grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
glosses: The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
nightclub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌɪtklʌb/
Forms: form: nightclubs
Etymology: From night + club.
Senses: examples: text: They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor.
ref: 1957, The Monthly Record, volume 61, page 22:
text: EARLY this summer, Joshua J. Pelton decided that he was meant to live in Orlando, Fla. So he quit his sales job in Detroit, packed his car with all the belongings that fit, put the rest in storage, and drove southeast daydreaming about sundrenched winters and packed nightclubs.
ref: 2007 September 6, Lisa Belkin, “What Do Young Jobseekers Want? (Something Other Than the Job)”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: nightspot
hypernyms: club#Noun
glosses: A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.
glosses: A strip club.
Derived terms: nightclubber
nightclubby
nightclub-goer
nightclublike
Related terms: clubber
clubbing
clubgoer
clubhouse
nightclub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌɪtklʌb/
Forms: form: nightclubs
form: nightclubbing
form: nightclubbed
form: nightclubbed
Etymology: From night + club.
Senses: examples: text: Our first night in the big city we went out nightclubbing. The next morning we stayed in hung over.
glosses: To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment.
arousal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹaʊzəl/
rhymes: -aʊzəl
Forms: form: arousals
Etymology: From arouse + -al.
Senses: examples: text: bodily arousal
text: emotional arousal
text: to influence the arousal of brain and behavior
glosses: The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.
examples: text: Some people get arousal from the depiction of feet.
glosses: Sexual arousal.
examples: 2003, Jinhee Choi, "Fits and Startles: Cognitivism Revisited," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 61, no. 2 (Spring), p. 152,
Subjects report the physiological arousals induced by adrenaline and placebo differently.
glosses: A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond.
examples: text: the mechanism for arousal from sleep
text: The animal undergoes regular spells of arousal.
glosses: Arousal from sleep or hibernation.
Synonyms: sense: sexual arousal
word: horniness
sense: state of being reactive to stimuli
word: alertness
sense: arousal from sleep
word: wakefulness
Derived terms: autoarousal
hyperarousal
hypoarousal
microarousal
nonarousal
overarousal
performance arousal
persistent genital arousal disorder
persistent sexual arousal syndrome
pervasive arousal withdrawal syndrome
rearousal
underarousal
slipcover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slipcovers
Etymology: From slip + cover.
Senses: examples: text: He is immobilized by depression, unable to finish painting the walls of his apartment, untie the bundles of books on his floor or take the slipcover and movers' ropes off his couch, even though he has been living there for three months.
ref: 1983 December 31, Kenneth Hale-Wehmann, “The Business of Sex and Affection”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 8:
glosses: A fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth.
upholstered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: upholstered furniture
text: Allport's decision in 1872 to abolish Second Class on the Midland and effectively upgrade Third Class to the standards of Second, most notably with upholstered seating, sent shockwaves through the Victorian railway.
ref: 2023 February 8, Conrad Landin, “Bon appetit: 150 years of railway dining”, in RAIL, number 976, page 47:
glosses: Covered in or characterized by upholstery.
Derived terms: well-upholstered
upholstered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upholster
reupholster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reupholsters
form: reupholstering
form: reupholstered
form: reupholstered
form: re-upholster
Etymology: From re- + upholster.
Senses: glosses: To upholster again; to replace the attached fabric covering on furniture.
Related terms: word: reupholsterer
word: reupholstering
hoarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ
Forms: form: hoardings
Etymology: From hoard + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: But that doesn’t solve harder questions about the hoarding of vaccines, raw materials and patent rights in the west, or the fact that Covax clearly isn’t working as fast as it should.
ref: 2021 April 26, Gaby Hinsliff, “Vaccine hoarding is all the more disturbing as a Covid disaster unfolds in India”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The practice of accumulating goods.
glosses: A good which is hoarded.
examples: text: Hoarding can be distressing and dangerous. But it’s not just a matter of ‘too much stuff’ – it’s a complex condition that requires careful, targeted help[.]
ref: 2023 July 4, Samira Shackle, “‘You reach a point where you can’t live your life’: what is behind extreme hoarding?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: compulsive hoarding
hoarding disorder
glosses: An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.
Derived terms: cyberhoarding
digital hoarding
e-hoarding
scatter hoarding
hoarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ
Etymology: From hoard + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hoard
Derived terms: hoardingly
bru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brus
Etymology: From Afrikaans broer. Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, friar, pal, and vai.
