cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
keycard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keycards
form: key card
Etymology: From key (“lock opener”) + card (“piece of plastic”).
Senses: glosses: A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.
Synonyms: card key
Derived terms: keycard lock
keycard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keycards
form: key card
Etymology: From key (“important”) + card (“playing card”).
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: In Roman keycard Blackwood, an ace of any suit or the king of trumps.
garnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garnet
garnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garnets
Etymology: From Russian га́рнец (gárnec).
Senses: glosses: An old Russian dry measure, approximately 3.28 litres.
premenstrual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiːˈmɛnstɹʊəl/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːˈmɛnstɹʊl/
ipa: /pɹiˈmɛnztɹ(əw)əl/
ipa: /pɹiˈmɛnstɹ(əw)əl/
Forms: form: more premenstrual
form: most premenstrual
Etymology: From pre- + menstrual.
Senses: glosses: Occurring in the time period during the menstrual cycle leading up to the beginning of menstruation.
glosses: Relating to the time period in a girl's life prior to her first experience of menstruation; prepubescent.
Derived terms: premenstrual dysphoria
premenstrual dysphoric disorder
premenstrually
premenstrual stress
premenstrual syndrome
premenstrual tension
Related terms: premenstrual syndrome
PMS
premenstrual tension
cods wallop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of codswallop.
Weimar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪmɑː/
ipa: /ˈvaɪmɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈwaɪmɑɹ/
Forms: form: Weimars
Etymology: Borrowed from German Weimar.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Thuringia, Germany.
glosses: The period in German history from 1919 to 1933, when the nation was under a constitution drafted in the city of Weimar.
glosses: A habitational surname from German.
Derived terms: Weimarian
Weimarization
Weimarize
Weimar Republic
compassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌmpəst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of compass
compassed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌmpəst/
Forms: form: more compassed
form: most compassed
Senses: examples: text: She came […] into the compassed window.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: rounded; arched
Derived terms: uncompassed
compassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English compassynge; equivalent to compass + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of compass
compassing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more compassing
form: most compassing
Etymology: From Middle English compassynge; equivalent to compass + -ing.
Senses: examples: compassing timbers
topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: curved; bent
compassing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compassings
Etymology: From Middle English compassynge; equivalent to compass + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: If this proposition needed a reply, it would be sufficient to point to what we have already shown. But take the external circumstances surrounding the case, and they discover that inward intention of the prisoner. His deliberate compassings, the nature and character of the act done, the deliberation shown in preparing for the deed, the state and condition of his mind at the time—all these show express malice.
ref: 1878, Texas. Court of Appeals, Alexander Melvorne Jackson, Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the State of Texas:
glosses: The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
forasmuch
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɒɹəzˈmʌtʃ/
Etymology: From Middle English for-as-moche, vor asemoche, for as miche, equivalent to for + as + much.
Senses: examples: text: Foraſmuch as many haue taken in hande to ſet foorth in order a declaration of thoſe things which are moſt ſurely beleeued among vs[…]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1, column 1:
glosses: Inasmuch, seeing (that).
examples: text: Forasmuch as belongs to that eating, we are neither defrauded of any good by not eating, nor enriched with any good by the eating of the sanctified bread, which, forasmuch as it hath of materials, goes into the belly.
ref: 1651, George Digby, Letters Concerning Religion:
glosses: So far as; with regard to so much as.
Synonyms: forsomuch
forasmuch as
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɒɹəzˈmʌtʃ æz/
Senses: examples: text: But, that Woodman and that Farmer, though they work unceasingly, work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: the rather, forasmuch as to entertain any suspicion that they were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, “The Period”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book I (Recalled to Life), page 2:
synonyms: word: as
word: given that
word: seeing that
word: as
word: as long as
word: because
word: being
word: being as
word: being that
word: due to the fact that
word: for
word: for that
word: forasmuch as
word: forthy
word: forwhy
word: given that
word: in regard
word: in that
word: inasmuch as
word: now that
word: on account of
word: seeing that
word: since
word: sith
word: sithence
word: when
word: ∵
glosses: Inasmuch as, because, since.
glosses: So far as; with regard to so much as.
ostmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostmarks
Etymology: From German Ostmark.
