cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
jasmone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jasmones
Etymology: From jasmine + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless or pale yellow liquid compound extracted from the volatile portion of the oil from jasmine flowers, used in perfumery and cosmetics.
jasmones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jasmone
triethylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triethylamine
kojic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From koji, the Japanese common name for Aspergillus oryzae, + -ic + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chelation agent, 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4H-pyran-4-one, produced by several species of fungus, especially Aspergillus oryzae, and used in the manufacture of saké and in food preservation.
Derived terms: chlorokojic acid
Ntigram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛntɪɡɹæm/
Forms: form: Ntigrams
Senses: glosses: A form of histogram in which each bar represents (approximately) the same number of cases, in contrast to a typical histogram in which the bars (or categories) are all of the same width.
xylenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylenols
Etymology: Blend of xylene + phenol, the names of two similar compounds.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An arene compound with two methyl groups and a hydroxyl group.
Synonyms: dimethylphenol
Derived terms: xylenol orange
xylenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylenol
dimethylphenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylphenols
Etymology: From di- + methyl + phenol.
Senses: glosses: Xylenol.
dimethylphenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylphenol
autojoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autojoins
Etymology: From auto- + join.
Senses: glosses: A software feature that allows the user to join an IRC channel automatically (either on first connecting to the server or after being kicked).
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of join from a table to itself.
xylenol orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic reagent, most commonly used as a tetrasodium salt as an indicator for metal titrations.
short shrifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short shrift
chondroitins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondroitin
xanthan gums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthan gum
xanthones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthone
squawkingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more squawkingly
form: most squawkingly
Etymology: From squawking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a squawking way; with squawking noises.
trichlorophenylmethyliodosalicyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound formerly used in antiseptics.
cuzzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuz
glosses: plural of cuzz
undecanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undecanols
Etymology: From undecane + -ol.
Senses: glosses: A fatty alcohol with a citrus odour, sometimes used as flavouring.
Synonyms: hendecanol
hendecanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hɛnˈdɛkənɒl/
Senses: glosses: Undecanol.
carbonyldiamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From carbonyl + diamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Urea.
misencode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misencodes
form: misencoding
form: misencoded
form: misencoded
Etymology: From mis- + encode.
Senses: glosses: To encode incorrectly.
misencodes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misencode
misencoding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misencode
misencoding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misencodings
Senses: glosses: Incorrect encoding.
misencoded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misencode
urates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urate
uridines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uridine
deoxyuridines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deoxyuridine
ascocarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascocarps
Etymology: By surface analysis, asco- + carp.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
synonyms: ascoma
spore fruit
glosses: The sporocarp of an ascomycete, typically bowl-shaped.
Derived terms: ascocarpic
ascocarpous
ascocarps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ascocarp
ascoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascomata
Etymology: By surface analysis, asco- + -oma.
Senses: glosses: An ascocarp.
Derived terms: ascomatal
ascomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æsˈkoʊmətə/
Senses: glosses: plural of ascoma
Meds Yeghern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛdz jɛ.ɡɜ(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: Medz Yeghern
form: Mets Yeghern
form: Metz Yeghern
Etymology: From the Western Armenian pronunciation of Armenian Մեծ Եղեռն (Mec Eġeṙn, literally “Great Crime”).
Senses: examples: text: While nothing can bring back those who were killed in the Meds Yeghern, the contributions that Armenians have made around the world over the last ninety-five years stand as a testament to the strength, tenacity and courage of the Armenian people.
ref: 2010 April 24, Barack Obama, Statement of President Barack Obama on Armenian Remembrance Day:
text: Ninety four years ago, one of the great atrocities of the 20th century began. Each year, we pause to remember the 1.5 million Armenians who were subsequently massacred or marched to their death in the final days of the Ottoman Empire. The Meds Yeghern must live on in our memories, just as it lives on in the hearts of the Armenian people.
ref: 2009 April 24, Barack Obama, Statement of President Barack Obama on Armenian Remembrance Day:
text: Listen, O Lord, to the lament that rises from this place,
to the call of the dead from the depths of the Metz Yeghérn,
the cry of innocent blood that pleads like the blood of Abel,
like Rachel weeping for her children because they are no more.
ref: 2001 September 26, John Paul II, Prayer of John Paul II at the Memorial of Tzitzernagaberd:
glosses: The Armenian genocide.
raw_tags: used chiefly by Armenians
Medz Yeghern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Meds Yeghern.
