cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
buckeye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌkaɪ/
Forms: form: buckeyes
Etymology: The name stems from Native Americans, who called the nut "hetuck," which means "buck eye" (because the markings on the nut resemble the eye of a deer).
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
glosses: Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut).
glosses: Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
examples: text: Now there were long periods when he heard nothing except the wind in the trees and the plop of buckeyes on the earth.
ref: 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 155:
glosses: Seed or fruit of these plants.
synonyms: Ohioan
glosses: A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
glosses: Any of species Junonia coenia of butterflies; a common buckeye.
glosses: A confection made from peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible, supposed to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree.
Derived terms: Spanish buckeye
prevenience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preveniences
Etymology: From Latin praeveniēns (“preceding, coming before”).
Senses: qualifier: Methodism
glosses: The act or condition of occurring earlier, of being antecedent.
qualifier: Methodism
glosses: Something done beforehand in anticipation of a later situation.
Derived terms: prevenient grace
preveniently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more preveniently
form: most preveniently
Etymology: From prevenient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a prevenient manner. Anticipatorily, antecedently.
prevenient grace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See prevenience.
Senses: topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: An Arminian doctrine distinctive to Methodism and the broader Wesleyan movement. It holds that man is so fallen that he is utterly incapable of perceiving the need for salvation, but God, in His infinite wisdom, has preveniently extended to humankind sufficient grace that we can, through free will, willingly accept salvation.
Related terms: prevenience
prevenient
prevenient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prevenient
form: most prevenient
Etymology: See prevenience.
Senses: examples: text: Prevenient Grace deſcending had remov'd / The ſtonie from thir hearts, and made new fleſh / Regenerat grow inſtead, that ſighs now breath'd / Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer / Inſpir'd, and wing'd for Heav'n with ſpeedier flight / Then loudeſt Oratorie: […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 3–8:
text: They drank and bet and muttered in an air of electric transiency, old men in gaitered sleeves galvanized from some stained sepia, posting time at cards prevenient of their dimly augured doom.
ref: 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 22:
glosses: Relating to prevenience; anticipatory.
Derived terms: prevenient grace
stage fright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stagefright
form: stage-fright
Etymology: From stage + fright.
Senses: examples: text: I did some guest-speaking at the middle school last year, and I experienced some stage fright before and during my first presentation.
text: I got stage fright while doing a dance show for my school last year.
text: It is a very good training, and ofttimes will cure one of camera-fright, which is the silent sister to stage-fright.
ref: 1914, Motion Picture Classic, volumes 3-4, page 39:
glosses: A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.
glosses: Synonym of paruresis.
synonyms: word: paruresis
Related terms: performance anxiety
security forces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: An army.
langs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lang
osteitis pubis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An injury to the pubic symphysis, sometimes of athletic origin, to the cartilaginous joint uniting the superior rami of the left and right pubic bones (pubis). It involves the associated musculature.
ramus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪməs/
rhymes: -eɪməs
Forms: form: rami
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rāmus (“branch”).
Senses: glosses: A small spray or twig.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A bony projection, particularly of the jaw, but also in the groin area, both subject to the maturing process of symphysis.
Derived terms: ramal
Related terms: interramal
ramification
symphysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.fɪs.ɪs/
Forms: form: symphyses
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin symphysis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming an immovable joint (as between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at the midline of the lower jaw).
A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming an immovable joint (as between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at the midline of the lower jaw).
The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
Derived terms: pubic symphysis
symphysis pubis
pep talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛp tɔːk/
ipa: /ˈpɛp ˌtɔk/
ipa: /ˈpɛp ˌtɑk/
Forms: form: pep talks
Senses: examples: text: It's your turn to give a pep talk to the dispirited miners.
text: Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.
ref: 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
synonyms: word: pep rally
glosses: A rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm and boost confidence.
sparkly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sparklier
form: sparkliest
Etymology: From sparkle + -y.
Senses: glosses: giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery
glosses: lively and high-spirited
glosses: bubbly or effervescent
Synonyms: sense: bubbly, effervescent
word: bubblesome
word: fizzy
word: sparkling
word: effervescent
Derived terms: sparklies
fomenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /foʊˈmɛn.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: fomenters
Etymology: From foment + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who incites or promotes.
