cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
petit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛti/
ipa: /pəˈtiː/
ipa: /ˈpɛtət/
ipa: /pəˈti/
ipa: /pəˈtit/
rhymes: (UK) -ɛti
rhymes: (UK) -iː
rhymes: (US) -iːt
Forms: form: more petit
form: most petit
Etymology: From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Late Latin *pitittus, diminutive of Latin *pit-, possibly from Proto-Celtic *pett- (“part, bit, piece”) (see Latin pettia), or of imitative origin.
Compare also Latin pitinnus (“small”), pitulus, Italian pezza. Doublet of petty.
Senses: examples: text: And by what small, petit Hints does the Mind catch hold of, and recover a vanishing Notion?
ref: 1684 or 1685 February 22, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Westminster-Abbey
glosses: Petite: small, little.
raw_tags: of size
glosses: Petty, in its various senses:
Few in number.
glosses: Petty, in its various senses:
Unimportant; cheap; easily replaced.
raw_tags: of objects
topics: law
glosses: Petty, in its various senses:
Small, minor.
raw_tags: of scale
glosses: Petty, in its various senses:
Secondary; lower in rank.
Derived terms: petit bag
petit bourgeois
petit bribing
petit-bribing
petit canon
petit cape
petit captain
petit chapman
petit constable
petit custom
petit final
petit god
petit juror
petit jury
petit larceny
petit maître
petit morel
petit officer
petit pâté
petit sergeant
petit sergeanty
petit serjeanty
petit session
petit souper
petit treason
Related terms: petite
petty
petit gâteau
puisne
puny
petit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛti/
ipa: /pəˈtiː/
ipa: /ˈpɛtət/
ipa: /pəˈti/
ipa: /pəˈtit/
rhymes: (UK) -ɛti
rhymes: (UK) -iː
rhymes: (US) -iːt
Forms: form: petits
Etymology: From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Late Latin *pitittus, diminutive of Latin *pit-, possibly from Proto-Celtic *pett- (“part, bit, piece”) (see Latin pettia), or of imitative origin.
Compare also Latin pitinnus (“small”), pitulus, Italian pezza. Doublet of petty.
Senses: glosses: A little schoolboy.
glosses: A kind of pigeon.
petit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛti/
ipa: /pəˈtiː/
ipa: /ˈpɛtət/
ipa: /pəˈti/
ipa: /pəˈtit/
rhymes: (UK) -ɛti
rhymes: (UK) -iː
rhymes: (US) -iːt
Etymology: From French petit (“brevier”) directly or via German Petit (“brevier”).
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
qualifier: French and German contexts
glosses: Synonym of brevier.
synonyms: word: brevier
have a nice day
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Thank you. Have a nice day.
text: You can reach my parents at their places of business. Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your concern for my well-being. Have a nice day!
ref: 1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, spoken by Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick):
qualifier: rather formal
glosses: . A polite parting during daytime.
examples: text: "Oh great, dear; have a nice day at the playground."
ref: 2011, Josh Linkner, Disciplined Dreaming, page 99:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, a, nice, day.
Synonyms: word: bye
word: you later
word: ya
word: have a good one
word: good morning
word: good afternoon
sense: short text
word: HAND
Derived terms: have a nice day syndrome
perspire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /pɚˈspaɪɹ/
ipa: /pɚˈspaɪɚ/
ipa: /pəˈspɑɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: perspires
form: perspiring
form: perspired
form: perspired
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spīrō (“to breathe”); see spirit.
Senses: examples: text: I was perspiring freely after running the marathon.
text: He lists forty reasons, mainly metaphorical, why Christ perspired blood, and his peroration takes twenty-two pages in print.
ref: 2010, Susan C. Karant-Nunn, The Reformation of Feeling:
synonyms: sweat
glosses: To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
examples: text: A fluid perspires.
glosses: To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
examples: text: Outside his window a long, humid summer, the first hot season of the third millennium, baked and perspired.
ref: 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3:
text: We shook hands, he looked surprised to see me topless. I stimulated his mind. ¶ “Nice to meet you. My workout jogging perspired me a lot, so I removed the T-shirt.”
ref: 2016, Pradip Chauhan, Love Stories, New Delhi: Educreation Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:
synonyms: sweat
glosses: To cause (someone) to sweat.
