cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
homoskedastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homoskedastic
form: most homoskedastic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of homoscedastic.
heteroskedasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of heteroscedasticity.
delight in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: delights in
form: delighting in
form: delighted in
form: delighted in
Senses: glosses: To enjoy; to take pleasure in.
Synonyms: take delight in
take delight in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes delight in
form: taking delight in
form: took delight in
form: taken delight in
Senses: glosses: To enjoy.
Synonyms: delight in
feast
luxuriate
boffins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boffin
boleros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolero
boathouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boathouse
bootlaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bootlace
borstals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borstal
bottle-openers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottle-opener
bottle-opener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottle-openers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bottle opener.
bridleways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridleway
brimstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brimstone
BScs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BSc
Buddhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buddha
by-elections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of by-election
baals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baal
babyhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babyhood
backspins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backspin
bacterially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bacterial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In reference to bacteria
Derived terms: extrabacterially
intrabacterially
myxobacterially
baguettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bæˈɡɛts/
Senses: glosses: plural of baguette
balancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balancer
bandboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandbox
baptists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baptist
barflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barfly.
barstools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barstool
bassets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basset
beachboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beachboy
case study
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: case studies
Senses: glosses: Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population.
glosses: A case used in a such research.
Related terms: case report
beaneries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beanery
bearberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bearberry
bearcats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bearcat
bearcat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛɚˌkæt/
Forms: form: bearcats
Etymology: From bear + cat.
Senses: glosses: Any member of diverse species of the order Carnivora:
A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae).
glosses: Any member of diverse species of the order Carnivora:
A giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, in the family Ursidae).
glosses: Any member of diverse species of the order Carnivora:
A red panda (Ailurus fulgens, in the family Ailuridae).
Synonyms: Asian bearcat
Palawan bearcat
beasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːstiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of beasty
glosses: plural of beastie
bedcovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedcover
bedmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedmate
beefcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beefcake
beiges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beige
behavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of behaver
A-listers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A-lister
attoamperes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attoampere
buckeroos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckeroo
buffalo wings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffalo wing
capfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capful
chicken legs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken leg
chicken wings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken wing
wore off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of wear off
earth signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earth sign
air signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air sign
fire signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire sign
water signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water sign
grass courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass court
introducers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of introducer
involvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of involver
jaunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaunter
overhead presses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overhead press
power snacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power snack
prawn cocktails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prawn cocktail
price tags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of price tag
pterions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pterion
puccoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puccoon
recovery positions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recovery position
second serves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second serve
Sierra Leoneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sierra Leonean
snackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snacker
snackeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snackery
glosses: plural of snackerie
snackettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snackette
strip bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strip bar
vaunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaunter
Vesuvians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vesuvian
observability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: observabilities
Etymology: From observe + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state of being observable.
glosses: A measure of the extent to which something is observable.
examples: text: “In 2018, we saw many companies that are cloud-native and in the tech sector talking about observability,” he said. “Last year, we saw this becoming more mainstream, with large organizations adopting cloud-native technologies and becoming interested in observability.”
ref: 2021 February 18, Scott Carey, quoting Spiros Xanthos, “Observability: What IT should know as the technology heats up”, in InfoWorld:
text: Observability is defined as the ability to understand the internal state of a system by only looking at external outputs of the system. […] Observability builds on monitoring and enables you to gain insights about the internal state of your application.
ref: 2021, Brendan Creane, Amit Gupta, Kubernetes Security and Observability, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 72:
text: In other words, SREs are directly responsible for the effectiveness of observability.
ref: 2023, Jeremy Proffitt, Rod Anami, Becoming a Rockstar SRE: Electrify your site reliability engineering mindset to build reliable, resilient, and efficient systems, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 59:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: o11y
qualifier: distributed computing
glosses: The ability to collect data about the execution of distributed programs, especially the interaction among its components.
Derived terms: coobservability
nonobservability
unobservability
pointlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pointlike
form: most pointlike
form: point-like
Etymology: From point + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a point
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having dimensions too small to be measured, or so small that it may be regarded as a point
Derived terms: nonpointlike
peacelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːsləsnəs/
Etymology: From peaceless + -ness.