Related terms: fomentress
concensus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of consensus.
middle voice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, having elements of both.
Synonyms: activo-passive
middle
mediopassive voice
Related terms: anticausative
responsibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more responsibly
form: most responsibly
Etymology: From responsible + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The country ran shuttles and posted signs encouraging visitors to enjoy the display responsibly, but those precautions didn't prevent rattlesnake bites, twisted ankles, heat exhaustion, Instacelebs and other selfie-takers lying in or otherwise trampling the delicate blooms they'd come to see.
ref: 2019 July, Jeffrey Rindskopf, “The Costs of Instatravel”, in DOPE Magazine, page 90:
glosses: In a responsible manner.
synovium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈnoʊ.vi.əm/
Forms: form: synovia
form: synoviums
Etymology: From false singular of New Latin synovia (“synovial fluid”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of synovial membrane.
Related terms: synovial
synovitis
tenosynovitis
intima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intimae
form: intimas
Senses: examples: text: the intima of a blood vessel
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The innermost part of an anatomical structure, particularly a tubular one
Derived terms: intimal
intimascope
neointima
subintima
tunica intima
responsibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From responsible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being responsible; responsibility.
restlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more restlessly
form: most restlessly
Etymology: From restless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
ref: 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
glosses: In a restless manner.
fossy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phossy.
phossy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phos(phorous) + -y.
Senses: glosses: Affected or caused by the presence of phosphorus.
Derived terms: phossy jaw
bis-phossy jaw
phossy water
phosphorus match
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorus matches
Senses: glosses: Any of several early forms of match tipped with white phosphorus.
microcosmic salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From its alchemical name sal microcosmicum.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white salt, extracted from urine; once used in the preparation of phosphorus, and used in analytical tests for some metals; ammonium sodium hydrogenphosphate (NH₄)NaHPO₄.
microcosmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From microcosm + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The total freight rolling-stock on the line numbers 65, as this microcosmic section of British railway is complete even to five privately-owned wagons.
ref: 1939 September, Charles F. Klapper, F. G. Richens, “The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 181:
glosses: Of, or relating to the microcosm.
Derived terms: microcosmically
microcosmic salt
espace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: space.
Related terms: mise en espace
phosphorus necrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An occupational disease once common in phosphorus match workers.
Related terms: phossy jaw
phosphorus paste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorus pastes
Senses: glosses: A paste of yellow phosphorus and water, mixed with flour and used as an insecticide and rat poison.
glosses: A paste of white phosphorus used to tip early matches.
phosphorus poisoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorus poisonings
Senses: glosses: poisoning due to the presence of phosphorus; a classic symptom is phossy jaw
Twinkie defence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Twinkie defences
form: Twinkie defense
Etymology: From the 1979 trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone. White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression; his change in diet from healthy food to Twinkies and other sugary food was said to be a symptom of this depression.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legal defense of diminished responsibility based on a claim that irregular behavior is caused by a poor diet or junk food.
glosses: Any spurious legal defense.
phosphoryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoryls
Etymology: From phosphor + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the trivalent radical O=P≡
Derived terms: diphosphoryl
monophosphoryl
organophosphoryl
phosphorylase
phosphorylate
phosphorylation
phosphorylceramide
phosphoryl chloride
phosphoryl choline
phosphorylcholine
phosphorylcreatine
phosphorylethanolamine
phosphorylome
phosphoryl peptide
phosphoryl transfer
thiophosphoryl
thiophosphorylamide
vinfosiltine
aikido
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈkiːdəʊ/
ipa: /ˈaɪkiːdəʊ/
rhymes: -iːdəʊ
Forms: form: aikidos
form: aikidō
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 合(あい)気(き)道(どう) (aikidō, “aikido”, literally “way of adapting the spirit”), from 合(あい) (ai, “together, unify”) + 気(き) (ki, “spirit; breath”) + 道(どう) (dō, “way”). Doublet of hapkido.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.
glosses: A school of the martial art.
phosphatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphatizations
Etymology: From phosphate + -ization.
