cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sensory gating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process by which the brain adjusts its response to stimuli.
saturated solution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saturated solutions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a solution in which the solvent can dissolve no more of a specific solute at a particular temperature
serotinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈɹɒtɪnəs/
ipa: /səˈɹɑtɪnəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (see further at serotine) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting pertinence or relation to something).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: serotinal
word: serotine
extra: (“developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season”)
glosses: Synonym of serotine (“developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season”).
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of conifer cones: requiring the heat of a wildfire to open, in order to disperse its seed.
Related terms: serotiny
sexpert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexperts
Etymology: Blend of sex + expert.
Senses: examples: text: To sum up: taking money with your clothes on, sexpert. With your clothes off, not. So basically sexperts are reporters about sex, rather than sex professionals. Or something.
ref: 2010, Belle de Jour, Playing the Game, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: An expert in sexology.
skeevy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskiːvi/
rhymes: -iːvi
Forms: form: skeevier
form: skeeviest
Etymology: From Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”) plus English suffix -y. Compare Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).
Senses: examples: text: Carefully holding onto every dirty, skeevy piece of information he collected, he used it in his own best interests to ferret his way into a Vice Presidency
ref: 1970, Carol Evan, Glad and Sorry Seasons, page 3:
text: GODZELLA. (After Cinderella has gone.) Mama, can we get a new stepsister? Cinderella is so icky and skeevy.
ref: 1980, Jerry Chase, Cinderella Wore Combat Boots, page 8:
text: She’s already running the whole place on her own. Well, her and that skeevy priest-boy.
ref: 2012, Kazerad, Katia: Gather information, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), November 09 2012
text: He was huddled in the doorway of this skeevy noodle joint in Binondo, the kind of skeevy joint in a skeevy alley where you wouldn't expect to see a guy like Paco. Or maybe you would.
ref: 2013, Jessica Hagedorn, Manila Noir, Akashic Books, →ISBN, page 183:
text: The idea of hanging out with a skeevy poker player and all of his skeevy friends was not my idea of a good time. But I didn't want Lottie to go alone, either. I assumed the guy was dangerous.
ref: 2017, Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 232:
glosses: Disgusting or distasteful.
Derived terms: skeeve
skeeviness
Related terms: skeevies
santim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: santims
form: santimi
form: santimu
Etymology: From Latvian santīms, from French centime. Doublet of centim, centime, and centimo.
Senses: glosses: A subunit of Latvian currency. 100 santims equal a lat.
santim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: santimat
Etymology: From Arabic سَنْتِيم (santīm), from French centime. Doublet of centim, centime, and centimo.
Senses: glosses: A subunit of Moroccan currency. 100 santims equal a dirham.
santim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: santims
Etymology: From Amharic ሳንቲም (santim), from French centime. Doublet of centim, centime, and centimo.
Senses: glosses: A subunit of Ethiopian currency. 100 santims equal a birr.
skinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skinners
Etymology: From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”).
Senses: glosses: Someone who skins animals.
glosses: A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.
glosses: A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses.
glosses: One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
glosses: A sex offender.
topics: gambling
games
glosses: An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.
Derived terms: mule skinner
give a sneck posset
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives a sneck posset
form: giving a sneck posset
form: gave a sneck posset
form: given a sneck posset
Etymology: From sneck (“latch”) + posset (“curdle, turn”).
Senses: examples: text: She gave him a sneck posset.
glosses: To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.
snicket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnɪkɪt/
rhymes: -ɪkɪt
Forms: form: snickets
Etymology: Etymology unknown.
Senses: examples: text: He cut down a snicket between two houses, out into the fields.
ref: 1968, Barry Hines, A Kestrel for a Knave:
text: Our bikes are where we left them at the entrance to an overgrown snicket of yew, ivy and Hart's-tongue fern, through which a stream dribbles its way into the Ouse.
ref: 2018, Will Eaves, Murmur, Canongate, published 2018, page 89:
glosses: A narrow passage or alley.
Synonyms: alley
spindle-shaped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spindle-shaped
form: most spindle-shaped
Senses: examples: a spindle-shaped fibroblast
synonyms: fusiform
glosses: tapering at each end
spiritual desertion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiritual desertions
Senses: glosses: The departure from the Christian faith or some branch of it.
subdermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + dermal.