Senses: examples: text: "Nice little bonus for you, hey bru," Paul was saying.
ref: 2006, Guy Brown, Hijack!: cracking one of South Africa's most violent carjacking syndicates, page 37:
text: “Listen, bru, don't take this the wrong way, but I grew up with the black man. Never underestimate him and never overestimate him. […]
ref: 2013, Nick Roddy, Out of Jericho, page 200:
glosses: bro; bra; term of address for a man
bru
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bruh.
eare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eares
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of ear.
Tetum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese tétum, from Tetum Tetun.
Senses: glosses: The Malayo-Polynesian national language of East Timor.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Tetum terms
yokozuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Forms: form: yokozunas
form: yokozuna
Etymology: From Japanese 横綱(よこづな) (yokozuna, “wide rope”), the symbol of their rank worn about the waist.
Senses: examples: text: A yokozuna is the very highest rank in sumo – “just like Mameha's position in Gion,” as Nobu explained it to me. I had no reason to doubt him; but if Mameha ever took half as much time entering a party as these yokozuna took entering the ring, she'd certainly never be invited back.
ref: 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, page 202:
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glosses: The highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; grand champion.
examples: text: What mattered most was that, from the very top of the Nihon Sumo Kyōkai, Yokozuna Akebono had been shown respect.
ref: 2006, Mark Panek, Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan, page 265:
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military
politics
sports
sumo
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wrestling
glosses: A person holding the rank, either competing at the rank or retired after having achieved it.
ozeki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozekis
form: ozeki
form: ōzeki
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大関(おおぜき) (ōzeki).
Senses: examples: text: Terunofuji is the first in 64 years to be promoted to ozeki after spending two tournaments as a komusubi or sekiwake and the first since the season went to six meets in 1958.
ref: 2015 May 27, “Terunofuji promoted to ozeki after victory”, in Japan Times, archived from the original on 09 May 2018:
text: Former ozeki Hokutenyu, who held sumo’s second-highest rank for 44 tournaments […] died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Friday at the age of 45.
ref: 2006 June 25, “Former ozeki Hokutenyu dies at 45”, in Japan Times:
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glosses: A sumo wrestler ranking below yokozuna and above sekiwake; champion.
sekiwake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sekiwake
form: sekiwakes
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 関脇 (sekiwake).
Senses: examples: text: The highest rank attainable is yokozuna, or grand champion. […] After him in standing come the ozekis, or champions; the sekiwakes, or junior champions; […]
ref: 1965, Myra Waldo, “Japan”, in Travel Guide to the Orient and the Pacific, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 157:
text: Are there special standards for promotion to sekiwake or komusubi? No. The same standards apply as for promotion within the maegashira ranks.
ref: 2018, “Standards for Sumo ranking chart”, in Ozumo.com, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2018:
text: Sekiwake Tochinoshin (3-2) picked up a much-needed win against komusubi Chiyotairyu (1-4) after suffering his second loss the previous day.
ref: 2018 March 15, “Kakuryu makes most of second opportunity against Takarafuji”, in Japan Times, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2018:
topics: government
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politics
sports
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wrestling
glosses: A sumo wrestler ranked below ozeki and above komusubi.
komusubi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: komusubi
form: komusubis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小結 (komusubi).
Senses: examples: text: […] Kitani and Go were still only like the komusubi juniors in sumo program rankings. […] In fact, their first ten-game match was described merely as the battle of the komusubis.
ref: 2009, John Fairbairn, “Prelude to the Match”, in Kamakura, 2nd edition (2011), Richmond, Va.: Slate & Shell, →ISBN, page 25, column 2:
text: Sekiwake Tochinoshin (3-2) picked up a much-needed win against komusubi Chiyotairyu (1-4) after suffering his second loss the previous day.
ref: 2018 March 15, “Kakuryu makes most of second opportunity against Takarafuji”, in Japan Times, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2018:
topics: government
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wrestling
glosses: A sumo wrestler of the lowest sanyaku rank, below sekiwake and above maegashira.
maegashira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maegashira
form: maegashiras
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 前頭 (maegashira).