Metz Yeghern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Meds Yeghern.
pyridoxamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyridoxamine
coffeelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coffeelike
form: most coffeelike
Etymology: From coffee + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of coffee.
pyridoxines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyridoxine
ethylvanillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethyl + vanillin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound with chemical formula (C₂H₅O)(HO)C₆H₃CHO.
plus-one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plus-ones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of plus one.
pentylenetetrazol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentylenetetrazols
Senses: glosses: A drug formerly used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant.
Synonyms: cardiazol
metrazol
pentetrazol
pentamethylenetetrazol
pentetrazol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pɛnˈtɛtɹəzɒl/
Senses: glosses: Pentylenetetrazol.
pentamethylenetetrazol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpɛntəˌmɛθɪliːnˈtɛtɹəzɒl/
Senses: glosses: Pentylenetetrazol.
anxiolytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anxiolytically
form: most anxiolytically
Etymology: From anxiolytic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an anxiolytic way.
amnestically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more amnestically
form: most amnestically
Etymology: From amnestic + -ally or amnestical + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: amnesically
glosses: In an amnestic way.
valines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valine
plus one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plus ones
form: +1
form: plus-one
Etymology: From guest lists reading “John Doe + 1” meaning “John Doe plus one (unspecified) guest”. Later generalized to invitations, particularly as an alternative to explicitly inviting both members of a couple: the invitee is welcome to bring a guest, be it a spouse, companion, date, friend, etc.
Senses: examples: text: I'm on the guestlist baby / Be my plus one
ref: 2004, “Plus One”, in Gives It To Ya. Twice, performed by Coyote Shivers:
text: If the invitation doesn't say Plus One, then the guest or their representative or the guest pretending to be their own representative if they don't have one will call up to check if they can bring a Plus One. Basically, a Plus One is a guest's guest.
ref: 2005, Claire Fordham, Plus One: A Year in the Life of a Hollywood Nobody, →ISBN, page 13:
text: By then Kevin Pietersen may have been named as winner of two categories at the ICC Awards Night, which will receive more attention on Tuesday if, as expected, he is accompanied by Caprice, the model, who was due to arrive as his plus one today.
ref: 2005 October 7, Richard Hobson, “Super Series faces struggle to justify its official status”, in The Times Online:
text: No, you ain't worth guest list / Plus one of all them girls you kiss
ref: 2006, Amy Winehouse, “Me & Mr Jones”, in Back to Black:
text: It was billed as a double act but everyone knew it wasn’t going to be that way. Keir [Starmer] was there purely as The Donald’s plus one.
ref: 2025 July 28, John Crace, “Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A friend or partner whom one brings along to an event; a guest of a guest.
Synonyms: companion
guest
isovaleric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + valeric acid.
Senses: glosses: A natural fatty acid with a pungent smell, found in a wide variety of plants and essential oils, whose volatile esters are used in perfumery.
Synonyms: 3-methylbutyric acid
delphinic acid
isopentanoic acid
melismatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more melismatically
form: most melismatically
Etymology: From melismatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a melismatic way.
hammersmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hammersmiths
Etymology: From hammer + smith.
Senses: glosses: A maker of hammers.
Hypernyms: smith
Derived terms: bladesmithing
hammersmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hammersmith
out there
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more out there
form: most out there
form: out-there
Etymology: out + there
Senses: examples: text: I like the ideas Melissa came up with, but Brad's ideas were just out there.
text: The president failing to acknowledge the numerous side-effects linked to covid restrictions just shows how out there he is.
text: They're a world apart, these mining towns in Western Australia, and Newman's as "out there" as any.
ref: 2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 120:
glosses: Extreme; radical; far removed from the ordinary; crazy, nutty, loony.
Derived terms: out-thereness
out there
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: out + there
Senses: examples: text: If you want to improve your public speaking, you should put yourself out there more.
glosses: in the public eye
examples: text: There are a lot of crazy people out there.
glosses: in the world at large
examples: text: If you want to find love, you'll have to put yourself out there.
glosses: in a position that makes one vulnerable to rejection or scrutiny from another person, especially in a romantic context
pre-exilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + exilic.
