cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lepraphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lepra + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leprophobia.
leprolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A preparation of the toxin of the lepra bacillus, formerly used in treating leprosy.
leprologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leprologists
Etymology: From leprology + -ist, equivalent to leprosy + -ologist.
Senses: glosses: A student of leprology, a doctor or researcher specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of leprosy.
leprologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leprologist
fairhanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fairhanded
form: most fairhanded
form: fair-handed
Etymology: From fair + handed.
Senses: examples: text: A compensation program must be viewed by the participating physicians as being fairhanded in its distribution of the income produced.
ref: 1996, Group Practice Journal - Volume 45, page 22:
text: C. Jay Parkinson, now chairman of Anaconda, politely registered his frustration to Lee's Adler, expressing his concern "about the fact that the papers are not always giving a balanced and fairhanded picture concerning ecological problems and their practical solutions, nor in the field of trying to improve the political and industrial climate to promote industrial enterprise."
ref: 2006, Dennis L. Swibold, Copper Chorus: Mining, Politics, and the Montana Press, 1889-1959, →ISBN, page 337:
synonyms: word: equitable
word: neutral
word: candid
word: cold
word: clinical
word: detached
word: egal
word: equal
word: equitable
word: evenhanded
word: fairhanded
word: fair-minded
word: disinterested
word: dispassionate
word: impartial
word: imprejudicate
word: indifferent
word: indistinguishing
word: neuter
word: neutral
word: nonaligned
word: nonpartial
word: nonpartisan
word: nonpersonal
word: objective
word: unbiased
word: unbigoted
word: uninterested
word: unpartial
word: unpartisan
word: unprejudiced
word: unprepossessed
glosses: Evenhanded, unbiased, just; treating all equally.
examples: text: Fairhanded Spring unbosoms every grace, Throws out the snowdrop and the crocus first, The daisy, primrose, violet darkly blue.
ref: 1830, William Hone, The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Volume 1:
text: We landed at a flight of half-ruined steps, which, still in their decay, reminded one of many a scene of the past-of many a clocked silk stocking exposed as the stiff brocade was for a moment lifted by some fairhanded “quality” debarking from her gilded barge (with black page and poodle in attendance), beneath the gigantic poplar-trees which still throw their long shadows over the water.
ref: 1855, Andrew Wynter, Odds and Ends from an Old Drawer, page 39:
glosses: Beautiful and delicate.
Derived terms: fairhandedly
fairhandedness
fair-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fair-handed
form: most fair-handed
Etymology: From fair + handed.
Senses: examples: text: In brushing aside ancient rhetoric, for example, as 'generally a very silly set of Books' (LRBL i.v.59), it is hardly presenting a fair-handed account that puts the arguments on both sides in their true light.
ref: 2002, Vivienne Brown, Adam Smith's Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience, →ISBN:
text: The portrait was that of a dark-haired, fair-handed, dark noble, with armor beside him, whereas at the age represented, Columbus was gray, weather-worn, and utterly unlike this representation.
ref: 1861, John Ward Dean, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning The Antiquities, History and Biography of America, Volume 4, page 214:
glosses: Alternative form of fairhanded.
Derived terms: fair-handedly
fair-handedness
expell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: expells
form: expelling
form: expelled
form: expelled
Senses: examples: text: The hotter Animals , which require abundance of Spirits for their various Motions and Exercises, are provided with Lungs, which indesinently draw in and expell the Air alternately without Intermission
ref: 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of expel.
expells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of expell, Obsolete spelling of expels.
thula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thulas
form: thulur
Etymology: From Old Norse þula.
