cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
whereover
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Forms: form: whereo'er
Etymology: From where- + over.
Senses: glosses: Over what.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
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hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
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whereabout
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whereafter
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whereso
wheresoever
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wherethrough
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whereunto
whereup
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1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
wankfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wankfests
Etymology: From wank + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: If what you write has any worth, it may lie submerged for a time, but will eventually surface when the present wankfest has passed.
ref: 2001, Vincent McInerney, Writing for radio:
text: Most rap albums are too long — fact. lt's one of the perils of CDs that many albums in all genres have turned into over-indulgent wankfests...
ref: 2004, Neil Kulkarni, Hip hop: bring the noise: the stories behind the biggest songs:
text: Whose wankfest is this anyway? The BBC's Sherlock doesn’t just engage with fan fiction - it is fan fiction.
ref: 2014 January 12, Laurie Penny, The New Statesman:
glosses: An event, publication, etc. that is wanky: narcissistically foolish or pretentious.
wankfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wankfest
stigmergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stigmergy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to stigmergy
spookhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspuːkhaʊs/
Forms: form: spookhouses
Etymology: From spook + house.
Senses: glosses: A haunted house.
examples: text: High Haven's the spookhouse. Been the spookhouse for years.
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 10:
glosses: A headquarters for intelligence agents.
spookhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spookhouse
subscreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subscreens
Etymology: From sub- + screen.
Senses: glosses: A subsidiary screen making up part of a larger screen (especially the kind used for displaying computer output).
subscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subscreen
stigmergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined in 1959 by French biologist Pierre-Paul Grassé in reference to termite behaviour, from the Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “mark”, “sign”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”, “action”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A mechanism of spontaneous, indirect coordination between agents or actions, where the trace left in the environment by an action stimulates the performance of a subsequent action.
topics: mathematics
sciences
systems-theory
glosses: A mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or actions, in which the aftereffects of one action guide a subsequent action.
Derived terms: stigmergic
Related terms: systems theory
televisually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From televisual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a televisual way; of, or by means of, television.
short bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short buses
Etymology: From shorter school buses being used to transport students with disabilities.
Senses: glosses: A type-A or type-B school bus.
Derived terms: ride the short bus
short bus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shorter school buses being used to transport students with disabilities.
Senses: examples: text: Dave's not too bright - probably was a short bus kid when he was younger.
text: We had an "all short bus” crew on that team. We were the short-bus crew of the league.
ref: 2000, Jayson Williams, Steve Friedman, Loose Balls, page 55:
text: “What's baffling is how you manage to make a perfectly cute miniskirt look so fugly.” “It's the cable tights.” Alana smacked her gum. “They're totally short bus.” “Short bus means retarded, idiot,” Monica said, turning on Alana with a critical glare. “Right, those tights are retarded. Right?”
ref: 2010, Stacey Jay, Undead Much, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: Short Bus Pappi likes to pop-lock, which is funny to watch because he's retarded and he's got no neck. He likes to dance, and he likes rap music. That morning he held his fingers out as though barrels of guns.
ref: 2013, Brian Allen Carr, Short Bus, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: retarded
glosses: Stupid; dumb; slow.
short buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short bus
ride the short bus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the short bus
form: riding the short bus
form: rode the short bus
form: ridden the short bus
Senses: topics: education
glosses: To participate in a special education program, such as for those with learning disabilities.
examples: text: […] complete with golden shag carpet on the floor and Christian rock posters on the wall for the poor kids forced to ride the short bus of Christian culture […]
ref: 2006, Mark Driscoll, Confessions of a Reformission Rev:
text: "Have you been riding the short bus, or something? You know what Us Weekly said about her."
ref: 2009, Micol Ostow, GoldenGirl:
text: Admittedly, I'm no Rhodes Scholar, but I didn't ride the short bus to school either, […]
ref: 2011, Anthony Q. Artis, The Shut Up and Shoot: Freelance Video Guide:
text: “You think because I make my living putting balls through hoops, I rode the short bus to school?”
ref: 2014, T. E. Woods, The Red Hot Fix: A Justice Novel:
text: I accidentally called him Chris, and he turned red and yelled, "My name is Christopher"
Okay, now I was thinking he rode the short bus. As quick as he erupted, he relaxed and told me how much he loves his nanna and his kitty, Buttons. I ended the date early and said goodnight and went home.