Senses: glosses: the conversion of something into a phosphate
glosses: the treatment of something with phosphate or phosphoric acid
phosphatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phosphatize
phosphatized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phosphatized
form: most phosphatized
Senses: glosses: converted into a phosphate
glosses: treated with phosphate or phosphoric acid
Derived terms: nonphosphatized
unphosphatized
phosphatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phosphatizes
form: phosphatizing
form: phosphatized
form: phosphatized
Etymology: From phosphate + -ize.
Senses: glosses: to convert something into a phosphate
glosses: to treat something with phosphate or phosphoric acid
phosphatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phosphatize
birth rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birth rates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of birthrate.
stade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪd/
homophone: staid
homophone: stayed
Forms: form: stades
Etymology: From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), a 600-foot racetrack, a distance of 600 Greek feet. Cognate with French stade. Doublet of stadium, stadion, and estadio.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
synonyms: word: stadion
extra: former Greek unit of distance
glosses: A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.
glosses: A stage of progress
in a journey.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A stage of progress
of a disease.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A stage of progress
in glaciation during which a secondary advance of the glaciers occurs.
stade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪd/
homophone: staid
homophone: stayed
Forms: form: stades
Etymology: From Spanish estado, from Latin status (“standing”), in reference to it being roughly the height of a grown man. Doublet of estate, state, status, and estado.
Senses: glosses: A unit of length notionally based on the height of a grown man, equivalent to a fathom.
topics: units-of-measure
glosses: Synonym of estadio: a traditional Spanish unit of measure equivalent to about 1.67 m.
synonyms: word: estadio
extra: a traditional Spanish unit of measure equivalent to about 1.67 m.
stade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪd/
homophone: staid
homophone: stayed
Forms: form: stades
Etymology: From Dutch stad. Doublet of stead.
Senses: glosses: A chief town in an area or country.
stade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪd/
homophone: staid
homophone: stayed
Forms: form: stades
Etymology: From German Stade, a town in Hanover.
Senses: glosses: Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade.
stade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪd/
homophone: staid
homophone: stayed
Forms: form: stades
Etymology: From Old English staed. Cognate with German Gestade (“shore”).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf.
Related terms: staith
nouveaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nouveau
Henriette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (“Henry”) coined in the seventeenth century; in English more popular as Harriet and Henrietta.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
Norris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔɹɪs/
ipa: /ˈnɑɹɪs/
rhymes: -ɒɹɪs
Etymology: An Anglo-Norman surname, from Old French norreis (“a northerner, a migrant from the north”). More at French norois.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Fulton County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An abandoned village in Cedar County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Pickens County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Derived terms: Hampstead Norris
Heaton Norris
Norris Arm
Norris Canyon
Norrisian
Norristown
Related terms: Hampstead Norris
Marcella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Marcella.
Senses: examples: text: Marcella and Nathaniel. Now I know their names. I haven't thought much about having children, but if I did, I wouldn't give them names like that. They're the sort of names you choose if you think you're someone to be reckoned with.
ref: 2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Derived terms: Marcee
Related terms: Marcelle
Marcia
Malcolm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mălʹkəm
ipa: /ˈmæl.kəm/
Etymology: Royal name in Scotland, anglicised from various historical Goidelic names equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim or Calum, Irish Maol Colm, Middle Irish Máel Coluim, Old Irish Máel Columb (literally “devotee of [Saint] Columba”); proper nouns derived from máel (“tonsured”) from Proto-Celtic *mailos, and columb (“dove”) from Latin columbus.
Senses: examples: text: We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter / The Prince of Cumberland.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
glosses: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum or Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place name:
A minor city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An abandoned town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
Derived terms: malcolmi
Malcolm Square-Perfecto
Malcolm X tea
Cynthia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭnʹthē-ə
ipa: /ˈsɪn.θi.ə/
rhymes: -ɪnθiə
Forms: form: Cynthias
form: Cinthia
form: Cinthya
form: Cintia
form: Cintya
form: Cynthea
form: Cyntheia
form: Cynthya
form: Sinthia
form: Sintia
form: Synthea
form: Synthia
form: Syntia
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía), feminine of Κύνθιος (Kúnthios, “Cynthian (of or pertaining to Mount Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, celebrated as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis)”).
