cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tenotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenotomies
Etymology: From teno- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a tendon
Derived terms: microtenotomy
thoracotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thoracotomies
Etymology: From thoraco- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.
Derived terms: hemithoracotomy
rethoracotomy
tonsillotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonsillotomies
Etymology: From tonsil + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision into a tonsil.
varicotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varicotomies
Etymology: From varico- + -tomy or varic- + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure of removing varicose veins.
apicectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: apicectomies
Etymology: From apic- + -ectomy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apicoectomy.
endodontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Referring to, or associated with endodontics.
glosses: Relating to the endodontium.
Derived terms: endodontically
demotivate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːˈmoʊtɪveɪt/
ipa: /ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪt/
Forms: form: demotivates
form: demotivating
form: demotivated
form: demotivated
Etymology: From de- + motivate.
Senses: glosses: To decrease the motivation of a person or a group.
Derived terms: demotivator
demotivation
demotivational
agriotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agriotypes
Senses: glosses: An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
alburnum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alburnums
Etymology: From Latin alburnum, from albus (“white”), since it is often paler in color than the heartwood.
Senses: glosses: sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
Derived terms: alburnous
alcatote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈælkətəʊt/
Forms: form: alcatotes
form: alkithole
form: alkitotle
Etymology: Unknown. The beginning may be related to elk or auk.
Senses: examples: text: VVhy? you knovv I [am] an ignorant unable trifle in ſuch buſineſſe; an Oafe, a ſimple Alcatote; an Innocent.
ref: c. 1635–1636 (date written), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Fancies, Chast and Noble: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seile, […], published 1638, →OCLC, Act IIII, page 54:
glosses: A foolish oaf.
ale-bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ale-bushes
form: alebush
Senses: examples: text: for I might haue had a pumpe set vp with as good Marche beere as this was, and nere set vp an ale-bush for the matter.
ref: 1599, Henry Porter, “The Two Angry Women of Abingdon”, in Kind-heart's Dream: Containing Five Apparitions with Their Invectives, published 1841, page 102:
text: Copernicus grinned amorously at the ruddy stout damsel who stood, presenting arms akimbo, under the ale-bush in the latticed porch.
ref: 1902, James Henry Yoxall, The Rommany Stone, page 101:
text: The place was really no more than a cottage, wattle-daubed walls and a thatched roof with an ale bush pushed under the eaves.
ref: 2004, P. C. Doherty, The Hangman's Hymn: The Carpenter's Tale of Mystery and Murder, page 48:
glosses: a tavern sign.
lose out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses out
form: losing out
form: lost out
form: lost out
Senses: examples: text: People who do not speak a second language find that they lose out when looking for a job.
text: I think you will lose out on the exchange rate if you move to dollars now.
glosses: To be at a disadvantage.
examples: text: I went for a job interview, but I lost out to a younger guy.
text: Chelsea had two players sent off and lost out to a Heidar Helguson penalty in a heated west London derby.
ref: 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
text: The Western Region learned that it was to lose out on new stock deliveries, inheriting instead 110 part-second-hand dual-heated Mk 2a vehicles from the Eastern Region.
ref: 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:
glosses: To be defeated (by).
raw_tags: with 'to'
all talk and no cider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: All talk and no results.
all-night-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all-night-men
form: all-night man
Senses: glosses: A body snatcher; a grave robber.
karo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori karo.
Senses: glosses: Pittosporum crassifolium, a shrub of New Zealand.
legal recourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An action that can be taken by an individual or a corporation to attempt to remedy a legal difficulty.
clear as crystal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English clere as cristel.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Entirely transparent.
raw_tags: of an object
qualifier: simile
glosses: Easily understandable.
raw_tags: of a statement
Synonyms: crystal clear
Related terms: clear as mud
Birma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Burma.
kubasas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kubasa
methodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more methodic
form: most methodic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”).
Senses: examples: text: Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly.
ref: 1751, James Harris, Hermes, a philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar:
glosses: methodical
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Chosen for the sake of its effect, rather than for its own sake; sometimes distinguished from real.
shamefacedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shamefacednesses
Etymology: From an alteration of Middle English schamefastnesse, equivalent to shamefaced + -ness. See also shamefastness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being shamefaced.
ammiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ammirals
Etymology: From Middle English ammiral etc., from Anglo-Norman and Old French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of admiral.
anhidrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an- + hidrosis.