Senses: glosses: The currency unit of the former German Democratic Republic (aka GDR, DDR, East Germany) until 1990, abbreviated DDM.
fornications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fornication
surnamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of surname
surnamed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It may have been that this strange yearning of Pierre for a sister, had part of its origin in that still stranger feeling of loneliness he sometimes experienced, as not only the solitary head of his family, but the only surnamed male Glendinning extant.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: Bearing a surname.
anywho
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛniˌhu/
Etymology: Spelling influenced by who.
Senses: examples: text: You know—well, I don't know if you do know—but anywho even if you don't I don't reckon it's like it's top-secret.
ref: 2006, Scott Philip Stewart, The Calling of Jujubee Forthright:
glosses: Alternative spelling of anyhoo.
anywho
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛniˌhu/
Etymology: From any + who.
Senses: glosses: Anybody.
surnaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of surname
armourbearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armourbearers
form: armorbearer
Etymology: From armour + bearer.
Senses: glosses: One who carries armor for another.
Synonyms: squire
armourbearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armorbearers
Senses: glosses: plural of armourbearer
armorbearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armorbearers
form: armourbearer
Etymology: From armor + bearer.
Senses: glosses: One who carries armor for another.
armorbearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armourbearers
Senses: glosses: plural of armorbearer
stumblingblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stumblingblocks
Etymology: From stumbling + block.
Senses: examples: text: But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
ref: 1611, King James Translators, I Corinthians 8:9
glosses: An obstacle; a difficulty.
stumblingblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stumblingblock
ambushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bʊʃ.ɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of ambush
ambushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bʊʃ.ɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ambush
stained glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stained glasses
Senses: glosses: Glass that has been coloured, either by painting or by fusing pigments into its structure.
topics: architecture
glosses: The use of such glass to construct decorative windows, especially in churches.
clean potato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the clean potato
Senses: glosses: Something that is excellent.
glosses: A person of faultless character.
Synonyms: sense: thing
word: the potato
word: the potato
word: salt of the earth
word: upstanding person
Derived terms: not quite the clean potato
not the clean potato
instant mashed potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: instant mashed potatoes pl .
form: instant mashed potato
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
synonyms: instant mash
glosses: A potato preparation in the form of a powder or flakes, used to prepare mashed potato quickly and easily.
meat and potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more meat and potatoes
form: most meat and potatoes
Senses: examples: text: Rick is very experimental and open-minded about trying new things, but Ted is a meat and potatoes kind of guy.
glosses: Normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript.
meat and potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The complete attacking secrets of Harry Kane would be a slim volume. His game at its best is beautifully simple: high-energy, highly effective meat and potatoes. He just looks very tired.
ref: 15 September 2018, Barney Ronay, “Finely tuned Liverpool are really getting into Jürgen Klopp’s groove”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The essential part or parts of something.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meat, and, potatoes.
Derived terms: meat-and-potato
meat-and-potatoes
potato masher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato mashers
form: potato-masher
Senses: synonyms: masher
glosses: A utensil used to mash potatoes.
examples: text: ‘A hand-grenade. One of those potato-mashers. It just blew the whole side of my foot off.’
ref: 1929 May–October, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1st British edition, London: Jonathan Cape […], published 1929, →OCLC, book II, page 131:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A type of stick hand grenade resembling such a utensil.
potato-masher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato-mashers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of potato masher.
indemonstrable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + demonstrable.
Senses: glosses: not able to be demonstrated or proved; unprovable
Derived terms: indemonstrableness
indemonstrably
indemonstrable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indemonstrables
Etymology: From in- + demonstrable.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An indemonstrable proposition, especially one taken as axiomatic.
demonstrability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demonstrabilities
form: demonstratability
Senses: glosses: The quality of being demonstrable.
black shale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black shales
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A dark, muddy rock, rich in sulfides and organic material.
tartly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tartly
form: most tartly
Etymology: From tart + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 'And have you nothing for me, duckie?'
