cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
premo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more premo
form: most premo
Etymology: Clipping of premium + -o, or a variant form of primo (“best, first-class”).
Senses: examples: text: Like, you know, this guy at the dance was like soooo foxy mondo!! Like totally awesome. He could have been like a model for like GQ, for sure! He was premo[,] definitely not a zod.
ref: 1983, “Candidly Gannon”, in Lance, volume 32, Erie, P.A.: Gannon University, page 121:
text: I wish they would have shown much more of Nancy Vee and you when you did the initial g/g in the car... what little we saw was premo, absolutely premo!
ref: 1998 May 31, voya...@ix.netcom.com, “tina tyler posts again”, in rec.arts.movies.erotica (Usenet):
text: I've been to his place once Brad and I have to say that his games were absolutely premo!
ref: 2008 May 22, TZodd / GravitaR, “FS Pins in Ann Arbor, MI”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet):
text: It's where I like to escape to, for some there's not a lot to do there. I mean there is premo sportfishing, diving, windsurfing, and SUPs stand up paddleboards and kayaks, also I'm content to lie in the hammock all week and catch up on my reading, and, if it rains, hang out at Chaos and play Jenga or Ouija with the bartender and staff.
ref: 2016, Savanna Redman, Butterfly Bones: Visions Are the Voice of the Soul, Nereid Press, →ISBN, page 323:
glosses: Excellent, attractive.
wikipedia: Green's Dictionary of Slang
premiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premiates
form: premiating
form: premiated
form: premiated
Etymology: From premium or Latin praemium (“prize”).
Senses: examples: text: Inevitably, a jury numbed by a succession of slides premiates some designs because they are "interesting" or "different."
ref: 1990, Landscape Architecture, volume 80, page 170:
glosses: To give a prize to.
as you sow, so shall you reap
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əz‿ju ˈsəʊ səʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹiːp/
ipa: /əz‿ju ˈsoʊ soʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹip/
rhymes: -iːp
Etymology: From Galatians 6:7 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Compare Hosea 8:7, “For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: as you make your bed, so you must lie in it; (archaic) as you have brewed, so you must drink
synonyms: every man is the architect of his own fortune
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
what goes around comes around
glosses: The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others.
Related terms: reap what one sows
bring one's own hide to market
fuck around and find out
karma
Leopards Eating People's Faces Party
make one's bed and lie in it
play stupid games, win stupid prizes
stew in one's juices
oxylium ions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxylium ion
ditties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ditty
pace eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pace egg
pH indicators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pH indicator
packhorse bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of packhorse bridge
palette knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palette knife
jerry-rig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jerry-rigs
form: jerry-rigging
form: jerry-rigged
form: jerry-rigged
Etymology: Conflation of jury-rig and jerry-built.
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of jury-rig.
-ia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Latin -ia and Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia), which form abstract nouns of feminine gender.
Senses: glosses: Used in forming names of countries
glosses: Used in forming names of diseases
glosses: Used in forming names of flowers
glosses: Rarely used in forming names of collections of things (such as militaria, deletia)
Synonyms: sense: collections of things
word: -ana
sense: collections of things
word: -ica
Related terms: -ian
-ia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From the endings of corresponding Latin and Ancient Greek plural nouns.
Senses: glosses: Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion.
Emerald Isle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Emerald Isle
Senses: examples: text: Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defile
The cause, or the men, of the Emerald Isle.
ref: 1795, William Drennan, Erin iii:
text: […] with our diminishing supply of gasoline, our situation might be serious. Minutes passed and we saw no Emer­ald Isle.
ref: 1932, Amelia Earhart, “Across the Atlantic with the Friendship”, in The Fun of It, page 78:
synonyms: Green Isle
glosses: A nickname for Ireland.
intellectualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intellectualize
intellectualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intellectualize
intellectualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intellectualize
autarkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autarky
autobiographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autobiography
Riesen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Riesens
form: Risen
Etymology: Borrowed from Swiss German Riesen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
kludges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kludge
kludges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kludge
Brownrigg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brownriggs
Etymology: Habitational surname from any of several minor places in Cumbria, from Old English brūn (“brown”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
sunwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sun + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Toward the sun.
oolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oolite
heximal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of hex- + decimal
Senses: glosses: Using base six; senary.
raw_tags: of a positional numeral system
glosses: Using base sixteen; hexadecimal.
raw_tags: of a positional numeral system
superbugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superbug
summat
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌmət/
ipa: /ˈsʊmət/
ipa: /ˈzʌmət/
ipa: /ˈzʊmət/
homophone: summit (weak vowel merger)
Forms: form: summit
form: sommat
form: sommit
form: sumat
form: summet
form: zumat
form: zummat
form: zummet
form: zummut
form: summut
form: zum'ot
form: summot
form: sumet
Etymology: Dialectal variant of somewhat attested from the 18th century. Joseph Wright suggested that it might be a contraction of "some that" in A Grammar of the Dialect of Windhill (page 78).
Senses: examples: text: ...every gentleman tips us summat, we looks for it as natural as possible.
ref: 1809, Theodore Hook, “Killing No Murder”, in The Sporting Magazine, volume 34, number 202, page 185:
text: They require the atmosphere of a cigar and the amalgam of a sum'mat comfortable.
ref: 1825 October 12, Walter Scott, Letters (published 1935), IX.245
text: A man must learn summat beside Gospel to make them things.
ref: 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter I, in Adam Bede […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first, page 10:
text: He were a-going to gie I summat for’n, but like enough it’ll be worth more to a gent like yourself.
ref: 1929, John Cowper Powys, Wolf Solent, page 129:
text: Does he think I’ve been soaping up to the Governor or summat?
ref: 1947, Thomas Armstrong, King Cotton, page 53:
text: Got summat fer yeh here – I mighta sat on it at some point, but it’ll taste all right.
ref: 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Why go all the way to find summat that ain’t there?
ref: 2006, Robin Jarvis, Thomas, page 20:
text: Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift the type / That sticks around like summat in your teeth?
ref: 2013, Alex Turner, “Do I Wanna Know?”, in Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley, Matt Helders (music), AM, track 1:
qualifier: especially Lancashire
glosses: Something.
summat
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌmət/
ipa: /ˈsʊmət/
ipa: /ˈzʌmət/
ipa: /ˈzʊmət/
homophone: summit (weak vowel merger)
Forms: form: summit
form: sommat
form: sommit
form: sumat
form: summet
form: zumat
form: zummat
form: zummet
form: zummut
form: summut
form: zum'ot
form: summot
form: sumet
Etymology: Dialectal variant of somewhat attested from the 18th century. Joseph Wright suggested that it might be a contraction of "some that" in A Grammar of the Dialect of Windhill (page 78).
Senses: examples: text: It's summat-like to see such a man as that i' the desk of a Sunday!
ref: 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter VIII, in Adam Bede […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first, page 172:
qualifier: especially Lancashire
glosses: Something (“to a degree”); somewhat.
sumat
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: ‛Salem aleicum,’ says she; which means, How do you do, or sumat hequivalent to it.
ref: 1841, Charles Selby, Maximums & Speciments of William Muggins, Natural Philosopher and Citizen of the World, 313 (1859 ed.)
glosses: Alternative form of summat.
sumat
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of summat.
cortico-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.koʊ/
Etymology: From Latin cortex (“bark”).
Senses: glosses: cortex, usually the adrenal cortex or the cerebral cortex.
tweeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tweekers
Etymology: From tweek + -er.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tweaker.
waived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of waive
torat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: torats
form: toratting
form: toratted
form: toratted
Etymology: From Middle English toratten, from to- + ratten (“to lacerate, tear”), equivalent to to- + rat. Related to Middle High German ratzen (“to lacerate, tear”).
Senses: glosses: To tear apart, tear asunder.
glosses: To scatter, disperse.