Senses: glosses: just below the skin
subdermal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdermals
Etymology: From sub- + dermal.
Senses: glosses: an object implanted just below the skin
superfecta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfectas
Etymology: Blend of super + perfecta
Senses: glosses: A method of betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence.
Related terms: trifecta
perfecta
oyrur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oyrur
Etymology: Faroese
Senses: glosses: The official coin of the Faroe Islands, worth one hundredth of a króna.
halier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haliers
form: halierov
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovak halier. Doublet of heller.
Senses: glosses: The former coin of Slovakia, 100 haliers equal a koruna.
buckles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The belt-maker added buckles to several belts.
glosses: plural of buckle
buckles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: We can watch as the container buckles under stress.
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buckle
Edam cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Edam cheeses
Senses: synonyms: Edam
glosses: A Dutch cheese with a red coating.
Edam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːdæm/
Etymology: Literally "the dam on the river Ye", and the river name literally means "river"; see ea.
Senses: glosses: A town in Edam-Volendam municipality, North Holland, Netherlands.
glosses: Edam cheese, made in the town.
glosses: A village in the Rural Municipality of Turtle River, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the Dutch town.
localized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more localized
form: most localized
form: localised
Senses: examples: text: It's a localized phenomenon: it only happens around non-sceptics.
glosses: Limited to a particular area; in a local vicinity only.
examples: a localized computer program
glosses: Having undergone localization.
Derived terms: autolocalized
hyperlocalized
nanolocalized
nonlocalized
quasilocalized
unlocalized
localized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of localize
loftily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more loftily
form: most loftily
Etymology: From lofty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun.
ref: 1836, Allan Cunningham, Lord Roldan, page 157:
glosses: To a great height.
examples: text: "I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily.
ref: 1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:
text: "Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 475:
glosses: With affectation of grandness.
manualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From manual + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Some argued that oralism was the best way to teach language to the deaf, while others argued that manualism worked best.
glosses: A philosophy of education for the deaf, emphasizing visual sign language using the hands.
glosses: The art of playing music by squeezing air through the hands.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The practice of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy.
Related terms: manualist
oralism
manualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manualists
Etymology: From manual + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who favours manualism over oralism in teaching language to the deaf.
examples: text: The audience could not contain their laughter while the manualist played on.
glosses: A musical performer who makes music by squeezing air through the hands.
topics: Christianity
glosses: One who supports the idea of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy.
Related terms: manualism
lovably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lovably
form: most lovably
Etymology: From lovable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lovable manner.
peppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛpɚz/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -ɛpə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of pepper
peppers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛpɚz/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -ɛpə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pepper
öre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜːɹə/
rhymes: -ɜːɹə
Forms: form: öres
form: öre
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish öre, from Latin aureus (“a Roman coin; golden”). Doublet of aureus, eyrir, øre, and oyra.
Senses: glosses: A Swedish unit of currency that makes up the krona. 100 öre equals one krona.
glosses: Misspelling of øre.
scoriation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scoriations
Etymology: The word is derived from the Latin scoria, which means slag or dross, and thus is related to the English words scoria and scorify, which both refer to the waste left over from smelting ore.
Senses: examples: "The tracks of his father's foot were gone. Where they had been were now long, watercloudy scoriations resembling the sporadic course of a Lilliputian mowing machine." ~William Faulkner
glosses: A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut.
glosses: An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets exclusively. Scoriation is a joining of "scoring" and "striation."
scoriation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scoriations
Senses: glosses: aphetic form of excoriation
latches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlætʃɪz/
rhymes: -ætʃɪz
homophone: laches
Senses: examples: text: The guard made sure all the latches were secure.
glosses: plural of latch
latches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlætʃɪz/
rhymes: -ætʃɪz
homophone: laches
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of latch
paradiddle-diddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəˌdɪdəl dɪdəl/
Forms: form: paradiddle-diddles
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A percussive exercise (one of many rudiments) which involves playing six even strokes in the order ‘right left right right left left’ or ‘left right left left right right’.
Hypernyms: rudiments
Kourotrophos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος (kourotróphos, “rearing boys” or “bringing up boys”).
