cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pakalolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pakalolos
Etymology: From Hawaiian paka (“tobacco”) + lōlō (“numbing”).
Senses: glosses: Cannabis marihuana; dagga; ganja; the flowers of the hemp plant, used as smoking material in cigarettes or pipes.
glosses: A habitual smoker of cannabis.
centimorgan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centimorgans
Etymology: From centi- + morgan.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A length of chromosome in which an average of 0.01 crossover occurs per generation.
Synonyms: map unit
wended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛndɪd/
rhymes: -ɛndɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wend
wends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wend
caprifig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɹəˌfɪɡ/
Forms: form: caprifigs
Etymology: From Latin caprifīcus.
Senses: glosses: A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.
Related terms: caprify
disavowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈvaʊd/
Senses: examples: text: The recall of the disavowed minister having been followed by the appointment of a successor, hopes were indulged that the new mission would contribute to alleviate the disappointment which had been produced, and to remove the causes which had so long embarrassed the good understanding of the two nations.
ref: 1809, James Madison, First State of the Union address:
glosses: Strongly disowned or denied.
Synonyms: denied
disclaimed
disowned
disavowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈvaʊd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disavow
Related terms: disavow
disavowal
pj's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But a spate of articles and social media posts on the glories of staying home in one’s pj’s suggests that I am not the only one who went overboard once the “introvert” label came to imply a deep thinker with a rich inner life rather than a lone gunman.
ref: 2016 September 25, Kj Dell’Antonia, “Am I Introverted, or Just Rude?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of PJs.
pneumatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pneumatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a pneumatic manner.
examples: text: Sand is applied pneumatically to all wheels by the operation of an electro-pneumatic valve at each driving position.
ref: 1958 January 24, “New Diesel-Electric Locomotives for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 21:
glosses: Using pneumatics.
pneumatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ætɪks
Forms: form: pneumaticks
Etymology: From pneumatic.
Senses: glosses: The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.
Derived terms: hydropneumatics
pneudraulics
Related terms: pneumatic
hydraulics
disavows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disavow
pseudonymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /s(j)uːˈdɒ.nɪ.məs/
Forms: form: more pseudonymous
form: most pseudonymous
Etymology: From Latin pseudōnymus, from Ancient Greek ψευδώνῠμος (pseudṓnŭmos). By surface analysis, pseudonym + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a pseudonym.
examples: text: The abuse of children that goes on under the pseudonymous and euphemistic titles of "intergenerational sex" and "sexual liberation."
ref: 1984 August 18, Victoria A. Brownworth, “Rights Require Responsibility”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 9:
glosses: Fictitious.
raw_tags: of a name
examples: text: My angle has been more positivistic, my interest arising not out of the general phenomenon of pseudonymity, but out of particular puzzles posed by particular texts assigned to one pseudonymous writer.
ref: 2006, Penny McCarthy, Pseudonymous Shakespeare: Rioting Language in the Sidney Circle:
glosses: That uses a pseudonym.
topics: computing
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to pseudonymization.
Related terms: onymous
anonymous
pseudonym
psyched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪkt/
rhymes: -aɪkt
Forms: form: more psyched
form: most psyched
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:enthusiastic
text: She's psyched about the trip.
synonyms: psyched up
;
jazzed
stoked
glosses: Thrilled; excited.
synonyms: psyched out
glosses: Frightened; unnerved.
Derived terms: psyched up
psyched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪkt/
rhymes: -aɪkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of psych
psychical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌɪkɪk(ə)l/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós) + -al. By surface analysis, psyche + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Who could say where the fleshly impulse ceased, or the psychical impulse began?
ref: 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter IV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 85:
text: Even more perhaps than other kinds of genius, religious leaders have been subject to abnormal psychical visitations. Invariably they have been creatures of exalted emotional sensibility.
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
text: "The physical body has rather been a source of pain and fatigue to us. It is the constant index of our limitations. Why then should we worry about its detachment from our psychical selves?" "If they can indeed be detached," Summerlee grumbled.
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: "Thus every form, every object, every external phenomenon," says Vignoli, "becomes vivified and animated by the intrinsic consciousness and personal psychical faculty of the animal itself.
ref: 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 8:
glosses: Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit.
glosses: Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic.