Senses: synonyms: Delia
glosses: Artemis (Greek goddess).
examples: text: As when faire Cynthia, in darkesome night, / Is in a noyous cloud enveloped [...].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: [...] Cynthia's shining orb was made / Heav'n to clear when day did close [...].
ref: 1601, Ben Jonson, Hymn to Diana:
synonyms: Luna
Selene
glosses: The Moon.
examples: text: “Cynthia seems to me such an out-of-the-way name, only fit for poetry, not for daily use.”
ref: 1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 10, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC:
text: Cynthia, the domestic-minded, looked as dashing as a young commando. It was a pity that her spelling was so bad, but perhaps there was something Elizabethan about her spelling as well as about her name.
ref: 1978, Graham Greene, The Human Factor, →ISBN, page 59:
text: Her twin daughters were on the playground equipment. Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them.
ref: 1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:
text: This hierarchisation of deaths has been challenged by gender scholars, with Cynthia Enloe coining the notion of “womenandchildren” in her 1990 text "Bananas, Beaches and Bases" to critique the use of this abstract category.
ref: 2021 June 10, Iona Cable, ““Women And Children”: The Role Of Innocence In Human Rights Reporting”, in Human Rights Pulse, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2024:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Related terms: Cynthus
Cynthian
Shelley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: Shelly
Etymology: From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".
Senses: glosses: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.
examples: Shelley Berman
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Sheldon.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.
examples: Shelley Berkley
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Rochelle.
glosses: A number of places:
A village in Ongar parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5404).
glosses: A number of places:
A small village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0338).
glosses: A number of places:
A village in Kirkburton parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2011).
glosses: A number of places:
A city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
A community north-east of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A number of places:
A locality and former town in the Shire of Towong, north-east Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A number of places:
A suburb of Perth in the City of Canning, Western Australia.
Derived terms: Shelley Woodhouse
birthrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthrates
form: birth rate
Etymology: From birth + rate.
Senses: examples: text: In higher education a similar transformation is being pulled forward: Colleges were expecting a grim landscape in the later 2020s, because 2010s birthrates were so low, but now a decline in foreign enrollment and an acceleration of online learning will threaten marginal state schools and possibly close small liberal-arts colleges much sooner.
ref: 2020 June 27, Ross Douthat, “Waking Up in 2030”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2020:
text: In 2023, the birthrate fell for the eighth consecutive year to 0.72, the lowest in the world, from 1.24 in 2015, raising concerns over the economic shock to society from such a rapid pace.
ref: 2025 February 25, Reuters, “South Korea’s birth rate rose for the first time in 9 years. Is the world’s lowest fertility rate on the rebound?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2025:
glosses: The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year.
Synonyms: natality
Sara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛɹə
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Forms: form: Saras
Etymology: From Latin Sara (“Sarah”).
Senses: examples: text: Through faith also Sara her selfe receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a child when she was past age, because she iudged him faithful who had promised.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:11:
text: Olive learnt that her young beauty's name, so far from being anything so fine as Maddalena, was plain Sarah — or Sara, as its owner took care to explain. Olive was rather disappointed - but she thought of Coleridge's ladye love; consoled herself, and tried to console the young lady, with repeating
My pensive Sara! thy soft cheek reclined, &c.
At which Miss Sara Derwent laughed, and asked who wrote that very pretty poetry?
ref: 1850 Dinah Craik, Olive, Chapman and Hall, page 151
text: 'I wish I was called Sara,' she said out loud.
'Sarah?' her mother said. 'Why the heck is being called Sarah better than being called Tracy?'
'Not Sarah, Sara,' Tracy said. 'There's no h, you say Saaara.'
ref: 2008, Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 175:
glosses: A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
Marguerite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɑː(ɹ)ɡəˈɹiːt/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Marguerite in the 1860s. Doublet of Margaret, ultimately from the Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
Lionel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: lī' ən əl
ipa: /ˈlaɪənl/
Etymology: A Middle English diminutive of French Léon, Latin Leo (“lion”), or of the Middle English nickname Lion + -el (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: , Scene IV
His grandfather was Lionel, Duke of Clarence,
Third son to the third Edward, King of England.
