cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Puranic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Puranic
form: most Puranic
Etymology: From Purana + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: I have always regarded the Purāṇic stories about the Hindu gods as the very best stories in the world, rich in human wisdom and metaphysical truth.
ref: 1980, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Puranas.
Purana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Puranas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇá, literally “old, ancient”).
Senses: glosses: A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology.
Derived terms: Puranic
pounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaʊndə/
ipa: /ˈpaʊndɚ/
Forms: form: pounders
Etymology: From pound (“verb”) + -er (“agent suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: Since we often prefer to pound our own cutlets rather than buy uneven precut cutlets from the store, a meat pounder is an important piece of equipment.
ref: 2014, The Cook's Illustrated Meat Book:
glosses: A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
Derived terms: Bible pounder
Bible-pounder
brass pounder
ground pounder
ivory-pounder
pussy pounder
rice pounder
torta pounder
Related terms: mortar and pestle
pounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaʊndə/
ipa: /ˈpaʊndɚ/
Forms: form: pounders
form: pr.
form: pdr.
form: pdr
Etymology: From pound (“measure of weight”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The ship fired the twelve-pounder twice during the battle.
glosses: A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.
examples: text: The Quarter Pounder with Cheese
text: "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.
ref: 1970, Field & Stream, volume 75, number 7, page 76:
glosses: Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
Related terms: 64-pounder
four-pounder
half-pounder
nine-pounder
quarter-pounder
ten-pounder
third-pounder
three-pounder
twelve-pounder
pounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaʊndə/
ipa: /ˈpaʊndɚ/
Forms: form: pounders
Etymology: From pound (“unit of money, measure of value”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder.
glosses: Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
primed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaɪmd/
rhymes: -aɪmd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prime
primed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaɪmd/
rhymes: -aɪmd
Senses: glosses: Prepared for use or action.
examples: text: Get Andrea well primed, but not drunk.
ref: 2012, Roger L. Weston, The Domino Coincidence:
glosses: Approaching a state of drunkenness.
profiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: profilers
Etymology: From profile + -er.
Senses: glosses: A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
glosses: A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
examples: text: a sediment profiler
glosses: A device that analyzes something and builds up a profile.
examples: text: […] a complete and intuitive profiler that supports numerous types of profiling modes and profilable applications.
ref: 2006, Dr. Dobb's Journal:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
Derived terms: microprofiler
racial profiler
Related terms: profilist
proter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proters
Senses: glosses: A version of Rummy played in Sri Lanka
incorporable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incorporable
form: most incorporable
Etymology: From Middle French incorporable.
Senses: glosses: Able to be incorporated.
ice-skating rink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice-skating rinks
form: ice skating rink
Senses: glosses: An ice rink.
ice skating rink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice skating rinks
form: ice-skating rink
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ice rink.
synonyms: word: ice rink
skating rink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skating rinks
Senses: synonyms: ice skating rink
ice rink
glosses: A specially prepared ice surface on which people skate or play ice hockey; the building that houses such a surface.
synonyms: roller rink
glosses: A roller-skating rink; the building that houses such a surface.
Hyponyms: hockey rink
roller rink
roller skating rink
knee pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knee pads
form: kneepad
Senses: glosses: A protective garment worn on a knee to protect it from injury, for example due to a blow or a fall.
knee pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knee pad
nicen up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nicens up
form: nicening up
form: nicened up
form: nicened up
Senses: glosses: To nicen.
nicen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nicens
form: nicening
form: nicened
form: nicened
Etymology: From nice + -en.
Senses: glosses: To become nicer.
glosses: To make nicer.
