cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
proclaimant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proclaimant
form: most proclaimant
Etymology: From pro- + claimant.
Senses: examples: text: He further asserts that the bill is not all proclaimant in that it completely rules out common law suits against employers arising out of the employment of minors or the violation of safety standards.
ref: 1956, Daily Labor Report - Issues 64-84, page 64:
text: Physicians were chosen who were outstanding in their fields and served either as professors or chiefs of hospital services but who were not known as prodefendent or proclaimant doctors.
ref: 1956, International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Workmen's Compensation Problems:
text: It is a nonadversarial, informal system that Congress designed to favor veterans and their dependents. The cornerstone of this proclaimant process is VA's obligation to assist claimants in obtaining the evidence necessary to substantiate their claims.
ref: 2009, Clearinghouse Review - Volume 43, Issues 1-8, page 258:
glosses: Alternative form of pro-claimant.
proclaimants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proclaimant
pro-claimant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pro-claimant
form: most pro-claimant
form: proclaimant
Etymology: From pro- + claimant.
Senses: examples: text: One faction, vehemently pro-claimant, loathed the Vanderbilts on principle for their arrogant refusal to believe that a man who actually worked for a living could be one of them: a man who worked as a butcher – a butcher! – a man not only engaged in physical labour but physical labour of the lowest and most degraded sort, the kind that splashed the worker with blood ang guts.
ref: 2014, Janette Turner Hospital, Claimant, →ISBN:
glosses: In favor of a claimant or claimants.
overaggrandize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overaggrandizes
form: overaggrandizing
form: overaggrandized
form: overaggrandized
Etymology: From over- + aggrandize.
Senses: examples: text: Does my child have the tendency to overaggrandize my ex-spouse, without seeing his or her faults?
ref: 1985, David J. Juroe, Bonnie B. Juroe, Successful Stepparenting, →ISBN, page 128:
text: We far too often overaggrandize innovation.
ref: 2011, Thomas M. Koulopoulos, The Innovation Zone: How Great Companies Re-Innovate for Amazing Success, →ISBN:
text: I don't want to overaggrandize him to make up for the past, but I want to be very respectful of how he really was.
ref: 2017, Mae Chang Koh, The Magnificent Chinese Jade Pagoda, →ISBN:
glosses: To make greater than is appropriate.
overaggrandizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overaggrandize
overaggrandizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overaggrandize
overaggrandized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overaggrandize
auberginey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more auberginey
form: most auberginey
Etymology: From aubergine + -y.
Senses: examples: text: A damp, auberginey waft escaped from the pot when Rosie lifted the lid. She prodded at the contents anxiously with a wooden spoon, and a chunk of vegetable bobbed gently in the stew. It was too watery, she decided […]
ref: 2012, Chris Smyth, Dinner at Mine:
text: "Let me see your chin."
Gerry turned his profile.
"It's getting yellower, less auberginey."
ref: 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, “Chapter 7”, in Midwinter Break, page 150:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of aubergine.
Synonyms: eggplanty
hieropathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hieropathic
form: most hieropathic
Etymology: hiero- + -pathic
Senses: glosses: loving the clergy
up to one's elbows
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: up to the elbows
Senses: synonyms: elbow-deep
knee-deep
in the thick of it
glosses: Completely engrossed.
Related terms: roll up one's sleeves
hands-on
up to the elbows
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of up to one's elbows.
misgroom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misgrooms
form: misgrooming
form: misgroomed
form: misgroomed
Etymology: From mis- + groom.
Senses: examples: text: Straggly-haired Mr Rhind-Tutt has been miscast, misdirected and misgroomed.
ref: 2009 December 11, Quentin Letts, “Shocks and Men”, in Daily Mail:
text: He was a great human tic, a wonderment of misgrooming.
ref: 2009, Daniel A. Hoyt, Then We Saw the Flames: Stories, →ISBN, page 87:
text: He envisioned himself, before a crowded lecture hall, delivering a squelching witticism upon the head of a misgroomed, bepimpled sophomore, though he could not think of the remark offhand.
ref: 2017, William Kamowski, Buckeye's Ballet, →ISBN:
glosses: To groom badly or wrongly.
misgrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misgroom
misgrooming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misgroom
misgroomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misgroom
blazened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blazen
blazening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blazen
misorganizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misorganize
blazens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blazen
misorganizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misorganize
misorganization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misorganizations
Etymology: From mis- + organization.
