cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
condemnatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more condemnatory
form: most condemnatory
Etymology: From Latin condemnāt-, past participle stem of condemnāre + -ory.
Senses: glosses: Serving to condemn or censure.
Derived terms: condemnatorily
uncondemnatory
dribbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dribble
dribbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dribblers
Etymology: From dribble + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who dribbles (salivates excessively).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A person who performs dribbling.
examples: text: It weren't like I wanted to go to the meeting, I could think of plenty of stuff I'd rather than spending all evening sat in a room with the same bunch of dribblers I'd spent all fucking day with.
ref: 2006, Clare Allan, Poppy Shakespeare, page 307:
glosses: A stupid person.
Derived terms: Birmingham dribbler
DWSL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Dutch Women's Soccer League.
DWSL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of distribute website locator.
Embu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in São Paulo, Brazil.
glosses: A town in Kenya.
glosses: a Bantu language of Kenya.
empurpled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of empurple
empurpled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more empurpled
form: most empurpled
Senses: examples: 2004. "Intended as ironic, this remark empurpled the anti-anti-Communists who predominated on the intellectual left." —Christopher Hitchens. "Susan Sontag: Remembering an intellectual heroine." http://www.slate.com/id/2111506
glosses: made purple, especially having a purple complexion because of rage etc.
glosses: over-embellished or flowery
raw_tags: of a text
Related terms: purple prose
purple prose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from a reference by the Roman poet Horace.
Senses: examples: text: Swinburne is often a very discerning critic in spite of his penchant for purple prose.
ref: 1932, Harry T. Baker, “Hazlitt as a Shakespearean Critic”, in PMLA, volume 47, number 1, page 198:
text: His persecuted characters bleed purple prose, and he persistently confuses an assault on the nerves with a cry from the heart.
ref: 1960 October 24, “Book of Lamentations”, in Time, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2008, (review of The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart):
text: The things, you say / Your purple prose just gives you away / The things, you say / You're unbelievable
ref: 1991, “Unbelievable”, in Schubert Dip, performed by EMF:
text: An antibiological bias […] was stimulated by a flood of popular and scholarly books in the 1960s and 1970s (some awash in deep purple prose) saying that male domination was natural and inevitable.
ref: 2004, Joan Huber, “Lenski Effects on Sex Stratification Theory”, in Sociological Theory, volume 22, number 2, page 261:
coordinate_terms: beige prose
glosses: Extravagant or flowery writing, especially in a literary work.
wikipedia: Horace
Related terms: word: mandarin
word: purple patch
flokati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flokatis
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek φλοκάτη (flokáti), from φλόκι (flóki, “flock, shag”), from Italian flocco.
Senses: examples: text: The woolly flotakis in the bedrooms, terracotta and ceramic tiles elsewhere; the few antiques Elise had skilfully harmonised with large and comfortable modern module pieces.
ref: 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 24:
glosses: A handwoven woolen rug with a thick pile.
Orange River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named in honor of the House of Orange-Nassau.
Senses: glosses: The longest river in South Africa.
Orange-Nassau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The royal house or family of the Netherlands.
glosses: The Principality of Orange-Nassau.
flying buttress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying buttresses
Senses: topics: architecture
synonyms: arc-boutant
glosses: A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).
DNA sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DNA sequences
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The string of base pairs (adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine) which, when arranged in triplets to form codons, create a DNA string which encodes polypeptides.
Related terms: DNA sequencing
buttress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌtɹəs/
ipa: /ˈbʌtɹɪs/
Forms: form: buttresses
form: buttrice
Etymology: From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjective), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *bôtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat.
Senses: examples: text: It was decided, therefore, to build eight concrete buttresses from the new strengthening work to safeguard the general stability of the wall along the length where the greatest movement had taken place.
ref: 1954 June, “Strengthening of River Calder Retaining Wall, N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:
topics: architecture
synonyms: counterfort
brace
coordinate_terms: pilaster
glosses: A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
glosses: Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A buttress-root.
examples: text: Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress
text: All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses.
ref: 2005, Will Cook, Until Darkness Disappears, page 54:
text: Two short pitches up a chimney-crack are followed by a traverse right to the centre of the buttress.
ref: 2010, Tony Howard, Treks and Climbs in Wadi Rum, Jordan, →ISBN, page 84:
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: crag
bluff
glosses: A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
examples: text: the grand pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity
ref: 1692 October 30, Robert South, A Further Account of the Nature and Measures of Conscience:
glosses: Anything that supports or strengthens.
