cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hawk's eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawk's eyes
Senses: glosses: Euryops multifidus, a South African herb of the sunflower family with yellow flowers.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dark, bluish-gray chatoyant mineral similar to tiger's eye.
significatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin significātrīx. By surface analysis, significator + -trix.
Senses: glosses: A female significator.
Sihasapa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Blackfoot Sioux, a division of the Lakota people.
sikatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sikatches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seecatch.
sikatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sikatch
sikhara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sikharas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shikhara.
sikharas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sikhara
sikhra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sikhras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shikhara.
sikhras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sikhra
silbergroschen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silbergroschens
form: silbergroschen
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A coin used in Prussia and several other German Confederation states in northern Germany during the 19th century, worth one thirtieth of a thaler.
silbergroschens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silbergroschen
silenaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Silenaceae.
silency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Bright in starlight and moonlight, / Fanned by the river breeze, / The silency of the jungle dark / Just broken by sudden hoot or bark, / And with hesh of the waving trees.
ref: 1881, Mrs. C. D. Field, Recent Gems of Poetry for Public Readings and Recitations, page 109:
glosses: Silence.
silhouettograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silhouettographs
Senses: glosses: An instrument for outlining the human body in order to gauge posture etc.
silhouettographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silhouettograph
silicidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: silicidizes
form: silicidizing
form: silicidized
form: silicidized
Etymology: From silicide + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert into a silicide.
silicidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of silicidize
silicidizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of silicidize
silicidizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of silicidize
Silipan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of Brunei.
siliquiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Bearing a silique.
sillyhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sillyhoods
Senses: glosses: A caul (part of the amnion that encloses a baby's head at birth).
sillyhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From silly + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: But for the author who, though successful and publicly known as to his own name, still produces his works under his first fictitious disguise, no excuse can be urged. It is certainly no other fault , but that of sillyhood and trifling […]
ref: 1823, The Literary Chronicle and Weekly Review, numbers 190-241, page 475:
glosses: silliness
sillyhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sillyhood
sillyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sillyisms
Etymology: From silly + -ism.
Senses: glosses: silliness
sillyisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sillyism
camotecue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camotecues
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camote cue.
camotecues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camotecue
stop-work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop-works
form: stopwork
form: stop work
Etymology: From stop (“to cease; to cause to cease”, verb) + work (noun). Attested from the 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: a stop-work meeting
text: 41. No stop-work meeting shall be held at the mine without the permission of the manager.
ref: 1942, New Zealand Department of Labour, Awards, Agreements, Orders, Etc., page 1213:
text: MORE than 4000 NZ Post workers will begin a series of nationwide stop-work meetings today to discuss what their union has said is privatisation by the back door.
ref: 1999 April 13, “NZ Post staff to hold stop-works”, in Dominion, Wellington, page 7:
text: Train drivers across Adelaide will walk off the job today to attend a stop-work meeting about their enterprise bargaining negotiations.
ref: 2016 September 14, “Adelaide train strike to hit network as drivers stop work”, in ABC Premium News, Sydney:
text: Workers at Cleanaway do not make the decision to take stop work action lightly and are aware of the unfortunate impact this will have on the community.
ref: 2022 April 11, Kieran Rooney, quoting Mike McNess, “Bins set to overflow as Cleanway waste workers vote to go on strike”, in Herald Sun, Melbourne:
text: State schools will be closed until 10.30am on Wednesday due to a decision by the Australian Education Union to call a two-hour stop-work meeting involving both teachers and teacher assistants.
ref: 2022 September 27, David Killick, Bob Inglis, “Tasmanian child care services experiencing demand spike as teachers prepare industrial action”, in The Mercury, Hobart:
glosses: A temporary cessation of work.
