cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
moreish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːɹɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈmoɹɪʃ/
homophone: Moorish (pour–poor merger)
Forms: form: more moreish
form: most moreish
form: morish
Etymology: From more + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: More-ish. This wine has but one fault, and that is, it is more-ish: i.e. more of it is wanted, or there is too little of it.
ref: 1788, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, page 322:
text: Tell you what, that crack is really moreish.
ref: 2004, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, “Peep Show - Jeremy Makes It”, in IMDB, YouTube:
text: Although surprisingly moist, thanks to the stock (indeed, the contrast between the crisp exterior and the squidgy middle is horribly moreish), the combination of parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs reminds me of a very fancy loaf of garlic bread – and all but overpowers the sweet flavour of the cashews.
ref: 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in The Guardian:
text: The Rogers name carries a lot of weight in the Rogers family, I thought to myself with moreish resentment each time I saw him from then on.
ref: 2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation, Random House, →ISBN:
text: Veggie-friendly, portable and very moreish, they’re easy to prepare ahead, too, making them a great choice for picnics or taking to work for lunch.
ref: 2023 June 7, Felicity Cloake, “How to make vegetable samosas – recipe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The online teaser for next year's season four of Bridgerton has all the ingredients of a Shonda Rhimes production: a moreish alchemy of high drama and social commentary, soap opera and sex that has kept viewers hooked on hit shows from Grey's Anatomy to Scandal.
ref: 2025 September 13, Daniel Thomas, “Lunch with the FT: Shonda Rhimes”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
synonyms: word: ambrosial
word: appetizing
word: dainty
word: delectable
word: delicious
word: delish
word: exquisite
word: finger-lickin' good
word: flavorful
word: flavorous
word: flavorsome
word: gustful
word: lekker
word: lickerish
word: lip-smacking
word: luscious
word: moreish
word: mouthwatering
word: nummy
word: ono
word: out of this world
word: palatable
word: sapid
word: savory
word: scrummy
word: scrumptious
word: tasteful
word: tasty
word: to die for
word: toothful
word: toothsome
word: yummy
word: scrumdiddlyumptious
qualifier: drink; or other consumable; drink; or other consumable
glosses: Causing one to want to have more, addictive.
raw_tags: of food
555
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: five
five
five
Senses: examples: text: 555-2368, 1-555-321-2368, and (555)234-2368 are all 555 numbers; they aren’t real.
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: Pertaining to a fake telephone number. The local exchange and area code number 555 was reserved in North American dialing plan for fictional numbers, prior to the 21st century.
Synonyms: 1-311-555-2368
1-555
1-555-555-5555
2368
555-2368
555-5555
555-1212
slotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slot
slotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slottings
Senses: glosses: allocation to a slot
craggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of craggy: more craggy
craggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of craggy: most craggy
saddlecloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saddlecloth
mormyromast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mormyromasts
Senses: glosses: A tuberous electroreceptor organ found in the skin of weakly electric fish of the family Mormyridae from Africa which is specialized for electrolocation of objects.
photosynthetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From photosynthetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By the use of photosynthesis
Derived terms: nonphotosynthetically
pressingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pressingly
form: most pressingly
Etymology: From pressing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I wrote pressingly to Mr. Boone to raise men with all expedition to join capt. Floyd.
ref: 1998, Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone, page 310:
glosses: With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
examples: text: Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly, would you do that at the beginning of a date?
glosses: Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
examples: text: In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.
ref: 2001 April 10, Gillian Healey, “Managing to cope”, in The Guardian:
glosses: With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
Synonyms: urgently
importantly
persistently
persuasively
enthusiastically
Bozal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I was assured that the labour of eight emancipated Africans was considered equal to that of twelve apprenticed labourers born in the colony; and on the same principle, a Bozal African, fresh from one of the market places of the Havana, commands an average price of twenty-four ounces of gold when sold by retail
ref: 1840, David Turnbull, Travles in the West: Cuba; with Notices of Porto Rico, and the Slave Trade, pages 62–63:
text: They were libelled for salvage by the officers who took them up, and libelled as property by the miscreants called Spanish gentlemen who had bought them in Cuba, knowing them to be Bozal negroes fresh from Africa.
ref: 1843, J. F. Johnson, Proceedings of the General Anti-Slavery Convention, page 122:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of bozal.
