cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
seck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seck
form: most seck
Senses: glosses: Only used in rent seck
hortation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hortations
Etymology: From Latin hortatio, from hortari (“to incite, exhort”), from hori (“to urge”).
Senses: glosses: The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
Synonyms: exhortation
Related terms: cohortative
exhortative
hortative
hortatory
hortations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hortation
semilens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semilenses
Etymology: From semi- + lens.
Senses: glosses: The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis; a lens that is flat on one side and curved on the other.
semilenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semilens
precessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precessors
Etymology: Latin praecessor.
Senses: examples: August 30 1651, Bishop Joseph Hall, letter to Thomas Fuller
Your much devoted friend, precessor, and fellow-labourer, JOS. HALL, B. N. HIGHAM
glosses: A predecessor; one who came before.
precessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precessor
disheritance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disheritances
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English disheritaunce, from Anglo-Norman desheritaunce, disheritaunce; equivalent to disherit + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: Who having chid me almost to the Ruin, / Of a Disheritance
ref: 1626 February 1 (licensing date), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Synonym of disinheritance.
synonyms: word: disinheritance
chipmunking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chipmunk
chipmunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chipmunk
subpulmonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + pulmonary.
Senses: examples: text: subpulmonary infundibulum
text: subpulmonary VSD
text: subpulmonary stenosis
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs.
fuzzword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌz.wɝd/
Forms: form: fuzzwords
Etymology: From fuzz + word, by analogy with buzzword.
Senses: examples: text: In the often emotional arms control debate, there may be no more common fuzzword than "verification."
ref: 1984 April 14, Michael R. Gordon, “All or Nothing”, in National Journal:
glosses: A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.
fuzzwords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuzzword
inch tracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inch trackers
Senses: glosses: A size queen.
inch trackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inch tracker
force in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forces in
form: forcing in
form: forced in
form: forced in
Senses: glosses: To make something larger fit in a smaller or tight place with brute force
neph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephs
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of nephew.
examples: text: My nephs and dietition^([sic]) are adamant against my taking anything […]
ref: 2000 January 13, seasons change, “Creatnine levels dropping”, in alt.support.kidney-failure (Usenet):
text: My neph wants the oral surgeon to use nothing but Novacaine.
ref: 2000 december 28, "Mara" (username), the denist and a tongue piercing, in rec.arts.bodyart, Usenet
text: Thanks for the information. My neph has a fit any time I mention going on something like this but I'm at the end of the line for this crap. Everytime^([sic]) I turn around it's another infection and a different stronger antibiotic.
ref: 2003 May 24, Spot, “Sinus problems since transplant?”, in bit.listserv.transplant (Usenet):
glosses: A nephrologist.
nahuatlismos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nahuatlismo
Jew-hatred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒuːheɪtɹɪd/
Forms: form: Jewhatred
form: Jew hatred
Etymology: From Jew + hatred; the alternative spelling Jewhatred in particular was influenced by German Judenhass (“Jew-hatred”).
Senses: glosses: Anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews.
Related terms: Jew-hate
squeezes in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of squeeze in
squeezing in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squeeze in
squeezed in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of squeeze in
ballet flat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballet flats
Senses: examples: text: She kicked off her silver ballet flats and stretched out her toes like a cat.
ref: 2007, Alex Richards, Back Talk, Flux, published 2007, →ISBN, page 188:
glosses: A type of women's flat with a very low heel, thin sole, and round toe.
Synonyms: dolly shoe
ballet pump
ballerina
ballerina shoe
ballet flats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballet flat
squeeze into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: squeezes into
form: squeezing into
form: squeezed into
form: squeezed into
Senses: synonyms: wedge
glosses: To go into (a cramped space); to barely fit into.
glosses: To put on (very tight clothes).