Synonyms: sense: tear apart
word: rend
sense: tear apart
word: rip to shreds
sense: tear apart
word: tear to pieces
belly-dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly-dances
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of belly dance.
belly-dance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: belly-dances
form: belly-dancing
form: belly-danced
form: belly-danced
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of belly dance.
soap-opera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soap-operas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of soap opera.
guinea-pig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guinea-pigs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of guinea pig.
pasticci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasticcio
allodial title
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allodial titles
Senses: topics: law
property
glosses: Ultimate ownership of real property that is not granted out of a superior interest in land and therefore not inherently subject to any encumbrance; almost always held by the state; the title out of which freehold title is granted.
guinea-fowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guinea-fowls
form: guinea-fowl
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
whooping-crane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whooping-cranes
Senses: examples: text: The adult Whooping-cranes are white, the younger birds of a brownish color.
ref: 1879, Nathaniel Holmes Bishop, Four Months in a Sneak-box: A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and Along the Gulf of Mexico, page 109:
text: […] to the north I could hear the shrill unearthly cries of the great divers, and of whooping-cranes —the wail of banshees, and Valkyries, and the baying of Gabriel's hounds
ref: 1900, C. Hanbury Williams, “After Wild Geese in Manitoba”, in Blackwood's Magazine, volume 168, page 351:
text: The cranes are comparatively rare in this country, yet one may occasionally meet with the whooping-cranes (Grus americana) and sand-hill cranes (Grus mexicana), especially in the South and West.
ref: 1908, David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Harold Heath, Animal Studies: A Text-book of Elementary Zoology for Use in High Schools and Colleges:
glosses: Alternative form of whooping crane.
vestiture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛstɪstjʊə/
ipa: /ˈvɛstitʃə/
Forms: form: vestitures
Etymology: From Medieval Latin vestitura, from Latin vestire.
Senses: examples: text: Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.
ref: 2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The hairs of plants, invertebrates and other non-mammalian organisms, taken as a whole.
glosses: Investiture (of a person with a specific role, powers etc.).
examples: text: Toward the end of the second album the photography burst into color to celebrate the vivid vestiture of her adolescent molts.
ref: 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 41:
glosses: Clothes, clothing.
fiddlefart
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Oh, fiddlefart! I have the same homeroom teacher next year.
glosses: Synonym of fiddlesticks.
synonyms: word: fiddlesticks
Synonyms: sense: expresses dismissal
word: bullshit
sense: expresses annoyance
word: dammit
fiddlefart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fiddlefarts
form: fiddlefarting
form: fiddlefarted
form: fiddlefarted
Senses: examples: text: Stop fiddlefarting around and come to supper!
glosses: Synonym of waste time.
synonyms: word: waste time
resheath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resheaths
form: resheathing
form: resheathed
form: resheathed
form: resheathe
Etymology: From re- + sheath.
Senses: glosses: To sheath again, to return to its sheath.
unsheath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unsheaths
form: unsheathing
form: unsheathed
form: unsheathed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unsheathe.
nucleotides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleotide
Rumsfeldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rumsfeldian
form: most Rumsfeldian
Etymology: From Rumsfeld + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Rumsfeldian theory of war relies heavily on technology. Mir Bahmanyar, Shadow Warriors
text: But of course the words have a wider relevance to the Rumsfeldian universe.
ref: 2006 July 6, Roger Cohen, “Rumsfeld Is Correct - the Truth Will Get Out”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Donald Rumsfeld or policies associated with him.
glosses: Of or pertaining to Donald Rumsfeld's speech on known knowns, describing the Johari window.
librarianship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: librarianships
Etymology: From librarian + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: For several years, Booklegger has been serving readers interested in radical librarianship, alternative books sources, and feminism, and now it has published a guide called The Passionate Perils of Publishing.
ref: 1979 April 14, Peg Cruikshank, “Publish or Perish”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
glosses: The act of operating of a library; service as a librarian
Derived terms: e-librarianship
floes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floe
thundergod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thundergods
Senses: examples: 1978. Vidayniwas Misra - Studies in Vedic and Indo-Iranian Religion and Literature
Some trait common between the Vedic thundergod Rudra and some phallic deity may also be perhaps discerned, Meteoric stones have been connected with thunder...