ref: 2014, Greg Figueroa, Emily Feliciano, Worst Dates: best of the rest, page 4:
text: Is there any place on earth that has as many elected officials who rode the short bus to school as Lackawanna County?
ref: 2016 October 21, “Flynn, Burgerhoff square off in 113th district debate”, in Scranton Times-Tribune:
topics: education
glosses: To require a special education program, as though one were learning-disabled.
womanishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more womanishly
form: most womanishly
Etymology: From womanish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a womanish way.
womanishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: womanishnesses
Etymology: From womanish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being womanish.
televisualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: televisualisation
Etymology: From televisual + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: This goes against the current of the televisualization of the Web, where the end-user-defined HTML language is being submerged in a wave of server-defined Javascript.^([sic])
ref: 2007, Janine Marchessault, Susan Lord, Fluid screens, expanded cinema:
glosses: Translation into a televisual format; televising.
examples: text: After the War and the simultaneous suburbanization and televisualization of the United States, the weather report was positioned as an entertaining forum...
ref: 2007, Toby Miller, Cultural citizenship:
glosses: The introduction of television to a region.
televisualisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of televisualization.
televisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more televisable
form: most televisable
Etymology: From televise + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be televised; suitable for television.
Lamarckist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lamarckists
Etymology: From Lamarck + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Lamarckism.
Lamarckists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lamarckist
bookhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkˌhaʊs/
Forms: form: bookhouses
Etymology: From book + house, probably as a calque of Old English bōchūs (“library, bookhouse”), whence Middle English bochous (“library”), which had eventually fallen into disuse.
Senses: examples: text: It is ordered by this Court that Mr. Chamblen shall pay and disburse unto Sir John Jolles Knight and Alderman the [sum] of [£200], to be by them expended towards the preparing of free stone for the and beautifiing of A new Councell Chamber and bookhouse.
ref: 1886 [1613 October 28], John Edward Price, Guildhall of the City of London: History and Associations. Compiled from Original Documents, with Fac-Simile Charters, and Other Illustrations, London: Blades, East & Blades, page 173:
text: The overall mode of the bookhouses is the same as for the rest of the house: a Free-Style Classicism based on wood construction.
ref: 1985 September 15, Charles Jencks, Towards a Symbolic Architecture, New York: Rizzoli, →ISBN, page 177:
text: There were bookhouses, along with stinktanks where you could drink up and listen to awful poetry about extinct animals.
ref: 2016 July 12, Charlie Jane Anders et al., “I FELT LIKE I HAD ALWAYS BEEN WRONG HEADED” (chapter 2), in Jonathan Strahan, editor, Drowned Worlds, United Kingdom: Solaris, →ISBN, page 137; reprinted in Gardner Dozois, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection (anthology), St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2017 July 11, →ISBN, page 653:
text: Finally, all those who love and desire that such schools and languages be established and maintained in the German lands should consider that no effort and expense be spared to provide good libraries or bookhouses, especially in the large cities that are well able to do so.
ref: 2024 May 9 [1520–1546], Martin Luther, translated by Shaun Maley, Luther & the State: Writings on Secularism, Minerva Heritage Press, page 131:
text: Didn't the bookhouse used to have more texts about dragons than this? […] Along with shelves of records and supplies, the room had turned out to have a shelf full of manuscripts and books about dragons. […] "Those manuscripts are worth a drake's ransom, you little fool! This room should be locked. Your father wants them kept safe. If he heard about this, I have no idea what he'd do to you, and that's before he forbade you to ever set foot in the bookhouse again." It was one of the few times he'd seen the Sage angry. That and the threat of banishment from the bookhouse had kept him out. Until now.
ref: 2024 September 21, Dorothy Winsor, “Chapter 15”, in Dragoncraft, United Kingdom: Inspired Quill, →ISBN, page 86:
hyponyms: library
bookstore
glosses: A repository for books; a library; a store of books.
airbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airboxes
Etymology: From air + box.
Senses: glosses: The chamber in a car or motorcycle engine that draws in air and distributes it to the carburettors.