'O, you! The back of my hand to you!' said Mrs Kernan tartly.
ref: 1905 (date written), James Joyce, “Grace”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 199:
text: The next day, the deputy chancellor, Robert Habeck, a Green, said tartly, “I’m pleased that France is thinking about how to increase its support for Ukraine, but if I could give it a word of advice — supply more weapons.”
ref: 2024 March 9, Steven Erlanger, Roger Cohen, Erika Solomon, “Macron and Scholz, Never Close, Spar Over Policy Toward Ukraine and Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: In a tart manner; sourly or bitterly.
Synonyms: acerbically
acidly
blastulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process of forming blastocoels and blastulas.
Bhagavad-gītā
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bhagavad Gita.
blastula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastulas
form: blastulae
Etymology: From New Latin blastula, diminutive of Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.
Derived terms: archiblastula
blastular
midblastula
Related terms: amphiblastula
blastulation
coeloblastula
diblastula
discoblastula
stereoblastula
blastosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastospheres
Etymology: From blasto- + -sphere.
Senses: glosses: A blastula
Derived terms: blastospheric
blastocoele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastocoeles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blastocoel.
blastocoel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastocoels
form: blastocoele
Etymology: From blasto- + -coel.
Senses: glosses: The fluid-filled cavity in a blastula.
Derived terms: blastocoelic
Related terms: blastocoelar
coeloblastula
Minna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Morocca says that, since the ambulances came from Minna, he’s sure the road is safe.
ref: 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 174:
glosses: The largest city and state capital of Niger State, Nigeria.
profluence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊflʊəns/
Etymology: From Latin prōfluentia, from prōfluere (“to flow forth”).
Senses: glosses: Onward flow; current.
examples: text: 'They're mindless – even the best of them! – all bullying, no intelligence, no moral profluence, ergo no real history!'
ref: 1981, John Gardner, Freddy's Book, Abacus, published 1982, page 26:
glosses: The progression or flow (of time, events etc.).
block diagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: block diagrams
Senses: glosses: A pictorial representation of a system or process in which subsystems or other components are represented by geometric shapes joined by lines or arrows
blowout coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blowout coils
Senses: glosses: A coil, carrying an electric current, that serves to deflect and thus extinguish an arc formed when the contacts of a switch part to turn off the current.
blueschist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blueschists
Etymology: From blue + schist.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A metamorphic rock containing glaucophane.
glaucophane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glaucophanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.
Derived terms: glaucophanite
bluestem grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluestem grasses
Senses: glosses: Any of several grasses that are adapted to high light levels.
Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and others of the genus Schizachyrium.
glosses: Any of several grasses that are adapted to high light levels.
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) and others of the genus Andropogon
glosses: Any of several grasses that are adapted to high light levels.
Cane bluestem, Caucasian bluestem and others of the genus Bothriochloa.
bluetongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluetongues
form: blue-tongue
Etymology: From blue + tongue.
Senses: glosses: A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc.
examples: text: “I don't worry about snakes, blue-tongues, spiders. All I worry about is the mutton-bird.”
ref: 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 191
glosses: The blue-tongue lizard.
glosses: Someone who is as sleepy as a lizard; a lazy person.
Synonyms: sense: disease
word: catarrhal fever
mimicry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪm.ɪ.kɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɪm.ɪ.kɹɪ/
Forms: form: mimicries
form: mimickry
Etymology: From mimic + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.
text: When animal mimicry goes really wrong they don't just look like something that a predator would ignore, they look like lunch.
glosses: An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
Derived terms: aggressive mimicry
ant mimicry
automimicry
auto-mimicry
Batesian mimicry
biomimicry
glycomimicry
mimicry plant
Müllerian mimicry
osteomimicry
peptidomimicry
phagomimicry
phosphomimicry
Pouyannian mimicry
sexual mimicry
theriomimicry
Related terms: crypsis
imitation
rebid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rebids
form: rebidding
form: rebid
form: rebid
Etymology: From re- + bid.
Senses: glosses: To bid again on something.
examples: text: We had to rebid the contract when accusations of fraud by other competitors occurred.
glosses: To require a new set of bids for.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: To bid a higher value of the current suit.
rebid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebids
Etymology: From re- + bid.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent (normally higher) bid.
rotated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: This is a rotated view that shows the area of interest more clearly.
glosses: Having undergone rotation about an axis.