Synonyms: fit in
fit into
squeeze in
bevors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bevor
rug rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rug rat
GURT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Genetic use restriction technology, a generic term for proposed methods to restrict use of genetically modified plants by activating modified genes only by certain stimuli, particularly to ensure the sterility of any seeds.
reptilians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reptilian
gastronaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastronauts
Etymology: From gastro- + -naut, by analogy with astronaut.
Senses: examples: text: For confirmation, just think of the millions of people who, after watching Keith, were inspired to cook, eat, drink; to become a gastronaut and savour — truly relish — every morsel, every drop, every bloody bit of it!
ref: 2009, James Steen, "Epilogue", in Stirred But Not Shaken (by Keith Floyd), Pan Books (2010), page 353
glosses: A person with a keen appreciation for food.
glosses: A person whose whole focus is narrowly directed to the enjoyment of fine food.
Synonyms: sense: one who appreciates food
word: chowhound
sense: one who appreciates food
word: foodie
sense: one who appreciates food
word: gourmand
sense: one who appreciates food
word: gourmet
gastronauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastronaut
geeksploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geek + -sploitation.
Senses: examples: text: Finding a new job just meant driving to another office-park campus with dopey street names (Disc Drive, Resistor Road, Infinite Loop) to endure more geeksploitation in exchange for dead presidents, stock options, a flexible schedule, no dress code, and all the junk food I could eat.
ref: 2000, Richard Grayson, The Silicon Valley Diet and Other Stories, Red Hen Press, →ISBN, page 149:
glosses: The practice of taking advantage of highly-motivated programmers willing to work long hours.
banat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banats
form: banate
Etymology: Equivalent to ban (“a warden”) + -ate. Compare French banat, German Banat.
Senses: glosses: The territory governed by a ban.
Derived terms: Banat
banats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banat
coagmentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coagmentations
Etymology: Latin coagmentatio.
Senses: examples: text: cementing, and coagmentation of Words
ref: 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter:
text: there is a coagmentation of many [laws]
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: The act of joining, or the state of being joined together; union.
Related terms: coagment
coagmentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coagmentation
aerostatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: aerostatic
techiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From techy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He was not a good subordinate, yet lacked the qualities of a leader. A constitutional warmth of temperament, and a seeming techiness and irritability, involved him in some unworthy squabbles.
ref: 1847, The eclectic magazine of foreign literature, science, and art: Volume 11, page 109:
glosses: Alternative form of tetchiness.
glosses: The quality of being techy, or technically oriented.
Muggletonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Muggletonian
amber tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amber trees
Senses: glosses: Any of various species of Anthospermum (Rubiaceae), a succulent evergreen shrub whose leaves release a fragrant odour when bruised, especially Anthospermum aethiopicum
glosses: Hymenaea verrucosa (Fabaceae), a New World tree producing copal.
glosses: Pinites succinifer, extinct, formerly thought to be the source of Baltic amber.
amber trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amber tree
asiphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + siphonate.
Senses: examples: an asiphonate bivalve shell
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Lacking a siphon (feeding or breathing tube).
asiphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asiphonates
Etymology: From a- + siphonate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any mollusk lacking a siphon.
asiphonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asiphonate
cargason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cargasons
Etymology: From French cargaison, Spanish cargazón, from Latin cargare (“to load”). See cargo.
Senses: examples: text: Diſcretion is the ballaſt of our Ship, that carries us ſteady; but Zeal is the very Fraight, the Cargaſon, the Merchandiſe it ſelf, vvhich enriches us in the land of the living; and this vvas our caſe, vve vvere all come to eſteem our Ballaſt more then our Fraight, our Diſcretion more then our Zeal; we had more care to pleaſe great men then God; more conſideration of an imaginary change of times, then of unchangeable eternity it ſelf.
ref: 1625 January 25 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), John Donne, “A Sermon Preached at St. Dunstans January 15. 1625. The First Sermon after Our Dispersion, by the Sickness.”, in XXVI. Sermons (Never before Publish’d) Preached by that Learned and Reverend Divine John Donne, […] The Third Volume, London: […] Thomas Newcomb, […], published 1661, →OCLC, page 295:
glosses: A cargo; a load of goods transported.
cargasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cargason
headtire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdtaɪə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: headtires
Etymology: From head + tire.
