cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Palko test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Palko tests
Etymology: From the case of Palko v. Connecticut (1937), after Frank Palko, a Connecticut resident charged with murder.
Senses: examples: text: The Palko''' test was stated and has heretofore been taken as a definition (of questionable contemporary vitality) of due process generally, not of privacy.
ref: 1994, Jules L. Coleman, Anthony James Sebok, Constitutional Law and Its Interpretation, page 231:
text: Moreover, the court determined that, even under a Palko''' test, the right to privacy in Montana includes consensual same-sex relations when it stated: […]
ref: 2000, Kentucky Law Journal, volume 89, page 1176:
text: If it did, however, then why did the 1997 Glucksberg case invoke the earlier Palko''' test from 1937, conjoined with the Moore test from 1977, instead of the Duncan test from 1968?
ref: 2009, New Mexico Law Review, volume 39, numbers 1-2, page 213:
topics: law
glosses: A judicial test as to whether a US state is bound by the United States Bill of Rights in relation to a specific right claimed by the plaintiff, hinging on whether the due process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution override the immunity which ordinarily applies to states; specifically, the right in question must be "of the very essence of a scheme of ordered liberty" and "deeply rooted in [American] history and tradition" in order to qualify.
wikipedia: Palko v. Connecticut
lancangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lancang
lanchang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanchangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lancang.
lanchangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanchang
falls prey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall prey
falling prey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall prey
fell prey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall prey
fallen prey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall prey
Generation Next
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A pun on Generation X.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Generation Y.
synonyms: word: Generation Y
diprotodontoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diprotodontoid
diprotodontoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diprotodontoids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any marsupial in the vombatiform superfamily Diprotodontoidea.
Related terms: diprotodontid
quinohaemoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinohaemoproteins
Etymology: From quino- + haemo- + protein.
Coined by B W Groen, M A van Kleef, and J A Duine in 1986 in https://doi.org/10.1042%2Fbj2340611
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins that have haem and quinone as cofactors
Panini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑː.ɳi.ni/
Etymology: From Sanskrit पाणिनि (pāṇini).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Indian grammarian known for codifying what came to be known as the Sanskrit language in his work the Aṣṭādhyāyī.
Pāṇini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: IAST transliteration of Panini.
Aṣṭādhyāyī
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: IAST transliteration of Ashtadhyayi.
landbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landbooks
Etymology: From land + book.
Senses: examples: text: As a landbook, Pierre du Thillay's volume essentially compiled data on the extent of his land and revenues. Since he was well established at Caen when it was compiled, his landbook generally follows the Norman format.
ref: 2019, John W. Baldwin, Knights, Lords, and Ladies, page 12:
glosses: A book containing details of lands and their ownership.
landbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landbook
PMCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of post-micturition convulsion syndrome.
pee shivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Post-micturition convulsion syndrome.
neurourological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to neurourology.
post-micturition convulsion syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: post- + micturition + convulsion + syndrome. Coined by American humorist Cecil Adams in 1994 in The Straight Dope, when a reader inquired about the phenomenon.
Senses: synonyms: word: pee shivers
word: piss shivers
word: PMCS
glosses: The presence of shivering during or after urination.
wikipedia: The Straight Dope
Related terms: micturition syncope
Ashtadhyayi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī, literally “eight-chaptered”).
Senses: glosses: A grammatical treatise codifying what came to be known as Sanskrit, one of the first works on descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics, or linguistics altogether.
synoecized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of synoecize
synoecize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: synoecizes
form: synoecizing
form: synoecized
form: synoecized
form: synoecise
Senses: glosses: To join diverse things together.
landmonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landmongers
Etymology: From land + monger.
Senses: examples: text: Often tricked into running up debts or signing their deeds directly over to these landmongers, the traditionalists appealed to the federal government for help.
ref: 2014, Frederick E. Hoxie, Peter Iverson, Indians in American History: An Introduction, page 130:
glosses: An unscrupulous dealer in land.
landmongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landmonger
boatcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boat + -craft.
