cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nudibranch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈn(j)uːdɪˌbɹæŋk/
Forms: form: nudibranchs
Etymology: Circa 19th century, borrowed from translingual Nudibranchia, from Latin nudus (“naked”) + branchia (“gills”).
Senses: synonyms: word: nudi
glosses: A sea slug belonging to the order Nudibranchia.
Derived terms: ghost nudibranch
opalescent nudibranch
Pikachu nudibranch
thick-horned nudibranch
Related terms: Opisthobranchia
aeolid
dorid
preeclampsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preeclampsias
form: pre-eclampsia
form: preëclampsia
Etymology: From pre- + eclampsia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.
Synonyms: word: toxemia of pregnancy
eclampsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/
Forms: form: eclampsias
form: eclampsy
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin eclampsia, from French éclampsie, from Ancient Greek ἔκλᾰμψῐς (éklămpsĭs, “sudden development, violent onset”, literally “brightness”), from ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklắmpō, “to shine or beam forth; to burst forth violently”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.
Derived terms: eclamptic
preëclampsia
preeclampsia
rectory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛktəɹi/
Forms: form: rectories
Etymology: From Middle French rectorie, from Medieval Latin rectoria. See rector.
Senses: synonyms: presbytery
glosses: The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.
examples: text: It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
coordinate_terms: word: vicarage
word: parsonage
word: manse
english: for both senses
translation: for both senses
glosses: The residence of an Anglican rector.
Related terms: rectorate
benefice
curacy
remonstration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remonstrations
Etymology: From Middle English, from Medieval Latin remōnstrātiō.
Senses: examples: text: His voice full of remonstration, he repeated continually: "Time's up, gentlemen. Go on now and get your lunch. Lunch time now. Go on now, or I'll have to report you. Time's up."
ref: 1903, Frank Norris, chapter 3, in The Pit:
glosses: Earnest protest or objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof.
Synonyms: remonstrance
Related terms: remonstrance
remonstrate
remonstrance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɒnstɹəns/
Forms: form: remonstrances
Etymology: From Middle French remonstrance (French remontrance).
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, you must remember, even as children, Marie was ever more resolute than myself; and now, how little would she heed remonstrance of mine!
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 151:
text: I have heard again and again, remonstrances have been addressed to me more than once, because of the condemnation which Democratic speakers so continually utter about the unnationality as well as the unconstitutionality of the Republican party.
ref: 1858, Jefferson Davis, quoting Caleb Cushing, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, published 1881, page 551:
text: Fred's voice had taken a tone of grumbling remonstrance, [...]
ref: 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LII, in Middlemarch […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book V, page 155:
text: But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
text: In the past, emperors based their right to rule mostly on heredity and so could listen to remonstrance from below without necessarily feeling that legitimacy was at stake.
ref: 2004 March 15, Perry Link, “China: A new postmortem on Tiananmen”, in Time:
glosses: A remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, objection or protest.
Related terms: remonstrate
remonstration
remonstrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remonstrants
Senses: glosses: One who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.
remonstrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more remonstrant
form: most remonstrant
Senses: glosses: Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.
homicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪdəl
Forms: form: more homicidal
form: most homicidal
Etymology: From homicide + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The current editor-in-chief, Stagyar-zil-Doggo, was a dangerously unbalanced man who took a homicidal view of contributing staff turning up in his office without pages of fresh, proofed copy, […]
ref: 1992, Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 46:
text: An apparent deterioration in productivity during the twentieth century [in the northern Horn] has undoubtedly been linked with the enormous increase in human population brought about by a combination of improved medical facilities and the discouragement of homicidal activities.
ref: 2012, David W. Phillipson, Foundations of an African Civilisation. Aksum & the northern Horn, 1000 BC–AD 1300, Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, page 9:
glosses: Of or pertaining to homicide.
glosses: Having an inclination to commit homicide.
Derived terms: homicidally
nonhomicidal
murid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murids
Senses: hypernyms: myomorph
muroid
glosses: Any rodent in the family Muridae.
murid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murids
Etymology: From Arabic مُرِيد (murīd, literally “seeker”).