Derived terms: nicen up
petrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From petro- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Silica and alumina are distinctly the most abundant and characteristic petrogenic constituents, and with them are most frequently associated those elements toward the extreme petrogenic end of the periodic table, especially potassium, sodium, and calcium in the order named; and these elements are associated with each other.
ref: 1924, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Henry Stephens Washington, “Evolution of the Elements”, in The Composition of the Earth’s Crust (United States Geological Survey Professional Paper; 127), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, pages 107–108:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the formation of rock.
petrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From petro- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Produced by the incomplete combustion of petroleum
raw_tags: of hydrocarbons etc
unspeakableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unspeakable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Obviously, it's the unspeakableness, the sheer horror of it, that is motivating some news organizations.
ref: 2007 January 27, Paul Berton, “How do we define gruesome? (editorial)”, in London Free Press, Canada:
glosses: The condition or quality of being unspeakable.
paint with a broad brush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paints with a broad brush
form: painting with a broad brush
form: painted with a broad brush
form: painted with a broad brush
Senses: examples: text: I'm just painting with a broad brush. You fellows fill in the details.
ref: 1958, H. Boyle, J. House, “Folklore in the News: Businessmen's Bebop”, in Western Folklore, volume 17, number 1, page 63:
text: To cover this range of issues is clearly to paint with a broad brush on a global canvas.
ref: 1981, D. N., “Review of Global Signposts to the 21st Century by John A. Loraine”, in Population and Development Review, volume 7, number 2, page 363:
text: Painting slavery with a broad brush in literature, film and even political debate has kept us from knowing the real horror and heroism of the institution.
ref: 1998 October 5, Ron Stodghill, “Daring To Go There”, in Time:
glosses: To describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations.
Related terms: broad-brush
Wearside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Wear + -side.
Senses: glosses: The area around Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, on the River Wear.
Derived terms: Wearsider
associativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: associativities
Etymology: From associative + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The associativity of OR and AND is not at all obvious. It is tempting to assume that because OR and AND are commutative that they must be associative also. This is not the case, however, and some commutative Boolean operators are not associative. Examples include NAND and NOR.
ref: 2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being associative.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The property of an operator which determines how it is grouped with operators of the same precedence in the absence of parentheses.
Derived terms: coassociativity
heteroassociativity
nonassociativity
Related terms: left-associative
right-associative
non-associative
-mania
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: See mania.
Senses: glosses: compulsion or obsession.
glosses: A place where something can be found in great amounts.
Related terms: -mane
-maniac
mania
maniac
-maniac
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: See maniac.
Senses: glosses: Indicating a person who experiences a type of compulsion or obsession.
Synonyms: -mane
Derived terms: egomaniac
kleptomaniac
megalomaniac
monomaniac
Muslimaniac
mythomaniac
nymphomaniac
pyromaniac
Related terms: -mania
maniac
permuter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permuters
Etymology: From permute + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who permutes.
nonyielding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + yielding.
Senses: glosses: Unyielding.
drag queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drag queen
first mover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first movers
Etymology: The business sense bears connotations of the earliest moves in a game such as chess or checkers (for example, a gambit).
Senses: examples: text: The chiefeſt God firſt moouer of that Spheare,
Enchac’d with thouſands euer ſhining lamps,
Will ſooner burne the glorious frame of Heauen,
Then ſhould it ſo conſpire my ouerthrow.
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 IIII, scene ii:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.
topics: business
glosses: An early player in a market, such as the first company to commercialize a newly developed technology.
Derived terms: first-mover disadvantage
nutfarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutfarms
Etymology: From nut (“insane person”) + farm.
Senses: examples: text: Don't go around telling cops that, or they'll lock you up in the nutfarm.
glosses: An insane asylum.
Related terms: sense: lunatic asylum
word: nuthouse
sense: lunatic asylum
word: insane asylum
sense: lunatic asylum
word: funny farm
sense: lunatic asylum
word: mental hospital
menstruous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛnstɹʊəs/
ipa: /ˈmɛnstɹʊəs/
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman menstruus, Middle French menstrueus, and their source, Late Latin menstruosus (“menstruating”), from Latin mēnstruum.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to menstruation; menstrual.
examples: text: There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters:
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Esdras 5:8:
text: Foolish, drunken, or hairbrain women most part bring forth children like unto themslves, morosus et languidos, and so likewise he that lies with a menstruous woman.
ref: , New York, 2001, p.213
glosses: Currently undergoing menstruation.
raw_tags: of a female
glosses: Monthly.