Senses: examples: text: Would his medical records really show that he [Prince Andrew] had a temporary case of anhidrosis (a lack of perspiration), which typically isn’t a response to adrenaline?
ref: 2025 October 20, Caroline Davies, quoting Virginia Giuffre, “Prince Andrew tried to hire ‘internet trolls’ to hassle Virginia Giuffre, book claims”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The reduced ability or inability to sweat.
Synonyms: sense: impaired sweating
word: adiaphoresis
sense: impaired sweating
word: ischidrosis
sense: impaired sweating
word: adiapneustia
ankle-biter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ankle-biters
Etymology: From ankle + biter.
Senses: glosses: A small child.
glosses: A small dog, especially a poorly-behaved one.
glosses: A relatively minor, irritating problem or task.
Synonyms: sense: small child
word: toddler
annosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ənōʹsĭtĭ
ipa: /əˈnəʊsɪtɪ/
Etymology: From the Latin annōsitās (“fullness of years”).
Senses: examples: text: Robert Parr…the wonder of our times for annosity and long life.
ref: 1654, Hamon L’Estrange, The Reign of King Charles, an History faithfully and impartially delivered and disposed into Annals, page 136:
text: […] the guardian of this columbarium — he missed that one — is plainly not a pedant at all. He just has a quirky love of words. Johnson wishes him annosity of his […]
ref: 1994, The Economist, volume 332, numbers 7879-7882, page 84:
glosses: Fullness of years; great length of life; agedness; lengthiness of life span.
anoopsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ano- (“upwards”) + -opsia.
Senses: examples: text: The man who had been standing in the doorway stepped forward to greet them. No pheretrer he! His luteous face, scrobiculate by some unspeakable disease, was further disfigured by an anoopsia.
ref: 1958 May 9, Strix [pseudonym], “English Spoken Here”, in The Spectator, volume 200, number 6776, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 585, column 2:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition in which one eye gazes upward while the other looks straight ahead.
antefix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antefixes
form: antefixa
form: antefixum
Etymology: From Latin antefīxa.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.
topics: architecture
glosses: Any decoration serving to cover the ends of roofing tiles.
Derived terms: antefixal
antifogmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifogmatics
Senses: glosses: An alcoholic drink taken in the morning to brace oneself before going out into bad weather.
antihelix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.tɪˈhi.lɪks/
Forms: form: antihelices
form: antihelixes
form: antehelix
form: anthelix
Etymology: From anti- + helix.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The curved prominence of cartilage of the external ear, within or in front of the helix.
antilithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + lithic.
Senses: glosses: Acting against the formation of calculi, such as kidney stones.
antilithic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antilithics
Etymology: From anti- + lithic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An antilithic agent.
home-sickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home-sicknesses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of homesickness.
homesicknesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home-sicknesses
Senses: examples: text: I explore how women's bodies reflect homesicknesses — the gendered social and physical illnesses that result from the production of home.
ref: 2004, Jigna Desai, Beyond Bollywood: The Cultural Politics of South Asian Diasporic Film, page 32:
text: It is well we should be reverent in their presence and homesick for them — but a thousand homesicknesses cannot put up what Carlyle called "my own four walls".
ref: 1978, George Nauman Shuster, The Catholic Spirit in America, page 187:
text: Our yearnings are homesicknesses for heaven ; our sighings are for God, just as children that cry themselves asleep away from home, and sob in their slumber, know not that they sob for their parents.
ref: 1860, Henry Ward Beecher, Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, page 67:
glosses: plural of homesickness
home-sicknesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home-sickness (alternative spelling of homesicknesses).
L-plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L-plates
Senses: glosses: A plastic square consisting of a large letter L, placed on the front and rear of a vehicle to indicate that the driver is a learner.
examples: text: He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.
ref: 2005, Kathy Lette, A Stitch in Time, page 17:
glosses: The condition of being a novice or learner.