Senses: examples: 1974: International peace research newsletter, volume 12:2, pages 16 & 17
1989: Keizai Kōhō Sentā, Speaking of Japan, pages 6 & 7 (Keizai Kōhō Center)
glosses: Discord; simmering conflict; a state often preluding war.
foracan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foracans
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of hurricane.
hypnotizeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypnotizeable
form: most hypnotizeable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
antiatom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiatoms
form: anti-atom
Etymology: From anti- + atom.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An antiparticle composed of antiprotons, antineutrons, and positrons. An antimatter equivalent of the atom.
Related terms: antiatomic
hydricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of hydrogen + electricity
Senses: examples: text: But the impact of the hydricity economy goes beyond transportation.
ref: 2005, Andrew Heintzman, Evan Solomon, Fueling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy is Changing Everything, →ISBN:
text: The figures indicate a slight fall-off in the hydricity growth rate over the next several decades.
ref: 2008, DAvid Sanborn Scott, Smelling Land: The Hydrogen Defense Against Climate Catastrophe:
glosses: The combined use of hydrogen and electricity as a power source
examples: text: DuBois and coworkers carried out extensive studies of the thermodynamic hydricity of metal hydrides (3.2); in many cases the metal product resulting following hydride transfer will bind a CH3CN ligand (not shown in 3.2), so comparisons of hydricity will be solvent-dependent.
ref: 2011, R. Morris Bullock, Catalysis without Precious Metals:
text: The hydricity concept applies to the interaction of M-H bonds with CO₂ as well.
ref: 2015, Michele Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto, Eugenio Quaranta, Reaction Mechanisms in Carbon Dioxide Conversion, →ISBN, page 87:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The tendency in a transition metal hydride for an H⁻ ion to transfer to a substrate
engineerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From engineer + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The conversion of a chemical or biochemical process to pilot scale and finally to production scale
interdivisional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inter-divisional
Etymology: From inter- + divisional.
Senses: glosses: Between divisions (e.g. of an organization)
Derived terms: interdivisionally
-logia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “speech”).
Senses: glosses: Forms names of speech disorders.
glosses: Features in Latin names of rhetoric figures.
Synonyms: -arthria
-lalia
-phasia
-phemia
-phrasia
articular cartilage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: articular cartilages
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A tough, elastic, fibrous connective tissue found in various parts of the body, such as the joints, outer ear, and larynx. A major constituent of the embryonic and young vertebrate skeleton, it is converted largely to bone with maturation.
actual malice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In United States defamation law, the level of knowledge that must be demonstrated for a public figure to prevail as a plaintiff in a lawsuit for defamation; the defendant must have either known that information published about the plaintiff was false, or must have shown reckless disregard for the truth by not a making simple inquiry or investigation which would have disclosed it.
physical map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physical maps
Senses: glosses: A topographical map.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A map showing how much DNA separates two genes, measured in base pairs, as opposed to a genetic map.
topographical map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topographical maps
form: topographic
Senses: glosses: A map that indicates the topography of the ground, and includes physical features such as rivers, woods and habitation.
bull in a china shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulls in a china shop
form: bulls in china shops
Senses: examples: text: The various plotters and counterplotters go their devious ways, proceeding with all the subtlety of bulls in china shops, but we never do learn what the plot is all about.
ref: 1933 January 29, “My Lady Dangerous. By Sydney Horler. […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2025:
text: The allegations also add to Mr. [Brian] Murphy’s reputation. “Could he be a bit of a bull in a china shop? Absolutely,” said Kerry Sleeper, a former assistant director of the F.B.I. [Federal Bureau of Investigation] who once supervised Mr. Murphy. “But also that’s a person that allows change to happen.”
ref: 2020 September 11, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Adam Goldman, “Whistle-Blower’s Complaint Ignites a Smoldering Homeland Security Agency”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2020:
text: I think all Americans are uncomfortable in Paris, to some degree. We’re all bulls in a china shop here …. This is a culture that’s about civility.
ref: 2020 October 2, Emily Zemler, quoting Darren Star, “‘What would Carrie [Bradshaw] do?’ How ‘Sex and the City’ lives on in Netflix’s new comedy”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2020:
glosses: A person who is clumsy, aggressive, without care, concern or self-control.
Related terms: like a bull in a china shop
radioanalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioanalyses
Etymology: From radio- + analysis.