Synonyms: menstrual
catamenial
mensal
Derived terms: menstruousness
strong language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: cursing
cussing
profanity
swear words
swearing
glosses: Language considered offensive or vulgar, especially in movies/films.
mensural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin mēnsūrālis, from mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ālis.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to measure or measurement.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a fixed rhythm.
Derived terms: mensuralism
mensuralist
mensural notation
Related terms: mensuration
KwaZulu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kwɑːˈzuːluː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu KwaZulu.
Senses: glosses: A former bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a homeland for the Zulu people.
Related terms: KwaZulu-Natal
bantustan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbantuːˈstan/
ipa: /ˌbantuːˈstɑːn/
ipa: /ˌbæntuˈstæn/
ipa: /ˌbɑntuˈstɑn/
ipa: /ˈbæntuˌstæn/
ipa: /ˈbɑntuˌstɑn/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: bantustans
form: Bantustan
Etymology: From a Bantu language (ultimately from Proto-Bantu *bantʊ̀ (“people”)) + -stan (“home of”, suffix of Persian origin), after place names such as Hindustan.
Senses: glosses: Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy
glosses: A political entity reminiscent of the old apartheid-era territories of the same name.
Related terms: Bantoid
Bantologist
Bantu
Bantuist
Bantuization
Proto-Bantu
polymorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polymorphism
gigapascals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigapascal
gigapascal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigapascals
Etymology: From giga- + pascal.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: word: GPa
glosses: A unit or pressure equal to 10⁹ pascals
sceptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sceptic
kilonewton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilonewtons
Etymology: From kilo- + newton.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: meganewton < giganewton < teranewton < petanewton < exanewton < zettanewton < yottanewton
Meronyms: piconewton < nanonewton < micronewton < millinewton < newton
related: word: mul:kN
glosses: One thousand newtons.
palaeontologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeontologist
microcephalics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcephalic
biomolecules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomolecule
orbitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orbital
millimole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millimoles
Etymology: From milli- + mole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An SI unit, equivalent to 1/1000th of a mole.
Synonyms: mmol
trapezoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trapezoid
mmol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mmols
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of millimole.
Derived terms: mmol/d
ferropericlases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferropericlase
kiloampere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiloamperes
Etymology: From kilo- + ampere.
Senses: glosses: One thousand amperes
Synonyms: kA
㎄
ferropericlase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferropericlases
Etymology: From ferro- + periclase.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of minerals, mixed oxides of magnesium and iron, that are abundant in the earth's lower mantle (second only to perovskite)
picometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picometers
Etymology: From pico- + meter.
Senses: glosses: US spelling of picometre.
Derived terms: subpicometer
factionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: factionalizations
Etymology: From factional + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The formation of factions, often through conflict.
attometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attometres
Etymology: From atto- + metre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: femtometre < picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre < exametre < zettametre < yottametre < ronnametre < quettametre
Meronyms: yoctometre < zeptometre
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:am
word: attometer
glosses: An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁸ metres. Symbol: am
zeptometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeptometres
Etymology: From zepto- + metre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: attometre < femtometre < picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre < exametre < zettametre < yottametre < ronnametre < quettametre
Meronym: yoctometre
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:zm
word: zeptometer
glosses: An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻²¹ metres. Symbol: zm
microcephaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛfəli
Forms: form: microcephalies
Etymology: From micro- + -cephaly.
Senses: glosses: A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.
