cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
re-upholstered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-upholster
re-upholstery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reupholstery.
cootikins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: spatterdashes
copperases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copperas
copromoter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: copromoters
Etymology: From co- + promoter.
Senses: glosses: A joint promoter.
copromoters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copromoter
copydesk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copydesks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of copy desk.
copydesks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copydesk
copyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copyisms
Etymology: From copy + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: There is no genial infusion of the principles of design, no appeal to the imagination, no initiation into art as such, but only a dry, hard copyism of model drawings, line by line, and shade by shade.
ref: 1854, Putnam's Monthly, volume 4, page 201:
glosses: A style based on slavish imitation, without character or originality.
examples: text: Now, in charging an author, more particularly a poet, with copyism, the resemblance ought surely to be at least as marked as in the foregoing extract.
ref: 1820, The Christian Observer, volume 18, page 227:
glosses: plagiarism
copyisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copyism
cordwainery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: shoemaking
corecipient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corecipients
Etymology: From co- + recipient.
Senses: glosses: A joint recipient; one of several people who receive something.
corecipients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corecipient
coresidents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coresident
cornmill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornmills
Etymology: From corn + mill.
Senses: glosses: A mill where corn is ground.
cornmills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cornmill
coromandels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coromandel
corsleted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corseleted.
corseleted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From corselet + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a corselet.
kosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koss
costuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costus
cotransfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotransfer
cotwal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotwals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cutwal.
cotwals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotwal
thannadar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thannadars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thanadar.
thannadars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thannadar
thanna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thannas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thana.
thannas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thanna
kutwal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kutwals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cutwal.
kutwals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kutwal
tanahdar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanahdars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thanadar.
tannahdar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tannahdars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thanadar.
tannahdars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tannahdar
tanahdars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanahdar
tannah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tannahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thana.
tannahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tannah
tanahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanah
coulometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From coulometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of coulometry, or by the use of a coulometer
counterplan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterplans
Etymology: From counter- + plan.
Senses: glosses: A plan set up in opposition to another plan.
counterplan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterplans
form: counterplanning
form: counterplanned
form: counterplanned
Etymology: From counter- + plan.
Senses: glosses: To set up a plan in opposition to another plan.
Derived terms: counterplanner
counterplans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterplan
black as the ace of spades
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Utterly black; pitch-black.
Synonyms: black
race traitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: race traitors
Senses: hypernyms: traitor
glosses: A person who supports attitudes or positions that are considered to be against the interests or well-being of their own race.
Hyponyms: amejo
Aunt Jane
Aunt Jemima
Aunt Thomasina
banana
coconut
egg
hanjian
jackeen
Jaichand
jiak kentang
jook-sing
Koreaboo
Macaulay's children
malinche
nigger lover
Oreo
Plastic Paddy
raita
sarkari Muslim
sarong party girl
self-hating Jew
shoneen
Twinkie
Uncle Tom
Uncle Tomahawk
wapanese
weeaboo
weeb
West Briton
wigger
yellow cab
race traitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of race traitor
courtsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of courtside
covelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covelets
Etymology: From cove + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little cove.
covelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covelet
cowheard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowheards
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of cowherd.
cowheards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowheard
coxalgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coxalgia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to coxalgia.
coypou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coypous
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of coypu.
coypous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coypou
crazyweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crazyweeds
Etymology: From crazy + weed.
Senses: glosses: locoweed
crazyweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crazyweed
creasoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of creasote
creasoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of creasote
crewelworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crewelwork
croakiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of croaky: most croaky
croakier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of croaky: more croaky
cubicly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cubically.
cudgeller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cudgellers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cudgeler.
cudgellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cudgeller
cullyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cully + -ism.
Senses: glosses: gullibility
curites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curite
hagiologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hagiological.
synonyms: word: hagiological
hashhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hashheads
Etymology: From hash + -head.
