cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
swingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/
ipa: /ˈswɪnd͡ʒəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋəl
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
rhymes: -ɪndʒəl
Forms: form: swingles
Etymology: The noun is from Middle English swingel, from Old English swingel, swingelle (“whip, scourge”), equivalent to swing + -le. Related to Middle Dutch swingel, swengel, Dutch zwingel, zwengel. Doublet of swingel.
The verb is from Middle English swingelen, from the noun. Related to Middle Dutch swingelen, swengelen.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
examples: text: The pole of the Chinese flail is roughly 90 cm. long, the swingle about 30 cm. in length, joined to the pole by a wooden axle projecting at right-angles from the top of the swingle and passing through a loop at the top of the pole[…]
ref: 1984 April 19, Joseph Needham, Francesca Bray, Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Agriculture, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 357:
text: (A flail swingle was a large wooden handle attached to a freeswinging stick, which was used in threshing grain.)
ref: 2004, Elizabeth Hafkin Pleck, Domestic Tyranny: The Making of American Social Policy Against Family Violence from Colonial Times to the Present, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 27:
text: Once cut into the correct size and shape, the handle of the flail, dumb in bendum 'unspeaking in bonds' (6b), is attached to the swingle or swipple, the swinging part of the flail, with a cord, rope, or chain tied through the hole or[…]
ref: 2013 10, Michael D. J. Bintley, Michael G. Shapland, Trees and Timber in the Anglo-Saxon World, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swipple.
Derived terms: swingletree
swingle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/
ipa: /ˈswɪnd͡ʒəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋəl
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
rhymes: -ɪndʒəl
Forms: form: swingles
form: swingling
form: swingled
form: swingled
Etymology: The noun is from Middle English swingel, from Old English swingel, swingelle (“whip, scourge”), equivalent to swing + -le. Related to Middle Dutch swingel, swengel, Dutch zwingel, zwengel. Doublet of swingel.
The verb is from Middle English swingelen, from the noun. Related to Middle Dutch swingelen, swengelen.
Senses: examples: text: Now after you have swingled your Hempe and Flaxe ouer once, you shall take and shake up the refuse stuffe, which you beate from the same seuerally, and not only it, but the tops and knots, and halfe brak't buns which fall from the brake also, and drying them againe cause them to bee very well thresht with flayles, and then mixing them with th refuse which fell from the swingle tree, dresse them all well with threshing and shaking, till the buns be cleane driuen out of them;
ref: 1623, Gervase Markham, Country Contentments, or The approued Booke called the English Hous-wife, page 168:
text: The instruments necessary to swingle flax are, a tressel, and a swingle.
ref: 1764, Duhamel du Monceau, The Elements of Agriculture - Volume 2, page 174:
text: The first operation in dressing flax is to swingle or beat it, in order to detach it from the harle or skimps.
ref: 1858, John Harland, editor, The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the County of Lancaster:
text: Just what he said, they neither of them knew. For hearing is a sense made blunt by fright; But then their ears were flushed, and burned and tingled, As if they'd been by some sharp weapon swingled.
ref: 1867, Horatius Flaccus, The Vision of Judgment: Or The South Church:
text: She returned to her swingling and added reflectively : " That's what made me leave in the first place, to keep out of harm's way. […]".
ref: 1976, Andriĭ Vasylʹovych Holovko, The Weeds: A Novel, page 28:
text: Later she “spread, rotted, broke, swingled, and hacked” the weeds, twisting together several strands of fiber, and she used these strands to weave a frail fabric on a home-built loom.
ref: 2021, Helen D. Irvin, Women in Kentucky:
glosses: To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
swingle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/
ipa: /ˈswɪnd͡ʒəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋəl
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
rhymes: -ɪndʒəl
rhymes: -ɪŋəl
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
ipa: /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/
ipa: /ˈswɪnd͡ʒəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋəl
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
rhymes: -ɪndʒəl
Forms: form: swingles
form: swingling
form: swingled
form: swingled
Etymology: From swing + -le (frequentative suffix).