Senses: examples: text: a headtire of fine linen
ref: 1843, S. Andrus and Son, Holy Bible Antique Book 1 Esdras iii. 6
glosses: A headdress.
glosses: The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.
headtires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headtire
headcovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headcover
catchflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catchfly
flybane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flybanes
Etymology: From fly + bane.
Senses: glosses: Any sessile organism thought to be harmful to or deterrent of flies.
Certain catchflies of the genus Silene.
glosses: Any sessile organism thought to be harmful to or deterrent of flies.
A poisonous mushroom, the fly agaric.
flybanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flybane
archmarshal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archmarshals
Etymology: Calque of German Erzmarschall, equivalent to arch- + marshal.
Senses: glosses: The grand marshal of the Holy Roman Empire.
archmarshals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archmarshal
superstructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: the higher and more glorious superstructive of joy & bliſſe in another world
ref: a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon:
glosses: Built or erected upon something else.
Related terms: superstructure
obtemper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: obtempers
form: obtempering
form: obtempered
form: obtempered
Etymology: See obtemperate.
Senses: examples: text: and after reading thereof, enquir'd at him, if he would obtemper the famin; to which he answer'd, That he could not comply with, or would he obtemper the said Sentence
ref: 1712, Charles Nice Davies, The Present State of the Parties in Great Britain:
topics: law
glosses: To obey (a judgement, rule, decree etx.).
obtempered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of obtemper
obtempering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of obtemper
obtempers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of obtemper
uninfectious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uninfectious
form: most uninfectious
Etymology: From un- + infectious.
Senses: examples: text: […] accept my personal assurances of the uninfectious nature of the fever […]
ref: 1859 November 26 – 1860 August 25, [William] Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, […], published 1860, →OCLC:
glosses: Not infectious.
haemodromograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemodromographs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haemadromograph.
haemodromographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemodromograph
happy little vegemites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happy little vegemite
happy little vegemite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happy little vegemites
form: happy little Vegemite
Etymology: From a 1950s advertising jingle.
Senses: examples: text: The corner grocer delivered the week′s order in brown paper bags and the bread man made deliveries every morning in his horse-drawn van. He′d give the kids buns and let you ride for a couple of stops. The iceman delivered fresh fish, rabbits and, of course, ice for the ice chest, which many people still owned rather than a fridge. I was a happy little Vegemite.
ref: 1999, Jim Keays, His Master's Voice: The Masters Apprentices: The bad boys of sixties rock ′n′ roll, page 3:
text: I was a happy little vegemite that night as we cuddled up in bed. I fell into a deep and satisfied sleep, content in the knowledge that all the hard work we′d put into the programme seemed to have paid off.
ref: 2003, Barry Crocker, The Adventures of Barry Crocker: Bazza, page 285:
text: 2007, Margaret Cossey, Stories from an Indigenous perspective in the reading resources mix, and the role they play in literary success for Indigenous Australian students, Alyson Simpson (editor), Future Directions in Literacy: International Conversations 2007, Sydney University Press, page 32,
What I also learnt was that, if the new story selected for that day′s lesson was about a topic or concept familiar to the student, then the book orientation was a breeze, the running record on the book the next day was often up over the 95 per cent accuracy rate and the child and I were both happy little vegemites.
glosses: A contented and well-behaved child; a very pleased person; often used ironically.
binnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binny
binny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪni/
Forms: form: binnies
Etymology: Unknown. The species name was spelled binny by one early taxonomist.
