cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: sane
homophone: Seine (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: sains
form: saining
form: sained
form: sained
Etymology: From Middle English sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen, from Old English sēnian, seġnian, from Proto-Germanic *segnōną (“to mark with a cross, bless”), from Latin signō, from signum. Cognate with Dutch zegenen (“to bless”), German segnen (“to bless”), Irish séan (“sign, omen”) and Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”).
Senses: examples: text: Saining is the grand protection against them; a Shetlander always sains himself when passing by their hills.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 261:
glosses: To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
qualifier: obsolete except in Scots
glosses: To make the sign of the cross.
examples: text: Sain usǃ Sain us, oh Godǃ.
text: Far from my speech stands he who sains and saves.
ref: 1889, “Agamemnon”, in Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, transl., The House of Atreus, 2nd edition, page 57:
text: The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.
ref: 1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life:
glosses: To bless, to keep from evil influence.
narrowboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narrowboats
form: narrow boat
Etymology: From narrow + boat.
Senses: glosses: A barge used on the narrow canals of England.
Derived terms: monkey barge
narrowboater
narrowboating
saltimbanco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/
Forms: form: saltimbancos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian saltimbanco. Used thus in English because of the association with street performers, seen by the settled population in English-speaking culture as not to be trusted. A more usual and more accurate English word, derived from similar sources, is mountebank.
Senses: synonyms: mountebank
quack
glosses: A quack doctor, a fraud.
Related terms: mountebank
samisen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsæmɪsɛn/
Forms: form: samisens
form: samisen
Senses: examples: text: He sees her chastened and cast-down eyes as she kneels and tinkles away on her samisen
ref: 1982, John Fowles, Mantissa:
glosses: Alternative form of shamisen.
shamisen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃæmɪsɛn/
Forms: form: shamisens
form: shamisen
form: samisen
form: syamisen
Etymology: From Japanese 三味線 (shamisen).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A kind of three-stringed Japanese fretless lute.
Synonyms: word: jamisen
english: used mainly in reference to archaic forms of the instrument from the Ryukyu Islands
translation: used mainly in reference to archaic forms of the instrument from the Ryukyu Islands
word: jabisen
word: sangen
Derived terms: shamisenist
sanjak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsandʒak/
Forms: form: sanjaks
form: zanzack
form: sanjac
form: sancak
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancâk, “subdivision of a vilayet”, literally “flag, banner”), from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”).
Senses: examples: text: This lymphatic monster had once blocked the distinguished pharynx of Lord Blatherard Osmo, who at the time occupied the Novy Pazar desk at the Foreign Office, an obscure penance for the previous century of British policy on the Eastern Question, for on this obscure sanjak had once hinged the entire fate of Europe.
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
examples: text: ... the Duke ... enforced all the whole Armie to retire to the Campe, with the losse of five or six thousand, with the Bashaw of Buda, and foure or five Zanzacks, with divers other great Commanders, two hundred Prisoners, and nine peeces of Ordnance.
ref: 1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 45:
qualifier: inexact
glosses: Synonym of sanjakbey: the officer supervising a sanjak.
synonyms: word: sanjakbey
extra: the officer supervising a sanjak
Synonyms: district
prefecture
county
sanjakship
sanjakate
mutasarrifate
mutasarriflik
Coordinate terms: vilayet
kaza
nahiyah
sanjakbey
mutasarrif
kaymakam
Derived terms: sanjakry
sanjakship
sanjakate
Related terms: sanjakbey
sanjakbeg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsænd͡ʒækbɛɡ/
Forms: form: sanjakbegs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sanjakbey: an official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak.
sawney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔːni/
rhymes: -ɔːni
Forms: form: sawneys
Etymology: (fool, idiot): From Sawney, a Scots variant of the personal name Sandy.
Senses: glosses: A fool, an idiot.
examples: text: Tyrrell, another boy, confirmed their testimony, and said, on one occasion, when they had stolen a heart, liver, and lights, the prisoner said, "go out, one or two of you, and see if you can get a bit of sawney!" (meaning a bit of bacon).
ref: 1820, John Bull, volumes 1-2, page 363:
text: If a boy comes to the house on a night without money or sawney, or something to sell to the lodgers, a handkerchief or something of that kind, he is not admitted, but told very plainly, ‘Go thieve it, then.’