Senses: glosses: A Sufi novice committed to enlightenment under a spiritual guide.
slowpoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsloʊˌpoʊk/
Forms: form: slowpokes
Etymology: From slow + poke.
Senses: examples: text: Hey, you slowpokes in the back! Get a move on!
text: "Yas'm," said Prissy and, turning, sauntered down the walk at snail's gait. "Hurry, you slow poke!"
ref: 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:
text: Some cooks are diddlers and slowpokes. Some are efficient speed demons.
ref: 1990, Helen Nearing, Simple Food for the Good Life: Random Acts of Cooking and Pithy Quotations, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something.
Synonyms: word: plodder
word: sluggard
word: slowcoach
slowpokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slowpoke
furtively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜːtɪvli/
Forms: form: more furtively
form: most furtively
Etymology: From Middle English furtyvely; equivalent to furtive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And furtively Time looked him in the face and edged towards him fingering with his dripping fingers the hilt of his nimble sword.
ref: 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: In a furtive manner.
Synonyms: secretively
surreptitiously
entangled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more entangled
form: most entangled
Senses: glosses: Tangled or twisted together.
glosses: Confused or complicated.
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable.
raw_tags: of two quantum states
Derived terms: entangledly
entangledness
equientangled
hyperentangled
nonentangled
quantum-entangled
Related terms: quantum entanglement
entangled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of entangle
defiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfaɪ(jə)ɫz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defile
defiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfaɪ(jə)ɫz/
Senses: glosses: plural of defile
manservant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmænˌsɜː(ɹ)vənt/
Forms: form: manservants
form: menservants
form: man servant
form: man-servant
Etymology: From Middle English man servant, man servaunt; equivalent to man + servant.
Senses: examples: text: I asked my manservant to attend to the washing and cleaning.
text: Sixe dayes thou ſhalt labour, and doe all thy worke. But the ſeuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou ſhalt not doe any worke, thou, nor thy ſonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man ſeruant, nor thy maid ſeruant, nor thine oxe, nor thine aſſe, nor any of thy cattel, nor thy ſtranger that is within thy gates, that thy man ſeruant and thy maid ſeruant may reſt as well as thou.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 5:13–14, column 2:
text: "A great people were they. They conquered till none were left to conquer, and then they dwelt at ease within their rocky mountain walls, with their man servants and their maid servants, their minstrels, their sculptors, and their concubines, and traded and quarrelled, and ate and hunted and slept and made merry till their time came."
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: But a man who holds so tightly to what he calls his rights over what he calls his debts will hold tightly also to what he calls his rights over her whom he calls his wife. No sir smile neighbour shall covet his ox or his wife or his manservant or his maidservant or his jackass. / —Or his jennyass, Buck Mulligan antiphoned.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A male servant.
Synonyms: servingman
Coordinate terms: maidservant
servingmaid
servingwoman
womanservant
Related terms: maidservant
houseboi
external cause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: external causes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A cause for an effect in a system that is not a constituent of that system, especially causes of personal health problems or death, such as poison, weapon wounds, or accident.
decreasing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
Etymology: From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).
Senses: glosses: On the decrease.
Derived terms: decreasing function
decreasingly
monotonic decreasing
non-decreasing
nondecreasing
strictly decreasing
strictly decreasing function
decreasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
Etymology: From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decrease
decreasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
Forms: form: decreasings
Etymology: From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point.
ref: 2016, Mrs. Beeton, Book of Needlework, page 54:
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A decrease.
dedicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dedicate
facial features
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facial feature
dedicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dedicate
defeating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defeat
deleting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of delete
facial feature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facial features
Senses: glosses: A distinguishing element of a face, such as an eye, nose, or lips.
detailing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detailings
Senses: examples: text: Less successful are the flotsam-y parts of the book — the arbitrary releases about Ebbesmeyer’s career struggles or the detailings of one too many garbage finds.
