cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
droopest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: droop + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of droop
encompasseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: encompass + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of encompass
encompassest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: encompass + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of encompass
enforcest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enforce + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of enforce
enforceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enforce + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enforce
engrossest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: engross + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of engross
engrosseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: engross + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of engross
enlargeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enlarge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enlarge
enlargest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enlarge + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of enlarge
ensnareth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: ensnare + -eth
Senses: examples: text: The devil ensnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world.
ref: 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ensnare
ensnarest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: ensnare + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of ensnare
exactest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: exact + -est
Senses: examples: text: The most sovereign authority calls for the exactest and lowest observance, the highest Lord for the deepest homage[…]
ref: 1682, Stephen Charnock, Several Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God:
glosses: superlative form of exact: most exact
exactest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: exact + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of exact
exceedeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exceed
exceedest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: exceed + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of exceed
expresseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: express + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of express
expressest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: express + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of express
fixeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fix + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fix
bargemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bargeman
aesthetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aesthetical
form: most aesthetical
form: æsthetical
form: esthetical
Etymology: From aesthetic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to aesthetics.
glosses: Of or pertaining to beauty.
glosses: Aesthetic.
Synonyms: aesthetic
Derived terms: aesthetically
unaesthetical
bakehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪkhaʊs/
Forms: form: bakehouses
Etymology: From Middle English bakhows, bakhous, bachous, from Old English bæchūs (“bakery, bakehouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *bakahūs (“bakehouse”), equivalent to bake + house. Cognate with Scots bake-hous (“bakehouse, bakery”), Saterland Frisian Bakhuus (“bakehouse”), West Frisian bakkhûs (“bakehouse”), Dutch bakhuis (“bakehouse”), German Low German Backhuus (“bakehouse”), German Backhaus (“bakehouse, bakery”).
Senses: examples: text: And they haue deuised for that purpose to make vs beleue in other vayne thynges by his pardonnes, as to haue remission of sinnes for praiynge on hallowed beades, for drinkyng of the bakehouse bole, as a Channon of Waltam Abbey, once tolde me, that when soeuer they putte theyr loaues of breade into the ouen, as manye as drancke of the pardon bolle shoulde haue pardon for drinckynge of it.
ref: 1548, Hugh Latimer, A Notable Sermon of the Reverende Father Maister Hughe Latemer, London:
text: This third scheme went to the relief of the poor at large, and indeed so did the fourth. One was a plan to sell them bread under the standard price, and the other meat. To carry the first into execution, a water-mill was built, and a bakehouse annexed to it.
ref: 1793, Charles Dibdin, chapter 5, in The Younger Brother, volume 3, London:
text: Jude, finding the general attention again centering on himself, went out to the bakehouse, where he ate the cake provided for his breakfast.
ref: 1895, Thomas Hardy, chapter 2, in Jude the Obscure:
text: Fresh bread and doughnuts are still baked in the brick ovens of the old bakehouse behind the village store.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 180, about Felmersham:
text: 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Prologue, p. 3,
Graham helped Father in the shed. He looked after the fire under the copper of pig swill, took the pork pies to the bakehouse when needed and generally ran round doing everything Father asked […]
glosses: A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
glosses: A building principally containing ovens.
glosses: Bakery.
Related terms: bakery
bakehouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bakehouse
outlawry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊtlɔːɹi/
Forms: form: outlawries
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English outlawerie, from outlawe + -erie after Anglo-Norman utlagarie, utlarie, and Late Latin utlagaria; by surface analysis, outlaw + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture
ref: c. 1649, John Milton, Observations upon the Articles of Peace with the Irish Rebels […]
text: The palace was confiscated, and its rich furniture sold; the Marchese di Montefiore was summoned to appear on a charge of sorcery; he came not to answer the accusation, and sentence of outlawry was passed against him.
ref: 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 42–23:
topics: law
glosses: A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.
examples: text: Through this ‘passing-out ceremony’ the apprentice became both proven in reliability and bound, Faust-like, to the rebel cause by his act of outlawry.
ref: 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 134:
synonyms: outlawdom
antonyms: inlawry
glosses: The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.
concealments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concealment
staved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stave
horsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Equivalent to horse + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of horse
horsed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English horsed, i-horsed, yhorsed, y-horsed, from Old English horsod, ġehorsod, past participle of Old English horsian, ġehorsian (“to horse”), equivalent to horse + -ed.
