cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lounging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loungings
Senses: examples: text: It is a world of idle 45-minute loungings in the basement waiting for the machine to finish its cycle […]
ref: 2013, Graham Harman, Bells and Whistles: More Speculative Realism:
glosses: The act of one who lounges.
Derived terms: lounging cap
laboring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: labouring
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of labor
laboring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laborings
form: labouring
Senses: glosses: The act of one who labors; toil; work done.
Derived terms: laboring oar
laboring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more laboring
form: most laboring
form: labouring
Derived terms: laboringly
nonlaboring
lavished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lavish
tightened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tighten
hammering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hammerings
Senses: examples: text: Repeated hammerings by the smith thin the metal and make it tough.
text: Hearing a hammering on the door, I ran downstairs to open it.
glosses: A period of being beaten or hammered.
glosses: A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer.
examples: text: Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure
ref: 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A heavy defeat.
hammering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hammer
hammering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Derived terms: hammeringly
tilted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tilt
tilted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Through the thicker mist that afternoon a white tilted cart sailed joltingly, taking its bearings from the various landmarks rather than from the undefined track.
ref: 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 45:
glosses: Of a vehicle, fitted with a tilt (canvas covering).
topics: board-games
chess
games
video-games
glosses: To be in a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
disengaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/
Etymology: From disengage + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disengage
disengaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/
Forms: form: more disengaged
form: most disengaged
Etymology: From disengage + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: “Calm yourself, dear Arthur,” she said, in her low rich voice, and sniffled sweetly and gravely upon him. Then, with her disengaged hand, she put the hair lightly off his throbbing forehead.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: Not engaged; at leisure; free from occupation or attachment; unconnected; detached.
examples: text: These perused, the Major took out his pocket-book to see on what days he was disengaged, and which of these many hospitable calls he could afford to accept or decline.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 1, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: ‘You must come and dine with us some night. Tuesday? Are you disengaged Tuesday?’
ref: 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 40:
glosses: Not (socially) engaged; available, free.
Derived terms: disengagedness
flagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -æɡɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flag
flagging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -æɡɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: These cars without doubt were the salvation of the C.I.E. network, as they provided fast, economical services with a degree of comfort which did much to retrieve a flagging passenger traffic.
ref: 1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 467:
glosses: Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength; dwindling.
Derived terms: flaggingly
unflagging
flagging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -æɡɪŋ
Forms: form: flaggings
Senses: glosses: A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
examples: text: That secret intoxication of pleasure, with all those transient flushings of guilt and joy, which the poet represents in our first parents upon their eating the forbidden fruit, to those flaggings of spirit, damps of sorrow, and mutual accusations which succeed it […]
ref: 1712 April 23 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, April 12, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 351; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume IV, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: The process by which something flags or tires.
examples: text: Because older TVs are not able to respond quickly enough to the horizontal time-base errors introduced from the VCR, a VCR connected to an older TV may cause severe bending or flagging at the top of the picture yet appear to operate normally on a newer TV set.
ref: 1998, Robert Brenner, Gregory Capelo, VCR Troubleshooting and Repair, page 158:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: The skewing or bending of the upper part of a television picture due to imperfect synchronization of the video signal.
glosses: Use of a handkerchief code or analogous display to signal sexual interests.
Derived terms: false flagging
thawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From thaw + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thaw
thawing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thawings
Etymology: From thaw + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Hence, there is a succession of thawings and freezings. The former expand, and endeavour to restore the surface of the ground to its natural condition, while the latter contract and harden it.
ref: 1829, James Macauley, The natural, statistical, and civil history of the state of New York:
glosses: The process by which something thaws.
favouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of favour
Derived terms: favouringly
favouring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: favourings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of favoring.
modulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of modulate
disappearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disappear
disappearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disappearings
Senses: examples: text: Sudden and extensive disappearings and fresh appearings would startle and confound us, and if continued, would shatter our sense of personality out of us.