Temporary cessation of labor as a form of protest.
synonyms: walkout
strike
examples: text: a stop-work order.
text: The Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of Interior has appealed to the War Production Board for reconsideration of the stop-work order of December 12, 1942, on the Newton project, Cache County, Utah
ref: 1944, United States Congress, Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1944, page 781:
text: [Mayor Mark] Morial issued a stop-work order to suspend the razing of the building
ref: 2000 May 27, Coleman Warner, “Morial halts razing of building that contained funeral home”, in Times-Picayune, New Orleans, page B3:
text: The stop-work order, Saxon said, was an attempt to "pretty much get this resolved, to get it done." Decatur officials have said the main issue in the dispute is safety, primarily making the county comply with its stricter fire safety codes.
ref: 2002 December 17, Karen Hill, “Courthouse evades stop-work order”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, page D7:
text: The inquest into the death of Michael Welsh at the Mount Lyell mine in 2014 heard the mine manager, Jared DeRoss, had made the stop work order during the management meeting held daily at 7:15am.
ref: 2018 April 23, Edith Bevin, “Mount Lyell mine stop-work order not acted on before fatal mud rush, inquest told”, in ABC Premium News, Sydney:
glosses: A temporary cessation of work.
Causing work to cease temporarily for administrative reasons such as safety concerns or legal action.
autumntide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autumntides
Etymology: From autumn + -tide.
Senses: examples: text: A beauty overlies— / Wond’rous as wide— / It is the golden glow / Of autumntide.
ref: 1890 November, Susie E. Kennedy, “Autumntide”, in Vick’s Monthly Magazine, volume 13, page 359:
text: Autumntide is here again, / Fading leaf and falling rain, / Cloud-strewn sky and sodden plain
ref: 1901, Alfred H. Hyatt, “October”, in From a Middlesex Garden: A Book of Garden Thoughts, page 241:
text: Appreciate the sunrises and the sunsets, the springtimes and the autumntides, the comforts of home, the handclasp of friends, the confidence of associates, the clinging love of the inner circle.
ref: 1923, Clovis G. Chappell, More Sermons on Biblical Characters, page 74:
glosses: Autumntime.
autumntides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autumntide
sillikin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sillikins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sillykin.
sillikins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sillikin
stop-works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop-work
enchalupa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛntʃɪˈluːpə/
Forms: form: enchalupas
Etymology: Blend of enchilada + chalupa.
Senses: examples: text: If you've ever been to Taco Bell, you've likely heard of the Enchurrito: a combination Enchilada & burrito. And you have to pronounce enchilada like this in your head: En-chee-laaaaaaaahhhhh-da. There, now that that's settled, let's move on. The other day Natalie, age 10, asked me if she could have an "enchalupa." "A what?" I asked. She repeated the word.
ref: 2009 September 1, Chef Mama Lori, “Natalie's Enchilupas!”, in What's Cookin' With Chef Mama, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2023:
text: It's something I call an "enchalupa." It's a flour tortilla deep-fried with the chalupa 'mold' so it forms a cruncy-fried bowl. Layer a touch of our queso dip, chicken, tomatoes, onion and enchilada sauce. Top with shredded cheese and pop it under the salamander til everything is melty and delicious. I like it with sour cream and cilantro on top. Serve this with beans and rice, and BAM! Instant lunch for the Chef.
ref: 2012 February 5, Wanna B Gourmande, “Pancho's Villa(dos)”, in WannaBGourmande.com, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:
text: "SHUT UP BITCH!" He chucked his glass butt plug at her, the toy hitting the wall next to her and shattering into shiny crystal shards. "WHERE'S MY DAMN ENCHALUPA?"
ref: 2017 August 10, Skrellogs, “Bugged Sex Mechanics”, in FanFiction.Net, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2018:
text: my hero's name is: enchalupa man; he wants: to get revenge; his strengths are: enchalupa throw, beef spray, and enchalupa shell sword; His weakness: his weakness is his 5th grade bully & the jungle monkeys
ref: 2019 January 7, Derby Molina, “Enchalupa Mans REVENGE”, in Emaze.com, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2023:
glosses: A combination enchilada and chalupa.
