cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Greenbergian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Greenbergian
form: most Greenbergian
Etymology: From Greenberg + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Clement Greenberg (1909–1994), American essayist and art critic.
glosses: Of or relating to Joseph Greenberg (1915–2001), American linguist.
AFAIU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: afaiu
Senses: glosses: As far as I understand.
Related terms: AFAIK
allylglucosinolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allylglucosinolates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: sinigrin
allylglucosinolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allylglucosinolate
phenethylglucosinolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: gluconasturtiin
myrosins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myrosin
jalapinolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jalapinolates
Etymology: From jalapinolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of jalapinolic acid.
jalapinolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jalapinolate
jalapinolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid that is a hydrolysis product of jalapin.
Derived terms: jalapinolate
cellotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A benzoyl derivative formerly used in treating tuberculosis.
glycovanillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glyco- + vanillin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The glucoside of vanillin.
fraxetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrolysis product of fraxin; 7,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxycoumarin.
saponarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Saponaria + -in
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucoside found in Saponaria officinalis.
Majority World
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Majority World
Etymology: So called because it comprises most of the world's population.
Senses: glosses: The Third World; the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
hussif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hussifs
form: hussives
form: hussiv
form: huzzy
form: hussive
form: huzzive
Etymology: From Middle English huswif (“housewife”), equivalent to house + wife.
Senses: glosses: A housewife.
glosses: Alternative form of hussy (sewing-case).
farebeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farebeaters
Etymology: From fare + beater.
Senses: glosses: One who avoids having to pay for public transportation, often illegally; a fare dodger.
glosses: One who offers a better fare or rate.
Related terms: farebeat
alymphocytotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to alymphocytosis.
taintable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more taintable
form: most taintable
Etymology: From taint + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be tainted; corruptible.
barrelene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrelenes
Etymology: From barrel + -ene, from the resemblance to a barrel, with the staves being three ethylene units attached to two methine groups.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The bicyclic organic compound bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5,7-triene
Derived terms: benzobarrelene
dibenzobarrelene
tetrafluorobenzobarrelene
barrelenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barrelene
oxymercurations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxymercuration
netherlandophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netherlandophones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Netherlandophone.
benzobarrelenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benzobarrelene
netherlandophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netherlandophone
-tainment
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Back-formation from entertainment.
Senses: glosses: Denoting material created in part to entertain, while also serving another purpose.
Derived terms: edutainment
infotainment
politainment
pornotainment
psychotainment
realitainment
antidactylus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anapest
strike-stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strike-sticks
Etymology: From strike + stick. Compare Dutch strijkstok (“bow for playing an instrument”).
Senses: glosses: A stick passed along the rim of a corn-measure for the purpose of sweeping off excess corn in order to provide an exact measure.
tainter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tainters
Etymology: From taint + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This species is eaten by stock but is a powerful tainter of meat and milk and this should be considered if sheep and cattle are being run for slaughter or cows are producing milk from infested areas.
ref: 2011, JH Leigh, Plants of Western New South Wales, page 322:
glosses: Someone or something that taints.
tainters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tainter
Aeolis Mons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From translingual Aeolis Mons.
Senses: glosses: Aeolis Mons
Synonyms: word: Mount Sharp
ping-pongist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ping-pongists
Etymology: From ping pong + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The competitors were presumably the pick of 'Ping-Pongists' in London.
ref: 1901, “December 27”, in Daily Chronicle, published 1905, page 6/3:
glosses: One who plays or is enthusiastic about ping pong.
cv.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cvs.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of cultivar.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: convar.
qualifier: avoided
glosses: Abbreviation of convariety.
loveapple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loveapples
Senses: examples: text: They cultivate, besides, various kinds of the tomatl or loveapple, and the pistachio or earthnut.
ref: 1810, Select Reviews - Volume 4 - Page 234
text: Prepare your fillet the same as for roasting and larding (receipt the second), and dish it over loveapple sauce.
ref: 1833, Richard Dolby, The cook's dictionary, and housekeeper's directory:
glosses: Alternative form of love apple.
