cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
jink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪŋk/
Forms: form: jinks
form: jinking
form: jinked
form: jinked
Etymology: Origin uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests onomatopoeia for motion. Attested since the 18th century. Compare unnasalised dialectal jick (“to avoid with a sudden jerk of the body, elude”).
Senses: examples: text: But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkin, / An' cheat you yet.
ref: 1786, Robert Burns, “Address to the Devil”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, volume I:
text: Do not jink. This serves no purpose and will only spoil your run in.
ref: 1943, G B Warnes, Hints and Tips for Beginners (and others) in Whirlwind Bombers Attacking Shipping, National Archives AIR 27/1551
text: A man on skis was coming fast after him. […] Bond […] gave a deep sigh of anger, and put on all the speed he could, crouching low and jinking occasionally to spoil the man's aim.
ref: 1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
text: As the Gunners attacked in unrelenting waves of red the opportunities started to fall their way, as the outstanding Wilshere fired at Hart and then Van Persie jinked into space only to see his arrow-like 18-yard left-foot rocket shot cannon back off the base of Hart's right-hand post.
ref: 2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC:
glosses: To make a quick evasive turn or turns to confuse pursuers, incoming fire, etc.
examples: text: Jink it he did. Norton pushed the aircraft left just as he was at the bottom of his loop.
ref: 2000, Mack Maloney, Shuttle Down, →ISBN:
glosses: To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful.
glosses: To elude; to cheat.
Brutus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹutəs/
rhymes: -utəs
Etymology: From Latin Brutus.
Senses: glosses: a Roman cognomen.
glosses: A male given name.
Brutus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹutəs/
rhymes: -utəs
Forms: form: Brutuses
Etymology: From Latin Brutus.
Senses: glosses: A kind of wig.
glosses: A hairstyle brushed back from the forehead, popular at the time of the French Revolution, when it was an affectation to admire the Ancient Romans.
-ory
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -orie, from the Latin adjective suffix -tōrius. By surface analysis, -or + -y.
Senses: examples: text: excrete + -ory → excretory
text: sense + -ory → sensory
text: statute + -ory → statutory
glosses: Added to nouns and verbs (often Latinate) to form adjectives meaning "of", "pertaining to", or "serving for".
Synonyms: -al
-ar
-ary
-ese
-ic
-id
-ish
-like
-oid
-ous
-y
-ory
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From the Latin noun suffix -tōrium. By surface analysis, -or + -y.
Senses: examples: text: ambulate + -ory → ambulatory
text: incense + -ory → incensory
text: interrogate + -ory → interrogatory
glosses: Added to nouns and verbs (often Latinate) to form nouns meaning "that which pertains to or serves for".
Synonyms: -al
-age
-arium
-drome
-ery
-ium
-orium
lorem ipsum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɔː.ɹəm ˈɪp.səm/
ipa: /ˌlɒ.ɹəm ˈɪp.səm/
ipa: /ˌlɔː.ɹəm ˈɪp.səm/
ipa: /ˌlɑː.ɹəm ˈɪp.səm/
Forms: form: lorem ipsums
Etymology: Pseudo-Latinism, a clipping of dolōrem ipsum (“pain itself”) from Cicero's 45 B.C.E. De Fīnibus Bonōrum et Malōrum adopted by the mid-1960s to assist with artistic text layout.
Senses: examples: text: It was Aldus PageMaker's adoption of Lorem Ipsum that allowed the practice to enter the electronic age […]
ref: 1999, Digit, London: IDG Communications, →OCLC, page 29:
text: The origin of Lorem Ipsum actually goes back to the early 1500s when typographers would create specimen books of their fonts.
ref: 2002, Tom Green, Chris S. Flick, Jordan L. Chilcott, Building Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX, Boston, Mass.: New Riders, →ISBN, page 171:
text: Triple-click the lorem ipsum of the text placeholder and begin typing your masterpiece.
ref: 2007, Steven Sande, Take Control of iWeb: iLife '06 Edition, Berkeley, Calif.: Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 73:
text: One ad... includes sample language: “‘Sarah Republican,’ making an ad against ‘John Democrat,’ should say, ‘Here’s my view—I am pro-life, but, in reality, forget about the political labels, all of us are in favor of life.’” That’s as close as political messaging comes to “lorem ipsum” filler text.
