cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Lumbreras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lumbrerases
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Lumbreras.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Lumbrerases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lumbreras
Popian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Popian
form: most Popian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Popean.
McFarlands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McFarland
poppability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being poppable.
poppycockish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poppycockish
form: most poppycockish
Etymology: From poppycock + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Full of poppycock; nonsensical; ridiculous.
populationless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From population + -less.
Senses: glosses: Devoid of population; unpeopled.
populationistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more populationistic
form: most populationistic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to populationism.
porismatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a porismatic manner.
pornocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pornocrats
Senses: glosses: A supporter of pornocracy.
pornocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pornocrat
porogam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porogams
Senses: glosses: Any porogamic plant.
porogams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porogam
porogamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Exhibiting or relating to porogamy.
pigeonwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigeonwood
porokaiwhiria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori [Term?].
Senses: glosses: pigeonwood
poroporo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori poroporo.
Senses: glosses: The plant Solanum aviculare.
portentosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being portentous.
portmantologism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portmantologisms
Etymology: From portmanteau + -ology + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The term “biomarker” is a portmantologism of the words “biological” and “marker.”
ref: 2018, Keith C. Meyer, Steven D. Nathan, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide, page 242:
glosses: A portmanteau word.
Synonyms: blend
frankenword
portmanteau
portmanteau word
portmantologisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portmantologism
portrayment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portrayments
Senses: glosses: portrayal
portrayments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portrayment
Poseidonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒˌsaɪˈdəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌpɑˌsaɪˈdoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /poʊˌ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Poseidonian
form: most Poseidonian
Etymology: From Poseidon + -ian.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: Neptunian
glosses: Of or relating to Poseidon.
Posnanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Posnanian
form: most Posnanian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Polish city of Poznań.
Posnanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Posnanians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Poznań.
Posnanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Posnanian
posologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies posology.
posologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posologist
postbreakfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + breakfast.
Senses: examples: postbreakfast capillary blood glucose
glosses: After breakfast.
postconceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + conceptive.
Senses: glosses: Following conception.
McElveens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McElveen
postconfinement
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + confinement.
Senses: glosses: Following confinement.
postconnubial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + connubial.
Senses: glosses: After getting married.
postconvulsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + convulsive.
Senses: glosses: Following a convulsion.
postdepressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + depressive.
Senses: glosses: Following a state of depression (unhappy state of mind).
postdiphtheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + diphtheric.
Senses: glosses: Following diphtheria.
postelementary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + elementary.
Senses: glosses: After the elementary school level of education.
postdysenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + dysenteric.
Senses: glosses: Following dysentery.
posterette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posterettes
Etymology: From poster + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A small poster.
posterettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posterette
postgonorrheic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + gonorrheic.
Senses: glosses: Following gonorrhea.
postgrippal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + grippe + -al.
Senses: glosses: Following influenza.
posthysterical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + hysterical.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Following hysteria.
posticteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + icteric.
Senses: glosses: Following jaundice.
postluetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + luetic.
Senses: glosses: Following syphilis.
postorgastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + orgastic.
Senses: glosses: Following orgasm.
postpagan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + pagan.
Senses: glosses: After the decline of paganism.
postpaludal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + paludal.
Senses: glosses: Following malaria.
postparoxysmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + paroxysmal.
Senses: glosses: Following a paroxysm.
postpyretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + pyretic.
Senses: glosses: Following a fever.
postrachitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + rachitic.
Senses: glosses: Following rachitis.
postrheumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + rheumatic.
Senses: glosses: Following rheumatism.
postrubeolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + rubeolar.
Senses: glosses: Following rubeola.
postresurrectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + resurrectional.
Senses: glosses: Following resurrection.
cesarewich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cesarewiches
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of tsarevich.
postspasmodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + spasmodic.
Senses: glosses: Following a spasm.
postsuppurative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + suppurative.
Senses: glosses: Following suppuration.
postvenereal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + venereal.
Senses: glosses: Following venereal disease.
potgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potgirls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pot-girl.
potgirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potgirl
potichomanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potichomanists
Senses: glosses: One who decorates a glass vessel by potichomania.
potichomanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potichomanist
poultryless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poultry + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without poultry.
poultrydom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poultry + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of poultry.
powderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From powder + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be powdered.
pradhana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit प्रधान (pradhāna).
