cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
biformities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biformity
biformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biformities
Etymology: From bi- + form + -ity.
Senses: glosses: A double form; the state of being biform
mytiloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mytiloid
form: most mytiloid
Etymology: translingual Mytilus (“genus of mussels”) + -oid
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Resembling or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae.
mytiloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mytiloids
Etymology: translingual Mytilus (“genus of mussels”) + -oid
Senses: glosses: A member of the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae.
emplunge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: emplunges
form: emplunging
form: emplunged
form: emplunged
Senses: examples: text: Out of the flames which he had quench'd whilere,
Into huge waves of grief and jealousy
Full deep emplunged was, and drowned nigh
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of implunge.
emplunged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emplunge
emplunges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emplunge
emplunging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emplunge
speary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more speary
form: most speary
Etymology: From spear + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I wandered in the wildwood,
Far from the city's din,
And plucked a dewy blossom
From off a speary whin
ref: 1867, Matthew Harman, Wayside Blossoms:
glosses: Having the form of a spear.
primevally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more primevally
form: most primevally
form: primaevally
form: primævally
Etymology: From primeval + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Some authors suppose that man primevally lived in single families; but at the present day, though single families, or only two or three together, roam the solitudes of some savage lands, they are always, as far as I can discover, friendly with other families inhabiting the same district.
ref: 1871, Charles Darwin, “Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals—continued”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Part I (On the Descent of Man), page 84:
text: When we rubbed along thus jovially, deeming life to be "a great and glorious thing," fat cows were well sold at £2 per head, and bullocks at £3. Certainly you could buy stores (or, as they primevally called them, "lean cattle") at from 10s. to 16s., prices which left a margin. The Messrs. Manifold bought a large number of bullocks from the Shelleys, of Tumut, at the latter price, somewhere about the year 1845. How they fattened at Purrumbeet and Leura may be imagined! They fetched top prices, but were not thought to pay so well as the early ripening station-breds, on which the 3M brand was thenceforth chiefly placed.
ref: 1896, Rolf Boldrewood, Old Melbourne Memories, Chapter 9:
text: 'Interesting, Doctor, is it not? It would be beautiful in a way, primevally beautiful—an idyll of the callow world when the rocks were jagged like molten lead thrown into water, the vegetation chiefly fungoid, and it was necessary to clip the wings of one's horned cattle. But for the man—he is a late, mongrel, low-grade production, with merely a few primitive impulses. '
ref: 1905, Henry C. Rowland, The Mountain of Fears, Two Savages:
glosses: In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
disacryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disacryls
Etymology: From dis- + acrolein + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymeric modification of acrolein.
disacryls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disacryl
Mile High City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Mile High City
Etymology: From the city's official elevation of exactly one mile (1.6 km) or 5,280 feet (1,609 meters) above sea level.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Eisenhower said she was not disappointed at the rainy weather in Denver during her visit, and said, in fact, she hoped to return to the Mile High City soon.
ref: 1958 May 15, “Mrs. Eisenhower Leaves Denver”, in The Deseret News:
glosses: The city of Denver, Colorado, United States.
Related terms: 5280
effranchise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: effranchises
form: effranchising
form: effranchised
form: effranchised
Etymology: From ex- + franchise: compare Old French esfranchir.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of enfranchise.
effranchised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of effranchise
seleniuretted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: seleniureted
Etymology: From seleniuret + -ed.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Combined with selenium, as in a selenide.
Derived terms: seleniuretted hydrogen
spaeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaemen
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots spaeman.
Senses: glosses: prophet; diviner
spaemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaeman
gummy shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gummy sharks
Senses: examples: text: 2005, Marine Resources Service (United Nations), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Review of the State of World Marine Fishery Resources, page 123,
Quotas also apply to school and gummy shark bycatch in the South East Trawl and Great Australian Bight Trawl fisheries.
text: 2006, Steve Cooper, Fishing Techniques: Salt and Fresh Water, Australian Fishing Network, page 100,
Best time for gummy sharks is on moonlit nights when they will move into knee-deep water on a rising tide to feed.
text: Many gummy sharks are caught off the surf beaches every season. Night time is best and big baits are needed to combat lice and other menaces like crabs.
ref: 2008, Rex Hunt, Fishing Guide to Melbourne and Surrounds, page 77:
glosses: A species of shark, Mustelus antarcticus, endemic to southern and south-eastern Australia, the meat of which is sold as flake.