Bozal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bozals
Senses: examples: text: it was occasioned by the loss of so many valuable Bozals, or newly imported Africans
ref: 1853, R. R. Madden, The Island of Cuba: Its Resources, Progress, and Prospects, page 234:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of bozal.
unground
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ground.
Senses: examples: text: A bit of unground wheat in flour can really hurt when you bite it, another reason to sift.
glosses: Not having been ground; unpulverized.
unground
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ungrounds
form: ungrounding
form: ungrounded
form: ungrounded
Etymology: From un- + ground.
Senses: examples: text: If you unground the extension cord it will cause a shock hazard in that drill.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To remove a connection to ground potential.
examples: text: We'll consider ungrounding you when you can act your age.
glosses: To free from the punishment of being grounded (restricted to home).
unclearness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unclearnesses
Etymology: From unclear + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being unclear.
glosses: An instance of being unclear.
unchamber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unchambers
form: unchambering
form: unchambered
form: unchambered
Etymology: From un- + chamber.
Senses: glosses: To remove (especially a bullet) from a chamber.
knollenorgan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knollenorgans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Knollenorgan.
bozal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /boʊˈzæl/
/boʊˈsæl/
Forms: form: bozals
Etymology: From Spanish bozal (“recently-imported slave; noseband”). Doublet of bossale and bosal.
Senses: glosses: A (black) slave recently brought to a (European, especially Spanish) colony from Africa.
examples: text: The more tightly these nosebands are attached, the more the horse is likely to raise his head and nose. For ordinary pleasure riding, attach this equipment to allow one or two fingers sideways between the bozal and the underside of the jaw.
ref: 2005, Lee Ziegler, Easy-Gaited Horses: Gentle, humane methods for training and riding gaited pleasure horses, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: Alternative form of bosal (“noseband on a horse”).
Synonyms: word: salt water slave
english: slave born in Africa, especially in a French colony
translation: slave born in Africa, especially in a French colony
word: bossale
bozal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /boʊˈzæl/
/boʊˈsæl/
Etymology: From Spanish bozal (“recently-imported slave; noseband”). Doublet of bossale and bosal.
Senses: glosses: Of a slave, recently brought to a colony from Africa.
Related terms: creole
Creole
Ladino
bay window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bay windows
Etymology: From Middle English baywyndow, baywyndowe, bay-windowe, equivalent to bay + window where bay refers to an opening between columns.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
examples: text: Marriages that are based only on sex appeal generally fizzle out as soon as he gets a bay window and her figure becomes a bit lumpish.
ref: 1948, Godfrey Poage, What You Ought to Know Before Marriage, St. Louis: The Queen’s Work, page 12:
text: Bert came hustling up, bumping his way through the kids with his bay window.
ref: 1982, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending, McClelland & Stewart, published 2004, →ISBN, page 126:
glosses: A protruding belly.
glosses: The stomach of a pregnant woman.
absurder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of absurd: more absurd
absurdest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of absurd: most absurd
tingible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tingible
form: most tingible
Etymology: Latin tingere (“to dye”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Capable of being stained.
absoluter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The minde assuming absoluter powres,
 Might checke the fraile mortality of ours.
ref: 1605, Michael Drayton, “The sixth Booke of the Barrons warres”, in Poems, page 129:
text: William Brennan said that the Judge "became absoluter than absolute" regarding constitutional interpretation[…]
ref: 1996, Howard Ball, quoting William J. Brennan Jr., Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior, page 170:
glosses: comparative form of absolute: more absolute
B/U
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of back-up.
absolutest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This is the absolutest thing, the most entirely on its own, the most hopelessly free from possibility of subjection".
ref: 1925, John MacCaig Thorburn, Art and the Unconscious: A Psychological Approach to a Problem of Philosophy, page 116:
text: For those of you who are unaware, Studio 54 was the absolutest hot club in America.