Hachiman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 八幡 (Hachiman).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
Shinto
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: the Japanese god of archery and tutelary deity of samurai.
half-elves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-elf
birthhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthhoods
Etymology: From birth + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Conception, gestation and birthhood are the sublimest manifestations of the God-power among men!
ref: 1880, Obstetric Gazette - Volume 2 - Page 244
text: Accept me on your laps And let me close your womb The fortune of your birthhood [...]
ref: 1996, Jared Angira, Tides of Time:
text: [...] its lights still burning with undiminished splendor; its altars still blazing with their sacred fires; its truth still pure as in the day of its birthhood; [...]
ref: 2003, L. S. Myler, Jewels of Masonic Oratory 1930 - Page 322:
text: I am too much the geneticist to believe that the carrier's interest in the baby "outbonds" the interest of the married couple who donated their gametes in a preembryonic "bond," watched the entity they created achieve birthhood, and then stood by and saw their procreative dreams dashed by a cheating contract-breaker.
ref: 2004, Ira H Carmen, Politics In The Laboratory:
text: Also Alexander, as well as several Hindu Sages, as Salivahana and Gautama, bore the mantle of divine birthhood, being said to have been produced by a serpent entwining around their mothers.
ref: 2007, Alvin Boyd Kuhn, Who Is This King of Glory?:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being born; nativity.
Related terms: bornness
birthhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthhood
bornness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From born + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: This “bornness” often entails so many infirmities of genius as to greatly modify its value. In the game of salesmanship, as it is beginning to be played today, “bornness” untrained cannot compete with highly trained mediocrity.
ref: 1911, The Electric Journal - Volumes 1-7 - Page 951
text: I wish to call this process a moving from our “bornness to our bentness”; a concept I feel says it well.
ref: 2011, Bob Edwards, Living Up in a Down World:
glosses: The state or condition with which one is born; one's inherent quality; natural ability or inclination.
shrouder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrouders
Etymology: From shroud + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of shroud: one who shrouds or conceals things.
examples: text: [T]he last job available at the new West Point plant was that of a "shrouder," involving the laborious and monotonous task of attaching a canvas cover to a beef carcass.
ref: 1976, George Pratt Shultz, Arnold Robert Weber, Strategies for the Displaced Worker: Confronting Economic Change, page 68:
glosses: A slaughterhouse worker whose primary job is attaching a cloth or canvas cover to a beef carcass.
bridehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bride + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: In other words, it is women who still fall into the category of bridehood whose behavior should most closely model the ideals of modesty and restraint.
ref: 1994, Jeanette Dickerson-Putnam, Judith K Brown, Women among women:
text: Bridehood will encompass all the previous moves of God, as well as the restoration of the fivefold ministry in each local church.
ref: 2011, Aimee Kovacs, Dancing into the Anointing:
glosses: The state or condition of being a bride.
shrouders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrouder
double takes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double take
Borromean rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the coat of arms of the Italian Borromeo family.
Senses: glosses: Three rings joined together so that no pairs are individually linked
double-take
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-takes
Senses: examples: text: I swear I did a double-take when I spotted that $100 bill lying in the gutter!
glosses: Alternative form of double take.
baitholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baitholders
Etymology: From bait + holder.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A small type of fishing hook.
vauntest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vaunt + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of vaunt
vaunteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vaunt + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vaunt
vomiteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vomit + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vomit
projectorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From projector + -less.
Senses: examples: text: This means that the educational film-producers can now look forward to their films being used by thousands of teachers who have previously been projectorless.
ref: 1949, Daily Mail Year Book, page 59:
glosses: Without a projector.
rinksides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rinkside
thirstest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: thirst + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of thirst
depresseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: depress + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of press
dejecteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deject + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deject
CIBER
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Centre for Integrative Bee Research.
topics: NASA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment.
alqueire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑlˈkeɪɹi/
Forms: form: alqueires
Etymology: From Portuguese alqueire, from Arabic الكَيْل (al-kayl, “a measure”), from ك ي ل (k y l).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
glosses: A traditional Portuguese unit of land area, equal to 2–10 hectares in different locations.