2004. Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm - Teutonic Mythology
Did the German thundergod in particular have he-goats and...
glosses: Alternative spelling of thunder god.
thunder gods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunder god
right of first refusal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rights of first refusal
Senses: examples: text: "Well," said the publisher, "does our last contract with whoever it is that represents Shar give us the right of first refusal on his next book?"
ref: 1985, Richard Lourie, First Loyalty, →ISBN, page 258:
topics: law
glosses: A provision in a contract that permits a party to that contract or another named party to have an opportunity to purchase, use, or otherwise obtain a specified object before it is offered to any other party.
Coloss.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Col.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Colossians.
Cor.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Corinthians.
glosses: Abbreviation of Cornwall.
Related terms: 1 Cor.
2 Cor.
1 Cor.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: 1 Cor
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of 1 Corinthians.
Related terms: Cor.
2 Cor.
2 Cor.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of 2 Corinthians.
Related terms: Cor.
1 Cor.
HBA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HBAs
Senses: examples: text: We have in Miami approx 110,000 to 120,000 units of the best known brand of HBA products
we have NEUTROGENA ... at $0.12 & $0.20 per unit
FACIAL BARS (soaps) .... approx 31,000 PcS
ref: 1999 October 15, miamibst@bellsouth.net, “Sell: NEUTROGENA $0.12”, in alt.business.misc (Usenet):
text: I get a lot of HBA stuff like shampoo and cosmetics where the formulation or even just the packaging has been changed.
ref: 2007 October 14, JoAnne Schmitz , “Re: Cable, ISP, Phone Bargains”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):
glosses: Abbreviation of health-and-beauty aid.
examples: text: That book, first conceived in 2007, had the principal aim of highlighting women's victimisation across the world in the name of so-called honour, and we wanted to highlight that HBA is not purely an Islamic phenomenon.
ref: 2019, Mohammad Mazher Idriss, Men, Masculinities and Honour-Based Abuse:
glosses: Initialism of honour-based abuse.
airdropping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of airdrop
airdropped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of airdrop
airdropped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: dropped from an aircraft
neuroscientist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroscientists
Etymology: From neuro- + scientist.
Senses: examples: text: Most neuroscientists would be very sceptical of claims that consciousness of any sort could exist independently of a living brain. There is a growing consensus that consciousness, like life, weather, and cricket, is just another part of the natural world – albeit one that is reluctant to divulge its secrets. But it is unwise to dismiss reports of near-death experiences, which are usually reported after traumatic life-threatening events such as heart attacks.
ref: 2013 August 23, Anil Seth, “Near-death experience”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 11, page 20:
glosses: A scientist whose speciality is neuroscience.
Related terms: neuroscience
neuropeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuropeptides
Etymology: From neuro- + peptide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several peptides, such as endorphins, that function as neurotransmitters.
Derived terms: neuropeptide Y
neuropeptidome
proneuropeptide
neurochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurochemistries
Etymology: From neuro- + chemistry.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The branch of neuroscience concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system
semeiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semiotics in the medical field
physiologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Either from physio- + -logic or Latin physiologicus.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to physiology.
Synonyms: physiological
Derived terms: biophysiologic
electrophysiologic
extraphysiologic
hyperphysiologic
nonphysiologic
pathophysiologic
physiologic dead space
physiologic pH
supraphysiologic
unphysiologic
radiotracking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio + tracking.
Senses: glosses: The tracking of the movements of animals by means of an attached radio transmitter.
lungworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lungworms
Etymology: From lung + worm.
Senses: glosses: Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.
Derived terms: rat lungworm
orexin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orexins
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite”) + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two neuropeptide hormones found in vertebrates; the hypocretins.
Derived terms: orexinergic
Related terms: preproorexin
cataplexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkætəˌplɛksi/
Forms: form: cataplexies
Etymology: From German Kataplexie, from Ancient Greek κατάπληξις (katáplēxis), from κατά (katá, “down”) + πλῆξῐς (plêxĭs, “blow, act of striking”).