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
text: A man came in as she spoke, and drawing a large piece of bacon from his pocket, flung it down upon the counter.
'How much d'ye want for it?' said the lodging-house keeper, weighing it with his eyes.
'Sixpence.'
'Sixpence for a bit of sawney! (thieved bacon). We can't give more than fourpence in this shop, my buffer.'
ref: 1861, The old Roman well, volume 1, page 62:
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: Bacon.
sawney
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔːni/
rhymes: -ɔːni
Forms: form: more sawney
form: most sawney
Etymology: (fool, idiot): From Sawney, a Scots variant of the personal name Sandy.
Senses: glosses: foolish, stupid
electrified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The electrified route to Corby will be served by the 21x4-car fleet of Class 360s cascaded from Greater Anglia, operating a half-hourly service under the EMR Electrics brand.
ref: 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 53:
text: Back in 1963, how could Beeching advocate closure of the electrified Liverpool-Southport commuter route, just because its books didn't balance? The busy North London line between Richmond and Broad Street was also for the axe, as was Leeds to Bradford and Ilkley.
ref: 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50:
glosses: Powered by electricity.
electrified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of electrify
schmegeggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃməˈɡɛɡi/
Forms: form: schmegeggies
form: schmegegge
form: shmegeggy
form: shmegegge
form: shmegege
form: shmegegi
Etymology: From Yiddish שמעגעגע (shmegege).
Senses: examples: text: Her lover she calls me, while her husband is listening on the other extension! And it never occurs to her, if I’m her lover, who is he, the schmegeggy she lives with?
ref: 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint:
glosses: An idiot; a jerk.
Southern Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌðə(ɹ)n ˈkɹɒs/
Forms: form: the Southern Cross
Senses: examples: text: The stars had not quite faded out of the sky, and the Southern Cross was still shining faintly in the heavens; the jungle all round was very still, just as if Nature was waiting to introduce the busy hum of life till the last solemn scene was over.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 167:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Crux
glosses: A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross, which appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
glosses: The constellation as a symbol of Australia, New Zealand and various other places in the Southern Hemisphere.
Southern Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌðə(ɹ)n ˈkɹɒs/
Senses: glosses: A place in Australia:
A rural locality in Charters Towers Region, northern Queensland.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A locality in the Shire of Moyne, south-west Victoria.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A town in the Shire of Yilgarn, Western Australia.
Related terms: Northern Cross
Northern Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A summer asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a cross. It includes the stars Deneb and Albireo.
Synonyms: Cygnus
Related terms: Southern Cross
chamaeleon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chamaeleons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chameleon.
chemical space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemical spaces
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the set of all possible stable molecules
enantioselective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enantioselective
form: most enantioselective
Etymology: From enantio- + selective.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
In combination with the two complementary methods that have been developed for asymmetric vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations, the chemistry is applicable to the enantioselective synthesis of a wide variety of acyclic, cyclic, and polycyclic systems.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers
raw_tags: of a catalyst
Derived terms: enantioselectively
nonenantioselective
anatase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈænəˌteɪs/
/ˈænəˌteɪz/
Forms: form: anatases
Etymology: From French anatase, from Ancient Greek ἀνάτασις (anátasis, “extending, extension”), named for the length of its crystals.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: octahedrite
glosses: A blue or brown mineral, a form of titanium dioxide, used as a pigment.
porta-potty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porta-potties
Etymology: Blend of portable + potty, from the commercial name Porta Potti. Equivalent to porta- (“portable”) + potty.
Senses: examples: text: So let’s talk about infrastructure tonight, and let’s begin with dams, because dams are amazing. They’re the most powerful device we have for holding back liquid aside from the idea of using a porta-potty. “I’ll wait. I’ll just wait forever. I cannot go in there.”
ref: 2015 Mar, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Infrastructure”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 4, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
glosses: A portable toilet, (in UK, particularly) a chemical toilet comprising only the fixture rather than an entire enclosure.