Derived terms: clinorotated
rotated question mark
rotated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rotate
boracite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boracites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixed chloride and borate of magnesium that occurs as a white to green crystalline evaporite, with the chemical formula Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl.
Derived terms: hydroboracite
perceptual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perceptual
form: most perceptual
Senses: glosses: Relating to perception.
Derived terms: extraperceptual
interperceptual
intraperceptual
metaperceptual
nonperceptual
perceptual blindness
perceptual control theory
perceptuality
perceptualize
perceptually
perceptualness
perceptual set
postperceptual
psychoperceptual
sensoriperceptual
somatoperceptual
subperceptual
visuoperceptual
prescribing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prescribe
poking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊkɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpoʊkɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊkɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poke
poking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊkɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpoʊkɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊkɪŋ
Forms: form: pokings
Senses: examples: text: perfunctory proddings and pokings
ref: 1922, E. E. Cummings, The Enormous Room:
glosses: The act by which something is poked.
Derived terms: drey poking
poking-stick
poking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊkɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpoʊkɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊkɪŋ
Forms: form: more poking
form: most poking
Senses: glosses: drudging; servile
Derived terms: pokingly
rangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ranger
reformatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reformat
reformatting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reformattings
Senses: examples: text: Will frequent reformattings harm a floppy disk?
glosses: The act by which something is reformatted.
reformat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reformats
form: reformatting
form: reformatted
form: reformatted
form: re-format
Etymology: From re- + format.
Senses: examples: text: We had to reformat the computer's hard disk to get rid of the virus.
text: Let's reformat that text to make it easier to read.
glosses: To format anew or again, generally erasing a previous format.
bordetella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bordetellas
form: bordetellae
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several gram-negative coccobacilli, of the genus Bordetella, many of which are pathogenic; especially Bordatella pertussis which causes whooping cough and kennel cough.
triangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triangle
self-awareness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + awareness. Also equivalent to self-aware + -ness, though attested earlier.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.
examples: text: As with any good relationship, readers who have experience with ENM say self-awareness and communication are key to keeping things harmonious.
ref: 2024 January 27, Doosie Morris, “‘Humans are messy’: readers share their experiences with ethical non-monogamy”, in The Guardian:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A personal trait regarding someone's ability to persistently and accurately perceive their presence amongst other people, and their own knowledge and abilities.
coccobacillus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccobacilli
Senses: topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any bacteria with a shape intermediate between cocci (spherical) and bacilli (rod-shaped)
Derived terms: coccobacillary
coccobacilliform
self-confessed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + confessed.
Senses: examples: text: A self-confessed novice in transport policy, it didn't take long for Greenwood to become well acquainted with the subject.
ref: 2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 31:
glosses: According to a person's own confession or admission.
self-cleaning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + cleaning.
Senses: examples: text: After cooking the thanksgiving turkey we appreciate the self-cleaning oven as it gets really hot and burns off the splattered grease.
text: The letters "SC" inscribed on the smokebox door of a locomotive denote that it is fitted with a self-cleaning smokebox.
ref: 1951 January, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive Markings”, in Railway Magazine, page 73:
text: A further disadvantage of the Crosti system is that it is impossible to fit a self-cleaning smokebox.
ref: 1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class "9" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 422:
glosses: Cleaning itself or requiring minimal cleaning effort.
self-absorbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-absorbed
form: most self-absorbed
Etymology: From self- + absorbed.
Senses: examples: text: I don't want to call him self-absorbed but he was more concerned with the scratch on his car than the people in the car he hit.
glosses: Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.
Synonyms: inconsiderate
Related terms: inward-looking
semipro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-pro
Etymology: From semi- + pro.
Senses: glosses: Semiprofessional.
semipro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semipros
form: semi-pro
Etymology: From semi- + pro.
Senses: glosses: Semiprofessional.
semiprofessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-professional
Etymology: From semi- + professional.
Senses: glosses: Paid as a professional but on a part-time basis.
glosses: Of or pertaining to a semiprofession.
glosses: Of close to professional standard; prosumer.
semiprofessional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiprofessionals
form: semi-professional
Etymology: From semi- + professional.