Senses: glosses: radiochemical analysis
Related terms: radioanalyse
radiodiagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiodiagnoses
Etymology: From radio- + diagnosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: diagnosis by means of X-rays or radiochemical tracers
radiodiagnostics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + diagnostics.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Diagnostics by means of X-rays or radiochemical tracers.
transfermium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + fermium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing any element that lies beyond fermium in the periodic table; having an atomic number greater than 100.
Hypernyms: transuranic
Hyponyms: transactinide
ultraheavy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraheavy
form: most ultraheavy
Etymology: From ultra- + heavy.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing any atom that has a very large atomic weight; especially those that lie beyond fermium in the periodic table
glosses: Extremely or exceedingly heavy.
formican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin formica (“ant”) + -an.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, apian, formican, vespal, and termital government is not a monarchy, but a pure democracy. The queens of ants, bees, wasps, and termites wear the crown of maternity — no other.
ref: 1904, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 108, page 559:
glosses: Of or pertaining to ants.
Synonyms: formicarian
formicarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔː.mɪˈkɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌfɔɹ.mɪˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From Latin formica (“ant”) + -arian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ants.
Synonyms: formican
formicarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔː.mɪˈkɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌfɔɹ.mɪˈkɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: formicaria
form: formicariums
Etymology: From Latin formica (ant) + -arium.
Senses: examples: text: It is on the outskirts of the forest, or around clearings, or near wide roads that let in the sun, that these formicariums are generally found.
ref: 1874, Thomas Belt, The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. […], London: John Murray, […], page 73:
glosses: A vivarium used for the study of ants and ant colonies.
formicary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formicaries
Etymology: From Latin formica (“ant”) + -ary.
Senses: glosses: An ant colony, a pile of earth built by ants in which they nest.
formicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkeɪt/
Forms: form: formicates
form: formicating
form: formicated
form: formicated
Etymology: From Latin formīca (“ant”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: an open space which formicated with peasantry
ref: 1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC:
glosses: To move like ants.
glosses: To have a sensation like the movement of ants.
formicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkət/
ipa: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmaɪkət/
ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkeɪt/
Forms: form: more formicate
form: most formicate
Etymology: From Latin formīca (“ant”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: ant-like
fortyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).ti.ɪʃ/
Etymology: From forty + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Close to the number forty
examples: text: I’m going to start a support group of us fortyish guys with this problem. LUMPS, we’ll call our group. Losing Unwanted Midriff Plumpitude Sensibly.
ref: 1994, Sam Cook, “[Gerbils and other realities of the forties] Too much me”, in If This Is Mid-Life… Where’s the Crisis?, Duluth, Minn.: Pfeifer-Hamilton, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: About forty years old.
fortyish
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).ti.ɪʃ/
Etymology: From forty + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: One problem it drops in our laps is to have developed all fortyish of its species within our temperate area, from the Falklands to the central temperate Andes.
ref: 1993, Quarterly bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society, volumes 61-62, Alpine Garden Society (Great Britain), page 348:
text: A great many black men are Mark Lawrence's age (fortyish), height (six-two-ish), weight (one-seventy-ish), and complexion (a reddish medium brown) that hints of a childhood of freckles and umber-red hair
ref: 2003, Randall Robinson, The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe to Each Other:
text: In my day, more often than not, you had to break rank to join the very few fortyish-aged women (renegades) promoted
ref: 2004, Jean Lau Chin, The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination, page 46:
text: The day was cloudy, and the temperature was about fortyish.
ref: 2006, Harold F. Kratch, One Soldier's Memories, page 109:
glosses: Any number close to forty.
Related terms: fortysome
fortysomething
ants in one's pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being agitated and constantly fidgeting.
glosses: The condition of being sexually excited.
Synonyms: shpilkes
heebie-jeebies
Derived terms: have ants in one's pants
Related terms: antsy
nondepository
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + depository.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Relating to an entity whose financial activities are not based on deposits.
tugrik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tugriks
form: tögrög
form: togrog
form: togruk
form: tugrug
form: tughrik
form: tugric
form: tugrog
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ту́грик (túgrik), from Mongolian ᠲᠥᠭᠥᠷᠢᠭ (tögörig), a semantic loan of Chinese 圓 /圆 (yuán, “circle, round; dollar, silver coin; yuan”).