Senses: glosses: The art or skill of handling a boat on the water.
canoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canoos
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of canoe.
canoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canoo
campism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From camp + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Campism – the claim that you are this and so this is who your friends are – in this context is cis.
ref: 2017, Ian Parker, Revolutionary Keywords for a New Left:
text: Do not get too caught up in individual campism. The Most-High sent your spirits back on earth to fix yourselves, come together and wake up our people, so do your dam job and stop letting your fleshly desires control you.
ref: 2020, Jacie Rowe III, White Lies, Black Truth, The Lost Light, page 196:
glosses: An "us-and-them" ideology by which people are regarded as belonging to opposing camps.
Related terms: third-campism
campist
Cape Cod weeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cape Cod weeders
Senses: glosses: A weeding tool with a long, thin handle and a triangular scraping head that points dowwnard when the handle is held parallel to the ground.
Cape Cod weeders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cape Cod weeder
Landsmaal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Landsmål.
beats the bounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat the bounds
beating the bounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat the bounds
beaten the bounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of beat the bounds
landolphia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landolphias
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the plants of the genus Landolphia.
landolphias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landolphia
landsick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more landsick
form: most landsick
Etymology: From land + sick.
Senses: glosses: Feeling nausea or dizziness on land, akin to seasickness except on land
landshard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landshards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lynchet.
landshards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landshard
landocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landocracies
Etymology: From land + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: A political system based on ownership of land.
landocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landocracy
non-manual markers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-manual marker
landocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landocrats
Etymology: From land + -o- + -crat.
Senses: glosses: A ruler in a landocracy; a person who has power because of their ownership of land.
landocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landocrat
non-manual marker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-manual markers
Senses: qualifier: American Sign Language
glosses: Any of the non-sign components of American Sign Language (facial expression, body position, head position, etc.) that provide context and tone to signs.
Langobardic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Langobardic
form: most Langobardic
Etymology: From Langobard + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Langobards.
Langobardic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Langobard + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Lombardic (“language of the Lombards”).
synonyms: word: Lombardic
extra: language of the Lombards
Langobardish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Langobard + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Lombardic.
synonyms: word: Lombardic
belly itcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly itchers
Senses: examples: text: We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher!
glosses: A lazy or slow-moving person.
Lanny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Laurence.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Roland.
landsknechts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landsknecht
lansknechts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lansknecht
lanzknecht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanzknechts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lansquenet.
lanzknechts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanzknecht
lantaca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lantacas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lantaka.
lantakas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lantaka
rentaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rentakas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lantaka.
lantacas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lantaca
Lanuvian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Latino-Faliscan language.
laparotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laparotomes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgical instrument for performing laparotomy.
laparotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laparotome
lapcock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lapcocks
Senses: glosses: An armful or roll of grass laid down on the sward to dry for hay.
lapcocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapcock
argumentum ad lapidem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From New Latin [Term?], from a fallacious argument between Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. See Wikipedia for more.
Senses: synonyms: appeal to the stone
glosses: The informal fallacy of dismissing an argument as untrue or absurd without explaining why.
lapidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The quality of being a stone.
Lappa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inland town of ancient Crete, with a district extending from sea to sea, and possessing the port Phoenix.
Lapponese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of the Lapps.
Related terms: Lapponia
lapsingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lapsingly
form: most lapsingly
Etymology: From lapsing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While lapsing; so as to lapse.
larithmics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of population statistics.
larkingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more larkingly
form: most larkingly
Etymology: From larking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While sporting or frolicking; playfully.
larvarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɑːˈvɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /lɑɹˈvɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: larvaria
Senses: examples: text: Such a range of shelving, facing north, forms an excellent larvarium; the winds will blow about your larvæ and they will be reared in a state which closely approaches the natural one.
ref: 1943, Philip Bertram Murray Allan, Talking of Moths, page 318:
text: At the end of his so remote, so near, 1884 summer Van, before leaving Ardis, was to make a visit of adieu to Ada's larvarium.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A place for raising larvae.
laryngemphraxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From laryngo- + emphraxis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
laryngic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of laryngeal (“relating to the larynx”).
synonyms: word: laryngeal
extra: relating to the larynx
laryngotyphus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of laryngotyphoid.
synonyms: word: laryngotyphoid
laryngotyphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From laryngo- + typhoid.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: laryngotyphus
glosses: Typhoid fever with marked laryngeal complications.
typhoid fevers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typhoid fever
lassiehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lassie + -hood.
Senses: glosses: Girlhood.
latecoming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more latecoming
form: most latecoming
Etymology: From late + coming.
