cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reel-to-reel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reel-to-reels
Etymology: Originally descriptive, used in reel-to-reel recorder and like phrases, then shortened.
Senses: examples: text: Costume changes performed with poise / Dancing in formation with a couple of boys / I take them on the road with my reel-to-reels / I'm an artist, honey, you know how that feels?
ref: 1996, “Electricity”, in Bilingual, performed by Pet Shop Boys:
glosses: A machine that records sound onto, or plays sound from, tape wound on one reel, by feeding it through to another reel.
irregulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irregular
magistrature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magistratures
Senses: glosses: Magistracy.
great power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great powers
Senses: qualifier: international relations
glosses: A state that has the ability to exert its influence on a global scale.
Related terms: superpower
groined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of groin
groined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Built with groins.
Derived terms: groined vault
ungroined
hyperbolical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperbolical
form: most hyperbolical
Senses: examples: text: This hyperbolical epitaph.
ref: a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of hyperbolic.
unsurveyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsurveyed
form: most unsurveyed
Etymology: From un- + surveyed.
Senses: glosses: Not surveyed; unexplored.
meannesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meanness
whelmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whelm
cosmical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cosmical
form: most cosmical
Senses: glosses: Cosmic.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal.
Derived terms: cosmicality
macrocosmical
microcosmical
salaamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of salaam
ORL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Orlando (Orlando, Florida, USA).
unsheltered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsheltered
form: most unsheltered
Etymology: From un- + sheltered.
Senses: examples: text: This platform was used by the owning company's trains, but those of the District, and later of the Piccadilly Line, were relegated to the other platform, virtually devoid of covering, and accessible only by an unsheltered path passing behind the buffer stops.
ref: 1952 March, R. K. Kirkland, “The Railways of Uxbridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
glosses: Without shelter; exposed.
examples: text: The rain came down upon my head
Unshelter’d—and the heavy wind
Was giantlike—so thou, my mind!— […]
ref: 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
glosses: Without being sheltered against.
audio-visual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of audiovisual.
confreres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confrere
inquietudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inquietude
there's no place like home
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
glosses: One feels most comfortable at home.
there is an exception to every rule
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: there's an exception to every rule
Senses: glosses: Usually said in a situation when the rule is incorrect and unusable.
fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From An Essay on Criticism (1711) by Alexander Pope.
Senses: examples: text: “It's the first article of your creed—that marriage is a holy sacrament, that no power on earth or in hell can ever dissolve its bonds? Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, my dear! They always have—they always will, I suppose.
ref: 1915, Thomas Dixon, The Foolish Virgin:
text: The year following my graduation the new Captain of my Alma Mater's team asked me if I would aid him in developing the squad for next year. Well, "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread," so I said Yes.
ref: 1921, William T. Tilden, The Art of Lawn Tennis:
text: Then, too, a record of failures—particularly if it is a dignified and well-authenticated record—deters a young man from trying. We get some of our best results from letting fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
ref: 1922, Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther, chapter 5, in My Life and Work, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., →OCLC:
synonyms: look before you leap
antonyms: he who hesitates is lost
glosses: A person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid.
wikipedia: Alexander Pope
An Essay on Criticism
Related terms: don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
bilinear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪˈlɪn.i.ə/
ipa: /baɪˈlɪn.i.ɚ/
ipa: /bɑɪˈlɪn.i.ə/
Etymology: From bi- + linear.
Senses: examples: text: The function f(x,y)#61;xy is bilinear, because f(ax#43;bu,y)#61;af(x,y)#43;bf(u,y) and f(x,ay#43;bv)#61;af(x,y)#43;bf(x,v) for all values.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Linear (preserving linear combinations) in each variable.
raw_tags: of a function in two variables
examples: text: bilinear isotropic hardening
topics: complex-analysis
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a Möbius transformation (type of conformal map representable as the ratio of two linear functions).