Senses: examples: September 1 1971 , William Burroughs Jr., "Life with Father", in Esquire magazine
Bunch of goddamn hashheads and I recollect one time I came back from the main part of time (stoned obviously) with an apple pie and a roasted chicken intent upon retiring to my room and plumbing the joys of the taste.
glosses: A user of the drug hashish.
hashheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hashhead
hartlesse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hartlesse
form: most hartlesse
Senses: examples: text: the hartlesse hynd and roebucke to dismay
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7:
glosses: timid
heartsomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more heartsomely
form: most heartsomely
Etymology: From heartsome + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a heartsome manner.
helicopted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of helicopt
helicopts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of helicopt
helicopting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of helicopt
helmsmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helmsmanships
Etymology: From helmsman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role of helmsman.
helmsmanships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helmsmanship
heptapody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptapodies
Etymology: From hepta- + -pody, from Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”).
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A measure or series consisting of seven feet.
Synonyms: septenarius
Coordinate terms: monopody
dipody
tripody
tetrapody
pentapody
hexapody
octapody
heptapodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heptapody
hexadecimals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexadecimal
impavidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more impavidly
form: most impavidly
Etymology: From impavid + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: [I]f the fractus orbis had come to a smash, if Laura, instead of kissing Pen, had taken her scissors and snipped off his head—Calverley and Coldstream would have looked on impavidly, without allowing a grain of powder to be disturbed by the calamity.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 62, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: fearlessly
impartibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From impartible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as not to be parted or divided.
incommutably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From incommutable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an incommutable manner.
ghost bike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost bikes
Etymology: First use appears c. 2003 in the US.
Senses: examples: text: Often painted entirely in white and locked to a fixed object as close to the accident site as possible, ghost bikes aim to act as both a memorial –they feature the name of the dead rider and other details, whether on a sign or painted to the frame – and a cautionary reminder for cyclists and drivers about what can happen when bike and vehicle come into contact.
ref: 2011 November 10, Peter Walker, Vicky Lane, “Ghost bikes: memorials to road victims blamed for putting people off cycling”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: ghost bicycle
glosses: A bicycle painted white and set up as a roadside memorial to indicate where a cyclist was killed by traffic.
ghost bikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost bike
interlend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interlends
form: interlending
form: interlent
form: interlent
Etymology: From inter- + lend.
Senses: examples: text: The five libraries set up an interlending scheme.
glosses: To lend between themselves.
interlent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interlend
interlends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interlend
interlending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛndɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interlend
grypt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Having both sides through grypt with griesly wound
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of gripped.
tachypneas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tachypnea
tachypnoeas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tachypnoea
tackify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tackifies
form: tackifying
form: tackified
form: tackified
Etymology: From tack + -ify.
Senses: examples: to tackify rubber
glosses: To make (a material) tacky.
tackified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tackify
tackifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tackify
tackifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tackify
tagliatelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tagliatelle
takhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæki/
rhymes: -æki
Forms: form: takhis
form: taki
Etymology: From Mongolian тахь (taxʹ).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Przewalski's horse.
synonyms: word: Przewalski's horse
takhis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takhi
takis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taki
talcky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more talcky
form: most talcky
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of talcy.
tallent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tallents
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of talent, ancient unit of weight and money.
tallents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tallent
taphonomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taphonomists
Etymology: From taphonomy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Pathologies of soft and skeletal tissues are not taphonomic features, but forensic and paleozoological taphonomists are both interested in modifications to bodily tissues that are perimortem, especially if those modifications reveal the agent or means of mortality.
ref: 2014, Dennis Dirkmaat, A Companion to Forensic Anthropology, page 504:
glosses: One who studies taphonomy.
