cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
laetrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laetriles
Etymology: A contraction of l-mandelonitrile, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”) + -o- + nitrile.
Senses: glosses: A drug, derived from the amygdalin of apricot kernels, once thought capable of destroying cancer cells by the release of cyanide but later banned in the United States by the FDA.
Synonyms: vitamin B17
Hypernyms: amygdalin
pertinacity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pertinacities
Etymology: From Middle French pertinacité, from Old French pertinace (“obstinate, stubborn”).
Senses: examples: text: 1846, Edgar Allen Poe, The Black Cat
With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.
text: Again and again, however, and half a dozen other agains, with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts for admittance.
ref: 1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
Synonyms: pertinaciousness
resolve
stubbornness
tenacity
races
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪsɪz/
rhymes: -eɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of race
races
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪsɪz/
rhymes: -eɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of race
shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɛlz/
rhymes: -ɛlz
Senses: glosses: plural of shell
glosses: Alternative name for conchiglie, a type of pasta.
shells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɛlz/
rhymes: -ɛlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shell
influences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.flu.ən.sɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of influence
influences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.flu.ən.sɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of influence
battles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbætl̩z/
Senses: glosses: plural of battle
battles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbætl̩z/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of battle
Derived terms: pick one's battles
positions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pə-zĭshʹənz
ipa: /pəˈzɪʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of position
positions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pə-zĭshʹənz
ipa: /pəˈzɪʃənz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of position
displays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭsplāzʹ
ipa: /dɪsˈpleɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of display
displays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭsplāzʹ
ipa: /dɪsˈpleɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of display
phrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: frāʹzĭz
ipa: /ˈfɹeɪzɪz/
rhymes: -eɪzɪz
homophone: fraises
Senses: glosses: plural of phrase
phrases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: frāʹzĭz
ipa: /ˈfɹeɪzɪz/
rhymes: -eɪzɪz
homophone: fraises
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phrase
tastes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /teɪsts/
ipa: [tʰeɪ̯st͜s]
ipa: [tʰeɪ̯s(ː)]
rhymes: -eɪsts
Senses: examples: text: "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
glosses: plural of taste
tastes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /teɪsts/
ipa: [tʰeɪ̯st͜s]
ipa: [tʰeɪ̯s(ː)]
rhymes: -eɪsts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of taste
reads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːdz/
rhymes: -iːdz
homophone: reeds
Senses: glosses: plural of read
reads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːdz/
rhymes: -iːdz
homophone: reeds
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of read
posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊsts/
ipa: /poʊsts/
rhymes: -əʊsts
rhymes: -oʊsts
Senses: glosses: plural of post
posts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊsts/
ipa: /poʊsts/
rhymes: -əʊsts
rhymes: -oʊsts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of post
labours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪbɚz/
ipa: /ˈleɪbəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of labour
labours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪbɚz/
ipa: /ˈleɪbəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of labour
lawn mower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawn mowers
Senses: examples: text: Aside from his interest in the above company, Mr. Johnson is president of the Pastime Lawn Mower Co. and the International Specialty Co
ref: 1898 Robert Budd Ross et.al. - Landmarks of Detroit;: A History of the City, - Page 738
text: 1900 Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page - The World's Work ...: A History of Our Time
The tractor is so simple that any boy or girl may operate it, walk-ing and steering it as if it were a lawn mower, but without pushing
glosses: Alternative spelling of lawnmower.
kirkland warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kirkland warblers
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Kirtland's warbler.
quintillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪnˈtɪl.i.ənθ/
Etymology: From quintillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number one quintillion.
quintillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪnˈtɪl.i.ənθ/
Forms: form: quintillionths
Etymology: From quintillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The person or thing in the quintillionth position.
glosses: One of a quintillion equal parts of a whole.
sextillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛksˈtɪl.i.ənθ/
Etymology: From sextillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number one sextillion.
sextillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛksˈtɪl.i.ənθ/
Forms: form: sextillionths
Etymology: From sextillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The person or thing in the sextillionth position.
glosses: One of a sextillion equal parts of a whole.
Kirtland's warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kirtland's warblers
Etymology: Named after Jared P. Kirtland, an Ohio doctor and amateur naturalist.
