cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fugu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuː.ɡuː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu, “blowfish”).
Senses: examples: text: Twenty minutes later, the chef has successfully prepared a whole fugu—or puffer fish—a Japanese delicacy whose capacity to maim and kill is dividing the country’s culinary world.
ref: 2016 August 5, Justin McCurry, “Last supper? Japan's diners divided over killer puffer fish”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: A sluggish swimmer, fugu has stunted fins and often flat-lying spikes instead of scales, and when confronted by predators it compensates for its lack of speed by swallowing enough water to swell up until its spikes stand on end, so it looks like an angry armored balloon.
ref: 2020 December 4, Ligaya Mishan, “The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2021:
glosses: Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Indian ink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.di.ən ɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: Indian inks
Etymology: From Indian + ink.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of India ink.
lampblack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampblacks
form: lamp-black
Etymology: From lamp + black.
Senses: examples: text: A smudge of lampblack is made on his forehead to disfigure him and thus avert the evil eye.
ref: 1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 261:
glosses: An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
lampblack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lampblacks
form: lampblacking
form: lampblacked
form: lampblacked
form: lamp-black
Etymology: From lamp + black.
Senses: examples: text: Gadsbodkins, you puny Upſtart in the Law, to uſe me ſo, you Green Bag Carrier, you Murderer of unfortunate Cauſes, the Clerks Ink is ſcarce off of your fingers, you that newly come from Lamblacking the Judges ſhooes, and are not fit to wipe mine; […]
ref: 1676 December 11 (first performance), [William] Wycherley, The Plain-Dealer. A Comedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for James Magnes and Rich[ard] Bentley […], published 1677, →OCLC, Act III, page 42:
glosses: To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
vexillum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vexilla
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vēxillum (“flag, banner”).
Senses: glosses: A flag, banner, or standard.
glosses: A company of troops serving under one standard.
glosses: The sign of the cross.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
synonyms: vane
glosses: The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
Related terms: vexilloid
vexillar
vexillary
rooting reflex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
methylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛθɪliːn/
Forms: form: methylenes
Etymology: French méthylène, from Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + ὕλη (húlē, “wood”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent group –CH₂– in which the free valencies are part of single bonds.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The same group, present as a repeating unit, in aliphatic compounds with names such as hexamethylenediamine.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unstable carbene :CH₂
Synonyms: methene
Derived terms: chloromethylene
decamethonium
demecarium
dimethylene
exomethylene
hexamethonium
medronic acid
methenamine
methoctramine
methylenation
methylene-bis-ortho-chloroaniline
methylene blue
methylene chloride
methylenecyclopentadiene
methylenecyclopropane
methylene dichloride
methylenedioxy
methylenedioxyamphetamine
methylenediphosphonate
methylene diphosphonate
methylenetetrahydrofolate
methylenic
new methylene
octamethylene
oxymethylene
pentamethylene
pentamethylenediamine
polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
polymethylene
polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
polyoxymethylene
suxamethonium
tetramethylene
trimethylene
trioxymethylene
Related terms: methylenomycin
methylidene
mystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪstɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more mystic
form: most mystic
form: mystick
form: mystical
Etymology: From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.
Senses: examples: text: a mystic dance
glosses: Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
examples: text: Taught he not thee—the man of eld, / Whose eyes within his eyes beheld / Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man?
ref: 1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Threnody”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, page 245:
text: Tho’ truths in manhood darkly join,
⁠Deep-seated in our mystic frame,
⁠We yield all blessing to the name
Of Him that made them current coin; […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 56:
glosses: Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
Derived terms: metamystic
mysticall
mysticise
mysticist
mysticity
mysticize
mysticly
mysticness
nonmystic
religiomystic
semimystic
unmystic
mystic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪstɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: mystics
form: mystick
form: mystical
Etymology: From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.
Senses: glosses: Someone who practices mysticism.
Derived terms: rainforest mystic
Related terms: mysterious
mystery
mystical
mysticism
mystify
mystique
myovascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myo- + vascular.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a muscle and its blood vessels.
Mycenean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mycenean
form: most Mycenean
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mycenaean.
Mycenean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Myceneans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mycenaean.
Mycenean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mycenaean.
muss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌs/
rhymes: -ʌs
Forms: form: musses
form: mussing
form: mussed
form: mussed
Etymology: Related to mess (“disorder”).