Related terms: psychic
psychological
psychically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.kɪk.li/
Forms: form: more psychically
form: most psychically
Etymology: From psychic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: in a psychical or psychic manner
glosses: mentally
psychoanalyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychoanalysts
Etymology: From psycho- + analyst.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
Related terms: psychotherapist
psychoanalytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + analytical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to psychoanalysis.
Synonyms: psychoanalytic
psychoanalyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: psychoanalyzes
form: psychoanalyzing
form: psychoanalyzed
form: psychoanalyzed
form: psychoanalyse
Etymology: From psycho- + analyze.
Senses: glosses: To practice psychoanalysis (on).
psychobabble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪkəʊbab(ə)l/
Etymology: From psycho- + babble. First use appears c. 1975 in an article by R.D. Rosen. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: We are living, practically no one has to be reminded, in a therapeutic age. The sign in every storefront reads: "Psychobabble spoken here".
ref: May 27, 1975, R.D. Rosen, Boston Phoenix:
text: The psychological patter of the '70s is as inescapable as Muzak and just as numbing: Are you relating? Going through heavy changes? In touch with yourself and doing your own thing? Are you up front, or just hung up and uptight? Boston Writer R.D. (for Richard Dean) Rosen calls it psychobabble, and in his new book by that title (Atheneum, $8.95) sees America awash in soggy therapeutic clichés.
ref: 1977 December 3, “Psychobabble”, in Time:
text: He didn't want to hear any new-age psychobabble, like " find your inner peace."
ref: 2007, Max Brooks, “Saving Mel Brooks”, in Mens Health, section 22.2:
glosses: The jargon of psychology and psychoanalysis, especially when used pretentiously to discuss mundane issues.
psychobabble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪkəʊbab(ə)l/
Forms: form: psychobabbles
form: psychobabbling
form: psychobabbled
form: psychobabbled
Etymology: From psycho- + babble. First use appears c. 1975 in an article by R.D. Rosen. See cite below.
Senses: glosses: To speak or converse using this kind of jargon.
Derived terms: psychobabbler
psychodrama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychodramas
Etymology: From psycho- + drama.
Senses: glosses: A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist.
glosses: A drama in this form
examples: text: […] to be as often as possible present in the fifty-some psychodramas that fill the television screen each year.
ref: 1997, Irshad Manji, Risking Utopia: On the Edge of a New Democracy, page 148:
glosses: A dramatic work focusing on the psychology of its characters
Related terms: psychodramatic
psychodramatist
encounter group
psychologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From psychological + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The new novel is a psychologically complex thriller.
text: In good times and bad, in sickness and health, the benefits of friendships between women are physically and psychologically undeniable.
ref: 2024 August 4, Terry Ward, “Fragile and complex, female friendships hinge on the three S’s, a new book says”, in CNN:
glosses: In a psychological sense.
examples: text: The patient's behaviour was interpreted psychologically.
text: The economics of rebuilding all the stations covered by the electrification would be prohibitive, but to help bring home to the Glasgow public that their North Clyde suburban service has been transformed, not merely re-equipped with new trains, stations have at least been associated psychologically with the rolling stock by a common colour scheme.
ref: 1960 December 24, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
glosses: Employing psychology.
psychoneuroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychoneurosis
psychoneurosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychoneuroses
Etymology: From psycho- + neurosis.
Senses: glosses: Neurosis.
psychoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychosis
psychotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more psychotically
form: most psychotically
Etymology: From psychotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a psychotic manner.
glosses: As a result of psychosis.
acroama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acroamata
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin acroāma.
Senses: glosses: rhetorical declamation
glosses: esoteric teaching that was not to be written down
pylori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pylorus
wee hours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wee hour
Senses: examples: text: When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night to wee.
ref: 2011 March 15, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
glosses: The very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep.
Synonyms: sense: very early morning
word: small hours
word: wee small hours
word: early morning
word: postmidnight
pyorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyorrheas
form: pyorrhoea
Etymology: From pyo- (“pus”) + -rrhea (“flow”).
Senses: glosses: An inflammation of the gums in which the teeth become loose; chronic periodontitis.
glosses: A discharge of pus.
