cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trencherful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trencherfuls
form: trenchersful
Etymology: From trencher + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: [W]e went to the Sun tavern in expectation of a dinner, where we had sent us only two trenchers-full of meat, at which we were very merry[…]
ref: 1660 February 26 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 16th, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC:
text: The stout beggar seemed to devour the good cheer with amazing relish, and one trencherful after another disappeared with a rapidity which appeared extraordinary to those who sat around.
ref: 1849, William Henry Short, De Merley: a legend of the Wansbeck in the olden time, page 198:
glosses: Enough to fill a trencher; a plateful of food.
trencherfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trencherful
trenchantness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trenchant + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being trenchant.
dioptra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diopter.
evolvents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evolvent
trencherlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trencherlike
form: most trencherlike
Etymology: From trencher + -like.
Senses: examples: a large trencherlike basin
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a trencher (long plate).
ploughwrights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ploughwright
rotationality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotationalities
Etymology: From rotational + -ity.
Senses: examples: the rotationality of a motion
glosses: The quality of being rotational.
rotationalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotationality
paluli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palulus
palulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paluli
Etymology: Diminutive of Latin palus (“a stake”).
Senses: qualifier: marine biology
glosses: Alternative form of palus.
yuppiehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yuppie + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The condition or time of being a yuppie.
tunably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tunably
form: most tunably
Etymology: From tunable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I sang them the old hunting-song, and they said I did it tunably, […]
ref: 1884, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 8, in The Armourer's Prentices:
glosses: In a tunable manner; tunefully.
interlocutional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more interlocutional
form: most interlocutional
Etymology: From interlocution + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to interlocution; conversational.
hospitiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hospitium
Sclav
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sclavs
Senses: examples: text: If Russia succeeds in gaining the leadership of the Sclav races [...]
ref: 1886, The East, page 751:
text: The fall of Poland left Russia the sole representative of the Sclav among the kingdoms of the earth.
ref: 1905, The International Quarterly, volume 10, page 36:
glosses: Archaic form of Slav.
Sclavs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sclav
Dahomean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Dahomean
form: most Dahomean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dahomeyan.
Dahomean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dahomeans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dahomeyan.
Dahomeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dahomean
chirograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chirographs
Etymology: From Middle French chirographe, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos, “written with the hand”) χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A kind of medieval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
law
glosses: A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
examples: text: a Record […]called the Chirograph, or Foot of the Fine
ref: 1741, The Attorney's Practice in the Court of Common Pleas:
glosses: The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".
Derived terms: chirographary
chirography
Related terms: indenture
chirographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chirograph
syph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪf
Etymology: Clipping of syphilis.
Senses: examples: text: But since Brother Martin, alias Marty Randall, had caught the syph three times in two years, his attitude had changed.
ref: 1980, James Herbert, The Dark, Pan Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 229:
glosses: Syphilis.
Chiricahuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Chiricahuan
form: most Chiricahuan
Etymology: From Chiricahua + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Chiricahua people.
Chiricahuas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chiricahua
Scout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: scout
Forms: form: Scouts
Senses: glosses: A member of any of various scouting organizations.
glosses: A member of one of several army units, such as the Selous Scouts or the Arunachal Scouts.
Scout
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: scout
Senses: glosses: A nickname, used for both genders.
Derived terms: Scoutess
crossbite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossbites
Etymology: From cross + bite.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: An occlusal irregularity where a tooth (or teeth) has a more buccal or lingual position than its corresponding antagonist tooth in the upper or lower arcade.
glosses: A deception; a cheat.
crossbite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crossbites
form: crossbiting
form: crossbit
form: crossbitten
Etymology: From cross + bite.
Senses: glosses: To deceive; to trick.
crossbites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossbite
caesti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caestus
Lomography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From LOMO (after the Lomo LC-A camera created by LOMO PLC of Saint Petersburg) and photography.