Senses: examples: text: The old man affectionately mussed his grandson's hair.
glosses: To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
Derived terms: mussable
muss up
mussy
muss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌs/
rhymes: -ʌs
Forms: form: musses
Etymology: Related to mess (“disorder”).
Senses: glosses: A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder).
examples: text: Authority melts from me: of late, when I cried 'Ho!' like boys unto a muss, kings would start forth, and cry 'Your will?' Have you no ears? I am Antony yet.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: Gods so! a muss, a muss, a muss, a muss.
ref: 1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
muss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌs/
rhymes: -ʌs
Forms: form: musses
Etymology: Compare Middle English mus (“a mouse”). See mouse.
Senses: glosses: A term of endearment.
oceanfront
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ocean front
Etymology: From ocean + front.
Senses: glosses: Of property or real estate: adjacent to the ocean.
Related terms: beachfront
shorefront
soundfront
oceanfront
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oceanfronts
Etymology: From ocean + front.
Senses: glosses: A property that is adjacent to the ocean.
glosses: The side of a property that faces the ocean.
beachfront
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbit͡ʃˌfɹʌnt/
Etymology: From beach + front.
Senses: examples: text: As Fire Island’s reputation grew, so did the fame of its residents. In 1977, after divorcing his first wife, Calvin Klein bought one of Gifford’s beachfront homes.
ref: 2025 June 11, Oliver Wainwright, “‘Made for sex’: the hedonistic party palaces of New York’s Fire Island – and the blond bombshell who made them”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
Related terms: oceanfront
shorefront
soundfront
beachfront
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbit͡ʃˌfɹʌnt/
Forms: form: beachfronts
Etymology: From beach + front.
Senses: glosses: The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
appropriation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: appropriations
Etymology: From Middle English appropriacion, appropriacioun, from Medieval Latin appropriātiō. By surface analysis, appropriate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: An act or instance of appropriating.
glosses: That which is appropriated.
examples: text: Bush said that GRNL had lost touch with the grassroots, and as a result was unable to push legislation and lobby for higher appropriations for AIDS.
ref: 1984 April 21, Christine Guilfoy, “Gay Lobby Hires New Executive Director”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
glosses: Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
topics: art
arts
glosses: The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
glosses: In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.
qualifier: constitutional law
glosses: The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.
Hyponyms: cultural appropriation
Derived terms: appropriationist
disappropriation
malappropriation
misappropriation
nonappropriation
reappropriation
appliqué
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appliqués
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of applique.
appliqué
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: appliqués
form: appliquéing
form: appliquéed
form: appliquéed
form: appliquéd
form: appliquéd
Senses: examples: text: Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]
ref: 2011, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days:
glosses: Alternative spelling of applique.
appliqué
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: accolé
glosses: Of a red blood cell infected by the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum, assuming a form in which the early trophozoite of Plasmodium falciparum parasitises the marginal portion of the red blood cell, appearing as if the parasite has been “applied”.
overkill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.vəˌkɪl/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.vɚˌkɪl/
Etymology: From over- + kill.
Senses: examples: text: [The] increase in nuclear missiles available to the West was operationally unnecessary and would only add to the existing nuclear overkill; mixed manning was a formula for military disaster; […]
ref: 1990, Sir William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson, Britain's Defence Dilemma: An Inside View : Rethinking British Defence Policy in the Post-imperial Era, B. T. Batsford Limited:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
examples: text: Bodies that have been stabbed or shot multiple times—far beyond what was sufficient to kill the victim (overkill)— suggest that the victim and assailant knew each other, […]
ref: 2017, James M. O'Kane, Wicked Deeds: Murder in America, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: For some killers with a great deal of love/hate for their victims, it [an edged weapon] is the perfect instrument for a maniacal overkill.
ref: 2018, Lt. James Glennon, Lt. Daniel Marcou, Chuck Remsberg, Street Survival II: Tactics for Deadly Force Encounters, Calibre Press, →ISBN:
text: "Trans people generally don't get stabbed once; they get stabbed 20 times, shot, burned and thrown into a dumpster." […] Their killers, in displaying an especially virulent form of hatred, often went from murder to overkill, attempting to obliterate their victims, perhaps in an attempt to erase them completely, […]
ref: 2020, Laurel Westbrook, Unlivable Lives: Violence and Identity in Transgender Activism, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder.