ref: 2009 May 17, Paul Greenberg, “The Oceans’ Junkyards”, in New York Times:
glosses: A thorough description or explanation.
glosses: An assignment to someone to undertake a particular task.
examples: text: a dress with elaborate neck detailings
text: Provided are matching satin ribbon detailings, topped with an embroidered floral bouquet in delicate contrasting shades.
ref: 1979, the Consumers Union, Funerals: consumers' last rights, →ISBN:
text: Terrific, new detailings including see-through full length walkway and platforms with special tank train end couplings
ref: 1982, Railroad Model Craftsman - Volume 51, page 108:
text: In 1963, the Penrose owners traded up to a giant DeRaffele unsurpassed in exaggerated detailings, including a towering, steel A-frame entryway and crinkle-cut, folded-plate eaves.
ref: 1999, Brian Butko, Kevin Joseph Patrick, Diners of Pennsylvania, →ISBN, page 36:
text: Early homes, such as Jacob Julian’s Second Empire–style mansion boasted a lot of Romantic influences with elaborate detailing.
ref: 2008, Julie Young, “A Cornucopia of Design”, in Historic Irvington (Images of America), Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:
text: In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.
ref: 2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: An ornamentation or decoration on something that has been constructed.
glosses: A careful and thorough cleaning and refurbishing of an automobile, aircraft, boat, etc.
detailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detail
Derived terms: people's detailing
differing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of differ
differing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: differings
Senses: examples: text: I knew nothing then of the great differings and philosophizings, the setting up and tearing down of fine lines technically and aesthetically between the two that had been going on among the devotees of each […]
ref: 1983, Robert Bator, Signposts to criticism of children's literature:
text: It is the differings and deferrings of language that produce meanings, truths and values […]
ref: 2007, Youru Wang, Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Thought:
glosses: difference
differing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more differing
form: most differing
Senses: examples: text: A priority for the new pope will be to strengthen the church’s unity amid differing views and expectations within the institution and growing polarisation in the wider world.
ref: 2025 May 8, Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood, “White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope”, in The Guardian:
glosses: unlike, dissimilar, distinct; that which differs
Derived terms: differingly
undiffering
disallowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disallow
effecting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more effecting
form: most effecting
Etymology: From effect + -ing. The adjective likely follows from the verb, perhaps with influence from effective, affecting, or both.
Senses: glosses: Causative, effective.
effecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From effect + -ing. The adjective likely follows from the verb, perhaps with influence from effective, affecting, or both.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of effect
Related terms: side-effecting
ejecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eject
emptying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of empty
Derived terms: self-emptying
emptying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emptyings
Senses: examples: text: The bucket under the leaky roof needs frequent emptyings.
glosses: The act by which something is emptied.
glosses: Alternative form of emptins.
Derived terms: emptyings
emptins
enhancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enhancings
Senses: examples: text: Evidence is sought for rebutting, not for confirming; and so, of course, little gets established; and even where facts are incontestable, the principles on which they were performed—the views of the agents—the objects aimed at—the palliatives—the enhancings— are all matter of contention; and neither party will give up an inch, lest the outworks should involve the citadel.
ref: 1829 January, “Godwin's History of the CommonWealth”, in The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, volume 25, number 97, page 119:
text: Because how can it be defnitively proven that an enhancing in our degree of emulating was in fact caused by the conditioning from employing some type of sensory enhancing mindset.
ref: 2009, Martin L. Vanderhook, A Sensory Approach to Improving Muscle Control, page 49:
text: In addition to targeting risks and vulnerabilities associated with crises and upheavals, the enhancing of social protection must be mindful of the structural elements that place social groups in a situation of vulnerability in the first place.
ref: 2011, Sri Wening Handayani, Enhancing Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific:
glosses: The act of enhancing; enhancement.
enhancing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enhancing
form: most enhancing
Senses: examples: text: A few sounds were consistently more enhancing, while most were consistently more detracting.