Senses: examples: text: Several weeks before each grand tournament, the list of wrestlers is announced. They are divided into two sides - east and west. For each side there are 13 maegashiras, the lowest rank in the tournament.
ref: 1988 January 19, Hirotaka Yamashiro, “From sumo wrestling to women’s basketball Japan’s dedication and discipline are hard to beat”, in Tim Currie, Margie Philp, editors, Queen’s Journal, volume 115, number 26, Kingston, Ont.: Alma Mater Society of Queen’s University Inc., →OCLC, page 18, column 3:
text: “It wasn’t the kind of sumo I was aiming for, but it is a maegashira’s job to try and beat ozeki so in that sense I have got the job done,” said Okinoumi.
ref: 2016 March 17, “Okinoumi ends Kotoshogiku’s unbeaten start at Spring Basho”, in Japan Times, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2019:
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glosses: The highest salaried rank of sumo wrestler, below komusubi and above juryo; the lowest rank in the makuuchi division.
juryo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juryo
form: juryos
form: jūryō
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 十両(じゅうりょう) (jūryō, “ten ryō”), from Middle Chinese 十 (dʒip, “ten”) + 兩 (ljáng, “tael”).
Senses: topics: government
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sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: The second highest division in sumo wrestling, below makuuchi and above makushita; rikishi at this point receive a salary.
examples: text: Jesse won promotion into what is called the juryo division of sumo and to the title of “sekitori” on the basis of his showing at the New Year’s Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, where he compiled a respectable 5-2 showing, including wins over two former juryos.
ref: 1967 June, “Jesse Wins His Girdle”, in Black Belt, volume V, number 6, Los Angeles, Calif.: Black Belt, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12:
text: The monthly pay for a yokozuna in the mid-1970s was only ¥373,000, while an ozeki received ¥294,700; a sekiwake or komusubi, ¥200,300; a maegashira, ¥137, 600; and a juryo, ¥114,500.
ref: 1979, P[atricia] L. Cuyler, “Wages”, in Sumo: From Rite to Sport, New York, N.Y.; Tokyo: John Weatherhill, Inc., →ISBN, “Sumo Today” section, chapter 5 (Wrestlers and Stables), page 157:
text: Yokozuna fight each other at the end of the tournament. Lower-division wrestlers fight a total of seven matches per tournament; juryo and makuuchi fight fifteen.
ref: 1997, Mina Hall, “Honbasho: Tournaments”, in The Big Book of Sumo: History, Practice, Ritual, Fight, Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, →ISBN, page 53:
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glosses: An athlete in this division.
Related terms: juryo-kaku
makuuchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Japanese 幕内 (maku-uchi まくうち, "inside the curtain"), from Middle Chinese 幕 (mak "curtain", "covering") + Japanese うち (uchi "inside").
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: The highest division of sumo wrestling, above juryo, comprising the yokozuna, ozeki, sekiwake, komusubi and maegashira ranks.
Derived terms: makuuchi dohyo-iri
makuuchi-kaku
sanyaku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanyaku
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 三役, literally "three ranks".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: Any of the three highest ranks of sumo wrestler: komusubi, sekiwake and ozeki, together with the honorary title of yokozuna.
ema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ema
Etymology: From Japanese 絵馬 (ema).
Senses: glosses: A wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left hanging at a Shinto shrine.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: ema datshi
makushita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 幕下.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: The third highest division of professional sumo wrestling, below juryo; the lowest division at which a salary is paid.
women's lib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clipping of women's liberation: the feminist movement for equal rights; women's liberation.
Related terms: feminism
undepleted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undepleted
form: most undepleted
Etymology: From un- + depleted.
Senses: glosses: that has not been depleted
uncomment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncomments
form: uncommenting
form: uncommented
form: uncommented
Etymology: From un- + comment.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
antonyms: comment
comment out
glosses: To convert (text that has been commented out) back into source code so that it will no longer be ignored by the compiler or interpreter.
synonyms: annotate
antonyms: comment
glosses: To remove textual comments from (source code or other documents).
unencumber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unencumbers
form: unencumbering
form: unencumbered
form: unencumbered
Etymology: From un- + encumber.