examples: text: 24 hours of TV coverage of the US election verged on overkill.
text: Should I give you yet more homework, or would that be overkill?
text: This is a live concert album, a good choice because it allows for simpler instrumental backup and avoids the studio overkill that would be inappropriate for such a forthright album.
ref: 1984 August 4, Maida Tilchen, “Sex, Politics, and Good Vibes”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
glosses: An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
topics: business
manufacturing
antonyms: underkill
glosses: An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.
overkill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈkɪl/
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈkɪl/
ipa: /ˈoʊvɚˌkɪl/
Forms: form: overkills
form: overkilling
form: overkilled
form: overkilled
Etymology: From over- + kill.
Senses: glosses: To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.
topics: business
manufacturing
antonyms: underkill
glosses: To dispose of too many items because of too-high criteria of inspection.
glosses: To do something excessive to achieve a goal.
overpower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvəˈpaʊə/
ipa: /oʊ.vɚˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/
Forms: form: overpowers
form: overpowering
form: overpowered
form: overpowered
Etymology: From over- + power.
Senses: examples: text: We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours.
text: Amidst all the chaos, Großer Kurfürst slows up and strikes her colors, her crew having had enough, and have^([sic]) overpowered the officers - willing to fight, but not willing to commit suicide.
ref: 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 25:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:
glosses: To subdue someone by superior force.
examples: text: Bright light overpowers the eyes.
text: But the shrill wild cry of the heron overpowered the cries of all the other birds, whom it seemed to terrify; they were silent the moment they heard it, and a silence followed which made the interruption doubly unpleasant.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 86:
glosses: To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
examples: text: The dish was OK, but the garlic slightly overpowered the herbs.
text: Breadcrumbs seem to be the most popular choice, but Rose Elliot's recipe, in Vegetarian Christmas (as recommended by one of the three nice people who did tweet back, India Knight), doesn't quite convince as the centrepiece of the festive feast. It consists of two layers of ground cashew nuts, mixed with breadcrumbs, onions, nutmeg and vegetable stock, and separated by a vibrant green herb stuffing, the main ingredient of which is also bread. Although surprisingly moist, thanks to the stock (indeed, the contrast between the crisp exterior and the squidgy middle is horribly moreish), the combination of parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs reminds me of a very fancy loaf of garlic bread – and all but overpowers the sweet flavour of the cashews.
ref: 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
glosses: To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity, etc.
examples: text: Rather than overpowering the characters or giving them some kind of slow-mo adrenalin abilities, Bloody Days does the most unexpected thing: it introduces a genuinely smart tactical system.
ref: 2017 March 10, Adam Smith, “Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days is smarter than you’d think”, in Rock Paper Shotgun:
topics: video-games
antonyms: nerf
glosses: To make excessively powerful.
Derived terms: overpowerable
overpowerer
overshadow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/
rhymes: -ædəʊ
Forms: form: overshadows
form: overshadowing
form: overshadowed
form: overshadowed
Etymology: From Middle English overschadwen, overschadewe, from Old English ofersċeadwian (“to overshadow”), equivalent to over- + shadow. Compare with West Frisian oerskaduwe (“to overshadow”), Dutch overschaduwen (“to overshadow”), German überschatten (“to overshadow”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarskadwjan, “to overshadow”), and more distantly, Old Norse yfirskyggja (“to overshadow”), Danish overskygge (“to overshadow”), Swedish överskugga (“to overshadow”), Old English ofersċūwan (“to overshadow”).
Senses: examples: text: While he thus ſpake, there came a cloud, and ouerſhadowed them, ⁊ they feared, as they entred into the cloude.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 9:34:
glosses: To obscure something by casting a shadow.
examples: text: A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as "cliff lifts," which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type.
ref: 1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 514:
text: This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line.
ref: 1954 August, H. M. Madgwick, “The Blaenau Festiniog Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 569:
text: It’s surely consequential that Jon has a claim to the throne, whether he knows about it or not, but all of that is overshadowed by his immediate circumstances, which are that Jon Snow is leading a raiding party beyond the Wall to kidnap a wight.
ref: 2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.
glosses: To shelter or protect.
