cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
paired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛəd/
ipa: /pɛɹd/
ipa: /peːd/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /peəd/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /piəd/
ipa: /peɹd/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
homophone: pared
homophone: peered (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: purred (fair–fur merger)
Derived terms: bit-paired
depaired
mispaired
nonpaired
paired-end tag
pairedness
typewriter-paired
paired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛəd/
ipa: /pɛɹd/
ipa: /peːd/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /peəd/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /piəd/
ipa: /peɹd/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
homophone: pared
homophone: peered (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: purred (fair–fur merger)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pair
lodged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɑd͡ʒd/
ipa: /lɒd͡ʒd/
rhymes: -ɒdʒd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lodge
lodged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɑd͡ʒd/
ipa: /lɒd͡ʒd/
rhymes: -ɒdʒd
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Lying down, with head raised; used of beasts of the chase (deer, etc), as couchant is used of beasts of prey (lions, etc).
lodges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lodge
lodges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lodge
entities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entity
go to the dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to the dogs
form: going to the dogs
form: went to the dogs
form: gone to the dogs
Senses: examples: text: "[T]he merry old ways of good life have gone to the dogs—upon my carcase, they have!"
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 42, in Far from the Madding Crowd:
text: Poor devil, he's gone to the dogs altogether. He's got some twopenny-halfpenny job in the medical at Alexandria—sanitary officer or something like that. I'm told he lives with an ugly old Greek woman and has half a dozen scrofulous kids.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter L, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC, page 264:
text: "The C.I.A. was systematically destroyed by political correctness, by petty Beltway wars, by careerism and much more." . . . Baer, who quit the agency four years ago, says he is angry about all this, but he clearly has a good time recounting how the C.I.A. went to the dogs.
ref: 2002 February 3, Evan Thomas, "Bring Back the Exploding Cigars" (review of See No Evil by Robert Baer), New York Times (retrieved 17 Feb 2018)
glosses: To decline or deteriorate shockingly.
Synonyms: word: go to pot
word: go downhill
word: go to shit
pranks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æŋks
Senses: glosses: plural of prank
pranks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æŋks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prank
doughy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdəʊˌi/
ipa: /ˈdoʊi/
rhymes: -əʊi
Forms: form: doughier
form: doughiest
Etymology: From dough + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Sweat bee life begins as an egg laid on or near its doughy pollen mass.
ref: 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as
glosses: Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as
Pale and flabby,
glosses: Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as
Soft and heavy.
Derived terms: doughily
doughiness
doughy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdəʊˌi/
ipa: /ˈdoʊi/
rhymes: -əʊi
Forms: form: doughies
Etymology: From dough + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The manufactory of sugar is generally in German hands. An attempt has, I believe, been made by Parisian “doughies” to establish a footing in London; […]
ref: 1873, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, page 698:
glosses: A baker.
wooer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwuːə/
ipa: /ˈwuəɹ/
rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
Forms: form: wooers
Etymology: From woo + -er; from Middle English wowere, from Old English wōgere, from wōgian (“to woo”).
Senses: examples: text: Penelope for her Vliſſes ſake, / Deuiz'd a VVeb her vvooers to deceaue: / in vvhich the vvorke that ſhe all day did make / the ſame at night ſhe did againe vnreaue, […]
ref: 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XXIII”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature [B5], recto:
text: Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door.
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 ii]:
text: She wrote such a widow-like refusal when she went from me, as might not exclude hope in any other wooer; whatever it may do in Mr. Tony Harlowe.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter XXIII, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 120:
text: Sally Leadbitter was vulgar-minded to the last degree; never easy unless her talk was of love and lovers; in her eyes it was an honour to have had a long list of wooers.
ref: 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 8, in Mary Barton:
text: Never hold your heart in pain / For an evil-doer; / Never flip it down the lane / To a gifted wooer.
ref: 1928, Dorothy Parker, “For a Favorite Granddaughter”, in Sunset Gun, Garden City, NY: Sun Dial, page 62:
text: She was, I think, the only girl I ever called on. I wasn’t much of a wooer. When I rang at her front door, her mother seemed taken aback. I should have been the dry cleaner’s messenger, picking up the blouses.
ref: 1997, Saul Bellow, The Actual, New Yorks: Viking, page 20:
glosses: Someone who woos or courts.
Synonyms: sparker
suitor
on the button
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: They arrived at 3:30, on the button.
text: Her landing was right on the button.
glosses: Exactly, precisely.