Derived terms: L-plater
on one's L's
Related terms: P-plate
heavenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: His soul into the heavenes is lyft, To prayse Him still that gave the gyft.
ref: 1899, John Ebenezer West, Cathedral Organists Past and Present, page 26:
text: Entreat the heavenes to send ther muses hether, To helpe your soules to write of sacred thinges.
ref: 1879, Nicholas Breton, Alexander Balloch Grosart, The works in verse and prose of Nicholas Breton, page 10:
text: Downe in the bottom of the deepe Abysse,
Where Demogorgon in dull darknesse pent
Farre from the view of gods and heavenes bliss
The hideous Chaos keepes.
ref: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound: A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts, page x:
glosses: plural of heaven
Demogorgon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, most likely actually invented by a Christian scholar c. 350–400 C.E. The origins of the name are uncertain, partly because the figure itself was possibly of imaginary coinage. Various theories suggest that the name is derived from the Greek words daemon (“spirit”, given the Christian connotations of “demon” in the early Middle Ages)—or, less likely demos (“people”)—and Gorgon or γοργός (gorgós, “grim”). A less accepted theory claims that it is derived from a variation of “demiurge”.
Senses: examples: text: […] and by them ſtood / Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name / of Demogorgon […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 963–965:
text: Demogorgon is a grammatical error, become god.
ref: 1972 [1940], Jean Seznec, translated by Sessions, Barbara, La Survivance des dieux antiques [Survival of the Pagan Gods] (Bollingen Series), Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, pages 221–222:
english: Survival of the Pagan Gods
translation: Survival of the Pagan Gods
glosses: A pagan god or demon, associated with the underworld and envisaged as a powerful primordial being, whose very name was taboo.
Demogorgon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Demogorgons
Etymology: Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, most likely actually invented by a Christian scholar c. 350–400 C.E. The origins of the name are uncertain, partly because the figure itself was possibly of imaginary coinage. Various theories suggest that the name is derived from the Greek words daemon (“spirit”, given the Christian connotations of “demon” in the early Middle Ages)—or, less likely demos (“people”)—and Gorgon or γοργός (gorgós, “grim”). A less accepted theory claims that it is derived from a variation of “demiurge”.
Senses: glosses: A manufactured horror; a Frankenstein's monster.
Qing dynasty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪŋ ˌdaɪnəsti/
Forms: form: the Qing dynasty
form: Qing Dynasty
Etymology: Partial calque from Chinese 清朝 (Qīngcháo).
Senses: examples: text: A farmer who pretended to be a princess descended from the Qing dynasty to swindle people out of more than 2 million yuan ($315,000) has been sentenced to 13 - 1/2 years in prison for fraud, a court said.
ref: 2015 September 9, “Chinese farmer pretended to be princess to commit fraud”, in AP News, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022:
synonyms: Qing
Qing Empire
Manchu Empire
Manchu Dynasty
Manchu
Ch'ing
Ch'ing Dynasty
Ch'ing Empire
Ching
Ching Dynasty
Ching Empire
Cing
Pure dynasty
Pure Dynasty
glosses: The last dynasty of China, lasting from 1644 to 1912 C.E.
hypopnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypopneas
form: hypopnoea
form: hypopnœa
Etymology: From hypo- + -pnea.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disorder which involves episodes of overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate
Derived terms: hypopneic
Related terms: apnea
eupnea
autopsic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autopsic
form: most autopsic
Etymology: From autopsy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an autopsy
in chorus
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In unison, all together, at the same time.
know-it-alls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of know-it-all
show offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You can tell they're a bunch of show offs because they spend all day cutting up and distracting everybody, just to be the center of attention.
glosses: plural of show off
pilotis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piloti
gold medals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gold medal
time of departure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: times of departure
Senses: synonyms: departure time
coordinate_terms: arrival time
time of arrival
glosses: The time when an airplane or other public conveyance is scheduled to depart.
Dmitry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dimitri
form: Dimitry
form: Dmitri
form: Dmitrii
form: Dmitriy
Etymology: From Russian Дми́трий (Dmítrij), from Byzantine Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios), from Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr, “Demeter”) + -ιος (-ios, “pertaining to”). Doublet of Demetrius, Dimitri, and Dimitris.
