cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lacrosse sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacrosse stick
lady boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady boy
lady abbesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady abbess
lady killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady killer
lady-killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady-killer
lady smocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady smock
lady-birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady-bird
lady-bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady-bug
ladybeetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladybeetle
lambadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lambada
lame-ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lame-duck
lamellar faces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamellar face
lampworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampworker
land gulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land gull
great black-backed gulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great black-backed gull
land lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land line
land mines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land mine
landing strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landing strip
landslide victories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landslide victory
language barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of language barrier
language codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of language code
language exchanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of language exchange
living languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of living language
language isolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of language isolate
language labs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of language lab
lap records
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap record
lappet moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lappet moth
eggars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eggar
snout moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snout moth
giraffe weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giraffe weevil
fore wings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fore wing
hind wings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hind wing
falls asleep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall asleep
falling asleep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall asleep
falling asleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: Synonym of dormition.
synonyms: word: dormition
fell asleep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall asleep
fallen asleep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall asleep
take one's best shot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one's best shot
form: taking one's best shot
form: took one's best shot
form: taken one's best shot
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of give it one's best shot.
intercompartmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + compartmental.
Senses: glosses: Between compartments
monosporulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + sporulation.
Senses: glosses: The production of single spores
Related terms: twin sporulation
myocardin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transcription cofactor of the serum response factor.
neurogranin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein, produced in the brain, that binds calmodulin.
ooplasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æzmɪk
Etymology: From ooplasm + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Concerning the cytoplasm of eggs
petfood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petfoods
Etymology: From pet + food.
Senses: glosses: food prepared for domestic pet animals
phytomass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phyto- + mass.
Senses: glosses: plant biomass
podosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podosome
podosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podosomes
Senses: glosses: The primary site of integrin-stimulated actin polymerization in some leukocytes
Derived terms: podosomal
retrotranspose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retrotransposes
form: retrotransposing
form: retrotransposed
form: retrotransposed
Etymology: From retro- + transpose.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To cause or to undergo retrotransposition.
Related terms: retrotransposon
stemness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stemnesses
Etymology: From stem + -ness.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An essential characteristic of a stem cell that distinguishes it from ordinary cells.
sublaminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + laminal.
Senses: glosses: Below a layer
glosses: subapical
moon-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moon-faced
form: most moon-faced
form: moonfaced
Senses: examples: text: “Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes! But there’s worse than that.”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 127:
text: The creased moon-faced Chinese grinned above his glass of beer[.]
ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 233:
text: "I looked at this moon-faced, smooth skinned, slimy fraud, with his patronising smile."
ref: 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 83:
glosses: Having a round or moon-shaped face.
Synonyms: pie-faced
matinée idol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matinée idols
form: matinee idol
Senses: glosses: A star of movies, often male, who is adored by his many fans; used primarily in the 1940s-1960s.
multiprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiprints
Etymology: From multi- + print.
Senses: topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: Any cotton dress, blouse etc. printed in multicoloured or bright patterns.
Bp.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: titular
glosses: Abbreviation of Bishop.
matinée idols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matinée idol
multiprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiprint
Fus-ha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfʊshə/
Etymology: See Fusha.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Fusha.
B5
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B5s
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A motor vehicle fuel blend of 95% diesel and 5% biodiesel
Coordinate terms: B10
B100
B15
B85
E10
E100
E15
E5
E85
M10
M100
M15
M5
M85
Classical Arabic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The form of the Arabic language used in literary texts around the 8th to 10th centuries, standardized from ancient dialects of Arab tribes and the Qur'an.
Related terms: Modern Standard Arabic
Fusha
Modern Standard Arabic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech in the Arab world since c. the 19th century.
Related terms: Classical Arabic
Fusha
007
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From James Bond's code number in the series of books by Ian Fleming.
