cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
TFTP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of trivial file transfer protocol: a simple file transfer protocol, like FTP.
Pancake Tuesday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Shrove Tuesday.
raw_tags: used in Ireland
Synonyms: word: Pancake Day
word: Shrove Tuesday
idiorhythmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more idiorhythmic
form: most idiorhythmic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of idiorrhythmic.
Klabautermann
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Klabautermann.
Senses: glosses: A water sprite (or nix) who assists sailors and fishermen on the Baltic Sea in their duties.
timezone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timezones
Etymology: From time + zone.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of time zone (chiefly US)
street smart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more street smart
form: most street smart
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of street-smart.
street smarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Practical knowledge, especially concerning human behavior.
Related terms: english: knowledge management
translation: knowledge management
word: metis
fiat money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiat moneys
form: fiat monies
Senses: topics: banking
business
economics
sciences
synonyms: fiat currency
glosses: A type of currency that is not backed by a commodity and is typically designated by the issuing government to be legal tender, and authorized by government regulation.
seed money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seed moneys
form: seed monies
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Money used to set up a new business venture.
Supreme Court
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The first Indian woman who ever appeared before the Supreme Court as a lawyer was admitted to practice there today.
ref: 1915 October 26, “WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The highest court in a legal jurisdiction.
glosses: The highest court in a legal jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court of Canada.
synonyms: SCC
examples: text: Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.
ref: 2024 July 25, Devan Cole, “Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.”, in CNN:
glosses: The highest court in a legal jurisdiction.
The highest Federal court of the United States, ("the Supreme Court").
synonyms: SCOTUS
glosses: The highest court in a legal jurisdiction.
The state court in many states of the United States, usually but not necessarily the highest court in that state.
Derived terms: word: Supreme Kangaroo Court
hard money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard moneys
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Money backed by specie and easily convertible into foreign currencies.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Money contributed directly to a candidate rather than to a party or committee.
glosses: Academic funds received from a government or other entity at regular intervals, as opposed to those requiring the submission of research grant proposals etc.
Related terms: hard money loan
soft money
money broker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money brokers
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; money changer.
money scrivener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money scriveners
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A person who produces the loan of money to others.
money of account
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moneys of account
form: monies of account
Senses: topics: business
finance
synonyms: settlement currency
unit of account
glosses: A denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin.
Related terms: mill
ready money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ready moneys
form: ready monies
Senses: examples: text: [A] yong Freſh-water ſoldier that neuer before followed theſe ſtrange warres, and yet hath a Charge newly giuen him (by the old fellow Soldado Vecchio his father, when Death had ſhotte him into the Graue) of ſome ten or twelve thouſand in ready money, beſides ſo many hundreds a yeare: […]
ref: 1609, Thomas Dekker, “Lanthorne and Candle-light. Or, The Bell-man’s Second Nights-walke. […] The Second Edition, […]: Chapter 2”, in Alexander B[alloch] Grosart, editor, The Non-dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker. […] (The Huth Library), volume III, London; Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire: […] [Hazell, Watson, & Viney] for private circulation only, published 1885, →OCLC, pages 225–226:
text: It might have been supposed that, given a girl rapidly becoming good-looking, comfortably circumstanced, and for the first time in her life commanding ready money, she would go and make a fool of herself by dress.
ref: 1886 May, Thomas Hardy, chapter XIV, in The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: Lane: [Gravely.] There were no cucumbers in the market this morning, sir. I went down twice.
Algernon: No cucumbers!
Lane: No, sir. Not even for ready money.
ref: 1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest […] , [Act I]:
text: It made one sorry to see the extraordinary quantity of cattle, horses, goats, and other things, as houses and estates all sold for less than nothing, in their anxiety to set out on the road and have some ready money in their hands to help the 'holy Councillor' in his mad enterprise.
ref: 1920, R.B. Cunninghame Graham, chapter VI, in A Brazilian mystic: being the life and miracles of Antonio Conselheiro, London: William Heinemann, page 103:
text: Any of the fettlers were better off in respect to ready-money than he was.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia, page 84:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction.
Related terms: cash
readies
rent money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rent moneys
form: rent monies
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Money set aside to pay rent.
money chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money chests
Senses: glosses: A burglar-resistant container for storing money and other precious items.
Pashtunist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pashtunist
form: most Pashtunist
Etymology: From Pashtun + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, evincing, or advocating Pashtun nationalism.