ref: 1982, L.M. Anderson, B.D. Mulligan, L.S. Goodman, “Esthetics of Sound in Outdoor Settings”, in Southeastern Recreation Research Conference Proceedings, page 114:
text: Similarly, successful attack operations in cyberspace with few tracks back to the host government can be very enhancing to one's internal reputation.
ref: 2011, Chris C. Demchak, Wars of Disruption and Resilience, page 207:
text: It's obvious that this is more enhancing.
ref: 2017, Trevor Wright, How to be a Brilliant Trainee Teacher:
glosses: Acting or tending to enhance.
enhancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enhance
Derived terms: enhancingly
immunoenhancing
neuroenhancing
nonenhancing
deletes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of delete
demeans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demean
deprives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deprive
designates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛzɪɡ.nəts/
ipa: /ˈdɛzɪɡˌneɪts/
Senses: glosses: plural of designate
designates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛzɪɡ.nəts/
ipa: /ˈdɛzɪɡˌneɪts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of designate
develops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of develop
devotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of devote
directs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of direct
disallows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disallow
discusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discuss
distinguishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of distinguish
ejects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eject
ejects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eject
enacts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enact
ejecta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/
/əˈd͡ʒɛktə/
Etymology: Neuter plural of Latin ējectus.
Senses: examples: text: Distal ejecta are, by definition, those ejecta that occur at considerable distances from the source crater (>5 crater radii from the crater rim; see, e.g., Melosh 1989). They either consist of (usually fine-grained) rock and mineral fragments or are of glassy consistency.
ref: 2006, Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl, Impact Stratigraphy: The Italian Record, Springer, →ISBN, page 57:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
Derived terms: ejecta spherule
entitles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entitle
demigods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demigod
devotions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devotion
disadvantages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disadvantage
disadvantages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disadvantage
disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disorder
disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disorder
dignitaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dignitary
divides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divide
divides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of divide
documenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of document
emitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emit
empties
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of empty
empties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empty
entitling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of entitle
exhibiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exhibit
filleting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fillet
filleting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filletings
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.
glosses: The material of which fillets are made.
glosses: Fillets collectively.
Derived terms: filleting knife
coxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: coxier
form: coxiest
form: cocksy
Senses: examples: text: He's the coxiest young blackguard in the house—I always told you so.
ref: 1857, [Thomas Hughes], “The War of Independence”, in Tom Brown’s School Days. […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, part I, page 202:
text: [H]e "couldn't abide a fellow who thought he made himself fine by being coxy to 's betters."
ref: 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Links”, in Adam Bede […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first, page 305:
text: "Thou coxy, cackling candle!" said Catweazle. "Why dost thou titter?"
ref: 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 70:
glosses: Cocky.
Derived terms: coxiness
coxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Phonetic respelling of a clipping of coccidiosis.
Senses: examples: text: Now your laying birds, too, can have protection against cecal coccidiosis. AMPROL* SOLUTION can be safely given to all chickens at the first sign of coxy or when a diagnosis of coccidiosis has been made.
ref: 1967, Canadian Poultry Review, volume 91, page 6:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: Coccidiosis.
minaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: miniaceous
Senses: glosses: Of the colour of minium.
minium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnɪəm/
Forms: form: miniums
Etymology: From Latin minium.
Senses: glosses: Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion.
examples: text: The compounds formed by the combination of the peroxide of lead with the protoxide have received the general name of miniums, and are known in commerce as red lead.
ref: 1861, Robert H. Lamborn, A rudimentary treatise on the Metallurgy of Silver and Lead, page 43:
text: [H]e was so overcome by suffering that his face, which had once been of oriental minium, now became like orpiment, and the hams of his lips turned into rancid lard.
ref: 2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, page 29:
glosses: Red lead.
red lead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: lead tetroxide
minium
coordinate_terms: white lead
glosses: A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.
examples: text: Saturday/Wednesday morning breakfast beans were accompanied by corn bread and bowls of "red lead" [catsup for you landlubbers].
ref: 2003, The Four Stack APDs: The Famed Green Dragons, page 54:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Tomato ketchup.