Senses: examples: text: Narcolepsy has been associated with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system, a 4-megabase region of chromosome 6, which is divided into three subregions: class I, class II, and class III. Class II HLA antigens have been strongly associated with autoimmune diseases. The class II antigen, DQB1*0602, has been associated with narcolepsy. Most (90%-100%) patients with narcolepsy/cataplexy across all ethnic groups have this allele. In addition, 35% to 56% of patients who have narcolepsy without cataplexy also have this allele. However, 20% of the normal population also has the allele, reducing its usefulness in diagnostic testing.
ref: 2013 May 1, James M. Parish MD, FCCP, “Genetic and Immunologic Aspects of Sleep and Sleep Disorders”, in Chest, volume 143, number 5, →DOI, pages 1489–1499:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
Derived terms: cataplexic
downregulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: downregulates
form: downregulating
form: downregulated
form: downregulated
Etymology: From down- + regulate.
Senses: glosses: To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation
Derived terms: downregulatable
upregulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upregulates
form: upregulating
form: upregulated
form: upregulated
form: up-regulate
Etymology: From up- + regulate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To increase the number of cell receptors by using upregulation
Related terms: upregulation
geochelone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geochelones
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several large tortoises of the genus Geochelone.
terrapene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terrapenes
Senses: glosses: Any of several large turtles of the genus Terrapene, the box turtles.
fruitflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fruitfly
alternative lifestyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alternative lifestyle
fruitfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruitflies
Etymology: From fruit + fly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fruit fly.
raw_tags: in zoologic systematic nomenclature
monostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + static.
Senses: glosses: Describing a radar system in which the transmitter and receiver are collocated.
Derived terms: monostatically
hypocretin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ.poʊˈkɹiː.tən/
Forms: form: hypocretins
Etymology: Blend of hypothalamus + secretin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of orexin.
synonyms: word: orexin
Derived terms: hypocretinergic
preprohypocretin
aortas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aorta
piss proud
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: piss-proud
Etymology: From piss (“urine”) + proud. Appears in Francis Grose’s A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1796):
: “PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his — was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife”.
Senses: examples: text: I fucked culture for being unnatural (it was nothing but the city's piss-proud erection).
ref: 1988, George O'Brien, Dancehall Days, page 150:
glosses: Having an erection when waking from sleep or, more generally or metaphorically, a false or "empty" erection.
examples: text: And my guess is that his piss-proud father told him...
ref: 2000, Sandra Gulland, The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B, page 30:
text: Full of the strong beer brewed at the camp, the men boasted, piss proud of their sexual exploits.
ref: 2003, Maureen Jennings, Let Loose the Dogs, page 291:
glosses: Falsely proud, implying an outward display of success or virility belies a dubious reality.
glosses: Denoting an old man who marries a young woman, implying the only erection he could muster would be prompted by the bladder.
examples: text: I really have to go, but nothing comes out. Not used to pissing next to twenty strangers. Piss proud?
ref: 1998, Richard H. Stratton, Kim Wozencraft, Slam: The Book, page 106:
glosses: Paruretic.
Related terms: morning glory
morning wood
noncaloric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + caloric.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: noncalorific
antonyms: caloric
calorific
coordinate_terms: low-calorie
calorie-restricted
;
diet#Adjective
glosses: That provides no (or few) calories.
raw_tags: of a food
Related terms: nonnutritive
noncancerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-cancerous
Etymology: From non- + cancerous.
Senses: glosses: That is not cancerous; benign
raw_tags: of a tumour
nonchargeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chargeable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be charged with an offence.
raw_tags: of a person
nonclerical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + clerical.
Senses: glosses: Not part of the organization of a church; lay.
nonclinical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + clinical.
Senses: glosses: Not clinical, as:
Medical but not clinical in the sense of clinical medicine, being instead, for example, radiological, histopathological, surgical, or laboratorial.
examples: text: helping people to learn about first aid from a nonclinical viewpoint
glosses: Not clinical, as:
Not medical, being instead lay in nature, or at most paramedical.
examples: text: Societal approaches to mental illness often clearly reflect a nonclinical bias, as for example with stigmatization or fear.
glosses: Not clinical, as:
Lacking clinical objectivity; subjective; emotional.
