cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nonhepatocellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hepatocellular.
Senses: glosses: Not hepatocellular.
larvated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin larvatus (“bewitched”). See larva, larvate.
Senses: glosses: Masked; clothed as if with a mask.
examples: text: larvated eggs
text: Larvated eggs are passed in the feces and are ingested by fly larvae intermediate hosts.
ref: 2021, Anne M. Zajac, Gary A. Conboy, Susan E. Little, Veterinary Clinical Parasitology, page 136:
text: Paratenic or incidental hosts that ingest larvated eggs maintain somatic larvae in their tissues ( 3 ) that are infective to predators of the infected paratenic host. .
ref: 2022, Jorge Morales-Montor, Víctor Hugo Del Río-Araiza, Romel Hernandéz-Bello, Parasitic Helminths and Zoonoses: From Basic to Applied Research, page 191:
glosses: Containing a larva or larvae.
subvenes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subvene
subvening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subvene
subvened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subvene
mesonota
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesonotum
mesonotum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesonota
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, meaning "middle of the back".
Senses: examples: text: Frons mat black, orbits slightly paler, more greyish; mesonotum distinctly mat, greyish-black, but with some subshine; […]
ref: 2013, K. A. Spencer, Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance, page 264:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.
Derived terms: promesonotum
Related terms: mesonotal
Reissner's membrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reissner's membranes
Etymology: Named after German anatomist Ernst Reissner (1824–1878).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The thin membrane that separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the inner ear.
wikipedia: Ernst Reissner
Reissner's membranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reissner's membrane
whame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whames
Senses: glosses: Synonym of whame fly.
synonyms: word: whame fly
whames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whame
prescriptionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prescription + -less.
Senses: examples: prescriptionless spectacles
glosses: Obtained without a medical prescription.
noncircumventable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + circumventable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be circumvented.
ult
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭlt
ipa: /ʌlt/
rhymes: -ʌlt
Forms: form: ults
form: ulting
form: ulted
form: ulted
Etymology: Clipping of ultimate.
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: ulti
glosses: To use a character's ultimate ability.
spectrology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spectro- + -ology.
Senses: glosses: spectrometry.
spectrology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spectre + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Samuel had studied parapsychology and spectrology back in the States before landing this job, an investigator on PI. Viewers loved him. A comforting anchor, Samuel was a contradiction to the frightening events portrayed.
ref: 2017, Daniel I. Russell, Entertaining Demons:
glosses: The study of ghosts and spirits; demonology.
eozoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eozoons
form: eozoa
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eozoön.
Derived terms: eozoonal
eozoonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eozoon + -al.
Senses: examples: text: eozoonal limestone
text: eozoonal rock
glosses: Relating to, or containing, eozoöns.
eozoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eozoon
hiera picra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hickery-pickery
form: hickory-pickery
form: higry-pigry
Etymology: From New Latin hiera picra, from Ancient Greek ἱερᾱ́ πίκρᾱ (hierā́ píkrā, literally “sacred bitterness”).
Senses: examples: text: His hiera picra formula called for aloes, spices and herbs; the compound was made into an electuary.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A warming cathartic medicine made from aloes and canella.
sudorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin sudorus, from sudor (“sweat”).
Senses: examples: text: the strigments and sudorous adhesions from men's hands
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Consisting of, or relating to, sweat.
percarburet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From per- + carburet.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A percarbide.
percarburets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of percarburet
histrion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histrions
form: histrio
Etymology: From Latin histriō. Compare French histrion. See histrionic.
Senses: glosses: A stage actor.
Related terms: histrionic
histrions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of histrion
dementia praecox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dementiae praecoces
form: dementia præcox
form: dementia precox
Etymology: A Latin phrase coined by Arnold Pick in 1891, first used in German and later adopted into English. From the Latin dēmentia (“madness; insanity”) + praecox (“premature; untimely”, whence English precocious), together meaning “untimely madness” or “premature dementia”. Here, dēmentia carries the connotation of senile dementia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: schizophrenia
praenasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of prenasal.
sulphophosphite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphophosphites
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A salt of sulphophosphorous acid.
sulphophosphites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphophosphite
placit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈplæsɪt/
Forms: form: placits
Etymology: From Latin placitum. Doublet of plea.