Synonyms: sense: exactly
word: on the dot
word: on the money
word: on the nose
word: exactly
Related terms: hit the nail on the head
extravagantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more extravagantly
form: most extravagantly
Etymology: From extravagant + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps nowhere else in insectdom is such an extravagantly flamboyant display of systemized pattern on parade.
ref: 2008, Christopher Marley, Pheromone: the Insect Artwork of Christopher Marley, page 242:
glosses: With lavish expenditure or behaviour; in an extravagant manner.
Derived terms: overextravagantly
extravaganza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˌstɹæv.əˈɡæn.zə/
Forms: form: extravaganzas
form: extravaganze
Etymology: From Italian stravaganza under influence from English extravagance.
Senses: examples: text: The ingenious method was hit upon of dove-tailing extravaganza and pantomime. A long burlesque, the characters in which have nothing to do with the harlequinade, terminates with one of those elaborate and gorgeous displays which have acquired the name of “Transformation Scenes.”
ref: 1879, James Planché, “The Island of Jewels”, in The Extravaganzas of J. R. Planché, esq., page 8:
text: It grew out of the Victorian “extravaganza” style, which took serious opera and literature and applied broad comic satire (usually with music) that played to the masses.
ref: 2018 February 23, Cassie Tongue, “The Empire Strips Back: how a Star Wars parody took the burlesque world by storm”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: It starts with The Visitors, an icy, electronic track in which authoritarian agents hammer on the door of a fearful dissident – not the Abba you expected to come calling in this trailblazing, retro-futurist extravaganza of a show.
ref: 2022 June 4, Kitty Empire, “Abba Voyage review – a dazzling retro-futurist extravaganza”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama, originally associated with Victorian England.
examples: text: The bride had her heart set on a simple wedding, but her parents insisted on a three-hundred-guest extravaganza.
text: I find myself on Christmas day with people who are so tedious that a trip to the john appears an extravaganza by comparison.
ref: 1983 December 24, Nancy A. F. Langer, “The Nuclear Family Holiday Blues”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 15:
text: Maybe he’s throwing a Great Gatsby–themed cocktail hour as part of his wedding extravaganza!
ref: 2025 June 30, Alexandra Petri, “With the Big, Beautiful Bill, You Can Now Sponsor a Billionaire of Your Choosing”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct.
Derived terms: eggstravaganza
sextravaganza
Related terms: extravagance
α-Centauri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alpha Centauri
Etymology: translingual α (“brightest”) + translingual Centauri (“a star in that constellation”)
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The brightest star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus.
kalakand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कलाकंद (kalākand).
Senses: glosses: an Indian form of cheesecake made from sweetened milk with chopped nuts and, sometimes, saffron and edible silver foil
tiramisu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɪɹəmɪˈsuː/
ipa: /ˌtɪɹəˈmisu/
ipa: /ˌtɪɹəmɪˈsu/
ipa: /ˌtɝəməˈsu/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: tiramisus
form: tiramisù
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”).
Senses: examples: text: Numerous variations of tiramisu exist. Some chefs use other cakes such as panettone. Although the original recipe – certified by the Italian Academy of Cuisine in 2010 – was alcohol-free, variants include alcohol such as rum or marsala.
ref: 2021 October 31, Lorenzo Tondo, “Italy’s father of tiramisu dies aged 93”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee.
Coordinate terms: trifle
bread pudding
brightest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪtɪst/
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bright: most bright
brightest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪtɪst/
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of bright
endoskeleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoskeletons
form: endoskeleta
Etymology: From endo- + skeleton.
Senses: examples: text: This is the case not only with all forms provided with exoskeleta and endoskeleta, into the composition of which lime largely enters, but also with those which exercise the precipitating effect on the calcium salts they absorb from sea water, the precipitation rarely going so far as to form a distinct deposit in the cells or tissues of the organism.
ref: 1903 January 17, A[rchibald] B[yron] Macallum, “The Palæochemistry of the Ocean in Relation to Animal and Vegetable Protoplasm”, in Transactions of the Canadian Institute, volume VII, Toronto, Ont.: […] for the Canadian Institute by Murray Printing Company, published 1904, section IV (The Composition of the Primeval Ocean), page 551:
text: Endoskeleta have the advantage that they can be flexibly “restructured” when the situation demands.
ref: 1978, K.H. Pribram, “Modes of Central Processing in Human Learning and Remebering”, in Timothy Teyler, editor, Brain and Learning, Stamford, Conn.: Greylock Publishers, →ISBN, section “The Implications”, page 156:
text: The acantharian radiolaria can similarly collect and precipitate strontium sulfate to form their endoskeleta. […] Besides the axopods, most other radiolaria form endoskeleta of either strontium sulfate (the Acantharea) or, more often, opaline silicates (the Polycystinea and Phaeodarea).
ref: 1991, Eugene C. Bovee, “Sarcodina”, in Frederick W. Harrison, John O. Corliss, editors, Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, volume 1 (Protozoa), Wiley-Liss, →ISBN, pages 205 and 213:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.