Derived terms: buttressless
buttresslike
buttress root
flying buttress
buttress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌtɹəs/
ipa: /ˈbʌtɹɪs/
Forms: form: buttresses
form: buttressing
form: buttressed
form: buttressed
form: buttrice
Etymology: From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjective), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *bôtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat.
Senses: glosses: To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
examples: text: Buttressed by elaborate account statements and a deep reservoir of trust from his investors and regulators, Mr. Madoff steered his fraud scheme safely through a severe recession in the early 1990s, a global financial crisis in 1998 and the anxious aftermath of the terrorist attacks in September 2001.
ref: 2021 April 14, Diana B. Henriques, “Bernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Is Dead at 82”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: corroborate
substantiate
glosses: To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
forepaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)pɔː/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹpɔ/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹpɑ/
Forms: form: forepaws
Etymology: From fore- + paw.
Senses: glosses: Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans.
foundational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foundational
form: most foundational
Etymology: From foundation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a foundation or foundations.
glosses: Fundamental or underlying.
Synonyms: foundationary
groundlaying
Derived terms: antifoundational
foundational belief
Foundational Black American
foundationalism
foundationalist
foundationalistic
foundationality
foundationally
foundational witness
nonfoundational
postfoundational
founding father
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: founding fathers
Senses: coordinate_terms: founding mother
glosses: A man who founded something.
Founding Father
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Founding Fathers
Etymology: First used by then-U.S. senator Warren G. Harding in his keynote speech at the 1916 Republican National Convention.
Senses: examples: text: At the heart of it, I thought of the Great Society as an extension of the Bill of Rights. When our fundamental American rights were set forth by the Founding Fathers, they reflected the concerns of a people who sought freedom in their time. But in our time a broadened concept of freedom requires that every American have the right to a healthy body, a full education, a decent home, and the opportunity to develop to the best of his talents.
ref: 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104:
glosses: Any of the men who were responsible for the founding of the United States of America. Chiefly used to refer to political leaders who drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, and to military leaders who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
wikipedia: 1916 Republican National Convention
United States Declaration of Independence
Warren G. Harding
Related terms: founding father
Founding Mothers
forested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forested
form: most forested
Etymology: From forest + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Tasikoki has some 70 crested black macaques housed together in large, forested enclosures to let them establish hierarchies.
ref: 2017 March 24, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival”, in National Geographic:
glosses: Covered in forest.
Derived terms: nonforested
overforested
underforested
forested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From forest + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forest
foretelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foretell
foretelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foretellings
Senses: examples: foretellings of doom
glosses: prediction
Synonyms: foretale
for good and all
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: hauing prepared a like feather to the same, of some other Hawke or fowle, resembling the broken feather: you muste cutte the quyll of it, and so force it togyther, as it maye enter the broken quyll of the Hawkes feather, annoynting it before you thruste it in, or seeme to place it for good and all, in the gummie fatte of a fygge
ref: 1575, George Turberville, The Booke of Faulconrie or Hauking, London: Christopher Barker, Part 3, p. 275:
text: It is so long since the reader […] has been parted from the midwife, that it is high time to mention her again to him, merely to put him in mind that there is such a body still in the world, and whom […] I am going to introduce to him for good and all:
ref: 1760, Laurence Sterne, chapter 13, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 1, page 53:
text: “Come,” said Gamfield; “say four pound, gen’lmen. Say four pound, and you’ve got rid of him for good and all. There!”
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 40:
text: ‘It gets worse and worse the further we go,’ said Acorn. ‘Where are we going and how long will it be before some of us stop running for good and all?’
ref: 1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down, Puffin, published 1973, Part 1, Chapter 10, p. 61:
text: […] we gonna talk this through for good and all.
ref: 2020, Monique Roffey, chapter 9, in The Mermaid of Black Conch, Leeds: Peepal Tree Press:
glosses: In a way that is conclusive and final.