ref: 2022 May 10, Alex Shephard, "With Roe, the GOP Is the Dog that Caught the Car", The New Republic
text: the only words passing through his mind were Reject, Failure, it was as if these were the only words actually printed there, over and over, as though someone had replaced the text of the Phenomenology with this lorem ipsum of loathing.
ref: 2023, Bennett Sims, Other Minds and Other Stories, Columbus, Ohio: Two Dollar Radio, →ISBN, page 143:
hypernyms: Greek
glosses: A dummy text used as a placeholder in printing and website design to simplify the layout process, especially the usual pseudo-Latin text beginning Lorem ipsum...
wikipedia: Cicero
De fīnibus bonōrum et mālōrum
The Straits Times
Derived terms: lipsum
Related terms: word: etaoin shrdlu
word: greek
word: greeking
word: placeholder
word: rhubarb rhubarb
quivered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quiver
quivered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity:
She that has that is clad in complete steel,
And, like a quivered nymph with arrows keen,
May trace huge forests, and unharboured heaths […]
ref: 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
english: Comus
translation: Comus
glosses: Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.
examples: ref: 1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:
glosses: Sheathed, as in a quiver.
Synonyms: bequivered
sparrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sparrow
water strider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water striders
Senses: synonyms: Jesus bug
magic bug
pond-skater
skater
skimmer
water scooter
water skater
water skeeter
water skimmer
water skipper
water bug
water spider
glosses: Any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae, which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.
strider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: striders
Etymology: From stride + -er. Compare Dutch strijder (“fighter”).
Senses: glosses: One who strides.
glosses: A water strider.
striders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strider
water striders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water strider
craws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craw
adsorbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adsorb
adsorbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adsorb
interdictory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interdict + -ory.
Senses: glosses: being prohibited, interdicted.
Noele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French, of rare usage, variant of Noelle.
bandages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandage
bandages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bandage
bandaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandagings
Senses: examples: text: In the chaos after the bomb went off, I was forced to tear apart my shirt to use as bandaging.
glosses: Strips of cloth or other material used to create a bandage.
bandaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bandage
bandaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Wearing or covered in a bandage or bandages
Derived terms: unbandaged
bandaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bandage
hack saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hack saws
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hacksaw.
unwavering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)ʌnˈweɪvəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /(ˌ)ʌnˈweɪvɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌənˈweɪvəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌənˈweɪvɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: more unwavering
form: most unwavering
Etymology: From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + wavering (“being in doubt, indecisive”).
Senses: examples: text: And on this occasion she [Lady Mary, later Mary I of England] wrote the king a letter (which these noblemen seem to be the carriers of) chiefly to shew how unwavering she continued in her formerly declared purpose about religion; […]
ref: 1721, John Strype, “The Lady Mary’s Concern with the King and Council, for Retaining Mass in Her Family. […]”, in Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and Its Reformation, under the Reigns of King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. and Queen Mary the First: […], volume III, London: […] [J. Barfield] for Samuel Bagster, […], published 1816, →OCLC, book II, page 7:
text: [B]y that winding passage, to that bower / I now will go—all objects there will teach me / Unwavering love, and singleness of heart.
ref: [1800?], S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “The Night-scene: A Dramatic Fragment”, in Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, London: Rest Fenner, […], published 1817, →OCLC, page 140:
text: [T]he religious orders who were most unwavering in their allegiance to the papacy, were pressing their opposition to the divorce into rebellion.
ref: 1856, James Anthony Froude, “The Catholic Martyrs”, in History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, volume II, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, page 341:
glosses: Not wavering.
Always on course and steady.
synonyms: constant
nonwavering
staunch
steadfast
strong-handed
tough-minded
unshakable
unshaking
antonyms: wavering
examples: text: For, foraſmuch as Faith properly ſo called is nothing but an unvvavering Aſſent to ſome Doctrine propoſed upon the ground of infallible Teſtimony, there muſt be ſome Reaſon to perſuade us that that Teſtimony is infallible; […]
ref: 1713, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “A Brief Discourse of the True Grounds of the Certainty of Faith in Points of Religion”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Joseph Downing […], →OCLC, page 579:
glosses: Not wavering.
