cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dehumaniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dehumanisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dehumanizer.
dehumanisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dehumaniser
omoideum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The pterygoid bone.
fartboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fartbox
lassock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æsək
Forms: form: lassocks
Etymology: From lass + -ock.
Senses: glosses: A girl; a lass.
Related terms: laddock
lassocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lassock
gilpey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gilpeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gilpy.
gilpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gilpies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gilpy.
gilpeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gilpey
cantaliver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantalivers
Senses: glosses: Dated form of cantilever.
cantalivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantaliver
reconcilably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more reconcilably
form: most reconcilably
Etymology: From reconcilable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a reconcilable manner.
Indian bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The edible tuckahoe fungus.
glosses: Unleavened bread made and consumed by indigenous peoples of the Americas; bannock.
sceuophylacium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Greek σκευοφυλάκιο (skevofylákio), compare Ancient Greek σκευοφύλαξ (skeuophúlax).
Senses: glosses: The repository of the sacred vessels in the Greek church.
Related terms: sceuophylax
sceuophylax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Apparently after 806, under the patriarch Nicephorus, Ignatius became sceuophylax of St. Sophia, the second-ranking position in the patriarch's suite, with responsibility for a staff of secretaries and the church's many liturgical vessels, vestments, and books.
ref: 2013, W. Treadgold, The Middle Byzantine Historians:
glosses: A sacristan or church treasurer.
Related terms: sceuophylacium
brightsomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brightsome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being brightsome.
bobbol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: fraud; illegal activity
encomiastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more encomiastically
form: most encomiastically
Etymology: From encomiastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an encomiastic manner.
dispensements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dispensement
AFIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AFI
ovopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ovo- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: disease of the ovum
salt beefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salt beef
russetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: russetins
Senses: glosses: A russet apple.
russetins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of russetin
escapeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of escapable.
escape valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escape valves
Senses: glosses: A valve on a boiler to let the steam escape.
examples: text: Lastly, self-affirmation provides us an escape valve if we come face to face with the intrinsic evil of our actions and role within a group.
ref: 2018, Peter Beattie, Social Evolution, Political Psychology, and the Media in Democracy, page 148:
glosses: Any psychological mechanism to relieve stress.
escape valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escape valve
emancipatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɪst/
Forms: form: emancipatists
Etymology: From emancipate + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of emancipist.
emancipatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emancipatist
price match
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: price matches
Senses: glosses: A policy in which a shop / store sells every item at the same price as at its competitor, or even less.
price match
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: price matches
form: price matching
form: price matched
form: price matched
Senses: glosses: To carry out such a policy
cephaloscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cephalo- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Examination of the head in order to predict mental faculties or character
Related terms: cephaloscopic
cephaloscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cephalo- + -scopic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or using cephaloscopy
goblette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goblettes
Senses: examples: text: Then Iohnson raising with the goblette of wine in sinister and sup. porting himself as he mought with his dexter
ref: 1821, The Euterpeiad: Or, Musical Intelligencer - Volumes 1-3 - Page 145:
text: Dan paid, unfumblingly, for a round of drinks. He hoisted a foaming beer to his lips. Janice smiled and lifted a goblette of lambent wine.
ref: 2001, TUND: Short Stories by Thor Garcia:
glosses: Obsolete form of goblet.
goblette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goblettes
Etymology: From goblin + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: "I am Gwendolyn Goblin, soon to be chief on Goblin Mountain. Now get out of the way before I move you out."
"Ho, ho, ho. It is to laugh. You can't move me out, you skirted goblette. You must pay"
..
"So you're stuck, goblette," Hugh Mongous said. "Pay."
"This is outrageous!" Gwenndy said, stamping her little foot.
..
“Cups, glasses, containers, bottles, mugs—”
“Goblets?”
"Whatever."