Senses: glosses: Bad or wrong organization.
misorganizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misorganization
misorganise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misorganises
form: misorganising
form: misorganised
form: misorganised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of misorganize.
misorganises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misorganise
misorganising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misorganise
misorganised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misorganise
China bark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Related to quinine, not the country China.
Senses: glosses: cinchona bark
largesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more largesome
form: most largesome
Etymology: From large + -some.
Senses: examples: text: There is a psychological malady in kimonas—they make folks lax, lazy, and largesome!
ref: 1916, Motion Picture Classic - Volume 2, Issues 1-6:
text: Near this, a light and largesome backstairs leads up to such an entry above as secures our private bedchambers both from noise and cold.
ref: 1986, Paul James, Peter Russell, At home with the Royal family:
glosses: Characterised or marked by largeness; characteristically large
smallsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smallsome
form: most smallsome
Etymology: From small + -some.
Senses: examples: text: If his nose were a vital spot, killing him would be easy; but no, for the ball must first locate that “wee, smallsome wicked eye.”
ref: 1911, The Literary Digest, volume 43, page 8:
text: Still, the smallsome fellow drew them all the same, and soon they were vying for his company in the home and his presence at the board, and he came often and stayed late.
ref: 2013, John Sanford, Maggie: A Love Story, page 1987:
glosses: Characterised or marked by smallness; characteristically small
kelks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kelk
kelks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kelk
kelking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kelk
kelked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kelk
driftland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driftlands
Etymology: From drift + land.
Senses: glosses: A tribute paid for the privilege of driving cattle through a manor.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: An area where the soil is deposited by wind.
driftlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driftland
drift anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drift anchors
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of sea anchor.
synonyms: word: sea anchor
drift anchors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drift anchor
magnetic battery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic batteries
Senses: glosses: Several magnets placed with their like poles together, so as to act with great force.
magnetic batteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetic battery
cartridge belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartridge belts
Senses: glosses: A belt having pockets to store the cartridges for a firearm.
cartridge belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartridge belt
productionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: productionalisation
Etymology: From productional + -ization or productionalize + -ation.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The adoption of an approach or technology in a live production environment.
Synonyms: productionize
Related terms: productionalize
Gibranian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gibranian
form: most Gibranian
Etymology: From Gibran + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931), Lebanese-American writer, poet, visual artist and Syrian nationalist.
rolex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊlɛks/
homophone: Rolex
Forms: form: rolexes
Etymology: Blend of rolled + eggs. The name rolex comes from its method of preparation, with the chapati and the egg omelette rolled together.
Senses: examples: text: Rolex is a chapati roll with fried eggs stuffed in, accompanied with fresh vegetable salad.
ref: 2008, A Visitor's Guide to Uganda: 2008/2009, Tourguide Publications:
text: All this time our rolex has always been a humble meal; a taste best savoured around suburbs by those who, if not out of time to prepare a decent meal, are out of money to do as much. […] To spice up the event, a dish of well-manicured and half-piece (half-piece!) rolexes was ushered in.
ref: 2016 August 20, Peter Kagayi, “The curious case of the rolex”, in Daily Monitor:
text: A welcome, if humble, addition to Kampala's edible offerings is the 'rolex'. This is nothing more (or less) than a freshly cooked chapati enhanced by a fresh omelette, chopped onions, green peppers and finely sliced cabbage.
ref: 2016, Philip Briggs, Uganda:
text: An omelette fried and rolled up in a chapati (Indian flatbread), rolex is excellent food on the go, and a firm breakfast favourite on the streets of Kampala, where it's often still served in a roll or cone of newspaper.
ref: 2018, Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eats:
glosses: An omelette served inside a chapati.
rolexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rolex
grumph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grumphs
Senses: glosses: A grunting sound.
grumph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grumphs
form: grumphing
form: grumphed
form: grumphed
Senses: glosses: To make a grunting sound.