Related terms: enchirito
quesalada
quesalupa
quesarito
totchos
enchalupas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enchalupa
sillyton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sillytons
Senses: examples: text: Why he gets Mony, Applause, Vindications, Apologys; but you must not take him for one of your Downright Sillytons, that, does not know whether he goes on his Head or his Heels.
ref: 1684, Sir Roger L'Estrange, The Observator in Dialogue, volume 1, page 145:
text: "Lady Constance must I believe that you like that intolerable sillyton?"
ref: 1847, Lady Catharine Long, Sir Roland Ashton: A Tale of the Times, page 110:
glosses: A silly person.
sillytons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sillyton
silverhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From silver + head.
Senses: synonyms: silverweed
glosses: The plant Blutaparon vermiculare.
silverizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverizers
Etymology: From silverize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which silverizes.
silverizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silverizer
silverworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverworkers
Etymology: From silver + worker.
Senses: glosses: A person employed to manufacture and shape silver.
silverworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silverworker
silverworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From silver + working.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of items from silver.
bronzeworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronzework
bronzeworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronzeworks
Etymology: From bronze + works.
Senses: glosses: A place where bronze is manufactured or shaped.
Coordinate terms: sense: type of works
word: works § Hyponyms
Related terms: bronzework
quirkle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quirkles
Etymology: From quirk + -le.
Senses: glosses: A twist.
glosses: A puzzle, especially one whose answer depends on a catch or pun.
quirkles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quirkle
Dieguez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /diˈeɪɡɛz/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Diéguez.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish
simball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simballs
Senses: glosses: A kind of donut.
simballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simball
simblin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simblins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of simlin.
simblins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simblin
Simeonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Simeon + -ism.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The beliefs of the Simeonites, followers of the Cambridge evangelical preacher Charles Simeon (1759-1836).
similitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Likening one thing to another.
simility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Similarity; likeness.
Simonianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Simonian + -ism.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The beliefs of the Simonians.
Derived terms: Saint-Simonianism
Sinophilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sino- + -philism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sinophilia.
synonyms: word: Sinophilia
sinningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sinningly
form: most sinningly
Etymology: From sinning + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that constitutes sin; sinfully.
singeingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more singeingly
form: most singeingly
Etymology: From singeing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to singe or burn slightly.
the world owes one a living
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: In reference to the song The World Owes Me a Living, which premiered in the Walt Disney animated short The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934).
Senses: glosses: One deserves a comfortable life, without having to work hard for it.
wikipedia: Walt Disney
sinuosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sinuosely
form: most sinuosely
Etymology: From sinuose + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sinuose manner.
sinsring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinsrings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of banxring.
synonyms: word: banxring
sinsrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinsring
siphoneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Siphoneae algae.
lub-dubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lub-dub
lub-dubs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lub-dub
lub-dubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lub-dub
sirdarship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sirdarships
Etymology: From sirdar + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a sirdar.
sirdarships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sirdarship
sirenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sirenically
form: most sirenically
Senses: glosses: In a sirenic manner.
sirupers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siruper
Sisley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sisleys
Etymology: From the popular Middle English female given name Sisely, from Old French Cecile, Cicile, ultimately from Latin Caecilia.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a matronymic.
sissyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sissy + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Dad had also wanted to be a writer—another indication of sissyism. Only sissies want to be writers.
ref: 1999, Andrei Codrescu, Laura Rosenthal, Thus Spake the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader, 1988-1998, page 227:
glosses: The quality of being a sissy.
sissyphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sissyphobic
form: most sissyphobic
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to sissyphobia.
sisyrinchium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sisyrinchiums
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the genus Sisyrinchium.
sisyrinchiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sisyrinchium
sapindalean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Sapindales order of plants.
sithcund
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gesithcund.
synonyms: word: gesithcund
rutalean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the obsolete Rutales order of plants.
sitophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sitophobic
form: most sitophobic
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to sitophobia.
sitophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitophobics
Senses: glosses: A person who has sitophobia.
sitophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitophobes
Senses: glosses: A person who has sitophobia.
sitophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sitophobe
sitosterin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of beta-sitosterol.
synonyms: word: beta-sitosterol
sitotoxism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Food poisoning, especially when caused by spoiled grain.
sixfoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sixfoils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sexfoil.
sixfoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sixfoil
skalawag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skalawags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scalawag.
skalawags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skalawag
skedlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skedlocks
Senses: glosses: charlock
Derived terms: skedlock cart
skedlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skedlock
skeldrake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skeldrakes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sheldrake.
skeldrakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skeldrake
keoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keora
skeppist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skeppists
Etymology: From skep + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A beekeeper who uses a skep.
skeppists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skeppist
skeppund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skeppunds
Senses: glosses: An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 374 pounds.
skeppunds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skeppund
sketchist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sketchists
Etymology: From sketch + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A writer of sketches.
sketchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sketchist
skiagraphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sciagraphically.
skiagrapher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skiagraphers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sciagrapher.
skiagraphers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skiagrapher
skiagraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skiagraphic
form: most skiagraphic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sciagraphic.
skiagraphical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skiagraphical
form: most skiagraphical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sciagraphical.
carboranate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboranates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A salt or ion derived from carborane acid.
skijore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skijores
form: skijoring
form: skijored
form: skijored
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skijor.
skijores
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skijore
skillenton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skillentons
Senses: examples: text: There’s not a man in the county o’ South-Wessex that’s got grander and nobler skillentons in his family than I.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of skeleton.
skillentons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skillenton
skimmity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skimmities
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of skimmity-ride.
skimmities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skimmity
skippund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skippunds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skeppund.
skippunds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skippund
skippership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skipper + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role of a nautical skipper.
skirmishingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more skirmishingly
form: most skirmishingly
Etymology: From skirmishing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a skirmishing manner.
skirtboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skirtboards
Etymology: From skirt + board.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of skirting board.
synonyms: word: skirting board
skirtboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skirtboard
skirtingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From skirting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to skirt or go around something.
Skirwhit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
skullful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skullfuls
Etymology: From skull + -ful.
Senses: glosses: The amount that a skull will hold.
skullfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skullful
goatlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goatlets
Etymology: From goat + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little goat; a kid.
skunklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skunklets
Etymology: From skunk + -let.
Senses: glosses: A young skunk.
goatlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goatlet
skunklets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skunklet
skycraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skycraft
Etymology: From sky + -craft.
Senses: glosses: A vehicle that flies; an aircraft.
slackerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slacker + -ism.
Senses: glosses: laziness; idleness
AYE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ayer Rajah Expressway.
raw_tags: in road signs
wikipedia: AYE
KPE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway.
raw_tags: in road signs
wikipedia: KPE
MCE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Marina Coastal Expressway.
raw_tags: in road signs
wikipedia: MCE
BKE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bukit Timah Expressway.
raw_tags: in road signs
wikipedia: BKE
KJE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kranji Expressway.
raw_tags: in road signs
wikipedia: KJE
slantendicularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slantendicularly
form: most slantendicularly
Etymology: From slantendicular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: obliquely; indirectly
slantindicularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slantindicularly
form: most slantindicularly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slantendicularly.
slantingdicularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slantingdicularly
form: most slantingdicularly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slantendicularly.
slatish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slatish
form: most slatish
Etymology: From slate + -ish.
Senses: glosses: slaty; slate-coloured
slatternish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪʃ
Forms: form: more slatternish
form: most slatternish
Etymology: From slattern + -ish.
Senses: glosses: slatternly
TNFi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TNFis
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of TNF inhibitor.
slayingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From slaying + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to slay.
slaughteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From slaughtering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to slaughter.
ACEi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ACEis
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
related: word: ACEI
glosses: Initialism of ACE inhibitor.
ACEI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ACEIs
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
related: word: ACEi
glosses: Initialism of ACE inhibitor.
slateful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slatefuls
form: slatesful
Etymology: From slate + -ful.
Senses: glosses: The amount (of writing, etc.) that a slate will hold.
slatefuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slateful
slatesful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slateful
slavemonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slavemongers
Etymology: From slave + monger.