Senses: glosses: A kind of ancient poem in Germanic languages, consisting of metrical lists of poetic synonyms for oral recitation.
fairhandedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fair-handedness
Etymology: From fairhanded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Of course it must be recognized that "teleological neutrality" may be an impossibility. At least fairhandedness ought to be expected.
ref: 2010, John H. Walton, The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate, →ISBN, page 189:
glosses: The quality of being fairhanded; justice and neutrality of treatment.
fair-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fair-handed + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Gareth's fair-handedness offers an expansive definition of courtesy and service in order to incorporate the justice and equity that have not been forthcoming from the king.
ref: 2014, Ruth Lexton, Contested Language in Malory's Morte Darthur: The Politics of Romance in Fifteenth-Century England, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of fairhandedness.
safrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrocarbon obtained from sassafras.
salophen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salophens
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The salicylic acid derivative N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-1,2-phenylenediamine
fairhandedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fairhandedly
form: most fairhandedly
form: fair-handedly
Etymology: From fairhanded + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: What I mean is this: Clive's narrative, in its dialectic of good and bad guys, however fairhandedly developed, imputes moving spirits to nudge along the story
ref: 1985, Bill Blunt, Sean Coughlan, Theory in action: educational projects in which South African University education departments are involved, page 241:
glosses: In a fairhanded manner; Without bias.
fair-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fair-handedly
form: most fair-handedly
Etymology: From fair-handed + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The citizens of the state are unable to request their leader to avoid this conflict of interest because a person is always needed to make a decision on public affairs and anyone involved in the making of a decision will possibly be involved in the conflict of interest in theory unless he is a peson who has already passed away. Thus people are unabled to expect a certain person or organization to govern their state completely fair-handedly.
ref: 2013, Xing Yu, Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization, →ISBN, page 183:
glosses: Alternative form of fairhandedly.
Jingulu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Australian language spoken by the Jingili people in the Northern Territory.
spermatophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spermato- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: A form of hypochondriasis in which the patient erroneously believes himself to be suffering from spermatorrhea.
gossima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Gossima, a trademark registered by Jacques on 16 July 1891 (trademark number 157,615).
Senses: examples: text: Already we've seen early hallmarks of the twentieth century: colonial decay, cultural appropriation, and competing trademarks. Next up was the rise of the immigrant underclass. World War I shattered the gossima delusions of the aristocracy, and the Great Depression humbled the rest.
ref: 2010, Roger Bennett, Eli Horowitz, Everything You Know Is Pong, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 4:
text: In fact table tennis was also called gossima in the early days, and, given that Gossamer is the brand name of a condom, the Mayor of London missed out on an even better joke, perhaps calculating that the Chinese wouldn't get it.
ref: [2010 July 17, Howard Jacobson, “Whiff! Whaff! The beautiful game may be coming home”, in The Independent, retrieved 24 Nov 2020:
glosses: A precursor to table tennis, played with hard rubber balls.
ping pongs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ping pong
ping ponging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ping pong
ping ponged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ping pong
satellitoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satellitosis
tearabout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tearabouts
Etymology: From tear + about.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tearaway.
synonyms: word: tearaway
tearabouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tearabout
whiff-waff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whiff-whaff.
whiff waff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whiff-whaff.
scleroconjunctival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪvəl
-ʌŋktɪvəl
Etymology: From sclero- + conjunctival.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the sclera and the conjunctiva.
albuminimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
arack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arak.
arteriocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arterio- + capillary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the arteries and the capillaries.
reticulitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reticulum + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the reticulum of a ruminant animal
retrodisplacement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrodisplacements
Etymology: From retro- + displacement.
Senses: glosses: Any backward displacement, such as retroversion or retroflexion of the uterus.
retrodisplacements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrodisplacement
rhinalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rhin- + -algia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: pain in the nose
rhinolaryngitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rhino- + laryngitis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the nasal and laryngeal mucous membranes
rumenotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumenotomies
Etymology: From rumen + -otomy.
Senses: glosses: surgical incision into the rumen, or first stomach, of a ruminant
rumenotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rumenotomy
radiobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪdioʊb/
Forms: form: radiobes
Etymology: Blend of radium + microbe. By surface analysis, radio- + -obe.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A peculiar formation, possibly a crystal, formed in gelatin submitted to the action of radium, once thought to be a transitional form between a crystal and a living microbe.
radiobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiobe
rachial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪkiəl
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rachidial.
synonyms: word: rachidial
rachidial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, rachi- + -al.
Senses: synonyms: spinal
glosses: Relating to a rachis.
radiotherapeutics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + therapeutics.