Synonyms: microcephalia
microcephalism
Derived terms: microcephalin
Related terms: microcephalic
microcephale
microcephalous
microcephalus
yoctometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoctometres
form: yoctometer
Etymology: From yocto- + metre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: zeptometre < attometre < femtometre < picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre < exametre < zettametre < yottametre < ronnametre < quettametre
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:ym
word: yoctometer
glosses: An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻²⁴ metres. Symbol: ym
terametre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terametres
Etymology: From tera- + metre.
Senses: examples: Holonym: petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Tm
word: terameter
glosses: An SI unit of length equal to 10¹² metres. Symbol: Tm
exametre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exametres
Etymology: From exa- + metre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: zettametre < yottametre < ronnametre < quettametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Em
word: exameter
glosses: An SI unit of length equal to 10¹⁸ metres. Symbol: Em
multicelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multicelled
form: most multicelled
form: multi-celled
Etymology: From multi- + celled.
Senses: glosses: Having many cells; multicellular.
raw_tags: of an organism
Related terms: unicelled
zettametre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zettametres
Etymology: From zetta- + metre.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: yottametre < ronnametre < quettametre
text: Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre < exametre
text: The largest known galaxy, at the centre of the Abell 2029 cluster in Virgo, has a diameter of around 53 zettametres.
ref: 1994, New Scientist - Volume 144, Issues 1951-1958, page 81:
text: As one of my reviewers (SP Gray) puts it: '...I think that Andromeda will be a good deal closer to the Solar System than it is now, before we read of its distance in zettametres'
ref: 2015 August, Keith Atkin, “Time to ditch non-SI units in physics teaching?”, in Physics Education, volume 50, number 5:
text: How many kiloparsecs are there in a zettametre (10²¹ m)?
ref: 2018, Margreth Tadie, Robert Pott, Neill Goosen, Petrie Van Wyk, Karin Elizabeth Wolff, “Expanding 1st year problem-solving skills through unit conversions and estimations”, in IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON):
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Zm
word: zettameter
glosses: An SI unit of length equal to 10²¹ metres. Symbol: Zm
unicelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + celled.
Senses: glosses: Having a single cell; unicellular
raw_tags: of an organism
Related terms: multicelled
yottametre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yottametres
Etymology: From yotta- + metre.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: ronnametre < quettametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre < exametre < zettametre
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Ym
word: yottameter
glosses: An SI unit of length equal to 10²⁴ metres. Symbol: Ym
prothetelous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prothetely + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting prothetely; prothetelic
prothetely
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The abnormal development of parts of an insect larva, often as a result of abnormal conditions
Related terms: prothetelic
prothetelous
prothetelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prothetely + -ic.
Senses: glosses: prothetelous
tritiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tritiated
form: most tritiated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a compound which has had some of its normal hydrogen (protium) replaced with the heavy isotope tritium.
Derived terms: tritiated water
tritiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tritiate
Related terms: protiated
deuterated
protiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more protiated
form: most protiated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a compound that contains the normal isotope of hydrogen (rather than deuterium or tritium)
Related terms: deuterated
tritiated
protobird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protobirds
Etymology: From proto- + bird.
Senses: glosses: Any of several extinct animals proposed as an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds; a proavian.
proavian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proavians
Etymology: From pro- + avian.
Senses: glosses: Any of several extinct animals proposed as an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds; a protobird.
dyspraxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dyspraxic
form: most dyspraxic
Etymology: From dyspraxia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Some dyspraxic children also have other learning difficulties, while some are of average or above-average intelligence.
ref: 2010, Maureen Boon, Understanding Dyspraxia: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Being dyspraxic means that she thinks differently to other people. When many politicians are going with the flow, and following a party line, someone who thinks outside the box is a rare commodity.
ref: 2022, Joe Wells, Wired Differently, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 131:
glosses: Of or pertaining to dyspraxia.
Derived terms: dyspraxically
dyspraxic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyspraxics
Etymology: From dyspraxia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person who has dyspraxia.
sways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of sway
sways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sway
dyslexics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyslexic
sentimentalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentimentalist
lifelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifeline
needlestick injury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needlestick injuries
Senses: examples: text: The nurse developed hepatitis as a result of a needlestick injury.
glosses: Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object.
trespassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trespass
needlestick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needlesticks
Etymology: From needle + stick.
