cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hooroo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈɹuː/
ipa: /ˈhuːɹuː/
Forms: form: hooroos
form: hoorooing
form: hoorooed
form: hoorooed
form: ooroo
Etymology: From 1700s British hooray or hurray, which was also used in Australia to mean goodbye.
Senses: glosses: To give a cheer of "hooroo".
hyperplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperplanes
Etymology: From hyper- + plane.
Senses: examples: text: We now have good reason to question the pursuits of the vaunted innovators with whom Liu consorted in California – the blissed-out cultists at Google, whose only worry is over “the wrong kind of sparkling water in the microkitchens”, or the manic experts who specialise in “envisioning hyperplanes in n-dimensional space”.
ref: 2020 April 7, Peter Conrad, “Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu review – rebooting our reality”, in The Guardian:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An n-dimensional generalization of a plane; an affine subspace of dimension n − 1 that splits an n-dimensional space. (In a one-dimensional space, it is a point; in two-dimensional space it is a line; in three-dimensional space, it is an ordinary plane.)
Related terms: hypersurface
kanguru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangurus
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of kangaroo.
sord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɔː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
homophone: sword
Forms: form: sords
Etymology: From Middle English sowrde, from Old French sourdre (“to rise”), that is, "to rise in flight, as a flock of birds", from Latin surgō. Related to surge.
Senses: examples: text: "Oh, I, well, I too fell into error, for I frittered away my morning in stalking yonder exaltation of larks, thinking they were dunlin, and in doing so disturbed the only sord of mallards on the whole marsh."
ref: 1893 September 27, The Bazaar, the Exchange and Mart, London, page 800, column 3:
glosses: A flock of mallards.
sord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɔː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
homophone: sword
Forms: form: sords
Etymology: See sward.
Senses: examples: text: This is the prettieſt Lovv-borne Laſſe, that euer / Ran on the greene-ſord: […]
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 292, column 2:
text: grassy Sord
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:
glosses: Obsolete form of sward.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: con sord
high-performance liquid chromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: high-pressure liquid chromatography
ski slope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski slopes
Senses: glosses: An artificial construction, mimicking a piste, down which people may ski in places with no snow or no mountains
examples: the best ski slopes in the Alps
glosses: A mountain slope used for skiing.
sericitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sericitizations
Etymology: From sericite + -ization.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The hydrothermal or metamorphic alteration of a mineral, often plagioclase, into sericite (a white mica).
sericite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sericites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A fine-grained mica found in metamorphic rocks
sensorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛnˈsɔː.ɹi.əm/
ipa: /sɛnˈsoɹ.i.jəm/
Forms: form: sensoriums
form: sensoria
Etymology: From Late Latin sensōrium, from Latin sentiō (“feel, perceive”) + Latin -ōrium (suffix denoting a place for a particular function).
Senses: examples: text: The continuum is broken, and the rise of writing helps to break up as well the continuum of the sensorium, to locate consciousness in the written word. What the written word is to the sensorium, the ego is to the entire consciousness, and the city is to the entire encirclement of nature.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 196:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The entire sensory apparatus of an organism.
examples: text: […]in all injuries of the spine whereby a communication with the sensorium is cut off, it is the parts below the injury which are deprived of sensation, while those above retain their sensibility.
ref: 1820, Henry Matthews, chapter VIII, in The Diary of an Invalid, London: John Murray, page 231:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The central part of a nervous system that receives and coordinates all stimuli.
examples: text: Others have conſidered infinite Space as the Receptacle, or rather the Habitation of the Almighty : But the nobleſt and moſt exalted Way of conſidering this infinite Space is that of Sir Iſaac Newton, who calls it the Senſorium of the Godhead. Brutes and Men have their Senſoriola, or little Senſoriums by which they apprehend the Preſence and perceive the Actions of a few Objects, that lie contiguous to them.
ref: 1714 July 9, Joseph Addison, editor, The Spectator, volume VII, number 565, page 36:
text: The ringing of the bell and the rap upon the door, ſtruck likewiſe ſtrong upon the ſenſorium of my uncle Toby,—but it excited a very different train of thoughts ;—the two irreconcileable pulſations inſtantly brought Stevinus, the great engineer, along with them, into my uncle Toby’s mind[…]
ref: 1760, Laurence Sterne, chapter X, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 4th edition, volume II, London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 67:
glosses: The brain or mind in relation to the senses.
scandent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈskæn.dənt/
Etymology: From the present participle stem of Latin scandere (“to climb”).