Senses: glosses: The use of radiotherapy.
radioscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioscopes
Etymology: From radio- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for detecting or studying X-rays.
radioscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioscope
subsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsids
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Many students regard subsids as nothing more than a distraction from the important stuff, but they're usually a good opportunity to broaden your scope a notch and learn something new […]
ref: 2004, Jonathan Rich, The Push Guide to Choosing a University:
glosses: subsidiary
subsids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsid
matlazahuatl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Classical Nahuatl mātlazahuatl, from mātlatl (“net”) + zahuatl (“rash”).
Senses: glosses: tabardillo (disease)
tannates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tannate
tannases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tannase
tartarizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tartarization
taurocholates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taurocholate
taraxacerin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the principles of taraxacum, along with taraxacin.
thrombokinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrombokinase
tincturations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tincturation
thymomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thymoma
thymomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thymoma
Braidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Braid + -ism, after James Braid (1795-1860), English physician.
Senses: glosses: hypnotism
panhysterectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panhysterectomy
mahamari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hindi महामारी (mahāmārī, “epidemic”).
Senses: glosses: A form of plague occurring in the southern slopes of the Himalayas.
mercaptoacetyltriglycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mercapto- + acetyl + triglycine.
Senses: glosses: Mertiatide.
malariated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Affected with malaria.
hepatocirrhosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hepato- + cirrhosis.
Senses: glosses: cirrhosis of the liver
hereditation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Probably syphilis more than any other disease may be regarded as a cause, and it may be through this agency that hereditation appears to enter so largely into causation.
ref: 1904, James Tyson, A Treatise on Bright's disease and diabetes, page 362:
glosses: The effect or influence of heredity.
herniary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hernia + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or associated with hernia.
heroinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From heroine + -ism, modelled after heroism.
Senses: glosses: The qualities of a heroine or the display of those qualities; heroism performed by a female.
Related terms: heroinic
heroinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From heroin + -ism.
Senses: glosses: heroin addiction
Synonyms: heroinomania
Related terms: heroinist
hieromania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”) + μανία (manía, “frenzy”).
Senses: glosses: religious frenzy
histophysiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From histo- + physiology.
Senses: glosses: The physiology or study of the functions of the cells and tissues in health
hormonology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hormone + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: The perineometer of Kagele was unheard of and the hormonology of today is a far cry from the rather crude and relatively weak hormones available in the early and mid-thirties. The change in gynecologic hormonology from hypodermic injections to an almost exclusive oral administration has taken place in the last five to six years.
ref: 1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 7, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 508:
glosses: Synonym of endocrinology.
synonyms: word: endocrinology
humeroscapular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From humero- + scapular.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the humerus and the scapula.
hydrometra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, hydro- + metra.
Senses: coordinate_terms: hematometra
hydrocolpos
hematocolpos
;
hydrometrocolpos
hematometrocolpos
glosses: An accumulation of thin mucus or other watery fluid in the cavity of the uterus.
Related terms: metroscopy
metrotomy
hyposthenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength”) + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: weakness; subnormal strength
FCV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FCVs
Senses: glosses: Feline calicivirus.
glosses: Flow control valve.
glosses: Initialism of fuel cell vehicle.
glosses: Famciclovir.
Related terms: PHEV
HEV
EV
FCEV
PFCEV
ZEV
LEV
palmspan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːmspæn/
ipa: /ˈpɑːmspan/
Forms: form: palmspans
Etymology: From palm’s (“[of] the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers”) + span (“the distance between two ends of a thing, especially between those ends furthest apart from each other”).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palmspan.
glosses: A measure of length equivalent to the breadth of the palm of an average human hand.
palmspans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːmspænz/
ipa: /ˈpɑːmspanz/
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palmspans.
glosses: plural of palmspan
Sóc Trăng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsɒktɹæŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Sóc Trăng.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
glosses: A city in Vietnam.
bog orchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bog orchid
nobody's fool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nobody's fools
Senses: examples: text: Also, he is nobody's fool. He possesses the brain and strength of character to play his part.
ref: 1910, Jack London, Theft: A Play In Four Acts, Characters
text: He was nobody's fool, and there was no doubt but he had very soon detected the trick his cousin had played upon him.