“Nothing interesting,” Gwenny said, hoping the demoness would go away. There was no point in correcting her about the distinction between a goblet and a goblette, or in reminding her that there was only one goblin in this party. They had enough problems without having them complicated by a supernatural creature. Demonesses were supposed to be less worse than demons, being mischievous rather than mean, but their mischief could be formidable.
ref: 1992 "The Color of Her Panties" book 15 in Piers Anthony's Xanth series page 29
text: A girl Goblin. Happy Halloween to all you Goblins and Goblettes!
ref: 2008, Kristian Pulz, Goblette:
text: My dear, dear goblette, there is really nothing to it.
ref: 2015 "Goblin" The Adventures of Puss in Boots (Puss speaking to Cleevil)
text: I decided a "Goblette" was a shortstacked android goblin girl.
ref: 2017, Goblette Automaton:
topics: fantasy
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: a female goblin
Synonyms: gobliness
Bujak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bujaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Bujak.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
43rd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of forty-third.
dacryocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dacryocysts
Etymology: From dacryo- + cyst.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: The lacrimal sac.
Derived terms: dacryocystectomy
dacryocystitis
dacryocystocele
dacryocystogram
dacryocystography
dacryocystorhinostomy
dacryocystorhinotomy
dacryocystostomy
dacryocystotomy
epitype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epitypes
Senses: examples: text: It is clear, therefore, where any epitype, selected as an interpretive type, should be sought. The selection of an epitype, in the absence of type or authentic material, would be important, for any further molecular work will need to have available a culture of the type species of the genus which has some nomenclatural standing, i.e. a culture derived from the epitype.
ref: 2000, G.-S. Seo, P. M. Kirk, “1: Ganodermataceae: Nomenclature and Classification”, in J. Flood, P. D. Bridge, M. Holderness, editors, Ganoderma Diseases of Perennial Crops, CABI Publishing, page 4:
text: The epitype does not displace the primary type it is to interpret, but rather supplements it.
ref: 2010, Philippe Bouchet, Ellen E. Strong, “Chapter 6: Historical Name-Bearing Types in Marine Molluscs: An Impediment to Biodiversity Studies?”, in Andrew Polaszek, editor, Systema Naturae 250: The Linnaean Ark, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 72:
text: In cases where a name-bearing type exists but does not show features needed for conclusive identification with a particular species circumscription, for example, one lacking spores, an interpretative type, an epitype, can be designated to supplement information evident in the name-bearing type. Epitypes are increasingly being designated in mycology today for sequenced material where DNA has not or cannot be recovered from the name-bearing type.
ref: 2016, David L. Hawksworth, “Chapter 2: Mycotoxin-Producing and Clinically Important Fungi: Their Classification and Naming”, in R. Russell M. Paterson, Nelson Lima, editors, Molecular Biology of Food and Water Borne Mycotoxigenic and Mycotic Fungi, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 9:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: An additional, clarifying type (specimen or illustration) of a species or lower-order taxon, provided when the holotype and paratypes from the original classification are demonstrably ambiguous or insufficient.
examples: text: To test this hypothesis our discussion is focused on finding evidence for gene-specific epitypes that supports or rejects cause-and-effect relationships between genotype, epitype and phenotype.[…]The first approach (A) examines the penetrance of transgenerationally inherited epitypes that are known to activate or silence the expression of disease related gene(s), which in turn correlate with onset of the "aberrant" disease phenotypes.[…]The second and less direct approach (B) searches out epitypes that are duplicated, as DNA sequences are duplicated, and examines multiple copies of DNA sequence and epitype that have been evolutionarily co-conserved.
ref: 2013, Kasirajan Ayyanathan, Epigenetics and Pathology: Exploring Connections Between Genetic Mechanisms, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 284:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
qualifier: epigenetics
glosses: An epigenetic alteration in a gene.
Related terms: epitypification
epitypify
epitypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epitype
delphinula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delphinulas
Senses: glosses: A sea snail of the species Angaria delphinus
genderbend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genderbends
Etymology: From gender + bend.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of genderswap.
synonyms: word: genderswap
genderbend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: genderbends
form: genderbending
form: genderbent
form: genderbent
Etymology: From gender + bend.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of genderswap.
synonyms: word: genderswap
Derived terms: genderbendy
genderbender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genderbenders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gender bender.
dermatographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dermato- + -graphic or dermatography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to dermatography
Mad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of mothers against decapentaplegic.