Senses: examples: horsed men
glosses: Mounted on a horse.
horsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of horse
horsing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪŋ
Forms: form: horsings
Senses: examples: text: And though we cannot enumerate the “horsings,” and other little tender attentions that his juvenile indiscretions obtained him, we give him full credit for having received a modicum of castigation.
ref: 1826, William Oxberry, Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt Oxberry, Oxberry's Dramatic Biography and Histrionic Anecdotes:
text: He grew up mortal fond of trading, and with a mortal hatred to learning; he, however, was flogged through Osterald's abridgement of the New Testament once or twice, and got one or two horsings over a Chapter of Genesis […]
ref: 1838, Thomas Dick, The educational magazine, and journal of Christian philanthropy:
glosses: The military punishment of placing somebody on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged.
sleighing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sleigh
sleighing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleighings
Senses: examples: text: I heard magnificent accounts of the balls, parties, sleighings, and country frolics, which take place […]
ref: 1852, Sir Edward William Watkin, A Trip to the United States and Canada: In a Series of Letters, page 26:
glosses: A ride on a sleigh.
sleighed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sleigh
sleigher
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sleigh + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sleigh: more sleigh
sleigher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleighers
Etymology: From sleigh + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rides or drives a sleigh.
sleighers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleigher
supperless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supper + -less.
Senses: examples: text: He often went to bed supperless.
text: Nungi, hungry and weary, had come to a fireless and supperless hut, and, after fire-making, was busy preparing supper for himself and Woona - she sitting calmly watching him.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 262:
glosses: Without supper.
erasures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erasure
cancelation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cancelations
Senses: glosses: US spelling of cancellation.
Derived terms: precancelation
otters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of otter
foreshortened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foreshorten
haying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hay
haying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hayings
Senses: glosses: The act of gathering hay.
Derived terms: haying time
hays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of hay
hays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hay
hayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hay
groanings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹoʊnɪŋz/
ipa: /ˈɡɹəʊnɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of groaning
frankest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of frank: most frank
uprisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uprising
dockyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dockyard
sug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sugs
form: sugging
form: sugged
form: sugged
Etymology: From the initial letters of selling under the guise of research, especially in the market industry.
Senses: glosses: To market a product or service by means of purported market research.
sug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: “Hey, sug, let's go into the family room so we don't wake up your daddy, OK?”
ref: 2011, Yvette Wright, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Side of Black Women, page 124:
text: She called everybody sug, as in sugar, as in, 'Listen, sug, could you get me another Manhattan?'
ref: 2013, James Oseland, Giles Coren, Tamasin Day-Lewis, A Fork In The Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure and Discovery On The Road:
glosses: sugar; sweetheart (as a term of endearment)
sugi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 杉(すぎ) (sugi).
Senses: glosses: Wood of the Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica).
global village
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: global villages
Etymology: Coined by Marshall McLuhan in 1962.
Senses: examples: text: But certainly the electro-magnetic discoveries have recreated the simultaneous “field” in all human affairs so that the human family now exists under conditions of a “global village.”
ref: 1962, Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy, University of Toronto Press, →OCLC, page 31:
text: McLuhan believes that the world is rapidly becoming a "global village," in which mankind communicates in a supermodern version of the way tribal societies were once related.
ref: 1964 July 3, “Blowing Hot & Cold”, in Time, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2011:
text: Because the novel is so rooted in time and place, some of the events seem a bit outdated. However, Mitchell draws such explicit connections between these events, gay liberation, feminism and leftist politics in general that the book rises above its setting to make very clear comments about the global village as it is today.
ref: 1982 December 4, Rob Kaplan, “Life in the Last Days”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 11:
glosses: The world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected by contemporary technology, especially television and the World Wide Web.
lounge-lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lounge-lizards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lounge lizard.
drag racing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drag-racing
Senses: glosses: Straight lane racing on an official racetrack, typically a dragstrip.
examples: text: He made 5000 bucks in street racing.
glosses: Any illegal street racing.