Senses: examples: text: […] the new Bond also features a new lead actor. Pierce Brosnan has now taken on the role of the legendary 007.
ref: 1995 November 20, Jet, Johnson Publishing Co., ISSN 0021-5996, Volume 89, Number 2, page 62
text: The fictional gadgets of 007 are entertaining and perhaps even offer inspiration to the secret-gadget makers, but the real thing has to be field-tested, as an agent’s life may depend on it.
ref: 2001 February, Hank Schlesinger, “Spy Secrets of the CIA”, in Popular Science, Times Mirror Magazines, ISSN 0161-7370, Volume 258, Number 2, page 65
text: If slipping the ultra-compact, ultra-light, ultra-thin Exilim S500 Card Camera into your shirt pocket doesn’t make you feel at least a little bit like 007 on vacation it’s likely no camera ever will.
ref: 2005, Steve Klett et al., “Compact Camera Kerfluffle”, in Maximum PC, Future Network USA (publisher), ISSN 1522-4279, Holiday 2005 issue, page 84
glosses: The fictional MI6 agent James Bond.
007
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 007s
Etymology: From James Bond's code number in the series of books by Ian Fleming.
Senses: glosses: A special agent resembling the fictional James Bond in capability, charisma, etc.
Synonyms: James Bond
depreciatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more depreciatory
form: most depreciatory
Etymology: From depreciate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: pertaining to depreciation
animatisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animatism
flehms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flehm
flehming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flehm
flehmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flehm
Jacobson's organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jacobson's organs
Etymology: After Ludwig Lewin Jacobson (1783–1843), Danish surgeon, who discovered it in 1813.
Senses: glosses: The vomeronasal organ, an auxiliary olfactory sense organ found in many animals.
wikipedia: Ludwig Lewin Jacobson
Synonyms: vomeronasal organ
VNO
Jacobson's organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jacobson's organ
épaulière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: épaulières
Senses: examples: text: The large pauldrons covering the shoulders are of different shape, with a couple of lobster-tail plates added above as épaulières.
ref: 1910, Ernest Richard Suffling, English Church Brasses from the 13th to the 17th Century, page 78:
glosses: Alternative form of epauliere.
épaulières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of épaulière
cubitiere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌk(j)u.bɪtˈjɛəɹ/
/ˌk(j)u.biˈtjɛəɹ/
Forms: form: cubitieres
form: cubitière
Etymology: Borrowed from French cubitière.
Senses: glosses: The part of a suit of armor that protects the elbow; an elbow plate; an elbow guard.
cubitieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cubitiere
gendercide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gendercides
Etymology: From gender + -cide, by analogy with femicide, homicide, etc. Piecewise doublet of genocide.
Senses: glosses: The killing of humans or other organisms because of their gender.
Hyponyms: androcide
femicide
gynocide
transgendercide
Derived terms: gendercidal
gendercides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gendercide
out of thin air
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: from thin air
Senses: examples: text: They don't seem to want to work to earn a living. They think they can make money out of thin air.
text: "The criminal cases against Thanathorn show the military government's contempt for the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful dissent. It's a glaring example of how draconian laws are pulled out of thin air and arbitrarily enforced to punish the prominent opposition leader," he said.
ref: 2019 April 6, Caleb Quinley, “Thailand: Anti-military party leader faces sedition charges”, in Al Jazeera, Doha: Al Jazeera, retrieved 06 Apr 2019:
glosses: From nowhere or nothing; from a non-existent or unknown source.
Synonyms: out of nowhere
Related terms: ex nihilo
hammerspace
into thin air
pull out of one's ass
thin air
GMAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːmæt/
Forms: form: GMATs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Graduate Management Admission Test.
Coordinate terms: DAT
ACT
SAT
MCAT
PCAT
proportionably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more proportionably
form: most proportionably
Etymology: From proportionable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Happy is that man that hath so proportionably directed his estate, as his riches may discharge and supply the same, without care or encombrance to himselfe[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: It may at first appear strange, but I believe it is true, that I cannot by means of money raise a poor man and enable him to live much better than he did before, without proportionably depressing others in the same class.
ref: 1798, Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, page 79:
glosses: In a proportionable manner; proportionately.
intellectuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intellectualities
Etymology: From intellectual + -ity, after Late Latin intellectualitas.
Senses: examples: text: [S]he was a woman of the new school, full of intellectuality, and heavy, nerve-worn with consciousness.
ref: 1920, DH Lawrence, Women in Love, Vintage, published 2008, page 9:
glosses: The characteristic of being intellectual; intellectual ability.
glosses: An intellectual person; someone supposed to be intellectual.
intellectualities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intellectuality
precedency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛsɪdənsi/
Forms: form: precedencies
Etymology: From precedent + -ency.