Coordinate terms: subclinical
Derived terms: nonclinically
noncollectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + collectable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be exchanged for cash, or used as a payment
noncombat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + combat.
Senses: examples: text: Some characters can't hurt a fly—but their noncombat special powers make them critical members of your team.
ref: 2003 December 24, “Fire Emblem”, in Nintendo Power, volume 174, Unsung Heroes, page 34:
glosses: Not involved in, or not designed for, combat.
Related terms: noncombatant
noncombatant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncombatants
Etymology: From non- + combatant.
Senses: examples: text: Born in Chicago on April 9th, 1926, he was the son of Methodists, served as a noncombatant in World War II, earned a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Illinois and didn't lose his virginity until he was 22.
ref: 2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone:
glosses: Alternative form of non-combatant.
noncombustible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-combustible
Etymology: From non- + combustible.
Senses: glosses: That will not readily ignite and burn.
Synonyms: incombustible
noncombustible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncombustibles
form: non-combustible
Etymology: From non- + combustible.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that is not combustible.
noncommercial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-commercial
Etymology: From non- + commercial.
Senses: examples: text: a noncommercial organization
text: Advocates say the entire system of noncommercial media will become weaker without the foundational support from taxpayers, resulting in fewer original shows and less local news coverage.
ref: 2025 July 17, Brian Stelter, “Trump’s victory over PBS and NPR ‘bias’ will be ‘devastating’ for rural areas, station leaders say”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Not engaged in commerce.
Derived terms: noncommercially
noncommercial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncommercials
form: non-commercial
Etymology: From non- + commercial.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A noncommercial trader.
noncommunicable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-communicable
Etymology: From non- + communicable.
Senses: examples: text: The World Health Organization on Monday warned against using artificial sweeteners to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases, saying that long-term use is not effective and could pose health risks.
ref: 2023 May 15, April Rubin, “World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: communicable
glosses: That cannot be passed on to others; not infectious.
raw_tags: of a disease
noncompeting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + competing.
Senses: glosses: That does not compete with others.
noncompetitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-competitive
Etymology: From non- + competitive.
Senses: glosses: That does not involve competition or rivalry.
Derived terms: noncompetitively
noncomplying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + complying.
Senses: glosses: That does not comply with a rule or regulation.
noncomplying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + complying.
Senses: glosses: The refusal to comply.
apéritifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apéritif
1 Corinthians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: 1 Cor.
glosses: The first book of Corinthians and the seventh book in the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Corinth attributed to Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes.
Related terms: Corinthians
2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: 2 Cor.
glosses: The second book of Corinthians and the eighth book in the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Corinth attributed to Paul the Apostle and Timothy.
Related terms: 1 Corinthians
apomyxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of apomixis.
Related terms: parthenocarpy
parthenocarpy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From partheno- + -carp + -y.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: production of (seedless) fruit without fertilization of ovules.
Related terms: parthenocarpic
apomixis
pred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preds
Etymology: Abbreviation of various words.
Senses: examples: text: Well, I've found it useful to befriend other preds, rather than rebel against them.
ref: 1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, “Vikki and the Rat”, in alt.fan.vore (Usenet):
text: Non-consentual^([sic]) is the easy one, eating somebody whether they like it or not, killing them is not necessarily a requirement, and in fact their squirming on the way down may be pleasure to the pred.
ref: 2001, Xip, “FUR:Shasta!”, in fur.artwork.erotica (Usenet):
qualifier: among vorarephiles
glosses: Abbreviation of predator.
glosses: Abbreviation of predicate.
glosses: Abbreviation of predefinition.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of prednisone.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of prednisolone.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
antonyms: succ
glosses: Abbreviation of predecessor.
pred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Abbreviation of various words.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of predefined.
IBM PC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌɪbiːˈɛmˌpiːˈsiː/
Forms: form: IBM PCs
Senses: glosses: The original IBM Personal Computer.
glosses: An IBM PC compatible microcomputer.
truthier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of truthy: more truthy
truthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of truthy: most truthy
suffixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suffix
suffixing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of a language, characterised by heavy use of suffixes to create grammatical forms; as opposed to prefixing.
suffixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suffixings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is suffixed.