Synonyms: portajohn
port-o-john
port-o-potty
toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom
Chamaeleon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin chamaeleon (“chamaeleon”), from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn). Doublet of chameleon. Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597.
Senses: examples: 1994, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Volumes 28-30, Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 50,
The X-ray luminosity function has been determined so far only for the far only for the central parts of the Chamaeleon SFR by Fiegelson et al. (1993).
2001, A. Mizuno, T. Hayakawa, T. Onishi, Y. Fukui, Dense Core Survey toward the Chamaeleon Dark Cloud Complex with the NANTEN Radio Telescope, Alwyn Wootten (editor), Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA): Proceedings of a Conference, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, page 146.
2005, Memorie Della Società Astronomica Italiana, Volume 76, Issues 1-2, Società Astronomica Italiana, page 263,
We note, however, that the surveyed area in Chamaeleon II was relatively small in comparison with the other two regions, covering only part of a cloud core to the north-west.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, imagined to resemble a chameleon, which lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca.
wikipedia: Frederick de Houtman
Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser
Derived terms: Chamaeleon complex
Chamaeleon I
Chamaeleon II
Chamaeleon III
Related terms: word: Chamaeleontis
ammonia borane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inorganic hydride of nitrogen and boron, NH₃BH₃, proposed as a source of hydrogen in motor vehicles.
Related terms: aminoborane
isoelectronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + electronic.
Senses: examples: text: Ammonia borane is isoelectronic with ethane.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having the same electronic configuration, although consisting of different elements.
raw_tags: of two compounds
Dorado
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Italian dorato (“gilded, golden”), ultimately from Latin deaurātus, the past participle of deaurō (“to gild”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
glosses: A barangay of Pakil, Laguna, Philippines.
Synonyms: Xiphias
Derived terms: Doradus
Doradûs
majoritarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: majoritarianisms
Etymology: From majoritarian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A form of democracy in which decisions are made by a simple majority of some organized group.
Derived terms: antimajoritarianism
Related terms: majoritarian
majority rule
majoritarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From majority + -ary + -ly. Perhaps a calque of French majoritairement or equivalents in other Romance languages.
Senses: examples: text: Alternatively, the large difference in reward value between sweetened water and intravenous cocaine found in the present study strongly suggests that despite all the appearances, rats are in fact majoritarily resilient to cocaine addiction.
ref: 2009 September 9, Lauriane Cantin, Magalie Lenoir, Sarah Dubreucq, Fushia Serre, Caroline Vouillac, Serge Ahmed, “Choice reveals that rats are majoritarily resilient to cocaine addiction”, in Nature Precedings, →DOI:
text: Therefore, even though those released on leaves from Germany were majoritarily ethnic Serbs and even though one of the avowed priorities of the Nedic government was to aid its co-nationals stationed in Germany as much as possible, the situation of those people who did not live up to the requirements and expectations of the newly deﬁned Serbian patriotism was not to be made any easier.
ref: 2012, Ana Antić, “Police Force Under Occupation: Serbian State Guard and Volunteers' Corps in the Holocaust”, in Sara R. Horowitz, editor, Lessons and Legacies Volume X: Back to the Sources: Reexamining Perpetrators, Victims, and Bystanders, Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, →DOI, page 26:
text: Moreover, Bouzada-Jabois fails to point out that three other categories that rank very high on the informativeness scale are majoritarily non-augmented[…]
ref: 2023, Patrick Duffley, “Review of Bouzada-Jabois, Carla. 2021. Nonfinite Supplements in the Recent History of English. Bern: Peter Lang.”, in Research in Corpus Linguistics, volume 11, number 1, →DOI:
glosses: mostly; predominantly.
irreparably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more irreparably
form: most irreparably
Etymology: From irreparable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The building was erected in two years, at the parochial expence, on the foundation of the former one, which was irreparably damaged by the hurricane of Auguſt, 1712.
ref: 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island, volume 2, book 2, chapter 7, 5:
glosses: Such that it cannot be repaired.
irreparable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɛp(ə)ɹəbəl/
ipa: /ɪɹəˈpæɹəbəl/
ipa: /ɪɹəˈpɛ(ə)ɹəbəl/
Forms: form: more irreparable
form: most irreparable
Etymology: From Middle French irréparable, from Old French, from Latin irreparabilis, equivalent to ir- + reparable.