Not doubting or unsure; decisive, firm, resolute.
synonyms: word: certain
word: sure
word: assured
word: certain
word: clear
word: confident
word: definite
word: doubtless
word: positive
word: sicker
word: sure
word: unambiguous
word: unequivocal
word: univocal
word: unwavering
word: wis
antonyms: indecisive
in two minds
irresolute
of two minds
uncertain
undecided
vacillating
wavering
Derived terms: unwaveringly
unwaveringness
Related terms: word: nonwavering
word: waver
word: waverer
word: wavering
zaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cariban.
Senses: examples: text: On shore, the mule's pinkish ears revolved lazily in the shade of the zaman tree.
ref: 1995, Madison Smartt Bell, All souls' rising, page 327:
glosses: Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.
Synonyms: sense: Albizia saman
word: monkey pod
sense: Albizia saman
word: rain tree
sense: Albizia saman
word: saman
sense: Albizia saman
word: zamang
spirit level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirit levels
Senses: qualifier: tool
glosses: A tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid (usually alcohol, hence spirit) and an air bubble, used to determine a horizontal or vertical reference line.
Synonyms: bubble level
p'tcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petchah
Etymology: Apparently from Turkish paça çorbası, literally "leg soup".
Senses: glosses: Calves'-foot jelly, a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish.
Synonyms: fisnoga
galareta
point source
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: point sources
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: a source of pollution, radiation, waves, fluid or other substance that has one specific location (and negligible physical extent, distinguishing a point source from other source geometries). In simulations they can often be approximated using mathematical point sources.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the abstract concept of a singularity emitting a flux or flow. A source with infinitesimal dimensions in space.
boluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolus
transdermal patch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transdermal patches
Senses: glosses: A plastic patch that has been impregnated with medication. The patch is applied to the skin and delivers a steady dose of medication over time.
Synonyms: skin patch
hydrocodone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ.dɹoʊˈkoʊˌdoʊn/
Forms: form: hydrocodones
Etymology: From (di)hydro + cod(eine) + -one.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A habit-forming compound that is derived from codeine and is administered in the form of its bitartrate C₁₈H₂₁NO₃·C₄H₆O₆ usually in combination with other drugs (as acetaminophen) as an analgesic or antitussive.
Derived terms: conorfone
hydrocodone bitartrate
bronchodilator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchodilators
Etymology: From broncho- + dilator.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs
Derived terms: monobronchodilator
postbronchodilator
prebronchodilator
maist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: most
maist
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: most
maist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mayst.
fae
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fae
form: most fae
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fey (“magical, fairylike”).
fae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fae
form: faes
Senses: examples: text: The perfect companion to your favorite book series, this coloring book filled with fire-breathing dragons, dagger-wielding warriors, and fierce and lovely fae will make all your romantasies come true.
ref: 2024, Ana Bidault, Hannah Konetzki, Paule Ledesma, Vera Ma, Eeva Nikunen, Jenna Stark, “Color Happily Ever After”, in Romantasy: A Coloring Book, [Garden City, N.Y.]: Dover Publications, →ISBN, back cover:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fey (“fairy folk”).
fae
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: fae
form: faer
form: faers
form: faerself
Senses: examples: text: Vandikas' parents, for example, haven't yet fully embraced the concept. Faer mother once asked faer to help her understand how fae would like her to talk about faer. Fae was encouraged, but faer mother's use of the pronouns didn't last – maybe, fae said, because it was such a foreign concept to the older generation, "so I just said to myself, she's my mom, I'll deal with it."
ref: 2016 September 22, Kim Zarzour, “Language Matters”, in Parkdale Villager, Parkdale, Toronto, ON, page 15:
text: Fae had decked faerself in a modest amount of cheap jewelry, faer makeup inexpertly applied.
ref: 2022, Novae Caelum, The Truthspoken Heir: The Stars and Green Magics - Season One, unnumbered page:
text: Soul describes and shares part of the "I AM" poem which fae wrote for faer college application.
ref: 2022, Sherry Paris, You Can Make a Difference!: A Creative Workbook and Journal for Young Activists, page 24:
glosses: A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Derived terms: faefolk
faeling
genderfae
Related terms: faerie
dooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dookers
Etymology: From dook + -er.