ref: 1866, Caleb Webb, Discourses on 'the Lord's prayer, page 120:
glosses: disappearance
dubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌbd/
rhymes: -ʌbd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dub
craved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹeɪvd/
rhymes: -eɪvd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crave
coughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cough
coughing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coughings
Senses: examples: text: The good signor's little address was received in a variety of ways: there were titterings and coughings, and there were also a few instances of noble and generous response to poor Leonard's action […]
ref: 1855, Anna Mary Howitt, A school of life, page 63:
text: "I've been directed here to find Miss Susan Pike," the man outside explained, between fresh coughings. ¶ "Well, then, mog your boots out of this as quick as ever you can!" my Aunt replied, with great promptitude. "You won't find her here!"
ref: 1894, Harold Frederic, “My Aunt Susan”, in Marsena and Other Stories of the Wartime, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 200:
text: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis and another boy interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 26:
text: He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]
ref: 2011, John O'Loughlin, Two Sides of the Same Coin:
glosses: A cough; the act of coughing.
examples: text: The nocturnal sounds of the mountains were new to him, yet they fell upon his ears like the soft voice of a half-forgotten love. Many he intuitively sensed—ah, there was one that was familiar indeed; the distant coughing of Sheeta, the leopard; but there was a strange note in the final wail which made him doubt.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 81:
glosses: A repetitive vocalisation of a bird or other animal that resembles human coughing.
complacently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: complaisantly
Forms: form: more complacently
form: most complacently
Etymology: From complacent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.”
ref: 2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
discriminating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈkɹɪmɪneɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/
Forms: form: more discriminating
form: most discriminating
Senses: glosses: Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive
synonyms: select
glosses: Having a discerning judgment or taste
Derived terms: discriminatingly
enantiodiscriminating
indiscriminating
nondiscriminating
undiscriminating
discriminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈkɹɪmɪneɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of discriminate
branching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹænt͡ʃɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of branch
branching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹænt͡ʃɪŋ/
Forms: form: branchings
Senses: glosses: A process of forming a branch.
Derived terms: anabranching
branchingly
branching process
branching ratio
hyperbranching
microbranching
multibranching
nonbranching
overbranching
unbranching
coarsely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sli/
Forms: form: more coarsely
form: most coarsely
Etymology: From earlier coursely, from Middle English coursly (“naturally, logically”); equivalent to coarse + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: Wild nuts, peas, vetch, a legume which had edible seed pods, and grasses were often combined with pulses like beans or lentils, the most commonly identified ingredient, and at times, wild mustard. To make the plants more palatable, pulses, which have a naturally bitter taste, were soaked, coarsely ground or pounded with stones to remove their husk.
ref: 2022 November 22, Katie Hunt, “Neanderthals cooked meals with pulses 70,000 years ago”, in CNN:
glosses: in a coarse manner
commencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of commence
basics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basic
perpendicularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more perpendicularly
form: most perpendicularly
Etymology: From perpendicular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a perpendicular manner.
bookkeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/
Forms: form: bookkeepings
form: book-keeping
form: book keeping
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
coordinate_terms: accounting#Noun
accountancy#Noun[Appendix:Glossary#loosely|loosely]] synonymous>
glosses: The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: housekeeping
glosses: General tasks for maintaining a system.
Derived terms: bookkeeping machine
double bookkeeping
Hollywood bookkeeping
nonbookkeeping
Related terms: recordkeeping
record-keeping
scorekeeping
timekeeping
time-keeping
bookkeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/
Forms: form: book-keeping
form: book keeping
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bookkeep
mock up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mocks up
form: mocking up
form: mocked up
form: mocked up
Senses: examples: text: They used paper and cardboard to mock up the layout for the control panel.
coordinate_terms: simulate
sketch#Verb
glosses: To create a model or demonstration; to create a preliminary version or sample.