Senses: glosses: An analog camera movement (or style of taking pictures) popular among photography enthusiasts and summarized by its motto "don't think, just shoot".
bossies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bossy
bossies
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bossies
form: most bossies
Etymology: Diminutive of bosbefok.
Senses: examples: text: What, for instance, of all those rumours about troops who went “bossies” - bush-mad?
ref: 1983, Frontline, volume 3, numbers 3-10, page 32:
text: "Herman has never been the same since he went bossies, anyway," said a girl with pale pink hair. "He is much less violent now and far more trustworthy. Our relationship has definitely improved since his re-enlistment."
ref: 1987, Andrew Donaldson, Forces' favourites, page 40:
glosses: bosbefok; shell-shocked
Komis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Komi
Mansis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mansi
cross-process
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross- + process.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Across more than one process; crossing a process boundary.
cross-process
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross-processes
form: cross-processing
form: cross-processed
form: cross-processed
Etymology: From cross- + process.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: To process film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film.
cross-processing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cross-process
dauberies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daubery
daubery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːbəɹi/
Forms: form: dauberies
form: daubry
Etymology: From daub + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
glosses: A daubing; specious colouring; false pretenses.
saltimbanque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltimbanques
form: saltimbank
Etymology: From French saltimbanque, from Italian saltimbanco, from saltare (“to jump”) + banco (“bench, platform, stage”).
Senses: examples: text: Circus is a simple, romantic ballet, set to some suitable music by France’s Jacques Ibert, laid in a village square of placardized baroque, and dressed in costumes that suggest the saltimbanques of Picasso.
ref: 1956 June 11, “The New Pictures”, in Time:
text: 1960, Henry Miller, Nexus, Obelisk Press, Chapter 13,
Another day my hands might wander over the keys with the felicity of a Borgia’s murderous paw. Choosing the staccato technique, I would ape the quibblers and quipsters of the Ghibellines. Or put it on, like a saltimbanque performing for a feeble-minded monarch.
text: Outside, saltimbanques of snow were leaping up and flipping backward.
ref: 1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
glosses: Tumbler, street acrobat.
amyloidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amyloidal
form: most amyloidal
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amyloid.
saltimbanques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltimbanque
Hogarthian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hogarthian
form: most Hogarthian
Etymology: From Hogarth + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to William Hogarth (1697–1764), English painter, printmaker, and editorial cartoonist, known for satirical political illustrations.
unsupportability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the state or quality of being unsupportable
Synonyms: unsupportableness
santal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæntæl/
Etymology: From Santalum (“genus of sandalwood”) + -al (“aldehyde”). Compare santyl and santalol
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood.
sardinier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sardiniers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sardiner (“fishing boat for catching sardines”).
synonyms: word: sardiner
extra: fishing boat for catching sardines
sautoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /soʊˈtwɑɹ/
ipa: /sɔˈtwɑɹ/
Forms: form: sautoirs
Etymology: 1935-40; < French; see saltire
Senses: glosses: A ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
glosses: A chain to which a pendant is attached, worn around the neck.
Related terms: sauté pan
sautoire
sardiniers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sardinier
sautoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sautoir
poison oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poison oaks
Etymology: Its leaves resemble those of the true oaks, and the leaves and twigs contain urushiol, which can cause allergic reactions.
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of Toxicodendron with compound leaves having three oak-like leaflets, native to North America.
Hyponyms: Toxicodendron diversilobum
western poison oak
Toxicodendron pubescens
Atlantic poison oak
Related terms: leaves of three, let it be
poison ivy
poison sumac
antidust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidust
form: most antidust
Etymology: From anti- + dust.
Senses: examples: text: Pillows, mattress and box springs of your child's bed must be covered with plastic antidust covers.
ref: 1965, Isaac Newton Kugelmass, Wisdom with children:
glosses: Resistant to dust.
hazmats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hazmat
noncellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cellulose.