Senses: examples: text: I found but a single specimen—a scandent shrub of Datura metel, at a house site in a small coastal village, planted, I was told, as a remedy for asthma.
ref: 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
retardative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more retardative
form: most retardative
Etymology: From (the participle stem of) Latin retardāre + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: In the German lands east of the River Elbe and in the Habsburg Monarchy, the anchoring of the serfs to the lord's estate is generally believed to have had a retardative effect […].
ref: 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 168:
glosses: That retards; delaying, impeditive.
Synonyms: retardatory
retardive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more retardive
form: most retardive
Etymology: From retard + -ive.
Senses: glosses: That retards; retardative.
repot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repots
form: repotting
form: repotted
form: repotted
form: re-pot
Etymology: From re- + pot.
Senses: glosses: To move (a growing plant) from one pot to a larger one to allow for further growth.
examples: text: There's no limit to the number of times you can repot yourself. Every season offers opportunities for new growth, and what's fulfilling to you now may not answer your needs in a future stage of life.
ref: 2008, Diana Holman, Ginger Pape, Repotting:
text: The impulse to repot yourself may be set in motion by a change in your life. This can be an event beyond your control, or it may be a happening over which you have some control.
ref: 2010, Mary Lou Dobbs, Repotting Yourself: Financial-Emotional-Spiritual Flow, page 5:
text: One way to “pay attention to your life” is to “repot yourself.” American writer John Gardner pushed people to think about “repotting” themselves every 10 to 15 years, throwing themselves into challenges that extract hidden strengths.
ref: 2019, Michael Edmondson, Navigate the Chaos in 2020, page 130:
glosses: To give (oneself) new challenges or environments as a means of personal growth.
repertitious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪʃəs
Forms: form: more repertitious
form: most repertitious
Etymology: From Latin repertīcius (“newly found”), from repertus (“found, discovered, invented”), from reperīre (“to find, discover, invent”), from re- (“again, anew”) + parere (“to bear, to get”), + -īcius (“-itious”), under influence of English -ious, q.v. Cognate with repertible and repertor.
Senses: examples: text: Repertitious, that is found by adventure, and sometimes by advise.
ref: 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, s.v. "Repertitious"
glosses: Found by chance.
examples: text: Repertitious, that is found by adventure, and sometimes by advise.
ref: 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, s.v. "Repertitious"
glosses: Found thanks to advice.
rent control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rent controls
Senses: glosses: A legal limit on the maximum allowable percentage increase which a landlord may charge for the cost of a rental unit per year. This limit can be determined at the local, county, or state level.
Derived terms: rent-controlled
Related terms: rent stabilization
rent seeking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The primary complaint leveled against financialization of economies is that much of this activity is geared towards rent seeking.
ref: 2015, Martin Ford, The Rise of the Robots, Oneworld Publications:
glosses: Alternative form of rent-seeking.
re-enact
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-enacts
form: re-enacting
form: re-enacted
form: re-enacted
Senses: examples: text: When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.
ref: 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
text: On Frank’s eleventh birthday, Dad bought his son a huge race-car set. The boy loved it. It was the best toy ever. Dad even painted one of the miniature Minis with a Union Jack so it looked just like Queenie. Together they would play with it late into the night, re-enacting Dad’s famous victories on the track.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of reenact.
red blood cell cast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red blood cell casts
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A matrix of decomposing red blood cells found in the urine as a symptom of glomerular disease
red-baiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: reductio ad Stalinum
word: red-tagging
glosses: The (ad hominem) practice of accusing someone of being a communist, socialist or anarchist with the intention of discrediting their political views.