Synonyms: definitively
for good
forever
once and for all
permanently
decedent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsiːdənt/
ipa: /dɪˈsi.dənt/
Forms: form: decedents
Etymology: From Latin decedens, present active participle of decedere (“to depart, die”).
Senses: examples: text: “A check of the nightstands revealed large amounts of prescription medication in the decedent’s name,” the coroner’s notes said, according to TMZ.com.
ref: 2009 December 22, New York Post, “‘Dangerous drug mix’ likely killed Brittany”, in The Herald Sun:
text: A 2020 study found that MAiD recipients in Ontario tended to be wealthier, less likely to be in institutional care, and more likely to be married than the average Ontario decedent.
ref: 2023 January 10, Sara Miller Llana, Whitney Eulich, Dominique Soguel, “As assisted dying broadens, countries wrestle with new ethical lines”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
topics: law
glosses: A dead person.
decedent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsiːdənt/
ipa: /dɪˈsi.dənt/
Etymology: From Latin decedens, present active participle of decedere (“to depart, die”).
Senses: examples: text: satisfy every claimant upon the estate of a decedent person
ref: 1846, Pennsylvania Law Journal, volume 5:
glosses: Removing; departing; deceased.
Related terms: deceased
fork bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fork bombs
form: forkbomb
Etymology: From fork (“splitting-up of an existing process”) + bomb.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast to the wabbit's slow growth, a fork bomb quickly generates multiple copies itself.
ref: 2002, Philip E. N. Howard, “Hacktivism”, in Steve Jones, editor, Encyclopedia of New Media, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 216:
text: By using the limits described in this chapter, you can mitigate the risk of a fork bomb by restricting the maximum number of processes that a single user can invoke. While the fork bomb can still cause your system to become highly loaded, […]
ref: 2020, Wale Soyinka, Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide, Eighth Edition, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 331:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: wabbit
glosses: A program that creates a large number of self-replicating tasks or processes in a computer system in order to cause a denial of service.
fragmentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪt͡ʃən/
ipa: /ˌfɹæɡmənˈtæɪt͡ʃən/
Forms: form: fragmentations
Etymology: From fragment + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
glosses: The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism splits into one or more pieces. Those pieces then become new individuals.
Synonyms: fragmentization
Derived terms: antifragmentation
autofragmentation
Beckmann fragmentation
biofragmentation
Eschenmoser fragmentation
fragmentation bomb
fragmentation grenade
hyperfragmentation
multifragmentation
overfragmentation
phacofragmentation
photofragmentation
polyfragmentation
refragmentation
frame house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frame houses
Senses: glosses: A house constructed on a light wooden framework.
Hypernyms: house
stylography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: style (stylus) + -graphy
Senses: glosses: The process of drawing or writing using a stylus onto a wax tablet, etc.
Derived terms: stylograph
stylographic
stylographical
stylographically
Related terms: stylographer
stylograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stylographs
Etymology: style (stylus) + -graph
Senses: glosses: A fountain pen that has a thin hollow tube or needle instead of a nib, and which releases ink when pressed against the paper.
Derived terms: stylo
stylographer
Related terms: stylography
stylographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stylographic
form: most stylographic
Etymology: From stylography + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: All the paper that I possess consists of five old note-books and a lot of scraps, and I have only the one stylographic pencil; but so long as I can move my hand I will continue to set down our experiences and impressions[.]
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Pertaining to or designed to be used for stylography; stylographical.
Derived terms: stylographic pen
stylographical
stylographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stylographically
form: most stylographically
Etymology: From stylographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a stylographic manner.
stylographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stylographical
form: most stylographical
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to stylography; stylographic.
Derived terms: stylographically
trudging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trudge
trudging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trudgings
Senses: examples: text: The unceasing fatigue of my daily walks to and from Clapham, with my various trudgings from one Doctor Humbug to another Doctor Whimsical, combined with the before-mentioned causes to affect my health.
ref: 1841, William Johnstoun N. Neale, The naval surgeon, page 136:
glosses: The act of one who trudges, or walks slowly and heavily.
tonno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian tonno. Doublet of tuna.