ref: 2012, Larry Wagger, Death Wore High Heels, page 78:
glosses: superlative form of absolute: most absolute
absolutest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] the principle of despotism, typified by the rupture with England, and the growing alliance with the absolutest powers; or in the unequivocal determination to check the progress of rational liberty in France […]
ref: 1849, Alexander Mackay, The Western World: Or, Travels in the United States in 1846-47, volume 2, page 232:
glosses: Misspelling of absolutist.
connexin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: connexins
Etymology: From Latin connexus (“connected”) + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of transmembrane proteins that assemble to form gap junctions in vertebrates.
Derived terms: connexosome
crystallographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crystallographers
Etymology: From crystallography + -er.
Senses: glosses: a person skilled in crystallography
faits accomplis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌfeɪts.əˈkɔm.pliz/
/ˌfeɪz.əˌkɔmˈpli/
Senses: glosses: plural of fait accompli
crystallographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crystallography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to crystallography
Derived terms: cocrystallographic
crystallographically
nanocrystallographic
pseudocrystallographic
glycylcycline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycylcyclines
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of antibiotics related to the tetracyclines
Related terms: tigecycline
acrider
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of acrid: more acrid
acridest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of acrid: most acrid
acuter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of acute: more acute
acutest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of acute: most acute
ICESat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From ice, cloud and land elevation satellite.
Senses: glosses: A satellite designed to measure ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics
adepter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of adept: more adept
Landsat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Landsats
Etymology: Short for land satellite.
Senses: glosses: Any of several satellites used to gather data about the Earth's surface resources.
lentiviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Of or relating to a lentivirus
Derived terms: lentivirally
nonlentiviral
prolentiviral
translentiviral
lentiviral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lentivirals
Senses: glosses: Such a virion
glosses: Any medicine that counters lentiviruses
adeptest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of adept: most adept
lentivirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lentiviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: synonyms: lentiretrovirus
glosses: Any of a group of retroviruses, of the genus Lentivirus, which have long incubation periods.
Derived terms: lentivirion
Related terms: lentiviral
admixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of admix
admixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admix
brisling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brislings
form: brisling
Etymology: From Norwegian brisling and Danish brisling, from Low German bretling, from bret (“broad”), from Middle Low German *brêd, from Old Saxon brēd.
Senses: glosses: A sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.
monkeypox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey-pox
form: monkey pox
Etymology: From monkey + pox; originally so named based on cases in monkeys, although the name was a misnomer because monkeys are less of a reservoir for the disease than other animals are. More at Wikipedia (mpox § Nomenclature).
Senses: examples: text: In a remote southwestern pocket of the Central African Republic, doctor Patrick Karume and his small team are on the jungle frontline to quarantine a rare outbreak of monkeypox.
ref: 2018 October 25, “On the frontline against monkeypox in Central African Republic”, in France 24, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2018:
text: Monkeypox is a rare viral pox-like disease from the smallpox family, only milder. It can be transmitted through respiratory droplets, contact with body fluids or contact with an infected animal or animal products.
The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States saw a large outbreak among humans in 2003 after the virus spread from imported African rodents to pet prairie dogs. However, this is believed to be the first monkeypox virus infection in a Texas resident, according to Dallas County health officials.
ref: 2021 July 16, “Dallas resident returns from Nigeria with case of monkeypox”, in AP News, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2021:
text: Clusters of monkeypox cases have recently been identified in Britain and Portugal, while Spain is investigating suspected cases of the virus.
ref: 2022 May 20, Joseph Goldstein, “Officials Report a Possible Monkeypox Case in New York”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of mpox.
synonyms: word: mpox
wikipedia: Mpox#Nomenclature
advantaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of advantage
advantaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more advantaged
form: most advantaged
Senses: glosses: Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
glosses: Financially secure; elite and economically successful.
raw_tags: of a person
Derived terms: overadvantaged
unadvantaged
underadvantaged
multidrug
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + drug.
Senses: examples: text: multidrug therapy
text: multidrug resistance
glosses: Of or pertaining to multiple drugs.