Senses: glosses: Niger barb (Labeobarbus bynni or Barbus bynni), a species of yellowfish found in the Nile.
startfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From startful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Tendency to be startled; skittishness.
concrescive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Senses: examples: text: The list agrees not with parallel lists in the Old Testament, and it is inconceivable under what category any concrescive genealogy, official or family, would contain of women only the five named, or would omit names enough, and at the right places, to throw the list from Abraham to Christ into three tables of double-sevens […]
ref: 1892, Methodist Review, volume 74, page 16:
glosses: Growing together, or into union; uniting.
unitingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From uniting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While uniting; in coming together.
physiologer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physiologers
Etymology: From physio- + -loger.
Senses: glosses: A physiologist.
physiologers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physiologer
itemizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of itemization
globesity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of globe + obesity. Coined by the World Health Organization in 2001.
Senses: examples: text: "Globesity" has consumed much of the planet, with more than 1 billion adults overweight or obese.
ref: 2010 March 13, Claudia Kalb, “Culture of Corpulence”, in Newsweek:
glosses: The worldwide obesity epidemic.
haemomanometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemomanometers
Etymology: From haemo- + manometer.
Senses: glosses: A hemadynamometer.
haemomanometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemomanometer
limation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin limatus, past participle of limare (“to file”), from lima (“file”). Compare French limation.
Senses: glosses: The act of filing, polishing, or refining.
ceratohyal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cerato- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the bone or cartilage below the epihyal in the hyoid arch.
ceratohyal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceratohyals
Etymology: From cerato- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A ceratohyal bone or cartilage which, in humans, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.
ceratohyals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceratohyal
contrivement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrivements
Etymology: From contrive + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: the admirable contrivement and artifice of this great Fabrick of the Universe
ref: 1662, Joseph Glanvill, Lux Orientalis:
text: active to meet their contrivements
ref: 1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third:
glosses: contrivance; invented statement; arrangement or plan
contrivements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contrivement
twin primes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twin prime
tableclothed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪbəlklɒθt/
Etymology: From tablecloth + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered with a tablecloth.
apehanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apehangers
Etymology: From ape + hanger.
Senses: glosses: A handlebar on a motorcycle positioned higher than the rider's shoulders.
apehangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apehanger
lipaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lipemia.
lipaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipaemia
stomatopodous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Stomatopoda + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the Stomatopoda.
Related terms: stomatopod
sandyx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sandix.
amorette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amorettes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of amoret.
amorettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amorette
chondrigen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”) + -gen
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
stabulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stabulations
Etymology: Latin stabulatio, from stabulari to stable cattle, from stabulum. See stable.
Senses: glosses: The act of stabling or housing animals.
glosses: A stable (place for lodging animals).
stabulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stabulation
shole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sholes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of shoal.
glosses: A plank fixed beneath an object, such as the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from damage.
sholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shole
ichthyosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ichthyosaurian
form: most ichthyosaurian
Etymology: From Ichthyosauria + -an.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
ichthyosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyosaurians
Etymology: From Ichthyosauria + -an.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any of the Ichthyosauria; an ichthyosaur.
ichthyosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichthyosaurian
piqueerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piqueerers
Senses: examples: text: When the Guardian changed his title, and professed to engage in faction, I was sure the word was given; that grand preparations were making against next session; that all advantages would be taken of the little dissensions reported to be among those in power; and that the Guardian would soon be seconded by some other piqueerers from the same camp.
ref: 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction:
glosses: Rare form of pickeerer.
piqueerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piqueerer
godcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Godcasting
Etymology: Blend of God + podcasting.
Senses: examples: text: By then, hundreds of pastors, priests, and rabbis were routinely distributing their sermons via iTunes in a phenomenon someone dubbed "godcasting."
ref: 2006, Steven Levy, The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 247:
glosses: The distribution of sermons and other religious audio content in podcast format.
godcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Godcasting
Etymology: From godcast + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of godcast
prefidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefidences
Senses: examples: text: For being uſually miſtaken for vvant of patient tryal, they ſay vvhat they think, and are not to be much believed in their prefidence.
ref: 1681, Richard Baxter, “What are Mens Duties to Each Other as Elder and Yonger”, in Compassionate Counsel to All Young-Men. […], London: […] T. S. and are to be sold by B. Simmons, and Jonath[an] Greenwood, […], published 1682, →OCLC, §. 7, paragraph 4, page 186:
glosses: The quality or state of being prefident.
prefidences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prefidence
deflexure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deflexures
Etymology: From Latin deflectere, deflexum. See deflect.