Senses: glosses: To free from incumbrance.
glosses: To remove a burden, load or charge from.
uploading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpˌloʊdɪŋ/
ipa: /əpˈloʊdɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʌpˌləʊdɪŋ/
ipa: /əpˈləʊdɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upload
uploading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpˌloʊdɪŋ/
ipa: /əpˈloʊdɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʌpˌləʊdɪŋ/
ipa: /əpˈləʊdɪŋ/
Forms: form: uploadings
Senses: examples: text: Attacks are recorded and sent “spinning around the world,” but most aspects of social life are now recorded – think of family events, or even routine uploadings – so why remark that the attacks are?
ref: 2012, Cristina Archetti, Understanding Terrorism in the Age of Global Media:
glosses: The process by which something is uploaded.
dohyo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dohyo
form: dohyos
form: dohyō
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 土(ど)俵(ひょう) (dohyō).
Senses: examples: text: Sumo ’bots also tend to have very low ground clearance since they operate on dohyos, which have a very smooth rubberized running surface; […]
ref: 2000 June, Robert Nansel, “Amateur Robotics Notebook: Robot City, USA”, in Nuts & Volts, volume 21, number 6, Corona, Calif.: T & L Publications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53, column 1:
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synonyms: dojo
glosses: The ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held.
Related terms: dohyo-iri
dohyo matsuri
makuuchi dohyo-iri
dohyo-iri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dohyo-iri
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 土俵入り.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: a ring-entering ceremony performed by rikishi, in the juryo and higher divisions, upon entering the dohyo
rikishi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rikishis
form: rikishi
Etymology: From Japanese 力士(りきし) (rikishi), from Middle Chinese 力士 (lik-dʐí), from Old Chinese 力士 (*k.rək m-s-rəʔ, “man of great strength”), from 力 (*rɯɡ, “strength”) + 士 (*zrɯʔ, “man; soldier”).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
synonyms: sumo
sumotori
glosses: A sumo wrestler.
Derived terms: gaijin rikishi
dohyo matsuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 土俵祭.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A Shinto ceremony in which the dohyo is purified and blessed prior to each basho.
basho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basho
form: bashos
Etymology: From Japanese 場所(ばしょ) (basho), short form of 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho, “honbasho”).
Senses: examples: text: Two basho later, I was at sekiwake, the third-highest rank in sumo.
ref: 1998, Matsumoto Toshimichi, editor, Japan Quarterly, volume 45, Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25:
topics: government
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politics
sports
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wrestling
glosses: A sumo tournament of any kind.
Related terms: jungyo
honbasho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honbasho
Etymology: From Japanese 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho).
Senses: examples: text: Although there are six two-week top-tier tournaments, or honbasho, every year, Kotoshogiku’s victory was the first for a Japanese wrestler in 10 years.
ref: 2016 January 27, Victor Mather, “Japanese End Drought in Sumo Wrestling, Their National Sport”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2016:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: Any of the six official sumo tournaments.
Related terms: basho
turbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜː.baɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɜː.bɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɝ.baɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɝ.bɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɜː.bɑɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɜː.bɪn/
Forms: form: turbines
Etymology: Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”).
Senses: examples: text: Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98:
text: Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
ref: 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
glosses: Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
Derived terms: expansion turbine
Francis turbine
gas turbine
Jonval turbine
Kaplan turbine
ram air turbine
reaction turbine
Rushton turbine
steam turbine
Tesla turbine
turbine pump
turbine steamer
turbo-
Turgo turbine
Tyson turbine
water turbine
wind turbine
Related terms: turbid
turbojet
turbo-jet
turbomachinery
turbines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turbine
water rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water rats
form: waterrat
form: water-rat
Etymology: From water + rat. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterrotte, West Frisian wetterrôt, Dutch waterrat, German Low German Waterrötte, Waterrött, German Wasserratte, Danish vandrotte, Swedish vattenråtta, Icelandic vatnsrotta.
Senses: examples: text: Otters are even harder to spot; the coypu, a North American water rat, is more commonly seen.
ref: 2004, James McConnachie, Rough Guide to the Loire, page 43:
glosses: Any of various aquatic or semi-aquatic rodents from Florida and southern Georgia, especially Neofiber alleni; the muskrat.
examples: text: "There [...] you will find the water-hole that is sacred to Biggoon, the giant water rat."
ref: 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 11, column 1:
glosses: A water mouse, especially, the rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster.
glosses: A European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris).
glosses: A petty thief or waterfront ruffian.
glosses: A person fond of water sports.
glosses: A member of the water police.
Derived terms: Ziegler's water rat
Related terms: beaver-rat
crith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: krĭth
ipa: /kɹɪθ/
rhymes: -ɪθ
Forms: form: criths
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, “barley corn, a small weight”).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the weight of 1 litre of hydrogen at standard temperature and pressure. Equal to approximately 0.09 grams.