Derived terms: endoskeletal
Related terms: exoskeleton
ideational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌɪdɪˈeɪʃən(ə)l/
Etymology: From ideation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: An immoral dream would demonstrate nothing further of the dreamer's inner life than that he had at some time acquired knowledge of its ideational content [translating Vorstellungsinhalt], but certainly not that it revealed an impulse of his own psyche.
ref: 1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published 2008, page 61:
text: Ideational culture, which Sorokin counterposes to the sensate, is generated through more ethereal forms of engagement with the world. Ideational culture also abounds in religious communities.
ref: 2004, John P. Bartkowski, The Promise Keepers: Servants, Soldiers, and Godly Men, page 42:
glosses: Pertaining to the formation of ideas or thoughts of objects not immediately present to the senses.
Derived terms: ideationally
ideational apraxis
dog whelk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog whelks
form: dog-whelk
form: dogwhelk
Senses: examples: text: 1971 January 14, Graham Chedd, Peter Stubbs, Gerald Wick (section editors), Monitor: Starving dog whelks grow teeth in the estuary, New Scientist, Volume 49, Number 734, page 57,
A recent study of shell-shape in the dog whelk Nucella lapillus along the Bristol Channel suggests - that in progressively less saline conditions the species lives in a colonising situation, where periodic food shortages, rather than physiological limitations, decimate populations and sometimes lead to local extinction.
text: Evidently the dog whelks perceive the chemicals released by the crabs and their prey.[…]Dog whelks are believed to have evolved in the Pacific, and to have spread into the North Atlantic in the Pliocene, during a warm period when it was possible to pass along the coast of the Arctic Ocean.
ref: 1996, Colin Little, John A. Kitching, The Biology of Rocky Shores, page 144:
text: The dog-whelk is carnivorous; acorn barnacles and the mussel Mytilus edulis (p. 254) are the main prey species.
ref: 2011, J. D. Fish, S. Fish, A Student's Guide to the Seashore, 3rd edition, page 231:
synonyms: Atlantic dogwinkle
purple
glosses: A carnivorous European mollusc, Nucella lapillus, found on rocky coasts.
nautilus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/
ipa: /ˈnɔ.tɪ.ləs/
ipa: /ˈnɑ.tɪ.ləs/
Forms: form: nautiluses
form: nautili
Etymology: From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”).
Senses: examples: text: He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.
ref: 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 44:
glosses: A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.
glosses: A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.
qualifier: inexact
glosses: A paper nautilus (actually an octopus).
Synonyms: chambered nautilus
Derived terms: nautiliform
nautilite
nautiloid
paper nautilus
pearly nautilus
paper nautilus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper nautiluses
form: paper nautili
Senses: glosses: A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper-thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs.
Synonyms: argonaut
Silicone Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of silicone + Silicon Valley
Senses: examples: text: And so I went to the San Fernando Valley, aka Silicone Valley, on the other side of the Hollywood Hills, to talk with the suits of the adult business.
ref: 2003, Gail Dines, Jean M. Humez, Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader, SAGE, →ISBN, page 49:
synonyms: San Pornando Valley
Porn Valley
glosses: San Fernando Valley, in particular in reference to its large porn industry.
examples: text: Remember, be cool. There's no faster way to tip off everyone to the fact that you're not reading Behind The Screens than to say “Silicone Valley” when you mean “silicon”.
ref: [1984 July 23, Steve Gibson, “Stenils and Spray Paint”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 30, page 43:
text: Joan had returned from San Francisco, that fucking town of overrated nightlife, hippies, and silicone valley yuppies breeding like cockroaches, and I dialed her number as soon as I heard she had gotten back.
ref: 2006, Tony O'Neill, Digging the Vein, Contemporary Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Misspelling of Silicon Valley.
semifreddo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semifreddos
form: semifreddi
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian semifreddo.