Sevenish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
scolopendriform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scolopendriform
form: most scolopendriform
Etymology: Scolopendra + -iform
Senses: glosses: Resembling the centipedes of the genus Scolopendra.
fraudulencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fraudulency
reporterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reporter + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The work of reporting the news; journalism.
multiminerals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multimineral
nealogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nealogy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to nealogy.
moving out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of move out
nealogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + -logy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The description of the morphological correlations of the early adolescent stages of an animal.
Derived terms: nealogic
Related terms: neology
fountain apple moss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fountain apple-moss
Senses: examples: text: The moss was tall, its stems measuring three or four inches, branched and matted together; the leaves were broad and tapering, of a yellow-green colour; and the long fruit-stalks bore large round reddish urns. It was undoubtedly the Fountain Apple moss (Bartramia fontana, fig. 9).
ref: 1861, Margaret Plues, Rambles in Search of Mosses, page 39:
text: Philonotis fontana, the fountain Apple Moss, is common near springs and in wet places, and has stems 1-6 in., with reddish-black radicles ; leaves ovate-acuminate, short ; nerve almost excurrent ; perigonial leaves, obtuse, nerveless […]
ref: 1883, The Microscopical News and Northern Microscopist, volume 3:
text: Flora in spring reaches of the Po River is represented by species associated with clear waters and constant discharge, including thick cushions of epilithic mosses such as Schleicher's thread-moss (Bryum schleicheri) and the fountain apple-moss (Philonotis fontana) […]
ref: 2009, Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson, Rivers of Europe, →ISBN:
glosses: Philonotis fontana, an epilithic moss in the family Bartramiaceae.
brassfounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brassfounders
Etymology: From brass + founder.
Senses: glosses: A metalworker who casts objects from brass.
brassfounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brassfounder
bronzefounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronzefounders
Etymology: From bronze + founder.
Senses: glosses: A metalworker who casts objects from bronze.
bronzefounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronzefounder
brassfounding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brass + founding.
Senses: glosses: The work of a brassfounder, casting objects from brass.
bronzefounding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bronze + founding.
Senses: glosses: The work of a bronzefounder, casting objects from bronze.
monorhine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of monorhinal.
synonyms: word: monorhinal
monorhine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monorhines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any monorhinal organism.
monorhinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + rhinal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a single nasal passage.
apple moss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple mosses
Senses: glosses: Any of various mosses of the genus Bartramia.
Derived terms: fountain apple moss
Haller's apple moss
apple mosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple moss
smoothcap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoothcaps
Etymology: smooth + cap
Senses: glosses: Any of various mosses of the genus Atrichum.
smoothcaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoothcap
notodontiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more notodontiform
form: most notodontiform
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Resembling a moth of the family Notodontidae.
beds of nails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bed of nails
hoary fringe moss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoary fringe-moss
Senses: examples: text: Trichostomum (Fringe-moss) is less frequently met with; some species occur in mountainous districts and one, Hoary fringe-moss, we have found on our own heath.
ref: 1831, Priscilla Wakefield, An Introduction to Botany, 10th edition, page 224:
text: The Oval-fruited Fringe moss is peculiar to the hills of Scotland, Wales and Ireland; the Dark Mountain Fringe moss grows on wet rocks by rivulets in similar situations; Slender Mountain Fringe moss prefers exposed places, as does also the Woolly Fringe moss; the Green Mountain Fringe moss favours rocks; and the Hoary Fringe moss is so kind as to grow on this rough wall.
ref: 1861, Margaret Plues, Rambles in Search of Mosses, page 21:
text: R. canescens, the hoary Fringe Moss, is found on sandy heaths and stony places in loose yellowish-green patches […]
ref: 1883, The Microscopical News and Northern Microscopist, volume 3, page 66:
glosses: Racomitrium canescens, a moss in the family Grimmiaceae.