Derived terms: dragstrip
drag boat
drag boat racing
drag racing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drag race
taskbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæskˌbɑɹ/
Forms: form: taskbars
Etymology: From task + bar.
Senses: examples: text: You can download Google's deskbar for free […] It automatically installs itself as a toolbar on the Windows XP taskbar, but you have to turn it on by right-clicking the taskbar and choosing Toolbars → Google Deskbar.
ref: 2005, Preston Gralla, Windows XP Power Hound: Teach Yourself New Tricks, page 179:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A bar on a computer desktop used to launch and monitor applications.
skool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skools
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of school.
Derived terms: nu skool
old skool
maktab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maktabs
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab), from the root ك ت ب (k t b).
Senses: synonyms: kuttab
glosses: A traditional Islamic elementary school, primarily teaching literacy and the Qur'an.
taskbars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taskbar
shule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shules
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shul (“Ashkenazic synagogue”).
uts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ut
ankylose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ankyloses
form: ankylosing
form: ankylosed
form: ankylosed
form: anchylose
Etymology: Back-formation from ankylosis; compare diagnose.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: To cause bony structures to fuse or stiffen as a result of ankylosis.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: To suffer from ankylosis.
in the toilet
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: Doing that again will put your job in the toilet.
glosses: Finished; at an ignoble end.
Related terms: down the toilet
down the drain
anted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: anteed
form: anteied
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed.
anted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ant
hanging chads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanging chad
gwan
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From various English dialects, notably Gullah.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of going on.
examples: text: “Aw, gwan, you slave driver,” the boy said, dashing from the room.
ref: 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 199:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of go on.
examples: text: I need to get to gwan.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of going.
Related terms: wha gwan
wha' gwan
what's gwan
gwan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gwans
Etymology: Blend of goose + swan
Senses: synonyms: swoose
glosses: A hybrid between a goose and a swan, especially the offspring of a gander (male goose) and a pen (female swan).
screwed the pooch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of screw the pooch (slang) (To have screwed up or to have made a mistake.)
diamonds are a girl's best friend
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: While love is a luxury, material wealth (particularly jewellery) is more valuable to a girl.
Related terms: diamonds are forever
disaffirmation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˌæfɜːˈmeɪʃən/
Forms: form: disaffirmations
Etymology: From disaffirm + -ation or dis- + affirmation.
Senses: glosses: The act of denial; a declaration that something is not true.
glosses: Repudiation of self or other.
Synonyms: denial
disclaim
repudiation
Related terms: disaffirmance
disaffirmative
disaffirmations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disaffirmation
supertaxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supertaxa
Etymology: From super- + taxon.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A grouping of taxa.
Related terms: subtaxon
Bohdan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bogdan.
glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name and surname Богдан (Bohdan)
ecophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + -phagy.
Senses: glosses: The consuming of ecosystems by nanotechnology that has gone awry.
Related terms: ecocide
grey goo
worm lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worm lizards
form: worm-lizard
Senses: examples: text: Most species of worm-lizard still retain remnants of their pelvis and pectoral girdle (hips and shoulders), but only four species from Mexico out of the 180 currently known around the world still have functioning forelimbs.
ref: 2016 July 13, Elsa Panciroli, “How did legless worm-lizards cross the Atlantic?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Any of many small limbless burrowing tropical squamate reptiles, of the family Amphisbaenidae or of the superfamily or suborder Amphisbaenia, that resemble worms.
CPFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CPFTs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of certified pulmonary function technologist.
Niagara Falls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Niagara + Falls (waterfall)
* The cities are named after the waterfalls they are located next to.