Senses: examples: 20 January, 1657, John Evelyn, letter to Mr. E. Thurland
the placits and opinions of other philosophers
glosses: A decree or dictum.
Derived terms: placitory
placits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placit
glitchcore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glitch + -core.
Senses: examples: text: Herbert is a former piano prodigy and Exeter drama student who went from touring with UK big bands to freaking clubbers with samplers and kitchen utensils, and his cozy records merge glitchcore buzz and tech-house heat […]
ref: 2001 March, SPIN, volume 17, number 3, page 150:
text: Rather than UR-styled militant Techno, the first two singles, sleeved in exploding vector designs, showcase the glitchcore sounds of code warriors like Richard Devine, Kero and Mode Selektor.
ref: 2004, The Wire, volumes 245-250:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A subgenre of glitch music.
besort
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /bɪˈsɔː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: besorts
form: besorting
form: besorted
form: besorted
Etymology: From be- + sort.
Senses: examples: text: such men as may besort your age
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
glosses: To suit; fit; become.
besort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɪˈsɔː(ɹ)t/
Etymology: From be- + sort.
Senses: examples: text: With such accommodation and besort / As levels with her breeding.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: Something fitting or appropriate; suitable company, associates, or attendants.
hyposterna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyposternum
hyposternum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəm
Forms: form: hyposterna
Etymology: From hypo- + sternum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: The hypoplastron.
embryonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: embrionary
Etymology: From Latin embryō (stem embryōn-) + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: embryonary sac
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: embryonic
nubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌbəl/
rhymes: -ʌbəl
Forms: form: nubbles
Etymology: Compare Low German nubben (“to knock, cuff”).
Senses: examples: text: Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.
ref: 1897, Rudyard Kipling, “chapter 1”, in Captains Courageous:
glosses: Alternative spelling of knubble (“small knob or lump”).
Derived terms: nubbly
nubble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌbəl/
rhymes: -ʌbəl
Forms: form: nubbles
form: nubbling
form: nubbled
form: nubbled
Etymology: Compare Low German nubben (“to knock, cuff”).
Senses: examples: text: if his Master went an Hair's Breadth beyond his Duty, he was a Tyrant, that it was lawful for him to Nubble him
ref: 1712, William Wagstaffe, Crispin the Cobler's Confutation of Ben H-dley:
glosses: To beat or bruise with the fist.
nubbled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: containing nubbles
nubbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nubble
nubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nubble
nubbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nubble
tractories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tractory
tractory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tractories
Etymology: Latin tractorius (“of drawing”), from trahere, tractum (“to draw”).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A tractrix.
tractory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tractory
form: most tractory
Etymology: Latin tractorius (“of drawing”), from trahere, tractum (“to draw”).
Senses: glosses: resembling a tractor
postexistence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postexistences
Etymology: From post- + existence.
Senses: glosses: afterlife; subsequent existence
postexistences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postexistence
perennities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perennity
perennity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perennities
Etymology: From perenn + -ity, from Latin perennitas.
Senses: examples: text: the perennity of divers Springs, which always afford the same quantity of Water
ref: 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
text: But these phenomena remain a proof, albeit in reverse, of the perennity of the mystical quest.
ref: 1972, John Bowman, editor, Comparative Religion: The Charles Strong Trust Lectures 1961-1970:
glosses: The quality of being perennial.
herborough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And like the German lord, when he went out of Newgate into the cart, took order to have his arms set up in his last herborough […]
ref: 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber or Discoveries made upon men and matter:
glosses: Obsolete form of harbour.
propulsory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more propulsory
form: most propulsory
Senses: glosses: propulsive
ancienty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪn(t)ʃənti/
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ancienneté, from Old French ancienete, from ancien + -ete. See ancient.
