cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wistaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪsˈtɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /wɪsˈtɪə̯.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /wɪsˈtɛɹi.ə/
ipa: /wɪsˈtɪɹ.i.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
Forms: form: wistarias
Senses: examples: text: Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
text: [A]long their time-marked walls wistaria threw patches of mauve blossom.
ref: 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 222:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wisteria.
ebrious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈiː.bɹiː.əs/
Forms: form: more ebrious
form: most ebrious
Etymology: From Latin ēbrius (“drunk”).
Senses: glosses: Having a tendency towards alcohol abuse.
glosses: Drunk, tipsy.
examples: text: When the patient entered the consultation room, the neurologist immediately noted his ebrious step, and suspected a lesion of the cerebellum.
glosses: Similar to that of a drunk.
Synonyms: sense: drunk
word: drunk
sense: similar to that of a drunk
word: drunklike
sense: similar to that of a drunk
word: intoxicated-like
carpet munching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cunnilingus
Related terms: carpetmuncher
ramjet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ramjets
Etymology: From ram + jet.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A jet engine in which forward motion forces air into an inlet, compressing it (as opposed to having a pump type device compressing the air for combustion with fuel), and where combustion is subsonic.
Derived terms: Bussard ramjet
interstellar ramjet
scramjet
turbo-ramjet
Related terms: jet engine
pulsejet
turbojet
wistfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wistfulnesses
Etymology: From wistful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: She was no longer the alert, vivacious American beauty who had charmed and delighted all who came in contact with her. Instead she was a very quiet and sad little girl—with an expression of hopeless wistfulness that none but Hazel Strong could interpret.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 114:
text: It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.
ref: 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being wistful.
witchery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witcheries
Etymology: From witch + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: You are right to some extent in what you say. In the olden days people had a stronger belief in all kinds of witchery; now they pretend not to believe in it, that they may be looked upon as sensible and educated people, as you say.
ref: 1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 156:
text: They are determined that I shall be burnt as a witch; and they sent their doctor to cure me; but he was forbidden to bleed me because the silly people believe that a witch’s witchery leaves her if she is bled; so he only called me filthy names.
ref: 1923 December 28 (first performance), [George] Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play […], London: Constable and Company, published 1924, →OCLC, scene vi, page 79:
glosses: Witchcraft.
examples: text: It may be they know something of the witcheries of this woman.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XXXVI, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: An act of witchcraft.
examples: text: At noon, when by the forest's edge / He lay beneath the branches high, / The soft blue sky did never melt / Into his heart,—he never felt / The witchery of the soft blue sky!
ref: 1798 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Part First”, in Peter Bell, a Tale in Verse, London: […] Strahan and Spottiswoode, […]; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], published 1819, →OCLC, page 20:
text: I am influenced—conquered; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph I can win.
ref: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XXIV, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: He beheld the scene in his mind’s eye, through the witchery of many intervening years, and faintly illuminated it as if with starlight instead of this broad glow of moonshine.
ref: 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter XVII, in The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. […], volume I, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
text: The witchery of the dawn turned the grey river-reaches to purple, gold, and opal; and it was as though the lumbering dhoni crept across the splendors of a new heaven.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 141:
text: [A]lready his imagination, leaping ahead of the engagement ring, the betrothal kiss and the march from Lohengrin, pictured her at his side in some scene of old European witchery.
ref: 1920, Edith Wharton, chapter I, in The Age of Innocence, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Allure, charm, magic.
Synonyms: witchdom
withholding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪθˈhəʊldɪŋ/
ipa: /wɪðˈhəʊldɪŋ/
note: Wisconsin
ipa: /wɪθˈhoʊldɪŋ/
note: Wisconsin
ipa: /wɪðˈhoʊldɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of withhold
withholding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪθˈhəʊldɪŋ/
ipa: /wɪðˈhəʊldɪŋ/
note: Wisconsin
ipa: /wɪθˈhoʊldɪŋ/
note: Wisconsin
ipa: /wɪðˈhoʊldɪŋ/
Forms: form: withholdings
Senses: glosses: The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.
glosses: The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.
