cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
stepgrandmother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepgrandmothers
form: step-grandmother
Etymology: From step- + grandmother.
Senses: glosses: The stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.
examples: text: The president’s elderly stepgrandmother brought him an oxtail fly whisk, a mark of power at home in Kenya.
ref: 2009 January 21, Jodi Kantor, “In First Family, a Nation’s Many Faces”, in New York Times:
glosses: The mother of one's stepmother or stepfather.
Related terms: stepgrandchild
stepgranddaughter
stepgrandfather
stepgrandparent
stepgrandson
postlayoff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + layoff.
Senses: examples: text: The postlayoff session “allows the individual to vent,” Mr. Ayers said, “about their angst, their anger, their fear.”
ref: 2009 January 21, Brian Stelter, “In 2009, Layoffs Is the Business to Be In”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring after or as a consequence of a layoff
unmissed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + missed.
Senses: glosses: Not missed; of which nobody regrets the absence.
stepgrandmothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stepgrandmother
ultranationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultranationalist
creasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crease
creasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
Forms: form: creasings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something creases.
topics: architecture
glosses: A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.
Derived terms: anticreasing
creasing tile
detoxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detoxers
Etymology: From detox + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person on detox; somebody attempting to rid themselves of drugs or other unhealthy substances.
detoxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detoxer
fruitlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fruitlike
form: most fruitlike
Etymology: From fruit + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The chewing gum had a fruitlike fragrance.
glosses: Resembling fruit.
pakols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pakol
preinstall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preinstalls
form: preinstalling
form: preinstalled
form: preinstalled
Etymology: From pre- + install.
Senses: examples: text: My computer came with the operating system preinstalled.
text: The Scots have had the foresight to install passive provision for electrification, having plans in existence and by pre-installing piles for OLE (overhead line equipment) mast bases.
ref: 2024 November 27, Paul Bigland, “Around the UK on nearly 80 trains...”, in RAIL, number 1023, page 48:
glosses: To install (software, etc.) in advance.
preinstall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + install.
Senses: examples: text: I can't install this software because one of the preinstall checks failed.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Prior to installation.
preinstalls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preinstall
preinstalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preinstall
preinstalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preinstall
regionalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regionalises
form: regionalising
form: regionalised
form: regionalised
Etymology: From regional + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of regionalize.
regionalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regionalise
regionalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regionalise
regionalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regionalise
toughies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toughie
glosses: plural of toughy
regender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regenders
form: regendering
form: regendered
form: regendered
Etymology: From re- + gender.
Senses: examples: text: Even with the most creative attempts to regender themselves, people cannot always extricate themselves from stereotypes. Jenny could spend a lifetime attempting to refute the cultural illogic that leaves her, as an Asian-American woman, […]
ref: 1998, Kath Weston, Render Me, Gender Me, →ISBN, page 170:
coordinate_terms: resex
glosses: To gender anew (and differently).
To cause (a person) to be seen to have a (new, different) gender identity or role.
examples: text: It is at moments like this that we can recognise the enormity of the task to redress gender issues in mathematics and science in schools, (i.e., to ‘regender’ them). We have seen that science itself embodies its own deep gender structures […]
ref: 1995, L. H. Parker, L. Rennie, B. Fraser, Gender, Science and Mathematics: Shortening the Shadow, →ISBN, page 74:
text: The "small-scale planning" of the brigades replicated at the local or factory level the larger, central strategy to regender jobs, shops, and sectors.
ref: 2002, Wendy Z. Goldman, Women at the Gates: Gender and Industry in Stalin's Russia, →ISBN, page 144:
text: And I’m not sure whether the regendering is a democratizing net positive for feminism or whether we should take offense that women’s intuition translates somewhere along the spectrum of cute while its male counterpart is meant to suggest the power of a mind brilliantly deducing.
ref: 2009 January 21, Ginia Bellafante, “For TV’s Newest Crime Fighter, the Lips May Lie, but the Face Tells the Truth”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: resex
glosses: To gender anew (and differently).
To cause (a thing or subject) to be gendered in a new or different way; to be associated with a new gender or with new genders.
overexpansion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overexpansions
Etymology: From over- + expansion.