Related terms: diarrhea
diarrhoea
galactorrhea
galactorrhoea
gonorrhea
gonorrhoea
logorrhea
logorrhoea
inro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inro
form: inros
Etymology: From Japanese 印籠 (inrō).
Senses: examples: text: Tonkotsu are distinguished from inro in several ways. The tonkotsu is a container for tobacco; the inro, for medicines.
ref: 1979, Raymond Bushell, The Inrō Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inrō, and Lacquer, page 141:
glosses: A small decorative box, hung from the sash of a kimono, for holding small objects.
Related terms: inrō
eeriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eerinesses
form: eerieness
Etymology: From eerie + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being eerie.
eery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: eerier
form: eeriest
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eerie.
eiderdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eiderdowns
form: eider down
Etymology: From eider + down.
Senses: examples: text: A great sea lifted us high and, crashing down with a deafening roar, carried us swiftly along on light foam as soft as eiderdown.
ref: 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 80:
glosses: The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.
examples: text: The landlord was near spraining his wrist, and I told him for heaven’s sake to quit—the bed was soft enough to suit me, and I did not know how all the planing in the world could make eider down of a pine plank.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: I entered. It was a very small room, overcrowded with furniture of the style which the French know as Louis Philippe. There was a large wooden bedstead on which was a billowing red eiderdown, and there was a large wardrobe, a round table, a very small washstand, and two stuffed chairs covered with red rep.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 11”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
text: She jerked up in bed, clutching the eiderdown; her heart beat. What could it be?
ref: 1920, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Revelations”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 263:
glosses: A quilt stuffed with this down.
ejaculatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈd͡ʒæ.kjə.ləˌtɔɹ.i/
Etymology: From ejaculate + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: No differences were found in the mounting behavior of anogenitally stimulated females and their controls, and none of the females showed the ejaculatory response.
ref: 1985, Eugene S. Gollin, The Comparative Development of Adaptive Skills:
glosses: Of or pertaining to ejaculation.
examples: text: There his story became ejaculatory.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 85:
text: By one token in particular you may tell every member of the tribe. It is the token of the ejaculatory comment.
ref: 1909, The Playgoer and Society Illustrated, volumes 1-2, page 143:
glosses: Of speech, exclamatory.
Derived terms: ejaculatory duct
nonejaculatory
postejaculatory
pre-ejaculatory
finish off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finishes off
form: finishing off
form: finished off
form: finished off
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: polish off (sometimes synonymous)
text: I was hungry, so I finished off the last of the cakes.
text: I finished off all the outstanding orders before I clocked out.
text: However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.
ref: 2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To finish completely.
examples: text: It was the blow to the head that finished him off, not the bullet wound.
text: In some ways having Jon be the one to kill Dany was actually the least interesting option, but the symbolic weight of the truest believer finishing her off made sense.
ref: 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:
text: By Noem’s own detailed admission, it took two blasts from a shotgun, separated by a walk back to her truck for more shells, to finish the goat off.
ref: 2024 April 28, Martin Pengelly, “Kristi Noem dogged by poor polling amid fallout from tale of killing puppy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To kill, to cause to die.
examples: text: It's a great idea to get good at using vibrators both on yourself (if you like them) and on partners. For many women, vibrators are part and parcel of good sex. Sometimes you'll like having unassisted sex for a while and then finish off with a vibrator. Sometimes a vibe can be great to add to penetrative sex.
ref: 2016, Allison Moon, “Mapping Your Route: Anatomy & Orgasm”, in Girl Sex 101, 2nd edition, Lunatic Ink, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 117:
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: To bring to orgasm.
ebulliently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ebulliently
form: most ebulliently
Etymology: From ebullient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in an ebullient manner
ebullition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiːbəˈlɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌɛbəˈlɪʃən/
Forms: form: ebullitions
Etymology: From Old French ebullition, from Latin ēbullītiō, from ēbulliō (“to boil”).
Senses: examples: text: Suddenly, and at the same moment, the ebullition ceased, and the compound changed to a dark purple, which faded again more slowly to a watery green.