exudant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exudants
Etymology: From exude + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: The molten glass exudes into the space outside the outer crucible, and a filament is pulled from the exudant to form a cored glass fiber.
ref: 2013, Vladimir G. Plekhanov, Applications of the Isotopic Effect in Solids, page 258:
glosses: exuded material
exudants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exudant
bogmoss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bogmosses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bog moss.
bog mosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bog moss
bogmosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogmoss
unitemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From uni- + temporal.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a single tempo throughout.
multimetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + metrical.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having more than one metre.
unimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + metric.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a single metre throughout.
repiqued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repique
repiquing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repique
recombineer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recombineers
form: recombineering
form: recombineered
form: recombineered
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To modify by the recombineering technique.
recombineers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recombineer
foam roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foam rollers
Senses: glosses: A padded cylindrical device rolled against the body for massage or exercise.
foam rollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foam roller
taxites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taxite
dine in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dines in
form: dining in
form: dined in
form: dined in
Senses: glosses: To eat in; to eat a purchased meal on the premises where one bought it, rather than taking it away.
Related terms: dine-in
dine out
green joke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green jokes
Etymology: Calque of Spanish chiste verde.
Senses: glosses: A joke about sex, (a dirty joke) or feces; toilet humor.
Related terms: green
green-minded
senatoriable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: senatoriables
Etymology: From senatorial + -able.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A person who is a likely or confirmed candidate for the senate.
Related terms: presidentiable
green-minded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more green-minded
form: most green-minded
Senses: examples: text: Some green-minded companies also concentrate on ensuring recycled or recyclable packaging of such products to avoid excessive energy and resource consumption and waste.
ref: 2011, Juliana Mansvelt, Green Consumerism: An A-to-Z Guide, page 23:
glosses: Ecologically conscious.
glosses: Dirty minded; having a tendency to seek or locate sexual connotations in objects; lewd.
Related terms: green
green joke
woolly fringe moss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Oval-fruited Fringe moss is peculiar to the hills of Scotland, Wales and Ireland; the Dark Mountain Fringe moss grows on wet rocks by rivulets in similar situations; Slender Mountain Fringe moss prefers exposed places, as does also the Woolly Fringe moss; the Green Mountain Fringe moss favours rocks; and the Hoary Fringe moss is so kind as to grow on this rough wall.
ref: 1861, Margaret Plues, Rambles in Search of Mosses, page 21:
text: The typical haunts are the windswept summit plateaux or broad ridges and upper spurs of the higher hills, where short montane grassland, woolly fringe moss carpets, lichen heath, or open stony fell-fields cover most of the ground.
ref: 2010, D. A. Ratcliffe, Bird Life of Mountain and Upland, →ISBN, page 191:
text: Flat ground at the top of Allt Creag an Leth-choin carries prostrate vegetation dominated by woolly fringe moss with some crowberry.
ref: 2012, Adam Watson, Human Impacts on the Northern Cairngorms, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: moss of species Racomitrium lanuginosum (family Grimmiaceae).
Synonyms: hoary rock moss
woolly moss
hold-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhoɫd̪ ˈʔʌ.pɚ/
Forms: form: hold-uppers
form: holdupper
Etymology: From hold-up + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who carries out a robbery at gunpoint.
holdupper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holduppers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hold-upper.
practicumer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: practicumers
Etymology: From practicum + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who participates in a practicum; an intern.
radiciflorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radix + -i- + -florous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Flowering from the root.
cultural patrimonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cultural patrimony
NAGPRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
tora tora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tora toras
form: tora-tora
Etymology: Named after the 1970 blockbuster movie Tora! Tora! Tora!, because of its popularity portraying the use of propeller driven fighter planes (mostly WW2 era models), The origin of the word "tora" is from the Japanese 虎 literally means "tiger", but actually, it was an abbreviation of two-syllable codeword 突撃雷撃 (totsugeki raigeki, “lightning attack”) used to indicate that the attack had commenced. And also, the film was notable for using North American T-28 Trojans to simulate IJN Mitsubishi A6M Zeroes.