Senses: glosses: Tuna in solid (unflaked) form, packed in olive oil.
zuppe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zuppa
truculence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truculences
form: truculency
Etymology: From French truculence, from Latin truculentia.
Senses: examples: text: To these provincial autocrats, before whom the peaceable population of all classes had been accustomed to tremble, the reserve of that English-looking engineer caused an uneasiness which swung to and fro between cringing and truculence.
ref: 1904 January 29 – October 7, Joseph Conrad, chapter 7, in Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard, London; New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], published 1904, →OCLC:
text: He was huge in all that he did, and his benevolence was even more overpowering than his truculence.
ref: 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine:
text: Dundy’s fists were clenched in front of his body and his feet were planted firm and a little apart on the floor, but the truculence in his face was modified by thin rims of white showing between green irises and upper eyelids.
ref: 1930, Dashiell Hammet, chapter 8, in The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 97:
text: Trump’s truculence on the world stage: “Everyone kowtows to Iran because they’re crazy. Now we have our own bit of crazy.”
ref: 2020, Bret Stephens, “Meet a Secret Trump Voter”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state of being truculent; eagerness to fight; ferocity.
Synonyms: aggressiveness
defiance
ferociousness
savageness
truculency
Galle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Sri Lanka.
truculency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truculencies
Senses: glosses: Truculence.
glosses: A truculent remark or behaviour.
Garbe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Garbes
Etymology: * As a German surname, variant of Garb, which is converged from words such as gerben (“to tan”) and Ger (“spear”). Compare the surnames Gerber, Gerhardt.
* As a French surname, from Old French gerba (“wheatsheaf”) (see modern verb gerber (“to sheave”)).
Senses: examples: text: Garbe has been CMO for just over two years, according to his LinkedIn profile. The company said its US chief commercial officer Kyle Norrington will oversee marketing going forward.
ref: 2023 November 15, Ramishah Maruf, “Anheuser-Busch’s US marketing chief is stepping down as Bud Light sales sink”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A surname from German.
truculently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more truculently
form: most truculently
Etymology: From truculent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: After working hard for a couple of weeks he suddenly downed tools and truculently demanded thirty shillings.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 71:
text: Truculently they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance?
ref: 1954, William Golding, “chapter 11”, in Lord of the Flies:
text: It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face. Toberman was disconcerted. ‘What's the matter?’ he demanded truculently.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: `What's wrong with that?' he demanded truculently.
ref: 1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 128:
glosses: With aggression; savagely.
Synonyms: sense: with aggression
word: aggressively
sense: with aggression
word: belligerently
sense: with aggression
word: cruelly
sense: with aggression
word: defiantly
sense: with aggression
word: ferociously
sense: with aggression
word: savagely
Related terms: truculence
truculent
Garn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Garn scale
minestrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪnɪˈstɹəʊnɪ/
ipa: /ˌmɪnəˈstɹoʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: minestrones
Etymology: Directly from Italian minestrone, from minestra (“soup”, ultimately from Latin ministrō) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Senses: glosses: Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups.
head boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head boys
Senses: glosses: A boy chosen to lead a school sixth form, whose duties may include representing the school and organising the prefects.
Related terms: head girl
stracciatella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɹɑt͡ʃi.əˈtɛlə/
ipa: /ˌstɹæt͡ʃəˈtɛlə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: stracciatellas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, from stracciare (“to rip, to tear up”), of ultimate Latin origin, due to the aspect.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I had the happy notion of adding an egg,’ Williams shouted back. ‘It poaches in the soup. Not unlike an Italian stracciatella. Singularly toothsome.[…]’
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 41:
glosses: An Italian soup made by dribbling a mixture of Parmesan cheese and beaten egg into hot broth.
glosses: A type of Italian milk-based ice cream with chocolate shavings.
glosses: Any of several types of cheese often pulled into shreds.
glosses: Any of several types of cheese often pulled into shreds.
Ellipsis of stracciatella di bufala
pointy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔɪnti/
Forms: form: pointier
form: pointiest
Etymology: From point + -y.