Derived terms: word: mock-up
word: mockup
NSM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NSMs
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of natural semantic metalanguage.
examples: text: A North Star Metric (NSM) allows everyone, irrespective of team status, to ask, “How is what I'm doing today helping move the needle on our NSM?”
ref: 2020, Anuj Adhiya, Growth Hacking For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
topics: business
qualifier: product development
glosses: Initialism of North Star metric.
NSM
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of not station mated.
raw_tags: of cattle
polyposis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyposes
Etymology: From polyp + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A hereditary disease characterised by numerous polyps that erupt in various parts of the body, especially the colon
Derived terms: adenopolyposis
juvenile polyposis syndrome
nonpolyposis
polyposic
polyprotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyprotic
form: most polyprotic
Etymology: From poly- + protic.
Senses: examples: text: Many acids, however, are able to furnish more than one proton per molecule; these are known as polyprotic acids.
ref: 1946, Alexander Smith, Smith's College Chemistry, page 267:
text: Some important acids, such as sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) and phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄) can furnish more than one proton and are called polyprotic acids.
ref: 2011, Steven S. Zumdahl, Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach:
text: Carbonic acid from CO₂ and amino acids from proteins are examples of polyprotic acids—those having more than one acidic proton.
ref: 2012, Daniel C. Harris, Exploring Chemical Analysis, page 233:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That can donate (or accept) more than one proton; polybasic.
raw_tags: of an acid or a base
polyptych
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪptɪk/
Forms: form: polyptychs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύπτυχος (polúptukhos, “with many folds”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).
Senses: examples: text: [...], a polyptych is a painting with more than one section – a diptych is a painting in two parts or sections, a triptych in three, and so on. Perhaps the most famous polyptych is the Ghent Altarpiece by the early Flemish painters Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
ref: 2021 September 7, Reginald Wiebe, Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics, Vernon Press, →ISBN:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together, often with hinges.
Hyponyms: diptych
triptych
tetraptych
quadriptych
polyribonucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyribonucleotides
Etymology: From poly- + ribonucleotide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A biological macromolecule consisting of multiple ribonucleotides
Related terms: polyribonucleotidyl
polyribosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyribosomes
Etymology: From poly- + ribosome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cluster of ribosomes, connected by mRNA, that collectively synthesizes protein
Synonyms: polysome
Derived terms: polyribosomal
polysome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysomes
Etymology: From poly- + -some (“nucleic body”).
Senses: glosses: a polyribosome
Related terms: polysomal
philosophaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: philosophasters
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster.
Senses: synonyms: philosophe
glosses: A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.
Derived terms: philosophastering
Related terms: criticaster
medicaster
poetaster
theologaster
mp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Ribeye steak – $20; Pork chop – $15; Lobster – mp
glosses: Initialism of market price – written on menus instead of a price to mean the price charged depends on the price of supplies, which may vary.
Synonyms: english: as quoted
translation: as quoted
word: aq
mf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mfs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of motherfucker; also MF.
mf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of motherfucking; also MF.
-aster
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -aster (“little, petty, partial, incomplete”).
Senses: examples: text: poet + -aster → poetaster (“unskilled poet”)
text: critic + -aster → criticaster (“petty critic”)
text: pillar + -aster → pilaster (“pillar that does not provide support”)
glosses: Used to form diminutive and pejorative nouns, labeling someone pretending to be what they are not.
polyseme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒ.lɪ.siːm/
Forms: form: polysemes
Etymology: From poly- + seme.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
antonyms: monoseme
hypernyms: word
term
phrase
coordinate_terms: homonym
glosses: A word or phrase that has multiple meanings, or, more specifically, multiple etymologically related meanings.
polyseme
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒ.lɪ.siːm/
Etymology: From poly- + seme.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having multiple meanings.
Related terms: polysemic
polysemy
polysemous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈlɪs.ɪ.məs/
ipa: /ˌpɒl.ɪˈsiː.məs/
ipa: /ˌpɑːl.iˈsiː.məs/
ipa: /pəˈlɪs.ə.məs/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin polysēmus, from Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”).