Senses: glosses: A North American T-28 Trojan.
wikipedia: Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Japanese language
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
North American T-28 Trojan
Tora! Tora! Tora!
tora-tora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tora-toras
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tora tora.
deaf waddler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mutation in mice that causes hearing loss and a waddling gait.
aroo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: awoo
form: aaroo
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: The howl of a wolf or dog.
nemophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nemophilous
form: most nemophilous
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νέμος (némos) + -philous.
Senses: examples: text: The general scenery is spellbinding, both underfoot as well as to the sides. To my joy and sheer wonder, your son Buddy has turned out to be utterly and thrillingly nemophilous!
ref: 1965, The New Yorker (volume 41, part 3, page 49)
text: For the thorns and briers need a good scouring, confessing, in words, allegiance to a nobler, nemophilous wolf.
ref: 2014, Neil Baker, Occultus Liber, page 36:
glosses: Fond of forests.
winsey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winseys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wincey.
winseys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winsey
tomial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the tomium.
endostitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endosteum + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the endosteum
luncheon bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luncheon bars
Senses: examples: text: The oyster shops form a set of luncheon bars by themselves; but there is a considerable variety on some of the counters. Pickled salmon and soused mackerel appear to be the favourite delicacies […]
ref: 1870, London Society, volume 17, page 244:
text: The West End luncheon bars have, I think, made a considerable improvement of late years. They cannot indeed cook a mutton-chop or a beef-steak. That interesting branch of the fine arts has never flourished west of Temple Bar.
ref: 1890, Frederick Arnold, The Philosopher in Slippers: Zigzag Views of Life and Society:
glosses: A counter serving lunches in a restaurant.
luncheon bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luncheon bar
gyratorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From gyratory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, gyration.
gyrationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪʃənəli/
ipa: /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪʃnəli/
ipa: /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪʃənli/
rhymes: -eɪʃənəli
Etymology: From gyrational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, gyration.
shamoyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shamoy
Pan-Presbyterian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Panpresbyterian
Etymology: From pan- + Presbyterian.
Senses: examples: a Pan-Presbyterian council
glosses: Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world.
stegognathous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στέγω (stégō) + γνάθος (gnáthos) + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a jaw composed of imbricated plates.
moltenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more moltenly
form: most moltenly
Etymology: From molten + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Where trees allowed glimpses, the hills above were purple-black, the snowcaps in the distance moltenly aglow.
ref: 2011, Poul Anderson, Flandry's Legacy:
glosses: While, or as if, molten; incandescently.
reinterrogation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinterrogations
Etymology: From re- + interrogation.
Senses: glosses: interrogation again
reinterrogations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinterrogation
Arimaspian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Arimaspi.
rocta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rota (“old musical instrument”).
nutmegger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutmeggers
Etymology: From nutmeg + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] Archie Thompson, our five goal Grand Final hero, back from dancing the nutmegger suite three days earlier.
ref: 2008, Andrew O'Keefe, Steve Vizard, The Best Australian Humorous Writing, page 216:
text: This makes the victim look so foolish that a foul inevitably follows, as the nutmegger is promptly clogged.
ref: 2012, Stephen Wade, Passion for the Park: A Leeds Education:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: One who nutmegs.
nutmeggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutmegger
Adiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Adhiv
Etymology: From Hebrew אָדִיב (“splendid, pleasant, gallant, gracious, kind, considerate”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
inslaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inslave
inslaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inslave
inslaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inslave
Waterloo blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A bright medium blue colour.
dish-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dish-faced
form: most dish-faced
Senses: examples: text: He has that boyish, eager smile on his dish face. (I didn't notice the first couple of times I saw him that he was dish-faced. Or maybe the more he homed in on Miriam, the more he stuck out his chin and beetled his brow.)
ref: 2012, Ellen Douglas, The Rock Cried Out, page 173:
synonyms: platter-faced
glosses: Of a person: having a round, flat face.