Senses: examples: text: Several Greek deities have a title *Kourotrophos, meaning ‘concerned with child-rearing’, but no Greek or Roman goddess is specifically concerned with lactation and there are few examples in art of the ‘nursing goddess’.
ref: 2012, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 249:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: divine epithet meaning "concerned with child-rearing"
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Ancient Greek goddess whose functions pertained to child-rearing
Related terms: kourotrophos
laches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlætʃɪz/
rhymes: -ætʃɪz
homophone: latches
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman laches, from Old French lachesse (“laxness”), from laschier, from Vulgar Latin laxico, frequentative of Latin laxo (“relax, moderate, weaken”).
Senses: examples: text: But there was a quality in Mary that did not lightly invite to gallantry—a gravity and a balance that, had he looked closely into the matter, might have explained his laches.
ref: 1919, Stanley J. Weyman, “V. The London Packet”, in The Great House:
glosses: Negligence in one's duty.
examples: text: It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.
under one's belt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Opinions vary between:
* Comparing the experience and what was learned and gained from it to a meal now eaten and safely stowed away in the stomach.
* The effect of a punch below the belt in boxing or other fist fighting.
Senses: examples: text: He got off to a shaky start, but with a few months of experience under his belt, he kept up handily with the veteran employees.
text: You were fresh off the boat from Virginia / I had a year in New York City under my belt / We met in a dream, we were both nineteen
ref: 1998, “Two Little Girls”, in Ani DiFranco (lyrics), Little Plastic Castle, performed by Ani DiFranco:
glosses: Already done; within one's experience; practiced.
Related terms: below the belt
fined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
homophone: find
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fine
windsurfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wind + surfing.
Senses: glosses: A marine sport in which one stands on a floating board (typically 2 - 3 meters in length) to which a sail is attached. The board is steered by tilting the sail or banking the board. Some windsurfers use large waves to perform jumps and other stunts.
Synonyms: boardsailing
Derived terms: windsurfer
windsurfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From wind + surfing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of windsurf
tackles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The fisherman made sure all of his tackles were in his tacklebox.
text: It will take a long time for a football player to set a new record for tackles.
glosses: plural of tackle
tackles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: That executive tackles problems right when they start.
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tackle
postsynaptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + synaptic.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that bears receptors for neurotransmitter released into the synaptic cleft by the presynaptic neuron.
Derived terms: postsynaptically
Related terms: presynaptic
debited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debit
merged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of merge
merged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: joined by merging
Derived terms: cot-caught merged
fun bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fun bag
div
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Forms: form: divs
Etymology: Clipping of division.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
coordinate_terms: section break
glosses: A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
qualifier: Eton College; school slang; Eton College; school slang
glosses: A division; a lesson.
qualifier: Winchester College
glosses: division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A division.
Derived terms: topics: web-design
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: divitis
div
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Etymology: Clipping of division.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of divide.
div
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Etymology: Clipping of divergence.
Senses: qualifier: vector calculus
glosses: Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
div
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Etymology: Clipping of divinity.
Senses: glosses: Divinity, as a school subject.
Synonyms: divvers
div
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Forms: form: divs
Etymology: UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy (“a foolish person”).
Senses: examples: text: Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead.
ref: 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press, published 2012, page 13:
text: To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo.
ref: 2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 145:
text: Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.
ref: 2017, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Is Not OK, page 2:
glosses: A foolish person; an idiot.
div
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Forms: form: divs
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dyew-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *deywós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás
Proto-Iranian *daywáh
Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/)
Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/)
Iranian Persian دیوْ (div)bor.
English div
Borrowed from Iranian Persian دیوْ (div), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, from *dyew- + *-ós.
 Doublet of daeva and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daeva.
small change
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Holonyms: pocket money, spending money, walk-around money, walking-around money; pin money
synonyms: pocket change
loose change
spare change
;
pocket shrapnel
shrapnel
hypernyms: change#Noun
coin#Noun
glosses: Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag, ready for small purchases.
examples: text: The cost of toothpaste is small change compared to the cost of dental work.
text: 'Cousin Tom,' said mother, and trying to get so that Annie and I could not hear her; 'it would be a sad and unkinlike thing for you to despise our dwelling-house. We cannot entertain you, as the lordly inns on the road do; and we have small change of victuals.
ref: 1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XI, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: pocket change
loose change
spare change
;
chump change
;
pittance
;
coffee money
glosses: A minor or insignificant amount of money.
examples: text: He's a self-satisfied klutz who aspires to be a con artist. . . . Compared with Lawrence, Freddy is small change.
ref: 1988 December 14, Vincent Canby, “Movie Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 May 2016:
synonyms: small-timer
small fry
small potatoes
nobody
glosses: A person or thing of little importance or value.