Senses: examples: text: Apart from the semifreddi and granite they have coffee spongato; […]
ref: 2005, Authentic Sicily, Touring Club of Italy, →ISBN, page 164:
text: To serve, invert the semifreddi onto a platter and remove the plastic wrap. Drizzle some of the chocolate syrup over the tops. Using a knife dipped in hot water (and dried thoroughly), slice the semifreddi into 1-inch slices.
ref: 2012, Matt Lewis, Renato Poliafito, Baked Elements: Our Ten Favorite Ingredients, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, →ISBN:
text: Unmold the semifreddi onto plates.
ref: 2016, Steven Rothfeld, Israel Eats, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN:
glosses: Any of various desserts eaten cold but not frozen, having egg yolks, sugar and cream as main ingredients.
silico-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From silicon + -o-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: silicon, silicone
Derived terms: silico-alkaline
silicobenzoic
silico-borate
silicoborate
silico-borocalcite
silicocarnotite
silico-ferruginous
silico-fluate
silicomacrophagocytic
silico-magnesian
silico-skeletal
silico-talcose
silico-titanate
silicotitanate
silici-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: silex
glosses: silica
Derived terms: silicicalcareous
siliciclastic
silicicole
silicicolous
silicifluoric
silicimurite
tiramisù
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiramisùs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tiramisu.
draw back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹɔː ˈbæk/
Forms: form: draws back
form: drawing back
form: drew back
form: drawn back
Senses: glosses: to retreat from a position
glosses: to move backwards
glosses: to withdraw from an undertaking
glosses: to pull something back or apart
Synonyms: withdraw
Related terms: drawback
Cantabria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kænˈtæbɹiə/
Etymology: Possibly a Celtic name, such as Proto-Celtic *kantos (“rim, corner”) or *cant- (“rock”).
Senses: glosses: An autonomous community and province in northern Spain. Capital: Santander.
Derived terms: Cantabrian
reflexive verb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflexive verbs
Senses: examples: text: The verb 'ask' in 'ask yourself' is a reflexive verb.
glosses: A verb whose subject and direct object are the same.
Related terms: pronominal verb
performed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈfɔːmd/
ipa: /pɚˈfɔɹmd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perform
noted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnəʊtɪd/
ipa: /ˈnoʊtɪd/
ipa: [ˈnoʊɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈnəʉtɪd/
ipa: [ˈnəʉɾɪd]
Forms: form: more noted
form: most noted
Senses: glosses: Well known because of one's reputation; famous, celebrated.
noted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnəʊtɪd/
ipa: /ˈnoʊtɪd/
ipa: [ˈnoʊɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈnəʉtɪd/
ipa: [ˈnəʉɾɪd]
Senses: examples: text: In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
ref: 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75:
glosses: simple past and past participle of note
Derived terms: aforenoted
duly noted
forenoted
notedly
notedness
undernoted
unnoted
kinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaɪndz/
rhymes: -aɪndz
Senses: glosses: plural of kind
detailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈteɪld/
ipa: /ˈdiːteɪld/
Forms: form: more detailed
form: most detailed
Senses: examples: text: highly detailed
text: detailed report
text: detailed explanation
glosses: Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.
Derived terms: detailed balance
detailedly
detailedness
hyperdetailed
nondetailed
overdetailed
ultradetailed
undetailed
detailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈteɪld/
ipa: /ˈdiːteɪld/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detail
creating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹiːˈeɪtɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
ref: 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
glosses: present participle and gerund of create
creating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹiːˈeɪtɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Forms: form: creatings
Senses: examples: text: Because, also, although cosmic creatings and geogonic creatings are historic facts, Moses does not specify one single development of either kind, not even (as we expect to show) of primal light.
ref: 1876, The Bibliotheca Sacra, volume 33, page 737:
glosses: creation
communications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of communication
communications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃənz/
Senses: examples: text: David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.
ref: 2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23:
glosses: Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means.
glosses: Organizational or corporate communication.
Synonyms: sense: organizational or corporate communication
word: comms
Derived terms: base communications
communications intelligence
communications satellite
communications zone
compunications
data communications
infocommunications
information and communications technology
noncommunications
causes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːzɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɔzɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɑzɪz/
ipa: /ˈkoːzɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of cause
causes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːzɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɔzɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɑzɪz/
ipa: /ˈkoːzɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cause
waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /weɪvz/
rhymes: -eɪvz
Senses: glosses: plural of wave
waves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /weɪvz/
rhymes: -eɪvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wave
medusa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medusas
form: medusae
form: medusæ
Etymology: Transferative use of Medusa.