Related terms: taphologist
taphonomists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taphonomist
tarantisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarantism
tarletan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarletans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tarlatan.
tarletans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarletan
tartarise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tartarises
form: tartarising
form: tartarised
form: tartarised
Etymology: From tartar + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tartarize.
tartarised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tartarise
tartarises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tartarise
tartarising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tartarise
tattiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tatty + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] there was something about its tattiness that let you know this wallet had been places.
ref: 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 29, in Small Island, London: Review, page 303:
synonyms: tatteredness
tatterdemalionism
glosses: The quality of being tatty.
tatued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tatu
tatuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tatu
facekinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facekini
tauric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: taurine
tattow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tattows
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of tattoo.
tattow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tattows
form: tattowing
form: tattowed
form: tattowed
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of tattoo.
tattowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tattow
tattowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tattow
tattows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tattow
tattows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tattow
tautonymies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tautonymy
tawsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tawse
tawsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tawse
gimmick capacitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gimmick capacitors
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A capacitor consisting of two insulated wires twined together.
Synonyms: gimmick
gimmick capacitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gimmick capacitor
technicalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: technicalizes
form: technicalizing
form: technicalized
form: technicalized
Etymology: From technical + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make technical.
technicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of technicalize
technicalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of technicalize
technicalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of technicalize
detechnicalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detechnicalizes
form: detechnicalizing
form: detechnicalized
form: detechnicalized
Etymology: From de- + technical + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The real expert will know how to detechnicalize his or her information in such a fashion that most understand.
ref: 1950, Proceedings of the Conference of the American Country Life Association, volumes 29-31:
glosses: To remove the technical aspects from; to simplify.
detechnicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detechnicalize
detechnicalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detechnicalize
detechnicalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detechnicalize
fair shake of the sauce bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fair suck of the sauce bottle.
synonyms: word: fair suck of the sauce bottle
tectonisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tectonism
tedisome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiː.dɪ.s(ə)m/
ipa: /ˈti.di.səm/
Forms: form: more tedisome
form: most tedisome
form: teddisome
form: tedisum
form: teddisum
form: tediousome
Etymology: From tedi(ous) + -some.
Senses: examples: text: "Is he away?" said Weatherby; "I was beginging to think, he would never go. Once set him down, Rollockson's the most tiresome, tedisome beggar to talk that ever God put breath into!"
ref: 1860, The Hallow-Isle tragedy
text: "[...] Life grows tedisome at times. Still, I've known most things worth knowing, seen most things worth seeing, aye, and had most things worth having though you'll not believe that, my lass."
ref: 1916, Littell's Living Age, volume 289:
glosses: Characterised or marked by tediousness; wearisome.
teemingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From teeming + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of teeming, or being full of busy activity.
tegularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tegularly
form: most tegularly
Etymology: From tegular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tegular manner.
teleonomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleonomy
temerariousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From temerarious + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] in whose works individual preference and predilection seem to have a swing whose very freedom and irresponsible audacity extort admiration — compared with the confident temerariousness of what is known as modernity their most noteworth characteristics.
ref: 1912, William Crary Brownell, French Art, Classic and Contemporary, Painting and Sculpture, page 55:
glosses: The quality of being temerarious.
tenosynovites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenosynovitis
tensities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tensity
tensiometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tensiometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of tensiometry.
tensiometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tensiometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to tensiometry.
tenuities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenuity
tetraploidies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetraploidy
thanah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thanahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thana.
thanahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thanah
thannah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thannahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thana.
thannahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thannah
anxiousest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of anxious: most anxious
thinghoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thinghood
thymectomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thymectomizes
form: thymectomizing
form: thymectomized
form: thymectomized
Etymology: From thymectomy + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To perform thymectomy upon.
thymectomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thymectomize
thymectomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thymectomize
hang one's hat on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hangs one's hat on
form: hanging one's hat on
form: hung one's hat on
form: hung one's hat on
Senses: examples: text: "You can't hang your hat on a nonbinding letter of intent."
ref: 1998 October 16, Saul Hansell, “Zap, a Nervy Internet Venture, Is Zapped”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Nov 2015:
text: The Nuggets don't have the most dynamic offense nor do they have a real superstar to hang their hat on but their defense is strong.
ref: 2013 March 26, Jessica Danielle, “Sports Notes”, in Ebony, retrieved 08 Nov 2015:
text: So far, all we've heard is "Don't you want to see a female president." . . . [I]t's easy to see why Clinton has little else to hang her hat on. She has no real achievements to speak of in her term as senator.
ref: 2015 April 10, Bob McWilliams, “Plain Speaking: GOP field of candidates is diverse”, in Capital Gazette, retrieved 08 Nov 2015:
glosses: To accept or recognize as reliable, tangible, or factual; to depend on.