Senses: examples: text: Three major problems led to Citigroup’s downfall: bad investment policy; overexpansion, which overwhelmed Citigroup’s management; and an inadequate capital base.
ref: 2009 January 21, “Questions for Mr. Geithner”, in New York Times:
glosses: Excessive expansion, especially expansion that is not sustainable
Related terms: overexpand
regenders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regender
regendering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regender
regendering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regenderings
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, revisions to or subversions of the paratext in texts by women writers can, I believe, more unambiguously be read as feminist regenderings of the presentation of the text.
ref: 2005, Richard Watts, Packaging Post/Coloniality, page 142:
glosses: The assignment of a different gender to something or someone.
regendered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regender
metalinguistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From metalinguistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a metalinguistic manner or context.
schillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schilling
collapsable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more collapsable
form: most collapsable
Etymology: From collapse + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of collapsible.
theatricalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: theatricalizes
form: theatricalizing
form: theatricalized
form: theatricalized
Etymology: From theatrical + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Theater does not expect us to simply stop theatricalizing; it knows that we can theatricalize its conditions as we can theatricalize any others.
ref: 2016, Hans-Thies Lehmann, Tragedy and Dramatic Theatre, →ISBN, page 151:
glosses: To render suitable for the theatre.
theatricalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of theatricalize
theatricalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of theatricalize
theatricalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of theatricalize
machine instructions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machine instruction
disinhibitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disinhibitors
Etymology: From disinhibit + -or.
Senses: examples: text: Alcohol is commonly drunk for its effects as a disinhibitor.
glosses: Something that reduces one's inhibitions, making one act more impulsively.
Related terms: disinhibition
disinhibitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disinhibitor
autobahn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈaʊ̯toˌbɑːn/
Forms: form: autobahns
form: autobahnen
Etymology: Borrowed from German Autobahn.
Senses: examples: text: On a recent afternoon a work crew and crane were affixing the tall lettering to the side of the team’s new stadium, just off the autobahn in Sinsheim, a few miles from Hoffenheim.
ref: 2009 January 22, Nicholas Kulish, “Soccer Titan Raises Profile of Tiny Village”, in New York Times:
text: Confusion reigned on German autobahns and highways at the start of one of the busiest holiday breaks of the year on Thursday after Google Maps wrongly indicated that vast swathes of them were closed.
ref: 2025 May 30, Kate Connolly, “Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The high-speed intercity highways of Germany and Austria.
examples: text: These ant autobahns function much the same as human highways to speed transport of goods and to reduce bumps and potholes in the path.
ref: 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 112:
glosses: Any wide, high-speed road.
Derived terms: Infobahn
anathematizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anathematizers
Etymology: From anathematize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who anathematizes; a severe critic.
anathematizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anathematizer
anathematise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: anathematises
form: anathematising
form: anathematised
form: anathematised
Etymology: From anathema + -ise; see anathematize.
Senses: examples: text: "Crook in the guts," he says tersely. The picturesque reports of previously-treated and disgusted patients have left him doubtful, and he casts an anathematising eye upon the "Black Jack" bottle. "Tabloids and duty!" says the doctor, and the sufferer sighs with relief. There's no taste in tabloids, anyhow, and he reckons the doctor "ain't a bad poor something, after all!"
ref: 1914 October 11, “In camp: The day’s work of a W.A. soldier”, in The Sunday Times, number 875, Perth, W.A.: E. W. Finn for “The Sunday Times” Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 8:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anathematize.
Derived terms: anathematiser
anathematiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anathematisers
Etymology: From anathematise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anathematizer.
anathematisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anathematiser
anathematises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anathematise
anathematising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anathematise
anathematised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anathematise
jerib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jeribs
form: djerib
Etymology: From Arabic جَرِيب (jarīb).
Senses: glosses: A unit of land used in the Middle East; its precise size depends on region and on time-period, and can range from a thousand square meters to a hectare.
jeribs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerib
ancestorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ancestorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ancestorial context.