Senses: examples: text: hehe spooky dookers?
ref: 2001 April 29, oldmolly, “A Different View of Ferrets in Our Lives?”, in alt.pets.ferrets (Usenet):
text: Congrats on both types of "babies" :) Having a dooker is wonderful! It might even spread to your other weasels - like G.I.R's did :)
ref: 2002 February 2, scoiveg, “Ferret math strikes again”, in alt.pets.ferrets (Usenet):
text: Little ball of energy on slightly-wobbly legs. Deaf as a frikken rock, but is a real dooker when he gets wound up.
ref: 2004 June 10, lin, “In Other News.......”, in alt.pets.ferrets (Usenet):
glosses: A ferret that tends to dook.
Related terms: mollydooker
ruby slippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the red shoes worn by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, that had magic properties unknown until the end of the story.
Senses: glosses: A valuable feature (of software, etc.) overlooked by the user.
photoperiod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoperiods
Etymology: From photo- + period.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The normal duration of natural daylight experienced by an organism; daylength
Synonyms: day
daylength
daytime
Derived terms: photoperiodism
Related terms: circadian rhythm
photophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photophilic
form: most photophilic
Etymology: From photo- + -philic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That thrives in bright sunlight
photophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photophobic
form: most photophobic
Etymology: From photo- + -phobic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That thrives at a relatively low light level.
examples: text: The maggots are photophobic: light drives them into the deepest corners of the wound, which is where they need to be.
ref: 2009, Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood, Virago Press (2020), page 432:
glosses: of, relating to, or exhibiting photophobia.
Derived terms: photophobicity
photophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photophores
Etymology: From photo- (“light”) + -phore (“bearer”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A light-emitting organ, found in some fish and other marine animals.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of endoscope using an electric light.
photophoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + -phoresis.
Senses: glosses: The slow drift of fine particles suspended in a gas away from a strong light source
photophosphorylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + phosphorylase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that is involved in the photosynthetic phosphorylation of ATP.
aff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æf/
rhymes: -æf
Forms: form: affs
Etymology: Apocopic form of affirmative.
Senses: qualifier: debating
glosses: affirmative; the resolution made by one group and countered by the opposing group's negative
photophosphorylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photophosphorylations
Etymology: From photo- + phosphorylation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: photosynthetic phosphorylation
photophygous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photophygous
form: most photophygous
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That thrives in shade
Related terms: photophobic
photopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phot- + -opia.
Senses: glosses: Normal daylight vision, in which the cone cells are used.
Related terms: photopic
photopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photopia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Used in normal daylight.
raw_tags: of vision
Coordinate terms: mesopic
scotopic
Related terms: chloropic
cyanopic
erythropic
melanopic
photopia
rhodopic
mesopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: used in low light levels
raw_tags: of vision
Coordinate terms: photopic
scotopic
scotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skə(ʊ)ˈtɒp.ɪk/
ipa: /skəˈtoʊ.pɪk/
ipa: /skəˈtɑp.ɪk/
ipa: /skoʊˈtɔp.ɪk/
ipa: /skoʊˈtɑp.ɪk/
Etymology: From scotopia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: scotopic vision
text: In the ray of torchlight, silvery white seagulls with scotopic eyes that could see in the darkness, were piercing the green water.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 421:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
coordinate_terms: photopic
mesopic
glosses: Relating to or denoting vision in dim light, believed to involve chiefly the rods of the retina.
Related terms: word: scotopia
stot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stŏt
ipa: /stɒt/
ipa: /stɔt/
enpr: stät
ipa: /stɑt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: haught stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: stots
Etymology: From Middle English stot, from Old English stott (“a hack, jade, or worthless horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *stott, *stutt, of uncertain origin; yet, probably related to Old Norse stútr (“young bull, steer”) (whence Danish stud (“a castrated bull, steer”), Swedish stut (“a steer”)). Compare also English stoat.
Senses: glosses: An inferior horse.
glosses: An ox or bull.
glosses: A heifer.
stot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stŏt
ipa: /stɒt/
ipa: /stɔt/
enpr: stät
ipa: /stɑt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: haught stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: stots
form: stott
Etymology: Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten (“to push”) or Middle Low German stôten, from Old Saxon stōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną (“to push, jolt, bump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).