Senses: antonyms: postexilic
glosses: Before an exile, especially the Jewish exile to Babylon around 600 BC.
splake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spleɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: splakes
Etymology: Blend of speckled + lake.
Senses: synonyms: wendigo
glosses: A hybrid fish derived from a male brook trout and a female lake trout.
marua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of small-grained cereal from India, Eleusine coracana, similar to millet.
Synonyms: coracan
finger millet
natchnee
ragi
marumage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 丸髷.
Senses: glosses: A round knotted hairstyle traditionally worn by married women in Japan.
Related terms: shimada
marv
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)v
Etymology: Clipping of marvellous.
Senses: examples: text: “How's it going?” the cop inquired. “Just marv,” said Oedipa. “I'll let you know if it's hopeless.”
ref: 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: Marvellous, fantastic.
Derived terms: marvy
meanderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meanderers
Etymology: From meander + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who meanders or wanders.
meanderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meanderer
Marv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Marvin: I have a million ideas, but, they all point to certain death.
Arthur: Thanks very much, Marv!
ref: 2005, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Marvin.
MARV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MARVs
form: MaRV
Senses: glosses: A maneuverable reentry vehicle, a type of nuclear warhead capable of shifting targets in flight.
Related terms: MRV
IRV
MIRV
RV
marvellousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marvelousness
Etymology: From marvellous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being marvellous.
marvelousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marvellousness
Etymology: From marvelous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being marvelous.
marver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marvers
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
glassblowing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A flat heatproof surface on which a gather of glass is rolled into shape.
marver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marvers
form: marvering
form: marvered
form: marvered
Senses: glosses: To roll glass on a marver.
Derived terms: marverer
moils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moil
moils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of moil
moiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moil
moiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of moil
serial numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serial number
lampworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampworkers
Etymology: From lamp + worker.
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
glassblowing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Someone who works with lampwork
MARVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MARV
Glases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Glas
marvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marver
marvers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of marver
marvering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of marver
marvered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of marver
marvy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more marvy
form: most marvy
form: marvie
Etymology: From marv(ellous) + -y. Compare marv.
Senses: examples: text: It's about time somebody sent me a tip for Thundercats. Such a classy little game, so fast, such marvy graphics, so pretty, so why no tips?
ref: 1988, Your Sinclair, number 27, page 45:
glosses: Great, awesome, brilliant.
Maryknoller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maryknollers
Etymology: From Mary + knoll + -er. The society was set up on a plot of land that they called Mary's Knoll, after the Virgin Mary.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Catholic missionary society Maryknoll.
marzacotto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian marzacotto (second element influenced by cotto (“cooked”)), from Arabic مَسْحَقُونِيَّا (masḥaqūniyyā), from Classical Syriac ܡܫܚ ܩܘܢܝܐ (məšaḥ qūnyā, “ointment of sosa”), from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “salve, unguent”) (from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “to anoint”); see Hebrew מָשַׁח (māšaḥ, “to anoint”)) + Ancient Greek κονία (konía, “dust, ashes”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of varnish formerly used in Italy.
masc.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of masculine (of the masculine grammatical gender).
masc.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mascs.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of masculine (word or form of the masculine grammatical gender).
Mascarene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the name of Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or relating to, the Mascarene Islands
Derived terms: Mascarene black petrel
Mascarene coot
Mascarene crow
Mascarene frog
Mascarene grass frog
Mascarene martin
Mascarene owl
Mascarene paradise-flycatcher
Mascarene parrot
Mascarene petrel
Mascarene Plateau
Mascarene ridged frog
Mascarene shearwater
Mascarene swiftlet
Mascarene white-eye
Mascarene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mascarenes
Etymology: From the name of Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas.
Senses: glosses: Someone from the Mascarene Islands.
Mascarenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mascarene
Mascarenes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Mascarene Islands.
Mascarene Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An archipelago of the Indian Ocean, consisting of Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues and the Cargados Carajos.
Synonyms: Mascarenes
mascle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæskəl/
Forms: form: mascles
Etymology: From Middle English mascle, maskel, from Old French mascle, macle, from Medieval Latin mascula, from a Germanic source (compare English mesh). Doublet of mail.