Senses: examples: text: The nurse developed hepatitis as a result of a needlestick.
glosses: Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object.
Derived terms: needlestick injury
unthankful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unthankful
form: most unthankful
Etymology: From Middle English unthankful, from Old English unþancful, unþancfull, unġeþancfull (“unthankful, ungrateful”), equivalent to un- + thankful. Cognate with Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).
Senses: examples: text: Guido has made me fanciful. I am unthankful for the good which has really fallen to our share. Henriette is very, very kind—how glad I ought to be of such powerful protection!
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 170:
glosses: Not thankful; ungrateful.
Derived terms: unthankfulness
unthankfully
walk a straight line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks a straight line
form: walking a straight line
form: walked a straight line
form: walked a straight line
Senses: examples: text: What if your mate forgives you and your broken promise? I know we've all heard statements from our mates such as: "Baby, don't worry about it. I forgive you. Let'x move on!” Well, here's the question, should we accept this statement as the truth; or should we keep in the back of our minds that the damage is already done? Here's when you must begin to walk a straight line continuously.
ref: 2009, Johnnie Lee Behlin III, Why: A Guideline for Relationships (Ways of Women/Minds of Men), →ISBN:
text: He expected a felonious client, rewarded with four and a quarter million instead of jail time, to be grateful and thereafter to walk a straight line.
ref: 2012, Dean Koontz, From the Corner of his Eye, →ISBN:
text: He wanted to do the right thing. He was trying his hardest to walk a straight line and stay out of the game, but nobody was willing to give him a break.
ref: 2014, Ashley Jaquavis, The Trophy Wife, →ISBN:
glosses: To behave in a proper and lawful manner; to obey the rules and expectations of society.
examples: text: You've read about this phenomenon, how people who are loast in the woods believe they are walking a straight line sometimes will keep veering off in one direction and eventually walk in a circle that brings them very close to where they started.
ref: 2008, David Lozell Martin, Losing Everything, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, straight, line.
prioritise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prioritises
form: prioritising
form: prioritised
form: prioritised
Etymology: From priority + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Work is being prioritised on the upper concourse at Whitechapel to allow the station's Whitechapel Road entrance to reopen in spring of next year, replacing the temporary entrance in providing access to the Underground and Overground lines.
ref: 2019 October 24, Dan Harvey, “Crossrail Update: Whitechapel barrels on”, in Modern Railways:
text: When facts have become debatable, she said, and when “the world’s largest distributor of news prioritises the spread of lies laced with anger and hate – then journalism becomes activism … It’s about the facts, right?” She told Norwegian TV the reward gave her and Rappler “tremendous energy to continue the fight”.
ref: 2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian:
text: The principle of prioritising longer-distance trains by cutting services to wayside stations (often leading directly to their closure) is not new.
ref: 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
text: In a video message, Zuckerberg vowed to prioritise free speech after the return of Donald Trump to the White House and said that, starting in the US, he would “get rid of factcheckers and replace them with community notes similar to X”.
ref: 2025 January 7, Robert Booth, “Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content”, in The Guardian:
antonyms: deprioritise
glosses: British standard spelling of prioritize.
unpassable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + passable.
Senses: examples: text: For many, the discerning of God's will seems like an insurmountable trial or an unpassable test. Rather than complete the exam, they'd just as soon walk away.
ref: 2012, David Westphal, Thy Will Be Done in Me: Living the Lord's Prayer, page 81:
glosses: Not able to be passed.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: Not able to be passed.
Not able to be passed; not capable of being beaten at the net by a passing shot.
examples: text: I resolved that night that I would never, ever turn my back on a transgender friend — be they transsexual, cross-dresser, drag queen, or gender-fuck — no matter how unpassable they might be or how much they might get me clocked.
ref: 2009, Lannie Rose, Everything Nice, page 191:
glosses: Unable to pass successfully as the gender one wishes to be seen as.