Senses: examples: text: In their later research, Farr and Eckerson initially examined a microchemical method of removing noncellulose substances from cellulose particles in plant cell walls by means of mild pectic solvents.
ref: 1997, Louise S. Grinstein, Carol A. Biermann, Rose K. Rose, Women in the Biological Sciences: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook, page 140:
glosses: Not cellulose.
spayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaying
bath bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bath bombs
Senses: glosses: A hard-packed mixture of chemicals which effervesces when wet, used to add scent and colour to bathwater.
bath bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bath bomb
quadpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadpots
Etymology: From quad- + jackpot.
Senses: glosses: A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick a placed horse from the third, fourth, fifth and sixth race from any British race meeting.
quadpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadpot
placepot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: placepots
Etymology: Blend of place + jackpot
Senses: glosses: A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick a placed horse from each of the first six races from any British race meeting.
placepots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placepot
starstuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star-stuff
form: star stuff
Etymology: From star + stuff. Compare Dutch sterrenstof (“stardust”), German Sternenstoff (“star matter”).
Senses: examples: text: Not only is the matter around you star-stuff, but you are, too. There is not a single cell in your body that is not made of matter formed in the heart, and then the death, of a distant and now-extinct star.
ref: 2004, Thom Hartmann, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight:
text: "[…] We have begun to contemplate our origins—starstuff pondering the stars!”
ref: 2009, Michael Dowd, Thank God for Evolution:
text: Energy takes starstuff and turns it into a horse. Dissolves the horse back into stardust and uses the same starstuff to grow a tree.
ref: 2009, David Waite Yohn, Energy: Lifestyle For Today:
text: “The Cache,” said Leonard. “A large quantity of starstuff, hidden here in London centuries ago.” “Hidden by whom?” “By the original Starcatchers,” said Leonard.
ref: 2010, Dave Barry, Peter and the Sword of Mercy:
text: Others have discussed this idea, such as the physicist Greg Matloff, who states: In one of his books, the late Carl Sagan states that we are all 'starstuff,' since the atoms that compose us were mostly generated in the explosive demise of a super giant star.
ref: 2011, K. F. Long, Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight:
text: They were just a third of the solar radius out from the centre now, with nearly five hundred thousand kilometres of starstuff over their heads.
ref: 2017, Stephen Baxter, Xeelee: Vengeance:
glosses: The material composition of stars; matter originated from stars; starmatter.
Related terms: stardust
cosmic matter
electroglottograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroglottographs
Etymology: From electro- + glottograph.
Senses: glosses: A device that measures the time variation of the degree of contact between the vibrating vocal folds during voice production.
Synonyms: EGG
laryngograph
Related terms: electroglottogram
electroglottographic
electroglottography
electroglottographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroglottograph
laryngograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laryngographs
Etymology: From laryngo- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: electroglottograph
Derived terms: electrolaryngograph
Related terms: laryngographic
laryngography
laryngographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laryngograph
electroglottographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electroglottography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to electroglottography.
laryngographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From laryngo- + -graphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to laryngography.
electroglottography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From electro- + glottography.
Senses: glosses: The use of the electroglottograph.
Derived terms: electroglottographic
photoelectroglottography
laryngography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From laryngo- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The use of the laryngograph.
glosses: The scientific description of the larynx.
Derived terms: electrolaryngography
glottographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glottography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to glottography.
glottogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glotto- + genesis.
Senses: glosses: The development of speech.
Related terms: glottogony
glottogenetic
ittyon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ittyons
Etymology: From Hebrew איטי (“slow”), + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of bradyon.
synonyms: word: bradyon
ittyons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ittyon
starmatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From star + matter.