Synonyms: word: Portuguese bushel
english: Portuguese contexts
translation: Portuguese contexts
word: bushel
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of dry volume
word: celamim (1⁄32 alqueire)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: maquia (1⁄16 alqueire)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: oitava (1⁄8 alqueire)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: quarta (1⁄4 alqueire)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: fanga (4 alqueires)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: moio (60 alqueires)
hearthplace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hearthplaces
Etymology: From hearth + place.
Senses: glosses: The area around a hearth; fireside.
hearthplaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hearthplace
squabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of squab
squabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squab
mighties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mighty
fitteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fit + -eth
Senses: examples: text: The carpenter […] marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 44:13:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fit
balductums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balductum
launcheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: launch + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of launch
vilifieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vilify + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vilify
valueth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: value + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of value
mergeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: merge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of merge
verifieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: verify + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of verify
saileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sail + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sail
dissipateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dissipate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dissipate
laveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lave + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lave
confuteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: confute + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of confute
refuteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: refute + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refute
meandereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: meander + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of meander
dineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dine + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dine
discourseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: discourse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discourse
converseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: converse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of converse
carouseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: carouse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carouse
morrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morrice
morrices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of morrice
astoundeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: astound + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of astound
dinest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dine + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of dine
attemptest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: attempt + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of attempt
amazest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: amaze + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of amaze
communest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: commune + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of commune
convolver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convolvers
Etymology: From convolve + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: An algorithm that performs convolution on a signal.
convolvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convolver
diers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dier
netgoth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netgoths
Etymology: From net + goth.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Gothic subculture who is active on the Internet.
Related terms: cybergoth
netgoths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netgoth
dislocators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dislocator
repeatest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: repeat + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of repeat
replenishest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: replenish + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of replenish
replenisheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: replenish + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of replenish
punisheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: punish + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of punish
tarnisheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: tarnish + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tarnish
tarnishest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: tarnish + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of tarnish
punishest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: punish + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of punish
spoilest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spoil + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of spoil
spilleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spill + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spill
spoileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spoil + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil
spillest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spill + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of spill
waterest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: water + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of water
symbolizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: symbolize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of symbolize
brabbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brabble
brabbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brabble
forthgoings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forthgoing
groomdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From groom + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: We imagined that this was a ruse on his part, for his neck loved the yoke of groomdom.
ref: 1880, Caroline Alicia De Fonblanque, Five weeks in Iceland:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being a groom; groomhood.
examples: text: The small cadre of confirmed bachelors is excluded from the sample universe, and depending upon the dates of the records studied there can be an interaction between history and groomdom.
ref: 1984, Martin Bulmer, Sociological Research Methods:
glosses: Grooms collectively.
groomhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From groom + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: He need not reside in a room, but only in a bunk, and a bunk need not be rated for the relief of the poor. We talk about manhood suffrage, but what about groomhood suffrage?
ref: 1899, “THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES: FOURTH SERIES”, in parliamentary debates, volume LXXII, page dccxxi:
text: [...] and those women who are joined to them in marriage, long to see Brother Knechtel before the blush of groomhood wears off his cheerful countenance, [...]
ref: 1929, The Sleeping Car Conductor, volumes 12-13, page 25:
text: As he reverts to groomhood, there enters in haste Adolesco himself from the secret corridor, who still has barely presence of mind to thank his impersonator, and they might have got into a discussion of the gelding's off rear pastern problem, [...]
ref: 1985, Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine - Volume 9, Issues 10-13 - Page 59:
text: Some social scientists (Altekar, 1962; Aziz, 1983; Srinivas, 1984) attribute the increasing prevalence of dowry to the concept of groomhood being drastically changed from the normal eligible bachelor to a fancy product.
ref: 1991, The Indian Journal of Social Work - Volume 52 - Page 205
text: And besides, Vergil had already been some while ago made free of the Eleusinian bridehood and the groomhood, a mystagogue was he, of that and of other mysteries, perhaps lesser known, if not, who shall say: [...]
ref: 2012, Avram Davidson, The Scarlet Fig:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being a groom; groomdom.
Related terms: groomship
groomship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groomships
Etymology: From groom + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: There, on the plastic-covered couch, sat another candidate for groomship.
ref: 2006, Tori Carrington, Sofie Metropolis - Volume 1 - Page 82:
glosses: The state, condition, office, or function of a groom.
groomships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groomship
bridegoom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridegooms
Etymology: See bridegroom. This variant has been preferred by some writers because it is closer to the Old English root word.