Related terms: red-tagging
red-baiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-baiters
Senses: examples: text: On Feb. 9, 1950, notorious red-baiter Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) waved a piece of paper before the cameras that he claimed contained a list of 205 "card-carrying Communists in the State Department."
ref: 2003 February 17, Leslie Feinberg, “'Lavender scare'!”, in Workers World:
synonyms: red-tagger
glosses: A person who practices red-baiting.
recurved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recurve
recurved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more recurved
form: most recurved
Senses: examples: text: We will not, however, travel on his "elephants' snouts in coat armour," beyond a field or, with "the proboscide of an elephant, erected, flexed and recurved gules, issuing out of a pierced place; towards the basis thereof, a rose-sprig vertant et revertant, about the trunk to the middle thereof proper.
ref: 1827, William Hone, The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastime, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times..., page 355:
glosses: Curved or bent, either in two different directions, or back on itself.
recrement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recrements
Etymology: From re- + cernō + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]
ref: 1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. […], 5th edition, London: […] John and Barham Clark, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:
glosses: Waste matter or dross.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood.
Related terms: recremental
recrementitial
recrementitious
excrement
reconstructivist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌktɪvɪst/
Forms: form: more reconstructivist
form: most reconstructivist
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to reconstructivism
reconstructivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌktɪvɪst/
Forms: form: reconstructivists
Senses: glosses: One who believes in reconstructivism
recached
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recache
recached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æʃt
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: returned to a cache
rear echelon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rear echelons
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: That part of an army that is not needed to directly combat the enemy.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The administrative and supply departments of an army.
reannounce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reannounces
form: reannouncing
form: reannounced
form: reannounced
Etymology: From re- + announce.
Senses: glosses: To announce again
glosses: To issue a second or subsequent announcement
rangeland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rangelands
Etymology: From range + land.
Senses: glosses: Unimproved land that is suitable for the grazing of livestock.
raise someone's consciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: raises someone's consciousness
form: raising someone's consciousness
form: raised someone's consciousness
form: raised someone's consciousness
Senses: examples: text: But part of Reagan's self-imposed mandate is to show that his conservatism has a broad reach. That would be easier for Reagan to do if he were accustomed to working closely with blacks, women and others who might raise his consciousness on sensitive issues.
ref: 1982 February 1, Laurence I. Barrett, “The White House Sensitivity Gap”, in Time:
text: But assorted pressures, some self-imposed and others societal, raised her consciousness about counting calories.
ref: 1983 March 6, Neil Amdur, “The toll conditioning can take on athletes”, in New York Times:
text: Raised in an Old Left family, I was taught about male chauvinism and thought I knew something about it, but at the beginning of feminism's "Second Wave" in the 1970's, I concluded that I needed to raise my consciousness.
ref: 2005, Jean Fagan Yellin, Harriet Jacobs: A Life, →ISBN, page xv:
glosses: To increase a person's awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition.
Related terms: consciousness raising
construal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹuːəl/
Forms: form: construals
Etymology: From construe + -al.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: interpretation, portrayal
synonyms: construance
construation
construction
glosses: The act of construing: interpreting, portraying, or both.
Derived terms: reconstrual
Related terms: construable
nonconstruable
energy drink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: energy drinks
Etymology: From energy + drink.
Senses: examples: text: ABA member companies, which include The Coca-Cola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Monster, PepsiCo, Red Bull and ROCKSTAR, represent approximately 95 percent of the energy drink category in the United States and have agreed to the following common commitments regarding the labeling and marketing of energy drinks.
ref: 2014 November 24, “ABA Guidance for the Responsible Labeling and Marketing of Energy Drinks”, in CNN en Español, page 1:
glosses: A highly caffeinated, sometimes carbonated, beverage containing added ingredients advertised as increasing alertness, performance etc.
amber gambler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amber gamblers
Senses: examples: text: The sins the foundation has identified include eating at the wheel, becoming a traffic-light hopping "amber gambler" and drinking and driving.
ref: 2007 December 24, “Drivers warned over the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’”, in Bolton News, UK, retrieved 29 Aug 2011:
glosses: A driver of a road vehicle who accelerates when the traffic lights change from green to amber (instead of stopping, as required by law), gambling that no vehicle will cross his or her path; a driver who starts off when the traffic lights show red and amber together, but not yet green.