Senses: examples: text: Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.
ref: 2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij).
Putinism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Putin + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed Putinism elided the differences between consensus, centrism and conformity.
ref: 2004, Cameron Ross, Russian Politics Under Putin, Manchester University Press, page 60:
text: Putin may now calculate he can call off the dogs of war, having achieved his aims and able to pocket his gains very cheaply. The Georgia campaign becomes the triumphant climax of Putinism. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/16/georgia.russia1
ref: 2008 August 16, Ian Traynor, “Six days that broke one country - and reshaped the world order”, in The Guardian:
text: And so it was Surkov who in 2004 announced that Putinism, this strange new hybrid of Soviet-type authoritarianism and free-market morals, was based on the concept of ‘sovereign democracy’.
ref: 2014, Marc Bennetts, Kicking the Kremlin: Russia’s New Dissidents and the Battle to Topple Putin, Oneworld Publications:
text: Navalny’s boyish charm, quick wit and detailed accounts of the dodgy deals and luxurious homes of the elite have made his Internet-distributed videos oopular as devastating indictments of the open-mawed corruption of late Putinism.
ref: 2019, Mark Galeotti, We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West gets him wrong, and how to get him right, London: Random House:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The political policies of Vladimir Putin; the Russian political system during Putin’s tenure in power.
Coordinate terms: Duginism
Eurasianism
Ruscism
Related terms: Putinist
Putinite
Putinisation
deputinization
reformatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reformatory
refutations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refutation
ripsaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ripsaw
ripsaws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ripsaw
rip saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rip saws
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ripsaw.
rip saw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rip saws
form: rip sawing
form: rip sawed
form: rip sawn
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ripsaw.
rip saws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rip saw Alternative spelling of ripsaws.
rip saws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rip saw Alternative spelling of ripsaws.
ripsawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ripsaw
ripsawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ripsaw
repertories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repertory
rumbas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rumba
rumbas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rumba
rumbaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rumba
rumbaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rumba
rotundas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotunda
rehabilitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehabilitate
rubberises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rubberise
rubberising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rubberise
rescinds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rescind
rewires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rewire
rewired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rewire
remunerations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remuneration
splash and dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splash and dashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of splash-and-dash.
splash-and-dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splash-and-dashes
form: splash and dash
form: splash-dash
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
swimming
glosses: A fifty-metre freestyle swimming event.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A quick stop for fuel near the end of a race, so as to be able to cross the finish line without running out of fuel.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ballooning maneuver whereby a Montgolfier balloon is lowered down to touch a body of water and lifts off again.
Synonyms: topics: motor-racing
racing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: splash-and-go
carambole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caramboles
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of carambola (“star fruit”).
carambole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: caramboles
form: caramboling
form: caramboled
form: caramboled
Senses: examples: text: If the player holes the red ball, he scores three, and upon holing his adversary's ball, he gains two; and thus it frequently happens, that seven are got upon a single stroke, by caramboling and holing both balls.
ref: 1799, Sporting Magazine, volume 13, page 49:
glosses: To play a carom shot.
Derived terms: carambole billiards
shufty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shufties
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shufti.
pains in the ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pain in the ass
aquatic warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquatic warblers
Senses: glosses: A small passerine bird, Acrocephalus paludicola, of the warbler family (Sylviidae)
Arctic skua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arctic skuas
Senses: examples: text: There are fast soaring streamlined Arctic skuas with pointed double tail feathers extending behind them like the flights on a dart.
ref: 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 90:
synonyms: man-of-war
man-of-war bird
parasitic jaeger
glosses: A seabird (Stercorarius parasiticus), of the skua family (Stercorariidae)
personal effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personal effect
personal effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Items of personal property that one carries on one's person, including identification, jewelry, and clothing.
personal effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal effects
Senses: glosses: An item of personal property that one carries on one's person, including identification, jewelry, and clothing.
forebearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forebearers
Etymology: Perhaps from the presumption that "forebear" was supposed to be fore- + bear ("to give birth to"), or simply an older dialectal variation.