Related terms: flake
gummy sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gummy shark
reparented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reparent
reparenting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + parenting.
Senses: examples: text: The way you talk to yourself is a good way to discern if reparenting might be useful to you, he said.
ref: 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A form of psychotherapy in which the therapist actively assumes the role of a new or surrogate parental figure for the client, in order to treat psychological disturbances caused by defective or abusive parenting.
reparenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From re- + parenting.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reparent
reparents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reparent
dorsibranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dorsi- + branchiate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the former order Dorsibranchiata.
dorsibranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorsibranchiates
Etymology: From dorsi- + branchiate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any marine worm of the Dorsibranchiata.
dorsibranchiates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dorsibranchiate
sigillarid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sigillarids
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any of an extinct family of cryptogamous trees, especially of the genus Sigillaria, and similar species.
sigillarids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sigillarid
emboly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embolies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐμβολή (embolḗ, “a putting into”), from ἐμβάλλω (embállō).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: embolic invagination
Related terms: embolus
intercommon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intercommons
form: intercommoning
form: intercommoned
form: intercommoned
Etymology: From Old French entrecommuner. See inter- and common.
Senses: examples: text: the spirits of the wine do prey upon the roscid juice of the body , and inter-common with the spirits of the body , and so deceive and rob them of their nourishment
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table.
topics: law
glosses: To graze cattle indiscriminately in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.
Derived terms: intercommonable
intercommoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intercommon
intercommoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intercommon
intercommons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intercommon
Tractite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tractites
Etymology: From tract + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A Tractarian.
Tractites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tractite
hydrophid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrophids
Etymology: From hydro- + Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “a small serpent”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any sea snake of the subfamily Hydrophiinae, venomous, preying on fishes, with a flattened tail for swimming.
Synonyms: sense: snake in Hydrophiinae
word: coral reef snake
sense: snake in Hydrophiinae
word: sea snake
hydrophids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrophid
boutefeu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boutefeus
form: boutè-feu
Etymology: Borrowed from French boutefeu, from bouter (“to thrust, put”) + feu (“fire”).
Senses: examples: text: Animated by […] John a Chamber, a very boutefeu, […] they entered into open rebellion.
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
text: But we, who only do infuse / The rage in them like boutè-feus, / 'Tis our example that instils / In them th' infection of our ills.
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto I.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
synonyms: firebrand
glosses: An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels.
boutefeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boutefeu
inlapidate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inlapidates
form: inlapidating
form: inlapidated
form: inlapidated
Etymology: From in- (“in”) + Latin lapis, lapidis (“stone”).
Senses: examples: text: It is already found, that there are ſome Naturall Spring-waters, that will Inlapidate Wood; So that you ſhall ſee one peece of Wood, whereof the Part aboue the Water ſhall continue Wood; And the Part vnder the Water ſhall be turned into a kinde of Grauelly Stone.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century. [Experiments in Consort, touching Induration of Bodies.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 85, page 27:
text: Nay, even the banditti of the highway, whoſe hearts are inlapidated by cruelty, and whoſe delight is in rapine, plunder, and bloodſhed, who ſhow their hatred of the world by defying its laws, and murderings^([sic]) its inhabitants, one day call their partners and confederates by this name, and the next betray them into the hands of juſtice.
ref: 1776, Lubbock Thornley, “Essay on Friendship. Number IV”, in The Lady's Magazine; Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, volume 7, London: G. Robinson, page 359, column 2:
text: Were the devil to become a mortal, he would incline to be the comite to the galley-ſlaves at Marſeilles, whoſe hearts are inlapidated by cruelty.
ref: 1778, Hamilton Walker, Mary Lady, Munster Village, volume II, London: Robson and Co., page 166:
glosses: To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
inlapidated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inlapidate
inlapidates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inlapidate
inlapidating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inlapidate
reedbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reedbirds
Etymology: From reed + bird.