Synonyms: word: loose change
word: pennies
word: red cents
word: shrapnel
word: small change
word: spare change
word: spill
Hypernyms: word: money
word: trifle
Meronyms: word: coin
word: rap
Related terms: and change
two-bit
fadeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fade + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fade
canceling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cancelling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cancel
detumescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detumescences
Etymology: From de- + tumescence.
Senses: glosses: The act of subsiding from a swollen state, especially the relaxation of an erect penis.
to do with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Etymology: From Middle English to done wið.
Senses: examples: text: As I recall, his book had to do with alien abductions.
glosses: Related to or relevant to.
Used directly after the verb have or have got.
examples: text: Does this have anything to do with the party you were planning?
text: The two concepts are often confused, but they actually have very little to do with each other.
text: Yes, I have a car, but what does that have to do with whether I am qualified for a desk job?
glosses: Related to or relevant to.
Used after the verb have or have got and a pronoun or determiner.
examples: text: She says she doesn't want anything to do with him anymore.
glosses: Related to or relevant to.
Used after a pronoun or determiner without the verb have or have got.
Derived terms: what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
have to do with the price of fish
Related terms: english: syntactic marker to avoid repetition of an earlier verb
translation: syntactic marker to avoid repetition of an earlier verb
word: do
incompetence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incompetences
Etymology: From French incompétence, equivalent to in- + competence.
Senses: examples: text: ... at the head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and cannibals--morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate.
ref: 1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC; republished [Australia]: Project Gutenberg of Australia, August 2001:
text: The factory where she worked was a poisonous mass of incompetence, favoritism, and sabotage.
ref: 1974, Ursula Leguin, The Dispossessed:
glosses: Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.
Derived terms: artificial incompetence
immunoincompetence
weaponized incompetence
weaponised incompetence
Related terms: competency
incompetency
incompetent
diacaustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːstɪk
Etymology: From dia- + caustic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the caustic curves formed by the refraction of light.
diacaustic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːstɪk
Forms: form: diacaustics
Etymology: From dia- + caustic.
Senses: glosses: A refracting lens, which can be used to cauterise.
glosses: The curve or surface formed by the intersection of refracted light rays.
Related terms: catacaustic
dead as a doorknob
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Possibly from a misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the expression dead as a doornail. See usage notes below.
Senses: examples: text: I tried the flashlight, but the battery was as dead as a doorknob.
text: I found the mouse who lived in our wall, lying on his back with his feet in the air—as dead as a doorknob.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead.
approved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɹuːvd/
rhymes: -uːvd
Senses: examples: text: Employees' approved expense claims will be reimbursed by the 4th of the following month.
glosses: Having received approval.
examples: text: Now woorthy Tamburlaine, haue I repoſ’d,
In thy approoued Fortunes all my hope,
What thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts?
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:
glosses: Proven or demonstrated by experience.
Coordinate terms: english: in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval
translation: in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval
word: authorized
Derived terms: approvedly
approvedness
nonapproved
preapproved
unapproved
approved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɹuːvd/
rhymes: -uːvd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of approve
presenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of present
warmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of warm
warmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: At a higher temperature.
glosses: At a higher degree of compassion or friendship.
pretending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pretendings
Senses: synonyms: pretend#Noun[childspeak]]>
glosses: The act of imagining; make-believe.
pretending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pretend
Stevens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Steven + -s (patronymic suffix).
Senses: examples: text: In their new 30-second ad, the J Street group hammers Stevens for accepting AIPAC support – in the form of bundled donations – in a video featuring images of violence at the US Capitol and from a recent hearing of the House select committee investigating it.
ref: 2022 July 12, Gregory Krieg, “Progressive pro-Israel group takes on AIPAC in Michigan Democratic primary fight”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Steven.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: An extinct town in Union County, South Dakota, United States.