Also compare Middle English steten (“to thrust, strike, push, knock down”), Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan), Old Saxon stotan.
Senses: examples: text: Instead of dropping the golden cones safely into his bag he let them dribble out of his hands so that, in the expectancy before the violence of the storm, the tiny stots from one transfigured branch to another could be clearly heard.
ref: 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 148:
glosses: A bounce or rebound.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A leap using all four legs at once.
raw_tags: of quadrupeds
stot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stŏt
ipa: /stɒt/
ipa: /stɔt/
enpr: stät
ipa: /stɑt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: haught stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: stots
form: stotting
form: stottin
form: stotted
form: stotted
form: stott
Etymology: Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten (“to push”) or Middle Low German stôten, from Old Saxon stōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną (“to push, jolt, bump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).
Also compare Middle English steten (“to thrust, strike, push, knock down”), Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan), Old Saxon stotan.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I've plenty of money in my bank – and I have my cheque book here – could one of you cash a cheque for five pounds? – I promise it won't stot.’
ref: 1996, Alasdair Gray, “Lack of Money”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 285:
glosses: To bounce, rebound or ricochet.
glosses: To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
glosses: To stumble.
examples: text: This vigorous and conspicuous leaping in front of a predator is analogous to bird alarm calls, in that it seems to warn companions of danger while apparently calling the predator’s attention to the stotter himself. We have a responsibility to explain stotting Tommies and all similar phenomena, and this is something I am going to face in later chapters.
ref: 1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Kindle edition, OUP Oxford, published 2016, page 14:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: pronk
glosses: To leap using all four legs at once.
raw_tags: of quadrupeds
glosses: To strike, push, shove.
Derived terms: stotter
stottie
photopigment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photopigments
Etymology: From photo- + pigment.
Senses: glosses: Any pigment that is unstable in the presence of light; used especially of the chromophore pigments in the rod cells and cone cells of the eye
Related terms: opsin
rhodopsin
photopolymer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photopolymers
Etymology: From photo- + polymer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer that reacts to light with a physical or chemical change, used especially for teeth fillings
Derived terms: photopolymeric
photoproduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoproducts
Etymology: From photo- + product.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any product of a photochemical reaction.
photoproton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoprotons
Etymology: From photo- + proton.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any proton produced in a photonuclear reaction
photoreaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ækʃən
Forms: form: photoreactions
Etymology: From photo- + reaction.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a photochemical reaction
photoreactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoreactivations
Etymology: From photo- + reactivation.
Senses: glosses: reactivation by light
Related terms: photodeactivation
reactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reactivations
Etymology: From re- + activation.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps most alarming, reports arrive each hour of reawakened Precursor artifacts, including orbital ribbons, star roads, planetary fortresses, and citadels. Combined defense forces are inadequate to investigate and confirm all instances of these reactivations. They appear to be galaxy-wide.
ref: 2013 March 19, Greg Bear, String 18, in Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga; 3), New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 187:
text: The link also requires reactivation between South Acton Junction and Old Kew Junction (Kew Bridge). Both currently have occasional empty stock workings and excursion traffic.
ref: 2024 March 6, Howard Johnston, “Network News: TfL prioritises London West Orbital for 2032”, in RAIL, number 1004, pages 14-15:
glosses: The activation of something previously inactive or inactivated.
c.f.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: c.f.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of cantus firmus.
c.f.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cf..
untitled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + titled.
Senses: examples: text: an untitled book
text: an untitled noble
synonyms: unnamed
glosses: Having no title.
photoreactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photoreactive
form: most photoreactive
Etymology: From photo- + reactive.
Senses: glosses: that participates in, or initiates a photoreaction
Derived terms: nonphotoreactive
photoreceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoreceptors
Etymology: From photo- + receptor.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A specialized neuron or other structure able to detect and react to light.