Senses: examples: text: Typically, what we think of as the jellyfish, the medusa, reproduces sexually, spawning sperm and eggs which, once fertilised, turn into sea anemone-like polyps, which attach themselves to the jellyfish’s bottom or other surfaces.
ref: 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 5:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of worm-star.
synonyms: word: worm-star
Synonyms: sense: jelly, jellyfish
word: non-polyp form of cnidarian
Derived terms: medusafish
medusahead
medusal
medusan
medusiform
medusoid
stauromedusa
Related terms: sense: jellyfish
word: cnidarian
voting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvoʊtɪŋ/
Etymology: By surface analysis, vote + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The cumulative voting preferred stock remains voting until all cumulative dividends are paid.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.
voting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvoʊtɪŋ/
Forms: form: votings
Etymology: By surface analysis, vote + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of choosing someone or something in an election.
examples: text: Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from, we need to seek another choice.
ref: 2016, Justin Deschamps, Voting, in and of itself, is not evil. But when there are only evils to choose from …:
text: The eyes of the people have been some time opened; they will observe, they will judge of our votings in this cause; and expect from us, as we have put a stop to unjust and exorbitant power abroad, that we should neither suffer nor endure it
ref: 1806–1820, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the Year 1803
text: Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so again. “Voting is something that is still within our capacity. We can’t express ourselves at protests anymore.”
ref: 2020 July 13, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2020:
glosses: The act or process of casting a vote.
voting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvoʊtɪŋ/
Etymology: By surface analysis, vote + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vote
Derived terms: absentee voting
approval voting
bullet voting
carousel voting
cemetery voting
crossover voting
cumulative voting
dollar voting
early voting
e-voting
foot voting
ghost voting
instant-runoff voting
like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
like turkeys voting for Christmas
namevoting
nonvoting
positional voting
preferential voting
proxy voting
ranked voting
tactical voting
voice voting
voting booth
voting cap
voting machine
voting paper
voting slip
voting station
voting stock
voting system
varied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛəɹid/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈvɛɹid/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈvɛəɹid/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈvæɹid/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vary
varied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛəɹid/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈvɛɹid/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈvɛəɹid/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈvæɹid/
Forms: form: more varied
form: most varied
Senses: examples: text: It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.
ref: 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
synonyms: eclectic
glosses: diverse or miscellaneous
glosses: having been changed or modified
glosses: variegated
Derived terms: many and varied
time-varied gain
time-varied gain control
unvaried
varied thrush
varied tit
turns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝnz/
ipa: /tɜːnz/
ipa: /tɔːnz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nz
homophone: terns
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn
turns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɝnz/
ipa: /tɜːnz/
ipa: /tɔːnz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nz
homophone: terns
Senses: glosses: plural of turn
videobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videobooks
Etymology: From video + book, probably on the model of audiobook.
Senses: examples: text: Are there any Windows XP videobooks that will teach you computer networking?
text: Stephen King has a new videobook - I can't wait to watch it!
text: 2001, William H. Hsu, in alt.fan.tolkien http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.tolkien/msg/3aff6ede3c67f48c?dmode=source
Yes, I do expect someone else to come along and tell the story cinematically again. It's happened two or three times in our lifetimes, and the book is barely (or nearly, counting from 1954) 50 years old; why not again? But I don't expect a "videobook recording" cf. the audiobooks that have adhered verbatim or nearly so.
text: He hurried along, hoping to get in position by sunrise, and climbed a high dune that made him think of a grandstand he had seen once in a videobook brought from offworld.
ref: 2003, Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson, Dune: The Machine Crusade http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN076534078X&id=dLbwPpBYDl8C&pg=PA331&lpg=PA331&sig=yBBf8q-7vLlnPPq6ooP-oyM1d94
text: 2004, Bob Crispen, in hsv.politics http://groups.google.com/group/hsv.politics/msg/229979099c425f41?dmode=source
My son has written two books and a videobook, and his publishers gave him an advance on every one of them.
glosses: A book developed in video format, or a video structured similarly to a book, used chiefly in teaching and learning.
stinkhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkhorns
Etymology: From stink + horn.
Senses: glosses: Any fungus of the order Phallales, which produce a foul-scented, rod-shaped mushroom.
Derived terms: column stinkhorn
octopus stinkhorn
cep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛp/
rhymes: -ɛp
Forms: form: ceps
form: cèpe
form: cepe
Etymology: From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.
Senses: examples: text: Ask yourself this question: How do we know that it is not dangerous for us to eat ceps and chanterelle mushrooms, but that we must never touch some others, such as deathcap mushrooms?
ref: 2015 April 20, David Khayat, The Anticancer Diet: Reduce Cancer Risk Through the Foods You Eat, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:
glosses: An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).