Derived terms: grumphie
grumphed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grumph
grumphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grumph
grumphs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grumph
grumphing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grumph
Dantophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dantophiles
Etymology: From Dante + -o- + -phile.
Senses: synonyms: Dantophilist
glosses: One who loves the poetry of Dante Alighieri.
Dantophilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dantophilists
Etymology: From Dante + -o- + -philist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dantophile.
synonyms: word: Dantophile
Dantophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dantophile
Dantophilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dantophilist
projectoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: projectoscopes
Etymology: From project + -o- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: A kind of kinetoscope, a device for exhibiting motion pictures.
projectoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of projectoscope
underbusy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underbusy
form: most underbusy
Etymology: From under- + busy.
Senses: examples: text: A Stomper is one who became overberried and underbusy through no toil of his or her own.
ref: 1947, Collier's - Volume 119, page 40:
text: A crowd of underbusy men waited among the shacks near Hickok's.
ref: 1979, Jake Logan, Dead Man's Hand, →ISBN, page 185:
text: A probable oversupply of dentists— when many, many practitioners are underbusy!
ref: 1980, Georgetown Dental Journal - Volumes 44-45, page 3:
glosses: Insufficiently busy; not having enough to do.
Kraepelinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kraepelinian
ill off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ill off
form: most ill off
Senses: glosses: poor or unfortunate; not well off
neo-Kraepelinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neo-Kraepelinian
undisbanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + disbanded.
Senses: glosses: Not having been disbanded.
MMUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MMU
phylomemetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phylo- + memetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phylomemetics.
dispensal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of dispensing something.
Pikaclones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pikaclone
one-rabbit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: one-rabbits
form: one-rabbiting
form: one-rabbited
form: one-rabbited
form: One-Rabbit
form: one rabbit
form: One Rabbit
Etymology: Calque of Classical Nahuatl cētōchhuia, from cē tōchtli (“One Rabbit”, the year 1454 in the Aztec calendar) + -huia
Senses: examples: text: The worst year, 1454, was One Rabbit, the year when the people were “one-rabbited”
ref: 1989, Louise M. Burkhart, The Slippery Earth: Nahua-Christian Moral Dialogue in Sixteenth-Century Mexico, University of Arizona Press:
text: For four years there was famine. The fourth year was when everyone was “One-Rabbited.”
ref: 1997, Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder (eds. and trans.), Codex Chimalpahin: Society and Politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and Other Nahua Altepetl in Central Mexico: The Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected and recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, volume 1, Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, page 233:
text: only a horrible drought would have entered the lexicon as “One Rabbiting,”
ref: 2017, Benjamin D. Johnson, Pueblos Within Pueblos: Tlaxilacalli Communities in Acolhuacan, Mexico, ca. 1272–1692, Boulder: University Press of Colorado, page 73:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: To inflict the 1454 famine on.
vernacular architecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vernacular architectures
Senses: examples: text: Vernacular architecture scholars have increasingly studied the products of automobile tourism, although often with a wink of the eye or with tongue planted in cheek.
ref: 2000, Michael Ann Williams, Larry Morrisey, “Chapter 9: Constructions of Tradition: Vernacular Architecture, Country Music, and Auto-Ethnography”, in Sally Ann McMurry, Annmarie Adams, editors, People, Power, Places, University of Tennessee Press, page 161:
text: To be bathed in, however, the sea also had to be entered, and Western countries developed a range of alternative vernacular architectures designed to provide access to the ocean.
ref: 2006, Fred Gray, Designing the Seaside: Architecture, Society and Nature, Reaktion Books, page 147:
text: The first challenge to encounter, when addressing a comprehensive understanding of the vernacular architecture problematic, is to try to understand the etymological sense and the epistemological mean of the term. This paper intends to approach the evolution of the ‘vernacular architecture’ designation, and to reflect about its current conceptual application, considering its most substantial ideological divergences over time.
ref: 2015, G. D. Carlos, M. R. Correia, S. Rocha, P. Frey, “Vernacular architecture?”, in Mariana R. Correia, Paulo B. Lourenço, Humberto Varum, editors, Seismic Retrofitting: Learning from Vernacular Architecture, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 11:
topics: architecture
glosses: A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions.