Senses: examples: text: That which hee ſpeaketh of Magna charta, albeit he handle it laſt, yet for the ancientie, ſeemeth to deſerue the first ranke
ref: 1593, Lancelot Andrewes, An apologie for sundrie proceedings by iurisdiction ecclesiasticall,:
glosses: age; antiquity
glosses: seniority
diametrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diametrally
form: most diametrally
Etymology: From diametral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a diametral way.
Synonyms: diametrically
schistaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more schistaceous
form: most schistaceous
Etymology: From schist + -aceous.
Senses: examples: text: Eyes golden-green. Mouth black. Thorax schistaceous beneath.
ref: 1851, Francis Walker, Insecta Britannica: Diptera - Volume 1, page 217:
text: In No. 736 the throat is almost uniform schistaceous, except a few blackish dots here and there.
ref: 1907, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, On a Collection of Birds from Teffé, Rio Solimões, Brazil, page 64:
glosses: Having the color of slate; slaty
examples: text: Wills does not just climb cliffs or scramble over boulders; he negotiates "schistaceous gneiss."
ref: 1999, Richard Bevis, Road to Egdon Heath: The Aesthetics of the Great in Nature, page 243:
text: Habitat: Climbing over dwarf bushes or oak trees, on hill slopes, in forests, near streams, on schistaceous, sandy and rocky soils, 1300–3300m.
ref: 2002, Wing Ming Keung, Pueraria: The Genus Pueraria, page 13:
text: Sharp contact between the 4 kyr BP eroded surface soils and the subsequent schistaceous mudflow .
ref: 2008, Selim Kapur, Georges Stoops, New Trends in Soil Micromorphology, page 230:
glosses: Containing schist or exhibiting schistosity; schistose.
raie ultime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɹeɪ ulˈtim/
Forms: form: raies ultimes
form: Raie Ultime
Etymology: First attested in the plural in February 1910 and in the singular in 1920; French: raie (“line”) + ultime (“final”).
Senses: examples: text: In the second paper M. de Gramont considers the distribution of raies ultimes in different stellar types, having studied for this purpose the Harvard classifications, the numerous publications of Sir Norman Lockyer, and the works of Sir William Huggins.
ref: 1910 February 10, Nature, LXXXII, page 440:
text: De Gramont distinguished by the name of Raie Ultime that line in the spectrum of an element which is the last to disappear.
ref: 1920, Optical Methods in Control and Research Laboratories, page 4:
qualifier: spectroscopy
glosses: The line in an atomic spectrum that results from a transition to the lowest level of excitation from the first higher non-metastable level.
raies ultimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɹeɪz ulˈtim/
Forms: form: raiesultimes
Senses: glosses: plural of raie ultime
Raie Ultime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Raies Ultimes
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of raie ultime.
Raies Ultimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Raie Ultime; alternative letter-case form of raie ultime.
paenultima law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paenultima law
form: Paenultima Law
form: penultima law
form: Penultima law
form: Penultima Law
Etymology: First attested in 1892; Latin paenultima (“penult”) + English law.
Senses: examples: text: He calls attention to the large number of words found over and over again with a metrical accent which does not follow the ‘paenultima law’, but falls on the last syllable…or even on the fourth syllable from the end.
ref: 1892, The Journal of Philology, XX, page 138:
glosses: The rule of Classical Latin pronunciation which states that a word receives antepenultimate stress if its penult is a short or metrically light syllable, but receives penultimate stress if its penult is a long or metrically heavy syllable.
utility player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utility players
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who can play more than one position.
topics: fantasy
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who accumulates stats without being assigned to any particular position.
