cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
muscular Christianity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Yet even though the attempt was made to transform the church and Sunday school along these lines, the ideals of muscular Christianity were perhaps most efficiently diffused through a proliferation of Christian youth organizations for boys.
ref: 2001, Priscilla Ferguson Clement, Jacqueline S. Reinier, Boyhood in America, Abc-Clio Incorporated, →ISBN:
topics: Christianity
coordinate_terms: muscular Judaism
glosses: A movement of Victorian origin stressing the need for energetic Christian activism in combination with an ideal of vigorous masculinity.
Related terms: Sportianity
blueshifting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The production of a blueshift
Related terms: blueshifted
redshifting
d00d
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: d00ds
form: d00dz
Etymology: Leet spelling of dood, itself from dude.
Senses: examples: text: As 'Ozone Pilot', one former warez d00d, wrote: Warez d00dz get illegal copies of copyrighted software.
ref: 1996, Eric S Raymond, The new hacker's dictionary:
text: When he arrived at work that morning, it was to face an angry Web development team whose beautiful and elegantly designed index page had been replaced with the crude legend, "Y0U H4\/E B33N 0WN3D BY AG3NT D3L3T3! l@m3 security, d00d.
ref: 2004, Jay Beale, Andrew R Baker, Brian Caswell, Mike Poor, Snort 2.1 intrusion detection:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dude.
borewell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borewells
Etymology: From bore + well.
Senses: glosses: A well constructed by boring a vertical hole (often subsequently fitted with a casing).
chronogeometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chrono- + geometric.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to chronogeometry.
sleepwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sleep + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Sleepwise, I've always been a strict eight hour man; no more, no less. For some reason though I was awake at six next morning.
ref: 1989, Keith Roberts, Winterwood: And Other Hauntings:
text: During the Depression, putting yourself through school, it was a financial sacrifice, sleepwise — it was not easy.
ref: 2004, Katherine Cramer Walsh, Talking about politics: informal groups and social identity in American life:
text: Sleepwise, your child's needs haven't changed significantly since she was a baby. She still needs approximately 11 to 14 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period...
ref: 2007, Jennifer Waldburger, Jill Spivack, The Sleepeasy Solution:
glosses: In terms of sleep.
borewells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borewell
boresomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boresome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being boresome; dullness, uninterestingness.
chronogeometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronogeometries
Etymology: From chrono- + geometry.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A form of relativistic geometry in which time is considered as a form of spatial coordinate
uninterestingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uninteresting + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: If this results in a society which MacIntyre has criticized as being the province of the manager, the aesthete and the analyst, types almost sinister in their philosophical lightmindedness, superficiality, programmed uninterestingness, and their depressingly spineless willingness to grant the presence of 'despicable types' for the sake of political freedom, then so be it.
ref: 2006, Robin Holt, Wittgenstein, Politics and Human Rights, →ISBN:
glosses: The state or quality of being uninteresting.
chronogeometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chrono- + geometrical.
Senses: glosses: chronogeometric
cyclotomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The branch of mathematics concerned with the complex roots of unity; cyclotomy.
Related terms: cyclotomic
unquixotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unquixotic
form: most unquixotic
Etymology: From un- + quixotic.
Senses: examples: text: The old chivalric code and a more modern code of honour reveals itself in Stuart literature and the behaviour of quite unquixotic Englishmen.
ref: 1977, Brian Bond, Ian Roy, War and society: a yearbook of military history, Volume 2:
text: The astonishingly unquixotic behaviour in the 1615 novel occurs when faced with the very essence of the Christian's knight's foes: death and the devil.
ref: 2006, Frederick Alfred De Armas, Quixotic frescoes: Cervantes and Italian Renaissance art:
glosses: Not quixotic.
bemedalled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bemedalled
form: most bemedalled
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bemedaled.
deexcitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌɛksaɪˈteɪʃən/
Forms: form: deexcitations
form: de-excitation
Etymology: From de- + excitation.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The change in state as an excited state releases a quantum of energy.
Related terms: deexcite
tangencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tangency
thermoelectrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + electrical.