Synonyms: sense: dominate
word: eclipse
sense: dominate
word: outshadow
sense: dominate
word: outshine
sense: dominate
word: outdo
sense: dominate
word: put to shame
sense: dominate
word: upstage
sense: dominate
word: surpass
sense: dominate
word: outmatch
sense: dominate
word: outstrip
sense: dominate
word: dwarf
Derived terms: overshadower
overshadowingly
overshadowment
pathogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathogeneses
Etymology: From patho- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The origin and development of a disease.
glosses: The mechanism whereby something causes a disease.
Derived terms: aetiopathogenesis
aetiopathogenetic
cardiopathogenesis
cardiopathogenetic
chronopathogenesis
clinicopathogenesis
clinicopathogenetic
copathogenesis
cytopathogenesis
cytopathogenetic
enteropathogenesis
enteropathogenic
entomopathogenesis
etiopathogenesis
etiopathogenetic
hepatopathogenesis
histopathogenesis
histopathogenetic
immunopathogenesis
immunopathogenetic
nephropathogenesis
neuropathogenesis
neuropathogenetic
pathoangiogenesis
pathoangiogenetic
physiopathogenesis
phytopathogenesis
salutogenesis
synaptopathogenesis
uropathogenesis
Related terms: aetiogenesis
pathogen
pathogenic
pathogenicity
pathogeny
aetiology
aetiopathogenic
aetiopathology
dysregulation
etiology
pathobiologic
pathobiology
pathophysiologic
pathophysiology
patresfamilias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paterfamilias
paterfamilias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paterfamiliases
form: patresfamilias
form: pater familias
Etymology: (c. 1425 to 1475) From late Middle English paterfamilias, from Latin pater familiās. From Latin pater (“father”) + familiās, archaic genitive of familia (“family; household”). Literally, "father of the family" or "father of the household".
Senses: glosses: A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.
Synonyms: patriarch
Coordinate terms: sense: woman who is the head of a household
word: materfamilias
goutte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: gouttes
Etymology: From Middle English goute, from Old French goutte, goute, gote, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Doublet of gout and gutta.
Senses: examples: text: Per fesse nebuly chequy azure and or, each of the last charged with a goutte of the first, and sable, in base five estoiles, four and one of the second, all within a bordure argent, charged with eight crosses couped gules.
ref: 1915, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Book of Public Arms: A Complete Encyclopædia of All Royal, Territorial, Municipal, Corporate, Official, and Impersonal Arms, London : T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 832:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.
Related terms: word: 1894
word: Henry Gough
word: James Parker
word: page 291:Azure
english: FOSTER
translation: FOSTER
word: on a lion rampant argent gouttes purpure
word: Essex. The more frequent form is gutté
word: or gutty
word: goutty
roman: that is, semé of an indefinite number of drops
word: gouté. They may be of various tinctures
word: and in English […]
brown rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown rices
Senses: examples: text: As an unabashed health nut, she always asked for brown rice to go with her vegetarian entrees.
glosses: Rice with the brownish hull not polished off as in white rice. The hull contains important vitamins, including vitamin B complex, which are missing in white rice.
white rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white rices
Senses: examples: text: She always ordered white rice at Chinese restaurants, even though she knew the brown rice was healthier.
glosses: Rice which has had the brownish hull polished off, leaving a white-colored grain.
Related terms: brown rice
polished off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polish off (to remove polish; or to finish something)
pudding rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a short-grained rice used to make rice pudding; also makes reasonable risotto
rice pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rice puddings
Senses: glosses: A milk pudding made from rice, milk, sugar and nutmeg.
Related terms: rice milk
goo goo ga ga
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡuː ɡuː ˈɡɑː ɡɑː/
Forms: form: goo-goo, ga-ga
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare goo-goo and ga-ga.