whole enchilada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the whole enchilada
form: whole enchiladas
Senses: examples: text: They need a fall guy for the whole enchilada.
ref: 1984, William Diehl, Hooligans
text: "I want the wife, the kids, the house, the dog, the whole enchilada," he said in his rapid-fire way of talking.
ref: 2001, Jane Heller, Name Dropping: What If Two Very Different Women Had the Same Exact Name?
text: Your job as a software developer is not to simply slam out code, but to deliver the whole enchilada.
ref: 2002, Whil Hentzen, The Software Developer's Guide
text: It is only by loving all of ourselves (the whole enchilada!) that unconditional love of self is possible.
ref: 2004, Rick Farren, The Secret of the Lighthouse
synonyms: word: all the marbles
word: bag and baggage
word: everytang
word: everything but the galley stove
word: everything but the kitchen sink
word: everything under the sun
word: full monty
word: hook
word: line and sinker
word: kit and caboodle
word: lock
word: stock and barrel
word: the whole bang shoot
word: the whole nine yards
word: the works
word: whole ball of wax
word: whole hog
word: whole enchilada
word: whole kit and caboodle
word: whole package
word: whole shebang
word: whole shitting match
word: whole shooting match
word: whole smash
glosses: All of something or a group of related things taken in totality.
rambles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ramble
rambles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ramble
log boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: log boats
Senses: glosses: a dugout
jetboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jetboats
Etymology: From jet + boat.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jet boat.
Derived terms: jetboater
jetboating
come on
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: c'mon
form: carn
form: mon
Senses: examples: text: I'll show you where the auditorium is. Come on!
glosses: Come along with me; join me in going.
examples: text: Come on, George! You can win!
glosses: Synonym of let's go, a cheer or expression of support, encouragement, &c.
synonyms: word: let's go
extra: a cheer or expression of support, encouragement, &c
examples: text: Come on! You can't possibly expect me to believe that.
synonyms: word: come off it
word: shut up
word: c'mon
word: get out of here
word: no way
word: applesauce
word: bender
word: bollocks
word: bosh
word: bugger off
word: bullcrap
word: bullcrud
word: bullfuck
word: bullshit
word: chinny reckon
word: codswallop
word: come off it
word: come on
word: c'mon
word: fiddle
word: fiddledeedee
word: fiddle-faddle
word: fiddlefart
word: fiddlestick
word: fiddlesticks
word: flummery
word: fuck off
word: gertcha
word: get away
word: get out of here
word: get out of it
word: get out of town
word: get outta here
word: get to fuck
word: gimme a break
word: give over
word: go on
word: harumph
word: Hookey Walker
word: horsefeathers
word: horse hockey
word: horseshit
word: malarkey
word: no
word: no way
word: nonsense
word: pshaw
word: pshh
word: pshht
word: pssh
word: pssht
word: pull the other leg
word: pull the other one
word: it's got bells on
word: it's got brass bells on
word: rubbish
word: stroll on
word: tell it to Sweeney
word: tell it to the judge
word: tell it to the marines
word: tell me another one
word: Walker
word: yeah
word: right
word: you're having me on
word: you're pulling my leg
glosses: An expression of disbelief.
examples: text: Aw, come on! Get on with it!
text: Come on, we don't want to miss the train!
glosses: An expression of frustration, exasperation, or impatience; hurry up.
examples: text: Come on! I'm not afraid of you.
text: BOX: […] Hark ye, sir—can you fight?
COX: No, sir.
BOX: No? Then come on—
ref: 1847, John Maddison Morton, Box and Cox:
glosses: An expression of defiance or as a challenge; approach; come at me.
Synonyms: word: all right
word: c'mon
word: carn
word: come along
word: come on
word: go on
word: heigh
word: hon
word: howay
word: nice one
word: zindabad
Hypernyms: word: well done
Hyponyms: word: attaboy
word: attagirl
word: you go
word: girl
hermetically sealed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See hermetic
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hermetically seal
hermetically sealed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See hermetic
Senses: examples: text: Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.
ref: 1895, H. G. Wells, chapter X, in The Time Machine:
glosses: Sealed with an airtight hermetic seal.