ref: 1914, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 6, in The Pirate of Panama:
text: You didn't like school / And you know you're nobody's fool / So welcome to the machine
ref: 1975, Roger Waters, “Welcome to the Machine”, in Wish You Were Here, performed by Pink Floyd:
text: But one could tell from her assurance that she was nobody's fool and would stand for no nonsense.
ref: 1986 January 18, Jack Anderson, “Dance: A Tribute to Jerome Robbins”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 May 2015:
text: Yet her musical stature, and intelligence are undisputed: she is nobody's fool, and she remains, quite simply, a perfectionist.
ref: 2003 December 22, Roderic Dunnett, “Cecilia Bartoli: The singing pioneer”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 12 May 2015:
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: A person who is not easily deceived or victimized; one who is perceptive, clever, or thoroughly common-sensical.
Related terms: suffer fools gladly
lares and penates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛəɹiːz ənd pɪˈnɑːtiːz/
ipa: /ˌlɛɹiz ənd pɪˈnɑtiz/
Etymology: A calque of Latin lares et penates. See lar and penates.
Senses: examples: text: The particular gods of the household were its lares and penates.
ref: 1995, Antony Kamm, The Romans: An Introduction, page 87:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The household deities of ancient Rome, respectively overseeing the family and its house and storerooms.
examples: text: I am returned to my own Lares and Penates—to my dogs and cats.
ref: 1775, Horace Walpole, letter
text: Dissenters came to South Carolina in the decade 1680-1690, some of them persons of means who might have brought with them their lares and penates.
ref: 1949, Anna Wells Rutledge, Artists in the Life of Charleston, page 111:
text: “Please understand me now—if it were nothing more than muffled tones and scars on your Aeolus's bellows there, merely some calcified foreign matter, then I would send you packing to rejoin your lares and penates, and not worry one white more about you.”
ref: 1995, Thomas Mann, translated by John E. Woods, The Magic Mountain, Vintage, published 1996, page 178:
glosses: One's prized possessions, considered as the protectors or symbols of one's household.
Synonyms: sense: household deities
word: household deity
mistouch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈtʌtʃ/
ipa: /ˈmɪstʌtʃ/
Forms: form: mistouches
form: mistouching
form: mistouched
form: mistouched
Etymology: From mis- + touch.
Senses: glosses: To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
mistouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈtʌtʃ/
ipa: /ˈmɪstʌtʃ/
Forms: form: mistouches
Etymology: From mis- + touch.
Senses: examples: text: After a mistouch of a button, the orchestra suddenly rose up out of the pit in mid-performance and travelled on past stage level to tower over both the performers and the audience.
ref: 2009, Sarah Jennings, Art and Politics: The History of the National Arts Centre, page 73:
glosses: Incorrect touch.
RBD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RBDs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of receptor-binding domain.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
synonyms: booking class
glosses: Initialism of reservation booking designator.
glosses: Initialism of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder.
glosses: Initialism of recurrent brief depression.
glosses: Initialism of reliability block diagram.
RBD
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of refined, bleached, and deodorized.
skinart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rare form of skin art.
skin art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skin-art
form: skinart
Senses: glosses: The engraving of tattos; tattooage.
skin-art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rare form of skin art.
rowhome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rowhomes
Etymology: From row + home.
Senses: glosses: One of a row of houses situated side by side and sharing a common wall.
Synonyms: terraced house
town house
rowhouse
rowhomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rowhome
blastochyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blasto- + chyle.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The clear or shiny colorless fluid in the blastodermic vesicles.
blastodermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blastoderm + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: blastodermal
blastodermatic
glosses: Of or pertaining to the blastoderm.
Derived terms: preblastodermic
nicky nacky noo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nicky nacky noos
form: nicky-nacky-noo
Senses: glosses: A nonsense placeholder phrase for a nonspecific thing or action, especially something small or insignificant.
Related terms: nick-nack
necrophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From necro- + -phagic.
Senses: examples: text: Ravages of ‘demon claws and teeth’; corpses ‘mangled, chewed and clawed’. The necrophagic passion is very strong in Lovecraft.
ref: 1975, Angela Carter, “The Hidden Child”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 546:
text: When they are eating the remainders of their dead fathers, the girls perform all the elements of a necrophagic ritual.
ref: 2012, Gabriele Schwab, Imaginary Ethnographies:
glosses: Eating dead bodies.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That feeds on carrion.