Senses: examples: text: I was distracted by a pictorial retelling of the cosmic cycle of birth, as endless starmatter condensed and exploded, while my body was given a thorough purge and overhaul.
ref: 2005, Jason Louv, Generation Hex:
glosses: The material or matter from which stars are made or of which they consist; starstuff.
halo effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halo effects
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A cognitive bias in which judgment of somebody's character is influenced by an overall impression of him or her.
examples: text: In general on this index BP gained most on the items featured in the advertising but there was a 'halo' effect on items not included. There was also a very small halo effect on the other two companies.
ref: 1980, Advertising Magazine, volumes 63-69, page 13:
text: In both cases, they found that […] there was a halo effect (e.g., when a "low cholesterol" claim was made, consumers perceived other nutrients, such as fat, also to be at low levels when they were actually high). Andrews reported that these misleading halos were reduced only when the claims were accompanied by an evaluative disclosure […]
ref: 2016, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Food Literacy: How Do Communications and Marketing Impact Consumer Knowledge, Skills, and Behavior?, page 51:
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: The situation where the consumer's attitudes or beliefs are influenced by association, for example by a related product or service.
derisk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: derisks
form: derisking
form: derisked
form: derisked
form: de-risk
Etymology: From de- + risk.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, rather than paying for the perceptions (no doubt valid) of higher risk, the challenge is to derisk the situation.
ref: 2011, Edward Farquharson, Clemencia Torres de Mästle, E. R. Yescombe, How to Engage with the Private Sector in Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets, page 3:
coordinate_terms: decouple
glosses: To remove the risk from; to make safe.
derisked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of derisk
derisking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of derisk
Arnoldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Arnoldian
form: most Arnoldian
Etymology: From Arnold + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Arnold of Brescia.
examples: text: In the end, as Seabrook sees it, the law of Nobrow is simple: the Arnoldian criterion of ‘the best that is known and thought’ is long gone, and what rules is the Buzz principle of whatever is hot.
ref: 2000 September 21, Hal Foster, “Slumming with Rappers at the Roxy”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 18, →ISSN:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Of or relating to Matthew Arnold (1822–1888), British poet and cultural critic.
Derived terms: Arnoldianism
Arnoldian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arnoldians
Etymology: From Arnold + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of the ideas of Matthew Arnold.
henced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hence
niggerling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggerlings
Etymology: From nigger + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: 'Yes, missey,' the niggerling acquiesced, bestowing a slow smile on Snob and Snowball, who had accompanied him into the room.
ref: 1981, Ronald Firbank, Five Novels, (New Directions Publishing), page 142:
glosses: A young or small black person.
Synonyms: niglet
pickaninny
niggerlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niggerling
hystericalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hysterical + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: I am always alarmed by the misery and hystericalness of his letters — but when one sees him again one can scarcely connect the man with his writing.
ref: 1987, Lady Cynthia Asquith, Diaries: 1915-18:
glosses: The quality of being hysterical.
godmothering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of godmother
godmothered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of godmother
dandlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dandling
sprachbunds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: sprachbünde
glosses: plural of sprachbund
missey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of missy (term of address for young woman)
marriage equality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Portions of the ruling reflected the court’s culturally conservative roots, stating that because marriage is only for reproduction, LGBTQ relationships are unnatural because they cannot produce children. “Marriage equality would not only overturn the natural order, but it would also shake the very foundation of society and humanity,” read the ruling.
ref: 2021 December 3, “LGBTQ couples, families and marriage are ‘against the natural order,’ Thai Constitutional Court rules”, in Coconuts Bangkok, Bangkok: Coconuts Media Limited, retrieved 03 Dec 2021:
text: […] said that he would vote for a federal marriage amendment if laws already banning marriage equality were to be struck down by federal courts.
ref: 2010, Tracy Baim, Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage, page 139:
glosses: Equality and equal acceptance (particularly legal acceptance, but also social acceptance) of same-sex in addition to heterosexual marriages.
Related terms: same-sex marriage
gay marriage
straight marriage
marriage
box seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box seats
Senses: examples: text: He's got a box seat. We're in the bleachers.
glosses: A seat among a group of seats in an enclosure, as at a theater or stadium.
examples: text: His desk afforded him a box seat to see who spoke to whom at the watercooler.
glosses: A favorable vantage point.
glosses: A coachbox.
skyboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skyboard + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A kind of skydiving using a skyboard, skysurfing.
Canfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Canfields
form: Camfield
form: Campfield
form: Cansfield
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”).
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
A city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: canfieldite
Great Canfield
Little Canfield
Canfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Camfield
form: Campfield
form: Cansfield
Etymology: Named after US gambler Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914).
Senses: examples: text: I went over by the card table and looked down at the game. It was Canfield.
ref: 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin, published 2005, page 238:
glosses: A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
cut the umbilical cord
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts the umbilical cord
form: cutting the umbilical cord
form: cut the umbilical cord
form: cut the umbilical cord
Senses: synonyms: cut the cord
glosses: To end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents.
Related terms: english: usually tied to one's mother's apron strings
translation: usually tied to one's mother's apron strings
word: apron string
word: boomerang baby
word: failure to launch
word: mama's boy
ballistic knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballistic knives
Senses: examples: text: The pain, he knew, would follow in seconds. By all rights, he should be dead by now. The hilt of the ballistic knife remained in the youth's hand. Good to a range of about ten meters, the weapon was capable of being fired silently and accurately
ref: 1998, Terence M. Green, Blue Limbo:
glosses: A weapon that fires a knife blade.
decomplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more decomplex
form: most decomplex
Etymology: From de- + complex (with de- as intensifier).
Senses: examples: text: And it happeens in most cases, that the decomplex idea belonging to any sentence, is not compounded merely to the complex ideas belonging to the words of it; but that there are also many variations, some oppositions, and numberless additions.
ref: 1809, William Nicholson, The British Encyclopedia - Volume 5:
text: For an expert performer will play from notes, or ideas laid up in memory, or from the connexion of the several complex parts of the decomplex motions, some or all; and, at the same time, carry on a quite different train of thoughts in his mind, or even hold a conversation with another.
ref: 1999, Richard Allen, David Hartley on Human Nature, page 169:
text: The decomplex nature of English poor relief resulted from the interplay between two factors: the growth of government at both the central and local level and the evolution of the churchwarden as a parish officer whose brief also included the relief of the poor.
ref: 2004, Lynn A. Botelho, Old Age and the English Poor Law, 1500-1700, page 19:
glosses: Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents.
decomplex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decomplexes
form: decomplexing
form: decomplexed
form: decomplexed
Etymology: From de- + complex (with de- as intensifier).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To cause, or to undergo decomplexation
decomplexify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decomplexifies
form: decomplexifying
form: decomplexified
form: decomplexified
Etymology: From de- + complexify.
Senses: examples: text: Though much of what I have to say emphasises the risky and vulnerable forward-looking nature of this enterprise, its reflexivity and refusal to decomplexify, this is not to say that it is incompatible with law.
ref: 2007, Scott Veitch, Law and the Politics of Reconciliation, page 49:
text: There are no non-destructive ways to decomplexify complex systems, and the legal framework is one such system.
ref: 2011, Dmitry Orlov, Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Experience and American Prospects, page 184:
glosses: To rid of complexity; to simplify.
Synonyms: simplify § Synonyms
Related terms: complex
complexification
complexified
complexify
complexifying
complexity
decomplexification
decomplexified
decomplexifying
decomplexified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decomplexify
decomplexifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decomplexify
decomplexifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decomplexify
Armoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Armoric
form: most Armoric
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Armorik, from Latin Armoricus directly or from Middle French Armorique.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Armorica; Armorican.
Armoric
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Armorik, from Latin Armoricus directly or from Middle French Armorique.
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by the Gauls of Armorica, the ancestor of Breton.
isoclinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Forms: form: more isoclinal
form: most isoclinal
Etymology: From iso- + -clinal.
Senses: glosses: Having equal inclination or magnetic dip.