Senses: glosses: a small songbird, Setophaga kirtlandii, that nests in Michigan, United States and winters in the Bahamas
demurrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demurrages
Etymology: 1640s, from Old French demorage, from demorer (English demur), from Latin dēmorārī (“to tarry”).
By surface analysis, demur (“delay”) + -age, with doubled ‘r’ to clarify pronunciation and avoid ambiguity with demure.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
shipping
transport
glosses: the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
glosses: compensation paid for such detention
glosses: a charge made for exchanging currency for bullion
glosses: the cost associated with owning or holding currency over a given period
glosses: a type of currency which requires paying a fee to store money; a type of currency that discourages using money as a store of value
Coordinate terms: cranage
shippage
shorage
tonnage
wharfage
Le Chatelier's principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for French chemist Henri Louis Le Châtelier.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A principle stating that, if a chemical system at equilibrium experiences a change in concentration, temperature, or total pressure, the equilibrium will shift in order to minimize that change.
machinima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈʃɪnɪmə/
Forms: form: machinimas
form: machinima
Etymology: Blend of machine + cinema.
Senses: examples: text: Fiona's been off at some kind of anime camp in New Jersey – Quake movies and machinima workshops, Japanese staff who claim not to know a word of English beyond ‘awesome’ and ‘sucks’, which for a vast range of human endeavor, actually, is more than enough…
ref: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 135:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
video-games
glosses: The rendering of computer-generated imagery using low-end (real time) 3D engines such as those found in video games, as opposed to the high-end, complex 3D engines used by professionals.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
video-games
glosses: The genre of films created by such techniques.
Derived terms: machinimist
Related terms: animation
video games
virtual reality
stoichiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɔɪ.kiˈɒm.ə.tɹi/
Forms: form: stoichiometries
form: stœchiometry
form: stoicheiometry
Etymology: Coined as German Stöchiometrie by Jeremias Benjamin Richter in 1792. From Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon, “element”) + -metry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The study and calculation of quantitative (measurable) relationships of the reactants and products in chemical reactions (chemical equations).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The quantitative relationship between the reactants and products of a specific reaction or equation.
Derived terms: nonstoichiometry
stoichiometric
substoichiometry
flipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flip
flipping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: Where's my flipping watch?
text: Darn it! That flipping racoon got into the trash again!
synonyms: flogging
freaking
fricking
frigging
glosses: A mild intensifier; a minced oath of "fucking".
Derived terms: flipping Nora
flipping
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: Do you flipping think I'm stupid?
text: Can't you see I'm trying to flipping fix something?
glosses: fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
flipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Forms: form: flippings
Senses: examples: text: coin flippings
glosses: The process of something being flipped or turned over.
glosses: The practice of buying something, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
glosses: Tripping on psychedelics while rolling on empathogens or entactogens.
Derived terms: bottle flipping
candyflipping
candy flipping
hippie flipping
Jedi flipping
kitty flipping
nexus flipping
tailflipping
water bottle flipping
eschewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eschew
eschews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eschew
pentagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛnˈtæɡənəl/
rhymes: -æɡənəl
Forms: form: more pentagonal
form: most pentagonal
Etymology: From pentagon + -al.
Senses: examples: text: If the base be a triangle, it is called a triangular prism; if a square, a square prism; if a pentagon, a pentagonal prism; and' if the base is any irregular figure, it is called an irregular prism : ...
ref: 1850, John Radford Young, An introductory treatise on mensuration, in theory and practice, page 115:
text: Seed micromorphology:—Seed coat is laticostate. Epidermal cells are elliptical to irregularly pentagonal. Cell walls are thickened mostly at the corners, the boundaries are raised […]
ref: 2018, B Özüdoğru, “Phylogenetic position, taxonomy, distribution, and conservation status of the rare and poorly-known Noccaea rosularis, the generic type of Masmenia …”, in Phytotaxa:
glosses: Of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon.