Senses: glosses: A person who deals in slaves; a slaver, slavetrader.
slavemongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slavemonger
slaveownership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slaveowner + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a slaveowner.
SpAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SpA
slaveocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slaveocratic
form: most slaveocratic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slavocratic.
slavocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slavocratic
form: most slavocratic
Senses: glosses: Relating to a slavocracy.
Slavonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Slavonically
form: most Slavonically
Etymology: From Slavonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a Slavonic manner.
Slavize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Slavizes
form: Slavizing
form: Slavized
form: Slavized
Etymology: From Slav + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Slavicize.
synonyms: word: Slavicize
Slavized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Slavize
Slavizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Slavize
Slavizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Slavize
Slavonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of Slavonizing.
Slavonish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Slavonish
form: most Slavonish
Senses: glosses: Slavonic.
Sclavonick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Slavonic.
Sclavonick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sclavonick
form: most Sclavonick
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Slavonic.
sledgemeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sledgemeters
Senses: glosses: A wheel-based instrument attached to a sledge to measure the distance travelled over snow and ice.
sledgemeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sledgemeter
metahistorical romance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metahistorical romances
Etymology: Coined by Amy J. Elias in 2001.
Senses: examples: text: From Linda Hutcheon's work on historiographic metafiction to Amy Elias's study of the metahistorical romance, addressing the historical novel, for example, has become something of a minor industry outside conventional history.
ref: 2010, Alun Munslow, The Future of History, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 267:
text: Through the “historiographic metafiction” or “metahistorical romance” of post-1960s fiction, critics have identified the self-reflexive quality of the new historical aesthetics.
ref: 2017, Alison Shonkwiler, The Financial Imaginary: Economic Mystification and the Limits of Realist Fiction, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: historiographic metafiction
glosses: A type of postmodern historical fiction.
tenderish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tender + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat tender.
slenderish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slender + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat slender.
slendang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slendangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of selendang.
slendangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slendang
selendang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selendangs
form: slendang
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: a multipurpose sash tied around the shoulders to carry infants and groceries, or draped over the head.
selendangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selendang
sleeveful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleevefuls
form: sleevesful
Etymology: From sleeve + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: The pros are out strong with whole sleevesful of arguments and not a few stunts.
ref: 1921 July 10, “Seeing Redlands in Five Minutes”, in San Bernardino Daily Sun, volume XLIX, number 132, San Bernardino, Calif., page eleven:
text: Whole sleevesful of sly little tricks that work figure magic . . .
ref: 1946 March 1, “Ben Simon & Sons: We’ve Something Up Our Sleeve!”, in Lincoln Evening Journal, Lincoln, Neb., page 9:
text: He gives you a smooth long look with sleevesful of flowers, just for seasoning.
ref: 1966 April 21, “Netter’s”, in Springfield Leader and Press, volume XXXIII, number 293, Springfield, Mo., page 5:
text: I never saw a cross, or indifferent, or bad-tempered nurse, and never left the unit without sleevesful of damp Kleenex.
ref: 2002 January 1, Vicki Woods, “The Chancellor’s baby has already cost me a tenner”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 45,582, page 20:
text: Paula had a secretary, and when Conchita had used up both sleevesful of tissues, she could finish the damn filing.
ref: 2012, Joanne Sydney Lessner, chapter 15, in The Temporary Detective, New York, N.Y.: Dulcet Press, →ISBN, page 85:
glosses: Enough to fill a sleeve.
sleevefuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleeveful
sleevelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sleeveless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without sleeves.
bobeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bobehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bubbe.
bobehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bobeh
sluicer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sluicers
Etymology: From sluice + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who sluices.
sluicers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sluicer
slumward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slum + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward a slum.
slumward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From slum + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward a slum.
smuggish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From smug + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat smug.
smuggishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From smuggish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a smuggish manner.
smuggleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smuggleable
form: most smuggleable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smugglable.
axSpA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axSpAs
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
hypernyms: SpA
coordinate_terms: pSpA
glosses: Abbreviation of axial spondyloarthritis.
snailishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more snailishly
form: most snailishly
Etymology: From snailish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a snailish manner.
snobdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snob + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of snobs.
snoringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From snoring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While snoring.
snubbishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more snubbishly
form: most snubbishly
Etymology: From snubbish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a snubbish manner.
snufflingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From snuffling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While snuffling; with a snuffling sound.
solaciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more solaciously
form: most solaciously
Etymology: From solacious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a solacious manner.
solonetzicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being solonetzic.
somatotropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more somatotropically
form: most somatotropically
Etymology: From somatotropic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a somatotropic manner.