Senses: examples: text: And the parents go, "Goo-goo, ga-ga, goo-goo, ga-ga."
ref: 1998, Ramtha, The Children's View of Destiny and Purpose:
text: If goo-goo, ga-ga is as foreign to you as a radio broadcast from Ouagadougou, try this definition of “baby talk”: It’s talk directed to your baby, concerning her care.
ref: 2001, Jessica Teich, Brandel France de Bravo, Trees Make the Best Mobiles http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0312303254&id=FQUZ_k9XDlEC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&sig=ky1XZrdpv_cTMLtudr13_fWgbP0
text: Their attempts to return to the primitive Church structure have invariably been every bit as inauthentic as an older child’s attempt to imitate a baby by shaking a rattle and shouting “goo goo ga ga!”
ref: 2002, Griff L Ruby, The Resurrection of the Roman Catholic Church http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0595250181&id=WSh0mrdmpdAC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&sig=97Ax7J0NI3EAHp0dmf-64eNPRu8
text: I get Denise’s bag while she, my wife and ex-wife all make goo-goo ga-ga noises over Denise’s half-sister, now almost two years old.
ref: 2004, Jack Canfield et al., Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1558746994&id=01iodvG1vJ8C&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&sig=9wHRKQDgQR9_yrYt71F6BvFFPx8
text: 2005, Mort Walker, Conversations, Jason Whiton ed. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1578067006&id=AAh66NT6WsgC&pg=PA136&lpg=PA136&sig=_N8Z0cIlWYHTC8TXZoXDddvtg_g
But I had read something by Sinclair Lewis many years ago, and there was one page where some guy was looking down in the baby carriage going ‘Goo goo ga ga’ and the baby was thinking adult thoughts like ‘Ah, the stupid guy. What’s the matter, can’t he talk straight?’
glosses: Onomatopoeic imitation of the sound of a baby who has not yet learned to speak.
Related terms: baby talk
oo oo aa aa
herb tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herb teas
Senses: examples: text: Soaking camomile leaves in hot water for five minutes produces a very relaxing herb tea.
glosses: A beverage (a tisane) made by steeping herbs (sometimes also includes other plants, such as spices), other than tea leaves, in hot water. Technically not a tea because it does not contain tea leaves.
Synonyms: herbal tea
sestet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛsˈtɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: sestets
Etymology: From Italian sestetto, from sesto (“sixth”), Latin sextus, from sex (“six”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
Related terms: couplet
tercet
quatrain
cinquain
septet
octave
xenomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛnəʊˌmɔːf/
ipa: /ˈzɛnəʊˌmɔɹf/
Forms: form: xenomorphs
Etymology: From xeno- + -morph.
Senses: glosses: A strange form, an alien creature.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An allotriomorph.
Derived terms: xenomorphic
xenomorphous
geothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)məl
Etymology: From geo- + thermal.
Senses: synonyms: geothermic
glosses: Pertaining to heat energy extracted from reservoirs in the earth's interior.
Coordinate terms: geyser
Derived terms: geothermal energy
geothermally
hydro-geothermal
hydrogeothermal
nongeothermal
co-op
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊˌɒp/
Forms: form: co-ops
form: coop
form: coöp
Etymology: From cooperative, by shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Whereas condo residents own their apartment outright, co-op residents are shareholders in a company that owns their building and have a right to live in their apartment. As such, co-op owners have control over who they allow in.
ref: 2024 March 23, Hugo Cox, “Upper East Side story”, in FT Weekend, House & Home, page 3:
glosses: A unit of a housing cooperative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
examples: text: Once or twice a week, Chris Wotton, an unemployed farm labourer who ran the coop, and some of the estate's older children, borrowed a van from Centerprise […]
ref: 1973, New Society, volume 25, London: New Society Ltd., →ISSN, page 25:
text: In the spring of 1954, three agricultural producers’ co-operatives — Chenkuang, Nungyuan and Yangchiachai — were formed in Kuangta Township, Suiyang County, Kweichow Province. Since then they have put in nearly a year’s intensive work in farm production, finishing up in the autumn with the distribution of the year’s harvest. Our Party has strengthened its political and ideological leadership over them in good time. As a result, the three co-ops have been put on a firm footing and are making considerable headway. They have created a good impression among the peasants outside the co-ops, who say, “The co-ops are doing better in every way than we!” These co-ops are really taking the lead on the road to co-operation.
ref: 1978 [1954 November 10], Propaganda Department of the Suiyang County Party Committee, “Political Work in the Co-operatives”, in General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, editor, Socialist Upsurge in China's Countryside [中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）], First edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 360:
english: 中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）
translation: 中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）
glosses: Any cooperative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives.
glosses: Any shop owned by a cooperative.
topics: video-games
qualifier: board games
glosses: A cooperative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch.