Related terms: impassable
prioritises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prioritise
prioritising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prioritise
OOSE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Acronym of object-oriented software engineering.
prioritised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prioritise
unmoveable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmoveable
form: most unmoveable
Etymology: From un- + moveable.
Senses: synonyms: word: static
word: stuck
word: fixed
word: immobile
word: immotile
word: immovable
word: inanimate
word: inert
word: lifeless
word: sessile
word: static
word: rigid
word: stationary
word: stuck
word: unmovable
word: unmoveable
glosses: Not able to be moved; immobile.
Related terms: unmovable
immovable
Medizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Medizers
Etymology: From medize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person in Ancient Greece who had Persian sympathies.
winepresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winepress
callings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calling
gentes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.tiːz/
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.teɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of gens
householders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of householder
carters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carter
city councils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city council
wickednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wickedness
beat 'em up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beat 'em ups
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A video game of the genre oriented around interpersonal combat (e.g. martial arts, street fighting, brawling, etc).
Related terms: shoot 'em up
web celeb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /wɛb səˈlɛb/
Forms: form: web celebs
form: webceleb
Senses: examples: text: Even though the concept is new to public scrutiny, pundits recognize that the web celeb archetype is profoundly affecting conventional media.
glosses: An Internet celebrity: a person who becomes famous by being broadcast online.
interdine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interdines
form: interdining
form: interdined
form: interdined
Etymology: From inter- + dine.
Senses: examples: text: They interdine with Parwars.
glosses: To eat with one another; used especially of people of different castes.
tablemat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tablemats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of table mat.
cheek pouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheek pouches
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: A pouch in the cheek of some animals, usually used to carry food.
maltitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːltəˌtɑl/
Forms: form: maltitols
Etymology: From malt + -itol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A disaccharide polyol used as a sugar substitute, produced through the hydrogenation of maltose.
Hypernyms: sugar alcohol
Derived terms: isomaltitol
Related terms: isomalt
swimmeret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swimmerets
Etymology: From swimmer + -et.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: In decapods such as lobsters, one of the legs primarily used for swimming but also used for brooding the eggs (except in prawns) and catching food.
Synonyms: pleopod
pleopod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpliːəˌpɒd/
Forms: form: pleopods
form: pleopoda
form: pleiopod
form: pleiopus
form: pleopus
Etymology: From pleon (“the abdomen of a crustacean”) + -pod (“foot”).
Senses: examples: text: In decapods such as lobsters, pleopods are legs mainly used for swimming but sometimes used for brooding eggs or catching food. In some species certain pleopods of an animal may have been adapted to special functions such as reproduction.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
coordinate_terms: uropod
glosses: One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.
Derived terms: pleopodal
swimmerets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swimmeret
pleopods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleopod
egg roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg rolls
Etymology: (food):
From egg + roll, modelled after spring roll. The use of egg in the name is probably because the words for spring and egg sound the same in Cantonese, while egg rolls usually contain no egg.
Senses: glosses: A food made made by wrapping a combination of chopped vegetables, possibly meat, and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it.
glosses: In many Asian countries and among their emigrants, an egg-based, flute-shaped pastry, with typically yellowish, flaky crust, often eaten as a sweet snack or dessert; a crispy biscuit roll.
glosses: An African snack resembling a Scotch egg.
glosses: An instance of the egg rolling tradition.
egg rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg roll
spring rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring roll
fita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fitas
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian фита́ (fitá).