Derived terms: w/h
withholding tax
Related terms: payroll tax
with-it
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more with-it
form: most with-it
Senses: examples: text: It's like the inverse of a with-it parent. You're trying to be current by inviting people to watch something that, when it's not unpleasant, is quite boring.
ref: 2012 September 29, Owen Good, “Xbox Live Wants You to Be a Better Citizen So It's Giving You an Avatar Costume if You Watch the Presidential Debates”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020:
glosses: Alternative form of with it.
witlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witlessnesses
Etymology: From witless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being witless; stupidity.
witted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪtɪd/
Etymology: From Middle English witted, ywitted, equivalent to wit + -ed. Compare Old English witod (“appointed, ordained, assured, certain”).
Senses: glosses: having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability)
Derived terms: beef-witted
bird-witted
blunt-witted
cat-witted
dim-witted
dull-witted
fat-witted
fine-witted
gross-witted
half-witted
hasty-witted
hen-witted
keen-witted
lean-witted
light-witted
nimble-witted
quarter-witted
quick-witted
shallow-witted
sharp-witted
short-witted
slow-witted
thick-witted
witted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wit
wittiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wittinesses
Etymology: From Middle English wittynesse, equivalent to witty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the quality of being witty
wive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪv/
rhymes: -aɪv
Forms: form: wives
form: wiving
form: wived
form: wived
Etymology: From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”).
Senses: examples: text: If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
synonyms: bewife
take to wife
wife#Verb
glosses: To marry (a woman).
synonyms: bewife
glosses: To provide (someone) with a wife.
wobbliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wobblinesses
Etymology: From wobbly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being wobbly.
woefulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From woeful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being woeful.
fitness model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtnəs ˌmɑdəl/
Forms: form: fitness models
Senses: topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A good-looking person (usually a man) with a well-developed physique who is paid as a model to demonstrate exercises or related equipment.
topics: biology
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mathematical model for evaluating the development of a system.
Related terms: fashion model
wolf-whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf-whistles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wolf whistle.
wolf-whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wolf-whistles
form: wolf-whistling
form: wolf-whistled
form: wolf-whistled
Senses: examples: text: Lila came out third, to a good level of applause. A few boys wolf-whistled at her, and a couple more groaned “Lila!” like it was a dirty word. She bowed and lifted her skirt at the hip, just enough to show some thigh. A few more guys shouted “Yeah!” in guttural moans.
ref: 2015, Jessica Alcott, Even When You Lie to Me, New York, N.Y.: Crown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 77:
text: Viktory had even managed to drum up a fan base outside the hard core from Urra. This had a lot to do with Junita, as most of the Urra fans were male. Some of the boys were wolf-whistling at her, and a lot of them had learned her name as well.
ref: 2015, Lars Joachim Grimstad, translated by Don Bartlett and Siân Mackie, The Disappearing Children (Prime Minister Father & Son; 1), Phoenix Yard Books, →ISBN, page 233:
text: Nothing moves in the eyes of this Anvil and then he purses his lips and wolf-whistles at her.
ref: 2017, Paul Lynch, Grace, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 159:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wolf whistle.
wolf whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf whistles
form: wolf-whistle
form: wolfwhistle
Etymology: * The whistle made by a wolf (“a man who makes amorous advances to many women”).
Senses: glosses: A whistle, of two notes, to signify sexual interest in someone.
Synonyms: wolf call
Related terms: swit swoo
wit woo
wolf whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wolf whistles
form: wolf whistling
form: wolf whistled
form: wolf whistled
form: wolf-whistle
form: wolfwhistle
Etymology: * The whistle made by a wolf (“a man who makes amorous advances to many women”).
Senses: glosses: To whistle in appreciation or sexual interest.
womenfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: womenfolks
Etymology: Compound of women + folk.
Senses: glosses: Women collectively.
examples: text: “Ain’t she a splendid specimen of Southern womanhood?” Rufus asked. “Down yonder, they teach their womenfolks to serve.”
ref: 1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 25:
glosses: The adult female members of a community.
Synonyms: word: ladyfolk
Coordinate terms: menfolk
womenfolks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of womenfolk.
woodbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodbines
Etymology: From Middle English wodebynd, wodebynde, from Old English wudubind, wudubinde (“woodbine”), equivalent to wood + bine.