Senses: examples: text: A lot of cameras have optical zoom and high megapixel counts, but Sony ’s new Cyber-shot HX1 has a few features that might even appeal to semiprofessionals.
ref: 2009 March 12, John Biggs, “Get the Big Picture, or Focus on One Face”, in New York Times:
glosses: A semiprofessional person.
self-pollination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-pollinations
Etymology: From self- + pollination.
Senses: glosses: Pollination of a flower by its own pollen, in a flower that has both stamens and a pistil.
Related terms: self-pollinated
self-pollinating
portatile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Likewise many other indulgences were by virtue hereof granted; as, to have a portatile altar, to receive the Sacrament privately; […]
ref: 1820, John Strype, The Life of the Learned Sir Thomas Smith, page 48:
glosses: portable
self-image
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-images
form: self image
Etymology: From self- + image.
Senses: examples: text: In other words, there is a discrepancy between her experiences and her self-image.
ref: 2008, Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior, page 411:
glosses: A person's own view of themselves and their own character and worth.
self-images
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-image
cachinnator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cachinnators
Etymology: From cachinnate + -or.
Senses: synonyms: hypergelast
antonyms: agelast
glosses: One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
Related terms: cachinnate
cachinnation
uncrumple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncrumples
form: uncrumpling
form: uncrumpled
form: uncrumpled
Etymology: From un- + crumple.
Senses: examples: text: I took the wadded-up letter from the trash and carefully uncrumpled it.
glosses: To return something that has been crumpled closer to its original state.
examples: text: As the newspaper uncrumpled, the picture on the front page became recognizable.
glosses: Having been crumpled, to return closer to its original state.
frontpage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontpages
Senses: examples: text: Each frontpage of the Chronicle of Current Events featured Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, guaranteeing freedom of opinion and expression; the frontpage of the samizdat journal of the labor activists in Gdańsk, The Worker of the Coast, featured articles 2 and 3 of the International Labor Organization's convention no. 87, guaranteeing the right of workers to form trade unions.
ref: 2021, Robert Brier, Poland's Solidarity Movement and the Global Politics of Human Rights, page 32:
glosses: Alternative spelling of front page.
frontpage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of front page.
proof of technology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PoT
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: proof of concept; pilot project
mesas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].
ref: 2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars [print version: International Herald Tribune Magazine, 2013, p. 36]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: plural of mesa
pilot project
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilot projects
Senses: glosses: A proof of concept; an initial prototype.
Related terms: pilot scheme
bornite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bornites
Etymology: From Born + -ite, named after Austrian mineralogist Ignaz von Born.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A reddish mineral that tarnishes on exposure to air; it is a mixed sulfide of iron and copper with the chemical formula Cu₅FeS and is an important ore of copper.
wikipedia: Ignaz von Born
Synonyms: word: erubescite
word: peacock ore
word: peacock copper
Derived terms: bornitic
cuteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutenesses
Etymology: From cute + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It is music of great and quiet charm and proves to be a pleasant discovery after the more superficial cutenesses of Chaminade.
ref: 1973 October 28, Raymond Ericson, “Recordings”, in The New York Times:
text: The craving for cuteness is a psychological phenomenon that originally had the purpose of increasing the chances of a baby to survive […]
ref: 2007, Christine Locher, The Cult of Cuteness in Japanese Youth Culture, page 13:
glosses: The state of being cute (endearingly attractive).
glosses: acuteness; cunning
Synonyms: cutesiness
kawaiiness
Derived terms: overcuteness
drinkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: drinkies
form: drinky
Etymology: From drink + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: A man shambled from between two buildings, holding out a bottle in his left hand. He kept his right hand close to his body. "Have a drinkie with me, girls!" he called. "Drinkie, drinkie!"
ref: 2005, David Drake, The Way to Glory:
text: "Buy me drinkie. Buy me drinkie. Buy me drinkie." If you were sober, you'd usually have the sense to make the girls scram the second they descended on you. But if you were beyond a drunken haze, the girls could get increasingly better looking, and "Buy me drinkie" you might.
ref: 2008, Marco Martinez, Hard Corps: From Gangster to Marine Hero, page 100:
glosses: drink
borrelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borrelias
form: borreliae
Etymology: For Amédée Borrel, French bacteriologist.