Senses: glosses: The Mongolian unit of currency; abbreviated MNT, ₮; formerly subdivided into 100 möngö.
wikipedia: ISO 4217
tögrög
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tugrik.
togrog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: togrogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tugrik.
lustfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lustfulnesses
Etymology: From Middle English lustfulnesse, from Old English lustfulnes (“desire, pleasure”), equivalent to lustful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being lustful
Synonyms: word: libidinousness
word: horniness
word: lascivity
word: lasciviousness
word: lechery
word: lewdness
word: libido
word: libidinosity
word: licentiousness
word: lustfulness
word: randiness
word: sexual appetite
word: wantonness
Related terms: word: lust
libidinousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From libidinous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: lechery, lustfulness, the state of being libidinous
longness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋ.nəs/
rhymes: -ɒŋ.nəs
Forms: form: longnesses
Etymology: From Middle English langnesse, from Old English langness (“longness, length”), equivalent to long + -ness.
Senses: glosses: length, lengthiness
Synonyms: sense: of time
word: abidingness
word: protractedness
word: lastingness
hypothenuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypothenuses
Senses: glosses: Dated form of hypotenuse.
hypothenuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypothenuse
quo pro quid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I design to give up smoking; but I have not yet fixed upon the equivalent vice. I must have quid pro quo; or quo pro quid, as Tom Woodgate would correct me. My service to him.
ref: 1824, August 10, Charles Lamb, letter 350 to Thomas Hood, published in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, volume 6 Letters 1821–1842, edited by E. V. Lucas
text: In Virginia they propose to tax each person who uses tobacco on the quo pro ‘quid’ principle.
ref: 1876, February 24, unknown author, Daily Democratic Statesman, quoted by Chuck Parsons in “Pidge,” Texas Ranger, published 2013, page 185 in note 94 on chapter “Pidge and the Rio Grande Frontier”
text: Have they not conceded on occasion without getting any redeployment as a quo pro quid, knowing that they can always offload the cost on to the home market?
ref: 1961–62, Humphrey Mynors, quoted in The City of London: A Club No More, 1945–2000, by David Kynaston, published 2001, part 3 “1959–70”, chapter 11 “Italian Motorways”, page 288
glosses: Rare form of quid pro quo.
malting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maltings
Senses: glosses: The process of turning grain into malt.
synonyms: malthouse
glosses: The premises where grain is malted.
malting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of malt
mind the store
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: minds the store
form: minding the store
form: minded the store
form: minded the store
Senses: examples: text: His mother, Ruth Jones, helps mind the store and both his wife, Michelle, and his father, James Jones, make gifts to sell in the shop.
ref: 1986, Clara Herron, "1790 homestead shelters shops," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 13 Feb., p. 17 (retrieved 16 Sep. 2008)
glosses: To remain present in a retail business, in order to maintain the security of the premises and to serve customers.
examples: text: The Administration and Congress have had to prove they are at least attempting to mind the store.
ref: 2005 Sept. 18, Daniel Eisenberg, "How to Spend (Almost) $1 Billion A Day," Time
glosses: To take active responsibility for a group or process, especially within an organization.
Synonyms: mind the shop
goon-stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goon-sticks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goon stick.
zaida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaidas
Senses: examples: text: But while Zaida was alive we always went for Seder dinner on the first night of Pesach, the Jewish holiday commemorating the Exodus from Egypt.
ref: 2015 September 22, Dan Burt, You Think It Strange: A Memoir, ABRAMS, →ISBN:
text: The great Rav Akiba showed us, didn't he, Zaida [grandfather in Yiddish]?
ref: 2018 February 28, Samantha Baskind, The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture, Penn State Press, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Zaida's father, my great-grandfather, was pious and reputed to be a melamed, a learned though poor Orthodox Jew.
ref: 2022 October 7, Dan Burt, Every Wrong Direction: An Emigré’s Memoir, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: Alternative spelling of zayde.
demoiselle crane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɛməˈzɛɫ kɹeɪn]
Forms: form: demoiselle cranes
Senses: glosses: A crane, Grus virgo (syn. Anthropoides virgo), found in central Asia, 85-100 centimeters long with a loud trumpeting call.
joho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Swahili joho.