Related terms: necrophagia
necrophagous
necrophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necrophytes
Etymology: From necro- + -phyte.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant or fungus that grows on dead plant material
Related terms: necrophytic
necrophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necrophobes
Etymology: From necro- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: A person who has a morbid fear of death
Related terms: necrophobia
necrophobic
necrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more necrophobic
form: most necrophobic
Etymology: From necro- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to necrophobia
kingdom of Pisces
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Now it is high heaking time, and bee the windes neuer so eaſterly aduerſe and the tyde fled from vs, wee must violently towe and hale in our redoubtable Sophy, of the floating kingdom of Piſces, whome ſo much as by name I ſhoulde not haue acknowledged, had it not beene that I muſed, how Yarmouth ſhould be inueſted in ſuch plenty and opulence, conſidering that in M. Hackluit’s [i.e., Richard Hakluyt’s] Engliſh diſcoueries, I haue not come in ken of one mizzen maſt of a man of warre bound for the Indies, or mediteranean ſternebearer ſente from her Zenith or Meridian; [...]
ref: 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 20:
text: The episode is also a love story between Captain Cook and his beloved sea: the adventures of Mars through Neptune's kingdom of Pisces.
ref: 1975, Maxine Moore, That Lonely Game: Melville, Mardi, and the Almanac (University of Missouri Studies; no. 63), Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 141:
glosses: The domain of fish; the sea.
necrohormone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necrohormones
Etymology: From necro- + hormone.
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of hormones, present in plant and animal tissue, that promote healing after injury
Duke of York's Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for various dukes of York. In the case of the New Zealand atoll, for Prince Edward, younger brother of George III of England. In the case of the Ecuadorian island, for James II of England prior to his father's death.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Atafu: an atoll in Tokelau, New Zealand.
glosses: Former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
NWFZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NWFZs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of nuclear-weapon-free zone.
NWFZs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NWFZ
ETF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ETFs
Senses: examples: text: Against this backdrop, we reviewed the Kiplinger ETF 20, the list of our favorite exchange-traded funds.
ref: 2020, Nellie S. Huang, "Find the Best ETFs For Your Goals" in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, 74(9), p. 18
text: The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF began trading at $40 a share under the ticker symbol “BITO” and finished the day up 5%. The ProShares fund is the first of what is expected to be several ETFs that track bitcoin futures to debut on Wall Street.
ref: 2021 October 19, Paul R. La Monica, “The first bitcoin ETF finally begins trading”, in CNN Business:
text: In contrast, government bond ETFs sucked in $30.4bn, nearly double the level in September, with almost all this money heading into US Treasury funds.
ref: 2023 November 11, Steve Johnson, “Corporate bond ETFs hit by record withdrawals as US lending rates soar”, in FT Weekend, page 13:
text: According to Farside Investors’ data, spot ETH exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net inflows of roughly $2.4 billion in the past six trading days, well above the $827 million in net inflows into spot BTC ETFs during the same period.
ref: 2025 July 25, Rakesh Upadhyay, “Price predictions 7/25: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE, XLM, SUI”, in Cointelegraph:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of exchange-traded fund.
ETFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ETF.
Atafu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tokelauan Atafu.
Senses: glosses: An atoll in Tokelau, New Zealand.
Synonyms: word: Duke of York's Island
Derived terms: Atafuan
faucitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the fauces
febricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: febricities
Senses: glosses: Feverishness.
Derived terms: febricide
Related terms: febrile
ferratin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of ferritin.
unmaligned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + maligned.
Senses: glosses: Not maligned.
unmalign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmalign
form: most unmalign
Etymology: From un- + malign.
Senses: glosses: Not malign.
unmalignant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmalignant
form: most unmalignant
Etymology: From un- + malignant.
Senses: glosses: Not malignant.
ninnyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ninnyish
form: most ninnyish
Etymology: From ninny + -ish.
Senses: glosses: silly; foolish
unmiserable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmiserable
form: most unmiserable
Etymology: From un- + miserable.