Synonyms: ancestrally
ancestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Ancestral.
ancylostomiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəsɪs
Forms: form: ancylostomiases
form: anchylostomiasis
form: ankylostomiasis
Etymology: From Ancylostoma + -iasis.
Senses: synonyms: Egyptian chlorosis
tunnel disease
hypernyms: hookworm
miner's anaemia
miner's worm
;
miner's disease
coordinate_terms: necatoriasis
uncinariasis[Appendix:Glossary#loosely|loosely]] called "synonymous">
glosses: Infection by the hookworm Ancylostoma.
bobas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boba
reimposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reimpositions
Etymology: From re- + imposition.
Senses: glosses: The act of reimposing; the act of imposing something again.
ancylostomiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ancylostomiasis
reimpositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reimposition
bogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bog
bogging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bogging
form: most bogging
Senses: glosses: Stinking; disgusting.
angioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiomas
form: angiomata
Etymology: From angi- + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A benign tumor made up of small blood vessels or lymph vessels.
Derived terms: angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
cherry angioma
chorioangioma
chylangioma
fibroangioma
haemangioma
hemangioma
keratoangioma
lymphangioma
senile angioma
angiomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angioma
angiopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiopathies
Etymology: From angio- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease of the blood vessels.
Derived terms: angiopathic
macroangiopathy
microangiopathy
angiopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiopathy
emotionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emotionalizations
Etymology: From emotional + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of emotionalizing.
loosey goosey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more loosey goosey
form: most loosey goosey
form: loosey-goosey
Senses: examples: text: So while my summers were probably a little more unstructured than my sons’, it was not all loosey goosey.
ref: 2009 January 17, Alina Tugend, “Portfolio in Ruins, It’s Time to Pay for Summer Camp”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of loosey-goosey.
emotionalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emotionalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of emotionalization.
emotionalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emotionalization
emotionalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emotionalisation
emotionalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: emotionalises
form: emotionalising
form: emotionalised
form: emotionalised
Etymology: From emotional + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: This union exalted him, wore away the rough edges of his character, emotionalised his mental life.
ref: 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “A Painful Case”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 135:
glosses: Alternative spelling of emotionalize.
emotionalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emotionalise
emotionalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emotionalise
emotionalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emotionalise
emotionlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From emotionless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: She tells Dr. Sacks that she identifies with Data, an android on "Star Trek" whose emotionlessness belies a great curiosity and wistfulness about the human world.
ref: 1995 February 14, Michiko Kakutani, “BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Finding the Advantages In Some Mind Disorders”, in The New York Times:
text: Despite their troubles, there is an emotionlessness about Lesser's characters -- you don't feel for them much.
ref: 2005 October 9, Lucy Ellmann, “'The Pagoda in the Garden': Are We Amused Yet?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The property of being emotionless.
bogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogue
bogues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bogue
enantiodromia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enantiodromias
Senses: examples: text: If one wishes to gain an understanding of how humanity could shift from the one to the other, one needs to have an understanding of the enantiodromia (a movement that turns into its opposite) of the development of gathering into agriculture.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 131:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
qualifier: according to Carl Jung
glosses: The principle whereby the superabundance of one force inevitably produces its opposite, as with physical equilibrium.
Derived terms: enantiodromic
enantiodromias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enantiodromia
bon mots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒn məʊ/
ipa: /bɑn moʊ/
Forms: form: bonmots
form: bons mots
Senses: glosses: plural of bon mot.
bordels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bordel
redes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rede
quinielas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quiniela
indigenousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indigenousnesses
Etymology: From indigenous + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: indigeneity
glosses: The quality or state of being indigenous
Related terms: indigenously
provers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prover
podagra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podagras
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek ποδάγρα (podágra, “foot trap; podagra”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Gout in the big toe.
Derived terms: podagral
podagrous
medico-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: medicine (“profession”); medical.
Synonyms: english: sometimes synonymous
translation: sometimes synonymous
word: iatro-
Coordinate terms: clinico-
greaseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more greaseless
form: most greaseless
Etymology: From grease + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Many lubricants are greaseless, being based on graphite or silicone.
glosses: Without fats or oils.
examples: text: Users insist on greaseless cosmetics.
glosses: Not feeling greasy to the touch; not leaving a non-water-soluble residue.
examples: text: The O-ring and the Teflon formed a greaseless seal.
glosses: Not requiring separate lubricant.