Senses: glosses: A woolen robe worn by Arabs.
leggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of leggy: most leggy
leggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of leggy: more leggy
theoretical plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theoretical plates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A plate or tray in a distillation column that produces the best possible difference between the liquid and vapor phases in equilibrium with it; the equivalent concept in a fractionating column packed with beads or rings.
fractionating column
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fractionating columns
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An apparatus for the separation of the volatile components of a liquid by means of fractional distillation, sometimes accompanied by selective adsorption
hayas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haya
amel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæməl/
Forms: form: amels
Etymology: From Middle English amal, from Old English amell, from Old French esmail.
Senses: examples: text: a blue and yellow composed a green amel
ref: 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC:
glosses: Enamel.
amel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈæməl/
Forms: form: amels
form: ameling
form: amelling
form: ameled
form: ameled
form: amelled
form: amelled
Etymology: From Old English amellen, from Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmail (“enamel”).
Senses: glosses: To enamel.
Laotian rock rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Laotian rock rats
Senses: glosses: A rodent species of the Khammouan region of Laos, Laonastes aenigmamus
Synonyms: sense: Laonastes aenigmamus
word: kha-nyou
sense: Laonastes aenigmamus
word: rat-squirrel
Asian bearcats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asian bearcat
Palawan bearcats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Palawan bearcat
Laotian rock rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Laotian rock rat
look-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: look-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from look out.
Senses: examples: text: Very well—very good indeed. We may get to the coast; but to cross the wide sea, we know not whither, is a dreary look-out.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 148:
text: The gang was working without a look-out, six of them with their backs to approaching trains.
ref: 2021 September 22, Dr Mike Esbester, “Trackside safety: a permanent problem”, in RAIL, number 940, page 78:
glosses: Alternative spelling of lookout.
Lodz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒdz/
ipa: /wuːt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒdz
rhymes: -uːtʃ
Forms: form: Łódź
Etymology: Anglicised form of Polish Łódź.
Senses: glosses: A voivodeship of Poland, Łódź Voivodeship.
glosses: The capital city of Lodz Voivodeship, Poland, also spelled Łódź.
Lichtenstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Lichtenstein.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Liechtenstein.
Lvov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Львов (Lʹvov).
Senses: examples: text: In 1902, Dr. Yeḥezkel Caro, the Reform rabbi in Lvov (Lemberg) held some sort of celebration for girls at his Temple, which was adamantly opposed by the local Zionists.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 42:
glosses: Alternative form of Lviv.
self report
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self reports
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
glosses: A report of a respondent of a survey or an interview about their internal state or perception, such as of pain, contrasting to measurement using a measuring device and to observations made by other people.
self report
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self reports
form: self reporting
form: self reported
form: self reported
Senses: glosses: To respond to a query, such as a survey, with data or information regarding oneself.
HBOS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪtʃbɒs/
Etymology: Pseudo-acronym, presumed from Halifax plc + Bank of Scotland following a company merger
Senses: glosses: HBOS, a former British bank and insurance company.
wikipedia: Bank of Scotland
Halifax plc
opposite number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opposite numbers
Senses: examples: text: The first up train was the morning semi-fast ex Buncrana, which sped through with No. 8 at its head, adroitly exchanging staffs at about 15 m.p.h. […] The next train through Tooban was our opposite number, and we duly received the vital staff.
ref: 1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 355:
text: Except for the mid-winter period, when the 11.30 a.m. from Paddington and its opposite number will be withdrawn - Torquay now has seven daily expresses to and from Paddington as compared with five down and six up previously.
ref: 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590:
text: With Jones and Botterman hoovering up penalties at the breakdown, Ward and Maud Muir putting the brakes on France's rolling maul and Cokyane waving off her opposite number after getting the better of a scrum, England were winning plenty of battles.
ref: 2025 September 20, Mike Henson, “Kildunne stars as England see off France to make final”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A person who holds a position in an organization, sports team, or the like, that corresponds to that held by another person in another organization; a counterpart
lindworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lindworm
short selling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
commerce
finance
glosses: The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.
Related terms: going short
selling short
short
shorter
shorting
short sale
short selling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of short sell
lindorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lindorms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lindworm.
lindorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lindorm
entended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of entend
smear test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smear tests
Senses: topics: gynaecology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.
Synonyms: cervical smear
Pap smear
Pap test
cervical smear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cervical smears
Senses: topics: gynaecology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.