Related terms: bank on
hang one's hat
pin one's hopes on
rely upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relies upon
form: relying upon
form: relied upon
form: relied upon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rely on.
chiragon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiragons
Senses: glosses: A mechanical hand guide for writers who are blind.
round clams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of round clam
paint bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paint buckets
Senses: examples: text: Click and hold the gradient tool icon (sixth tool on the right) to display the flyout menu pictured on the left in Figure 6-18. Then choose the paint bucket.
ref: 2004, Deke McClelland, Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One, page 172:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A tool in some graphics editor applications that fills in a portion of the image with a certain color or pattern.
Related terms: flood fill
seed fill
-iad
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Based on Iliad.
Senses: examples: text: The Athletiad, The Congressiad, The Female Dunciad, The Mooriad, The Popiad, The Rapiad, The Scribleriad
ref: 1798, James Lovell Moore, The Columbiad: an epic poem on the discovery of America and the West Indies by Columbus, in twelve books:
glosses: Forming the name of an epic about the indicated topic.
-iad
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Based on Olympiad, and perhaps also influenced by the common ending iad on units of time formed by suffixing -ad to words ending in -ium, e.g. decenniad.
Senses: examples: text: Acrid the temper of the parties, vital the pending questions. Congress convenes; the President sends his Message; Reconstruction is still in abeyance; the nominations and the contest for the twenty-first Presidentiad draw close, [...]
ref: 1871, Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, page 28:
glosses: A period of time from one occurrence of an (indicated, regularly recurrent) event to the next.
Related terms: -ad
Tower of Hanoi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Senkovi felt as though he was […] playing some odd Tower of Hanoi game where to progress he was constantly moving pieces backwards.
ref: 2019, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin, Macmillan, page 153:
glosses: A mathematical puzzle or game which consists of three rods, and a number of disks of different sizes that can slide onto any rod. The aim is to transfer a stack of disks, one move at a time, to a different rod, while never allowing a larger disk to be on top of a small one.
formatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: formatizes
form: formatizing
form: formatized
form: formatized
Etymology: From format + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The desired symmetry was only achieved by "formatizing" great masterpieces; and this was why Christian von Mechel had to remove additions to pictures and remedy losses when the Hapsburg paintings were moved from the Stallburg to the new museum in the Belvedere Palace.
ref: 1982, Joseph Alsop, The Rare Art Traditions, page 120:
text: While not as destructive as formatizing, this close trimming is a further indication that the albums are art collections and not essentially print collections, for even in the eighteenth century a diehard print collector would always prefer ...
ref: 1992, Marjorie B. Cohn, A noble collection: the Spencer albums of old master prints, page 42:
text: Indeed, this latter process may have begun during the seventeenth century: Muizelaar and Van de Wetering have suggested that 'formatizing' (the term sometimes used to describe the cutting down or adding to a picture, or changing its shape from oval to rectilinear as part of a predetermined scheme) may have been ...
ref: 2000, John Loughman, John Michael Montias, Public and private spaces, page 125:
topics: art
arts
glosses: To trim or add to a picture in order to make it fit into a standard frame size.
examples: text: A small hacksaw was used to formatize rock specimens.
ref: 1968, Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Contribuição para a fauna do Kimeridgiano da mina de lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal), page 11:
text: Part of specimen in Fig. 2 after formatizing and cutting.