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
synonyms: ebullience
glosses: The act of boiling.
examples: text: His threats—his severe exclamations were but ebullitions of keen vexation, of agony of mind.
ref: 1807, [Miss Guion], chapter VII, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume III, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC, page 102:
text: Having vented the first ebullition of his wrath, he despatched a message demanding the surrender of the corporal […].
ref: 1832, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
text: I don't think poor Amelia cared anything about Brienne and Montmirail, or was fairly interested in the war until the abdication of the Emperor; when she clapped her hands and said prayers—oh, how grateful! and flung herself into George Osborne's arms with all her soul, to the astonishment of everybody who witnessed that ebullition of sentiment.
ref: 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 12, in Vanity Fair:
text: ...it is apparent to me that these little ebullitions, or whatever they may be called, of the black guillemots are of a blended nature...
ref: 1905, Selous, Edmund, chapter X, in The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands, page 71:
text: This villa was long and low and white, and severe after its manner : for upon and about it were none of those playful ebullitions of taste, such as conical towers, domed roofs, embattlements, statues, coloured tiles and crenellations, such as are dear to architects of villas all the world over.
ref: 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/6/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
text: To foreigners we often seem guileless and overchatty, an impression which is dispersed when they find that much of our friendliness is just the ebullition of the moment and does not carry with it any permanence of devotion.
ref: 1923 February 11, Mme. X. [pseudonym], “News of Chicago Society: Now That War’s Over, On with Full Dress, Men”, in The Chicago Sunday Tribune, final edition, volume LXXXII, number 6, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, part 7, page 5, columns 6–7:
synonyms: ebullience
glosses: A sudden emotional outburst.
Derived terms: ebullitive
pay off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays off
form: paying off
form: paid off
form: paid off
Senses: examples: text: I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.
text: I had to pay off the judge to get my license back.
ref: 1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games:
glosses: To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
examples: text: Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people.
text: Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.
ref: 2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:
glosses: To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
examples: text: He paid off the loan three months early.
text: What Pimp was asking me to do was crazy. Off the fuckin' chain. Insane. He was scheming to stick up T.C. and Miss Lady's pool hall so we could pay off G, but a playa like me was getting ready to go to college and put all that two-bit robbing and stealing shit behind me.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: To pay back; to repay.
examples: text: This contract requires you to pay off the car by 2025.
coordinate_terms: pay down#Verb
glosses: To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
examples: text: The cook, who had been an indifferent worker on the trip over, came aboard drunk and was immediately paid off. Amazingly, twenty men applied to fill the vacancy.
ref: 1959, Albert Lansing, Endurance, page 25:
glosses: To pay and discharge (an employee).
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.
Derived terms: word: pay-off
word: payoff
anglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angler
pay back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /peɪ bæk/
Forms: form: pays back
form: paying back
form: paid back
form: paid back
Senses: examples: text: Douglas: Roy, give me £20.
Roy: What?
Douglas: Give me £20. I'll pay you back.
ref: 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1
text: He paid her back with interest, giving her ₿3 and an NFT for the $6 he'd borrowed last week.
text: He paid back all the money he owed her, with interest.
glosses: To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.
examples: text: He paid her back with interest, avenging his father's murder with nine degrees of reprisal.
glosses: To avenge, to exact revenge.
Derived terms: word: payback
Related terms: pay off old scores
pay the piper
pay the price
indisputably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From indisputable + -ly or in- + dispute + -ably.
Senses: examples: text: It is, perhaps, the most brilliant of all the Westinghouse inventions, and is indisputably one of the cleverest devices ever produced by the human brain.
ref: 1946 November and December, “George Westinghouse, 1846-1914”, in Railway Magazine, page 375:
synonyms: unquestionably
undeniably
antonyms: disputably
glosses: In a manner that is incapable of being disputed or argued against.
contextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From context + -ual.
Senses: coordinate_terms: word: paratextual
english: in texts
translation: in texts
word: peritextual
word: epitextual
word: subtextual
word: textual
word: ;
word: compositional
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.
Derived terms: acontextual
contextual criticism
contextual inquiry
contextualism
contextualist
contextualistic
contextuality
contextualization
contextualize
contextually
intercontextual
macrocontextual
metacontextual
microcontextual
multicontextual
noncontextual
sociocontextual
subcontextual
transcontextual
uncontextual
recognizance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recognizances
Etymology: From Middle English reconisaunce, from Old French reconissance. Doublet of reconnaissance.