Pashtunist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pashtunists
Etymology: From Pashtun + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A Pashtun nationalist.
Related terms: Pashtunism
money clip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money clips
Senses: glosses: A clip used for securing folded banknotes.
stamp out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stamp aʊt/
Forms: form: stamps out
form: stamping out
form: stamped out
form: stamped out
Senses: glosses: To extinguish by stamping.
examples: text: Since 1956, Nasution had been trying to stamp out corruption in the Army.
glosses: To get rid of totally; to eradicate.
good people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Oh no, I don't mean him," said Bert, "he's good people. He's on our side, not the system's."
ref: 1993, David Wagner, Checkerboard Square: Culture and Resistance in a Homeless Community, →ISBN, page 143:
text: 2021 Anne Boonchuy in Amphibia "If You Give a Frog a Cookie"
Thanks, Terri. You're good people.
glosses: A good person.
good people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But when she desired an old riven oak to be cut down an oak in which the good people (fairies) loved to assemble — because it impeded some favourite view, the poor old woman almost went mad, […]
ref: 1856, The Train, volumes 1-2, page 168:
glosses: Synonym of good folk (“magical humanoid creatures”).
synonyms: word: good folk
extra: magical humanoid creatures
leisurist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leisurists
Etymology: From leisure + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Examples of serious leisurists are the hobbyists who fully dedicate available time and effort to their hobby.
ref: 2006, Clayne R. Jensen, Outdoor Recreation in America, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: Someone who devotes all or a significant part of their life to leisure.
prefabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prefab
prefabs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefab
culatello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian culatello.
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
meats
glosses: A kind of ham aged for at least 11 months, traditionally produced in the territory along the River Po.
tabret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabrets
Etymology: Contraction of taboret.
Senses: examples: text: The singing-girls beat their tabrets and lulliloo'd with joy[.]
ref: 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 216:
glosses: A small tabor; a timbrel.
glosses: A person who plays the tabor.
let up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets up
form: letting up
form: let up
form: let up
Senses: examples: text: The rain shows no sign of letting up.
text: I think he did it but I just can't prove it / No, no body, no crime / But I ain't letting up until the day I die
ref: 2021, Taylor Swift, “No Body, No Crime”, in evermore, performed by Taylor Swift and HAIM:
synonyms: leave off
let off
glosses: To cease or stop.
JDLR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more JDLR
form: most JDLR
Etymology: Abbreviation of (it) just doesn't look right.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: clinical presentation
glosses: Largely or seemingly free of signs and symptoms, yet nonetheless with some aspect or appearance of illness, especially if ineffably.
JDLR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation of (it) just doesn't look right.
Senses: examples: text: An investigative reporter we know always talks about the JDLR factor— if it Just Doesn't Look Right, it's probably not.
ref: 2000, Reva Basch, Mary Ellen Bates, Researching Online For Dummies, page 308:
glosses: strangeness, oddity, weirdness
consultive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more consultive
form: most consultive
Etymology: From consult + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: consultive conference
text: consultive group
text: consultive selling
text: [H]e that remains in the grace of God, sins not by any deliberate, consultive, knowing act […]
ref: 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
synonyms: consultory
glosses: Determined by, or relating to, consultation
Bailly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Baillys
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bailly.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Barker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːrkər/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹkɚ/
homophone: barker
Etymology: From Middle English barker (“shepherd; tanner”).
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Broome County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Niagara County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
glosses: A village in Colonia department, Uruguay.
Derived terms: Mount Barker
fridge magnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fridge magnets
Senses: glosses: A decoration attached to a magnet, displayed on the outside of refrigerator doors, sometimes used to attach a written reminder.
glosses: A stupid person.
Related terms: photo magnet
excuser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excusers
Etymology: From excuse + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In vain would his excusers endeavour to palliate his enormities, by imputing them to madness; because it is well known, that madness only operates by inflaming and enlarging the good or evil dispositions of the mind.
ref: 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Vindication of Lord Carteret:
glosses: One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
examples: text: yet love is a sufficient excuse and excuser of greater errors than are mine
ref: 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: One who excuses or forgives another.
hen's tooth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hen's teeth
form: hens' teeth
Etymology: Example of a jocularly non-existent phenomenon, as many birds lack any teeth (having developed a bill instead). Compare horsefeathers and when pigs fly.