Senses: glosses: To dangle; to wave hanging.
glosses: To swing for pleasure.
legal beagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legal beagle
legal eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legal eagle
moneyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌniːd/
ipa: /ˈmʌnɪd/
Forms: form: more moneyed
form: most moneyed
form: monied
Etymology: From money + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The attacking three have also been allowed to bloom. Liberated from deep defensive duties Eden Hazard has become more expressive, more obviously, flashily complete. Not to mention more saleable too, his role closer to the way Europe’s monied giants in Spain and France allow their stars to function.
ref: 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in The Guardian:
text: Many in these moneyed ranks choose to spend the festival in gas-guzzling luxury RVs.
ref: 2023 August 28, Michelle Lhooq, “Burning Man attendees roadblocked by climate activists: ‘They have a privileged mindset’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: well-heeled
antonyms: word: unmoneyed
word: ;
word: moneyless
word: affluent
word: comfortably off
word: flush
word: loaded
word: pecunious
word: rich
word: wealthy
word: well-fixed
word: well-heeled
word: well off
word: well-off
word: well-to-do
glosses: Affluent, rich.
glosses: Paid for; funded
Derived terms: undermoneyed
unmoneyed
Related terms: new money
old money
misomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the prefix miso- (hatred), and the Latin word mania.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A mania of hatred for everything.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A fear of persecution, or being hated by everyone.
Derived terms: misomaniac
misomaniacal
Laredo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ləˈreɪdoʊ/
Senses: glosses: A large city, the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A city in north Tamaulipas, Mexico.
glosses: A town in Cantabria, Spain.
Derived terms: Laredoan
Laredo striped whiptail
subclasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subclass
subclasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subclass
Serpentarius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin, literally "serpent handler".
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A zodiacal constellation of the northern summer said to depict a man holding a serpent; the serpent is the constellation Serpens.
Synonyms: Ophiuchus
Bellatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin bellātrīx (“warrior woman”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A blue eruptive variable star, the third brightest star in the constellation Orion; Gamma (γ) Orionis.
Synonyms: the Amazon Star
puzzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puzzlers
Etymology: From puzzle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And reason cannot answer that question, because it exists outside of reason. It’s a puzzler, right? A real head-scratcher? Which brings us back to me.
ref: 2012, Mandy Keifetz, “Perfect”, in Flea Circus: A Brief Bestiary of Grief, Kalamazoo, Mich.: New Issues Poetry & Prose, →ISBN, page 133:
glosses: A puzzling situation or problem; an enigma.
examples: text: With the exception of certain handheld titles […], puzzlers (such as the countless Tetris iterations), and download-only games […], two-dimensional gaming has largely become a lost art, alienating many of us who grew up in a 2D virtual world.
ref: 2012, Brett Weiss, Classic Home Video Games, 1985-1988: A Complete Reference Guide:
topics: video-games
glosses: A video game in which the player is presented with (usually abstract) puzzles to solve.
examples: text: […] he commits what to a hardened puzzler seems an unforgivable sin when he uses a picture of a two-masted ship followed by HTER for the word BRIGHTER.
ref: 1927, Frederic Gregory Hartswick, Read the Pictures, page v:
text: Mentally stimulating leisure activities, such as doing crossword puzzles, seem to help keep the brain sharp. […] The puzzlers delayed the onset of accelerated memory loss (a sign of dementia) by an average of 2.54 years.
ref: 2013, Linda B. White, Barbara H. Seeber, Barbara Brownell Grogan, 500 Time-Tested Home Remedies and the Science Behind Them:
glosses: A person who solves puzzles as a hobby.
Related terms: jigsaw puzzler
puzzlement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puzzlements
Etymology: From puzzle + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: The puzzlement caused by the complex system led to great anger.
synonyms: wonderment
glosses: The confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment.
examples: text: Or, larger mothers might have not necessarily more progeny but more fit ones, while smaller size might be an advantage to the males, allowing them to get around faster. Finally, for creatures that continue to grow, perhaps more of the females simply live longer, gaining in stature all the time. “'Tis a puzzlement.”
ref: 2005 [1992], Jeanne Hanson, Deane Morrison, The World's Oddest and Most Wonderful Mammals, Insects, Birds and Plants, page 218:
text: The diary contains plenty of small puzzlements.
ref: 2007 October 14, Alex Mindlin, “1924, Through an Ancestor’s Eyes”, in New York Times:
glosses: A puzzle; something baffling.
putterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putterers
Etymology: From putter + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who putters
red beet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red beets
Senses: glosses: Beetroot.
putrescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putrescences
Senses: glosses: The condition of being putrid; decay
examples: text: Hot, and precipitate, and zealous, as has been the assiduity, with which the public eye is blinkled by this glittering putrescence of rotten policy, and the public ear is deaffened by a vapid and senseless jargon of political bombast, …
ref: 1791, Presbyterio-Catholicon
glosses: Putrid matter
putrefactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æktɪv
Forms: form: more putrefactive
form: most putrefactive
Senses: examples: text: And scattered about it, some in their overturned war-machines, some in the now rigid Handling Machines, and a dozen of them stark and silent and laid in a row, were the Martians—dead!—slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared; […]
ref: 1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Dead London”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book II (The Earth under the Martians), page 282:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
Alnilam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic اَلنِّظَام (an-niẓām), related to the word نَظْم (naẓm, “string of pearls”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A large blue star in the constellation of Orion; Epsilon (ε) Orionis, one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
Related terms: Alnitak
Mintaka
TALULAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Teaching And Learning Using Locally Available Resources.
putdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putdowns
Etymology: Deverbal from put down.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of put-down.
Saiph
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic سَيْف (sayf), originally سَيْف اَلْجَبَّار (sayf al-jabbār, “sword of the giant”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A blue star in the constellation Orion; Kappa (κ) Orionis.
northwesterly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more northwesterly
form: most northwesterly
form: north-westerly
Etymology: From north + westerly.
Senses: glosses: Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
glosses: Coming from the northwest.
raw_tags: of a wind
Related terms: north-northwesterly
west-northwesterly
northwesterly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more northwesterly
form: most northwesterly
form: north-westerly
Etymology: From north + westerly.
Senses: glosses: From the northwest.
northwesterly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northwesterlies
form: north-westerly
Etymology: From north + westerly.
Senses: glosses: A strong wind or storm from the northwest.
northwestward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more northwestward
form: most northwestward
Etymology: From northwest + -ward.
Senses: glosses: In or toward the northwest
Derived terms: northwestwardly
northwestward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more northwestward
form: most northwestward
Etymology: From northwest + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward the northwest
Synonyms: northwestwards
Related terms: north-northwestward
west-northwestward
northwestwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more northwestwards
form: most northwestwards
Etymology: From northwest + -wards.
Senses: glosses: northwestward
northwestwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more northwestwards
form: most northwestwards
Etymology: From northwest + -wards.
Senses: glosses: northwestward
Related terms: north-northwestwards
west-northwestwards
northwester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northwesters
form: norwester
form: nor'wester
Etymology: From northwest + -er.
Senses: antonyms: southeaster
glosses: A strong wind blowing from the northwest.
Coordinate terms: northeaster
southeaster
southwester
Derived terms: northwesterly
northwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From north + -wards.
Senses: examples: text: In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.
ref: 1957 July 24, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:
glosses: northward; in a northerly direction
untreated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + treated.
Senses: examples: text: The volume of the flame given out by the untreated wood was estimated at three times that given out by the best treated wood.
ref: 1905, Environmental Control & Safety Management, page 365:
text: This short list represents but a few items of an extensive and open-ended list of untreated Indian English lexis.
ref: 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302:
text: The thrill of eventually finding a job is quickly offset by her untreated depression.
ref: 2019 August 16, Monalesia Earle, Writing Queer Women of Color: Representation and Misdirection in Contemporary Fiction and Graphic Narratives, McFarland, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: Not treated.
northeastwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more northeastwards
form: most northeastwards
Senses: glosses: northeastward
northeastwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more northeastwards
form: most northeastwards
Senses: glosses: northeastward
Related terms: east-northeastwards
north-northeastwards
northeastward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more northeastward
form: most northeastward
Etymology: From northeast + -ward.
Senses: glosses: In or toward the northeast.
Derived terms: northeastwardly
northeastward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more northeastward
form: most northeastward
Etymology: From northeast + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward the northeast.
Synonyms: northeastwards
Related terms: east-northeastward
north-northeastward
bedroomed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bedroom + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having the specified kind or number of bedrooms.
unbuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English unbilt. By surface analysis, un- + built.