Senses: glosses: Any of various helically coiled spirochetes, of the genus Borrelia, some of which cause relapsing fever
wikipedia: Amédée Borrel
Derived terms: borrelial
borrelian
drinky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: drinkies
form: drinkie
Etymology: From drink + -y (diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: drink
Derived terms: drinkypoo
cutely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cutely
form: most cutely
Etymology: From cute + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cute manner
muncher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌn.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmʌn.t͡ʃɚ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: munchers
Etymology: From munch + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who munches.
Derived terms: assmuncher
buttmuncher
carpet muncher
cockmuncher
cunt muncher
curry muncher
curry-muncher
dick muncher
muesli muncher
quarter-muncher
rug muncher
shitmuncher
chippie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chippies
Etymology: From chip + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chippy
chippie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chippies
Etymology: From CHiP + -ie.
Senses: glosses: An officer of the California Highway Patrol.
glosses: A person who is a groupie of a police officer.
botanical garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botanical gardens
Senses: glosses: A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.
Synonyms: botanic garden
war child
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war children
Senses: glosses: A child who has grown up in wartime.
synonyms: war baby
glosses: A child born to a local parent and a parent belonging to a (usually occupying) foreign military force.
botanic garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botanic gardens
Senses: glosses: A botanical garden.
sidepiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidepieces
Etymology: From side + piece.
Senses: glosses: A part forming a side of something.
glosses: The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.
examples: text: If there's a truly compelling reason not to normalize shaming as a global, always-on public spectator sport, it's not that it degrades the humanity of the shamed; it's not even the trite "who among us has not canoodled at a Coldplay concert with his sidepiece" justification. It's simply this: When we take joy in the distress and ruination of other people, we make monsters of ourselves.
ref: 2025 July 21, Kat Rosenfield, “The Coldplay Couple Did Something Bad. The Internet Did Something Worse.”, in The Free Press:
glosses: Alternative spelling of side piece
sidepieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidepiece
skivvy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪvi/
rhymes: -ɪvi
Forms: form: skivvies
form: skivvie
form: skivy
Senses: examples: text: And then Somerset looked at the boys′ skivvy, and saw a well set up young woman with a red round face, an angry face just then but underneath the anger a pleasant one.
ref: 1974, Simon Raven, Bring Forth the Body: Alms for Oblivion, volume 3, published 2012, page 194:
text: 2002, Krzysztof Miklaszewski, George M. Hyde (translator, editor), Encounters with Tadeusz Kantor, page 143,
The common skivvy from the mortuary clings immoveably to the priest′s bed, which is just as immoveably guarded by the grandmother, who drives her off with a chamberpot. The skivvy is the photographer′s widow, trying to take a picture.
text: “[…]Yes, that was Mac′s Restaurant and I was a kitchen skivvy there, but amazingly, a kitchen skivvy who had actually written a poem. Oh it′s all a very long time ago, Theresa, and so much has happened since then.”
ref: 2005, Jenny Telfer Chaplin, The Widow of Candleriggs, unnumbered page:
glosses: A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: Vietnam War
glosses: A prostitute.
examples: text: Then dark blood squirts from a little hole in Sergeant Gerheim's chest. The red blood blossoms into his white skivvy shirt like a beautiful flower.
ref: 1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 30:
text: I put my wetsuit and skivvy on a tree to dry, and laid out my other gear on some grass.
ref: 1998, Tom Byron, The History of Spearfishing and Scuba Diving in Australia, page 191:
text: ‘He looks so good. He shouldn′t be allowed to wear a black skivvy. Doesn′t he have the most amazing muscles?’
ref: 2005, Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big in This?, page 224:
text: The button-down shirts and plain coloured skivvies were replaced by beads, fringed shawls and loose fitting Asian-style tops.
ref: 2006, Iain McIntyre, Tomorrow Is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970, page 41:
glosses: A close-fitting, long-sleeved T-shirt with a rolled collar.