Synonyms: utilityman
penultima law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paenultima law.
utility players
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utility player
Hudibrasian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hudibrasian
form: most Hudibrasian
Etymology: From Hudibras + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Hudibras, a mock-heroic 17th-century narrative poem by Samuel Butler.
hudnas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hudna
fantasy sports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: rotisserie sports
glosses: A competition in which participants select combinations of players in a league and score points according to their performance.
withywind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: withywinds
Senses: examples: text: The reddleman suffered the wound and went on: “He is a man who notices the looks of women, and you could twist him to your will like withywind, if you only had the mind.”
ref: 1878, Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native:
text: lf you've got a bad withywind patch then you've got a bare patch in a few years.
ref: 2006, Tony Anderson, Life on the levels: voices from a working world, page 104:
text: The snow-white withywind just blows, and dies, Nor does the lily boast much longer life; But flower-gentles, clad in holy hue, Do everlastingly that hue preserve.
ref: 2009, Roger Lonsdale, The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse, →ISBN, page 265:
glosses: Alternative form of withwind.
withywinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of withywind
fantasy baseball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: rotisserie baseball
roto
hypernyms: rotisserie sports
fantasy sports
glosses: A competition in which participants select combinations of baseball players in a real league and score points according to their performance.
subfont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subfonts
Etymology: From sub- + font.
Senses: examples: text: Two subfonts are available for EGA/VGA displays, and only one is available for LCD displays.
ref: 2001, Jim Cooper, Using MS-DOS 6.22, page 346:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: A subset of a font, holding only some of its glyphs.
subfonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subfont
instratified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: instratified layer
text: instratified beds
glosses: interstratified
tittlebat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tittlebats
Senses: examples: text: “Speculations on the Source of the Hampstead Ponds, with Some Observations on the Theory of Tittlebats;”.
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 1”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 1:
glosses: The three-spined stickleback.
tittlebats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tittlebat
polysurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysurgeries
Etymology: From poly- + surgery.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Multiple surgical operations, especially when part of a morbid condition where the patient desires unnecessary surgery.
polysurgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polysurgery
comorbidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From comorbid + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Hypochondriasis is often comorbidly associated with other psychiatric disorders.
glosses: In a comorbid fashion.
trothplighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From troth + plighted.
Senses: glosses: engaged; betrothed.
trothplighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From troth + plighted.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trothplight
antisurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisurgical
form: most antisurgical
Etymology: From anti- + surgical.
Senses: examples: text: Alternative healers also espoused a decidedly antisurgical bias, and many promised cures that avoided the knife.
ref: 2009, Jason Szabo, Incurable and intolerable, page 34:
glosses: Opposing surgery.
nonspreadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + spreadable.
Senses: glosses: Not spreadable.
rublu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rublis
bite in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bites in
form: biting in
form: bit in
form: bitten in
Senses: glosses: To corrode metallic plates by means of an acid, as part of an etching process.
examples: text: He says, he bit in his rage as best he could, took his hat, pretended business, and walked the three out, instead of kicking them out.
ref: 1888, A. S. Arnold, The Story of Thomas Carlyle, page 235:
glosses: To repress (an emotion); bite back.
timelining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From timeline + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The use of timelines in scheduling.
siterip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siterips
Etymology: From site + rip (“to copy or plagiarize data from a CD, DVD, etc. or the internet”, verb).
Senses: examples: text: I downloaded the siterip of Wikipedia.
glosses: A complete archive of a website.
zero ending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zero endings
Senses: examples: text: The Polish word for "cat" is "kot". Its genitive form is "kota", which has the ending "–a". Because the nominative form consists of the stem without an ending, it can be said that "kot" has the zero ending. In a table listing the endings one could hence write: "Nominative: –∅, Genitive: –a".
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The absence of an ending after a noun‐stem in a language in which endings are normally applied; often written as ∅.
Related terms: ∅
keyholing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From keyhole + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keyhole
keyholing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From keyhole + -ing.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The tendency of a bullet fired down an excessively large barrel to wobble in flight and leave a keyhole-shaped puncture in the target.
glosses: The formation of a transient column of vapor or plasma when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.
mechatronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to mechatronics.