Senses: glosses: In Indian philosophy, the creative principle of nature.
pratiyasamutpada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pratityasamutpada.
pratityasamutpada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pratiyasamutpada
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Dependent origination: a doctrine of Buddhist philosophy stating that all dharmas arise in dependence upon other dharmas: "if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist".
prattfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prattfalls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pratfall.
prattfalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prattfall
Bostrichiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bostrichiform
form: most Bostrichiform
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the coleopteran infraorder Bostrichiformia.
preadjustable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Able to be adjusted in advance.
preallably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From preallable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: previously or preliminarily
preannouncer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preannouncers
Etymology: From preannounce + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who makes a preannouncement.
preannouncers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preannouncer
preantiseptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + antiseptic.
Senses: glosses: Before the discovery or availability of antiseptic.
preamalgamation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + amalgamation.
Senses: glosses: Before amalgamation.
preambassadorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + ambassadorial.
Senses: glosses: Before becoming an ambassador.
preascertain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preascertains
form: preascertaining
form: preascertained
form: preascertained
Etymology: From pre- + ascertain.
Senses: glosses: To ascertain in advance.
preascertains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preascertain
preascertaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preascertain
preascertained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preascertain
prealphabetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + alphabetical.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prealphabetic.
synonyms: word: prealphabetic
preblockade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + blockade.
Senses: glosses: Before a blockade.
prebridal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + bridal.
Senses: examples: text: a prebridal pregnancy
glosses: Before becoming a bride.
preburlesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + burlesque.
Senses: glosses: Before the introduction of burlesque performances.
precalculable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Able to be precalculated.
precarnival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + carnival.
Senses: examples: a precarnival party
glosses: Before a carnival.
precensus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + census.
Senses: glosses: Before a census.
prechampionship
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + championship.
Senses: glosses: Before a championship.
preceremonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + ceremonial.
Senses: synonyms: premarital
glosses: Of sexual intercourse: taking place before the actual ceremony of marriage, but between a couple who are committed to getting married in the future.
prechloroform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + chloroform.
Senses: glosses: Before the discovery or availability of chloroform.
preclassify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preclassifies
form: preclassifying
form: preclassified
form: preclassified
Etymology: From pre- + classify.
Senses: glosses: To classify in advance.
preclassifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preclassify
preclassifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preclassify
preclimax
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + climax.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Before the point of climax.
precommunion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + communion.
Senses: examples: a precommunion sermon
glosses: Before Holy Communion.
preconceivable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Able to be preconceived.
preconfirm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preconfirms
form: preconfirming
form: preconfirmed
form: preconfirmed
Etymology: From pre- + confirm.
Senses: glosses: To confirm in advance.
Derived terms: preconfirmation
preconfirmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preconfirm
preconfirms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preconfirm
preconfirming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preconfirm
preconflict
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + conflict.
Senses: glosses: Before conflict.
preconnubial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + connubial.
Senses: glosses: Before marriage.
preconsider
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preconsiders
form: preconsidering
form: preconsidered
form: preconsidered
Etymology: From pre- + consider.
Senses: glosses: To consider in advance.
preconsidered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preconsider
preconsiders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preconsider
preconsidering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preconsider
precosmical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: precosmic
predaylight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + daylight.
Senses: glosses: Before daylight.
predaytime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + daytime.
Senses: glosses: Before daytime.
predeliver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: predelivers
form: predelivering
form: predelivered
form: predelivered
Etymology: From pre- + deliver.
Senses: glosses: To deliver in advance.
predelivered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of predeliver
predelivers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of predeliver
predelivering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of predeliver
predemocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + democracy.
Senses: glosses: Before democracy.
supercavitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of supercavitate
supercavitating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Causing or undergoing supercavitation
predescribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: predescribes
form: predescribing
form: predescribed
form: predescribed
Etymology: From pre- + describe.
Senses: glosses: To describe in advance.
predescribing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of predescribe
predescribes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of predescribe
supercerebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪbɹəl
-iːbɹəl
Etymology: From super- + cerebral.
