cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
inkwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inkworks
Etymology: From ink + work.
Senses: examples: text: The comic-book artist was renowned for his sparse yet evocative inkwork.
glosses: Art done in ink.
examples: text: Because suspicions have been aroused this morning that there is more to the Argentinian’s inkwork than meets the eye, which is just as well because all that meets the eye is a collection of stars, numbers and smudges that look awfully like nearly everyone else’s tattoos.
ref: 2015 July 7, Paul Doyle, “Football transfer rumours: Ángel Di María to Bayern Munich for cash and stars?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A person's collection of tattoos.
multiperil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-peril
Etymology: From multi- + peril.
Senses: examples: text: As climate risks increase, multiperil insurance is slowly creeping into the toolbox and the white paper provides $29.9m for farm insurance advice and risk assessments for products like multiperil.
ref: 2015 July 7, Gabrielle Chan, “Dams, drought, deposits: a guide to Barnaby Joyce's agriculture white paper”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
insurance
glosses: Providing cover in the event of multiple circumstances.
pillorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pillorises
form: pillorising
form: pillorised
form: pillorised
Senses: examples: text: The spacious folding-doors were presently opened by an ill-shaped, clumsy-looking youth, in a gorgeous suit of state livery, and a starched neck-cloth, so broad and so stiff as perfectly to pillorise him.
ref: 1854, Robert Smith Surtees, Handley Cross: Or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt, page 299:
glosses: Alternative form of pillorize.
pillorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pillorise
pillorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pillorise
pillorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pillorise
pilosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilosity
Amerindianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Amerindianize
Amerindianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Amerindianize
Amerindianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Amerindianize
pilotings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piloting
pilow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilows
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pillow.
pilow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pilaf.
pilows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilow
pinakoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinakoids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pinacoid.
pinakoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinakoid
pincer attacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pincer attack
pinchbecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinchbeck
pinealectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinealectomy
pinealectomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pinealectomizes
form: pinealectomizing
form: pinealectomized
form: pinealectomized
Etymology: From pinealectomy + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To perform a pinealectomy upon.
pinealectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pinealectomize
pinealectomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pinealectomize
pinealectomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinealectomize
pingoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pingo
pinites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinite
pinknesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinkness
pinkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pinky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being pinky, or somewhat pink.
pinnular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pinnula + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a pinnula.
pinoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinole
pintadoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pintado
pinocytotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pinocytotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, pinocytosis.
pinwales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinwale
pintsize
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pintsize
form: most pintsize
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pint-sized.
piousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piousness
pipeclays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pipeclay
pipages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipage
pipeage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipeages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pipage.
pipeages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipeage
piperines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piperine
pipestones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipestone
pipuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipul
piquancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piquancy
piquances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piquance
piranas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pirana
pirled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pirl
pirling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pirl
pirls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pirl
pirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pirl
piroplasmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piroplasma
piteousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piteousness
pithinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pithiness
pitifulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitifulness
pitiablenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitiableness
pitilessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitilessness
pitmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitman
pit props
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pit prop
pitprop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitprops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pit prop.
pitprops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitprop
piupiu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piupius
Etymology: From Maori piupiu.
Senses: glosses: A grass skirt with long fringes worn by the Maori for traditional performances.
piupius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piupiu
pivotings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pivoting
Maori onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maori onions
Senses: glosses: Any of the three plant species Bulbinella angustifolia, Bulbinella gibbsii, and Bulbinella hookeri, native to New Zealand.
Maori onions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maori onion
placabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placability
pized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pize
pizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pize
pizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pize
pizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pize
placidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placidity
plackless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plackless
form: most plackless
Etymology: From plack + -less.
Senses: glosses: penniless; broke
prelicensure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + licensure.
Senses: examples: text: In “Panel Recommends Cautious Approach to Meningitis B Vaccine ” (June 25), regarding the use of the vaccines in adolescents and young adults, I was quoted saying there were “red flags with safety,” but my overall point was that safety questions remain despite the fact that prelicensure studies found no increased risk of serious complications.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Letters to the Editor”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring before licensure.
coffeeberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffeeberries
Etymology: From coffee + berry.