Senses: examples: text: But just how are the meanings associated with a polysemous word related? A look at the entries for polysemous words in different dictionaries shows that lexicographers cannot agree on how to divide up the semantic space […]
ref: 2000, Yael Ravin, Claudia Leacock, Polysemy: Theoretical and Computational Approaches, Oxford: OUP, →ISBN, page 52:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of polysemic.
synonyms: word: polysemic
Derived terms: nonpolysemous
polysemously
polysemousness
Related terms: bisemous
polysemy
polysepalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + sepalous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: having separate sepals
raw_tags: of a calyx
Related terms: gamosepalous
monosepalous
tetraphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From tetra- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Custom of avoiding the number four (4) commonly seen in East Asian countries in which the words for "4" and "death" are paronymous or homophonous.
crivvens
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪvənz/
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots crivvens. Attested in English from the early 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: Jings, crivvens an' help ma boab!
glosses: An exclamation of astonishment or horror.
Synonyms: wow
gamosepalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gamosepalous
form: most gamosepalous
Etymology: From gamo- + sepalous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having united sepals.
raw_tags: of a calyx
Related terms: monosepalous
polysepalous
monosepalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + sepalous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: having all sepals united
raw_tags: of a calyx
Related terms: gamosepalous
polysepalous
polysomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having one or more duplicated chromosomes beyond the normal diploid complement
glosses: In auto-polyploids, inheritance that involves pairing of homeologous chromosomes, rather than strictly homologous pairs.
Related terms: polysomy
polysomic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysomics
Senses: glosses: such an organism or chromosome
polyspermy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The penetration of an ovum by more than one sperm.
Derived terms: antipolyspermy
electrical polyspermy block
polysquare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysquares
Etymology: From poly- + square.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: a polyomino
polystichous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: arranged in several rows or series
polysynaptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polysynaptic
form: most polysynaptic
Etymology: From poly- + synaptic.
Senses: glosses: of or involving multiple synapses
raw_tags: of a reflex or impulse
Derived terms: polysynaptically
polytene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polytene
form: most polytene
Etymology: From poly- + -tene.
Senses: examples: text: When this was done, it could be shown that the production of polytene chromosomes is not uniform for all chromosomes of a single nucleus, ie, some chromosomes are more polytene than others, […]
ref: 1957, Carl P. Swanson, Cytology and Cytogenetics, page 300:
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Having very large chromosomes with many chromatids (arms).
polytene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytenes
Etymology: From poly- + -tene.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike normal chromosomes, polytenes are visible in a microscope even when cell division is not taking place.
ref: 2002, John Michael Barry, Molecular Embryology, →ISBN, page 91:
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: A very large chromosome with many chromatids (arms); a chromosome exhibiting polyteny
Derived terms: polytenization
Related terms: polytenic
polyteny
polytocous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪt.əˌkəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) + τόκος (tókos).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: monotocous
glosses: Giving birth to multiple offspring at the same time; multiparous.
Related terms: polytoky
polytonality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytonalities
Etymology: From poly- + tonality.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The use of multiple keys in the same composition, especially by multiple instruments at the same time
Synonyms: polyharmony
Related terms: english: using precisely two keys
translation: using precisely two keys
word: bitonality
english: use of more than one harmonic function in one key
translation: use of more than one harmonic function in one key
word: polyvalence
polytrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + -trophic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary
raw_tags: of an insect
glosses: Rich in nutrients
raw_tags: of a lake
Related terms: acrotrophic
polytrophy
polytypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pɒlɪˈtɪpɪk/
Forms: form: more polytypic
form: most polytypic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολῠ- (polŭ-) + τῠπῐκός (tŭpĭkós). By surface analysis, poly- + type + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies
topics: biology
conservation
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: of a habitat, not dominated by a single species
topics: science
sciences
glosses: of a substance, able to exist in more than one crystal structure, these differing in one dimension
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: of a cell sample, containing several cell types
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: of an antibody response, involving several antibodies
glosses: exhibiting polytypism
Synonyms: polytypical
Derived terms: polytypy
polytypism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytypisms
Etymology: From poly- + type + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The existence of multiple types, especially of multiple subspecies.