Senses: examples: text: URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish
Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
And greedily devour the treacherous bait:
So angle we for Beatrice; who even now
Is couched in the woodbine coverture.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate.
ref: 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter II, in The Understanding Heart:
glosses: Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
glosses: Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
Species of Lonicera (honeysuckle)
Lonicera periclymenum, European honeysuckle, common honeysuckle
glosses: Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
Species of Lonicera (honeysuckle)
Lonicera xylosteum, European fly honeysuckle, dwarf honeysuckle, fly woodbine
glosses: Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
Species of Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper
glosses: Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
Species of Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Japanese creeper, Boston ivy
glosses: Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
Species of Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus vitacea, now Parthenocissus inserta, thicket creeper, false Virginia creeper, grape woodbine
glosses: Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
Clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle
glosses: Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
Gelsemium sempervirens, yellow jessamine
Derived terms: taxonomic: Parthenocissus quinquefolia
word: American woodbine
taxonomic: Gelsemium sempervirens
word: Carolina wild woodbine
taxonomic: Lonicera periclymenum belgica
word: Dutch woodbine
taxonomic: Lonicera caprifolium
word: Italian woodbine
taxonomic: Lonicera dioica
word: small woodbine
taxonomic: Parthenocissus quinquefolia
word: wild woodbine
Woodbine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: (British soldier): From the British troops being issued with Woodbine cigarettes.
Senses: glosses: A British brand of unfiltered cigarette, now made in Ireland
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Camden County, Georgia, United States.
Woodbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Woodbines
Etymology: (British soldier): From the British troops being issued with Woodbine cigarettes.
Senses: examples: text: Dot handed me a small white tablet of Beechnut chewing gum as we sat on the top deck of the bus on our way home from work one Friday evening. She had also offered me one of her Woodbines.
ref: 2011, Evelyn Doyle, Nothing Green:
glosses: A cigarette of this brand.
Woodbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Woodbines
Etymology: (British soldier): From the British troops being issued with Woodbine cigarettes.
Senses: glosses: A British soldier.
symphonious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more symphonious
form: most symphonious
Etymology: From sym- (“together”) + phone (“sound”) + -ious.
Senses: examples: text: The symphonious sound of fifty skilled musicians filled the concert hall.
text: Sleep during this interval was out of the question: […] the songs of Hoel and Cyveilioc, to ring to the profaner but more lively modulation of Voulez vous danser, Mademoiselle? [Do you want to dance, miss?] in conjunction with the symphonious scraping of fiddles, the tinkling of triangles, and the beating of tambourines.
ref: 1815 (date written), [Thomas Love Peacock], chapter XI, in Headlong Hall, London: […] [S. Gosnell] for T[homas] Hookham, Jun. and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, pages 146–147:
glosses: Of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds that are harmonious together.
Synonyms: harmonious
Related terms: symphony
symphoniously
euphonious
Agamemnon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn/
ipa: /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnən/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn, “very resolute”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.
Coordinate terms: Menelaus
narcokleptocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑːkəʊklɛpˈtɒkɹəsi/
ipa: /ˈnɑɹkoʊˌklɛpˈtɑkɹəsi/
Forms: form: narcokleptocracies
Etymology: From narco- (“of or pertaining to narcotics or their trade and use”) + kleptocracy (“corrupt and dishonest government characterised by greed”).
Senses: glosses: Drug lords and others involved in organized crime as a dominant group in society; the influence or rule exerted by this group.
examples: text: As head of the PDF [Panamanian Defense Forces], [Manuel] Noriega now controlled all elements of the Panamanian government essential to the protection of drug trafficking and money laundering, thus accomplishing two goals simultaneously—increasing his control over Panama and enriching himself. Noriega had turned Panama's political system into what one witness termed a "narcokleptocracy," a political system in which Panamanian government became controlled by personal loyalties to Noriega, cemented by graft and corruption, and substantially funded with narcotics money.
ref: 1988 December, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, “Panama”, in Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy: A Report (S. Prt.; 100-165), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, published 1989, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2016, page 83:
text: I knew how eager they [new recruits to the All Burma Students' Democratic Front] were to fight the Burma Army, which they perceived as no better than a private army protecting Ne Win's narcokleptocracy.
ref: 2000, Shelby Tucker, Among Insurgents: Walking through Burma, London; New York, N.Y.: The Radcliffe Press, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: A government influenced by such persons; a narcocracy.