Senses: glosses: A shrub with glossy green leaves and bright red fruits that look like those of the coffee tree, native to the far western edge of North America, from Oregon to Baja California, Frangula californica
coffeeberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffeeberry
raisin tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raisin trees
Senses: glosses: Any East Asian deciduous tree, of genus Hovenia, with glossy leaves and edible fruits that can be dried like raisins.
raisin trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raisin tree
plainchants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plainchant
planations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planation
plangencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plangency
planimetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From planimetric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a planimetric manner.
plasmins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmin
plasminogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasminogen
plasmolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to plasmolysis
plasmolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plasmolyze
plasmolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by plasmolysis
Derived terms: nonplasmolyzed
preplasmolyzed
plasmolyzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of plasmolyze
plasmolyzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plasmolyze
plasticizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasticization
plastocyanins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastocyanin
platitudinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of platitudinize
platitudinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of platitudinize
platitudinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of platitudinize
platyhelminthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From platyhelminth + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the platyhelminths.
playfulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playfulness
playactings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playacting
playless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From play + -less.
Senses: glosses: Devoid of play (recreational activities).
examples: text: Despite his repeated insistence that the theater should dispense with plays, his own work in the theater was far from playless.
ref: 1976, Susan Sontag, editor, Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings, page xliii:
glosses: Without plays (theatrical works).
Derived terms: playlessness
playwritings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playwriting
plenipoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plenipo
plenipos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plenipo
lotebush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lotebushes
Senses: glosses: A shrub native to dry, scrubby areas in the southwestern US and Mexico, with thorny branches and an edible fruit, Ziziphus obtusifolia
plenteousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plenteousness
pleomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleomorphism
lotebushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lotebush
pleonexias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleonexia
antipleuritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pleuritic.
Senses: glosses: Working against pleurisy.
pleuritics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleuritic
plexures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plexure
plighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plighter
plimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plim
plimming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plim
plimsole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plimsoles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plimsoll.
plimsol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plimsols
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plimsoll.
plimsoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plimsole
plimsols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plimsol
pluffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pluff
pluffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pluff
pluffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pluff
pluffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pluff
plugolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plugola
plumeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plumery
plumipeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plumiped
plumpnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plumpness
dreamhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dreamhouses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dream house.
pluteuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pluteus
plutoniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plutonium
plutonomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plutonomy
pneumaticities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumaticity
pneumothoraces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumothorax
pneumothoraxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumothorax
pocketer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocketers
Etymology: From pocket + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He did not tell the “thinking people,” that he himself was one of the great receivers and pocketers of the said salvage. Yet, at the time when he wrote, he and his sons were, and they now are, in the receipt annually of public money […]
ref: 1828, William Cobbett, Paper against Gold, page 296:
glosses: One who pockets something, or (figurative) appropriates money or goods.
pocketers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocketer
podophyllins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podophyllin
podsolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podsolizations
Etymology: From podsol + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of podzolization.
podsolizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podsolization
poetised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poetise
poetises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poetise
poetising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poetise
poetless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poet + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a poet.
poetress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poetresses
Etymology: From Middle English poetresse; compare Medieval Latin poētrix, Classical Latin poētris; equivalent to poet + -ress.
Senses: glosses: A female poet; a poetess.
wikipedia: Classical Latin
poetresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poetress
pogeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pogey
pogromist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pogromists
Etymology: From pogrom + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who supports, or carries out, a pogrom.
pogromists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pogromist
pointednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pointedness
pointillisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pointillism
poisonwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poisonwood
polarimetries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polarimetry
polemarchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polemarch
polemise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polemises
form: polemising
form: polemised
form: polemised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polemize.
polemised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polemise
polemises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polemise
polemising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polemise
polianites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polianite
politicalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: politicalizes
form: politicalizing
form: politicalized
form: politicalized
Etymology: From political + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make political; to politicize.
Derived terms: depoliticalization
depoliticalize
politicalization
politicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of politicalize
politicalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of politicalize
politicalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of politicalize
polking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polk
polked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polk
polks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polk
politicizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of politicization
pollicy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollicies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of policy.
pollicies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollicy
pollyannas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollyanna
polts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polt
polychromies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polychromy
abortoriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æ.bɔɹˈtɔə.ɹi.əmz/
Senses: glosses: plural of abortorium
clonish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clonish
form: most clonish
Etymology: From clone + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a clone.
polycentrisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polycentrism
polycythemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polycythemia
polycythaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polycythaemia
polydipsias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polydipsia
polydipsic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polydipsic
form: most polydipsic
Etymology: From polydipsia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, polydipsia.
gendarussa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This is a male contraceptive pill based on the active ingredient of gendarussa, a shrub native to Indonesia, where the drug has been developed.
ref: 2015 July 6, Ann Robinson, “Pills, thrills and polymer gels: what's the future for male contraception?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The willow-leaved justicia (Justicia gendarussa).
paveside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pave + -side.