Derived terms: interphotoreceptor
multiphotoreceptor
ganging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡæn.d͡ʒɪŋ/
Forms: form: gangings
Senses: examples: text: The object of the snood swivels, in which the gangings are so easily adjustable, is to save time in removing the fish and in baiting the hooks.
ref: 1887, George Brown Goode, The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States:
text: The full length of each tub was just under half a mile and had a total of 270 gangings and hooks if it was a nine-foot rig. Each line was coiled into a wooden barrel three feet in diameter and thirty inches high.
ref: 2011, Brenda Bishop Booma, Hugh Peabody Bishop, Marblehead's First Harbor:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing.
ganging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæn.d͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡæŋ.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡæn.d͡ʒɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: Some never-atrophying instinct warned him of danger, of gangings up against him--he was never so dangerous himself as when others considered him surrounded.
ref: 1934, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night:
glosses: The formation of a gang or clique.
ganging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæn.d͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡæŋ.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɡæn.d͡ʒɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gang
Related terms: back-ganging
family ganging
photoreconnaissance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + reconnaissance.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The making of aerial photographs as a means of military reconnaissance, especially of potential targets.
ganged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ganged
form: most ganged
Derived terms: unganged
ganged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gang
photoreduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoreductions
Etymology: From photo- + reduction.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The addition of an electron to a photoexcited species.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reduction reaction that takes place in the presence of light.
Related terms: photooxidation
photorefractive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + refractive.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: of or relating to a change in refractive index in the presence of light
Derived terms: nonphotorefractive
photorefractive keratectomy
photorefractively
photorelief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoreliefs
Etymology: From photo- + relief.
Senses: glosses: A photograph having relief information added.
glosses: A photograph of a relief model.
Derived terms: photorelief map
photoresist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoresists
Etymology: From photo- + resist.
Senses: glosses: A light-sensitive film used in photolithography and photoengraving.
photoresistive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photoresistive
form: most photoresistive
Etymology: From photo- + resistive.
Senses: glosses: photoconductive
photoresistor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoresistors
Etymology: From photo- + resistor.
Senses: examples: text: Use the preceding circuit, but replace the slide switch (S1) with the photoresistor (RP). Cover and uncover the photoresistor to change the sound.
ref: 2022 March 24, “Elements 140”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, page 10:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electronic component whose resistance is inversely proportional to the intensity of incident light.
Related terms: photodiode
varistor
thermistor
resistor
photoreversal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + reversal.
Senses: glosses: photoreactivation
Related terms: photoreversible
photoscanner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoscanners
Etymology: From photo- + scanner.
Senses: glosses: A device which photographically records the gamma rays passing through tissue that has been injected with a radioactive material.
Related terms: photoscan
photoscanning
audaciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ô-dāʹshəs-nəs
ipa: /ɔˈdeɪ.ʃəs.nəs/
Forms: form: audaciousnesses
Etymology: From audacious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Risky or daring behaviour.
examples: text: The audaciousness of this made Tom smile: ‘Seriously? Come on. Letʼs be serious.’
ref: 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 133:
glosses: Impudence.
Synonyms: audacity
Related terms: audacious
audibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audibilities
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin audibilitās.
Senses: examples: text: At a later date in production, the Western Region requested that the two-tone air horns should be placed on the cab roof instead of behind the buffer beam, in order to increase audibility.
ref: 1962 March, Brian Haresnape, “Design in 1961—a Retrospect”, in Modern Railways, page 191:
synonyms: audibleness
glosses: The quality of being heard or understood; the degree to which a thing is audible.
audiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From audiology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to audiology, or the study of hearing.
Derived terms: nonaudiological
audiometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audiometers
Etymology: From audio- + -meter.
Senses: synonyms: acoumeter
sonometer
glosses: An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
Related terms: audiometric
audiometry
audiovisuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: audiovisual material
augustness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: augustnesses
Etymology: From august + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being august or noble.
auspiciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auspicious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being auspicious or successful.
Synonyms: sense: state of being auspicious
word: propitiousness
sense: state of being successful
word: success
Related terms: auspiciously
automation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: [ˌɔ.ɾəˈmeɪ.ʃən]
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌɑː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
note: of Canada
ipa: [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmeɪ.ʃən]
ipa: /ˌoː.təˈmæɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: automations
Etymology: From automatic + -ion or automaton + -ion; coined by a Ford Executive Vice President, Delmar S. Harder, in the 1940s.