Derived terms: micromechatronic
Related terms: mechanical
electronic
electromechanical
siterips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siterip
accurizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of accurize
accurizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of accurize
accurized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of accurize
blowability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blow + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being blowable.
cordwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cordwood
corduroying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of corduroy
corduroyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of corduroy
corduroyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Soon, the incessant wind would dry the stenchy wallow to corduroyed cement.
ref: 2003, Suzann Ledbetter, A Lady Never Trifles with Thieves:
glosses: Having a ribbed pattern, like corduroy.
examples: text: […] and even Violet Flower was draped over a couch discussing auras with an earnest, pink-faced chap from Dunnedoo, whose corduroyed legs were tightly crossed over his crotch.
ref: 2011, Leah Swann, Bearings, page 29:
glosses: Dressed in corduroy.
one-form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-forms
Senses: topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: a covector field
Hypernyms: differential form
Related terms: bra
row vector
drag up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drags up
form: dragging up
form: dragged up
form: dragged up
Senses: examples: text: I don't know why John had to drag up the incident of the car accident. It was really embarrassing.
text: It’s hard to understand how a mother as devoted as Diana would choose, in 1995, to drag up her affair with Hewitt again in her explosive interview with the BBC’s Martin Bashir on Panorama. She knew how devastated her boys had been by their father’s on-camera confession of infidelity with Camilla Parker Bowles in Jonathan Dimbleby’s 1994 ITV documentary, and how truly mortified they felt when Princess in Love came out.
ref: April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: To remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
examples: text: "I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve.[…]"
ref: 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC:
glosses: To educate reluctant pupils.
examples: text: It is said that the children of the very poor are not brought up, but dragged up.
ref: 1852, Charles Dickens, Bleak House:
glosses: To raise a child with insufficient discipline or instillment of social etiquette.
glosses: Of a man: to dress in women's clothing for entertainment.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, up.
natalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From natal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Falling birth rates are being met in many nations with a backlash: in China, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere, natalism is making a comeback, and the line between policies that are ‘pro-family’ (benefits and incentives) and those that are ‘anti-woman’ (abortion bans and the rescinding of workplace rights) is skin-thin.
ref: 2019 March 24, Sarah Ditum, “Mum's the Word”, in Literary Review:
text: Many of the speakers and attendees see natalism as a way of reversing these changes.
ref: 2024 April 28, Gaby Del Valle, “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population”, in POLITICO:
glosses: Pronatalism; an ideology in favor of childbearing.
Derived terms: anti-natalism
antinatalism
pronatalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronatalist
natalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natalists
Etymology: From natal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Ultimately, this is what unites the Collinses with the more “trad” wings of the natalist movement, from the nativists to the Christian nationalists: pushing back on social and cultural changes they see as imposed on them by outside forces. […] All the natalists have to do is have enough kids so that, in a generation or two, they’ll be the ones who inherit the earth.
ref: 2024 April 28, Gaby Del Valle, “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population”, in POLITICO:
synonyms: pronatalist
breeder
glosses: A supporter of natalism; one who is in favour of childbearing.
Derived terms: antinatalist
natalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of natalist
dodge ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodge balls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dodgeball.
antibreeding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antibreeding
form: most antibreeding
Etymology: From anti- + breeding.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or preventing breeding.
dogtooth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogtooths
form: dogteeth
Etymology: From Middle English dogge tothe; equivalent to dog + tooth.
Senses: qualifier: plural only "dogtooth"
glosses: A canine tooth.
examples: text: This arch is the side of a niche from the tomb of Can Signorio della Scala, at Verona; and the value, as well as the distant expression of its dogtooth, may be seen by referring to Prout's beautiful drawing of this tomb in his "Sketches in France and Italy."
ref: 1851, John Ruskin, “The Edge and Fillet”, in The Stones of Venice, volume I (The Foundations), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § IV, page 260:
topics: architecture
glosses: An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth.
glosses: Synonym of houndstooth.
synonyms: word: houndstooth
glosses: A dogtooth violet.