Senses: examples: text: When the group asked why, the bouncer – gatekeeper, arbiter, paveside general – characterised this frustration and reasonable request for information as aggression.
ref: 2015 July 6, Hugh Muir, “How dodgy door policies keep black people out of nightclubs”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Situated on a pavement (sidewalk)
umms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of umm
polygonums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polygonum
polyneuritides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyneuritis
polyominos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyomino
polyploidies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyploidy
polysemies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polysemy
pollmeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollmeisters
Etymology: From poll + -meister.
Senses: examples: text: But the real excitement is to be found in Erith and Thamesmead, where the Blairites in exile are channelling their hopes on Georgia Gould, 22, daughter of Mr Tony's famed pollmeister Philip.
ref: 2009 April 3, Hugh Muir, “Diary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: pollster
polyvinyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyvinyl
pollmeisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollmeister
polyphonously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more polyphonously
form: most polyphonously
Etymology: From polyphonous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a polyphonous manner.
pomatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomato
promotively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more promotively
form: most promotively
Etymology: From promotive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But perhaps it should be left to her long-term collaborator, Agee, to sum up the work as "the record of an ancient, primitive, transient and immortal civilisation, incomparably superior to our own", and its creator as "one of a handful who have to be described as good artists, not loosely, or arrogantly, or promotively, but simply because no other description will do".
ref: 2009 April 3, Amanda Hopkinson, “Helen Levitt”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In a promotive manner
pomologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomology
pompousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pompousness
screentest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screentests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of screen test.
screentests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She may have passed her American screentests with flying colours, appearing on the cover of Vogue in her first month in the White House, but the delicate negotiations in London, against the backdrop of high-profile protest, posed a new test.
ref: 2009 April 3, Jess Cartner-Morley, “G20 summit: How Britain was wooed by Michelle Obama”, in The Guardian:
glosses: plural of screentest
ponderated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ponderate
ponderates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ponderate
ponderating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ponderate
ponderousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponderousness
pongoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pongo
pontages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pontage
uncliched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cliched.
Senses: examples: text: He recorded with his fellow altoist Phil Woods in 2004, formed the Bud Shank Big Band in 2005, and confirmed how creative and uncliched a simple sax-and-piano duo could be in 2006's Beyond the Door, recorded with the pianist Bill Mays.
ref: 2009 April 6, John Fordham, “Bud Shank”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Having no clichés
poolsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poolside
popehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English popehode; equivalent to pope + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The status of pope; papacy.
popples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popple
popples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of popple
poppycocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poppycock
populously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more populously
form: most populously
Etymology: From populous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a populous manner.
porousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porousness
claypit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claypits
Etymology: From clay + pit.
Senses: examples: text: After a preliminary survey had been made during 1909, it was decided to construct a narrow-gauge railway from the claypits to a point adjacent to the G.W.R. main line between Ivybridge and Bittaford.
ref: 1952 June, H. G. Kendall, “The Redlake Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 419:
text: As the couple cared for the deeply traumatised nine-year-old, their son, Ian, went to Brick Ponds, an expanse of semi-wild parkland and lakes on the site of an old claypit used for brickmaking.
ref: 2009 September 3, Peter Walker, Martin Wainwright, “Victim's plea to boy torturers: 'Leave me to die'”, in Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of clay pit.
claypits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claypit
clay pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clay pits
Senses: glosses: A quarry for clay.
portabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portability
porterages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porterage
portess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portesses
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of portass.
portesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portess
posologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posology
neodruid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neodruids
Senses: examples: text: I was thinking about all this while listening to Under Stellar Stream, the new album from Richard Youngs, which the accompanying press release describes as "a collection of neodruid hymns and chants for the minutiae of homelife and fatherhood, poetic transcendance through repetition â€¦ in these atonal, spatial arrangements, each phrase is granted the room to work into the cerebral cortex".
ref: 2009 September 3, Laura Barton, “Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll”, in Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of neo-druid.
shambolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shambolic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Poor appointments, early resignations — James McGrath, Tim Parker, Ray Lewis, a general air of shambolism.
ref: 2009 September 3, Will Woodward, “Tolerating Boris”, in Guardian:
glosses: A shambolic situation.