Hypernyms: box
airboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airbox
gainwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From gain + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: I do not see much of a difference gainwise.
glosses: In terms of gain or increase.
bookhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookhouse
Rhaetian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːʃn̩/
ipa: /ˈɹiːʃɪən/
Forms: form: Rhaetians
form: Raetian
form: Rhætian
Etymology: From Rhaetia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Rhaetia in central and eastern Switzerland.
Rhaetian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːʃn̩/
ipa: /ˈɹiːʃɪən/
Forms: form: more Rhaetian
form: most Rhaetian
form: Raetian
form: Rhætian
Etymology: From Rhaetia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the culture or geography of Raetia.
Rhaetian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːʃn̩/
ipa: /ˈɹiːʃɪən/
Forms: form: Raetian
form: Rhætian
Etymology: From Rhaetia + -an.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An extinct non-Romance language spoken in the ancient region of Raetia in the eastern Alps in pre-Roman and Roman times.
glosses: Rhaeto-Romance, a continuum of modern Romance languages spoken in much the same region.
Related terms: sense: Linguist list entry for
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20091225194714/http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=xrr
word: xrr
sabulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sabulose
form: most sabulose
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sabulous.
SACEUR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SACEURs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
sacerdotical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sacerdotical
form: most sacerdotical
Senses: glosses: Sacerdotal.
sacrificable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sacrificable
form: most sacrificable
Etymology: From sacrifice + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be sacrificed; expendable.
sadcore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sad + -core.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: slowcore
text: As proof of this, Staub points to the wide variety of press coverage the band received, from spotlights in the usual music media to reports in People, Time, NPR (which identified the band as one of the leaders of the "sadcore" movement), and even Martha Stewart Living […]
ref: 1996 September 21, Billboard:
text: Also, The Red House Painters were the first in a wave of bands that followed in AMC's wake, making slow, bleak music that the press would later dub "sadcore" […]
ref: 1999, Seán Body, Wish the world away: Mark Eitzel and American Music Club:
text: Despite past disappointments, the undisputed king (and queen) of sadcore return […]
ref: 2000, Dave Thompson, Alternative rock:
text: Even in 'serious' rock journalism, every sound was a kind of core: hardcore, slowcore, speedcore, sadcore. What next?
ref: 2000, Joel Lane, From Blue to Black:
text: […] one of the grayest sadcore bands on God's bleak earth, a band that for encores — however rarely it earned them — would slog through Irish jigs […]
ref: 2004, Jonathan DiMarco, Good Bullets Make Bad Neighbors:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A form of alternative rock characterised by bleak lyrics, downbeat melodies and slow tempos.
saddleless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English sadelles, sadulles, equivalent to saddle + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a saddle.
sadhana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sadhanas
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit साधना (sādhanā).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A spiritual practice or discipline leading to a goal.
wikipedia: sadhana
sadhanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sadhana
Sadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sadian
form: most Sadian
Etymology: From Sade + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Sadean.
Sadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sadians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saadian.
-core
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Back-formation from hardcore (“hardcore punk; a particularly fast and intense form of punk rock”).
Senses: examples: text: gloom + -core → gloomcore
text: metal + -core → metalcore
text: rap + -core → rapcore
text: speed + -core → speedcore
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: -step
-wave
glosses: Denoting a genre of music, especially one influenced by hardcore music.
examples: text: maso(chist) + -core → masocore (“a genre of games where survival and winning are intentionally made extremely difficult”)
text: mumble + -core → mumblecore (“an American independent film movement or subgenre, characterised by low-budget production, etc.”)
text: nerd + -core → nerdcore (“the most dedicated nerds”)
text: homo + -core → homocore (“an artistic and musical movement dealing with issues of sexual and gender prejudice”)
glosses: Denoting a genre, movement, subculture, or group.
examples: text: cottage + -core → cottagecore
text: grandma + -core → grandmacore
text: norm + -core → normcore
text: trauma + -core → traumacore
glosses: Denoting an aesthetic or vibe.