Senses: examples: text: Yerkes created the GNP&BR [Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway] in 1901 by merging two underground railway companies with unbuilt lines - the Great Northern & Strand Railway and the Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway.
ref: 2024 March 6, Stefanie Foster, “The changing face of the Piccadilly...”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 52:
glosses: Not built
unbuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbuild.
cleanest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Chief executive Andrew Haines said: "Rail is already the cleanest and greenest mode of transporting large numbers of people and goods, but we're committed to cutting our carbon footprint even further. [...]."
ref: 2020 November 18, “Network News: Network Rail sets science-based global warming targets”, in Rail, page 22:
glosses: superlative form of clean: most clean
cleanest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of clean
coldish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊldɪʃ/
Etymology: From cold + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: "It's a treat of a colour," said he. "That coldish colour like earth, and yet shiny. It's like bog-water."
ref: 1913, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers:
text: I was walking westward up the Strand, and though it was coldish I went slowly to get the pleasure of my cigar.
ref: 1939, George Orwell, chapter 4, in Coming Up for Air:
glosses: Somewhat cold.
Derived terms: coldishness
contactable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contactable
form: most contactable
Etymology: From contact + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Steve is contactable on his mobile phone and his pager.
antonyms: uncontactable
glosses: Able to be contacted.
Derived terms: noncontactable
uncontactable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncontactable
form: most uncontactable
Etymology: From un- + contactable.
Senses: glosses: Not contactable, not having a means by which contact can be made.
Derived terms: uncontactability
undealt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dealt.
Senses: examples: text: The gambler gazed at the undealt cards, desperate to know whether the ace of hearts was still among them.
text: Some of our problems are, as yet, undealt with.
glosses: Not dealt.
'bot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'bots
Senses: examples: text: For mudders like myself (an AI researcher), ’bots and their associated likely behavior patterns are old hat. I tend to expect that random characters on a mud might be ’bots, and tend to know how to tell (generally, even the best ’bots or other AI programs fall victim to very simple conversational gambits, such as topical conversation, slang, or a conversation requiring a complicated discourse model such as reference to subjects more than a couple exchanges in the past).
ref: 1993, Leonard N. Foner, “What's an Agent, Anyway? A Sociological Case Study”, in MIT Media Lab, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022:
text: Sumo ’bots also tend to have very low ground clearance since they operate on dohyos, which have a very smooth rubberized running surface; […]
ref: 2000 June, Robert Nansel, “Amateur Robotics Notebook: Robot City, USA”, in Nuts & Volts, volume 21, number 6, Corona, Calif.: T & L Publications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53, column 1:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of bot.
economise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: economises
form: economising
form: economised
form: economised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of economize.
Derived terms: economiser
equalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: equaling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of equal
inexpensiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inexpensive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being inexpensive.
Synonyms: english: in one of its senses
translation: in one of its senses
word: affordability
english: in one of its senses
translation: in one of its senses
word: cheapness
unfavored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfavored
form: most unfavored
form: unfavor'd
form: unfavour'd
form: unfavoured
Etymology: From Middle English unfavored; equivalent to un- + favored.
Senses: glosses: Not favoured.
Related terms: unfavorite
EDC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EDCs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of expected date of confinement.
glosses: Initialism of everyday carry.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: quality assurance
glosses: Initialism of electronic data capture.
examples: text: Exposing animals to EDCs disrupts both male and female sexual development.
ref: 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 156:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of endocrine disruptor chemical.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of ethylene dichloride and 1,2-dichloroethane.
EDC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of European Defense Community.
EDC
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: EDCs
form: EDCing
form: EDCed
form: EDCed
Senses: examples: text: Many people love EDCing a utility knife in addition to their multitool.
text: Should you EDC a bit kit? It may depend on your occupation and on what else is competing to earn a place in your sheath.
qualifier: back-formed from the noun sense
glosses: To carry every day; to carry daily.
expected date of confinement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expected dates of confinement
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of due date (“the date on which a pregnant female is expected to give birth”).
synonyms: word: due date
extra: the date on which a pregnant female is expected to give birth
finalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finalises
form: finalising
form: finalised
form: finalised
Etymology: From final + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Thus the electrical engineer must determine his cable layout long before he finalises the remainder of his design work for the location.
ref: 1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 722:
text: The timetable changes follow a three-month public engagement programme carried out last summer. Southern said it "consulted hundreds of comments received from passengers and local communities before finalising its changes".
ref: 2024 March 6, “Network News: Southern revises Coastway service”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 12:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of finalize.
Derived terms: finalisation
unfinalised
lip balm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lip balms
form: lipbalm
Etymology: Compound of lip + balm.
Senses: synonyms: lip salve
chapstick
glosses: A substance topically applied to the lips of the mouth to relieve chapped or dry lips, angular cheilitis or stomatitis, and cold sores.