Related terms: narcostate
zenithal passage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zenithal passages
form: zenial passage
Senses: glosses: The passing of the sun directly overhead such that no shadows are cast by a pole sticking straight up from the ground. These conditions only occur in locations between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Related terms: zenith
hypertrichosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypertrichoses
Etymology: From hyper- + trichosis.
Senses: glosses: A medical condition of excessive body hair, either affecting most of the torso and limbs, or localized to an area of skin. It may be mild or severe.
Synonyms: werewolf syndrome
Derived terms: hypertrichosis cubiti
Related terms: hypertrichotic
trichology
trichome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪkoʊm/
/ˈtɹɪkoʊm/
Forms: form: trichomes
Etymology: From French trichome, from New Latin trichoma, from Ancient Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) or independently from tricho- + -ome. Doublet of trichoma.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Hairlike structures found in some microscopic organisms and algae.
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
glosses: A row of cells formed by successive cell divisions.
Derived terms: microtrichome
pseudotrichome
Related terms: trichology
trichomic
trichomics
seta
trichoma
trichomatous
five o'clock shadow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five o'clock shadows
form: 5 o'clock shadow
form: five-o'clock shadow
Etymology: First use appears c. 1942, US, advertising copy written by Jules B. Singer of the Federal Advertising Agency for the Gem brand of safety razors, made by the American Safety Razor Company.
Senses: examples: text: Men Wanted Without 5 O’Clock Shadow! To get on her wanted list, you must put your best face forward. Avoid “5 o’clock shadow” — that messy afternoon beard-growth. Stay face-neat all day long by shaving with a genuine Gem Blade.
ref: 1942 November 30, Life, page 96:
glosses: A beard growth that is visible late in the day on the face of a man who was clean-shaven in the morning.
wikipedia: American Safety Razor Company
Related terms: stubble
designer stubble
big-ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Doing careful research before purchasing big-ticket items such as electronics, appliances, and automobiles can ensure that an investment lasts for many years.
text: Other big-ticket projects are the Northern Powerhouse Rail proposed infrastructure upgrade, for which a budget of £39bn over 20 years has been sought, [...].
ref: 2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:
text: For [Grant] Robertson, that means investing significantly in the worn-out health system and pumping money into climate change solutions – big-ticket concerns he says he “owes to people”.
ref: 2022 May 13, Eva Corlett, “As the shine comes off NZ Labour, Grant Robertson hopes his budget can steady the ship”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Costly or expensive; having a high price.
Related terms: big-ticket item
netlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more netlike
form: most netlike
Etymology: From net + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a net, especially in having many small openings.
pruritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pruritic
form: most pruritic
Etymology: By surface analysis, prurit(us) + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: nonpruritic
glosses: Itchy; especially, intensely so.
Derived terms: antipruritic
pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy
stouthearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stouthearted
form: most stouthearted
form: stout-hearted
Etymology: From stout + hearted.
Senses: glosses: Brave, courageous and plucky.
glosses: Stubborn, resolute.
Derived terms: stoutheartedly
stoutheartedness
underperform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underperforms
form: underperforming
form: underperformed
form: underperformed
Etymology: From under- + perform.
Senses: examples: text: Even outside the Anglo-Saxon world, underperforming public companies have become vulnerable to hostile takeover.
ref: 2002, Robert M. Grant, Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Concepts, Techniques, Applications, page 40:
text: She inhabits the prose’s terrible serenity and glacial horror — the translator’s hand never overwhelms or underperforms.
ref: 2016 February 2, Porochista Khakpour, “‘The Vegetarian,’ by Han Kang”, in The New York Times:
text: Jesus' finishing has been one of the main concerns - since the start of last season the 23-year-old has underperformed his Premier League expected goals tally by 6.97goals (in short, he has scored seven fewer goals than would be expected from the chances presented to him).
ref: 2021 February 4, Raj Chohan, “Erling Braut Haaland: Would Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea suit striker best?”, in BBC Sport:
text: Former HS2 Ltd chairman Sir David Higgins provided a timely reminder of why Britain needs HS2 in a letter to The Times on September 25, in which he asked: "Why are so few FTSE 100 companies based outside the South East? Why is there such a brain drain of graduates from the North? Why do northern cities underperform compared with their European counterparts?
ref: 2023 October 4, Philip Haigh, “HS2's rising costs: government only has itself to blame”, in RAIL, number 993, page 53:
glosses: To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment.