Derived terms: perspirability
perspirable
perspiry
Related terms: conspire
inspire
perspiration
respire
transpire
perspiration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɜːspəˈɹeɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɝspəˈɹeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: perspirations
Etymology: Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”). Morphologically perspire + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The Cauſe may be Want of Perſpiration : For Much of the Matter of Haire, in the other Parts of the Body, goeth forth by Inſenſible Perſpiration ; And beſides, the Skull being of a more ſolide Subſtance, nouriſheth and aſſimilateth leſſe, and excerneth more.
ref: 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie, London: W. Lee, Cent. VII, section 680, page 170
synonyms: word: sweating#Noun
word: ;
english: in medical usage
translation: in medical usage
word: diaphoresis
word: hidrosis
word: sudation
word: sudoresis
glosses: The action or process of perspiring.
examples: text: Genius is 1 per cent. inspiration and 99 per cent. perspiration.
ref: 1910, Frank Lewis Dyer, Thomas Commerford Martin, quoting Thomas Edison, Edison: His Life and Inventions, volume II, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 607:
coordinate_terms: inspiration
glosses: Synonym of hard work.
synonyms: word: hard work
examples: text: Passing his hand across his forehead he withdrew it, wet with drops of perspiration.
ref: 1897, Marie Corelli, “Chapter II”, in Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul, New York: Stone & Kimball, page 58:
glosses: Sweat (fluid).
Derived terms: genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration
Related terms: perspire
transpiration
salivate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsælɪveɪt/
ipa: /ˈsæləveɪt/
Forms: form: salivates
form: salivating
form: salivated
form: salivated
Etymology: From Latin salivatus, past participle of salivare (“to spit out, also salivate”), from saliva (“spittle”).
Senses: glosses: To produce saliva.
examples: text: He's been salivating over the latest model sports car for a while now.
glosses: To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something.
Related terms: saliva
salivary
salivation
drool
drool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹuːl/
ipa: /dɹʉl/
rhymes: -uːl
Forms: form: drools
form: drooling
form: drooled
form: drooled
Etymology: From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”).
Senses: glosses: To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
examples: text: The alien beast drooled slime.
glosses: To secrete any substance in a similar way.
examples: text: That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him!
glosses: To react to something with uncontrollable desire.
glosses: To talk nonsense; drivel.
Synonyms: sense: emit saliva
word: slaver
sense: emit saliva
word: slobber
sense: emit saliva
word: drivel
Derived terms: drooler
point-and-drool
drool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹuːl/
ipa: /dɹʉl/
rhymes: -uːl
Forms: form: drools
Etymology: From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”).
Senses: glosses: Saliva trickling from the mouth.
glosses: Stupid talk.
Derived terms: drool bucket
droolsome
drooly
droolworthy
grool
dysuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysurias
form: dysury
Etymology: From dys- + -uria. Piecewise doublet of dysury.
Senses: examples: text: A cystometrogram differentiates "active" and "passive" types of normal bladders, accounting for some instances of enuresis and mild forms of dysurias and, as prolonged bladder distention can be maintained at any point for any period, it is possible occasionally to use the cystometric procedure as a therapeutic agent to relieve dysurias due to a spastic bladder musculature.
ref: 1929, The American Journal of Syphilis, volume 13, page 390:
text: 2009, Scott Kahan, Redonda Miller, Ellen G. Smith, Signs and Symptoms, 2nd Edition, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), page 98,
Dysuria is a painful or burning sensation during or immediately after urination caused by irritation of the urothelium and its innervation. This is a common symptom in primary care: Nearly 20% of women aged 20–55 will have at least one episode of dysuria per year, resulting in more than 8 million physician office visits annually. Women have episodes of acute dysuria much more frequently than men.
text: Neurologic dysurias are among the most difficult to characterize and to treat.
ref: 2012, Richard B. Ford, Elisa Mazzaferro, Kirk & Bistner's Handbook of Veterinary Procedures and Emergency Treatment, Elsevier, page 426:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The experience or condition of experiencing pain while discharging urine, or (rarely) of having difficulty doing so.
Derived terms: dysuric
petite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: more petite
form: most petite
Etymology: Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”).
Senses: glosses: Fairly short and of slim build.
raw_tags: of a woman
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women.
examples: text: The Earth, the Sun, and Stars, what things are they in nature? are they petite things not worth our notice, or grand and worthy of consideration?
ref: 1662, Galileo Galilei, translated by Thomas Salisbury, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems:
glosses: Small, little; insignificant; petty.
Derived terms: petite bourgeoisie
petite perception
Related terms: petite amie
petitely
petiteness
petite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: petites
Etymology: Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”).