Senses: examples: text: Archimedes master of this Science, and who in truth and certaintie assumeth unto himselfe a precedencie above all others, saith, the Sunne is a God of enflamed yron.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Precedence; superiority.
glosses: The fact of serving as a precedent.
interestedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more interestedly
form: most interestedly
Etymology: From interested + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 'Tell'er yu'll gi' 'er a bottle ov rum, missus' insinuated Nungi interestedly.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 264:
glosses: In an interested manner; with interest.
precedencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precedency
quarterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartering
predictive coding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predictive codings
Senses: glosses: The mathematical process of estimating future values of a signal based on previous values.
besprinkled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more besprinkled
form: most besprinkled
Etymology: From Middle English by-sprenkled, be-spryngeld, besprengild, equivalent to be- (“on, about, around, upon, all over”) + sprinkled.
Senses: examples: text: […] the multitude were in no bad humour at being now and then besprinkled with friendly showers of momentary duration […]
ref: 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal:
glosses: Sprinkled.
Derived terms: unbesprinkled
besprinkled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of besprinkle
springtide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: springtides
Etymology: From spring + -tide.
Senses: examples: text: The hawthorn is bursting in blossom, / The flowerets flush under our feet, / All round us life's pulses are throbbing;— / Sing, birdies, the Springtide to greet!
ref: 1883, “Springtide”, in John Linwood Pitts, editor, The Patois Poems of the Channel Islands, second series, Guernsey: Guille-Allès Library, →OCLC, page 39:
text: 'T is warbled by the bird / Whose springtide voice is heard; / 'T is told throughout the vale / By fragrance we inhale; / While every verdant lawn / Reveals it to the dawn.
ref: 1895, Edward Octavus Flagg, “The Easter Song”, in Poems, second edition, and later poems, New York: Thomas Whittaker, page 236:
text: Fair now is the springtide, now earth lies beholding / With the eyes of a lover, the face of the sun; / Long lasteth the daylight, and hope is enfolding / The green-growing acres with increase begun.
ref: 1900, William Morris, “The Message of the March Wind”, in Poems By the Way, New York: Longmans, Green, & Co., →OCLC, page 33:
text: Have ye no springtide, and no burst of May / In flowers and leafy trees, when solemn night / Pants with love-music, and the holy day / Breaks on the ear with songs of heavenly light?
ref: 1953, Robert Bridges, “The Growth of Love”, in Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, 2nd edition, London: Oxford University Press, page 219:
glosses: The springtime.
springtide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: springtides
Senses: examples: text: [the Moon's] influence presses on the Earth's atmosphere and seas and the amount betwixt her attraction and her pressure accounts for the difference in the springtide at her full, (as compared with that of her change,) which is effected by the Earth's induction without the pressure of the Moon.
ref: 1859, William Gall, An essay on the Origin, Organisation, and Decomposition of the Solar System, Aberdeen: W. Bennett, →OCLC, page 44:
text: At springtide the sun and moon, in conjunction or opposition, are on the meridian at noon and midnight, and it is to be expected that the mean time of high water then would be at noon or midnight, or thereabouts, but instead of this the tide then is at high water at 6.15.
ref: 1886, Charles Bland Radcliffe, A New Departure in Science, 2nd edition, London: Macmillan, →OCLC, pages 6–7:
text: I could not help remarking that it seemed to me to be a very poor time to think of grounding the ships. We were coming up to the neap, or low, tide of the fortnight. Would it not be better, I asked, to wait for the springtide? Gordon nodded but did not seem concerned.
ref: 1969, Delbert A. Young, Last Voyage of the Unicorn, Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., →OCLC, page 93:
text: The highest value of K = 3.72 was obtained for neap tidal flow through the Town Creek cross section. The lowest values, K = 1.45 and 1.83, were obtained for Jones Creek and Town Creek, respectively, when the North Inlet tidal prism was augmented by flow from Winyah Bay during mean tide and springtide.
ref: 1976, Robert J. Finley, Hydraulics and Dynamics of North Inlet, South Carolina, 1974-75, Defense Technical Information Center, →OCLC, DTIC ADA033419, page 120:
glosses: Alternative spelling of spring tide.
springtides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of springtide
uncalculating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncalculating
form: most uncalculating
Etymology: From un- + calculating.