glosses: The existence of multiple forms differing in only one of the dimensions of the unit cell.
raw_tags: of crystals
polyuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyurias
Etymology: From poly- + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The production of an abnormally large amount of urine; one symptom of diabetes
Synonyms: word: diuresis
word: polyuresis
word: urorrhagia
Derived terms: polyuric
polyvalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyvalent
form: most polyvalent
Etymology: From poly- + -valent.
Senses: glosses: Multivalent; having a number of different forms, purposes, meanings, aspects or principles.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a high valence, especially more than three.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having multiple valencies.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing antibodies to more than one kind of pathogen.
examples: text: The approximately 1000 different cuneiform signs form a complex script system in which practically every symbol is polyvalent, i.e., having multiple phonemic and/or semantic realizations.
ref: 2004, Jonathan Cohen et. al, “iClay: Digitizing Cuneiform”, in The 5th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having several different syllabic or semantic meanings depending on the context.
Derived terms: antipolyvalent
polyvalently
valencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valency
hellgramite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hellgramites
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hellgrammite.
helgramite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helgramites
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hellgrammite.
hellgrammite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlɡɹəˌmaɪt/
Forms: form: hellgrammites
form: hellgramite
form: helgrammite
form: helgramite
Etymology: Unknown
Senses: glosses: The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A lure designed to mimic such a larva.
hellgramites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellgramite
helgramites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helgramite (alternative spelling of hellgramites).
hellgrammites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellgrammite (alternative spelling of hellgramites).
Ruffini's corpuscle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ruffini's corpuscles
Etymology: Named after Angelo Ruffini.
Senses: glosses: The synaptic ending of the sensory nervous system which are encapsulated and respond to stretch and torque. These responses are propagated back to dorsal root ganglia in the form of an action potential.
wikipedia: Angelo Ruffini
Ruffini's corpuscles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ruffini's corpuscle
Eurabian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eurabian
form: most Eurabian
Etymology: From Eurabia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Eurabia.
examples: text: ... the new Eurabian cult, thus conferred a theological value upon Palestinian ...
ref: 2005, Bat Ye, Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis:
text: As bad as it can get—as in societal collapse, fascist revivalism, and then the long Eurabian night, not over the entire Continent but over significant parts ...
ref: 2006, Mark Steyn, America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the geographical area comprising Europe and the Arabian Peninsula or the cultures of the societies inhabiting that area.
glosses: Of mixed European and Arab descent.
Eurabian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurabians
Etymology: From Eurabia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person of mixed European and Arab descent.
fishtanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishtank
poco a poco
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Italian poco a poco.
Senses: examples: text: Crescendo poco a poco – gradually getting louder.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: little by little; gradually
sul ponticello
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Italian.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: chiefly violin
glosses: Bowed near the bridge for the duration of a passage
senza sordino
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Italian senza sordino.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Without the mute. Specifically for the piano: with the sustain pedal.
Related terms: senza sordini
gavotte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒt
Forms: form: gavottes
Etymology: From French, from Provençal gavoto (“dance of the mountain people”), from Old Occitan Gavot (“Alp native”), literally “glutton, boor,” from gaver (“force feed”), from Old Provençal gava (“crop”); attested since the 1690s.
Senses: glosses: A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
gavotte
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒt
Forms: form: gavottes
form: gavotting
form: gavotted
form: gavotted
Etymology: From French, from Provençal gavoto (“dance of the mountain people”), from Old Occitan Gavot (“Alp native”), literally “glutton, boor,” from gaver (“force feed”), from Old Provençal gava (“crop”); attested since the 1690s.