Senses: examples: text: It was impoſſible that the queen of France [Marie Antoinette] ſhould not be deeply affected by a conteſt, which ſo cloſely involved her neareſt and deareſt connections, and threatened ſo immediate and perhaps irreparable a breach of the harmony and friendſhip ſubſiſting between them.
ref: 1787, “The History of Europe”, in The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1784 and 1785, volume XXVII, London: Printed by J[ames] Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, →OCLC, chapter VIII, page 134, column 1:
text: “Florida has struck an unholy bargain with the Trump administration,” one speaker said. “People are not getting food, hygiene, or medical care. These conditions are substandard and cause irreparable harm.”
ref: 2025 August 1, Jamie Guirola, “'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2025:
glosses: Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified; unrepairable.
Derived terms: irreparableness
irreparably
nonirreparable
impaled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpeɪld/
rhymes: -eɪld
Senses: glosses: Pinned to something by piercing.
Derived terms: unimpaled
impaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpeɪld/
rhymes: -eɪld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of impale
unweathered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unweathered
form: most unweathered
Etymology: From un- + weathered.
Senses: glosses: not weathered or seasoned
raw_tags: of wood
undeviating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdiːvieɪtɪŋ/
Forms: form: more undeviating
form: most undeviating
Etymology: From un- + deviating.
Senses: glosses: That does not deviate, veer or turn aside; unswerving.
examples: text: And she had a yet harder lesson to learn—that nothing can supply the place of strong, undeviating principle.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 123–124:
glosses: That does not change; steady.
jumpiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of jumpy: most jumpy
anadem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈa.nə.dɛm/
Forms: form: anadems
Etymology: From Latin anadēma, from Ancient Greek ἀνάδημα (anádēma, “head-band”).
Senses: examples: text: Ada, on the grass, kept trying to make an anadem of marguerites for the dog while Lucette looked on, munching a crumpet.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 67:
text: As she held high the Staff, she caught the early sunlight. Her hair shone about her like an anadem, and the golden Ranyhyn bore her up like an offering to the wide day.
ref: 1978, Stephen Donaldson, The Illearth War:
glosses: A headband, especially a garland of flowers.
Derived terms: word: anademed
honed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hoʊnd/
ipa: /həʊnd/
rhymes: -əʊnd
Forms: form: more honed
form: most honed
Senses: glosses: Made sharp.
glosses: Made more accurate or precise.
Derived terms: honed dace
unhoned
honed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hoʊnd/
ipa: /həʊnd/
rhymes: -əʊnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hone
playacting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playactings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of play-acting.
playacting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of playact
pretence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːtɛns/
ipa: /pɹɪˈtɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: pretences
form: pretense
form: prætence
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of pretense.
Derived terms: escutcheon of pretence
false pretence
commendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɛndəbəl/
ipa: /ˈkɒmɛndəbəl/
ipa: /ˈkɒməndəbəl/
Forms: form: more commendable
form: most commendable
Etymology: From Middle English commendable, from Middle French commendable, from Latin commendabilis, from commendare (“to commend, intrust to”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”).
Senses: examples: text: Thanks, i' faith; for silence is only commendable
In a neat's tongue dried and a maid not vendible.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough?
Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him.
Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]
ref: 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:
text: Gareth Southgate's side had performed with commendable maturity to control Poland and a hostile crowd giving thunderous backing to their team – but it all changed one minute into four minutes of stoppage time.
ref: 2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable, or meritorious.
Derived terms: commendableness
commendably
discommendable
noncommendable
uncommendable
Related terms: commend
commendation
commendatory
commandable
fervid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɝ.vɪd/
ipa: /ˈfɜː.vɪd/
Forms: form: more fervid
form: fervider
form: most fervid
form: fervidest
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fervidus, from ferveō.