Related terms: jump the lights
jump the lights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps the lights
form: jumping the lights
form: jumped the lights
form: jumped the lights
Senses: glosses: To pass a set of traffic lights when they are not showing green.
Related terms: amber gambler
unappreciatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unappreciatively
form: most unappreciatively
Etymology: From unappreciative + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Their peculiar ideas, instead of being sympathetically drawn from them, have been ruthlessly and unappreciatively crushed by the superior knowledge and arrogance of the white race.
ref: 1905. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Article by John Davis, Page 223
glosses: Without showing appreciation. Ungratefully
physicalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physicalisms
Etymology: From physical + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality.
Synonyms: topics: philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: materialism
topics: philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: philosophical materialism
Hypernyms: topics: philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: monism
topics: philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: realism
Related terms: topics: philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: dualism
word: idealism
savoiardo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savoiardi
Etymology: From Italian savoiardo.
Senses: examples: text: Pour the dipping liquid—orange juice and liqueur, or other choice—into a small, shallow bowl, one in which a savoiardo can lie flat on the bottom.
ref: 1998, Arthur Schwartz, “Delizia di Marmellata / Zuppa Tartara: Marmalade Delight”, in Naples at Table: Cooking in Campania, →ISBN, chapter 10 (Desserts), page 376:
text: Submerge a savoiardo in the espresso mixture quickly. Don’t let the savoiardo sit in the mixture too long—it will disintegrate.
ref: 2015 September 29, Jeanne Sauvage, “Tiramisu”, in Gluten-Free Wish List: Sweet & Savory Treats You’ve Missed the Most, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, chapter 5 (Cookies, Bars, Cream Puffs, Pies, and Other Desserts), page 229, column 2:
text: There are also breakfast, deli and desert^([sic]) cones, like the Tiramisu, made with Tiramisu cream, savoiardo biscuit and coffee syrup.
ref: 2015 October 2, Rebecca Panico, “Pizza in a cone? Try it at the Newport mall”, in Margaret Schmidt, editor, The Jersey Journal, Bayonne Times edition, Jersey City, N.J., →OCLC, page 10, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of savoiardi.
savoiardi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsævɔɪˈɑː(ɹ)di/
Forms: form: savoiardis
form: savoiardo
Etymology: From Italian savoiardi, plural of savoiardo.
Senses: glosses: ladyfinger (small sponge cake–like biscuit, shaped approximately like a finger)
savoiardi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsævɔɪˈɑː(ɹ)di/
Forms: form: savoiardo
Etymology: From Italian savoiardi, plural of savoiardo.
Senses: glosses: plural of savoiardo
American cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American cheeses
Senses: examples: text: The end result of such efforts is something akin to processed American cheese: smooth, odor-free and entirely without taste.
ref: 1977 August 13, Paula Bennet, “By Her Own Admission — Soap for Straights”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 6, page 9:
text: Look at that there fool playing dirty tricks
He must be made of Teflon 'cause nothing ever sticks
Dancing 'round the room while farting in the breeze
Friends huff it down like it's American cheese
ref: 2022, “Follow the Fool”, performed by Primus:
synonyms: rat cheese
store cheese
glosses: A common processed cheese, yellow or white in color and mild in flavor, with a medium-firm consistency.
human cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The flavor of human cheese would depend on what you were feeding your human.
ref: 1998, Dan Savage, Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist:
glosses: Cheese made with human breast milk.
promisor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promisors
Etymology: From promise + -or.