Senses: examples: text: The presidential campaign has been more focused on Bain Capital and an “apology tour” than on the challenges created by globalization and automation.
ref: 2012 October 24, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: When deployed by monopolies / cartels, automation institutionalizes mediocrity, and soon everyone forgets excellence and quality because they no longer have any experience of either one.
ref: 2025 February 14, Charles Hugh Smith, Automation Institutionalizes Mediocrity:
synonyms: automatization
glosses: The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
Derived terms: word: agrimation
english: back-formation
translation: back-formation
word: automate
word: automation bias
word: automation complacency
word: cybernation
word: fauxtomation
word: home automation
word: hyperautomation
word: island of automation
word: manumation
word: nonautomation
word: office automation
word: semiautomation
word: sortation
Related terms: automat
automatic
automatize
automaton
autonomation
automatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: automatizes
form: automatizing
form: automatized
form: automatized
form: automatise
Etymology: From French automatiser, from automate (“automaton”). Equivalent to automate + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Student responses are gradually automatized through repetition.
glosses: To make or become automatic.
examples: text: We need to automatize our production facility.
glosses: To cause to be automated; to automate.
Derived terms: automatization
Related terms: automation
automaton
automate
tildes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪl.dɛz/
/ˈtɪl.dəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of tilde
scientists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scientist
Ascension Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əˈsɛnʃən ˌaɪ̯lənd/
Etymology: From its discovery on Ascension Day in the year 1503 CE.
Senses: synonyms: Ascension
glosses: An island and constituent part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located in the South Atlantic Ocean.
tyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
homophone: tine
homophone: Tyne
Etymology: See teen.
Senses: examples: text: with labour and long tyne
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 15:
glosses: anxiety; teen
tyne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
homophone: tine
homophone: Tyne
Forms: form: tynes
form: tyning
form: tyned
form: tyned
Etymology: See teen.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Yes, bonny wee thing, I’ll wear you in my bosom, lest my jewel I should tyne.’
ref: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre:
glosses: To lose.
glosses: To become lost; to perish.
tyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
homophone: tine
homophone: Tyne
Forms: form: tynes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tine.
enjambement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enjambements
Etymology: Borrowed from French enjambement.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of enjambment.
Pascuense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pascuense, from Pascua + -ense, from Isla de Pascua (“Easter Island”).
Senses: glosses: The native people of Easter Island.
Pascuense
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pascuense, from Pascua + -ense, from Isla de Pascua (“Easter Island”).
Senses: glosses: The Rapa Nui language.
finishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪʃɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of finish
finishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪʃɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of finish
sequaciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sequaciously
form: most sequaciously
Etymology: From sequacious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: by a logically developed argument.
examples: text: "Halleluja!" bleated the crowd sequaciously.
ref: 1989, Nick Cave, And the Ass Saw the Angel:
glosses: with blind acceptance.
monotheists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monotheist
state capitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of state capital
hyalescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Etymology: From hyalo- + -escent.
Senses: examples: text: The cruel crimson scar blanched and became a pale violet, and his vulturous eyes glazed, turned hyalescent […] as if the hell-fire that had raged behind them had burnt itself out […]
ref: 1989, Nick Cave, And the Ass Saw the Angel:
topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Which becomes translucent.
thrapples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrapple
thrapples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thrapple
unman
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈmæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: unmans
form: unmanning
form: unmanned
form: unmanned
Etymology: From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.
Senses: examples: text: Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables.
ref: 1881, Sir Thomas Browne, William Alexander Greenhill, Religio Medici; Letter to a Friend; Christian Morals, page 215:
glosses: To divest of humanity.
examples: text: He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot.
ref: 1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, volume 1, page 264:
synonyms: emasculate
glosses: To castrate; to remove the manhood of.
examples: text: I hope to God his theories will not unman him in action, that he will not be musing and refining when he should be leading the Jacks […]
ref: 1855, William Delafield Arnold, Oakfield: Or, Fellowship in the East, page 280:
text: He dressed moodily, and left the room to go down to breakfast. Breakfast would at least alleviate this sinking feeling which was unmanning him.
ref: 1919 May 10 – June 28, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, “A Damsel in Distress”, in George Horace Lorimer, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 191, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, →ISSN:
text: Meta has created a vision of life in which, without A.I. aiding his every word, an individual can be left reeling by the simplest of human interactions, unmanned by an ordinary dad joke.
ref: 2025 June 25, Ismail Muhammad, “Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: emasculate
glosses: To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.
glosses: To deprive of men.