Derived terms: dogtooth grass
dogtooth spar
dogtooth tuna
dogtooth violet
anticontraceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticontraceptive
form: most anticontraceptive
Etymology: From anti- + contraceptive.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or forbidding the use of contraceptives.
anticontraception
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticontraception
form: most anticontraception
Etymology: From anti- + contraception.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or forbidding contraception.
dogteeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogtooth
dogsledded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dogsled
antiparamilitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiparamilitary
form: most antiparamilitary
Etymology: From anti- + paramilitary.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Opposing a paramilitary.
do down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does down
form: doing down
form: did down
form: done down
Senses: glosses: To belittle or intimidate
uncenteredness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uncentered + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of not being centered.
uncentredness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uncentred + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uncenteredness.
sess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sesses
form: sessing
form: sessed
form: sessed
form: cess
Etymology: Aphetic form of assess.
Senses: glosses: To lay a tax upon; to assess.
sess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesses
form: ses
form: cess
Etymology: Aphetic form of assess.
Senses: glosses: A tax; an assessment.
sess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesses
form: cess
Etymology: Clipping of sensimilla.
Senses: examples: text: Remedy for stress is three bags of sess / A day at my rest playin' chess, yes
ref: 1994, Method Man featuring RZA, Inspectah Deck, Carlton Fisk & Streetlife,, “Mr. Sandman”, in Tical:
text: Well, from yuh never put no cocaine inna yuh cigarette. Before, yuh woulda prefer smoke 10 pound of sess.
ref: 2001, Notch, “Nuttin No Go So” (track 3), in Buy Out Riddim:
glosses: marijuana, weed
do for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does for
form: doing for
form: did for
form: done for
Senses: examples: text: What can I do for you?
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, for.
examples: text: Smoking did for him in the end.
text: She's done for!
text: "He's a cheery old card," muttered Harry to Jack / As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. / *⁠ * * * * / But he did for them both by his plan of attack.
ref: 1918, Siegfried Sassoon, “The General”, in Counter-Attack and Other Poems:
text: —That bitch, that English whore, did for him, the shebeen proprietor commented. She put the first nail in his coffin.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 604:
synonyms: word: damage
word: wound
word: abuse
word: annoy
word: bewound
word: damage
word: damnify
word: dere
word: do damage to
word: do for
word: do ill
word: do violence to
word: forwork
word: grieve
word: harm
word: harrow
word: hurt
word: injure
word: maul
word: misdo
word: put someone in hospital
word: scaith
word: scathe
word: vulnerate
word: wet
word: wound
glosses: To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
examples: text: He was done for murder.
text: The police did him for conspiracy to commit burglary.
glosses: To prosecute someone for a criminal offence.
examples: text: I've left my key in my office in Manchester, my family are at Bournemouth, and the old woman who does for me goes home at nine o'clock.
ref: 1915, Frank Thomas Bullen, Recollections:
synonyms: word: attend
word: serve
word: wait on
word: aid
word: attend
word: attend to
word: await
word: bestand
word: bestead
word: dance attendance
word: do
word: do for
word: serve
word: service
word: stay
word: tend
word: wait
word: wait on
word: wait upon
glosses: To work as a domestic servant for.
examples: text: All this running has done for me.
synonyms: word: fordo
word: weary
word: beleaguer
word: exhaust
word: fatigue
word: fordo
word: do for
word: gas out
word: get down
word: jade
word: knock up
word: poop
word: run someone ragged
word: tire
word: tire out
word: wear
word: wear down
word: wear out
word: weary
glosses: To tire; to exhaust.
Related terms: done for
do out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does out
form: doing out
form: did out
form: done out
Senses: glosses: to decorate, tidy or clean
ohing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oh
dope out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dopes out
form: doping out
form: doped out
form: doped out
Senses: examples: text: "All the same, I believe it was the hand of Fate that doped out the way for me to find her."
ref: 1906, O. Henry, The Green Door:
text: "I was fed up with trying to peddle the rubberized paint, and my reckoning was that with a little dough to tide me over I could spend a week or two looking for something else, perhaps dope out a way to get back to college, for I had not altogether given up on that."
ref: 1953, S. Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March:
glosses: To figure out, to find out, find, decipher
dotted line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dotted lines
Senses: examples: text: To the uninitiated, this might sound absurd, with images of chickens signing above the dotted line.
ref: 2024 November 22, Stephanie Hanes, Melanie Stetson Freeman, “Moody chickens? Playful bumblebees? Science decodes the rich inner lives of animals.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: A line made up of dots or dashes, often used to indicate where one is supposed to sign a contract.