Related terms: dish-face
bite cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bite cells
Senses: topics: hematology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen.
Synonyms: degmacyte
Hypernyms: poikilocytosis
Coordinate terms: Heinz body
schistocyte
blister cell
bite cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bite cell
Holy Friday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Holy Fridays
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Good Friday, the Friday before Easter.
synonyms: word: Good Friday
extra: the Friday before Easter
Holy Friday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Mallig, Isabela, Philippines.
Golden Friday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Golden Fridays
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Good Friday, the Friday before Easter.
synonyms: word: Good Friday
extra: the Friday before Easter
Great Friday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Great Fridays
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Good Friday, the Friday before Easter.
synonyms: word: Good Friday
extra: the Friday before Easter
Heinz bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Heinz body
Morrisseyesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Morrisseyesque
form: most Morrisseyesque
Etymology: From Morrissey + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Jangly-pop ought to be danced with Morrisseyesque feyness, above-it-all gestures that echo the 'free dancing' of the counterculture, while the Beefheartian thrash of bands like Stump and A Witness incites a bacchanalian delirium.
ref: 2009, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise:
text: The Ward sported a Morrisseyesque quiff and during the scene in which he dances with Isabella wore an outlandish combination of white trousers, white frilly shirt, golfing socks and a dickie bow.
ref: 2011, Andrew Hiscock, Women Beware Women: A critical guide, page 72:
text: At extremes, though, things can get rather proto-Morrisseyesque. “Nothing Is The Same Anymore” – with equally ludicrous backing vocals (“Hurrah!” “Hee hee!”) – sees Cargill moaning about everything from long hair to moon landings […]
ref: 2011, Marcello Carlin, The Blue in the Air, page 136:
glosses: Characteristic of Morrissey (born 1959), English singer-songwriter.
Beefheartian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Beefheartian
form: most Beefheartian
Senses: examples: text: Jangly-pop ought to be danced with Morrisseyesque feyness, above-it-all gestures that echo the 'free dancing' of the counterculture, while the Beefheartian thrash of bands like Stump and A Witness incites a bacchanalian delirium.
ref: 2009, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise:
text: This isn't Buzzcocks circa 1978, and their dilemma over whether to tread further Beefheartian leanings or opt to become a post-punk Herman's Hermits (no put-down intended).
ref: 2012, Mick Middles, Arcade Fire: Behind the Black Mirror:
glosses: Characteristic of Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet; 1941–2010), American singer-songwriter.
inslaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inslavers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of enslaver.
inslavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inslaver
reastiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reasty + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The smoke clings to me, full of the reastiness of burning hair and pork, making me want to vomit.
ref: 1956, John Howard Griffin, Nuni:
glosses: Rancidity.
lushy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lushier
form: lushiest
Etymology: From lush + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!
ref: 1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book:
glosses: Given to drinking alcohol.
glosses: Drunk; tipsy.
examples: text: A foreground of lushy meadow-grass, intersected by a streamlet, the light of an afternoon-sun glistening amid the foliage, which occupies two-thirds of the background; […]
ref: 1866, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Review:
glosses: Lush; growing abundantly.
Synonyms: sense: given to drinking alcohol
word: alcoholic
sense: given to drinking alcohol
word: bibacious
sense: given to drinking alcohol
word: bibulous
sense: given to drinking alcohol
word: boozy
sense: given to drinking alcohol
word: sottish
sense: drunk
word: drunk
tetotal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tetotal
form: most tetotal
Senses: examples: text: Never, do I, at all get liquory / But sticks to cocoa nice and chicory — / Tetotal man!
ref: 1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book:
glosses: Archaic form of teetotal (“abstaining from alcohol”).
liquory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkəɹi
Forms: form: more liquory
form: most liquory
Etymology: From liquor + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Never, do I, at all get liquory / But sticks to cocoa nice and chicory — / Tetotal man!
ref: 1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book:
glosses: intoxicated by alcohol; drunk
examples: text: You have to intensify intellectually your experience of these wines along the lines I suggest to you: the tannin diminishing its direct impact, the fruit coming forward and its flavor maturing, growing a bit liquory […]
ref: 1985, Tom Maresca, Mastering wine, page 146:
glosses: Resembling alcohol.