Synonyms: penny bun
porcini
puffball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puffballs
Etymology: From puff + ball.
Senses: glosses: Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies.
glosses: A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
examples: text: Scads of souls thought the record was yet another puffball from ex-Beatle Paul.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 371:
glosses: Something lacking substance.
Derived terms: brown puffball
dwarf puffball
fen puffball
grey puffball
paltry puffball
puffball beetle
puffball skirt
stalked puffball
true puffball
tumbling puffball
fruiting body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruiting bodies
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The structure on a fungus which houses the spore-producing organs.
Synonyms: sporocarp
Related terms: sporophore
ergot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəːɡət/
ipa: /ˈəːɡɒt/
ipa: /ˈəɹɡət/
ipa: [ˈɚɡɪʔt̚]
ipa: /ˈəɹˌɡɑt/
ipa: /ɛɹˈɡoʊ/
Forms: form: ergots
Etymology: Borrowed from French ergot.
Senses: glosses: Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
examples: text: Ergot first appeared on the stage of history in the early Middle Ages, as the cause of outbreaks of mass poisonings affecting thousands of persons at a time. The illness, whose connection with ergot was for a long time obscure, appeared in two characteristic forms, one gangrenous (ergotismus gangraenosus) and the other convulsive (ergotismus convulsivus).
ref: 1980, Albert Hofmann, chapter 1, in Jonathan Ott, transl., LSD, My Problem Child, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, archived from the original on 22 May 2016:
glosses: The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.
examples: text: Since the text was in type, Mr. R. I. Pocock has pointed out (The Field, Jan. 20, 1912, p. 143) that the aperture of a scent-gland situated on the posterior aspect of the hind-foot of the Indian rhinoceros occupies a position very nearly similar to that of the ergot in the foot of the horse (infra, p. 41).
ref: 1912, Richard Lydekker, The Horse and Its Relatives, page vi:
text: It is crossed medially and laterally by the ligament of the ergot (not shown), that, subcutaneously, connects the ergot with the hoof cartilage.
ref: 2003, Klaus-Dieter Budras, W. O. Sack, Sabine Rock, Anatomy of the Horse: An Illustrated Text, page 8:
text: Place the end of a length of string at the fetlock joint (near the ergot, the tubular growth on the back of the fetlock joint, hidden within the hair tuft).
ref: 2016, Gary Mullen, Horses: Amazing Facts and Trivia, page 102:
glosses: The wart-like growth of skin that covers the metacarpal pad on a horse or similar animal.
Derived terms: ergosterol
ergotamine
ergoted
ergotic
ergotin
ergotine
ergotism
ergotization
ergotize
ergotoxine
lysergic
Related terms: sclerotium
fly agaric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fly agarics
Senses: synonyms: fly fungus
glosses: A poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks.
Coordinate terms: muscarine
bracket fungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bracket fungi
Senses: examples: text: One class, bracket fungus, may be used for decorative purposes. Pictures may be drawn on its flat surface. The bracket fungus is found most often in the shape of a semicircular bracket, varying in size from 1 in. to 2 ft. in diameter and attached to dead stumps and fallen logs—beech-trees particularly.
ref: 1921 February, Anthony E. Zipprich, “Drawing on Fungus-a Novel and Pleasing Art”, in Popular Science, volume 98, number 2, Modern Publishing Company, page 128:
text: Some bracket fungi can utilize most of the wood, and because they leave it white, spongy, and fibrous are called "white rots."
ref: 1994, Marcia Bonta, Appalachian Autumn, University of Pittsburgh Press, page 160:
text: 2019, Katie Scott, Ester Gaya (editors), Fungarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Bonnier Books (Big Picture Press),
While most mushrooms produce their spores inside gills, bracket fungi (or polypores) form sporing bodies with pores or tubes on their underside.
synonyms: polypore
shelf fungus
meronyms: conk
glosses: Any of various fungi of the family Polyporaceae, whose fruiting bodies form on trees and resemble shelves or brackets.
dissimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dissimulations
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dissimulacioun, from Old French dissimulation, from Latin dissimulātiō; equivalent to dissimule + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps it was best to tell Ethel at once: if ever she went into society at all, she would inevitably hear of it, and her own concealment would have the appearance of a dissimulation,—the furthest from her thoughts.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Changes in London”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 233:
glosses: The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
glosses: Hiding one's feelings or intentions.
saucer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔː.sə/
rhymes: -ɔːsə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈsɔ.səɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɒ.səɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɑ.səɹ/
Forms: form: saucers
Etymology: From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
Senses: glosses: A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
examples: text: The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.