Senses: glosses: Very intelligent or intellectual
predestinationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From predestination + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief in predestination.
predestinationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predestinationists
Etymology: From predestination + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who believes in predestination.
predestinationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predestinationist
prediphtheritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + diphtheritic.
Senses: glosses: Before diphtheria.
prediscuss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prediscusses
form: prediscussing
form: prediscussed
form: prediscussed
Etymology: From pre- + discuss.
Senses: glosses: To discuss in advance.
prediscussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prediscuss
prediscusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prediscuss
superciliosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: superciliousness
predrainage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + drainage.
Senses: glosses: Before drainage.
prefeudalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + feudalism.
Senses: glosses: An incipient form of feudalism.
supercise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supercises
form: supercising
form: supercised
form: supercised
Senses: glosses: To partially circumcise.
Derived terms: supercision
prefurlough
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + furlough.
Senses: glosses: Before a furlough.
presabbatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + sabbatical.
Senses: glosses: Before a sabbatical.
supercontract
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supercontracts
form: supercontracting
form: supercontracted
form: supercontracted
Etymology: From super- + contract.
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo supercontraction
virgin vault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virgin vaults
Senses: glosses: A women-only college dormitory.
virgin vaults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virgin vault
prehandicap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + handicap.
Senses: glosses: Before the onset of a physical or mental disability.
supercrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercrats
Senses: glosses: A powerful or high-ranking bureaucrat
prehemiplegic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + hemiplegic.
Senses: glosses: Before the onset of hemiplegia.
supercrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercrat
preindustry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + industry.
Senses: glosses: Before industry.
superduct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superducts
form: superducting
form: superducted
form: superducted
Etymology: From super- + duct.
Senses: glosses: To sursumduct
sursumduct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sursumducts
form: sursumducting
form: sursumducted
form: sursumducted
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo sursumduction
preinterchange
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + interchange.
Senses: examples: preinterchange traffic
glosses: Before an interchange.
preintercourse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + intercourse.
Senses: glosses: Before intercourse.
prejudiciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prejudiciously
form: most prejudiciously
Senses: glosses: In a prejudicious manner.
Teesdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Teesdales
form: Teasdale
form: Tisdale
form: Tisdel
form: Tisdell
Etymology: From Tees (“a river”) + dale.
Senses: glosses: The valley of the River Tees in County Durham, with the upper part in Eden district, Cumbria, England.
glosses: A small town in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A habitational surname.
Derived terms: Middleton-in-Teesdale
superessence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superessences
Etymology: From super- + essence.
Senses: glosses: superessential essence
curlyhaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From curly + haired.
Senses: examples: text: Soon he had a haggard, curlyhaired woman around the waist and she was tugging at his beard and they were passing the bottle back and forth.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 44, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 227:
glosses: Having curly hair.
superexcel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superexcels
form: superexcelling
form: superexcelled
form: superexcelled
Etymology: From super- + excel.
Senses: glosses: To excel greatly
Related terms: superexcellency
superexcelling
superextra
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)ˈɛkstɹə/
ipa: /ˈsupɚˈɛkstɹə/
Etymology: From super- + extra.
Senses: examples: text: It requires not superextra intelligence to see this.
ref: 1847, George Truesdale Flanders, Review of Alexander Hall's Universalism Against Itself, E. C. Church, page 68:
text: Superextra brand of glass. Rare, such glass. Carbonate of lead, you know.
ref: 1912, Arthur Swazey, Cornelius Van Santvoord, Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, J. H. Trowbridge, William Cunningham Gray, Francis Landey Patton, Nolan Rice Best, The Continent, McCormick Publishing Company, page 1530:
text: Not, of course, that these are anything superextra in the way of atrocities when the Hun really gets going.
ref: 1918, The Bystander, Volume 60, page 144:
glosses: Superior and extra.
superface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfaces
Etymology: From super- + face.
Senses: glosses: surface
superfact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfacts
Etymology: From super- + fact.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A fact that surpasses all others
superfacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfact
proletarianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From proletarian + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a proletarian manner.
superfetatious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to superfetation
propagandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more propagandic
form: most propagandic
Etymology: From propaganda + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to propaganda.
Related terms: propagandistic
superficialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superficialisms
Etymology: From superficial + -ism.
Senses: glosses: superficiality
McPhails
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McPhail
superfinery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfineries
Etymology: From super- + finery.