Senses: glosses: Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
examples: text: a pointy sub; a pointy block
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: In the Raku programming language: being a block or subroutine that acts as a closure accepting a list of parameters (denoted by the pointed arrow symbol ->).
Derived terms: finger-pointy
pointily
pointiness
pointy bracket
pointy end
pointy head
pointy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔɪnti/
Forms: form: pointies
Etymology: From point + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Even though Skylar has never had a seizure to my knowledge since the incident in school, she still sees the things she likes to call pointies, just not as many as before, since she started taking the valproic acid, but still there's a few.
ref: 2012, Lou Rain, Family Effects, page 298:
text: Plus, it's likely she will bite you the first few times you try messing with her mouth, so why not get those bites out of the way before the sharp pointies come in?
ref: 2013, Jennifer Byrne, The Intrepid Parent's Field Guide to the Baby Kingdom, page 154:
glosses: Any pointed object.
blue daze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue dazes
Senses: synonyms: Hawaiian blue eyes
shaggy dwarf morning glory
glosses: A perennial flowering plant, Evolvulus nuttallianus, with blue petals.
Geisel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Geisels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Geisel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Dida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Kru language spoken in Côte d'Ivoire.
Dogri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Indo-Aryan language, spoken primarily in Jammu region, parts of Himachal Pradesh & parts of Northern Punjab in India and Pakistan.
Giebel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Giebels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Giebel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Gitter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gitters
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gitter.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
murri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin muriabor.
Classical Syriac ܡܘܼܪܝܵܐ (mūryā)bor.
Arabic مُرِّيّ (murriyy)bor.
English murri
Borrowed from Arabic مُرِّيّ (murriyy), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܘܼܪܝܵܐ (mūryā, “brine”), borrowed from Latin muria (“brine, salty pickling solution”).
Senses: glosses: A medieval Arab condiment made from fermented barley.
Dolgan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Turkic people, who inhabit the Taymyria region in the Krasnoyarsk Krai (Красноя́рский край) in Russia.
Dolgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of these people.
Dolgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dolgans
Etymology: Cognate of Dolhan, Douhan, Dovgan, Dovhan, and Dowhan. Compare Kovtun / Koltun. See l-vocalization.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Domaaki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Indo-European language spoken in northern Pakistan.
Ekoti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language spoken in the Nampula province of Mozambique.
semolina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛməˈliːnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Forms: form: semolinas
form: semolino
Etymology: Etymology tree
Aramaic סְמִידָאder.
Latin simila
Italian semola
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Italian -ino
Italian semolinobor.
English semolina
From earlier semolino, borrowed from Italian semolino, diminutive of semola, from Latin simila (“finest wheat flour”). Compare regional German Semmel (“bread roll”).
Senses: glosses: Coarse grains produced at an intermediate stage of wheat flour milling.
glosses: Such grains, usually from durum wheat, used in the preparation of pasta, couscous and various sweet dishes.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Ellipsis of semolina pudding.
Derived terms: semolina pudding
Related terms: grout
grits
meal
Griff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
semolina pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semolina puddings
Senses: glosses: A soft dessert made by boiling a mixture of semolina, sugar and flavourings in milk.
like new
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: After a thorough shine, your shoes look like new.
glosses: Seemingly new; as good as new.
examples: text: Make your car run like new.
glosses: As though new; as good as new.
like new
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Our like-new refrigerator didn't last the year.
glosses: Seemingly new; as good as new.
attributing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of attribute
abnormalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abnormality
amphibious car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphibious cars
Etymology: amphibious + car
Senses: glosses: a motor car that can also travel on water
Bellini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The cocktail is named after Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
glosses: Giovanni Bellini, Venetian painter
glosses: Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer
Bellini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bellinis
form: bellini
Etymology: The cocktail is named after Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini.
Senses: examples: text: When made well the Bellini consists of only these two ingredients: chilled fresh white peach puree and Prosecco.
ref: 2010 July 28, Derek Brown, “The Bellini: A Two-Ingredient Marvel”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A cocktail made from Prosecco and peach juice.
vogue word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vogue words
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A neologism that gains sudden popularity but is forgotten after a relatively short time.