Senses: glosses: thermoelectric
thermoelectrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From thermoelectric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By thermoelectric means.
deexcitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deexcitation
deexcited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌɛkˈsaɪtəd/
Forms: form: more deexcited
form: most deexcited
form: de-excited
Etymology: From de- + excited.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Subject to, or produced by deexcitation
interpolator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interpolators
Etymology: From interpolate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, interpolates.
interpolators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interpolator
reprocessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reprocessors
Etymology: From reprocess + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, reprocesses.
reprocessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reprocessor
noninterpolated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + interpolated.
Senses: glosses: uninterpolated
electrorheology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + rheology.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of the effects of electric fields on the rheological properties of materials
Related terms: electrorheological
roughnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Kernel roughnesses and variances for common kernels
ref: 1995, Salgado-Ugarte, Shimizu, Taniuchi, Practical rules for bandwidth selection in univariate density estimation, in: Stata Technical Bulletin STB-27 (September 1995)
glosses: plural of roughness
equifrequency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + frequency.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Having, or concerning the same frequencies
nonrigorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rigorous.
Senses: examples: a nonrigorous proof
glosses: Not rigorous.
untrusted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untrusted
form: most untrusted
Etymology: From un- + trusted.
Senses: glosses: Not trusted.
vitaminless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vitamin + -less.
Senses: glosses: Devoid of vitamins.
undiscussable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undiscussable
form: most undiscussable
form: indiscussable
form: indiscussible
form: undiscussible
Etymology: From un- + discussable.
Senses: glosses: Not discussable; that cannot be discussed.
exophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exophobic
form: most exophobic
Etymology: From exo- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: xenophobic
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Tending to discriminate against dissimilar items.
indexlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indexlike
form: most indexlike
Etymology: From index + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an index (ordered listing of items).
topics: business
finance
glosses: Similar to an index fund.
fluorohectorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorohectorites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A clay mineral that is a mixed silicate / oxide / fluoride of lithium and magnesium.
heliosynchronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From helio- + synchronous.
Senses: examples: text: A heliosynchronous orbit is an orbit [around the Earth] whose plane precesses by [a little less than] one degree a day around the line of the poles, thus keeping the same position in relation to the Earth-Sun line.
ref: 1987, Pierre Lellouche, Satellite warfare: a challenge for the international community, Institut français des relations internationales, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, United Nations:
synonyms: Sun-synchronous
glosses: Describing an orbit around the Earth where each passage in the same direction along a given latitude will occur throughout the year at the same true solar time.
glosses: Describing an orbit around the Sun in which the period of revolution is the same as the Sun's period of rotation.
Derived terms: heliosynchronous orbit
Related terms: geostationary
geosynchronous
heliostationary
string theoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: based on, or inspired by, string theory
sockpuppets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sockpuppet
hem-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: haem-
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemo-.
haem-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: hæm-
form: hem-
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haemo-.
hemochromatoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See hemochromatosis § Etymology; plural suffix -oses.
Senses: glosses: plural of hemochromatosis
thanatologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thanatologist
chemotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemotherapists
Etymology: From chemo- + therapist.
Senses: glosses: One who administers chemotherapy.
chemotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemotherapist
chemotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemotherapy
chromat-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chromato-.
pseudoromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudoromantic
form: most pseudoromantic
Etymology: From pseudo- + romantic.
Senses: examples: text: Pure fantasia as the fictional betrothal is, it illustrates how pseudoromantic and sentimental Bernard Shaw was at heart, in spite of his public pose...
ref: 1963, Charles Garfield Lott Du Cann, The loves of George Bernard Shaw:
text: ...she personally resented this increasingly dumb attempt to cash in on the pseudoromantic mystique of those particular olden days in this town...
ref: 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland:
glosses: Spuriously romantic; schmaltzy.
phragmocones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phragmocone
diopsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diopside
signages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There are various signages at the park entrance, and other places within the park.
ref: 1992, Rajesh Gopal, Rajesh Gopal's Fundamentals of Wildlife Management, Justice Home, page 637:
text: Policy on Hoardings, Street furniture and Signages
ref: 2006, J.M. Jaina & Brothers, Draft master plan for Delhi – 2021: JMJ's what will be Delhi in 2021, J.M. Jaina & Brothers, →ISBN, page 84:
text: Moreover, there is a cumulative impact of such signages and it may be difficult to quantify the impact of such an effect, which happens over a period of time.
ref: 2007, S. Ramesh Kumar, “Dimensions of Distrubution and Retailing”, in Marketing and Branding: The Indian Scenario, Pearson Education India, →ISBN, Retail Display/Signages, page 105:
text: We come across many signages in our everyday life. From a road signage ‘STOP, LOOK & GO’ or ‘NO PARKING’ to ‘Lifts’ or ‘Fire Exit’ signage in office or cinema hall, we see signages everywhere.
ref: 2010, Swati Bhalla, Anuraag S, “The Basics of Visual Merchandising”, in Visual Merchandising, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: plural of signage
xanthomatotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌzænθəməˈtɒtɪk/
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to xanthomatosis.
uncopied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + copied.