Derived terms: bilinear form
bilinearity
bilinearization
bilinearize
bilinearly
bilinear transformation
Related terms: multilinear
bilinear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪˈlɪn.i.ə/
ipa: /baɪˈlɪn.i.ɚ/
ipa: /bɑɪˈlɪn.i.ə/
Forms: form: bilinears
Etymology: From bi- + linear.
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A bilinear function.
fools rush in
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
exotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exotic
idlest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of idle: most idle
largesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of largesse
glosses: plural of largess
villanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of villany
idealizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of idealize
japanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of japan
be seized of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is seized of
form: being seized of
form: was seized of
form: been seized of
Senses: glosses: To remain in consideration of a matter.
examples: Decides to remain seized of the matter
glosses: To reserve the right to reconsider a matter, as in a deliberative assembly.
ardours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ardour
caresser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caressers
Etymology: From caress + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who caresses.
rattletraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rattletrap
jobbery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jobberies
Etymology: From job + -ery.
Senses: glosses: The improper or corrupt act or conduct of public or official business for the sake of private gain.
personal water craft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal water crafts
form: personal watercraft
form: personal water-craft
form: PWC
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jet ski.
synonyms: word: jet ski
railleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raillery
releasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more releasable
form: most releasable
Etymology: From release + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, release.
russets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of russet
russets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of russet
rivulets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rivulet
rosebushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosebush
rangier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of rangy: more rangy
rangiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rangy: most rangy
rashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rasher
rashers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rasher
rapider
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of rapid: more rapid.
rapidest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rapid: most rapid.
raviolis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ravioli
take flight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes flight
form: taking flight
form: took flight
form: taken flight
Senses: examples: text: Though the bird is still young, in a day or two it will spread its wing and take flight for the first time.
glosses: To begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly
examples: text: The criminals took flight as soon as they heard the sirens.
glosses: to flee
Synonyms: sense: to flee
word: fly
routinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of routinize
routinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: routinises
form: routinising
form: routinised
form: routinised
Etymology: From routine + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of routinize.
routinises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of routinise
routinising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of routinise
routinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of routinise
resoluter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of resolute: more resolute
resolutest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of resolute: most resolute
by definition
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: This property holds for all polygons; and since, by definition, all triangles are polygons, it holds for all triangles.
glosses: According to, or as a matter of, definition.
examples: text: Almost by definition, a conversation requires both parties to accept each other's viewpoints to some extent.
glosses: Necessarily; always; certainly.
Synonyms: sense: as a matter of definition
word: basically
word: deep down
word: essentially
word: fundamentally
sense: necessarily
word: inevitably
sense: necessarily
word: inexorably
sense: necessarily
word: unavoidably
reimports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reimport
reimports
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reimport
reimporter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reimporters
Etymology: From reimport + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who reimports.
reimporters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reimporter
reimporting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reimport
reimported
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reimport
classified advertisements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classified advertisement
xanthone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzæn.θoʊn/
ipa: /ˈzan.θəʊn/
Forms: form: xanthones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide.
Derived terms: diethylthioxanthone
dulxanthone
eschscholtzxanthone
hydroxythioxanthone
isopropylthioxanthone
lichexanthone
macluraxanthone
rubixanthone
shamixanthone
smeathxanthone
thioxanthone
vinaxanthone
xanthonoid
Sabine's gull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sabine's gulls
Etymology: Named after Edward Sabine.
Senses: glosses: A small gull, Xema sabini, breeding in the Arctic and migrating south in autumn.
Synonyms: xeme
xeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ziːm/
Forms: form: xemes
Etymology: See Xema, taxonomic genus.
Senses: glosses: Sabine's gull (Xema sabini).
xenoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenoblasts
Etymology: From xeno- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: A crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.