Derived terms: microcrith
gegger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛɡə/
ipa: /ˈɡɛɡər/
Forms: form: geggers
Senses: glosses: Someone who does not conform to "chav" or "goth" stereotypes.
gegger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛɡə/
ipa: /ˈɡɛɡər/
Forms: form: geggers
Etymology: From gegg (“hoax, trick”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The street was, for a moment, in confusion; when no sooner did the geggers see that the fall would be broken, […]
ref: 1864 January 24, John Strang, Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters, and Oddities of the City, During the Past and Present Centuries, page 342:
glosses: One who tricks someone else.
elides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of elide
selenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selenides
Etymology: From selenium + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound in which selenium serves as an anion with an oxidation number of -2
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any organic compound of general formula RSeR (R not = H) analogous to the ethers
Derived terms: cadmium selenide
copper indium gallium selenide
dimethyl selenide
diselenide
episelenide
heptaselenide
hydrogen selenide
hydroselenide
lead selenide
mercury selenide
monoselenide
nonaselenide
organoselenide
oxyselenide
pentaselenide
perselenide
polyselenide
protoselenide
selenidation
sodium selenide
sulfoselenide
tetraselenide
triselenide
zinc selenide
fisher cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fisher cats
Etymology: From French fiche or fichet (“polecat pelt”), from Middle Dutch visse (“nasty”) (contemporary Dutch: vies (“nasty, dirty”)), influenced by fisher.
Senses: glosses: A North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
Synonyms: fisher
Related terms: taxonomic: Prionailurus viverrinus
word: fishing cat
skateboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skateboard
skateboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thirteen-year-old Cui Chenxi of China clinched gold in women’s skateboarding at the Asian Games on Wednesday, becoming the country’s youngest gold medalist as teenage girls continue to dominate the sport.
ref: 2023 September 27, Andrew McNicol, “Skateboarder, 13, becomes China’s youngest Asian Games gold medalist”, in CNN:
glosses: The act of riding on a skateboard.
Related terms: skateboarder
telluride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tellurides
Etymology: From tellurium + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound of general formula R₂Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues of ethers
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Sylvanite, silver gold telluride.
raw_tags: in particular
Derived terms: bismuth telluride
black telluride
cadmium telluride
cadmium zinc telluride
dimethyl telluride
ditelluride
ethyl telluride
germanium antimony telluride
gold telluride
hydrogen telluride
mercury cadmium telluride
monotelluride
organic telluride
silver telluride
sulfotelluride
sulphotelluride
telluride of bismuth
telluride of gold and silver
telluride of hydrogen
telluride of lead
telluride of silver
fisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃə/
ipa: /ˈfɪʃɚ/
homophone: fissure
homophone: phisher
rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: fishers
Etymology: From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”).
Senses: examples: text: The fishers who live here left for the mainland only days ago as an unseasonable October storm ravaged the islands.
ref: 2021 December 24, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 43, column 1:
glosses: A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
Synonyms: sense: catcher of wild fish
word: angler
sense: catcher of wild fish
word: fisherman
sense: catcher of wild fish
word: fisherperson
sense: catcher of wild fish
word: piscary
sense: catcher of wild fish
word: piscator
sense: catcher of wild fish
word: piscatorialist
sense: catcher of wild fish
word: piscatorian
sense: catcher of wild fish
word: piscicapturist
sense: catcher of captive fish
word: fish farmer
sense: catcher of captive fish
word: pisciculturist
Hyponyms: word: anglerette
word: fisheress
word: fisherette
word: fisherwoman
word: piscatrix
sense: by means of fishing
word: noodler
sense: by means of fishing
word: surfcaster
sense: by means of fishing
word: trawler
Derived terms: bottom fisher
codfisher
electrofisher
fisher-boat
fisherboy
fisheress
fisherfolk
Fisher King
fisherman
fisherperson
fisherwoman
fishery
flyfisher
kingfisher
line fisher
rodfisher
spearfisher
whale fisher
whale-fisher
Related terms: sense: act
word: fishery
sense: act
word: for more
sense: act
word: fishing § Derived terms
word: piscatory
word: piscatorial
word: piscatorian
word: piscatorious
word: piscatorially
sense: writing on fishermen
word: piscatory