Senses: glosses: Especially luxurious finery
superfinesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfinesses
Etymology: From super- + finesse.
Senses: glosses: Extreme finesse
superfinite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + finite.
Senses: glosses: Beyond finite; infinite
superflation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: hyperinflation
superfluently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a superfluent manner
McRitchies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McRitchie
superfluorescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Etymology: From super- + fluorescent.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting superfluorescence
superfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfeet
Etymology: From super- + foot.
Senses: glosses: A square foot of timber as a building material
superfeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfoot
Forsytes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Forsyte
superglottal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: supraglottic, supraglottal
for shame's sake
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: he laughed at our poor blown beasts, that shook on every limb, and seemed like to push their spare, gaunt bones through the trappings with which, for shame's sake, we endeavored to cover them.
ref: 1857, Charles James Lever, Tom Burke of "Ours", volume II:
glosses: Owing to a sense of shame.
glosses: A mild oath
Synonyms: sense: due to shame
word: for very shame's sake
sense: minced oath
word: for goodness' sake
sense: minced oath
word: for mercy's sake
sense: minced oath
word: for heaven's sake
sense: minced oath
word: for pity's sake
Related terms: for shame
for very shame's sake
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: For very shame’s sake I could hold out no longer,—and with a determined effort I broke the extraordinary dumb spell that had held me like a coward in silent hiding, and came forward boldly to confront my visitor.
ref: 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →OCLC, page 22:
glosses: Alternative form of for shame's sake (“Owing to a sense of shame”).
superindividualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + individualism.
Senses: glosses: Extreme individualism
Forsythes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Forsythe
superinduct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superinducts
form: superinducting
form: superinducted
form: superinducted
Etymology: From super- + induct.
Senses: glosses: To induct into a higher position
glosses: To superinduce
superinscribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superinscribes
form: superinscribing
form: superinscribed
form: superinscribed
Etymology: From super- + inscribe.
Senses: glosses: To inscribe at the top of, or over something else
superinspection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superinspections
Etymology: From super- + inspection.
Senses: glosses: inspection from above, or by someone of superior rank
superintendential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a superintendent
Gowans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gowan
superintendress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superintendresses
Senses: glosses: A female superintendent
superintroduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superintroductions
Etymology: From super- + introduction.
Senses: glosses: An additional introduction
superintromission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superintromissions
Etymology: From super- + intromission.
Senses: glosses: Additional intromission
superiorate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superiorates
Senses: glosses: The office or status of a religious superior
superjection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superjections
Senses: glosses: exaggeration; hyperbole
superlaryngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-ɪnʒiəl
-ɪndʒəl
-iːəl
Etymology: From super- + laryngeal.
Senses: glosses: supralaryngeal
supermanhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From superman + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a superman
supermania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + mania.
Senses: glosses: Extreme mania.
Fazakerley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fazakerleys
form: Fazackerley
Etymology: From Old English fæs (“border; fringe”) + æcer (“field”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Ackerley.
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb of the City of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3897).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
supermanliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + manliness; sense 2 is from supermanly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Extreme manliness.
synonyms: supermanhood
glosses: The condition of being a superman.
Related terms: supermanly
supermarginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + marginal.
Senses: glosses: supramarginal
supermarine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + marine.
Senses: glosses: On the surface of the sea
supermundial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: supermundane
supernatancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supernatancies
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: supernatant liquid
lowhanging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lowhanging
form: most lowhanging
Etymology: From low + hanging.
Senses: examples: text: Kade shoved through the crowd and stepped over the lowhanging rope.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 44, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 229:
glosses: That hovers low above the ground.
supernationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + nationalist.
Senses: glosses: Extremely nationalist
supernationality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being supernational
prophaethontids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prophaethontid
propheromones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propheromone
propilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propilin
proprionates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proprionate
propyladenines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propyladenine
supernity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being supernal
propynyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propynyl
prosapogenins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosapogenin
proseriates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proseriate
prostigmatids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prostigmatid
protacrodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protacrodont
protactinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protactinate
protobromides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protobromide
protocarbides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protocarbide
protocyanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protocyanide
protodeaurations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protodeauration
PRRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PRR
flaglore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flag-lore
form: flag lore
Etymology: From flag + lore.