Senses: examples: text: Four years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city.
ref: 1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
glosses: Intensely hot; radiating with energy.
synonyms: ardent
fervent
see Thesaurus:enthusiastic
antonyms: frigid
glosses: lively, spirited, or frenzied due to being ardent, passionate, and zealous.
Derived terms: fervidity
fervidly
fervidness
fervid plagodis
unfervid
Related terms: fervent
fever
fervor
perfervid
steepled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstiːpəld/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of steeple
steepled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstiːpəld/
Forms: form: more steepled
form: most steepled
Senses: examples: text: The same steepled towns dangle from the sea's horizon, the Brueghel faces of our electorate are as pink with zeal as they were those three decades ago.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
glosses: having a steeple
raw_tags: of a building
glosses: formed into the shape of a steeple
Related terms: steeple
steepleless
raptly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more raptly
form: most raptly
Etymology: From rapt + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a rapt manner
phantasmagorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phantasmagorical
form: most phantasmagorical
Etymology: From phantasmagoria + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Accordingly, Hawthorne selects the Brook Farm episode (or a reflection of it) as affording his drama "a theatre, a little removed from the highway of ordinary travel, where the creatures of his brain may play their phantasmagorical antics, without exposing them to too close a comparison with the actual events of real lives."
ref: 1886, Julian Hawthorne, Confessions and Criticisms, ch. 3 "Americanism in Fiction"
text: "In my youth," he went on after a pause, "I found myself, quite fortuitously, involved in a series of the most phantasmagorical amorous intrigues.[…]"
ref: 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter XXV, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 305:
glosses: Synonym of phantasmagoric.
synonyms: word: phantasmagoric
Derived terms: phantasmagorically
Alnair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic النَّائِر (an-nāʔir, “the bright [one]”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A bluish-white star in the constellation Grus; Alpha (α) Gruis.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A bluish-white binary star in the constellation Centaurus; Zeta (ζ) Centauri.
food chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food chains
Senses: examples: text: Nanomaterials, substances broken down by technology into molecule-size particles, are starting to enter the food chain through well-known food products and their packaging, but there is little acknowledgment by the companies using them, according to a new report from a nonprofit group that works to enhance corporate accountability.
ref: 2013 February 6, Stephanie Strom, “Study Looks at Particles Used in Food”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: food web
glosses: The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
examples: text: With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain.
text: He, too, was a meat puppet. Unable to make any decision without imagined repercussions from above, he chose to make none and instead passed his decision onto the next guy up the food chain.
ref: 1998, Luke Sullivan, "Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This": A Guide to Creating Great Ads, page 164:
text: At the top of the food chain is PJ's, whose pizza wins high accolades, and whose menu of fat sandwiches (a local delicacy that stuffs as many deep-fried items into a roll as possible) is extensive.
ref: 2012, Renee Pires, Day Trips from Philadelphia, page 43:
glosses: A hierarchy.
Related terms: supply chain
trophic level
Matthews
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmæθjuz/
Forms: form: Matthewses
Etymology: From Matthew + -s.
Senses: examples: text: Four days before his arrest in connection with the three Louisiana Baptist church fires, Holden Matthews expressed disgust with Baptist beliefs on Facebook, CNN has learned.
ref: 2019 April 12, Paul P. Murphy and Samira Said, “Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook”, in CNN:
glosses: An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Matthew.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Jefferson Township, Grant County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in New Madrid County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A locality in Howell Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Colorado County, Texas.
Derived terms: St. Matthews
Matthews
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmæθjuz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Matthew
Fornax
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Originally called Fornāx Chemica,
From the Latin for "chemical furnace".
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Roman goddess of ovens.
Derived terms: Fornacis
Graeco-Roman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹiːkəʊˈɹəʊmən/
ipa: /ˌɡɹɛkoʊˈɹoʊmən/
Forms: form: more Graeco-Roman
form: most Graeco-Roman
Etymology: From Graeco- + Roman.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Greco-Roman.
Derived terms: Graeco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡɹiːkəʊˈɹəʊmən/
ipa: /ˌɡɹɛkoʊˈɹoʊmən/
Forms: form: more Greco-Roman
form: most Greco-Roman
form: Graeco-Roman
Etymology: From Greco- + Roman.