Senses: examples: text: Deflexure (deflexura) bowing or bending
ref: 1674, Thomaus Blount, Glossographia:
glosses: A bending or turning aside; deflection.
deflexures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deflexure
submonish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: submonishes
form: submonishing
form: submonished
form: submonished
Etymology: From Latin submonere, equivalent to summon + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: the submonishing inclinations of my senses
ref: 1621, Thomas Granger, A Familiar Exposition or Commentarie on Ecclesiastes:
glosses: To suggest; to prompt.
submonished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of submonish
philosophia perennis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin philosophia (“philosophy”) + perennis (“perennial”).
Senses: examples: text: But what we are able to conclude about the meaning of the philosophia perennis in modern philosophy, based on the writings of the various philosophers mentioned here, is at once limited and tenuous.
ref: 1997, William W Quinn, The Only Tradition, New York, page 81:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: perennial philosophy
glosses: A supposed essential core of philosophical beliefs epitomized in various writers from different temporal and geographic zones.
pleximeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleximeters
form: plexometer
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis, “stroke, percussion”) + -meter.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Something used to absorb the energy generated by the strike from a percussion hammer, during medical percussion. Usually this is simply the doctor's hand.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Something used to absorb the energy generated by the strike from a percussion hammer, during medical percussion. Usually this is simply the doctor's hand.
a small, hard plate, made of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body to absorb such a shock.
pleximeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleximeter
submonishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of submonish
Neoplatonician
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Neoplatonic
Neoplatonician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neoplatonicians
Senses: glosses: A Neoplatonist.
Neoplatonicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Neoplatonician
perennial philosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: All ancient religion was based on what has been called the perennial philosophy, because it was present in some form in so many pre-modern cultures.
ref: 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 16:
glosses: Synonym of philosophia perennis.
synonyms: word: philosophia perennis
reef-band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reef-bands
form: reefband
Senses: examples: text: The rope passed from below up through a sister-block in the rigging at the topmast-head, thence through the end of the yard to a block in the reef-band of the sail, &c.
ref: 1846, “Improvements in Ships”, in Boston Journal:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
reef-bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reef-band
dermatosparaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An inherited autosomal-recessive disorder of the connective tissue in horses, causing fragile skin.
clypeiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clypeiform
form: most clypeiform
Etymology: From Latin clypeus (“shield”) + -form.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: shaped like a round shield; clypeate
whitester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitesters
form: whitster
Etymology: From white + -ster.
Senses: glosses: A bleacher or whitener of linen
Related terms: whityer
whitesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whitester
capellet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capellets
Etymology: French capelet.
Senses: glosses: A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.
capellets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capellet
disventure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disventures
Senses: examples: text: it was very great disventure to have encountred with you
ref: 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: A disadventure.
disventures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disventure
godcast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: godcasts
form: Godcast
Etymology: Blend of God + podcast.
Senses: examples: text: Bored with your pastor's ramblings? Select a peppier sermon from among hundreds of "godcasts" online.
ref: 2006 May 16, Stephanie Simon, “God's Call Comes by Cellphone”, in w:Los Angeles Times:
glosses: A podcast featuring sermons or other content of a religious nature.
godcast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: godcasts
form: godcasting
form: godcast
form: godcast
form: godcasted
form: godcasted
form: Godcast
Etymology: Blend of God + podcast.