Senses: glosses: Not miserable.
humdrummery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humdrummeries
Etymology: From humdrum + -ery.
Senses: glosses: That which is humdrum; mundanity.
humdrummeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humdrummery
ferrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrometers
Etymology: From ferro- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A device for estimating the proportion of iron in the blood.
glosses: A water purifier employing ferrous sulphate.
filariform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more filariform
form: most filariform
Etymology: From filaria + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Resembling filaria or nematode worms.
ferrometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrometer
frenotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frenotomies
Etymology: From frenum + -otomy.
Senses: glosses: The surgical cutting of the frenum.
frenotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frenotomy
frenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the frenum.
fustin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fustic + -in.
Senses: glosses: A yellow dye obtained from fustic, Venetian sumach (Cotinus coggygria).
choirstall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choirstalls
form: choir stall
Etymology: From choir + stall.
Senses: glosses: A row of seats for the choir in a church.
choirstalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choirstall
funiculitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From funiculus + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of a funiculus, especially of the spermatic cord
cannibal sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannibal sandwiches
Senses: glosses: A sandwich made from raw ground beef with onions, on rye bread, and seasoned. Traditionally served at Christmastime in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest.
Synonyms: wildcat sandwich
Hypernyms: sandwich
Coordinate terms: hamburger
loose meat sandwich
sloppy joe
steak tartare
Related terms: tiger meat
cannibal sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannibal sandwich
squeaky cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Fresh curds squeak against the teeth when bitten into, due to air trapped inside the porous material.
Senses: glosses: Cheese curds.
examples: William Jones, How to Move to Finland: A Step-by-Step Guide
Finnish cuisine, often influenced by its natural surroundings, is a celebration of local flavors. From hearty Karelian pasties to the renowned squeaky cheese, you'll find a variety of dishes […]
glosses: Synonym of bread cheese.
synonyms: word: bread cheese
Snickers salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Snickers salads
Senses: qualifier: Upper Midwestern US
glosses: A sweet dish made from Snickers chocolate bars, Granny Smith apples, whipped cream, and often pudding or whipped topping.
Marblehead squash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marblehead squashes
Senses: glosses: winter squash
Marblehead squashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marblehead squash
skimmelton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skimmeltons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skimmington.
skimmeltons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skimmelton
chivaree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chivarees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shivaree.
chivaree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chivarees
form: chivareeing
form: chivareed
form: chivareed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shivaree.
chivari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chivaris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shivaree.
chivari
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chivaries
form: chivariing
form: chivaried
form: chivaried
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shivaree.
chivarees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chivaree
chivaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chivari
shivarees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shivaree
fragilitas crinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: trichoptilosis
fluidextract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluidextracts
Senses: examples: text: The remaining five fluidextracts are made by special processes.
ref: 1917, The National Druggist, volume 47, page 94:
text: Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […]
ref: 1926, Joseph Price Remington, Ernest Fullerton Cook, Charles Herbert La Wall, Remington's Practice of Pharmacy:
glosses: Dated form of fluid extract.
fluidextracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluidextract
denominals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denominal
hamantasch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamantaschen
Senses: glosses: singular of hamantaschen
deverbatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deverbative
Taxachusetts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of tax + Massachusetts, referring to its high income tax.
Senses: glosses: Massachusetts
larrupings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larruping
larruppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larrupping
scramble dinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scramble dinners
Senses: glosses: A potluck supper.
scramble dinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scramble dinner
one-of
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-ofs
Senses: examples: text: Weak card. Might be good enough for a one-of in a mono-black deck, but you're running R/B.
ref: 2002 January 12, Adam Compton, “Re: Goblin/Zombie Horde”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <a1q7dt$9pf$1@news.service.uci.edu>:
text: One-ofs are usually no good unless you can tutor for them or are late-game goodies, so you should decide which to keep and which to exchange for more copies of the good ones.
ref: 2003 September 22, Gustavo Fischer, “Re: mirrodin and zombies...”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <bkpusc$4j7fq$2@ID-57982.news.uni-berlin.de>:
text: Kher Keep is a one-of with no drawback in this deck that creates blockers early on.
ref: 2007 May 22, mutantman, “Darksteel Reactor deck”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <1179902223.076767.202980@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>:
text: But, even if you took it as a (one-of) staple card, what of the numerous other staples?
ref: 2008 September 23, suleci2 <suleci2@aol.com>, “Re: For G-d Sake, BAN Direct Intervention”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet), message-ID <34fdd65d-dacf-4a2b-99f2-abaecddcfb82@p31g2000prf.googlegroups.com>:
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: A card included in a deck only once.
Coordinate terms: two-of
one-ofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-of
doodinkus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doodinkuses
Senses: qualifier: Kansas; Nebraska; Kansas; Nebraska
glosses: thingamabob
doodinkuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doodinkus
two-of
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-ofs
Senses: examples: text: Eladamri's Call may help out with your deck in its current form, as would removing some of the one- and two-ofs for some more redundancy.
ref: 2001 February 6, Donald Shepherd, “Re: T2 Fires with Planeshift for review”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <95nnc1$2fg$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:
text: First note: IMO too many one-ofs and two-ofs.
ref: 2002 January 12, Erich Leibrock, “Re: Type 2 green weenie deck help needed”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <ZeZg8.98777$JZ.12806556@news20.bellglobal.com>:
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: A card included in a deck twice.
Coordinate terms: one-of
sewing needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sewing needles
Etymology: Compare Irish snáthaid mhór (“dragonfly”) from snáthaid (“needle”) + mhór (“big, large, great”). Also compare Russian стрекоза́ (strekozá) (<? стрека́ть (strekátʹ)).
Senses: glosses: A dragonfly or damselfly.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sewing, needle.
Synonyms: odonate
sewing needles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sewing needle
renthouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: renthouses
Etymology: From rent + house.
Senses: examples: text: The company has built pretty little whitewashed renthouses with front porches and fenced-in yards. There's enough room for flowers in the front yard and a vegetable garden in the back.
ref: 2008, Helen Lavinia Underwood, Under Cedar Shades:
qualifier: Arkansas
glosses: A house that is rented out.
renthouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renthouse
two-ofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-of
kittenball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kitten + ball.
Senses: examples: text: Another sport, kittenball, also called diamond ball, was played more often than baseball because the games were 7 innings long. Kittenball also required less equipment therefore it was cheaper to field a team.
ref: 2004, Peggy Sanders, The Civilian Conservation Corps: In and Around the Black Hills, page 35:
text: We called it "kittenball" in those days. For what reason I never thought to ask and still have not discovered. But it was softball, the twelve inch variety with the fast, underhand pitch.
ref: 2018, Paul Assink, Looking Back, page 62:
glosses: The game of softball.
diddledees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diddledee
diddledees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I found 'em way hidden under the pine diddledees.
ref: 2011, John Rogers, The Cut of Her Jib, page 61:
glosses: Pine needles.
slicky slide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slicky slides
Senses: glosses: A children's playground slide.
make the riffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes the riffle
form: making the riffle
form: made the riffle
form: made the riffle
Etymology: See riffle (“fast-flowing part of a stream”).
Senses: glosses: To succeed; to overcome obstacles.
bellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of belling
fore-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːˈhandɪd/
Forms: form: more fore-handed
form: most fore-handed
form: forehanded
Senses: examples: text: This blow should be given fore-handed, as soon as the colt has quitted the wall.
ref: 1806, Strickland Freemen, The Art of Horsemanship: Altered and Abbreviated, page 38:
text: It should be delivered back-handed from the right and fore-handed from the left court.
ref: 1890, John Moyer Heathcote, Edward Oliver Pleydell-Bouverie, Arthur Campbell Ainger, Tennis, page 224:
text: I'll tell you, madam, to have your hunting-sword both right sharp and double-edged, that you may strike either fore-handed or back-handed, as you see reason, for a hurt with a buck's horn is a perilous
ref: 1819, Sir Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor:
glosses: With a forehand stroke.
knick-knackery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From knick-knack + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of knickknackery.
footspeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From foot + speed.