Coordinate terms: polite architecture
vernacular architectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vernacular architecture
T. Padilla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
bore needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bore needles
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A needle with a hole in its center.
Lahug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
Camputhaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
tauroursodeoxycholate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tauroursodeoxycholates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of tauroursodeoxycholic acid
tauroursodeoxycholates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tauroursodeoxycholate
telomerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: telomerizes
form: telomerizing
form: telomerized
form: telomerized
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To cause, or to undergo telomerization
telomerized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of telomerize
testicularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testicularizations
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The formation of the testes
tetraploidisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraploidisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tetraploidization.
tetrapotassium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + potassium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Four potassium ions in a compound
thiobenzamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amide of thiobenzoic acid C₆H₅-C=S-NH₂
toclopidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ticlopidine.
tracheally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tracheal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Via the trachea
transcortically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From trans- + cortically.
Senses: glosses: Across the cerebral cortex
transfectamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any transfection reagent, such as lipofectamine
transpososomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transpososome
trifoliates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trifoliate
trigeminofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From trigemino- + facial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the trigeminal nerve and the face
triheteromer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triheteromers
Etymology: From tri- + heteromer.
Senses: glosses: A trimer composed of three different monomers
Related terms: triheteromeric
triheteromers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triheteromer
tripotassium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + potassium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Three potassium ions in a compound
tuberomamillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tuberomammillary.
ultrarapidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ultra- + rapidly.
Senses: glosses: In an ultrarapid manner
ultrasterile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + sterile.
Senses: glosses: Extremely sterile
unagglutinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + agglutinated.
Senses: glosses: Not agglutinated
bimaternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + maternal.
Senses: glosses: Having two mothers.
unelectroporated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + electroporated.
Senses: glosses: Not electroporated
bipaternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + paternal.
Senses: glosses: Having two fathers.
unoccupiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From un- + occupiable.
Senses: glosses: Not occupiable
valviferan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valviferans
Senses: glosses: Any isopod of the suborder Valvifera
valviferans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valviferan
hully gully
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hully gullies
form: hully gullys
Senses: examples: text: Just like the dog but not so low
 Like the hully gully but not so slow
 Now baby swim, baby do the swim.
ref: 1964, “C'mon and Swim”, Thomas Coman and Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone) (lyrics), performed by Bobby Freeman:
text: She [...] loves to cook, sew and dance. She's up on all the latest steps like the frug, the hully-gully and the surf.
ref: 1964 July 15, The Australian, Sydney, page 20, column 3:
text: Well, there's a dance spreading round like an awful disease / Hully, hully gully / You just shake your shoulders and you wiggle your knees
ref: 1965, Fred Sledge Smith, Cliff Goldsmith, “Hully Gully”, in Beach Boys' Party!, performed by The Beach Boys:
glosses: A dance popular in the 1960s, commonly danced to the song Hully Gully; now often performed as a line dance.
nafs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nafs
Etymology: From Arabic نَفْس (nafs).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The self; the psyche, ego, or soul.
dowrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dowries
Senses: examples: text: The place of her arriuage was at the port of Arundell, into which Caſtle ſhee was ioyfully receiued by William de Albeny, who had married Queen Adeliza, the late wife to King Henry, whoſe Dowrie it was; […]
ref: 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Stephen, the Two and Fortieth Monarch of the English-men: His Raigne, Acts, and Issue”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 19, page 448, column 2:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of dowry.
productionalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: productionalizes
form: productionalizing
form: productionalized
form: productionalized
form: productionalise
Etymology: From productional + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: It is a guideline to work with developers to productionalize their applications and is the key to implementing mainframe disciplines to support systems running around the world.
ref: 1996, Harris Kern, Randy Johnson, Rightsizing New Enterprise, page 66:
topics: business
glosses: To adopt (an approach or technology) in a live production environment.