Senses: glosses: Not copied; not having been copied.
intragrain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + grain.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Within a grain
isofrequency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + frequency.
Senses: glosses: Describing points or systems having the same frequency
Related terms: isofrequential
isotriplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isotriplets
Etymology: From iso- + triplet.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A group of three particles differing only in isospin
isodoublet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isodoublets
Etymology: From iso- + doublet.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A group of two particles differing only in isospin
laponite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laponites
Senses: glosses: A synthetic smectic clay that forms a clear, thixotropic gel when dispersed in water
zebrafishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zebrafish
Heizer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heizers
Etymology: Occupational surname borrowed from German Heizer (“stoker, fireman”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
isotriplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isotriplet
isodoublets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isodoublet
nematogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: In zoology, formed as nematogen + -ic; in physical chemistry, formed as nemato- + -genic. Compare nematogenous.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a solid that forms a nematic liquid crystal when heated.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to the nematogens
quasilocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quasilocal
form: most quasilocal
form: quasi-local
Etymology: From quasi- + local.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a ring that is not Noetherian
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing an extended but finite spacetime domain
zoomburbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoomburb
quasimeromorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + meromorphic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a mapping that has some characteristics of a meromorphic one
reparametrizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reparametrization
rescattered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rescattered
form: most rescattered
Etymology: From re- + scattered.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: scattered again
selfconsistently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more selfconsistently
form: most selfconsistently
form: self-consistently
Etymology: From selfconsistent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a selfconsistent manner
spheroidals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spheroidal
superautonomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superautonomous
form: most superautonomous
form: super-autonomous
Etymology: From super- + autonomous.
Senses: glosses: Both large-scale and autonomous.
toleranced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tolerance
toleranced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a specified tolerance.
tolerancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tolerance
wavinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waviness
deculturize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈkʌɫtʃəɹaɪz/
ipa: /diːˈkʊɫtʃəɹaɪz/
Forms: form: deculturizes
form: deculturizing
form: deculturized
form: deculturized
Etymology: From de- + culturize.
Senses: glosses: To strip of culture.
Synonyms: sense: to strip of culture
word: deculture
sense: to strip of culture
word: deculturate
Derived terms: deculturization
niggerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggerisation
Etymology: From nigger + -ization. First use of the sense meaning dehumanization appears c. 1969 in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Senses: examples: text: First, there was urgent need for indentured labour, then the need to keep this labour force permanent; the denial of education at first, and later such facilities were made available but on the condition of proselytization and indoctrination, deculturization, dehumanization and niggerization.
ref: 1980, Piare Lal Sharma, India betrayed:
text: The basic goals of niggerization were to promote white greed and hatred […]
ref: 2008, David Hilliard, The Black Panther Party: service to the people programs:
text: What are the conditions under which black people will straighten their backs? How do you shake the niggerization out of black people?
ref: 2009, Cornel West, Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom:
text: Niggerization is a process; a degenerating progression used on anyone not just blacks.
ref: 2012, K. L. Stubblefield, American Reprobate, page 137:
glosses: The usually systematic act of dehumanizing people, especially black people.
examples: text: The reply was to call the republicans the party of "taxation and niggerization," as J. Sterling Morton named them in the Nebraska City News.
ref: 1904, Addison Erwin Sheldon, Semi-centennial History of Nebraska, page 97:
text: The United States Government, under Jewry, is committed to the increasing judaization and niggerization of our entire society.
ref: 1977, The Liberty Bell - Volume 4, page 14:
text: this inference provides the bully pulpit from which Helms exhorts whites to "vote for me. I'll stop the Niggerization of white folk jobs."
ref: 2007, Ernest Dillard Sr., End Racism in the United States with a White Sword, page 47:
glosses: The act or process of exposing or subjecting to black people or their influence.