Derived terms: greaselessness
recirculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recirculate
recirculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recirculate
recirculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recirculate
inker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ.kə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɪŋ.kɚ/
homophone: Inca (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: inkers
Etymology: From ink + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or device that applies ink.
synonyms: finisher
embellisher
glosses: In comic book production, a person who outlines and otherwise embellishes the artwork of a penciler in preparation for publishing.
glosses: A tattoo artist.
Related terms: red-inker
enamelist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enamelists
Etymology: From enamel + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An artist who works with enamel.
enamelists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enamelist
phonebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phoneboxes
Etymology: From phone + box.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phone box.
phoneboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonebox
curbside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From curb + -side.
Senses: examples: text: Airlines now often limit curbside check-in to select passengers.
glosses: Adjacent to the curb.
Derived terms: curbside service
curbsider
curbside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curbsides
Etymology: From curb + -side.
Senses: examples: text: The City Council unanimously passed a bill yesterday that would sharply increase fines for people who steal recyclable material from curbsides […].
ref: 2007 September 26, Ray Rivera, “City Council Increases Fines for Theft of Recyclable Trash”, in New York Times:
text: He parked behind her, then approached Bland's Hyundai slowly along the curbside, leaning in to speak to her through the open passenger window.
ref: 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 313:
glosses: A location next to the curb
Synonyms: word: kerbside
diecast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diecasts
form: diecasting
form: diecast
form: diecast
form: diecasted
form: diecasted
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of die-cast.
diecast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diecasts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of die-cast.
diecast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of die-cast.
die-cast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: die-casts
form: die-casting
form: die-cast
form: die-cast
form: die-casted
form: die-casted
form: diecast
Etymology: From die + cast: From using a mold (die) to create a molding (cast).
Senses: glosses: To make an object by pouring a liquid or molten material into a reusable mold or die in which the material hardens.
Hyponyms: gigacast
megacast
die-cast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: die-casts
form: diecast
Etymology: From die + cast: From using a mold (die) to create a molding (cast).
Senses: glosses: A model or object made by this technique.
Hyponyms: gigacasting
megacasting
die-cast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: diecast
Etymology: From die + cast: From using a mold (die) to create a molding (cast).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to having been cast in a die.
Hyponyms: gigacasted
megacasted
Related terms: slush-cast
regionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regional
relatum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relata
Etymology: From Latin relatum, neuter past participle of referre.
Senses: examples: text: And with respect to secondary processes, whether a PDT becomes an ADT will vary according to both the ADTs a person has acquired through primary acquisition processes (for this determines which objects can be the relata in the relational properties) and according to the individual’s experiential and epistemic history with respect to disgust elicitors.
ref: 2003, Christopher Knapp, “De-moralizing Disgustingness”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, LXVI, № 2, page 265:
text: For according to the externalist, the opposing view rests on the idea that “being conscious of” is a genuine relation, that is, a relation whose obtaining entails the existence of its relata.
ref: 2007 July 12, Harold Langsam, “Rationality, Justification, and the Internalism/Externalism Debate”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:
text: However we understand the defect, most divine determinists will likely wish to say that the relation of inconformity between act and law obtains (when it does obtain) merely in virtue of the intrinsic natures of the relata. In other words, the relation of inconformity follows merely upon the nonrelational characteristics of the relata.
ref: 2019, Peter Furlong, The Challenges of Divine Determinism: A Philosophical Analysis, page 94:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A term that is related to the referent.
ancillae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ancilla
compendiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: compendiates
form: compendiating
form: compendiated
form: compendiated
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin compendiātus, perfect passive participle of compendiō (“to shorten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from compendium.