Italian sonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian sonnets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Petrarchan sonnet.
synonyms: word: Petrarchan sonnet
unfound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊnd
Etymology: From un- + found (“discovered”).
Senses: glosses: Not found.
unfound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊnd
Forms: form: unfounds
form: unfounding
form: unfounded
form: unfounded
Etymology: From un- + found (“establish”).
Senses: examples: text: The Etruscans and Romans practiced destructive rituals to deconsecrate temples and “unfound” cities. Such practices were necessary to remove an old god from his or her temple when rededicating a site to a new deity.
ref: 2014, Jason Colavito, Jason and the Argonauts through the Ages, McFarland, →ISBN:
glosses: To disestablish; to undo the founding of.
unfound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊnd
Forms: form: unfounds
form: unfounding
form: unfounded
form: unfounded
Etymology: Back-formation from unfounded.
Senses: examples: text: Manitoba had the second-lowest provincial rate, and Winnipeg police unfounded only 2 per cent of allegations. (Police and other experts who deal with the issue routinely use “unfound” as a verb.)
ref: 2017 February 3, Robyn Doolittle, “Unfounded: Why Police Dismiss 1 in 5 Sexual Assault Claims as Baseless”, in The Globe and Mail:
synonyms: word: no-crime
glosses: To dismiss a criminal charge as unfounded.
futuristically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more futuristically
form: most futuristically
Etymology: From futuristic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a futuristic manner
generalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: generalises
form: generalising
form: generalised
form: generalised
Etymology: From general + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.
Derived terms: generalisable
generaliser
overgeneralise
sleep debt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleep debts
Senses: examples: text: Adenosine levels can be quickly righted after a few nights of good sleep, however. This gave rise to a scientific consensus that sleep debt could be forgiven with a couple of quality snoozes — as reflected in casual statements like “I’ll catch up on sleep” or “I’ll be more awake tomorrow.”
ref: 2022 June 24, Oliver Whang, “The Sleep Debt Collector Is Here”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The cumulative effect of not obtaining enough sleep, especially as seen as able to be made up for by sleeping more than usual.
girlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of girly: more girly
glosses: comparative form of girlie: more girlie
girliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of girly: most girly
glosses: superlative form of girlie: most girlie
gunna
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: 1915, George Bronson-Howard, God’s Man, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 132,
“Oh, yes, I can,” answered Pink, “you’re gunna try to make me think you’re stuck on Beau. What you’re gunna give him you was [sic] saving for me. See? I’m jerry.” And he laughed at her encrimsoned face.
a. 1972, J. R. Simplot, quoted in Neal R. Peirce, The Mountain States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Eight Rocky Mountain States, W. W. Norton & Company (1972), →ISBN, page 134,
We have the products here, the raw materials, the know-how to do it. That’s simple, and we’re gunna do it.
2007, Mallory Dunn, The Letters, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 14,
“Always, Drake. No police officer will ever hold you down.” Myrick looked around. “Man, I hate hospitals. Let’s get out of here. I’m gunna go sign that paper work.” [sic] Myrick turned towards the door as he escaped the pressing moment with his son.
glosses: Alternative spelling of gonna.
hospitalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hospitalises
form: hospitalising
form: hospitalised
form: hospitalised
Etymology: From hospital + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: The importance of track workers obeying site rules has been stressed after a man was hospitalised after being hit by a moving road-rail vehicle (RRV) and falling into the 'four foot' between the rails.
ref: 2024 June 26, “Network News: RAIB stresses importance of road-rail vehicle vehicle safety procedures”, in RAIL, number 1012, page 17:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hospitalize.
Derived terms: hospitalisable
hospitalisation
rehospitalise
hrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hr; hours
individualise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: individualises
form: individualising
form: individualised
form: individualised
Etymology: From individual + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Francesca looked down and blushed,—first at the earnest gaze of Louis's face; and, secondly, but still deeper, at her own folly in having individualised a general expression
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 321:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of individualize.