Synonyms: niggeration
niggerizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of niggerize
niggerizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A process commonly known as niggerizing has been used for some time to provide wood with increased acid resistance.
ref: 1955, Agriculture Handbook, number 71, U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 54:
glosses: The process of treating wood with a coal tar mixture under high pressure, for the purpose of increasing acid resistance.
niggerized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of niggerize
deculturizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deculturize
deculturizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deculturize
deculturized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deculturize
deculturization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkʌɫtʃəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /diːˌkʊɫtʃəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology: From deculturize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of deculturizing.
big pharma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Big Pharma
Senses: examples: text: "Biotech's only got about $1.5 billion in partnering funds today, but big pharma is spending $25 billion in R&D" each year with marginal results, notes Burrill.
ref: 1994 September 26, “Biotech”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 10 Oct 2013:
text: Critics were indignant that a potentially dangerous drug was being used on a hunch, and suspected the influence of big pharma and its drive to expand its markets.
ref: 2006 June 19, Daniel Williams, “Drugs Before Diagnosis?”, in Time:
text: The driving force, and substantial beneficiary, of this mass medicalisation is of course the pharmaceutical industry, or Big Pharma as it has pejoratively become known.
ref: 2012, James Le Fanu, “Bitter Pills to Swallow”, in Literary Review, number 399:
topics: business
synonyms: pharmaceutical industry
hypernyms: big business
glosses: Large, prosperous pharmaceutical firms collectively, understood as a business group having significant economic, political, or social influence.
Related terms: big government
big money
Big Pharma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of big pharma.
soft-shell turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft-shell turtle
portress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portresses
form: porteress
Etymology: From Middle English porteresse; equivalent to porter + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female porter (person in control of the entrance to a building)
prefoliation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefoliations
Etymology: From pre- + foliation.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Vernation (arrangement within a bud) of leaves.
Related terms: prefloration
ptyxis
-esce
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /-ˈɛs/
Forms: form: -esces
form: -escing
form: -esced
form: -esced
Etymology: From Latin -ēscō (“to grow, become a certain way”, an inchoative suffix). Compare -ish (Etymology 2).
Senses: glosses: Used to form verbs from nouns, following the pattern of verbs derived from Latin verbs ending in -esco
Related terms: sense: other terms ending in -esce
word: coalesce
sense: other terms ending in -esce
word: convalesce
sense: other terms ending in -esce
word: deliquesce
sense: other terms ending in -esce
word: effervesce
sense: other terms ending in -esce
word: evanesce
sense: other terms ending in -esce
word: luminesce
sense: suffixes
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: -escence
sense: suffixes
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: -escent
corrolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of correlate.
corrolate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of correlate.
culdocentesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culdocenteses
Etymology: From culdo- + -centesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: colpotomy
glosses: A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
netter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛtə/
ipa: /ˈnɛtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /-ɾə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛtə
rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: netters
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English netter, nettare. By surface analysis, net + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In England and in Scotland, after centuries of experience, the netter has been so restricted in the use of the destructive engines which were formerly in use there that at the present time many of the more important rivers continue to uphold almost their original standard of fish,—thus actually benefiting the tidal fisherman, the rivers' proprietors, and all concerned.
ref: 1891, Samuel Wilmot, “Salmon Fisheries of the Bay des Chaleurs”, in Part II of Supplement No. 1 to the Annual Report of the Department of Fisheries 1890, Brown Chamberlin (publisher), page 30
text: The conflict between gill-netters and cast-netters has existed at least since the 1940s. The conflict is about resource allocation since gill-netters, who are only a few in number, capture much more resources with less human effort than the large majority of fishers who use cast nets.
ref: 2004, Cristiana S. Seixas and Fikret Berkes, “Stakeholder Conflicts and Solutions across Political Scales: the Ibiraquera Lagoon, Brazil”, chapter eight of Leontine E. Visser (editor), Challenging Coasts: Transdisciplinary Excursions into Integrated Coastal Zone Development, Amsterdam University Press, page 190
glosses: One who nets (in any sense), or who uses a net.
examples: text: The vast majority of Indonesian netters use landlines, either from home or office, or from a public Internet access point.
ref: 2005, David T. Hill, Krishna Sen, The Internet in Indonesia's new democracy, page 61:
glosses: An Internet user.