Related terms: xenocryst
obstipate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: obstipates
form: obstipating
form: obstipated
form: obstipated
Etymology: From Latin obstipatus, past participle of obstipare, from ob- + stipare.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage
examples: text: Noisy, stuffy men smelling of tobacco smoke, their minds obstipated by clogged presumptions !
ref: 1926, Maxwell Struthers Burt, The Interpreter's House, page 136:
glosses: To become or cause to become blocked up
Derived terms: obstipation
obstipative
Related terms: constipate
skar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skars
Senses: glosses: A Tibetan unit of weight, equivalent to one hundredth of a srang.
glosses: A Tibetan monetary unit used in the first half of the 20th century.
gallinaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gallinaceous
form: most gallinaceous
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gallīnāceus, from gallīna (“hen”), itself from gallus (“cock”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: related to the genus Gallus, poultry; notably said of the order Galliformes.
freep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: freeps
form: freeping
form: freeped
form: freeped
form: FReep
form: Freep
Etymology: Back-formation from Freeper, from The Free Republic, a popular conservative forum.
Senses: examples: text: Hearsay even got "freeped." "Freepers," followers of a rightist Web site called Free Republic, orchestrated a "Freeper Call to Action."
ref: 2000 February 28, James V. Grimaldi, “Hearsay: The Lawyer's Column; Keeping Up With the Gundersons”, in The Washington Post:
text: Freeping is one of the reasons Internet surveys are useless as a gauge of public opinion because the results can reflect an organized campaign.
ref: 2005 August 22, Tim Cuprisin, “Contest may not be clear of 'freep'”, in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2008:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To subject to a mass internet or email assault aimed at pushing a particular point of view.
Related terms: Freeper
freeping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: So I told this guy if he thought I was going to start putting out for a lousy part in some equity-waiver theater, he was out of his freeping mind.
ref: 1986, Gary Brandner, Carrion, page 5:
glosses: freaking
Synonyms: fricking
goddamn
freeping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freep
moonshining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From moonshine + -ing.
Senses: synonyms: moonlighting
glosses: Illicit production and distribution of liquor.
Related terms: moonlighter
moonshiner
moonshining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From moonshine + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moonshine
soffione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soffioni
Etymology: From Italian soffione.
Senses: glosses: A fumarole.
beast of prey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beasts of prey
Senses: glosses: A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.
examples: text: Much controversy has surrounded Nietzsche’s writings on the “higher” and “lower” types of man. Is he to be taken as glorifying the cruel tyrant, the “beast of prey”, or did he have some less repulsive ideal? The answer seems to be neither an unqualified yes nor an unqualified no.
ref: 1973, Philippa Foot, “"Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values"”, in Robert C. Solomon, Garden City, New York, editors, Nietzsche: A Collection of Critical Essays, Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 160:
glosses: A predatory person, savagely cruel and ruthless in their treatment of others.
letters after one's name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Again, as he was a mere student without any letters after his name, he got scant attention, and I never heard that he gained over a single supporter. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Stark Munro Letters - Page 16
glosses: A list of abbreviations, separated by commas, representing the academic qualifications and civil or military honors achieved by a person.
Related terms: post-nominal letters
nuclearism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nuclear + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The advocacy of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology for the maintenance of national security
wikipedia: nuclearism
supergroups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supergroup
trackways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trackway
chiliarch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiliarchs
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιλίαρχος (khilíarkhos) via Latin chiliarchus.
Senses: examples: text: And Dadaces, the chiliarch, spear-struck,
Forth from his galley leapt with nimble bound.
ref: 1886, Anna Swanwick (translator), The Dramas of Aeschylus, 4th edition, The Persians, page 220, lines 306–307
text: When I had seen it, I halted and turned to look up at the peak on whose slope we walked. I could see the face now and its mitre of ice, and below it the left shoulder, where a thousand cavalrymen might have been exercised by their chiliarch.
ref: 1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXIV, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 179:
glosses: A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece.
kookas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kooka
in sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The rain was pouring down in sheets.
glosses: Of rain or other precipitation, very hard.
Murad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Murat.
Murad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish مراد (murad), from Arabic مُرَاد (murād).
Senses: glosses: A male given name, of Turkish origin, borne by various Ottoman dignitaries
conculcate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: conculcates
form: conculcating
form: conculcated
form: conculcated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin conculcatus, past participle of conculcare (“to conculcate”).
Senses: glosses: To tread or trample underfoot.