Derived terms: condop
co-op
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊˌɒp/
Forms: form: co-ops
form: co-oping
form: co-opping
form: co-oped
form: co-oped
form: co-opped
form: co-opped
form: coop
form: coöp
Etymology: From cooperative, by shortening.
Senses: examples: text: It would also afford her the opportunity to see where he was co-oping.
ref: 2012, Darrien Lee, All That and a Bag of Chips:
glosses: Synonym of cooperate.
synonyms: word: cooperate
crack on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cracks on
form: cracking on
form: cracked on
form: cracked on
Senses: examples: text: Naked Twister will have to wait. I must crack on with my essay.
text: What's the use of cracking-on for nothing? Would you slip it now if you got the chance?
ref: 1888, Kipling, The Madness of Private Ortheris:
text: Landlady: You're not stoppin' for a brew?
Gene Hunt: No thanks, love. Better crack on.
ref: 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:
text: "We strongly urge the Government to crack on with projects for electrifying lines throughout the UK or identify alternative lower-carbon motive power solutions."
ref: 2023 March 22, “Select Committee wants electrification at the heart of low-carbon initiative”, in RAIL, number 979, page 8:
glosses: To continue at a task briskly or promptly.
raw_tags: with 'with'
examples: text: The project is really cracking on.
text: We crack on eastbound, passing the station at Worksop and that at Retford Low Level (I'm following the route with great interest thanks to my Quail atlas).
ref: 2022 December 14, Pip Dunn, “Caroline is ready for inspection...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 51:
glosses: To continue apace.
examples: to crack on more sail, or more steam
glosses: To put on.
examples: text: They need to crack on those drug dealers.
glosses: To crack down on or arrest (someone).
tarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑɹts/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: plural of tart
tarts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑɹts/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tart
fulcra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fulcrum
slubberdegullion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slubberdegullions
Etymology: slubber + the British dialectal term gullion (“wretch”).
Senses: glosses: A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.
glosses: A worthless person.
glosses: A drunken or alcoholic person.
Synonyms: sense: filthy, slobbering person
word: dirtbag
word: slob
word: slut
sense: villain, fiend, louse
word: heel
word: jackass
word: villain
sense: worthless person
word: hoon
word: ne'er-do-well
word: waste of space
sense: alcoholic person
word: alcoholic
word: drunkard
word: souse
praxeology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praxeologies
form: praxiology
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis) + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of human action or conduct.
deliveryman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deliverymen
form: delivery man
Etymology: From delivery + man or delivery + -man.
Senses: glosses: Someone employed to make deliveries.
Hyponyms: deliverywoman
prance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹæn(t)s/
rhymes: -æns
ipa: /pɹɑːn(t)s/
rhymes: -ɑːns
Forms: form: prances
form: prancing
form: pranced
form: pranced
Etymology: From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank. Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”).
Senses: glosses: To spring forward on the hind legs.
raw_tags: of a horse
examples: text: John's daughter was prancing about the sitting room, practicing for her school dance.
text: “So, so beautiful. I'm gonna do one last roly-poly before we go. [snorting, squealing] At least I had one moment of joy in a life of drudgery. Where will the truffle hunt take us next?” “Nowhere. You're free, Jambone. I'm releasing you from nose jail.” “Really? I can stay here in this paradise and prance and frolic?” “Just stick to frolicking.” “[emotional] Thank you, Mr. Bender. You're the kindest person I've ever met.” “Really? [crying] That's horrible.”
ref: 2025 September 15, David A. Goodman, “The Trouble with Truffles” (18:04 from the start), in Futurama, season 10, episode 9, spoken by Jambone (Maria Bamford):
glosses: To strut about in a showy manner.
Derived terms: pranceful
prancer
prancesome
prancy
prance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹæn(t)s/
rhymes: -æns
ipa: /pɹɑːn(t)s/
rhymes: -ɑːns
Forms: form: prances
Etymology: From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank. Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”).
Senses: examples: text: There seemed a little prance of triumph in his movement,
ref: 1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow:
glosses: A prancing movement.
praepostor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praepostors
form: praepositor
form: præpositor
form: prepositor
form: præpostor
form: prepostor
Senses: examples: text: He rose, always in spite of himself, into the Doctor’s form, and for the last two years or so of his time was among the præpostors, though he never rose into the upper half of them.
ref: 1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter XLIV, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC, page 195:
glosses: a prefect in some public schools
whimbrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˈʍɪmbɹɜl/
Forms: form: whimbrels
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from whimper + -el, alluding to the sound of its cry.