Synonyms: productionize
Related terms: productionalization
productize
productionalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of productionalize
productionalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of productionalize
productionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of productionalize
endowable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdaʊ̯əbl̩/
Etymology: From Middle English endowable; equivalent to endow + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The following table shows, arranged according to colleges and according to departments, the various amounts received—viz., endowable fees, and endowments paid thereon.
ref: 1908, Report of the Secretary of Public Instruction, volume 32, page 81:
text: The maximum rate of endowment was 5s. per week per endowable child, and the amount was reduced where the family income exceeded the living wage plus £13 per annum for each endowable child.
ref: 1957, Official Yearbook of New South Wales, page 591:
text: However, these ruling show some important advancements, for example, in the understanding of what properties or benefits can be considered endowable, such as shares and stocks that were not financial instruments in the precolonial era.
ref: 2017, Timothy P. Daniels, editor, Sharia Dynamics: Islamic Law and Sociopolitical Processes, page 50:
glosses: Eligible for endowment; able to be endowed or endowed upon.
examples: text: By the provisions of the common law, a widow was endowable of all the lands of which her husband was seized during coverture.
ref: 1839, Return Jonathan Meigs, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, volume 19, page 387:
text: In case of rent charge, she was endowable unless the heir had elected to make it personalty by resorting to her writ of annuity.
ref: 1874, Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi, volume 49, page 203:
text: If therefore the premises in this case had been sold before they were partially destroyed by fire, the widow would have been endowable in the entire sum that they would have sold for, which in this case it is fair to presume would have been $957.50, the total sum received from the sale and insurance.
ref: 1892, The Weekly Law Bulletin and Ohio Law Journal, volume 28, page 333:
topics: law
glosses: Entitled to receive or eligible for dower; dowable.
Related terms: dowable
Dickbats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DickBats
Etymology: From Dick (first name of Dick Grayson) + Bats (nickname for Batman).
Senses: examples: text: I refuse to call him Dickbats. I know many of you call him that, but I won’t.
ref: 2012 October 13, Andrew Asberry, “Batman: Knightfall Vol. 3 – Knightsend review”, in Batman News:
text: With the man who beat him out of the picture, Croc settles for a scuffle with Dickbats and Robin.
ref: 2016 July 16, Brian Warshaw, “Batman: Arkham: Killer Croc review”, in Batman News:
text: The dialogue is also classic King, with Gordon saying to Dickbats “you’re not him. You’re that other him.”
ref: 2018 July 20, Quinn Morris, “Comic Review: Batman #51”, in Sequential Planet:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Dick Grayson in the role of Batman.
vibrodissociation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vibrodissociations
Etymology: From vibro- + dissociation.
Senses: glosses: mechanical dissociation by means of vibration
videofluorescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video- + fluorescence.
Senses: glosses: fluorescence recorded by a video camera
viridiplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viridiplants
Senses: glosses: Any green alga or green plant of the clade Viridiplantae
viridiplants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viridiplant
visuotopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From visuotopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of retinotopically.
synonyms: word: retinotopically
visuotopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of retinotopy.
synonyms: word: retinotopy
Related terms: visuotopic
vulvaless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vulva + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a vulva.
glosses: Without a vulva.
Having fertile eggs that hatch internally and eventually escape from the corpse of their mother.
raw_tags: of hermaphrodite worms
worldwidely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From worldwide + -ly (from the adjective).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of worldwide.
synonyms: word: worldwide
zoobenthivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoo- + benthivorous.
Senses: glosses: That feeds on benthic animals
Related terms: zoobenthivore
bore needles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bore needle
zuclopentixole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zuclopenthixol.
zygion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zygions
Etymology: From zygoma + -ion.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A craniometric point at each end of the bizygomatic diameter
zygions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zygion
sandlighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandlighters
Etymology: From sand + lighter.