Derived terms: Bamford-Stevens reaction
Stevens County
Stevens Point
Jenkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋkɪnz/
Forms: form: Jinkins
Etymology: A patronymic surname that is derived from the male given name John + -kin (which forms diminutive )+ -s (denoting "son of") hence meaning "son of little John". It was originally an offshoot of the male medieval name Jenkin/Jankin. The name was brought from the crusaders; it originated in Cornwall but became popular in England and Wales.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic of Cornish and in English ("mainly of Devon") origin.
glosses: A city in Kentucky.
glosses: A city in Minnesota.
Derived terms: Jenkins County
Jenkinshelea
jenkinsite
Jenkintown
up Jenkins
Jenkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋkɪnz/
Forms: form: Jenkinses
form: Jinkins
Etymology: A patronymic surname that is derived from the male given name John + -kin (which forms diminutive )+ -s (denoting "son of") hence meaning "son of little John". It was originally an offshoot of the male medieval name Jenkin/Jankin. The name was brought from the crusaders; it originated in Cornwall but became popular in England and Wales.
Senses: examples: text: the Jenkins employed by a newspaper
text: October 1869, George William Curtis, Civil-Service Reform
rouse the country for Jones and Justice or Jenkins and the Rights of Man
text: Because they are styled "the executive," "executive officers," &c., by their Jenkinses, and are declared by the same authorities to possess unbounded knowledge, and transcendent "executive ability," they sometimes fancy themselves the Czar, the Shah, or the Grand Turk […]
ref: 1868, Edward Isidore Sears, editor, The National Quarterly Review, volume 16, page 404:
glosses: A flatterer or sycophant.
Jenkin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋ.kɪn/
rhymes: -ɛnkɪn
Etymology: Either transferred from the surname Jenkins or derived from the medieval given name Jankin, the pet form of Jan.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: An English surname transferred from the given name, variant of Jenkins, especially in the south-west of England
Dixon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪksən/
rhymes: -ɪksən
Forms: form: Dixons
form: Dickson
Etymology: From Dick + -son.
Senses: glosses: A northern English surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A placename:
A community in South Stormont township, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Solano County, California.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Lee County, Illinois.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Greene County, Indiana.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Allen County, Indiana and Van Wert County, Ohio.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Scott County, Iowa.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A small home rule city, the county seat of Webster County, Kentucky.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Au Train Township, Alger County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Pulaski County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Sanders County, Montana, named after Joseph M. Dixon.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Dixon County, Nebraska, named after the county.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Gregory County, South Dakota, named after Dixon, Illinois.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A small town in Carbon County, Wyoming.
Derived terms: Dixon County
Mason-Dixon Line
Fisher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃɚ/
homophone: fisher
rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Fishers
Etymology: From fisher (“fisherman”). Doublet of Fisker.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman.
glosses: A location:
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
glosses: A location:
A suburb of the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A location:
A locality in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.
glosses: A location:
A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A location:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Poinsett County, Arkansas.
glosses: A location:
A number of places in the United States:
A locality in Humboldt County, California.
glosses: A location:
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
glosses: A location:
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A location:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Polk County, Minnesota.
glosses: A location:
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Carroll County, Missouri.
glosses: A location:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon.
glosses: A location:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A location:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.
glosses: A sea area centered on the Fisher Bank off the west coast of Denmark.
Derived terms: Fisher County
Fisherian
Fisher information
Fisher's seahorse
Fisher-Tippett distribution
Fisher-Tippett-Gnedenko theorem
Fisher-Tippett theorem
Fisher-Yates shuffle
international Fisher effect
at home
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Sorry sir, I left my homework at home.
text: "Where's David?" "He stayed at home to fix the washing machine."
text: The number of at-home dads has also doubled in the last decade.
ref: 2013 June 3, Brad Harrington, “Behind the Data on Breadwinner Mothers”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, home. In one's place of residence.
examples: text: I feel at home around my girlfriend's family.
text: I'm right at home in my new university.
text: He's quite at home discussing French literature.
glosses: At ease; comfortable.
examples: text: I can't believe it: she's 28 and still lives at home.
glosses: In the home of one's parents.
examples: text: He is really elderly and can still live at home.
glosses: In a private residence as opposed to a nursing home.
examples: text: The team has won three-quarters of its games at home, but less than half of away games.
text: The team has a 6–2 record at home.
text: Today is match day, Grimsby Town are at home, and the ground is walking distance from New Clee station. So, visiting football supporters coming by train have to change at Grimsby Town [station]. That's a real pain.
ref: 2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 58:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
antonyms: away
away from home
on the road
glosses: Playing at its usual venue, playing as the home team.
raw_tags: of a team
examples: 1922 Emily Post, Etiquette, Chapter 10: Cards and Visits
When a servant at a door says “Not at home,” this phrase means that the lady of the house is “Not at home to visitors.” This answer neither signifies nor implies—nor is it intended to—that Mrs. Jones is out of the house.
glosses: Available or willing to receive visitors.