Senses: examples: text: Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.
ref: 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552
glosses: A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.
Derived terms: Hudsonian whimbrel
potage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potages
Etymology: Borrowed from French potage, and from earlier borrowing pottage.
Senses: glosses: A thick creamy soup.
Related terms: pottage
undertaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/
Forms: form: undertakings
Etymology: By surface analysis, undertake + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
examples: text: The Hong Kong SAR Government has given undertakings that such powers [powers to prevent people from leaving Hong Kong] will not be used and that the ability to remove people from flights will be applied only to stop certain asylum seekers from entering Hong Kong.
ref: 2023 June 22, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Hong Kong: Local laws and customs:
glosses: A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
examples: text: He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58:
synonyms: word: enterprise
word: pursuit
word: establishment
word: activity
word: doings
word: endeavor
word: enterprise
word: pursuance
word: pursuit
word: undertaking
word: venture
glosses: That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
antonyms: word: overtaking
topics: transport
glosses: The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
undertaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/
Etymology: By surface analysis, undertake + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undertake
undertakings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undertaking
orthorexia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ortho- + Ancient Greek ὄρεξις (órexis). Modeled on anorexia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A fixation with healthy or righteous eating.
Derived terms: orthorexia nervosa
Related terms: orthorexic
orthorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orthorexic
form: most orthorexic
Senses: glosses: Having a fixation with healthy or righteous eating
orthorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthorexics
Senses: glosses: One who suffers from orthorexia
Related terms: orthorexia
paraskevidekatriaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There’s even a name to describe the irrational dread of the date: paraskevidekatriaphobia — a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13.
ref: 2021 August 12, Christobel Hastings, “Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an enduring superstition”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative form of paraskavedekatriaphobia.
Derived terms: paraskevidekatriaphobic
Related terms: triskaidekaphobia
coulrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊl.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Etymology: Coined in the late 1980s or 1990s, of unknown origin, appearing first, without further explanation, in lists of phobias circulating on the Internet. First use appears c. 1997 according to the OED. According to a widespread theory, the term is based on Ancient Greek κωλοβαθριστής (kōlobathristḗs, “one who goes on stilts”), allegedly chosen for lack of an obvious Ancient Greek equivalent of “clown”, + -phobia (“fear of”). This theory fails to explain the alteration of colo- to coulro-.
Senses: examples: text: […] to develop coulrophobia. On the seventh, clowns from around the world […] congregate at London's Holy Trinity Church for the annual Grimaldi Memorial Service.
ref: 1999 February, “February: This month's marvels, musts, and misses”, in Condé Nast Traveler, volume 34, page 103:
text: Clowns are no laughing matter to Sean "Puffy" Combs. The swaggering rap royal is widely reported to suffer from coulrophobia, an irrational fear of the red-nosed, versized-shoe-wearing, greasepainted circus buffoons.
ref: 2002 Jared Paul Stern, with Paula Froelich and Chris Wilson, "Send out the Clowns", Page Six (NYT)
text: ⁵Unfortunately, the first time they attempted the study, the clown accidentally burst one of the balloons. The noise frightened the children and they associated that fear response with the clown. All 15 children are currently in therapy for coulrophobia!
ref: 2003, Andy Field, Graham Hole, How to Design and Report Experiments, page 257:
text: After you plug in your wish list and dating criteria, search results spit out matches; it’s like scanning a room of a thousand and pinpointing the ten who share your favorite author and chronic coulrophobia (fear of clowns).
ref: 2004, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, The Modern Lover: A Playbook for Suitors, Spouses & Ringless Carousers, page 39:
text: The ironic twist is that he recently admitted to a possible onset of coulrophobia.
ref: 2006, Crimson de la Voire, Crimson’s Erotica: Volume One — A Collection of Stories About Submission and Pleasure, page 35:
synonyms: word: bozophobia
word: clownophobia
glosses: The fear of clowns.
Related terms: coulrophilia
tees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: teas
tease
Senses: glosses: plural of tee
noctambulist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noctambulists
Etymology: First attested in 1731; from noct- + -ambulist.