Derived terms: isoclinally
Related terms: isoclinic
isoclinal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Forms: form: isoclinals
Etymology: From iso- + -clinal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of isocline.
synonyms: word: isocline
isoclinals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoclinal
binner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪnə(ɹ)/
enpr: bĭnʹər
ipa: /ˈbɪnɚ/
rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: binners
Etymology: From bin + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who attempts to earn money from what can be recovered from trash bins, as coin-deposit bottles and cans.
Synonyms: dumpster diver
binner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪnə(ɹ)/
enpr: bĭnʹər
ipa: /ˈbɪnɚ/
rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: binners
Senses: glosses: A bickering noise.
examples: text: Aye, if he wis comin' in his fite claes, bodybulk, I doot ye wid be a' in a binner, as weel's the horses. . . . I kent fin ye wis in sic a binner 'it a' wisna richt.
ref: 1915, H. Beaton, Benachie, pages 50, 163:
glosses: A state of agitation; flurry.
binner
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪnə(ɹ)/
enpr: bĭnʹər
ipa: /ˈbɪnɚ/
rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: binners
form: binnering
form: binnered
form: binnered
Senses: examples: text: To see the lambs come binn'ring down the brae.
ref: 1768, A. Ross, Works (S.T.S.), page 163:
glosses: To create a bickering noise.
bachelour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bachelours
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bachelor.
bachelours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bachelour
binners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binner
cruorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruorins
Etymology: From cruor + -in.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: hemoglobin.
expiators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expiator
rake out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rakes out
form: raking out
form: raked out
form: raked out
Senses: examples: text: Please rake out the stables tomorrow.
glosses: To clean by removing material with a rake.
examples: text: When you intend a Flight for a Haggard, for the firſt, ſecond and third time make choice of ſuch a place where there are no Cows, Rooks, or the like, to take away all occasion of her raking out ſuch check.
ref: 1674, “Of Hawks and Hawking”, in The Gentleman's Recreation:
topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: To fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung.
planigale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planigales
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: The kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei) might pass for a kangaroo rat, except for being about half the size, and the pygmy planigale (Planigale maculata) looks very much like a house mouse (Mus musculus), but smaller.
ref: 2006, Michael Allaby, Tropical Forests, page 156:
text: The two main contenders^([for smallest marsupial]) are the rare long-tailed planigale (Planigale ingrami), a flat-skulled shrew-like creature found in northern Australia, and the rather similar pilbara ningaui (Ningaui timealeyi) from northwestern Australia.
ref: 2008, Mark Carwardine, Animal Records, page 79:
text: Dunnarts in turn compete with smaller native mammals, such as ningauis and planigales.
ref: 2013, Astrid Judge, Plant and Animal Conservation, page 12:
glosses: Any species of the genus Planigale of small insectivorous marsupials endemic to Australia and New Guinea.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Planigale maculata
word: common planigale
taxonomic: Planigale ingrami
word: long-tailed planigale
taxonomic: Planigale tenuirostris
word: narrow-nosed planigale
taxonomic: Planigale novaeguineae
word: new Guinean planigale
taxonomic: Planigale gilesi
word: paucident planigale
planigales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planigale
incompact
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incompact
form: most incompact
form: incompacted
Etymology: From in- + compact.
Senses: examples: text: incompact mass/group/cooperation/soil
text: four elements might, indeed, be variously and loosely blended together, but would remain incompact
ref: 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; incoherent or loose.
Synonyms: spread out
thin
uncompact
diffuse
Derived terms: incompactness
skute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /skuːt/
Forms: form: skutes
Etymology: From Icelandic skúta; akin to Swedish skuta, Danish skude, Dutch schuit.