Derived terms: underperformance
underperformer
pattern maker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pattern makers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of patternmaker.
pluvious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpluː.vi.əs/
Forms: form: more pluvious
form: most pluvious
Etymology: From Latin pluviōsus (“rainy”).
Senses: examples: text: In places ouer colde And pluuyous, olyues is to done To kitte, and mosse awey be rased wolde.
ref: 1440, Duke Humphrey, “Book VI May”, in Mark Harvey Liddel, editor, The Middle-English Translation of Palladius De Re Rustica, Berlin: E. Ebering, translation of De Re Rustica by Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, published 1896, page 172:
glosses: Involving or relating to rain; rainy.
claustrofobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claustrofobias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of claustrophobia.
websquatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: websquatters
Etymology: From Web + squatter.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cybersquatter.
synonyms: word: cybersquatter
neurocognitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + cognitive.
Senses: glosses: pertaining to cognitive functions that are linked to a particular area, pathway or network of the brain
Derived terms: neurocognitive linguistics
neurocognitively
Islamofascism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈslɑ.moʊˌfæʃ.ɪz.əm/
Etymology: From Islamo- + fascism.
Senses: examples: text: It braces the talk not only of pundits, but of all the major Republican candidates - from the tough guy at one end, Rudy Giuliani, who lambastes Democrats for not using the word or its equivalent, to the "nice" candidate at the other end, Mike Huckabee, who defines Islamofascism as "the greatest threat this country [has] ever faced."
ref: 2008 January 21, James Carroll, “Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind”, in The New York Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Socially repressive or nationalistic Islamic fundamentalism.
Related terms: Islamofascist
Islamonazism
Islamo-
websquatting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Web + squatting.
Senses: glosses: cybersquatting
antegrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ante (“anterior”) + -grade (“direction”).
Senses: glosses: moving or directed forward
Synonyms: anterograde
Derived terms: antegrade urography
excrescences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excrescence
unsupportable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsupportable
form: most unsupportable
Etymology: From Middle English unsupportable, equivalent to un- + supportable.
Senses: examples: text: Robert told Tunstall-Pedoe that this must be a "completely unsupportable conclusion."
ref: 2010 November 30, Mark Memmott, “Was April 11, 1954, Really 'The Most Boring Day'?”, in NPR:
glosses: Not able to be supported or endured.
Synonyms: insupportable
Derived terms: unsupportableness
unsupportably
credentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of credential
credentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: letter of credence
glosses: Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: login data
credentials
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: But it was a match of high quality with England's star players James and Bronze showing their credentials and Spain's threat continuing until the final whistle.
ref: 2025 February 26, Emma Sanders, “'A proper English performance' against Spain”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of credential
credential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/
Forms: form: more credential
form: most credential
Etymology: From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”).
Senses: examples: text: their credential letters on both sides
ref: 1625-1629, Abraham Darcie/Darcy and Thomas Browne (translators), The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England (originally by William Camden)
glosses: Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).
credential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/
Forms: form: credentials
Etymology: From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”).
Senses: examples: text: May I see your credentials, please?
text: The computer verifies the user's credentials before allowing them to log on.
glosses: documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
examples: text: They deserved their half-time lead and looked fully in control until Brazil made changes at the break and began to show their credentials in attack.
ref: 2023 April 6, Emma Sanders, “Women's Finalissima:England beat Brazil in dramatic shutout”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Evidence of skill or excellence.
Derived terms: credential inflation
credentialism
credentialist
credentialization
credential stuffing
letters credential
credential
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/
Forms: form: credentials
form: credentialing
form: credentialling
form: credentialed
form: credentialed
form: credentialled
form: credentialled
Etymology: From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”).