Derived terms: individualisation
likelier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of likely: more likely
likeliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: ... the common man of pleasure and the frivolous woman of fashion, still the wisest way to fuse their minds to union, the likeliest receipt for moral good and social comfort, would have been this course of foreign scenes, of new faces,[…]
ref: c. 1853, Martin Tupper, The Complete Prose Works, Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: superlative form of likely: most likely
mins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: minutes; plural of min
Mondays
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Monday + -s (adverb suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Downtown Library will be open Mondays from 10 am to 6 pm starting Jan. 25.
ref: 2010 January 15, “Recession boosts library attendance”, in The Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA:
text: Delicious is open from 9am to 6pm Mondays to Saturdays and from 10am to 4pm on Sundays.
ref: 2010 January 14, Eleanor Patmore, “Afternoon tea is back in Stortford!”, in Herts and Essex Observer:
glosses: On Monday; each Monday.
Mondays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Monday + -s (plural suffix).
Senses: glosses: plural of Monday
Derived terms: case of the Mondays
Tuesdays
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Tuesday + -s (adverb suffix).
Senses: glosses: On Tuesday; each Tuesday.
Tuesdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tuesday + -s (plural suffix).
Senses: glosses: plural of Tuesday
Wednesdays
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: We are closed Wednesdays in the Summer.
text: Wednesdays we would go bowling.
glosses: On Wednesday; each Wednesday.
Wednesdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The monarch and the prime minister meet weekly, currently on Wednesdays, to discuss matters of state.
ref: 2022 October 25, Karla Adam, “King Charles III plays role his mother did in U.K. power transition”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: plural of Wednesday
Thursdays
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: On Thursday; each Thursday.
Thursdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thursday
sundaes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sundae
Pohnpeian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pohnpeian
form: most Pohnpeian
Etymology: From Pohnpei + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the island state Pohnpei, the former Ponape, in Micronesia, or its people.
glosses: Of or relating to the (Micronesian) Pohnpeian language.
Synonyms: english: until 1984
translation: until 1984
word: Ponapeian
Pohnpeian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pohnpeians
Etymology: From Pohnpei + -an.
Senses: glosses: A member or descendant of the Micronesian people of Pohnpei
Synonyms: english: until 1984
translation: until 1984
word: Ponapeian
Pohnpeian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Pohnpei + -an.
Senses: glosses: The Micronesian language of the island state of Pohnpei
Related terms: pon ⁠
argumenta ad verecundiam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argumentum ad verecundiam
northeasterner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northeasterners
form: north-easterner
Etymology: From northeastern + -er.
Senses: glosses: a person from the northeast part of a geographic region, especially the United States
southwesterner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southwesterners
form: south-westerner
Etymology: From southwestern + -er.
Senses: glosses: a person from the southwest part of a geographic region
unorganised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unorganised
form: most unorganised
form: unorganized
Etymology: From un- + organised.
Senses: glosses: Poorly organised, lacking the ability to organise.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: Not organised, not having any arrangement.
raw_tags: of an object
reorganise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reorganises
form: reorganising
form: reorganised
form: reorganised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reorganize.
pleasantness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleasantnesses
Etymology: From pleasant + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: If this is sound, the pleasantness of pleasure can no longer be our guide; the higherness of the higher pleasure must have the decisive word — hedonism has committed suicide.
ref: 1929, Robert Mackintosh, Values, a Bird's Eye Survey, page 40:
glosses: The state or quality of being pleasant.
examples: text: […] to destroy the affections of truth, and thereby the pleasantnesses and happinesses of heaven […]
ref: 1813, Emanuel Swedenborg, The Apocalypse, or, Book of revelations, explained:
glosses: Something pleasant.
Synonyms: sense: pleasant demeanor
word: agreeableness
sense: pleasant demeanor
word: amiability
sense: pleasant demeanor
word: douceur
sense: pleasant demeanor
word: sweetness
word: agreement
word: amenity
word: pleasantness
word: niceness
Hyponyms: word: douceur
word: friendliness
word: gentleness
word: harmonious
word: sweetness
Related terms: word: pleasure
word: pleasant
politicisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: politicisations
Etymology: From politicise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of politicization.
Derived terms: depoliticisation
reposition
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repositions
form: repositioning
form: repositioned
form: repositioned
Etymology: From re- + position.
Senses: glosses: To put into a new position
reposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repositions
Etymology: From re- + position.
Senses: examples: text: spontaneous reposition of a dislocated arytenoid cartilage
text: The fabrication can be continuous for each column, which dramatically reduces the repositions of the robot.
ref: 2018, Jan Willmann, Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018, page 277:
glosses: The act of putting into a new position.
roomier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of roomy: more roomy
roomiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of roomy: most roomy
runnier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of runny: more runny
runniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of runny: most runny
preschooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preschoolers
Etymology: From preschool + -er.