Related terms: inculcate
cucurbita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cucurbitas
Senses: examples: text: “But where can I get the gourds—I beg your pardon, the cucurbitas?’
ref: 1895 April 24, W. M. W. VanNess, “Vases”, in The Herald and Presbyter: A Presbyterian Family Paper, volume LVI, number 17, Cincinnati, Ohio, page 26:
text: To the gourd growers and potters reaching America, would not the most obvious candidate in this strange botanical world be the most gourdlike plant, hence the cucurbitas? The suggestion has been made that the earliest use of the cucurbitas was for their seeds.
ref: 1977, George F. Carter, “A Hypothesis Suggesting a Single Origin of Agriculture”, in Charles A. Reed, editor, Origins of Agriculture, The Hague; Paris: Mouton Publishers, →ISBN, section two (Worldwide Concepts), page 123:
text: There are some registrations that associate the cucurbitas to the origin of the agriculture and the civilization. They are also among the first species of plants to be domesticated. Some evidences showed that the mixture of cucurbitas, corn, and beans was the nutritional base of the pre-Columbian civilizations (Withaker and Bemis, 1975).
ref: 2019, Marina F. de-Escalada-Pla, Silvia K. Flores, Adriana P. Castellanos-Fuentes, Carolina E. Genevois, edited by Alexandru Grumezescu and Alina Maria Holban, Value-Added Ingredients and Enrichments of Beverages (The Science of Beverages; volume 14), Woodhead Publishing, →ISBN, section 2 (C. moschata Tissue as Raw Material for Functional Food and Ingredient Development), page 207:
glosses: Alternative form of cucurbit (plant).
soffioni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soffione
cucurbite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cucurbites
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of cucurbit.
cuarta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuartas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cuarta (“fourth”). Doublet of quart, quarter, and cuarto, &c.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, a quarter-ferrado equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured.
glosses: Synonym of palmo, quarter-vara, a traditional Spanish unit of length
synonyms: word: palmo
extra: a traditional Spanish unit of length
word: quarter-vara
extra: a traditional Spanish unit of length
riding whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riding whips
Senses: glosses: riding crop, horse whip
horse whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horse whips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of horsewhip.
powerup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerups
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Alternative spelling of power-up.
craquelure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹæk.əˈlʊə/
ipa: /kɹæk.əˈljʊə/
ipa: /kɹæk.əˈlʊɹ/
ipa: /kɹæk.əˈljʊɹ/
Forms: form: craquelures
Etymology: Borrowed from French craquelure.
Senses: examples: text: Documentary evidence is what he prefers; but, failing that, he will put up with a cunning concoction of dates and watermarks, cabalistic signatures, craquelure, patina, chemical properties of paint and medium, paper and canvas, all sorts of collateral evidence, historical and biographical, and racy tricks of brush or pen.
ref: 1914, Clive Bell, Art:
text: Alan squinted. It was the robot, the one he’d given her, the pretty thing with the Dutch Master craquelure up its tuna-can skirts.
ref: 2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town:
qualifier: painting
glosses: The distinctive pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of an old painting.
Derived terms: craquelured
Related terms: topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: crackle
english: pottery
translation: pottery
word: craze
ethnographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethnographical
form: most ethnographical
Senses: glosses: ethnographic
Derived terms: autoethnographical
hardwire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hardwires
form: hardwiring
form: hardwired
form: hardwired
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hard-wire.
hard-wire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hard-wires
form: hard-wiring
form: hard-wired
form: hard-wired
Senses: glosses: To connect components by means of permanent electrical wires.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To implement a feature in hardware rather than in software so that it cannot easily be changed.
examples: text: "And the mindset of a silo of rail engineers, and a silo of highway engineers, and a silo of bus experts, and a silo of active travel people, you're not going to integrate just because you put them in one organisation.