Spring crestless yeomen from so deep a root?
text: "Yes. You see, I was born under the sign of Leo, though it's not my real name."
"What is your real name?"
I saw Marcus looking at me, but I couldn't refuse to tell her.
"It's Lionel. But don't tell anyone."
"Why not?"
"Because it's rather a fancy name."
ref: 1953, L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between, Hamish Hamilton, published 1974, pages 49–50:
glosses: A male given name from Latin of mostly British usage.
glosses: A village in Ness, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5363). From Scottish Gaelic.
Cyrus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪɹəs/
rhymes: -aɪɹəs
Forms: form: Cyruses
form: Cyri
Etymology: From Latin Cȳrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš). As a saints' name it has been identified by folk etymology with Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).
Senses: examples: text: Thus ſayeth Cyꝛus the kynge of Perſia: The LORDE God of heauẽ hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in the londe and hath commaunded me to buylde him an houſe at Ieruſalem in Iuda.
ref: 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, I. Esdras [Ezra] j:[2], folio cvij, recto, column 1:
text: Furthermore, the superlative formulation of Cyrus’ character (he possesses kallos, philanthrōpia, philomathia and philotimia to an outstanding degree) may be thought to make him a supremely successful leader, but also a unique and not so easily imitated one (how many Cyruses do you know? Can you be Cyrus?).
ref: 2018, Luuk Huitink, “Xenophon”, in Koen De Temmerman, Evert van Emde Boas, editors, Characterization in Ancient Greek Literature (Mnemosyne Supplements: Monographs on Greek and Latin Language and Literature, 411; Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, 4), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, part 7 (Biography), page 471:
glosses: An ancient king of Persia, Cyrus the Great.
examples: text: Cyrus] There were two Cyri the greater, meant here, Conqueror of Aſia, Scythia, and all the Eaſt, reigning in the time of Tarquin the proud. […] The other was Cyrus the leſſer, ſonne to Darius, brother to Artaxerxes, whoſe iourney into Perſia, Xenophon wrote. [marginal note:] The tvvo Cyri. […] Cyri who they were.
ref: 1610, Io[annes] Lod[ovicus] Viues, translated by I[ohn] H[ealey], Sᵗ. Augustine, of the Citie of God: With the Learned Comments of Io. Lod. Viues. […], [London]: […] George Eld, page 125 and index:
text: At this passage the Behistun inscription does not enumerate the names of all the nine Achaemenians, but from an inscription Aššurbānapli to be dated to 639 B. C. we know that a certain Kuraš was the king of the country of Parsumaš at this time and this could be the grandfather of Cyrus «the Great». In the family tree between the two Cyri appears Cambyses I, who is mentioned by Herodotus.
ref: 1973, D. Hegyi, “Historical Authenticity of Herodotus in the Persian «Logoi»”, in Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 21, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISSN, pages 76–77:
text: Contrast Arrian’s statement that the camp belonged to the younger Cyrus (ii, 4.3). It is unlikely that both Cyri camped in the same area (pace Mützell), for when Cyrus marched against Croesus he entered Asia Minor on the northerly route, as Pteria was his first objective (Hdt. i, 76.1), and he would not therefore have gone through the Cilician Gates.
ref: 1980, J[ohn] E[dward] Atkinson, “Commentary on Book 3”, in A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus’ Historiae Alexandri Magni, Books 3 and 4, Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: A male given name from Old Persian.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: St Cyrus
Cyrus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪɹəs/
rhymes: -aɪɹəs
Forms: form: the Cyrus
Etymology: From Latin Cȳrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), perhaps from Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌 (ᴷᵁᴿqu-ri-a-ni /⁠Quriani⁠/), a land possibly in the upper reaches of the Kura river.
Senses: examples: text: In the mountains near Suram is a watering-place called Burjan, to which the Imperial Lieutenant of the Caucasus retires in summer. The river Kur, the ancient Cyrus, takes its rise in that district.
ref: 1868, “Route 20: London to Tiflis […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 321:
glosses: The Kura river, as it is called in classical sources.