Senses: examples: text: They carried with them all the skutes and boats that might be found.
ref: 1618, Roger Williams, Actions of the Low Countries:
glosses: A boat; a small vessel.
skutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skute
arboured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arbour + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: […] but later she apologized to the quaint court-yard for her misunderstanding, and was more than tolerant of her vast bedroom draped with yellow satin, and opening on an arboured terrace worthy even of a Countess Dalmar.
ref: 1905, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, chapter XVIII, in My Friend the Chauffeur, A. L. Burt Company:
text: Its tower-like bulk of a bole mounted into the arboured gloom[…]
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 25, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
text: Take the little walkway back from the street and discover an arboured garden patio setting decorated with appealingly kitsch painted statues and coloured fairy lights.
ref: 2010, Martin Dunford, The Rough Guide to Italy, Rough Guides, published 2011, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of arbored
mendicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mendicate
mendicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mendicate
mendicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mendicate
pageanting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pageant
pageanted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pageant
scurfily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scurfily
form: most scurfily
Etymology: From scurfy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a scurfy manner.
calentured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From calenture + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Hath fed on pageants floating through the air
 Or calentured in depths of limpid flood.
ref: 1822, William Wordsworth, To Enterprise:
glosses: Afflicted with calenture.
Life Scout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Life Scouts
Senses: glosses: The second-highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, below Eagle and above Star.
dissolvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissolver
discerners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discerner
obligers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obliger
Star Scout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Star Scouts
Senses: glosses: The third-highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, below Life and Eagle but above first class, and the lowest to require earning merit badges.
Wottonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /wɑˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Wottonian
form: most Wottonian
Etymology: From Wotton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), English author, diplomat, and politician.
pharyngo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx, “throat”), akin to modern Greek φάρυγγας (fáryngas, “pharynx”).
Senses: glosses: relating to the pharynx
tweedled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tweedle
twidle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: twidles
form: twidling
form: twidled
form: twidled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tweedle.
Lucchese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lucchese
Etymology: From Italian lucchese.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany, Italy.
rouleaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rouleau
factums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of factum
Venite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈnaɪti/
rhymes: -aɪti
Etymology: From Latin venīte (“come”, imperative second person plural of veniō). So called from its opening word in the Latin version: "Venite exultemus".
Senses: glosses: Psalm 95
kena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kenas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quena (“traditional flute of the Andes”).
kena
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkənɑ/
ipa: /ˈkɑnɑ/
ipa: [ˈk˭ə˧.nä˦]
ipa: /ˈkənə/
ipa: /ˈkənɑ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kena (“to be struck, hit, affected by”).
Senses: examples: text: They all kena food poisoning.
text: If they ever catch you jaywalking, you will kena.
head_nr: 2
synonyms: word: got
word: get it
glosses: To experience, receive, suffer, get or be affected by (something negative).
examples: text: He kena fine $10.
text: My job application kena rejected.
head_nr: 2
synonyms: got
glosses: Used before a verb to indicate the adversative passive voice.
Derived terms: kena sai
Related terms: english: not exclusively negative in connotation
translation: not exclusively negative in connotation
word: tio
jumpseat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumpseats
Senses: examples: text: I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.
ref: 1975, John H. Reed, Transportation Safety Board, Safety Information, page 30:
glosses: Alternative form of jump seat.
jumpseats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumpseat
flankering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flanker
flankered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flanker
geoponic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: geoponical
Etymology: Ancient Greek γεωπονικός (geōponikós, “of agriculture”) γῆ (gê, “earth”) + πόνος (pónos, “work, toil”): compare French géoponique.
Senses: examples: text: geoponic writer
glosses: Relating to tillage of the earth, soil, or agriculture.
Coordinate terms: aeroponic
hydroponic
organoponic
Related terms: geoponics
yestersols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yestersol
anights
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: anight
Senses: examples: text: [I]s a trobled with the cough a the Lunges ſtill? does he hawke anights ſtill?
ref: c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:
glosses: In the night time; at night.
Rajpoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rajpoots
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Rajput.
Rajpoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rajpoot
assimilabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assimilability
penanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of penance
penancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of penance
subaspect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subaspects
Etymology: From sub- + aspect.