Senses: glosses: Not calculating; not conniving; innocent.
dammable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dam + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be dammed.
Derived terms: undammable
methylchlorophenoxypropionic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Mecoprop, a common herbicide.
methandriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meth- + andr(ostened)iol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An androstenediol with molecular formula C₂₀H₃₂O₂.
androstenediones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androstenedione
tribar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribars
Etymology: From tri- + bar.
Senses: glosses: A flag consisting of three stripes.
glosses: An optical illusion, the Penrose triangle.
examples: text: By varying the negations of the second premises and conclusion in the original argument, we can easily get all four lines of the table for the tribar.
ref: 2012, Alan Hausman, Howard Kahane, Paul Tidman, Logic and Philosophy: A Modern Introduction, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: A lexicographic symbol consisting of three vertically stacked dashes (≡) sometimes used to represent logical equivalence.
examples: text: Possibly the best bit of kit is the humble tribar. These either come as an expensive full handlebar arrangement on pure TT bikes or versions for those who only have one bike, and are much less expensive.
ref: 2015 April 30, “Exotic gear means a win by seconds in Brontë Wheelers time trials”, in Keighley News:
glosses: Triathlon handlebars on a bicycle.
examples: text: The rear end's signature tribar taillamps, which light up in sequence to signal turns, are rendered in eye-catching LED panels.
ref: 2013 December 6, Lawrence Ulrich, “Time for an Equestrian Transformation”, in New York Times:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The arrangement of the signature stacked lights on a Ford Mustang.
examples: text: The research reinforces previous conclusions that most breakage occurs due to impacts between moving units and that the central sections of dolosse and tribar are too slender to resist these impact loads.
ref: 1996, J. E. Clifford, Advances in Coastal Structures and Breakwaters, →ISBN:
text: Several workers were moving a concrete tribar near a 7600-volt power line.
ref: 2014 January 22, Michael Field, “McConnell Dowell faces charges over death”, in Nelson Mail:
glosses: A concrete structure made up of three lengths, or bars, separated by air pockets, which is used to construct revetments such as breakwaters.
glosses: An equilateral triangle shaped weight,made for strength and conditioning, used for exercise and core workouts
Penrose triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Penrose triangles
Etymology: After Roger Penrose (1931-), English mathematician, who popularised it in the 1950s.
Senses: glosses: An optical illusion depicting an impossible solid object made of three straight beams of square cross section which meet pairwise at right angles at the vertices of the triangle they form.
Related terms: Necker cube
penologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penology
Botticellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Botticellian
form: most Botticellian
Etymology: From Botticelli + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Italian painter of the early Renaissance era, or his works.
hectokilo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From hecto- + kilo-.
Senses: glosses: In the metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 100,000. Symbol: hk
Derived terms: hectokilogram
pot-valiant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pot-valiant
form: most pot-valiant
form: potvaliant
Senses: examples: text: Her huſband was ‘pot-valiant,’ he feared her not at the moment, nor had he then much reaſon, for ſhe inſtantly turned the whole force of her anger another way.
ref: 1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, chapter V, page 94:
text: You know the sort of fellows that we are obliged to content ourselves with—they get drunk—grow pot-valiant—enlist over night, and repent next morning.
ref: 1827, [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Chronicles of the Canongate; […], volume II (The Surgeon’s Daughter), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, pages 204–205:
text: He looked up as the horse approached, but did not run away, being rendered pot-valiant by the liquor he had drunk earlier in the evening.
ref: 1900, Fergus Hume, “The Honour of Gabriel”, in Bishop Pendle: Or, The Bishop’s Secret, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Rand, McNally & Company, →OCLC, page 286:
glosses: Having bravado from drunkenness.
Synonyms: in one's armour
Related terms: pot-valiancy
Dutch courage
liquid courage
Fianna Fáil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: anglicized
ipa: /fiˌænə ˈfɔɪl/
Forms: form: Fianna Fail
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Irish Fianna Fáil. From Irish fianna, plural of fiann (“warrior”), and Fáil, genitive of Fál (a legendary name of Ireland); cf. Old Irish fál. The original meaning is thus “warriors of Fál”, but the phrase is traditionally translated as “soldiers of destiny”.