Derived terms: cast-netter
dip-netter
dip netter
empty-netter
empty netter
set netter
set-netter
staggerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staggerers
Etymology: From stagger + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who staggers.
examples: text: It's a real staggerer how he got out of the window and onto the roof while sleepwalking.
glosses: Something astounding; a great mystery.
staggerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staggerer
culdocenteses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culdocentesis
unreceived
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + received.
Senses: glosses: Not having been received.
chapfallen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæpfɔːlən/
Forms: form: more chapfallen
form: most chapfallen
Etymology: From chap + fallen; see chap (“jaw”).
Senses: examples: text: Alas poore Yoricke, […] where be your gibes now? your gamboles? your ſongs? your flaſhes of merriment, that were wont to ſet the table on a roare, not one now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chopfalne.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
synonyms: word: chopfallen
word: atrabiliary
word: atrabilious
word: blitheless
word: dispirited
word: blue
word: bummed out
word: chapfallen
word: cheerless
word: chopfallen
word: crestfallen
word: cut up
word: damp
word: dejected
word: depressed
word: despondent
word: disgruntled
word: disconsolate
word: disheartened
word: dismal
word: doleful
word: dolesome
word: down
word: down in the dumps
word: down in the mouth
word: downcast
word: downhearted
word: downsome
word: dull
word: elegiac
word: elegious
word: forlorn
word: gloomy
word: glum
word: grief-stricken
word: grieving
word: heavy-hearted
word: heartsore
word: heartsick
word: inconsolable
word: infelicitous
word: jawfallen
word: joyless
word: lachrymose
word: lamentful
word: low
word: low-spirited
word: lugubrious
word: lumpish
word: melancholic
word: melancholy
word: miserable
word: moody
word: mopey
word: morose
word: mournful
word: passionate
word: plaintive
word: querulous
word: sad
word: saddened
word: saturnine
word: shattered
word: solemn
word: sombre
word: sorrowful
word: sorrow-ridden
word: sorrowsome
word: spiritless
word: sullen
word: threnetic
word: threnetical
word: triste
word: tristful
word: uncheerful
word: uncheery
word: unconsolable
word: unhappy
word: unlively
word: wistful
word: woe
word: woebegone
word: woeful
word: wretched
glosses: Crestfallen, dejected.
nonopalescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + opalescent.
Senses: glosses: Not opalescent.
kamiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kamik
prefloration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preflorations
form: praefloration
form: præfloration
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The arrangement (vernation) of floral parts in a bud.
Related terms: prefoliation
Bulgarian Hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bulgarian Hounds
Senses: glosses: A breed of scenthound originating in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bulgarian Hound
fluorspar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorspars
form: fluor spar
Etymology: Blend of fluorite + spar (“mineral, crystal”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fluorite.
synonyms: word: fluorite
Related terms: fluorescence
Segways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛɡweɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Segway
kolkoz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kolkozes
form: kolkozy
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kolkhoz.
kolkozes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kolkoz
kolkozy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kolkoz
odorful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more odorful
form: most odorful
Etymology: From odor + -ful.
Senses: glosses: odorous
otherworldish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more otherworldish
form: most otherworldish
Etymology: From otherworld + -ish.
Senses: glosses: otherworldly
roomsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɹʊmsəm/
/ˈɹuːmsəm/
Forms: form: more roomsome
form: most roomsome
Etymology: From room + -some.
Senses: examples: text: He noted with delight that the house was “not onely capable and roomsome, but very magnificent and commodious, as well within as without, nor lesse splendidly furnish'd.
ref: 1671 October 26 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 16 October 1671]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
glosses: Characterised or marked by room or roominess; spacious.
prerehearsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + rehearsal.
Senses: glosses: Before a dramatic rehearsal.
prerehearsal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prerehearsals
Etymology: From pre- + rehearsal.
Senses: examples: text: Then, later on, before we starting shooting, after we had gotten cast, everybody came in and sat around at a table and read it. We did kind of a prerehearsal, and that was very valuable to me. Because you see who you're working with.
ref: 2010, Ben Peskoe, Bill Green, Will Russell, I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski:
text: There were some prerehearsals in small groups, but more often they were put together on the spot or just minutes prior to the practice jam sessions.
ref: 2016, C. Victor Fung, Lisa J. Lehmberg, Music for Life, page 170:
glosses: An informal rehearsal done very early in process of preparing a performance.
yods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yod
subsea
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + sea.