Senses: glosses: A lozenge-shaped piece of metal, used in making scale mail.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A lozenge with a smaller lozenge-shaped hole in the centre.
Derived terms: mascled
mascles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mascle
Zollvereins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zollverein
macropodine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, the kangaroos and wallabies
macropodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macropodines
Senses: glosses: Any marsupial of the subfamily Macropodinae
Related terms: macropod
Zooms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Zoom
Zooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoom
mazology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαζός (mazós, “breast”) + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: In the history of Mazology, we find clear distinctions laid down from comparative anatomy between man, and that order of mammalia which bears the strongest resemblance to the human race, the ape and monkey tribes.
ref: 1837, Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers, volume 6:
glosses: Mammalogy.
Related terms: mazologist
jazzbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazzbos
Senses: examples: text: "Men come in and have no hesitancy about buying jazzbo neckties, "snazzy" collars, passianate^([sic – meaning passionate?]) hats or thunderous hosiery, but they lower their voices and cast their eyes from side to side to avoid detection when they say they want to purchase a two-ply undergarment," said one local gents furnishing merchant. "One would think they were giving an order to their pet bootlegger," he added.
ref: 1922 November 12, “Using wool clothes before cold comes”, in The Duluth Sunday News Tribune, volume 54, number 183, Duluth, Minn.: News Tribune Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:
text: And he slowed down the car for all of us to turn and look at the old jazzbo moaning along.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 2:
synonyms: jazzist
jazzman
jazzperson
jazzster
jitterbug
glosses: A jazz musician.
funkster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funksters
Etymology: From funk + -ster.
Senses: glosses: A funk musician.
glosses: Someone funky.
jazzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazzers
Etymology: From jazz + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something with energy or pizzazz.
examples: text: Unlike the players from the other scenes, however, the Cleveland jazzers would also engage in reflexive thought even when there are no immediate problems.
ref: 2004, Harris M. Berger, Giovanna Del Negro, Identity and everyday life, page 106:
text: Taking an opportunity to follow jazzer Paul Whiteman's band to Berlin, he remained in the German capital until Hitler's rise to power.
ref: 2021, Gavin Plumley, “A Boulevardier Writes…”, in Literary Review, 497, June:
glosses: A jazz musician; someone who likes or dances to jazz music.
Synonyms: jazzbo
jazzist
jazzman
jazzster
jazzperson
jitterbug
jazzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazzer
funksters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funkster
funkadelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of funk + psychedelia
Senses: qualifier: musical genre
glosses: A psychedelic musical genre, with funk roots.
manilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Forms: form: manillas
form: manilio
form: Manilla
Etymology: From Spanish manilla (“bracelet”), from Catalan manilla (“bracelet, armring”); partly from Latin monīle (“a necklace, collar”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“withers, crest, mane”); and partly from Frankish *mānili (“moon-shaped ornament”), from *māno (“moon”), from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), related to Old High German mânili (“moon-shaped ornament”). More at mane, moon.
Senses: glosses: A penannular armlet, sometimes worn on the leg or neck or used as an ornament, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage amongst certain West African peoples.
manilla
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of manila (“made of or colored like manila paper”).
manilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Forms: form: manillas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of manila.
pantin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pantins
Senses: examples: text: About 1750 the pantins were made in five parts, the body and head, the two arms and the two legs. They were engraved on sheets of paper or card and could be cut out at home or bought ready cut and coloured. Later on they were printed by lithography.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 157:
glosses: A jumping jack (toy)
potatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more potatory
form: most potatory
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin pōtō (“I drink”) + -atory.
Senses: examples: text: They spent the day sampling the potatory pleasures of the fine wines on offer.
glosses: Of or pertaining to drinking.
paul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːl/
ipa: /pɔl/
ipa: /pɑl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
homophone: pall
homophone: pawl
Forms: form: pauls
Senses: examples: text: Shoes and boots are, generally speaking, better made at Florence than in any other part of Italy: the usual price charged for the former is eight pauls the pair; and for the latter from thirty to forty pauls.
ref: 1836, Mariana Starke, Travels in Europe and in the Island of Sicily, page 569:
glosses: An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
paul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːl/
ipa: /pɔl/
ipa: /pɑl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
homophone: pall
homophone: pawl
Forms: form: pauls
Senses: examples: text: As soon as the horse again begins to move, the paul will take into the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, and restore to the fly-wheel its original speed.
ref: 1850, The Mechanic's Magazine, Register, Journal and Gazette, page 517:
glosses: Archaic form of pawl (“mechanical device”).
paul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːl/
ipa: /pɔl/
ipa: /pɑl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
homophone: pall
homophone: pawl
Forms: form: pauls
form: pal
form: pawl
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A small tent of various kinds.