Derived terms: at-homeness
not-at-homeness
when it's at home
when he
she's at home
make oneself at home
at home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: at homes
Senses: examples: text: And, as near as possible to the dear ladies who gave the At Homes, Macmaster could keep up the talk – a little magisterially.
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 4:
text: She had gone, with high hemlines, to ‘At Homes’ and balls, and left me jealous, half mad, to cluck with her parents who were concerned she might be mixing with a fast crowd.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 104:
glosses: A type of reception or party whereby the host or hostess says that he or she will be ‘at home’ during specific hours, when guests can come and go as they like.
heartbroken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heartbroken
form: most heartbroken
Etymology: From heart + broken.
Senses: examples: text: When he told me he didn't want to see me anymore, I was heartbroken.
synonyms: brokenhearted
inconsolable
forlorn
despairing
dejected
disconsolate
distraught
devastated
wretched
grief-stricken
discouraged
glosses: Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
Derived terms: heartbrokenly
heartbrokenness
hode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊd/
ipa: /hoʊd/
rhymes: -əʊd
Forms: form: hodes
form: hoding
form: hoded
form: hoded
form: had
form: hade
form: haid
Etymology: From Middle English hoden, hodien, from Old English hādian (“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād (“rank, order, office, holy office”). More at hade (“state, order, rank”).
Senses: glosses: To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
laver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑːvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑvɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ)
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
homophone: lava
homophone: larva (non-rhotic, with the "broad a" pronunciation)
Forms: form: lavers
Etymology: From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”).
Senses: examples: text: To roast a leg, haunch, or saddle of mutton. […] A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout; or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup and seasonings.
ref: 1847, Margaret Dods [pseudonym; Christian Isobel Johnstone], “Roasting”, in The Cook and Housewife’s Manual. […], 8th edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; London; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., →OCLC, paragraph 19, pages 106–107:
glosses: A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
glosses: Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially
glosses: Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
Porphyra vulgaris
Derived terms: taxonomic: Porphyra dioica
word: black laver
taxonomic: Monostroma grevillei
word: green laver
taxonomic: Porphyra drachii
word: kelp laver
taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis
word: laverbread
taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis
word: laver slack
taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis
word: laver sloke
taxonomic: Ulva lactuca
word: lettuce laver
taxonomic: Porphyra amplissima
word: northern pink laver
taxonomic: Porphyra leucosticta
word: pale patch laver
taxonomic: Porphyra nereocystis
alt: Porphyra umbilicalis; Ulva lactuca
word: purple laver
taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis
word: red laver
taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis
word: tough laver
taxonomic: Porphyra linearis
word: winter laver
Related terms: Liverpool
nori
laver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑːvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑvɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ)
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
homophone: lava
homophone: larva (non-rhotic, with the "broad a" pronunciation)
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈlɑːvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑvɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ)
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
homophone: lava
homophone: larva (non-rhotic, with the "broad a" pronunciation)
Forms: form: lavers
Etymology: From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French laveoir, laveor, laveour, lavor, lavur, from Latin lavātōrium. Doublet of lavatorium and lavatory.
Senses: glosses: Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
examples: text: Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
Synonyms: sense: washbasin
word: washbasin
laver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑːvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑvɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ)
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
homophone: lava
homophone: larva (non-rhotic, with the "broad a" pronunciation)
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈlɑːvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvə/
ipa: /ˈleɪvɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɑvɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ)
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
homophone: lava
homophone: larva (non-rhotic, with the "broad a" pronunciation)
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lavers
Etymology: From lave + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who laves: a washer.
compact disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compact discs
form: compact disk
Senses: synonyms: CD
hyponyms: CD-R
CD-ROM
CD-RW
coordinate_terms: DVD
glosses: A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.