Senses: glosses: A forebear.
mitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mitters
Senses: glosses: A kind of brush that resembles a mop, used in car washes
lampposts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamppost
crab burger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crab burgers
Senses: glosses: a burger with crab meat inside of it.
lankier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lanky: more lanky
lankiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lanky: most lanky
lanker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lank: more lank
lankest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lank: most lank
exorheic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- (“external”) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, stream”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: cryptorheic
text: Most lakes are exorheic, with some flow-through and no long-term salt accumulation, […]
ref: 1998, Brian Moss, Ecology of Fresh Waters: Man and Medium, Past to Future, Third Edition, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 198:
synonyms: open
antonyms: endorheic
glosses: Externally drained; having one or more outlets.
raw_tags: of a lake or basin
melter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melters
Etymology: From melt + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or thing that melts.
glosses: A furnace used for melting iron in a foundry.
glosses: A laborer who operates such a furnace.
glosses: A variety of peach in which the flesh parts freely from the stone when ripe, also known as a free-stone.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of milter.
Derived terms: face-melter
melters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melter
ASK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of amplitude shift keying.
PSK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PSKs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of phase-shift keying.
glosses: Initialism of pre-shared key.
monoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From monoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or being a monoid.
Derived terms: bimonoidal
comonoidal
monoidal category
monoidally
opmonoidal
treeshrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treeshrews
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tree shrew.
tree shrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree shrews
form: treeshrew
form: tree-shrew
Senses: glosses: A small mammal native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, resembling the shrew, in order Scandentia, consisting of families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae.
Hyponyms: english: species Ptilocercus lowii
translation: species Ptilocercus lowii
word: pen-tailed treeshrew
english: species Tupaia belangeri
translation: species Tupaia belangeri
word: northern tree shrew
english: genus Tupaia
translation: genus Tupaia
word: banxring
tree-shrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree-shrews
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tree shrew.
cairn terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cairn terriers
Senses: glosses: A terrier of one of the oldest breeds, originating in the Scottish Highlands.
lakebed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪk.bɛd/
Forms: form: lakebeds
Etymology: From lake + bed.
Senses: examples: text: Where the viaduct crosses the lake, the piles will be bored directly into the lakebed, using a cofferdam to hold back the water while the pier is built.
ref: 2022 January 12, “Network News: First pier cast for HS2's Colne Valley Viaduct”, in RAIL, number 948, page 10:
glosses: The bottom of a lake, especially after the lake has gone dry.
Related terms: creekbed
oceanbed
riverbed
seabed
streambed
OSI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Open Systems Interconnection, an International Standard ISO/IEC 7894:1994(E) subtitled Basic Reference Model, containing a formal description of an idealized computer network architecture.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel-industry
glosses: Initialism of Other Supplementary Information, a message sent to an airline by an agent, in a standardised format, advising relevant information such as being a VIP, language difficulty, or passport information.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: organisation
glosses: Initialism of Open Source Initiative.
examples: text: More recently the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI), which is responsible for prosecuting Nazis and collaborators alleged to have entered this country illegally, closed out an investigation of Poppe’s immigration to the United States without bringing any charges against him. This action was taken in part because the OSI determined that Poppe had disclosed his relationship with the SS to U.S. intelligence prior to his immigration, thus making it highly unlikely that the OSI could successfully prosecute Poppe for illegal entry into the United States.
ref: 2014, Christopher Simpson, “nine”, in Mark Crispin Miller, editor, Blowback: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Destructive Impact on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy, New York: Open Road Media, published 1988, →ISBN, page 85:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Office of Special Investigations.
Derived terms: OSI layer
OSI model
woggles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woggle
Neviim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nevi'im.
underglaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underglazes
Etymology: From under- + glaze.
Senses: examples: text: Blue and white pieces from doll's dinner- and tea-services. Jug 1½ ins. high, cups 1 in. high, plate 1¼ ins. diameter. Also there are many larger cups and saucers, dishes, teapots and jugs, all very beautiful and some with S in underglaze blue marked on them.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 236:
glosses: A decorative slip applied to the surface of pottery before glazing.
underglaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underglazes
form: underglazing
form: underglazed
form: underglazed
Etymology: From under- + glaze.