"You have to actively look at ways to cross-fertilise that thinking, to get multi-modal projects hard-wired in. And from our view, I see TfW as a behaviour change organisation.
ref: 2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 34:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To make a pattern of behaviour automatic.
immoralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immoralist
immoralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɒɹəˌlɪst/
Forms: form: immoralists
Etymology: From immoral + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: WHEN it comes to poking serious fun at High Society and making a quiet mockery of its hypocritical ways there’s still no one one^([sic]) to match the Victorian age’s master of homosexual immorality, Mr Oscar Wilde. […] Wilde, being a first-class subversive, implies that the Wicked Lady, an unshamed adventureress and serial lover, ought be admired for the courage of her convictions: by contrast he mocks the aristocrats as immoralists desperate to be caught in a good light.
ref: 2002 February 22, Nicholas de Jongh, “Escapist pleasure as Vanessa and Joely share stage”, in Evening Standard, London, page 7:
glosses: An advocate of immorality
glosses: An adherent or practitioner of immoralism
imperatival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪvəl
Forms: form: more imperatival
form: most imperatival
Etymology: From imperative + -al.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
minesweeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minesweepings
Etymology: From mine + sweeping.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The detection and safe disposal of mines.
glosses: The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub.
Related terms: minesweeper
fadoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fadoodles
Senses: glosses: nonsense
Related terms: flapdoodle
lip clap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lip claps
Senses: glosses: A kiss.
strap on a pair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: straps on a pair
form: strapping on a pair
form: strapped on a pair
form: strapped on a pair
Etymology: Abbreviation of "strap on a pair of testicles".
Senses: examples: text: The moral of the story is strap on a pair and be a man.
ref: 2002 July 17, "Parenting Forum," cleveland.com (Cleveland Plain Dealer) (retrieved 29 Oct 2008)
text: Somebody clearly needed to "strap on a pair" and say what needed to be said. Forget the flowery words and sensitivity training.
ref: 2003 February 1, “The power of words”, in Automotive Industries, retrieved 29 Oct 2008:
glosses: To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so.
Synonyms: get a pair
grow a pair
man up
ruck up
Related terms: have a pair
heronry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heronries
Etymology: From heron + -ry.
Senses: glosses: A breeding woodland for herons; a heron rookery.
archmurderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archmurderer
prototyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊtətaɪpɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪpɪŋ/
ipa: /-ɾə-/
Senses: examples: text: ■ A Design and Build Contract for the design, software development, prototyping, factory testing, integration testing, installation, static and dynamic testing and commissioning of the TDS.
ref: 2023 October 18, “Network News: Tender for HS2 train dispatch”, in RAIL, number 994, page 17:
glosses: The rapid creation of prototypes of a new product for demonstration and research purposes.
Hyponyms: concatenative prototyping
delegation-based prototyping
rapid prototyping
prototyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊtətaɪpɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪpɪŋ/
ipa: /-ɾə-/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prototype
resending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resend
resending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resendings
Senses: glosses: Act of sending something again.
ribosylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribosylations
Etymology: From ribosyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The attachment of a ribose or ribosyl group to a molecule, especially to a polypeptide or protein
Derived terms: transribosylation
gangles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gangle
ribosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribosyls
Etymology: From ribose + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any univalent radical derived from ribose
Derived terms: phosphoribosyl
gangled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gangle
gherkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gherkin
sleevenotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sleeve notes.
sleeve notes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of liner notes.
synonyms: word: liner notes
schizomid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizomids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of many tropical arachnids, of the order Schizomida.
forfeitability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From forfeit + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The forfeitability of the claimant’s vehicle was likely due to the fact that she, the claimant, had sold illegal narcotics from the vehicle on three separate occasions.
topics: law
glosses: Susceptibility to forfeiture.
syncretically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more syncretically
form: most syncretically
Etymology: From syncretic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a syncretic manner
forfeitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forfeitable
form: most forfeitable
Etymology: From Middle English forfeitable, forfaitable, forfetable, equivalent to forfeit + -able.
Senses: glosses: Liable to be forfeited
Synonyms: defeasible
Derived terms: nonforfeitable
unforfeitable
fissuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fissure
fissuring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fissurings
Senses: examples: text: The borders of large subsiding areas sooner or later experiencing deep fissurings and extensive upliftings through the tension or horizontal force of the subsiding crust[…]
ref: 1847, The American Journal of Science and Arts, page 91:
glosses: The formation of a fissure.
fissured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fissure
fissured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having fissures.