Senses: examples: text: Some little degree of flag-lore is valuable not only to the soldier, the seaman, or the traveller, but to everyone.
ref: 1890, Frederick Edward Hulme, The Flags of the World: Their History, Blazonry and Associations:
text: The student of flags and flaglore, however, is aware that marine artists, with one or two notable exceptions, have in the past paid little attention to flag details, and does not, therefore, rely on them for accurate information.
ref: 1943, The Mariner's Mirror, volumes 28-29, page 227:
text: The new edition of this authoritative work has been thoroughly revised and brought up-to-date by H. Gresham Carr, who enjoys an international reputation for his knowledge of flags and flaglore.
ref: 1957, The Bookseller - Issues 2650-2662, page 1353:
text: Differences in both design and shape are readily observed by everyone, but the specialistic terms to describe them are heard only among those whose interests and occupation bring them into more than casual contact with flaglore; however, nearly all the terms have been misapplied so often, and for so long, that they have become almost as general as the word flag itself.
ref: 1971, Julian Franklyn, Shield and Crest; an Account of the Art and Science of Heraldry:
glosses: The facts, history, traditions, or study of flags
Related terms: vexillology
Moor Row
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Dundraw parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2049).
glosses: A village in Egremont parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0014).
Egremont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0110).
glosses: A suburb of Wallasey, Wirral borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3192).
glosses: A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: A hamlet in Thorhild County, Alberta, Canada.
mutton busting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mutton (“sheep”) + busting (“turning an animal into a beast of burden”), modeled on the phrase bronco busting.
Senses: examples: text: See all these sheep over there? All those kids are gonna be racing. […] What's this called again? Mutton busting. Mutton busting?
ref: [2011, Wes Cunningham, Brandon Dickerson, Thomas Ward, directed by Brandon Dickerson, Sironia (motion picture):
text: What is mutton busting? […] Apparently, in certain parts of the country it's perfectly acceptable to take your 2- to 6-year-old child, strap a helmet on their tiny, fragile, still-growing head and throw them on the back of a frantic sheep in front of a cheering audience. It's a very, very real thing at junior rodeos, […]
ref: [2012, “Top Music News”, in Alltop:
text: But mutton busting quickly caught on and is now a staple at rodeos and fairs around the country, and even overseas, despite occasional opposition from animal rights groups.
ref: 2020 February 1, John MacCormack, “Mutton busting a popular rodeo event for kids in San Antonio and nationwide”, in My San Antonio:
text: I feel like having all of the livestock exhibits and shows under one roof has been fun and educational for our fair families as well as the public. […] Our truck and tractor pull were well attended, and we had some great reviews on that. [T]he mutton busting area was packed!
ref: 2020 May 14, Victoria Smithey, “History of Laramie County Fair Part 1”, in Pine Bluffs Post:
glosses: A form of entertainment, akin to bull riding, where young children compete to hold onto the back of sheep for as long as possible.
Dundraw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2149).
purple lettuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purple lettuces
Senses: hypernyms: rattlesnake root
glosses: A European perennial herb related to lettuce, Prenanthes purpurea
Aparo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aparos
form: Aparoes
Etymology: From the Sicilian Aparu, a surname derived from aparu (“beekeeper”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Sicilian.
halmoni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halmonis
Etymology: From Korean 할머니 (halmeoni, “grandmother; old woman”).
Senses: glosses: An elderly Korean woman, typically a grandmother.
Van Allen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Van allens
Etymology: From Dutch [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Derived terms: Van Allen belt
Van Allen radiation belt
Callari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Callaris
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Callari.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
supernumeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: supernumerary
deathling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deathlings
Etymology: From death + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: God gives and takes away your breath: What more have ye? Breath is your life, and life your soul; Ye have it warm from His kind hands: Then yield it back to the great Whole When He demands. Why, deathling, wilt thou long for Heaven?
ref: 1872, Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem, page 281:
text: But for us, let us hearken the counsel of Zeus most high, and obey, Who over the deathling race and the deathless beareth sway.
ref: 1892, Agnes Mary Clerke, Familiar Studies in Homer, page 142:
text: Vain, helpless deathling! thou that seek'st for fame By hurling filth at an eternal name.