Senses: glosses: To apply a decorative slip to the surface of pottery before glazing.
unrecord
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unrecords
form: unrecording
form: unrecorded
form: unrecorded
Etymology: From un- + record.
Senses: glosses: To remove something that has been recorded.
phlegmonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phlegmonous
form: most phlegmonous
Etymology: From phlegmon + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or containing phlegmon.
elsewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛlswaɪz/
Etymology: From else + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Tell me true. If I fell into the hands of your people and yielded myself, what would it win me?’ ‘A slower death than elsewise.’
ref: 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 748:
glosses: Synonym of otherwise.
synonyms: word: otherwise
Related terms: elsewhere
else if
O level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of O-level.
berbere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛɚˈbɛɚ.ɹeɪ/
other: /bɛɚ.bɛɚ.ɹi/
ipa: /bɝˈbɝ.ɹeɪ/
ipa: /bɝˈbɝ.ɹi/
ipa: /bɝˈbɝ.ɹə/
Etymology: From Amharic በርበሬ (bärbäre) and/or Tigrinya በርበረ (bärbärä).
Senses: examples: text: Food in Ethiopia is always seasoned with berberè, a kind of pimiento.
ref: 1939, Ferdinando Quaranta di San Severino, Ethiopia, an empire in the making, page 16:
text: Wat is a sauce composed of legumes, including horsebeans, chickpeas, kidneybeans, and lentils pounded to a flour, and mixed with spices. First berbere (red pepper) is dried and ground, then mixed with onions and butter, thus forming a thick cream.
ref: 1958, The Journal of Tropical Pediatrics and African Child Health:
text: In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.
ref: 1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, and other spices, which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
snap in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snaps in
form: snapping in
form: snapped in
form: snapped in
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To practice aiming, adjusting and firing a rifle with no ammunition
kneeling chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kneeling chairs
Senses: glosses: A type of chair for sitting in a position with the thighs dropped to an angle of about 60 to 70 degrees from vertical (as opposed to 90 degrees when sitting in a normal chair), with some of the body's weight supported by the shins.
microformat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microformats
Etymology: From micro- + format.
Senses: examples: text: This type of microformat is, according to microformats.org, “a minimal solution to a single problem, built from standard XHTML elements.” More complex microformats that are built from elemental microformats and often also other HTML […]
ref: 2007, John Allsopp, Microformats: Empowering Your Markup for Web 2.0, Apress, →ISBN, page 95:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A simple data format that can be embedded in a webpage.
Synonyms: word: μF
Related terms: microdata
Copt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒpt/
ipa: /kɑpt/
rhymes: -ɒpt
rhymes: -ɑpt
homophone: copped
Forms: form: Copts
Etymology: Borrowed from French copte, from Arabic قُبْط (qubṭ, “Copts”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, “Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”). Doublet of Gypsy. More at Egypt.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Coptic Church.
glosses: Any Christian of Egyptian descent.
Related terms: Copt Heath
plumb-bob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plumb-bobs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of plumb bob.
masonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Masonite
Etymology: From Mason + -ite, after William H. Mason, who patented the process for making it.
Senses: examples: text: All recently-constructed coaches have varnished masonite panelling.
ref: 1952 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive and Coach Livery , G.N.R. (I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 358:
text: "Wobbling" is shaking a warped Masonite board to produce bizarre rhythmic sounds.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
spitless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spit + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Black tracks on the magneto, a hairline crack in the flywheel casing, pitted points or a spitless exhaust — all are clues to potential conkouts
ref: 1965, Popular Mechanics, volume 123, number 3, page 140:
glosses: Without spit or spitting.
spitless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shitless.
Senses: glosses: Greatly frightened.
Related terms: scared spitless
decipherer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsaɪfəɹə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: decipherers
Etymology: From decipher + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Attempting to translate such ciphers wherever she encountered them was Mrs Touchet’s private delight. Unlike most decipherers, though, she was particularly intrigued when proved wrong.
ref: 2023, Zadie Smith, The Fraud, Hamish Hamilton, page 145:
glosses: A person or function that deciphers.
epurate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: epurates
form: epurating
form: epurated
form: epurated
Senses: glosses: To subject to epuration; to purify.
atelomixis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See atelo- + -mixis, see -mictic. Compare also meromixis.