Related terms: word: multitherapy
word: polypharmacy
multifunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multifunctional
form: most multifunctional
Etymology: From multi- + functional.
Senses: examples: text: A nanobullet comprising of multifunctional Janus nanocomposites (a head of magnetic Fe₃O₄ and a body of mesoporous SiO₂ containing doxorubicin) is reported to be a safe and efﬁcient treatment for liver cancer.
ref: 2020 September 11, Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D, “What are the Recent Applications of Nanobullets?”, in AZO Nano:
synonyms: multifunction
glosses: Having multiple functions.
Derived terms: multifunctional cooker
multifunctionally
Related terms: multifunctionality
multifunctionalized
advantaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of advantage
scatterometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scatterometers
Etymology: From scatter + -o- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A form of radar used to measure surface winds from satellites, by detecting scattered microwave radiation
Related terms: scatterometric
scatterometry
aerier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of aery: more aery
aeriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of aery: most aery
glosses: superlative form of aerie: most aerie
unglamorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unglamorous
form: most unglamorous
Etymology: From un- + glamorous.
Senses: examples: text: Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.
ref: 2014 August 23, Neil Hegarty, “Hidden City: Adventures and Explorations in Dublin by Karl Whitney, review: 'a necessary corrective' [print version: Re-Joycing in Dublin, p. R25]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
text: And at the unglamorous end of upgrade work, it plans to improve drainage.
ref: 2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “Trans-Pennine... transformative”, in RAIL, number 970, page 38:
glosses: Not glamorous; humdrum or prosaic.
Related terms: unglamorously
warcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːkɹɑːft/
ipa: /ˈwɔɹkɹæft/
Forms: form: warcrafts
form: warcraft
Etymology: From war + -craft.
Senses: glosses: The art or skill of conducting a war.
glosses: A warship.
airier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of airy: more airy
airiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of airy: most airy
WINDSAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Short for wind satellite.
Senses: glosses: A satellite used to measure surface winds.
nine o'clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The breakfast buffet opens at nine o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 9:00 a.m.").
qualifier: In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock
glosses: The start of the tenth hour of the day; 9:00 a.m. (09:00).
examples: text: Supper was served at nine o'clock (= "Supper was served at 9:00 p.m.").
qualifier: Only in the 12-hour clock
glosses: The start of the twenty-second hour of the day; 9:00 p.m. (21:00).
examples: text: We've got a bogey at nine o'clock.
glosses: To the left (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 9 mark on a clock face)
couldn't've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊd(ə)n(t)ə(v)/
Forms: form: couldn’t’ve
Etymology: couldn't + -'ve.
Senses: glosses: Could not have.
Synonyms: word: couldna
Related terms: shouldn't've
wouldn't've
oughtn't've
adroiter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of adroit: more adroit
adroitest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of adroit: most adroit
stammerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stammerer
stutterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stutterer
water fountain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water fountains
Senses: examples: text: Network Rail says the introduction of free water fountains at its managed stations has helped to save the equivalent of three million plastic bottles from entering landfill.
ref: 2020 March 11, “Network News: Water fountains cut plastic waste”, in Rail, page 23:
glosses: A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, fountain.
Synonyms: word: drinking fountain
word: bubbler
water fountains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water fountain
drinking fountains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drinking fountain
gallerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallerians
Etymology: French galérien
Senses: glosses: A galley slave.
cold meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold meats
Senses: glosses: Any cold cooked meat such as luncheon meat or lunch meat, spam, chopped pork, corned beef, and so on.
examples: text: All dead. Cold meat.
ref: 1964, Raymond Chandler, Killer in the Rain:
glosses: One or more corpses, or people soon to be killed.
Derived terms: cold meat box
cold meat cart
cold meat train
Related terms: cold cook
ski poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ski pole
sulkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sulky: more sulky
sulkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sulky: most sulky
sulkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulky
isochoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + Ancient Greek χώρα (khṓra, “space”).
Senses: synonyms: isovolumic
isovolumetric
glosses: Having the same volume.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: isovolumic
isovolumetric
glosses: Having the same volume.