Senses: synonyms: the Falls
coordinate_terms: Goat Island
glosses: A waterfall in Niagara river, Niagara region, on the international border between Canada and United States, in both Ontario and New York state; Massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River.
synonyms: City of Niagara Falls
glosses: A city in Niagara county, New York, United States; near the Falls.
synonyms: City of Niagara Falls
glosses: A city in Niagara regional municipality, Ontario, Canada; near the Falls.
examples: text: […] fire-in-the-hole farts and the unwholesome sounds of a Niagara Falls of diarrhea filling the sink rim to the brim.
ref: 2023, Don H. Corrigan, "I fart in your general direction!": Flatulence in Popular Culture (page 102)
glosses: Synonym of Niagara (“a flood or inundation”).
synonyms: word: Niagara
extra: a flood or inundation
Related terms: City of Niagara Falls
County of Niagara
Niagara
Niagara County
Niagara Region
Niagara Regional Municipality
Niagara River
Regional Municipality of Niagara
Region of Niagara
Niagara River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in North America flowing to the north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario and including the Niagara Falls.
Miroslava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Miroslava.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Romania.
aspergillosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌæspəɹd͡ʒɪˈloʊsɪs/
Forms: form: aspergilloses
Etymology: From aspergill- + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Any of various infections by fungi of the genus Aspergillus that cause granulomatous lesions.
Hypernyms: mycosis
Hyponyms: sense: infection by Aspergillus
alt: CPA
word: chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
sense: infection by Aspergillus
word: aspergilloma
sense: infection by Aspergillus
alt: ABPA
word: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
granulomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more granulomatous
form: most granulomatous
Etymology: From granulomato- + -ous.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characterised by granulomata
Derived terms: chronic granulomatous disease
fibrogranulomatous
granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
intergranulomatous
intragranulomatous
microgranulomatous
nongranulomatous
pregranulomatous
chronic granulomatous disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronic granulomatous diseases
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: CGD
glosses: Any of a group of hereditary defects in the ability of some phagocytes to kill certain bacteria; the resulting infection
CGD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of chronic granulomatous disease.
coevolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coevolutions
form: co-evolution
Etymology: From co- + evolution.
Senses: examples: text: These species breed in a variety of both terrestrial and marine snails, although there is no obvious pattern of coevolution.
ref: 2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America^(http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098%5B0431:RONWSO%5D2.0.CO;2), volume 98, number 4, page 431:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
qualifier: evolutionary theory
glosses: The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
Related terms: coevolutionary
coevolve
evolutionary arms race
co-evolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-evolutions
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coevolution.
hydrogenotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydrogen + -o- + -trophic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That converts hydrogen to other compounds as part of its metabolism.
Derived terms: hydrogenotrophically
Related terms: hydrogenotrophy
kynurenine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kynurenines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A metabolite, 2-amino-4-(2-aminophenyl)- 4-oxo-butanoic acid, that is an intermediate in the conversion of tryptophan to niacin.
Derived terms: hydroxykynurenine
kynureninase
Related terms: kynurenic acid
machaeridian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machaeridians
Etymology: Machaeridia + -ian
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A fossil form of segmented (annelid) worm, of the class Machaeridia, that had a scaly armour of mineralised plates
phytohormone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytohormones
Etymology: From phyto- + hormone.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A plant hormone
Related terms: phytohormonal
seppo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seppos
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Seppo.
scleritome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsklɛɹɪtoʊm/
Forms: form: scleritomes
Etymology: From scleri- + -tome?
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The scaly armour of some annelid worms such as machaeridians
flourisheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: flourish + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flourish
flourishest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: flourish + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of flourish
fumblest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fumble + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of fumble
calmest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: calm + -est.
Senses: glosses: superlative form of calm: most calm
calmest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: calm + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of calm
causest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cause + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of cause
changest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: change + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of change
chopt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: chop + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chop
clepeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: clepe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clepe
clepest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: clepe + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of clepe
consortest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: consort + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of consort
constraineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: constrain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of constrain
constrainest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: constrain + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of constrain
contenteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: content + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of content
contentest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of content: most content
contentest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of content
convertest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: convert + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of convert
converteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: convert + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of convert
craveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: crave + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crave
cravest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: crave + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of crave
criedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryedst
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of cry
Keijo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Keijō.
crosst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cross + -t
Senses: examples: text: In this 6 mile we Crosst several miring branches in which we were all terribly bedaubed … Having almost spent the day in this toilsome tho short Journey.