Senses: glosses: Incomplete vertical mixing of stratified water masses, homogenizing layers.
bloviation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bləʊvɪˈeɪʃən/
ipa: /bloʊvɪˈeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: bloviations
Etymology: From bloviate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: For doing my duty, I claim no credit—I seek no “bloviations”—I ask for no sacrifices—I desire no ovations— [...]
ref: 1850 June 29, J. McCormick, J. V. Smith (official reporter), “[Report No. 1 on the Judiciary]”, in Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1850–51, Columbus, Oh.: S. Medary, printer to the Convention, published 1851, →OCLC, page 640, column 1:
text: Sects generally claim for their founders some successful speculators, who, whether deserving or not, had obtained reputations. Most commonly the reputation is dependant on the amount of bloviation that has been practiced, and certainly, in some instances, this has been extensive enough.
ref: 1857 January, G. W. L. Bickley, “History of the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, and Its Ethical Peculiarities”, in R[obert] S. Newton, editor, The Eclectic Medical Journal, volume I (Fifth Series; volume XVI overall), number 1, Cincinnati, Oh.: Published by R. S. Newton, […], →OCLC, pages 13–14:
text: The members of this convention are neither fogies nor faddists nor men given to bloviation for the sole purpose of stimulating activities in real estate.
ref: 1909 December 7, J. W. Jeffrey, “Address”, in Proceedings of the Thirty-sixth Convention of the California State Fruit Growers, Held under the Auspices of the State Commission of Horticulture, at Watsonville, December 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1909, volume II, Sacramento, Calif.: W. W. Shannon, […], published 1910, page 16:
text: As critics saw it, the inaugural address of the twenty-ninth president [Warren Gamaliel Harding] was full of bloviation. Official newspaper reaction was positive if restrained.
ref: 1993, John T. Morello, “President Warren G. Harding’s Inaugural Address, 1921”, in Halford Ryan, editor, The Inaugural Addresses of Twentieth-century American Presidents (Praeger Series in Political Communication), Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 53–54:
text: The [New York] Times itself, though, is very much alive. The newspaper is less stenographic, more relevant, and in some ways an even more assuring and indispenable morning touchstone in a nonstop torrent of breaking news and a bottomless pit of bloviation.
ref: 2009 November, Sam Roberts, “Introduction”, in Only in New York: An Exploration of the World’s Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: A boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy discourse delivered in that manner.
Related terms: word: bloviate
word: bloviating
word: bloviator
noria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/
ipa: /ˈnɔɹ.i.ə/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiə
Forms: form: norias
Etymology: From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Senses: glosses: A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
examples: text: The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.
ref: 1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 492:
glosses: Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
Synonyms: sense: water wheel
word: water wheel
norias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noria
hent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hents
form: henting
form: hented
form: hented
form: hente
Etymology: From Middle English henten (also hynten, hinten > English hint), from Old English hentan (“to pursue, chase after, seize, arrest, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną (“to seize”), related to Icelandic henta (“to suit, beseem”), Old English huntian (“to hunt”), Old High German hunda (“spoils, booty”).
Senses: examples: text: 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Pardoner's Tale", The Canterbury Tales, republished 1897 [Clarendon Press], Walter W. Skeat (editor), Chaucer's Works: Volume 4, 2018 reprint, Outlook Verlag, page 533,
This cursed man hath in his hond y-hent / This poyson in a box, and sith he ran / In-to the nexte strete, un-to a man, / And borwed [of] him large botels three;
text: And in the grekynge of the day Sir Gawayne hente his hors wondyrs for to seke.
ref: 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ix”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
glosses: To take hold of, to grasp.
glosses: To take away, carry off, apprehend.
glosses: To clear; to go beyond.
Derived terms: overhent
Related terms: henting
wayobject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wayobjects
Etymology: From way + object.