Related terms: buzzword
flash in the pan
perf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Abbreviation of perforated; when followed by a number, eg, perf 14, this indicates the number of perforations per two centimetres.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of perfective.
examples: text: Games are perf for home use or as [a] money maker.
ref: 1995 November 28, David Fish, “Ads in the N.E. area (11/28)”, in rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (Usenet):
text: The best one I have ever seen on an ammy is +1 sorc and +18 str
It was perf for my sorc who needed just a bit more strength [...]
ref: 2001 January 15, Freaksaus, “The best regular Magic Amulet ever!”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet):
text: Oh what a beautiful day, perfect temp, sunny breezy, & a perf temp for doing anything.
ref: 2002 July 23, sawdust, “Day”, in alt.wibby (Usenet):
text: This sculptural piece is perf for a celebratory brunch, don't ya think?
ref: 2023 September 28, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, Katherine J Igoe, “28 Cute Fall Dresses That’ll Get You Through Transitional Weather in Style, JSYK”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Clipping of perfect.
perf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: perfs
Senses: examples: text: I put in a note about her perf, including when and how I found out about it.
ref: 2015, Theresa Brown, The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives:
glosses: Clipping of performance.
glosses: Clipping of (of postage stamps or photographic film) perforation.
perf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)f/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: perfs
form: perfing
form: perfed
form: perfed
Senses: glosses: Clipping of perforate.
imperf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of imperfect.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Clipping of imperforate or imperforated.
imperf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imperfs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: An imperforated stamp.
wisteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪsˈtɛriə/
ipa: /wɪsˈtiriə/
Forms: form: wisterias
Etymology: Borrowed from taxonomic name Wisteria.
Senses: examples: text: I know it's typical of me to keep secrets to find my way back again
Touch of conditional love
Reasons to keep me from binding the pathogen
Wisteria grows
I just want a clear view
ref: 2019, “Electric Cross”, performed by Spiritbox:
glosses: Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.
Derived terms: tree wisteria
water wisteria
Related terms: wistaria
imperforate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From im- + perforate.
Senses: synonyms: imperforated
nonperforated
impatent
glosses: Not perforated.
examples: text: imperforate anus
text: imperforate hymen
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: imperforated
word: nonperforated
word: impatent
word: atretic
glosses: Not perforated.
Synonym of atretic.
Derived terms: subimperforate
Related terms: imperforation
perforation
imperforate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imperforates
Etymology: From im- + perforate.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A postage stamp that has not been perforated.
Pandavas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from Pandu, the mytho-historical figure represented as the father of the members of this group.
Senses: glosses: A mytho-historical group of archetypes of perfection, the five acknowledged sons of Pandu, according to the Indian epic Mahabharata.
psychotomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psychoto- + mimetic.
Senses: examples: text: Considering the way government researchers administered LSD, it's not surprising that an official view emerged that LSD made you mad. The researchers described tripping and pyschosis as one and the same, and called LSD and similar substances 'psychotomimetic' - that is, mimicking madness.
ref: 2023, David Nutt, Psychedelics, page 119:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That induces a temporary state of altered perception and symptoms similar to those of psychosis (such as hallucinations).
Derived terms: subpsychotomimetic
psychotomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychotomimetics
Etymology: From psychoto- + mimetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any psychotomimetic drug, such as LSD.
pulse demodulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulse demodulators
Senses: glosses: a device that recovers the modulating signal from a pulse modulated wave
pulse jet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulse jets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pulsejet.
pulsejet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulsejets
form: pulsojet
Etymology: From pulse + jet.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a valved jet engine where combustion occurs in pulses, as used in the V-1 flying bomb
Related terms: pulse detonation engine
ramjet
scramjet
turbojet
V-1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V-1s
Etymology: From German Vergeltungswaffe eins (“retaliation weapon one”).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An early cruise missile, powered by a pulsejet, used by Germany in the Second World War.
Synonyms: buzz bomb
doodlebug
Hypernyms: cruise missile
flying bomb
V-1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V-1s
Etymology: From V + 1.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of V1.
Related terms: V-2
doodlebug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduːdl̩ˌbʌɡ/
Forms: form: doodlebugs
Etymology: From doodle + bug.