Steeple with Tyneham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (without a council) in Dorset, England, formed in 2014 when the two named civil parishes were merged.
historiographic metafiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: historiographic metafictions
Etymology: Coined by Canadian literary theorist Linda Hutcheon.
Senses: examples: text: This assumption leads us to historiographic metafiction, a style of writing that emerged during the postmodern era. If there is fiction in scholarly historiography, where is the difference between that and a novel that deals with history?
ref: 2008, Markus Schneider, Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” as Historiographic Metafiction, GRIN Verlag, →ISBN, page 1:
text: Although works classified as “historiographic metafiction” have been seen by numerous critics as the continuation into the eighties of the work of Pynchon, Coover, Barth, and Gass, this application of the concept turns on metafiction's identification with its anti-mimetic, counter-realist self-descriptions. […] McHale identifies three devices in historiographic metafiction: —apocryphal history, creative anachronism, and historical fantasy […]
ref: 2012, Joe Bray, Alison Gibbons, Brian McHale, editors, The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature, Routledge, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: A type of postmodern historical fiction employing metafiction.
metahistorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metahistorians
Senses: examples: text: But the metahistorian of cinema is not only concerned exclusively with such works, but may also produce them if it is necessary for the clarity and cohesiveness of the metahistory: […]
ref: 2020, Jonathan Walley, Cinema Expanded: Avant-Garde Film in the Age of Intermedia, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: One who studies or researches metahistory.
metahistorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metahistorian
Tyneham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A ghost village in Steeple with Tyneham parish, Dorset, England, within a military firing range since 1943 (OS grid ref SY8880).
debtors' prison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debtors' prisons
Senses: glosses: A prison for people who are unable to pay debt.
synchronous rotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synchronous rotations
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The situation in which an astronomical body takes just as long to rotate around its own axis as it does to revolve around its partner.
Related terms: tidal locking
snobbistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snobbistic
form: most snobbistic
form: snobistic
Senses: glosses: Synonym of snobbish.
synonyms: word: snobbish
Steeple
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Steeple with Tyneham parish, Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9181).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9303).
Dhollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈdɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of dhol + Bollywood.
Senses: synonyms: Gollywood
glosses: The Gujarati film industry.
Gollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈɡɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of Gujarati + Bollywood.
Senses: synonyms: Dhollywood
glosses: The Gujarati film industry.
Makar Sankranti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Makar Sankrantis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मकर संक्रांति (makar saṅkrānti).
Senses: glosses: A Hindu harvest festival, usually observed in 15 January, marking the first day of the Sun's transit into Capricorn.
Fordson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fordsons
Etymology: From the surname Ford + -son.
Senses: examples: text: For working the reinstated passenger service last summer, the large Fordson tractor, normally employed on the stone trains, was used.
ref: 1946 July and August, “Notes and News: The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 255:
glosses: A make of motor vehicle, notably tractors, produced by the Ford Motor Company. The name was dropped in 1964 and replaced by Ford.
Poush Sankranti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Poush Sankrantis
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali পৌষ সংক্রান্তি (pōuś śoṅkranti).
Senses: glosses: A Bengali harvest festival, observed in 14 January (29 Poush), marking the first day of the Sun's transit into Capricorn.
Magh Bihu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Magh Bihus
Etymology: Borrowed from Assamese মাঘ বিহু (magh bihu).
Senses: glosses: An Assamese harvest festival, observed in 14 January (29 Puh), marking the first day of the Sun's transit into Capricorn.