ref: 2009, V. P. Wright, M. E. Tucker, Calcretes (Reprint Series Volume 2 of the IAS), →ISBN, page 234:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To prepare a specimen so that it fits a standard size and shape.
examples: text: The 'reference file' ICDSOL is built by means of an auxiliary program, ICDTEST, that simply reads correction commands, according to a format similar to that of the stored commands, and then it checks, formatizes and finally stores them in the disc file ICDSOT.
ref: 1976, IEEE Computer Society, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Technology for Selective Dissemination of Information:
text: My desire was to give her half, because she had helped me with the project, of digiting and formatizing the work to be presented in a power point presentation at my summer conferences.
ref: 2012, Ivan Pitzer de Souza, The Relational Intelligence, →ISBN, page 28:
text: But the fundamental definition of graphic design as a way of organizing, “formatizing,” and functionalizing word and image remains constant.
ref: 2015, Steven Heller, Veronique Vienne, Becoming a Graphic and Digital Designer, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: To translate or render into a specific format.
Old Danish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The history of the Danish language falls into three major periods: Old Danish (c. 800—c.1100), corresponding roughly to the Viking Age; Middle Danish (c.1100— c.1525), corresponding to the Middle Ages; and Modern Danish (after c.1525), the period after the Reformation and up to modern times.
ref: 2013, Ekkehard Konig, Johan van der Auwera, The Germanic Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, page 6:
text: Historically, the Danish language may be divided into three periods: Old Danish (c. 800–1100) spans the Viking Age, Middle Danish (c. 1100–1500) was the language of the late Middle Ages, and Modern Danish covers the time from around the Reformation (and the first translation of the Bible) to the present.
ref: 2010, Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 279:
text: A specimen of Old Danish of the 10th century, being the Runic inscriptions at Jellinge in Jutland, on the tumulus of king Gorm the Old, and his consort Thyre, as interpreted by Professor Finn Magnusen.
ref: 1839, Joseph Bosworth, Scandinavian Literature: With Short Chronological Specimens of the Old Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, and a Notice of the Dalecarlian and Ferroe Dialects, page 9:
text: Around 1100-1200 AD, Danish became a distinctive language with a distinctive pronunciation. The period from 800-1100 AD is called Old Danish or Runic Danish, as our knowledge of the language is primarily based on runic inscriptions.
ref: 2007, Nete Schmidt, Beginner's Danish, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: Old East Norse dialect (also sometimes considered a separate language, several other names are used as well) as spoken from the 9th to 11th centuries in Denmark
examples: text: In preparation for creating a dictionary of Old Danish (Gammeldansk Ordbog), [The Danish Society for Language and Literature] has begun to compile a comprehensive database (Gammeldansk Seddelsamling).
ref: 2016, Ditlev Tamm, Helle Vogt, The Danish Medieval Laws: the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: There are several texts in East Norse – Old Swedish (fornsvenska, c. 1225–1526) and Old Danish (gammeldansk, c. 1100–1515) – that mention or describe Muslims and their religion.
ref: 2015, Cordelia Heß, Jonathan Adams, Fear and Loathing in the North: Jews and Muslims in Medieval Scandinavia and the Baltic Region, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN:
glosses: Middle Danish
Synonyms: sense: 9th to 11th centuries
word: Runic Danish
sense: 9th to 11th centuries
word: Runic Swedish
sense: 9th to 11th centuries
word: Old East Norse
Coordinate terms: Middle Danish
Modern Danish
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Danish terms
Middle Danish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The history of the Danish language falls into three major periods: Old Danish (c. 800—c.1100), corresponding roughly to the Viking Age; Middle Danish (c.1100— c.1525), corresponding to the Middle Ages; and Modern Danish (after c.1525), the period after the Reformation and up to modern times.
ref: 2013, Ekkehard Konig, Johan van der Auwera, The Germanic Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, page 6:
text: Historically, the Danish language may be divided into three periods: Old Danish (c. 800–1100) spans the Viking Age, Middle Danish (c. 1100–1500) was the language of the late Middle Ages, and Modern Danish covers the time from around the Reformation (and the first translation of the Bible) to the present.
ref: 2010, Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 279:
glosses: The Danish language as spoken from the 12th to 15th centuries.