Senses: examples: text: as rare as a hen's tooth
text: Indeed, many of the Dutch in Pernambuco were won over to the Church of Rome, ‘whereas converts from Catholicism to Calvinism were as rare as hens’ teeth’.
ref: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 183:
synonyms: word: rocking horse shit
word: black swan
word: hen's tooth
word: lightning in a bottle
word: one in a million
word: rara avis
word: rare bird
word: rarity
word: rocking horse shit
word: unicorn
glosses: Anything not naturally occurring.
Related terms: unobtanium
choanoflagellate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choanoflagellates
Etymology: From choano- + flagellate.
Senses: examples: text: Choanoflagellates are plankton: tiny protozoans that feed on even tinier bacteria.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 30:
text: Detailed studies showed that the sponge and the cells of a protist called a choanoflagellate used a different set of genes and proteins to build similar-looking structures.
ref: 2017 August 1, Douglas Fox, “Aliens in our midst”, in Aeon:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals.
Synonyms: craspedophyte
multiferroic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiferroic
form: most multiferroic
Etymology: From multi- + ferroic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having multiple ferroic properties (e.g. both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic)
multiferroic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiferroics
Etymology: From multi- + ferroic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any material having such properties
majorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: majorites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium, found in the upper mantle of the Earth, that stores oxygen when under intense pressure
Derived terms: majoritic
step by step
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: She assembled the toy step by step, following the instructions carefully.
text: We were shown the process step by step.
coordinate_terms: in order
one step at a time
one by one
sequentially
serially
glosses: From one stage to the next in sequence.
examples: text: Like many a successful YouTuber, she built up her following step by step, amassing subscribers as her video library grew.
text: Rail technology advanced step by step - albeit electrification was a good stride, rather than a short step.
ref: 2024 January 10, Philip Haigh, “Four decades of Britain's railway evolution - step by step”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 65:
synonyms: word: bit by bit
word: little by little
word: one by one
word: additively
word: bit by bit
word: incrementally
word: footmeal
word: little by little
word: one at a time
word: one by one
word: one step at a time
word: piecemeal
word: step by step
word: stepwise
word: bit by bit
word: by degrees
word: by inches
word: continually
word: footmeal
word: inch by inch
word: incrementally
word: gradatim
word: gradually
word: little by little
word: momentarily
word: momently
word: one by one
word: one step at a time
word: progressively
word: step by step
word: stepmeal
word: unsuddenly
glosses: Gradually and steadily.
sixpenny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From six + penny.
Senses: glosses: Worth six pennies.
glosses: Cheap; worthless.
Derived terms: sixpenny bit
sixpenny nail
sixpenny rush
sixpennyworth
Related terms: sixpence
sixpenny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sixpennies
Etymology: From six + penny.
Senses: glosses: A publication costing sixpence.
glosses: A stamp worth sixpence.
hearte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heartes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of heart.
bodye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodyes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of body.
abowt
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of about.
abowt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: May 20th, after dynner, I with my brother, Mr. Justice Yong, went to the Archebishop of Canterbury to Lambeth, abowt the personagis who used me well.
ref: 1842, John Dee, The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, page 34:
qualifier: outside of dialects
glosses: Alternative spelling of about.
besyde
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of beside.
cliffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪfi
Forms: form: cliffier
form: cliffiest
Etymology: From cliff + -y.
Senses: examples: text: 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 176.
There is naked Nature,—inhumanly sincere, wasting no thought on man, nibbling at the cliffy shore where gulls wheel amid the spray.
text: Where did they all live? I wondered. My curiosity was soon destined to be gratified. Turning to the left the string of litters followed the cliffy sides of the crater for a distance of about half a mile, or perhaps a little less, and then halted.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: Abounding in cliffs.
examples: text: HAG [...] 1. A rock or cliff; an abrupt, cliffy prominence.
ref: 1900, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: F-M, page 14:
glosses: Characteristic of a cliff.