Senses: examples: text: In the beginning and height of the Greco-Roman civilization, everyone was expected to have courage, because it was deemed to be the First Virtue above all others.
glosses: Of or pertaining to Greek or Roman culture.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: Describing Greco-Roman wrestling, a form of wrestling where fighters may only attack above the waist.
Derived terms: Greco-Roman wrestling
Related terms: Greco-Latin
fantasie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fantasies
Senses: examples: text: Horatio ſaies tis but our fantaſie,
ref: , scene i
glosses: Obsolete spelling of fantasy.
anonaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of annonaceous.
custard apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: custard apples
Senses: glosses: Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona:
A bullock's heart (Annona reticulata);
glosses: Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona:
A soursop (Annona muricata; fruit and tree);
glosses: Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona:
A sugar apple (Annona squamosa);
glosses: Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona:
A cherimoya (Annona cherimola).
examples: text: If you’ve ever sampled an American custard apple, a prairie banana or a hillbilly mango, then you’ve eaten a pawpaw.
ref: 2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A pawpaw (Asimina triloba).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Annona senegalensis
word: African custard apple
taxonomic: Annona muricata
word: prickly custard apple
taxonomic: Annona senegalensis
word: wild custard apple
come-around
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: come-arounds
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any shot that curls around another rock.
gripper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪ.pə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɡɹɪ.pəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: grippers
Etymology: From grip + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In a method for guiding a thread onto an empty reel after a first reel in a continuously operating spooler has become full, utilizing a moving finger on the spooler in cooperation with a gripper rotating with the empty reel […]
ref: 1998, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 1061:
glosses: A person who or thing which grips something.
glosses: A cover on a handle that makes it easier to grip.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A ticket collector.
examples: text: To move the options bar from its default location at the top of the screen to a new location, click the gripper on the option bar's left edge and drag it to its new location.
ref: 2004, Micah Laaker, Christopher Schmitt, Adobe Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less, page 43:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
examples: text: Put those grippers away!
glosses: A foot.
Derived terms: fin gripper
microgripper
nanogripper
extra ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extra end
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Overtime in a tied game.
hog line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hog lines
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The line in which the stone must completely cross to be considered in play.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The line before which the thrower must release the rock during delivery.
Derived terms: hog line violation
hog line violation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hog line violations
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The failure to release a stone before crossing the near hog line.
LSFE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LSFEs
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of last stone in the first end.
negative ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shot in which the player curls the stone in the opposite direction in which the stone is expected to curve, due to significant defects in flatness of the ice surface.
curling stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curling sticks
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A device that permits a player to deliver a stone while standing upright
curly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɝli/
ipa: /ˈkɜːli/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li
Forms: form: curlier
form: curliest
Etymology: From curl + -y.
Senses: glosses: Having curls.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
examples: text: Often, the job will throw you a curly problem that will cause the unprepared to fail, so it is best to prepare an investigative plan before starting work.
ref: 2005, Chris Cooper, Behind the Private Eye: The Private Investigator's Secrets, →ISBN, page 176:
glosses: Complicated and difficult; knotty.
Derived terms: becurtovirus
curlicue
curlily
curliness
curly apostrophe
curly brace
curly bracket
curly cuh
curly fries
curly fry
curlyhaired
curlyhead
curly kale
curly quote
curly top
curly wig
noncurly
uncurly
curly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɝli/
ipa: /ˈkɜːli/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li
Forms: form: curlies
Etymology: From curl + -y.
Senses: glosses: a person or animal with curly hair.
Related terms: short and curlies
banished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbænɪʃt/
rhymes: -ænɪʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of banish
banished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbænɪʃt/
rhymes: -ænɪʃt
Senses: glosses: Having been subject to banishment; kicked out and forbidden from returning; forbidden and prohibited.
Derived terms: unbanished
sacrificed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsækɹɪfaɪst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sacrifice
wasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪstɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of waste
wasting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪstɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ
Senses: glosses: Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
Derived terms: wasting disease
wasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪstɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ
Forms: form: wastings
Senses: examples: text: muscular wastings
glosses: Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
glosses: The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.