Senses: examples: text: School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state.
ref: 1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education, →ISBN, page 138:
text: The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.
ref: 2009 March 7, By Patrick Walters, “Rudd orders worldwide push for UN seat”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: to furnish with credentials
Derived terms: recredential
meteor shower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meteor showers
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.
Related terms: Draconid
Leonid
Lyrid
Orionid
Perseid
Quadrantid
falling star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: falling stars
Senses: examples: text: Upon seeing the majesty of heaven (e.g., lightning, falling stars, or the renewal of the solar cycle), high mountains, or other glorious phenomena of nature [one should say]: "Blessed . . . Who doest the work of creation."
ref: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 283:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A meteor.
Synonyms: shooting star
Related terms: wish upon a falling star
North Star
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English north sterre, norþ sterre, equivalent to north + star.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The current northern pole star, the star nearest the northern celestial pole, which has been Polaris for the last 1500 years.
glosses: A village in New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A hamlet in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Yuba County, California, formerly North Star House.
glosses: A census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
glosses: A village in Darke County, Ohio.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Portage County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of townships in the United States, listed under North Star Township.
glosses: A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
Synonyms: sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Pole Star
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Lode Star
Hyponyms: sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Polaris
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Alpha Ursae Minoris
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
alt: c. 500–present
word: α Ursae Minoris
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Kochab
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Beta Ursae Minoris
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
alt: c. 1000 BC – AD 300
word: β Ursae Minoris
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Pherkad
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Gamma Ursae Minoris
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
alt: c. 1000 BC – AD 300
word: γ Ursae Minoris
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Kappa Draconis
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
alt: c. 1793–1000 BC
word: κ Draconis
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Thuban
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
word: Alpha Draconis
sense: star near the northern celestial pole
alt: c. 3942–1793 BC
word: α Draconis
Derived terms: Fairbanks North Star Borough
North Star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: North Stars
Etymology: From Middle English north sterre, norþ sterre, equivalent to north + star.
Senses: examples: text: For Wilson, his religion served as guiding principle, not a series of explicit religious dictates governing politics: “Wilson's principles, derived from his religious faith, were his North Star, which pointed him in a general direction.
ref: 2012, Darrin Grinder, Steve Shaw, The Presidents & Their Faith:
text: His North Star was Rome, his compass was the Holy Office, “My polar star is Rome; my compass is the Holy Office.”
ref: 2018, Frank M. Guttman, Honoré Beaugrand: a Traditional “Rouge”?:
text: Believing that he would return to life when he was ready, she became his North Star.
ref: 2019, Karen A. McClintock, When Trauma Wounds: Pathways to Healing and Hope, page 155:
text: The wise voice in my head agreed with her and told me something I'd never forget: Stop going against yourself. Be you. All the way. And watch life work for you. This voice, my intuition, has become my North Star in life.
ref: 2021, Ashley Stahl, You Turn, page 272:
glosses: An aim or a goal, a dependable guiding light in a quickly changing world.
Derived terms: NSM
supermassive black hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supermassive black holes
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any black hole with a mass from 10⁵ to 10¹⁰ times that of the Sun.
Synonyms: SMBH
SBH
Coordinate terms: collapsar
Related terms: black hole
BH
central black hole
hypermassive black hole
HMBH
intermediate mass black hole
IMBH
micro black hole
MBH
μBH
mini black hole
primordial black hole
PBH
quantum mechanical black hole
stellar black hole
SBH
stellar mass black hole
StMBH
Big Crunch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Big Crunch
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
synonyms: gnaB giB
glosses: The hypothetical eventual collapse of the universe that would ultimately occur if it contracted continuously in the future.
Related terms: Big Bang
Big Rip
envisager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: envisagers
Etymology: From envisage + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who envisages.
arranger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrangers
Etymology: From arrange + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who arranges.
glosses: Digital keyboard to play music with accompaniment styles.
orchestre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orchestres
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of orchestra.
First Lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: First Ladies
Senses: glosses: The wife of the chief executive of a nation; especially the wife of the President of a country; or a woman (e.g. a relative) who takes on similar public duties, as when the chief executive is unmarried.
glosses: The wife of a pastor.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of first lady.