Senses: examples: text: A latecoming and rejected minority in the Midwest, Mormons became Utah's original settlers.
ref: 1984, Charles S. Peterson, Utah: A History, page 33:
text: (My uncle, a latecoming passionate Jew, had not given his children the Jewish education I had received.)
ref: 2017, Eugene Goodheart, Confessions of a Secular Jew, page 231:
glosses: Arriving late.
latheman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lathemen
Etymology: From lathe + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person who operates a lathe.
lathemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latheman
lathesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lathesmen
Etymology: From lathe + -s- + -man.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of latheman.
lathesmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lathesman
latherwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lather + wort.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of soapwort.
synonyms: word: soapwort
my lady's washbowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of soapwort.
synonyms: word: soapwort
misquantify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misquantifies
form: misquantifying
form: misquantified
form: misquantified
Etymology: From mis- + quantify.
Senses: examples: text: Anyone with the ability to misquantify from these base labels is on his own.
ref: 1957, Broadcasting, page 19:
text: In the sketch Precisely (1983), over drinks two technocrats named Roger and Stephen flout their specialised knowledge and mock the populace for misquantifying predicted death tolls resultant from what is implied to be some kind of nuclear strike:
ref: 2014, Mark Taylor-Batty, The Theatre of Harold Pinter, page 251:
text: The tradeoff for this throughput lies in the inability of the system to resolve compounds with the same molecular weight, and that it can misannotate ions or misquantify the abundance of ions that are in crowded regions of the mass spectrum.
ref: 2022 February, Duncan Holbrook‐Smith, Stephan Durot, Uwe Sauer, “High‐throughput metabolomics predicts drug–target relationships for eukaryotic proteins”, in Molecular systems biology, volume 18, number 2:
glosses: To quantify incorrectly.
misquantifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misquantify
misquantifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misquantify
polly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollies
Senses: hypernyms: Uppinghamian
glosses: A prefect at Uppingham School in Rutland, England.
Latonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ləˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Latona + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the goddess Latona.
latticewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lattice + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In a lattice arrangement.
launchful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: launchfuls
Etymology: From launch + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: So at one in the morning Major Harvey, with a launchful of his soldiers, paid a surprise visit to the Ruffling Harry, with the result that they picked up nothing more solid than a hempen cable floating at the moorings.
ref: 1897, Arthur Conan Doyle, How Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey:
text: They eject a few dozen launchfuls of tourists, greedy-eyed for the scenery, whom the Messrs Reid gather in and prescribe for for a few hours or a few months as the case may be.
ref: 1909, William Henry Koebel, Madeira: Old and New, page 168:
glosses: Enough to fill a launch (type of boat).
launchfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of launchful
laundryowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laundryowners
Etymology: From laundry + owner.
Senses: glosses: The owner of a laundry.
laundryowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laundryowner
Laurianne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
lawcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From law + -craft.
Senses: glosses: The art or skill of a lawyer; knowledge of the law.
synaxarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪnækˈsɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌsɪnækˈsɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: synaxaria
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of synaxarion.
wadmell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wadmal
lawrightman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawrightmen
Etymology: By surface analysis, law + right + -man.
Senses: examples: text: From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate. The foud appointed 'underfouds' and the Shetlands evolved their own elected officers, a 'lawman' and parish 'lawrightmen', who adjudicated and negotiated the collection of customary taxes and fines on behalf of the local population.
ref: 1983, Paul Thompson, Tony Wailey, Trevor Lummis, History Workshop Series, Living the Fishing, Routledge & Kegan Paul:
glosses: A lay judge in Orkney.
lawrightmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawrightman
lawner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawners
Etymology: From lawn + -er.
Senses: glosses: The sport of lawn tennis.
coordinate_terms: realer
glosses: A player of lawn tennis.
lawners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawner
lawyerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawyerisms
Etymology: From lawyer + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The attitudes or practices of lawyers.
glosses: An utterance characteristic of a lawyer; legal jargon.
lawyerisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawyerism
slab hut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slab huts
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
qualifier: housing
glosses: A kind of dwelling or shed made from slabs of split or sawn timber.
slab huts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slab hut
fatal system error
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fatal system errors
Senses: examples: text: In subroutine INIT, division by zero and subsequent fatal system error will result if all stations are in tracking mode.
ref: 1990, Defense Technical Information Center, SYNC2 Program Assessment Report, page 2.23:
text: Fixes an issue where a system crash, or fatal system error, occurs on a 32-bit Windows operating system.
ref: 2015, Oracle, Oracle® VM Paravirtual Drivers Release 3.2.3 Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows, page 5:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: bug check
glosses: An error that occurs when an operating system halts, because it has reached a condition where it can no longer operate safely.
fatal system errors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatal system error
bug check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bʌɡ tʃɛk/
Forms: form: bug checks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fatal system error.
synonyms: word: fatal system error
bug checks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bug check
Mickey Mouse rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mickey Mouse ring
chelidons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chelidon
personible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more personible
form: most personible
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of personable.
parsonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parsonable
form: most parsonable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of personable.
Susan B. Anthony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Susan B. Anthonys
form: Susan B. Anthonies
form: SBA
Etymology: In reference to Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), a women's rights activist whose portrait is featured on the coin's obverse.
Further etymology
In her youth, Susan Anthony and her sisters responded to a “great craze for middle initials” by adding middle initials to their own names. Anthony adopted “B.” as her middle initial because her namesake Aunt Susan had married a man named Brownell. Anthony never used the name Brownell herself, and did not like it.
Senses: examples: text: There has been much discussion about the minting of coins for use during SCA events. However the one problem most likely to scrap the entire project is getting the merchants to accept the coins when most of them prefer not to accept even mundane Susan B. Anthonys and half dollars.
ref: 1990 May 23, DILLON%cimv1...@relay.cs.net, “Coinage problems”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet), retrieved 08 Oct 2022:
glosses: A Susan B. Anthony dollar.
wikipedia: Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthonys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Susan B. Anthony
Duddridges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Duddridge
Bonehams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boneham
Petit Saint Vincent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛ.ti ˈseɪnt ˈvɪn.sənt/
rhymes: -ɪnsənt
Etymology: Derived from French petit (“small”) and the toponym Saint Vincent. The island was named after Saint Vincent. Compare Petit Canouan, Petit Nevis, Petite Dominique, Petite Martinique and Petite Mustique.
Senses: glosses: An island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Petite Dominique
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛ.ti dɒ.mɪˈniːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: Petit Dominique
Etymology: Derived from French petit (“small”) and the toponym Dominique. The island was named after Dominica. Compare Petit Canouan, Petit Nevis, Petit Saint Vincent, Petite Martinique and Petite Mustique.
Senses: glosses: An island of Grenada.
Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.kuː ænd pəˈtiːt mɑː(ɹ).tɪˈniːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Etymology: Named after Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
Senses: glosses: A dependency of Grenada.
inveckée
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: second, gu. a cross moline within a border inveckée, for CADDELL;
ref: 1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland:
text: [caption on an illustration of a chief double-enarched:] A Chief inveckée.
ref: 1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ... rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith, page 3170:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Indented by semicircles, variously defined in old works as invected or (double-)enarched (with semicircles biting inwards and points pointing outward) or engrailed (with semicircles biting outwards and points pointing inward).
Related terms: invecked
goarée
Union Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːn.jən ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Senses: glosses: An island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Bendetson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bendetsons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wittoldry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wittold + -ry.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a wittold or a mari complaisant.
wittold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wittolds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wittol.
wittolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wittold
rowed back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of row back
DWeb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: By dint of having principles at all, DWeb became a smaller tent than Web3.
ref: 2022 October 4, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Battle for the Soul of the Web”, in The Atlantic:
coordinate_terms: Web3
glosses: Abbreviation of Decentralized Web.
Woollacott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Woollacotts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
lazulitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lazulitic
form: most lazulitic
Etymology: From lazulite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to lazulite.
leafdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leaf + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: 'Mid the dance of colours, / And semitones of green, / Gleams this daintier Spirit / That in leafdom is the Queen.
ref: 1856, Gerald Massey, Craigcrook Castle, page 75:
text: Thus pleased, laid back, up through the elm we look: / What life the little Creeper of the Tree / To leafdom lends!
ref: 1878, Thomas Aird, The Poetical Works of Thomas Aird, page 141:
glosses: Leaves generally; leafy places.
leanish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈliːnɪʃ/
Etymology: From lean + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat lean.
Learoyd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
leatherize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leatherizes
form: leatherizing
form: leatherized
form: leatherized
Etymology: From leather + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Treatment by the x-ray does leatherize the tissues, producing a great deal of sclerotic tissue, and in that way is favorable.
ref: 1908, Transactions of the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis, volume 3, page 59:
text: I had read of some remedies that were injected into the gland to leatherize the tissue and check the over-active circulation of the gland, so I tried injecting sesquichloride of iron in a few cases.
ref: 1936, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, page 466:
glosses: To make leathery.
leatherized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leatherize
leatherizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leatherize
leatherizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leatherize
sesquichloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesquichlorides
Etymology: From sesqui- (“one and a half, a ratio of three to two”) + chloride.
Senses: examples: text: I had read of some remedies that were injected into the gland to leatherize the tissue and check the over-active circulation of the gland, so I tried injecting sesquichloride of iron in a few cases.
ref: 1936, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, page 466:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.
sesquichlorides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sesquichloride
leatherine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leatherines
Etymology: From leather + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: […] leather covers, cloth lined, one pocket in cover, parchment leaves, bound with leatherine, two paper pockets, holds two dozen Flies […]
ref: 1891, Angling Papers, page 76:
hypernyms: pseudoleather
coordinate_terms: see pseudoleather § Hyponyms
glosses: A kind of imitation leather.
leatherines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leatherine
Pattwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pattwells
Senses: glosses: A surname.
back gray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back grays
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
media
printing
publishing
textiles
glosses: A piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.
back grays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back gray
leavelooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leavelookers
Senses: glosses: A market inspector in the region of Chester in England, responsible for licensing foreign traders, checking the quality of meat, etc.
leavelookers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leavelooker
byatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byatches
Senses: examples: text: I asked them to match me up three weeks ago but have I heard word one from those byatches? No!
ref: 2006, Natalie Standiford, Breaking Up Is Really, Really Hard to Do:
glosses: Alternative form of biatch.
byatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byatch
Tobago Cays
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈbeɪ.ɡəʊ ˈkiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Senses: glosses: An archipelago of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Dog Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒɡ ˈaɪ̯.ləndz/
rhymes: -aɪləndz
Etymology: The islands are named for the former presence of Caribbean monk seals (“Neomonachus tropicalis”). The barking of the seals was confused with that of dogs by early visitors.
Senses: glosses: An archipelago of the British Virgin Islands.
lecanomancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lecanomancers
Senses: glosses: A diviner who carries out lecanomancy.
lecanomancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lecanomancer
licanomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lecanomancy.
Five Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪv ˈaɪ̯.ləndz/
rhymes: -aɪləndz
Etymology: The group is named for the presence of five islands within it. There are actually six islands, but two of them (Caledonia Island and Craig Island) were joined by a causeway in the past and were counted as a single island.
Senses: glosses: An archipelago of Trinidad and Tobago.
lecithality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The property of having a yolk.
lecithal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λέκῐθος (lékĭthos, “yolk of an egg”).
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to a yolk.
Derived terms: alecithal
centrolecithal
ectolecithal
heterolecithal
homolecithal
isolecithal
lecithality
mesolecithal
microlecithal
oligolecithal
telolecithal
Serpent's Mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜː(ɹ).pənts ˈmaʊθ/
rhymes: -aʊθ
Etymology: Calque of Spanish Boca de la Serpiente, derived from boca (“mouth”) and serpiente (“serpent, snake”). Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. Compare Bocas del Dragón.
Senses: synonyms: Columbus Channel
glosses: A strait in Trinidad and Tobago.
leasemonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leasemongers
Etymology: From lease + monger.
Senses: glosses: One who leases property at extortionate rates.
leasemongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leasemonger
Columbus Channel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlʌm.bəs ˈt͡ʃæn.əl/
rhymes: -ænəl
Etymology: Named after Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506).
Senses: synonyms: Serpent's Mouth
glosses: A strait in Trinidad and Tobago.
wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
long position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long positions
Senses: examples: text: Among the bets the Pure Alpha fund placed last year were long positions in Treasury bonds, the Japanese yen, and gold, and short positions in the euro and European sovereign debt.
ref: 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
topics: business
finance
coordinate_terms: short position
glosses: A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will increase in value.
leefang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leefangs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A rope through the clew of a jib, holding it amidships while lacing on the bonnet.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A metal bar, fastened at its extremities to the deck, and upon which the sheets of some fore-and-aft sails traverse, particularly the foresail of a sloop or cutter.
leefangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leefang
legendarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛd͡ʒənˈdɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌlɛd͡ʒənˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: legendarians
Senses: glosses: One who studies legends.
legendarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legendarian
legpull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legpulls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leg-pull.
legpulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legpull
legendic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more legendic
form: most legendic
Etymology: From legend + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: This is the legendic account of the taking of Rome by the Gauls, as given by Livy, and there cannot be a doubt that the main facts of the narration are true.
ref: 1851, John Kennedy, The Natural History of Man; Or, Popular Chapters on Ethnography, page 48:
text: Through the gods' inspiration, / This young girl will here relate / A legendic narration / Of the pariah's fair daughter's fate.
ref: 1890, Léo Delibes, Lakmé: Opera in Three Acts, page 27:
glosses: legendary
Mona Passage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmoʊ.nə ˈpæs.ɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -æsɪdʒ
Etymology: Named after the island of Mona.
Senses: glosses: A strait in Puerto Rico.
legumelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legumelins
Etymology: From legume + -el + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An albumin found in the seeds of various leguminous plants.
legumelins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legumelin
lehrbachite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A selenide of lead and mercury.
leimtype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leimtypes
Etymology: From German Leim (“glue”).
Senses: glosses: A collotype process in which the printing surface is a sheet of gelatin fixed upon a zinc plate.
leimtypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leimtype
lekha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lekhas
Senses: glosses: A ledger.
lekhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lekha
lekane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛkəni/
Forms: form: lekanes
form: lekanai
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεκάνη (lekánē).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek bowl or basin with horizontal handles.
lekanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lekane
Lelia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Lendu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Central Sudanic language spoken by the Balendru people.
tomato hornworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomato hornworms
Senses: glosses: The hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata.
tobacco hornworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tobacco hornworms
Senses: glosses: The hornworm Manduca sexta.
tomato hornworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomato hornworm
tobacco hornworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tobacco hornworm
Lenora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Eleanor.
lenthways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The mangels and turnips must be dibbled in rows lenthways in the beds, 3 rows in each bed, and at the same distances in the rows, as already recommended in drills.
ref: 1847, William Kelly, The Irish Small Farmer of 1847, page 21:
glosses: Obsolete form of lengthways.
Cucklington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7527).
lentitudinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lentitudinous
form: most lentitudinous
Etymology: From lentitude + -in- + -ous.
Senses: glosses: slow; sluggish
leoncito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leoncitos
Senses: glosses: The lion tamarin.
leoncitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leoncito
Leonine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Observe, that, if the date of this poem be true, the general opinion, that the Leonine verse owes its name to Leonius, seems to be false; […] It is not therefore very likely, as Leonius flourished in 1154, that he should give name to such Latin verses upwards of thirty years before. Indeed some people have thought that it was called after Leo, probably the Second, who lived in 684, a pope who is said to have reformed the hymns and the music of the church.
ref: c. 1760–1761 (date written; published 1814), Thomas Gray, “[Essays. Metrum.] Observations on the Pseudo-Rhythmus.”, in Edmund Gosse, editor, The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse. […], volume I (Poems, Journals, and Essays), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1884, →OCLC, pages 374–375:
text: [T]he Latin poetry, instead of Leonine rhymes, or attempts at regular hexameters almost equally bad, becomes, in the hands of Gunther, Gualterus de Insulis, Gulielmus Brito, and Joseph Iscanus, to whom a considerable number of names might be added, always tolerable, sometimes truly spirited; […]
ref: 1837–1839, Henry Hallam, “On the General State of Literature in the Middle Ages to the End of the Fourteenth Century”, in Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, paragraph 84, page 100:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of leonine (“of or pertaining to one of the popes named Leo; being or relating to a kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme)”).
Derived terms: Leonine verse
Leonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leonines
Senses: examples: text: In the eyghte and twentye yere of his raign in the Chriſtmaſſe ſeaſon Kyng Edwarde ſet foorth a proclamation, forbidding and prohibiting all foraine coine to bee receyued and payde as ſterling mony wythin his dominion, commaunding by the ſame proclamation, that two peeces of them ſhould go for one ſterlying, vntill the feaſt of Eaſtre. There were diuers moneyes in thoſe dayes currant wythin this realme, as Pollardes, Crocards, Staldinges, Egles, Leonines, Steepinges, and all theſe were white monyes, artificially made of ſiluer, copper, and ſulphur, ſo that it was an yll tyme for baſe moneyes, and muche choppyng and chaunging was vſed in buying and ſelling of thynges.
ref: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “Edward the Fyrste”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 835, column 2:
text: [I]n the raign of E[dward] I. there were divers white monies called Pollards, Crocards, Staldings, Eagles, Leonines, and Steepings artificially made of ſilver, copper, and ſulphur, and yet currant within the Realme; and for that two pieces of theſe monies were but of the value of one ſterling. King E. I. by his Proclamation utterly forbad the ſame.
ref: 1642, Edw[ard] Coke, “Stat. de Tallagio non Concedendo, Edit. Anno 34 Edw. I.”, in The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, and R[obert] Young, for E[phraim] D[awson], R[ichard] M[eighen], W[illiam] L[ee] and D[aniel] P[akeman], →OCLC, chapter XX, page 577:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of leonine (“a 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny”).
Leonnoys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Lyonesse.
Diego Martin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ ˈmɑː.tɪn/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn
Etymology: The town is named after Spanish explorer Don Diego Martín.
The region is named after the town.
Senses: glosses: A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
glosses: A region of Trinidad and Tobago.
Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo
Etymology: The region is named after the towns of Couva, Tabaquite and Talparo.
Senses: glosses: A region of Trinidad and Tobago.
Mayaro–Rio Claro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the towns of Mayaro and Rio Claro.
Senses: glosses: A region of Trinidad and Tobago.
Penal–Debe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the towns of Penal and Debe.
Senses: glosses: A region of Trinidad and Tobago.
lepidodendraceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the family Lepidodendraceae.
Princes Town
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪn.sɪz ˈtaʊn/
rhymes: -aʊn
Etymology: From princes' + town, for the 1880 visit of British princes Albert Victor (1864—1892) and George (1865—1936), later King George V, during which they planted two trees. The area is named for the town. Cf. Princetown, Princeton, and Princeville.
Senses: glosses: A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
glosses: A region of Trinidad and Tobago.
San Juan–Laventille
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The region is named after the towns of San Juan and Laventille.
Senses: glosses: A region of Trinidad and Tobago.
Sangre Grande
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from Spanish sangre (“blood”) and grande (“great”). The name is a reference to a pair of tributaries of the Oropouche River with red-coloured water.
The region is named after the town.
Senses: glosses: A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
glosses: A region of Trinidad and Tobago.
goose barnacle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goose barnacles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gooseneck barnacle (“Pollicipes pollicipes and related crustaceans”).
synonyms: word: gooseneck barnacle
extra: Pollicipes pollicipes and related crustaceans
goose barnacles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goose barnacle
lepidotic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A yellow pigment obtained from the scales of diurnal Lepidoptera, and from which lepidoporphyrin may be obtained.
Siparia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The region is named after the town.
Senses: glosses: A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
glosses: A region of Trinidad and Tobago.
Tunapuna–Piarco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The region is named after the towns of Tunapuna and Piarco.
Senses: glosses: A region of Trinidad and Tobago.
Plainfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rural community of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Windham County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community, previously a town, in Dodge County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A large village in Will County and Kendall County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Hendricks County, Indiana, with parts in three separate townships.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Olive Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Bremer County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Unadilla Township, Livingston County, Michigan, named after Plainfield, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Union County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Otsego County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Coshocton County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Washington County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village mostly therein, in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Plainfield Township.
Derived terms: South Plainfield
Arima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name of the town is derived from a Native American term meaning "water". The town is built around a river.
Senses: glosses: A town and borough of Trinidad and Tobago.
Chaguanas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name of the town derives from the name of a Native American people.
Senses: glosses: A town and borough of Trinidad and Tobago.
Point Fortin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔɪnt ˈfɔː.tɪn/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɪn
Etymology: Derived from French. Further etymology unknown.
Senses: glosses: A town and borough of Trinidad and Tobago.
Lir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ler
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A personification of the sea in Irish mythology.
Ler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lir.