glosses: An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
glosses: A circular sled without runners.
examples: text: Take two saucers , and strike the edge of the one against the bottom of the other , within a pail of water ; and you shall find , that as you put the saucers lower and lower , the sound groweth more flat
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
glosses: A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
glosses: A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Derived terms: cup-and-saucer plant
flying saucer
sand saucer
saucer-eyed
saucer eyes
saucer-leaf
saucer pass
saucer peach
teacup and saucer
Related terms: sauce
saucer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔː.sə/
rhymes: -ɔːsə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈsɔ.səɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɒ.səɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɑ.səɹ/
Forms: form: saucers
form: saucering
form: saucered
form: saucered
Etymology: From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
Senses: glosses: To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.
examples: text: Lydia's eyes saucered with shock. Her heart was beating very fast and all her adrenaline kicked in.
ref: 2016, Ian Mitchell-Gill, Merrett's Gift:
glosses: Of the eyes: to become large and round.
knights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪts/
homophone: nights
rhymes: -aɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of knight
knights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪts/
homophone: nights
rhymes: -aɪts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knight
incompetent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkɒmpətənt/
Forms: form: incompetents
Etymology: Borrowed from French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem, from Latin incompetēns, equivalent to in- + competent.
Senses: examples: text: But besides these incompetents, there was always a train of camp followers, —women who followed the camp, beggars, and criminals, whose number was often greater than the number of fighting soldiers.
ref: 1915, Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams, Modern Warfare, page 11:
text: "Lies!" said the tallest of the sons of Ivaldi. "I wouldn't trust those fumble-fingered incompetents to shoe a horse."
ref: 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 34:
glosses: A person who is incompetent.
cognitively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv.li/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv.li/
note: of Canada
ipa: [ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.ɾɪv.li]
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv.li/
note: of the US
ipa: [ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.ɾɪv.li]
ipa: /ˈkɔɡ.nɪ.tɪv.li/
ipa: [ˈkɔɡ.nɪ.ɾɪv.li]
Etymology: From cognitive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The hard subject was more cognitively demanding than the preceding material.
glosses: Relating to thinking (cognition).
colophon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒləfən/
Forms: form: colophons
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn, from Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “peak or finishing touch”).
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the front or end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust jacket.
glosses: A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used.
examples: text: He comes to the creation of man, and makes him the Colophon, or conclusion of all things else.
ref: 1635, John Swan, Speculum Mundi, page 427:
glosses: A finishing stroke or crowning touch.
Derived terms: colophonist
Related terms: english: rosin
translation: rosin
word: colophony
word: coronis
word: vignette
impaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɛrd/
Senses: examples: text: His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.
glosses: Rendered less effective.
glosses: inebriated, drunk.
Synonyms: sense: rendered less effective
word: challenged
sense: drunk
word: drunk
Derived terms: chemically impaired
driving impaired
dual sensory impaired
hearing-impaired
impaired driving
impairedness
living-impaired
living impaired
morning impaired
nonimpaired
phosphoimpaired
sarcasm-impaired
sight impaired
unimpaired
vision-impaired
vision impaired
visually impaired
impaired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɛrd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of impair
impaired
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɛrd/
Forms: form: impaireds
Senses: examples: text: The cop gave me an impaired.
glosses: A criminal charge for driving a vehicle while impaired.
domicile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.saɪl/
ipa: /ˈdɑ.mɪ.saɪl/
ipa: /ˈdɑ.mɪ.sɪl/
Forms: form: domiciles
form: domicil
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English domicelle, domicylie, from Middle French domicile and directly from Latin domicilium.
Senses: examples: text: The call to jury duty was sent to my legal domicile; too bad I was on vacation at the time.
glosses: A home or residence.
examples: text: the status of marriage has been indelibly fixed by the English celebration; and by this decision, her domicile, as a married woman, has been held to be that of her husband
ref: 1838, Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland:
topics: law
glosses: A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The zodiac sign over which a planet (a term which in astrology includes the Sun and Moon) is considered to have especially strong influence; the planet is called the sign's ruling planet or sign ruler.
Derived terms: domicide
domiciled
domiciliary
extradomicile
intradomicile
nondomicile
peridomicile
domicile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.saɪl/
ipa: /ˈdɑ.mɪ.saɪl/
ipa: /ˈdɑ.mɪ.sɪl/
Forms: form: domiciles
form: domiciling
form: domiciled
form: domiciled
form: domicil
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English domicelle, domicylie, from Middle French domicile and directly from Latin domicilium.