Derived terms: nonfissured
unfissured
feaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feasters
Etymology: From Middle English fester, festour, equivalent to feast + -er.
Senses: examples: text: All the feasters eagerly awaited the arrival of the main course.
glosses: One who feasts, who attends a feast.
Synonyms: banqueteer
banqueter
feasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feaster
father in law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fathers in law
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of father-in-law.
crewer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crewers
Etymology: From crew + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This part of the ship is for crewers only.
ref: 2002, Timothy Zahn, Angelmass, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: A member of a crew, as on a ship or spacecraft
examples: text: For much of the crew, a regional crewer will be contracted to provide camera operators, A2s, […]
ref: 2006, Marc A. Krein, Sheree Martin, “60 Seconds to Air”, in Arthur A. Raney, Jennings Bryant, editors, Handbook of Sports and Media, →ISBN, page 271:
glosses: A person in charge of locating the technical crew for a media production
examples: text: […] we will begin cutting until we have 50 crewers left for the novice team.
ref: 1999 September 22, Amy Bush, quoting Kristen Mermagen, “Women's crew looks for recruits”, in The Lantern, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University:
glosses: A competitive rower
pixel art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: What can I say about pixel art other than that the designers who create it have way too much time on their hands? All joking aside, pixel art has taken on a life of its own in recent years.
ref: 2005, Matt Kloskowski, Extreme Photoshop CS, page 132:
text: The Pencil tool is useful when you want to control exactly how a pixel changes. For example, pixel art is often done using the Pencil tool with a brush size of 1 pixel […]
ref: 2013, Olivier Lecarme, Karine Delvare, The Book of GIMP: A Complete Guide to Nearly Everything, page 69:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A style of digital art drawn at the pixel level, sometimes having the pixels enlarged for a retro appearance.
Related terms: pixel artist
ulvospinel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ulvospinels
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ulvöspinel.
ulvöspinel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ulvöspinels
Etymology: Named after the Ulvö Islands, where it was first described, and spinel.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An iron titanium oxide mineral of the spinel group.
DILF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪlf/
rhymes: -ɪlf
Forms: form: DILFs
form: Dilf
Etymology: Acronym of dad I'd like to fuck, after MILF.
Senses: examples: text: Sexy DILF butler Bates looks like he's finally going to get it on with housemaid Anna, after spending all of Series One mooning after her like a calf on Wobbly Eggs.
ref: 2011 September 24, Caitlin Moran, The Times:
glosses: A father or older man found sexually attractive.
Derived terms: DILFy
Related terms: GILF
MILF
know someone when
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows someone when
form: knowing someone when
form: knew someone when
form: known someone when
Etymology: From the formulaic phrase by which speakers begin reminiscence of now-famous persons.
Senses: examples: text: 1915, "Interesting People: Charles Bullard: A Famous Photographer of Cats", in "The American Magazine"
His friends thought him crazy, as friends always think when a man has an original idea and acts on it. Now, when his friends speak of him they invariably add, "I knew him when—"
text: Of course when your school chum comes in from the old home town you want to send him back a life-long member of the "I-knew-him-when Club." You picture him back home, just a wee bit superior, as befits a friend of the great, holding forth to the boy's at the Sunshine Athletic Club.
ref: 1918, Western Electric News:
ref: 1920, George Ade, I Knew Him When--: A Hoosier Fable Dealing with the Happy Days of Away Back Yonder:
text: The classical example of this is the "I knew him when" syndrome. Consider your immediate family. They know you as you really are, if anyone does.
ref: 1971, W. A. Mambert, The Elements of Effective Communication: Idea, Power, Tactics, page 146:
text: "Well, congratulations. On the speech, everything." She stood up straighter and forced a smile. "I can always say I knew him when."
ref: 2008, Lisa Tucker, The Cure for Modern Life, page 89:
glosses: To have known a famous person before he or she was famous.
whyn't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪnt/
rhymes: -aɪnt
Forms: form: why'n't
Etymology: why + -n't
Senses: examples: text: ‘She's skeered. Whyn't they leave her be?’
ref: 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 67:
glosses: Contraction of why don't.
examples: text: "Whyn't he tell me, the dang little fool?" "He did!" Mrs. Adams sobbed. "He did tell you, and you wouldn't give it to him."
ref: 1921, Booth Tarkington, Alice Adams, page 389:
glosses: Contraction of why didn't.
meganuclease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meganucleases
Etymology: From mega- + nuclease.