Senses: glosses: The obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѳ, ѳ formerly used in Russian to write proper names and loanwords derived from or via Greek.
torcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
homophone: torture
Forms: form: torchers
Etymology: From torch + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The torchers of buildings must be dealt with.
glosses: One who torches something.
examples: text: Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring
 Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring, […]
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], line 162:
glosses: One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
examples: text: […] their set includes a Patsy Cline torcher and reaches some sort of peak with a 29-song Irving Berlin medley.
ref: 1988 August 26, Neil Tesser, “Montgomery, Plant & Stritch”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A torch song
examples: text: What did the girl do before she married Eddie Mars?
Torcher.
Can’t you get any old professional photos?
ref: 1939, Raymond Chandler, chapter 20, in The Big Sleep, New York: Knopf:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A singer of a torch song
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The pilot of a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion).
toquet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toquets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of toque (“type of hat”).
onomasiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more onomasiological
form: most onomasiological
Etymology: From onomasiology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to onomasiology.
Coordinate terms: semasiological
Derived terms: onomasiologically
onomasiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”) + -logy.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.
Synonyms: onomastics
onomatology
Coordinate terms: semasiology
Derived terms: onomasiologic
onomasiological
onomasiologically
onomasiologist
Related terms: ontology
semantics
stat dec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stat decs
Senses: glosses: Clipping of statutory declaration (clipped compound).
retrial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrials
Etymology: From re- + trial.
Senses: examples: text: He maintains his innocence and has lodged an appeal - which means a retrial and the conviction being set aside in the meantime
ref: 2020 October 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-1 Denmark: 'Harry Maguire looked devoid of confidence in Nations League loss'”, in BBC Sport:
text: The six activists will now face a retrial at Highbury Magistrates' Court, in front of a new judge.
ref: 2023 January 11, “Network News: Court decision overturned: Six HS2 activists face retrial”, in RAIL, number 974, page 9:
topics: law
glosses: A second trial, by the original court, if the original trial was found to be improper or unfair
revivalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revivalisms
Etymology: From revival + -ism.
Senses: examples: Art Deco revivalism
glosses: Advocacy for the revival of a former practice, custom, etc.
examples: text: Neither the Revivalism that assails a boy at about the age of fifteen, nor the skepticism that meets him five years later, could sway him from his allegiance to the church into which he had been born.
ref: 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, IV [Uniform ed., pp. 57–58]
glosses: Spiritual fervour of or for a religious revival.
revivification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revivifications
Etymology: Originally from Latin revīvificāt- (past participial stem of revīvificō (“revivify”)) + -ion. In later use, from revivify (see -fication). Compare later revivificate, Latin revīvificātiō (1567 in a British source), and French révivification. By surface analysis, re- (“again, anew”) + vivification (“giving of life”).
Senses: examples: text: Fir-cones and snakes from their very forms were emblems of male fertility; snakes, too, from their habit of gliding out of their own skins with renewed brightness and color were suggestive of resurrection and re-vivification; pigs and sows by their exceeding fruitfulness would in their hour of sacrifice remind old mother Earth of what was expected from her!
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 73:
glosses: The act of reviving; restoration of life.
examples: text: I have often beheld as a miracle, that artificiall resurrection and revivification of Mercury, how being mortified into a thousand shapes, it assumes again its owne, and returns to its numericall selfe.
ref: 1643, Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.
tassie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæsi/
rhymes: -æsi
Forms: form: tassies
Etymology: From French tasse (“cup”), from Arabic طَاس (ṭās, “bowl, basin”).
Senses: glosses: A cup or goblet for drinking wine.
glosses: A decorative ring or plug at the end of the barrel of a pen.
examples: a pecan tassie
glosses: A small tart or miniature pie.
revivify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ/
Forms: form: revivifies
form: revivifying
form: revivified
form: revivified
Etymology: Partly from French revivifier and partly from Latin revīvificō, corresponding to re- + vivify.