Senses: examples: text: The primary structure of the mitochondrial genomes of these petites had been previously determined […]
ref: 2005, Giorgio Bernardi, Structural and Evolutionary Genomics, page 39:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose.
dyspnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪspˈniː.ə/
ipa: /ˈdɪsp.ni.ə/
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: dyspneas
form: dyspnoea
form: dyspnœa
Etymology: Variant spelling of dyspnoea, a learned borrowing from Latin dyspnoea (“difficulty breathing”), from Ancient Greek δῠ́σπνοιᾰ (dŭ́spnoiă, “difficulty breathing, shortness of breath”), from δῠ́σπνοος (dŭ́spnoos, “short of breath, breathing with difficulty”, adjective) (also δῠ́σπνους (dŭ́spnous) by contraction) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, suffix forming abstract nouns). Δῠ́σπνοος (Dŭ́spnoos) is derived from δῠσ- (dŭs-, prefix meaning ‘bad; difficult, hard; unfortunate’) + πνέω (pnéō, “to blow; to breathe”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; to pant”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as dys- (prefix meaning ‘abnormal; difficult; disease’) + -pnea (suffix meaning ‘breathing, respiration’).
Senses: examples: text: In a Diſpnœa, the breath is thick, vvithout noiſe or anhelation, and vvith leſs trouble.
ref: 1655, Lazarus Riverius [i.e., Lazare Rivière], “Of Asthma, or Difficulty of Breathing”, in Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, and William Rowland, transl., The Practice of Physick, […], London: […] Peter Cole, […], →OCLC, 7th book (Of the Diseases of the Breast), page 148:
text: During August the tumor again grew rapidly, causing dyspnœa, constipation and general malaise.
ref: 1888, R[euben] Ludlam, “Lecture LIX. Ovariotomy.”, in Medical and Surgical Lectures on the Diseases of Women, a Clinical and Systematic Treatise. […], 6th edition, Chicago, Ill.: Halsey Brothers, →OCLC, page 962:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: shortness of breath
SOB
breathlessness
coordinate_terms: apnea
bradypnea
eupnea
hyperpnea
orthopnea
platypnea
polypnea
tachypnea
trepopnea
glosses: Difficult or laboured breathing.
Derived terms: dyspneic
dyspnoeic
dyspnœic
dyspneal
dyspnoeal
dyspnœal
Related terms: apnea
apnoea
apnœa
apneic
apnoeic
apnœic
bradypnea
bradypnoea
bradypnœa
bradypneic
bradypnoeic
bradypnœic
eupnea
eupnoea
eupnœa
eupneic
eupnoeic
eupnœic
hyperpnea
hyperpnoea
hyperpnœa
hyperpneic
hyperpnoeic
hyperpnœic
orthopnea
orthopnoea
orthopnœa
orthopneic
orthopnoeic
orthopnœic
platypnea
platypnoea
platypnœa
polypnea
polypnoeia
polypnœia
polypneic
polypnoeic
polypnœic
tachypnea
tachypnoea
tachypnœa
tachypneic
tachypnoeic
tachypnœic
trepopnea
trepopnoea
trepopnœa
dysphagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈfeɪ̯d͡ʒ(i)ə/
rhymes: -eɪdʒiə
Forms: form: dysphagias
Etymology: From dys- + -phagia.
Senses: examples: text: If the sensory branches of the laryngeal nerve (superior laryngeal nerve) are paralysed, the danger is great, for the patients, owing to the abolished reflex action, are prone to misswallow (dysphagia) , and become subject to "foreign body pneumonia."
ref: 1910, Alfred Bruck, F. W. Forbes Ross, The Diseases of the Nose, Mouth, Pharynx and Larynx, page 305:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Difficulty in swallowing.
Synonyms: dysphagy
Derived terms: dysphagic
Related terms: english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: dysphasia
word: hard to swallow
dysphasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈfeɪʒə/
Forms: form: dysphasias
Etymology: From dys- + -phasia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
glosses: Loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain.
Related terms: english: language impairment specifically due to brain damage
translation: language impairment specifically due to brain damage
word: aphasia
english: language impairment due to neuromuscular or other structural problems rather than cognitive problems
translation: language impairment due to neuromuscular or other structural problems rather than cognitive problems
word: dysarthria
english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: dysphagia
dysphoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭs-fôr′-ē-ə
ipa: /dɪsˈfɔːɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiə
Forms: form: dysphorias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δυσφορία (dusphoría, “excessive pain”), from δύσφορος (dúsphoros, “grievous”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”).