Senses: examples: text: I dreamt that Ruairi Quinn was smokin' marijuana in the Dail. Barry Desmond handing Frenchies out to scuts in Fianna Fail.
ref: 1985, “Delerium Tremens” (track 2), in Ordinary Man, performed by Christy Moore:
text: Ireland’s largest party, Fianna Fáil, has said it will not consider going into government with Sinn Féin, a decision likely to prevent the leftwing nationalists from entering power for the first time.
ref: 2020 February 13, “Ireland: Fianna Fáil rules out coalition with Sinn Féin”, in The Guardian, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN:
glosses: A conservative Irish political party founded in the 1920s.
Related terms: Fenian
ome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omes
Etymology: From the suffix -ome. Compare ology.
Senses: examples: text: The four basic omes, their major interactions, and the evolution of other human omes.
ref: 2012, OMICS: Biomedical Perspectives and Applications, →ISBN, page 190:
text: The series is launched with a review from the Snyder group on reading human omes
ref: 2013, George M. Church, “Reading and writing omes”, in Molecular Systems Biology, →DOI:
text: Proposing a new ome has become a way of validating the importance, relevance, and financial promise of a research program.
ref: 2016, J. A. Stallins, D. M. Law, S. A. Strosberg, J. J. Rossi, “Geography and postgenomics: how space and place are the new DNA”, in GeoJournal, →DOI, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2022:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome.
Related terms: omic
omics
-omics
kadaif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kadaifs
Senses: examples: text: At first glance, kadaif looks like slimmed down shredded wheat. It is an eastern Mediterranean confection made from a leavened flour-and-water batter sieved into very thin strands which are rolled round a filling of chopped nuts, baked, and then soaked in syrup.
ref: 2012, John Ayto, The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190:
glosses: Alternative form of kataifi.
Chinka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chincha.
no way to treat a lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I began to be sensible the liberty Mr. Bloodmoney was taking was neither civil nor manly—nay, on the contrary, that it was indecorous and brutal; and that it became me to rescue the affrighted beauty from his clutches. . . . I ran to her assistance; and, not knowing in what better way to proceed, I took advantage of the instability of my entertainer's footing to trip up his heels, and so lay him upon the floor, assuring him, as I did so, by way of apology, that "that was no way to treat a lady."
ref: 1839, Robert Montgomery Bird, The Adventures of Robin Day, published 1877, page 122:
text: Otto Will said it was no way to treat his pet dog; his wife said it was no way to treat a lady. . . . It all came about when Otto took his pet dog to bed with him. Mrs. Will kicked the dog underneath the covers and at the pet's yelp, Otto awoke and beat his wife.
ref: 1934 July 10, “Flashes of Life”, in Prescott Evening Courier, retrieved 31 Oct 2013, page 6:
text: Becky Robinson, 15, of Kent, started leading her filly, Lady, across the Pacific Coast Railway trestle here yesterday afternoon. The filly got about 10 feet out and decided that was no way to treat a lady.
ref: 1969 May 24, “Lady Balks”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 16 Aug 2009, page 8:
text: That ain't no way to treat a lady / No way to treat your baby / Your woman, your friend
ref: 1975, Harriet Schock, “Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady”, performed by Helen Reddy:
text: A bus driver for the Dave Matthews Band dumped a septic tank off the Kinzie Street Bridge in 2004 and transformed the Chicago Little Lady into a poop deck. 'Twas no way to treat a lady.
ref: 2007 August 17, Molly Woulfe, “Don't miss the boat”, in nwitimes.com, retrieved 16 Aug 2009:
glosses: Rude, insensitive, or harmful behavior, especially when directed toward a female.
Related terms: cad
autopiano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autopianos
Senses: glosses: player piano
sasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sasses
Etymology: Dutch sas, from French sas (“the basin of a waterfall”).