Qinghai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋˈhaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: Tsinghai
form: Tsing-hai
form: Chinghai
form: Ch'ing-hai
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 青海 /靑海 (Qīnghǎi, literally “Blue Sea”).
Senses: examples: text: In Qinghai (Chinghai) Province, 300 schools in six xian surrounding the provincial capital, Xi’ning^([sic – meaning Xining]) (Sining), had 10,000 students in 1964. Part-work schools in the province enabled 8 per cent of the age-group to attend school, including some go per cent of those children from poor and lower middle peasant families (SCMP 3350, 1964). Qinghai (Chinghai) also reported 100 ‘tent-schools’, moving with the herdsmen over the grazing grounds.
ref: 1970, R. F. Price, “Part-time schools and classes”, in Brian Holmes, editor, Education in Communist China (World education series), New York; Washington: Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 215:
text: Tibetan is found predominantly in Tibet; Tibetan-speaking communities are also found in Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu. In Tibet, all official documents are issued in both Tibetan and Chinese, and also in certain regions of Sichuan and Qinghai. Moreover, the radio stations in Tibet broadcast in Tibetan and Putonghua. Similarly, the Chengdu radio station in Sichuan and the Xining radio station in Qinghai also have regular Tibetan broadcasts.
ref: 1975, “The National Minority Languages of China”, in Winfred P. Lehmann, editor, Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 119:
text: The source of the Yellow River is in the Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau. This area is often called the "Roof of the World" because of its high altitude, the height of a place above sea level.
ref: 2001, Kim Dramer, “China's Sorrow”, in The Yellow River (Juvenile Literature), Franklin Watts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 7–8:
text: The decaying clusters of workshops, bunkers and dormitories are remnants of Plant 221, also known as China’s Los Alamos. Here, on a mountain-high grassland called Jinyintan in Qinghai Province, thousands of Tibetan and Mongolian herders were expelled to create a secret town where a nuclear arsenal was built to defend Mao Zedong’s revolution.
ref: 2018 January 20, Chris Buckley, Adam Wu, “Where China Built Its Bomb, Dark Memories Haunt the Ruins”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2018, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A province in northwestern China. Capital: Xining.
synonyms: Qinghai Lake
glosses: A large lake in Qinghai province, the largest in China.
Synonyms: english: as a Tibetan region
translation: as a Tibetan region
word: Amdo
word: Koko Nor
word: Koko-nur
word: Kokonor
photodehydrogenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photodehydrogenations
Etymology: From photo- + dehydrogenation.
Senses: glosses: Dehydrogenation that is caused or catalyzed by irradiation with light (electromagnetic radiation).
photodehydrogenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photodehydrogenation
nosophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosophobias
Etymology: From noso- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: An excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.
Related terms: nosophobe
nosophobic
hypochondria
hypochondriasis
nosocomephobia
swamper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɒmpə/
ipa: /ˈswɑmpɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: swampers
Etymology: From swamp + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who lives in a swampy area.
examples: text: In the latter part of winter, I hired with a lumberer – camped out, and wrought in the forest as a swamper.
ref: 1860, James Brown, New Brunswick as a Home for Emigrants, page 10:
glosses: A person who clears a road for lumberers in a forest or swamp.
examples: text: The Population Factor is a dissipator or swamper of the gain in per capita income and hence of the redressal of poverty to that degree.
ref: 1991, Kedar Nath Prasad, India's Rural Problems, page 38:
glosses: Someone or something that swamps or overwhelms.
examples: text: To use such a brake on the front wagon, the driver stood up on the seat, letting the team follow the leaders, and threw his whole weight on the upper end of the bar, while the swamper braked the rear wagon.