Senses: glosses: Any piece of hardware or built environment, close to the permanent way, that has a railway function
Related terms: trackside
built environment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: built environments
Senses: glosses: All the physical things constructed by humans as aids to living.
wayobjects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wayobject
one should be so lucky
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: one will be lucky
Etymology: Calque of Yiddish מען זאָל זיין אזוי מזלדיק (men zol zeyn azoy mazldik, “one should be so lucky”)
Senses: examples: text: So now I'm the Beverly Sills of Broadway, right? Hah! I should be so lucky!
ref: 1970, The New York Times Biographical Service, New York Times & Arno Press, page 660:
text: I laugh uncontrollably when I meet women who say, "What if we get equal rights; we'll all be drafted!" My reply is, "You should be so lucky." The male-dominated military are not about to open their last sanctuary to 51 percent of the population.
ref: 1971, Equal Rights for Men and Women 1971: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, First Session, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 131:
text: I play my heart out. To have me on his team, he should be so lucky. That's right. When I get chosen, I give everything.
ref: 1983, Larry Ketron, Asian Shade, Dramatists Play Service, page 37:
text: "You take pictures in here and you're liable to get a rat in one of them!" "I should be so lucky. I've been trying for years to get a picture of a rat at the Intervale Jewish Center without any luck. They refuse to pose."
ref: 1988, Jack Kugelmass, editor, Between Two Worlds, Cornell University Press, page 311:
glosses: It is highly doubtful: indicating that something is not likely to happen to the person specified.
Related terms: chance'd be a fine thing
one should live so long
logodaedaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌloʊ.ɡoʊˈdi.də.li/
Forms: form: logodaedalies
form: logodædaly
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word”) + Δαίδαλος (Daídalos, “Daedalus, a skilled craftsman of Ancient Greek mythology”) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In questions of philosophy or divinity, that have occupied the learned, I could bring ten instances of logodaedaly, or verbal legerdemain, which have perilously confirmed prejudices, and withstood the advancement of truth, in consequence of the neglect of verbal debate, i. e. strict discussion of terms.
ref: 1826, Samuel Bailey, A Letter to a Political Economist:
text: He mimed and mocked me. His allusions were definitely highbrow. He was well-read. He knew French. He was versed in logodaedaly and logomancy.
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 23, in Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 2, pages 251–252:
text: In "Sharps and Flats," the reader might well get instruction on the proper use of farther and further or an essay on logodaedaly.
ref: 2001, Lewis O. Saum, Eugene Field and His Age, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 238:
glosses: Cleverness or skill in the coining of new words.
examples: text: ...During his flight, he said, he commenced an interesting train of speculation
On why there happened to be such a word as defenestration.
There is not, he said, a special word for being rolled down a roof into a gutter;
There is no verb to describe the action of beating a man to death with a putter;
No adjective exists to qualify a man bound to the buffer of the 12.10 to Ealing,
No abstract noun to mollify a man hung upside down by his ankles from the ceiling.
Why, then, of all the possible offences so distressing to humanitarians,
Should this one alone have caught the attention of the verbarians?
I concluded (said McIndoe) that the incidence of logodaedaly was purely adventitious...
ref: ca. 1950 Richard Percival Lister: Defenestration. Yet More Comic and Curious Verse. Penguin Books. 1959
glosses: A cleverly or skilfully coined new word.
Related terms: logodaedalian
logodaedalist
Planck temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Planck temperatures
Etymology: Named after German physicist Max Planck.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The fundamental upper limit of temperature conceivable under current models of physics, in which all matter is accelerated as quickly as possible to the speed of light, approximately 1.41679 × 10³² kelvins.
Related terms: TP
Planck unit
Planck time
sooner than later
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sooner rather than later.
picrete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pykrete.
epipteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + pterion + -ic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to supernumerary bones (Wormian bones) occasionally present in the pterion region of the human skull.
epipteric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epipterics
Etymology: From epi- + pterion + -ic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A bone of this kind.
Wormian bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wormian bones
Etymology: Named after Ole Worm, Professor of Anatomy at Copenhagen, 1624–1639, who was erroneously believed to have given the first detailed description of these bones.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any small irregular bone occasionally occurring in the cranium in addition to the normal bones.
Synonyms: sutural bone
Related terms: epipteric