Derived terms: candle-wasting
cerebral salt-wasting syndrome
chronic wasting disease
mass wasting
seastar wasting disease
sea-star wasting disease
sea star wasting disease
starfish wasting disease
wasting investment
wasting palsy
wasting sickness
wasting disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wasting diseases
Senses: examples: text: He suffered from a horrible wasting disease and lost 100 pounds in only two weeks.
glosses: Any medical condition that causes pronounced loss of body mass.
Related terms: word: chronic wasting disease
word: sarcopenia
english: signs or syndromes that can result from wasting diseases
translation: signs or syndromes that can result from wasting diseases
word: cachexia
springing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sprĭngʹĭng
ipa: /ˈspɹɪŋɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spring
springing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sprĭngʹĭng
ipa: /ˈspɹɪŋɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ
Forms: form: springings
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb to spring.
examples: text: Bolsterless trailer bogies have been used, incorporating in the construction laminated springs mounted on the axle boxes, and steel helical springs with auxiliary rubbers, thus maintaining the high standard of springing of the swing bolster bogies.
ref: 1950 January, “British Railways Double-Deck Suburban Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 57:
text: In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.
ref: 1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 726:
glosses: A set of springs in a vehicle, etc.
examples: text: The arch failed first at the crown, then at the quarterings, and finally at the springings. After demolition the girders for half the new structure were erected on bedstones already built on the abutments behind the springings of the old arch.
ref: 1941 February, “Bridge demolition by lifting”, in Railway Magazine, pages 74–75:
topics: architecture
glosses: The spring of an arch: the lowest part of an arch on both sides.
Derived terms: springing line
springing cow
springing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sprĭngʹĭng
ipa: /ˈspɹɪŋɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ
Senses: glosses: That springs or spring.
topics: law
qualifier: characterizing the power of attorney
glosses: That takes effect only after the incapacity of the grantor or some other definite future act or circumstance.
Derived terms: springing convertible
springing durable power of attorney
springing executory interest
springingly
springing mydriasis
springing use
springing warrant
unspringing
maids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪdz/
Senses: glosses: plural of maid
territories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹiz/
ipa: /ˈtɛɹɪt(ə)ɹiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of territory
local gigantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A condition in which a certain part of the body acquires larger than normal size due to excessive growth of the anatomical structures or abnormal accumulation of substances.
garrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæɹət/
rhymes: -æɹət
Forms: form: garrots
Etymology: From French garrot. Doublet of garrote.
Senses: examples: text: The Army doctor used a garrot to stop the bleeding from the injured soldier's wound.
glosses: A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
garrot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæɹət/
rhymes: -æɹət
Forms: form: garrots
form: garroting
form: garroted
form: garroted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of garrote.
garrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæɹət/
rhymes: -æɹət
Forms: form: garrots
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A seaduck of the genus Bucephala; a goldeneye.
adjudicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈd͡ʒuː.dɪ.keɪt/
ipa: /əˈd͡ʒu.dɪˌkeɪt/
ipa: /əˈd͡ʒʉː.dɪ.kæɪt/
Forms: form: adjudicates
form: adjudicating
form: adjudicated
form: adjudicated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin adiūdicō, adiūdicātus, from ad + iūdicō (“to judge”). Doublet of adjudge.
Senses: examples: text: From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate. The foud appointed 'underfouds' and the Shetlands evolved their own elected officers, a 'lawman' and parish 'lawrightmen', who adjudicated and negotiated the collection of customary taxes and fines on behalf of the local population.
ref: 1983, Paul Thompson, Tony Wailey, Trevor Lummis, History Workshop Series, Living the Fishing, Routledge & Kegan Paul:
text: The general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, who enforces federal labor law by prosecuting violations, said her office would soon file a brief in a case before the labor board, which adjudicates such questions, asking the board to reverse its precedent on the meetings.
ref: 2022 April 7, Noam Scheiber, “N.L.R.B. counsel calls for a ban on mandatory anti-union meetings.”, in The New York Times:
text: The Union Home Ministry has constituted four tribunals […] to adjudicate whether or not there are sufficient grounds for declaring several Jammu and Kashmir-based groups as banned organisations […]
ref: 2024 April 7, PTI, “Tribunals formed to adjudicate if sufficient grounds available to declare J-K groups as banned”, in deccanherald.com:
text: with municipally appointed screening and hearing officers adjudicating ticket disputes instead of the provincial court system.