Senses: examples: text: The defendant was released on his own recognizance.
topics: law
glosses: A form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that they will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.
examples: text: That recognizance and pledge of love / Which I first gave her.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: Hobhouse's insolence to Mr. Hunt is not seen in its true light, unless we remember, that the latter is held under heavy recognizances to keep the peace!
ref: 1825 April 2, “To the Freeholders of Ireland. Letter II.”, in William Cobbett, editor, Cobbett’s Weekly Register, volume LIV, number 1, London: Printed and published by C. Clement, […], →OCLC, column 22:
glosses: A token; a symbol; a pledge.
glosses: Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
Related terms: recognizant
acheiropody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achiropody
form: achiropodia
form: acheiropodia
Etymology: From a- + cheiro- + podo- + -y.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A congenital abnormality in which the person affected lacks hands and feet
Synonyms: Horn Kolb syndrome
acheiropoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Made without using the hands
raw_tags: of an artwork
attendee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attendees
Etymology: From attend + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: During the official performance of the National Anthem of the Russian Federation all attendees are supposed to stand and men take their hats off.
ref: 2000, Russian Government, Federal Constitutional Law №3 dated December 25, 2000:
text: O'Reilly, the summit host, remembers a particularly insightful comment from Torvalds, a summit attendee.
ref: 2002, Sam Williams, Free as in Freedom, chapter 11:
text: President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials attended the conference, though the ACU says the attendee did not come into contact with the president or vice president, nor did they attend events in the main hall.
ref: 2020 March 7, Greg Clary and Raymond Arke, “CPAC attendee tested positive for coronavirus”, in CNN:
text: There is also no barrier to those living outside of London, which the team quickly discovered when they started running virtual tours and found that 50% of the attendees were from overseas, joining the tour from as far away as Singapore, Toronto and Australia.
ref: 2021 March 24, Stefanie Foster, “Hidden London: Old Tube on YouTube”, in RAIL, number 927, page 42:
text: Many of the speakers and attendees see natalism as a way of reversing these changes.
ref: 2024 April 28, Gaby Del Valle, “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population”, in POLITICO:
glosses: A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event.
glosses: A person who is attended.
Synonyms: sense: participant in an event
word: attendant
sense: participant in an event
english: member
translation: member
word: audience
sense: participant in an event
word: participant
sense: person in attendance
word: attender
sense: person in attendance
english: member
translation: member
word: audience
Derived terms: nonattendee
Related terms: attendant
predate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːˌdeɪt/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːˈdeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: predates
form: predating
form: predated
form: predated
form: pre-date
Etymology: From pre- + date.
Senses: glosses: To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
examples: text: The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.
text: "The Tees Valley has ageing diesel trains that predate any form of emission control.
ref: 2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “A hydrogen solution to decarbonisation?”, in Rail, page 54:
glosses: To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
Synonyms: sense: to designate a date earlier
word: antedate
word: backdate
word: foredate
sense: to occur before something else
word: antedate
word: precede
word: predate
word: preexist
predate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːˌdeɪt/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːˈdeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: predates
form: pre-date
Etymology: From pre- + date.
Senses: glosses: A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
predate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːˌdeɪt/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːˈdeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
ipa: /pɹəˈdeɪt/
ipa: /pɹɪˈdeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
ipa: /ˈpɹiːˌdeɪt/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːˈdeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: predates
form: predating
form: predated
form: predated
Etymology: Back-formation from predation or predator.
Senses: glosses: To prey upon something.
Synonyms: word: antedate
word: precede
word: predate
word: preexist
Related terms: depredation
predation
predator
predatory
sporophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sporophytes
Etymology: From sporo- (“spore”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: examples: text: (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
Related terms: megasporophyte
sporangium
spore
sporogenesis
sporophytic
gametophyte
isotropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From isotropic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an isotropic manner; so as to exhibit the same properties or behavior in all directions.