Fordsons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fordson
Norgrove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Norgroves
Etymology: Habitational surname from either of two minor places in Worcestershire, from Old English norþ (“north”) + grāf (“grove, copse”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Jowitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kingsmill Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of the Gilbert Islands
Kingsmill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kingsmills
Etymology: Habitational surname from any of various places in England called King's Mill.
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname.
Derived terms: Kingsmill Islands
self-despair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + despair.
Senses: examples: text: Her flame […] soared after some illimitable satisfaction, which would reconcile self-despair with the rapturous consciousness of life beyond self.
ref: 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Prelude
text: Tripping herself up with sadder and more and more neurotic acts of self-despair.
ref: 2007, Alexander Theroux, chapter 45, in Laura Warholic:
glosses: Despair about oneself or one's own actions or behaviour.
to a large extent
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Standard tests would at least eliminate that additional variable, teacher judgment, to a large extent.
ref: 1920, Francis Marion Garver, Misplacement of Children in Grades Six, Seven, Eight in a Large City School System, page 6:
text: When a business has grown to such an extent that it cannot be operated individually, one must confine initiative and talents to purely executive routine to a large extent.
ref: 1931, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal - Volume 61, page 724:
text: However, it is interesting to note that the model of rules established for the harmonization was to a large extent inspired in the model of rules of origin which were being applied in preferential agreements.
ref: 1997, Paul Demaret, Jean-François Bellis, Gonzalo García Jiménez, Regionalism and Multilateralism After the Uruguay Round, page 358:
synonyms: to a great extent
glosses: Mostly; usually or primarily.
Related terms: to some extent
to an extent
to a lesser extent
to a great extent
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of to a large extent.
synonyms: word: to a large extent
under oath
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: to lie under oath
synonyms: on oath
glosses: Having sworn or affirmed in a legally binding way to tell the truth.
doughnutteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doughnuttery
doughnuttery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doughnutteries
Senses: examples: text: And is it not wiser for the stomach’s sake to replenish one’s interior with country boiled beef rather than with the wretched unsubstantials that city doughnutteries afford?
ref: 1895 August, Lillian Plunkett Ferguson, “This, That and the Other”, in The Traveler, volume VI, number 2, page 28:
text: But speaking about hotels, hasheries and doughnutteries, Friend Cobb says: “I know all that there is to know about good hotels and bad hotels, about good food and bad food, about the cafeteria pie and the lunch-stand sandwich, about the dining-car oyster and the way station doughnut and of these last-named two I greatly prefer the latter, because the way station doughnut can withstand any climate, and the dining-car oyster cannot and does not, as full well the seasoned traveler knows.”
ref: 1919 May 24, Fred High (conductor), “Lyceum & Chautauqua: Confessions of a Platform Weevil: A Review of Irwin S. Cobb’s Saturday Evening Post Story of His Chautauqua Efforts—Some Inside Facts and Figures Show Why the Warrior Wars”, in The Billboard, volume XXXI, number 21, page 32:
text: Today it is a road of […] doggeries, crab-meateries, doughnutteries, clammeries; […]
ref: 1935, Kenneth Roberts, For Authors Only and Other Gloomy Essays, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., page 433:
text: In these pictures, taken at Maxwell House’s doughnuttery on Broadway, Red barely scratches the surface.
ref: 1938 August 23, Pic, page 24:
text: Carlo looked as at the world of fallen man on the endless suburbs that passed for a city—[…] a doughnuttery; […]
ref: 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 320:
text: If you like to cook, this no-frills recipe will make a big trayful for a fragment of their price at the local doughnuttery.
ref: 1991, Helen Witty, Dick Witty, Feed the Birds, New York, N.Y.: Workman Publishing, →ISBN, pages 91–92:
text: Landscape of withdrawn teashops, of shut / Pizzerias and doughnutteries, / Lavatories out of order.
ref: 2003, U[rsula] A[skham] Fanthorpe, Queueing for the Sun, Peterloo Poets, →ISBN, page 51:
text: As artisan “doughnutteries” pop up in all the hipster hubs around the globe selling ever more outlandish and Instagramable doughnut concoctions, I do believe there is still a place for a humbler and less neon-hued or sugar-drenched homemade version.