Related terms: sign on the dotted line
double doors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double door: Multiple sets of paired doors.
double doors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of double door: A set of two adjoining doors that can be opened independently.
synonyms: word: double door
extra: A set of two adjoining doors that can be opened independently
double digits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A number composed of two digits, i.e. between 10 and 99.
Synonyms: double figures
Related terms: double-digit
double figures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The winger reached double figures for the season with a clinical hat-trick to send Claudio Ranieri’s team back to the top of the tree, strengthening their case to be this year’s Christmas No 1.
ref: 2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: composed of two digits, i.e. between 10 and 99.
raw_tags: of a number
Synonyms: double digits
Related terms: double-figure
doglock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doglocks
Etymology: From dog + lock.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The lock that preceded the true flintlock in both rifles and pistols in the 17th century.
doglocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doglock
double-dotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Followed by two dots, increasing its note value by three-quarters of the base note.
raw_tags: of a note or rest
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having a diaeresis/umlaut/rock dots
raw_tags: of a letter
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, dotted.
nonferritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ferritic.
Senses: glosses: Not ferritic.
rock dots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of röck döts.
double or nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: double or quits
double-page spread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-page spreads
Senses: topics: journalism
media
hyponyms: double truck
glosses: An article, advertisement, etc. spread over two facing pages.
double sculls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: A race in a double scull.
double-sided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: single-sided
glosses: Using or able to be used on both sides.
Of paper, able to be used or printed on both sides.
coordinate_terms: single-sided
glosses: Using or able to be used on both sides.
Of adhesive tape, having an adhesive on both sides.
coordinate_terms: single-sided
glosses: Using or able to be used on both sides.
Of circuit boards, having printed circuits on both sides.
Coordinate terms: single-sided
jeweling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jewel
double top
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: darts
games
glosses: Double twenty (on a dartboard).
Synonyms: tops
chinchillid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chinchillids
Senses: examples: text: Chinchillids like Eoviscaccia are not yet strongly adapted to the cooler climates found in either high altitudes or southerly altitudes.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 66:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any rodent in the family Chinchillidae.
Related terms: chinchilline
chinchillids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chinchillid
Picatinny rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Picatinny rails
Etymology: Named after the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A bracket used on some firearms in order to provide a standardized mounting platform.
wikipedia: Picatinny Arsenal
pinfire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinfires
Etymology: From pin + fire.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: An obsolete kind of brass cartridge in which the priming compound is ignited by striking a small pin which protrudes radially from just above the base of the cartridge.
Coordinate terms: centerfire
cupfire
lipfire
rimfire
pinfires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinfire
drag down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drags down
form: dragging down
form: dragged down
form: dragged down
Senses: examples: text: I feel bad for him, but at the same time I cannot let him drag me down into his depths of negativity.
ref: 2008, Shane Sartor, Spiritual Profits 2nd Edition:
glosses: To cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood.
examples: text: You're dragging down 50k these days, right?
glosses: To earn, as in wages from a job.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, down.
drag in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drags in
form: dragging in
form: dragged in
form: dragged in
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, in.
glosses: To get into a course of action by forceful means.
glosses: To bring irrelevant, outdated or scurrilous accusations or arguments into a discussion.
Related terms: look what the cat's dragged in
drag into
wadcutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wadcutter
spitzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spitzer
slamfire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slamfires
Etymology: From slam + fire.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The premature accidental discharge of a firearm while a round is being loaded into the chamber.
Related terms: bumpfire
slamfires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slamfire
draglift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draglifts
Etymology: From drag + lift.