Derived terms: pentagonally
pentagonal prism
subpentagonal
pentagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛnˈtæɡənəl/
rhymes: -æɡənəl
Forms: form: pentagonals
Etymology: From pentagon + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Speaking of protection, note that not only are the end pentagonals surrounded by a generous air space, but the entire instrument is insulated, […]
ref: 1941, Steel, volume 109, page 59:
text: The pentagonals with the flowers and the leaves of the central calyx are gilded all over, as is the inner lip of the vessel.
ref: 1993, Michael Pfrommer, Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections, page 188:
glosses: Something having the shape of a pentagon.
pedestrianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedestrianizations
form: pedestrianisation
Etymology: From pedestrian + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only.
Related terms: pedestrianize
flunk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flʌŋk/
rhymes: -ʌŋk
Forms: form: flunks
form: flunking
form: flunked
form: flunked
Etymology: Alteration of funk, or perhaps a blend of flinch + funk.
Senses: examples: text: He flunked math, again.
glosses: Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
examples: text: Unsatisfied with Fred's progress, the teacher flunked him.
glosses: Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
glosses: To fail any challenge
glosses: To shirk (a task or duty).
glosses: To back out through fear. (Commonly in the phrase 'flunk it', the 'it' referring to a specific task avoided; sometimes without specific reference, describing a person's attitude to life in general.)
Derived terms: flunkable
flunkee
flunker
flunkout
Related terms: flunk out
ferrofluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrofluids
Etymology: From ferro- + fluid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A fluid, typically containing dispersed, nanoscale magnetic particles, designed to be magnetised such that its flow can be controlled by a magnet
Derived terms: ferrofluid dynamics
ferrofluidic
quantum ferrofluid
Related terms: magnetorheological fluid
magnetorheological fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a ferrofluid that solidifies in the presence of a magnetic field
magnetorheological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnetorheological
form: most magnetorheological
Etymology: From magneto- + rheological.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: describing a substance whose rheological properties are modified by a magnetic field
Derived terms: magnetorheological fluid
rheological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːɒˈləd͡ʒɪkəl/
Forms: form: more rheological
form: most rheological
Etymology: From rheology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: It is conceivable that impairment of surfactant proteins is due to rheological and immunodefensive disorders of testis and epididymis or prostate.
ref: 2015 November 25, “Expression and Localization of Lung Surfactant Proteins in Human Testis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of, or relating to rheology.
Derived terms: biorheological
chemorheological
electrorheological
haemorheological
hemorheological
macrorheological
magnetorheological
microrheological
photorheological
rheological lithosphere
rheologically
Related terms: rheologic
potassium iodide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potassium iodides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: halide#Noun
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coordinate_terms: potassium chloride
glosses: A salt, KI, formally derived from potassium hydroxide and hydriodic acid, used as an analytical reagent, in organic synthesis, and in the preparation of photosensitive emulsions and as a radioprotector to protect the thyroid.
radiosterilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + sterilization.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The sterilization (either of an organism, or a surgical implement) by ionizing radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays.
derisory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɹaɪzəɹi/
Forms: form: more derisory
form: most derisory
Etymology: From Middle French dérisoire.
Senses: glosses: Laughable, ridiculous, especially due to being small, inadequate, or low-quality; provoking derision.
glosses: Expressing derision; mocking; ridiculing.
Synonyms: derisive
pathetic
Derived terms: derisorily
derisoriness
orthotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ortho- + -topic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: in the normal position
Derived terms: orthotopically
FOSSer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FOSSers
Etymology: From FOSS + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A user or advocate of free open source software.
-facient
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪʃiənt/
Senses: glosses: causing the specified condition
Derived terms: abortifacient
absorbefacient
calefacient
delirifacient
febrifacient
liquefacient
parturifacient
rubefacient
sensifacient
somnifacient
sorbefacient
stupefacient
tumefacient
-ferous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /-fəɹəs/
Forms: form: -iferous
Etymology: From Latin ferō (“to bear”) + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: flagellum + -i- + -ferous → flagelliferous (“bearing a flagellum”)
text: flos, floris + -i- + -ferous → floriferous (“bearing flowers”)
glosses: Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “bearing an entity or entities as specified by the noun”.
examples: text: nectar + -i- + -ferous → nectariferous (“producing nectar”)
glosses: Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “producing a material as specified by the noun”.
examples: text: nickel + -i- + -ferous → nickeliferous (“containing nickel”)
text: cadmium + -i- + -ferous → cadmiferous (“containing cadmium”)
glosses: Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “containing a material as specified by the noun”.