posturers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posturer
potabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potability
trippily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪpəli/
rhymes: -ɪpəli
homophone: Tripoli
homophone: tripoli
Forms: form: more trippily
form: most trippily
Etymology: From trippy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: San Francisco indie label Birdman Records describes him as a "psychedelic shaman" and releases albums by his fine band Gris Gris as well as his solo albums, like the abrasive but trippily beautiful Medicine Fuck Head.
ref: 2009 September 3, Sylvie Simmons, “If you're going to San Francisco â€¦”, in Guardian:
glosses: In a trippy manner
potassiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potassium
potentise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: potentises
form: potentising
form: potentised
form: potentised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of potentize.
potentised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of potentise
potentises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of potentise
potentising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of potentise
potlache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potlaches
Senses: examples: text: I questioned the Chief respecting a "Potlache" which he had held at his place during the previous winter, and ascertained that himself and two of his Headmen had given away in presents to their friends 134 sacks of flour, 140 pairs of blankets, together with a quantity of apples and provisions, amounting in value to about $700, for all of which they had paid in cash out of their earnings as laborers, fishermen, and hunters.
ref: 1876 October 15, James Lenihan, “No. 29. [Report on Indian Affairs in Fraser Superintendency, British Columbia.]”, in Annual Report of the Department of the Interior for the Year Ended 30th June, 1876. […], Ottawa: […] Maclean, Roger & Co., […], published 1877, →OCLC, part I (Indian Branch), page 38:
text: Anyway, I lie here and imagine grandfather celebrating a heavenly potlache – (heaven is the only place he'll ever celebrate it, for it's long since been forbidden by the government here on earth) – and the great Christian gates are opening for him now, and behind him the charred remains of his pipe and his blue denims bear witness to the last potlache of all.
ref: 1971, Gwendolyn MacEwen, “House of the Whale”, in David Helwig, Tom Marshall, editors, Fourteen Stories High, Ottawa, Ont.: Oberon Press, →ISBN, pages 26–27; republished in Meaghan Strimas, editor, The Selected Gwendolyn MacEwen (Exile Classics; no. 7), Holstein, Ont.: Exile Editions, 2007, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: Dated spelling of potlatch.
webfirst
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Web + first.
Senses: examples: text: â€¢ England's women are in Euro 2009 quarter-final action against Finland at 2pm - we'll have a webfirst report on the final whistle.
ref: 2009 September 4, “Today in sport - as it happened!”, in Guardian:
glosses: initially published on the World Wide Web
potshares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potshare
pottinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pottiness
potts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pott
poufter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poufters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poofter.
poufters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poufter
clampee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clampees
Etymology: From clamp + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Ted's most high-profile clampee is Betty Boothroyd, former speaker of the house.
ref: 2009 September 4, David Stubbs, “Watch this”, in Guardian:
glosses: A person whose car has been clamped
poysons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poyson
overcentralised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcentralised
form: most overcentralised
Etymology: From over- + centralised.
Senses: examples: text: The claim that policing has become dangerously overcentralised is now a political commonplace.
ref: 2009 September 4, Editorial, “Police accountability: Boris on the beat”, in Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of overcentralized.
overcentralised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From over- + centralised.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcentralise
botulotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin botulus (“sausage”) + toxin, because botulism was linked to sausage poisoning.
Senses: glosses: botulinum toxin
practicalnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of practicalness
kiddywinkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the time it takes to pitch my little one-man tent the kiddywinkies have been ushered inside quicker than if the childcatcher had been spotted on the edge of town.
ref: 2009 September 6, Mike Carter, “Mike's big British bike adventure”, in Guardian:
glosses: plural of kiddywink
praeamble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praeambles
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of preamble.
praeambles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praeamble
praefect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praefects
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prefect (Ancient Roman official)
praefects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praefect
megalogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛɡəlɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈmɛɡəˌlɔɡ/
ipa: /ˈmɛɡəˌlɑɡ/
Forms: form: megalogues
Etymology: Blend of mega- + dialogue. By surface analysis, mega- + -logue.