Senses: examples: text: The journey, however, is not all peaches and cream, and thick skin is as much of a necessity as footspeed and arm strength.
ref: 2003, Bo Durkac, How to Become a Professional Baseball Player, page 177:
glosses: The speed at which a person can move on foot.
on pump
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: to buy something on pump
qualifier: Nebraska
glosses: On credit; with payment delayed until later.
Kinkaider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kinkaiders
Etymology: From Kinkaid + -er.
Senses: qualifier: Nebraska
glosses: A claimant of land under the provisions of the Kinkaid Act.
Kinkaiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kinkaider
scaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scapers
Senses: examples: text: They were silent, unsmiling youngsters, undersized and pale. They went to school passively, and since they showed no interest in education, Moe was trying to train them in his own profession of carpentering, and was teaching them frog-hunting on the side. "Them scapers is the best frog hunters in the county," he said.
ref: 1942, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cross Creek:
glosses: A rascal.
scapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaper
Milifandom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Miliband + fandom
Senses: examples: text: Abby says the Milifandom, which started last week, is “a movement against the distorted media portrayal of Ed”.
ref: 2015 April 21, Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Milifandom soars with Twitter backing for Labour leader Ed Miliband”, in The Guardian:
text: The student, who describes the 'Milifandom' as 'a movement against the distorted media portrayal of Ed', started the unlikely cult-following of Miliband in the run-up to the May election.
ref: 2015 June 25, Sara Malm, Daily Mail:
text: That, Ed Miliband told the Evening Standard, was his wife Justine's reaction to the news that her husband had a fandom. Milifandom.
ref: 2015, Iain Watson, Five Million Conversations: How Labour lost and election and rediscovered its roots:
text: So I jokingly suggested to an excolleague at BuzzFeed via Twitter that this could be her next piece, since she'd been the first to uncover the 'Milifandom' (the band of teenage girls who had developed swooning, semiironic crushes on Labour leader Ed Miliband during the 2015 eelection campaign).
ref: 2016, Robert Colvile, The Great Acceleration: How the World is Getting Faster, Faster:
text: A teenager has taken Milifandom to a whole new level by getting Ed Miliband's face tattooed on her thigh.
ref: 2016 January 12, Dan Bloom, “Milifandom taken to whole new level as teen fan gets Ed Miliband's face tattooed on her thigh”, in The Mirror:
text: And after Milifandom signally failed to shift votes in places like Nuneaton, the PM told last year’s post-election party conference ‘Britain and Twitter are not the same thing’.
ref: 2016 June 22, Paul Waugh, “How The ‘Ground War’, And Digital Targeting, Will Decide The EU Referendum Result”, in The Huffington Post:
topics: government
politics
glosses: An Internet-based youth movement in support of Ed Miliband, then leader of the British Labour Party.
Related terms: Milifan
Milibandian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Milibandian
form: most Milibandian
Etymology: From Miliband + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Ed Miliband, former leader of the British Labour Party.
Titan crane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Titan cranes
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A large crane with an overhanging counterbalanced arm carrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used especially for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.
Troian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Troians
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Trojan (“native or inhabitant of ancient Troy”).
Troyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Troyans
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Trojan (“native or inhabitant of ancient Troy”).
Troians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Troian
Troyans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Troyan
Trudgen stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trudgen strokes
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
swimming
glosses: Synonym of trudgen (“type of swimming stroke”).
synonyms: word: trudgen
extra: type of swimming stroke
tuck pointing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuckpointing
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: The finishing of joints along the center lines with a narrow ridge of putty or fine lime mortar.
traffic mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traffic miles
Senses: topics: railways
transport
glosses: Any unit of the total obtained by adding the passenger miles and ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period.
trecentist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trecentists
Etymology: From trecento + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A member of the trecento, or an imitator of its characteristics.
trecentists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trecentist
trigonodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: tritubercular
tribromophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribromphenol
Senses: glosses: A substance with chemical formula C₆H₃OBr₃, prepared by the reaction of carbolic acid with bromine.
Synonyms: bromol
tribromphenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tribromophenol.
trudgeon stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Trudgen stroke.
fore-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fore-handed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of forehandedness.
treasury stock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company itself.
trustee stock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trustee stocks
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: High-grade stock in which trust funds may be legally invested.