Related terms: cliff
cliffy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪfi
Forms: form: cliffies
Senses: examples: text: All your questions won't be answered in the first book. It may end on a cliffhanger that leads into book 2. It's a mild cliffy, but it's there none the less.
ref: 2016, Lexy Timms, No Rush:
glosses: A cliffhanger (dramatic stopping point in a story).
beaute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beautes
Senses: examples: text: The furrier went on to say that he had a real beaute of a Canadian three-quarter squirrel just in.
ref: 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren:
text: “Yeah, she's a real beaute,” Al said as he patted the side of the plane.
ref: 2013, Lynn Martinez, The Adventures of Jessie, a young Texas girl in the 1930s:
glosses: Alternative form of beaut.
certayne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more certayne
form: most certayne
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of certain.
Derived terms: certaynely
certaynely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more certaynely
form: most certaynely
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of certainly.
amonge
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of among.
forbeare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of forbear.
alongst
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: alangst
form: alongest
Etymology: Probably from earlier alonges, from Middle English alongest, alonge, on longe, from Old English onlong, andlang. By surface analysis, along + -st (excrescent ending).
Senses: glosses: along
alongst
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: alangst
form: alongest
Etymology: Probably from earlier alonges, from Middle English alongest, alonge, on longe, from Old English onlong, andlang. By surface analysis, along + -st (excrescent ending).
Senses: glosses: along
chaunce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaunces
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of chance.
chaunce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chaunces
form: chauncing
form: chaunced
form: chaunced
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of chance.
chauncest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: chaunce + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of chaunce
chaunceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: chaunce + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chaunce
cinamon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cinnamon.
geue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: give
heire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heires
Senses: examples: text: But those husbandmen said amongst themselues, This is the heire, come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 12:7:
text: How many Masters have some stately Houses had, in the age of a small Cottage, that hath, as it were, lived, and dyed with her old Master, both dropping down together. Such vain Preservatories of us, are our Inheritances, even once removed: but look on it more Removes off, and continuing in thy Name, yet how little doth that concerne Thee (though the first Purchaser, or his Heire) Lazy Posterity, when they heare it so called know it by the Name, but not as thine; […]
ref: 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
glosses: Obsolete form of heir.
blinde
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blinde
form: most blinde
Senses: examples: text: […] but if you finde that their encrease and continuance multiply with your labour, it shall be then good for you to plant in diuers places of your Garden the hearbe called Palma Christi, in other places Garlicke and in other places Onyons, and it is an assured rule that no Moale will come néere where they grow for the strength and violence of their smell, is poysonous and deadly to those blinde vermines.
ref: 1614, Gervase Markham, chapter 7, in The Second Booke of the English Husbandman, London: John Browne, pages 45–46:
glosses: Obsolete form of blind.
blinde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of blind.
lyeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lye + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lye
begad
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From by God.
Senses: examples: text: You have a good name, good wits, good manners, and a good person—and, begad! I don't see why you shouldn't marry a woman with money—get into—distinguish yourself, and—and, in fact, that sort of thing.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 287:
text: Begad, Perry, old fellow, all's well at last, eh?" exclaimed Anthony, grasping my hand. "What I mean to say is — will ye look at 'em, begad!.
ref: 1922, Jeffery Farnol, Peregrine's Progress, page 439:
glosses: An expression of surprise, shock etc.
chearful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chearful
form: most chearful
Senses: examples: text: There is at times said he—a little self-importance—but it is not offensive;—& there are moments, there are points, when her Love of Money is carried greatly too far. But she is a goodnatured Woman, a very goodnatured Woman,—a very obliging, friendly Neighbour; a chearful, independant, valuable character.—and her faults may be entirely imputed to her want of Education.
ref: 1817 (date written), Jane Austen, chapter 3, in R[aymond] W[ilson] Chambers, editor, Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817 […] [Sanditon], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1925, →OCLC, page 34:
english: Sanditon
translation: Sanditon
glosses: Archaic spelling of cheerful.
Derived terms: chearfully
withoute
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of without.
withoute
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of without.
noyse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noyses
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of noise.