ref: 1926 Apr, Jacob Allred, “Driving the last 20-mule team across Death Valley”, in Popular Mechanics, page 610:
glosses: A truck driver's assistant; an assistant to a driver of horses, mules or bullocks.
examples: text: On the road to the Diorite King, which is about 40 miles from Leonora, there was nothing much to see except a good many swampers. A “swamper” is a man tramping without his swag, which he entrusts to a teamster to bring on his waggon.
ref: 1901, May Vivienne, Travels in Western Australia: Being A Description of the Various Cities and Towns, Goldfields, and Agricultural Districts of that State, published 1993, page 167:
text: He arrived at Western Australia the year after the discovery of gold at Coolgardie, and walked to the goldfields as a "swamper" – that is, he paid to have his belongings carried on a dray while he trudged along beside it.
ref: 1936, Sir John Kirwan, My Life's Adventure, page 77:
glosses: a person who travels by foot but has his belongings on a wagon.
examples: text: The old swamper shifted his broom and held it between his elbow and his side while he held out his hand for the can.
ref: 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Penguin, published 1994, page 19:
glosses: A handyman or general employee in a liquor saloon; a cook's assistant.
Kodiak bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊdiˌæk/
Forms: form: Kodiak bears
Senses: glosses: The largest brown bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, found on Kodiak Island off the south coast of Alaska, United States.
Synonyms: Kodiak
Coordinate terms: grizzly bear
Kodiak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊdiˌæk/
Forms: form: Kodiaks
Etymology: From Russian Кадьяк (Kadʹjak), from Aleut qikertaq (“island”).
Senses: glosses: A Kodiak bear.
Kodiak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊdiˌæk/
Etymology: From Russian Кадьяк (Kadʹjak), from Aleut qikertaq (“island”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Alaska: see Wikipedia:Kodiak, Alaska
Derived terms: Kodiak Archipelago
Kodiak Island
Kodiaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kodiak
sun bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sun bears
Senses: glosses: A species of relatively small bears, Helarctos malayanus, found in Southeast Asia.
Synonyms: honey bear
Malay bear
Malayan bear
leafcutter ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leafcutter ant
leaf-cutter ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaf-cutter ant
historiographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of historiography
hammerhead shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hammerhead sharks
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Sphyrnidae of sharks.
Any of various sharks of the genus Sphyrna having the eyes set on projections (cephalofoils) from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape.
glosses: Any of the family Sphyrnidae of sharks.
A winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii).
Synonyms: hammerhead
hammerhead sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hammerhead shark
winghead shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winghead sharks
Senses: examples: text: The fast-declining winghead shark – a species of hammerhead – has also proved vulnerable to unregulated fishing, due to its distinctive shape which lends itself to entanglement in fishing nets.
ref: 2016 July 8, Arthur Nelsen, The Guardian:
glosses: A species of hammerhead shark, Eusphyra blochii, in the family Sphyrnidae, named for the remarkably wide lobes on its head. It is the sole species in its genus.
winghead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wingheads
form: wing-head
Etymology: From wing + head.
Senses: glosses: Any entity having a head or head-like element resembling a wing.
Derived terms: winghead shark
wingheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winghead
His Honor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Form of address for a male mayor.
Coordinate terms: Her Honor
Her Honor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Form of address for a female mayor.
Coordinate terms: His Honor
IB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
coordinate_terms: IBO
AP
glosses: Initialism of International Baccalaureate.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of investment banking.
IB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IBs
Senses: topics: education
coordinate_terms: AP
glosses: An International Baccalaureate program
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of integrated battlefield.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of infectious bronchitis.
IBO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Baccalaureate Organisation.
Related terms: IB
endoglycosidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endoglycosidase
metoposcopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛtəˈpɒskəpi/
Etymology: From Middle French metoposcopie, and its source, Late Latin metoposcopia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (métōpon, “forehead”) + -scopy.
Senses: examples: text: Other signs there are taken from physiognomy, metoposcopy, chiromancy […].
ref: , New York 2001, p.208
glosses: The practice of judging someone's character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead.