Derived terms: english: an aesthetic ending in the suffix -core
translation: an aesthetic ending in the suffix -core
word: core ()
safety razor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safety razors
Senses: hypernyms: razor
coordinate_terms: straight razor
glosses: A razor, designed for safety, that protects the skin from all but the very edge of the blade.
safety razors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safety razor
quaddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quaddie
questionableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From questionable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It never entered his mind that here was a matter which from its extreme questionableness, it was his duty as a loyal blue-jacket to report in the proper quarter.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 13, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
glosses: The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
trit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹɪt/
Forms: form: trits
Etymology: Blend of trinary + digit, formed in analogy to bit from binary digit.
Senses: examples: text: For example, consider storing trits (recall Section 2.6.4), which take values in {0, 1, 2}. If we use 2 bits per value, then an array A[1, n] of trits requires 2n bits.
ref: 2016, Gonzalo Navarro, Compact Data Structures, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states.
Derived terms: qutrit
Related terms: tryte
trits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trit
quizzicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quizzical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being quizzical.
Synonyms: quizzicality
quizzicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quizzicalities
Etymology: From quizzical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being quizzical.
Synonyms: quizzicalness
quizzicalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quizzicality
unquizzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + quizzed.
Senses: glosses: Not quizzed; unquestioned.
quobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quob
structurelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From structureless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: This hegemony can be so easily established because the idea of "structurelessness" does not prevent the formation of informal structures, only formal ones.
ref: 1972, Jo Freeman, “The Tyranny of Structurelessness”, in The Second Wave:
glosses: The state or condition of being structureless; lack of structure.
Synonyms: unstructuredness
unstructuredness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unstructured + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unstructured; lack of structure.
Synonyms: structurelessness
structurelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From structureless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a structureless way; without structure.
zeidies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeidy
armlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more armlike
form: most armlike
Etymology: From arm + -like.
Senses: examples: the armlike branches of a tree
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an arm (limb).
Autophone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Autophones
Etymology: From auto- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: A brand of coin-operated automatic phonographs with headphones, patented in 1930s.
glosses: Several brands of telephones and phone services.
glosses: A very early brand of table-top mechanical organette using a punched card to operate the music mechanism.
Autophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Autophone
waystations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waystation
autophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autophone
arrowlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arrowlike
form: most arrowlike
Etymology: From arrow + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an arrow.
beadlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beadlike
form: most beadlike
Etymology: From bead + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bead.
beanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beanlike
form: most beanlike
Etymology: From bean + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bean.
Synonyms: fabaceous
beastlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beastlike
form: most beastlike
Etymology: From beast + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a beast.
Synonyms: beastly
bellylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bellylike
form: most bellylike
Etymology: From belly + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a belly.
Synonyms: stomachlike
biblike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biblike
form: most biblike
Etymology: From bib + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bib.
bladderlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bladderlike
form: most bladderlike
Etymology: From bladder + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bladder.
blanketlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blanketlike
form: most blanketlike
Etymology: From blanket + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a blanket.
bloodlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloodlike
form: most bloodlike
Etymology: From blood + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling blood.
boardlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boardlike
form: most boardlike
Etymology: From board + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a board.
boltlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boltlike
form: most boltlike
Etymology: From bolt + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bolt (mechanical fastener).
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bolt, as of lightning.
bowllike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bowllike
form: most bowllike
Etymology: From bowl + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bowl.
Related terms: bowl cut
dished
dishlike
bristlelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bristlelike
form: most bristlelike
Etymology: From bristle + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bristle.
Synonyms: bristly
brutelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brutelike
form: most brutelike
Etymology: From brute + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a brute.
Synonyms: beastlike
beastly
brutish
calflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calflike
form: most calflike
Etymology: From calf + -like.
Senses: examples: text: a calflike infatuation with the girl next door
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow), as figurative in being young, naive, etc.
camellike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more camellike
form: most camellike
Etymology: From camel + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a camel.
clamlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clamlike
form: most clamlike
Etymology: From clam + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a clam.
clifflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪflaɪk/
Forms: form: more clifflike
form: most clifflike
Etymology: From cliff + -like.
Senses: examples: text: As they approached the clifflike walls of Black Harren's monstrous castle, Brienne squeezed his arm.
ref: 2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Jaime [Lannister]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 346:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cliff; high and steep.
comblike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more comblike
form: most comblike
Etymology: From comb + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a comb.
Synonyms: cteniform
pectiform
cordlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cordlike
form: most cordlike
Etymology: From cord + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cord.