Derived terms: CD-R
CD-ROM
CD-RW
VCD
regnum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛɡ.nəm/
Forms: form: regnums
form: regna
Etymology: From Latin rēgnum (“kingdom”). Doublet of reign.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
synonyms: kingdom
glosses: A rank in the classification of organisms, below dominium and above divisio.
glosses: A badge of royalty, especially the early form of the pope's tiara.
intestinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ˌɪntɛsˈtaɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ɪnˈtes.tɪ.nəl/
rhymes: -ɪnəl
rhymes: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From intestine + -al.
Senses: examples: text: intestinal problems
glosses: Relating to the intestines.
Derived terms: circumintestinal
dorsointestinal
gastrointestinal
hepatointestinal
immunoproliferative small intestinal disease
intestinal crypt
intestinal flora
intestinal fortitude
intestinal gland
intestinally
intestinal obstruction
intestinointestinal
intraintestinal
large intestinal
lienointestinal
lieno-intestinal
nasointestinal
nonintestinal
panintestinal
periintestinal
pharyngointestinal
postintestinal
preintestinal
renointestinal
small intestinal
stomatointestinal
subintestinal
supraintestinal
transintestinal
ureterointestinal
uterointestinal
vasoactive intestinal peptide
vasointestinal
ventrointestinal
vitellointestinal
Related terms: english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: intestino-
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: enter-
word: enteral
word: enteric
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: entero-
word: gut
intestinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ˌɪntɛsˈtaɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ɪnˈtes.tɪ.nəl/
rhymes: -ɪnəl
rhymes: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).
Senses: glosses: Internal.
renovate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛ.nəʊ.veɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛ.nəˌveɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛ.nə.veɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /rɛno.veʈ/
Forms: form: renovates
form: renovating
form: renovated
form: renovated
Etymology: The adjective first attested in 1440, the verb in 1535; from Middle English renovat(e) (“renewed”), from Latin renovātus, perfect passive participle of renovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Senses: examples: text: This house is shabby: it needs renovating.
glosses: To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
examples: text: All shall relent
Who hear me—tears as mine have flowed, shall flow,
Hearts beat as mine now beats, with such intent
As renovates the world; a will omnipotent! […]
And power shall then abound, and hope arise once more.
ref: 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 202:
glosses: To restore to freshness or vigor.
Derived terms: renovated butter
renovation
reno
Related terms: rejuvenate
renovate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛ.nəʊ.veɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛ.nəˌveɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛ.nə.veɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /rɛno.veʈ/
Forms: form: more renovate
form: most renovate
Etymology: The adjective first attested in 1440, the verb in 1535; from Middle English renovat(e) (“renewed”), from Latin renovātus, perfect passive participle of renovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Senses: glosses: renovated
raw_tags: as a participle and participial adjective
dona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donas
Senses: examples: text: The Larrikin Proper, or rather most improper, takes his "dona," from the boot factory, who would like to be one of the ballet.
ref: 1873, Melbourne Punch, page 177:
glosses: Alternative form of donah.
starry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɑː.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈstɑɹ.i/
rhymes: -ɑːɹi
Forms: form: starrier
form: starriest
Etymology: From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star + -y.
Senses: examples: text: starry night
text: Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.
synonyms: stelliferous
antonyms: starless
unstarry
glosses: Having stars visible.
examples: text: I shrank from the starry waters as they rose to my lip, but a power stronger than my will compelled me to their taste.
ref: 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 21:
text: An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.
ref: 1904, Flora and Sylva, volume 2, page 90:
glosses: Resembling or shaped like a star.
examples: text: Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.
text: A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.
ref: 2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times:
text: After a bit of digging, we discovered she follows a stringent workout and nutrition regime, masterminded by Patrick Murphy — a celeb PT with a super-starry roster, including Zac Efron, Keanu Reeves and Ruby Rose — with a focus on overall health rather than aesthetics.
ref: 2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health:
synonyms: star-studded
glosses: Full of stars or celebrities.
Coordinate terms: stellar
Derived terms: word: starrily
word: starry bob
word: starry campion
word: starry-eyed
word: starry-eyed
word: starry eyes
word: starry flounder
word: starry ray
word: starry sturgeon
word: starry weever