Derived terms: metoposcopist
shotgun proteomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Analogous to (shotgun sequencing), in shotgun proteomics, complex protein mixtures are digested into peptides, analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry, and computer algoriths then map the peptides onto proteins to determine the original content of the mixture.
ref: 2005, Selene K Swanson, P. Michael, “The continuing evolution of shotgun proteomics”, in Drug Discovery Today:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A laboratory method for the determining the identities of proteins in a mixture.
pontes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɑn.tiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of pons
aboideaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ.bwɑ.doʊ/
Senses: glosses: plural of aboideau
antilogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antilogy
anusvaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anusvara
apikorsim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apikoros
aplustres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aplustre
offsite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From off- + site.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: remote
text: At nearly all Aloft properties, for instance, the chain has introduced lower-cost dishes — pulled pork burritos, pesto pizzas, Asian sesame noodles, for example — priced at $4 to $12 as guests begin to shy away from pricey offsite restaurants.
ref: 2009 February 1, David Kaufman, “Airport Hotels That Invite Lingering”, in New York Times:
antonyms: on-site
glosses: Away from a main location; in a place not owned by a particular organisation.
offsite
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From off- + site.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: remotely
text: Several overnight weekend possessions were required to crane in new bridges and various other parts of the buildings which were manufactured offsite.
ref: 2024 January 24, Peter Plisner, “Rising to the University challenge”, in RAIL, number 1001, pages 60-61:
antonyms: on site
on location
glosses: Away from a particular site.
offsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: offsites
Etymology: From off- + site.
Senses: examples: text: They went bowling for their team offsite.
glosses: A group outing or meeting that takes place outside of the office.
aphides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphis
apoapsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apapsides
Etymology: apo- + apsides
Senses: glosses: plural of apoapsis
Synonyms: apapses
apapsides
apapsises
apoapses
apoapsises
apodoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apodosis
off-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Middle English of-, from Old English of-, æf- (“off, away, down, un-”), from Proto-Germanic *aba- (“off, away”), combining form of *ab(a), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Cognate with Dutch af- (“off, away, down”), German ab- (“off, from, down”), Latin ab- (“from, of”), Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, “away from, without”). Doublet of apo- and ab-. Equivalent to off. Compare of.
Senses: glosses: Away from; off.
examples: text: off-white
glosses: not quite; almost
raw_tags: of a colour
Synonyms: sense: away from
word: out-
sense: away from
word: ab-
sense: away from
word: apo-
sense: away from
word: de-
sense: away from
word: away
sense: away from
word: off
Derived terms: off-limb
winebibber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winebibbers
form: wine-bibber
Etymology: From wine + bibber.
Senses: glosses: A habitual (or heavy) drinker of alcohol, especially wine, an excessive wine-drinker; a drunkard.
Synonyms: alcoholic
souse
suck-pint
Related terms: winebibbing
home teaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: home + teaching
Senses: examples: text: When it came time for me to be ordained a teacher in the Aaronic Priesthood, I told the bishop I would accept a home teaching assignment.
ref: 1994 May, Robert D. Armstrong, “My Very Senior Companion”, in New Era, retrieved 26 Apr 2009, page 46:
glosses: The responsibility of the priesthood in which a pair of priesthood holders visit another member's family to teach them LDS doctrine and see how they are doing.
Synonyms: block teaching
ward teaching
home teaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: home + teaching
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of home teach
hypertime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪpəˈtaɪm/
ipa: /ˌhaɪpɚˈtaɪm/
Forms: form: hypertimes
Etymology: From hyper- + time.
Senses: synonyms: metatime
glosses: Any of various fictional or theoretical time-like constructs that extend beyond normal time, usually by encompassing or spanning many distinct timelines (sometimes infinitely many).
hypertimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypertime
Primorsky Krai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Примо́рский край (Primórskij kraj, literally “maritime region”).
Senses: synonyms: Maritime Province
Primorye
glosses: A krai in extreme southeastern Russia.
Related terms: Vladivostok
antiepileptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiepileptic
antigenicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antigenicity
Apollos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Apollo
Apollos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English, derived from Latin; from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλῶς (Apollôs), probably an abbreviated form of Ἀπολλώνιος (Apollṓnios).