Senses: examples: text: You had one eye in the mirror as / you watched yourself gavotte / And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner / They'd be your partner, and / You're so vain
ref: 1972, Carly Simon, “You're so Vain” (0:36 from the start) (audio recording), performed by Carly Simon, Rhino/Elektra, published 2017:
text: "Upbeat I can do." Karen paged through the options for a while, her pretty face tight, jaw clamped shut, then perked up at something she saw and jabbed the buttons like she wanted to speak to their manager. A bright, jangly guitar burst out of the wall speakers. George Harrison's voice announced that contrary to appearances, it was all right. Karen gavotted into the middle of the bar to dance, eyes closed in rapture.
ref: 2023 August 2, HarryBlank, “Act Your Age”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2024:
glosses: To perform this dance.
shin splint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shin splints
form: shinsplint
form: shinsplint
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A painful inflammation of the muscles in the shins, especially frequent in runners; (more loosely) a painful condition in the shins.
Synonyms: medial tibial syndrome
medial tibial stress syndrome
stress-related anterior lower leg pain
chair plug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chair plugs
Senses: glosses: A person who habitually attends meetings, but makes no active contribution to them
lace-curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lace-curtain
form: most lace-curtain
Etymology: From the practice of putting lace curtains in the windows.
Senses: glosses: Having social aspirations; or pretending to be middle class
lace curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lace curtains
Senses: glosses: A thin, netlike curtain that lets light into a room, but obstructs vision from outside
Related terms: lace-curtain
recuperation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recuperations
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō. By surface analysis, recuperate + -ion.
Senses: synonyms: convalescence
healing
recovery
glosses: Gradual restoration to health.
glosses: Instance of getting something back.
examples: text: [Raoul Vaneigem] I have nothing in common with the spectacular recuperation of a project that, in my case, has remained revolutionary throughout.
ref: 2009 May, Hans Ulrich Obrist, “In Conversation with Raoul Vaneigem”, in e-flux, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2009:
topics: government
human-sciences
politics
sciences
social-science
sociology
antonyms: detournement
coordinate_terms: cooptation
glosses: Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.
Related terms: recuperate
recovery and reconstitution
nearsightedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nearsightednesses
Etymology: From nearsighted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being nearsighted, myopia.
Synonyms: shortsightedness
myope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myopes
Senses: glosses: One who has myopia.
Derived terms: anisomyope
squirrelish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more squirrelish
form: most squirrelish
Etymology: From squirrel + -ish.
Senses: examples: 1834, William Thomas Beckford, Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal
How delighted my friend, the Effendi, must have been upon entering such a paradise, which he soon did after we arrived there, followed by his Armenian interpreter, whom I like better than the Greek, Timoni, with his prying, squirrelish look, and malicious propensities.
1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California
In bountiful seasons a single Indian will gather thirty or forty bushels of them—a fine squirrelish employment.
glosses: Squirrel-like; having qualities associated with squirrels.
Related terms: squirrelly
squirrellian
squirrelline
lacrimation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacrimations
form: lachrymation
Etymology: From Latin lacrimātiō. By surface analysis, lacrimate + -ion.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The shedding or flow of tears; crying.
Derived terms: hyperlacrimation
Related terms: lachrymal
lachrymate
lachrymator
lachrymose
lachrymosity
lachryphage
lachryphagous
lachryphagy
URTI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: URTIs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of upper respiratory tract infection.
repetitious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɹɛpəˈtɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more repetitious
form: most repetitious
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: tedious; see also Thesaurus:wearisome
synonyms: word: recurrent
word: repetitive
word: monotonous
word: perennial
word: recurrent
word: recurring
word: repeating
word: repetitional
word: repetitionary
word: repetitious
word: repetitive
glosses: Characterized by repetition, especially excessive repetition.