Senses: examples: text: Each of two or more joint promisors may compel every other joint promisor to contribute equally with himself to the performance of the promise, unless a contrary intention appears from the contract.
ref: 1873, Andrew Lyon, Law of India, Volume 1: The Codes, page 15:
text: […]the creditor may request the promisor to perform his obligation to a third party.
ref: 2018, Adrian Briggs, Andrew Burrows, “Chapter 22: Formation and Third Party Rights in the Myanmar Law of Contract”, in Mindy Chen-Wishart, Alexander Loke, Stefan Vogenauer, editors, Formation and Third Party Beneficiaries, Oxford University Press, page 476:
text: This may be attributable to a personal mistake of the promisor or negligence of her estate planner.
ref: 2022, Alexandra Braun, Claiming a Promised Inheritance: A Comparative Study, Oxford University Press, page 105:
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.
Related terms: promisee
promisee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promisees
Etymology: From promise + -ee.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A person who receives a promise.
Related terms: promisor
cheeseboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheeseboards
Etymology: From cheese + board.
Senses: examples: text: Sir Terence, who has been complimentary about the food throughout the meal, suddenly erupts: "Oh, not grapes on the cheeseboard! I've always thought grapes with cheese is deeply suburban.
ref: 2004 December, Lynn Barber, “Come on my son”, in The Observer:
glosses: A board used for serving cheeses.
tyrannizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tyrannize
tyrannizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tyrannize
tyrannized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tyrannize
yachtie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yachties
Etymology: From yacht + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yachty.
yardful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yardfuls
form: yardsful
Etymology: From yard + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Ten cents' worth of a certain bird seed, planted in any back yard, will grow into a yardful of marijuana.
ref: 1931 September, “Muggles”, in TIME:
glosses: Enough to fill a yard.
Related terms: courtyardful
Ina Bauer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ina Bauers
Etymology: Named for Ina Bauer, the German figure skater who invented the move.
Senses: qualifier: figure skating
glosses: A move where the skater skates with the blades parallel, toes pointing in opposite directions.
wikipedia: Ina Bauer
Synonyms: bauer
jack-a-lantern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jack-a-lanterns
Senses: examples: text: Unhappily, or happily, we are unprovided with a jack-a-lantern.
ref: 1857, John Sullivan Dwight, Dwight's Journal of Music:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jack-o'-lantern.
figure skater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figure skaters
form: figure-skater
Senses: glosses: Someone who figure skates
jack-fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jack-fruits
form: jack-fruit
Senses: examples: text: The jack-fruit I spoke of is of three kinds—barca, papa, and pacheri jack-fruit. These fruits are very large; some weigh eighty pounds or thereabouts. […] In these jack-fruit the seeds are sometimes white and sometimes red; some are hard, some are soft, and each variety has its special flavour.
ref: 1907, Niccolao Manucci, translated by William Irvine, Storia do Mogor: or, Mogul India, 1653–1708 […] (The Indian Texts Series; I), volume III, London: John Murray, […] for the Government of India, →OCLC, page 182:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jackfruit.
j'adoube
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Borrowed from French j'adoube (“I adjust”), from je (“I”) + adouber (“to adjust”).
Senses: examples: text: Only the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares, provided that he/she first expresses his/her intention (for example by saying “j’adoube” or “I adjust”).
ref: 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 8:
text: The English text reads:
‘Provided that he first expresses his intention (e.g. by saying “j’adoube” or “I adjust”), the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares.’ […] From Harry Golombek’s column on page 26 of The Times, 2 December 1967, with regard to the touch-piece and j’adoube rule: […] ‘Matulović-Bilek was a highly interesting game marred by an unpleasant dispute. On move 38 the Yugoslav champion Matulović is alleged to have taken back a move, then to have assured his opponent that he had said “j’adoube” and made another move.
ref: 2025 March 22, Edward Winter, “J’adoube”, in Chess History, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2025:
text: Of course, you can say "adjust" or "I adjust" as well, but "J'adoube" is recognized worldwide as the same thing—this distinction could be important if you play against someone who doesn't speak your language in an OTB game.
ref: 2025 September 22 (last accessed), “J'adoube - Chess Terms”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2025:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Spoken by a player before adjusting a piece on the chessboard, to indicate that one is not making a move in the game.
Synonyms: I adjust
unaggressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more unaggressive
form: most unaggressive
Etymology: From un- + aggressive.