Senses: examples: text: and as it were of it self a compendium, before it could be compendiated
ref: 1652, William Chillingworth, Infidelity Vnmasked:
glosses: To sum or collect together.
monogonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈnɒɡənəl/
ipa: /məˈnɑɡənəl/
rhymes: -ɒɡənəl
Etymology: From monogon + -al.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a monogon.
monogonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈnɒɡənəl/
ipa: /məˈnɑɡənəl/
rhymes: -ɒɡənəl
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: That passes through exactly one vertex (of a polygon or polyhedron).
raw_tags: of a line
Coordinate terms: agonal
diagonal
glammy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glammy
form: most glammy
Etymology: From glam + -y.
Senses: glosses: Having a glam style; glamorous.
examples: text: Heavy Metal, Music from the Motion Picture (1981, Elektra): This movie is pretty lousy if you're sober and/or an adult, and the soundtrack should be either glammier or skankier, or maybe both.
ref: 2010, Chuck Klosterman, “The Jack Factor”, in Chuck Klosterman on Rock: A Collection of Previously Published Essays:
glosses: Having the style of glam rock.
achillea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achilleas
Etymology: From the genus name Achillea.
Senses: examples: text: It would be ideal against the silvery foliage of some achilleas or artemisias.
ref: 2004, Graham Stuart Thomas, The Rock-Garden and Its Plants, page 204:
glosses: Any of various plants of the genus Achillea
eubacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eubacteria
Etymology: From eu- + bacterium.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any bacterium considered to be within the obsolete taxonomic subkingdom Eubacteria
chocalho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocalhos
Etymology: Portuguese chocalho
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A shaker (kind of musical instrument).
tightknit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tightknit
form: most tightknit
Etymology: From tight + knit.
Senses: examples: text: “It’s night and day,” she said of the tightknit feel of the neighborhood then, compared with today.
ref: 2009 January 22, Ken Belson, “A Little Help Can Ease Concern About the Last Days”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of tight-knit.
you make the bed you lie in
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: A person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions.
Related terms: as you make your bed, so you must lie in it
make one's bed and lie in it
sweetbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sweet + box.
Senses: glosses: A slow-growing evergreen ground cover Sarcococca humilis with insignificant white flowers with a sharp aroma of cinnamon and cloves.
Synonyms: Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis
Related terms: Sarcococca
pubic region
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pubic regions
Senses: glosses: The central part of the (notably human) body near the pubes and the pubis, including the genitalia.
histolyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: histolyses
form: histolysing
form: histolysed
form: histolysed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of histolyze.
precast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiˈkæst/
ipa: /pɹiːˈkɑːst/
rhymes: -æst
rhymes: -ɑːst
Etymology: From pre- + cast.
Senses: examples: text: The bridge used precast concrete girders.
text: The new culvert, 200 ft. long, was constructed with precast reinforced concrete segments, similar to those used in building the London tube railway tunnels, and is being lined internally with reinforced concrete placed in situ to give a finished internal diameter of 9 ft.
ref: 1950 October, “Completion of Flood-Damage Repairs, East Coast Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 709:
text: Except that in their case, the logs are made from precast concrete shaped and painted to look like the real thing.
ref: 2009 January 22, Jim Robbins, “The Logless Log Home”, in New York Times:
text: Each TBM installs two-metre-wide rings made up of seven precast concrete segments produced on-site. Each ring takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour to install.
ref: 2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52. photo caption:
antonyms: cast-in-place
glosses: Cast previously in another location.
precast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiˈkæst/
ipa: /pɹiːˈkɑːst/
rhymes: -æst
rhymes: -ɑːst
Forms: form: precasts
Etymology: From pre- + cast.
Senses: glosses: Structural members made of concrete, ready for installation.
precast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiˈkæst/
ipa: /pɹiːˈkɑːst/
rhymes: -æst
rhymes: -ɑːst
Forms: form: precasts
form: precasting
form: precast
form: precast
form: precasted
form: precasted
Etymology: From pre- + cast.
Senses: glosses: To cast in a location other than where to be installed.
precasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precast
precasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of precast
precasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of precast
culinarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From culinary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Although the tomato botanically is a fruit, it is culinarily regarded as a vegetable.
glosses: In a culinary context.
Derived terms: culinarily challenged
barbudo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barbudos
Senses: glosses: A bearded man belonging to the rebel forces of the Cuban Revolution.
barbudos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbudo
barranco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrancos
form: barrancoes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish barranco.