ref: 2018, Marisa Alvarsson, Naturally Sweet Vegan Treats: Plant-Based Delights Free from Refined and Artificial Sweeteners, Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN:
text: Stepping up London’s dessert game, the last decade has seen a huge increase in vegan cake businesses as well as ‘doughnutteries’, cookie-makers and patisseries.
ref: 2019, Serena Lee, Vegan London: A Guide to the Capital’s Best Cafés, Restaurants and Food Stores, White Lion Publishing, →ISBN, page 105:
glosses: Alternative form of doughnutery.
QAnoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QAnoners
Etymology: From QAnon + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Several hundred QAnoners set up camp along the Tampa Riverwalk on Jan. 11 to hear from the celebrities of their fringe conspiracy theory. "It's amazing to see the growth," said Jeffrey Pedersen, better known as "The Matrixxx." [image caption]
ref: 2020 January 16, Claire McNeill, “QAnon conspiracy theorists find kinship on the Tampa Riverwalk”, in Tampa Bay Times:
text: Dunking on fools may feel good, but humiliating QAnoners risks driving them further down the rabbit hole. And you should care because you might have a QAnon believer among your friends or family — and on Nov. 3, it’s possible several will be elected to Congress.
ref: 2020 October 26, Kirby Ferguson, “What Do We Do About Q?”, in The New York Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A supporter of the QAnon movement; one who believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory.
LCH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LCHs
Senses: topics: hematology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of langerhans cell histiocytosis.
QAnoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QAnoner
milkery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milkeries
Etymology: From milk + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: But a cow confined on ship-board, in the stable of a private citizen, or in the narrow stenchy stalls of the milkeries which supply cities, does not live a natural life, and can not by any possibility give natural, healthful milk; […]
ref: 1862, “Health Track, No. 82. Milk—Its Uses.”, in W[illiam] W[hitty] Hall, editor, Hall’s Journal of Health, volume IX, New York, N.Y.: […] the Editor, […], and […] Trubner & Company, […], London:
text: There were eight cows in the milkery where we went—a room thirty-five feet deep by sixteen wide.
ref: 1892, Lee Meriwether, Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 60:
text: […] what more nutritious additive than the flesh of dead fems and of fem-cubs who did not survive the milkery?
ref: 1974, Suzy McKee Charnas, The Slave and the Free: Walk to the End of the World, Motherlines, New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, published 1999, →ISBN, page 65:
text: The milkery, bakery, horse stables and pig sties were all burned out.
ref: 2013, Martin W. Bowman, A Bridge Too Far?, Pen & Sword Aviation, →ISBN:
glosses: A place where animals are milked.
milkeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milkery
ice-creamery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice-creameries
Senses: examples: text: […] now, Taylor, defiant and unconquerable, is building an ice-creamery on the corner of White street and Broadway, before the unimaginable splendor of which, Thomson will pale his ineffectual fire.
ref: 1853, J. Clement, editor, The Western Literary Messenger: A Family Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, Morality and General Intelligence, Buffalo: Jewett, Thomas & Co. […], page 55, column 2:
text: Glenelg beach, with its ice-creameries and book exchanges, pubs and fish shops selling Fresh Oshun Fish.
ref: 2010, Stephen Orr, Time’s Long Ruin, Wakefield Press, →ISBN, page 122:
text: The rain lashed at the windows of the ice-creamery as Hazel, Gus, Peter, and Abigail huddled inside on the largest table.
ref: 2022, Helen Rolfe, Finding Happiness at Heritage View, Boldwood Books, →ISBN:
text: It would have been too risky to have sought camouflage in the queue at the ice-creamery, hankering as I was for a sampling of a flavour other than strawberry, and a bottle of water.
ref: 2023, Fil Bufalo, Two Suitcases full of Kangaroos, Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of ice creamery.
ice-creameries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice-creamery
icecreameries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icecreamery