Derived terms: skivvy house
Related terms: polo-neck
skivvy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪvi/
rhymes: -ɪvi
Forms: form: skivvies
form: skivvying
form: skivvied
form: skivvied
form: skivvie
form: skivy
Senses: examples: text: We went out by turns, or sent out the apprentices who skivvied for us, to fetch in roast pork […]
ref: 1930, Owen Lattimore, chapter 1, in High Tartary, Boston: Little, Brown, page 9:
text: ‘My mother was right. “It’ll take the war for the buggers to realize how important we are,” she used to say, “but as soon as Hitler hangs his clogs up we’ll be back skivvying and scurrying like there’s nothing in our heads.”’
ref: 1985, Caryl Phillips, The Final Passage, London: Faber and Faber, page 174:
text: He saw no mother but a washerwoman at her skivvying and the dirt-faced children that would be clinging to her skirts.
ref: 2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 13, p. 361:
glosses: To perform menial work; to do chores, like a servant.
slowdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slowdowns
form: slow-down
Etymology: Deverbal from slow down.
Senses: synonyms: retardation
antonyms: ramp-up
speedup
speed-up
hypernyms: abatement
cutback
diminution
restriction
coordinate_terms: go-slow
recession
work-to-rule
glosses: A reduction in speed, or a decrease in the level of production, economic activity, etc.
shoeshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃuˌʃaɪn/
Forms: form: shoeshines
Etymology: From shoe + shine.
Senses: examples: text: Some other interesting, if typically American, developments referred to as 'service enhancements' included, for the sleeping car rider, pillows in the seats for 'daytime comfort', morning tea or coffee, newspaper, and even a shoeshine!
ref: 1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 161:
glosses: The act of polishing shoes.
examples: text: Walking back, I passed that crazy shoeshine guy again. On impulse, I did an about-face, climbed up onto his platform, and sat. I was nothing more than a pair of shoes to him, and he went to work without so much as an upward glance. But as it turned out, he hadn't been mumbling to himself, as I'd assumed; he'd been rapping. He rapped under his breath while he shined my shoes. I caught a little of it: Calvin Klein no friend of mine, don't want nobody's name on my behind . . ." When he finished, he rose from his stool. "Five dollar," he said, looking over my shoulder.
I handed him two fives. "One for the shine, the other for the performance," I said, at which point he did look at me. I figured he'd return my smile, but instead he nodded, blank-faced, stuffed the bills into his pocket, and gave me his back.
ref: 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.73-74
glosses: One who polishes shoes.
glosses: The shiny finish on shoes that have been polished.
Derived terms: shoeshine boy
shoeshine brush
shoeshine girl
Related terms: shoe brush
shoe-leather
shoe polish
short-range
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: shortrange
Senses: glosses: Intended for use on something close or nearby.
Synonyms: close-range
shoptalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoptalks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shop talk.
showiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showinesses
Etymology: From showy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being showy.
showery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aʊəɹi
Forms: form: showerier
form: showeriest
Etymology: From shower + -y.
Senses: examples: text: A gentleman goes forth on a showery and miry day. He returns immaculate in the evening with the gloss still on his hat and his boots.
ref: 1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 3, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1902, →OCLC:
text: The sun came out after what had been a showery morning, allowing the celebration to take place in the garden.
ref: 2007, William Trevor, “The Children”, in Cheating at Canasta, New York: Viking, pages 157–8:
glosses: Given to showers; having frequent rainfall.
examples: text: Over their heads a crystal firmament, / Whereon a sapphire throne, inlaid with pure / Amber, and colours of the showery arch.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 757-9:
text: She knew exactly how each of these trees would talk if only she could wake them, and what sort of human form it would put on. She looked at a silver birch: it would have a soft, showery voice and would look like a slender girl, with hair blown all about her face, and fond of dancing.
ref: 1951, C. S. Lewis, chapter 9, in Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998:
glosses: Of or relating to a shower or showers.
shorthorn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From short + horn.
Senses: glosses: Describing cattle that have distinctively short horns.
Derived terms: shorthorn sculpin
shorthorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shorthorns
Etymology: From short + horn.
Senses: glosses: One of a breed of cattle, originating in England, with distinctively short horns (in contrast to longhorn cattle).
Related terms: longhorn
shorthorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shorthorn
singable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more singable
form: most singable
Etymology: From sing + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Alix has a consistent style but she's a fantastic writer of melodies, and every tune stands on its own. What she does best is to take highly verbal, lyric-centered songs and make them musical, catchy, and singable.
ref: 1981 February 14, Maida Tilchen, “Alix Living With Contradictions”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 18:
glosses: Capable of being sung.
sit-down
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from sit down.