Of a thermodynamic process, during which the volume does not change.
Derived terms: isochoricity
Related terms: adiabatic
isobaric
isothermal
sparer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spare + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of spare: more spare
sparer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparers
Etymology: From spare + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which spares.
sparest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: spare + -est
Senses: glosses: superlative form of spare: most spare
sparest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spare + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of spare
undersize
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undersize
form: most undersize
Etymology: From under- + size.
Senses: examples: text: This isn't a pony, it's just an undersize horse.
glosses: Smaller than normal, undersized.
glosses: Smaller than appropriate, expected or sufficient.
glosses: Small enough to fit through a screen.
understudies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of understudy
understudies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of understudy
speakeress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈspiːkəɹəs/
Forms: form: speakeresses
Etymology: From speaker + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female speaker (all human senses)
Synonyms: word: speakerine
speakeresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speakeress
administratrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ədˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪ(ˌ)tɹɪks/
/æd-/
Forms: form: administratrices
form: administratrixes
Etymology: From New Latin administrātrīx. By surface analysis, administrator + -trix.
Senses: examples: text: The Princess Sophia was named in the act of settlement […] not for her merits as a temporary administratrix of a power, which she might not, and in fact did not, herself ever exercise.
ref: 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 24:
synonyms: administratress
administress
glosses: A female administrator.
Derived terms: administratrixship
Related terms: administer
administrative
aboves'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: he was by me sworne faithfully to execute the said office, according to the act of Parliament in that case made and provided. Witness my hand, the day and year aboves'd, John Ashe
ref: 1654, John Ashe, document, quoted in The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 61, Part 2, page 807, 1791
text: This is by Order and Agreement of us the Subscribers and others, Proprietors of the aboves'd Grant of Land
ref: 1749, "Warrant for a Meeting", quoted in The History of Salisbury, New Hampshire, page 41, published 1890
glosses: Contraction of abovesaid.
Derived terms: english: located higher on the same page or on a preceding page; one adjective sense:
translation: located higher on the same page or on a preceding page; one adjective sense:
word: above
word: aboves
abortee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.bɔːɹˈti/
ipa: /ə.bɔɹˈti/
Forms: form: abortees
Etymology: From abort + -ee.
Senses: glosses: That which was aborted.
glosses: A pregnant woman who has an abortion.
Related terms: abort
aborter
abortion
abortees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abortee
aborter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aborters
Etymology: From abort + -er.
Senses: examples: 1927, Infectious Abortion of Cattle, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1536, p. 6,
Although cows which have aborted may conceive at the first service, it is often necessary to breed an aborter repeatedly before conception takes place.
glosses: One who or that which aborts.
examples: text: […] these findings are consistent with other studies which have shown that most aborters tend to be highly informed about contraceptives but failed to use them at the time they became pregnant.
ref: 1992, D. C. Reardon, chapter 1, in Life Stories, Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, page 8:
glosses: One who or that which aborts.
One who has an abortion.
examples: text: But when is one an accomplice? Is a thief the accomplice of his receiver, a briber the accomplice of the official he corrupts […] an abortee the accomplice of the aborter […]?
ref: 1963, Richard H. Kuh, “A Prosecutor Considers the Model Penal Code”, in Columbia Law Review, 63.4, p. 616:
glosses: One who performs an abortion.
Synonyms: sense: one who has an abortion
word: abortee
sense: one who performs an abortion
word: abortionist
Derived terms: habitual aborter
recurrent aborter
Related terms: abortee
abortion
hmph
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hm̩f/
Senses: examples: text: "Don't blame me. It's your fault." "Hmph!"
text: "That does it! I'm not gonna talk to you anymore! Hmph!"
glosses: Alternative form of humph.
hmph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hm̩f/
Forms: form: hmphs
form: hmphing
form: hmphed
form: hmphed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of humph.
abstruser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of abstruse: more abstruse
abstrusest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of abstruse: most abstruse
abbr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abbrs
form: abbrev
form: abbrev.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abbr..
accelerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more accelerable
form: most accelerable
Senses: glosses: Able to be given increased speed; able to be accelerated.
accruable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹu.ə.bəl/
Forms: form: more accruable
form: most accruable
Etymology: From accrue + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be accrued.