ref: 2024 April 29, Josh Pringle, “Ottawa looks to move photo radar and red light camera tickets out of provincial courts”, in ottawa.ctvnews.ca:
glosses: To decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.
examples: text: A Court of Arbitration, constituted by the World Bank in The Hague, has brushed aside New Delhi’s objections and concluded that it has the competence to adjudicate on Pakistan’s objection to the Kishenganga and Ralte hydroelectric projects of India.
ref: 2023 July 7, Anirban Bhaumik, “Court of Arbitration concludes it can adjudicate on Pakistan’s objection to India’s hydel projects, New Delhi rejects ruling”, in deccanherald.com:
glosses: To act as a judge.
raw_tags: followed by on
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: To seize or convey as security.
raw_tags: as of a debtor's estate
Synonyms: arbitrate
decide
settle
resolve
try
Derived terms: adjudication
adjudicative
adjudicator
adjudicatory
readjudicate
unadjudicated
Related terms: abjudicate
adjudge
schuss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
Forms: form: schusses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).
Senses: examples: text: The hand slid down the schuss of material and plucked at the hem.
ref: 1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A straight run downhill.
schuss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
Forms: form: schusses
form: schussing
form: schussed
form: schussed
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).
Senses: examples: text: When, on his first time on skis, he just schussed down the mountain, we knew he was a natural.
glosses: To ski a schuss.
scialytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sʌɪəˈlɪtɪk/
Forms: form: more scialytic
form: most scialytic
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”).
Senses: glosses: Dispelling shadows.
sciamachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌɪˈæməki/
ipa: /saɪˈæməki/
Forms: form: sciamachies
form: sciomachy
form: skiamachy
Etymology: From Late Latin sciamachia, and its source, Hellenistic Ancient Greek σκιαμαχία (skiamakhía), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”).
Senses: glosses: shadow-boxing; fighting that is futile or make-believe
scombroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy […]
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
glosses: Pertaining to mackerel.
Related terms: scombral
scombroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/
Forms: form: scombroids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
glosses: A form of food poisoning caused by spoiled fish.
scortation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /skɔːˈteɪʃən/
Forms: form: scortations
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scortātiō, from scortārī.
Senses: examples: text: Heirof I suppois it be plane, that the precept to absteane from blude, gevin be the Apostill, was temporall and not perpetuall; for uthirwayis the Halie Gaist, speiking oftin of the libertie of the Gentillis, wald have restraynit and exceptit it, as he hath done scortatioun, whilk in the same degree is expressit, and licentious and filthie communicatioun, whilk the Gentillis estemeit na or small synnis.
ref: 1556, John Knox, Answers to Some Questions Concerning Baptism, etc.:
text: That it is a ſcortation [translating scortatio] more oppoſite to conjugial love than the common ſcortation, which is called ſimple adultery; and that it is a deprivation of every faculty and inclination to conjugial life, which is implanted in chriſtians from nativity, may be evinced by arguments which will have great weight with the reaſon of a wiſe man.
ref: 1794, Emanuel Swedenborg, “Of Concubinage”, in [anonymous], transl., The Delights of Wisdom Concerning Conjugial Love: […] Translated from the Latin […], London: […] R. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, paragraph 466, page 431:
glosses: lewdness, fornication
Related terms: scortatory
scortatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /skɔːˈteɪtəɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scortātōrius, from scortātor.
Senses: examples: text: Twenty years he dallied there between conjugal love and its chaste delights and scortatory love and its foul pleasures.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 193:
glosses: Pertaining to scortation; fornicatory, lewd.
intron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪntɹɒn/
Forms: form: introns
Etymology: From intragenic region.
Senses: examples: text: It is a medium-sized gene, then, interrupted by five longish introns.
ref: 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 138:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
Coordinate terms: exon
extron
Derived terms: exitron
intronic
intronization
intronless
protointron
twintron