Senses: examples: text: He said —- and, light as bridegooms bound To their young loves, reclimhed the steep And gained the shrine — his Chiefs stood round— Their swords, as with instinctive leap, Together, at that cry accursed, [...]
ref: 1836, Thomas Moore, The fire-worshippers - Volume 1 - Page 83:
text: The bridegoom wanted to expedite matters. He asked of my wife, "Is there any other minister in town, that we could go to?"
ref: 1883, The Home Missionary - Volume 55 - Page 45
text: He has consented to be the priest on condition that you are the bridegoom, so do not fail me. Again, with love, Joe." " And so ... She wants me for her bridegoom, and I don't know but I'm willing, so I guess I'll have to go; [...]
ref: 1907, Mary Jane Holmes, Forrest House:
text: "From yonder hair-brained hag, The world, good faith and honour "Seek not, for lo! the bride Of thousand bridegooms she is."
ref: 2011, The Collected Poems of Hafiz - Page 46
glosses: Alternative form of bridegroom.
bridegooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridegoom
postpostmodern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + postmodern.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a movement or style (of art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy) that has moved beyond postmodernism.
Related terms: post-postmodernism
prepostmodern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + postmodern.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a movement or style (of art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy) that came before postmodernism; modern.
trop.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹɒp/
Forms: form: trops.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of tropic (parallel of latitude).
trop.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /tɹɒp/
Senses: examples: text: Trop., of a secret conspiracy, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.
ref: 1879, Charlton Thomas Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, “equus” II.C.2
glosses: Abbreviation of tropical (of or pertaining to the tropics; from or similar to a hot, humid climate; dated: metaphorical, figurative).
Synonyms: sense: tropical: metaphorical
word: fig.
postbirth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + birth.
Senses: glosses: postnatal
heptalemma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhɛptəˈlɛmə/
Etymology: English hepta- (“seven”) + Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmmă, “premise, assumption”), as in dilemma, trilemma, tetralemma, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Ṭhāṇ 3.239 offers also a trilemma: (1) to state the truth (tavvayaṇa <tadvacana>), (2) to state the untruth (tadaṇṇavayaṇa <tadanyavacana>), (3) to state something meaningless or negative (no-avayaṇa <no-avacana>); Ṭhāṇ 7.129 a heptalemma: (1) speech (ālāva <ālāpa>), (2) taciturnity (aṇ-ālāva <an-ālāpa>), (3) flattery (ullāva <ullāpa>), (4) insult (aṇ-ullāva <an-ullāpa>), (5) dialogue (saṁlāva <saṁlāpa>), (6) prattle (palāva <pralāpa>), (7) contradiction (vi-ppalāva <vi-pralāpa>).
ref: 2010, Piotr Balcerowicz, editor, Logic and Belief in Indian Philosophy, Motilal Banarsidass, Publishers, →ISBN (10), →ISBN (13), page 150:
qualifier: Indian logic
glosses: A figure that gives an exhaustive enumeration of seven possibilities in a specified situation.
EFIGS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Although the original game was EFIGS – English, French, Italian, Spanish, German – the game itself uses about twenty-three thousand words, which is a lot, and all localisations combined, uncompressed, were about nine hundred and fifty kilobytes, which is also a lot, and so I could have of course cut that up and paged in and paged out the localisations from the hard drive, but that still kind of didn't save me from the floppy disk, in trying to get it down to 1.44 megs, so I made it English only unfortunately.
ref: 2016, Brian Provinciano, Porting Retro City Rampage to MS-DOS: From PS4 to 1.44MB Floppy, Game Developers Conference:
glosses: Initialism of English, French, Italian, German, Spanish.
takfir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَكْفِير (takfīr).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Excommunication.
takfir
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takfirs
form: takfiring
form: takfired
form: takfired
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَكْفِير (takfīr).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: To excommunicate, to declare someone a kafir.
Related terms: takfiri
kafir
Takfiri
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Takfiri
form: most Takfiri
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of takfiri.
mantit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mantits
Etymology: From man + tit.