Senses: examples: text: Steve Baker, the Philadelphia director of Campus Crusade for Christ and overseer of the university's division, says he godcasts and finds godcasting useful.
ref: 2006 October 18, Joyce Eng, “The good word for generation-iPod”, in The Review, University of Delaware:
glosses: To produce and distribute a godcast.
hartwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hartworts
Etymology: From hart + wort.
Senses: glosses: A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum) or any plant of genus Tordylium.
hartworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hartwort
godcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godcast
godcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of godcast
stumbling stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stumbling stones
form: stumblingstone
form: stumbling-stone
Senses: glosses: A stumbling block.
stumbling-stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stumbling-stone
pterosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pterosaurian
form: most pterosaurian
Etymology: From pterosaur + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, like, or pertaining to a pterosaur.
pterosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pterosaurians
Etymology: From pterosaur + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A pterosaur.
pterosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pterosaurian
commensally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From commensal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a commensal manner.
swinepipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swinepipes
Senses: glosses: The redwing.
swinepipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swinepipe
ustion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ustions
Etymology: From Latin ustio, from urere, ustum (“to burn”). Compare French ustion.
Senses: examples: text: he proves by the example of Vitriol , which becomes more milde and moderate by uſtion
ref: 1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory:
glosses: The act of burning, or the state of being burned.
Related terms: exustion
hypinotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hypinosis.
hypinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyp- + Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “force, power, muscle, sinew”, stem in-) + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood.
Related terms: hyperinosis
inositol
hyphopodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyphopodium
Upanishadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Upanishadic
form: most Upanishadic
Etymology: From Upanishad + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The Upanishadic sages did not ask their disciples to ‘believe’ this but put them through an initiation whereby their apprentices discovered it for themselves in a series of spiritual exercises that made them look at the world differently.
ref: 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 28:
glosses: Pertaining to the Upanishads.
braziletto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brazilettos
form: brazilettoes
Etymology: Compare Portuguese brasilete and Spanish brasilete.
Senses: glosses: The brazilwood tree.
glosses: The wood of the brazilwood tree.
brazilettoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braziletto
brazilettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braziletto
taenioglossate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more taenioglossate
form: most taenioglossate
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the Taenioglossa, various sea snails typically with seven teeth in each radular row.
Related terms: taenioglossan
sulisobenzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 5-benzoyl-4-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzene-1-sulfonic acid, an ingredient in some sunscreens which protects the skin from damage.
sightsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sightsmen
Etymology: From sight + -s- + man.
Senses: examples: text: […] indeed the lessons are evidently the production of a man who either never knew, or has forgotten, the elementary steps and helps necessary to make the future sightsman.
ref: 1842, The Musical World, volume 17, page 268:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sight-reader.
sightsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sightsman
dysmorphophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysmorphophobias
Etymology: From dys- + morpho- + -phobia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Body dysmorphic disorder, dysmorphia.
dysmorphophobias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysmorphophobia
dysmorphophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dysmorphophobic
form: most dysmorphophobic
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to dysmorphophobia.
Epictetian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Epictetian
form: most Epictetian
Etymology: Ancient Greek Ἐπίκτητος (Epíktētos)
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Ancient Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus (AD 55–AD 135).
transmeation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From transmeate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Several times permeation, usually transmeation, of NOs was mentioned in publications, […]
ref: 1947, Luitje Kornelis Wiersum, Transfer of Solutes Across the Young Root:
glosses: The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond.
coadjust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coadjusts
form: coadjusting
form: coadjusted
form: coadjusted
Etymology: From co- + adjust.
Senses: examples: text: The tarsal and metatarsal bones are coadjusted so as to form arches both lengthwise and across, and receive the superincumbent weight from the tibia on the summit of a bony vault
ref: 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:
glosses: To adjust by mutual adaptations.
coadjusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coadjust
coadjusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coadjust
coadjusts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coadjust
desight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desights
Etymology: From de- + sight.
Senses: glosses: An unsightly object; an eyesore
desights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desight
truelove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trueloves
Etymology: From true + love.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of true love.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant, Paris quadrifolia.