Senses: glosses: A small boat used to gather sand and bring it to shore for use in construction etc.
sandlighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandlighter
goddangit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goddammit.
benchman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benchmen
Etymology: From bench + -man.
Senses: glosses: A worker who uses a workbench.
benchmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benchman
eventize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eventizes
form: eventizing
form: eventized
form: eventized
Etymology: From event + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To turn into an event or spectacle.
eventization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From event + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of eventizing, turning something into an event or spectacle.
eventized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eventize
eventizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eventize
eventizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eventize
everybody else
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Synonym of everyone else.
synonyms: word: everyone else
WAAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
thysanurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thysanurians
Etymology: Thysanura + -ian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thysanuran.
thysanurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thysanurian
empacket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: empackets
form: empacketing
form: empacketed
form: empacketed
Senses: glosses: To pack up.
empackets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of empacket
empacketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of empacket
empacketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of empacket
slinkskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slinkskins
Etymology: From slink + skin.
Senses: glosses: The skin of an animal born prematurely, or leather made from it.
slinkskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slinkskin
baggit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baggits
Senses: examples: text: Many baggits are killed in the Tweed in November by anglers.
ref: 1880, Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Report on the Disease which Has Recently Prevailed Among the Salmon:
glosses: A salmon that has just spawned.
baggits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baggit
DTMFA
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Coined by sex advice columnist Dan Savage, in Savage Love.
Senses: examples: text: But you should be terrified of committing to a woman who wants to make a baby with you after two months, to say nothing of seeing your kid raised in some crackpot religion and that describes every last one of 'em, in my opinion. DTMFA.
ref: 2004 March 31, Gallilea, “Savage Love disses wannabe moos”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: Arrogant bitch. Oi! Catholic bloke - DTMFA, she's too self-centred and controlling.
ref: 2007 January 17, Phil Carmody, “Re: Childfree Abby - Odour of Sancticity Group”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: She needs to stop lying. She needs to start protecting you from STD risk and unplanned pregnancy. I know I only have your side to look at, but I'm tempted to tell you to DTMFA ... I know that wouldn't be helpful, though, as you've said it's not what you want. But still, yeesh.
ref: 2008 January 23, Pat Kight, “Re: Some Advice?”, in alt.polyamory (Usenet):
text: If you're interested in the biological-evolutionary question, 'The Red Queen' by Matt Ridley is a very informative and clearly written pop-sci book on the subject. Otherwise I recommend the classics: chocolate, alcohol, and if you have not already done so, DTMFA.
ref: 2009 May 8, Mike Dworetsky, “Re: Why are there so many men on Earth???”, in fj.kanji (Usenet):
text: Agree. This isnt a relationship....he wants a sex toy. And apparently he tires quickly of the game. DTMFA
ref: 2010 September 5, hls, “Re: Dreadful advice but quite hilarious”, in alt.activism.death-penalty (Usenet):
text: In fact, one could argue that in this case Edda needs to OYM,SYP while Amos needs to DTMFA --and may in fact have already done so.
ref: 2012 June 26, Paul Ciszek, “Re: OK, I am really getting sick of 9CWL”, in rec.arts.comics.strips (Usenet):
text: Honestly, if you asked your romantic partner, 'How do I look today?' and he or she replied, “Oh my gosh, you look like a huge, fat pig, and you're totally disgusting,' you'd probably DTMFA
ref: 2013, Sadie Nardini, “Day 12: Theme: Date Yourself”, in The 21-Day Yoga Body: A Metabolic Makeover and Life-Styling Manual to Get You Fit, Fierce, and Fabulous in Just 3 Weeks, Random House, →ISBN:
text: DTMFA. Both of them. Because the lack of respect they'd shown her told her everything she needed to know, even if that feeling of 'fuck you' went against everything her heart was crying out right now, its words pleading with her to give them at least a quick meeting to hear why they hid this from her.
ref: 2017, Julia Kent, The Her Billionaires Series Mega Boxed Set, →OCLC:
glosses: Initialism of dump the motherfucker already, as advice to a partner in a relationship.
wikipedia: Dan Savage
Savage Love
dramamentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dramamentaries
Etymology: Blend of drama + documentary
Senses: glosses: Synonym of docudrama.
synonyms: word: docudrama
dramamentaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dramamentary
Mambaling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
Dumlog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Toledo, Cebu, Philippines.