Senses: examples: text: We remounted at 3 p.m., and for three hours and a half we rode down a goat-track which resembled the depths of a barranco. It was the dry bed of a river, with rocks balanced upon each other […]
ref: 1867, The Month: A Magazine and Review, page 344:
text: A little fire burned in the hollow of the dusty barranco, a clear red fire of the kind that gives little light and makes no smoke, and its pale glow showed but feebly against the rock behind.
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
glosses: A gully, gulch, or ravine.
quebradas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quebrada
barrancos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barranco
Vashti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈvæʃti/
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew וַשְׁתִּי (vaštī).
Senses: examples: text: Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 1:9:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A queen of Persia.
glosses: A female given name from Persian of biblical origin.
yes way
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: – You passed your driving test? No way! – Yes way!
text: Bill (Alex Winter): Who are you guys? / Future Ted (Keanu Reeves): We're you, dude. / Ted: No way. No… way. / Future Ted: Yes way.
ref: 1989, Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (motion picture):
synonyms: way
glosses: Contradicts a previously said "no way".
chouchou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chou chou.
observabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of observability
circumcentre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circumcentres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of circumcenter.
castellanos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castellano
in clover
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: like a bee in clover
form: like a pig in clover
form: like pigs in clover
form: rolling in clover
Senses: examples: text: [S]he resigned herself with noble fortitude to lodging, as one may say, in clover, and feeding on the fat of the land.
ref: 1854, Charles Dickens, “chapter 26”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:
text: A young man belonging to a good London club, having an allowance of £150 a year, and earning £300 a year by driving a taxameter cab, would be in clover.
ref: 1899, Truth, volume 45, page 1053:
text: They tell Sasha, "There is big money here. You and the kids can get real decent money and live in clover the rest of your lives."
ref: 1993 August 16, James R. Gaines, “From the Managing Editor”, in Time:
glosses: In a condition of prosperity.
examples: text: Shelter at Carbury Manor was very much more comfortable than the priest's own establishment, even with the roof on, and Father Barham was in clover.
ref: 1875, Anthony Trollope, chapter 55, in The Way We Live Now, London: Chapman and Hall, […]:
glosses: Happy and contented.
bouquetins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bouquetin
bourdons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bourdon
bourgeoisies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bourgeoisie
bourgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bourgeon
k-value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: k-values
Senses: glosses: Thermal conductivity; the time of rate of heat flow through a unit area of a homogeneous material in a direction perpendicular to isothermal planes induced by a unit temperature gradient. In English (inch-pound) units of measurement; it is the number of BTUs that pass through a 1 inch thickness of a square foot sample of material in 1 hour with a temperature difference between the two surfaces of 1 degree F.
Laven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lavens
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Laven.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
boutade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boutades
Etymology: Borrowed from French boutade, from bouter (“to thrust”). See butt.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e suddenly broke out, "Well, then, as I understand you, what you recommend me is to marry Miss Bernardstone, and carry on an intrigue with Lady Vandeleur!" He knew perfectly that I recommended nothing of the sort, and he must have been very angry to indulge in this boutade.
ref: 1884, Henry James, “The Path of Duty”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, 2(15): 240-256:
text: Thus we see that Wilde's witticisms contain a wealth of unsuspected meaning. Even his apparently nonsensical boutades are Late Romantic gestures.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
glosses: A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim.
bun stock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bun stocks
Senses: examples: text: The formulations and processes were sized to produce bun stock pieces of 12 to 14 feet in length, 3 feet in width, and 12 to 14 inches in height.
ref: 2006, NIIR Board of Consultants and Engineers, The Complete Technology Book On Expanded Plastics, Polyurethane, Polyamide And Polyester Fibres:
glosses: large solid box-like structure formed during the production of polystyrene insulation
button punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: button punches
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: indenting two or more thicknesses of metal that are pressed against each other to prevent slippage between the metal.
rubber rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubber ring
cap sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cap sheets
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A sheet, often granule-surfaced, used as the top ply of some roof membranes and/or flashings.
galvanic series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A list of metals and alloys arranged according to their relative electrolytic potentials in a given environment.