Coordinate terms: First Gentleman
Related terms: word: first
word: First Daughter
word: First Family
word: First Gentleman
word: first lady
word: FLOTUS
word: lady
word: Second Lady
word: second lady
english: not a translation
translation: not a translation
word: prima donna
first lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first ladies
Senses: glosses: The leading woman in a specified field of endeavor.
examples: text: “I go home, I tell the first lady: I spoke with Vladimir today. We had a wonderful conversation. She said: Really? Another city was just hit.”
ref: 2025 July 15, Luke Harding, Artem Mazhulin, quoting Donald Trump, “Ukrainians hail Melania Trump after president’s change of tack over Russia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: President Emmanuel Macron of France and his wife Brigitte Macron this week filed a defamation lawsuit in Delaware against Candace Owens, a far-right YouTube commentator known for antisemitic rhetoric, for repeatedly claiming that the French first lady is actually a man.
ref: 2025 July 26, Peter Baker, “From Epstein to Obama, Trump’s Washington Is Consumed by Competing Conspiracies”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of First Lady.
Related terms: first
First Family
first family
First Gentleman
first gentleman
First Lady
lady
Second Lady
second lady
prima donna
woodblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodblocks
form: wood block
Etymology: From wood + block.
Senses: glosses: A woodcut.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
topics: media
printing
publishing
synonyms: woodcut
glosses: A wooden block used as a printing form.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.
Derived terms: woodblockist
woodblock printing
woodblock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: woodblocks
form: woodblocking
form: woodblocked
form: woodblocked
form: wood block
Etymology: From wood + block.
Senses: glosses: To print with a woodcut.
glosses: To floor or pave with blocks of wood.
wood block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood blocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woodblock.
woodcarver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodcarvers
Etymology: From wood + carver.
Senses: glosses: a person who is skilled at woodcarving
Related terms: wood carving
wood carving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood carvings
form: woodcarving
Senses: glosses: The art of carving wood to make decorative objects.
glosses: A carved wooden object.
examples: text: The chest was decorated with delicate wood carvings.
glosses: A decoration made on wood by carving.
Hypernyms: woodworking
Coordinate terms: word: whittling
Related terms: woodcarver
woodcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodcrafts
Etymology: From wood + -craft.
Senses: examples: text: “Yes, Waziri,” replied Busuli. “They passed us late yesterday, as we were about to turn back after you. They had no woodcraft. We heard them coming for a mile before we saw them, and as we had other business in hand we withdrew into the forest and let them pass.”
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 189:
text: I don't think some of your—um—pure-blooded Dwarfs have as much woodcraft as might be expected. You've left tracks all over the place.
ref: 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia:
glosses: Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively. See also, forestcraft.
glosses: The art or skill of wood carving.
woodcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: woodcrafts
form: woodcrafting
form: woodcrafted
form: woodcrafted
Etymology: From wood + -craft.
Senses: glosses: To carve or craft from wood.
woodcutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊdˌkʌtɚ/
Forms: form: woodcutters
Etymology: From wood + cutter.
Senses: glosses: A person who cuts down trees, especially as an occupation; a lumberjack.
glosses: A person who cuts wood.
glosses: A person who makes woodcuts.
Related terms: woodcutting
woodcutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodcuttings
Etymology: From wood + cutting.
Senses: glosses: The felling of trees, or the cutting of wood.
glosses: The process of making woodcuts.
woodenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more woodenly
form: most woodenly
Etymology: From wooden + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "If they do, all they'll find are hunks of metal," Patrick said woodenly.
ref: 2009, Dale Brown, Strike Force, page 31:
glosses: Dully and without emotion.
raw_tags: of speech
glosses: Clumsily or without animation.
raw_tags: of movement
Related terms: wooden
woozily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more woozily
form: most woozily
Etymology: From woozy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a woozy manner
wordily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wordily
form: most wordily
Etymology: From wordy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Engineer Allan not only helped plan and build the South Carolina road, but he also designed and constructed its first locomotive, christening it wordily the Best Friend of Charleston.
ref: 1996, John Hoyt Williams, A Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad, U of Nebraska Press, page 13:
glosses: In a wordy manner; using too many words.
wordlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From wordless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness.
ref: 2024 June 16, Wendy Ide, “Sasquatch Sunset review – brilliant bigfoot oddity is unexpectedly moving”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Without words.