ref: 1934, Algernon Sydney Logan, The Mirror of a Mind: The image of air, Saul, The last crusade, page 150:
text: Unto whom the Seducer, not our romantic Satan but a clever cartesian Archon, coaxingly thus: Not doing very well, are you, poor deathling, no, and unlikely to do any better, thanks to the schemes of We-Know-Whom,
ref: 1972, Wystan Hugh Auden, Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems, page 32:
text: I am a deathling doomed to hell.
ref: 1993, Naomi Cornelia Long Madgett, Remembrances of Spring: Collected Early Poems, page 88:
glosses: A mortal; one who will die.
examples: text: The interest of his realm had need That death should get a numerous breed; Young deathlings, who by practice made Proficient in their father's trade
ref: 1860, Jonathan Swift, The Works of Jonathan Swift, page 442:
text: Meanwhile most of the deathling troop had rustled past them and fallen on the Taians.
ref: 1980, Poul Anderson, Conan the Rebel, page 167:
text: Deathlings or even wraiths weren't the deadliest weapons.
ref: 2009, T. Salenger, The First Rider, page 111:
glosses: A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
examples: text: In my mind's eye I gather the resident who did the tracheotomy, his patient with her collapsible veins, the nurse who said " Good," and, of course, the deathling in the bed.
ref: 1986, San José Studies - Volumes 12-13, page 37:
text: The old mother grieves her deathling.
ref: 1994, William Everson, Albert Gelpi, The Blood of the Poet: Selected Poems, page 126:
text: you are all I had in this world beloved deathling alone and cold it is behind my ribs
ref: 2004, C. B. Follett, Susan Terris, Runes: A Review Of Poetry Storm, page 97:
glosses: A dead child.
deathlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deathling
cold-shouldering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cold-shoulder
cold-shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cold-shoulder
cold-shouldered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cold-shoulder
corpsey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corpsey
form: most corpsey
Etymology: From corpse + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Their aspect was corpsey, and she wondered how they could ever have entertained her.
ref: 1899, Alan Dale, His Own Image: A Novel, page 228:
text: "You do, too,” said Miss Hazy; “ it keeps you from lookin' so corpsey."
ref: 1903, Alice Hegan Rice, Lovey Mary, page 62:
text: And when they saw us all, white and corpsey looking and more or less unsteady on our legs, line up in front of the barracks and march off under our Second Lieutenant, the groans and sorry faces they feigned were enough to make one's blood run cold.
ref: 1918, Irving Crump, Conscript 2989: Experience of a Drafted Man, page 12:
text: Your body is not going to sit bolt upright on its own corpsey power.
ref: 2019, Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs: Big questions from tiny mortals about death, page 39:
glosses: Characteristic of or associated with a corpse.
corpsey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpseys
Etymology: From corpse + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin let there be strown; Not a friend, not a friend greet My poor corpsey where my bones shall be thrown.
ref: 1856, William Shakespeare, Charles Knight, The Stratford Shakspere - Volume 4, page 30:
text: Taint no odds to corpseys whether 'tis wet or dry.
ref: 1910, Peter Hampson Ditchfield, The Parson's Pleasance, page 182:
text: Pedro smote himself upon with his clenched fist. "H'run I shall not," says he. "Thees store can only be obtain by making the es-step over my corpsey."
ref: 2019, Henry Wallace Phillips, Plain Mary Smith: A Romance of Red Saunders:
qualifier: irreverent
glosses: A dead body.
corpseys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corpsey
Heybridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8508).
glosses: A settlement in Brentwood borough, Essex, next to Ingatestone (OS grid ref TQ6498).
glosses: A semi-rural locality near Burnie, northern Tasmania, Australia.
break rigor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks rigor
form: breaking rigor
form: broke rigor
form: broken rigor
Senses: examples: text: They must have pushed pretty hard to break rigor in the shoulder.
ref: 1992, Catherine Lewis, Judith Guerin, Not in Single Spies, page 85:
text: There are postmortem bruises on the legs and arms that show where pressure was applied to break rigor.
ref: 1997, William Heffernan, Winter's Gold, page 90:
text: I've heard the loud crack of this myself, although I've never been strong enough actually to break rigor, and I've never had reason to.
ref: 2017, Carla Valentine, Past Mortems: Life and death behind mortuary doors:
text: I needed him to lie flat for the post-mortem and so I had to break rigor.
ref: 2018, Dr Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes:
qualifier: mortuary technology
glosses: To manipulate a corpse in which rigor mortis has set in, (by massage, flexing joints, or brute force) in order to change the position of the body.
examples: text: Compassionate mercy breaks rigor; but mercy is so good that sometimes it takes away initiative, and doesn't allow anyone to do anything.
ref: 1977, Parabola - Volume 2, page 90:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, rigor.
breaks rigor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break rigor
breaking rigor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break rigor
broke rigor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break rigor
broken rigor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break rigor
Bocking
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Braintree in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7524).
glosses: A surname.
redeyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From red + eyed.