Senses: glosses: A man's breast, pectoral, or nipple
mantits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mantit
motorboated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of motorboat
AAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AA
AAs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of AA
PDP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PDPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of personal development plan.
qualifier: fluid mechanics
glosses: Initialism of positive displacement pump.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of plasma display panel.
glosses: Abbreviation of pedophile.
PDP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Philippine Development Plan.
qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.
PDPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PDP
positive displacement pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: positive displacement pumps
Senses: glosses: A pump which operates by periodically changing the volume of a cavity
Hypernyms: pump
turbomachine
Hyponyms: Archimedes' screw
flexible-tube squegee
peristaltic pump
plunger
three-lobe pump
Coordinate terms: rotodynamic pump
ideal gases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ideal gas
soulscot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soulscots
form: soul-scot
form: soul-shot
Etymology: From Middle English saulesoth, *soulescot, from sāwolsċeatt (“an ecclesiastical due, to be paid for every deceased person to the clergy of the church to which he belonged, in consideration of the services performed by them in his behalf”), equivalent to soul + scot.
Senses: examples: text: O, by my soulscot, I do love to tell My stories with the haste I often count, At drowsy night, my Paternoster belt.
ref: 1839, J. F. Pennie, Britain's Historical Drama:
text: He will pay his brotherhood yearly, and soulscot on the death of a brother or sister, except for reason of poverty; […]
ref: 1955, J. W. F. Hill, Tudor & Stuart Lincoln, page 32:
text: The vagaries of the records bar any firm calculation of membership figures – especially as receipts include money for 'soulscot', presumably made on behalf of the dead.
ref: 2007, R. N. Swanson, Indulgences in Late Medieval England:
text: […] churchscot, a render paid annually in grain; lightscot, candles or oil for lighting church lamps; plough-alms, assessed at a penny per plough; and soulscot, a payment in return for burial in a church graveyard.
ref: 2010, Joyce Tally Lionarons, The Homiletic Writings of Archbishop Wulfstan:
topics: ecclesiastical
law
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A funeral payment, formerly made at the grave, usually to the parish priest in whose church service for the departed had been said; a mortuary.
velocity potential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velocity potentials
Senses: qualifier: fluid mechanics
glosses: A scalar potential function relating to the flow’s velocity distribution, defined as ϕ=∇⃑V
raw_tags: of an inviscid irrotational flow
domestic servants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domestic servant
arribadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arribada
motionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more motionable
form: most motionable
Etymology: From motion + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Yet found he not on heaven's face A task of cloud to clear ; There was no speck that he might chase Off the blue hemisphere, Nor vapour from the land to drive: The frost-bound country held Nought motionable or alive, […]
ref: 1899, Robert Seymour Bridges, Poetical Works of Robert Bridges:
text: Sway, flowers, leaning like reeds in a wave, More motionable than insects.
ref: 2006, Theodore Roethke, David Wagoner, Straw for the Fire:
text: The girth ofit and the wharf of it and the wall; Stanching, quenching ocean of a motionable mind; […]
ref: 2007, Joseph Black, Leonard Conolly, Kate Flint, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature:
text: On the back of the sheet of paper on which he wrote this poem Hopkins scribbled one of his only poems about the sort of men he knew at Oxford: Denis, whose motionable, alert, most vaulting wit Caps occasion with an intellectual fit.
ref: 2012, Denis Healey, My Secret Planet:
glosses: Able to be moved or set in motion.
examples: text: If the fact of insurance coverage is omitted from the petition, will a mere statement that the claim will be unaffected by insovency of the estate suffice, or is this motionable?
ref: 1962 December 24, Stanley B. Kent, “Notification of Tort Claims Against Decedent's Estates: A Trap for the Unwary Lawyer”, in The Ohio Bar, volume 35, number 50:
text: Some attribute it to uninspiring motions—but a glance at them does not suggest that the good days (except for the excellent 'King and Country' motion harking back to historic Union debates when another Amplefordian was then also President ) were any more motionable than the bad were motionless.
ref: 1977, The Ampleforth Journal - Volumes 82-83, page 101:
text: No that's not a motionable motion I will reframe it we must vote on whether to be implicit or explicit and if the latter then vote on the positive or negative modalities.
ref: 2012, Christine Brooke-Rose, The Brooke-Rose Omnibus:
glosses: Able to be made as a motion.
assaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assarion
Michaelmas daisies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Michaelmas daisy
Avarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Avarian
form: most Avarian
Etymology: From Avaria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Avaria.
Avarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Avarians
Etymology: From Avaria + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Avaria.
Avarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Avarian
engastrimyth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engastrimyths
Senses: glosses: A ventriloquist.
Derived terms: engastrimythic
Related terms: gastric
huggering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hugger
Frostian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Frostian
form: most Frostian
Etymology: From Frost + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Robert Frost (1874–1963), American poet.
Browningian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Browningian
form: most Browningian
Etymology: From Browning + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Robert Browning (1812–1889), English poet and playwright.
budder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: budders
Etymology: From bud + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Grenache is an early budder.
text: […] so I will begin
Now while I cannot hear the city’s din;
Now while the early budders are just new,
ref: 1818, John Keats, Endymion^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Endymion_(Keats)#Book_I), Book I, lines 39-41:
glosses: A plant that buds.
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: A person who practices budding (a form of grafting).
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: A tool used for budding.
budder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Etymology: Blend of bud + butter?
Senses: glosses: Synonym of honey oil (“form of cannabis”).
synonyms: word: honey oil
extra: form of cannabis
budders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of budder
assumeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: assume + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assume
assumest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: assume + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of assume
engastrimyths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of engastrimyth
gastrolater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastrolaters
Senses: glosses: A lover of food; a glutton.
Related terms: gastrolatry
gastrolaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastrolater
Hayekians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hayekian
Cartwrightian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cartwrightian
form: most Cartwrightian
Etymology: From Cartwright + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Thomas Cartwright (Puritan) (c. 1535–1603), English Puritan churchman.
befriendest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: befriend + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of befriend
befriendeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: befriend + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of befriend
prostratest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: prostrate + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of prostrate
prostrateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: prostrate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prostrate
degradest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: degrade + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of degrade
degradeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: degrade + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of degrade
trick-or-treats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trick-or-treat
trick-or-treated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trick-or-treat
split-complex number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split-complex numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An element of the two-dimensional algebra over the field of real numbers which contains an element ȷ ≠ 1 satisfying ȷ² = 1.
Synonyms: double number
hyperbolic number
perplex number
Hypernyms: hypercomplex number
roots for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of root for
rooting for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of root for
rooted for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of root for
partakest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: partake + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of partake
partaketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: partake + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of partake
apportionest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: apportion + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of apportion
apportioneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: apportion + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of apportion
tingeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: tinge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tinge
composeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: compose + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compose
compriseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: comprise + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comprise
respondeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: respond + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of respond
reprieveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: reprieve + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reprieve
singlefoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From single + foot.
Senses: examples: text: A mile further along he passes us, the horse, archnecked, reined back to a swift singlefoot.
ref: 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 69:
glosses: A horse's gait, a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite simultaneously.
Related terms: word: single
singlefoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: singlefoots
form: singlefooting
form: singlefooted
form: singlefooted
Etymology: From single + foot.
Senses: glosses: To proceed by means of the singlefoot gait.
cancerphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Forms: form: cancerophobia
Etymology: From cancer + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: An inordinate dread of developing cancer.
Synonyms: carcinophobia
Related terms: cancerphobic
cryptomnesically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cryptomnesic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a cryptomnesic manner.
unnie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌni/
rhymes: -ʌni
Forms: form: unnies
form: unni
form: eonni
form: eonnie
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 언니 (eonni, “older sister of a woman”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: noona
oppa
hyung
dongsaeng
qualifier: women's speech
glosses: An affectionate term of address for an older sister or somewhat older woman.
coordinate_terms: hyung
maknae
qualifier: South Korean idol fandom
glosses: An older female member of an idol group.
Derived terms: unnie line
unnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unnie
disappoynt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disappoynts
form: disappoynting
form: disappoynted
form: disappoynted
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of disappoint.
coyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coynes
Senses: examples: text: By the continuall sorting and telling of this coyne, then did enter of the ewre of that brasse and copper under the nails of her fingers.
ref: 1634, Lowe, Chirurg.:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of coin.
omnomnom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of om nom nom.
ALJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ALJs
Senses: examples: text: Once the hearing is concluded, the ALJ will prepare a report based on the record.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 23:
glosses: Initialism of administrative law judge.
ALJs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ALJ
luck of the draw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: An allusion to the random manner in which objects (such as playing cards, straws, or marbles) are distributed, drawn, or withdrawn (from a card deck, bag, or other container) in many games of chance (such as card games).
Senses: examples: text: She got a big winner [ticket for a large prize]. It was the luck of the draw!
text: She got a real dud. Well, that's the luck of the draw for you.
text: [A] dry ditch or moat . . . should have been constructed around towers in particularly exposed or vulnerable positions but in some cases it seems that they were selected by the luck of the draw.
ref: 1973, Sheila Sutcliffe, Martello Towers, →ISBN, page 63:
text: [I]s it merely the luck of the draw that turns some novels into blockbusters and others of equal merit into also-rans?
ref: 1996 May 21, Carey Goldberg, “Best-Selling Author, but Not at Home”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Jun 2013:
text: If you've never been a smoker and you develop lung cancer, how did you get it? Is it genetics, environment, radon, luck of the draw?
ref: 2005 August 10, “What You Need to Know on Smoking and Lung Cancer”, in Time:
synonyms: chance
happenstance
fortuity
glosses: The random production or occurrence of favorable or unfavorable results.
Related terms: lucky dip
lucky draw
togethership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From together + -ship. Compare Old English gaderscype (“union, marriage”).
Senses: examples: text: Alone she cannot fight; her Man is her weapon. He makes to prevail those Ideals which she has given him with her embraces. This also is the perfect type of Marriage, — comradeship, togethership, — [...]
ref: 1908, Robert Herrick, Together:
text: This was effected by a ransom payment insignificant as compared with the paint-pony's joy. He was then ready for the business of this first day of real togethership with his self -selected — she who admittedly herself had selected him.
ref: 1922, Ethel Smith Dorrance, James French Dorrance, Lonesome Town:
text: One can often see such transactions develop at a time when the reader is experiencing the more difficult sections of text, during a time of struggle. Yet, as teacher and student move through this challenging period in togethership, their dance through difficulty creates a unified flow toward the greatest growth.
ref: 2004, Ardith Davis Cole, When reading begins:
glosses: A state or condition of togetherness or being together; unity; solidarity.
Related terms: gathership
cottage loaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cottage loaves
Senses: glosses: A traditional English loaf of bread shaped like two round loaves, one on top of the other.
cottage loaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cottage loaf
intropunitively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more intropunitively
form: most intropunitively
Etymology: From intropunitive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an intropunitive manner.
orthopractic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orthopractic
form: most orthopractic
Senses: synonyms: orthopraxic
glosses: Relating or conforming to orthopraxy.
orthopraxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orthopraxic
form: most orthopraxic
Etymology: From orthopraxy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The ancient Indo-European religions were more orthopraxic than orthodox. Observance and sacrifices were more important than individual psychology or interpretation.
glosses: Alternative form of orthopractic, relating or conforming to orthopraxy.
Derived terms: orthopraxically
retap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retaps
form: retapping
form: retapped
form: retapped
Etymology: From re- + tap.
Senses: glosses: To tap again (in various senses).
retapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retap
retaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retap
retapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retap
alymphoplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + lympho- + -plasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: aplasia of the lymphoid tissue
cancerphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cancerphobic
form: most cancerphobic
Etymology: From cancer + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to cancerphobia.
carcinophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carcinophobic
form: most carcinophobic
Etymology: From carcino- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to carcinophobia.
udals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of udal
charcoaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of charcoal
vantaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vantage
vantaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vantage
emberless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ember + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The light of the morning chased the gloom / From the emberless hearth of that attic room.
ref: a. 1893, Sarah T. Bolton, Two Scenes:
glosses: Lacking embers.
play the odds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays the odds
form: playing the odds
form: played the odds
form: played the odds
Senses: glosses: To act, hoping for a particular, possible outcome.
Related terms: play the percentages