Derived terms: noysey
noysie
voyce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voyces
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of voice.
voyce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: voyces
form: voycing
form: voyced
form: voyced
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of voice.
graunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graunts
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of grant.
graunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: graunts
form: graunting
form: graunted
form: graunted
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of grant.
grauntest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: graunt + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of graunt
graunteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: graunt + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of graunt
wanst
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Be the bye, I wanst knew art ould woman of that name. She was my darling Tibbie, but a notorious drunkard.
ref: 1863, Roger Quinn, The Heather Lintie: Being Poetical Pieces, Spiritual and Temporal..., page 167:
text: Now, shut your eyes, and turn round wanst.' whispered the Grey Man. Shawn did as he was desired ; but, when he looked about, he was struck all of a hape to find himself standing in his own bawn....
ref: 1838, Charles Dickens et al., Bentley's Miscellany, page 308:
text: Wanst I was wo'th twenty thousand doll are, and I driv the saddling profession.
ref: 1837, Charles Fenno Hoffman et al., The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, page 68:
glosses: once
Derived terms: at wanst
holie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of holy.
monie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of money.
heate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I know not where is that promethian heate, That can thy light relumine
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: Archaic spelling of heat.
heate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of heat.
heatest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: heat + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of heat
heateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: heat + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heat
expresse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: expresses
form: expressing
form: expressed
form: expressed
Senses: examples: text: And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Archaic spelling of express.
contree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrees
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of country.
worlde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worldes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of world.
Derived terms: olde worlde
lyfe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyves
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of life.
colde
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: There was a great fyer in the chamber, the wether was colde, and I saw now and then a Bishop come out;
ref: 1849, Samuel Roffey Maitland, Essays on Subjects Connected with the Reformation in England, page 8:
glosses: Archaic spelling of cold.
speke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of speak.
wente
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of went, past participle of go.
hande
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of hand.
witnesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witnesses
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of witness.
witnesse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: witnesses
form: witnessing
form: witnessed
form: witnessed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of witness.
neede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of need.
neede
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of need.
whipt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: whip + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whip
daye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dayes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of day.
Derived terms: birthdaye
birthdaye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthdayes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of birthday.
thowt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thowts
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of thought.
thowt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of think
learne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of learn.
foole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fooles
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of fool.
foole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of fool.
foolest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fool + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of fool
fooleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fool + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fool
libertie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liberties
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of liberty.
stript
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: strip + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strip
absorbant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more absorbant
form: most absorbant
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of absorbent.
absorbant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absorbants
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of absorbent.
hypermutation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypermutations
Etymology: From hyper- + mutation.
Senses: glosses: Frequent mutation
glosses: The organism or gene that results from such a mutation
Derived terms: hypermutational
somatic hypermutation
plurilinear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluri- + linear.
Senses: glosses: multilinear
multilinear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + linear.
Senses: glosses: Having many lines.
glosses: Having many linear aspects.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: That is linear in each variable separately.
raw_tags: of a function etc
Synonyms: word: tantipartite
Derived terms: multilinear algebra
multilinear form
multilinearity
multilinearly
pomello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pomellos
form: pomelloes
Senses: examples: text: Pomelloes, a name under which forbidden fruit is sometimes sold in this country by fruiterers.
ref: 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms, page 295:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of pomelo.
ponticello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponticelli
Etymology: From Italian ponticello (literally “little bridge”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: bridge (of a violin etc.)
chess set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chess sets
Senses: glosses: The equipment needed to play chess: a set of chess pieces and a chessboard.
Farquhar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑɹxəɹ/
ipa: /ˈfɑɹkəɹ/
Forms: form: Farquhars
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Fearchar. Related to fear (“man”), combined with còir (“just, honest, good”), car (“friendly”)), or ciar (“dark grey”).
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms: Farquharson
ponticelli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponticello
T-carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-carriers
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: The generic designator for several digitally multiplexed signal carrier systems.
Related terms: T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
E-carrier
post-nasal drip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-nasal drips
form: postnasal drip
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: upper airway cough syndrome
qualifier: otolaryngology
glosses: The accumulation in the throat or back of the nose of excessive mucus produced by the sinuses.
Related terms: rhinorrhea
runny nose
RS-232
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Recommended Standard 232; the standard for serial binary signals between a DTE and a DCE.
anopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anopias
Etymology: From an- + -opia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: State or condition of sightlessness, often due to medical reasons.
Synonyms: blindness
sightlessness
sexuoerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sexuo- + erotic.