Synonyms: english: not interchangeable
translation: not interchangeable
word: staunch
motorboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊtəˌbəʊt/
ipa: /ˈmoʊtəˌboʊt/
Forms: form: motorboats
form: motor boat
Etymology: From motor + boat.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
hypernyms: boat
<
watercraft
vessel
<
vessel
coordinate_terms: sailboat
rowboat
glosses: Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
Derived terms: motorboater
motorboatist
Related terms: marine engine
outboard motor
motorsailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motorsailers
form: motor sailer
form: motor-sailer
Etymology: From motor + sailer.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A vessel (usually a pleasure craft) that has been designed for both sailing and motor operation.
Synonyms: auxiliary
lochan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɔxən/
ipa: /ˈlɒkən/
rhymes: -ɒkən
Forms: form: lochans
Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic lochan, diminutive of loch (“lake”).
Senses: examples: text: The moor is a bare and ancient landscape; the dank mosses studded with a mosaic of tiny lochans, stumps of vanished trees, largely devoid of sustenance for man and beast, an almost mythical emptiness where dragons, outlaws and elves might easily be imagined!
ref: 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 23:
text: The Cairngorms national park has some of Britain’s harshest weather and the heaviest snowfall in Scotland, creating snowfields that stretch to the horizon. Lochs, lochans and waterfalls can be frozen solid.
ref: 2017 February 18, Kari Herbert, The Guardian:
glosses: A small loch (lake)
pratique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹæˈtiːk/
ipa: /pɹæˈtik/
ipa: /pɹəˈtik/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: pratiques
Etymology: Originated 1600–10. Borrowed from Middle French practique, pratique, from Medieval Latin prāctica. Doublet of practice.
Senses: examples: text: It is here a cuſtome ſtrictly obſerued (as alſo elſevvhere vvithin the Streights belonging to the Chriſtians) not to ſuffer any to trafficke or come aſhore before they haue a Pratticke from the Signoirs of Health: vvhich vvill not be granted vntill forty dayes after their arriuall, […] Notvvithſtanding, they vpon requeſt vvill carry you to the Lazaretto (vvhich is in the nature of a Peſt-houſe) there to abide vntill the date be expired. But if any fall ſicke amongſt them in the meane ſeaſon, their Pratticke is accordingly prolonged. A great inconuenience to the Merchants, but at Venice intollerable: vvhere vvhen they haue Pratticke, they are enforced to vnlade at the Lazaretto.
ref: 1615, George Sandys, “The First Booke”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, →OCLC, pages 5–6:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Permission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease.
examples: text: Whereas in private teaching, their company is either superiors, inferiors, and if equals, but a few, without the liberty and variety of pratique as in a populous school.
ref: a. 1734, Roger North, Autobiography:
glosses: Practice; habits.
outrigger canoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outrigger canoes
Senses: examples: text: The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.
ref: 2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN:
glosses: A seagoing canoe having one or more lateral support floats to provide stability.
Related terms: catamaran
trimaran
multihull
Seumas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Seumas.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English James.
peniche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peniches
Etymology: From French péniche.
Senses: glosses: An engine-powered steel ship or vessel, larger than 15 meters, used for inland water transportation, and often modified in order to act as a docked restaurant or hotel.
topics: fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Material inserted between a half-model, often of an airplane, and the wall of a wind tunnel.
troller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: trollers
Etymology: From troll + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who fishes by trolling.
glosses: An engine-powered fishing boat, used for moving slowly while fishing lines drag behind, sometimes able to sail in shallow water.
glosses: A troll; a user who maliciously provokes others.
Related terms: trawler
water taxi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water taxis
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small boat that can transport small groups of passengers for a fee.
Brest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
homophone: breast
Etymology: From Breton Brest (via French), from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), compare Scottish Gaelic bre.
Senses: glosses: A port city in Brittany, France.
Brest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
homophone: breast
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Брест (Brest).