Senses: examples: text: Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.
ref: 2009, Robert McCrum, The masterpiece that killed George Orwell:
glosses: The V-1 flying bomb.
qualifier: "doodlebug tractor"
glosses: An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
examples: text: Common names for woodlice vary throughout the English-speaking world. They include roly-poly, pill bug (usually applied only to the genus Armadillidium), sow bug, doodle bug, carpenter (Newfoundland),[…] cheesybug (Kent), and cheeselog.
ref: 2018 June 25, “Pillbugs”, in Niles Biological, Inc.:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A woodlouse.
glosses: A term of endearment.
glosses: A slackard or time-waster.
glosses: An idiot.
glosses: Someone who draws constantly.
glosses: A divining rod or similarly intended device.
glosses: Individual self-propelled train cars.
Derived terms: doodlebugger
flying bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying bombs
Senses: examples: text: In this category may be placed the new tube tunnel shelters in London, some of which have now been brought into use because of the flying-bomb attack.
ref: 1944 September and October, “Shelters as Tube Railway Nuclei”, in Railway Magazine, pages 259–260:
text: All the main-line railways, as well as London Transport, were affected by flying-bomb damage, but naturally the Southern Railway was the principal sufferer for geographical reasons, and the L.N.E.R. came next with the damage it sustained in the Stratford area. The principal effect of the flying bomb was to cause widespread blast damage to railway buildings and signalling and other installations, and to a smaller extent tracks, with resultant delays and the need for emergency repair.
ref: 1944 November and December, “Rapid Damage Repair”, in Railway Magazine, pages 323–324:
glosses: Any early guided missile, but especially the V-1.
V-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V-2s
Etymology: German Vergeltungswaffe zwei (“retaliation weapon two”).
Senses: examples: Alternative form: V2
glosses: An early long-range liquid-fuel ballistic missile used by Germany during the Second World War.
Related terms: V-1
V-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V-2s
Etymology: From V + 2.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of V2.
V-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V-2s
Etymology: From V- + 2.
Senses: topics: automotive
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: Alternative spelling of V-twin.
etatisme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A hypercorrect form of etatism via French -isme, equivalent to a misspelled version of étatisme.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of etatism and étatisme.
early bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: early baths
Etymology: From the belief that players bathe together after a match, so if a player gets sent off, he or she can get into the bath before the other players.
Senses: examples: text: That was a horrible tackle: he can expect an early bath for that.
glosses: The condition of being shown a red card in soccer.
fourth official
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourth officials
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The official who keeps things at the dugout in order, and displays substitutions and the amount of injury time
injury time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Additional time played after each period of a game in order to compensate for stoppages due to player injuries; loosely extended to include time added on to compensate for all types of stoppages, i.e. synonymous with stoppage time.
Synonyms: word: added time
word: additional time
word: stoppage time
word: time added on
english: Australian rules football
translation: Australian rules football
word: time on
Related terms: word: extra time
word: normal time
word: overtime
word: time on
centre circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centre circles
form: center circle
Senses: examples: text: Vardy should have equalled Dunne’s record nine minutes in, when he dispossessed Williams in the centre circle and sped clear.
ref: 2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian (London):
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The circle in the centre of the pitch which, at kick-off, the defending team may not enter until the attacking side has touched the ball.
six-yard box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: six-yard boxes
Senses: examples: text: Roman Sharonov rose unchallenged to head a corner wide, while diminutive winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz ghosted in with a diving header from the edge of the six-yard box that was acrobatically kept out by Gomes.
ref: 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: An enclosed area inside the penalty area, extending 6 yards (5.5 metres) from the goal, inside which a goal kick must be taken.
Synonyms: goal area
penalty area
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penalty areas
Senses: examples: text: Racing out of his penalty area after a poor clearance, Haimov was beaten to the ball by Jerome, who rolled it to the waiting Shotton to fire a low shot past the goalkeeper.
ref: 2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.
Synonyms: 18-yard box
box
penalty box
penny farthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ðɪŋ
Forms: form: penny farthings
Etymology: A reference to the relative sizes of the two wheels resembling that of the old British coins of the same name. Retronym for ordinary bicycle, coined after the invention of the safety bicycle that has since become the standard type of bicycle.