Senses: examples: text: body dysphoria
text: premenstrual dysphoria
text: weight dysphoria
text: Chronic dysphoria can be secondary to a debilitating medical illness, a psychiatric disorder, or both (Akiskal, 1983).
ref: 1990, Martin B. Keller, Frances M. Sessa, Lauren P. Jones, “Chapter 7: Chronic Depressive Disorders”, in Barry A. Edelstein, Michel Hersen, M.E. Thase, editors, Handbook of Outpatient Treatment of Adults: Nonpsychotic Mental Disorders, page 145:
text: As a result of the critical review of the literature by the Work Group on Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder (LLPDD), it was agreed that the studies reviewed support the view that the predominant feature of LLPDD is the dysphoria that occurs during the premenstrual period.
ref: 1994, Judith H. Gold, Premenstrual Dysphorias: Myths and Realities, page 249:
text: While the reason for the individual's dysphoria on realizing that he has an STD is a result of lack of acceptance of his sexual orientation, the basis is not religious, and the dysphoria not so pronounced.
ref: 2013, Michael W. Ross, “2: Psychovenereology: Psychological Aspects of AIDS and other Sexually Transmissible Diseases”, in David G. Ostrow, editor, Behavioral Aspects of AIDS, page 30:
glosses: A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.
examples: text: height dysphoria
text: bottom dysphoria
text: voice dysphoria
glosses: Ellipsis of gender dysphoria.
Derived terms: cultural dysphoria
gender dysphoria
haptodysphoria
money dysphoria
postcoital dysphoria
premenstrual dysphoria
rapid-onset gender dysphoria
species dysphoria
Related terms: dysmorphia
dysphoriant
dysphoric
dysthymia
dystopia
dysarthria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysarthrias
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from German Dysarthrie. By surface analysis, dys- + -arthria.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech; one of the first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis, brought about by an autoimmune response to acetylcholine receptors.
wikipedia: international scientific vocabulary
Hyponyms: dysarthrophonia
Derived terms: word: dysarthric
Related terms: english: different meaning, joints versus speech
translation: different meaning, joints versus speech
word: dysarthrosis
english: language impairment due to cognitive problems rather than neuromuscular or other structural problems
translation: language impairment due to cognitive problems rather than neuromuscular or other structural problems
word: dysphasia
dyskinesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪs.kəˈniʒə/
ipa: /dɪs.kəˈniʒi.ə/
ipa: /dɪs.kaɪˈniʒə/
ipa: /dɪs.kaɪˈniʒi.ə/
Forms: form: dyskinesias
Etymology: From dys- + -kinesia.
Senses: glosses: A state of involuntary muscle movements, like tics and torticollis, and reduced voluntary muscle movements.
glosses: A disorder involving such state.
Hyponyms: chorea
Derived terms: dyskinesiogenic
tardive dyskinesia
dysphonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysphonias
form: dysphony
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “ill, hard”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), equivalent to dys- + -phonia.
Senses: examples: text: In patients with spasmodic dysphonia, the current treatment that is most commonly offered is by selective injection of botulinum toxin (BOTOX) into the most affected muscles.
ref: 2009, Peak Woo, Stroboscopy, Plural Publishing, →ISBN, page 339:
text: Spasmodic dysphonia affects up to 50,000 people in North America, and is a subset of dystonia, a muscle contraction disorder that can affect many parts of the body.
ref: 2025 January 29, Sandee LaMotte, “A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: hoarseness
glosses: A difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
Derived terms: dysphonic
D.D.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DDS.
D.M.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Music, a terminal higher education degree.
glosses: Doctor of Medicine, a higher education degree.
D.F.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D.F.A.s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DFA.
DCL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DCLs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Civil Law.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
education
glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Canon Law and alternative form of JCD (“Juris Canonici Doctor”).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of double-checked locking.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of data control language.
DCL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
language
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Digital Command Language.
Dr.DES.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Doctor of Design, a terminal degree.
D.P.H.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Public Health, a terminal degree.
D.I.T.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Information Technology, a terminal degree.
glosses: Doctor of Industrial Technology, a terminal degree.
unmanned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈmænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Etymology: From un- + manned.