Derived terms: semiisotropically
incredulously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more incredulously
form: most incredulously
Etymology: From incredulous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Sure you never heard of him?" he asked incredulously. "Never," I said flatly.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 119:
glosses: In an incredulous manner; tending to disbelieve; skeptically.
spores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spore
spores
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spore
panda hugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panda huggers
Senses: examples: text: Chas is a keen observer, a wicked wit and a fearless critic. It is ludicrous to portray him as a "panda hugger" who endorses the slaughter of June 4 or someone who can be seduced by Saudi enticements.
ref: 2009 March 9, James Fallows, “Chas Freeman and China”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 25 Apr 2025:
text: The Administration has panda huggers like Mnuchin[…]
ref: 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 290:
glosses: A Western political activist or official who supports Communist Chinese policies.
Synonyms: wumao
tankie
Related terms: panda diplomacy
tree hugger
propagule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propagules
Etymology: See propagate and -ule.
Senses: examples: text: 1989, Discovery and Innovation, Volumes 1-2, Academy Science Publishers, page 90,
Propagule size could be one of these silvical characteristics.
text: In many combinations of fungi and soils more than one method of estimating propagules will need to be used to provide a valid test of propagule numbers.
ref: 1992, I. C. Tommerup, “2: Methods for the Study of the Population Biology of Vesicular-arbuscular Mycorhizal Fungi”, in J. R. Norris, D. J. Read, A. K. Varma, editors, Methods in Microbiology, Volume 24: Techniques for the Study of Mycorrhiza, Academic Press, page 27:
text: 2011, Committee on Assessing Numeric Limits for Living Organisms in Ballast Water, Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water, National Research Council of the National Academies, National Academies Press, page 126,
Combined with information on organism concentrations, this proxy could allow estimates of either total number of propagules per discharge or cumulative propagule supply over some temporal and spatial scale.
text: Many foliar-feeding hosts infected with bacterial and viral pathogens display classic "summit" diseases, in which the infected insects move up the foliage immediately before they die. This behavioral host response to infection results in increased transmission to uninfected hosts, as the pathogen propagules from the cadaver shower down on the foliage below, resulting in increased transmission to the rest of the population.
ref: 2014, D[enny] J. Bruck, “Entomopathogens as Insect Biocontrol Agents”, in Robert G. Linderman, D. Michael Benson, editors, Compendium of Rhododendron and Azalea Diseases and Pests, 2nd edition, St. Paul, Minn.: APS Press, →ISBN, page 84, column 2:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A reproductive particle released by an organism in order to propagate itself, by means such as dispersal or infection, to the next stage in its life cycle. E.g., seeds, spores, endospores, microbial cysts, etc.
Derived terms: infectious propagule
propagule pressure
Related terms: propagular
propaguliferous
bud
disseminule
gemma
seed
spore
sporophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sporophyte
gametophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gametophyte
pick of the litter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picks of the litter
Senses: examples: text: Of the books I read this summer, A Tale of Two Cities was the pick of the litter.
text: I'll take the pick of the litter, girls jockey for me / I don't need these lines to get laid
ref: 2003, “Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced”, in Blackout, performed by Dropkick Murphys:
text: In the first season of Stranger Things, no character was more extra than Steve Harrington — Nancy Wheeler’s frequently possessive, largely confused, often douchey boyfriend. Though he eventually got with the program and helped fight some monsters, he wasn’t exactly what you’d call the pick of the litter.
ref: 2017 November 7, Aja Romano, “The unlikely breakout star of Stranger Things 2 is unlikelier babysitter Steve Harrington”, in Vox:
glosses: The best person or item in a group; the best that one has to offer.
Synonyms: best of the bunch
Related terms: cream of the crop
nothing special
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The sandwich was plain old junk food, nothing special.
glosses: Something ordinary or run-of-the-mill.
glosses: Nothing worth discussing; nothing that the speaker wants to mention.
herstory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɜːst(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈhɝst(ə)ɹi/
Forms: form: herstories
Etymology: Wordplay: blend of her + history, derived as though the first syllable in history were his, the male determiner.