Senses: examples: text: 1987, John Money, "Homosexual Gender Identity and Psychoneuroendocrinology", in American Psychologist, volume 42, issue 4, pages 384–399, as reprinted in Stella Chess, Alexander Thomas, and Margaret Hertzig (editors), Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development, 1988: A Selection of the Year's Outstanding Contributions to the Understanding and Treatment of the Normal and Disturbed Child, Brunner/Mazel Publishers (1988), →ISBN, page 41,
As in subhuman primates, in the human species sexuoerotic status is dependent not only on prenatal homonalization, but also on postnatal socialization effects.
text: Chronophiles are persons of any age whose sexuoerotic ages is incongruous with their physical age, yet is harmonious with the age of their chosen sexual partner/preference. Chronophilia is not related in any way to paedophilia, hebephilia, ephebophilia, gerontophilia or teleiophilia as individuals who possess these sexual orientations have congruent physical and sexuoerotic ages and generally have a preference for people of a different physical age.
ref: 2007, Adrian Powell, Paedophiles, Child Abuse, and the Internet: A Practical Guide to Identification, Action, and Prevention, Radcliffe Publishing, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Pertaining to sex and erotic arousal.
yes-no question
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yes-no questions
form: yes/no question
form: yes-or-no question
Senses: examples: text: To make it clear for the jury, I will ask you a simple yes-no question. Did you enter the house on the night of the 15th?
synonyms: binary question
polar question
coordinate_terms: open question
open-ended question
wh-question
multiple-choice question
glosses: A question that can only be answered by yes or no and does not allow for elaboration or detail.
Related terms: true-false
blackhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackholes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of black hole.
blackhole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blackholes
form: blackholing
form: blackholed
form: blackholed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of black hole.
no-load fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no-load funds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A mutual fund that charges no sales load.
load fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: load funds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A mutual fund that charges sales load.
quadra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrae
Etymology: From Latin quadra.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
glosses: A fillet, or listel.
glosses: A frame enclosing a bas relief.
crucifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crucifiers
Etymology: From Middle English crucifier; equivalent to crucify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […]
ref: 1844, The Christian, volume 1, page 498:
text: I mind him well as he sat in his chair or daundered through Caulds, a kind word for every one and sage counsel in time of distress, but withal a severe man to himself and a crucifier of the body.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: One who crucifies.
bear claw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear claws
Senses: glosses: A large, sweet pastry filled with raisins and spices.
racehorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of racehorse
racetracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of racetrack
ranches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ranch
ranches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ranch
rampages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rampage
rampaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rampage
rampaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rampagings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who rampages.
rampaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rampage
rectories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rectory
long time no hear
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Modelled on earlier long time no see.
Senses: examples: text: Dave! Long time no hear! How has Boston been treating you?
glosses: I haven't heard from you for a long time.
xlnt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: WILL HOMESIT your house or estate with care. Mature refined New England couple, non drinker,^([sic]) non smokers, no entertaining. Just want peace & quiet! Xlnt references.
ref: 1976 February 21, “Announcements”, in The Daily Breeze, 82nd year, number 52, Torrance, Calif., →OCLC, page C3, column 4:
glosses: Abbreviation of excellent.
dogmatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒɡˈmætɪks/
rhymes: -ætɪks
Etymology: From dogmata + -ics.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The systematic study of dogmata.
Chandleresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Chandleresque
form: most Chandleresque
Etymology: From Chandler + -esque.
Senses: glosses: In the style of Raymond Chandler, typically using lyrical (and frequently exaggerated) similes.
field strip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: field strips
form: field stripping
form: field stripped
form: field stripped
form: fieldstrip
form: field-strip
Senses: examples: text: He'd learned how to work a repeater - even how to fieldstrip and clean it.
ref: 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
glosses: To dismantle (a weapon) for cleaning, oiling or repair; to disassemble (a firearm) to the maximum extent possible without tools.
glosses: To take apart (a cigarette butt) for the purpose of reducing litter.
plotbunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plotbunnies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plot bunny.
analgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: analgias
form: analgesia
Etymology: From an- + -algia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A state of painlessness, absence of pain.
Derived terms: analgic
star clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star cloud
wonk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wonks
Etymology: American English student slang 1954; perhaps navy slang before that. "Expert" sense popularized in the Clinton administration, 1993. Origin uncertain, possibly from wonky (“shaky, unreliable”) or wank, wanker or simply expressive.