Senses: glosses: A figure of the early Christian church, mentioned in the Book of Acts and the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
apologeticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apologeticism
apomeioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apomeiosis
aponeuroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aponeurosis
aposiopeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aposiopesis
apparatchiki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apparatchik
apperceives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of apperceive
apperceiving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of apperceive
apperceived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of apperceive
appropriabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appropriability
holdfast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holdfasts
Etymology: Deverbal from hold fast.
Senses: examples: text: And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tentacles and holdfasts unto it.
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 198:
glosses: Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
hyponyms: hapteron
glosses: A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Actinomycosis.
examples: text: Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.
ref: 2006, James Bonnet, Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers:
glosses: The aspect of a character that experiences destructive temptation.
Derived terms: Holdfast Bay
holdfastness
holdfasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holdfast
anthromorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anthromorphic
form: most anthromorphic
Etymology: From anthro- + -morphic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anthropomorphic.
antihyperglycemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antihyperglycemic
form: most antihyperglycemic
Etymology: From anti- + hyperglycemic, or anti- + hyperglycemia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Tending to reduce hyperglycemia (high blood sugar, characteristic of diabetes).
raw_tags: of a medication or treatment
antihyperglycemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihyperglycemics
Etymology: From anti- + hyperglycemic, or anti- + hyperglycemia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Such a medication
Côte d'Azur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Côte d'Azur
Etymology: From French Côte d'Azur.
Senses: glosses: The French Riviera: the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Synonyms: sense: French Riviera
word: French Riviera
Derived terms: Cote d'Azur
high society
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high societies
Senses: examples: text: “‘What are the gaieties of the Rich, the splendours of the Powerful, what is the pride of the Great, what are the gaudy pleasures of High Society?’”
ref: 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter II, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:
text: Exclusive nightclubs are out of style with me / 'Cause I don't associate with high society
ref: 1969, Joe Bataan, “Ordinary Guy”:
synonyms: the quality
upper class
upper crust
glosses: The socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society, especially in Western societies.
Related terms: beautiful people
jet set
socialite
upper crust
cubiclize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cubiclizes
form: cubiclizing
form: cubiclized
form: cubiclized
Etymology: From cubicle + -ize.
Senses: qualifier: quite rare
glosses: To divide (a hospital wing, dormitory, or the like) into cubicles.
disbowel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disbowels
form: disboweling
form: disbowelling
form: disboweled
form: disboweled
form: disbowelled
form: disbowelled
Etymology: From dis- + bowel.
Senses: examples: text: […] a great Oke drie and dead,
 […]
 Whose foote in ground hath left but feeble holde;
 But halfe disbowel'd lies aboue the ground, […]
ref: 1591, Edmund Spenser, “Ruines of Rome: by Bellay”, in Complaints, sonnet 28:
glosses: To disembowel.
cowtown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowtowns
Etymology: From cow + town.
Senses: glosses: A small town, a hick or backwards town.
examples: text: In July 1873 a St. Louis journalist visited Wichita and penned a colorful description of the frontier cowtown, the article appearing in the St. Louis Globe under the heading of “NEAR BRIMSTONE.”
ref: 2011, Stan Hoig, Cowtown Wichita and the Wild, Wicked West, UNM Press, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: A town or city noted for its link to the cattle industry.
Synonyms: sense: small, hick or backwards town
word: hicktown
sense: small, hick or backwards town
word: hicksville
sense: small, hick or backwards town
word: Woop Woop
sense: small, hick or backwards town
word: one-horse town
Derived terms: Cowtown
ecopsychiatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + psychiatry; coined in the late 1970s by the American Psychiatric Association.
Senses: glosses: The application of ecological thought to the study and practice of psychiatry.
landgrabbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landgrabber
lancepesades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lancepesade
home teach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: home teaches
form: home teaching
form: home taught
form: home taught
Etymology: Back-formation from home teaching.
Senses: examples: text: I cannot say that I love to home teach until I get to the first home, and then I do love it because I then get the spirit of a home teacher because I am acting like a home teacher—doing what a home teacher does.
ref: 1974 January, Hartman Rector Jr., “You Shall Receive the Spirit”, in Ensign, volume 3, number 4, page 105:
glosses: To teach as part of a home teaching assignment.
Takamatsu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital of Kagawa prefecture, Japan.
Wakayama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 和(わ)歌(か)山(やま) (Wakayama).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture of Japan.
glosses: A city and the capital of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.