Derived terms: nonaccruable
accumulable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkjum.jə.lə.bəl/
Forms: form: more accumulable
form: most accumulable
Etymology: From accumulate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Relatedly, one can view A#95;t as an accumulable factor—after all, technological development is often part of conscious investments into R&D, and hence it too is a capital stock.
ref: 2025 September 24, Marina Azzimonti, Per Krusell, Alisdair McKay, Toshihiko Mukoyama, Macroeconomics, page 83:
glosses: Able to be accumulated.
Derived terms: unaccumulable
acknowledgeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acknowledgeable
form: most acknowledgeable
Etymology: From acknowledge + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be acknowledged.
glosses: Worthy of acknowledgement.
Derived terms: unacknowledgeable
actable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more actable
form: most actable
Etymology: From act + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Is naked truth actable in true life?
ref: 1877, Alfred Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 76:
glosses: Able to be acted, as by an actor.
Derived terms: unactable
antechambers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antechamber
actings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.tɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of acting
admen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adman
administerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of administering
administrable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more administrable
form: most administrable
Etymology: From administer + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Ideally such legislation should ensure horizontal equity between taxpayers and should provide clear and easily administrable rules.
ref: 1984, Rules for the Federal Tax Treatment of Fringe Benefits
text: It is very difficult to state a sensible and administrable principle of compensation - but then, it is always difficult to state sensible and administrable principles.
ref: 1989, The Public Interest
text: Active and open NGOs, operating in conjunction with the government under clear and easily administrable laws, are a vital component of a free and functional civil society.
ref: 1997, Jon Bennett, NGOs and Governments
glosses: Able to be administered
admissable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more admissable
form: most admissable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of admissible.
adsorbable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adsorbable
form: most adsorbable
Etymology: From adsorb + -able.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Able to be adsorbed
Derived terms: adsorbability
nonadsorbable
affirmable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more affirmable
form: most affirmable
Etymology: From affirm + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be affirmed.
Derived terms: affirmably
unaffirmable
aggrieving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aggrieve
allottable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more allottable
form: most allottable
Etymology: From allot + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be allotted
addressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more addressable
form: most addressable
Etymology: From address + -able.
Senses: examples: text: "Despite the prevailing external forces, we remain confident in our ability to profitably grow the business in our addressable markets," the company said.
ref: 2023 January 25, “Network News: Keltbray receives £33 million credit facility platform”, in RAIL, number 975, page 11:
glosses: Able to be addressed.
Derived terms: addressably
nonaddressable
adduceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adduceable
form: most adduceable
Etymology: From adduce + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be adduced.
allegeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more allegeable
form: most allegeable
Etymology: From allege + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be alleged
alliable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alliable
form: most alliable
Etymology: From ally + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be allied
Derived terms: unalliable
allocable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, allocate + -able, on model of Latin allocare, rather than from allocate.
Senses: glosses: Able to be allocated.
Synonyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: allocatable
Derived terms: allocability
pourable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pourable
form: most pourable
Etymology: From pour + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be poured.
Derived terms: unpourable
pourable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pourables
Etymology: From pour + -able.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that can be poured.
processable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more processable
form: most processable
Etymology: From process + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be processed; suitable for processing.
recoupable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more recoupable
form: most recoupable
Etymology: From recoup + -able.
Senses: antonyms: non-recoupable
glosses: Able to be recouped.
uncorrectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncorrectable
form: most uncorrectable
Etymology: From un- + correctable.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: incorrigible
glosses: Unable to be corrected.
Related terms: noncorrected
uncorrected
unprocessable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprocessable
form: most unprocessable
Etymology: From un- + processable.
Senses: glosses: Unable to be processed; unsuitable for processing.
unremovable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: irremovable
Etymology: From un- + removable.
Senses: glosses: Unable to be removed.
ungroomed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + groomed.