Senses: glosses: A type of ski lift that pulls skiers up the slope.
drain plug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drain plugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drainplug.
drainplug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drainplugs
Etymology: From drain + plug.
Senses: glosses: A plug for a drain; especially, one on an oil pan, transmission, gearbox, or differential case.
Related terms: drainout
drainpipe
stopper
drama documentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drama documentaries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of docudrama.
synonyms: word: docudrama
drainplugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drainplug
draglifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draglift
dream team
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: drēm
ipa: /dɹiːm tiːm/
ipa: /dɹim tim/
ipa: [dɹim-]
ipa: [dʒɹim-]
Forms: form: dream teams
Senses: glosses: A team of players or members ideal for a given task; a team of the best players of a particular sport or members of a particular field.
speedloader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speedloaders
Senses: examples: text: Various speedloaders had different colours. You could also hear the data being loaded (1200baud iirc) and some programs had very interesting 'tunes' in them, and it was also possible to work out where you were in the load of your favourite games by the sound.
ref: 2002, John Bland, “Thumb Bandits.”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
firearms
government
mathematics
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Alternative form of speed loader.
speedloaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speedloader
dredlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dreadlocks.
dreds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dreads; dreadlocks
sporterize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sporterizes
form: sporterizing
form: sporterized
form: sporterized
form: sporterise
Etymology: From sporter + -ize.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: To modify (a firearm) so that it is suitable for sporting use.
Derived terms: sporterization
sporterizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sporterize
sporterized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sporterize
drive at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drives at
form: driving at
form: drove at
form: driven at
Senses: examples: text: Do you see what I'm driving at?
text: Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at.
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
glosses: To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point.
examples: text: Drive at a reduced speed when visibility and traction are poor.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, at.
Synonyms: get at
underlug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underlugs
Etymology: From under- + lug.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: One of the locking lugs on a break-action firearm that extend from the bottom of the barrels under the chamber(s) and connect into the receiver bottom.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The metal shroud underneath the barrel of a revolver that surrounds and protects the extractor rod.
driving examiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driving examiners
Senses: glosses: An examiner in a driving test
underlugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underlug
Dreyfusard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dreyfusards
Etymology: From French dreyfusard.
Senses: examples: text: Apropos of the stage, it is a curious circumstance that nine-tenths of 'the profession' in France are ardent Dreyfusards. Nearly every actor and actress and vocalist of note has been on the same side as M. Zola from the outset.
ref: 1898, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly, With Zola in England: A Story of Exile:
synonyms: Dreyfusist
glosses: A supporter of Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935) in the Dreyfus affair (1894–1906).
drop volley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop volleys
Senses: examples: text: The drop volley is a delicate shot demanding natural feel. However, it may be suggested that on this shot the racket face is open, extra underspin is imparted by downward movement of the racket, and the touch is "soft."
ref: 1968, Tennis-badminton-squash Guide:
text: When you find your opponent comfortably deep in the backcourt, do not forget the drop volley. The occasional drop volley forces the opponent to cover the short court and play closer to the baseline.
ref: 2001, Nick Bollettieri, Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 171:
text: The drop volley (figure 8.3) is a volley that is hit as a drop shot. Usually a drop volley is hit off a relatively low incoming shot; high shots should be hit with a putaway volley.
ref: 2004, Carol Matsuzaki, Tennis Fundamentals, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 76:
glosses: A drop shot hit with a volley.
X-ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-rings
Senses: glosses: A circle in the middle of a shooting target's bullseye used to determine the winner in the event of a tie.
Dreyfusards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dreyfusard
Walpolean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Walpolean
form: most Walpolean
Etymology: From Walpole + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Robert Walpole (1676–1745), British statesman generally regarded as having been the first British prime minister.
glosses: Of or relating to Horace Walpole (1717–1797), 4th Earl of Orford, English art historian and politician.
dude rancher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dude ranchers
Etymology: From dude ranch + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of guest rancher.
synonyms: word: guest rancher