Senses: synonyms: Brest-Litovsk
Brest-on-the-Bug
glosses: A city in Belarus, on the border with Poland.
dira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diras
form: dirah
form: diraa
Etymology: From Arabic ذِرَاع m (ḏirāʕ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع f (ḏirāʕ, “arm”).
Senses: examples: text: 13·3—This measure does not seem to belong to very early times, and it may probably have originated in Asia Minor... And it may well be the origin of the dirá‘ Stambuli of 26·6, twice 13·3.
ref: 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, "Weights and Measures", p. 490
glosses: The Arabian cubit, whose value varied by place, time, and item from about 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in).
maigre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/
rhymes: -eɪɡə(ɹ)
Etymology: Borrowed from French maigre. Doublet of meager.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).
glosses: Belonging to a fast day or fast.
Related terms: soupe maigre
maigre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/
rhymes: -eɪɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: maigres
Etymology: Borrowed from French maigre. Doublet of meager.
Senses: glosses: A kind of fish; the meagre.
Arundel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəndəl/
Etymology: From Old English hārhūne (“horehound”) + dell (“small valley”).
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0107).
glosses: A township municipality in Les Laurentides regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A town in York County, Maine, United States.
glosses: A suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A small settlement by the Rangitata River, south Canterbury, New Zealand.
Derived terms: Arundelian
Sampford Arundel
Related terms: Anne Arundel County
chocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choc
Mickey D's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mickey D
Senses: examples: text: For those five days each month when we've been hormonally hijacked, there are women's health clinics to be defended, underpaid amigas at Mickey D's to be organized, and redwood trees to be protected.
ref: 2001, Susan Jane Gilman, Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess, page 42:
text: He looked around. This place wasn't exactly Mickey D's, but it was sure a lot better than some of the places he'd been eating in lately.
ref: 2003, JoAnn Ross, Magnolia Moon, page 121:
text: What would I tell him, “Sorry, darling, I was at Mickey D's”?
ref: 2004, Mariane Pearl, A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl, page 97:
text: "Hey, listen here, ya'll," Serena said, "I don't know if big is beautiful, but Mickey D's fries and Dunkin' Donuts are damn masterpieces. They're straight-up works of art. O-kayyyy?"
ref: 2005, Tananarive Due, Joplin's Ghost:
text: "This like Mickey D's. It's all about the dollar." "I can pay you," said the old woman. She raised a pathetic handful of ragged bills.
ref: 2005, John Connolly, The Black Angel: A Thriller, page 24:
glosses: McDonald's (the chain of fast food restaurants).
Synonyms: word: Maccies
word: Maccy D's
word: Macca's
word: McD's
word: McDo
punters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punter
examples: text: If there's one thing I've learned in this business, it's that you've got to give the punters what they want.
glosses: The general public, a body of customers.
plagiarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plagiarize
plagiarized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plagiarized
form: most plagiarized
Senses: glosses: produced using plagiarism
Derived terms: unplagiarized
plagiarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plagiarize
Sammie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sammies
form: Sammy
form: Sami
Etymology: From Sam + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Samoyed (breed of dog)
synonyms: word: Samoyed
extra: breed of dog
Sammie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sammy
form: Sami
Etymology: From Sam + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, also used as a formal given name.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Samantha, also used as a formal given name.
Related terms: Sam
feigned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: examples: text: I have discovered that a feigned familiarity in great ones is a note of certain usurpation on the less. For great and popular men feign themselves to be servants to others to make those slaves to them. So the fisher provides bait for the trout, roach, dace, &c., that they may be food to him.
ref: 1641 (posth.), Ben Jonson. Discoveries Made upon Men and Matters, "Mores aulici"
text: "I have passed my word," said Jowl with feigned reluctance, "and I'll keep it. When does this match come off? I wish it was over. -- To-night?"
ref: 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter 9, in The Old Curiosity Shop, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014:
text: And yet another marvel, the nether side of the canopy over the high seats was encrusted with lapis lazuli, and in that feigned dome of heaven burned the twelve signs of the zodiac, every star a diamond that shone with its own light.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: Being a pretense, simulation, or counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.