Senses: glosses: A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.
Synonyms: ordinary
shin pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shin pads
Senses: synonyms: shinguard
glosses: A protective piece of clothing worn over the shin.
penalty shoot-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penalty shoot-outs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of penalty shootout.
cheery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹi/
note: US, mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹi/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪɚi/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiɹi/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiɹe/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiəɹi/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛːɹi/
rhymes: -ɪəɹi
Forms: form: cheerier
form: cheeriest
Etymology: From Middle English cheri, equivalent to cheer + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The air, too, was heavy with perfume, and a nightingale, high in the heavens, gave out a cheery song of welcome.
ref: 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 222:
glosses: In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
Derived terms: cheerily
cheeriness
Cheerios
uncheery
Related terms: cheery-bye
augmenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: augmenters
form: augmentor
Etymology: From augment + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, augments or increases something.
exhibits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exhibit
exhibits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exhibit
Albany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɔːlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒlb.ni/
Forms: form: Albyn
Etymology: From Middle English from Medieval Latin Albania (“Scotland”), from Scottish Gaelic Alba (“Scotland”), from Old Irish Albu (“Britain, Scotland”), from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“world”, literally “white (place)”) (compare Old Welsh elbid (“world”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰos (“white”), possibly in reference to the White Cliffs of Dover. Doublet of Albania.
Senses: glosses: Scotland north of the River Forth.
Synonyms: sense: north of Forth
word: Scotland
sense: north of Forth
word: Albania
sense: north of Forth
word: Alba
sense: north of Forth
word: Albion
Albany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɔːlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒlb.ni/
Forms: form: Albanys
Etymology: From Middle English Albany ("Scotland"), a Scottish duchy created in 1398 and bestowed upon younger sons of the King of Scots which became a British title upon the 1707 Act of Union.
Senses: glosses: A prominent duchy bestowed upon younger sons of the royal family, belonging first to the Scottish peerage and then (after the 1707 Act of Union) to the British. It is currently suspended.
glosses: A surname, from the title of the Duke of Albany.
Albany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɔːlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒlb.ni/
Etymology: Named in honor of the crown prince James, Duke of Albany and York
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the state of New York in the United States, and the county seat of Albany County, New York.
glosses: A major river in Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Ontario and the community that remains at its site.
Synonyms: sense: capital of New York state
word: Fort Nassau
sense: capital of New York state
word: Fort Orange
sense: capital of New York state
word: Beverwijck
sense: capital of New York state
word: Willemstadt
Derived terms: Albanian
Albany beef
Albany slip
Albany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɔːlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒlb.ni/
Etymology: Named in honor of Albany, the capital city of New York state
Senses: glosses: A sizable city, the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States (76,939 during the 2000 census).
glosses: A former district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
glosses: Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:
A home rule city, the county seat of Clinton County, Kentucky.
glosses: Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:
A city, the county seat of Gentry County, Missouri.
glosses: Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:
An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.
glosses: Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:
A city, the county seat of Linn County, Oregon.
glosses: Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:
A city, the county seat of Shackelford County, Texas, United States. Named after Albany, Georgia.
glosses: Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:
A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
glosses: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Albany Township.
Albany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɔːlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈæl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɔːl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɔːlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒlb.ni/
Etymology: Named in honor of Prince Frederick, duke of Albany and York, the second son of King George III of Britain
Senses: examples: text: Colonisation began towards the end of 1826, when a British settlement was founded at Albany, on the southern coast, and in the next year the whole territory (then known as New Holland) became a possession of the British Crown.
ref: 1952 November, “The Western Australian Government Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
glosses: A port city in the Great Southern region, Western Australia.
glosses: A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Albany.
Albany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɔːlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈæl.bə.ni/
Etymology: Named in honour of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and son of Queen Victoria of Britain
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
Albany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒl.bə.ni/
ipa: /ˈɔːlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈɒlb.ni/
ipa: /ˈæl.bə.ni/
Etymology: Unknown
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Washington, City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2957).
Derived terms: Albany County
Albany Park
New Albany
Related terms: alt: from de Albinni
word: Stoke Albany