Derived terms: repetitiously
repetitiousness
abgusht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abgushts
form: abgoosht
Etymology: From Iranian Persian آبگوشت (âb-gušt), compound of آب (âb, “water”), and گوشت (gušt, “meat”).
Senses: glosses: A Persian dish consisting of a clear broth with meat and other ingredients such as potatoes, beans and dried lemons.
droning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹəʊnɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɹoʊnɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊnɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drone
droning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹəʊnɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɹoʊnɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊnɪŋ
Forms: form: dronings
Senses: examples: text: For a long while a man may hear the droning of little insects and yet not be aware that he hath heard them, so may the gods not hear our prayers at first until they have been very oft repeated.
ref: 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 61:
glosses: A dull humming.
shrinkwrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrinkwraps
Etymology: From shrink + wrap.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shrink-wrap.
Coordinate terms: stretch-wrap
Derived terms: shrinkwrap license
shrinkwrap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shrinkwraps
form: shrinkwrapping
form: shrinkwrapped
form: shrinkwrapped
Etymology: From shrink + wrap.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shrink-wrap.
sole custody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An arrangement whereby only one parent has physical and legal custody of a child while the other parent has visitation rights.
Related terms: joint custody
maternal custody
paternal custody
maternal custody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An arrangement whereby only the mother has physical and legal custody of a child while the father has visitation rights.
Related terms: joint custody
paternal custody
sole custody
paternal custody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An arrangement whereby only the father has physical and legal custody of a child while the mother has visitation rights. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Related terms: joint custody
maternal custody
sole custody
goldilocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊldilɒks/
enpr: gōlʹdē-lŏks
Forms: form: goldilocks
form: goldylocks
Etymology: From goldy + locks. Goldilocks is a traditional children's story and its protagonist.
Senses: glosses: A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
glosses: A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
Derived terms: english: see there for further derivations
translation: see there for further derivations
word: Goldilocks
word: goldilocks buttercup
word: wood goldilocks
moneymaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌniˌmeɪkɚ/
ipa: /ˈmʌniˌmeɪkə/
Forms: form: moneymakers
form: money-maker
form: money maker
Etymology: From Middle English monymaker; equivalent to money + maker.
Senses: examples: text: With careful management, she hoped to grow her small business into a real moneymaker.
text: “The media don’t really give young people role models anymore,” says Christina Chinn, 21, of Denver. “Now you get role models like Donald Trump and all of the moneymakers — no one with real ideals.”
ref: 1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, in Time:
text: School lunch as a moneymaker is not possible in most public schools because the federal National School Lunch Program that provides subsidies to feed low-income students specifically prohibits it.
ref: 2011 April 1, Annette Fuentes, “School Lunches in Affluent Districts Emerge as Moneymakers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: In a sense, The Bleeding Edge is about the privatization of our well-being; our bodies and illnesses are money-makers and, even if we know that our doctors have our best interests in mind, a treatment is some way a transaction between a patient and a glacially huge pharma-medical conglomerate out to make a profit.
ref: 2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018:
glosses: Someone or something that earns or makes money; anything lucrative or profitable.
examples: text: Shake your moneymaker / You gotta shake your moneymaker / And then?
ref: 1961, Elmore James, “Shake Your Moneymaker”, Fire Records:
synonyms: word: 'tocks
word: arse
word: arse cheeks
word: ass
word: ass cheeks
word: back
word: backside
word: batty
word: behind
word: blessed assurance
word: booty
word: botty
word: bottom
word: bum
word: bum cheeks
word: buns
word: butt
word: butt cheeks
word: buttocks
word: caboose
word: cheeks
word: derriere
word: fanny
word: fourth point of contact
word: gluteus maximus
word: glutes
word: gooseberry-grinder
word: gyatt
raw_tags: used jokingly by generation alpha preteens
word: heinie
word: hiney
word: hinderlin
word: hurdies
word: jacksie
word: keester
word: keister
word: moon
word: moneymaker
word: nates
word: nether cheeks
word: patootie
word: peach
word: posterior
word: rear
word: rear end
word: rump
word: seat
word: sit upon
word: tail
word: toches
word: tush
word: tushie
glosses: (usually a woman's) butt, ass, rear end
glosses: A lady’s breast.