ref: 2009, Noeleen McIlvenna, quoting journal, 1711, A Very Mutinous People, Univ of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: simple past and past participle of cross
accordeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: accord + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of accord
accordest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: accord + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of accord
accuseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: accuse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of accuse
accusest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: accuse + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of accuse
adorest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: adore + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of adore
affecteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: affect + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of affect
affectest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: affect + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of affect
affordeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: afford + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of afford
affordest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: afford + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of afford
aimest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of aim
anticipatest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: anticipate + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of anticipate
anticipateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: anticipate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anticipate
approacheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: approach + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of approach
approachest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: approach + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of approach
aptest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of apt: most apt
attendeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: attend + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of attend
attendest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: attend + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of attend
bacons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacon
British Semi-Longhair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: British Semi-Longhairs
Senses: glosses: A semi-longhair domestic cat breed with a cobby conformation, originating in Great Britain.
Related terms: British Shorthair
barful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bar + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Full of obstructions.
barful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barfuls
form: barsful
Etymology: From bar + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: I want to go up to strangers on the street or people in my office and say “Please let me tell you about this very important thing that’s happened to me.” The way they say people in love want to shout it from the roof tops and new fathers buttonhole strangers with cigars and winners of lottery tickets want to buy barsful of strangers a round of drinks.
ref: 1974, Mary Arkley Carter, A Member of the Family, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 27:
text: There were also complaints from whole barsful of newspapermen, hacks and craftsmen alike, that this was the way they had been trying to write all along, only to be shot down by their desks.
ref: 1975, Michael Kernan, “What Is Ward Just Doing Writing These Tales When We All Know Nobody Reads Them Anymore, and Other Stories”, in Laura Longley Babb, editor, Writing in Style: From the Style Section of The Washington Post: A New Perspective on the People and Trends of the Seventies, Houghton Mifflin/Boston, →ISBN, page 9:
text: 1999, Salon It's not funny November
by the time he figured out that he would not have been required to stand and salute even if "Molly Malone" were the Irish national anthem, he already had a barful of drunken farmers laughing their Guinness-soaked heads off at him.
synonyms: barload
glosses: Enough to fill a bar (drinking establishment).
ulterior motives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ulterior motive
behavedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of behave
beholdest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: behold + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of behold
beseemest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: beseem + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of beseem
betideth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: betide + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of betide
betidest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: betide + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of betide
bleedest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of bleed
bleedeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bleed
blunter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blunt: more blunt
blunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blunters
Senses: examples: text: blunters of genius
ref: 1788, Sir Herbert Croft, The Wreck of Westminster Abbey, page 6:
glosses: That which blunts something.
bluntest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blunt: most blunt
blushest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: blush + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of blush
blusheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: blush + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blush
boggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bogglers
Etymology: From boggle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The cares of State […] were generally, as in most affairs of State, of an arithmetical character, the Commander of the Faithful being a fearful boggler at a sum.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
glosses: One who boggles.
glosses: Something puzzling or confusing.
Derived terms: mind boggler
mind-boggler
mind boggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mind bogglers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mind-boggler.
mind-boggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mind-bogglers
Senses: glosses: Something very puzzling, confusing or surprising.
Related terms: mind-boggling
boundeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bound + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bound
boundest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bound + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of bound
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of bind
breathest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: breathe + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of breathe
breatheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: breathe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of breathe
buriest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bury + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of bury
burieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bury + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bury
burier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buriers
Etymology: From bury + -er, from Middle English birier, from Old English byrgere. Present form probably reformed from the verb based on West Midland dialect.
Senses: examples: ref: 1901 May, “Baby Burier Gets Nine Years”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who buries
casted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæstɪd/
ipa: /ˈkɑːstɪd/
text: Audio (US)
Etymology: From cast + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Use pillows under the casted leg to prevent flat spots and underlying pressure areas, especially on the heel and the posterior portion of the cast.
ref: 2000, Delores Christina Schoen, Adult orthopaedic nursing, page 141:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Set in a cast.