Synonyms: smear test
Pap smear
Pap test
Pap test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pap tests
Etymology: From Papanikolaou. Named after Greek-American physician Georgios Papanikolaou.
Senses: topics: gynaecology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample ('smear') of cells from the cervix.
Synonyms: cervical smear
Pap
pap
pap smear
Pap smear
smear test
musical box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musical boxes
Senses: examples: text: There was a battered brass speaking-trumpet, very discoloured, a tambourine, a musical-box, and a number of smaller objects.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: Beneath the clothes [of the poupard] a squeaker would be concealed, and more elaborate ones would have a musical-box, the music being played by twirling the doll around.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 38:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of various devices that play tunes by means of pins, on a rotating disk or revolving drum, that strike or pluck metal teeth; a music box.
game bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game bags
Senses: glosses: A bag in which a hunter or poacher carries back dead game
physico-mental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɪzɪkəʊˈmɛntəl/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From physico- + mental.
Senses: examples: text: Like Nagel, with his “physico-mental intimacy” and his variability of relations, Merleau-Ponty also searches for new forms of physico-mental relations. He postulates a “circular causality” as a “chiasm” between mental states and physico-mental conditions. These terms characterize physico-mental relations as forms of organization within the structures of the “lived body” such that physico-chemical and mental states appear as the interior and the exterior, the concave and the convex side of a non-visible hinge, the “lived body” (Merleau-Ponty 1968, 295).
ref: 1997: Georg Meggle [ed.], ἀναλύωμεν — Analyōmen 2: Proceedings of the 2ⁿᵈ Conference “Perspectives in Analytical Philosophy”, page 115 (Walter de Gruyter; →ISBN, 978-3110152579)
glosses: Having both physical and mental aspects; involving both the body and the mind; psychosomatic.
lisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lis
lisses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of liss
motor neuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motor neurons
form: motor neurone
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A neuron located in the central nervous system that projects its axon outside the CNS and directly or indirectly control muscles.
Synonyms: motoneuron
motoneuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motoneurons
Senses: glosses: A motor neuron.
Derived terms: corticomotoneuron
motoneuronal
premotoneuron
observational learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Learning that occurs as a function of observing, retaining and, in the case of imitation learning, replicating novel behavior executed by other people.
Synonyms: vicarious learning
selective mutism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: clinical-psychology
human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
synonyms: word: elective mutism
glosses: A severe form of social anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak or communicate orally in certain social settings.
Derived terms: selectively mute
greenishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From greenish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being greenish.
prefaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preface
prefacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preface
prefaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preface
prefaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preface
re-education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reeducation.
morid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Moridae family of fish.
quinquenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of quinquennium.
quinquennia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinquennium
quinquenniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinquennium
sentimos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentimo
blowse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blowses
form: blouse
form: blowesse
form: blowze
Senses: examples: text: Sweet blowse, you are a beauteous blossom, sure.
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
glosses: Alternative spelling of blowze (“A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.”)
Derived terms: blowsy
ginchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ginchy: most ginchy
felicitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of felicitate
assessee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əsɛsˈi/
Forms: form: assessees
Etymology: From assess + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Something or someone that is assessed.
felicitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of felicitate
felicitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of felicitate
filberts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filbert
fingerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fingering
shamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃeɪmɛn/
Senses: examples: text: Encircling the marble altar was a congregation of leering shamen. Eerie chants of a bygone age, originating unknown eons before the memory of man, were being uttered from the buried recesses of the acolytes' deep lings ^([sic]).
ref: 1970, Jim Theis, “The Eye of Argon”, in OSFAN, volume 10, Chapter 3½, page 33:
glosses: plural of shaman; the standard plural form is shamans.
nettle-rash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nettle-rashes
Senses: examples: text: Poor kids. Only troubles wildfire and nettlerash.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 495:
text: They and their relatives ate peanuts till they were covered in nettle-rash.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 187:
text: His skin was covered with little bumps as though from a nettle rash. I looked for the tick he had flung away. It was black and swollen from old blood and it seemed clear that this infected blood had got into the wound and caused acute blood poisoning.
ref: 1958, Henno Martin, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Sheltering Desert, Thomas Nelson & Sons, page 99:
text: His colour is changing now, he does not have to look in the mirror, it's like a nettle-rash rising, scalding, scalding.
ref: 1997, Edna O'Brien, Down by the River, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 242:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
Synonyms: hives
urticaria
Derived terms: nettle-rashed
vitalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vitality
nuclearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nuclearly
form: most nuclearly
Etymology: From nuclear + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nuclear manner; related to a nucleus or to nuclear power.