Coordinate terms: Old Danish
Modern Danish
Modern Danish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Danish language as spoken from the 16th century to the present.
Coordinate terms: Old Danish
Middle Danish
accredition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accreditions
Etymology: From accredit + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The giving of credentials.
glosses: The act of accrediting.
Synonyms: accreditation
angstful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more angstful
form: most angstful
Etymology: From angst + -ful. Compare German angstvoll.
Senses: examples: text: It's a lot harder to write music and to get more melodic and try to actually have songs within those heavy, droning, angstful power chords.
ref: 2000, Colin Devenish, Limp Bizkit:
text: In our current, rather foreshortened view, fuelled by a powerful and angstful modern environmentalism, the destructive capacities of modern western society have come in for particular scrutiny.
ref: 2002, William Beinart, Peter Coates, Environment and History:
text: One by one the family are transformed by the pods, until only the angstful teen daughter is left to make her escape.
ref: 2013, Dr Peter Knight, Conspiracy Culture: From Kennedy to The X Files:
glosses: Full of angst; fearful; apprehensive
Synonyms: anxious
Aix-en-Provence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aix
Senses: glosses: A city and commune of Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Naziphilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Nazi + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Attraction to Nazism.
azotobacter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azotobacter
form: azotobacters
form: Azotobacter
Senses: examples: text: I believe, and this belief is based upon tentative facts, that the azotobacter are at the same time nitrifiers, i. e., that they possess a double function
ref: 1914 September 11, William Headden, “Do Azotobacter Nitrify?”, in Science, volume XL, number 1028, page 380:
text: Investigations in this laboratory have shown that the presence or absence of Azotobacter in natural soils is very closely associated with, if not dependent upon, the absolute reaction of the soil solution
ref: 1923 June 2, P.L. Gainey, “Influence of the hydrogen-ion concentration on the growth and fixation of nitrogen by cultures of Azotobacter”, in Journal Of Agriculture Research, volume XXIV, number 9, page 759:
text: It is therefore not surprising that azotobacters, introduced into soils of unwatered crops in semi-arid zones will die out rather rapidly.
ref: 1966 [1955], Ye. N. Mishustin, Soil Microbiology and its Current Problems, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, translation of Pochvennaya mikrobiologiya i yeye ocherednyye zadachi, page 18:
text: They are usually motile, oval or spherical bacteria that form thick-walled cysts and may produce large quantities of capsular slime. Azotobacter is found in slightly acidic (A. beijerinckii) to neutral alkaline (A. chroococcum) soil.
ref: 2021, Ajar Nath Yadav, Khem Singh Gill, Production Technology for Bioagents and Biofertilizers, Eternal University:
glosses: Any of various nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the genus Azotobacter.
nero di seppia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian nero di seppia.
Senses: glosses: Cuttlefish ink, used as a sauce for pasta or risotto.
azotates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azotate
quahauging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quahaug
quahauged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quahaug
catallaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkætəˌlæksi/
Forms: form: catallaxies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταλλάσσω (katallássō, “to exchange”). Popularized by economist Friedrich Hayek.
Senses: examples: text: Catallaxy is distinguished from conventional political science by its focus on the science of complex exchanges. Whereas catallaxy views politics and the political process in terms of the voluntary exchange paradigm, the focus of political science is on the nonvoluntary relationships among individuals involving power and/or coercion.
ref: 1997, Nicholas Mercuro, Steven G. Medema, Economics and the Law: From Posner to Post-modernism, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 95:
text: It would be possible to depict the catallaxy as seen from the perspective of any particular entrepreneur or enterprise. This depiction would show the main features of that enterprise's operation within the catallaxy. But that enterprise is embedded with a catallaxy of myriad other enterprises, each of which operates with a map of its relevant catallaxy that is simpler by far than the entire catallaxy.
ref: 2015, Christopher J. Coyne, Virgil Henry Storr, editors, New Thinking in Austrian Political Economy, Emerald Group Publishing, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: A high-interaction society of collective decision making.
wikipedia: Friedrich Hayek
Related terms: catallactics
run of the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runs of the ball
form: run of the balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: A run of good luck; a situation where a player is able to make his or her desired shots without difficulty.