Synonyms: sense: intoxicated by alcohol
word: drunk
sense: resembling alcohol
word: liquorlike
Hyponyms: sense: resembling alcohol
word: beerish
sense: resembling alcohol
word: beerlike
sense: resembling alcohol
word: beery
sense: resembling alcohol
word: vodkalike
liquored up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liquored up
form: most liquored up
Senses: glosses: Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol.
Synonyms: drunk
liquor gauge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liquor gauges
Senses: glosses: A rod used by excisemen for measuring the depth of liquid in a cask.
liquor gauges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquor gauge
namby-pambied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of namby-pamby
namby-pambying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of namby-pamby
overexcitably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more overexcitably
form: most overexcitably
Etymology: From overexcitable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an overexcitable manner.
tetotaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetotalers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of teetotaler.
tetotalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetotaler
hasty-witted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hasty-witted
form: most hasty-witted
Senses: glosses: rash; acting without prior planning or consideration
harquebuss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harquebusses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of harquebus.
let the grass grow round one's feet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets the grass grow round one's feet
form: letting the grass grow round one's feet
form: let the grass grow round one's feet
form: let the grass grow round one's feet
Senses: examples: text: Abraham Lincoln is admired because "he did not sit down and let the grass grow round his feet. He was the kind of man that finished the work he started."
ref: 1919, Popular Educator - Volume 37, page 49:
text: We must not let the grass grow round our feet, and it is far worse to contemplate going backwards
ref: 1954, Transport Salaried Staff Journal - Volumes 51-52, page 449:
text: Keep yourself a-movin' on, And you'll find that things will move along! Don't let the grass grow 'round your feet!
ref: 2000, Down in the Dumps, →ISBN, page 12:
text: It was late in the evening, and he could not let the grass grow round his feet.
ref: 2014, Lucien Nzeyimana, End of Upsetting Games, →ISBN, page 113:
glosses: Alternative form of let the grass grow under one's feet.
museographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to museography.
museographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to museography.
museographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: museographers
Senses: glosses: One who engages in museography; a person who catalogues museum collections.
museographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: museographists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of museographer.
synonyms: word: museographer
museographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of museographer
museographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of museographist
PRTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PRT
glucohæmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of glycemia.
spleughan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spleughans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spleuchan.
spleughans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spleughan
rhinologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhinology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to rhinology.
specious present
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by E. Robert Kelly, better known under the pseudonym "E. R. Clay".
Senses: glosses: The time duration wherein one's perceptions are considered to be in the present.
quangoization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quango + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of introducing quangos.
microdentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of microdontism.
microdontism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdentism
Etymology: From micro- + odonto- + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The quality of having small teeth.
moysture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moystures
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of moisture.
moystures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moysture
unquenchingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unquenching + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: During life's day her heart will cling to him — during all the hours of helpless infancy, the waywardness of youth, and the maturity of manhood, the sacred fire burns on the altar of the mother's heart unquenchingly […]
ref: 1860, Ann Jane Morgan, editor, The Mothers' Friend, page 101:
glosses: Synonym of unquenchably.
synonyms: word: unquenchably
nosesores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nosesore
Tereks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Terek
Baystater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baystaters
Etymology: From bay + stater. Massachusetts is sometimes known as the Bay State.