Senses: examples: text: His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; […]
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Knights and Squires”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 125:
text: In cautiously revivifying dead queens—and Time's appearance suggests that this recuperation is dependent on the hiatus—the play opens up a space, if an uncertain space, within which to begin a critique of current gender politics.
ref: 1994, M. Lindsey Kaplan, Katherine Eggert, ““Good queen, my lord, good queen” - Sexual Slander and the Trials of Female Authority in “The Winter's Tale””, in Renaissance Drama, volume 25, →DOI, page 111 of 89–118:
synonyms: revive#Verb
glosses: To reanimate, bring back to life.
examples: text: Near-synonym: rejuvenate
text: Despite the patrician allure of much that Choiseul attempted, a renovating, technocratic spirit was abroad during his tenure of office which sought to rationalize and revivify government service [...].
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 256:
synonyms: revive#Verb
coordinate_terms: reactivate#Verb
glosses: To reinvigorate or revitalize.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: reactivate#Verb
glosses: To become effective again as a reagent etc.
Derived terms: revivification
Related terms: revivificate
retrospection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrospections
Senses: glosses: The deliberate recall of past events
retrogression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrogressions
Senses: examples: text: History and experience, the enshriners of the past, and investigation, the discoverer of the present and preparer for the future, will prevent retrogression.
ref: 1849, Hogg's Weekly Instructor, page 388:
text: Suns spring into being, and then their height of power being reached, the process of retrogression begins, and after aeons they become dead masses of matter, awaiting another impulse which starts again their inner energies into activity and a new solar life cycle is begun.
ref: 1908, The Three Initiates, The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2011:
glosses: A deterioration or decline to a previous state.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A return to a less complex condition.
Synonyms: regress
Related terms: retrogressive
retrogressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more retrogressive
form: most retrogressive
Senses: examples: text: Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase.
ref: 1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10:
glosses: Of or relating to retrogression.
glosses: Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde.
retrogressive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: retrogressives
Senses: glosses: A person of retrogressive views or policies; a backward-looking conservative.
Pak.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Pakistan.
autopista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autopistas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish autopista.
Senses: glosses: A controlled-access highway in various Spanish-speaking countries.
water police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The police department charged with patrolling harbours and waterways by boat.
nail bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nail bombs
form: nailbomb
Senses: glosses: A bomb designed to cause extensive wounding by packing sharp objects around the explosive; used especially by terrorists and suicide bombers.
Derived terms: nail bomber
protocoel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protocoels
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The anterior part of a tripartite coelom in some invertebrates
protoconal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From protocone + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a protocone
protocone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protocones
Etymology: From proto- + cone.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A cusp in the corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals.
Related terms: deuterocone
metacone
paracone
hypocone
protoctist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protoctists
Senses: glosses: Any of several unicellular protists of the kingdom Protista (formerly Protoctista).
protoctist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to these organisms.
Synonyms: protoctistan
protoctistan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protoctistans
Senses: glosses: protoctist
protoctistan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more protoctistan
form: most protoctistan
Senses: glosses: protoctist
audiencia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audiencias
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish audiencia. Doublet of audience.
Senses: examples: text: After Cortés the government of New Spain degenerated under the rule of Nuño de Guzmán, president of the first audiencia, into a brutish exploitation of the Indians.
ref: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: An appellate court of the Spanish empire.
Synonyms: audience
fall off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fall offs
Etymology: From fall + off; and also dissimilated from Middle English offallen (“to destroy, defeat, ruin, fail”), from Old English offeallan (“to fall upon, destroy”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of falloff.
urushiols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urushiol
Hakkapeliitta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hakkapeliittas
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish hakkapeliitta, probably from the Finnish war cry hakkaa päälle (literally “hack on; hit on”).
Senses: glosses: A Finnish light cavalryman during the Thirty Years' War.
protohominid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protohominids
Etymology: From proto- + hominid.
Senses: examples: text: Although the ethological studies of chimpanzees cannot present us with a picture of the life of the protohominids, they can give us some insights into what these conditions may have been like.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193:
glosses: Any of several primitive animals that were evolutionary ancestors of the hominids.
protohominid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + hominid.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to these creatures.