Derived terms: truelove knot
trueloves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truelove
cogitability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cogitable.
onagga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onaggas
Senses: glosses: The dauw.
Related terms: onager
onaggas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onagga
rhachilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhachillas
form: rhachillae
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rachilla.
rhachillae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhachilla
rhachillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhachilla
Godcast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Godcasts
form: godcast
Etymology: Blend of God + podcast.
Senses: examples: text: They are logging on to blogs, listening to Godcasts, interacting in chat rooms, and, in a sense, creating a highly personal just-for-me religion that connects a panoply of other beliefs.
ref: 2007, James B. Twitchell, Shopping for God: How Christianity Went from In Your Heart to In Your Face, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, pages 13–14:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A podcast featuring sermons or other content of a religious nature.
Godcast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Godcasts
form: Godcasting
form: Godcast
form: Godcast
form: Godcasted
form: Godcasted
form: godcast
Etymology: Blend of God + podcast.
Senses: examples: text: Brisbane churches are "Godcasting" to the masses, streaming their services by podcast and webcast for those who can't get to church.
ref: 2009 February 8, Anooska Tucker-Evans, “Churches podcast, webcast services for non-attendees”, in The Sunday Mail:
glosses: To produce and distribute a Godcast.
Godcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Godcast
Godcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Godcast
syringotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syringotomes
Etymology: Compare French syringotome. By surface analysis, syringo- + -tome; more at syringotomy § Etymology.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A small blunt-pointed scalpel formerly used in syringotomy.
Related terms: syringotomy
syringotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syringotome
bistorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bistort
theobromic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Theobroma + -ic + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid extracted from cocoa butter, peanut oil, etc. as a white waxy crystalline substance.
sirensong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sirensongs
Etymology: From siren + song.
Senses: examples: text: As we have seen, Stephen identifies with the poet-hero, and Fergus's call becomes a sirensong for his mother.
ref: 1974, Zack R. Bowe, Musical allusions in the works of James Joyce, page 296:
text: and admitted ruefully that the same bewitching sirensong had also lured him in the past
ref: 2007, Heath Lees, Mallarmé and Wagner: music and poetic language, page 110:
text: the mast to which Odysseus is securely fastened in order to resist the seductions of sirensong
ref: 1999, David C. Jacobs, The presocratics after Heidegger, page 102:
glosses: Alternative form of siren song.
disassimilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disassimilations
Etymology: From dis- + assimilation.
Senses: examples: text: It shows that the brain is not important to the proper performance of the functions of assimilation and disassimilation—or those of organic life.
ref: 1851 March 24, Buffalo Medical Journal, volume 6, number 10, page 584:
text: His experiments show “that about four-fifths of our disassimilations are the result of transformations within the body, comparable to the oxidation of alcohol, and that the remaining one-fifth of the disassimilations are formed at the expense of the living tissues themselves, free of all demands on foreign oxygen."
ref: 1894, The Dental Register, volume 48, page 198:
text: There is a white-black substance which when acted upon by the visible rays of light undergoes disassimilation and sets up nerve impulses that arouse in the brain the sensation of white.
ref: 1907, William Henry Howell, A Text-book of physiology, page 342:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: catabolism (metabolism with the release of energy)
examples: text: Judging from the autobiographical texts of these three authors, Natives often mixed assimilation with a degree of disassimilation.
ref: 2004, Joel Pfister, Individuality incorporated: Indians and the multicultural modern:
text: At this point, "a process of disassimilation begins. The arts, life, and ideals of the nationality become central and paramount; ethnic and national differences change in status from disadvantages to distinctions."
ref: 2007, Kristofer Allerfeldt, The Progressive Era in the USA, 1890-1921, page 143:
text: I see Jewish Renewal as a late twentieth-century articulation of what I called the second stage of disassimilation of American Jews, its constructive/ illustrative phase.
ref: 2013, Shaul Magid, American Post-Judaism: Identity and Renewal in a Postethnic Society:
glosses: The act of becoming less assimilated or integrated, particularly of ethnic groups.