Morava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Related to Czech Moře, German March and Latin Marus, both deriving ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea, standing water”). The river was first documented as Maraha in an 892 deed.
Senses: glosses: A left tributary of the Danube in Central Europe, flowing through Moravia in the Czech Republic on the border with Slovakia and then along the border of Austria.
glosses: A river in central Serbia; in full, Great Morava.
gormlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaumlessness
Etymology: From gormless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: One might contend that public perceptions of the gormlessness of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) plus the amateurish conduct of the suspected conspirators might explain [it].
ref: 2009, Uneasy Partners: Multiculturalism and Rights in Canada, →ISBN, page 72:
text: The facial expression can be mask-like, almost frozen in an attitude which may suggest dissatisfaction, surly sulkiness, hatred, resentment, sadness or possibly just general gormlessness.
ref: 2012, James Wakely, Mad Or Bad?: A Few Thumbnail Sketches, →ISBN, page 211:
text: Nevertheless he began to feel off colour and when, eventually, the venom reached his brain it had the effect of increasing, rather than alleviating, his gormlessness.
ref: 2008, Frank Key, Gravitas, Punctilio, Rectitude & Pippy Bag, page 131:
glosses: The quality or state of being gormless.
fecklessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fecklessnesses
Etymology: From feckless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being feckless.
astuter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of astute: more astute
astutest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of astute: most astute
œsophagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of œsophagus
cracknels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cracknel
oesophagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oesophagus
zaddik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaddiks
form: zaddikim
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tzaddik.
papillectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papillectomy
papillomae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papilloma
LGV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LGVs
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of lymphogranuloma venereum.
glosses: Initialism of Large goods vehicle.
griege
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] fabrics are imported in the griege state and finished in the United States […]
ref: 1968, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Foreign Trade and Tariff Proposals: Hearings..., page 2525:
text: Walton Fabrics, operating under another division of Avondale, manufactures and markets griege fabrics […]
ref: 2006, Jack W. Plunkett, Plunkett's Apparel and Textiles Industry Almanac 2006
glosses: Alternative form of greige.
griege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grieges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of greige.
footlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From foot + long.
Senses: examples: text: Like carved teak statues with footlong cigars stuck in their wooden faces, the two old creatures gazed at the 'Ingaleikma' as English yokels might gaze at a Zulu warrior in full regalia.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 5, in Burmese Days:
glosses: One foot long.
footlong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footlongs
Etymology: From foot + long.
Senses: glosses: A hot dog or submarine sandwich measuring a foot in length.
feetlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From feet + long.
Senses: glosses: Measuring many feet in length.
heavies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heavy
heavies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heavy
ricercata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ricercatas
Etymology: From Italian ricercata. Doublet of recherche.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A very elaborate form of fugue.
tsunamis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tsunami
automobilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of automobilist
autocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocrat
tromboner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tromboners
Etymology: From trombone + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays a trombone.
Synonyms: word: trombonist
tromboners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tromboner
generalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generalisation
radiuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radius
Azer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Azers
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عازر. This surname is mostly found in Egypt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
rancidify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rancidifies
form: rancidifying
form: rancidified
form: rancidified
Etymology: From rancid + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To make or become rancid.
Derived terms: rancidification
formalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: formalises
form: formalising
form: formalised
form: formalised
Etymology: From formal + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: "Additionally, new part-time contracts and flexible working rosters and patterns will also encourage a more diverse workforce that can fit shifts around other commitments, while current voluntary working arrangements on Sundays will be formalised to meet rising demand for weekend travel services."
ref: 2023 March 8, “Network News: TSSA accepts offer, but RMT sets new strike dates”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11:
glosses: Alternative spelling of formalize.
Derived terms: formalisable
unformalised
generalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generalization
formalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of formalise
formalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of formalise
formalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of formalise
tumbleweed moment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tumbleweed moments
Etymology: From the motif in western movies where the wind blows tumbleweeds through the scene, usually to establish that the place is desolate or empty.