Senses: examples: text: He watched her with the eyes of a noctambulist.
ref: 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 238:
glosses: One who sleepwalks at night; a somnambulist.
Related terms: noctambulant
noctambulate
noctambulation
noctambulism
noctambulo
noctambulous
cerebralise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cerebralises
form: cerebralising
form: cerebralised
form: cerebralised
form: cerebralize
Etymology: From cerebral + -ise.
Senses: glosses: to make a mental picture or map of something
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To make (a consonant) retroflex.
for sure
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: fershur
form: fasho
form: fo sho
form: fo' sho'
form: fosho
form: fs
Senses: examples: text: I would buy one of those for sure.
text: Did you enjoy the concert? —For sure.
text: Yet strictly we should all be teapot agnostics: we cannot prove, for sure, that there is no celestial teapot.
ref: 2006 September 18, Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 52:
glosses: Definitely, positively, without a doubt.
Synonyms: word: for certain
word: fo shizzle
oeuvre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəːvɹə/
ipa: /ˈuːvɹə/
ipa: /ˈʊːvɹə/
ipa: /ˈuːvɹə/
Forms: form: oeuvres
form: œuvre
Etymology: From French œuvre, from Old French uevre, from Latin opera (plural of Latin opus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“work”). Doublet of opera, opus, and ure.
Senses: examples: text: (Calvin) This piece is about the inadequacy of traditional imagery and symbols to convey meaning in today's world. By abandoning representationalism, I'm free to express myself with pure form. Specific interpretation gives way to a more visceral response.
(Hobbes) I notice your oeuvre is monochromatic.
(Calvin) Well c'mon, it's just snow.
ref: 1990 February 22, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes:
glosses: A work of art, music or literature.
examples: text: the complete oeuvre of Mozart
text: Let’s “fictionalize” Foucault’s life by turning it into a biographical account of Foucault and his oeuvre or work.
ref: 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, Totem Books, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 7:
text: There, in that pale region, beneath that essential cover, the twin incompatibility of an œuvre and madness is unveiled; it is the blind spot of each one's possibility, and of their mutual exclusion.
ref: 2006, Michel Foucault, “Madness, the absence of an œuvre.”, in Jean Khalfa, transl., edited by Jean Khalfa, In History of Madness, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 541–549:
text: Although, at the onset of my writing this catalogue, his forty-eight opus numbers suggested a small output, in fact his oeuvre comprised more than 100 published and nearly as many unpublished pieces representative of nearly every musical genre.
ref: 2012 April 23, Barbara B. Heyman, “Introduction”, in Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: body of work
corpus
glosses: A substantial or complete corpus of works produced by a artist, composer, or writer.
Related terms: oeuvre-catalogue
oeuvre de vulgarisation
chef d'oeuvre
hors d'oeuvre
manoeuvre
bass bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bass bombs
Senses: glosses: An extremely low bass note that, when played through a subwoofer, physically shakes the listener.
peaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːks/
rhymes: -iːks
homophone: peeks
homophone: piques
Senses: glosses: plural of peak
peaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːks/
rhymes: -iːks
homophone: peeks
homophone: piques
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peak
bets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛts/
rhymes: -ɛts
Senses: glosses: plural of bet
bets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛts/
rhymes: -ɛts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bet
hots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the hots
Senses: examples: text: I mean, this girl obviously has the hots for you man. Why do you think she's calling you?
ref: 2002 March 11, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #17: studying”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew Chapman):
glosses: A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone.
Derived terms: have the hots for
hots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hot
Related terms: hot
three hots and a cot
runes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rune
homeomorphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homeo- + -morphy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The evolution of similar external forms from very distant ancestors.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The formation of a new graph by inserting new nodes along existing edges.
Related terms: homeomorph
STAB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Acronym of same-type attack bonus.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A 50% damage boost applied when a Pokémon uses a move with the same type as itself (for example, an Electric-type Pokémon using an Electric-type move).
Coorg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountainous region in southwestern India, also known locally as Kodagu.
glosses: The former name of Kodagu, a district of Karnataka, India.
glosses: A member of the Dravidian language family spoken by the aforementioned ethnic community.
Coorg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coorgs
form: Coorg
Senses: glosses: A member of the ethnic community originating from the region of Coorg in India.