Senses: glosses: The bobolink.
glosses: One of several small Asiatic songbirds of the genera Schoenicola and Laticilla.
reedbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reedbird
sommerset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sommersets
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of somersault.
sommersets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sommerset
amphichroic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amphi- + -chroic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Exhibiting or producing two colours depending on the acidity in the reaction, as substances which may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
litmuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litmus
reap-silver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: <--Interesting to see how this was actually spelled in the Middle Ages-->
Senses: glosses: In the Middle Ages in England, money paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of reaping his corn or grain.
protocolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protocolists
Etymology: From protocol + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who prepares or writes protocols.
protocolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protocolist
catalepses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catalepsis
catalepsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catalepses
Senses: glosses: Dated form of catalepsy.
recreance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of recreancy.
Atticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Atticizes
form: Atticizing
form: Atticized
form: Atticized
form: Atticise
Etymology: From Attic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To side with the Athenians.
glosses: To use or convert to Attic Greek, or the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
Atticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Atticize
Atticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Atticize
Atticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Atticize
coxcomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more coxcomically
form: most coxcomically
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coxcombically.
bluebreast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluebreasts
Etymology: From blue + breast.
Senses: glosses: A small European bird, the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica).
bluebreasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluebreast
mollebart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An agricultural implement formerly used in Flanders, consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man.
esotery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esoteries
Senses: examples: text: adapt their subjects to their audience , reserving their esoteries for adepts , and dealing out exoteries only to the vulgar
ref: 1763, Abraham Tucker, Free Will, Foreknowledge, and Fate:
text: 1839 September 26, "Vindex," Letter to the editor, The Musical World, Number CLXXXIV [New Series no. XCI], Volume XII [New Series Volume V], May 23—December 26 1839, page 334,
But a more important division of the musical public, is that of the learned and unlearned, the esoteries and exoteries ; and in no country whatever have I yet heard a perfectly educated musician call Mozart second-rate.
text: Later on, the doctrine, owing to the contact with the esoteries of the Upanishads, was burdened with scholastic elements: the ideal of an Arhat, aspiring to Nirvana, was excogitated.
ref: 1925, Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, numbers 56-57, page 222:
text: 1954, William Bruce Cameron, Sociological Notes on the Jam Session, Social Forces, Volume 33, page 179, quoted in 2008, Paul Rinzler, The Contradictions of Jazz, page 54,
This means, of course, a continual advance into abstraction and esotery, so that contemporary jazz is always musical casuistry, forever seeking new ways to rationalize the impossible.
text: Whilst Ram Singh was in quasi-confinemcnt at Bhainee, there was a charm of mystery and esotery about the man, to which our espionage, perhaps, added a spice of fascinating prosecution.
ref: 1995, Bhai Nahar Singh, Bhai Kirpal Singh, Rebels Against the British Rule, page 99:
text: Indeed, one might suppose that its esoteries, its intangibilities, and its rarefied and personal visions, would make it invulnerable to the conformist vulgarities of anti-Semitism.
ref: 1996, Anthony Julius, T.S. Eliot, anti-semitism, and literary form, page 92:
text: That was the time when my uncle went to Tibet and I was learning the secrets of esotery from my second teacher Velibor Rabljenovich.
ref: 2007, Pane Andov, Extraordinary Powers in Humans, page 72:
glosses: Mystery; esoterics; knowledge or lore that is esoteric.
coactivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coactivity
coactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coactivities
Etymology: From co- + activity.