Related terms: wordlessness
worthily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more worthily
form: most worthily
Etymology: From worthy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Then, as my gueſt, and thine ovvne acquiſition / VVorthily purchas'd, take my daughter […]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14:
text: We should conceive of poetry worthily, and more highly than it has been the custom to conceive of it.
ref: 1880, Matthew Arnold, “The Study of Poetry”, in Essays in Criticism: Second Series, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co. […], published November 1888, →OCLC, page 2:
text: This world-wide travel organisation recently attained its centenary, and under happier conditions than those prevailing at the present time the event would doubtless have been celebrated worthily.
ref: 1941 November, “Notes and News: The Centenary of Cook’s”, in Railway Magazine, page 513:
text: [S]ustain worthily your name of gentleman, which has been worthily borne by your ancestors for five hundred years, both for your own sake and the sake of those who belong to you.
ref: 2004, Alexandre Dumas, “The Three Musketeers”, in Spark, Educational Publishing, page 5:
glosses: In a worthy manner.
worthlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more worthlessly
form: most worthlessly
Etymology: From worthless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I had learnt her whole character, which was without mystery or disguise: she was coquettish but not heartless; exacting, but not worthlessly selfish.
ref: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 32, in Jane Eyre:
glosses: In a worthless manner.
woodenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodennesses
Etymology: From wooden + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There is hardly a house but is divided against itself, for our foe is the all but universal woodenness of both head and heart, the want of vitality in man, which is the effect of our vice; and hence are begotten fear, superstition, bigotry, persecution, and slavery of all kinds.
ref: 1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown:
text: […] Marigold’s smile faded into woodenness […]
ref: 1917, William John Locke, chapter 5, in The Red Planet:
text: What of him then? If no woman has yet detected, behind his woodenness, his clenched grimness, any flicker of the sacred fire […]
ref: 2002, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 8, in Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II, London: Vintage, published 2003, pages 66–67:
glosses: The state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense).
woodiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodinesses
Etymology: From woody + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being woody.
woodsiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From woodsy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being woodsy
woolliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woollinesses
Etymology: From woolly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Now, in spite of all sorts of defects, all sorts of woollinesses and rawnesses, the American novel is superior to either the English or the French; it is indeed superior, I think, to any European novel […]
ref: 1939, Forum, volume 102, page 226:
glosses: The state of being woolly.
wooziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From woozy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being woozy
woodlot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodlots
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wood lot.
wood lot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood lots
form: woodlot
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: wood; see also Thesaurus:forest
glosses: An area of land used for the growing of firewood and timber, often as the wooded portion of a farmstead in contrast with arable and pasture portions.
Related terms: sugarbush
woodpile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdpaɪl/
Forms: form: woodpiles
Etymology: From wood + pile.
Senses: glosses: A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel.
topics: games
glosses: An arrangement of dominoes.
Derived terms: Ethiopian in the woodpile
monkey in the woodpile
nigger in the woodpile
nigger in the woodpile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggers in the woodpile
form: niggers in woodpiles
form: nigger in the wood-pile
form: nigger in the wood pile
Etymology: First attested in the 1840s.
Senses: examples: text: Democra s^([sic]) placed no nigger in the woodpile—the imputation came with a bad grace from the gentleman from Kosciusko.
ref: 1858 December 20, “The Huntington and Whitley Case”, in The Legislative Sentinel, volume I, number 14, page 137:
text: (Bus traffic in the London area fell 33 per cent, although the total for public transport increased by 8 per cent; but private car journeys, the nigger in the public transport woodpile, went up 78 per cent in the decade).
ref: 1964 September, “News: BR role in London traffic patterns”, in Modern Railways, page 200:
synonyms: nigger in the fence
Ethiopian in the woodpile
monkey in the woodpile
glosses: A hidden motive, influence or factor; a concealed (potential) snag; something suspicious.