Senses: examples: ref: 2004, Andrew Clennel Palmer, Roger A King, Subsea pipeline engineering:
synonyms: submarine
undersea
underwater
glosses: Beneath the sea.
backcountries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backcountry
air guitarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air guitarists
Etymology: From air guitar + -ist, after guitarist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the air guitar.
Cheka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛkə/
Forms: form: the Cheka
form: Tcheka
Etymology: From the Russian pronunciation of ЧК (ČK), abbreviation of Чрезвыча́йная Коми́ссия (Črezvyčájnaja Komíssija, “extraordinary commission”).
Senses: glosses: The first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created in 1917.
Derived terms: Chekist
Cheka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛkə/
Forms: form: Chekas
Etymology: From the Russian pronunciation of ЧК (ČK), abbreviation of Чрезвыча́йная Коми́ссия (Črezvyčájnaja Komíssija, “extraordinary commission”).
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, in order to eliminate friction between the ECs of soviets and the Chekas in the provinces, Dzerzhinsky was appointed people's commissar of internal affairs […]
ref: 2015, Vladimir N. Brovkin, Behind the Front Lines of the Civil War:
glosses: An agent of this organization; a Chekist.
air guitarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air guitarist
townwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From town + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: The factory girl's apparel is essentially of the same kind as that of the shop assistant or clerk : it is townwear, not really suitable as a cycling outfit.
ref: 2003, Kate Liepmann, The journey to work: its significance for industrial and community life:
text: Patagonia's new Dualspun canvas trousers and Dualspun short-sleeved shirt team up to combine the good looks of townwear with the durability needed in the backcountry.
ref: 1984 July, Backpacker, volume 12, number 63:
glosses: Everyday clothing suitable for wearing in a town, as opposed to activewear.
sijos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sijo
air-guitar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: air-guitars
form: air-guitaring
form: air-guitared
form: air-guitared
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of air guitar.
air-guitars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of air-guitar
upwells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upwell
air-guitaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of air-guitar
air-guitared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of air-guitar
succourless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: succorless
Etymology: From succour + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Succourleſs as I was, and enfeebled by having ſo long contended with the boiling torrent, I gave myſelf up for loſt, when, as a laſt effort, I hallooed as loud as I could;⁠—[…]
ref: 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter V, in The Banished Man. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 99:
text: For in their succorless empty-handedness, they, in the heathenish sharked waters, and by the beaches of unrecorded, javelin islands, battled with virgin wonders and terrors that Cooke with all his marines and muskets would not willingly have dared.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XXIV, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 121:
glosses: Without succour; with no source of aid.
succorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From succor + -less.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of succourless.
odorlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odourlessness
Etymology: From odorless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, it might be argued that the higher standards of cleanliness, hairlessness, odorlessness, and beauty held for women in our culture are a reflection of the greater burden placed on them to "civilize" their bodies lest they be seen as "disgusting" by others...
ref: 2004, Larissa Z Tiedens, Colin Wayne Leach, The social life of emotions:
glosses: Absence of odor.
odourlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From odourless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of odorlessness.
unæquivocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unæquivocal
form: most unæquivocal
Senses: examples: text: Thus, we have repeatedly referred to the high abortion and premature birth-rate, and to the tendency to placental infarction found in women subject to the unæquivocal eclamptic type of toxæmia.
ref: 1932, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynæcologists (Great Britain), The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynæcology of the British Empire, volume 39, page 316
text: The golden pill of the £2800 has soothed my discontent and if it be safely lodged with the Goslings, I agree with you in considering [it] as an unæquivocal pledge of a fair and willing purchaser.
ref: 1956, Edward Gibbon, edited by Jane Elizabeth Norton, Letters: 1784-1794, volume 3, Cassell, page 170:
text: No unæquivocal data are available concerning the occurrence of other substances [8].
ref: 1965, Acta Biologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volumes 15–16, page 197 (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia)
text: Once a (hæmato)cytologist is familiar with lymph node cytology and has the opportunity to use the Giemsa stain routinely, he is as safe as a histologist in making a class V, i.e. an unæquivocal, diagnosis of malignancy.
ref: 1980, Folia Haematologica: Internationales Zentralorgan für Blut- und Serumforschung, volume 107, page 615 (Verlag Von August Hirschwald)
glosses: Alternative spelling of unequivocal.
æquivocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more æquivocal
form: most æquivocal
Senses: examples: text: I crave leave to make use of these two new Words, to avoid the danger of being mistaken in the use of those which are æquivocal.
ref: 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, page 173:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of equivocal.
use-by date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: use-by dates
Senses: examples: text: The 2023-24 winter has come and gone without a whisper of when the cork will come out of the bottle regarding an announcement about replacing the ailing 1972 Stock, which is now 15 years past its use-by date.
ref: 2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “TfL is overflowing with ideas... but is short of capital”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 31:
glosses: The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed.
Coordinate terms: best before date
best-by date
expiration date
expiry date
issue date
sell-by date
ædify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ædifies
form: ædifying
form: ædified
form: ædified
Senses: examples: text: And of higher dissuasive reasons, thus much at least was known to the priests of the dispersion, that the judgments of a superior power weighed upon mankind, and could no more be resisted until the prophetic epocha of their reversal or mitigation, than an other^([sic]) son of the Ἀμφιβοητος Ὀφις could make a renovated Babel “the beginning of his kingdom,” or than Julian could re-ædify the City of David and reverse the outlawry of her citizens.
ref: 1828, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable, volume III, page 4:
glosses: Archaic spelling of edify.
quæstionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quæstionable
form: most quæstionable
Etymology: From quæstion + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The authority of a writer, who affirms any quæſtionable fact, muſt depend on the character of his veracity and of his judgement.
ref: 1755, Conyers Middleton, “An Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers, etc.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Conyers Middleton, page 148:
glosses: Archaic spelling of questionable.
Large Münsterländer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Large Münsterländers
Etymology: Partial calque of German Großer Münsterländer.
Senses: glosses: A gun dog of a breed originating in Münster, Germany.
Related terms: Small Münsterländer
Soulagean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Soulagean
form: most Soulagean
Etymology: From Soulages + -an, from the French abstract painter Pierre Soulages (1919–2022). (Possible translation of soulagien, an equivalent French adjective in use since at least 1964.)
Senses: examples: text: This recent flurry of Soulagean activity will be news to the New York contemporary art world, since he has not had a show there since 1977.
ref: 2005, Brooks Adams, in Pierre Soulages: Outrenoir
glosses: Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of French abstract painter Pierre Soulages (born 1919), his works, or his authorship; especially of his use of the black color.
wikipedia: Pierre Soulages
Synonyms: word: Soulagesian
word: Soulagesean
raw_tags: in English
half-pints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-pint
wobbegongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wobbegong
Sarabeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sara + Beth.
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage.
invariables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invariable
golden retriever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden retrievers
Senses: examples: text: Sarah’s world began to open up dramatically last year when she was partnered with Freckles, a small goldador guide dog—a cross between a golden retriever and a Labrador.
ref: 2011 November 25, U.S. News Weekly & World Report, volume 3, number 47:
text: What if you’re a golden retriever? If you end up with others of your breed, it’ll be a wonderfully nurturing and stress-free environment.
ref: 2015, Aryna Ryan, Creativity: The Ultimate Teen Guide (It Happened to Me; number 43), Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 160:
text: Your golden retriever will need to be kept busy. Spend time playing with him. Show him love, and he will love you back.
ref: 2017, Linda Bozzo, I Like Golden Retrievers! (Discover Dogs with the American Canine Association), Enslow Publishing, page 8:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Golden Retriever.
black fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackflies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blackfly.
tone mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tone marks
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: diacritical mark
coordinate_terms: accent mark
glosses: A symbol used to indicate tones in tonal languages.
tone marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tone mark
gun lobby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun lobbies
Senses: examples: text: Congress must stand up to the gun lobby.
ref: 1981 September 25, James J. Kilpatrick, “Proposals On Handguns And Bail Would Help To Stem Violent Crime”, in St. Petersburg Independent, retrieved 02 Feb 2010, page 19A:
text: But efforts like Woods' are up against powerful headwinds — and not just because of the powerful gun lobby that often strangles gun-control laws.
ref: 2009 April 20, Michael A. Lindenberger, “Ten Years After Columbine, It's Easier to Bear Arms”, in Time:
topics: government
politics
glosses: An organized group which attempts to influence public policy and law with respect to firearms, especially as an advocate of ownership of and access to firearms by individual citizens.
vegetable soups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vegetable soup
port arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I think we have to bear in mind that he'd been wrestled with, shot at, been in a wild chase, and now he's being confronted with a person carrying an automatic weapon at port arms.
ref: 1989, Peter C. Lagarias, Harrison J. Sheppard, Effective Closing Argument, page 356:
text: At last the battery cover snapped down. Howard strode briskly back through the living room with the hedge-clippers held at port arms.
ref: 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body.