Senses: glosses: Not groomed.
groomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹuːmd/
rhymes: -uːmd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of groom
groomed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹuːmd/
rhymes: -uːmd
Forms: form: more groomed
form: most groomed
Senses: glosses: Having a neat and clean appearance; well cared-for.
Derived terms: ill-groomed
undergroomed
ungroomed
well-groomed
groomings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːmɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of grooming
mentoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mentor
mentoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mentorings
Senses: glosses: An arrangement by which one person mentors another.
Derived terms: cybermentoring
telementoring
undivulged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undivulged
form: most undivulged
Etymology: From un- + divulged.
Senses: glosses: Not divulged; not disclosed.
Synonyms: hidden
secret
unspun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈspʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology: From un- + spun.
Senses: glosses: Not spun.
examples: text: Different breeds of sheep have been raised by the Navajo, and sometimes the yarn, and even the unspun wool, have come from outside the reservation.
ref: 1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 302:
text: Do not spin right up to the very end of your carded fibers; leave a generous unspun area for easy joining on of the next wool.
ref: 1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: Of fibers, not yet having been twisted into yarn or thread.
untethered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untethered
form: most untethered
Etymology: From un- + tethered.
Senses: glosses: Not tethered; not tied down.
glosses: Unrestrained.
tied down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tie down
untracked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untracked
form: most untracked
Etymology: From un- + tracked.
Senses: glosses: Not tracked.
examples: text: What could be more silent and efficient for carrying an untracked vehicle than the pneumatically-tyred wheel?
ref: 1954, The Chartered Mechanical Engineer, page 62:
glosses: Without tracks.
raw_tags: of a vehicle
glosses: Covered by freshly fallen, undisturbed snow.
raw_tags: of a ski slope
unmaneuverable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmaneuverable
form: most unmaneuverable
Etymology: From un- + maneuverable.
Senses: glosses: Not maneuverable
naïfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naïf
naifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naif
gut buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gut busters
Senses: glosses: An extremely funny joke.
glosses: A large meal that causes gastronomic pain.
asparaguses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The calamites were sort of immense asparaguses and related to our modern ferns known as horse-tails (equisetum).
ref: 1917, Royal Dixon, Franklyn Everett Fitch, The Human Side of Trees, page 91:
glosses: plural of asparagus
Jedi mind trick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛdaɪ ˈmaɪnd tɹɪk/
Forms: form: Jedi mind tricks
Etymology: From the Star Wars films, the first of which—Star Wars—was released in 1977. In the films, members of the Jedi order are able to use a metaphysical power called the Force to implant suggestions in other people’s minds to induce them to act as the Jedi wish.
Senses: examples: text: I watched the show to see what kind of guy he was, and the character on the show ain't too bright, so I figured if he came up to me I could use the Jedi mind trick on him. Mr T would go, “I heard you did some jokes about me!” “No, you didn't!” “Maybe I didn't!”
ref: 1987, Eddie Murphy Raw, spoken by Eddie Murphy:
text: Screamin’ “Brand new!”, when they just sanitized the old shit / Suppose it's just another clever Jedi mind trick
ref: 1998 September 29, “Thieves in the Night”, in Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, performed by Black Star:
text: You have to estimate your own starting weights, using trial and error. There's no way to get around it. I've met personal trainers who were phenomenally good at figuring out their clients' starting weights. […] Maybe it's some kind of Jedi mind trick. But unless you have one of those trainers, you have to figure it out on your own.
ref: 2005, Lou Schuler, Alwyn Cosgrove, “Charting Your Progress”, in The New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle, London: Avery, →ISBN, part 4 (Programs), page 205:
text: "It's the Fourth Law of Magic," I said. "You aren't allowed to control the mind of another human. But … hell, it's of the first things a lot of these stupid kids try—the old Jedi mind trick. Sometimes they start with maybe getting homework overlooked by a teacher or convincing their parents to buy them a car.[…]"
ref: 2006 May 2, Jim Butcher, chapter 5, in Proven Guilty […] (The Dresden Files; 8), New York, N.Y.: Roc, →ISBN, page 27:
text: Brian was a good diversion. For every girl that went loopy over him, there was one less chick she had to worry about being in Craig's face. All she had to do was stay as far away from Brian as possible … you know, just in case that Jedi mind trick thing melted the BF shield.