Senses: examples: text: Thence with him to the Trinity-house to dinner; where Sir Richard Brown, one of the clerkes of the Council, and who is much concerned against Sir N. Crisp's project of making a great sasse in the King's lands about Deptford, to be a wett-dock to hold 200 sail of ships.
ref: 1662 January 25, Samuel Pepys, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, volume 2, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, page 186:
glosses: A sluice or lock, as in a river or canal, to make it more navigable.
digs out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dig out
digging out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dig out
dug out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dig out
hajduks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hajduk
missing links
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of missing link
haiduk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haiduks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hajduk.
hayduk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hayduks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hajduk.
heiduk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heiduks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hajduk.
heyduc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heyducs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hajduk.
heyduke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heydukes
Senses: examples: text: [I]n the village of Medreyga in Hungary, certain dead Bodies (call'd there Vampyres) had kill'd several Persons by sucking out all their Blood: That Arnold Paul, an Heyduke, having kill'd four Persons after he was dead, his Body was taken up 40 Days after[.]
ref: 1732 May 20, The London Journal, page 76, column 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hajduk.
haiduks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haiduk
hayduks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hayduk
heiduks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heiduk
heyducs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heyduc
heydukes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heyduke
Udi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Compare Uti, the name of one of the provinces of Greater Armenia.
Senses: glosses: A Lezgic language (Northeast Caucasian) spoken by the Udi people who live mostly in Azerbaijan and nearby regions. Probably descended from Caucasian Albanian.
Derived terms: Old Udi
Udi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare Uti, the name of one of the provinces of Greater Armenia.
Senses: glosses: A person who belongs to this group, most probably the descendants of the ancient population of Caucasian Albania.
does justice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do justice
doing justice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do justice
did justice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do justice
done justice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do justice
hollows out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hollow out
hollowing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hollow out
hollowing out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: hollowing
glosses: A process by which something becomes hollowed out.
hollowed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hollow out
hollowed out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hollowed-out
Senses: examples: text: [F]or I may as well say at once that these hollowed-out caves were nothing more nor less than vast catacombs, in which for tens of ages the mortal remains of the great extinct race whose monuments surrounded us had been first preserved[.]
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: That has been hollowed out, that has been made hollow.
eaglewood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eagle + wood, translating Portuguese pau-d'áquila, or the genus name Aquilaria.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of agarwood.
synonyms: word: agarwood
turned away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn away
turning away
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turnings away
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of turning-away.
turning away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of turn away
turns away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn away
high-hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-hat
Quebecism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quebecisms
form: Quebecisme
form: quebecisme
form: québécisme
Etymology: Borrowed from French québécisme; equivalent to Quebec + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The quality of belonging to or being characteristic of Quebec.
glosses: Allegiance or loyalty to Quebec.
glosses: A word or phrase of Quebec; one originating there, or only used there, or having special meaning there.
Derived terms: pan-Quebecism
Fermi paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fermi Paradox
Etymology: Named after physicist Enrico Fermi (1901–1954).
Senses: examples: text: Fermi argued that the fact that aliens don't seem to be hanging out with us here on Earth (the tabloid stories aside) strongly contradicts the assumed existence of intelligent life elsewhere in our galaxy, a problem that came to be known as the Fermi Paradox.
ref: 2006, Kevin W. Plaxco, Michael Gross, Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction, →ISBN, page 246:
glosses: The seeming contradiction, serving as a challenge to believers in the existence of advanced lifeforms throughout the universe, that there is no scientific evidence that extraterrestrial civilizations have tried to visit or communicate with Earth.
Related terms: Drake equation
exobiology
Sagan's paradox
Fermi Paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Fermi paradox.
dogbane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogbanes
form: dogs-bane
form: dogsbane
Etymology: From dog + bane, as it was said to be poisonous to dogs.
Senses: examples: text: Most dogbanes are poisonous tropical plants producing showy flowers and milky juice
glosses: Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
Synonyms: word: colchica
Hyponyms: sense: genus Apocynum
word: spreading dogbane
sense: genus Apocynum
word: Indianhemp
Ukrainianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Ukrainianizes
form: Ukrainianizing
form: Ukrainianized
form: Ukrainianized
form: Ukrainianise
form: Ukrainise
form: Ukrainize
Etymology: 1915, Ukrainian + -ize. The shorter form, cognate of Ukrainization/Ukrainisation is influenced by Russian украиниза́ция (ukrainizácija) or Ukrainian україніза́ція (ukrajinizácija).