Derived terms: extranuclearly
supranuclearly
text messages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I send a lot of text messages.
glosses: plural of text message
text messages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He text messages me a lot.
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of text message
agenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Not genetic; that does not have a genetic cause
Derived terms: hemiagenetic
amese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ameses
form: amesing
form: amesed
form: amesed
Senses: glosses: To appease, pacify or calm
glosses: To moderate
autapomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autapomorphic
form: most autapomorphic
Etymology: From autapomorphy + -ic.
Senses: qualifier: systematics
glosses: Describing any characteristic that has evolved in only a single species (or other taxon)
Derived terms: autapomorphically
occurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkʌɹənt/
rhymes: -ʌɹənt
Forms: form: more occurrent
form: most occurrent
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French occurrent and its source, Latin occurrēns.
Senses: glosses: Current, actual, occurring.
examples: text: I hold the occurrent belief that I'm writing this sentence
text: One could imagine, for example, that an occurrent belief (e.g. that I'm allergic to apples) would trigger a dispositional desire (not to get an allergic crisis).
ref: 2020 November 13, B. Brodaric, F. Neuhaus, Formal Ontology in Information Systems: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference (FOIS 2020), IOS Press, →ISBN, page 147:
text: In such a case, my belief that the person I will meet is named Robert Barchi is clearly occurrent.
ref: 2016, Douglas N. Husak, Ignorance of Law: A Philosophical Inquiry, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196:
topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to occurrence; having to do with an occurrence.
occurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkʌɹənt/
rhymes: -ʌɹənt
Forms: form: occurrents
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French occurrent and its source, Latin occurrēns.
Senses: examples: text: the only comfort (saith Jovius) he had to ease his melancholy thoughts, was to hear news, and to listen after those ordinary occurrents, which were brought him cum primis, by letters or otherwise, out of the remotest parts of Europe.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An event, something that occurs.
glosses: One who comes to meet another.
Derived terms: occurrently
balneological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From balneology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to balneology
basslet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbæslət/
Forms: form: basslets
Etymology: From bass + -let.
Senses: glosses: Any of several small, colourful fish, of the family Grammatidae, popular in aquaria
bodyshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodyshells
form: body shell
Etymology: From body + shell.
Senses: glosses: The main body of a motor car, that rests on the chassis and into which is fitted the engine, mechanical and electrical systems, seats etc.
examples: text: Currently, bodyshells for units 810024/025 are on the weld line. […] In the paint shop are bodyshells for 810022/023, which are undergoing a meticulous process to ensure a high-quality finish.
ref: 2024 December 27, Pip Dunn, “Network News: Hitachi pushes on with '810' assembly and testing”, in RAIL, number 1025, page 20:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The metal body of a rail vehicle, minus seats, doors and other fittings.
intestable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + testable.
Senses: examples: 1838, S. Toller and F. Whitmarsh, The Law of Executors and Administrators, 7th ed., Saunders & Benning (London), ch. 1: Of Wills and Codicils, p. 11,
Outlaws also, though merely in civil cases, are intestable, in respect to their personal property, while their outlawry subsists.
topics: law
glosses: Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.
Related terms: intestacy
intestate
intestability
intestableness
immortals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immortal
icings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icing
Incas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Inca
Popovich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname of Slavic origin.
uberwealthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uberwealthy
form: most uberwealthy
form: uber wealthy
form: uber-wealthy
Etymology: From uber- + wealthy.
Senses: glosses: Very wealthy; rich.
slash pile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slash piles
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Accumulated debris from cutting brush or trimming trees.
coal oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coal oils
Senses: coordinate_terms: coal tar
glosses: kerosene or any unspecified lower grade derivative of crude petroleum.
fursuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fursuit
fursuits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fursuit
intestability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in- + testability.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The state or characteristic of being legally disqualified from making a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.
Synonyms: intestableness
Related terms: intestable
intestableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From intestable + -ness.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The state or characteristic of being legally disqualified from making a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.
Synonyms: intestability
Related terms: intestable
jetties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jetty
jasper ware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jasperware.