Related terms: english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: ferrous
word: ferri-
word: ferriferous
mank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: manks
form: manking
form: manked
form: manked
Etymology: From Middle English manken, from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), and Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).
Senses: glosses: To mutilate.
Related terms: mangle
mank
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Etymology: Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.
Senses: examples: text: When he eats, he never closes his mouth. It's so mank.
synonyms: word: manky
word: ming
word: minging
glosses: Disgusting, repulsive.
examples: text: Antarctica can be dingle, with clear skies, or mank, with nothing of the sort.
ref: 1978, Anthony Smith, Wilderness, page 40:
text: This typical 'mank' weather does not stop fur seal pups from exploring.
ref: 1983, Portrait of Antarctica, page 154:
qualifier: Antarctica
glosses: Synonym of manky (“being or having bad weather”).
synonyms: word: manky
extra: being or having bad weather
mank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Etymology: Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.
Senses: examples: text: The plumber had to get all the mank out of the drain.
glosses: Something that is disgusting or manky.
golden handshake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden handshakes
Senses: examples: text: Lloyds TSB's 1996 accounts show that the executive fallout following the takeover of TSB by Lloyds meant the departure of two executives clutching substantial golden handshakes.
ref: 1997, Labour Research, volume 86, page 6:
glosses: A generous severance payment, especially as an inducement to leave employment.
Related terms: golden handcuffs
golden hello
golden parachute
golden shower
green handshake
bucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Senses: glosses: plural of buck
bucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Senses: glosses: Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral colour.
glosses: money
Derived terms: NEETbux
bucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buck
Wilts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Wiltshire.
Worcs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Worcestershire.
Yorks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Yorkshire.
pubic lice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pubic louse
Notts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒts
homophone: knots
homophone: nots
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Nottinghamshire.
glosses: Clipping of Nottingham.
Shrops
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Shropshire.
Synonyms: Salop
Salop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæləp/
homophone: salep
Etymology: From Latin Salopia Salopesberia (“Shrewsbury”) or Salopescira (“Shropshire”), the former a corruption of Old French Slopesberie (“Shrewsbury”).
Senses: glosses: An old name for Shropshire and the official name for the county between 1974 and 1980, still occasionally used in postal addresses.
Northants
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː(ɹ)θ.hænts/
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Northamptonshire.
Related terms: Hants
Lancs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæŋkəʃə/
ipa: /ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə/
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Lancashire.
Lincs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Lincolnshire.
Leics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Leicestershire.
Hunts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Huntingdonshire.
Hunts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hunt
Berks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Berkshire.
Derived terms: word: Berks County
IOW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: IoW
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Isle of Wight.
IOW
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Initialism of in other words.
Soton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: So'ton
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Southampton (seen on road signs).
Sotonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səʊˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /soʊˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Sotonians
Etymology: From Soton + -ian, itself an abbreviation of Southampton. Alternatively, an abbreviation of Southamptonian.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Southampton.
Cardiffian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cardiffians
Etymology: From Cardiff + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Cardiff.
Geordie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒoə̯di/
ipa: /ˈdʒɔːdi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdi/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)di
Etymology: Diminutive of George + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name George.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Georgia, Georgiana, Georgette, or Georgina.
Geordie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒoə̯di/
ipa: /ˈdʒɔːdi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdi/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)di
Forms: form: Geordies
Etymology: Diminutive of George + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Regional form of English spoken by Geordies, people from Tyneside.
glosses: A guinea.
glosses: Someone from Tyneside.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A Geordie lamp.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A pitman who works in a coal mine.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A collier boat.
Geordie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒoə̯di/
ipa: /ˈdʒɔːdi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdi/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)di
Etymology: Diminutive of George + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Related to or characteristic of Geordies, Tyneside or Newcastle upon Tyne.
head louse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head lice
form: headlouse
Etymology: From head + louse. Compare North Frisian hoodlüs (“headlouse”), Dutch hoofdluis (“headlouse”), Swedish huvudlus (“headlouse”), Icelandic höfuðlús (“headlouse”).
Senses: glosses: A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.
Related terms: nit
Leodensian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leodensians
form: Leodiensian
Etymology: From Latin Loidensis (of or from Leeds).
Senses: glosses: Someone from Leeds in northern England.
examples: text: This never would have happened to Smeeton/Or an old Leodensian
ref: 2004, Kaiser Chiefs, “I Predict A Riot”:
glosses: A pupil or alumnus of Leeds Grammar School.
cartesian coordinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Cartesian coordinates.
Brummie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌmi
Forms: form: Brummies
Etymology: From Brum + -ie, from Brummagem, a dialectal variant of Birmingham.
Senses: examples: text: John figured that people who said Ciao were asking to be damaged, especially Brummies with dreary accents who sounded even more absurd than other non-Italian Ciao users.
ref: 2001, David Franklin, Looking For Sarah Jane Smith, Baby Ice Dog Press, Australia, →ISBN:
text: His drilled shot is inch perfect and initially I am frozen as the ball hits the back of the net, in front of the open mouthed Brummies massed behind the goal.
ref: 2009, Steve Mifflin, Exile in the Promised Land, published 2013, page 120:
text: The truth is that these days the Brummies have been magnanimous enough to recognise that the Black Country exists and thats^([sic]) at least a start.
ref: 2010, Bryan Connor, Voices from a Blue Box: Tales from a Black Country Copper, page 15:
glosses: A person from Birmingham, United Kingdom.
examples: text: An easy mistake to make though, you'll hear more Brummie in Welshpool in August than Welsh that's for sure.
ref: 2000 August 11, TerryD, "Skinny-Dipping Midlands", uk.rec.naturist, Usenet
text: Brummie is the accent spoken in the city of Birmingham in the area of the West Midlands. Despite its being widely discussed in the media, Brummie has not received too much attention from linguists.
ref: 2013, Kamil Malarski, “Intonation in the Perception of Brummie”, in Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, Linda R. Shockey, editors, Teaching and Researching English Accents in Native and Non-native Speakers, Springer,, page 208:
glosses: The accented variety of English spoken in Birmingham.
Brummie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌmi
Forms: form: Brummier
form: more Brummie
form: Brummiest
form: most Brummie
Etymology: From Brum + -ie, from Brummagem, a dialectal variant of Birmingham.
Senses: examples: text: "Jump on that bus?" he shouted in an even Brummier accent. "Yow must be jokin'. The bleedin' thing hasn't moved in this traffic for near on an hour."
ref: 1976, Punch, volume 270, page 265:
text: Hayley Jordan is played by an actress who's^([sic]) name I can't remember, but who is actually Jasper Carrott's daughter, and apart from Nigel Mansell, you can't get more Brummie than that.
ref: 1995 November 3, Audrey MacDonald, “Accents on the Archers”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet):
text: When the girls smile, he says in his most Brummie Italian, False presumption of binary opposition.
ref: 1997, Tim Parks, Europa, published 2012, unnumbered page:
text: Mick Beards, thirty-three, is a Brummie with the Brummiest accent you have ever heard.
ref: 2007, Chris Terrill, Commando, page 78:
text: I remember it now having watched the clip! Under Spaghetti Junction too. You can't get more Brummie than that!
ref: 2011 January 23, darkprince66, "Good old BR Improvisation to keep the service running", uk.railway, Usenet
glosses: Of or relating to Birmingham, United Kingdom.
body louse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body lice
Senses: glosses: A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus humanus (syn. Pediculus humanus corporis), that infests the body and clothes of humans and feeds on blood.
Synonyms: bosom friend
coot
cootie
cooty
crumb
grayback
pants rabbit
seam cricket
seam squirrel
kutu
crab louse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crab lice
Senses: glosses: A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.
Synonyms: sense: Pthirus pubis
word: crab
sense: Pthirus pubis
word: pubic louse
Dubliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌblɪnə/
ipa: /ˈdʌblɪnɚ/
rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Dubliners
Etymology: From Dublin + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Dublin, Ireland
Synonyms: jackeen
pubic louse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pubic lice
Senses: glosses: crab louse, Pthirus pubis.
Synonyms: crab
crab louse
sheep-shagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheep-shaggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sheepshagger.
Green Party
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Green Party
Senses: glosses: The particular green party of a country or region.
Synonyms: Greens
Boulonnais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boulonnais
Senses: glosses: A draft horse of a large, elegant breed, usually gray.
relaxation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹilækˈseɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌɹɪlækˈseɪʃən/
note: Indic
ipa: /rɪˈlakˌseʃən/
Forms: form: relaxations
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin relaxatio, relaxationis; equivalent to relax + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
examples: text: relaxation of the soft palate
glosses: A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
glosses: Remission or abatement of rigor.
examples: text: relaxation of efforts
text: It may seem as though the safer sex message gets overplayed, stressed too much; it may have even become tired. Nonetheless, it has become evident that to abandon that message now would create complacency among people at risk for HIV infection. The end result would be a relaxation of life-saving techniques. We would be faced with a new generation of individuals testing antibody positive.
ref: 1989 December 3, Michael De Mayo, “A New Word In AIDS Prevention: Relapse”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 16:
glosses: Remission of attention or application.
glosses: Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The release following musical tension.
Derived terms: dielectric relaxation
half-relaxation time
isovolumic relaxation time
letter of relaxation
longitudinal relaxation time
myorelaxation
relaxation time
spin-lattice relaxation time
spin-spin relaxation time
T1 relaxation time
T2 relaxation time
thermal relaxation time
transverse relaxation time
violent relaxation
Related terms: relax
relaxable
relaxant
relaxate
relaxative
visible spectrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum which is visible to the human eye (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet).
Related terms: Roy G. Biv
letter of relaxation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letters of relaxation
Senses: examples: text: Do you think that the state of the exchanges is that which ought to guide the discretion of the Government, with reference to the issue of a similar letter of relaxation?
ref: 1858, Samuel Jones-Loyd Overstone, Overstone Tracts on Metallic and Paper Currency:
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A letter passing the signet, whereby a debtor is relieved from personal diligence, or whereby an outlaw is reponed against sentence of outlawry.
dental caries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: tooth decay
glosses: A disease of the teeth resulting in damage to tooth structure.
Related terms: english: individual cavities formed as a result
translation: individual cavities formed as a result
word: dental cavities
caprine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkæpˌɹaɪn/
/ˈkæpˌɹin/
/ˈkæp.ɹɪn/
Forms: form: more caprine
form: most caprine
form: caprinic
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. By surface analysis, Capr(a) + -ine or Capr(inae) + -ine.
Senses: coordinate_terms: ovine
glosses: Of or relating to Capra (goats).
glosses: Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives): caprid.
glosses: Goatlike: goatish; goaty.
Related terms: caper
Capricorn
cab
haedine
hircine
caprine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæpˌɹaɪn/
/ˈkæpˌɹin/
/ˈkæp.ɹɪn/
Forms: form: caprines
form: caprinic
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. By surface analysis, Capr(a) + -ine or Capr(inae) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: 2008, Charles R. Peters, et al., 3: Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell (editors, Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics, page 77,
By the late Holocene, most archaeological sites in the central Rift Valley display a significant pastoralist occupation and are dominated by cattle and caprines, while others preserve an abundant wild grassland fauna with substantial numbers of cattle and caprines (Gifford, Isaac, and Nelson 1980).
text: For instance, the graph of the Early Bronze Age sites shows that the relative frequency of caprines in regions 1, 2, and 3 does not differ significantly.
ref: 2010, Aharon Sasson, Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel: A Zooarchaeological Perspective on Livestock Exploitation, Herd Management and Economic Strategies, page 47:
text: Middle seventh-millennium BC domesticated caprines near the Red Sea coast may be introductions from across the Red Sea or along its coastal margins from the north (Vermeersch et al. 1994: 39), perhaps emphasizing the Red Sea littoral as a distinctive cultural area rather than a barrier or route to somewhere else.
ref: 2011, Joy McCorriston, Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East, page 123:
text: The caprines (a group that includes the goats, sheep and ibex) originated about 11 million years ago in either Africa or Europe, the earliest fossils coming from Africa and Greece.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 105:
glosses: Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe Caprini.
Related terms: word: caprid
word: ovine
english: tribe within subfamily Caprinae
translation: tribe within subfamily Caprinae
word: Caprini
caprine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæpˌɹaɪn/
/ˈkæpˌɹin/
/ˈkæp.ɹɪn/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caprin.
busybodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of busybody
busybodies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of busybody
landscaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlænd.skeɪp.ə/
ipa: /ˈlænd.skeɪp.ɚ/
Forms: form: landscapers
Etymology: From landscape + -er.
Senses: glosses: One that does landscaping.
larcenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larcenists
Etymology: From larceny + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who commits larceny, a thief.
Synonyms: larcener
golden hello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden hellos
Senses: topics: management
glosses: A payment offered to an employee as an inducement to join, especially if currently working for a competitor.
Related terms: golden handcuffs
golden handshake
golden parachute
besotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈsɒtɪd/
rhymes: -ɒtɪd
Forms: form: besotten
Etymology: From besot + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of besot
smørrebrød
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smørrebrød
form: smørrebrøds
form: smorrebrod
form: smörrebröd
Etymology: From Danish smørrebrød.
Senses: examples: text: Danish cities are full of shops with colorful smørrebrøds where you can inexpensively buy an assortment to eat in the park on a nice day.
ref: 1968, Eleanor B. Pierce, Menu Translator: Pan Am’s Guide to Food and Drink Specialties Abroad and at Home, Pan American Airways, page 24:
text: Two or three smørrebrøds are commonly served as breakfast in Denmark and other Scandinavian countries.
ref: 2011, Jack Challem, No More Fatigue: Why You’re So Tired and What You Can Do About It, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 168:
text: Next door to the Commonweal is Kari’s, which has somewhat erratic hours (be sure to check before planning a trip there) and serves Scandinavian gourmet food, like Norwegian meatballs with lingonberries and a variety of smørrebrøds.
ref: 2011, Amy C. Rea, Backroads & Byways of Minnesota: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions, The Countryman Press, →ISBN, page 199:
text: It is no exaggeration to say that smørrebrød, or open-faced sandwiches, are the classic Danish dish. […] Smørrebrød are served across all strata of society, from extremely fancy restaurants to working-class lunch counters, where they often come accompanied by a fist-size meatball or a fried fish cake.
ref: 2023, Nichole Accettola, “How to Make and Eat Smørrebrød: A Master Class in Layering”, in Scandinavian from Scratch: A Love Letter to the Baking of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, New York, N.Y.: Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 200:
glosses: An open-faced sandwich that usually consists of a piece of buttered rye bread, topped with commercial or homemade cold cuts, pieces of meat or fish, cheese or spreads, and garnishes.
fuckmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuckmates
Etymology: From fuck + mate.
Senses: examples: text: But nah. We were pretending. We were only fuckmates. Trial mates.
ref: 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: A fuckbuddy; a friend with whom one has casual sex without commitments.
Related terms: no strings attached
weighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈweɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈwæɪ.tɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
homophone: waited
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weight
weighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈweɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈwæɪ.tɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
homophone: waited
Forms: form: more weighted
form: most weighted
Senses: examples: text: She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind.
glosses: Having weights on it.
examples: text: The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win.
glosses: Biased, so as to favour one party.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: having values assigned to its edges
raw_tags: of a graph
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
examples: text: Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.
ref: 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Containing a large proportion (of something).
Derived terms: time-weighted
weighted alphabet
weighted average
weighted-average cost of capital
weighted graph
weighted mean
weighted vest
tais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tais
Senses: glosses: A traditional woven cloth produced by women in East Timor.
strobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹəʊb/
ipa: /stɹoʊb/
rhymes: -əʊb
Forms: form: strobes
Etymology: Shortening of stroboscope.
Senses: examples: text: White all light sources illuminate the subject, the strobe both illuminates and "freezes" the subject.
ref: 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light.
examples: text: a memory strobe; a data strobe
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read.
Derived terms: remote strobe
strobe light
strobe lighting
strobe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹəʊb/
ipa: /stɹoʊb/
rhymes: -əʊb
Forms: form: strobes
form: strobing
form: strobed
form: strobed
Etymology: Shortening of stroboscope.
Senses: examples: text: ... as they fuck she quakes, body strobing miles beneath him in cream and night-blue, all sound suppressed, eyes in crescents behind gold lashes...
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
text: Here was a blazingly erotic sex star par excellence as Travolta gyrated around that strobing disco dance floor like a cock-o'-the-walk.
ref: 1986, Sam Frank, Sex in the Movies:
text: The problem was that when running cables the entire length of the tunnel, engineers had to take into account any voltage drop to ensure no lights strobe - something that could cause serious issues for drivers running at high speeds.
ref: 2023 November 29, Peter Plisner, “The winds of change in Catesby Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 997, page 58:
glosses: To flash like a stroboscopic lamp.
scuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skʌf/
ipa: /skɐf/
ipa: /skʊf/
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: scuffs
form: scuffing
form: scuffed
form: scuffed
Etymology: From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa (“to shove, push aside”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at English shove.
Senses: glosses: To scrape the feet while walking.
glosses: To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
examples: text: The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away.
ref: 1979, V. S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River:
text: Wallace threw himself at it to connect with a flying header. He looked a certain scorer but his effort scuffed the inside of Fraser Forster’s post.
ref: 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:
glosses: To hit lightly, to brush against.
examples: text: The Montenegro captain was finding space at will and followed up with a speculative shot that he scuffed wide, after Wales were slow in closing down the Juventus striker.
ref: 2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC:
glosses: To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
Derived terms: scuff up
Related terms: scuffle
scuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skʌf/
ipa: /skɐf/
ipa: /skʊf/
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: scuffs
Etymology: From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa (“to shove, push aside”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at English shove.
Senses: examples: text: Someone left scuff marks in the sand.
text: He flung his shoes across the room, their soles leaving black scuffs on the dingy wall.
ref: 2015, Charles W. Jones, Hydrangeas on the Lanai:
glosses: A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
examples: text: All you could hear was the rhythmic scuff of Mr. Stink’s battered brogues as he walked slowly along the road
ref: 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: The sound of a scuff or scrape.
glosses: A slipper.
examples: text: It was a dark, gloomy day, with black clouds driven by the wind, and scuffs of grey showers scudding among the hilltops. Presently lying couched amid the heather we saw the dragoons come marching loosely two and two,[…]
ref: 1895, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Men of the Moss-hags: Being a History of Adventure Taken from the Papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway and, page 313:
text: and when I got [to] the shoulder of the Craig yonder, cold scuffs of mist were reaching down from higher up, that told me how my view was to be spoiled, and warned me to mind my path. But I knew the heights; many a time have I been caught in the descending clouds, and a mist was like an old friend.
ref: 1902, Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson, The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, page 159:
text: When, having lunched, we breasted the climbing path in the early afternoon, the mists came down on Dollar Law, and across the valley drifted "scuffs" of soft rain that soaked us ere we topped the summit of the Bitch Craig. The grasses were top-heavy with beads of water, and rudely shook themselves over our boots as we squelched through them,[…]
ref: 1910, Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson, The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, page 52:
coordinate_terms: scud
glosses: A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
Derived terms: scuff mark
Related terms: scuffed
scuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skʌf/
ipa: /skɐf/
ipa: /skʊf/
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: scuffs
Etymology: See scuft
Senses: glosses: A scurf; a scale.
examples: text: One of the biggest and most redoubted of the Black Family was now in that seat of dignity, and, refusing surlily to yield it at Jasper's rude summons, was seized by the scuff of the neck, and literally hurled on the table in front.
ref: 1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do with It?:
glosses: The back part of the neck; the scruff.
Related terms: scoff
scruff
prerequisite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/
ipa: /pɹiˈɹɛkwəzət/
ipa: /pɹiˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/
Etymology: From pre- + requisite.
Senses: examples: text: The prerequisite warm-up to the match was ignored.
text: A good command of Spanish is prerequisite for enrolling in this course.
glosses: Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
Derived terms: non-prerequisite