Senses: glosses: To render Ukrainian in character; impose Ukrainian culture, language, or ethnic identity.
glosses: To become Ukrainian in character; adopt Ukrainian culture, language, or ethnic identity.
Derived terms: Ukrainianization
Ukrainianisation
Ukrainianized
Ukrainianised
Ukrainization
Ukrainisation
Ukrainized
Ukrainised
tracheo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the trachea.
Coordinate terms: alveolo-
broncho-
autoreverse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːtoʊɹɪˈvɜːɹs/
ipa: /ˌɔːtəɹɪˈvɜːs/
Etymology: From auto- + reverse.
Senses: glosses: A device in a tape recorder or player that enables playback or recording the tape in both directions, by changing the direction of the tape transport or by physically flipping the cassette.
autoreverse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːtoʊɹɪˈvɜːɹs/
ipa: /ˌɔːtəɹɪˈvɜːs/
Forms: form: autoreverses
form: autoreversing
form: autoreversed
form: autoreversed
Etymology: From auto- + reverse.
Senses: examples: text: Unless the animation also autoreverses, the animation will “jump” from its end to its start to begin the next repetition.
ref: 2011, Matt Neuburg, Programming iOS 4, page 363:
glosses: To reverse automatically.
typhons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typhon
Burkinese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the first part of Burkina Faso + -ese.
Senses: glosses: In, of or otherwise relating to Burkina Faso, the former Upper Volta, or its citizens.
Synonyms: Burkinabe
Burkinese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the first part of Burkina Faso + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The members or descendants of the population of Burkina Faso.
Synonyms: Burkinabe
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
atlantes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ətlănʹtēz
ipa: /ətˈlantiːz/
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek Ἄτλαντες (Átlantes), the nominative plural form of Ἄτλας (Átlas); see atlas.
Senses: glosses: plural of atlas
bordelaises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bordelaise
break free
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks free
form: breaking free
form: broke free
form: broken free
Senses: examples: text: During the storm, the boat broke free from its moorings.
text: To address the climate crisis, we need to break free of our addiction to fossil fuels.
text: 1721, Aaron Hill, The Fatal Extravagance, London: T. Jauncy, [Scene 1], p. 9,
[…] I saw his Lady,
Wild, with a Storm of Grief! Her Hair dishevel’d!
And her loose Robes, blown, careless, by the Wind!
Struggling, with weeping Servants, to break free.
text: When the soul breaks free from the arms of a superstition, bits of the claws and talons break themselves off in him. It is not the work of a day to squeeze them out.
ref: 1883 June, Ralph Iron [pseudonym; Olive Schreiner], “Times and Seasons”, in The Story of an African Farm, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: H. M. Caldwell Company, →OCLC, part II, section VII, page 171:
text: [A]n elephant was captured for a time by the king's hunters and, ere he broke free, beringed with a grievous leg-iron.
ref: 1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter IX, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 235:
text: […] the chopper slowed and wheeled around the treetop. It was one of the big ones whose crown had broken free of the rest to spread luxuriantly in the upper air […]
ref: 1968, Desmond Bagley, The Vivero Letter, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Chapter 8, section 7, p. 189:
text: Tottenham left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto broke free after a clever one-two with Emmanuel Adebayor, only to see his shot brilliantly saved by the Norwich keeper.
ref: 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To liberate oneself; to free oneself; to become free (from or of something or someone).
Related terms: emancipate
Antillean Creole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A creole language based on French.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Antillean Creole terms
déclassée
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more déclassée
form: most déclassée
Senses: glosses: feminine form of déclassé
chaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaires
Senses: examples: text: [T]he poſture of the Confeſſant and the Prieſt in Confeſsion: which is, that the Confeſſant kneeles downe before the Prieſt ſitting in a raiſed chaire aboue him.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “[Apophthegm 213]”, in Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC, page 234:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of chair.
chaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaire
cohabiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohabiters
Etymology: From cohabit + -er.