Senses: examples: text: Redeyed men and women moved down the staircare and out of the door.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 46, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 238:
glosses: Alternative form of red-eyed.
marker beacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marker beacons
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of VHF radiobeacon which radiates in a tight cone pattern extending vertically from the transmitter; now generally only used to mark specific points along an ILS or IGS approach path, but formerly also commonly used to mark reporting points along en route airways.
Hypernyms: navaid
radio beacon
Hyponyms: fan marker
inner marker
middle marker
outer marker
Coordinate terms: NDB
TACAN
VOR
VORTAC
iatrocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /aɪˈætɹəˌsaɪd/
Forms: form: iatrocides
Etymology: From iatro- (“doctor”) + -cide (“murder”).
Senses: examples: text: And we know that iatrocide without consent is one of the choices that doctors have when it comes to our treatment.
ref: 2016 December 1, Jack London, “Iatrocide — death at the hands of a doctor”, in Australian Morning Mail:
text: Actually, when all of the facts and figures are taken into consideration, as Dr. Null illustrates, the cheerleaders for iatrocide are yelling “We're Number One!”
ref: 2019, Robert G. Wright, Killing Cancer - Not People, page 316:
text: Death by doctor is now the third leading cause of death in the US health system. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, iatrocide is running at around 250,000 deaths per annum.
ref: 2002, Fintan Dunne, Dr. Jekyll and the Patient, Mr. Hyde:
glosses: The act of killing a patient by medical treatment.
marker beacons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marker beacon
fan marker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan markers
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An obsolescent type of marker beacon, usually used to mark en route airways but occasionally used as part of a non-precision approach, which radiates in a pattern that is considerably wider, from the perspective of an aircraft approaching the marker along the airway, than it is long (allowing an aircraft to pick up the signal from the marker even if slightly to one side of the airway's centerline).
Synonyms: FM
Hypernyms: marker beacon
Coordinate terms: inner marker
middle marker
outer marker
fan markers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fan marker
bellylaugh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellylaughs
Etymology: From belly + laugh.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of belly laugh.
bellylaugh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bellylaughs
form: bellylaughing
form: bellylaughed
form: bellylaughed
Etymology: From belly + laugh.
Senses: examples: text: I said I don't think you can do it again. But he just bellylaughed and said I don't mean that.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 46, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 239:
glosses: Alternative form of belly laugh.
house dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house dogs
Etymology: From house + dog.
Senses: examples: text: The house-dog, with the vacant greyhound, lies, / Out-stretch'd, and sleepy.
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
synonyms: watchdog
glosses: A dog used to protect a house, a watchdog; (later also) a dog kept as a pet.
booty down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: booties down
form: bootying down
form: bootied down
form: bootied down
Senses: glosses: To grind (on someone)
plastinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastinators
Etymology: From plastinate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: Even those who donate their bodies to the plastinator can only have fantasies, based on their experience of viewing the bodies of others, about what it will be like to have their dead bodies placed on view for others to look at.
ref: 2008, Daniel J. Sherman, Museums and Difference, page 181:
text: From my perspective plastinated specimens are not works of art, because they have been created for the sole purpose of sharing insights into human anatomy ... a plastinator is at most a skilled laborer in the field of art, but not an artist as such.
ref: 2011, John D. Lantos, Controversial Bodies, page 29:
text: The magazine obtained a letter marked December 2001 in which one of von Hagen's Chinese plastinators, Dr. Hongjin, boasted that he had just obtained the bodies of a “young man and young woman” who had “died” that same morning.
ref: 2015, Tara Pauliny, Neoliberal Rhetorics and Body Politics, page 8:
glosses: One who plastinates dead bodies or body parts.
plastinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastinator