cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dogpile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒɡ pʌɪl/
ipa: /ˈdɔɡ ˌpaɪl/
ipa: /ˈdɑɡ ˌpaɪl/
Forms: form: dogpiles
form: dogpiling
form: dogpiled
form: dogpiled
form: dog pile
form: dog-pile
Etymology: From dog + pile. In reference to piles of people, originally as a noun after earlier pig pile. In reference to dog excrement, a clipping of pile of shit.
Senses: examples: text: He can either take a beating from one man or... be dogpiled by a dozen men.
ref: c. 1947, Tamotsu Shibutani, The Derelicts of Company K, page 273:
text: I fumbled the snap, fell on the ball and about 10 guys dog-piled on top of me.
ref: 1989 September 7, The Los Angeles Times, Sect. ix, p. 16
text: A vampire got her around the neck from behind; then more, dogpiling her.
ref: 2003, Nancy Holder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen, →ISBN, page 657:
text: That story — about Carlson’s conflicted response to the sight of “a group of Trump guys” dogpiling an “Antifa kid” — appears to involve a crisis of conscience, an unexpected, chastening eruption of empathy.
ref: 2023 May 3, A. O. Scott, “Tucker Carlson’s Code of Whiteness”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To jump into a dogpile.
raw_tags: with 'on'
glosses: To pile on, to overwhelm in other senses.
examples: text: But this guy was serious, using online payment services and dogpiling her e-mail box within minutes, requesting expedited shipping.
ref: 2005, Craig Spector, Underground, →ISBN, page 169:
glosses: For many participants to attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
Synonyms: sense: to form a dogpile
word: pile up
sense: to form a dogpile
word: pig pile
sense: to form a dogpile
word: bundle
Derived terms: dogpiler
dogpiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogpile
dogpiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dogpile
apedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ape + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: So you're climbing the evolutionary ladder, and you've just begun to break the chains of apedom.
ref: 2013, John O'Bryan, A History of Weapons, page 14:
synonyms: apeness
apehood
glosses: The quality or state of being an ape.
synonyms: apekind
glosses: Apes, taken collectively.
apeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ape + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being an ape.
Synonyms: sense: quality of being an ape
word: apedom
apekind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ape + -kind.
Senses: examples: text: Humankind has been brought to its knees by a global virus, and genetically enhanced apekind has built its own utopian eco-community in the forests outside San Francisco.
ref: 2014 July 1, Steve Rose, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Apes, taken collectively.
Synonyms: sense: apes taken collectively
word: apedom
-kind
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -kinde, -kunde, -kuinde, alteration (due to the noun kind (“type, class”)) of -kin, -kun, -cun, from Old English cynn (“family, race”), see kin. Most uses appear to have been formed by analogy with mankind.
Senses: glosses: Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively from animate nouns
Denverite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Denverites
Etymology: From Denver + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: The native Denverite decided to go to University in Boulder.
text: The latest facilities include a new C. B. & Q. westbound express, called the Overnite Denverite, covering the distance in 17 hr. 20 min., and an acceleration of the C. & N. W.-U. P. westbound Columbine to the same figure.
ref: 1939 September, “Overseas Railways: More American Accelerations”, in Railway Magazine, page 214:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Denver
allotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allotype + -ic.
Senses: coordinate_terms: autotypic
isotypic
isoallotypic
glosses: Of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
Synonyms: sense: allotypical (rare)
word: of an allotype
Derived terms: allotypically
isoallotypic
allotypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allotype + -ical.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Allotypic: of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
deep blue sea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep blue seas
Etymology: From deep + blue + sea. Compare Old Norse blá djúp (“deep blue sea”).
Senses: glosses: The sea, the ocean, the open sea.
Derived terms: caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
roostertail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roostertails
form: rooster-tail
Etymology: From rooster + tail, from analogy with the shape of a rooster's feathered tail.
Senses: examples: text: A roostertail of snow kicked up behind me.
ref: 1988, Libby Riddles, Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat.
roostertail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roostertails
form: roostertailing
form: roostertailed
form: roostertailed
form: rooster-tail
Etymology: From rooster + tail, from analogy with the shape of a rooster's feathered tail.
Senses: examples: text: The red dust of Tanguieta rolling and roostertailing behind us.
ref: 2005, Pete Watson, “The Prisoner”, in The Heart of the Lion, →ISBN:
glosses: To pour like a fountain; to spurt violently.
examples: text: The shiny new aluminum tribal Jet-Boat roostertailed up the river, straight for us, kicking up a wake that rocked our boat hard enough to knock the cards off the cooler.
ref: 2005, Dave Ames, A Good Life Wasted, →ISBN, page 197:
glosses: To move rapidly through water, leaving a roostertail wake.
roosters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rooster
roostertails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roostertail
roostertails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roostertail
Nova Iorque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Nova Iorque. Doublet of New York.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
pinout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinouts
Etymology: From pin + out.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The manner in which an electrical connector or device is wired; the list of signals that correspond to each pin or output.
rail track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rail tracks
form: rail-track
form: railtrack
Senses: glosses: Synonym of railroad track.
synonyms: word: railroad track
rail tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rail track
reconcilability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛkənsʌɪləˈbɪlɪti/
Etymology: From reconcilable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: To demonstrate its commitment to the reconcilability of noble status and economic activity, the government also took to ennobling successful businessmen by royal letters patent, stressing the social utility and personal virtue which such individuals incarnated.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 327:
glosses: The property of being reconcilable.
Redbones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Redbone
refugee camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refugee camps
Senses: glosses: A camp where refugees seek shelter.
retirement home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retirement homes
Senses: synonyms: eventide home
old people's home
old-age home
old folks' home
granny farm
glosses: A multi-residence housing facility intended for elderly people.
retirement homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retirement home
retrogradation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrogradations
Etymology: From retrograde + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Motion in a retrograde manner.
glosses: Decline, degradation.
examples: text: The major reason that bread stales is not moisture loss, but rather a process called retrogradation, in which the starch molecules in the bread crystallize.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale.
retrogradations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrogradation
reliableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reliable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being reliable, reliability.
restauranteering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From restauranteer + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act, or profession, of running a restaurant.
razor clam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razor clams
Senses: examples: text: Meaning “little white birch,” Xiaobaihua has specials including the tofu-and-wild-herb cold dish malantou, the zuiji drunken chicken, the shizitou pork meatballs on bok choy, the xunyu smoked fish and the suanxiang chengzi garlic-drenched razor clams.
ref: 2019, Lisa Movius, “A local’s guide to Shanghai”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2019:
glosses: A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.
glosses: A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.
Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis directus.
glosses: A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.
Razor shell, Ensis arcuatus, now Ensis magnus.
glosses: A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.
Atlantic razor clam, Siliqua costata.
glosses: A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.
Pacific razor clam, Siliqua patula.
glosses: A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.
Gould's razor shell, Solen strictus
razor clams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of razor clam
straight razor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight razors
Senses: synonyms: open razor
cut-throat razor
hypernyms: razor
coordinate_terms: safety razor
glosses: A razor of a plain and traditional type with no feature that would limit the depth of exposure to the blade during use; often having a blade that can fold into the handle.
straight razors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight razor
open razor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open razors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of straight razor.
synonyms: word: straight razor
open razors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open razor
cut-throat razor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut-throat razors
form: cutthroat razor
Senses: glosses: Synonym of straight razor.
synonyms: word: straight razor
cut-throat razors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cut-throat razor
reductively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more reductively
form: most reductively
Etymology: From reductive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a reductive manner.
udātta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: udāttas
Etymology: From Sanskrit उदात्त (ud-ātta, “lifted, upraised, lofty, elevated, high”).
Senses: glosses: A high pitch accent of Vedic Sanskrit, customarily marked with acute accent.
Related terms: anudātta
svarita
rammed earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A construction material made by compressing or packing earth (dirt).
Coordinate terms: snowcrete
pitch accent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitch accents
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
coordinate_terms: stress accent
glosses: Any of a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words.
Derived terms: word: pitch-accent
Related terms: stress accent
ranchero sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ranchero sauce
redox reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redox reactions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: oxidoreduction
glosses: A chemical reaction in which some of the atoms have their oxidation number changed.
redox reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redox reaction
rubber duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber ducks
form: rubber duckie
form: rubber ducky
Senses: glosses: A toy, made from rubber or rubber-like plastic, shaped like a duck; usually a floating bathtub toy.
examples: text: Around midday on Saturday, Warrnambool's main beach was evacuated when a volunteer from Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was thrown into the ocean from an inflatable rescue boat (IRB), often referred to as a rubber duck.
ref: 2023 October 2, Emily Bissland, “Warrnambool beach evacuated as surf lifesaver is 'catapulted' from rogue inflatable rescue boat”, in Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An inflatable boat.
Derived terms: rubber ducking
rubber duck debugging
unsinkable rubber duck
rubber duck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubber ducks
form: rubber ducking
form: rubber ducked
form: rubber ducked
form: rubberduck
form: rubber-duck
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To act as a sounding board for a programmer that is debugging their code, facilitating rubber duck debugging.
Related terms: ducking
rubber ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubber duck
rubber ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubber-ducks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rubber duck
rubber ducky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber duckies
Senses: examples: text: With a squeaky song remarkably reminiscent of a ‘rubber ducky’, the Dusky Myzomela is easily distinguished from other small honeyeaters by its uniform grey-brown coloration, lacking any markings or other colour on the wing or head.
ref: 1966, Niven McCrie, Richard Noske, Birds of the Darwin Region, Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, page 301:
glosses: A rubber duck (bath toy).
qualifier: amateur radio
glosses: A small, flexible fixed-length antenna covered with a vinyl or rubber coating, frequently used with a handy talkie or other portable radio equipment.
rubber duckies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubber ducky
anudātta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anudāttas
Etymology: From Sanskrit अनुदात्त (an-udātta, “not raised, not elevated”).
Senses: glosses: Low-pitch accent (grave), which precedes the acute udātta, in Vedic Sanskrit.
Related terms: svarita
udātta
svarita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: svaritas
Etymology: From Sanskrit स्वरित (svarita, “sounded, accentuated”).
Senses: glosses: Falling accent, which usually follows the acute udātta, in Vedic Sanskrit.
Related terms: udātta
anudātta
viremia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viremias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of viraemia.
advowson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈvaʊ.z(ə)n/
Forms: form: advowsons
Etymology: From Middle English avowson, from Anglo-Norman avouson, from Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advocation.
Senses: examples: text: The advowson of the parsonages of Sempringham and Tirington, being the right of his father, he [St. Gilbert] was presented by him [his father] to those united livings, in 1123.
ref: 1866, Rev. Alban Butler, chapter IV, in The Lives of the Saints, volume II (February):
text: Advowson is the right to appoint the incumbent clergy of a parish, so three advowsons meant three incumbents.
ref: 2017, Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station, Gollancz, page 88:
topics: ecclesiastical
law
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
altarage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altarages
Etymology: From altar + -age.
Senses: glosses: The offerings made upon the altar or to a church.
glosses: The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.
antependium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌæntɪˈpɛndi.əm/
Forms: form: antependiums
form: antependia
Etymology: From Latin ante (“before”) + pendere (“to hang”).
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: forecloth
glosses: The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
bullantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls.
bullary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊləɹi/
rhymes: -ʊləɹi
Forms: form: bullaries
Etymology: From Late Latin bullarium: compare French bullairie.
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: bullarium
glosses: A collection of papal bulls.
bullary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊləɹi/
rhymes: -ʊləɹi
Forms: form: bullaries
Senses: glosses: A place for boiling or preparing salt; a boilery.
bullary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊləɹi/
rhymes: -ʊləɹi
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: relating to a bulla.
Derived terms: parabullary
peribullary
burse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)s/
Forms: form: burses
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare French bourse (“purse, fund”).
Senses: examples: text: Roche stepped forward with a leather burse, announcing that he would pay for both of us.
ref: 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter IX, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 90:
text: Try a burse instead – sort of a bag, sort of a purse, inspired by the cases that hold the corporal cloth used in mass, and designed to be carried by men.
ref: 2021 January 22, The Guardian:
glosses: A purse.
glosses: A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
glosses: A stock exchange; a bourse.
glosses: A kind of bazaar.
Derived terms: disburse
imburse
cartulary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːtjuləɹɪ/
Forms: form: cartularies
form: chartulary
Etymology: From Middle English cartulari, borrowed from Medieval Latin chartulārium. Doublet of khaltura.
Senses: glosses: A medieval manuscript register containing full or excerpted transcriptions of important documents, especially of originally loose, single-sheet charters.
glosses: A collection of original documents bound in one volume.
glosses: An officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
chimere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chimeres
Etymology: From Middle French chimarre, from Spanish zamarra. Cognate with French chamarre, simarre, Italian zimarra, of same origin. Doublet of simar, sable, and zimarra.
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The upper robe worn by some bishops of the Anglican communion, usually without sleeves.
chimere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chimeres
Etymology: From Middle English chimere.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of chimera.
chrismation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrismations
Etymology: From chrism + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The Church opposed burning people who had received the myron of chrismation in the baptism ritual.
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: In general, the act of applying chrism, or consecrated oil.
not know what hit one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: She didn't know what hit her when her boyfriend broke up with her.
text: My friend didn't know what had hit him when I poured a bucket of water over his head.
glosses: To be extremely surprised by an event.
wingbeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wingbeats
Etymology: From wing + beat.
Senses: examples: text: The birds spotted me the moment I approached. A strong southwest gale was blowing. At times, one or both of them would swing almost directly above me and without a single wingbeat remain almost motionless, in defiance of the wind, for moments at a time.
ref: 1961, Edmund C. Jaeger, Desert Wildlife, Stanford University Press, page 169:
text: In addition to acoustic measurement, other methods can be used to determine wingbeat frequency.
ref: 2018, Robert Dudley, The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution, Princeton University Press, page 87:
glosses: A single stroke made in flight by the wings of an animal that flies by beating its wings.
goji berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊdʒi ˌbɛɹi/
Forms: form: goji berries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wolfberry.
synonyms: word: wolfberry
after-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: after-times
Senses: examples: text: What path in after-time will ever be so pleasant as that one walk which delayed on its way, and yet ended so soon?
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 95:
glosses: Alternative form of aftertime.
dead calm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We were drifting on a dead calm sea for a third week in a row.
glosses: Completely still with no waves and no wind.
raw_tags: of a body of water
Synonyms: clock calm
dead calm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Dead calm prevails over the Atlantic.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.
Synonyms: clock calm
anellini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian anellini (“little rings”) (ultimately: anello (“ring”) + -ino (“little”) + -i (“plural”)).
Senses: glosses: A type of pasta composed of little rings.
Related terms: anelloni
boline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolines
form: bolline
form: boleen
Etymology: Originally spelled bolline. From Italian bolino, which is a variant of bulino (“burin”). The bolino was conflated with the cortel bianco ("white knife"). Doublet of burin.
Senses: examples: text: Grabbing my wicker basket and boline, the special knife I use for cutting herbs, I passed through the living room and out a pair of French doors onto my terrace garden.
ref: 2012, Juliet Blackwell, In a Witch's Wardrobe: A Witchcraft Mystery, New York, NY: New American Library, →ISBN, page 28:
glosses: A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.
mether
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛðɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɛðə/
Forms: form: methera
Etymology: From Cumbric numerals; compare Welsh mhedwar, the nasal mutation of pedwar (“four”).
Senses: glosses: Four in the old counting system of Northern England.
Derived terms: mether-a-dick
mether-a-bumfit
mether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛðɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɛðə/
Forms: form: methers
form: medar
form: meather
form: madder
Etymology: From Irish meadar, from Old Irish metar, from Latin metrum. Doublet of metre, meter, and metron.
Senses: examples: text: I raise to you, O Queen, this Loving Cup, this Mether,
Filled with Mead
Made from honey of the heather
ref: 1912 James Henry Cousins, "The Loving Cup" I (Etain the Beloved and Other Poems, p.84) (Maunsel & Co)
text: Lord Herbert and Mr. Luke White were to be seen on the roof pouring water down the chimney, while the Marchioness of Ormonde was seen carrying the Regimental Cup (the silver Irish mether to be competed for) from the scene of the fire.
ref: 1912 "Our Lady Correspondent" "Fashions at Leopardstown" The Irish Times 27 August 1912, p.8
glosses: A communal drinking vessel used in Gaelic times for drinking mead. It had squared sides and one drank from a corner. Also, a trophy in this shape.
Mooré
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of More.
dhyana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdjɑːnə/
Forms: form: dhyanas
form: jhana
Etymology: From Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, literally “meditation”). Doublet of Zen and Chan.
Senses: examples: text: Thus the Kaivalyopanisad accords equal importance to Sraddha (faith-regard), devotion (bhakti) and meditation (dhyana) for the attainment of the highest knowledge.
ref: 1844, Calcutta Review, page 123:
text: The beginning must be made with pathawi-kasina, and then the dhyánas, &c., must be taken alternately, as from the first dhyána to the third, then to ákásánancháyatana, and so on to the end.
ref: 1860, Robert Spence Hardy, Eastern monachism, page 262:
text: Each of the three planes may be experienced through developing the dhyānas in meditation - so here we have yet another way of describing higher states of consciousness.
ref: 1997, Meditation: The Buddhist Way of Tranquillity and Insight, page 86:
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A type of profound meditation.
compenetrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/
Forms: form: compenetrates
form: compenetrating
form: compenetrated
form: compenetrated
Etymology: First attested in 1636; borrowed from New Latin compenetrātus, perfect passive participle of compenetrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, con- + penetrate.
Senses: examples: text: In this [state] the Deity compenetrates the soul, but in such a hidden way that the soul— […]
ref: 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 407:
glosses: To penetrate every part of (something); to permeate.
glosses: To penetrate (something) mutually or reciprocally; to interpenetrate.
Related terms: compenetrable
compenetrability
dankie
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æŋki
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans dankie, from Dutch dank je.
Senses: glosses: Thanks.
Sachse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Sachs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Collin County and Dallas County, Texas, United States, founded by William Sachse.
glyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: glyns
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh glyn; compare glen. Doublet of glen.
Senses: examples: text: He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot.
ref: 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
glosses: A valley in a mountain area, especially one with a stream in the bottom
ear-finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear-fingers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ear finger.
cavitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.vɪ.teɪt/
Forms: form: cavitates
form: cavitating
form: cavitated
form: cavitated
Etymology: From cavity + -ate.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure.
Derived terms: noncavitated
noncavitating
recavitate
supercavitate
uncavitated
Related terms: cavitation
alvei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alveus
roman font
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roman fonts
form: Roman font
Etymology: From roman + font.
Senses: examples: text: It will automatically reduce the size of the subscripts identified by “sub” and will choose italic or roman fonts for the remaining characters as appropriate.
ref: 1988, Peter P. Silvester, The UNIXᵀᴹ System Guidebook, page 201:
text: Moreover, most roman fonts offer italic counterparts, and italics offer another degree of interest.
ref: 1993, Mac, Word & Excel Desktop Companion, page 93:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic.
examples: text: The Roman fonts of Aldus were eclipsed by his Italic and Greek, but he cut several fine alphabets.
ref: 1897, Old Faces of Roman and Medieval Types, De Vinne Press, page 13:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: An oldstyle serif font or typeface (sometimes capitalized "Roman").
examples: text: Although 1 byte is all that is needed for Roman fonts, 2 bytes are needed for other character sets.
ref: 1992, Daniel Carter, Writing Localizable Software for the Macintosh, page 30:
text: CID fonts are basically the opposite of roman fonts. CID is short for Character IDentifier. CID fonts were developed for Asian markets and languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (what Adobe often refers to as CJK).
ref: 2008, Mordy Golding, Real World Adobe Illustrator CS4, page 261:
text: The largest group is the Roman fonts. They are used to type languages that use the Roman (Latin) alphabet (A, B, C, and so on).
ref: 2013, Angie Taylor, Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist:
text: When producing Roman fonts, about 256 characters should be designed. Whereas designing Korean fonts, around 2,500 widely used characters should be designed among the total 11,172 characters.
ref: 2017, James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park, Shu-Ching Chen, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Advanced Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, page 289:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A font supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
desk jockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desk jockeys
Etymology: Blend of desk + disc jockey
Senses: examples: text: The production manager was annoyed because some desk jockey in the main office reassigned her staff without even consulting her.
glosses: One who spends his or her time seated at a desk; especially one who is more concerned with procedure, paperwork, or administration than with its ultimate goal or practical consequence.
Related terms: shiny bum
Erno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ernos
Etymology: Probably an Americanized spelling of French Arnaud or a variant of German Erne.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
so much as
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Without so much as a by your leave, he walked into the office and started digging through my files. Then off he went, without so much as a ‘goodbye’.
text: If she so much as looked at another man, I’d divorce her!
text: Well, she seems to have lost all interest in the horses. For a week now she has driven past the stables with never so much as 'good morning'!
ref: 1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 280:
synonyms: as much as
glosses: Even; suggests a minimum, especially regarding what might be expected.
examples: text: I’m not enjoying the meal so much as admiring the atmosphere.
glosses: But rather.
bathing trunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: His bathing trunks were ruined and he didn't have another pair.
glosses: A pair of shorts or briefs worn for swimming or bathing.
Synonyms: swimming trunks
trunks
A-line
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From A + line (“figure”).
Senses: glosses: Having a silhouette that replicates the letter A by flaring out from the top, like a funnel, narrow and fitted at the neck and shoulders, skimming the hips and widening toward the bottom, with little or no shaping or seaming at the waist.
A-line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A-lines
Etymology: From A + line (“figure”).
Senses: glosses: Any article of clothing with a narrow mid-section and a flared bottom.
about sledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: about sledges
form: about-sledge
Senses: glosses: The largest hammer used by smiths.
about sledge
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: about-sledge
Senses: qualifier: blacksmithing
glosses: A warning that the heavy about sledge is about to be swung, usually by a hammerman.
boot cut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: boot-cut
form: bootcut
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Of pants (trousers), cut as if to allow the legs of the pants to fit over boots.
Related terms: boot cuts
crocodile tears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒkədaɪl ˌtɪəz/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑkədaɪl ˌtɪɹz/
Senses: glosses: plural of crocodile tear
eluates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eluate
ramson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæmsən/
rhymes: -æmsən
Forms: form: ramsons
form: ramps
form: ramsh
Etymology: Back-formation from ramsons; compare Middle English ramson (originally plural, taken as singular); Old English hramesan, plural of hramsa (“onion, broad-leafed garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion, leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kermus-, *kremus- (“wild garlic”). Cognate with Scots ramps (“wild garlic”), Dutch rams (“ramson”), Danish rams (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“wild garlic”). See buckrams.
Senses: glosses: A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.
Synonyms: sense: Allium ursinum
word: buckram
sense: Allium ursinum
word: wild garlic
Related terms: ramp
ramsons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ramson
Etymology: From Middle English ramsons, ramsens, rampsons, ramesones, ramsouns, plural of Middle English ramson, ramsen (“wild garlic”), reinterpreted as a singular form, from Old English hramsan, nominative plural of Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion; leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kremus-, *kermus- (“wild garlic; onion”).
Senses: glosses: A wild relative of chives, of species Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots.
Synonyms: sense: wild garlic
word: buckram
sense: wild garlic
word: wild garlic
sense: wild garlic
word: broad-leaved garlic
sense: wild garlic
word: wood garlic
sense: wild garlic
word: bear garlic
sense: wild garlic
word: bear's garlic
sense: wild garlic
word: hog's garlic
range finders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of range finder
relativist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv.ɪst/
Forms: form: relativists
Etymology: From relative + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Rule-circular justifications of basic logical laws — if indeed they are possible — would presumably be similarly undismaying for a logical relativist.
ref: 2002, José ́Luis Bermúdez, Alan Millar, Reason and Nature: Essays in the Theory of Rationality, page 50:
glosses: One who follows, believes or espouses relativism.
glosses: One who studies, or contributes to, or uses, the theory of relativity
relativists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relativist
refloat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊt
Forms: form: refloats
form: refloating
form: refloated
form: refloated
Etymology: From re- + float.
Senses: examples: text: Removing fuel from the sunken ship will make it easier to refloat it.
text: The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend. […] Divers have been working since the weekend to assess the damage and determine the best way to refloat the vessel.
ref: 2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News:
glosses: To cause to float again.
refloat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊt
Forms: form: refloats
Etymology: From re- + float.
Senses: examples: text: A small crowd on the docks watched the attempted refloat of the ship.
glosses: The process of getting something to float again.
refloats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refloat
refloating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refloat
refloated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refloat
rebroadcaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebroadcasters
Etymology: From rebroadcast + -er.
Senses: glosses: A radio or TV station that relays the programs of another
palaeontological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palaeontological
form: most palaeontological
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paleontological.
Derived terms: archaeopalaeontological
micropalaeontological
orthonormalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orthonormalised
form: most orthonormalised
Etymology: From ortho- + normalised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of orthonormalized.
orthonormalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orthonormalized
form: most orthonormalized
Etymology: From ortho- + normalized.
Senses: glosses: Subject to, or produced by orthonormalization
orthonormalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthonormalizations
Etymology: From ortho- + normalization.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A form of orthogonalization in which the resulting vectors are all unit vectors
Related terms: orthonormal
orthonormality
inbetweening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in between + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tweening.
synonyms: word: tweening
hypodermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + dermal.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the hypodermis
glosses: Below the epidermis
chantarelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chantarelles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chanterelle.
governorates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of governorate
footballing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From football + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Newcastle had won both their previous fixtures in 2011 but were terribly disappointing at Broadhall Way against opponents 73 places below them in the footballing ladder.
ref: 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:
glosses: Relating to the sport of football.
footballing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From football + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of football
dinocephalian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinocephalians
Etymology: Dinocephalia + -an
Senses: glosses: Any therapsid of the suborder Dinocephalia
dinocephalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dinocephalian
form: most dinocephalian
Etymology: Dinocephalia + -an
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to these creatures
therapsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: therapsids
Senses: glosses: Any member of the order Therapsida
funnel chanterelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funnel chanterelles
Senses: glosses: An edible mushroom of species Craterellus tubaeformis.
Synonyms: sense: Craterellus tubaeformis
word: winter mushroom
sense: Craterellus tubaeformis
word: yellowfoot
cuticulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuticulins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A structural protein, in the cortical layer of large ascarids, which does not exhibit the striations characteristic of collagen, and which is not attacked by collagenase
ascarid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascarids
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin Ascarididae. By surface analysis, ascar- + -id.
Senses: glosses: Any phasmid nematode of the family Ascarididae (Ascaridae)
wikipedia: international scientific vocabulary
Derived terms: ascaridiosis
phasmid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfæz.mɪd/
Forms: form: phasmids
Etymology: From Latin phasma (“apparition, specter, phantom”) + -id (nominal suffix), from Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma, “apparition, phantom”).
Senses: examples: text: A giant phasmid (or stick insect) from India whose cage was over two metres tall spent long hours standing upon a perpendicular branch and staring into Mother's eyes.
ref: 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 19:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
nematology
zoology
glosses: Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes.
glosses: A phagemid.
false chanterelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false chanterelles
Senses: glosses: A non-poisonous, but dull-tasting mushroom that resembles chanterelle; Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca.
Eastern-rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: With the wheelhouse in the rear of the deck.
Derived terms: Eastern-rigged dragger
Eastern-rigged side trawler
Related terms: dragger
side trawler
trawler
unhood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unhoods
form: unhooding
form: unhooded
form: unhooded
Etymology: From un- + hood.
Senses: examples: text: there were some people found who tooke pleasure to unhood the end of their yard, and to cut off the fore-skinne after the manner of the Mahometans and Jewes[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: He unhooded the falcon, and she snapped her brown and white head around, sizing up the surroundings.
ref: 2002, Stephen Stuebner, Cool North Wind: Morley Nelson's Life with Birds of Prey, page 109:
antonyms: hood#Verb
glosses: To remove the hood from.
white lies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white lie
under the covers
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In bed, under the bed covers.
glosses: In secret.
dog day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog days
Etymology: A singularization of dog days.
Senses: examples: text: This is a perfect dog-day. The atmosphere thick, mildewy, cloudy. It is difficult to dry anything. The sun is obscured, yet we expect no rain.
ref: 1856 July 30, Henry David Thoreau, The Journal of Thoreau, volume 2, page 1:
text: "A terrible terrible dog day storm. Or maybe even a cyclone."
ref: 1946, Carson McCullers, The Member of the Wedding:
text: August 24, 1993 was the first day of the new school year at Cedar City High School. The day dawned sunny and steamy, promising another "dog day" in southern Ohio.
ref: 1998, Nina G. Dorsch, Community, Collaboration, and Collegiality in School Reform, page 51:
glosses: One of the dog days of summer: a late-summer day.
mayana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mayanas
Senses: examples: text: The lowest kind of palanquins, which are small litters suspended under a straight bamboo, by which they are carried, and shaded by a frame covered with cloth, do not admit the passenger to lie at length, and are here called Miyana, or Mahapa. In some places, these terms are considered as synonymous, in others, the Mayana is open at the sides, and is intended for carrying men, while the Mahapa, intended for women, is surrounded by curtains.
ref: 1838, Robert Montgomery Martin, “The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India...”, in Bhagulpoor, Goruckpoor, and Dinajepoor, volume II, page 426:
glosses: Alternative form of meeana.
spryte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sprytes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sprite.
glosses: Archaic or pseudo-archaic spelling of spirit.
glosses: An off-road vehicle moving on tracks, which is used in amphibious and polar travel.
examples: text: A spryte can include scan-lines with no pixels in them, and particular pixels within a spryte can be designated as transparent.
ref: 1995, David L. Needle, Robert Nical, Method for controlling a spryte rendering processor, US Patent 5596693:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of sprite (small image representing an entity in a video game)
previsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈvaɪsɪv/
rhymes: -aɪsɪv
Forms: form: more previsive
form: most previsive
Etymology: From previse + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: His knowledge is previsive, for He is present to all time.
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture XVIII: Philisophy”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 441:
glosses: Pertaining to prevision or foresight.
collagenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kəˈlæd͡ʒɪnəs/
Etymology: From collagen + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling collagen.
Derived terms: extracollagenous
fibrocollagenous
noncollagenous
canallers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canaller
canaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canallers
form: canaler
Etymology: From canal + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person living or working along a canal.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A vessel of a design modified for use in a particular canal.
cane sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cane sugars
Senses: glosses: Sugar obtained from the sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum).
Coordinate terms: beet sugar
corn sugar
maple sugar
milk sugar
egg pasta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg pastas
Senses: glosses: A kind of pasta having beaten egg mixed with the flour and water to make the dough.
dialoger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialogers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dialoguer.
shortcrust pastry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shortcrust pastries
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
synonyms: short pastry
pâte brisée
glosses: Pastry containing no leavening agent; often used to make the base of tarts, pies, etc.
frollo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frollos
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Frollo.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Frollo.
shortcrust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From short + crust.
Senses: examples: text: shortcrust dumplings
text: shortcrust pastry
glosses: Describing a form of pastry that is relatively hard and brittle.
Derived terms: shortcrust pastry
scalar field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scalar fields
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A function that assigns a scalar value to every point in space.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The field (algebraic structure) for which scalar multiplication is defined for a given vector space; field of scalars.
Synonyms: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
word: field of scalars
Related terms: vector field