Senses: examples: text: This may be called the 'perichoretic coactivity of the Holy Trinity ' .
ref: 2001, Thomas F. Torrance, Christian Doctrine of God, One Being Three Persons, page 198:
text: Coactivity means that the establishment of communication between different components implies that the emitter will be modified by its participation in a relational exchange, that the receiver is not content to receive the information and energy, but that some of its functional characteristics will be modified, and that the existense of the creation of this relationship will be, in a sinse, reified bia the modification of the potential relationship between emitter and receptor, and becoming (if it did not previously exist) a new component at the level of the relationship between components.
ref: 2018, Alain Cardon ·, Beyond Artificial Intelligence, page 17:
glosses: Acting together or in harmony; unity or interdependence of action.
examples: text: There is little question that a significant amount of antagonistic coactivation exists and is the rule rather than the exception under typical manual materials handling conditions. This coactivity has been noted in response to several workplace factors in several studies.
ref: 2012, Kevin P. Granata, Kermit G. Davis, William S. Marras, “Biomechanical Models in Ergonomics”, in Amit Bhattacharya, James D. McGlothlin, editor, Occupational Ergonomics: Theory and Applications, page 154:
text: In addition to stress-related mental health problems, coactivity may also indicate other stress-related problems like cardiovascular disease. Coactivation alters HR dynamics (Eickholt et al., 2018; Tulppo et al., 2005) and may predispose individuals to atrial fibrillation (Tan et al., 2008), a risk factor for heart attack and stroke (Odutayo et al., 2016). Hypothetically, situations that induce coactivity chronically may precipitate or exacerbate atrial fibrillation, placing individuals at greater risk of heart disease; however, this idea has yet to be explored empirically.
ref: 2020, Kate L. Harkness, Elizabeth P. Hayden, The Oxford Handbook of Stress and Mental Health, page 498:
topics: medicine
neurobiology
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Simultaneous activation.
morningstars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morningstar
procellarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹəʊ.səˈlɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌpɹɒ-/
ipa: /ˌpɹoʊ.səˈlɛɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌpɹɑ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: procellarians
Etymology: From Latin procella (“a storm”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: procellariid
tubenose
glosses: Any of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters.
procellarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procellarian
supermaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æksɪlɛəɹi
Etymology: From super- + maxillary.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of supramaxillary.
ambigenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin ambō (“both”) + genus (“kind”).
Senses: glosses: Of two kinds or natures.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of two kinds or natures.
Having two natures, like the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
agricolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agricolists
Senses: examples: text: The pasture, and the food of Plants, / First let the young agricolist be taught: / Then how to sow, and raise the embryo seeds […]
ref: 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture: A Poem:
glosses: A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
agricolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agricolist
photodrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photodromes
Etymology: From photo- + -drome.
Senses: glosses: An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes, the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.
Related terms: stroboscope
photodromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photodrome
rough endoplasmic reticulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The cytoplasm-facing region of the endoplasmic reticulum, occupied by ribosomes that are involved in the formation of membrane and secretory proteins.
patricianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patricianisms
Etymology: From patrician + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Here at last, it would seem, simple manhood is to have a chance to play his stake against Fortune with honest dice, uncogged by those three hoary sharpers, Prerogative, Patricianism, and Priestcraft.
ref: 1895, James Russell Lowell, Among My Books, page 230:
glosses: The rank or character of patricians.
patricianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patricianism
Satsuma ware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made in Satsuma Province in Japan.
cymenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cymenols
Etymology: From cymene + -ol?
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: carvacrol
cymenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cymenol
preambulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preambulations
Etymology: From pre- + ambulation.
Senses: glosses: A walking or going before; precedence.
examples: text: But to omitte these preambulations, and come to the purpose, I tell thee—gentle Reader—if thou wilt vouchsafe the ouerlooking of this comfortable recreation, with a mind to profit, thou maist reape benefit, and be greatly bettered by the reading of it.
ref: 1580, Humfrey Gifford, “Epistle to the Reader of the Prose in the "Posie"”, in Alexander B. Grosart, editor, The Poems of Humfrey Gifford, for private circulation, published 1870, →OCLC, page 33:
text: Explanations are usually very tedious, and so without any introduction or preambulation I will plunge right into the midst of this uncanny story I am about to tell.
ref: 1889 July, Algernon Blackwood, “A Mysterious House”, in Belgravia, volume 69, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 98:
glosses: A preamble.
preambulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preambulation
plesiosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plesiosaurians
Senses: glosses: A plesiosaur.
Derived terms: neoplesiosaurian
plesiosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plesiosaurian
syphering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sypher
splattery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splattery
form: most splattery
Etymology: From splatter + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] his old green baize work-gown with a splattery white patch in the middle of the back […]
ref: 1896, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 11, in Tom Sawyer, Detective:
glosses: Resembling or covered in splatters.
examples: text: When the all-father in eagle form had almost reached the vats, with Suttung immediately behind him, Odin blew some of the mead out of his behind, a splattery wet fart of foul=smelling mead right in Suttung's face, blinding the giant and throwing him off Odin's trail.
ref: 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 131:
glosses: Composed of liquid spray that causes splatters.
perispermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From perisperm + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the perisperm
Derived terms: aperispermic
idiomuscular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From idio- + muscular.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.
empuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛmˈpjuːz/
Forms: form: empuses
Etymology: Latin empusa, from Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: text: But Suidas tells of certain Empuse that used to appear at such times as the Greeks did celebrate the funerals of the dead
ref: 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:
glosses: A phantom; ghost; spectre.
empuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empuse
exodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐξοδικός (exodikós, “belonging to departure”). See exodus.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; said of the motor or efferent nerves.
antimixing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimixing
form: most antimixing
Etymology: From anti- + mixing.
Senses: examples: an antimixing agent
the antimixing laws of Nazi Germany
glosses: Preventing or opposing mixing.
crames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crame
pontificalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pontificality
pontificality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pontificalities
Etymology: From pontifical + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Charles the fifth , emperor , who was accounted one of the Pope's best sons , yet proceeded in matter temporal towards Pope Clement with strange rigour : never regarding the pontificality , but kept him prisoner thirteen months[…]
ref: c. 1614, Francis Bacon, The Charge Against William Talbot:
glosses: The state and government of the pope; the papacy.
phillyrea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phillyreas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: synonyms: mock privet
jasmine box
glosses: Any evergreen plant in the genus Phillyrea (there are only two accepted species, native to the Mediterranean).
phillyreas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phillyrea
excurse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: excurses
form: excursing
form: excursed
form: excursed
Etymology: Probably partly from Classical Latin excurs-, past participial stem of excurrō, and partly from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: In which of the nine hundred ſtreets—I mean lanes—of this capital of the world—for who can diſpute a Pariſian’s word, who never has excurſed beyond the gates?
ref: 1769, [John Hall-Stevenson], “The Tilt of Arms. Paris and London.”, in Yorick’s Sentimental Journey, Continued. […], volume III, London: […] S. Bladon, […], →OCLC, pages 65–66:
text: Let’s all help our bodies get over what we did to them this winter by taking an excursion to Grace Spa. Or pick the spa of your choice. But it was Grace Spa that I excursed to and that I'm writing about firsthand.
ref: 2015 April 8, Dina Mishev, “Facial refreshes skin after winter outdoors”, in Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jackson, Wyo.: Teton Media Works, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2025, “Stepping Out” section, page 4:
text: There was a notable lack of security, ostensibly because the place was so isolated, although it seems that journalists still thronged about the borders, leaping from beds of nettles to catch a glimpse of the royal party of excursing.
ref: 2017, Annie Gray, The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: To make a journey, especially an excursion; to travel.
examples: text: But how I excurſe!—Yet thou uſedſt to ſay, thou likedſt my excurſions. If thou doſt, thou’lt have enow of them: For I never had a ſubject I ſo much adored; […]
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XIII. From Mr. Lovelace; In Continuation.”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume III, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 91:
glosses: To digress; to turn aside from the main subject of attention.
glosses: To travel or pass through.
excursed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of excurse
excurses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of excurse
excurses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excurse
excursing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of excurse
burgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burgeries
Etymology: Probably from Latin burgāria.
Senses: glosses: The governing body of a burgh or borough; burgage.
burgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burgeries
form: burgeria
Etymology: From burger + -ery.
Senses: synonyms: hamburgery
glosses: A fast-food restaurant specialising in hamburgers
burgery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more burgery
form: most burgery
Etymology: From burger + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Steaming tempeh in a flavoured sauce can give it a ‘burgery’ flavour with no great effort.
ref: 1993, Leah Leneman, 365 Plus One Vegan Recipes: Delicious Meals and Ideas for Every Day of the Year, London: Thorsons; HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 98:
text: It’s the burgery smell I just can’t resist / Everything is hamburgers / On my Christmas list.
ref: 2003 fall, Caitlin Lam, “Hamburgers”, in A Celebration of Young Poets: Northeast – Fall 2003, Logan, Ut.: Creative Communication, Inc., published 2004, page 54:
text: Ground sirloin is lower in fat and steakier tasting than chuck, which is why we use it. For a more classic burgery taste, go with a blend of the two.
ref: 2006, How to Boil Water: Life Beyond Takeout (Food Network Kitchens), Des Moines, Ia.: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 61:
text: For a quick bite, Downtown offers a couple of food courts popular with office workers. One is inside the Old Post Office Pavilion[…]. The other is the Shops at National Place (529 W 14th St NW), inside the National Press Club Building, where Five Guys wafts its burgery goodness.
ref: 2012 November, Karla Zimmerman, Regis St Louis, Washington, DC, 5th edition, Footscray, Vic.; Oakland, Calif.; London: Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 158:
text: Further demonstrating the chronic reverse-wisdom of orange-hued individuals, the SUV driver entered the drive-thru lane and attempted to place an order. Refused burgery goodness on grounds of prior shitheadery, he threatened an employee’s life.
ref: 2020 September 16, Kevin L. Hoover, “Arcata Police Log: The Era of Annoyance cedes to the Age of Aggressive Obnoxiousness”, in Mad River Union, volume 7, number 52, Arcata, Calif., →ISSN, page 5, column 5:
synonyms: hamburgery
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a burger.
Related terms: cheeseburgery
hamburgery
zooted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zoot
zooted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zooted
form: most zooted
Senses: examples: text: I'm getting zooted on this drink.
text: I’m open, hype off the chronic I was smoking, feeling zooted
That Brooklyn shit got me stupid
I’m loose, kid – that’s what the overproof did
What the ruck you looking at, son? You’ll get roofed, kid!
ref: 2000 January 1, “Stupid”, in Mr. Metaphor (lyrics), The Will Tell Compilation Vol. 1: Thats Right Inc., performed by Word A' Mouth, Block McCloud, and Mr. Metaphor:
glosses: Drunk or intoxicated; stoned; zonked.
Synonyms: drunk
stoned
burgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgery
sibilatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sibilatory
form: most sibilatory
Senses: examples: text: sibilatory emphasis
text: sibilatory sound
glosses: hissing; sibilant
Samhita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Samhitas
form: Saṃhitā
form: Sanhita
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit संहिता (saṃhitā, “a methodically arranged collection of verses”) from संहित (saṃhita, “joined, collected”). See संधा (saṃdhā).
Senses: glosses: The basic metrical (mantra) text of a Veda.
glosses: One of a collection of post-Vedic texts.
Samhitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Samhita
Sanhita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sanhitas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Samhita.
Sanhitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sanhita
stichometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stichometry
stichometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stichometries
Etymology: From sticho- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.
glosses: The division of the text of a book into lines; a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
sulphocarbonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sulphacid, H₂CSO₂, analogous to carbonic acid.
Synonyms: thiocarbonic acid
pulkha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulkhas
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of pulk (“sledge”).
pulkhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulkha
misfeeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misfeelings
Etymology: From mis- + feeling.
Senses: examples: text: I wanted to expound on my immediate sensory misgivings and mis-feelings!
ref: 2010, George Lysloff, Poems, Visions, Reflections:
text: To measure the amount of complaints we used a list of 24 somatic or emotional complaints, dysfunctions and misfeelings.
ref: 2013, R. R. O'Moore, B. Barber, P. L. Reichertz, Medical Informatics Europe 82: Fourth Congress, page 516:
glosses: A bad, wrong, or negative feeling.
depletive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compare French déplétif.
Senses: examples: text: depletive ratio
text: depletive therapy
text: depletive use
glosses: Causing depletion.
Derived terms: lymphodepletive
myelodepletive
depletive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depletives
Etymology: Compare French déplétif.
Senses: glosses: Any substance used to deplete.
depletives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depletive
diversories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diversory
diversory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diversories
Etymology: From Latin diversorium, deversorium (“an inn or lodging”).
Senses: examples: text: For slaughtering one , through many regions stray'd
In my stall, as his diversory, stay'd.
ref: 1614–1615, Homer, “The Fourteenth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume II, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:
glosses: A wayside inn.
diversory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diversory
form: most diversory
Etymology: From Latin diversorium, deversorium (“an inn or lodging”).
Senses: glosses: Tending to divert; causing diversion.
closehanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more closehanded
form: most closehanded
form: close-handed
Etymology: From close + handed.
Senses: examples: text: Once he got to Main Street, the street lamps puddled pale gold circles directly beneath their poles, closehanded as a string of misers, but Mason avoided even the edges of their light.
ref: 2015, Fran Stewart, chapter 8, in A Wee Murder in My Shop, →ISBN:
text: The most famous of the roods was that of Boxley in Kent, which used to smile and bow, or frown and shake its head, as its worshippers were generous or closehanded.
ref: 2013, James A. Froude, The Essential James A. Froude Collection, →ISBN:
text: In his buildings he was magnificent ; in his reward closehanded : so that his liberality extended rather to what regarded himself, and his own memory, than to the rewarding of merit.
ref: 1827, Richard Alfred Davenport, New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and epistolary writers Volume 2, page 36:
glosses: Covetous; penurious; stingy
examples: text: Ye need not be so closehanded of anything I send you: ye may communicate them to whom ye will, for I am little concerned if they be published under others' name or not.
ref: 2014, J.L. Berggren, Jonathan M. Borwein, Peter Borwein, Pi: A Source Book, →ISBN, page 90:
text: Formerly a tight, closehanded group of archives in fear of studio snoops in search of misappropriated property in the archives' collections, they have since blossomed into relatively open "cinematheques" complete with Rene Beauclair's The International Directory of Film and TV Documentation Centers (1988).
ref: 1997, Thomas Cripps, Hollywood's High Noon: Moviemaking and Society Before Television, →ISBN, page 236:
glosses: Secretive.
examples: text: ...a closehanded battle, or tumult, in which the ditferent parties are confusedly mired together, and fight, as we say, pellmell.
ref: 1845, Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, Encyclopædia Metropolitana; Or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, Volume 1, page 115:
glosses: Involving close proximity.
closehanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more closehanded
form: most closehanded
form: close-handed
Etymology: From close + handed.
Senses: examples: text: As a reporter, I became aware of the problems whistleblowers face closehanded back when I was covering government and local government in Des Moines, Iowa.
ref: 1976, United States Congress: Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, Federal Employee Disclosure Act of 1975, S. 1210, page 21:
glosses: Closely, directly.
Related terms: closehandedness
pharyngologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharyngologists
Etymology: From pharyngology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A student of pharyngology; one versed in the science of pharyngology.
May Duke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: May Dukes
Etymology: Corruption of Médoc, the province in France where it is supposed to have originated.
Senses: glosses: A large dark-red variety of cherry, cross between Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus.
Maydukes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mayduke
pharyngologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharyngologist
deterration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deterrations
Etymology: From Latin de + terra (“earth”) + -ation. Compare French déterrer (“to unearth”).