Related terms: order arms
present arms
port arms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ports arms
form: porting arms
form: ported arms
form: ported arms
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To carry one's personal firearm diagonally in front of the body.
raw_tags: as imperative
Related terms: at the high port
borrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒɹəl/
ipa: /ˈbɔɹəl/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹəl/
rhymes: -ɒɹəl
Forms: form: borrels
Etymology: Compare Old French burel (“reddish”) or French beurré (“butter pear”).
Senses: glosses: A sort of pear with a smooth soft pulp; a red butter pear.
borrel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒɹəl/
ipa: /ˈbɔɹəl/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹəl/
rhymes: -ɒɹəl
Forms: form: more borrel
form: most borrel
form: burrel
Etymology: Probably from burel (“coarse woolen cloth”).
Senses: examples: text: Siker thou speak'st like a lewd sorrel,
Of heaven, to deemen so:
Howbe I am but rude and borrel,
Yet nearer ways I know.
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.
borrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borrel
tetchily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛt͡ʃ.ɪ.li/
Forms: form: more tetchily
form: most tetchily
Etymology: From tetchy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Do be quiet, will you, or I shall miss it all," cried Jabez, tetchily.
ref: 1862, Henry Mayhew, chapter V, in Young Benjamin Franklin:
text: "No, indeed. He got me dis little buggy—"
"Sidecar," corrected Ryan tetchily. "It's called a sidecar."
ref: 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 338:
glosses: In an annoyed or irritated manner.
Synonyms: sense: in an annoyed or irritated manner
word: irascibly
sense: in an annoyed or irritated manner
word: peevishly
sense: in an annoyed or irritated manner
word: testily
Related terms: tetchiness
tetchy
PO'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more PO'd
form: most PO'd
form: po'd
form: po'ed
form: p.o.ed
form: p.o.'ed
form: POed
form: PO'ed
form: P.O.ed
form: P.O.'ed
form: P.O.'d
Etymology: Euphemistic and abbreviated form of pissed off.
Senses: examples: text: Wilbur was PO'd, of course. Didn't speak to her for six hours ...
ref: 1972, Patrick M. McGrady, The love doctors, page 356:
text: ... told Nancy he was PO'd up to his keister with--pause! ...
ref: 2008, William Frank Buckley, The Reagan I Knew, page 198:
glosses: Annoyed; irritated; angry; fed up.
Related terms: pmo
po'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more po'd
form: most po'd
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of PO'd.
innuendis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnyo͞oĕnʹdis
ipa: /ɪnjuːˈɛndiːs/
Etymology: From the Latin innuendīs (“by noddings”), ablative plural form of innuendum (“a nodding”), gerund of innuō (“I give a nod”).
Senses: examples: text: Especially, considering you’ll do anything to do it, such as editing another’s post, snip out portions that don’t go along with your innuendis, etc.
ref: 2002 December 30, The First Geer Family, rec.scouting.issues (Google group): Question for Brian or Merlyn
glosses: plural of innuendo
pinken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pinkens
form: pinkening
form: pinkened
form: pinkened
Etymology: From pink + -en.
Senses: examples: text: For a second his eyes sought the distant horizon now beginning to pinken in the early dawn light.
ref: 2000, Lieren Jaymes, Devil's Walk, page viii:
glosses: To become pink.
glosses: To make pink.
glosses: To blush.
antitop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antitops
Etymology: From anti- + top.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the top antiquark
top antiquark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top antiquarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of the top quark
Synonyms: antitop
atomistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more atomistically
form: most atomistically
Etymology: From atomistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an atomistic manner
glosses: With regard to atomism
chiralons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiralon
chiralon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiralons
Etymology: From chiral + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of a family of proposed chiral mesons