Senses: glosses: An endonuclease that binds to a specific long nucleotide sequence when cleaving.
fictitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fictitional
form: most fictitional
Senses: examples: text: I'll give you a clue... two clues. I am alive and I am not fictitional.
ref: 2013, "The Labours of Hercules" (Agatha Christie's Poirot TV episode)
text: […] a fictitional conversation between Confucius and Yen Hui: […]
ref: 2020, Terry Marks-Tarlow, Yakov Shapiro, Katthe P. Wolf, A Fractal Epistemology for a Scientific Psychology, page 407:
glosses: Synonym of fictional.
synonyms: word: fictional
public enemy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public enemies
Senses: glosses: A criminal widely regarded as dangerous or antisocial.
Derived terms: public enemy number one
public enemies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public enemy
diffeomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diffeomorphisms
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A differentiable homeomorphism (with differentiable inverse) between differentiable manifolds.
Related terms: diffeomorphic
diffeomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diffeomorphism
photovore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photovores
Etymology: From photo- + -vore.
Senses: examples: text: Many of these robots are capable of tracking the sun like a photovore, and thus stay alive. At night, they go into a dormant state.
ref: 1994, Edward Rietman, Genesis Redux: Experiments Creating Artificial Life:
text: A photovore "race" towards a bright light might take a while to complete.
ref: 2000, Karl Lunt, Build Your Own Robot!:
glosses: A robot that is powered by solar cells and moves towards light to "feed".
zombification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombifications
form: zombiefication
Etymology: From zombie + -fication.
Senses: examples: text: Both the threat and the fact of zombification confer on the bokor a potent means of social control, if he chooses to use it.
ref: 1988, Wade Davis, Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie:
glosses: The act or process of zombifying.
Hypernyms: monsterization
bitey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪti/
ipa: [ˈbaɪ̯ɾi]
Forms: form: bitier
form: bitiest
Etymology: From bite + -y (suffix forming adjectives). Compare West Frisian bitsich (“snappy”), Saterland Frisian bieterg (“snappish”), German Low German bittsig (“snappy”), German bissig (“snappy, snappish”).
Senses: examples: text: So when someone tells you their little trick for dealing with a bitey horse, just remember that that is what it is — a little trick.
ref: 2005, Tom Widdicombe, Be with Your Horse: Getting to the Heart of Horsemanship:
text: It has all the beauty of an idyllic tropical island without any of the nasty, bitey stuff.
ref: 2006, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time:
glosses: Inclined to bite.
glosses: Having a sharp or spicy flavor.
Derived terms: biteyness
bitey thing
bitey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪti/
ipa: [ˈbaɪ̯ɾi]
Forms: form: biteys
Etymology: From bite + -y (suffix forming nouns).
Senses: glosses: An animal that bites or stings.
sukkah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsʊkə/
Forms: form: sukkahs
form: sukkot
form: sukkoth
form: sukkos
form: succah
Etymology: From Hebrew סֻכָּה (suká, “sukkah”).
Senses: examples: text: But on his return to Atil from the summer hordes, the usurper Buljan ordered that his sukkah be erected on the donjon's roof [...].
ref: 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 132:
glosses: A temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot).
tetranucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetranucleotides
Etymology: From tetra- + nucleotide.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A codon containing four nucleotides
Related terms: tetranucleotidic
unwritable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + writable.
Senses: glosses: Not writable.
Synonyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: read-only
yangmei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yangmeis
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 楊梅 /杨梅 (yángméi).
Senses: glosses: The edible crimson fruit of the subtropical tree Myrica rubra.
glosses: The tree itself.
Synonyms: sense: fruit
word: yumberry
sense: fruit
word: Chinese bayberry
sense: fruit
word: Japanese bayberry
sense: fruit
word: red bayberry
sense: fruit
word: yamamomo
sense: fruit
word: waxberry
sense: tree
english: not to be confused with the Chinese strawberry tree
translation: not to be confused with the Chinese strawberry tree
word: Chinese strawberry
yumberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yumberries
Etymology: Marketing coinage from yum + berry.
Senses: examples: text: While yumberries are edging into popular recognition, new antioxidant fruits such as Kakadu plums are in the very initial stages of commercialization.
ref: 2008, Prepared Foods, volume 177, numbers 7-12, page 91:
text: Cranberries, Yumberries & Blackcurrants
ref: 2011, Juliette Kellow, Lyndel Costain, Laurence Beeken, The Calorie, Carb and Fat Bible 2011, page 363:
glosses: The yangmei, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.
thirty-first
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the thirty-first page of the book.
text: She finished thirty-first in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number thirty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 31 of a sequence.
thirty-first
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thirty-firsts
Senses: examples: text: A thirty-first of 620 is 20.
glosses: One of thirty-one equal parts of a whole.
Synonyms: thirty-oneth
forty-eighth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔːti ˈeɪ(t)θ/
ipa: /ˌfɔɹti ˈeɪ(t)θ/
Etymology: From forty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the forty-eighth page of the book.
text: She finished forty-eighth in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number forty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 48 of a sequence.
Synonyms: 48th
forty-eighth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔːti ˈeɪ(t)θ/
ipa: /ˌfɔɹti ˈeɪ(t)θ/
Forms: form: forty-eighths
Etymology: From forty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: A forty-eighth of 960 is 20.
glosses: One of forty-eight equal parts of a whole.
forty-ninth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔːti ˈnaɪnθ/
ipa: /ˌfɔɹti ˈnaɪnθ/
Etymology: From forty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the forty-ninth page of the book.
text: She finished forty-ninth in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence.
Synonyms: 49th
Derived terms: forty-ninth parallel
forty-ninth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔːti ˈnaɪnθ/
ipa: /ˌfɔɹti ˈnaɪnθ/
Forms: form: forty-ninths
Etymology: From forty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: A forty-ninth of 980 is 20.
glosses: One of forty-nine equal parts of a whole.
forty-first
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the forty-first page of the book.
text: She finished forty-first in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number forty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 41 of a sequence.
Synonyms: 41st
forty-first
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forty-firsts
Senses: examples: text: A forty-first of 820 is 20.
glosses: One of forty-one equal parts of a whole.
Synonyms: forty-oneth
sixty-fourth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪksti ˈfɔːθ/
ipa: /ˌsɪksti ˈfɔɹθ/
Etymology: From sixty-four + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The answer appears on the sixty-fourth page of the book.
text: She finished sixty-fourth in the race.
glosses: The ordinal form of the number sixty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 64 of a sequence.
Derived terms: sixty-fourth note
sixty-fourth rest
sixty-fourth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪksti ˈfɔːθ/
ipa: /ˌsɪksti ˈfɔɹθ/
Forms: form: sixty-fourths
Etymology: From sixty-four + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: A sixty-fourth of 1280 is 20.
glosses: One of sixty-four equal parts of a whole.
destructuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of destructure
destructuring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destructurings
Senses: examples: text: But if man can accept initiation to see that Lilith is his long-lost primordial wife, then the energies of destruction can be transmuted and taken up into the creative destructuring of the old civilization, the industrial civilization that humanity has already outgrown.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 251:
glosses: The process by which something is destructured.
destructure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: destructures
form: destructuring
form: destructured
form: destructured
Etymology: From de- + structure.
Senses: glosses: to destroy the structure of something
glosses: to dismantle
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: to unpack data from one variable into their own variables.