Senses: examples: text: …real life television news quizzes have the benefit of careful editing to remove the tumbleweed moments.
ref: 2004 July 14, Laura Davis, “Arts Diary: STAGE QUIZ”, in Daily Post, Liverpool, England:
text: When you’re wondering if they might just sit there self-consciously not saying anything (a tumbleweed moment) you need to get away from the centre-front, start moving around.
ref: 2005 April 1, Trevor Wright, How to Be a Brilliant English Teacher, Routledge, →ISBN, page 78:
text: Peter Gibson, of Keep Britain Tidy, said: “in a world of daft pranks, we want littering to be that tumbleweed moment, the joke that falls flat on its face.”
ref: 2005 December 19, Robert Stansfield, “Gimp ad to shame litter louts”, in The Mirror, London, England:
topics: broadcasting
media
synonyms: dead air
glosses: A period of stony, unresponsive silence.
Coordinate terms: crickets
deafening silence
synonymously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more synonymously
form: most synonymously
form: synonimously
Etymology: From synonymous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a synonymous way.
unsourced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sourced.
Senses: examples: text: The unsourced quote was useless as a dictionary citation since no one could tell if it had actually been printed.
glosses: Presented without a source or reference.
checkbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛkbɒks/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkbɑks/
Forms: form: checkboxes
form: check box
Etymology: From check + box.
Senses: hypernyms: box
glosses: A space on a paper form that can be optionally filled with a check mark.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: tick box
glosses: An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.
Derived terms: checkbox compliance
Related terms: check mark
tickmark
checkboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of checkbox
revisiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revisitings
Senses: examples: text: The old, so called, superstition of the people, that a person's "dying with something on his mind" is one of the frequent causes of these revisitings, seems, like most other of their superstitions, to be founded on experience.
ref: 1850, Catherine Crowe, The night-side of nature; or, Ghosts and ghost-seers, page 190:
glosses: The act of visiting again.
revisiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revisit
restricts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restrict
pluralising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pluralise
pluralise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pluralises
form: pluralising
form: pluralised
form: pluralised
Etymology: From plural + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pluralize.
Derived terms: pluralisability
pluralisable
pluralised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pluralized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pluralise
pluralizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pluralises
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pluralize
pluralises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pluralizes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pluralise
sally ports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sally port
useage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of usage.
useages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of usages (plural of useage).
mass transportation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The wider use of mass transportation systems is believed by many to be a good way of economising on fuel.
glosses: Method of transport, usually public, that carries people in greater quantities than a typical private method such as car.
withstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of withstand
uncontroversial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncontroversial
form: most uncontroversial
Etymology: From un- + controversial.
Senses: examples: text: Under court tradition, a new justice is usually assigned a relatively uncontroversial opinion that is often, although not always, unanimous.
ref: 2021 March 8, Ariane de Vogue, “Stephen Breyer adds ‘respect’ to his dissent of Amy Coney Barrett’s first opinion”, in CNN:
glosses: Not controversial.
Synonyms: word: noncontroversial
Derived terms: uncontroversially
uncontroversialness
withstands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of withstand
read-only
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From read + only.
Senses: examples: text: If they want read-only access for political purposes — fine. But don’t give them write access.”
ref: 2025 February 18, Jeanne Sahadi, “DOGE’s request for IRS data systems access may pose risks to tax filers”, in CNN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Unalterable, capable of being read but not written.
Derived terms: read-only access
read-only memory
Related terms: read-write
write-only
over a barrel
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Ford had the U.A.W. over a barrel; if it failed to sign by midnight, the U.A.W. would be forced to give up its union shop.
ref: 1947 September 1, “Happy Day”, in Time:
text: Bruce Ohr revealed that "an unnamed former Russian intelligence official had communicated that Russian intelligence believed 'they had Trump over a barrel', a "sentiment [that] is echoed in Steele's dossier".
ref: 2018 September 1, “AP sources: Lawyer was told Russia had 'Trump over a barrel'”, in AP News:
glosses: In a disadvantageous or helpless situation, especially one in which one may be controlled or victimized.
Synonyms: up a tree
up the creek
have someone by the short hairs § Synonyms