Senses: examples: text: The answer depends on which state he was domiciled in at his death.
glosses: To have a domicile in a particular place.
Derived terms: dedomicile
domicilable
domicilement
redomicile
Hartlepool
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːtlɪpuːl/
note: Tees Valley
ipa: /ˈhɑːʔlɪpuːl/
ipa: /ˈhɑɹtlɪpul/
Senses: examples: text: Mosques in Southport and Hartlepool were attacked by rioters on Tuesday and Wednesday amid unfounded online rumours that the suspect was Muslim, when little if anything is known about his beliefs or motivation.
ref: 2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A town and seaport in County Durham, in northeastern England.
glosses: A unitary authority and borough in County Durham, with its headquarters in the town; in full, the Borough of Hartlepool.
Derived terms: Hartlepool monkey
West Hartlepool
mouthful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
Forms: form: mouthfuls
form: mouthsful
Etymology: From Middle English mouthful, mouth-full, mouthe full, equivalent to mouth + -ful. Compare Dutch mondvol (“mouthful”), German Mundvoll (“mouthful”), Danish mundfuld (“mouthful”), Swedish munfull (“mouthful”), Icelandic munnfylli (“mouthful”). Compare also West Frisian mûlfol (“mouthful”).
Senses: examples: text: He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.
glosses: The amount that will fit in a mouth.
examples: text: “Unquestionably his metabolism is unduly susceptible to stresses resulting from the interaction of external excitations,” he said, and Bobbie patted him on the shoulder in a maternal sort of way, a thing I wouldn't have cared to do myself though our relations were, as I have indicated, more cordial than they had been at one time, and told him he had said a mouthful.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:
glosses: Quite a bit.
examples: text: “She sells sea shells” is a bit of a mouthful to say.
text: Although there have been many examples of double names, three always have been uncommon. The L.S.W.R. had Horsley & Ockham & Ripley, but the South Yorkshire Railway produced a real mouthful in Smithley, Darley Main & Worsborough. This was soon found to be too much, and the name of the station became Dovecliffe.
ref: 1951 March, M. D. Greville, “The Nomenclature of Railway Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 196:
text: “Yes, you may leave this little matter entirely to me, Mr Wooster.” “I wish you'd call me Bertie.” “Certainly, certainly.” “And might I call you Roderick?” “I shall be delighted.” “Or Roddy? Roderick's rather a mouthful.” “Whichever you prefer.”
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
text: "Tony, I'm the executive director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Strategic Homeland Intelligence, Enforcement, and Logistics Division," explained Fury.
Tony nodded. […] "Want a tip? Fire your namer of things, because that's a mouthful."
ref: 2010, Alexander Irvine, Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel, page 77:
synonyms: jawbreaker
glosses: Something difficult to pronounce or say.
examples: text: to give someone a mouthful
glosses: A tirade of abusive language.
Synonyms: word: belt
word: chug
word: draft
word: draught
word: drink
word: gulp
word: mouthful
word: nip
word: shot
word: sip
word: slug
word: swig
Hypernyms: word: modicum
word: volume
Derived terms: mouthful of marbles
you said a mouthful
mouthful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
Forms: form: more mouthful
form: most mouthful
Etymology: From mouth + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Once this happens to be the result, there is little reason for waxing over such mouthful phrases as 'grass-roots democracy', 'democratic decentralization' or 'panchayati raj'.
ref: 1977, Asok Kumar Mukhopadhyay, The Panchayat Administration in West Bengal:
text: The sufferers are regaled with such mouthful promises by every party on the eve of the successive elections and thereafter they continue to be shouted with unabated vigour by the party occupying the saddle while the problems are relegated to the limbo of time to find out their own solutions.
ref: 1980, The Economic Studies - Volume 21, page 7:
text: Angley then drifts into his hourful, mouthful extempore, accentuated with refrains of "cast the demon away with the power of the Lord."
ref: 1981, The Diliman Review - Volume 29, page 74:
text: ...how else to explain such mouthful menu offerings as plantain-coated mahi mahi with fufu and lily salad and boneless braised short ribs with Paraguayan chipaguasu?
ref: 1995, Susan Spano, Matthew Debord, Sherill Tippins, Frommer's Irreverent Guide: Manhattan and New York, page 59:
glosses: Bombastic or awkward.
Advent Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, the start of Advent: 30 November (Saint Andrew's Day) or the nearest Sunday to it.
Related terms: Advent