Synonyms: cordy
corklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corklike
form: most corklike
Etymology: From cork + -like.
Senses: synonyms: corkish
corky
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cork.
corallines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coralline
cormlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cormlike
form: most cormlike
Etymology: From corm + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a corm.
craterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more craterlike
form: most craterlike
Etymology: From crater + -like.
Senses: examples: text: But the town of Aricia (the modern La Riccia) was situated about three miles off, at the foot of the Alban Mount, and separated by a steep descent from the lake, which lies in a small crater-like hollow on the mountain side.
ref: 1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a crater.
daydreamlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more daydreamlike
form: most daydreamlike
Etymology: From daydream + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a daydream.
daydreamy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more daydreamy
form: most daydreamy
Etymology: From daydream + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a daydreamy young girl
glosses: Inclined to daydream; idealistic or scatterbrained.
examples: text: a daydreamy vision
glosses: As if in a daydream.
Synonyms: sense: inclined to daydream
word: cloud-headed
sense: as if in a daydream
word: daydreamlike
Derived terms: daydreamily
dishlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dishlike
form: most dishlike
Etymology: From dish + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a dish.
Related terms: dished
domelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more domelike
form: most domelike
Etymology: From dome + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a dome.
Synonyms: domed
doughlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more doughlike
form: most doughlike
Etymology: From dough + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling dough.
Synonyms: doughy
dragonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dragonlike
form: most dragonlike
Etymology: From dragon + -like.
Senses: synonyms: draconian
draconic
draconine
dragonish
dragony
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
Derived terms: undragonlike
dustlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dustlike
form: most dustlike
Etymology: From dust + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling dust.
earlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more earlike
form: most earlike
Etymology: From ear + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling an ear (body part).
fanglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fanglike
form: most fanglike
Etymology: From fang + -like.
Senses: synonyms: fangish
glosses: Resembling a fang.
feltlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more feltlike
form: most feltlike
Etymology: From felt + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling felt (the fabric).
fencelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fencelike
form: most fencelike
form: fence-like
Etymology: From fence + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a fence (artificial barrier).
fiendlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fiendlike
form: most fiendlike
Etymology: From fiend + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a fiend.
Synonyms: demonic
demonlike
fiendish
flintlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flintlike
form: most flintlike
Etymology: From flint + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling flint; stony.
finlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more finlike
form: most finlike
form: fin-like
Etymology: From fin + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a fin, especially in shape.
frostlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frostlike
form: most frostlike
Etymology: From frost + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Incidentally, when the solid cedar lining is removed from its package, a white fuzz or frostlike substance may be visible on the surface of the wood.
ref: 1975, Robert Scharff, The complete book of home remodeling:
glosses: Resembling frost or some aspect of it.
goatlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goatlike
form: most goatlike
Etymology: From goat + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a goat.
Synonyms: caprine
goatish
goaty
goaten
hircine
Derived terms: ungoatlike
gourdlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gourdlike
form: most gourdlike
Etymology: From gourd + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a gourd.
loathest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: loath + -est
Senses: glosses: superlative form of loath: most loath
loathest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: loathe + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of loathe
gravelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gravelike
form: most gravelike
Etymology: From grave + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a grave (burial place).
Synonyms: tomblike
wordlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wordlike
form: most wordlike
Etymology: From word + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a word.
lother
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of loth: more loth
gumlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gumlike
form: most gumlike
Etymology: From gum + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of gum.
Synonyms: gummy
lothest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of loth: most loth
hingelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hingelike
form: most hingelike
Etymology: From hinge + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hinge.
hooflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hooflike
form: most hooflike
Etymology: From hoof + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a hoof.
hooplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hooplike
form: most hooplike
Etymology: From hoop + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a hoop.
hoselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hoselike
form: most hoselike
Etymology: From hose + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hose.
inkily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inkily
form: most inkily
Etymology: From inky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: squid fling themselves / athwart shadowy currents / inkily.
ref: 2022, Ynes Sanz, Northern Territory Literary Awards, page 34:
glosses: In an inky way; darkly, blackly.
jawlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jawlike
form: most jawlike
form: jaw-like
Etymology: From jaw + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a jaw.
jewellike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jewellike
form: most jewellike
Etymology: From jewel + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a jewel.
kidneylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kidneylike
form: most kidneylike
Etymology: From kidney + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a kidney.
kiltlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kiltlike
form: most kiltlike
Etymology: From kilt + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a kilt.
shirtlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shirtlike
form: most shirtlike
Etymology: From shirt + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a shirt.
wreathlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wreath + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a wreath.
wirelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wirelike
form: most wirelike
Etymology: From wire + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling wire or a wire.