Related terms: disassimilate
disassimilations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disassimilation
Godcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: godcasting
Etymology: Blend of God + podcasting.
Senses: examples: text: Or consider the fad du jour in the faith markets, Godcasting. Godcasting is downloading sermons or church messages to the faithful via iPods.
ref: 2007, James B. Twitchell, Shopping for God: How Christianity Went from In Your Heart to In Your Face, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 285:
glosses: The distribution of sermons and other religious audio content in podcast format.
Godcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: godcasting
Etymology: From Godcast + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Godcast
gagtooth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gag + tooth?
Senses: glosses: A projecting tooth.
Related terms: gagtoothed
antiphthisic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + phthisic.
Senses: glosses: Relieving or curing phthisis.
antiphthisic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiphthisics
Etymology: From anti- + phthisic.
Senses: glosses: A medicine for phthisis.
antiphthisics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiphthisic
pyral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɹəl/
Etymology: From pyre + -al.
Senses: examples: text: pyral burial
text: pyral cemetery
text: pyral mound
glosses: Of or pertaining to a pyre.
syphilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: syphilizes
form: syphilizing
form: syphilized
form: syphilized
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To inoculate, or infect with syphilis.
syphilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of syphilize
syphilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of syphilize
syphilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of syphilize
home and dry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having safely reached one's target or goal.
glosses: Assured of success.
Synonyms: word: home and hosed
word: home free
eightplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eightplexes
Etymology: From eight + -plex.
Senses: glosses: A building divided into eight separate residences or commercial premises.
Related terms: quadplex
eightplexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eightplex
cognizee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cognizees
Senses: examples: text: the cognizor acknowledges the right to be in the cognizee
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: One to whom a fine of lands was acknowledged.
Related terms: cognizance
cognizees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cognizee
sporophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sporophoric
form: most sporophoric
Etymology: From sporophore + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, related tp, or having the nature of a sporophore.
Yidiny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjidiɲ/
ipa: /ˈjidin/
Forms: form: Yidin
form: Yidiɲ
form: Yidinj
Etymology: After the Yidindji tribe (orthographies vary).
Senses: glosses: An extinct or nearly extinct Aboriginal language from northern Queensland, Australia in the Pama-Nyungan family.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Yidiny terms
yii ⁠
steersmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steersmates
Etymology: From steer + -s- + mate. See steer (“a rudder”).
Senses: examples: text: What pilot so expert but needs must wreck ,
Embark'd with such a steersmate at the helm ?
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
glosses: One who steers; a steersman; a helmsperson.
Macushi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Macuxi
form: Makusi
form: Makushi
form: Macusi
form: Macussi
Senses: glosses: An indigenous ethnic group in Brazil and Guyana.
Macushi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Macuxi
form: Makusi
form: Makushi
form: Macusi
form: Macussi
Senses: glosses: Their language, which has between 20000 and 30000 speakers, and is in the Cariban family.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Macushi terms
mbc ⁠
proteiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proteiform
form: most proteiform
Senses: glosses: changeable in form; protean
grandboomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandboomers
Etymology: From grand- + boomer.
Senses: examples: text: This granddaughter was clearly tapping into the energy and fun that many grandboomers bring to their new role.
ref: 2005, Peggy Edwards, Mary Jane Sterne, Intentional Grandparenting: A Boomer's Guide, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: A member of the baby boom generation who is a grandparent.
grandboomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandboomer
stormglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stormglasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of storm glass.
stormglasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stormglass
Lushootseed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːd
Etymology: Anglicized form of Lushootseed xʷəlšucid or dxʷləšúcid.
Senses: glosses: An endangered Salishan language spoken mainly in Washington state, US.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Lushootseed terms
lut ⁠