Derived terms: uncasted
casted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæstɪd/
ipa: /ˈkɑːstɪd/
text: Audio (US)
Etymology: From cast + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cast
casted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæstɪd/
ipa: /ˈkɑːstɪd/
text: Audio (US)
ipa: /ˈkeɪstɪd/
ipa: /ˈkæstɪd/
ipa: /ˈkɑːstɪd/
text: Audio (US)
Etymology: From caste + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having membership in a caste.
black alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black alders
Senses: synonyms: common alder
European alder
glosses: A tree (Alnus glutinosa), of many practical uses, growing in moist conditions in Europe.
glosses: Wood or other product of the tree.
glosses: American winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ilex verticillata
word: black alder winterberry
common alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common alders
Senses: glosses: A tree native to much of Europe and neighboring Africa and Asia (Alnus glutinosa).
Synonyms: sense: Alnus glutinosa
word: black alder
sense: Alnus glutinosa
word: alder
grey alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey alders
Senses: glosses: A tree in the genus Alnus, native to North America and Europe; Alnus incana.
go through hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes through hell
form: going through hell
form: went through hell
form: gone through hell
Senses: examples: text: If you're going through hell, keep going!
glosses: To have a miserable experience.
Related terms: go to hell and back
go through fire and water
red alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red alders
Senses: glosses: A tree of genus Alnus (Alnus rubra).
glosses: A South African tree (Cunonia capensis)
green alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green alders
Senses: glosses: A tree in the genus Alnus; Alnus viridis.
Elginism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛlɡɪnɪzəm̩/
Etymology: From Elgin + -ism, coined to describe the actions of the type carried out by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, with the Parthenon Sculptures in Athens.
Senses: glosses: Cultural vandalism.
glosses: Assembly of artifacts from other countries in imperial capitals.
Related terms: Elginist
thagomizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθæɡ.ə.maɪ.zəɹ/
Forms: form: thagomizers
form: thagomiser
Etymology: Coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in 1982. His comic strip (image on the right) shows a caveman giving a lecture illustrating this part of a dinosaur, with the caption "Now this end is called the thagomizer... after the late Thag Simmons". See -ize, -er.
Senses: examples: text: Like the thagomizer of the stegosaur, the ankylosaurid tail club was probably used to smash into attackers.
ref: 2001, Thomas R. Holtz with Terry Riley, The Little Giant Book of Dinosaurs, page 54:
text: An Allosaurus backbone had a hole in which a Stegosaurus thagomizer fitted perfectly. Over the years, many of the fossil thagomizers that have been dug up have had broken tips.
ref: 2008 August 1, Gary Jeffrey, Stegosaurus: The Plated Dinosaur, Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30:
text: "Not like that," Snap growled, raising her four fists, swishing her thagomizer around threateningly.
ref: 2008 September 17, L. E. Simmons, The Lady of Gold (SnapDragon Adventures 1), 1st edition, Lulu.com, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 135:
glosses: An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.
tail gunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tail gunners
Senses: glosses: One who operates the gun or guns in the tail of a military aircraft, usually a bomber.
glosses: One whose function in an organization is to defend it from attackers, for example, in public relations or public affairs.
Synonyms: rear gunner
Tail End Charlie
immobilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of immobilise
immobilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of immobilise
immobilised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of immobilise
residuary estate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: residuary estates
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically devised to someone in the will, or any property that is part of such a specific devise that fails (for example, due to the death of the intended beneficiary preceding that of the testator).
Related terms: residuary beneficiary
residuary bequest
residuary clause
residuary legatee
residuary taker
residuary estates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of residuary estate
arm wrestling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːm ˌɹɛs.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɑɹm ˌɹɛs.lɪŋ/
Forms: form: arm-wrestling
Senses: glosses: A strength sport with two participants, in which each participant grips the other's hand and tries to pin the other's arm onto a surface.
Related terms: arm-wrestle
arm wrestler
arm wrestling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːm ˌɹɛs.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɑɹm ˌɹɛs.lɪŋ/
Forms: form: arm-wrestling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arm wrestle
residuary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Between residuary sobs she drank it like water, sitting up, Robert Loo on the bed's edge, his finger-tips on the base of the glass.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 509:
glosses: Of or relating to a residue; residual; left over, when the main portion has been removed.
topics: law
glosses: With respect to a will, relating to the portion of an estate which was not disposed of in the will, or for which the directions in the will could not be carried out.