Biasong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Picong, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of San Isidro, Leyte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Tomas Oppus, Southern Leyte, Philippines.
Arcadianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Arcadianly
form: most Arcadianly
Etymology: From arcadian + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was quiet, peaceful, Arcadianly beautiful.
ref: 1951, Galaxy Magazine, volume 3, page 142:
text: The wind was fresh and we were soon passing the first little harbour inlet, with a fishing village so Arcadianly inviting, so neat despite its poverty, that we had half a mind to put in there.
ref: 1953, Göran Schildt, In the Wake of Ulysses, page 97:
glosses: In an arcadian manner.
habilitators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of habilitator
Scoticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scoticisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scotticism.
Scoticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scoticism
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historical region of the Philippines, composed of the provinces of Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, and Maguindanao
despatchful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more despatchful
form: most despatchful
Etymology: From despatch + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dispatchful.
monometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + metrical or monometric + -al.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monometric.
synonyms: word: monometric
pyogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pyogenetic
form: most pyogenetic
Senses: glosses: pyogenic
pyoptysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyo- + Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “spit”).
Senses: glosses: expectoration of pus
cub fos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: right cub fos
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Cubital fossa.
Related terms: cub fossa
counterarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterarms
form: counterarming
form: counterarmed
form: counterarmed
Etymology: From counter- + arm.
Senses: examples: text: After all, according to the letter of the 1979 NATO decision, the NATO council was supposed to examine first the results of the Soviet-U.S. talks and then to take a decision on whether to counterarm, as they call it in the West, or not to counterarm.
ref: 1984, Daily Report: Soviet Union - Volume 84, Issues 10-21, page 202:
text: The lesson of the last four years is therefore that the zero option would not now be within our grasp if we had not taken the decision to counterarm and restore parity.
ref: 1987, The Expanding Role of the European Community in International Security Issues, page 18:
text: The process of detente suffered repeated setbacks, however, including the NATO decision to counterarm in 1977, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and the West's boycott of the © Olympic Games in the city of- Moscow in 1980.
ref: 2005, Klaus Berndl, National Geographic Visual History of the World, page 588:
glosses: To arm oneself in order to match the level of weaponry held by an opponent.
counterarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterarms
Etymology: From counter- + arm.
Senses: examples: text: The submarine is the dominating weapon today. Undersea boats spell a nameless, historical terror because no effective counterarm has been perfected.
ref: 1917, Flying - Volume 5, page 136:
text: Of course, we want them in a forum, not a forum of threat and counterthreat, arm and counterarm, but in the forum of discussion, and I suggest we put it there.
ref: 1976, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs, Military Assistance Programs - Volumes 461-484, page 391:
text: If those years are devoted to an accelerated arms race, we might very well miss the big chance while still building ever- increasing piles of arms and counterarms.
ref: 1962, Amitai Etzioni, The hard way to peace: a new strategy, page 89:
text: Shock at finding London in the frenzy of pike and musket manufacture, and a determination to forge counterarms of art are recorded not only in the passing wind but in new prophecies and in Night VIII, a final late addition to The Four Zoas.
ref: 2013, David V. Erdman, Blake: Prophet Against Empire, →ISBN:
glosses: A weapon that is acquired in order to counter one held by an opponent.
examples: text: Balancing this at the other end of the teeterboard was a counterarm.
ref: 1939, The New Yorker - Volume 15, Part 1, page 21:
text: Grotesque arms and counterarms of the balance mechanism below the tunnel wrote their mathematical hieroglyphs on the big instrument panel.
ref: 1986, Harold Mansfield, Vision: a saga of the sky, page 179:
text: In the Hotchkiss superdip the total intensity is determined from the deflection of a system consisting of a magnetic needle to which is fastened a counterarm carrying a small weight and making an adjustable angle with the needle.