Senses: examples: text: And he, Allada Khan, had decided that the child was not unlike himself - an unaggressive nose, and intelligent forehead, eyes both lively and melting.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 195:
synonyms: word: dovish
word: pacific
word: anti-bellicist
word: dovelike
word: dovish
word: irenic
word: irenical
word: non-violent
word: pacific
word: pacifist
word: pacifistic
word: peaceable
word: peaceful
word: unaggressive
glosses: Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent.
Derived terms: unaggressively
unaggressiveness
jaileress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaileresses
form: jailoress
form: gaoleress
form: gaoloress
Etymology: From jailer + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Sit down here, and let me cover you with my cloak, and we will eat the supper our good jaileresses have provided; we have had nothing since daybreak.
ref: 1870, Frances Eastwood, Geoffrey the Lollard, page 171:
text: As I got near to the avenue gate, instead of the school on my left there was a prison ; and at the door a little thick -set jailer, three feet high and much deformed, and a little deformed jaileress no bigger than himself, were cunningly watching me out of the corners of their eyes, and toothlessly smiling.
ref: 1891, George Du Maurier, Peter Ibbetson, page 201:
text: As she finished these words, Simon, who was then coming up, heard them, and saw the jaileress place in her pocket the money Maurice had given her.
ref: 1910, Alexandre Dumas, anonymous translator, The Chevalier de Maison Rouge, P F Collier & Son, translation of original in French, page 176:
glosses: A female jailer.
gaoleress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaoleresses
Etymology: From gaoler + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: [Y]esterday my saucy gaoleress assured me, that all my oppositions would not signify that pinch of snuff, holding out her genteel finger and thumb […].
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Dated spelling of jaileress.
jailoress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jailoresses
Etymology: From jailor + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Ву the “clink of a louis d'or,” the prisoner managed to subdue the fidelity of this fair jailoress; she supplied him with pens and paper, and he immediately began a correspondence with his absent friends at the French Court.
ref: 1845, Katherine Thomson, Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, volume 2, page 274:
glosses: A female jailor.
tyrannises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tyrannise
jaggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒæɡəɹi/
ipa: /ˈdʒæɡɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæɡəɹi/
Forms: form: jaggeries
form: jaggary
form: jagghery
form: jaggory
form: jaggry
form: jagra
Etymology: PIE word
 *ḱorkeh₂
Borrowed from Indo-Portuguese jágara, jagra, from Malayalam ചക്കര (cakkara, “jaggery”) or Tamil சக்கரை (cakkarai), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “candied or ground sugar; (chiefly in the plural) grit, gravel, shingle; gravelly soil; pebble”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“boulder; gravel”). Doublet of sugar.
Senses: examples: text: The next Tree is the Kettule. […] It yieldeth a ſort of Liquor, which they call Tellegie: it is rarely ſweet and pleaſing to the Pallate, and as wholſom to the Body, but no ſtronger than water. […] An ordinary Tree will yield ſome three, ſome four Gallons in a day, ſome more and ſome leſs. The which Liquor they boyl and make a kind of brown Sugar, called Jaggory; […]
ref: 1681, Robert Knox, An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: […], London: […] Richard Chiswell, printer to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 15:
text: On Sunday, Oct. 12. being ſtored vvith all things needful for their Journey, viz. Ten Days Proviſion, a Baſin to boil their Provision in, two Calabaſhes to fetch VVater in, and tvvo great Tallipat Leaves for Tents, with Jaggory, Svveet-meats, Tobacco, Betell, Tinder-Boxes, and a Deer-Skin for Shoes, to keep their Feet from Thorns, becauſe to them they chiefly truſted.
ref: 1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC, page 304:
text: In all the operations of chunam work, jaggery water, i. e. a solution of molasses or coarse sugar, is invariably added by the builders, and its use appears to have prevailed from the remotest ages. There are various opinions among the modern practitioners regarding its usefulness, but those who have had the most extensive practice in building, hold it as an indispensable ingredient in the formation of a durable and hard cement; and it is stated that the operator evidently perceives the dissolvent property of the jaggery water, on its being tempered with the prepared mortar.