Related terms: electrochemical series
Tyndall stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪndəl stoʊn/
Forms: form: Tyndall stones
Etymology: After the town of Tyndall, Manitoba, where the stone is quarried, in turn named after Irish physicist John Tyndall (1820–93). Tyndall, Tindall (“inhabitant of the Tyne river valley”) < Tyne.
Senses: examples: text: More and more my father chooses to decorate the stone surfaces with elaborate cipher, even though Tyndall stone, with its mottled coloring, is thought to be resistant to fine carving.
ref: 1994, Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries, Toronto: Penguin., →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: A dolomitic limestone quarried in the vicinity of Tyndall, Manitoba, Canada, famous for its pervasive mottling and numerous fossils.
Synonyms: Tyndall limestone
C-channel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C-channels
Senses: examples: text: Another and more traditional C-channel repair approach is to weld reinforcement plates to the web instead of bolting them, or to weld a reinforcement bar along the bottom flange, but this is less commonly done today.
ref: 2002, Frank M. Marlow, “Vehicle Welding”, in Welding Fabrication & Repair:
text: […] the aluminum deck is made of welded C-channel and supported by C-channel girders […]
ref: 2002 March, “Party Barge 22 Tritoon RE”, in Boating Life:
synonyms: channel
structural channel
glosses: A structural framing member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
Coordinate terms: I-beam
H-beam
T-beam
Related terms: C-shaped
cellular glass insulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellular glass insulations
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A rigid closed-cell insulation board made from crushed glass and hydrogen sulfide gas.
centipoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centipoises
Etymology: From centi- + poise.
Senses: glosses: A cgs unit of measure of absolute viscosity. (The viscosity of water is one centipoise. The lower the number, the less viscous the material.) Symbol: cP.
Related terms: consistometer
viscometer
viscosimeter
chalk line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalk lines
Senses: glosses: A line made on a surface by snapping a taut string or cord dusted with colored chalk.
glosses: The tool used to make a chalk line.
Synonyms: sense: string
word: chalk box
escamotage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French escamotage.
Senses: glosses: trickery; legerdemain
apron flashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apron flashings
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: A flashing located at the juncture of the top of a sloped roof and a vertical wall, chimney or steeper-sloped roof.
channel flashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of flashing used at roof-to-wall junctures and other roof-to-vertical plane intersections where an integral gutter is needed to handle runoff.
maegth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maegths
form: maegthe
form: mægth
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English mǣġþ (“family group, clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people”).
Senses: examples: text: Every person had two maegthe, […]
ref: 1885, Thomas Edward Scrutton, The Influence of Roman Law on the Law of England, page 41:
text: The kindred of a person is known as the ‘maegth’.
ref: 1923, W. S. Holdsworth, Historical English Law, II. 36:
text: The wider kin, the mægth to seven degrees of kindred, may have been little more than a group that paid and stood guarantors.
ref: 1991, Henry Royston Loyn, Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, page 307
glosses: In Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people
maenads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːnædz/
ipa: /ˈmaɪ-/
ipa: /ˈmiˌnædz/
ipa: /ˈmaɪ-/
Forms: form: mænads
Senses: glosses: plural of maenad
maenadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /miːˈnadɪk/
ipa: /mʌɪˈnadɪk/
Forms: form: more maenadic
form: most maenadic
Etymology: From maenad + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Dionysus, with his Maenadic night-rites, is the body as internal womb-space, tunneled for eating and procreating.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
coordinate_terms: wanton
glosses: Of, or pertaining to a maenad; frenzied.
Derived terms: maenadically
Related terms: Bacchanalian
bacchanalian
Dionysian
dionysian
maenor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maenors
form: maenorau
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh maenor (“manor”). Doublet of manor.
Senses: glosses: A Welsh manor or feudal estate, a subdivision of a commote
Related terms: maenol
maenors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maenor
maerl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maerls
form: as a collective noun
Senses: glosses: Two or three species of calcareous algae in the Corallinaceae family, that grow on the seabed.
glosses: A fertilizer derived from this algae.
maerls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maerl
maestro di cappella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian maestro di cappella.