Senses: examples: text: It started a few months ago when this megalogue finally prodded me into belated action.
ref: 2009 September 9, Madeleine Bunting, “My battle to cut carbon: a baffling, frustrating path to a more honest life”, in Guardian:
glosses: A simultaneous conversation involving a large number of people
megalogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The thinker Amitai Etzioni comes up with a useful concept in the current edition of Prospect magazine when he talks of "moral megalogues" â€“ mass dialogues over right and wrong.
ref: 2009 September 9, Madeleine Bunting, “My battle to cut carbon: a baffling, frustrating path to a more honest life”, in Guardian:
glosses: plural of megalogue
praetorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more praetorial
form: most praetorial
Senses: glosses: Synonym of praetorian.
synonyms: word: praetorian
prairied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prairie + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Provided with prairie land.
prankful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prankful
form: most prankful
Etymology: From prank + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Full of pranks; mischievous.
Derived terms: prankfulness
newscasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Ever since the three avuncular masters of newscasting — Peter Jennings, Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw — left their posts four years ago, the news arena has been looking for a dramatic conflict to revive it.
ref: 2009 September 6, Edward Helmore, “Rival women go head to head in war of news anchors”, in Guardian:
glosses: The production of newscasts
praseodymiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praseodymium
praus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prau
preachified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preachify
preachifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preachify
paedophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paedophobes
Etymology: From paedo- (“child”) + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: I'm no paedophobe, but I'm quite relieved that the children are back at school.
ref: 2009 September 6, Mike Carter, “Mike's big British bike adventure”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
glosses: Commonwealth spelling of pedophobe (“a person who dislikes children”).
paedophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paedophobes
Etymology: From paedo (“paedophile”) + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: To explain. A paedophobe is one who rants endlessly about paedophiles yes, but also foreigners taking our jobs, yobs, gays. the liberal elite, the goody goody nanny state and the fact that teachers can't torture children anymore.
ref: 2008 September 6, Turk182, “Paedophobia”, in uk.legal (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
text: > It's left as an exercise for the reader why this practice is to be
> discouraged.
>
Is it because it might confound the expectation of the Paedophobe on the Clapham omnibus?
ref: 2010 August 10, Nigel Oldfield, anonymous quotee, “Paedophile warns Sarah's Law may not stop him reoffending”, in uk.legal (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
text: Clinical studies have shown that rabid paedophobes such as you are, more often than not, closet paedophiles themselves.
ref: 2018 September 7, Paul Cummins, “Married To a Paedophile”, in uk.legal (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
glosses: Commonwealth spelling of pedophobe (“a person who fears or dislikes paedophiles”).
preased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prease
preases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prease
preasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prease
pedophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedophobes
form: paedophobe
Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: Like Kincaid's pedophile, who embodies a prohibited extreme of child-love, the pedophobe in children's literature occupies a similar place, giving voice to the most hyperbolic expressions of child-hate, sometimes even as a source of pleasure for child-hating adult (or child) readers who might consciously or unconsciously identify with the pedophobe.
ref: 2016, Tricia Clasen, Holly Hassel, Gender(ed) Identities:
text: Children's book author or confirmed pedophobe who found children “quite frequently not terribly likeable”?
ref: 2018, Mark Dery, Born to Be Posthumous:
text: "More than anything I love children!" she states from the outset, which is technically what the term pedophile means. She is certainly not a pedophobe, but this again raises the question of what kind of love is most appropriate for a parent or surrogate mother to have.
ref: 2020, David Huckvale, Terrors of the Flesh: The Philosophy of Body Horror in Film, page 40:
glosses: A person who dislikes children.
Related terms: misopedia
pedophobia
pedophobic
pedophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedophobes
form: paedophobe
Etymology: From pedo (“pedophile”) + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps that has to do with the number of people who DO use the word "pedophile" interchangably with the term "child molester". If you live with that prejudice every day then you would tend to get somewhat defensive wouldn't you? […] I'm not a pedophile, and the actions of certain pedophobes have caused me to be offended by the misuse of the word.
ref: 1999 November 7, Timothy Murphy, “A question for boylovers and girl lovers”, in alt.activism.children (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
text: Also making strides is an offshoot of the gay movement, spearheaded by its more progressive members, called the North American Man-Boy Love Association. They still have a ways to go before Congress passes a law eliminating a legal age of consent. (Even in England, parliamentary pedophobes (or pedophilophobes?) in 1998 voted against lowering the age of consent from 18 to 16 although the measure passed in the House of Commons 336 to 129.)
ref: 2000 September 21, ab, “Jaka tolerancja ? [What tolerance?]”, in pl.soc.polityka (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
english: What tolerance?
translation: What tolerance?
text: >You don't even know what is the definition of normal sex, pedophile.