Senses: examples: 1628, Thomas Hobbes (translator), Thucydides (original in Greek), History of the Peloponnesian War
neighbours and cohabiters of the same region, encompassed by the sea, and all called by one name, Sicilians.
synonyms: cohabitant
cohabitee
cohabitor
glosses: One who cohabits; a cohabitant.
autozoom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + zoom.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: automatic zoom
autoscale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoscales
form: autoscaling
form: autoscaled
form: autoscaled
Etymology: From auto- + scale.
Senses: glosses: To scale automatically.
Related terms: autoscaler
autosuggestive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autosuggestive
form: most autosuggestive
Etymology: From auto- + suggestive.
Senses: glosses: Employing autosuggestion.
poor man's pizza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A snack resembling pizza but made with cheaper or simpler ingredients, such as bread rolls instead of dough and tomato sauce instead of pizza sauce.
Synonyms: word: PMP
poormouths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poormouth
poormouthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poormouth
poormouthed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poormouth
Swiss-cheesed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: swiss-cheesed
Etymology: From Swiss cheese + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Containing many holes, like Swiss cheese.
common death adder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common death adders
Senses: glosses: A death adder of species Acanthophis antarcticus, of Australia, known for its venomousness and speed.
venomosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vɛnəˈmɒsɪti/
/vɛnəˈmɒsəti/
Etymology: Probably from venomous + -ity; compare Middle English venymouste.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of venomousness.
synonyms: word: venomousness
topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: The strength of venom in an animal.
brush turkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brush turkeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of brush-turkey.
anorexigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anorexigenic
form: most anorexigenic
Etymology: From anorexia + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: No major advances were reported in the field of anorexigenic agents during the two year period 1968–1969.
ref: 1969, Frank P. Palopoli, "Anorexigenic Agents", chapter 5 of Cornelius K. Cain (editor-in-chief), Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, 1969, Academic Press (1970), page 40
text: Because of its efficacy and widespread clinical usage, amphetamine has been the standard anorexigenic drug for some time.
ref: 1992, George I. Poos, “Anorexigenic Agents”, in Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, volumes 27-28, page 51:
text: Within this neural circuitry, numerous neuropeptides, both orexigenic (stimulate food intake) and anorexigenic (inhibit food intake), were discovered.
ref: 2008, George A. Bray, Claude Bouchard, Handbook of Obesity: Clinical Applications, page 378:
topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: orexigenic
glosses: creating or inducing a state of anorexia
anorexigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anorexigenics
Etymology: From anorexia + -genic.
Senses: antonyms: orexigenic
glosses: An anorexigenic agent.
spawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɔːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Etymology: Perhaps representing a frequentative form of spew.
Senses: glosses: Scattered or ejected spittle.
spawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɔːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: spawls
form: spawling
form: spawled
form: spawled
Etymology: Perhaps representing a frequentative form of spew.
Senses: glosses: To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit.
glosses: To say in a rough manner.
Derived terms: bespawl
spawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɔːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: spawls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spall.
play house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: play houses
form: playhouse
Etymology: From play + house.
Senses: synonyms: doll's house
hypernyms: toy
house
glosses: A dollhouse.
synonyms: cubby house
toyhouse
Wendy house
glosses: A child's toy domestic dwelling, large enough for the child to enter.
glosses: Alternative form of playhouse (“theater for performing plays”).
play house
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays house
form: playing house
form: played house
form: played house
form: playhouse
Etymology: From play + house.
Senses: examples: text: They can keep all their things there and play house in their own way.
qualifier: children's games
glosses: To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles.
examples: text: Though she flaunted her affair with TJ, Grace never admitted in print that she and George had “played house” before their marriage. Instead, she claimed they were married in 1942
ref: 1981, Emily Toth, Inside Peyton Place: the life of Grace Metalious, page 209:
text: Playing House Instead / There are times you may find it more appropriate to live with someone rather than rush into marriage.
ref: 2009, Fisher Ellie Slott, Mom There's a Man in the Kitchen and He's Wearing Your Robe:
text: I really don't like you playing house with the kids around. I don't want the kids to think that it's okay to live together without commitment.
ref: 2010, Kim Stafford, Damage, page 122:
glosses: To live as if married without actually being legally married; cohabit
brushturkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brushturkeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of brush-turkey.
Derived terms: Bruijn's brushturkey
Waigeo brushturkey
brushturkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brushturkey