Derived terms: unmanner
unmans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unman
unmanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unman + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unman
unmanning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmanning
form: most unmanning
Etymology: From unman + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Blanford did not see quite how; but her sweet enthusiasm was so warming, and the tang of her kiss so unmanning that he found himself nodding agreement.
ref: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 407:
glosses: That destroys manly virtues or qualities; that renders effeminate or helpless.
unmanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unmannings
Etymology: From unman + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Schreber's transformation into a woman begins internally, in terms of thoughts and sensations and nerves. Only then does it begin to manifest itself externally. In this respect, Schreber mentions two brief unmannings in the asylum.
ref: 2004, Michael Vannoy Adams, The Fantasy Principle: Psychoanalysis of the Imagination, page 106:
glosses: The removal of manly qualities.
waled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wale
sleeks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sleek
sleeked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sleek
sleeking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sleek
sleeking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleekings
Senses: examples: text: Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft,
And your face smooth with ointments […]
ref: 1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer:
text: Some inconspicuous fluffings and sleekings of its plumage may serve as visible displays, yet are sufficiently subtle that a human observer detects them only with difficulty […]
ref: 2009, William John Smith, The Behavior of Communicating: An Ethological Approach, page 66:
glosses: A process of making smooth or glossy.
winning streak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winning streaks
Senses: glosses: An uninterrupted sequence of wins.
Synonyms: lucky streak
run of luck
Related terms: losing streak
on a tear
losing streak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: losing streaks
Senses: glosses: An uninterrupted sequence of losses.
examples: text: When I'm ridin' round the world / And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that / And I'm tryin' to make some girl, who tells me / Baby, better come back, maybe next week / 'Cause you see I'm on a losing streak
ref: 1965, Jagger–Richards, “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”, performed by The Rolling Stones:
glosses: Menstruation
Related terms: winning streak
numbering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numberings
Etymology: From Middle English nombrynge; equivalent to number + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.
glosses: The action of creating or assigning such a sequence for identification.
glosses: The action of counting or ordering with numbers.
Synonyms: sense: action of counting or ordering with numbers
word: enumeration
word: telling
word: counting
Derived terms: auto numbering
autonumbering
Bates numbering
Gödel numbering
page numbering
numbering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English nombrynge; equivalent to number + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of number
valedictory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvælɪˈdɪktəɹi/
ipa: /ˌvælɪˈdɪktɹi/
ipa: /ˌvæləˈdɪktəɹi/
ipa: /ˌvæləˈdɪktɹi/
Forms: form: valedictories
Etymology: From Latin valedictum + English -ory (suffix forming nouns meaning ‘that which pertains to’, or adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Valedictum is the accusative supine of valedīcō (“to bid farewell; to give a valediction”), from valē (“farewell, goodbye”) (the imperative of valeō (“to be healthy or well; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“powerful, strong; to rule”)) + dīcō (“to say, speak”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)). By surface analysis, valedict + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: [Jean-Claude] Juncker gave an emotional valedictory. When he stopped speaking, an Italian journalist stood up. "History will judge you, Mr Juncker," the journalist said solemnly, "but we will never forget you" before urging a round of applause for the Luxembourger's "30 years as a true European".
ref: 2020 March 13, Katherine Butler, “How will we report on the EU now that the UK is out?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2020:
glosses: An address given on an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
glosses: A speech given by a valedictorian at a commencement or graduation ceremony.
Related terms: salutatory
photosensitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photosensitivities
Etymology: From photo- + sensitivity.
Senses: glosses: sensitivity to light, especially a heightened response to light
Related terms: photosensitive
phototest
phototoxicity
photodermatotoxicity
Knuckles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From knuckles.
Senses: glosses: A nickname for a man employed for his fistfighting skill.
photosensitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photosensitizations
Etymology: From photo- + sensitization.
Senses: glosses: The acquisition of photosensitivity
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The transfer of a photon from one excited state to another, which then undergoes a reaction
photosensitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photosensitizes
form: photosensitizing
form: photosensitized
form: photosensitized
Etymology: From photo- + sensitize.
Senses: glosses: to make something photosensitive
CLO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CLOs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of chief legal officer.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of collateralized loan obligation.
glosses: Initialism of cod liver oil.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of campylobacter-like organism.
acquittances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acquittance