Related terms: Phasis
Cain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪn/
ipa: [kʰeɪn]
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: Caine
homophone: cane
homophone: Kain
homophone: Kane
Etymology: From Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin, “craftsman”), present since Old English.
Senses: examples: text: According to the Book of Jubilees Cain got married to his sister Awan.
text: And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to paſſe when they were in the field, that Cain roſe vp againſt Abel his brother, and ſlew him.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:8, column 2:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: apple of Cain
Cain-colored
Cain complex
Cainian
Cainish
Cainism
Cainite
Cainitic
Cain-like
curse of Cain
mark of Cain
raise Cain
what in Cain
Related terms: Abel
Adam
Eve
phosphorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phosphoreal.
Seymour
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːmɔː(ɹ)/
homophone: see more
Etymology: From a Norman surname from a place in Normandy, from Old French Saint-Maur, from Late Latin Sanctus Maurus (“Saint Maurus”). The name is cognate to Murry and Maurice.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Anglo-Norman.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A city in Jackson County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Blount County and Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Baylor County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A township north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
begotten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈɡɒt.ən/
rhymes: -ɒtən
Senses: examples: text: And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred yeeres: and he begate sonnes and daughters.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:4:
glosses: past participle of beget
begotten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈɡɒt.ən/
rhymes: -ɒtən
Senses: examples: text: ¶ For God so loued þe world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:16:
glosses: Brought into being by one's begetter(s).
Derived terms: begottenness
forebegotten
ill-begotten
misbegotten
only-begotten
unbegotten
phosphoreal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of or relating to phosphorus
glosses: phosphorescent, glowing
Jem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: You may know what one man thinks of another by his manner of calling him. Thomas and James and Richard and William are stupid young gentlemen; Tom and Jem and Dick and Will are fine spirited fellows.
ref: 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names James, Jeremy, or Jeremiah.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Jemima.
phosphoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phosphoretic
form: most phosphoretic
Senses: glosses: exhibiting phosphorescence
phosphorgummite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorgummites
Etymology: From phosphor + gummite.
Senses: glosses: a form of gummite containing phosphorus
Eton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiː.tən/
ipa: /ˈiː.ʔn̩/
rhymes: -iːtən
homophone: Eaton
homophone: eaten
Forms: form: Etons
Etymology: From Old English *Ēatūn, from ea (“river”) + tun (“town”). See also the doublet Eaton.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965775).
glosses: Ellipsis of Eton College, a prestigious public school for boys in Eton.
glosses: A town in Murray County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Eton crop
Etonian
Eton jacket
Eton mess
Horninglow and Eton
North Eton
Old Etonian
Related terms: Eaton
Etonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːˈtəʊ.nɪ.ən/
ipa: /iˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Etonians
Etymology: From Eton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: One who is enrolled in or has graduated from Eton College.
Derived terms: Old Etonian
gummite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gummites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow, amorphous mineral, a mixture of oxides and silicates of uranium, formed by weathering of pitchblende.
Derived terms: phosphorgummite
plumbogummite
yttrogummite
Luigi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Luigi. Doublet of Ludovico, Luis, Ludwig, and other cognates. The verb sense emerged shortly after the December 2024 killing of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; the accused is Luigi Mangione.
Senses: examples: text: A motherly woman lived there with her son, Luigi, a gay young man with an olive-oily skin, glistening teeth and a rubbery smile.
ref: 1952, Paul Brickhill, “The Man who Would Not Die”, in Escape—or Die: Authentic Stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society, London: Pan Books Ltd., published 1956, page 106:
text: As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill.
ref: 2011, J.C.R., Sally A. Forehand, J C R Forehand, Murder at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, page 75:
text: Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel, is now charged with murder, according to court documents.
ref: 2024 December 10, Jesse Zanger, Renee Anderson, “Luigi Mangione, suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing, charged with murder in NYC”, in CBS News:
glosses: A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Louis.
Luigi
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Luigis
form: Luiging
form: Luigied
form: Luigied
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Luigi. Doublet of Ludovico, Luis, Ludwig, and other cognates. The verb sense emerged shortly after the December 2024 killing of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; the accused is Luigi Mangione.