ref: 1834, Rám Ráz, Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús, London: […] [F]or the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland; by John William Parker, […], →OCLC, page 64:
text: He counted the seasons by the special points that jutted out, such as the harvest in January, when his disciples brought him sugar cane and jaggery cooked with rice; […]
ref: 1958, R. K. Narayan [Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami], chapter 6, in The Guide […], Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: A traditional dark-brown unrefined sugar made from palm tree sap which is used throughout South and Southeast Asia; (by extension) other types of unrefined sugar.
glosses: A small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar.
tyrannising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tyrannise
jail-bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jail-birds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jailbird.
tyrannised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tyrannise
japer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: japers
Etymology: From jape + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who japes; a joker.
anticonstitutionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticonstitutionalists
Etymology: From anti- + constitutionalist.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes a constitution; an opponent of constitutionalism.
taxations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taxation
reconstrict
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reconstricts
form: reconstricting
form: reconstricted
form: reconstricted
form: re-constrict
Etymology: From re- + constrict.
Senses: glosses: To constrict again.
Derived terms: reconstriction
jejunely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jejunely
form: most jejunely
Etymology: From jejune + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a jejune manner.
appointable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From appoint + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The members of the senate are appointable while those of the house must be elected.
glosses: Capable of being appointed.
Derived terms: unappointable
jelly-fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jelly-fish
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jellyfish.
peaceableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peaceable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being peaceable.
Synonyms: tranquility
jessemin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Forests are fill'd with Orange-trees, Citron-trees, Jessemin, Pomgranate-trees, and several other Trees loaded with Blossoms, which send forth a most fragrant Smell.
ref: 1709, unknown translator, (originally by Charles Jacques Poncèt), A Voyage to Æthiopia, Made in the Years 1698, 1699, and 1700
glosses: Archaic spelling of jasmine.
anticonstitutionalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticonstitutionalist
jet-ski
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jet-skis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jet ski.
jet-ski
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jet-skis
form: jet-skiing
form: jet-skied
form: jet-skied
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jet ski.
jew-fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jew-fish
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jewfish.
jestress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jestresses
Etymology: From jester + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female jester
Hypernyms: jester
borderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borderers
Etymology: From border + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Borderers on the English side rieved, harried, and plundered each other with as much keenness and audacity as did the Scots on the other side.
ref: 1904, The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume 9, page 208:
text: "[H]is taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going."
ref: 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
text: As a borderer from territory that had changed hands many times in its history, De Gasperi hoped and believed that European integration would prevent future wars as well as help solve some of Italy's stoniest economic problems.
ref: 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 341:
glosses: A person who lives near the border of a country or district, especially that between England and Scotland.
glosses: A soldier of a border regiment in the British Army (Border Regiment, South Wales Borderers, King's Own Scottish Borderers).
Synonyms: frontiersman
borderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borderer
ju-ju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ju-jus
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of juju.
abra-cadabra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abracadabra.
joyridden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of joyride
rememberers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rememberer
reconstricts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reconstrict
reconstricting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reconstrict
kwagga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kwaggas
Senses: glosses: Dated form of quagga.
reconstricted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reconstrict
jeropiga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jeropigas
form: geropiga
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese jeropiga.
Senses: glosses: A liqueur made from partially fermented malt or wine, found mainly in Portugal.
re-constrict
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-constricts
form: re-constricting
form: re-constricted
form: re-constricted
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reconstrict.
Related terms: re-constriction
re-constricts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-constrict
re-constricting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-constrict
friendish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛndɪʃ/
Forms: form: more friendish
form: most friendish
Etymology: From friend + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I could say he was a friend, or perhaps he was friendish would be better.
glosses: Like, or relating to a friend.
Peace Corps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent United States federal agency for volunteers to help in developing countries where aid is needed.
re-constricted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-constrict
karait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karaits
Senses: examples: text: At the end of an hour he died, as they die who are bitten by the little brown karait, and the policemen bore him and the thing under the tablecloth to their appointed places.
ref: 1891, Rudyard Kipling, The Return of Imray:
glosses: Alternative spelling of krait.
jestresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jestress
reconstriction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconstrictions
form: re-constriction
Etymology: From re- + constriction.