Synonyms: wiry
weedlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weedlike
form: most weedlike
Etymology: From weed + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a weed.
Synonyms: weedy
wartlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wartlike
form: most wartlike
Etymology: From wart + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a wart.
vinelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vinelike
form: most vinelike
form: vine-like
Etymology: From vine + -like.
Senses: synonyms: viny
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a vine.
Related terms: winelike
divineness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From divine + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being divine; divinity.
Synonyms: godhood
godhead
vestlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vestlike
form: most vestlike
Etymology: From vest + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a vest.
velvetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more velvetlike
form: most velvetlike
Etymology: From velvet + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling velvet or some aspect of it.
Synonyms: velvety
vicelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vicelike
form: most vicelike
Etymology: From vice + -like.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of viselike.
veinlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more veinlike
form: most veinlike
Etymology: From vein + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a vein.
valvelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more valvelike
form: most valvelike
Etymology: From valve + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a valve.
tusklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tusklike
form: most tusklike
Etymology: From tusk + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tusk.
turflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turflike
form: most turflike
Etymology: From turf + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling turf or some aspect of it.
twiglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twiglike
form: most twiglike
Etymology: From twig + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a twig; thin and brittle.
tuliplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tuliplike
form: most tuliplike
form: tulip-like
Etymology: From tulip + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a tulip.
truthlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more truthlike
form: most truthlike
Etymology: From truth + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having the appearance of truth.
Synonyms: plausible
verisimilar
verisimilarly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more verisimilarly
form: most verisimilarly
Etymology: From verisimilar + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a verisimilar way; suggesting truthfulness.
ginlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ginlike
form: most ginlike
Etymology: From gin + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling gin (the alcoholic drink).
tunnellike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tunnellike
form: most tunnellike
Etymology: From tunnel + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a tunnel.
trumpetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trumpetlike
form: most trumpetlike
Etymology: From trumpet + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a trumpet or its sound.
torchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more torchlike
form: most torchlike
Etymology: From torch + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The flames illuminated all of Frenchtown and caused great, shifting shadows and in the hot firelight her features became torchlike, flames dancing in her eyes, her hair down and spread wide across her shoulders and her cheekbones turned red and even her shadow behind her seeming to grow with her heated anger.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 27, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 142:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a torch.
tinlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tinlike
form: most tinlike
Etymology: From tin + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling tin (the metal).
tilelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tilelike
form: most tilelike
Etymology: From tile + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tile.
tidelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tidelike
form: most tidelike
Etymology: From tide + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling the periodic tides of the sea.
taillike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more taillike
form: most taillike
Etymology: From tail + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tail (animal appendage).
streamlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more streamlike
form: most streamlike
Etymology: From stream + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a stream.
steamlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more steamlike
form: most steamlike
Etymology: From steam + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling steam or some aspect of it.
steedlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more steedlike
form: most steedlike
Etymology: From steed + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a steed; horselike.
starchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more starchlike
form: most starchlike
Etymology: From starch + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling starch.
Synonyms: starchy
splintlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splintlike
form: most splintlike
Etymology: From splint + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a splint.
auraless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aura + -less.
Senses: examples: text: We could use Walter Benjamin's notion of the aura — which he related to space and the unique status of works of arts as aesthetic objects — and suggest that the cell phone has rendered space itself auraless[…]
ref: 2008, Shannon Sullivan, Dennis J. Schmidt, Difficulties of Ethical Life, page 120:
glosses: Without an aura or auras.
Derived terms: auralessness
spinachlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spinachlike
form: most spinachlike
Etymology: From spinach + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of spinach.
Synonyms: spinachy
spinachy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spinachy
form: most spinachy
Etymology: From spinach + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of spinach.
Synonyms: spinachlike
spikelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spikelike
form: most spikelike
Etymology: From spike + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a spike.