Senses: examples: text: "Mama's Lullaby" shared the growth of McCord's appreciation for her mother and a prayer that her infant son might someday "sing this motther song with me"; a blending of the strong herstory of women's survival with the hope that men of the future will learn to praise their own capacity for nurturance.
ref: 1984 April 21, Pam Gordon, “'There's Always Cost': Ferron's Boston Concert”, in Gay Community News, page 17:
text: For Dita Garbo, it’s an “honour” to make herstory as Drag Race UK’s oldest-ever queen. “The younger bitches need to be careful ‘cause we’ve got wisdom – and we’ve still got time!” (Kandy Ho is trembling.)
ref: 2024 September 12, Sam Damshenas, “‘A new direction for the franchise’: Drag Race UK stars on “mind-blowing” season 6”, in Gay Times:
glosses: History that emphasizes the role of women, or that is told from a woman's (or from a feminist) point of view.
topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Any historical writing by or about women.
examples: text: Nobody thought of it as history, herstory, my-story, your-story, or our-story.
ref: 1989, “Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, "1969 Mother Stonewall and the Golden Rats"”, in The Stonewall Reader, Penguin Classics, published 2019, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: Biographical material about a woman.
Related terms: story
awoman
femopause
femstruate
huwoman
gametogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gameto- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: gametogeny
hyponyms: oogenesis
spermatogenesis
glosses: The process by which gametes are produced.
Derived terms: macrogametogenesis
microgametogenesis
Related terms: gametangium
gamete
gametogenetic
gametogenic
gametogenous
gametophyte
gametophytic
gonad
meiosis
mitosis
sporogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sporogeneses
Etymology: From sporo- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process by which spores are produced.
Related terms: sporangium
spore
sporophyte
sporophytic
sporogenous
meiosis
mitosis
tapetum
sporophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sporophyte + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a sporophyte plant.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the characteristics of a sporophyte.
Related terms: sporangium
spore
sporogenesis
sporophyte
gametophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gametophyte + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the characteristics of a sporophyte.
Derived terms: gametophytically
intergametophytic
intragametophytic
megagametophytic
Related terms: gametangium
gamete
gametogenesis
gametophyte
f-number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: f-numbers
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: f-value
glosses: The ratio of the focal length of a lens to its diameter; a measure of the light-gathering ability of the lens.
Related terms: f-stop
unshod
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English unshod, unschod from Old English unsċōd, equivalent to un- + shod.
Senses: examples: text: He ran unshod across the yard and down the street.
glosses: Not shod; without shoes.
glosses: Of a vehicle, not fitted with tyres on the wheels.
Synonyms: barefoot
barefooted
discalceate
discalced
shoeless
unshoed
unshod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English unshod, unschod from Old English unsċōd, equivalent to un- + shod.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unshoe
usuba bocho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: usuba bocho
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 薄刃包丁 (usuba-bōchō, “thin knife”).
Senses: hypernyms: hocho
glosses: A thin, Japanese-style, straight-edged vegetable knife.
surface water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surface waters
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, sea or ocean, as opposed to groundwater.
helplessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕlpʹləs-lē
ipa: /ˈhɛlpləsli/
Forms: form: more helplessly
form: most helplessly
Etymology: From helpless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The fish flopped helplessly in the tiny remaining pool.
glosses: Without protection or assistance.
examples: text: The boy rolled on the floor laughing helplessly.
text: The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.
ref: 1854, Thomas De Quincey, “On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Postscript.”, in Miscellanies (De Quincey’s Works; IV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 76:
glosses: Without the ability to help oneself.
examples: text: The spectators gaped helplessly as the balloon approached the power lines.
glosses: Without the ability to react actively.
on offer
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The sofa is on offer. It's £200 instead of £500.
synonyms: on sale
glosses: For sale at a reduced price.
examples: text: Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.
ref: 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
glosses: Available to take; at hand; being offered or to be offered.
Synonyms: word: on sale
word: on special
for sale
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: - Is this ladder for sale?
- No, it is used to reach the products on the upper shelves.
text: ... shoes Baby shoes For sale For sale Never used Never used For sale Never used Baby shoes Never used Baby shoes For ... used Baby shoes For sale Baby shoes Variation in structure is very much the same in writing and essay or a book.[…]
ref: 2015 January 1, George E. Yoos, Simplifying Complexity: Rhetoric and the Social Politics of Dealing with Ignorance, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 144:
glosses: Being offered for purchase.