Senses: glosses: A lesser or subsidiary aspect.
subaspects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subaspect
specificnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specificness
claudicants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claudicant
cakes and ale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkeɪks n̩ ˈeɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Etymology: From William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night (written c. 1601–1602), Act II, scene iii: see the quotation.
Senses: examples: text: To furnish the cakes and ale of the mind, is, we take it, the proper virtue of novels. It is for mental delight and recreation that we resort to them.
ref: 1857 May, “[Notices of Books.] Ivors. By the Author of ‘Amy Herbert,’ ‘Cleve Hall,’ &c. In Two Volumes. Second Edition. New York, D. Appleton and Company. 1857.”, in Henry N[orman] Hudson, editor, The American Church Monthly, volume 1, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Edward P. Allen, […], →OCLC, page 389:
glosses: The simple material pleasures of life.
examples: text: Doſt thou thinke becauſe thou art vertuous, there ſhall be no more Cakes and Ale?
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 261, column 2:
glosses: Lively fun and merrymaking.
Related terms: pleasure
e-diary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-diaries
Etymology: From e- + diary.
Senses: glosses: A diary kept in electronic format; an Internet journal.
e-diaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-diary
opening ceremonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opening ceremony
microhms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microhm
moollah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moollahs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of mullah.
moollahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moollah
revocated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revocate
revocating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revocate
blooey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blooey
form: most blooey
Etymology: Clipping of kablooie
Senses: examples: text: […] Mother says vegetables contain all the proteins you want. Mother says, if you eat meat, your blood-pressure goes all blooey. Do you think it does?"
ref: 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter XXI, in Indiscretions of Archie, George H. Doran Company:
glosses: Haywire, amiss.
blooey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Clipping of kablooie
Senses: examples: text: "We were heading for a school dance at Cincinnati and she was boiling along like she was in orbit when blooey she just quit."
ref: 1963 February, Rick Raphael, “Code Three”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact:
glosses: Exclamation representing an explosion or abrupt occurrence.
Synonyms: bam
bang
kablooie
caixin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mandarin 菜心 (càixīn, “vegetable heart”). Doublet of choy sum.
Senses: glosses: choy sum
prebendalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prebendalism
capitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of capitate
capitated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Capitation started out as a popular method for reimbursing primary care physicians/gatekeepers. Now capitated contracts can be seen in every area of healthcare... ... because of varying volumes, not all specialty care providers should be capitated at the same time. For example, higher volume services (e.g., laboratory, radiology, orthopedics, and cardiology) are usually first to be capitated. Specialists and other medical services that are used infrequently (e.g., neonatologists, neurosurgeons) or "high ticket" specialists (e.g., open heart surgeons) are usually capitated last, if at all. The cost of their services is relatively high and a miscalculation in projected membership or actual utilization can have a large financial impact.
ref: 1996 The Capitation Sourcebook: a practical guide to managing at-risk arrangements ed. Peter Boland ISBN: 0-9652717-0-6
glosses: Of or related to a capitation payment system for health care providers.
capitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of capitate
capology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cap + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Caps create a pseudoscience, "capology," where it seems that everyone tries to avoid it.
ref: 2005, Walter T. Champion, Sports Law: Cases, Documents, and Materials, page 188:
text: The 'Team Payroll Range System" and the "upper limit" now require skilled "capology" as managers must calculate the "payroll room" available at particular times, familiarize themselves with the detailed accounting rules that deal with the averaging of payments and comply with other linits on compensation.
ref: 2010, John Barnes, The law of hockey, page 403:
text: The leaders of our capology division were our president, Bob Vander Weide, who has an extremely acute financial mind, player personnel director John Gabriel, and director of finance Scott Herring.
ref: 2014, Pat Williams, Ahead of the Game: The Pat Williams Story:
topics: business
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The study or science of salary caps, the rules regulating the total amount of player compensation.
Derived terms: capologist