Senses: examples: text: unmanned drones
text: an automated e-mail message sent from an unmanned mailbox
text: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
ref: 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
text: But her presence, via Beam, a teleconference robot that looks like the offspring of a computer and a Segway, roams the floor at what Beam reps say is the world’s first and only unmanned store.
ref: 2015 May 13, Molly Blake, “Would You Buy a Robot From a Robot?”, in The Atlantic:
text: The album [Drones] tackles issues of agency and independence and coercion within relationships as much as it acknowledges warfare and an imagined totalitarian force that needs to be overcome, but the image of unmanned robots wielding power from the sky is always present.
ref: 2015 May 22, Sophie Gilbert, “Unmanned: Why Culture Is Suddenly Obsessed With Drones”, in The Atlantic:
text: Turning to artificial intelligence and smart tech to overhaul maritime safety, his company Zelim is working on a trio of life-saving technologies — including an autonomous, unmanned lifeboat called “Guardian.”
ref: 2023 November 13, Rebecca Cairns, “This unmanned lifeboat could rescue drowning people on its own”, in CNN:
synonyms: uncrewed
crewless
antonyms: manned
crewed
coordinate_terms: unpiloted
glosses: Not operated by a person or a crew.
coordinate_terms: undomesticated
glosses: Of a bird of prey: not accustomed to the presence of human beings.
glosses: Of a setting, situation or event, devoid of males.
Related terms: remote-controlled
unstaffed
uncrewed
unmanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈmænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Etymology: From un- + manned.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unman
sextet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛksˈtɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: sextets
Etymology: From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.
Senses: glosses: Any group of six people or things.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A composition for six voices or instruments.
glosses: A group of six singers or instrumentalists.
Synonyms: hexad
Coordinate terms: solo
duo
trio
quartet
quintet
septet
octet
nonet
Related terms: sestet
number
peddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛdəl/
homophone: pedal
homophone: petal stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɛdəl
Forms: form: peddles
form: peddling
form: peddled
form: peddled
Etymology: Back-formation from pedlar. (Compare burgle from burglar.)
Senses: examples: text: My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
examples: text: - How much you think this stuff is worth?
- Yeah, there must be a million bucks' worth.
- Think we could peddle it?
- Oh, you can always get rid of it.
ref: 1974, 42:19 from the start, in Gone in 60 Seconds:
glosses: To sell illegal narcotics.
examples: text: Christine walked a dangerous line, peddling gossip about her detested son-in-law.
ref: 2009, Michael John Beashel, Unshackled, page 166:
text: Roberts was a drug dealer, nicknamed 'King Krud', who peddled death and misery.
ref: 2012, Niamh O'Connor, Taken, page 166:
text: Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.
ref: 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):
text: As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".
ref: 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
glosses: To spread or cause to spread.
Derived terms: peddle one's ass
peddlesome
repeddle
unpeddled
Related terms: peddler
pedlar
peddling
unethical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈɛθɪkəl/
Forms: form: more unethical
form: most unethical
Etymology: From un- + ethical.
Senses: examples: text: He was sacked for unethical conduct.
text: The following potentially unethical coding practices are presented along with the standard from the AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding that they may violate.
ref: 2006, Laurinda B. Harman, Ethical Challenges in the Management of Health Information, →ISBN, page 104:
text: However, occasionally one encounters unethical but not immoral practice, because in China, market regulations are neither sufficient nor regularly updated.
ref: 2009, Nada Kakabadse, Andrew Kakabadse, Chen Yang, “The Chinese Boardroom: Roles, Dynamics and Relationships”, in Global Boards: One Desire, Many Realities, →ISBN, page 100:
text: For example, individuals accused of unethical conduct might challenge the decision rendered by an ethics review panel if they were displeased with the ethics review process or outcome.
ref: 2017, Joseph Byrne, Administration Ethics: Executive Decisions in Canadian Healthcare, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: Breaching the established standards of conduct or behavior within a particular organization or profession.
examples: text: The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, Texas is one of only a handful of sites around the world that conduct medical research on great apes. Scientists say their research is conducted humanely, but many animal rights groups say testing on chimps is unneeded and unethical.
ref: 2011 June 2, “The Science And Ethics Of Research On Chimps”, in NPR.org, retrieved 12 Nov 2022:
synonyms: word: aberrant
word: corrupt
word: corrupted
word: depraved
word: dirty-handed
word: dissolute
word: effete
word: errant
word: indecent
word: indecorous
word: immodest
word: immoral
word: improper
word: incontinent
word: iniquitous
word: iniquous
word: licentious
word: obscene
word: perverse
word: perverted
word: profligate
word: unduteous
word: undutiful
word: unethical
word: ungodly
word: unjust
word: unprincipled
word: unrighteous
word: unseemly
word: unscrupulous
word: unworthy
word: wrong
glosses: Immoral, morally wrong.
Coordinate terms: anethical
amoral
Related terms: inhumane
inequitable
unfair
slaughter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɔːtə/
ipa: /ˈslɔtɚ/
ipa: /ˈslɑtɚ/
ipa: [ˈslɑɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɔːtə(ɹ)
homophone: slotter (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: slaughters
form: slaughtre
Etymology: From Middle English slaughter, from Old Norse *slahtr, later sláttr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtrą, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. Equivalent to slay + -ter (as in laughter). Eventually derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Related with Dutch slachten, German schlachten, Finnish lahdata (all “to slaughter”).
Senses: glosses: The killing of animals, generally for food.
examples: text: 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, 1773, The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Edinburgh, page 416,
For ſin, on war and mutual ſlaughter bent.
text: […] I ſee
Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field
Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter,
His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:
glosses: A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
examples: text: There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.
ref: 1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425:
glosses: A mass destruction of non-living things.
glosses: A rout or decisive defeat.
synonyms: mess
glosses: A group of iguanas.
Derived terms: as a lamb to the slaughter
come like a lamb to the slaughter
lamb to the slaughter
like a lamb to the slaughter
manslaughter
self-slaughter
slaughter animal
slaughterer
slaughterhouse
slaughterman
slaughterous
woman-slaughter
slaughter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɔːtə/
ipa: /ˈslɔtɚ/
ipa: /ˈslɑtɚ/
ipa: [ˈslɑɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɔːtə(ɹ)
homophone: slotter (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: slaughters
form: slaughtering
form: slaughtered
form: slaughtered
form: slaughtre
Etymology: From Middle English slaughter, from Old Norse *slahtr, later sláttr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtrą, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. Equivalent to slay + -ter (as in laughter). Eventually derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Related with Dutch slachten, German schlachten, Finnish lahdata (all “to slaughter”).
Senses: glosses: To butcher animals, generally for food.
examples: text: Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21:
glosses: To massacre people in large numbers.
examples: text: Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight,
He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine,
Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
glosses: To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
Derived terms: slaughterer
self-slaughtered
sentencing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.
glosses: Relating to a judicial sentence.
sentencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentencings
Senses: examples: text: After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.
text: Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."
ref: 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
glosses: The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.
glosses: That which has been pronounced as a judgement or sentence for a crime.
examples: text: He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.
glosses: The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases.
Derived terms: circle sentencing
sentencing range
sentencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sentence
moldy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmoʊldi/
rhymes: -əʊldi
Forms: form: moldier
form: more moldy
form: moldiest
form: most moldy
form: mouldy
Etymology: From mold + -y.
Senses: glosses: Covered with mold.
glosses: Stale or musty.
Derived terms: moldily
moldiness
mould
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊld/
ipa: /məʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: moulds
Etymology: Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
Senses: examples: text: The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section.
ref: 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:
glosses: Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
Derived terms: archmould
brickmould
buttonmould
cryomould
demould
earmould
headmould
hoodmould
immould
micromould
mouldboard
mouldic
mouldless
neckmould
overmould
thermomould
mould
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊld/
ipa: /məʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: moulds
form: moulding
form: moulded
form: moulded
Etymology: Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
Senses: examples: text: Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 288:
text: Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers".
ref: 2024 August 14, Bryn Haworth, “Artificial Ignorance: broligarchs and their brains should read Gulliver”, in Al Majalla, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2024:
glosses: Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
Derived terms: mismould
mouldability
mouldable
moulden
moulder
newmould
overmould
remould
unmould
mould
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊld/
ipa: /məʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: moulds
Etymology: From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
Derived terms: antimould
mouldly
mouldy
mould
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊld/
ipa: /məʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: moulds
form: moulding
form: moulded
form: moulded
Etymology: From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
mould
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊld/
ipa: /məʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: moulds
Etymology: From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
mould
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊld/
ipa: /məʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: moulds
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
quadriad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadriads
Etymology: From quadri- + -ad.
Senses: synonyms: quadrad
quartet
tetrad
glosses: A grouping of four things.
glosses: A government committee of four economic experts.
erupt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹʌpt/
rhymes: -ʌpt
Forms: form: erupts
form: erupting
form: erupted
form: erupted
Etymology: From Latin eruptus, past participle of ērumpō (“to break out (of), to burst out (from)”), from e (“out”) + rumpō (“to break”).
Senses: examples: text: The volcano erupted, spewing lava across a wide area.
glosses: To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
examples: text: The third molar tooth erupts late in most people, and sometimes does not appear at all.
glosses: To burst forth; to break out.
examples: text: The crowd erupted in anger.
text: And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.
ref: 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC
text: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
ref: 2012 January 24, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86:
glosses: To spontaneously release pressure or tension.
examples: text: After particularly good seasons, flocks "erupt" from their breeding grounds and appear in reed beds where they have not been seen for years, if ever.
ref: 1988, Michael Cady, Rob Hume, editors, The Complete Book of British Birds, page 242:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: (Of birds, insects, etc.) To suddenly appear in a certain region in large numbers.
Synonyms: burst
Derived terms: eruptible
eruptive
nonerupted
nonerupting
unerupted
Related terms: eruption
eruption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/
rhymes: -ʌpʃən
Forms: form: eruptions
Etymology: From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.
Senses: examples: text: a volcanic eruption
glosses: A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
examples: text: There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.
glosses: A sudden release of pressure or tension.
examples: text: Ultimately, Greenfield may remind us of no one so much as Boston's own, Sylvia Sidney — "herself" in the amusement business! From whom else does one expect so leveling a sequence of eruptions: "i mean yah gotta win a little money/ i mean we're all whores turning a trick"?
ref: 1976 December 18, Rudy Kikel, “The Doomsday Book by the Jewish Comedian”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 15:
glosses: An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation.
glosses: An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.
Hyponyms: bozo eruption
creeping eruption
effusive eruption
explosive eruption
fissure eruption
flank eruption
Hawaiian eruption
lateral eruption
limnic eruption
Peléan eruption
phreatic eruption
Plinian eruption
steam-blast eruption
Strombolian eruption
subaerial eruption
subglacial eruption
submarine eruption
subplinian eruption
supereruption
Surtseyan eruption
ultraplinian eruption
ultravulcanian eruption
Vesuvian eruption
Vulcanian eruption
Derived terms: bimbo eruption
eruptional
eruption column
maleruption
noneruption
overeruption
posteruption
helio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helios
Etymology: Clipping of heliotrope.
Senses: examples: text: A helio or sun-reflecting signal was evidently the desideratum.
ref: 1874, Verplanck Colvin, Annual Report on the Progress of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Wilderness of New York, for the year 1873:
text: A light keeper's duties require him to be alone on a station for days or even weeks at a time, showing a helio to the observer in the afternoon for two or three hours and watching by the signal lamp at night.
ref: 1925, U.S. Coast, Geodetic Survey, Special Publication - Coast and Geodetic Survey, page 62:
text: On a cloudy but bright day, it is possible to use a helio effectively over moderate distances of about 6 miles. Light keepers should be made aware of this, since they often think that brilliant sun is essential.
ref: 1968, Arthur Laidlaw Allan, J. R. Hollwey, J. H. B. Maynes, Practical Field Surveying and Computations, page 258:
glosses: A heliotrope (surveying instrument).
boro
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: borrow
boro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boros
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of borough.
Derived terms: -boro
sudoku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: so͝odō'ko͞o
enpr: so͝odŏ'ko͞o
enpr: so͝odo͞o'ko͞o
ipa: /sʊˈdəʊku/
ipa: /sʊˈdɒku/
ipa: /sʊˈduːku/
ipa: /sə-/
ipa: /suː-/
enpr: so͝odō'ku
enpr: so͝odŏ'ko͞o
enpr: so͝odo͞o'kō
enpr: so͝odo͞o'ko͞o
ipa: /sʊˈdoʊku/
ipa: /sʊˈdɑku/
ipa: /sʊˈdukoʊ/
ipa: /sʊˈduku/
ipa: /sə-/
ipa: /su-/
enpr: so͝o'dōko͞o
enpr: so͝o'dŏko͞o
enpr: so͝o'do͞oko͞o
ipa: /ˈsʊdəʊku/
ipa: /ˈsʊdɒku/
ipa: /ˈsʊduːku/
ipa: /ˈsuː-/
enpr: so͝o'dōku
enpr: so͝o'dŏko͞o
enpr: so͝o'do͞okō
enpr: so͝o'do͞oko͞o
ipa: /ˈsʊdoʊku/
ipa: /ˈsʊdɑku/
ipa: /ˈsʊdukoʊ/
ipa: /ˈsʊduku/
ipa: /ˈsu-/
Forms: form: sudokus
form: su doku
Etymology: Etymology tree
Japanese 数(すう)字(じ) (sūji)
Japanese は (wa)
Japanese 独(どく)身(しん) (dokushin)
Japanese に (ni)
Japanese 限(かぎ)る (kagiru)
Japanese 数独 (sūdoku)bor.
English sudoku
Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).
Senses: examples: text: For Preston is the publishing director at Puzzler Media, which creates magazines filled with puzzles, including one called sudoku that has taken Britain by storm. […] The puzzles are widely available over the Internet because efforts to trademark the name in Britain have not been successful, and you can even download sudokus to mobile phones.
ref: 2005 May 23, Eric Pfanner, “Puzzling phenomenon sweeps British papers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2021:
text: In fact, anything we do just to kill time—even essentially healthy activities like reading, chatting on the phone, or completing a sudoku puzzle—becomes a 'time thief.
ref: 2008, Jan Silvious, Smart Girls Think Twice: Making Wise Choices When It Counts, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 61:
text: The annual championship event comprises two days of Sudoku, followed by three days of other types of pencil-and-paper logic puzzles. Some of the Sudokus were classics: In a 9-by-9 grid, insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column or bolded 3-by-3 square region.
ref: 2023 November 3, Siobhan Roberts, “What It Takes to Wear the Sudoku Crown”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2023:
topics: games
synonyms: Number Place
glosses: A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.
Derived terms: commit sudoku
killer sudoku
sandwich sudoku
sudokuist
Related terms: Cross Sums
hanjie
hitori
kakuro
Latin square
magic square
masyu
coercer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /koʊˈɝsɚ/
ipa: /kəʊˈɜːsə/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sə(ɹ)
Forms: form: coercers
Etymology: From coerce + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Jove the binder of reluctant powers, the coercer and entrancer of free spirits under the fetters of shape and mass and passive mobility[…]
ref: 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Prometheus of Aeschylus:
glosses: A person who coerces.
Related terms: coerce
coercible
coercion
Valvai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Sri Lanka.
Synonyms: Valvettithurai
wheal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wēl
ipa: /wiːl/
homophone: weal
homophone: we'll (wine–whine merger)
homophone: wheel
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: wheals
Etymology: From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”).
Senses: examples: text: A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation.
ref: 1676, Richard Wiseman, “[A Treatise of Tumors.] Of an Herpes”, in Severall Chirurgical Treatises, London: Printed by E. Flesher and J[ohn] Macock, for R[ichard] Royston bookseller to His Most Sacred Majesty, and B[enjamin] Took at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard, →OCLC, page 80:
text: So they gripped again until red wheals rose on their backs and shoulders by reason of the grievous clasping of their arms.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 22:
glosses: A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
Synonyms: sense: small raised swelling on the skin
word: wale
sense: small raised swelling on the skin
word: weal
sense: small raised swelling on the skin
word: welt
Derived terms: wheal-worm
wheal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wēl
ipa: /wiːl/
homophone: weal
homophone: we'll (wine–whine merger)
homophone: wheel
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: wheals
form: whealing
form: whealed
form: whealed
Etymology: From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wale.
synonyms: word: wale
wheal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wēl
ipa: /wiːl/
homophone: weal
homophone: we'll (wine–whine merger)
homophone: wheel
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: wheals
Etymology: Borrowed from Cornish hwel.
Senses: examples: text: The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal Crowndale, Wheal Crebor, East Liscombe, and Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which ranges as usual from east to west, and are included in a space of about four miles in length.
ref: 1829, Thomas Moore, The History of Devonshire, page 528:
text: Surrounding the village are the remains ot many mine workings including the picturesque gtoup of clifftop buildings thar were once part of one of the county's best known mines - Wheal Coares.
ref: 2003, Peter Long, The Hidden Places of Cornwall, page 85:
text: If you look at the map there are ‘wheals’ all over the place. There's Wheal Rose, Wheal Plenty and Wheal Busy. Back on the tramroad the industrial communities come thick and fast as you head southeast to Wheal Rose.
ref: 2010, Julia Bradbury, Julia Bradbury's Railway Walks, page 27:
topics: business
mining
glosses: A mine.
Derived terms: Wheal Busy
Wheal Rose