glosses: One who makes (especially counterfeit) money.
moneymakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moneymaker
earns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːnz/
enpr: ûrnz
ipa: /ɝnz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nz
homophone: erns
homophone: ernes
homophone: urns
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of earn
hornpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hornpipes
Etymology: From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn + pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
glosses: A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
glosses: A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
glosses: Music played to the hornpipe dance
Derived terms: hornpiper
hornpipist
hornpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hornpipes
form: hornpiping
form: hornpiped
form: hornpiped
Etymology: From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn + pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
Senses: glosses: To dance the hornpipe.
postbellum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛləm
Forms: form: post-bellum
Etymology: From Latin post bellum (literally “after the war”).
Senses: examples: text: For most Europeans, a postbellum world had seemed the self-evident future, says Finland’s president, Sauli Niinistö.
ref: 2023 September 30, Patrick Wintour, quoting Sauli Niinistö, “‘No turning back’: how the Ukraine war has profoundly changed the EU”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Of the period following a war.
examples: text: Midway through Donald McCaig’s unexpectedly diverting novel, “Rhett Butler’s People,” a black man about to be lynched in the post-bellum South asks Rhett to please shoot him dead before the mob breaks into the jail and does worse.
ref: 2007 November 4, Stephen L. Carter, “Almost a Gentleman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Of the period following a war.
Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.
Synonyms: post-war
cancan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăn′kăn′
ipa: /ˈkænˌkæn/
ipa: /ˈkanˌkan/
ipa: /ˈkɛnˌkɛn/
rhymes: -ænkæn
rhymes: -ankan
Forms: form: cancans
form: can-can
Etymology: Borrowed from French cancan.
Senses: examples: text: They formed up, in perfect silence, in two lines, facing each other between us and the fire, and then the dance - a sort of infernal and fiendish cancan - began.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
glosses: A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
cancan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kăn′kăn′
ipa: /ˈkænˌkæn/
ipa: /ˈkanˌkan/
ipa: /ˈkɛnˌkɛn/
rhymes: -ænkæn
rhymes: -ankan
Forms: form: cancans
form: cancanning
form: cancanned
form: cancanned
form: can-can
Etymology: Borrowed from French cancan.
Senses: glosses: To dance the cancan.
ballotade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballotades
Etymology: From French.
Senses: topics: dressage
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: A leap of a horse so that when its four feet are in the air simultaneously and aligned.
put one foot in front of the other
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts one foot in front of the other
form: putting one foot in front of the other
form: put one foot in front of the other
form: put one foot in front of the other
Senses: glosses: To walk, decomposed, to stress the fundamentality of the task.
glosses: To move forward, progress steadily.
Related terms: one step at a time
handpick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: handpicks
form: handpicking
form: handpicked
form: handpicked
form: hand-pick
Etymology: From hand + pick.
Senses: glosses: To pick or harvest by hand.
examples: text: Each year they handpick seven candidates for next year's committee.
glosses: To select carefully and with individual attention.
Synonyms: hand-select
Derived terms: handpick out
Related terms: hand-carry
hand carry
handcarry
hand-deliver
hand deliver
hand-feed
handfeed
hand-knit
hand knit
handknit
handmake
hand-raise
hand-wash
hand wash
shot put
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shot puts
form: shotput
Etymology: Compound of shot (noun) + put (verb).
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athletics event where a competitor must hurl a heavy metal orb ("shot") as far as possible. Because of the weight of the ball this is done with a pushing ("putting") motion rather than a throwing motion.
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A trial of shot put.
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A ball used to perform the action of shot put.
Derived terms: shot putter
Related terms: put shot