Related terms: for rent
on sale
mats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæts/
rhymes: -æts
Senses: glosses: plural of mat
mats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæts/
rhymes: -æts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mat
Aglaia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀγλαΐα (Aglaḯa, from ἀγλαΐα (aglaḯa, “splendour, beauty”)). The youngest of the three Graces, daughter of Zeus and Eurynome, spouse of Hephaestus. It has the same Indo-European root of γελάω (geláō, “to laugh”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, of mostly historical usage.
Derived terms: Aglaian
Related terms: Aglaja
Mount Rushmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaʊnt ˈɹʌʃmɔː(ɹ)/
Etymology: Named after businessman Charles E. Rushmore (1857–1931).
Senses: glosses: A famous mountain in the Black Hills with the heads of four US presidents carved into it.
Mount Rushmore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaʊnt ˈɹʌʃmɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Mount Rushmores
form: Rushmore
Etymology: Named after businessman Charles E. Rushmore (1857–1931).
Senses: examples: text: In the long run, the companies behind all this technology could emerge from the pandemic as an even greater force in our lives. So said a Mount Rushmore of Times tech reporters: Daisuke Wakabayashi, Jack Nicas, Steve Lohr and Mike Isaac.
ref: 2020 March 27, Cade Metz, “The Week in Tech: We’re Testing How Much the Internet Can Handle”, in New York Times:
text: Crying Dawson ruled the internet comment sections of the late ’00s and early ’10s. It’s “on the Mount Rushmore of GIFs,” says TV critic Sarah D. Bunting.
ref: 2021 May 1, Constance Grady, quoting Sarah D. Bunting, “The Day Dawson Cried”, in Vox:
glosses: The four most important people in a particular field or category.
electroplating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electroplate
electroplating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroplatings
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: electrodeposition
glosses: A process of coating the surfaces of a metal object with a layer of a different metal through electrochemical means, usually to exploit different properties of the materials.
heightism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From height + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: It is obvious that the dimensions of inequality could be extended to include a great many differences such as heightism where people who are taller are superior to people who are shorter, and so forth.
ref: 1976, Robert Marsh Kloss, Ron E. Roberts, Dean S. Dorn, Sociology with a Human Face: Sociology as If People Mattered:
text: There might be reinforcement of already harmful social evils such as heightism and racism.
ref: 2001, James C. Peterson, Genetic Turning Points: The Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention:
text: Given this background, how can dwarfs, beset by beautyism, heightism, and a succession of slights, move toward positive body images and self-esteem?
ref: 2005, Betty M. Adelson, The Lives of Dwarfs: Their Journey from Public Curiosity Toward Social Liberation:
hypernyms: sizeism
<
bias#Noun
coordinate_terms: weightism
glosses: A prejudiced attitude about human height that often results in discrimination, based on the belief that unusually short or tall people are inferior and undesirable.
Related terms: short man syndrome
duan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duans
Etymology: From Irish and Scottish Gaelic duan, from Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).
Senses: examples: text: Till what is call'd, in Ossian, the fifth Duan
ref: 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
glosses: A division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.
glosses: A poem or song.
spastic tetraplegia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The loss of most motor function in all four limbs, normally caused by brain stem injury.
epaulette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛpəlɛt/
ipa: /ˌɛpəˈlɛt/
Forms: form: epaulettes
form: epaulet
Etymology: From French épaulette, from épaule (“shoulder”) + -ette (diminutive).
Senses: examples: text: He would have answered for it at the end of a quarter of an hour that some of the glass cases contained swords and epaulettes of ancient colonels and generals; medals and orders once pinned over hearts that had long since ceased to beat; […]
ref: 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
synonyms: shoulder board
shoulder mark
shoulder strap
glosses: An ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.
glosses: A similar piece of trimming on a lady’s dress.
synonyms: tegula
glosses: A plate on the anterior wings of some insects.
glosses: The red patch on the shoulders of a red-winged blackbird.
Derived terms: epaulette mate
epaulette shark
Related terms: shoulder pad
spaulder
pauldron
epauliere
espauliere
hymenopteral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Hymenoptera + -al
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Hymenoptera order of insects.