Senses: glosses: A child who has not yet attended school.
examples: text: Countless issues arise in family life every day, from the litany of no-noes showered on the toddler, to calling the preschooler in for his lunch.
ref: 1975, James H. Ryan, Pablum, Parents & Pandemonium: Glimpses of a Pediatrician’s World, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, →ISBN, page 254:
text: Tasks that include non-living natural kinds (e.g., clouds and rivers) generally elicit more animalistic errors (e.g., Carey, 1985; Laurendeau & Pinard, 1962; Smeets, 1973; see Nass, 1956, for discussion of content effects); however, even with such items, preschoolers are no more likely to overattribute life than to underattribute it (Hatano et al., 1993; Smeets, 1973).
ref: 2008, Usha Goswami, Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development, page 160:
text: The warmup guy — as I now know is common for live audiences in taped television performances — kept fluffing the crowd like they were preschoolers.
“Now what are you going to do when we introduce the first comedian?”
Wild cheers.
“C'mon, that's not good enough! Let's try it again! What are you going to do???”
ref: 2016, Doug Stanhope, Digging Up Mother:
glosses: A child who is educated at preschool.
wikifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wikify
sorriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sorry: most sorry
specialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: specialises
form: specialising
form: specialised
form: specialised
Etymology: From special + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Our Sauiour specialising and nominating the places in which these false prophets should teach his presence to be.
ref: 1616, Richard Sheldon, A Survey of the Miracles of the Church of Rome, Proving Them to be Antichristian, section 261:
text: Firms... which have specialised in the manufacture of ‘heavies’...
ref: 1908 March 27, Pall Mall Gazette, 12/3:
text: Some centres specialise in timber, and those conveniently situated to the coalfields deal with large quantities of pit props.
ref: 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
text: Jim is a nurseryman, specialising in clematis, and he has built up a business exporting 150 varieties to countries all over the world.
ref: 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:
text: [Oily Cart] specialises in creating spectacular productions for young people with complex disabilities.
ref: 2012 December 26, Patrick Butler and Abby Young-Powell, “Oily Cart company specialises in theatre for youngsters with complex disabilities”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of specialize.
volve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɒlv/
ipa: /vɑlv/
rhymes: -ɒlv
Forms: form: volves
form: volving
form: volved
form: volved
Etymology: From Latin volvēre (“to turn”).
Senses: glosses: To turn over in the mind; to ponder.
staffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The staffed facility includes a station building, cycle parking, interchange with local buses, and a large pay-and-display car park.
ref: 2020 January 2, “Network News”, in Rail, page 11:
glosses: Occupied by staff, having members of staff.
Derived terms: non-staffed
overstaffed
short-staffed
understaffed
unstaffed
staffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of staff
short-staffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more short-staffed
form: most short-staffed
Senses: glosses: Not having sufficient members of staff.
Synonyms: shorthanded
understaffed
undermanned
short-staffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of short-staff
Related terms: skeleton crew
members of staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of member of staff
stillest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of still: most still
straighter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of straight: more straight
straighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: straighters
Senses: examples: text: A straight = a straighter = a straight cut, une cigarette en tabac de Virginie.
ref: [1923, J[oseph] Manchon, Le slang : lexique de l'anglais familier et vulgaire : […], page 296:
glosses: Synonym of straight (“a cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana”).
synonyms: word: straight
extra: a cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana
straightest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of straight: most straight
unsurprisingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsurprisingly
form: most unsurprisingly
Etymology: From unsurprising + -ly or un- + surprisingly.
Senses: examples: text: Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years.
ref: 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
text: So, perhaps unsurprisingly, black salt is often used in vegan cooking to impart an egg-like flavour and aroma to your dishes. I love cooking with kala namak, and sometimes use it instead of regular salt, just to add a little more complexity
ref: 2019 January 7, Sasha Gill, Jackfruit and Blue Ginger: Asian favourites, made vegan, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Unsurprisingly, the Group was highly critical of the BTC's organisation and finances, and this prompted Marples to bring forward the Transport Act 1962, which created BR as a standalone entity with its own Board, headed by a full-time chairman. Beeching accepted this latter position, and initially became the BTC chairman in June 1961.