Senses: examples: text: Rudolph Shultz of Massachusetts won the Highly Commended citation on a 46 lb. entry and another Baystater, Earle Ferguson, won the Commended award with a ...
ref: 1969, Shepherd, volume 14:
text: Nutmegger? Baystater? College slider? A mid-week ticket at Otis Ridge, Mass., will cost you $10 on Tuesdays (for Connecticut residents) and Thursdays (for Massachusetts residents).
ref: 1996 September, Dick Needham, “Side Tracks”, in Ski, page 19E:
text: “Press, you may have grown up in Boston, but don't forget I'm from next door in Connecticut. Sorry to contradict you, Mr. Baystater, but in my experience the average person from Massachusetts may be liberal, but they're not ideologues: they're too pragmatic for that.”
ref: 2010, Piersen Carter, Exit America, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 237:
glosses: A person from Massachusetts.
deflavorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deflavorizes
form: deflavorizing
form: deflavorized
form: deflavorized
Etymology: From de- + flavor + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To remove the flavor from.
Derived terms: deflavorizing machine
deflavorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deflavorize
deflavorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deflavorize
deflavorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deflavorize
parodism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From parody + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The use of parody; a parodic approach.
Related terms: parodist
unparodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unparodic
form: most unparodic
Etymology: From un- + parodic.
Senses: glosses: Not parodic.
hospital gangrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: necrotizing fasciitis
necrotizing fasciitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: NF
word: flesh-eating disease
word: hospital gangrene
glosses: A severe, fast-spreading infection that results in the death of the body's soft tissue.
flesh-eating disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of necrotizing fasciitis.
synonyms: word: necrotizing fasciitis
demential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demential
form: most demential
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to dementia.
rizzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rizzles
form: rizzling
form: rizzled
form: rizzled
Senses: glosses: To creep, as ivy.
rizzled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rizzle
rizzles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rizzle
rizzling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rizzle
Lagthing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lagting.
Lagting
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: Odelsting
glosses: The quasi-upper house of the parliament of Norway from 1814 to 2009.
funambulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funambulators
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: tightrope walker
funambulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funambulator
doxologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to doxology.
multistaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + staminate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having many stamens.
octandrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oct- + -androus.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having eight stamens.
glisteneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: glisten + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glisten
regular Joe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regular Joes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Joe Average (“typical average person”).
spizelline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the Spizella.
interogative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of interrogative.
interogative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of interrogative.
interogatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interogative
humiliatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humiliatable
form: most humiliatable
Etymology: From humiliate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being humiliated.
Chulym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chulyms
Senses: glosses: A member of a Turkic ethnic group inhabiting the Tomsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia.
Chulym
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of these people, closely related to Shor and Khakas.
Chulyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chulym
dukery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dukeries
Etymology: From duke + -ery. Compare Middle English ducherie.
Senses: glosses: A duke's territory or seat.
Derived terms: sense: an area of Nottinghamshire, England.
word: The Dukeries
dukeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dukery
overtilt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overtilts
form: overtilting
form: overtilted
form: overtilted
Etymology: From over- + tilt.
Senses: glosses: To tip over; to upset.
examples: text: Do not overtilt the patient's head.
glosses: To tilt too far.
overtilts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overtilt
overtilted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overtilt
overtill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overtills
form: overtilling
form: overtilled
form: overtilled
Etymology: From over- + till.
Senses: examples: text: Avoid overtilling the soil, as this may damage it.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To till too much.
overtills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overtill
overtilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overtill
overtilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overtill
overtillage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + tillage.
Senses: glosses: excessive tillage; the process of overtilling
underfertilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + fertilization.
Senses: glosses: Inadequate fertilization; the underuse of fertilizer.
underfertilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underfertilizes
form: underfertilizing
form: underfertilized
form: underfertilized
Etymology: From under- + fertilize.
Senses: glosses: To treat (plants) with too little fertilizer.
Related terms: underfertilization
underfertilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underfertilize
underfertilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underfertilize
underfertilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underfertilize
rug-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rug-headed
form: most rug-headed
Senses: examples: text: […] Now for our Irish wars:
We must supplant those rough rug-headed kerns,
Which live like venom where no venom else
But only they have privilege to live.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene 1]:
glosses: Having shaggy hair, shock-headed.