Senses: glosses: A kapellmeister in Italy.
bravas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brava
mafeesh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Egyptian Arabic مـَفيش (māfīš), eventually from ما (ma, mā, “not”) + فيه (fī, “there is”) + ـش (-š, negation ending).
Borrowed into English by travelers and the British military.
Senses: glosses: There is no more; I have nothing.
raw_tags: in Egypt
breloques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breloque
brevets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brevet
annullation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annullations
Etymology: From Middle French annullation (modern French annulation). Compare Middle English adnullacion, adnullation. By surface analysis, annul + -ation. Doublet of annulation.
Senses: examples: text: It ſeemeth, that the generalitie of things doth in ſome ſort ſuffer for our annullation, and takes compaſſion of our ſtate.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of iudging of others death”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 352:
glosses: Annulment.
non-plus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: non-plusses
form: non-plussing
form: non-plussed
form: non-plussed
Senses: examples: text: A fourth exclusive privilege of Universalists is, the possession of all the common sense, learning and piety in Christendom. Their effrontery abashes and non-pluses meeker men, who know not what to say to such dashing impudence.
ref: 1838, A[lexander] Wilson McClure, “Relations of Universalism to God and Man”, in Lectures on Ultra-Universalism, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: […] Crocker & Brewster, […], page 98:
glosses: Alternative spelling of nonplus.
non-plus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-pluses
form: non-plusses
Senses: examples: text: He was not of the Number of thoſe hot-headed, fiery Princes who are guided merely by the Impulſes and Motions of a temerarious Valour which is inſenſible to all Danger, and who precipitate themselves headlong into ſuch intricate and perplexing Non-pluſes, that they are indiſpenſably oblig’d to ſtop ſhort at the Beginning, or at leaſt in the Middle, of their Courſe.
ref: 1724, The History of the Revolutions in Spain, volume II, part I (Containing, the Revolutions among the Moors, from 716 to the Taking of the City of Granada in 1492, Which Put an End to the Moorish Empire in Spain. With the Revolutions in Navarre, from 733 to 1521.), London: […] W. Mears, […]; and T. Edlin, […], page 228:
text: Being now much better able to make their queries of the secrets of that mystery, by how much their often failings had put them often to stops and non-plusses in the work […]
ref: 1841, William Rhind, A history of the vegetable kingdom, page 237:
glosses: Alternative spelling of nonplus.
closed cut valley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed cut valleys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of closed-cut valley.
orgasmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orgasmers
Etymology: From orgasm + -er.
Senses: examples: See Citations:orgasmer
glosses: A person who orgasms
Synonyms: climaxer
cummer
tito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titos
Etymology: From Tagalog tito, from Spanish tito.
Senses: glosses: an uncle
glosses: an adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle
Coordinate terms: sense: of a woman
word: tita
coated felt sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coated felt sheets
Senses: glosses: An asphalt felt that has been coated on both sides with harder, more viscous asphalt.
glosses: A glass-fiber felt that has been simultaneously infused and coated with asphalt on both sides.
bronco buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronco busters
Senses: examples: text: Over in the large corral a bronco buster, assisted by two of the cowboys, was engaged in roping and throwing some wild mustangs.
ref: 1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 6, in Arizona Nights:
glosses: Alternative spelling of broncobuster.
bronco-buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronco-busters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of broncobuster.
Prajesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A Hindi name that can be translated as "leader of men". It is also a name for Brahma, the Creator God.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from India, popular for boys in Nepal and India.
arm-twistings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arm-twisting
arm twisting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arm twistings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arm-twisting.
arm twistings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arm twisting
drenge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drenges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dreng.
paraphilias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraphilia
theirself
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: -ɛlf
Etymology: From their + -self, patterned on e.g. myself, ourself/ourselves and herself (construed as being formed from adjectival her).
Senses: examples: 1977, Lou Rawls, “Some Folks Never Learn”, Unmistakably Lou, Philadelphia International
Some folks never learn / They never learn / Learn how to be true to theirself.
glosses: Alternative form of themselves.