ref: 2007, Paula Chase, “Hottie Jedi Mind Tricks”, in Don’t Get It Twisted (A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel), New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books for Young Readers, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 60:
text: [Donald Trump is] doing this Jedi mind trick where he is trying to say, no this is not the conspiracy theory you actually care about.
ref: 2025 July 19, David Smith, quoting Charlie Sykes, “‘The ghost of Epstein is haunting Trump’s presidency’: inside the ‘Maga’ revolt”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or telepathy.
wikipedia: Jedi
Star Wars
Star Wars Databank
the Force
pneumatolyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumatolysis
saltworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltworks
Etymology: From salt + works.
Senses: glosses: A place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
examples: text: I'm off to the saltworks again. Another day, another dollar.
glosses: A job, usually considered boring drudgery.
safehouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safehouse
safehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪfˌhaʊs/
Forms: form: safehouses
form: safe house
form: safe-house
Etymology: From safe + house.
Senses: glosses: A secure location, known to only a few trusted people, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger.
Hypernyms: house
oxynitrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxynitride
segregating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of segregate
segregates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of segregate
segregates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of segregate
sergeant-major
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sergeant-majors
form: sergeants-major
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sergeant major.
sergeant-majors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sergeant-major
shoe tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoe trees
form: shoetree
Senses: glosses: A device approximating the shape of a foot that is placed inside a shoe when it is being stored to preserve its shape and extend the life of the shoe.
Hypernyms: english: structurally
translation: structurally
word: tree
jingle bell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩ bɛl/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l ˌbɛl/
Forms: form: jingle bells
Etymology: From jingle (“sound of metal, etc., clattering against itself”, attributively) + bell.
Senses: examples: text: Jingle bells, jingle bells, / Jingle all the way. / Oh! what fun it is to ride / In a one-horse open sleigh.
ref: 1857 September 15, James Lord Pierpont, “The One Horse Open Sleigh”:
text: Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock / Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
ref: 1957 November 28, Joe Beal, Jim Boothe [disputed], “Jingle Bell Rock”performed by Bobby Helms, Decca Records:
synonyms: cascabel
sleigh bell
glosses: A small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper, which is attached to a horse's harness as a signal, or (music) used as a musical instrument.
doxastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒkˈsæstɪk/
Forms: form: more doxastic
form: most doxastic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δοξασία (doxasía, “belief, opinion, conviction”).
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
Derived terms: doxastically
doxastic logic
nondoxastic
subdoxastic
doxastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɒkˈsæstɪk/
Forms: form: doxastics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δοξασία (doxasía, “belief, opinion, conviction”).
Senses: glosses: A conjectural statement or utterance.
slouching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aʊtʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slouch
slouching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: slouchings
Senses: glosses: The posture of someone who slouches.
somersaults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somersault
somersaults
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of somersault
sampled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sample
snowblindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snow blindness.
snow blindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Photokeratitis caused by bright sunlight reflected from snow or ice.
thrashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thrash
thrashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrash
nonpluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonplus
nonpluses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nonplus
nonplusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nonplus
nonplused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonplused
form: most nonplused
Senses: examples: text: But Mr. Cooper's remark, though pointed, was not far removed from the nonplused reactions of his fellow network stars, who seemed to channel a level of genuine shock rare even in the chaotic Trump era.
ref: 2018 July 16, Michael M. Grynbaum, “TV Anchors Agape After the Trump-Putin Appearance”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2023:
glosses: Rare form of nonplussed.
nonplused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nonplus
double-tongued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English doubultongud, dowbyl townged, dubble tungyd, equivalent to double + tongued.
Senses: examples: text: Thou art but a double-tongu'd Chriſtian, I doubt: […]
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 279:
glosses: Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.
Synonyms: word: twi-tongued
word: two-tongued
double-tongued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English doubultongud, dowbyl townged, dubble tungyd, equivalent to double + tongued.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of double-tongue
ves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ve