Senses: glosses: The process of constricting again.
quaffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quaffers
Etymology: From quaff + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).
Senses: examples: text: It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]
ref: 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica, page 354:
glosses: One who quaffs.
glosses: A quaffable wine.
Synonyms: sense: quaffable wine
word: glugger
reconstrictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reconstriction
quartos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarto
quarterdecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarterdeck
re-constriction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-constrictions
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reconstriction.
re-constrictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of re-constriction
quaffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quaffer
qinghaosu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɪŋhaʊˈsuː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 青蒿素 (qīnghāosù, “sweet wormwood element”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The drug artemisinin.
Derived terms: dihydroqinghaosu
quackmire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quackmires
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of quagmire.
quadroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadroxides
Etymology: From quadri- + oxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetroxide.
vip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vips
Senses: examples: text: Marmot has compiled thirty years of evidence demonstrating the crucial importance of social rank in our health and well-being. His conclusion is that ... The Vips are the Very Important People, the ones that we celebrate and honor.
ref: 2006, Frank Forencich, Exuberant Animal: The Power of Health, Play and Joyful Movement:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of VIP (“very important person”).
quadratrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadratrices
form: quadratrixes
Etymology: From Latin quadrātrīx (“squarer”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve.
quartermistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartermistresses
Etymology: From quarter + mistress.
Senses: glosses: A female quartermaster.
queen mother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen mothers
Senses: glosses: A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.
examples: text: the queen mother of Canadian literature
glosses: A woman, especially an older woman, with authority, preeminence, impressive presence, and/or a founding role in a specified area.
Hypernyms: queen dowager
Queensberry rules
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Queensberry Rules
form: Queensbury Rules
form: Queensbury rules
Etymology: Queensberry + rule. Named after Scottish nobleman John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A code of rules governing professional and amateur boxing, published in 1867 and endorsed by the ninth Marquess of Queensberry.
Synonyms: Marquess of Queensberry Rules
Marquess of Queensberry rules
Marquess of Queensbury rules
Marquess of Queensbury Rules
Marquis of Queensberry rules
Marquis of Queensberry Rules
Marquis of Queensbury Rules
Marquis of Queensbury rules
Derived terms: Queensberry
Queensbury
zanily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more zanily
form: most zanily
Etymology: From zany + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a zany manner.
quercivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin quercus (“oak”) + -vorous.
Senses: glosses: Feeding on oak leaves.
comarca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comarcas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish comarca.
Senses: glosses: A traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil.
quinacridone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinacridones
Senses: examples: text: Identification of some organic pigments used in red and brown nonmetallic and metallic monocoats – quinacridones.
ref: 2001, Brian Caddy, Forensic Examination of Glass and Paint, page 272:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound, a red powder with the molecular formula C₂₀H₁₂N₂O₂, used as a pigment.
quincunxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quincunxial
form: most quincunxial
Etymology: From quincunx + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quincuncial.
quindecasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quindec- + syllabic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: Having fifteen syllables.
Synonyms: pentadecasyllabic
quintagenarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quintagenarians
Etymology: Latin
Senses: examples: text: That would be bad enough, God knows! but what is it to finding yourself in an infernal "fix," at a dinner-table, with a literary quintagenarian at your elbow […]
ref: 1852, William Hamilton Maxwell, Highlands and Islands:
glosses: One who is between the ages of 50 and 59, inclusive.
octagenarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octagenarians
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of octogenarian.
sextagenarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sextagenarians
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of sexagenarian.
ninthly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ninth + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the ninth place; ninth in a row.
thirteenthly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From thirteenth + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the thirteenth place; thirteenth in a row.
fourteenthly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fourteenth + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the fourteenth place; fourteenth in a row.
twentiethly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From twentieth + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the twentieth place; twentieth in a row.
fifteenthly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fifteenth + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the fifteenth place; fifteenth in a row.
sixteenthly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sixteenth + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the sixteenth place; sixteenth in a row.
yo-yos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yo-yo
yo-yos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yo-yo