Senses: examples: text: ProPublica was working on this story before UHC’s CEO got Luigied:
ref: 2024 December 17, “Company Of Luigied CEO Has Been Fucking Over Autistic Kids”, in The Opinionated Ogre, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2024:
text: I mean, some probably think that Luiging people might be fine?
ref: 2024 December 23, PiranhaPlantFan, Reddit:
text: So uh, basically, there's some more CEOs that need to be Luigied
ref: 2024 December 27, PhantomCruze, Reddit:
text: Do you think if someone was going to "Luigi him", a kid on his shoulders would stop it?
ref: 2025 January 20, JamieMarlee, Reddit:
glosses: To assassinate.
Derived terms: Luigi'd
reservance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Reservation.
reserate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reserates
form: reserating
form: reserated
form: reserated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin reserō, reserātus (“I unlock, open”).
Senses: glosses: To unlock; to open.
phosphorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phosphorises
form: phosphorising
form: phosphorised
form: phosphorised
Etymology: From phosphor + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phosphorize.
troth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəʊθ/
ipa: /tɹɒθ/
ipa: /tɹoʊθ/
ipa: /tɹɔθ/
rhymes: -əʊθ
rhymes: -ɒθ
rhymes: -oʊθ
rhymes: -ɔθ
Forms: form: troths
form: trothing
form: trothed
form: trothed
Etymology: From Middle English troth, trothe, trouthe, trowthe, a variant of treuth, treuthe, treouthe (“allegiance, fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty; oath, pledge, promise; betrothal or marriage vow; betrothal; honour, integrity; holiness, righteousness; confidence, trust; creed, faith; fact, reality, truth”), from Old English trēowþ, trīewþ (“truth, veracity; faith, fidelity; covenant, pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō (“contract; promise”), equivalent to true + -th (abstract nominal suffix). See more at truth.
Senses: glosses: To pledge to marry somebody.
resentive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From resent + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Resentful
resentingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more resentingly
form: most resentingly
Etymology: From resenting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With resentment, or a sense of wrong or affront.
resentiment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭ-zĕnʹtē-mənt
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/
Forms: form: resentiments
Etymology: From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Doublet of resentment and ressentiment.
Senses: glosses: Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
glosses: Obsolete form of resentment.
Marcia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹʃə/
ipa: /ˈmɑːʃə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃə
Forms: form: Marsha
Etymology: From Latin Marcia, feminine form of Marcius, a derivative of Marcus, ultimately from Mārs, the god of war.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin.
reassure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/
ipa: /ˌɹi.əˈʃɝ/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: reassures
form: reassuring
form: reassured
form: reassured
form: re-assure
Etymology: From Old French rasseürer (French rassurer), from re- + asseürer; as if re- + assure.
Senses: examples: text: The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.
text: What is more, I call upon the greater part of you as witnesses to my statement, and I appeal to all of you who have ever listened to me talking (and there are a great many to whom this applies) to reassure one another on this point.
ref: 1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, pages 39–40:
text: "Taiwanese are very enthusiastic and love freedom and democracy, so many good international friends have come to Taiwan to support us. This is a normal and good thing, but China threatens and intimidates Taiwan," she said.
"However, I would like to reassure everyone that both our government and the military are prepared, and I will definitely take care of Taiwan."
ref: 2022 August 13, Sarah Wu, David Kirton, Ben Blanchard, quoting Tsai Ing-wen, “Taiwan thanks U.S. for maintaining security in Taiwan Strait”, in Tom Hogue, Michael Perry, William Mallard, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2022, World:
glosses: To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
glosses: To reinsure.
Related terms: reassurance
Horatio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈɹeɪʃiəʊ/
rhymes: -eɪʃiəʊ
Forms: form: Horatios
Etymology: From Latin Horātius, a Roman gens name of uncertain meaning, possibly “timekeeper”. Doublet of Horace.
Senses: examples: text: There are more things in heauen and earth Horatio,
Then are Dream’t of, in your philoſophie, […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], signature D, verso:
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
Derived terms: Horatio Algerian
Related terms: Horace
Johann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from German Johann.