Senses: examples: text: It's nice to have a proper sit-down meal, rather than just a sandwich on the go.
glosses: Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting.
sit-down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sit-downs
Etymology: Deverbal from sit down.
Senses: examples: text: I need a sit-down and a nice cup of tea.
text: Let's have a sit-down and talk about this properly.
glosses: An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange.
examples: text: The sit-downs were especially dangerous to the system because they were not controlled by the regular union leadership.
ref: 2003 (revised edition), Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, HarperCollins 2005, p. 401
text: I helped organize a sit-down outside an Oxford hairdressers' shop that refused black female customers.
ref: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 108:
glosses: A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
Derived terms: sit-downer
Related terms: sit-up
situp
sing-along
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sing-alongs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sing along.
sing-alongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sing-along
singletree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋɡəlˌtɹiː/
Forms: form: singletrees
Etymology: Alteration of swingletree as if from single + tree, on the analogy of doubletree.
Senses: glosses: A bar behind draft animals and in front of a load, such as a wagon, that balances the load. Generally the animals are attached at the ends and the wagon or other load to a pivot in the middle of the singletree.
Synonyms: swingletree
whippletree
singletrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singletree
shook-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shook-up
form: most shook-up
Senses: glosses: Upset, having been scared, nervous, alarmed.
Synonyms: shaken
short-winded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɔːtˈwɪndɪd/
Forms: form: more short-winded
form: most short-winded
Senses: coordinate_terms: broken-winded
glosses: Out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath.
examples: text: it is […] what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and shortwinded elations of men.
ref: 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 8:
glosses: Hasty, breathless; rushed.
antonyms: long-winded
glosses: Concise and to the point.
Derived terms: short-windedness
Related terms: shortness of breath
shut-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from shut in.
Senses: glosses: Confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness.
shut-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shut-ins
Etymology: Deverbal from shut in.
Senses: examples: text: He visited shut-ins as a good deed.
glosses: A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.
examples: text: A shut-in is a geological feature similar to a gorge that “shuts-in” the river.
ref: 2024 January 16 (last accessed), Missouri Department of Natural Resources, “Swimming at Johnson's Shut-ins State Park”, in Missouri State Parks:
glosses: A narrow river gorge confined by resistant rock layers; a type of rock formation in which a stream is confined to a narrow bed of resistant stone.
Related terms: word: housebound
topics: geology
geography
natural-sciences
word: shutup
shut-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shut-in
shutoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shutoffs
form: shut-off
Etymology: Deverbal from shut off.
Senses: examples: text: The fire raged for hours because they were unable to reach the shutoff for the gas line.
glosses: A valve used to turn something off.
examples: text: The letter warned of an impending shutoff if payment was not made promptly.
glosses: The act of turning something off.
Hyponyms: sense: valve
word: stopcock
Coordinate terms: word: shutdown
Related terms: word: shut down
word: shut off
shutoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shutoff
serviceability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)vɪsəˈbɪlɪti/
Forms: form: serviceabilities
Etymology: From serviceable + -ity or service + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being serviceable, of being useful for some function.
examples: text: The train had poor serviceability; its mechanical parts were hard to access.
glosses: The property of being able to be serviced.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The ability of an individual to make repayments on a loan.
step-by-step
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more step-by-step
form: most step-by-step
Senses: examples: text: The step-by-step directions walked me through the assembly, but identifying the parts was still hard.
text: Purchasing TON through a CEX is a straightforward process. As of June 2024, TON isn’t supported on other prominent exchanges such as Coinbase, Binance and Kraken. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to buy Toncoin using an example of Gate.io: […]
ref: 2024 June 22, Dilip Kumar Patairya, “What is Toncoin (TON), and how to buy it?”, in Cointelegraph:
synonyms: stepwise
glosses: Proceeding from one step to the next in sequence.
step-by-step
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step-by-steps
Senses: examples: text: Wiktionary provides great step-by-steps on how to create a complete dictionary entry.
glosses: A step-by-step guide.