Synonyms: spiky
foglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foglike
form: most foglike
Etymology: From fog + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a fog or some aspect of it.
Synonyms: foggy
spinelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spinelike
form: most spinelike
Etymology: From spine + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a spine (spike or bristle).
Synonyms: bristlelike
spiny
spherelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spherelike
form: most spherelike
Etymology: From sphere + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: ball-like, round
text: The Earth is technically not spherical, but it is spherelike.
synonyms: spheroidal
coordinate_terms: spherical
glosses: Resembling a sphere.
Related terms: geosphere
spearlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spearlike
form: most spearlike
Etymology: From spear + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a spear.
spaghettilike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spaghettilike
form: most spaghettilike
Etymology: From spaghetti + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling spaghetti; entangled or confused.
soaplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soaplike
form: most soaplike
Etymology: From soap + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: soapy (sometimes synonymous)
text: The mechanism appears distinct from how some other bodily tissues are preserved after turning to adipocere, or "grave wax," which forms when body fats transform into a tallow-colored soaplike substance.
ref: 2025, “Advances: Biology: Brain Endurance. Misfolded proteins may preserve brains for millennia”, in Scientific American, volume 332, number 2 (February), pages 10-12:
coordinate_terms: saponified#Adjective
;
waxlike
waxy
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of soap.
synonyms: soapy
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a soap opera.
snoutlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snoutlike
form: most snoutlike
Etymology: From snout + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a snout.
snaillike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snaillike
form: most snaillike
Etymology: From snail + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a snail.
sleevelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sleevelike
form: most sleevelike
Etymology: From sleeve + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sleeve.
destandardize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: destandardizes
form: destandardizing
form: destandardized
form: destandardized
form: destandardise
Etymology: From de- + standardize.
Senses: glosses: To render nonstandard; to withdraw as a standard.
destandardizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of destandardize
destandardizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of destandardize
destandardized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of destandardize
slatelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slatelike
form: most slatelike
Etymology: From slate + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling slate.
Synonyms: slaty
owllike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more owllike
form: most owllike
Etymology: From owl + -like.
Senses: examples: text: To these, by the door L. C., the CURATE and the NOTARY, arm in arm; the latter owl-like and titubant
ref: 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Macaire, act i, scene 2 (stage directions)
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a owl.
Synonyms: owlish
owly
strigine
bogusly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bogusly
form: most bogusly
Etymology: From bogus + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bogus way; phonily.
repairwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repairwomen
Etymology: From repair + -woman on the model of repairman.
Senses: glosses: A female repairer, a woman who repairs things.
Coordinate terms: repairman
repairwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repairwoman
pastalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pastalike
form: most pastalike
Etymology: From pasta + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling pasta.
pincerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pincerlike
form: most pincerlike
form: pincer-like
Etymology: From pincer + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pincer.
peglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peglike
form: most peglike
Etymology: From peg + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a peg.
orchidlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orchidlike
form: most orchidlike
Etymology: From orchid + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an orchid.
nymphlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nymphlike
form: most nymphlike
Etymology: From nymph + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a nymph.
Derived terms: unnymphlike
noselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more noselike
form: most noselike
Etymology: From nose + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a nose.
nettlelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nettlelike
form: most nettlelike
Etymology: From nettle + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a nettle.
necklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more necklike
form: most necklike
Etymology: From neck + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a neck.
nestlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nestlike
form: most nestlike
Etymology: From nest + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a nest.
mothlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mothlike
form: most mothlike
Etymology: From moth + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a moth.
mosslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mosslike
form: most mosslike
Etymology: From moss + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling moss or some aspect of it.
Synonyms: mossy
mossily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mossily
form: most mossily
Etymology: From mossy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mossy way.
mouthlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mouthlike
form: most mouthlike
Etymology: From mouth + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mouth.
moatlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moatlike
form: most moatlike
Etymology: From moat + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a moat.
mastlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mastlike
form: most mastlike
Etymology: From mast + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mast.
marshlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more marshlike
form: most marshlike
Etymology: From marsh + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a marsh.
vendee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vendees
Etymology: From vend + -ee.
Senses: glosses: The person to whom something is sold; a purchaser.
vendees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vendee