Senses: examples: text: This Deterration, as 'tis called, or Devolution of Earth and Sand from the Mountains and higher Grounds
ref: 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:
glosses: The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; an unearthing.
deterrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deterration
unburial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unburials
Etymology: From un- + burial.
Senses: glosses: The digging up of something previously buried; disinterment; exhumation.
unburials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unburial
emacerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: emacerates
form: emacerating
form: emacerated
form: emacerated
Etymology: From Latin emaceratus (“emaciated”), from e + macerare (“to make soft”).
Senses: examples: text: Let Cockle, ſtead of Barley, stead of wheat,
Let Thistles all my grounds emacerate.
ref: 1685, William Clark, The Grand Tryal:
glosses: To make or become lean; to emaciate.
emacerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emacerate
emacerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emacerate
emacerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emacerate
becut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: becuts
form: becutting
form: becut
form: becut
Etymology: From Middle English bekutten (found in compound for-bekutte (“mutilated”)), equivalent to be- + cut.
Senses: examples: text: And dead and cold, me then againe they martyr-'d, Me all in pieces they becut and quartir'd, […]
ref: 1868, John Taylor, Works of John Taylor:
glosses: To cut about; cut around; cut up; cut off; sever.
stigmatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stigmatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a stigmatic way, with a stigma, or mark of infamy or deformity.
elaidic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elaïdic acid
form: elaidinic acid
Etymology: See elaine (“oleic acid”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The trans isomer of oleic acid; the major trans fat found in hydrogenated vegetable oils, also occurring in small amounts in caprine and bovine milk.
Derived terms: ricinelaidic acid
Related terms: elaidinization
blindstories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blindstory
blindstory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blindstories
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The triforium
Coordinate terms: clerestory
chiragrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: As for the observation of Lemnius, an eminent physician, concerning the gout, however it happened in his country, we may observe it otherwise in ours; that is, chiragrical persons do suffer in this finger as well as in the rest, and sometimes first of all, and sometimes nowhere else.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Having gout in the hand.
suggestment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suggestments
Etymology: From suggest + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: They fancy that every thought must needs have an immediate outward suggestment.
ref: 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:
glosses: suggestion
suggestments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suggestment
Rhadamanthus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌɹæ.dəˈmæn.θəs/
Forms: form: Rhadamanthys
Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ῥαδάμανθυς (Rhadámanthus).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
coordinate_terms: Aeacus
Minos
glosses: A king of Crete, one of the three judges in Hades.
Rhadamanthus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɹæ.dəˈmæn.θəs/
Forms: form: Rhadamanthuses
form: Rhadamanthys
Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ῥαδάμανθυς (Rhadámanthus).
Senses: examples: text: It was in vain to be a Rhadamanthus with the bells, and if an unfortunate bell rang without leave, to have it down inexorably and silence it.
ref: 1859 December 13, Charles Dickens [et al.], “(please specify the name of the story)”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Whiting, […], →OCLC:
text: Nothing is now heard but the ticking of a quaint old timepiece on the summit of a bookcase. Ten minutes pass; he captures her knight; she takes his knight, and looks a very Rhadamanthus.
ref: 1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘He Heard Her Musical Pants’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 82:
glosses: A strict and just judge.
Derived terms: Rhadamanthean
Rhadamanthine
Rhadamanthuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rhadamanthus
healless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more healless
form: most healless
Etymology: From Middle English heleles, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -less. Compare healful.
Senses: examples: text: […] the hour that Wrung its idol from its core, and left it Bleeding with a healless wound, nor power On earth to staunch and stop the same; […]
ref: 1842, John Snowden Hopkins, The poetical works of John Snowden Hopkins:
text: A capacity for sin so healless that it makes its man despair from his heart of redemption - that is the true theological way to salvation.
ref: 2010, Friedrich Ohly, Linda Archibald, George Steiner, The Damned and the Elect: Guilt in Western Culture:
glosses: Incapable of being made whole or well; cureless; incurable; unhealable.
hepatocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hepato- + -cele.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: hernia of the liver
Derived terms: exclusive hepatocele