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
glosses: Not surprisingly, as could be expected.
unsystematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsystematically
form: most unsystematically
Etymology: From unsystematic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Not systematically, in an unsystematic manner.
TVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TV
thirtieths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thirtieth
walkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːkəbəl/
ipa: [ˈwɔːkəbɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɔːkəbəl
Forms: form: more walkable
form: most walkable
Etymology: From walk + -able.
Senses: examples: text: This route is no longer walkable since the bush and the vines grew over it.
text: Cities were generally much more walkable before the mid-20th century.
text: What I found turned out to be one of the best beer-drinking destinations I’d visited in Europe, a friendly and undertouristed city of about 750,000 inhabitants — large enough to be interesting, though still walkable.
ref: 2015 July 23, Evan Rail, “A Tasting Tour of Yorkshire’s Beers and Ales”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Able to be walked; suitable for pedestrians.
examples: text: Is the train station walkable from here?
text: Just outside the city centre, briskly walkable and even more briskly busable from the main City site, Charlie Frears has his own medical library and teaching facilities[…]
ref: 2005, Johnny Rich, The PUSH Guide to which University, page 172:
glosses: Short enough or close enough to be accessible by walking.
Related terms: walkability
yrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of years; plural of yr.
yrs
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: God bless you, My dear Jemima with best love to J M and remembrances to all your party
Ever Yrs affly J H N
ref: 2015, John Henry Newman, Roderick Strange, John Henry Newman: A Portrait in Letters, page 101:
glosses: Abbreviation of yours (when signing a letter).
wiv
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭv
ipa: /wɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Forms: form: wid
form: wif
Etymology: Alteration of with due to th-fronting.
Senses: examples: text: Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.
ref: 1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13:
text: It's about time somebody sent me a tip for Thundercats. Such a classy little game, so fast, such marvy graphics, so pretty, so why no tips? Who knows, p'raps folks spend so much time noodling about wiv the game, they haven't got any time left to lift a pen and send me a letter.
ref: 1988, Your Sinclair, number 27, page 45:
text: Yeah, the little weasel’s right. I am goin’ to run away wiv Burt in ’is van.” The woman strutted over to the rat catcher, and took his hand. “We share a deep love of each other.”
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of with.
recross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recrosses
Etymology: From re- + cross.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An examination of a witness, following redirect, by the opposing party.
Synonyms: recross examination
recross
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recrosses
form: recrossing
form: recrossed
form: recrossed
Etymology: From re- + cross.
Senses: examples: text: The doctor recrossed his legs and followed her impassive gaze which was fixed on the long bread-knife that suddenly appeared to fill the room.
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
text: At North Queensferry Station, a short distance beyond the end of the bridge, we left the railway, and made our way down the hill to the pier, to recross the firth by the ferry.
ref: 1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
text: Rail and river play tag up the valley and passengers can peer down on the dark moorland waters as we cross and recross the Esk as the '158' threads its way along the route.
ref: 2019 October, James Abbott, “Danby with thistledown”, in Modern Railways, page 3:
glosses: To cross again.
member of staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: members of staff
Senses: glosses: An employee in an organisation.
self-destruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-destructions
Etymology: From self- + destruction.
Senses: hyponyms: suicide
glosses: The act of something destroying itself.
Hypernyms: destruction
Derived terms: english: back-formation
translation: back-formation
word: self-destruct
word: self-destructive
self-doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-doubts
Etymology: From self- + doubt.
Senses: examples: text: Yet in spite of these yearnings for a fallen leader, in spite of some bitterness, in spite of apprehensions, I knew it was imperative that I grasp the reins of power and do so without delay. Any hesitation or wavering, any false step, any sign of self-doubt, could have been disastrous. The nation was in a state of shock and grief. The times cried out for leadership.
ref: 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “"I feel like I have already been here a year"”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:
text: None of the three feel they have encountered any resistance from colleagues in pursuing their chosen industry paths, although Rachel recalls how self-doubt initially hindered her progress.
ref: 2022 April 6, Tom Allett, “I wouldn't want to work anywhere else”, in RAIL, number 954, page 43:
glosses: The doubting of one's own abilities.
touch-type
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: touch-types
form: touch-typing
form: touch-typed
form: touch-typed
Senses: glosses: To type with a keyboard or typewriter without having to look at it, knowing where the keys are.
Related terms: touch-typing
touch-typist
hunt and peck