Derived terms: residuary beneficiary
residuary bequest
residuary clause
residuary devise
residuary estate
residuary legatee
residuary taker
residuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: residuaries
Senses: glosses: One who receives the residue of an estate.
Suez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.ɛz/
Etymology: From Arabic اَلسُّوَيْس (as-suways), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + سويس, of uncertain origin but sometimes connected to South Levantine Arabic forms of سُوس (sūs, “licorice”). A folk etymology sometimes relates it to a supposed Egyptian suan (“beginning”), but this appears to be a ghost word or misinterpretation as no such word exists.
Senses: glosses: A city in northeastern Egypt.
glosses: Ellipsis of Suez Canal: the canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
raw_tags: with the definite article
glosses: A governorate of Egypt around the city and canal.
Derived terms: Gulf of Suez
Port Suez
Suez Canal
Suez Port
so be it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Minister of State: Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister, I beg to introduce a bill entitled an Act to amend the Interpretation Act.
Clerk: Interpretation (Amendment) Bill.
Speaker: Second reading what day?
Minister of State: At the next available sitting.
Speaker: So be it.
text: From storm to storm ! So be it, then. Born in throes, ’tis fit that man should live in pains and die in pangs! So be it, then! Here's stout stuff for woe to work on. So be it, then.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Doubloon”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 480:
text: It doesn't matter which party it is. If the people choose one, a Democrat, then so be it.
ref: 2009 February 22, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, via ABC:
text: The reason was that China's stability was at stake, according to Singapore's statesman Lee Kuan Yew. He once said: "He (Deng Xiaoping) took over and said, "If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it."
ref: 2014 October 10, Diane M. Francis, “Why Does China Get To Renege on Its Promise of Democracy in Hong Kong?”, in HuffPost:
synonyms: word: be it so
word: it is what it is
word: that's life
word: c'est la vie
word: it is as it is
word: it is how it is
word: it is what it is
word: life's a bitch
word: shit happens
word: so be it
word: so is life
word: so it goes
word: such is life
word: that's that and this is this
word: that's the way it goes
word: that’s the way it plays
word: that's the way life is
word: that's the way the ball bounces
word: that's the way the cookie crumbles
word: that's the way the mop flops
word: them's the breaks
glosses: An indication of acceptance, especially of a situation which is not entirely favorable.
Related terms: sobeit
as the case may be
be that as it may
let it be
Panama Canal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A major man-made canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Derived terms: Panama Canal Zone
Related terms: Panamax
Bohrer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bohrers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bohrer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
antiseismic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiseismic
form: most antiseismic
Etymology: From anti- + seismic.
Senses: topics: civil-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Built to withstand the effects of earthquakes.
for the heck of it
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of for the hell of it.
upanayana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /uːpəˈnɑːjənə/
Forms: form: upanayanas
Etymology: From Sanskrit उपनयन (upanayana).
Senses: examples: text: An Aryan boy had to undergo the upanayana that initiated him into the study of the Veda and the sacrificial procedure, or he would never be able to build a fully realized atman.
ref: 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 83:
glosses: An initiation ceremony undergone by Hindu boys over the age of seven belonging to the highest three castes, marking the start of their formal education.
cuisinier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuisiniers
Etymology: From French cuisinier.
Senses: examples: text: The servants, though much amused at my appearance, pitied me, while the cuisinier, doing his best to soothe me, made clear the reason of the disturbance.
ref: 1859, Thomas William J. Connolly, The Romance of the Ranks:
glosses: A cook or chef, especially in French contexts.
spanky pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I carefully take off your Carter spanky pants, and I spread your thighs, revealing […]
ref: 1986 February 8, THE SANCTIFIED LADY, “Newest Flavor At JP Licks: Sweetest Taboos (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 29, page 13:
glosses: Very short shorts resembling underwear and worn under cheerleader uniforms etc.
supertaxa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: super- + taxa
Senses: glosses: plural of supertaxon
subtaxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtaxa
form: subtaxons
Etymology: From sub- + taxon.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: One of the elements within a taxon.
subtaxa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtaxon (Elements within a taxon).