Senses: examples: text: Previously, e-reading had been the domain of early adopters and new technology wonks.
ref: 2014, Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Pleasures of Reading, The: A Booklover's Alphabet, page 53:
synonyms: word: nerd
word: grind
word: dork
word: flabbergast
word: flabagast
word: flabaghast
word: gink
word: nerd
word: Nigel
word: nosebleed
glosses: An overly studious person, particularly a student.
examples: text: This is the sort of standard that the Paul Ryans of the world trumpet to their constituents, to potential campaign contributors and to their peers in Congress. They become “budget wonks” and political superstars, even if their proposals are bound to go nowhere.
ref: 2014 March 14, Dean Baker, “Paul Ryan isn't the wonk of Washington – it's time to listen to more good ideas”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A policy wonk or other intellectual expert.
Derived terms: policy wonk
wonkfest
wonkish
wonk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wonks
form: wonking
form: wonked
form: wonked
Etymology: American English student slang 1954; perhaps navy slang before that. "Expert" sense popularized in the Clinton administration, 1993. Origin uncertain, possibly from wonky (“shaky, unreliable”) or wank, wanker or simply expressive.
Senses: examples: text: he is renowned in the dorm for his ability to “wonk” (Know spelled backward), or cram, for exams.
ref: 1967 April 28, "Epikaira", “Violinists – The Truth Seeker”, in Time Magazine:
glosses: To cram for exams.
Derived terms: wonk out
e-novella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-novellas
Etymology: From e- + novella.
Senses: glosses: an electronic novella
plot bunnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plot bunny
plotbunnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plotbunny
Judeophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːˌdiːəʊˈfɪlɪə/
Etymology: From Judeo- + -philia.
Senses: synonyms: Judeophilism
glosses: A strong interest in the country, culture, or people of Jews.
Russophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹʌsəˈfɪli.ə/
Etymology: From Russo- + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: Russophilia was directly weakened by military base agreements with the US.
ref: 2015, Boris Popivanov, Changing Images of the Left in Bulgaria, page 126:
glosses: A strong interest in or admiration of Russia, Russian culture, or the Russian people.
Related terms: Russomania
Russophile
Russophobia
rivalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rivaling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rival
refreshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refresh
refreshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refresh
regretable
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more regretable
form: most regretable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of regrettable.
regurgitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regurgitate
regurgitates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regurgitate
regurgitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regurgitate
green with envy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Consumed by envy; envious to the point where it is noticeable to others.
Related terms: green-eyed monster
regurgitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regurgitate
green-eyed monster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green-eyed monsters
Etymology: From green + eye + monster. Coined by William Shakespeare in his play Othello.
Senses: examples: text: [Iago:] Oh, beware my Lord, of iealouſie, / It is the greene-ey'd Monſter, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 324, column 1:
text: She was not to be convinced, and so poor Mr. Graham, who was really exceedingly polite and affable to the ladies, was almost constantly provoking the green-eyed monster by his attentions to some one of the fair sex.
ref: 1856, Mary Jane Holmes, chapter X, in ’Lena Rivers:
text: It was Harold. I decided to have him dark, with a very small black mustache, and passionate eyes. I felt, too, that he would be jealous. The eyes would be of the smoldering type, showing the green-eyed monster beneath.
ref: 1916, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Bab, a Sub-Deb:
text: The green-eyed monster had bitten [Jeeves]. He was miffed because he wasn't the brains behind this binge, the blue prints for it having been laid down by a rival. Even great men have their weaknesses.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
glosses: Envy, jealousy, covetousness.
raw_tags: with the
wikipedia: en:Othello
en:William Shakespeare
Derived terms: green-eyed
spront
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɹɑnt/
rhymes: -ɑnt
Forms: form: spronts
Senses: examples: text: We made a compote containing prunes, spronts and raisins.
glosses: A dried apricot.
renewability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From renew + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being renewable.
reinforces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reinforce
reinforcing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The reinforcing wire has to wrapped in tension to be effective ins trengthening the main part.
glosses: Used to reinforce.
Derived terms: reinforcingly
reinforcing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinforcings
Senses: examples: text: The reinforcing for the roof will be installed before the hurricane season begins.
glosses: Something that reinforces.
reinforcing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reinforce
rewinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rewind
rewinding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rewindings
Senses: glosses: The act or process by which something is rewound.
examples: text: The Crookes tube has accordingly been modified until it is no longer a new-fangled burning glass: motors, coils, rewindings, regulators and transformers have been interposed between the street current and the tube[…]
ref: 1902, Dietetic and hygienic gazette, volume 18, page 477:
glosses: A set of replacement coils on an electric motor or other device that uses wound wires to generate a magnetic field.