Derived terms: feigned issue
feignedly
feignedness
unfeigned
feigned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feign
Aussies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aussie
dismounted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having gotten off one's horse, or been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
Derived terms: undismounted
dismounted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dismount
Amalek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ămʹə-lĕk'
ipa: /ˈæm.əˌlɛk/
Forms: form: Amalec
Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק (ʾĂmālēq).
Senses: glosses: The biblical grandson of Esau.
Amalek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ămʹə-lĕk'
ipa: /ˈæm.əˌlɛk/
Forms: form: Amalec
Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק (ʾĂmālēq).
Senses: glosses: The nation said to be descended from him, living mostly in the Negev and some later migrating to Israel.
Related terms: Amalekite
jarring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]
ipa: [d͡ʒaːrɪŋ]
ipa: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]
ipa: [d͡ʒaːrɪŋ]
Forms: form: more jarring
form: most jarring
Etymology: From jar (“to clash, conflict, disturb”) + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The rings of iron that on the doors were hung / Sent out a jarring sound
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: The large cement works nearby are served by sidings, and strike a sudden jarring industrial note in the midst of the rural downland scene.
ref: 1953 February, H. A. Vallance, “To Brighton through the Shoreham Gap”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
text: Slackware does not include a graphical installer. Its package manager does not perform any dependency resolution. This can be jarring for new users, particularly within the last few years, but it also enables a deeper understanding of the system.
ref: 2018 July 16, Ben Cotton, “The oldest, active Linux distro, Slackware, turns 25”, in Opensource.com:
text: I could probably take your chick
But I just wouldn't 'cause she's jarrin'
ref: 2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop:
glosses: That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.
Derived terms: bonejarring
jarringly
jarringness
unjarring
jarring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]
ipa: [d͡ʒaːrɪŋ]
ipa: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]
ipa: [d͡ʒaːrɪŋ]
Forms: form: jarrings
Etymology: From jar + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.
glosses: Storage in jars.
examples: text: The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles.
ref: 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
glosses: A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.
jarring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]
ipa: [d͡ʒaːrɪŋ]
ipa: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]
ipa: [d͡ʒaːrɪŋ]
Etymology: From jar + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jar
walled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a walled garden
text: Being located about four kilometers from the Yellow River and twenty-three kilometers northwest of Cheng-chou, the early walled site at Hsi-shan lies in the core cultural area.
ref: 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 32:
glosses: Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall
glosses: Pertaining to something which has been placed into a wall, i.e., immured.
Derived terms: brick walled
smooth-walled
walled community
walled garden
walled plain
walled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wall
nooblet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnuːblɪt/
ipa: /ˈnublət/
Forms: form: nooblets
form: n00blet
form: newblet
form: nublet
Etymology: From noob + -let (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: And all you EVA nublets, watch the series, THEN talk.
ref: 2006 March 8, Mo, “Neon Genesis Evangelion – wth?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: And, now that we think about it, reanimating the husks of fallen Avatar walkers with engineers and using them to literally rip apart the enemy's tank brigade gets across the fact that your opponent is, in fact, a little "nublet" who needs to "l2p."
ref: 2007, Game Informer Magazine: For Video Game Enthusiasts, volume 17, Minneapolis, Minn.: Sunrise Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81:
text: When I was twelve, I spent endless hours in my basement blasting through hordes of nublets, perfecting my build order. Alas. Eight years, a high school diploma and most of undergrad later, I haven't changed a wink, and was eagerly anticipating the rebirth of arguably the best real time strategy game (RTS) of all time.
ref: 2010 November 1, Harrison Dahme, “Game Reviews: StarCraft II: The Long Awaited Sequel”, in Ruichen Zhu, editor, The Howl: Woodsworth College’s Bi-weekly Student Newspaper, volume III, number 5, Toronto, Ont.: Woodsworth College, Toronto, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2016, page 8, column 1:
glosses: An especially annoying or inexperienced noob (“newbie”).