Brooke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹʊk/
enpr: brŏŏk
text: Audio (US)
ipa: /bɹʉk/
rhymes: -ʊk
Forms: form: Brook
Etymology: A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s. it was further popularized by Brooke Shields in the 80s.
glosses: A village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8405).
Coordinate terms: english: the equivalent male given name
translation: the equivalent male given name
word: Brooks
Derived terms: Brookeborough
Brooke County
comprends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comprend
Old Etonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Old Etonians
Senses: glosses: A former student of Eton College
Hons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of honours.
Astalak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Qazvin County, Iran.
space hoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of space hopper
requiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requiters
Etymology: From requite + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who requites.
requite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪt/
ipa: /ɹəˈkwaɪt/
ipa: /ɹi-/
rhymes: -aɪt
Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English requiten (“to repay”), and then partly from both of the following:
* From re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backward’) + quiten (“to pay, pay for; to repay; to acquit (someone of a charge), exonerate; to prove (oneself) innocent; to answer, reply; to atone for (a sin); to compensate, make amends; to depart, leave; to equal, match; to fulfil (an obligation); to give back, return; to give up, relinquish; to release, set free; to render (a service); to reward; to give retribution, take revenge”) (from Old French quitter (“to free, liberate”) (modern French quitter), from quitte (“free, liberated”) + -er (suffix forming verbs)). Quitte is derived from Latin quiētus (“at rest; quiet”), the perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“to repose, rest; to sleep; to be quiet or still”), from quiēs (“rest, repose; sleep; calm, peace, quiet”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”)) + -scō (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to begin to do [something]’).
* From Old French requiter, requitter (“to free or liberate again”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + quitter (see above).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: glosses: Chiefly in the form in requite for or of: synonym of requital (“compensation for damage or loss; return in kind, recompense, repayment, reward”).
sausage party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔ.sɪdʒ ˌpɑɹ.ti/
Forms: form: sausage parties
Etymology: From sausage, a slang term for the penis.
Senses: examples: text: 1999 March 1, Billy (an anonymous American teenager), journal entry, published in Real Teens, Volume 5: Diary of a Junior Year, Scholastic Paperbacks (2000), →ISBN, page 76,
Ok, so it was actually a sausage party, which means ha ha there weren’t so many girls there but it was still pretty great.
text: Of course, it doesn’t seem like a miracle that there’d be a lady at a metal show unless you’d been touring with a useless, plodding sausage party like say, oh I don’t know . . . Anthrax.
ref: 2004, Michael Ruffino, Gentlemanly Repose: Confessions of a Debauched Rock 'n' Roller, Citadel Press, →ISBN, page 131:
text: 2005, Jessica Hopper, “Punk Is Dead! Long Live Punk!: A Report on the State of Teen Spirit from the Mobile Shopping Mall That Is the Vans Warped Tour”, originally in the Chicago Reader, reprinted in J. T. LeRoy (guest editor) and Paul Bresnick (series editor), Da Capo Best Music Writing 2005: The Year’s Finest Writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Country, and More, Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 70,
The audience at Warped, unlike the sausage party you get at a typical ground-level punk show, is half-female, maybe more.
glosses: A gathering with many more men than women.
Synonyms: brodeo
brodown
dickfest
sausage fest
porkfest
Coordinate terms: taco fest
point of inevitability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: In sexual intercourse or masturbation, a level of sexual arousal in the male that results in orgasm and ejaculation, i.e., climax. It is that point at which ejaculating becomes inevitable.
mineola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊlə
Forms: form: mineolas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of minneola.
dogwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒɡwʊd/
Forms: form: dogwoods
Etymology: From dag + wood, from dag (“a sharp object”).
Senses: glosses: Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.
glosses: The wood of such trees and shrubs.
glosses: A wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world.
Derived terms: Asian dogwood
Chinese dogwood
common dogwood
dogwood winter
Florida dogwood
flowering dogwood
gray dogwood
Japanese dogwood
Korean dogwood
pagoda dogwood
poison dogwood
red osier dogwood
redtwig dogwood
Related terms: dogberry
cornel