Related terms: rub of the green
run of the balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runs of the balls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of run of the ball.
king size
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪz
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of king-sized.
new wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new wines
Etymology: From Middle English newe wijne, from Old English nīwe wīn, equivalent to new + wine. Name taken from several places in the Holy Bible, most notably Acts 2:13 and Luke 5:37.
Senses: glosses: Wine that has fermented for a short amount of time.
glosses: A fresh batch of wine.
glosses: Any number of Christian revivals and New Christian movements.
fish forks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish fork
angstless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more angstless
form: most angstless
form: angst-less
Etymology: From angst + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Despite all the many difficulties that have befallen her, Storm always makes free and responsible choices. But is an angstless existence really possible?
ref: 2009, William Irwin, Rebecca Housel, J. Jeremy Wisnewski, X-Men and Philosophy:
text: Like some of the underground comic books, Miller's work was heavy with raw id, but his genial angst-less style made itfamiliar and cheerful rather than dark and disturbing.
ref: 2013, Ellin Stein, That's Not Funny, That's Sick:
glosses: Without angst; worry-free.
worry-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more worry-free
form: most worry-free
Etymology: From worry + -free.
Senses: examples: text: It's overanxiety that prevents us from functioning properly. So it is not a matter of never having anxiety as much as it is finding a way to not let the anxiety grow to the point that it takes control of our lives. This is what we mean by worry-free living.
ref: 2015, Jeff Bell, DID I JUST SAY THAT?: The Powerful Influence of Words:
text: Continue this for as long as you feel you need to. Finish off by shaking or rubbing the energy from your hands and disconnecting as normal. Create a safe, worry-free space for yourself.
ref: 2015, Keziah Gibbons, Living the Reiki Precepts:
glosses: Free from worries; (by extension) safe; secure.
watch-night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watch-nights
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of watchnight.
watch-nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch-night. (Alternative form of watchnights.)
watch nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watch night. (Alternative form of watchnights.)
watchnights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watch nights
form: Watch Nights
form: watch-nights
Senses: glosses: plural of watchnight.
midwoof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midwoofs
form: mid-woof
Senses: glosses: A speaker intermediate between a midrange and a woofer.
Synonyms: midwoofer
killworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more killworthy
form: most killworthy
form: kill-worthy
Etymology: From kill + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: In passing may I remind you that this serene world of ours is entirely indebted to the holy Christian fathers for everything that makes firearms killworthy in the high art of mass murder.
ref: 1945, Harper's Magazine, volume 190, page 252:
text: According to the later sworn testimony of Admiral Thomas Moorer the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1970 the military viewed such defectors as kill-worthy spores who were helping the enemy …
ref: 2000, America: A History in Verse - Volume 3 - Page 374
text: Maybe the Powers in general?" She shrugged and tilted her bottle up, nearly finishing the liquid. "You could put it that way. Since there's too many of both sides to wipe out, I'm just going for the most kill-worthy.
ref: 2001, Yvonne Navarro, Tempted Champions - Page 110:
glosses: Worthy of being killed; killable.
kill-worthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kill-worthy
form: most kill-worthy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of killworthy.