If you know what normal sex is you'll have absolutely no problem posting an edification, pedophobe.
ref: 2005 October 29, RJ, quoting Pale Male, “Re: My dear John”, in alt.2600.warez (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
synonyms: pedophilophobe
glosses: A person who fears or dislikes pedophiles.
Related terms: pedophobia
pedophobic
preciousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preciousness
precipitances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precipitance
preconized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preconize
preconizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preconize
preconizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preconize
preconise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preconises
form: preconising
form: preconised
form: preconised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of preconize.
preconised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preconise
preconises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preconise
preconising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preconise
predaceousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From predaceous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of predaciousness.
predaciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From predacious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being predacious.
requestee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requestees
Etymology: From request + -ee.
Senses: antonyms: requestor
glosses: A person from whom something is requested.
requestees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes there are stacks and stacks of paper that have to go out to requestees which is very time consuming."
ref: 2009 September 7, Ben Dowell, “Freedom of information requests cost BBC Â£3m”, in Guardian:
glosses: plural of requestee
prednisolones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prednisolone
prednisones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prednisone
prefascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-fascist
Etymology: From pre- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: In the political life of prefascist Italy personal relationships were more important than group ideals or programs of cooperative action.
ref: 1945 December 28, American Historical Association, “From “Geographical Expression” to European Power”, in What is the Future of Italy?, Washington 25, D.C.: War Department, page 5:
text: To anticipate the discussion, I believe that the Moorian and Weberian arguments are quite convincing as descriptions of the social and political structure of prefascist Germany.
ref: 2019, Dylan Riley, chapter 5, in The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe: Italy, Spain, and Romania, 1870–1945, New York: Verso, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 181:
antonyms: postfascist
glosses: Prior to fascism.
prefascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefascists
form: pre-fascist
Etymology: From pre- + fascist.
Senses: synonyms: protofascist
glosses: A person with leanings or beliefs resembling fascism prior to the founding of fascism in 1919.
Related terms: postfascist
prefascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prefascist
reviewerese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reviewer + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: If that wasn't bad enough for the harmless browser, there's that "reviewerese" to negotiate:
ref: 2009 September 6, Robert McCrum, “It's delightful and lacerating â€“ lies from a publisher's argot”, in Guardian:
glosses: The form of language used by a reviewer (of books, restaurants etc)
preferabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preferability
preformulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preformulates
form: preformulating
form: preformulated
form: preformulated
Etymology: From pre- + formulate.
Senses: glosses: To formulate (a pharmaceutical drug) in advance of general availability
Related terms: preformulation
preformulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preformulate
preformulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preformulate
preformulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preformulate
pregnenolones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pregnenolone
tweety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːti
Forms: form: tweetier
form: tweetiest
Etymology: From tweet + -y.
Senses: examples: text: If, though, he's curious about the voice of a particular instrument — “What made that high tweety sound?” — a knowledgeable parent can provide answers.
ref: 1973, Fredelle Bruser Maynard, Guiding Your Child to a More Creative Life, page 165:
text: Witness Calvin Harris, who got himself into a right old tweety huff over a record review the other day, accusing the unnamed writer of giving other musicians - "rich people's kids" - good reviews "because mummy fucked the journo in the 80s"; but only giving Calvin's album two stars because the journo skipped through the tracks on his lunchbreak.
ref: 2009 September 6, Miranda Sawyer, “Robbie returns”, in Guardian:
glosses: Characterised by tweets (in various senses).
antifibromatogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + fibromatogenic.
Senses: glosses: Opposing fibromatogenesis; serving to counteract the formation of fibromata.
fibromatogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fibromatogenic
form: most fibromatogenic
Etymology: From fibromato- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Promoting or relating to fibromatogenesis.
Derived terms: antifibromatogenic
fibromatogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fibromato- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation of a fibroma or fibromata.
withdrawalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more withdrawalist
form: most withdrawalist
Etymology: From withdrawal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The Lib Dems are flirting with a withdrawalist position without actually advocating it.
ref: 2009 September 6, Andrew Rawnsley, “The things Mr Brown did not say about Afghanistan”, in Guardian:
glosses: Favouring withdrawal.
withdrawalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: withdrawalists
Etymology: From withdrawal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who favours a policy of withdrawal.
prehnites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prehnite
prejudize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prejudizes
form: prejudizing
form: prejudized
form: prejudized
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of prejudice.
prejudized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prejudize