ref: 2012, D. S. Parasnis, Principles of Applied Geophysics, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: A weighted arm, or an arm that holds a weight, which acts as a counterbalance.
examples: text: On the far side of the larger galaxy a counterarm sometimes sprouts out.
ref: 1978, Simon Mitton, Exploring the Galaxies, →ISBN, page 103:
text: The deformations are triggered after the passage to perigalacticon: the two spiral arms generated are not symmetric and are distinguished by a bridge linking the two galaxies and a counterarm at the opposite side.
ref: 2004, Francoise Combes, Patrick Boissé, Alain Mazure, Galaxies and Cosmology, →ISBN, page 187:
text: The very long straight tail of one is interpreted as a counterarm of one galaxy seen edge-on with the counterarm of the other galaxy seen closer to face-on as more obviously arched.
ref: 2012, F.D. Kahn, Investigating the Universe, →ISBN:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A galactic arm on the far side of a galaxy that is colliding with another galaxy.
counterarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterarm
counterarms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterarm
counterarming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterarm
counterarmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterarm
oversummer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊ.vəˈsʌm.ə/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsʌm.ɚ/
Forms: form: oversummers
form: oversummering
form: oversummered
form: oversummered
Etymology: From over- + summer.
Senses: examples: text: The snails (Bakerilymnaea cockerelli) oversummer in the adult or near-adult morphology using a form of estivation.
ref: 1976, Subodh K. Jain, Vernal Pools: Their Ecology and Conservation:
text: Both powdery mildew and cereal rusts oversummer on volunteer crops in the asexual stage, infect the autumn-sown crop and, eventually, overwinter on the volunteers to infect the crops in spring (Zadoks, 1961).
ref: 1998, D.G. Jones, The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases, →ISBN, page 336:
text: In the Pacific Golden-Plover, some individuals oversummer in the tropics as yearlings and 2-year olds^([sic]) (Johnson and Johnson 1983).
ref: 2010, Mark A. Colwell, Shorebird Ecology, Conservation, and Management, →ISBN, page 211:
text: Dragged down in early winter from the top of the garden where they oversummer, they are placed on the front window sills looking sad and forlorn.
ref: 2013, Alice Taylor, The Gift of a Garden, →ISBN:
glosses: To spend the summer (in a particular place or form).
Coordinate terms: overwinter
Related terms: sunbird
oversummers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oversummer
oversummering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oversummer
oversummered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oversummer
counter-canter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-canters
Etymology: From counter- + canter.
Senses: examples: text: She used to come to the indoor riding school at Knightsbridge and ride my charger, Foxhunter, which I taught to do counter-canters, extended trots, half-passes and other dressage movements.
ref: 2005, James Hewitt, Moving On, →ISBN, page 11:
text: Before you start teaching your horse to do a flying change, you need to be able to perform counter-canter.
ref: 2012, William Micklem, Complete Horse Riding Manual, →ISBN, page 151:
text: Because it challenges your horse's balance and strengthens his outside hind leg, the counter-canter is an excellent gymnastic exercise for improving balance and collection.
ref: 2012, Jennifer O. Bryant, The USDF Guide to Dressage, →ISBN:
topics: dressage
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: A canter that is performed in a circle, leading with the leg opposite to the direction of the canter.
counter-canter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counter-canters
form: counter-cantering
form: counter-cantered
form: counter-cantered
Etymology: From counter- + canter.
Senses: glosses: To perform a counter-canter.
counter-canters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counter-canter
counter-canters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counter-canter
counter-cantering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counter-canter
counter-cantered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counter-canter
pea-maggot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pea-maggots
Senses: glosses: The caterpillar of a small moth, Cydia nigricana, which lays its eggs in pea pods.
pea-maggots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pea-maggot
high-voltage transmission line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪvoʊltɪdʒ tɹænsˈmɪʃən laɪn/
Forms: form: high-voltage transmission lines
Senses: glosses: Overhead transmission line from the power station to a transmission substation.