Tower of Hanoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A solitaire card game based on the Tower of Hanoi puzzle, starting with 3 columns of 3 cards, from A to 9. The object of the game is to build only one column with all the nine cards.
otherer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otherers
Etymology: From other + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In that experience of terror, African people were disconnected from one another, disconnected from the New World, disconnected from the European otherers, and disconnected from memory of Africa and of the middle passage itself […]
ref: 2014, Timothy J. Cox, Postmodern Tales of Slavery in the Americas, page 14:
glosses: One who others.
otherers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of otherer
grandisonant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɡɹænˈdɪ.sə.nənt/
Forms: form: more grandisonant
form: most grandisonant
Senses: glosses: Stately-sounding.
globophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more globophobic
form: most globophobic
Etymology: From globe + -o- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or disliking globalization.
reird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪəd/
ipa: /ɹiɚd/
rhymes: -ɪəd
Forms: form: reirds
Etymology: From Old English reord, from Proto-Germanic *razdō.
Senses: glosses: Utterance, speech; an instance of this
glosses: A voice, a cry.
pseudointellectualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-intellectualism
Etymology: By surface analysis, pseudointellectual + ism, or, by surface analysis, pseudo + intellectualism.
Senses: coordinate_terms: pseudo-scholarship
pseudoscience
glosses: Pseudointellectual thinking or behaviour.
pseudointellectually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pseudointellectually
form: most pseudointellectually
Etymology: From pseudointellectual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pseudointellectual manner.
Sabra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sabras
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus”), from Arabic صَبَّار (ṣabbār, “cactus”).
Senses: examples: text: There is a tendency to copy the "Sabra" , the Israel-born citizen, who is anxious to live the simple life and therefore throws off that part of his clothing which is intended for beauty rather than utility.
ref: 1950, David Goitein, “Making one people out of many”, in Bulletin, volumes 23-25, University of Kentucky, Bureau of School Service, page 22:
text: The young people of Israel, sabra or foreign-born alike, give considerable thought to the future and do not hesitate to admit that they regard the problems they encounter as formidable.
ref: 1965, Robert Gamzey, Miracle of Israel, Herzl Press, page 294:
text: One night a real Israeli came to speak. I had never seen a sabra before.
ref: 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 45:
text: Even the phoenix of Zionism that rose from those ashes--the muscular sabras trying to reestablish a home in an unforgiving land surrounded by hostile Arabs--resonated too closely with my white African narrative.
ref: 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:
glosses: A native-born Israeli.
Sabra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus”), from Arabic صَبَّار (ṣabbār, “cactus”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
keepworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more keepworthy
form: most keepworthy
form: keep-worthy
Etymology: From keep + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: The nation of beggars on horseback which first colonized California has left behind it many traditions unworthy of conservation, and multitudinous fleas not at all traditional, but even less keepworthy […]
ref: 1871, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, The Heart of the Continent, page 414:
text: Data, collected by one field man who interviewed and counted anglers daily, indicated that the rate of harvest was 0.29 fish per man hour, and that the average catch (keepworthy fish only) amounted to 1.5 fish per fishing trip.
ref: 1960, Sport Fishery Abstracts, volumes 5-6, page 144:
glosses: Worth keeping.
pseudoprogressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Etymology: From pseudo- + progressive.
Senses: glosses: Apparently, but not actually, progressive (in a political sense).
pseudoprogressive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: pseudoprogressives
Etymology: From pseudo- + progressive.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, after a generation of historical writing that blames liberalism's demise on conservatives, pseudoprogressives, and the stupidity of the American voter, it is time that liberals are invested with agency.
ref: 2013, Jeffrey Bloodworth, Losing the Center, page 14:
glosses: One who is apparently, but not actually, a political progressive.
pseudoprogressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoprogressive
unemployment trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unemployment traps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of welfare trap.
synonyms: word: welfare trap
dangliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dangly: most dangly
danglier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dangly: more dangly
daquiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of daiquiri.
daquiris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daquiri
dapperer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dapper: more dapper
dapperest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dapper: most dapper
snozzled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snozzled
form: most snozzled
Senses: glosses: Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol.
Synonyms: drunk